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Daily Quiz #5129

General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 2 February 2023

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Q1. The fifteen elements with atomic numbers 57 to 71, which includes Lanthanum (La), Cerium (Ce), Praseodymium (Pr), Neodymium (Nd), Promethium (Pm), Europium (Eu), Erbium (Er), Thulium (Tm), Ytterbium (Yb) and Lutetium (Lu), are known as what?

A
Lanthanoid series
B
Noble gases
C
Antibiotics
D
Halogens
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Q2. Which of these modern-day countries was not one of those ruled by the King of Denmark in 1297?

A
Norway
B
Sweden
C
Denmark
D
Poland
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Q3. Playwright Athol Fugard, multi-award-winning honorary fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, is best-known for what theme in his works?

A
Tension between Muslim and non-Muslim belief systems
B
Destruction caused by class distinction
C
Slavery, and the struggle against ethnic discrimination in the USA
D
Opposing the South African system of apartheid
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Q4. Which of these cities does not have an obelisk popularly called "Cleopatra's Needle"?

A
New York
B
London
C
Rome
D
Paris
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Q5. Why did the para-athletes Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain Rasouli arrive late to the Paralympics in Tokyo in 2021?

A
Their flights had been repeatedly delayed
B
They were in extended quarantine for COVID-19
C
They were caught in the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan
D
They had not been told they were competing
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Q6. Which of these cooking methods does not involve water or similar liquid in some stage of the process?

A
Braising
B
Poaching
C
Steaming
D
Broiling
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Q7. What was the name of the man who was pictured facing down a tank in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, in 1989?

A
Vladimir Putin
B
Hu Yaobang
C
Deng Xiaoping
D
It has not been confirmed
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