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General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 4 October 2013

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Q1. Which species of shark is the largest fish in the world?

A
Whale shark
B
Thresher shark
C
Great White Shark
D
Hammerhead shark
Select from the options above.

Q2. Which country, a founder member of the Arab League in 1945 was suspended from the League from 1979 to 1989 after it signed a peace treaty with Israel?

A
Iraq
B
Egypt
C
Jordan
D
Lebanon
Select from the options above.

Q3. In the TV series "Extras", Stephen Merchant played what role?

A
A cellphone salesman who was in only one episode
B
Darren's assistant, Barry
C
An actor who played Lord Byron
D
The agent, Darren Lamb
Select from the options above.

Q4. What is the name of the office of someone who acts as a trusted intermediary between an organisation such as a corporation, professional regulatory body, or a branch of government and those outside it, to represent those outside interests?

Note: This question was updated in April 2024
A
Call centre
B
Ombudsman
C
Assistant to the Managing Director
D
Receptionist
Select from the options above.

Q5. In Canada, although women had a limited right by 1884 to vote in governmental elections they did not have full voting rights until when?

A
1919 for all Canada except Quebec (1940)
B
1925
C
1960
D
1942
Select from the options above.

Q6. Which of these is a 20th century avant-garde art movement, pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, that revolutionized European painting and sculpture, and inspired related movements in music and literature?

A
Cubism
B
Hexahedronism
C
Rhombohedronism
D
Tetrahedronism
Select from the options above.

Q7. It is a team sport played on ice, in which up to 10 skaters per team use sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal, with 18 countries in 2016 contesting its World Championships. What is it called?

Note: This question was updated in September 2016
A
Broomball
B
Ice hockey
C
Bandy
D
Ringette
Select from the options above.
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