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General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 7 August 2024

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Q1. Which of these is a work by Dante?

A
The Star-crossed Melodrama
B
The Astral Tragedy
C
The Heavenly Romance
D
The Divine Comedy
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Q2. Which of these is a volcano in the Andes that usually has snow on its summit?

A
Cotopaxi
B
Titicaca
C
Andy
D
Venezuela
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Q3. What are looming, towering, stooping, and sinking?

A
Mirages
B
Refraction phenomena
C
Architectural design features
D
Cloud formations
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Q4. On 4 July 2009, Joey Chestnut logged his third consecutive win with a new world record in what annual contest?

A
Coney Island's hot dog eating contest
B
The "Tube Challenge", to visit all London Underground stations in the shortest time
C
Climbing the stairs to the top of the Empire State Building in the shortest time
D
Fastest swim across the English Channel
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Q5. Which of these is not known as Black Thursday?

A
Thanksgiving Day, the US shopping holiday preceding Black Friday
B
August 15 1940, the Luftwaffe mounted its largest number of sorties during the Battle of Britain
C
February 8 1996, the World Wide Web protest against the Communications Decency Act in the USA
D
October 29 1929 at the beginning of the Wall Street Crash at the New York Stock Exchange
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Q6. Where was the equipment colloquially known as Mr. Trash Wheel established in 2014?

A
Jakarta, Indonesia
B
Belgrade, Serbia
C
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Pacific Ocean
D
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Q7. What do a Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist and developer of antibiotics and a popular English writer have most in common?

A
They both detested porridge
B
A liking for bulldogs
C
The name Fleming
D
Composure in the face of stress
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