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General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 31 October 2018

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Q1. What game is played on a pitch up to 145 metres long and 90 metres wide with goalposts similar to a rugby union with a lower crossbar and a net similar to soccer, with scoring by putting the ball over the bar (for 1 point) or into the net (for 3)?

A
Rugby Union
B
Australian Rules Football
C
Gaelic football
D
Rugby League
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Q2. Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland, was the daughter of which other English monarch?

A
Henry VIII
B
Henry VII
C
Edward VI
D
Mary I
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Q3. Which of these was the last to have its first run on British television?

A
Andy Pandy
B
Teletubbies
C
Sesame Street
D
Thunderbirds
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Q4. The system known as DOHC is installed in what ?

A
Typewriters
B
Quantum computers
C
Internal combustion engines
D
Washing machines
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Q5. Against what forces were the French fighting at the 1803 Battle of Vertières?

A
Liberated former slaves and their allies in Haiti
B
British, Prussian, German and Dutch
C
Russian and Austrian
D
USA
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Q6. Where does the River Isis, which rises in the Cotswolds in the UK, reach the sea?

A
Cardigan Bay
B
Bristol
C
Devon
D
London
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Q7. What is the significance to historical and religious research of the Dead Sea scrolls, discovered from 1946 onwards?

A
They are accounting records for rebuilding the Temple of Jerusalem in 6th century BCE
B
They are an early canonical Torah
C
They record part of the Jewish world believed to be between the 3rd century BCE and 1st century CE
D
They are records of the 7th century fights over Jerusalem and capture of Christian artefacts
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