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General Knowledge Quiz for Tuesday, 8 October 2024

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Q1. In June 2009 it was announced that the rats on Rat Island had finally been eradicated, 229 years after a Japanese shipwreck caused an infestation. Where is Rat Island?

A
Alaska
B
Philippines
C
Torres Strait
D
United Kingdom
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Q2. Which UK television series features a character called Mrs Bucket?

A
Allo Allo
B
Father Ted
C
Keeping Up Appearances
D
The Good Life
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Q3. What professional sport is Arthur Ashe known in?

A
Cricket
B
Tennis
C
Synchronised swimming
D
Formula One
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Q4. What is the next in this sequence: Madison, Monroe, Polk, Buchanan, Garfield ... ?

A
Hoover
B
Kennedy
C
Carter
D
Wilson
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Q5. Where is the shelf of muscle in the human body known as the diaphragm?

A
Behind the knees
B
At the back of the neck
C
At the base of the rib cage
D
Across the shoulders
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Q6. Which company, based in San Diego, California, was founded in 1914 when Frank Van Camp and his son bought the California Tuna Canning Company to form what was originally called the Van Camp Seafood Company?

A
Chicken of the Sea
B
Tunaco
C
The US Spam Company
D
McDonald's
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Q7. Where did Princess Diana, ex-wife of the Prince of Wales, UK, die?

A
The Tunnel de l'Etoile, Paris, France
B
The Grand Prix road tunnel, Monaco
C
The Pont de l'Alma road tunnel, Paris, France
D
In bed
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