Daily Quiz #5101
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 5 January 2023
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1
"Cassata Siciliana" is a type of what?
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2
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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3
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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4
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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5
Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira, was an explorer for which kingdom?
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6
In September 2022 two major gas-carrying pipes under the Baltic Sea did what?
B
Attracted a swarm of giant squid
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7
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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