Daily Quiz #5599
General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 17 May 2024
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Q1.
The Human Genome Project, which operated from 1990-2003, aimed to examine and make publicly available the sequences of almost all the genetic content of the chromosomes of the human organism, to improve identifying technologies, and address what related aspect?
C
To make a map of the genome which could be carried in space travel
D
Ethical, legal, and social implications from defining the entire human genomic sequence
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Q2.
Who was Queen Elizabeth the First's principal secretary (a position later known as Secretary of State) and spymaster?
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Q3.
What does the ancient name for Egypt mean in modern Greek?
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Q4.
The Great Retreat on the eastern front of World War I in 1915, was by which country or allied forces?
A
Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria
B
The German Empire, and Austria-Hungary
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Q5.
Which 1986 Oscar-winning film borrows part of its structure from Ingmar Bergman's "Fanny and Alexander"?
A
Children of a Lesser God
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Q6.
When did boxing first appear as a contestable sport in an Olympiad?
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Q7.
Of the colours yellow, red, purple, black and white, which is not in the name of one of the world's seas?
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