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General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 9 July 2011

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Q1. Which of these is a team sport played with sticks, where a ball called a sliotar is hit between the opponents' goalposts, either over the crossbar for 1 point, or under the crossbar past a goalkeeper into a net for 3 points?

A
Eisteddfod
B
Gaelic baseball
C
Taoiseach
D
Hurling
Select from the options above.

Q2. Daniel O'Connell did what in 1828 and 1829 as part of a campaign to remove the restrictions on Roman Catholics in the UK?

A
He stood for election
B
He broke windows in the Houses of Parliament
C
Tried to hang himself in prison
D
Attempted assassinations of the Prime Minister
Select from the options above.

Q3. What designer is connected with the clothing brands Purple Label, Black Label, Polo, Blue Label, RLX, Tennis, Pink Pony and Chaps?

A
Ralph Lauren
B
Gianni Versace
C
Calvin Klein
D
Coco Chanel
Select from the options above.

Q4. Which of these is not a line from the French nursery song "Frère Jacques"?

A
Frère Jacques, frère Jacques
B
Dormez-vous? Dormez-vous?
C
Bring me a martini, Bring me a martini.
D
Din, dan, don. Din, dan, don.
Select from the options above.

Q5. What is the name given to a randomly derived change to the nucleotide sequence of the genetic material of an organism?

A
Notation
B
Mutation
C
Devotion
D
Renovation
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Q6. Which of these was the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Economics, and author of the largest-selling economics textbook of all time: "Economics: An Introductory Analysis", first published in 1948, that explained the principles of Keynesian economics?

A
Milton Friedman
B
Sam Paulson
C
Milton Keynes
D
Paul Samuelson
Select from the options above.

Q7. Which organisation runs the undergraduate college in Annapolis, Maryland, USA, that is known as "The Academy"?

A
The US Navy
B
The US Army
C
The US Air Force
D
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Select from the options above.
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