Daily Quiz #5144
General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 17 February 2023
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1
Playing a scenario close to the rise and assassination of real-life 1930s Louisiana Governor, Huey Long, the film won three Oscars (Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Picture) and was nominated for four more. Which was it?
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2
In the first two decades of the 20th century a number of European and USA expeditions were made, eventually successfully, to where?
D
The source of the Amazon River
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3
For a scholar studying in the centres of learning in 15th or 16th century Timbuktu, which of these would be the nearest body of water?
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4
"Handy" in its Middle English form of "hende" meant what?
C
Noble, courteous and clever
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5
The aquatic snails known as limpets have what shape shell?
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6
How old was New Zealand golfer Lydia Ko when she turned professional in 2013?
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7
Which of these series of books was created by Roger Hargreaves?
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