Daily Quiz #2591
General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 21 February 2016
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1
The musical "The Music Man" is set in what city?
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2
C
New South Wales, Australia
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3
A
The avoidance of paying a contribution to a nation's revenue
B
The art of preparing, stuffing, and mounting the skins of animals
C
The science of the classification of living and extinct organisms
D
The art of cooking a Mexican dish of meat etc. in a folded or rolled tortilla
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4
In 1980, Nikolai Andrianov (USSR/RUS) broke the record for being awarded the most Olympic medals (15) ever. What was his sport?
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5
Under the Treaty of Utrecht (1713), which followed the War Of The Spanish Succession, Spain ceded Minorca and which other area to Britain?
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6
In 1945, which of these joined the British "Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service" as a Second Subaltern, trained as a driver and mechanic, drove a military truck, and rose to the rank of Junior Commander?
A
Princess (later Queen) Elizabeth
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7
What name is given to a man's cotton or silk cloak buttoned down the front, with full sleeves, reaching to the ankles and worn with a sash?
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