Daily Quiz #5027
Sunday's Quiz: From The Archives
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1
The "Hall of Mirrors" is in which building?
Sunday Archive: Originally published in May 2011
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2
The fact that hot water freezes more quickly than cold water is known as what?
Sunday Archive: Originally published in May 2011
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3
How did Nigerian man Umar Farouk Abdulmutallah make world news on 25 December 2009?
Sunday Archive: Originally published in August 2011
and updated in October 2022
A
Trying to blow up an aeroplane
B
Finding, by e-mail, someone to share his family fortune
C
Shooting down Santa's sleigh
D
Leading US police on their longest recorded car chase
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4
What term is used when a sports team gathers in a tight circle to strategise, motivate or celebrate?
Sunday Archive: Originally published in March 2012
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5
What is the next in this series: Das Rheingold (The Rhinegold), Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), Siegfried, ... ?
Sunday Archive: Originally published in March 2011
A
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersinger of Nuremberg)
B
Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)
C
Götterdämmerung (The Twilight of the Gods)
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6
The "galop" from Offenbach's "Orphée aux Enfers" is generally associated with what?
Sunday Archive: Originally published in May 2010
A
British royal coronations
C
Hitler's most publicised Nuremberg rally
D
The funeral of Ronald Reagan
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7
Who printed his own translations of a French romance "The Recwyell of the Historyes of Troy" and "The Game and Plays of the Chesse" in Bruges in 1474?
Sunday Archive: Originally published in September 2010
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