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General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 4 August 2018

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Q1. In what sport is a drive knee an integral part?

A
Speedway
B
Long jump
C
Water polo
D
Pole vault
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Q2. Which Russian composer, after writing "The Firebird" for the Russian ballet, became a US citizen in 1945?

A
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
B
Igor Stravinsky
C
Modest Mussorgsky
D
Sergei Rachmaninoff
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Q3. What was the "endless screw", credited to Archimedes in the 3rd century BCE, designed to do?

A
Mill wheat
B
Pump sewage
C
Lift heavy wieghts
D
Transfer motion from one device to another
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Q4. The Golden Boot Awards, awarded annually from 1983 to 2007, honoured people involved in what?

Note: This question was updated in September 2022
A
Playing rugby
B
Drawing up employment contracts
C
Fashion design
D
Making Westerns for TV and films
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Q5. Which is Venezuela's main port, and capital city of its state of Vargas?

A
Rio de Janeiro
B
Cartagena
C
El Callao
D
La Guaira
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Q6. In cooking, which of these is a kind of gentle mixing?

A
Folding in
B
Creasing in
C
Ironing in
D
Pleating in
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Q7. In 1937 the Duke of Windsor and Mrs Wallis Simpson were married in which country?

A
USA
B
England
C
France
D
Spain
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