Daily Quiz #3666
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 31 January 2019
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1
In a 1989 American drama film, the semi-autobiographical script and the screenplay for which was written by Thomas Schulmann and inspired by a teacher of his and by his experiences at school, what are the people referred to in its title?
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2
The high-spirited, often drunk, incompetent Cockney nurse Mrs Sarah Gamp, or Sairey Gamp, from Charles Dickens's "Martin Chuzzlewit" gave her name to what?
C
A particularly large measure of gin
D
An unwelcome, hard to dislodge employee
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3
What do V.S.Naipaul, Doris Lessing, John Maxwell Coetzee and Bob Dylan have in common?
A
They have worked in the fishing industry
B
They were born in India
C
They have won the Nobel Prize for Literature
D
They have chosen plots, or are buried, in Père Lachaise Cemetery
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4
Which of these is a metal?
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5
Where do the Berg winds blow?
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6
In what vehicles did Australian Formula One World Champion and founder of the Brabham racing team and race car constructor, Sir John (Jack) Brabham, have his early racing experience?
D
Midget (or Speedcar) racing cars
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7
What was the purpose of the international body, IWC, when it was set up in 1946?
B
Study of the properties of wings
C
Establishment of wingdings as commercial fonts
D
The orderly development of the whaling industry
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