Daily Quiz #3299
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 29 January 2018
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Q1.
Which 1967 song begins with "And now the end is near and so I face the final curtain"?
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Q2.
Tāufaʻāhau I, later known as George Tupou I, finally united what country under his rule in 1852?
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Q3.
Which American blues, soul, R&B, rock & roll and jazz singer/songwriter has won 4 Grammys, 17 Blues Foundation Music Awards, and been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (1993), the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame (2001) and the Grammy Hall of Fame (both 1999 & 2008)?
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Q4.
In 1679 the French physicist, priest and plant physiologist Edme Mariotte independently discovered a law just previously published by an Anglo-Irish scientist; it is known in English speaking science primarily as what?
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Q5.
Soccer player George Best once said that he spent 95% of his money on wine, women and song, and the other 5% he ... what?
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Q6.
When was the first live, international, satellite television production broadcast?
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Q7.
What is the name for the British manufacturing district that includes Birmingham, Wolverhampton, West Bromich, Dudley, Smethwick and Walsall?
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