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Daily Quiz #1400

General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 17 November 2012

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Q1. Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of the assassination of whom?

Note: This question was updated in October 2020
A
John F Kennedy
B
Mahatma Gandhi
C
Robert Kennedy
D
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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Q2. If you were watching a contest in the first century AD and heard the phrase "morituri te salutant" where would you be?

A
In China
B
At a Greek festival
C
Watching a Roman staged naval battle
D
Asleep
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Q3. What is "mightier than the sword" in the old saying?

A
Armour
B
Shield
C
Door
D
Pen
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Q4. Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera) by Kurt Weill was based on which work?

A
West Side Story
B
Die Zauberflöte
C
Guys and Dolls
D
The Beggar's Opera
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Q5. What is the capital of Namibia?

A
Windhoek
B
Luanda
C
Khartoum
D
Nairobi
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Q6. What was the "Haymarket Massacre" in 1886?

A
A bomb exploded in the New Zealand Embassy, in London
B
Rival gangs had a shoot out in New York streets
C
Chicago police fired on striking workers
D
A herd of 300 cows in Alberta, Canada, were poisoned
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Q7. If the sides of a triangle measure 5, 13 and 12, what is the angle defined by the sides which are 5 and 12?

A
60 degrees
B
45 degrees
C
30 degrees
D
90 degrees
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