Daily Quiz #4580
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Q1. Where are the Elburz, or Alborz, Mountains?
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Q2. The first 1863 issue of American magazine Harper's Weekly carried the first of an image which developed into what iconic American image?
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Q3. What is the name of the 1928 ballet commissioned for performance at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., composed by Igor Stravinsky, re-costumed by Coco Chanel in 1929, and the first major ballet choreographed by 24-year old George Balanchine?
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Q4. The almost invisible external parasite Knemidocoptes mutans is usually found where?
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Q5. Erik Akkersdijk set a world record of 7.08 seconds at the Czech Open in 2008 ... for what?
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Q6. He was of Huguenot descent, lost sight in one eye in a practice fencing bout with his father, was knighted in 1893 for artistic achievement, and was renowned for a long career of biting, sarcastic, often radical political and social comment. Who was he?
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Q7. What caused the closure of the Panama Canal in December 2010, for the first time in 21 years?
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