Daily Quiz #4121
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 30 April 2020
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Q1.
What did Le Chevalier C. Auguste Dupin, a character in a series of 19th century stories, do?
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Q2.
What fishing method used to catch salmon, mackerel and kingfish, involves drawing one or more fishing lines, baited with lures or bait fish, through the water?
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3
A
Glass formed in sand, silica or soil by lightning strikes
B
Parasites found mostly in cows and sheep
C
People who want to ban censorship altogether
D
People who want to prevent the use of modern machinery
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Q4.
What was the official reason stated by the Soviet Union for boycotting the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, USA?
A
Concerns over security, "chauvinistic sentiments" and "an anti-Soviet hysteria" in the USA
B
The USA led a boycott of the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, USSR
C
The anti-doping controls were too tight
D
The USA had offended them
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Q5.
Gregor Johann Mendel, a 19th Century Augustinian priest and scientist, gained posthumous fame as the figurehead of which new science for his study of pea plants?
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Q6.
In which of these countries is it possible to find lithium in quantity?
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Q7.
What French landmark was almost consumed by fire in 2019?
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