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General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 30 March 2023

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Q1. The 520 men and 197 women who arrived in 11 British ships at Botany Bay, Australia, on 26 January 1788, were mostly what?

A
Hairdressers
B
Convicts
C
Town planners
D
Botanists
Select from the options above.

Q2. In 2020 Roberto Vega Ortiz and Theresa Knudson founded the critically acclaimed group known as Ballet22, whose performances can include what?

A
Cirque-aerial dance
B
Costumes limited to a G-string
C
Dance performed entirely in animal masks
D
All roles performed by men, including in tutus and on pointe
Select from the options above.

Q3. Haughton impact crater, at latitude 75 degrees north one of the most northerly impact craters known, is located where?

A
Novaya Zemlya, Russia
B
Hammerfest, Finland
C
Devon Island, Canada
D
Wrangel Island, Russia
Select from the options above.

Q4. Where do the short-period comets observed in Earth's sky originate from?

A
Other galaxies
B
Saturn's rings
C
The Kuiper Belt
D
The Alpha Centauri system
Select from the options above.

Q5. Which of these is a fortified wine that comes from the valley of the river Douro in Portugal?

A
Sherry
B
Port
C
Madeira
D
Chardonnay
Select from the options above.

Q6. What was the venue for the only Summer Paralympics, as at 2023, to be held in Canada?

A
Vancouver
B
Montreal
C
Calgary
D
Toronto
Select from the options above.

Q7. What is the central target of the 2020 Danish TV series "The Investigation"?

A
The real-life death of Swedish journalist Kim Wall
B
The 1986 assassination of Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden
C
The death of UN Secretary-General of the UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld in 1961
D
Separation of migrant families in Denmark and conditions for detainees
Select from the options above.
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