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Daily Quiz #2106

General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 24 October 2014

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Q1. What is another name for a wild hyacinth?

A
Gladiolus
B
Bluebell
C
Petunia
D
Delphinium
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Q2. Herring is the basis for which of these?

A
Demerara
B
Borshch
C
Quiche Lorraine
D
Rollmops
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Q3. In what sport would one "bully off"?

A
Badminton
B
Squash
C
Hockey
D
Sumo wrestling
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Q4. In which war did forces led by the Duke of Marlborough and the Duke of Savoy beat a combined French-Russian force at Blenheim in Western Bavaria in 1702?

A
The War of the Austrian Succesion
B
The War of the Spanish Succesion
C
The Crimean War
D
The Hundred Years' War
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Q5. Where would you find the machair?

A
Denmark
B
Nigeria
C
Sweden
D
Scotland
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Q6. Which 1962 film directed by Roman Polanski shows the differences in economic status of an unemployed youth and a successful older man, played out as a psychological contest to possess the older man's wife?

A
Knife In The Water
B
Kanal
C
Ashes and Diamonds
D
Two Men And A Wardrobe
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Q7. Leonid Kravchuk, Leonid Kuchma, Viktor Yanukovych, Viktor Yushchenko and Yulia Tymoshenko were political figures in which country?

Note: This question was updated in February 2024
A
Romania
B
Ukraine
C
Afghanistan
D
Croatia
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