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Daily Quiz #1645

General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 20 July 2013

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Q1. From 1618 the Thirty Years War between Catholic and Protestant countries in the Holy Roman Empire, in 1632 became a fight between the Hapsburgs and Spain on one side against who on the other?

A
Italy
B
Greece
C
France
D
Turkey
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Q2. What are the only arteries in the adult human body to carry deoxygenated blood?

Note: This question was updated in September 2015
A
Carotid
B
Aorta
C
Pulmonary
D
Bronchial
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Q3. What does "pernickety" mean?

A
Spiky
B
Overly fussy
C
Sticky
D
Moving in random directions
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Q4. What type of ball is football (soccer) played with?

A
Pyramid
B
Oval
C
Ellipse
D
Sphere
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Q5. "The course of true love never did run smooth" is a line from which play?

A
Midsummer Night's Dream
B
Romeo and Juliet
C
Othello
D
Much Ado About Nothing
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Q6. The English sovereigns Henry VII and Mary I were members of which Royal House?

A
Tudor
B
Stuart
C
Hanover
D
Windsor
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Q7. The Apennines is a mountain range that runs for 870 miles in what country?

A
Italy
B
Spain
C
Brazil
D
Russia
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