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General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 9 December 2016

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Q1. Which architect died after being hit by a tram in the streets of Barcelona?

A
Lluis Domènech i Montaner
B
Antoni Gaudi
C
Antonio Palacios
D
Secundino Zuazo
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Q2. At the end of the film "The Bridge On The River Kwai", who blew up the bridge?

A
Major Warden (played by Jack Hawkins)
B
Colonel Nicholson (played by Alec Guinness)
C
Colonel Saito (played by Sessue Hayakawa)
D
The US Navy sailor (played by William Holden)
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Q3. Which animal, exclusively carnivorous, mostly nocturnal, with eyeballs each the same size as its brain, lives only on the islands of south east Asia?

A
Aye-aye
B
Bushbaby
C
Potto
D
Tarsier
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Q4. Towards the end of 1781 the crew of the British trading ship Zong did what to conserve scarce supplies of water?

A
Hoisted so much sail to increase speed that the ship capsized
B
Offloaded half the crew at the next port
C
Diluted the water with rum
D
Threw 133 Africans, held as slave cargo, overboard to drown
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Q5. Goidelic is one type of the Celtic language. What is the other?

A
Catatonic
B
Histrionic
C
Brythonic
D
Boadiceaic
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Q6. Where does the €10 Greek commemorative coin, minted in 2003 to commemorate the 2004 Summer Olympics, showing handball take its design from?

A
A silhouette photograph of champion player Nikola Karabatic
B
A design competition won by Gregorio C. Caparas
C
An archaic black-figure pottery vase showing a game known as cheirosphaira
D
A popular Greek cartoon
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Q7. Where in Africa is Table Mountain?

A
South Africa
B
Libya
C
Mozambique
D
Morocco
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