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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?

A
S O da Vinci
B
O J Simpson
C
Limonana Shakiel
D
Spiru Leno
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Q2. Which of these places is in Mali?

A
Timbuktu
B
Salamanca
C
Alexandra
D
Alamein
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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"
D
Franz Liszt, composer
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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?

A
Baking competitions
B
Chariot races
C
International singing competitions
D
Olympic Games
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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?

A
Thailand
B
India
C
Central China
D
Mesopotamia
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Q7. Which of these words is derived from Hindi?

A
Croissant
B
Bungalow
C
Fandango
D
Kangaroo
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