Daily Quiz #2953
General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 17 February 2017
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1
What were Ronnie Hazlehurst and Ron Grainer in connection with the UK TV series, respectively, "Only Fools and Horses" and "The Prisoner"?
D
Composers of the theme music
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2
Which of these people writes right handed?
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3
What was UK pop singer Dusty Springfield's real name?
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4
What card game is argued by 19th century authority on card games Henry ("Cavendish") Jones to have been derived ultimately from the pre-16th century Italian game called "ronfa"?
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5
To which of these is the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) closest?
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6
A
Weathering of rock by growth of salt crystals
B
When seawater salinities differ, forming a vertical area of increasingly saltier and denser waters
C
Volcanic eruptions under water or ice
D
Where the structure in the vitreous body of the eye is disrupted
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7
What was the name that US President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave to his package of economic programmes in the mid 1930s with the goals of "the 3 R's": Relief to the unemployed & farmers, Reform of business and financial practices, and Recovery of the economy?
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