Daily Quiz #4869
General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 18 May 2022
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1
Which Soviet leader was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990?
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2
How many countries in South America have land which lies south of the equator?
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3
In "necromancy" the practitioner seeks to do what?
A
Seduce as many people as possible
B
Dig up bodies and take them on holiday
C
Bite the neck of someone close to them
D
Summon the spirit of a deceased person or to raise them bodily
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4
What year did Jean-Francois Champollion publish the first correct translation of Egyptian hieroglyphs from the Rosetta Stone, the Roman Catholic Church take Galileo Galilei's "Dialogue" off their list of banned books, and Britain repeal the death penalty for over 100 crimes?
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5
Which agency provided security for the 1980 Winter Olympics?
C
Federal Bureau of Investigation
D
Pinkerton National Detective Agency
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6
The eponymous main character both in the British crime drama TV series "Professor T." (first screened in 2021) and the Belgian series which inspired it (first screened in 2015) is a Professor of what?
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7
What colour are salmon eggs?
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