Daily Quiz #2662
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 2 May 2016
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1
Under which British monarch was Warren Hastings appointed first Governor of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal) and the head of the Supreme Council of Bengal, effectively the first Governor-General of India?
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2
What is the series "yan....giggot" most likely to be?
A
Favourite names in the Orkney Islands
B
A method of counting sheep, one to twenty
C
A list of common plants suitable for planting on sea shores
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3
Who was the first President of what later became the United States of America?
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4
Where or what is the Circle of Willis?
A
A Colleen Callaghan braided hair style
B
A stone circle southwest of Stonehenge
D
A ring of blood vessels at the base of the brain
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5
Peter Snell, who set 5 individual world running records, was part of a team that set a new four by 1 mile relay record and won 2 Olympic golds for 800 metres (1960 Rome & 1964 Tokyo) and a gold for 1500 metres (1964 Tokyo), represented which country?
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6
Which of these is not a character in the TV series "Friends"?
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7
The New Zealand government proposes to create a 620,000 sq km Ocean Sanctuary in 2016 round what island or islands?
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