Daily Quiz #2988
General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 24 March 2017
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1
Which item of clothing was named after an American women's rights and temperance advocate?
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2
A
A VDQS for wine from a region in southwestern France
C
A region in northwestern Iran
D
Cinders from a volcanic eruption
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3
The largest river by discharge of water in the Americas, and the world, flows mainly through which country?
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4
Why do haloclines in parts of the coasts of New Zealand's rain-drenched Fiordland foster a unique shallow water growth of deep water coral?
A
The haloclines in this area contain and concentrate appropriate nutrients
B
The water is exceptionally cold through the layers
C
The fresh water top layer is dark with vegetation tannin from run-off
D
The top layer is exceptionally deep and insulates the lower layers from heat, and temperature change
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5
The Powerpuff Girls in the USA animated television series are sisters Blossom, Bubbles, and who else?
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6
In July 1946 the Philippines claimed its independence from what country?
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7
When did the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), formerly the governing body of cricket in England and across the world, pass most of its global functions to the International Cricket Council (ICC)?
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