Daily Quiz #3473
General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 22 July 2018
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Q1.
Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, represented which country?
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Q2.
On 30 January 2006, which album was certified at 29× Multi Platinum, tying with Michael Jackson's "Thriller" as the biggest selling album in the US market?
B
"Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)" by the Eagles
C
"Born in the U.S.A." by Bruce Springsteen
D
"The Sound of Music" film soundtrack album
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Q3.
What is another name for the alligator pear?
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4
Q4.
What was the instrument of US jazzman Charles Mingus?
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Q5.
Farthings were in use in England as coinage from the 13th century and ceased to be legal tender on 31 December 1960. How many of them were there in a pound (£1)?
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Q6.
What name was popularly given to the murder of Maria Marten in Polstead, England in 1827 by her lover, which inspired 5 films and songs such as those by the Albion Country Band (1971), Tom Waits & Kathleen Brennan on the album "Bone Machine" (1992), and Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman on the album "2" (2004)?
C
The Death of a Saleswoman
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Q7.
Which South American country contains the lowest of the areas in the continent which lie below sea level?
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