Daily Quiz #3090
General Knowledge Quiz for Tuesday, 4 July 2017
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1
Q1.
What feature did online entertainment company Netflix controversially bring to Cannes Film Festival 2017?
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2
Q2.
What does "REM" stand for?
B
Regulatory Ear Malformation
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3
Q3.
In terms of communication what is a rail fence?
B
A herringbone-patterned barrier around some telegraph nodes
C
A type of debugging programme
D
An early support used for telephone wires fastened to the top of poles
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4
Q4.
Who wrote the stories "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" which inspired Tchaikovsky's ballet "The Nutcracker" and "The Sandman" which inspired the ballet "Coppélia" by Delibes?
A
Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffman
B
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
C
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
D
Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff
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5
Q5.
What was notable about the jobs held by Ann Hays and Elizabeth Hoisington at the end of May 1970?
A
It was the first time NASA had appointed "Shuttle Director" as a job-share
B
They were the first women fire fighters in the USA
C
They were the first women generals in the US Army
D
They were the first female bishops appointed in the Presbyterian Church
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6
Q6.
What is the last in the series that begins: St. Louis, Oklahoma City, Amarillo, Gallup (New Mexico), Flagstaff (Arizona)?
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7
Q7.
Who or what are the competitors in the main race run every May between Durango and Silverton in southwest Colorado, USA?
D
Cyclists racing a train
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