Daily Quiz #3032
General Knowledge Quiz for 7 May 2017
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1
Where is the Atlantic Ocean's Gulf of Guinea?
A
Off the northern coast of South America
B
Of the southern coast of Northwest Africa
C
Between New Guinea and Australia
D
To the east of Spain's southern coast
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2
In 1827 which two great figures of the Romantic Age died in Europe?
A
Frédéric Chopin and Jean-Jacques Rousseau
B
Francisco Goya and J. M. W. Turner
C
William Blake and Ludwig van Beethoven
D
Victor Hugo and Felix Mendelssohn
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3
What word means staying in one place and electrical interference?
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4
Which of these is a term used in chess?
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5
Who wrote "The High Window", "The Lady in the Lake", "No Crime In The Mountains", "The Little Sister", "The Long Goodbye", "Playback", and a series of short detective novels most of which featured private detective Philip Marlowe?
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6
In May 2016 the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) published guidelines for what?
A
Monitoring ocean pollution
B
Biodiversity monitoring
C
Managing protected areas in the face of climate change
D
Recreation of extinct species
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7
Which UK webisode series, first aired in 2011, was created by actor, stand-up comedian and screenwriter Toby Whithouse?
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