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General Knowledge Quiz for Tuesday, 9 May 2017

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Q1. In September 2009 the wife of which newly-elected Prime Minister made international news because of her claims to have been abducted to Venus by aliens?

A
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir of Iceland
B
Silvio Berlusconi of Italy
C
Yulio Hatoyama of Japan
D
François Fillon of France
Select from the options above.

Q2. Which TV series had characters called Dougal, Zebedee, Brian, Ermintrude, Dylan, Florence and Mr Rusty?

A
Sesame Street
B
Rainbow
C
The Bill
D
The Magic Roundabout
Select from the options above.

Q3. What was a quintain used for?

A
Inscribing designs on pottery before firing
B
Practice for improving aim in jousting
C
Fletching arrows
D
Turning earth for planting
Select from the options above.

Q4. Why did John Malkovich, Steven Spielberg, Kevin Bacon, Larry King, Mort Zuckerman, Senator Frank Lautenberg and co-owner of the NY Mets, Saul Katz, all form part of the same news item in 2009?

A
They were victims of Bernard Madoff's swindles
B
They attended the bedside of Natasha Richardson
C
They invested in the film "Tintin", to be produced by Peter Jackson
D
They were passengers in a plane that crashed onto the Hudson River, New York
Select from the options above.

Q5. When was the first recorded ascent of Mount Fuji by someone who is not Japanese?

Note: This question was updated in February 2018
A
1869
B
663
C
1868
D
1575
Select from the options above.

Q6. Mesons have an extremely brief life span, but when they exist where are they most likely to be found?

A
Hovering over a flowing stream
B
In an atom
C
Underneath an Arctic ice shelf
D
In the centre of a whirlpool
Select from the options above.

Q7. What are Quetrupillán, Lanín and Rucapillán in Chile?

A
High altitude saline lakes
B
Large stratovolcanoes
C
Gold mines
D
Astronomical observatories
Select from the options above.
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