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General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 3 January 2025

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Q1. The Motion Picture Production Code, a set of industry self-censorship guidelines relating to content for most motion pictures released by major studios in the US, was first adopted in 1930, enforced from 1934, and replaced when?

A
1954
B
1968
C
1982
D
1946
Select from the options above.

Q2. Who was president of the USA during the American Civil War?

A
Theodore Roosevelt
B
John F Kennedy
C
Benjamin Franklin
D
Abraham Lincoln
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Q3. Gamma-coniceine and coniine are the two principles which contribute most to the poisonous effect of what plant?

A
Deadly nightshade
B
Foxglove
C
Hemlock
D
Monkshood
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Q4. The satirical Pigasus Award first awarded in 1979, symbol a flying pig, is presented annually but irregularly, in a number of categories to recognise frauds in the paranormal; which of these is not one?

A
For the most persistent refusal to face reality
B
To the scientist who said or did the silliest thing relating to parapsychology in the preceding year
C
To the media outlet that reported as fact the most outrageous paranormal claim
D
To the person who admits a psychic fraud and is most successful in still being believed
Select from the options above.

Q5. He is credited with multiple advances in science, technology, engineering, anatomy, and the art of painting; who was he?

A
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonaroti Simoni (1475-1564)
B
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
C
Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
D
Pierre Abélard (1079-1142)
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Q6. Whose career, from 1922 to 1946, included World Billiards Champion 4 times and World Snooker Champion 20 times?

A
Alfred E Neuman
B
Whispering Jack Smith
C
Joe Davis
D
Clark McConachy
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Q7. What is next in the sequence: Lima, Quito, Bogota...?

A
Caractacus
B
Caracas
C
Caracal
D
Caricature
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