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General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 29 November 2024

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Q1. Neil Oliver provides archaeological and social history knowledge for, and fronts, programmes for UK TV in Britain, continental Europe and Australia, called what?

A
Britain/Europe/Australia From Above
B
Coast
C
Coast to Coast
D
Coastal Watch
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Q2. The second longest river in China, the Yellow River, is known locally as what?

A
Huang Ho
B
Hough Ho Ho
C
Gung Ho
D
Westward Ho
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Q3. Which of these is NOT usually recognised as a patron saint of Ireland?

A
St Finian
B
St Columba
C
St Patrick
D
St Brigit of Kildare.
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Q4. On 2 February 2015 who became the youngest person to be ranked No 1 in professional golf?

A
Lydia Ko
B
Inbee Park
C
Stacy Lewis
D
Jordan Spieth
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Q5. In the UK, there is an annual celebration held on the evening of 5 November. What event does it commemorate?

A
The crowning of a King
B
A British military defeat
C
An attempt to blow up a building, a King and a Parliament
D
The end of a war
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Q6. The fraction of the total incident solar radiation reflected by a planet back to space would be measured as its what?

A
Bond albedo
B
Lambertian reflectance
C
Reflectivity
D
BRDF
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Q7. What links the satire of manners, the play "Lady Windermere's Fan", and the Queensberry Rules for boxing?

A
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars" in the play was about a boxer
B
Lady Windermere's husband in the play fights under the new rules
C
The playwright was married to the sponsor's daughter
D
A relationship between the playwright and the son of the man who sponsored the rules
Select from the options above.
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