Daily Quiz #2916
General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 11 January 2017
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Q1.
What is the name given to the code of Roman law that was "published" with the approval of the Roman Republic in 450 BC?
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2
Q2.
What does "hooly" imply?
B
A boisterous celebration
D
A gymnastic hoop exercise
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3
Q3.
Mrs Norris, Gilderoy, Draco, and Hedwig are characters made popular in a series of books by whom?
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4
Q4.
What is the next in the series 4, 16, 64, 256 …
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Q5.
In December 2016 Russia accepted what plan by the International Olympics Committee?
A
To take over Russian athletes' drug testing
B
To invalidate all Russian results from the 2014 Winter Olympics
C
To test all Russian Olympic athletes at international facilities in 2019
D
To retest all drug test samples given by Russian athletes at the 2012 and 2014 Olympics
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Q6.
The creator of TV personality Alan Partridge and the TV comedian who is creator of the "small-man-in-a-box", toured together in a country of continental Europe in which UK TV series?
A
Bored to Death (2009-2011): Stockholm Syndrome
D
The Trip to Italy (2014)
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Q7.
What does the confluence of the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda rivers give rise to?
B
Ganges, or Ganga, River
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