Daily Quiz #4705
General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 5 December 2021
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Q1.
Who was the last to hold the presidential insignia for Poland before democratic election handed it to Lech Wałęsa?
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2
Q2.
Public attendance was particularly sparse, virtually non-existent, at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics and Paralympics. What was the reason?
A
The weather was too cold and wet
B
Extremely high ticket prices
D
The COVID-19 pandemic at the time
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3
Q3.
The "Ballad of Chevy Chase" is an old English folk song about what event?
A
The beheading of Anne Boleyn
B
The Battle of Otterburn
D
The defeat of the Spanish Armada
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4
Q4.
Roughly when was the Hampton Court Maze created?
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5
Q5.
What is a mermaid's purse?
D
The casing that surrounds the egg or eggs of a shark, skate or chimaera
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6
Q6.
In geology, what are nappe formations?
A
A complex fold system of shifted sheets of rock
B
Breaks or faults in otherwise continuous sheets of rock
C
Abrupt changes in level
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Q7.
What date is "Singles' Day" in China?
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