Daily Quiz #4505
General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 19 May 2021
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1
What was the stated purpose of the Morges Manifesto signed in 1961?
A
To overthrow a government
C
To raise and distribute funding and resources
D
To establish a system of education
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2
What does the 1954 book "The Bafut Beagles" describe?
A
Collecting wildlife in the Cameroons
C
Colonialism and its effects in Africa
D
Training athletes for the Olympic Games
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3
Polydactyly in people means someone has what?
C
Multiple three-syllable feet in their poetry
D
Extra fingers and/or toes
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4
The seven brightest stars of which constellation form the asterism known as the Big Dipper in the United States and Canada, or the Plough in the United Kingdom and Ireland?
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5
What makes Douglas Fairbanks the odd one out from these other stars of the early American film scene: Cary Grant, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Errol Flynn?
A
He was the only one never to win an Oscar
B
He was the only one born, and to have started his performing career, in the USA
C
He was the only one to marry
D
He did not move to the USA until he was nearly 26
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6
The "African Surface", which covers large parts of Africa, is an example of what?
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7
Which city won the right to host the Centennial Olympic Games over the early favourite, Athens in Greece?
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