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General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 30 December 2022

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Q1. Established in New York in 1999, what is the High Line?

A
A high level high speed commuter train
B
The official maximum building height
C
An establishment offering the widest range of legal drugs
D
A public park built on an old freight rail line
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Q2. The long-running murder mystery play, "The Mousetrap" by Agatha Christie, was developed from an earlier radio play by the same author called what?

A
Of Mice and Murder
B
The Mousetrap
C
The Murder of Gonzago
D
Three Blind Mice
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Q3. In Greek legend, what were Stheno, Euryale and Medusa, winged female monsters with snakes for hair who turned mortals to stone if they looked directly at them?

A
Gorgons
B
Satyrs
C
Minotaurs
D
Cobras
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Q4. Who wrote "Little Women"?

A
Virginia Woolf
B
Charlotte Bronte
C
Harriet Beecher Stowe
D
Louisa May Alcott
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Q5. What chromosomes do the two main human sexes have?

A
Men: XX, Women: XY
B
Men: XX, Women: YY
C
Men: XY, Women: XX
D
Men: YY, Women: XY
Select from the options above.
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Q6. The volcano Vesuvius looks down on what?

A
Bay of Naples
B
Kalahari Desert
C
Pacific Ocean
D
Tokyo
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Q7. Why, in the 2022 Winter Olympics, did the Swedish team ask that races be moved to earlier in the day?

A
The events in which their athletes were competing were short-changed in TV coverage
B
To protect athletes from the bitter cold in late afternoon and early evening events
C
The angle of reflection of the sunlight later in the day was blinding athletes
D
They had been scheduled alongside their traditional rivals, Finland
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