Daily Quiz #2633
General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 3 April 2016
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1
Q1.
In the US election held on 7 November 2000, court cases over the results from which state delayed the announcement of results for over a month?
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2
Q2.
What were the Quebec Nordiques known for?
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3
Q3.
Which of these is not a British prison?
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4
Q4.
Who first stated the three laws of planetary motion?
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5
Q5.
What effect does annealing glass have?
A
Removes internal stresses
B
Creates a fisheye effect
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Q6.
What film, based on a short story by Guy de Maupassant and written and directed by Jean Renoir in 1936 that chronicles a love affair over a single summer afternoon along the banks of the Seine was not released until 1946, when the producer turned the available material into a release?
A
Partie de campagne (A Day in the Country)
B
La Dame aux Camélias (The Lady of the Camellias)
C
Les Larmes d'un Homme (The Man Who Cried)
D
Les Vacances de M. Hulot (Mr. Hulot's Holiday )
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Q7.
What is a slight fluctuation in pitch caused by the player of a stringed instrument shaking a finger while stopping a string?
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