Daily Quiz #2968
General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 4 March 2017
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1
Q1.
What was Mickey Mouse's original first name?
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2
Q2.
The Tiergarten, German for "Animal Garden", is the name of both a park and a locality in which city?
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3
Q3.
What was the sub-title of the book "The Snow Goose" by US writer Paul Gallico?
A
Three Friends, Together Forever
C
Nature At Its Most Wild
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4
Q4.
With what work in the early 18th century is James Bradley associated?
A
Inventing the cotton gin
B
Finding ways of dating fossils
C
Discovering the properties of uranium
D
Discovering the aberration of light
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5
Q5.
Beetroot is a major ingredient in which of these dishes?
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6
Q6.
What name was given to 6 labourers in Dorset, England, who formed a "Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers" and in 1834 were sentenced to 7 years transportation for "administering unlawful oaths"?
B
The Society of Friends (Quakers)
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7
Q7.
What country hosted the inaugural World Cup tournament in 1930 organised by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), in which 13 nations took part: 7 from South America, 4 from Europe and 2 from North America?
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