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Daily Quiz #5101

General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 5 January 2023

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Q1. "Cassata Siciliana" is a type of what?

A
Biscuit
B
Ice cream
C
Cake
D
Cocktail
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Q2. Where are the Shikmona and Mers a-Matruh gyres?

A
In the sea on Africa's north-eastern Mediterranean coast
B
Off the coast of Madagascar
C
At the tip of the Cape of Good Hope
D
Down the coast of Somalia
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Q3. When China hosted the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, it had a stated aim of making the Games carbon-neutral. Which was one of the methods they chose?

A
Using vehicles fuelled by hydrogen and renewable electricity
B
Combining venues if one did not have enough snow, instead of making artificial snow
C
Building competitors' accommodation as part of the venues, to save transport
D
Shortening the opening and closing ceremonies
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Q4. What is the black hole information paradox propounded by Stephen Hawking in the 1970s?

A
A black hole can slowly radiate energy
B
No information about a black hole can escape it
C
As a black hole evaporates the information about its initial state disappears
D
A black hole has a property called "quantum hair"
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Q5. Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira, was an explorer for which kingdom?

A
The Netherlands
B
Spain
C
Portugal
D
Bhutan
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Q6. In September 2022 two major gas-carrying pipes under the Baltic Sea did what?

A
Fell apart
B
Attracted a swarm of giant squid
C
Floated to the surface
D
Exploded
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Q7. Which of these was painted first?

A
"Late Fall" by Andrew Wyeth
B
"The Kiss" by Gustav Klimt
C
"The Clothed Maja" by Francisco Goya
D
"The Suicide of Dorothy Hale" by Frida Kahlo
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