Daily Quiz #3455
General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 4 July 2018
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Q1.
Which typically characterises a seamount?
A
Rolling, low elevation ranges
B
Frequent volcanic eruptions
C
They are barren of sea life
D
Abruptly rising slopes, sometimes to about 4000 m (13,100 ft)
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Q2.
The first series of which BBC sitcom series, set in Billericay, Essex and Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, chronicled the developing romance of the two leads and ended with their becoming Mr. and Mrs. Shipman?
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Q3.
Who won his third rowing Olympic gold medal with Steve Redgrave in 2000?
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Q4.
What investigation was a very early matter for the newly formed FBI?
A
The Oregon land fraud scandal
B
The Osage Indian murders 1921 to 1925
C
Surveillance on Japanese Americans after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941
D
Surveys of houses of prostitution in preparation for the "White Slave Traffic Act" or Mann Act 1910
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Q5.
With what is the name of Sir Joseph Bazalgette (1819-1891) associated?
A
Designing and establishing a sewer network
B
First to enter the 1851 Great Exhibition in the Crystal Palace, London
C
Forming the British Broadcasting Company
D
Creating a vaccine for smallpox
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Q6.
What is another name for the Southern Boobook owl, also called the Mopoke or Ruru?
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Q7.
Which is not one of the quarter days in Scotland, and (until the 18th century) northern England?
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