Daily Quiz #3260
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 21 December 2017
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Q1.
Which of these is a natural area of roughly 16 square km (6.2 squ miles), which is 5 km (3.1 miles) west of Tuktoyaktuk, Canada, in a coastal region of the Arctic Ocean, which contains approximately 1,350 Arctic ice dome hills?
A
Pingo National Landmark
B
Kluane National Park and Reserve
C
Prince Albert National Park
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Q2.
Which German-born composer became a naturalised Englishman, wrote 30 operas in the 18th century, and is more famous now for his oratorios such as "The Messiah"?
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Q3.
In 2009, Michael Perham, at the age of 17 years and 164 days, became the youngest person to do what?
C
Sail solo around the world
D
Captain a soccer team in the UK's Premier Division
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Q4.
Barolo, Cava, Colombard and Gamay are varieties of what?
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Q5.
Which is an example of a black dwarf in our galaxy?
D
None, so far it is a theoretical construct
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Q6.
Which of these is a popular work by J M Barrie?
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Q7.
After sporadic visits by European explorers and merchants from the 17th century onwards, the eastern half of which continent was claimed by the British in 1770, and officially settled as a penal colony on 26 January 1788?
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