Daily Quiz #4718
General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 18 December 2021
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Q1.
"The Spanish Tragedie, or Hieronimo is Mad Againe", written in the late 16th century, is a work by which playwright?
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Q2.
Set to poetry, owing much to fairy tales of the same kind as those used by Hans Christian Andersen, and an enduring Czechoslovakian masterpiece this was first performed in 1901. What is the piece?
A
Rusalka by Antonín Dvořák
B
The Bartered Bride by Bedrich Smetana
C
Alexandre Bis by Bohuslav Martinů
D
Svätopluk by Eugen Suchoň
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Q3.
Where would you NOT find Fourier transforms being used directly?
B
Reconstructing a crystal structure from its diffraction pattern
D
Equalising audio recordings
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Q4.
Who became president of Afghanistan in December 2004?
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Q5.
The home of the drink called "bourbon" is Bourbon County. What state of the USA is it in?
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Q6.
Olympic gold medallists Natasa Janics and Alfréd Hajós represented which country?
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Q7.
What is the best-known English blue cheese?
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