Daily Quiz #4744
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 13 January 2022
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Q1.
In October 2021, what was the name of the Facebook app changed to?
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2
Q2.
France's often controversial Petit Saut Dam was built on what river?
A
River Creuse, Indre, France
B
Sinnamary River, French Guiana
C
Rivière de l'Est, Reunion Island
D
Yaté River, New Caledonia
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Q3.
Who were sandwiched in 2021 between the border forces of Poland and Lithuania on one side and those of Belarus on the other?
A
Students on an orientation day parade
B
A convention of political scientists
C
Migrants and refugees from a variety of other countries
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4
Q4.
Which pianist, philosophy and public affairs major, and investment banker started a political party and was elected President of France just over 12 months later?
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5
Q5.
Which of these is part of a television set?
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Q6.
Of which book did its author say: “I cannot conscientiously recommend it for any useful purposes whatever. All I can suggest is that when you get tired of reading "the best hundred books," you may take this for half an hour. It will be a change.”?
C
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
D
The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Q7.
Which small country won its only Olympic gold medals since it first participated in 1936, at the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, USA?
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