Daily Quiz #2759
General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 7 August 2016
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Q1.
What is a device that allows electric current to pass through it in one direction only, used for converting AC to DC?
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Q2.
Rachmaninov's 2nd piano concerto featured in which 1945 film directed by David Lean?
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Q3.
Which of these African cities is the most northerly?
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Q4.
How did Boudica (also spelled Boudicca or Boadicea), Queen of the Iceni, die in 63 AD?
B
An arrow through her right eye
C
Pushed off the Cliffs of Dover
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Q5.
Alice B. Toklas, who wrote a cook book which has not been out of print since it was first published in 1954 (the most famous recipe in it is "Hashish Fudge") was the life-partner of what American author?
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Q6.
In what board game do players compete to acquire wealth through buying, renting, and trading properties, with the object of bankrupting the other players?
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Q7.
The French word for "melted" gives the name to what dish?
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