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General Knowledge Quiz for Tuesday, 28 June 2016

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Q1. The second Secretary-General of the United Nations, Dag Hammarskjöld, died in office in 1961 and became subsequently one of only four people to receive a posthumous Nobel Peace Prize. How did he die?

A
From a heart attack
B
Stabbed in a street in Sweden
C
A bomb exploded in his car
D
In a plane crash
Select from the options above.

Q2. A painting discovered in France in 2016 of Judith beheading Holofernes has been attributed to what artist?

A
Canaletto
B
Banksy
C
Michelangelo
D
Caravaggio
Select from the options above.

Q3. A washboard scraped with a thimble features as an instrument in what kind of music?

Note: This question was updated in March 2020
A
Country
B
Skiffle
C
Folk
D
Ska
Select from the options above.

Q4. Gene Hackman did not appear with Christopher Reeve and Margot Kidder in which of the "Superman" film series released between 1978 and 1987?

A
Superman III (1983)
B
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
C
Superman: The Movie (1978)
D
Superman II (1980)
Select from the options above.

Q5. The inability or near inability in colour blindness to differentiate between some colours is, in the most common form of it, between red and which other colour?

A
Yellow
B
Blue
C
Green
D
Brown
Select from the options above.

Q6. What game is played in 4 quarters between two teams of 18 outdoors on a large oval grass field with two goal posts and two behind posts at each end, where the primary aim of the game is to score by kicking a ball between the posts of the opposing goal?

A
Rugby Union
B
Australian football
C
Rugby League
D
Cricket
Select from the options above.

Q7. Of the 16 states of Germany, 13 are termed area states (Flächenländer). What are the other 3?

A
Nation states
B
Island states
C
City states
D
Overseas territories
Select from the options above.
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