Daily Quiz #3856
General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 9 August 2019
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1
A
Streaks of red veins in stones
B
The distinctive smell that often accompanies the first rain after a long warm dry spell
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2
Complete Joseph Stalin's famous quotation "One death is a tragedy, one million deaths is a … "
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3
The Bay of Bengal is bounded by India, Bangladesh and which other country?
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4
Which team won the gold medal in the women's cycling team pursuit at the UCI World Cup in Beijing, 2009, setting the second fastest time in the world for the 3,000m?
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5
In the original British series of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire", question 8 was worth what amount?
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6
What did Chuck Yeager accomplish in a Bell XI in October 1947?
B
Made the first commercial helicopter flight
C
Set the first land speed record for a jet propelled car
D
Flew across the continental United States in under 6 hours
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7
Who, at the age of 50, had become the world's richest man through the activities of the Standard Oil Company?
A
John Davison Rockefeller
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