Daily Quiz #4562
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 15 July 2021
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Q1.
What is an unusual aspect of Jacquemart Island, part of the Campbell Islands?
A
It is the only known breeding place for the critically endangered Vaquita
B
It is periodically covered by sea water
C
It has erupted every two years since volcanic activities have been recorded in the area
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Q2.
The term "spindrift" occurs in one of the technical definitions for what scale?
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Q3.
In the 1920s an Oxford Professor of Anglo-Saxon wrote "The Cat and the Fiddle: A Nursery Rhyme Undone and its Scandalous Secret Unlocked", and followed it by other works including what?
A
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
D
The Pobble Who Has No Toes
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Q4.
Richard Colvin Reid is a self-admitted member of al-Qaeda who pleaded guilty in 2002 in US federal court to 8 criminal counts of terrorism stemming from his attempt to destroy a commercial aircraft in-flight by detonating explosives hidden where?
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Q5.
Which war, from 1853 to 1856, was between Turkey and Sardinia together with (from 1854) Britain and France, on one side and Russia on the other?
D
The "Cry Foul" Rebellion
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Q6.
In 1965, who became the first non-American golfer to win the Masters, the US Open, The Open Championship and the PGA Championship?
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Q7.
The slang words "cool", "groovy", "cat", and "chick" came from the jazz music culture in what decades'?
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