Daily Quiz #3157
General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 9 September 2017
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1
Which major contemporary art exhibition began in 1895 mainly for decorative arts, showed increasing interest in innovation from 1907, and added Festivals of Music in 1930, International Film in 1932, Theatre in 1934, and Contemporary Dance in 1999?
D
The Festival of Britain
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2
What is Finniston Open Pit?
D
Geological fault in Canada
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3
Which endangered large sea duck winters over exclusively in polynyas in the Arctic?
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4
Of the 37 venues used to host events at the 2008 Summer Olympics, how many new ones were constructed for use at the Games?
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5
What does "in vino veritas" mean?
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6
The Northern Society, based in St Petersburg, Russia, and the Southern Society, based in Kiev, Ukraine, were part of what 19th century movement?
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7
Which 19th century author improved the system of signalling at sea and wrote "Mr Midshipman Easy", "Masterman Ready" and "The Children of the New Forest"?
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