Daily Quiz #3350
General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 21 March 2018
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Q1.
The first act of organised opposition to British rule after the declaration of independence by the Indian National Congress was The Satyagraha, a campaign of nonviolent protest which began with a March to Dandi in March 1930, to protest about tax on what?
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Q2.
Why is "Chantilly porcelain", made from 1730 to 1800 near the Château de Chantilly (Oise, France), technically an imitation porcelain?
A
All designs were copied from Wedgewood
C
Kaolin (i.e. "china clay") was not an ingredient
D
It was painted in one colour only
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Q3.
In "The Hobbit", what type of creature was Smaug?
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Q4.
What device, a tool for studying astronomical phenomena, uses the fact that when a material is heated to incandescence it emits light that is characteristic of the atomic makeup of the material?
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Q5.
Which country has 6 time zones called Pacific, Mountain, Central, Eastern, Atlantic and Newfoundland?
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Q6.
What annual event, to have been held in 2008, was cancelled after al-Qaeda's murder of four French tourists on Christmas Eve in December 2007 in Mauritania?
B
North African Tennis Open
C
World Water Divining Championship
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Q7.
Who was the last living survivor of the Titanic disaster in 1912, who died on 31 May 2009 aged 97?
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