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Daily Quiz #829

General Knowledge Quiz for Tuesday, 26 April 2011

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Q1. In June 2009, Canada announced plans to extend which national park from 4,800 square kilometres to 30,000 square kilometres to help protect the habitat of grizzly bear, caribou and other species?

A
Nahanni National Park Reserve
B
Buffalo National Park
C
Torngat Mountains National Park Reserve
D
Fundy National Park
Select from the options above.

Q2. Which of these is a free social networking and blogging service created in 2006 by Jack Dorsey, that enabled users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters displayed on a profile page and delivered to "followers"?

Note: This question was updated in October 2020
A
Twitter
B
Warble
C
Mumble
D
Cheaper
Select from the options above.

Q3. Which of these was an educator, scientist, physician, philosopher, feminist, and humanitarian, and the first early childhood educator to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize?

A
Keri Hulme
B
Maria Montessori
C
Annie Lennox
D
Jacqueline du Pré
Select from the options above.

Q4. What piece of music was used by Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean when they won Olympic gold medals at Sarajevo in 1984?

A
Ravel's "Bolero"
B
Bernstein's "Tonight"
C
Hendrix's "Purple Haze"
D
Gershwin's "Summertime"
Select from the options above.

Q5. A particular song was copyrighted in 1935 by the Summy Company, crediting authors Preston Ware Orem and Mrs. R.R. Forman. The company was purchased in 1990 by Warner Chappell for US$15 million, with the value of the song estimated at US$5 million. What is the song?

A
For He's a Jolly Good Fellow
B
Happy Birthday to You
C
Auld Lang Syne
D
White Christmas
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Q6. Which of these is a type of bird?

A
Gamelan
B
Parmesan
C
Ptarmigan
D
Suriname
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Q7. Which wonder of the ancient world was on the island of Pharos in Alexandria, Egypt?

A
Statue of Zeus
B
Colossus
C
Mausoleum of Mausolus
D
Lighthouse
Select from the options above.
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