Daily Quiz #4642
General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 3 October 2021
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Q1.
What is notable about the date Friday 15 October 1582 in Western history?
A
It was the first day observed under the Gregorian calendar
B
John Dee revealed the occult Enochian language
C
The first play by William Shakespeare was staged
D
The Douay-Rheims Bible, translated from the Latin Vulgate into English, was published
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Q2.
The character created by O. Henry in his 1907 short story "The Caballero's Way" formed the basis, although considerably softened, for the main character in what 1950s US TV series?
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Q3.
Which of these is the oldest known complex scientific calculator, sometimes called the first analogue computer?
B
Babbage's difference engine
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Q4.
Which of these is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan?
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Q5.
Atlantic equatorial currents pushed westward by the Trade Winds unite in the Gulf of Mexico and then flow northward. What is the north-flowing current called?
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Q6.
What does "savoir faire" mean?
A
Ability to act appropriately in social situations
D
Taking over a government
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Q7.
Sergei Rachmaninoff was a virtuoso on which instrument?
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