Daily Quiz #5175
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 20 March 2023
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1
For whom was Daedalus said to have built a labyrinth?
A
Cocalus, king of Agrigentum
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2
What branch of the British military wear red caps?
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3
In the 3rd millennium BCE the Indus Valley civilisation was using distance measurements precise to a unit of what?
B
4.7 mm (approx. 1/5 inch)
C
2 cm (approx. 4/5 inch)
D
2.5 mm (approx. 1/10 inch)
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4
P L Travers wrote the story on which of these films was based?
C
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
D
Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
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5
The 1912 invention of the mechanical or artificial what, triggered development of the commercial form of a highly popular sport which happens on what are usually oval tracks?
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6
What 1983 film directed by Brian De Palma, scripted by Oliver Stone and starring Al Pacino as Tony Montana, is based on Howard Hawks's 1932 biopic of Al Capone?
C
Once Upon A Time in Chicago
D
The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
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7
Which of these countries is on the Horn of Africa?
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