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Daily Quiz #3621

General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 17 December 2018

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Q1. Which moon of Jupiter is named after a divine hero in Greek mythology whose homeland was Troy who was abducted by Zeus in the form of an eagle to serve as cupbearer to the gods and as Zeus's beloved?

A
Callisto
B
Ganymede
C
Europa
D
Io
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Q2. Which writer, winner of the 1985 Man Booker Prize, lived almost exclusively in a remote settlement called Okarito on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island?

Note: This question was updated in June 2022
A
J.L. Carr
B
Eleanor Catton
C
Peter Carey
D
Keri Hulme
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Q3. Which American science fiction television series, first aired from 1993 to 2002, tapped into public mistrust of governments and large institutions and interest in conspiracy theories and spirituality, centring on efforts to uncover the existence of extraterrestrial life?

A
The X-Files
B
Blakes Seven
C
Sapphire and Steel
D
The Avengers
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Q4. On 2 July 2018 Facebook briefly suspended the posting of one of 12 excerpts from the USA's Declaration of Independence, which contained what phrase?

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"...obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners…"
B
"...perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages..."
C
"...opposing with manly firmness…"
D
"…the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction..."
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Q5. What collective name includes the Samburu, the Arusha and Baraguyu (or Kwafi) peoples in eastern Africa?

A
Maasai
B
Turkana
C
Kikuyu
D
Zulu
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Q6. What French political scandal involved the sentencing of an artillery officer to life imprisonment for treason in 1894, who was exonerated and reinstated to the French Army in 1906 after the discovery that the French government had fabricated evidence?

A
The East End Murders
B
The Esterhazy Papers
C
The Dreyfus Affair
D
The Entente Cordiale
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Q7. What is the standard shape of counters used in Connect Four, or Connect 4?

A
Spheres
B
Square discs
C
Round discs
D
Cubes
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