Daily Quiz #3506
General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 24 August 2018
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Q1.
Which of these sports is not represented in the modern pentathlon, contested in Olympic Games?
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Q2.
What does the name of the nursing convent from which the midwives of the British TV series "Call the Midwife" refer to?
B
The birth of its patron saint
C
Where its patron saint lived
D
What hospital it is attached to
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Q3.
Novosibirsk, the third most populous city in its country, is where?
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Q4.
What comes closest to being a synonym for "to mock gently, hoax, poke fun at, joke derisively"?
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Q5.
What animal makes its home in a "drey"?
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Q6.
Which of these people is a Persian astronomer, poet and mathematician who died in 1123?
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Q7.
From 1808 to 1814 Spain was occupied by which other country?
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