Daily Quiz #3599
General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 25 November 2018
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Q1.
Which American medical doctor, professor, and molecular biologist was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of aquaporins (water-channel proteins that move water molecules through the cell membrane)?
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Q2.
Where did the "Hindenburg disaster" take place?
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Q3.
Buckey O'Neill Cabin, Kolb Studio, El Tovar Hotel, Hopi House, Verkamp's Curios, Lookout Studio, Desert View Watchtower and Bright Angel Lodge are historical buildings located at which tourist destination?
C
Yellowstone National Park
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Q4.
What rating system for talk shows, defined as the ratio of interrupted sentences versus all sentences within a typical program, expressed as a percentage, was invented by author Stephen Euin Cobb?
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Q5.
Olympic gold medallists Chris Hoy, Rebecca Adlington, Bradley Wiggins and Kelly Holmes represented which country?
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Q6.
What is the art and science of writing hidden messages in such a way that no one, apart from the sender and intended recipient, suspects the existence of the message?
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Q7.
Who was the dessert the "pavlova" named after?
A
Ivan Pavlov (1849 - 1936), Russian, physiologist, psychologist, and physician.
B
Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia (1891 -1941)
C
Anna Pavlova (1881-1931), Russian ballet dancer
D
Vera Anatolyevna Pavlova; (1963 - ), a Russian poet
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