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General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 7 November 2018

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Q1. In the second of the 2018 five-match Test series between England and India, during what was a rare series of cricket tournaments between the two teams on UK soil, England was not able to field team member, Ben Stokes, because he was on trial for what?

A
Affray
B
Grievous bodily harm
C
Actual bodily harm
D
Match fixing
Select from the options above.
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Q2. What is the term "standard gauge" usually applied to?

A
Domestic electricity networks
B
Railway tracks
C
Crochet hooks
D
Sewing machine needles
Select from the options above.
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Q3. In the American sitcom "Full House" (1987-1995) the widowed father of the three children in the house asks whom, to help him bring them up?

A
His sister-in-law
B
His brother-in-law and his best friend
C
His mother
D
His brother and his best friend
Select from the options above.
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Q4. Which of these is true of adders?

A
They give birth to live young
B
They are non-venomous
C
They use snail shells as homes
D
They can erect a frill behind their head when alarmed
Select from the options above.
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Q5. Which of these, used in processing milk, reflects the name of a scientist associated with it?

A
Pasteurisation
B
Homogenisation
C
Separation
D
Refrigeration
Select from the options above.
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Q6. What was the Second League of Armed Neutrality (or the League of the North) formed in 1800 or 1801, designed to do?

A
Protect fishing rights in Scandinavian waters
B
Protect free trade with France against British policy to restrict it
C
To ring fence northern countries against involvement in impending British naval wars
D
To ring fence northern countries against involvement in impending Central American wars
Select from the options above.
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Q7. What is the only country in Central America which is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, and has English as its official language?

A
Costa Rica
B
Guatemala
C
Honduras
D
Belize
Select from the options above.
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