Daily Quiz #2540
General Knowledge Quiz for 1 January 2016
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1
Which of these countries is closest to Japan?
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2
What does a gelotologist study?
A
The behaviour of gelatine
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3
Which establishment owes much to the offer by Sir Hans Sloane in 1758 for England to purchase his collections?
C
St Martin in the Fields
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4
What was the original commercial television programme which inspired American Idol, and who created it?
A
Got Talent (2005), created in the UK by Simon Cowell [SYCOtv]
B
Pop Idol (2001), created in the UK by Simon Fuller
C
The X Factor (2004), created in the UK by Simon Cowell
D
Popstars (1999), crated in New Zealand by Jonathan Dowling
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5
Damon Runyon's two stories "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" and "Blood Pressure" were the basis for which musical?
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6
On 12 September 1995, the Belarusian air force shot down a gas balloon, killing two Americans, during a race for which trophy?
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7
What name is given to the liability of members of certain families or races to suffer from certain diseases?
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