Daily Quiz #5060
General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 25 November 2022
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1
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836 – 1917) was the first woman in Britain to be elected to a school board, the first female mayor in Britain, and the first …?
A
Accredited female silversmith in Britain
B
Female member of Parliament in Britain
C
Woman to qualify in Britain as a physician and surgeon
D
Female head of a (male) university
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2
To travel directly from Bolivia to Suriname, which country needs to be crossed?
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3
At which Olympic Games was Women's diving introduced for competition?
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4
What is or are Araucaria?
C
Conifers first known in the Middle Jurassic
D
Crystalline secretions in caves
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5
What is the name of the Jewish New Year festival?
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6
In which country, independent since 10 October 1970, have there been four coups: two in 1987 (when the military began ruling directly or heavily influencing governments), one in 2000 and one in late 2006?
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7
In 1968, which book by Philip K Dick was published that became the basis for the 1982 film "Blade Runner"?
A
Something Wicked This Way Comes
C
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
D
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
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