Daily Quiz #5617
General Knowledge Quiz for Tuesday, 4 June 2024
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Q1.
Excavations in Pompeii from 2023 have uncovered new what?
C
Instruments for monitoring volcanic activity
D
Subterranean safe rooms
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2
Q2.
An Iranian/Arabic word for wax, bitumen or asphalt is the stem for some senses of which English word?
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3
Q3.
Who, styling himself "Witch-Finder General" conducted witch-hunts mainly in the counties of Suffolk, Essex, Norfolk and occasionally in other eastern counties of England during the English Civil War?
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4
Q4.
Which country or countries border(s) the White Sea?
B
Azerbaijan, Russia, Iran, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan
C
Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan
D
Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan
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5
Q5.
In which country was there a civil war which lasted several decades following independence in November 1975, when three main guerrilla groups, the FNLA, MPLA and UNITA, fought each other?
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Q6.
The line "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures, the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge, has marked the upward surge of mankind ..." is from which film?
D
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
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Q7.
When were the first Olympic Games held in the USA?
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