Daily Quiz #4460
General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 4 April 2021
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Q1.
What word's original meaning was to do with "relating to a specific place" (such as where indigenous plants or animals were found in a specific area)?
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Q2.
Who was the female lead in the film "Leprechaun"?
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Q3.
What is a variation of the standard card game of poker which consists of two cards being dealt face down to each player and then 5 community cards being placed by the dealer (3 as "the flop" then 1 called "the turn", then 1 called "the river"), with players having the option to check, bet or fold after each deal?
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Q4.
Edward the Confessor became King of England in which century?
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Q5.
What name is given to a neuron which fires both when an animal performs an action and when the animal observes the same action performed by another animal, as though the observer were performing the action?
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Q6.
Which continent has the world's highest waterfall, largest river by volume, longest mountain range, driest non-polar place, largest rainforest, highest capital city, and highest commercially navigable lake?
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Q7.
Which of these composers composed a set of rhapsodies and named them after his home country?
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