Daily Quiz #5445
General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 15 December 2023
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Q1.
Lieutenant Colonel George Malcolm was the first producer of what event inspired by a 1949 show in a park called "Something About a Soldier"?
D
Edinburgh Tattoo (now the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo)
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2
Q2.
The International Game Fish Association rules specify that in freshwater fishing the double line and leader together may not exceed what combined length?
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Q3.
What is the longest running live show of any type, still in its initial run?
A
"The Mousetrap" by Agatha Christie
B
"The Phantom of the Opera" by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart & Richard Stilgoe
C
"Cats" by Andrew Lloyd Webber, T. S. Eliot & Trevor Nunn
D
"Les Misérables" by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil & Herbert Kretzmer
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Q4.
The Great Famine in Europe, 1315-17 with effects lasting until at least 1322, was marked by what?
B
Infertility in all farm animals
D
Europe-wide crop failures, and extreme levels of crime, disease, and mass death
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5
Q5.
Where is a sea anemone's sphincter?
B
Round the opening to its mouth
D
At the base of the gastro-vascular cavity
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Q6.
Among the several meanings of the word "popinjay", which of these is one?
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Q7.
The Zambezi River flows into the Indian Ocean from where?
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