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General Knowledge Quiz for Tuesday, 26 September 2017

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Q1. In 2014 the Federal Police of Brazil began to uncover money laundering and corruption at the state-controlled oil company Petrobras, in the course of what operation?

A
Operation Car Wash
B
Operation Oily Hands
C
Operation Big Boys
D
Operation Beady Eyes
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Q2. Which of these is a burrowing insectivorous animal with small eyes and close fur?

A
Armadillo
B
Mole
C
Turtle
D
Daddy Long Legs
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Q3. Which film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Ray Milland, was about four days in the life of a chronic drunkard?

A
The Country Girl
B
The Struggle
C
Come Back. Little Sheba
D
The Lost Weekend
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Q4. What is the name of the Swedish parliament?

A
Tynwald
B
Reichstag
C
Folketinget
D
Riksdag
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Q5. In what activity would a "waulking song" occur?

A
Sailing
B
Hiking
C
Fulling, i.e. tramping to scour and thicken woollen cloth
D
Narrowboating
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Q6. Which 1st century Athenian dramatist wrote over 100 tragedies, only 7 of which survive, including "Oedipus Rex", "Antigone" and "Electra"?

A
Pythagoras
B
Pericles
C
Euripides
D
Sophocles
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Q7. Which is essential to the game of Kerplunk?

A
Dice
B
Wooden blocks
C
Marbles
D
Counters
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