Daily Quiz #4258
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 14 September 2020
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1
In musical notation, what word means "exactly: neither sharp nor flat"?
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2
Which of these was the title of a TV series starring Robert Stack as Eliot Ness, who was in charge of a police unit that tackled criminals during the American Prohibition?
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3
What is the name for the highly viscous layer of the earth that is about 2,890 km (1,800 miles) thick and makes up about 84 percent of Earth's volume?
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4
George Washington became president of the USA in which century?
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5
Which of these instruments was a feature of spectating at the FIFA World Cup 2010?
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6
What is the name of the system of stellar designation in which a specific star is identified by a Greek letter (then Latin letters in lower-case then upper-case), followed by the genitive form of its parent constellation's Latin name (e.g. α Tauri)?
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7
What playwright was jailed for stealing and defacing books from the Islington Library?
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