Daily Quiz #4608
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 30 August 2021
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Q1.
In 2004, Barbie dumped Ken for an Australian. What was his name?
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2
Q2.
Where did the hypertext publication known as "wiki", collaboratively edited and managed by its own audience directly using a web browser, get its name?
A
A whim of the concept's developer
B
A Hawaiian word for "quick"
C
The name of a pet monkey
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3
Q3.
Which was the last unit in the International System of Units still directly defined by an artefact?
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4
Q4.
One of the longest African rivers is also recorded as the world's deepest. What is the measured depth in parts of the river?
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5
Q5.
At the 1976 Summer Olympics, who was the only female competitor not to have a sex test?
A
Princess Anne of the UK
B
Nadia Comăneci of Romania
C
Nellie Kim of the Soviet Union
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6
Q6.
Which country was the first to legalise same-sex marriage as a result of a referendum?
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Q7.
Who "is watching you" in George Orwell's book "Nineteen Eighty-Four"?
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