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Daily Quiz #6004

General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 26 June 2025

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Q1. Which play, developed in the Vineyard Arts Project at Martha's Vineyard in the USA and premiering on Broadway in 2014, was based on the autobiography of Broadway writer and director Moss Hart?

A
Act One
B
Curtains Away
C
Good Morning Mr Director
D
The Master Contract
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Q2. The Great Western Railway's “City of Truro” was unofficially recorded as the first steam locomotive to reach a speed of 102.3 mph (164 km/h) on 9 May 1904, but the 100 mile per hour (160 km/h) record was not officially recorded until 30 November 1934, by which locomotive?

A
The Devonian
B
Cornish Riviera Express
C
Cheltenham Flyer
D
Flying Scotsman
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Q3. In 2005, a rift of 500 metres (1,640 ft) long, and 60 metres (197 ft) deep was formed in just a few days when a volcano, situated in the north of what region, erupted?

A
Skógar, Iceland
B
Afar Triangle, Ethiopia
C
Akan National Park, Hokkaidō, Japan
D
Raoul Island, New Zealand
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Q4. What is the nickname of opera singer Lesley Garrett?

A
The Doncaster Diva
B
The Soft Soprano
C
Lady Sol Fa
D
The Ersatz Italian
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Q5. In the term "CE", for years called "AD" in Christian terminology, what does the "C" stand for?

A
Christian
B
Common
C
Combined
D
Collective
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Q6. In which of these years did the Spanish Armada sail to attack England?

A
1914
B
1273
C
1998
D
1588
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Q7. When mountain climbers hammer in and extract pitons damage is done to the rocks. Clean climbing since 1970 has largely replaced them with what?

A
Lost Arrows and angles
B
Abalakov Cam
C
Chocks and SLCD
D
Bongs
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