Daily Quiz #4940
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 28 July 2022
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Q1.
Why was the start of the Eurasian KHL (Kontinental Hockey League) 2011-12 season of ice hockey delayed for nearly a week?
A
The entire Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team and coaching staff died in an air crash
B
A labour dispute which resulted in a lockout
C
Late resolution of some safety issues at the grounds
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2
Q2.
Which direction does the biggest river in South America flow?
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3
Q3.
Which of these was a French writer who is known especially for his first published novel, "Madame Bovary" (1857), and for his scrupulous devotion to his art and style?
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4
Q4.
Which rock musical includes the songs "Skid Row (Downtown)", "Somewhere That's Green", and "Suddenly, Seymour"?
D
Sunday in the Park with George
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Q5.
In a 1956 interview with the American journalist Anna Louise Strong, Mao Zedong described the USA as a paper what?
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Q6.
Where would you go to see exposed one of the most complete sequences of rock anywhere, representing a period of nearly 2 billion years of the Earth's history?
B
Huka Falls, New Zealand
C
Kakadu National Park, Australia
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Q7.
The word "meow", or "miaou", is an example of what?
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