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General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 19 January 2019

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Q1. What scale is used for rating tornado intensity, based on the damage tornadoes inflict on human-built structures and vegetation?

A
The Torino Scale
B
The Fujita scale
C
The Beaufort Scale
D
The Richter Scale
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Q2. Which of these rivers flows into the Dead Sea?

A
Indus
B
Tigris
C
Jordan
D
Danube
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Q3. What does a glazier work with?

A
Glass
B
Guitar
C
Sheep
D
Shoes
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Q4. In August 2009 Wallace Souza was accused of arranging murders so that cameras for the TV programme that he hosted, "Canal Livre", could be on the scenes of the crimes before the police. In which country did this happen?

A
Mexico
B
France
C
Guatemala
D
Brazil
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Q5. Croatia won their first ever Olympic gold in Atlanta in 1996 in which event?

A
Weightlifting
B
Handball
C
Wrestling
D
Fencing
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Q6. Which of these events happened first in American history?

A
Civil War
B
Declaration of Independence
C
Custer's Last Stand
D
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
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Q7. Which 17th century French philosopher, mathematician, scientist, and writer showed, by using geometric construction and the law of refraction, that the angular radius of a rainbow is 42 degrees?

A
Nicholas Mercator
B
René Descartes
C
Johannes Kepler
D
Isaac Newton
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