Daily Quiz #2637
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 7 April 2016
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1
Off which Japanese island would you find the Straits of Soya and Tsugara?
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2
Which of these is a famous cellist?
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3
What event took place at Yasgur's farm, New York, on 15 to 18 August 1969?
A
Until then, the world's worst plane crash
C
First public demonstration of the M16 rifle
D
Woodstock Music and Art Fair
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4
What is the place referred to in one of the Smithsonian TV series, "The Nazi Temple of Doom"?
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5
What chemical is responsible for the smell of rotten eggs in hot mud pools?
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6
Who, at the beginning of 2016, was golf's World Number One?
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7
Silver Thursday on 27 March 1980 refers to a reaction by USA regulators to activities by what or whom?
A
The Hunt brothers (attempting to corner the world market in silver)
B
Warren Buffett (divested his company of major stocks of silver)
C
JP Morgan Chase and HSBC (manipulation of the gold and silver markets)
D
London Silver Fix (plunging devaluation of the Indian rupee)
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