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General Knowledge Quiz for Tuesday, 4 December 2012

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Q1. Which of these is one of the Channel Islands?

A
Skye
B
Alderney
C
Tasmania
D
Prince Edward Island
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Q2. Stories about what fictional heroes were written under the pen name of Franklin W Dixon?

A
The Secret Seven
B
The Hardy Boys
C
The Famous Five
D
The X-Men
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Q3. What initials refer to an improved quality of TV transmission?

A
VD
B
CD
C
HD
D
PD
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Q4. Who is the nursery rhyme gardener?

A
Mary Mary
B
Little Bo Peep
C
Jack
D
The Little Mermaid
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Q5. During World War II, Operation Sealion was the codename for the invasion of which area?

A
France
B
Italy
C
Britain
D
North Africa
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Q6. What board game is played with 24 pieces on a board marked with 64 squares, where the object is to capture an enemy piece by passing over it to a vacant square behind it?

A
Ludo
B
Chess
C
Parcheesi
D
Draughts
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Q7. The last element to be discovered in nature, rather than synthesised, was discovered In 1939 by Marguerite Perey. What was it?

Note: This question was updated in December 2020
A
Caesium
B
Francium
C
Rutherfordium
D
Actinides
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