Daily Quiz #4711
General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 11 December 2021
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Q1.
In various English-speaking countries, a flag is flown at what is said to be half mast as a mark of respect or mourning; in the U.S. (on land) the gesture is known as half what?
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2
Q2.
What was the first of a succession of Soviet state security organisations, created by a decree issued on 20 December 1917 by Vladimir Lenin and subsequently led by Felix Dzerzhinsky?
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3
Q3.
Which of these sports has an event called the "omnium"?
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Q4.
Who wrote "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"?
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Q5.
What have George Etheridge, William Wycherley, Thomas Shadwell, Thomas Otway Colby Ciber and William Congreve in common?
A
They composed what is termed "early music"
B
They discovered moons in the solar system
C
They formulated the modern atomic table
D
They wrote Restoration Comedies
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Q6.
Luigi and Lucia Galeazzi Galvani are credited with the first studies in what, published in 1791?
A
Continuously providing electric current to a circuit
B
The nature of bioelectricity in the body
C
The hearing of birds, quadrupeds, and humans
D
The properties of a vacuum
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Q7.
Which two bodies of water does the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait connect?
A
The Black Sea and the Aegean Sea
B
The Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman
C
The Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden
D
The Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean
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