Daily Quiz #3509
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 27 August 2018
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Q1.
What are Gliese 876 d, OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb, MOA-2007-BLG-192Lb, COROT-Exo-7b, Gliese 581 d and Gliese 581 c?
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Q2.
Miss Worlds 1999 and 2000 both represented which country?
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Q3.
Where is Mount Ararat?
D
In the far east of Turkey
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Q4.
A convention signed at a 1992 international summit, and a treaty adopted in 2001 by an Organisation of the United Nations are two of the agreements which led to a number of establishments, the most famous of which was opened in Norway in 2008, and is intended to do what?
A
Preserve identified human genomes
B
Prevent marine pollution
C
Maintain a seed bank to protect global genetic resources for food crop plants
D
Preserve global genetic resources for all non-human life
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Q5.
The song "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" is from which musical?
B
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
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Q6.
What was the occupation of Edmund Hilary, the first man (with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay) to reach the summit of Mt Everest in 1953?
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Q7.
Which 19th century English writer wrote "Swallows and Amazons", "Peter Duck" and "Secret Water"?
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