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Daily Quiz #3357

General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 28 March 2018

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Q1. Charlie owes his adventures in a chocolate factory to which British author?

A
Ursula K. Le Guin
B
Philip Pullman
C
Roald Dahl
D
Mary Norton
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Q2. Which of these is a British medal instituted in 1886 awarded to officers of the army, the navy and, from 1 April 1918, the air force?

Note: This question was updated in December 2020
A
DFC
B
DCM
C
DSO
D
DSC
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Q3. When and where did the Songhai Empire flourish?

A
15th and 16th centuries, West Africa
B
11th century, north India
C
14th century, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
D
6th century east China
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Q4. In which 1940 film did the characters Adenoid Hynkel, Benzino Napolini, Garbitsch and Herring appear?

A
Kampf? Moi?
B
Modern Times
C
The Great Dictator
D
Professor Loveodd
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Q5. Ecuador enacted what, as Objective 4 of its constitution, in 2008?

A
Recognition of the volcano Cotopaxi as an individual with all the rights of a person
B
Membership of OPEC
C
Rights of oil mining companies to prospect in conservation areas
D
Guarantee of "the rights of nature"
Select from the options above.
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Q6. What system specifies each point uniquely in a plane by a pair of numerical coordinates, which are the signed distances from the point to two fixed perpendicular directed lines?

A
Raster graphics
B
A Cartesian coordinate system
C
Posterisation
D
Solarisation
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Q7. What was the subject of the Mitchell Report to the Commissioner of Baseball in 2007?

A
Gambling
B
Scoring systems
C
Use of hidden hand signals
D
Use of steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball
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