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Daily Quiz #1357

General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 5 October 2012

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Q1. Which of these historic buildings is in Dublin?

A
Alcatraz
B
Mountjoy prison
C
Bastille
D
The Dom
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Q2. Where was agreement reached in November 1995 for the document formally signed in Paris on 14 December 1995 called "The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina", which ended the 3.5 year long war in Bosnia?

A
Manchester, England
B
Dayton, Ohio, USA
C
Turin, Italy
D
Rheims, France
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Q3. What fictional ship, with black hull and sails, was originally named "Wicked Wench"?

A
Black Pearl
B
Stormcloud
C
Pequod
D
Minnow
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Q4. Traditionally, Easter buns are eaten on which day?

A
Good Friday
B
Easter Saturday
C
Easter Sunday
D
Easter Monday
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Q5. Jean Todt, Morrie Chandler, Graham Stoker and Brian Gibbons have been involved in the administration of which sport at an international level?

Note: This question was updated in December 2020
A
Soccer
B
Motorsport
C
Rugby
D
Cricket
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Q6. Which of these is a measure of the number of random ways in which a system may be arranged, often taken to be a measure of "disorder", everyday examples of which can be seen in mixing salt and pepper in a bag and melting ice?

A
Ecstasy
B
Enmity
C
Ex-partner
D
Entropy
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Q7. Who discovered and named the element francium in 1939?

A
Emmeline Pankhurst
B
Benjamin Franklin
C
William Pitt the Younger
D
Marguerite Perey
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