Daily Quiz #3085
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 29 June 2017
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Q1.
Which 19th century Italian composed over 60 operas, including "L'Elisir d'Amore", "Lucia di Lammermoor" and "Don Pasquale"?
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Q2.
When Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang lost the civil war in China to Mao Zedong where did they escape to in 1949?
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Q3.
What is dried in an oast house?
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Q4.
British actor Malcolm McDowell featured in which 1971 film, hailed as brilliant and dangerous, a landmark in the relaxation of control on violence in the cinema, a dystopian nightmare, and a hit in the USA and France, but was withdrawn in the UK in 1973 because of copycat violence?
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Q5.
Where is La Moneda Palace, the seat of the President of the country?
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Q6.
What was the name of the boat that won the America's Cup in 1995?
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Q7.
Which of these is a colourful bird found across Afro-Eurasia, notable for its distinctive 'crown' of feathers, the only species left in the family Upupidae?
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