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General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 10 June 2019

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Q1. In 1984, Muhammad Ali was diagnosed with what disorder?

A
Multiple sclerosis (MS)
B
Alzheimer's disease
C
Parkinson's disease
D
Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME)
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Q2. Easter Island belongs to which country?

Note: This question was updated in July 2020
A
Chile
B
Argentina
C
USA
D
Mexico
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Q3. The author of the 16th century treatise, "Spiritual Exercises", simple meditations, prayers, and other mental exercises, was which career Spanish Basque soldier, courtier and later university student?

A
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar
B
Miguel de Cervantes
C
Francisco de Aguirre
D
Saint Ignatius de Loyola
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Q4. The followers of John Wycliffe in the 14th and 15th century were known as what?

A
Yobboes
B
Lollards
C
Disestablishmentarians
D
Presbyterians
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Q5. What links the artistic and political statement masterminded by, according to French tradition, the wife of William the Conqueror in the 11th century and those of mixed media artist Kirsty Whitlock, who features recycled and reclaimed materials, in the 21st?

A
Gold leaf
B
Watercolour paint
C
Embroidery thread
D
Acrylic paint
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Q6. A number of discoveries by English scientist and instrument-maker Francis Hauksbee, or Hawksbee, (1660 - 1713) established principles and/or machines which either were, demonstrated, or led to which of these?

A
All of them
B
Generation of static electricity
C
Neon lighting, and mercury vapour lamps
D
For a given mass of gas at a constant pressure, the volume is proportional to its temperature
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Q7. To rush in without thinking carefully enough beforehand would be…?

Note: This question was updated in October 2020
A
Precipitate
B
A precept
C
Precipitated
D
A precipice
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