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General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 12 August 2020

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Q1. How many US states share a land border with the state of Maine?

A
2
B
1
C
3
D
4
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Q2. In the 1880s Georges Seurat and Paul Signac pioneered what meticulous and precise method of painting?

A
Dadaism
B
Pointillism
C
Cubism
D
Fauvism
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Q3. What is Greyball?

A
An early video game by Atari
B
A kindergarten game
C
A common name for an arctic fox
D
A software tool
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Q4. What is another name for a wildebeest?

A
Giraffe
B
Rhinoceros
C
Gnu
D
Dingo
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Q5. Where did the short-lived Kronstadt rebellion of 1921 start?

A
An island in the Gulf of Finland
B
On the border between Germany and Poland
C
In Brazil
D
South-west Germany
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Q6. Why was Canadian sailor Lawrence Lemieux awarded a Pierre de Coubertin medal in the course of the 1988 Summer Olympics?

A
In recognition of his contribution to the promotion of the Olympic Movement and services to the IOC
B
He lent his boat to a competitor whose craft had been smashed just before it was due to race
C
He stopped racing to rescue a competing boat's capsized and injured crew
D
He continued to race after an onlooker attacked and badly injured him
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Q7. Which fictional character tells stories of Br'er Rabbit?

A
Joel Chandler Harris
B
Uncle Remus
C
Uncle Tom
D
Uncle Sam
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