Daily Quiz #2586
General Knowledge Quiz for Tuesday, 16 February 2016
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1
The cocktail "Black Russian" is created by mixing what spirits?
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2
A commentator in 1835 in England described two men at their first meeting as, variously, "full of trickery and treachery — he has no ethics" and "as deadly and as poisonous as a rattlesnake with about the same ethics"; what were they doing together?
D
Fighting a bare knuckle boxing match
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3
Who was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952?
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4
Bartholomew Gosnold sailed there from Britain in 1602, very shortly after the death of Queen Elizabeth I, to found a colony, and in 1620 the Pilgrim Fathers on the "Mayflower" came ashore there. What place was it?
B
Provincetown Harbour, Cape Cod
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5
What is likely to be found in the Pantanal?
B
An international exhibition of ice sculpture
C
The motoring Rally of the 1000 Lakes
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6
Which of these is a sign of the zodiac?
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7
Which of these is a novel by John Wyndham?
A
The Night of the Iguana
B
The Trouble with Tribbles
C
The Day of the Triffids
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