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General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 6 January 2022

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Q1. Which HBO Max sci-fi series set on the real planet Kepler-22b centres on artificial intelligence and religious belief?

Note: This question was updated in May 2023
A
Station Eleven
B
Peacemaker
C
Raised by Wolves
D
Infinity Train
Select from the options above.

Q2. Voyages of exploration which stretched from 1492 to 1504 started with what purpose?

A
To travel from one pole to the other
B
To find a new and shorter route from Portugal to the Orient
C
Testing out a new type of sail
D
To give the crew extended holiday cruises
Select from the options above.

Q3. What caused the eventual sinking of the Italian ship, MS Achille Lauro, hijacked in 1985 by four members of the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF)?

A
A fierce storm when it was returning to Italy from Egypt after the hijack
B
Scuttled by the hijackers as they escaped
C
Mined by the US military after an American passenger was killed in the hijack negotiations
D
A fire in the engine room nine years later, in 1994, when one of the boilers exploded
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Q4. Where are the headquarters of the World Curling Federation?

A
Ottawa, Canada
B
Perth Scotland
C
Bern, Switzerland
D
Stockholm, Sweden
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Q5. Fingerprints come in three basic patterns. Which of these is not one of them?

A
Arches
B
Loops
C
Whorls
D
Turns
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Q6. Who wrote the music for the award-winning 1961 musical film for which Steven Spielberg directed a re-make in 2021?

A
Leonard Bernstein
B
Stephen Sondheim
C
George Gershwin
D
Aaron Copland
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Q7. What are the first words of the hymn written by Henry Francis Lyte in 1847 that continues "Fast falls the Eventide"?

A
Onward Christian soldiers
B
Away in a manger
C
Silent night, holy night
D
Abide with me
Select from the options above.
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