Daily Quiz #3762
General Knowledge Quiz for Tuesday, 7 May 2019
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Q1.
What can "obverse" mean?
A
Insensitive or wilfully blind to a fact, or something seen by others as a truth
C
Back of a page in a book
D
The opposite aspect of a fact
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Q2.
Who painted two versions of "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" in 1890?
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Q3.
The national flag of which country differs from the Italian tricolor only because it contains the national coat of arms?
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Q4.
The first modern Olympic games as we currently know them were held in which century?
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Q5.
What is the name given to the planet Venus when it appears in the West after sunset?
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Q6.
In February 1841, English polymath, inventor, politician and scientist William Henry Fox Talbot patented a process which was seminal in the development of what?
B
Mauveine, the first synthetic organic dye
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Q7.
Which country, after its Act of Union agreement expired, held a four-day plebiscite in 1944 and became an independent republic on 17 June 1944, with Sveinn Björnsson as the first President?
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