Daily Quiz #5230
Sunday's Quiz: From The Archives
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1
In music, what word means "to be performed without any break between - smooth and sustained"?
Sunday Archive: Originally published in October 2012
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2
In April 1969, Pope Paul VI approved the "new Order of Mass" (promulgated in 1970), which included radical changes to Catholic Church rituals. Which of these was not one of them?
Sunday Archive: Originally published in March 2012
A
3 new Eucharistic Prayers to what was up to then a single Roman Canon
B
Banning of genuflection
C
Approval for the use of languages other than Latin
D
Reintroduction of prayers that had become disused (e.g. the Prayer of the Faithful)
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3
What is the country of origin of the cheese called "caerphilly"?
Sunday Archive: Originally published in April 2011
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4
Marie Curie, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics (1903) and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1911), was born where?
Sunday Archive: Originally published in May 2011
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5
In the current Western calendar (the Gregorian) how many days are there in 4 consecutive years, provided that none of the years ends in two noughts and is not at the same time divisible by 400?
Sunday Archive: Originally published in November 2010
and updated in July 2017
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6
What is a word for a computer user's representation of themselves, usually in the form of a three-dimensional model used in computer games?
Sunday Archive: Originally published in September 2011
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7
The rest is silence are the dying words of which Shakespearean character?
Sunday Archive: Originally published in September 2009
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