Daily Quiz #4508
General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 22 May 2021
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Q1.
When one well-known English author wrote about Britain's "alien and uninspiring court", which monarch replied "I may be uninspiring, but I'll be damned if I'm alien."?
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Q2.
The first novel by Scottish-American fashion designer Douglas Stuart won the Booker Prize in 2020. What is the theme of the book?
A
A young boy growing up in the fashion industry in New York
B
Growing up "poor and queer" in 1980s working-class Glasgow, Scotland
C
A relationship between an unloved daughter and her elderly, failing mother
D
The emotional costs for a young driven scientist
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Q3.
In Tom Clancy's "Rainbow Six" (1998), what is the setting for a plot by eco-terrorists who plan to spread a terrible new plague?
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Q4.
When was the first Juneteenth marked in the US?
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Q5.
What is the common name for Anagallis known for the opening and closing of the flowers in response to sun and weather conditions?
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Q6.
Where is KwaZulu-Natal?
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Q7.
A "limp chimp blimp" is what figure of speech?
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