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General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 26 October 2024

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Q1. Who was behind the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch, a failed attempt to overthrow the government?

A
Francisco Franco
B
Benito Mussolini
C
Adolf Hitler
D
Mao Tse Tung
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Q2. In 1984 Sir Paul McCartney from Wings and The Beatles wrote, produced and starred in a film; what was it called?

A
Give My Regards to Davy
B
Give My Regards to Broadway
C
Give My Regards to Broady
D
Give My Regards to Broad Street
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Q3. Which of the countries on the South American continent has the most extreme ratio of length north-south to breadth east-west?

A
Uruguay
B
Chile
C
Brazil
D
Venezuela
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Q4. Frederick III of Swabia, elected king of Germany in 1152 CE as Frederick I, crowned Holy Roman Emperor and King of Italy in 1155, and extending empire over much of Europe, was popularly known as what?

A
Barbarossa
B
Justinian
C
Charlemagne
D
Lionheart
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Q5. What is Britain's richest horse race?

A
Epsom Derby
B
Cheltenham Gold Cup
C
Grand National
D
1,000 Guineas
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Q6. What was the first general-purpose electronic computer capable of being reprogrammed to solve a full range of computing problems which, though designed to calculate artillery firing tables for the US Army's Ballistic Research Laboratory, was first used in calculations for the hydrogen bomb?

A
DORA
B
The Flowers Colossus
C
ENIAC
D
Z3
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Q7. What fishing method involves pulling a large fishing net through the water behind one or more boats?

A
Casting
B
Trolling
C
Trawling
D
Dragging
Select from the options above.
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