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Daily Quiz #3908

General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 30 September 2019

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Q1. In 2010, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization announced that it expected to make a formal declaration in 2011 of the global eradication of "Rinderpest". What does Rinderpest attack, mostly?

A
Rice
B
Humans
C
Cattle
D
Sheep
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Q2. Stocking stitch is used in which of these activities?

A
Lace making
B
Macramé
C
Knitting
D
Crochet
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Q3. What team in 1905-6 is known as "The Originals"?

A
The Mikaelson vampires of New Orleans
B
New Zealand's national rugby union team
C
The team to prepare for Roald Amundsen's expedition in 1911 to the South Pole
D
The first passengers to travel on the Trans-Siberian Railway
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Q4. Although Mlle De Lafontaine (1655-1738) was not the first famous woman in her field she is recognised as the first in the Western world to earn her living in it. What was the field?

A
Dancing
B
Writing poetry
C
Composing dance and opera music
D
Making swords
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Q5. What was the most populous city in the world in 1800?

Note: This question was updated in June 2024
A
New York, USA
B
London, England
C
Canton, China
D
Tokyo, Japan
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Q6. What is the title of a 1965 science fiction novel by Frank Herbert?

A
Dune
B
Solaris
C
Fahrenheit 451
D
Fantastic Voyage
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Q7. The Serra Geral and the Serra do Mar run north to south shielding the interior of what country from the Atlantic?

A
Spain
B
Argentina
C
Portugal
D
Brazil
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