Daily Quiz #4361
General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 26 December 2020
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Q1.
The expression "you can does not necessarily mean you should" is a direct opposite of which of these common expressions?
B
Possession is nine-tenths of the law
C
Technology is a two-edged sword
D
If something is worth doing it is worth doing well
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Q2.
If you travelled directly west from Luanda, Angola, which of these countries would you reach first?
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3
Q3.
When Olof Palme, Prime Minister of his country at the time, died in 1986 what was the cause?
A
He was hit by a falling branch
C
He tripped over a dog and hit his head
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Q4.
In 2005, what major sporting event was delayed 25 minutes due to the wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles?
A
Cricket test match, England v West Indies
C
World Snooker Championship final
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Q5.
The grandson of Sigmund Freud, Jewish and taken to Britain from an increasingly dangerous Germany in 1933, specialised later in what kind of work?
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Q6.
Erysipelas is also known sometimes as what?
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Q7.
Which British Monarch bought Buckingham House, later substantially remodelled as Buckingham Palace, for a royal residence?
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