Daily Quiz #3103
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 17 July 2017
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Q1.
What mountain's volcanic eruption, on the island of Sumbawa, Indonesia, has discharged the most material?
C
Thera (known as Santorini), around 1470 BC
D
Mt Aso, Kyoto, around 300,000 BC
Select from the options above.
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Q2.
What did rising, controversial, Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios do to earn code violation warnings and media headlines during Wimbledon 2015?
A
Muttered "dirty scum", although he maintained it was not directed at the umpire
B
Threatened to stop play following a disputed line call
D
Smashed his racket, which bounced into the spectators' stands
Select from the options above.
3
Q3.
During the 16th century Christian priests together with Spanish or Portuguese soldiers and adventurers destroyed almost all of the written "paper" records of what civilisation?
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4
Q4.
Which of these happened to the half brother of USA President Barack Obama in January 2009?
A
He was made Governor of Illinois
C
He was arrested for possession of marijuana
D
He married a Canadian woman, of Irish descent
Select from the options above.
5
Q5.
Where was the Republic of Katanga?
C
In the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Q6.
What was the occupation of the eponymous character in the film "Mary Poppins"?
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Q7.
Who, in the 16th century, was a member of the court of Ivan The Terrible and became Tsar on the death of Ivan's son, Feodor/Theodore?
B
Feodor Nikitich Romanov
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