Daily Quiz #2801
General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 18 September 2016
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1
Which of these was a Finnish composer, whose best-known compositions include seven symphonies, "Finlandia", "Valse Triste" and the "Karelia Suite", whose music played an important role in the formation of the Finnish national identity?
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2
An ancient city in the Colombia's Sierra Nevada, thought to have been founded about 800 CE, is known as what?
B
La Ciudad Perdida (alternatively Teyuna or Buritaca)
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3
The 2013 UK television series "Ambassadors" follows the lives of the British embassy employees in which fictional nation?
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4
Where are the epithelial cells in the body?
A
Lining the cavities and surfaces of blood vessels and organs
B
Supporting, connecting, or separating different types of tissues and organs
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5
What gave rise initially to the introduction of Standard Time?
A
Invention of the telephone
B
Transoceanic exploration
C
Establishment of Greenwich Mean Time
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6
What did the London Agreement 1949 concern?
A
Hong Kong's relationship to the new People's Republic of China
B
A partition plan for Palestine
C
Effects of Burma's independence
D
Newly republican India's continued membership in the Commonwealth of Nations
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7
The FA cup is contested in Britain for what sport?
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