Daily Quiz #4782
General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 20 February 2022
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Q1.
Which of these was a Russian composer whose music was officially denounced in the USSR twice and periodically banned, yet received state awards and served in the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR?
D
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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2
Q2.
What phrase means "let the buyer beware"?
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3
Q3.
In international sport, what is the IPL?
D
Internationale de Peru da Lambada
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4
Q4.
What is the prevailing climate in French Guiana?
D
Tropical, hot and permanently humid
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5
Q5.
What number is the factorial of 4?
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Q6.
Which of these characters appear in the Charles Dickens novel "Martin Chuzzlewit"?
B
Charity and Mercy Pecksniff
D
Miss Havisham and Estella
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Q7.
Why did the original Globe Theatre in London burn to the ground in 1613 during a performance of William Shakespeare's Henry VIII when the theatre's roof ignited?
A
A cigarette was dropped in the gallery
B
A cannon, used for special effects, misfired
C
A candle used for stage lighting fell into straw
D
Gunpowder was ignited as a terrorist act
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