Daily Quiz #3028
General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 3 May 2017
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Q1.
When was the Siege of Masada?
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2
Q2.
What is an example of a supersaturated solution?
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Q3.
Where is the Tropic of Cancer currently?
Note: This question was updated in May 2022
A
66° 33' south of the equator
B
23° 26′ south of the equator
C
66° 33′ north of the equator
D
23° 26′ north of the equator
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Q4.
If someone is urged to give something some welly, what are they being invited to do?
A
Be extravagantly creative
B
Put on extra heavy duty wet weather boots
D
Put power or extra effort into what they are doing
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Q5.
Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" is set in which country?
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Q6.
The saying "It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it" appears in one form or another in many places, including being mistakenly attributed to which US author?
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Q7.
The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI ) aims to promote air sports and recreational flying, a vision of safe participation in these, and what else?
A
Availability to everyone at a reasonable cost
B
To foster research in these fields
C
To have them included in the Olympic Games
D
To preserve old aeronautical artefacts
Select from the options above.