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General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 17 May 2025

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Q1. Which port, consisting of two harbours separated by a peninsula, and adjoining the second largest city in its country, lies on the southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea?

A
Tunis
B
Piraeus
C
Barcelona
D
Alexandria
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Q2. Which of these is a name for a dip or spread made from cooked, mashed chickpeas, blended with tahini, olive oil, lemon juice, salt and garlic?

A
Tiramisu
B
Lassi
C
Hummus
D
Vichyssoise
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Q3. In 2003 the unmanned Galileo spacecraft's mission was terminated by what?

A
Bringing it back to Earth
B
Sending it in a trajectory beyond the Milky Way
C
Turning off its propulsion systems
D
Sending it into the atmosphere of the planet Jupiter
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Q4. How many rounds did it take for Lennox Lewis to beat Mike Tyson in 2002?

A
8
B
1
C
4
D
12
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Q5. In Japan's feudal era, from 1185 onwards, a dominant warrior class emerged called what?

A
Samurai
B
Shogun
C
Sensei
D
Sir
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Q6. What is an epic poem from Ancient Iraq, originally titled "He who Saw the Deep" or "Surpassing All Other Kings", of which the most complete version exists on 12 clay tablets in the library collection of the 7th century BCE Assyrian king Ashurbanipal?

A
The Canterbury Tales
B
The Iliad
C
The Epic of Gilgamesh
D
The Dead Sea Scrolls
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Q7. Stories in the form of verse by the prolific English writer of prose and satirical verse, William Combe, and by satirical cartoonist Thomas Rowlandson, which were published from 1809 to 1821, are centred round which fictional character?

A
Michael Doonesbury
B
Cerebus the Aardvark
C
Mr. Natural
D
Dr. Syntax
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