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General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 5 July 2019

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Q1. Whom did the Lady of Shalott, in Alfred, Lord Tennyson's 1832 poem, see in her mirror which made her break her enchantment and bring down the curse from which she died?

A
Sir Gawain
B
King Arthur
C
Sir Galahad
D
Sir Lancelot
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Q2. What is next in the series: London, Orlando, Toronto, Sydney…?

A
Reykjavik
B
Dubai
C
Vila Real de Santo António
D
The Hague
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Q3. What military rank and historical title for Hereditary Commanders of Armies in Japan ended when Tokugawa Yoshinobu relinquished the office in 1867?

A
Mikado
B
Tenno
C
Shōgun
D
Kotei
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Q4. "Death of a Naturalist" (1966) is the first major published collection of poetry of what Nobel Prize-winning poet?

A
Seamus Heaney
B
Pablo Neruda
C
Octavia Paz
D
Wislawa Szymborska
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Q5. 11.00100100001111110110… is an approximation, in binary, of a mathematical constant relating to what?

A
A circle's circumference and diameter
B
The electron's gyromagnetic ratio using quantum electrodynamics
C
The reciprocals of twin primes
D
Conic sections
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Q6. The tourist-familiar villages of Sa Dec, Lai Vung and Long Dinh are found where?

A
Ganges-Brahmaputra River Delta
B
Amazon delta
C
Mekong Delta
D
Nile Delta
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Q7. In economics, what is "Dutch disease"?

A
A prolonged low flat period in the economy
B
A boom and bust, like the 17th century Tulip bubble
C
Link between a spike in one part of the economy and a drop in another
D
Infection of one economy with the problems of another
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