Daily Quiz #243
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Q1. Canis Major is also known as what?
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Q2. Which book by Sir Thomas More, his view of an ideal society with community ownership, was written in Latin in 1516 and translated into English in 1551?
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Q3. Near what French town did Marie-Bernarde (Bernadette) Soubirous reportedly see visions of the Virgin Mary in 1858?
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Q4. Who designed the wedding dress for the marriage of Lady Diana Spencer to Charles, Prince of Wales?
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Q5. From which sport do we get the expression "Thrown a curve ball"?
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Q6. What was unusual about the 1960 Olympic marathon win by Abebe Bikila?
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Q7. Which river, formed by the union of the Murad Nehri and the Karu Su, flows for 2781 km (1728 miles) through Turkey and Syria into Iraq, where it joins the Tigris to form the Shatt-el-Arab?
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