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General Knowledge Quiz for Tuesday, 9 September 2025

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Q1. Which body of water runs through the city of Istanbul?

A
The Bosphorus
B
The River Danube
C
The Gulf of Antalya
D
The Gulf of Aqaba
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Q2. Breadcrumbs are the outermost layer of which dish?

A
Waldorf salad
B
Veal Marengo
C
Steak Tartare
D
Chicken Kiev
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Q3. What is the name for the study of light and the principles underlying light and vision?

A
Strabismus
B
Braille
C
Optics
D
Myopia
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Q4. Where in the UK is the Captain Cook Schoolroom Museum, a statue of James Cook as a boy by Nicholas Dimbleby, and a granite obelisk that marks the original site of the Cook family home?

A
Redruth, Cornwall
B
Great Ayton, North Yorkshire
C
Dumbarton, Scotland
D
Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland
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Q5. On 24 October 1971, with a distance of 2,028 yards (1,854 m), Harry Drake broke the world record for the longest what?

A
Shot put
B
Javelin throw
C
Shot with a longbow
D
Throw of a gumboot
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Q6. What is the main qualification for being considered for the Turner Prize, which has been presented annually since 1984 and is awarded by the Tate gallery? To be...

A
A British visual artist aged under 50
B
A male ballet dancer
C
A published author aged under 30
D
A British born soccer player who wishes to turn professional
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Q7. The highlights of which British General's career include the Battle of Dettingen and the Battle of Lauffeld during the War of Austrian Succession, the Battle of Falkirk and the Battle of Culloden during the Jacobite uprising, and the Battle of the Plains of Abraham at Quebec during the Seven Years War?

A
Lord Nelson
B
James Wolfe
C
Prince Rupert
D
"Tiny" Freyberg
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