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General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 17 June 2012

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Q1. Which of these words is sometimes applied to the conductor of an orchestra?

A
Maestro
B
Bistro
C
Pistachio
D
Piccolo
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Q2. Which of these is the largest natural satellite in the solar system?

Note: This question was updated in November 2019
A
Lysistrata
B
Corstorphine
C
Caligula
D
Ganymede
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Q3. What is the next in the series: Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanganyika, Uganda, Zanzibar, Kenya, Malawi, Zambia, Gambia, Botswana, Lesotho, Mauritius

A
Swaziland
B
Zimbabwe
C
Tanzania
D
Ghana
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Q4. In 1859, Colonel Edwin L Drake created the first what in the USA, in Pennsylvania?

A
Parking meter
B
Traffic light
C
Productive oil well
D
Photographic film processing system
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Q5. In golf, the Ryder Cup and the biennial Presidents Cup for teams representing the USA and International (non-European) players are unusual in that they use what scoring system?

A
Match play
B
Stroke play
C
Extended play
D
Variegated play
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Q6. Besides Meredith Vieira, who has been the host of the US version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" since it began airing in 1999?

A
Bob Saget
B
David Letterman
C
Oprah Winfrey
D
Regis Philbin
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Q7. Which of these is a small chain of islands that connects Sri Lanka to southern India?

Note: This question was updated in May 2024
A
Rama's Bridge, or Rama Setu
B
The Giant's Causeway
C
Devil's Bridge
D
Offa's Dyke
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