Daily Quiz #2825
General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 12 October 2016
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1
Q1.
What Three Laws were formulated by Johannes Kepler in the early 1600s?
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2
Q2.
From 1781 until the adoption of the Constitution on 17 September 1787, the US government operated in terms of what document?
C
Declaration of Independence
D
Articles of Confederation
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3
Q3.
Which state donated the land occupied by the US capital city, Washington, District of Columbia?
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4
Q4.
Which country did Peder Balke, intensely dramatic landscape painter, pioneer of Modernism in his country, activist for social justice, and great-great-grandfather of jazz musicians Jon and Erik Balke, paint?
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5
A
A 1993 opera by Jerry Goldsmith
B
Part of the Opéra National de Paris, specifically for workshopping new opera
C
An international opera competition
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Q6.
Small coloured dots on a squash ball indicate its "bounciness". Which colour, introduced in 2000, is the international competition standard?
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Q7.
An Elizabethan sea captain and explorer was Sir Francis who?
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