Daily Quiz #2756
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 4 August 2016
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Q1.
The natural habitat of penguins is centred where?
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2
Q2.
What disaster occurred on the San Andreas Fault in 1906?
D
San Francisco earthquake
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3
Q3.
Which of these is a river in Guyana, 180 miles (346 kilometres) long, that flows into the Atlantic Ocean at Georgetown?
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4
Q4.
The rules for which sport were originally drawn up by the Knickerbocker Club in New York in 1843?
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Q5.
A popular work of its composer/performer, Albert Chevalier, described as outlining "the finest sentiments of the human heart [...] in a language understood by the people", and a song that influenced public taste "towards refinement and purity", was what?
B
"The Boy I Love" (1885)
D
"On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away" (1897)
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Q6.
As what are Jeff Ament, Matt Cameron, Mike McCready and Eddie Vedder collectively known?
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Q7.
Which English barrister, who wrote the play "Voyage Around My Father" and the TV series "Rumpole of the Bailey", died in January 2009?
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