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General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 27 September 2025

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Q1. When was the first sustained transatlantic telephone cable system inaugurated, and between which places?

A
1956, between Scotland and Newfoundland
B
1963, between New Jersey and England
C
1976, between Rhode Island and France
D
1959, between Rhode Island and Spain
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Q2. Which country was led in 2016, in fact though not in name, by someone held by the country under house arrest for almost 15 of the 21 years from 1989 to 2010?

A
Thailand
B
Kampuchea
C
Singapore
D
Myanmar/Burma
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Q3. "Ting" is a sound associated with which of these?

A
Quartet
B
Ocarina
C
Triangle
D
Quince
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Q4. The passport of what lawyer, sportsman, singer, actor and civil rights activist was withdrawn by the US State Department in 1950 because of his alleged affiliation with the Communist Party?

A
Paul Robeson
B
Al Jolson
C
Harry Belafonte
D
Ricky Nelson
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Q5. From research published in 2023, it was found that which early human species hunted cave lions and straight-tusked elephants (some of the largest land mammals ever known)?

A
Dragon Man
B
Homo habilis
C
Neanderthal
D
Homo erectus
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Q6. When was the Company of Scottish Archers, thought to be one of the oldest sporting bodies in the world, formed?

A
1740
B
1528
C
1676
D
1810
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Q7. Which 1959 film, directed by John Boulting, starring Peter Sellers as Kite and Ian Carmichael as Stanley Windrush, was about a trade union reaction to the firing of an incompetent forklift driver?

A
Private's Progress
B
I'm All Right, Jack
C
The Mouse That Roared
D
Lolita
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