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Daily Quiz #821

General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 18 April 2011

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Q1. Which of these is a genus of herbivorous dinosaur with a large bony frill and three horns on a large four-legged body which lived during the late Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous Period in North America?

A
Diplodocus
B
Triceratops
C
Stegosaurus
D
Apatosaurus
Select from the options above.

Q2. José Santos Zelaya, William Walker, Adolfo Díaz, Emiliano Chamorro, Juan Bautista Sacasa, Anastasio Somoza García, Luis Somoza, Violeta Chamorro, Enrique Bolaños and Daniel Ortega are associated with the politics of which country?

Note: This question was updated in March 2024
A
Spain
B
Cuba
C
Argentina
D
Nicaragua
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Q3. What does the "E" stand for in "UEFA"?

A
English
B
European
C
Exceptional
D
Existential
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Q4. In various languages, they are gatitos, gatinhos, gattini, chatons and katzchen. What are they in English?

A
Revolvers
B
Cocktails
C
Doors
D
Kittens
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Q5. What are "Libiamo ne' lieti calici", "O soave fanciulla" and "Parle-moi de ma mère"?

A
Poems by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
B
Operatic duets for tenor and soprano
C
Mottoes of Italian army regiments
D
The opening words of all papal speeches since 1275
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Q6. Which country declared independence from Britain unilaterally in August 1963, joined the Federation of Malaysia in September along with Malaya, Sabah and Sarawak, but left two years later, officially gaining sovereignty on 9 August 1965?

A
Brunei
B
Burma
C
Papua-New Guinea
D
Singapore
Select from the options above.

Q7. Orchard Road, that had a $40 million revamp in 2009, is the retail and entertainment centre of which city?

A
Hong Kong
B
Bangkok
C
Seoul
D
Singapore
Select from the options above.
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