Daily Quiz #5574
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 22 April 2024
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Q1.
All major US TV networks carried live coverage of the flight of which well known personality who was trying to avoid arrest for murder?
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2
Q2.
Which of these places is in Mali?
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3
Q3.
Which of these people was born in Vienna?
A
Marie Antoinette, wife of Louis XVI of France
B
Albert, Prince Consort, husband of Queen Victoria of the UK
C
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta aka "Lady Gaga"
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Q4.
Before becoming president of the USA, why did Hiram Ulysses Grant change his name to Ulysses S. Grant?
A
The Military Academy at West Point had his name wrong
B
He fell out with his father, Hiram Senior
C
Hiram was also the name of a popular cartoon character at the time
D
He didn't want the initials "HUG"
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Q5.
In 1896 the first modern what, were held in Athens, Greece?
C
International singing competitions
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Q6.
A study in June 2022 led by Joris Peters from Ludwig Maximilian University Munich and Greger Larson from the University of Oxford traced the origin of chicken domestication to a period from the 17th to the 13th century BCE in what present-day country?
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Q7.
Which of these words is derived from Hindi?
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