Daily Quiz #5614
General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 1 June 2024
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1
Q1.
Which of these is a type of spider?
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2
Q2.
Why was the June horse race at Royal Ascot postponed for a month in 1955?
Select from the options above.
3
Q3.
Taylor Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" became a No.1 single on Billboard's country chart and the longest running country chart topper since 1966. What else?
A
It reached top of the iTune singles charts within 2 hours of its release
B
It is the longest-running No. 1 country song by a female artist
C
It was left playing in the background when the USA President met the Prime Minister of Israel
D
The video for the song was the most watched on YouTube for 2012
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4
Q4.
North Korea has shores on which two seas?
A
Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan
B
East China Sea and the Sea of Japan
C
Sea of Okhotsk and the Yellow Sea
D
East China Sea and the South China Sea
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5
Q5.
What is a plectrum used for?
D
Plucking strings on a stringed instrument
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6
Q6.
Mrs Josephine Cochrane (1839-1913) in the USA is associated with which invention?
D
Controllable hang glider
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7
Q7.
Which of these countries is not one Marco Polo is recorded as having visited?
Select from the options above.