Daily Quiz #5584
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 2 May 2024
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Q1.
Who, if any, of these could, if they had chosen, have met Christopher Columbus?
B
King Edward IV of England
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Q2.
What Shakespearean play begins "When shall we three meet again, In thunder, lightning or in rain"?
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Q3.
What was founded in 1560 and, except for intervals in the 17th century, became and continues to be the national church in Scotland?
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Q4.
Who first demonstrated his safety mechanism for elevator operation at the 1853 New York World's Fair?
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Q5.
Part of a great lake many millions of years ago, re-formed by seismic activity, and functioning as a cradle of human activity for at least 1.9 m years, Oldupai, or Olduvai, Gorge in the Tanzanian part of the Great Rift is named after what?
A
A deity who was the centre of local worship
B
The archaeological term for the earliest stone tool industry in prehistory
D
A sisal plant which grows in the gorge
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Q6.
The first Olympic Games gold medals, awarded for the first time in 1904, weighed 21g; until the 2020 Games what has been the heaviest gold medal since?
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Q7.
The revival of learning in the West during the 8th and 9th centuries of the reign of Charlemagne and his successors Louis the Pious and Charles the Bald is referred to as what?
A
The Ottonian Renaissance
B
The Italian Renaissance
C
The Carolingian Renaissance
D
The Light for the Dark Ages
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