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General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 9 February 2012

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Q1. What is the name of the art form where objects are glued to, usually, a piece of paper or canvas?

A
Tatting
B
Appliqué
C
Embroidery
D
Collage
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Q2. What is a young alpaca called?

A
Gosling
B
Vicuna
C
Cria
D
Cygnet
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Q3. Bodrum, Fethiye, Marmaris, Kuşadası, Cesme, Didim and Alanya are tourist resorts in which country?

A
South Africa
B
Samoa
C
France
D
Turkey
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Q4. Michael Billington was a well-known English critic in what field?

Note: This question was updated in August 2019
A
Classical music
B
Poetry
C
Theatre
D
Film
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Q5. The Elgin Marbles, currently in the British Museum, came from which building?

A
Parthenon
B
The White House
C
The Sphinx
D
Wembley Stadium
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Q6. From which language do we get the word "dungarees"?

A
Hindi
B
Farsi
C
Norse
D
Greek
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Q7. What was the nickname of tennis player Mark Philippoussis?

A
Missileman
B
Left field
C
The Scud
D
Minuteman
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