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Daily Quiz #2741

General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 20 July 2016

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Q1. Gambia is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and what other country or countries?

A
Cameroon and Gabon
B
Senegal and Guinea-Bissau
C
Ghana, Mali and Liberia
D
Senegal
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Q2. Say that smoothly with thy beauty's silent music and "murmuring of innumerable bees" are examples of … what?

A
Alliteration
B
Assonance
C
Simile
D
Anagram
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Q3. Which of these territories did not pass to the control of the USA as part of the Treaty of Paris following the Spanish-American War of 1898?

Note: This question was updated in May 2018
A
Puerto Rico
B
Guam
C
The Philippines
D
Hawaii
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Q4. Who won a (then) record seven gold medals at the 1972 Olympic Games at Munich?

A
Mark Spitz
B
Paavo Nurmi
C
Michael Phelps
D
Olga Korbut
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Q5. From what does vinegar derive its sour taste ?

A
Acetic acid
B
Calcium
C
Chlorine
D
Citric acid
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Q6. Who, in 2016 , scored his first Oscar for Best Actor in a Lead Role for his part in the film "The Revenant"?

A
Leonardo DiCaprio
B
Tom Hardy
C
Matt Damon
D
Eddie Redmayne
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Q7. In what film does Kylie Minogue play La Fée Verte (The Green Fairy), a synonym for the drink absinthe?

A
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
B
Fantasia/2000
C
Shrek
D
Moulin Rouge!
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