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General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 11 September 2024

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Q1. What is a point of significance about the summit of Mount Chimborazo in the Ecuadorean Andes?

A
High deposits of sea shells
B
It is the lowest summit in the Andes mountains
C
It is the site of an important Aztec fortress
D
It is the point on the Earth's surface most distant from its centre
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Q2. Benjamin Caunt (1815-1861) from Nottinghamshire, England's heavy weight champion boxer 1838-1845 although his fights occasionally suffered claims of fouls, is supposed by some to have been the source of what name?

A
Big Ben, the bell hung in 1858 in the clock in Westminster
B
The village of Caunton in Nottinghamshire
C
Benzene, first isolated and named 1825-1845
D
Ebenezer Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol" (1843) by Charles Dickens
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Q3. What is the common name for a mixture of calcium silicates and aluminium, prepared by prolonged heating of limestone with clay, which slowly hardens when mixed with water?

A
Cornish pasty
B
Milo
C
Cement
D
Wrought iron
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Q4. What is the minimum age for a horse to race in the Melbourne Cup?

A
5
B
4
C
3
D
2
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Q5. The makers of M&Ms refused to allow the sweet to be associated with what 1982 US film, because they believed one of the characters was so ugly that children, who were the film's intended main audience, would be terrified?

A
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
B
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
C
Star Trek II: the Wrath of Khan
D
Gremlins
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Q6. The night of 9 March 1945 saw, according to historians, the most devastating World War II bombing raid in terms of immediate death on what city?

A
Dresden, Germany
B
Nagasaki, Japan
C
Tokyo, Japan
D
Kobe, Japan
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Q7. Canadian businessman and poker player, Guy Laliberté, is also co-founder of what?

A
Magna International Inc.
B
Cirque du Soleil
C
King's Venturer Award
D
Niagara Adventure Theatre
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