Daily Quiz #2578
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 8 February 2016
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1
The fabled "Society for the Prevention of an Unwholesome Diet" was described as a 18th century activist group dedicated to keeping what out of Britain?
Note: This question was updated in May 2021
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2
A campanile is built to contain what?
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3
Who made the longest Oscar acceptance speech, at five minutes and 30 seconds, when collecting her Oscar for Best Actress in 1942 for her role as Mrs. Miniver?
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4
What device did French inventor Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville patent in 1857?
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5
What is most likely to be seen at the World Freestyle Championships, held in white water venues?
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6
Where are the sheer cliffs of the Drakensberg?
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7
Which of these is a novel by Oliver Goldsmith?
A
The Curate from the Baskervilles
B
The Padre from Pittsburgh
D
The Priest of the D'Urbervilles
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