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General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 12 October 2024

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Q1. Where was gold discovered by James Wilson Marshall on January 24, 1848, that led to the California Gold Rush (1848-1855)?

A
Capitol Hill
B
Mount Rushmore
C
Fort Sumter
D
Sutter's Mill
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Q2. The male of which crab has one claw much longer than the other?

A
Horseshoe crab
B
Hermit crab
C
King crab
D
Fiddler crab
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Q3. The two films "Pipe Dreams" (1976, starring R&B / soul singer Gladys Knight & her then husband Barry Hankerson) and "Joyride" (1977, with Desi Arnaz, Robert Carradine & Melanie Griffith) were about what US feature?

A
The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System
B
Mt Rushmore
C
Hoover Dam
D
Yankee Stadium
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Q4. In the culinary world, what word is used for the edible offal of a fowl, typically including the heart, gizzard and liver?

A
Giblets
B
Goblets
C
Gimlets
D
Gerbils
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Q5. What is the world's largest non-polar desert?

A
Sahara
B
Gobi
C
Kalahari
D
Patagonian
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Q6. According to Babylonian myth, who was Thisbe's lover?

A
Oedipus
B
Orestes
C
Pyramus
D
Romeo
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Q7. Tennis, sometimes called real, or royal, tennis, differs from lawn tennis in a number of ways; which of these is not one?

A
The racquet head is bent slightly
B
The court is enclosed, and wider and longer
C
It includes a scoring area called "dedans"
D
Scoring
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