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General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 21 May 2012

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Q1. The hymn "I vow to thee, my country" was set by Gustav Host to which of his "The Planets" suite?

A
Mars
B
Jupiter
C
Saturn
D
Mercury
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Q2. What word's original meaning was to do with the laying of granite chips on the ground and then making it into a hard and smooth surface using a roller?

A
Highway
B
Tarmac
C
Blacktop
D
Macadam
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Q3. The Muslim leader Saladin recaptured which city from the Crusaders in 1187?

A
Baghdad
B
Constantinople
C
Jerusalem
D
Troy
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Q4. Whose novels "Northanger Abbey" and "Persuasion" were published posthumously in 1818, and who died before completing one that was eventually called "Sanditon"?

A
Jane Seymour
B
Jane Austen
C
Lady Jane Grey
D
Calamity Jane
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Q5. What orbits the Sun between Earth and Mercury?

A
Nothing
B
The asteroid belt
C
Venus
D
Halley's comet
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Q6. What was the former name of Iran?

A
Burma
B
Mesopotamia
C
Constantinople
D
Persia
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Q7. David Broome was a successful competitor in what sport in the 1960s and 1970s?

A
Tennis
B
Show jumping
C
Swimming
D
Gymnastics
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