Daily Quiz #4004
General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 4 January 2020
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Q1.
A pair of angles is complementary if the sum of their measures is how many degrees?
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Q2.
What 1949 film about racial prejudice in the USA by Clarence Brown, from a novel by William Faulkner, involved a black boy, a white boy and an old woman assisting a black man accused of murder?
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Q3.
What is the wine-tasting term for the aroma, smell or bouquet of a wine?
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Q4.
Whose writings were the vivid and eloquent force which in the 5th century CE cemented into Christian teachings the doctrine of original sin still preached in some of Christianity?
A
Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons
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Q5.
When the women's 5000 m world record was broken by a 17 year old in 1984 (with a time of 15:01.83), why was the new record not accepted by the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF)?
B
The time had not been recorded by an IAAF official
C
She was under the recognised age for competition
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Q6.
Where is the Republic of Karelia?
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Q7.
Before the capital of Japan was established in present day Kyoto by the Heian Emperor Kanmu in 794 CE, where was the previous capital?
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