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Daily Quiz #1511

General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 8 March 2013

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Q1. Wakame and Kombu are what type of dishes?

A
Seaweed
B
Rice
C
Meat
D
Vegetables
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Q2. London's Hatton Garden is the centre of trade in what?

A
Meat
B
Fish
C
Flowers
D
Jewellery
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Q3. Who died suddenly on 14 October 1977 from a heart attack soon after a round of 18 holes of golf near Madrid (apparently his last words were "That was a great game of golf, fellas" followed a few moments later by "Let's go have a Coca-Cola")?

Note: This question was updated in November 2020
A
Bing Crosby
B
Bill Cosby
C
Gary Player
D
Gary Oldman
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Q4. Where do arboreal animals live?

A
In burrows
B
In trees
C
Beside streams
D
On the ground
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Q5. In 1991, Warner Bros was picketed by a major national organisation over the use of which cartoon character?

A
Bugs Bunny
B
Porky Pig
C
Daffy Duck
D
Tweety
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Q6. What is the name of 11 Roman Emperors, the first of whom transferred the capital to Byzantium in 330 CE, and the last of whom died when it was captured by the Turks in 1453?

A
Romulus
B
Julius
C
Nero
D
Constantine
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Q7. In 1848, the USA offered Spain $100 million, equivalent to around $2.45 billion in present day terms, for the purchase of which area of land?

A
Part of northern Mexico
B
Louisiana
C
Cuba
D
Florida
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