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General Knowledge Quiz for Tuesday, 10 December 2024

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Q1. One of Junia Wonders's award-winning young children's books is called "When the [what] came"?

A
Pumpkins
B
Monsters
C
Scarecrows
D
Turtles
Select from the options above.

Q2. Where are the Athabasca oil, or tar, sands?

A
Khurays, Saudi Arabia
B
Alberta, Canada
C
Sivas Basin, Turkiye
D
Kavala, Greece
Select from the options above.

Q3. Helen of Troy is particularly known in American and French thoroughbred horseracing circles for what?

A
It was the nickname for attractive and major prize-winning jockey Francine Villeneuve
B
She was adopted as the symbol for Idle Hour Farm, prominent in racing circles
C
Her name was used for a severe classical style of riding gear for women in the 1920s
D
She was the dam of La Troienne, who was imported to the USA and became dam of 10 race winners
Select from the options above.

Q4. Where were the Qumran Scrolls discovered between 1946 and 1956?

A
Fields in Xi'an, China
B
Caves in cliffs near the Dead Sea
C
A tomb in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt
D
Caves in the Ouled Naïl Range, Algeria
Select from the options above.

Q5. Attila the Hun died on which auspicious day in 453CE?

A
Christmas Day
B
His wife's birthday
C
His wedding night
D
The day his son was born
Select from the options above.

Q6. What is the Abilene paradox?

A
Military action, e.g. eliminating enemy individuals can clear the way for enemy forces to attack
B
An IT network to facilitate activities or ideas may displace them and become the aim in itself
C
Group decisions, unless discussed, can be decisions that no one in the group actually supports
D
A desire for harmony in a group can result in non-discriminated, incorrect or deviant decisions
Select from the options above.

Q7. Which is the first gas giant in our solar system, journeying outwards from the Sun?

A
Jupiter
B
Mars
C
Uranus
D
Venus
Select from the options above.
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