Daily Quiz #4010
General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 10 January 2020
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1
Which tafelberg is associated with Cape Town, South Africa?
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2
Which Russian-born ballet choreographer co-founded the New York City Ballet in 1948?
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3
Which album by the Arctic Monkeys was the fastest selling album in UK chart history?
A
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
B
Favourite Worst Nightmare
D
Five Minutes with Arctic Monkeys
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4
Which city was the site of the dervish rebellion and the death of the British General Gordon in 1885?
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5
Who was the player nicknamed the "Say Hey Kid", who played for the Giants when they won the World Series in 1954?
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6
It has excellent electric insulating and arc-quenching capacity, and is widely used in electronics, laser, medical, meteorological, freezing, fire-fighting, chemical, military, space aviation, non-ferrous metallurgy and physical research. What is it?
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7
The phrase "Here I stand. I can do no other" is popularly understood to have been said while facing what?
A
A firing squad in World War I
B
Judgement in a trial for heresy in the 16th century
C
Proclamation as Emperor in 1st century Rome
D
Being burnt at the stake in the early 15th century
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