Daily Quiz #2689
General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 29 May 2016
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Q1.
Which of these was the 1958 Nobel Prize laureate, a Russian poet, novelist and translator of Goethe and Shakespeare, most celebrated in Russia as a poet ?
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2
Q2.
Which of Ludwig van Beethoven's symphonies starts with two tempestuous statements, when interpreted by the Morse code, of the letter "V"?
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Q3.
Which three times Formula One champion was burnt in a crash in the 1976 F1 World Championship?
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Q4.
Which is People's Republic of China's southernmost province?
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Q5.
Kurt Wiese (1887 - 1974) was born in Germany, lived in China, was a prisoner of war in Japan and Australia, moved to Brazil after the end of WW I, then the USA in 1927, and is well-known as what?
D
Illustrator and writer of children's books
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Q6.
What name is given to the potential difference measured across a conductor of 1 ohm resistance when current of 1 ampere is flowing?
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Q7.
When General Francisco Franco, Leader of Spain, died in 1975 what became of the government in Spain?
B
Juan Carlos was crowned king
C
Franco's son took power but handed it to a grandson of the previous royal line, Juan Carlos
D
His deputy General Juan Carlos took power
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