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Daily Quiz #1939

General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 10 May 2014

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Q1. What is a street term for the drug Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid (GHB)?

A
Crystal meth
B
Ecstasy
C
P
D
Fantasy
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Q2. What do Switzerland, Hungary and the Czech Republic have in common?

Note: This question was updated in May 2023
A
None of them has a seaport
B
Esperanto is their official language
C
They are all below sea level
D
They have all hosted Olympic Games
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Q3. Which of these was an English playwright, screenwriter, actor, director, political activist and poet who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2005?

A
Hector Painter
B
Hermione Punter
C
Harold Pinter
D
Henrietta Ponter
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Q4. How many cards are used for a game of canasta?

A
106
B
108
C
54
D
53
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Q5. Who is the patron saint of Scotland?

A
St Bartholomew
B
St Brigit
C
St Andrew
D
St Albert
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Q6. What federation of free cities who had developed trade with foreign countries, formed in the 14th century, had its headquarters in Lübeck?

A
Huguenots
B
Cinque Ports
C
Hanseatic League
D
Benelux
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Q7. Which of the actors who portrayed Dr Who, famous from the UK TV series of the same name, appeared as the character almost exclusively on radio, film, written works, and comic strips?

A
Jon Pertwee
B
Sylvester McCoy
C
Paul McGann
D
Patrick Troughton
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