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Daily Quiz #3028

General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 3 May 2017

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Q1. When was the Siege of Masada?

A
117 CE
B
135 CE
C
73 CE
D
48 CE
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Q2. What is an example of a supersaturated solution?

A
Carbonated drinks
B
Syrup
C
Mulled wine
D
Saline
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Q3. Where is the Tropic of Cancer currently?

Note: This question was updated in May 2022
A
66° 33' south of the equator
B
23° 26′ south of the equator
C
66° 33′ north of the equator
D
23° 26′ north of the equator
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Q4. If someone is urged to give something some welly, what are they being invited to do?

A
Be extravagantly creative
B
Put on extra heavy duty wet weather boots
C
Look cheerful
D
Put power or extra effort into what they are doing
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Q5. Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" is set in which country?

A
France
B
Australia
C
Spain
D
Hungary
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Q6. The saying "It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it" appears in one form or another in many places, including being mistakenly attributed to which US author?

A
St Augustine of Hippo
B
Oscar Wilde
C
Mark Twain
D
Stephen Hawking
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Q7. The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI ) aims to promote air sports and recreational flying, a vision of safe participation in these, and what else?

A
Availability to everyone at a reasonable cost
B
To foster research in these fields
C
To have them included in the Olympic Games
D
To preserve old aeronautical artefacts
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