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General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 23 November 2024

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Q1. What is a common nickname for the English city of Oxford?

A
The city of dreaming spires
B
The city of dreamers
C
Arcadia
D
Sylvania
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Q2. Who is the last in this series: Venus Smith, Dr. Cathy Gale, Mrs. Emma Peel, Tara King ...?

A
Marjorie
B
Purdey
C
Atalie
D
Barney
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Q3. A person in disgrace is said to be in what?

A
The pigeon house
B
The dog house
C
The Wendy house
D
The White House
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Q4. A German naturalist and artist, working latterly in the Netherlands, creating seminal paintings of flora and fauna including the full cycle of an insect in its plant and other context, was who?

A
Pedanius Dioscorides (c. 40 - 90 AD)
B
Ephraim Chambers (c.1680 - 1740)
C
Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717)
D
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707 - 1788)
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Q5. What is the name given to a bone fracture when the bone bends and splinters rather than breaks in two?

A
Comminuted
B
Compound
C
Simple
D
Greenstick
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Q6. Who was the first recipient of the Pierre de Coubertin World Fair Play Trophy, awarded since 1965 to honour an athlete or a team for an act of fair play that cost, or could have cost, them victory, or could have downgraded their sport performance?

A
Luz Long, 1936 Olympics
B
Emil Zatopek, 1952 Olympics
C
Eugenio Monti, 1964 Winter Olympics
D
Franz Jonas, 1969
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Q7. What were the Provisions of Oxford in 1258?

A
Rules for a boat race on the Thames
B
The statutes setting up the University of Oxford
C
Constitutional reforms to the English government
D
Guidelines for running marketplaces in Oxford
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