Daily Quiz #4610
General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 1 September 2021
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Q1.
Which film star became Governor of California?
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Q2.
If you were on the Great Slave Lake where would you be?
A
In the Vostok Station, Antarctica
B
Near Yellowknife, District of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories, Canada
C
Between the Irkutsk Oblast and the Buryat Republic in Siberia, Russian Federation
D
Near Grizzly Bear Mountain and on the Arctic Circle, Northwest Territories, Canada
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Q3.
Chuck Yeager in a plane first broke the sound barrier in level flight in 1947, Joseph Kittinger set a time in 1960 of 4m 37s in free fall from a height of 19.5 miles and reached a speed of 614 mph. On 14 October 2012 Austrian Felix Baumgartner set new records, which of these was not among them?
A
First freefall to break the sound barrier
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Q4.
How many wheels were there on each hansom cab, the horse-drawn taxis that used to operate in London in Victorian times?
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5
Q5.
What is the only geometric shape that has infinite lines of symmetry?
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Q6.
Charlie Chaplin started filming this satire on fascism in September 1939 and released it in 1940. Which film was it?
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Q7.
Of the five events contested in the first World Shooting Championship in 1897, which country won most medals?
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