Daily Quiz #2552
General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 13 January 2016
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Q1.
The Great Western Railway's “City of Truro” was unofficially recorded as the first steam locomotive to reach a speed of 102.3 mph (164 km/h) on 9 May 1904, but the 100 mile per hour (160 km/h) record was not officially recorded until 30 November 1934, by which locomotive?
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Cornish Riviera Express
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Q2.
Which British awards for songwriting and composing, a solid bronze sculpture of Euterpe, the Muse of lyric poetry, are named after a Cardiff-born entertainer?
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Q3.
What is another name for horizontal roll vortices?
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Downward-growing nimbostratus
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Q4.
What does a phlebotomist usually deal with?
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Q5.
Which country's air forces owned the two planes that fatally crashed in April and May 2009?
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Q6.
Who was the first General Secretary of the International Olympic Committee and later became its President, serving until 1924?
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Q7.
What is the name given to an unidentified serial killer who was active in the Whitechapel area and adjacent districts of London, England, in late 1888?
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