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General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 29 March 2024

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Q1. The Lorentz transformation of a scalar field takes into account the effects of what?

A
Gaussian functions
B
The behaviour of pions
C
The uncertainty principle
D
Special relativity, such as time dilation and length contraction
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Q2. What is a peninsula?

A
A collection area for islands
B
A pen which does not work
C
A misogynist
D
An almost-island
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Q3. A mill in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, built in the 12th century, reconstructed in 1792, further restored in 2010 and currently in full working order is a early English example of a mill powered by what?

A
Animal power (now electricity)
B
Water
C
Wind
D
Tide
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Q4. In the late 1950s North Korea instituted a measure called the Ch'ŏllima (“Flying Horse”) movement, that was patterned on a similar movement in what country?

A
Vietnam
B
Russia
C
China
D
Cambodia
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Q5. What was the tagline of the 1973 film "American Graffiti"?

A
Where were you in '62?
B
Growing up with young Americans
C
We were three in '63
D
In '61 we did the ton
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Q6. Lin-Manuel Miranda created the music, lyrics and a book for what?

A
Dear Evan Hansen
B
Hamilton: An American Musical
C
The Book of Mormon
D
La La Land
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Q7. How was the Olympic cauldron ignited at the opening of the Summer Olympics in 1992?

A
Sugar was dropped on chemicals in the cauldron, the resulting flame igniting a gas jet
B
An athlete used the Olympic torch to light a gas jet from the cauldron
C
A trio of athletes from previous Olympics held the Olympic torch to the gas jet from the cauldron
D
A flaming arrow was shot over a gas jet from the cauldron
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