Daily Quiz #4470
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Q1. Taste buds detect five known elements of taste perception, two of which are "sweet" and "savoury" (or "umami"). Which of these is not one of the others?
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Q2. Which of these is the name given to a northern to north-eastern wind in the Adriatic, and in Croatia, Italy, Greece, Slovenia, and Turkey?
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Q3. On 10 May 1775, during the American Revolutionary War, a small force of Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold overcame and looted Fort Ticonderoga, a small British garrison, and took away cannons and other armaments to fortify which city that was under siege?
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Q4. Which car maker has a trident as its symbol?
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Q5. An introduction which an author writes to his or her book or other piece of writing is technically known as a what?
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Q6. What was the surname of the family who looked after Paddington Bear?
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Q7. What is an old European lawn game, still played in parts of England and Wales, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, from which ten-pin bowling, duckpin bowling, and candlepin bowling in the USA, and five-pin bowling in Canada are descended?
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