Daily Quiz #2682
General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 22 May 2016
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Q1.
When British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton led an expedition 1914-17, in the course of which his men spent time on Elephant Island, what was the aim of the expedition?
A
To reach the South Pole
B
To cross Antarctica from sea to sea via the South Pole
C
To climb Mount Erebus in Antarctica
D
To establish a new record for reaching farthest south (success was at latitude 88°S)
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Q2.
Which African American athlete's career included causing particular annoyance to Adolf Hitler?
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Q3.
What name is given to a chemical compound in which water combines with other substances without alteration of the arrangement of the atoms in the water?
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Q4.
What is the branch of the Mediterranean Sea between Italy and the Balkans, with ports such as Bari, Venice, and Trieste?
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Q5.
"It was a dark and stormy night", the "standard" for hackneyed writing, was the opening line of a novel by whom?
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Q6.
In the nursery rhyme, a carving knife was used for amputation on who?
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Q7.
What fictitious national park was the setting for the 1960s TV series "Skippy the Bush Kangaroo"?
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