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Daily Quiz #1699

General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 12 September 2013

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Q1. "You had me at 'Hello'!" is a line from which film?

A
Pretty Woman
B
Jerry McGuire
C
Brief Encounter
D
Casablanca
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Q2. What was the name of the German fighter pilot known as the "Red Baron", officially credited with 80 confirmed air combat victories, who died in 1918, from wounds sustained in combat?

A
Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen
B
Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel
C
Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin
D
Ludwig Friedrich Wilhelm
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Q3. Which Spaniard, from 1518, overcame Montezuma, captured Mexico City and became Governor-General of much of Mexico?

A
Vasco Da Gama
B
Bartholomew Diaz
C
Hernando Cortes
D
Ferdinand Magellan
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Q4. What does the Republic of Ireland call itself?

A
The Irish Free State
B
Hibernia
C
The Republic of Ireland
D
Éire
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Q5. On July 13 2005 remote controlled robotic jockeys were raced for the first time on the backs of what?

A
Cockerels
B
Horses
C
Greyhounds
D
Camels
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Q6. In the northern hemisphere, what season begins in one calendar year and ends in the next?

A
Fall / Autumn
B
Summer
C
Spring
D
Winter
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Q7. The orangutan is found on Sumatra and which other island?

A
Timor
B
Singapore
C
Taiwan
D
Borneo
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