Daily Quiz #3300
General Knowledge Quiz for Tuesday, 30 January 2018
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Q1.
How did the Great Exhibition of 1851 in the Crystal Palace in the UK differ from the French Industrial Exposition of 1844 which is said to have inspired it?
A
Hector Berlioz composed and conducted a new symphonic and choral work to open it
C
The country's monarch opened the Exhibition
D
It excluded exhibits from France
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2
Q2.
Which of these is food for a dragonfly?
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3
Q3.
By what name is David Evans better known?
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4
Q4.
How was John Williams involved in the 1984, 1988 and 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2002 Winter Olympics?
A
He conducted the orchestra which played the national anthems for medal winners
B
He composed the theme music
C
He directed documentaries about the four Games
D
His wife medalled in the four Games
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5
Q5.
Where in Scotland does the Falkirk Wheel operate?
B
In the Falkirk sheet rolling mill
C
At the junction of the Forth and Clyde Canal and the Union Canal
D
At the Glasgow railway terminus
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Q6.
The Kiel Canal links which 2 seas?
D
North and Mediterranean
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Q7.
From which musical does the song “Maria” come?
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