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General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 28 February 2010

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Q1. Alice Keppel, mistress of Edward VII of England, is the great grandmother of which of these people?

Note: This question was updated in May 2024
A
Opera singer Kiri Te Kanawa
B
Actress, Maggie Smith
C
Sarah Ferguson
D
Camilla, Queen of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth realms
Select from the options above.

Q2. What is an alternative name for a hydrolaccolith, a mound of earth-covered ice found in the Arctic and subarctic that can reach up to 70 metres (230 ft) in height and up to 600 m (2,000 ft) in diameter?

A
Ice box
B
Pingo
C
Ice berg
D
Popsicle
Select from the options above.

Q3. What instrument consisting basically of a telescope that can be rotated vertically and horizontally on graduated scales was designed for use in land surveying for measuring by triangulation?

A
Plebiscite
B
Theodolite
C
Microlite
D
Araldite
Select from the options above.

Q4. Who is quoted as saying "... advertising ... attracts all the bright, creative and ambitious young people, leaving us mainly with the slow and self-obsessed to become our artists. ... Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little"?

A
Prince Charles
B
Tony Blair
C
"Banksy"
D
Woody Allen
Select from the options above.

Q5. In 1819 Venezuelan Simon Bolivar became the first President, and, except for a brief retirement, remained so until his death in 1830, of which republic?

Note: This question was updated in August 2018
A
Gran Colombia
B
Bolivia
C
Venezuela
D
Peru
Select from the options above.

Q6. On 12 September 1995, the Belarusian air force shot down a gas balloon, killing two Americans, during a race for which trophy?

A
Ranfurly Shield
B
Admiral's Cup
C
Borg-Warner Trophy
D
Gordon Bennett Cup
Select from the options above.

Q7. Which of these is an alternative name for Santa Claus?

A
Father Time
B
Father Brown
C
Father Ted
D
Father Christmas
Select from the options above.
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