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General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 29 September 2019

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Q1. What is Whitcombe Judson credited with inventing in 1893?

A
Nylon
B
Linoleum
C
Plastic
D
Zip fastener
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Q2. Tico Torres is the drummer for which band?

A
Aerosmith
B
Def Leppard
C
The Who
D
Bon Jovi
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Q3. What was the cause of strikes and rioting across France in October 2010?

A
The reinstatement of border controls
B
Increased tax on wine
C
Religious persecution of Muslims
D
Pension reform
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Q4. The acronym "B.A.S.E.", as used in B.A.S.E jumping, stands for four categories of fixed objects from which one can jump, including buildings, antennae and earth (cliff). Which of these is the other?

A
Sticks
B
Spans (bridges)
C
Stones
D
Sand
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Q5. Which April 2019 song, co-written and -produced by a USA singer-songwriter and a NZ producer and musician, debuted at number 100 on the Billboard Hot 100 and jumped to number 2 in its second week becoming the biggest single-week jump in Hot 100's history?

A
You Need To Calm Down
B
Me
C
False Confidence
D
Happy When I'm Sad
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Q6. What are moss, stocking and garter?

A
Patterns on Waterford Crystal
B
Knots
C
Types of daisy
D
Stitches in knitting
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Q7. Which small member of the mongoose family would you most expect to find in parts of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, in much of the Namib Desert in Namibia and southwestern Angola, and in South Africa?

Note: This question was updated in September 2024
A
Meerkat
B
Black-footed mongoose
C
Alexander's kusimanse
D
Banded mongoose
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