Daily Quiz #3515
General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 2 September 2018
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1
Q1.
Which of these places is furthest from Chicago, Illinois, USA?
B
San Francisco, California, USA
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2
Q2.
Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and what other country signed a free trade agreement on March 2018?
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3
Q3.
What does Fresnel's equation describe?
A
Change of a particle's wavefunction, related to its kinetic and its potential energy
B
Force in terms of mass and acceleration
C
The relationship between electricity and magnetism
D
Behaviour of light when incident on media of differing refractive indices
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4
Q4.
Whose famous books include "The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex", "The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals", " The Power of Movement in Plants" and "The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms"?
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5
Q5.
How did the leotard get its name?
A
The inventor was Jules Léotard
B
It makes the wearer feel leonine
C
It was originally used to dress leopards in circuses
D
It forced the wearer to walk slowly
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6
Q6.
What is the minimum equipment needed to play Nought and Croses, or Tic-Tac-Toe?
B
The right app and a screen
C
Counters and a board marked in squares
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7
Q7.
An adventurous mouse called Anatole who lives outside Paris, France, and a mouse called Basil of Baker Street who lives in Victorian London, UK, were created by a writer who lived where?
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