Daily Quiz #2961
General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 25 February 2017
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Q1.
Who performed "Sex Crimes", the theme song from the film "1984"?
D
Dusty Springfield and Kenny Rogers
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2
Q2.
Which country has won the most medals at the European Beach Volleyball Championship (later known as the Nestea European Championship Final) between 2000 and 2008 inclusive?
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3
Q3.
In October 1981 France abolished what?
A
The death penalty and the guillotine
B
Nuclear testing in the atmosphere over Mururoa Atoll in the Pacific
C
Selling crêpes on the Paris Metro
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4
Q4.
Who patented the phonograph in 1878 (after developing and demonstrating it the previous year)?
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5
Q5.
Which river rises in dense forest in Zambian highlands, then flows through Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and into the Indian Ocean?
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Q6.
Who would be expected to use a swizzle stick?
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Q7.
A study published in 2016 by Christina Zelano, Jay Gottfried and A Mohanty, Northwestern University, is of the effects on brain activity of what?
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