Daily Quiz #2699
General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 8 June 2016
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Q1.
The Hồ Chi Minh Trail was known as what by the people who actually used it?
B
The Annamite Mountain Trail
C
Võ Bẩm's Military Supply Route
D
The Trường Sơn Strategic Supply Route
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2
Q2.
What are the structures known in Lindisfarne in the UK as St Cuthbert's beads, or in Germany as St Boniface's pennies?
A
Pancake-shaped limestone rocks
B
Interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic eruption
C
Fossilised disc-shaped parts of the stems of a type of marine echinoderm
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3
Q3.
In the 7th to 9th century, which kingdom of England was between the Thames and the Trent?
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4
Q4.
What year were the films "Eyes Wide Shut", "Sixth Sense", "Toy Story 2", and "Fight Club" released?
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5
Q5.
In sport what does "OBP" measure?
A
How often a baseball batter reaches base for any reason other than various specific errors
B
How many times a hole in a golf round is reached with one stroke
C
The force applied to a tennis ball in a professional match
D
How many times a tiddlywinks counter lands on target
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6
Q6.
Who was Grigori Rasputin popularly linked with?
A
Catherine the Great of Russia
B
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia
C
Ivan the Terrible of Russia
D
Vladimir Putin of Russia
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7
Q7.
The repeating decimal of which number equals the real number 1?
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