Daily Quiz #5240
General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 24 May 2023
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1
Dartmoor Prison in England re-opened in 1851 as a civilian prison to take prisoners who would previously have been transported. What was used as an experiment for the new prison system?
A
Training in trades and crafts
C
Early release with a "ticket-of -leave"
D
Regular and frequent prison visitors
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2
What was the top selling song in 1940?
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3
What weight boot is prescribed by the International Boot-Throwing Association, Finland, for children of 10 or younger who compete in gumboot throwing?
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4
A system called end-of -life services (ELSA) is one of many current initiatives being developed to do what?
A
Expand service for assisted dying
D
Recycle old computers or phones
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5
The Canadian province of British Columbia is almost exclusively where?
D
On the west shores of Hudson Bay
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6
A mastodon was an early form of what animal?
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7
Author and cartoonist Theodor Seuss Geisel published his more than 60 books under what name?
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