Daily Quiz #4722
General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 22 December 2021
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Q1.
When the amateur World Wrestling Championships combined events for men and women after 2003, the Championships were initially held in non-Olympic Games years, with the exception of 2008 and 2012. What was the reason for the exceptions?
A
To hold a female championship when the Olympics included only four of the weight classes for females
B
To fill a gap when Olympic wrestling was limited to Graeco-Roman style
C
An exceptional number of contestants
D
A request from the sponsors
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Q2.
Which comic strip has the characters Violet Gray, Linus, Rerun and Lucy van Pelt, Schroeder, Marcie, Franklin and Frieda?
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Q3.
When were 18 year olds allowed to vote in a General Election in the United Kingdom?
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Q4.
Which of these cities is the furthest from London?
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Q5.
Which chemist, engineer, and armaments manufacturer invented dynamite and a detonator for it and then founded a longstanding series of world prizes for, among other things, promoting peace?
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Q6.
The following people died from what cause: Eva Braun, Wallace Carothers, Odilo Globocnik, Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Göring, Heinrich Himmler, Günther von Kluge, Erwin Rommel, Alan Turing and the residents of Jonestown?
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Q7.
With what and with what area of Europe is the title Les Bonnets Rouges associated?
B
Religious heresy, Belgium
C
The Resistance, southern France
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