Daily Quiz #4495
General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 9 May 2021
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1
Known as "snap apple", "bobbing for apples" and "dooking" what does this game ask its participants to do?
A
Curtsey to one another while covering as many apples as possible
B
Pluck apples or almonds out of burning brandy and eat them
C
Swing apples on a string against one another
D
Capture apples either floating in water or hanging from a string
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2
From what type of well does water flow to the surface by natural pressure?
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3
Phoebe is a moon of which planet in our solar system?
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4
What did Shakespeare say were the names of Hamlet's mother and stepfather?
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5
Which of these lakes is the largest by area?
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6
Which war pitted anarchists, socialists, and Communists supported by the Soviets and international volunteers, against conservatives, monarchists, nationalists and fascists, with the support of Portugal, Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany?
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7
In the early 19th century, who began classifying minerals by their physical characteristics and not, as had been done traditionally, by their chemical composition?
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