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General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 8 May 2023

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Q1. In the 1980s one of the matches between Australia and New Zealand in One Day International cricket was infamous for what?

A
The Australian captain, bowler and commentator were all brothers
B
The last New Zealand batsman in the final over threw his bat at the bowler
C
The Australian bowler sent the last ball of the final over underarm
D
The Australian team was booed off the field by the spectators
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Q2. Where was the Battle of Salamis fought in 480 BCE?

A
On the river flats at the foot of Mt. Cithaeron
B
At the pass of Thermopylae
C
The Saronic Gulf of the Aegean Sea
D
In marshes on the Attic Peninsula
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Q3. In the 1967 film "Belle de Jour", based on a 1928 novel by Joseph Kessel and directed by Luis Buñuel, what part-time work is carried out by the main character played by Catherine Deneuve?

A
Telephone sale
B
Waitress
C
Prostitute
D
Nanny
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Q4. Who wrote the play "The Cocktail Hour", a US comedy exploring the world of upper-class families in the Northeast set in an apartment in the 1970s, and promised his parents it would not be produced in his hometown during their lifetimes because "the details are so close to home"?

A
Henrik Ibsen
B
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (Molière)
C
Peter Shaffer
D
A. R. Gurney
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Q5. What does a linguist study?

A
The origins of a language
B
Use of phonetics
C
Dialect
D
Language - form, meaning and context
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Q6. What is the most frequent definition in mathematics of a straight line?

A
A set of points obeying a linear relationship when some other fundamental concept is left undefined
B
None - it is considered a primitive (undefined) concept
C
Quantity which has only one dimension, i.e. length
D
A line which is equally extended between its points
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Q7. Which of these has the northernmost capital city?

A
Finland
B
Greenland
C
Norway
D
England
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