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General Knowledge Quiz for Tuesday, 17 January 2017

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Q1. What is a use in the 21st century for gutta-percha?

A
Furniture decorations
B
Golf balls
C
Insulators
D
Root canal dentistry
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Q2. How often are the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Championships held?

A
Every two years
B
Annually
C
Annually in non-Winter Olympics years
D
Every four years
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Q3. Who was the first Chancellor of West Germany from 1949-1963, who retired at age 87?

A
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
B
Willy Brandt
C
Ludwig Erhard
D
Konrad Adenauer
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Q4. The flag of which country, consisting of three horizontal stripes of red, white and blue (almost identical to that of the Netherlands), was first used in 1845 and officially adopted on June 23, 1972?

A
Andorra
B
Liechtenstein
C
Switzerland
D
Luxembourg
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Q5. Which cold, low-salinity ocean current flows north-westward along the west coast of South America from the southern tip of Chile to northern Peru and can extend 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) offshore?

A
Gulf Stream
B
Kuroshio
C
Canary Current
D
Humboldt Current
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Q6. What is the name for an inflammation of the larynx characterised by coughing, harshness (or loss) of voice, choking sensation and difficulty in breathing?

A
Influenza
B
Asphyxia
C
Suffocation
D
Laryngitis
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Q7. Which of these is an opera by Borodin?

A
Prince Igor
B
Prince Charming
C
Prince Charles
D
Prince of Darkness
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