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General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 27 September 2023

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Q1. Olympe de Gouges, a French playwright and political activist, is today best known as an early feminist who demanded that French women be given the same rights as French men. How did she die?

A
Aeroplane crash
B
Burned at the stake
C
Guillotined
D
Old age
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Q2. Where is "Neverwhere", the novel of the TV series, sited?

A
The London below London, UK
B
At the end of the rainbow
C
Lyonesse
D
The black hole at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy
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Q3. Enjambment refers to ...?

A
The styling of trouser legs
B
Riding astride instead of side saddle
C
Disrupting the regular rhythm of the iambs in a line of verse
D
Running the syntax and meaning of one line of verse through to the next
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Q4. What modern sport can trace its origin back to a Scramble that took place at Camberley, Surrey England in 1924?

A
Motocross
B
Rallying
C
Orienteering
D
BMX
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Q5. Which of these is a member of the crow family?

A
Condor
B
Emu
C
Flamingo
D
Magpie
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Q6. Who married Welsh actress Catherine Zeta Jones in 2000?

A
Douglas Bader
B
Jack Douglas
C
Kirk Douglas
D
Michael Douglas
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Q7. What is Ethiopia's main port city?

A
It does not have a port
B
Doraleh
C
Assab
D
Mombasa
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