Daily Quiz #2783
General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 31 August 2016
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1
Victoria Falls is on the border between which two countries?
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2
Which mosquito-borne virus, though known since 1947, caused concern during outbreaks in 2015 and 2016 particularly for its suspected effect on foetuses?
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3
At the Grand National 1967 a major upset halted one of the races causing some of the horses to turn and run the wrong way. What caused the upset?
A
A streaker ran onto the track waving a banner
B
A riderless horse cutting across the front row of the riders
C
Children let off a string of firecrackers on the track
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4
Mansaf, the national dish of Jordan, is made of meat from what animal, cooked in a sauce of fermented dried yogurt and served with rice?
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5
What was the title of Quentin Crisp's autobiography published in 1968?
D
The Naked Civil Servant
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6
Who was an American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the African-American civil rights movement who was assassinated on 4 April 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee?
B
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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7
The phrase "beyond the pale" refers to the history of which country?
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