Daily Quiz #3433
General Knowledge Quiz for Tuesday, 12 June 2018
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1
In musical notation, what word means "higher in pitch by a semitone"?
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2
The early works of which American playwright (best known for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?") reflect an "Americanisation" of the Theatre of the Absurd, a movement that found its peak in works by European playwrights such as Jean Genet, Samuel Beckett, and Eugène Ionesco?
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3
Which were the countries which were co-equal in number of gold medals won at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea?
A
Norway, Germany and Canada
D
Norway, the USA and Canada
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4
Where does Harry Potter have a scar in the shape of a bolt of lightning?
A
On the sole of his left foot
B
On the palm of his right hand
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5
Which port city was the capital of the British Mosquito (or Miskito) Coast protectorate, now part of Nicaragua?
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6
Which of these are single-celled organisms of microscopic dimensions?
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7
Where was the race horse Phar Lap, who was bred in New Zealand and trained in Australia and whose string of successes made him an icon in Depression-laden Australia during his short career, when he died suddenly at the age of 5 and a half in 1932?
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