Daily Quiz #2709
General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 18 June 2016
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Q1.
What would you be expected to do with aspic?
C
Spray it under your armpits
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2
Q2.
The Scrabble game board is marked with what sized grid?
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3
Q3.
The Göta Canal connects Göteborg, Sweden, with which body of water?
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4
Q4.
According to a book by former British foreign secretary Lord Owen, which world leader collapsed while sitting on a sofa watching a football game in 2002?
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Q5.
With what is the American inventor Philo Taylor Farnsworth particularly associated?
A
A method of learning Morse Code
B
Pulp magazine "Weird Tales"
C
Farnsworth Art Museum, Maine, USA
D
Invention of the first fully electronic TV
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6
Q6.
"Jessica", the theme tune of the TV programme "Top Gear", was originally recorded by whom?
A
The Allman Brothers Band
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Q7.
The de facto first Governor-General of India, Warren Hastings, was impeached (and acquitted), on his return to England in 1786, on what grounds?
B
Failing to return enough profit to the British Government
C
Misconduct, particularly mismanagement and personal corruption
D
Persistent and flagrant marital infidelities
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