Daily Quiz #4614
General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 5 September 2021
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Q1.
The Canadian TV series "Tallboyz", released in 2019, is what genre?
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2
Q2.
One couple won the World Figure Skating Championships for Ice Dancing for four successive years 1981-1984. Who were they?
A
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean
B
Dolly Parton and Kris Kristofferson
C
Nancy Kerrigan and Oksana Baiul
D
Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant
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3
Q3.
Although the Somali sengi was known locally it had not been observed by scientists after 1970 and was considered extinct, until 2020 when scientists found it again. What is its English name?
B
Greater short-tailed bat
C
Long-billed honeycreeper
D
Least vermilion flycatcher
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4
Q4.
Where is the Satsuma peninsula?
A
People's Republic of China
D
Republic of China (Taiwan)
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5
Q5.
Which languages have been spoken, for at least 6,000 years, by the peoples of an island forcibly colonised since 1895 by Japanese and then Chinese forces with programmes aimed (ultimately unsuccessfully) at eliminating the indigenous language and culture?
A
Athabascan-Eyak-Tlingit
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6
Q6.
What "moon" traditionally follows a wedding?
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7
Q7.
Dancer, singer and actor Gregory Hines is particularly celebrated as a what?
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