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Daily Quiz #805

General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 2 April 2011

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Q1. What does the firm Condé Nast do?

A
Shipping
B
Mining
C
Publishing
D
Celebrity business management
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Q2. What device emits light (electromagnetic radiation), which is usually spatially coherent, through a process called stimulated emission?

A
Neon tube
B
Laser
C
Incandescent bulb
D
Plasma screen
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Q3. The Wright Brothers' first powered flight, in 1903, took place where?

A
Kitty Hawk
B
Puppy Eagle
C
Camel Sparrow
D
Mouse Thrush
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Q4. What was the title of Kylie Minogue's tenth album, released in 2007?

A
10
B
TEN
C
X
D
Net returns
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Q5. In which country is the city of Lisburn?

A
Scotland
B
Wales
C
Northern Ireland
D
England
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Q6. What annual event, to have been held in 2008, was cancelled after al-Qaeda's murder of four French tourists on Christmas Eve in December 2007 in Mauritania?

A
The Dakar Rally
B
North African Tennis Open
C
World Water Divining Championship
D
Sahara Camel 5,000
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Q7. The Treaty of Fontainebleau, signed on 11 April 1814 by representatives of France, Austria, Hungary, Bohemia, Russia, and Prussia, had a marked effect on the personal life of whom?

A
Captain James Cook
B
Sir Francis Drake
C
Tsar Nicholas II
D
Napoleon Bonaparte
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