Daily Quiz #5039
General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 4 November 2022
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1
What is the publication known as the Wellcome Apocalypse?
A
A video game and web series
B
Italian essays in the 1750s on the latter books of the Christian Bible
C
A major German medical textbook of 1420
Select from the options above.
2
The 1934 British Empire Games, now the Commonwealth Games, were originally scheduled for Johannesburg, South Africa, but were changed to London, UK. Why?
A
The main South African funder withdrew
B
Security concerns over rioting
C
The transport system failed
D
Increased concerns over racial discrimination in South Africa
Select from the options above.
3
The Gunpowder Plot, planned for 5 November 1605, was an attempt by a group of Catholics to blow up the English parliament and which monarch?
C
William I (William the conqueror)
Select from the options above.
4
Where are the Carpathian Mountains?
B
Central and Eastern Europe
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5
In 1886, John Pemberton claimed that a certain concoction cured diseases, including morphine addiction, dyspepsia, neurasthenia, headache, and impotence. Which was it?
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6
Which of these is an early Baroque opera by Claudio Monteverdi, with a libretto by Alessandro Striggio, that was written in 1607 for a court performance during the annual Carnival at Mantua, and is still regularly performed?
Select from the options above.
7
Microsoft announced its intent in 2022 to make the largest acquisition of a tech company in history. Which company?
Select from the options above.
