Daily Quiz #3756
General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 1 May 2019
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Q1.
The Fandango originated in which country?
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2
Q2.
Why did Captain James Cook give the name "The Sandwich Islands" to the Hawaiian Islands on his discovery of them on 18 January 1778?
A
They were first sighted by Jim Sandwich, the crewman on watch
B
He was eating lunch on the forecastle
C
On the horizon, they looked like a sandwich
D
He named them for John Montagu
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3
Q3.
What is a cantaloupe?
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Q4.
A film pitched to Ealing Studios in 1944 (towards the end of WW II), filmed partly in Switzerland and Norway, and released in 1948 starring John Mills and co-written by his wife, novelist Mary Hayley Bell, concerned which notable British person?
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5
Q5.
Whose name is associated with radical developments in a household cleaning tool?
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Q6.
Which country, whose chief port is La Guaira, became a republic after seceding from the Republic of Colombia in 1830?
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Q7.
In the first 30 years since the first World Elephant Polo annual championship was held in 1982 how many countries have been represented among the winners?
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