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General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 13 January 2022

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Q1. In October 2021, what was the name of the Facebook app changed to?

A
Meta
B
It was not changed
C
Metaverse
D
Metamet
Select from the options above.

Q2. France's often controversial Petit Saut Dam was built on what river?

A
River Creuse, Indre, France
B
Sinnamary River, French Guiana
C
Rivière de l'Est, Reunion Island
D
Yaté River, New Caledonia
Select from the options above.

Q3. Who were sandwiched in 2021 between the border forces of Poland and Lithuania on one side and those of Belarus on the other?

A
Students on an orientation day parade
B
A convention of political scientists
C
Migrants and refugees from a variety of other countries
D
Some puzzled hedgehogs
Select from the options above.

Q4. Which pianist, philosophy and public affairs major, and investment banker started a political party and was elected President of France just over 12 months later?

A
Jacques Chirac
B
Nicholas Sarkozy
C
Emmanuel Macron
D
Georges Pompidou
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Q5. Which of these is part of a television set?

A
Hard drive
B
Differential
C
Cavity magnetron
D
Receiver
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Q6. Of which book did its author say: “I cannot conscientiously recommend it for any useful purposes whatever. All I can suggest is that when you get tired of reading "the best hundred books," you may take this for half an hour. It will be a change.”?

A
Thank You, Jeeves
B
Three Men in a Boat
C
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
D
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Select from the options above.

Q7. Which small country won its only Olympic gold medals since it first participated in 1936, at the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, USA?

A
Vatican City
B
Monaco
C
San Marino
D
Liechtenstein
Select from the options above.
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