Daily Quiz #4587
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 9 August 2021
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Q1.
"The Hunting of the Snark (an Agony in 8 Fits)", published in 1876, followed which other work by the same author?
D
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found
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2
Q2.
What was the special field of history examined by English historian and Member of Parliament, Edward Gibbon?
A
English parliamentary practice
B
The decline and fall of the Roman Empire, and the history of early Christianity and of Europe
C
The rise and fall of piracy in the Americas and Europe
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3
Q3.
What is the Chilean desert between the coast and the Andes?
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Q4.
The Israeli military leader Moshe Dayan became internationally known during what hostilities?
A
Six-Day War of 1967, and Yom Kippur War of 1973
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Q5.
In the acronym NFT used in digital block-chain enabled transactions, what does the "F" stand for?
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6
A
The first element to be synthesised rather than being discovered in nature
B
A theoretical element, not so far synthesised
D
A compound of rhenium and boron
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Q7.
Which was the first Olympic Games to held in the Balkans, after the 1896 Games in Athens?
C
1998 Winter Paralympics
D
2014 Winter Paralympics
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