Daily Quiz #4386
General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 20 January 2021
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1
Who is the naval officer in Puccini's "Madam Butterfly"?
C
Warrant Officer Lincoln
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2
Damask is a variety of which of these?
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3
A lion called Lyo, a merlion called Merly, a chamois called Yoggi, a lynx called Sjogg and a young jaguar called Pandi are all connected with what?
B
1986 campaign for the World Wildlife Fund
C
Bronx Zoo, New York, USA
D
Advertising for mountaineering gear
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4
Who is the engineer and inventor of the noise reduction system known as Dolby NR and a co-inventor of video tape recording while at Ampex?
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5
An endangered bromeliad, the tallest and largest of its family, is found almost exclusively where?
A
Atacama Desert in Chile
C
Andes mountain range, in Bolivia and Peru
D
On Mount Kinabalu in Borneo in Malaysia
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6
Because of a disputed election result in December 2010, two candidates, Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara, were separately sworn in as the winner of the presidential election in which country?
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7
What was one of the dominant characteristics of the British software company Freelance Programmers, later Xansa, formed in 1962.
A
It operated exclusively in India
B
The company was owned by its employees
C
Employees were deliberately multicultural and multi-ethnic
D
Employees were almost exclusively female
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