Daily Quiz #2608
General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 9 March 2016
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1
A commercial power plant which opened in late 2015 in Albertville, Savoie, France uses what as a fuel?
A
Steam from nuclear power plants
D
A by product of cheesemaking
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2
In the late 19th century, Jean Desbouvrie, an amateur bird trainer, persuaded the government of France to conduct a feasibility study to use what birds as messengers after early demonstrations showed that they could "home" and flew faster than pigeons?
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3
What name is given to the silvery aureole enveloping the sun's chromosphere?
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4
Which country has as its national coat of arms a shield bearing a vicuna, a cinchona tree and a cornucopia spilling mineral wealth in the shape of coins?
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5
Which of these is an expression identified with Sherlock Holmes?
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6
Who was the British Prime Minister during the Falklands War of 1982?
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7
Twenty years after the NFL began formally to review effects of injuries from repetitive play-related head blows e.g. CTE in NFL players, researchers in 2015 announced they had found CTE in what percentage of deceased NFL players examined?
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