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General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 1 February 2023

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Q1. What happens when someone is defenestrated?

A
They have their trousers, or skirts, pulled down
B
They have their spectacles broken
C
They are stripped of their clothing
D
They are thrown out of a window
Select from the options above.

Q2. The only middle weight boxer to win the World Heavyweight Championship was who?

A
Daniel Mendoza (1764-1836), England
B
Gentleman Jackson (1769-1845), England
C
Jack "Nonpareil" Dempsey (1862-1895), Ireland
D
Floyd Patterson (1935-2006), USA
Select from the options above.

Q3. Which comic strip written and illustrated by Bill Watterson, first run from 1985 to 1995, follows the antics of a precocious six-year-old boy and his sardonic stuffed tiger?

A
Calvin and Hobbes
B
Doonesbury
C
The Far Side
D
Dennis the Menace
Select from the options above.

Q4. The cities of Rasht, Gorgan, Sâri, Bâbol, Qaem Shahr, and Anzali lie close to, or overlook, what?

A
The Persian or Arabian Gulf
B
The Caspian Sea
C
The Black Sea
D
Lake Baikal
Select from the options above.

Q5. Who wrote the poem "Paradise Lost"?

A
John Milton
B
Wilfred Owen
C
Alexander Pope
D
Geoffrey Chaucer
Select from the options above.

Q6. Possession of what was made illegal in California, the first part of the USA to do so, on 6 October 1966?

A
Marijuana
B
LSD
C
Records by Mel Torme
D
Handguns
Select from the options above.

Q7. Which red dwarf star, approximately 4.2 light-years distant in the constellation of Centaurus, is the nearest star to the Sun?

A
Procyon
B
Sirius
C
Lalande 21185
D
Proxima Centauri
Select from the options above.
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