Daily Quiz #2654
General Knowledge Quiz for 24 April 2016
A new general knowledge quiz is available every day. Try today's quiz or work through our archive of daily and themed quizzes.
1
Who, in the 16th century, published "Orbium Coelestium", the theory that underlies our current understanding of the relationship of the earth to the sun and the planets?
Select from the options above.
2
Which of these describes food that originates from the Mississippi delta?
Select from the options above.
3
What is the name of the model for the formation and evolution of the solar system first developed in the 18th century by Emanuel Swedenborg, Immanuel Kant, and Pierre-Simon Laplace?
A
Gravitational collapse exposition
C
Giant molecular cloud theory
Select from the options above.
4
What distinguishes the flag for Mali from that for its near neighbour Senegal?
A
The stripes of Senegal's flag are horizontal
B
A green five-pointed star in the centre of Senegal's central yellow stripe
C
The colours of Mali's flag are in reverse order
D
Mali's flag carries a crescent moon
Select from the options above.
5
Gumboot Day held since 1985, celebrating the gumboot and including gumboot throwing contests, takes place where?
B
Manila, the Philippines
Select from the options above.
6
What playwright wrote many of his plays for the Stephen Joseph Company in Scarborough, UK?
C
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Select from the options above.
7
When was the sculpture of the four faces on Mount Rushmore begun?
Select from the options above.
