Daily Quiz #5163
General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 8 March 2023
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2
If someone is given hippocras what is being offered?
A
A Turkish delicacy of a special part of the brain of an unborn lamb
B
A Bahamian dwarf seahorse
C
A speculum similar to that believed to have been used by Hippocrates
D
A sweet highly spiced wine, often used as a digestive
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3
Which plant, a bushy herb of the mint family, has a heavy, strong scent, and has been used for centuries in perfumes?
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4
In 1803, part of which two Canadian provinces was bought by the USA from France with the Louisiana Purchase, and ceded to Great Britain in 1818?
A
Nova Scotia and Ontario
B
Quebec and Saskatchewan
C
Alberta and Saskatchewan
D
British Columbia and Manitoba
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5
What is the title extension of the 2020 film "Happy Happy Joy Joy"?
A
A fly marrying a bumble bee!
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6
He was an American dancer, choreographer, actor and also singer; his awards include an honorary Academy Award, three Emmys, a BAFTA, two Golden Globes and a Grammy, and he was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. Who was he?
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7
Table tennis, or ping-pong as it was called then, was delighting the upper class English in the 1880s. It was played with an odd assortment of equipment; which of these was not recorded as one of them?
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