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Daily Quiz #5039

General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 4 November 2022

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Q1. 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
D
An American racehorse
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Q2. 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
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Q3. 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?

A
Henry VIII
B
James I
C
William I (William the conqueror)
D
Victoria
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Q4. Where are the Carpathian Mountains?

A
South East Asia
B
Central and Eastern Europe
C
Eastern South America
D
Alaska
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Q5. In 1886, John Pemberton claimed that a certain concoction cured diseases, including morphine addiction, dyspepsia, neurasthenia, headache, and impotence. Which was it?

A
Coca-Cola
B
Aspirin
C
Seven Up
D
Bourbon Whiskey
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Q6. 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?

A
L'Orfeo
B
Mary Stuart
C
Carmen
D
Deshabille
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Q7. Microsoft announced its intent in 2022 to make the largest acquisition of a tech company in history. Which company?

A
RiskIQ
B
Activision Blizzard
C
Nuance Communications
D
ZeniMax Media
Select from the options above.
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