Daily Quiz #4471
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 15 April 2021
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Q1.
Canis Major is also known as what?
Note: This question was updated in March 2022
C
The Great, or Greater, Dog
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Q2.
Rihanna, who had hit singles from 2005 that include "Don't Stop the Music" and "Disturbia", was born where?
A
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
D
Saint Michael, Barbados
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Q3.
Which of these is the name for a type of broom?
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Q4.
The artists Dame Evelyn Glennie, Gareth Farr, Neil Peart and Alexej Gerassimez are internationally known in what field?
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Q5.
What board game is played with 24 pieces on a board marked with 64 squares, where the object is to capture an enemy piece by passing over it to a vacant square behind it?
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Q6.
Which lighthouse, the fourth to be built on the site since 1698, is 9 statute miles (14 km) south west of Rame Head on the Cornish / Devon coast of Britain?
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Q7.
On April 4, 1841, William Henry Harrison became what?
A
George Washington's brother-in-law
C
The first US President to die in office
D
The first native American President
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