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General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 2 June 2023

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Q1. The word "Scandinavian" refers to which part of the world?

A
Nepal, Tibet and southern China
B
Spain and Portugal
C
Northern South America
D
Northern Europe
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Q2. The endocrine glands secrete their products directly into what rather than through a duct?

A
Skin
B
Mouth
C
Blood stream
D
Stomach
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Q3. What is the song "Cracklin' Rosie", a 1970 song written and performed by Neil Diamond, about?

A
A type of wine
B
A pig
C
A red-headed woman
D
A flower
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Q4. Which British admiral and statesman was the last Viceroy of the British Indian Empire and the first Governor-General of the independent Union of India?

A
Admiral Lord Nelson
B
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
C
Duke Ellington
D
Lord Louis Mountbatten
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Q5. Which video game, on its release in 2020, was so badly reviewed that the developers issued a formal apology?

A
Fast & Furious Crossroads
B
XIII remake
C
Remothered: Broken Porcelain
D
Gleamlight
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Q6. Mike Leigh has been celebrated and much-awarded as a film writer and director, but is also celebrated as a playwright. Which of these plays is his first?

A
Abigail's Party
B
The Box Play
C
Nuts in May
D
Goose-Pimples
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Q7. A critic hailed "Les Misérables", when it was first published in 1862, as "exaggerated and inflated nonsense"; what would have been a simile for that description?

A
Dithyrambic
B
Paean
C
Rhapsody
D
Diatribe
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