Daily Quiz #84
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Q1. On 6 February 1840, what document was signed by Captain William Hobson (on behalf of Queen Victoria) and a number of Maori chiefs as the basis for New Zealand to become part of the British Empire?
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Q2. Who wrote "Auld Lang Syne" in 1789?
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Q3. Which Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer used the method of exhaustion to calculate the area under a parabola, and provided formulas for the volumes of surfaces of revolution and a system for expressing very large numbers?
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Q4. What British sitcom features Edina Monsoon and Patsy Stone, immature, prosperous, preposterous, substance-abusing fashion obsessed Londoners who value fame and style over substance?
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Q5. Which of these is not a species of Chipmunk?
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Q6. The 9th Marquess of Queensberry sponsored the rules for which sport?
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Q7. What city is known to its inhabitants as "auld reekie"?
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