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Daily Quiz #2566

General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 27 January 2016

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Q1. What is an alternative name for a hydrolaccolith, a mound of earth-covered ice found in the Arctic and subarctic that can reach up to 70 metres (230 ft) in height and up to 600 m (2,000 ft) in diameter?

A
Ice box
B
Pingo
C
Ice berg
D
Popsicle
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Q2. Who or what is nikkei?

A
A lifestyle magazine for working men
B
Japanese emigrants from Japan and their descendants who still live overseas
C
Taiwan stock market index
D
An earthquake warning system
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Q3. Which club won UEFA's inaugural European Champion Clubs' Cup in 1956?

A
A.C. Milan
B
Stade de Reims
C
ACF Fiorentina
D
Real Madrid
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Q4. Which of these works with the fictional Crime Scene Investigation division in New York?

Note: This question was updated in July 2022
A
Captain Jim Brass
B
Catherine Willows
C
Nick Stokes
D
Detective Mac Taylor
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Q5. The period known as "The Time of Troubles" 1598-1613 refers to which country?

A
Great Britain
B
Russia
C
China
D
Sweden
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Q6. Which of these was a Roman emperor?

A
Pissaro
B
Hero
C
Veto
D
Nero
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Q7. Where in the human body is the coccyx?

A
In the ear
B
At the base of the skull
C
At the base of the spine
D
In the ankle
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