Daily Quiz #4027
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 27 January 2020
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Q1.
Court Philippe Chatrier, which has stands named after Jacques "Toto" Brugnon, Jean Borotra, Henri Cochet, and René Lacoste, is the main court of an international tennis venue in which city?
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Q2.
Which film was banned for 8 years in the Republic of Ireland and for a year in Norway, and was marketed in Sweden as '"The film so funny that it was banned in Norway"?
B
Monty Python's Life of Brian
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Q3.
The Pan-American Highway, a network of roads nearly 48,000 km (29,800 miles) long links the mainland nations of the Americas in a connected highway system, except for an 87 km (54 mile) stretch called what?
B
Patagonian Canal Region
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Q4.
Which country set up the "Committee on Public Information" from April 1917 to June 1919 to run a propaganda campaign, and told citizens to seek out spies, which led to the creation of "patriotic organizations"?
Note: This question was updated in September 2022
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Q5.
What is the only breed of dog to be named after a character in fiction?
B
The Dandie Dinmont Terrier
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Q6.
What originated as a French folk dance, notated in 4/4 or 2/2 time at moderate tempo, with a distinctive rhythmic feature, as phrases begin in the middle of the bar (on the third quarter note), creating a half-measure upbeat?
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Q7.
Which singer made the news in September 2009 when Muslim groups protested that her first concert in Malaysia should be cancelled for a second time?
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