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General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 10 June 2023

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Q1. Scottish singer, composer and music hall comedian Harry Lauder sang to troops in France during World War I and gave concerts for war charities> What happened in 1919?

A
He succumbed to the influenza pandemic which accompanied the end of the war
B
He was knighted
C
He started a career in opera
D
He became a conscientious objector
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Q2. Which Woody Guthrie album was included on Mojo magazine's list of 100 Records That Changed The World?

A
Hard Travelin'
B
Songs to Grow on for Mother and Child
C
My Dusty Road
D
Dust Bowl Ballads
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Q3. In Greek mythology Argus Panoptes, guardian of the heifer-nymph Io and son of Arestor, was a primordial giant described as having multiple, often one hundred, what?

A
Heads
B
Legs
C
Eyes
D
Ears
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Q4. Which South American country stretches over 2,600 miles (4,185 km) from north to south and less than 260 miles (418 km), maximum, from east to west?

Note: This question was updated in November 2025
A
Chile
B
Brazil
C
Venezuela
D
Ecuador
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Q5. Which was the first Olympics to be held in a communist country?

A
1964 Winter Olympics
B
1984 Winter Olympics
C
1972 Summer Olympics
D
1980 Summer Olympics
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Q6. Which of these is a book of the Christian and Jewish Bible?

A
Song of Sigismund
B
Song of Sammy
C
Song of Solomon
D
Song of Sol
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Q7. What was a major significance in Europe and the western world of the book the "Liber Abaci" (1202)?

A
It introduced use of the abacus
B
It demonstrated the mathematical relationship between the circumference of a circle and its radius
C
It convincingly advocated the use of Arabic numerals in European mathematical notation
D
A discussion of the golden ratio
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