Daily Quiz #4737
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 6 January 2022
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1
Which HBO Max sci-fi series set on the real planet Kepler-22b centres on artificial intelligence and religious belief?
Note: This question was updated in May 2023
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2
Voyages of exploration which stretched from 1492 to 1504 started with what purpose?
A
To travel from one pole to the other
B
To find a new and shorter route from Portugal to the Orient
C
Testing out a new type of sail
D
To give the crew extended holiday cruises
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3
What caused the eventual sinking of the Italian ship, MS Achille Lauro, hijacked in 1985 by four members of the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF)?
A
A fierce storm when it was returning to Italy from Egypt after the hijack
B
Scuttled by the hijackers as they escaped
C
Mined by the US military after an American passenger was killed in the hijack negotiations
D
A fire in the engine room nine years later, in 1994, when one of the boilers exploded
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4
Where are the headquarters of the World Curling Federation?
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5
Fingerprints come in three basic patterns. Which of these is not one of them?
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6
Who wrote the music for the award-winning 1961 musical film for which Steven Spielberg directed a re-make in 2021?
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7
What are the first words of the hymn written by Henry Francis Lyte in 1847 that continues "Fast falls the Eventide"?
A
Onward Christian soldiers
C
Silent night, holy night
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