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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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Peter Agre
B
Peter Andre
C
Peter Allen
D
Peter Asher
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Q2. Where did the "Hindenburg disaster" take place?

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Germany
B
USA
C
England
D
Ireland
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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?

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Niagara Falls
B
Grand Canyon
C
Yellowstone National Park
D
Las Vegas
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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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Yelling criteria
B
Ignorance index
C
Debate ratio
D
Intelligence quotient
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Q5. Olympic gold medallists Chris Hoy, Rebecca Adlington, Bradley Wiggins and Kelly Holmes represented which country?

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Estonia
B
Hungary
C
Italy
D
Great Britain
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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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Stenography
B
Steganography
C
Cryptonomy
D
Cryptosporidiosis
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Q7. Who was the dessert the "pavlova" named after?

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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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