Daily Quiz #4223
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 10 August 2020
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Q1.
The continent, or micro-continent, of Zealandia broke away from what land mass an estimated 83-79 million years ago?
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Q2.
What is the name for a two-edged sword traditionally used by Scottish highlanders?
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Q3.
The pineapple express is a Pacific jetstream that runs from Hawaii to where?
C
East coast of New Zealand
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Q4.
Who was president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) during the decisions around holding the 2020 Summer Olympics in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic?
C
Juan Antonio Samaranch Salisachs
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Q5.
Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Helena Bonham Carter starred in what 1999 film where a large part of the action concerns an expanding group of people who stage fights?
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Q6.
In organic substrates what is the prime means of generating adenosine triphosphate (ATP) in the absence of oxygen?
Note: This question was updated in March 2024
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Q7.
"Historia Naturalis" was a major work by whom?
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