Daily Quiz #2940
General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 4 February 2017
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Q1.
Unlike many artists he was extremely wealthy from the income from his work during his lifetime, and was given his country's highest honour for his work; who was he?
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Q2.
With what religion were and are the 20th century and later forms of the American movement the Ku Klux Klan loosely associated?
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Q3.
On the table for which gambling game would you see the words Passe, Pair, Manque, Impair and pictures of black and red diamonds?
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Q4.
Where are most of the oil, or bituminous, sand deposits in Canada?
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Q5.
What behaviour do mourning cuttlefish, newly hatched garter snakes, and spotted hyenas share?
C
Impregnation in the womb or egg before birth
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Q6.
Why was Chauvet Cave, discovered in the South of France in 1994, declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2014?
A
It contains some of the oldest known prehistoric paintings
B
It is an exceptionally long series of spaces containing some of the largest known caverns
C
It is the best preserved example of a Mithras temple in France
D
For the unique nature, variety and size of its stalactites and stalagmites
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Q7.
Who was the Bulgarian dissident poisoned with ricin when jabbed in the leg with an umbrella on Waterloo Bridge, London, on 7 September 1978?
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