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General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 3 May 2024

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Q1. Which of these can be used to separate gold from silver?

A
Table salt
B
Sulphuric acid
C
Mercury
D
Nitric acid
Select from the options above.

Q2. What is one piece of equipment which distinguishes pickleball from tennis?

A
Higher and denser nets
B
Racquets with longer and thinner handles
C
Spiked shoes, to maximise grip on grass
D
A hollow perforated plastic ball
Select from the options above.

Q3. For what geographical feature is the area of the city of Reñaca, Valparaiso, in Chile, well-known?

A
Mesas
B
Canyons
C
Volcanoes
D
Beaches
Select from the options above.

Q4. The Chang'e 4 mission in 2019 was the first to do what?

A
Establish a habitable bubble on the ocean floor near the Mariana Trench
B
Take a party of paraplegic climbers to the top of Mt Everest
C
Land a craft on the far side of the moon
D
Take a trade mission to Antarctic bases
Select from the options above.

Q5. In May 2010, David Byrne, the former lead singer of 1980s band "Talking Heads", began a lawsuit claiming $1 million in damages against Florida governor Charlie Crist over the use of which song in an election commercial?

A
Psycho Killer
B
Road to Nowhere
C
Burning Down the House
D
(Nothing But) Flowers
Select from the options above.

Q6. Who, when he took on the position, was the second-youngest US president to take office, the first US president born in the 20th century and, at age 43, the youngest elected to the office?

A
Grover Cleveland
B
Theodore Roosevelt
C
John F Kennedy
D
Ulysses S. Grant
Select from the options above.

Q7. If someone is fain to do something, what are they?

A
Feeling tired, or sick
B
Disinclined
C
Glad or willing
D
Puzzled
Select from the options above.
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