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Daily Quiz #3526

General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 13 September 2018

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Q1. Until the introduction of the Euro on 1 January 2002, which country had the Deutsche Mark as its basic currency unit?

A
France
B
Italy
C
Belgium
D
Germany
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Q2. Whose career was re-ignited with the release of his album "American Recordings", which included songs written by Tom Waits, Nick Lowe and Leonard Cohen, when it won the 1994 Contemporary Folk Album Grammy Award?

A
Michael Jackson
B
Stevie Wonder
C
Johnny Cash
D
Sam Cooke
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Q3. Which was the first Olympic Games at which an athlete won a gold medal when competing as an individual athlete and under the Olympic flag, rather than the flag of a country?

A
2016
B
1992
C
2018
D
2014
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Q4. What are neutrinos?

A
Low energy byproducts of some nuclear reactions
B
A sub-neutron particle in the nucleus of an atom
C
A breed of sheep
D
A neutered rhinoceros
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Q5. What is the meaning of "corpus delicti"?

A
Heavenly body
B
Evidence to prove that a crime occurred, needed before someone can be convicted of committing it
C
A particular Italian recipe for preparing and cooking beef
D
A term used in the Catholic Church in relation to Holy Communion
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Q6. For what reason did a 1975-6 discovery in Monte Verde in the low mountains in the south of Chile stir interest in the scientific community?

A
Evidence of the earliest known human settlement in Chile
B
Indications of extensive oil fields
C
Dense deposits of fossil whales plus aquatic sloths and other marine animals
D
Rhodium deposits
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Q7. Which classic film is the story of a US marshal who cannot get help from anyone (including his new quaker wife) to face a gunfight with a criminal and his three henchmen?

A
Stagecoach
B
Gunfight at The OK Corral
C
The Tin Star
D
High Noon
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