Daily Quiz #5398
Sunday's Quiz: From The Archives
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Q1.
What is the main material out of which a pool cue is usually made?
Sunday Archive: Originally published in March 2013
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Q2.
What is a claymore?
Sunday Archive: Originally published in August 2010
A
A second for Muhammed Ali
C
Large excavating machine
D
Double-edged broad sword
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Q3.
The House of Lords Act, an Act of the Parliament of the UK, reformed the House of Lords by removing the centuries old right of several hundred people who had inherited their seats to be members of the House of Lords. When did it become effective?
Sunday Archive: Originally published in March 2012
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Q4.
What is the name for an angle greater than 180 degrees and less than 360 degrees?
Sunday Archive: Originally published in October 2012
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Q5.
Which river, 210 miles long, whose principal tributaries are the Wye, Avon and Teme, empties into the Bristol channel?
Sunday Archive: Originally published in March 2010
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Q6.
What was the first book to be printed in England, in 1477?
Sunday Archive: Originally published in September 2011
and updated in October 2023
C
"The Dictes or Sayengis of the Philosophres"
D
"The Game and Plays of the Chesse"
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Q7.
Which American comedian who died on 4 May 2009 became famous as an inept magician on Dean Martin's TV show in the 1960s and appeared in "Cannonball Run", "Blazing Saddles" and "The Muppet Movie" ?
Sunday Archive: Originally published in January 2010
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