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General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 16 October 2023

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Q1. Famous in NBA Basketball, Michael Jordan first retired in 1993 to develop a career in what?

A
Baseball
B
Water polo
C
High jump
D
Go-kart racing
Select from the options above.

Q2. Apart from his partnership with Sir Arthur Sullivan in musicals, Sir W. S. Gilbert wrote several plays. What was the central character in his last play "The Hooligan, A Character Study" (1911)?

A
The leader of a troupe of actors who take political power
B
A young Cockney murderer in prison awaiting execution
C
A renegade accountant
D
A young peer turned boardroom pirate
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Q3. Which UK TV series , based on a 1939 novel by Rumer Godden and starring Gemma Arterton, Alessandro Nivola, Aisling Franciosi, Jim Broadbent and Gina McKee, also starred Diana Rigg in one of her last performances?

A
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong (2017)
B
Victoria (2017)
C
Black Narcissus (2020)
D
Moley (2021)
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Q4. Traditionally, the Nukak live between the Guaviare and Inírida rivers, in which country?

A
Chile
B
Argentina
C
Colombia
D
Mexico
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Q5. In the USA, the Tav HaYosher is a certification mark offered to establishments that do what?

A
Take leadership roles in social justice campaigns
B
Provide medical care
C
Serve kosher food and treat their workers fairly
D
Make loans to support entrepreneurs worldwide and combat poverty
Select from the options above.

Q6. In 2022, as a response to Russia's full invasion of Ukraine at the beginning of the year, the remaining (what...) separated from their lingering ties with Russia and Moscow?

A
The Cherkasy Oblast nature reserves
B
Ukrainian Orthodox Churches (Moscow Patriarchy)
C
Business relations in export to Russia of aluminium oxide
D
International Red Cross
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Q7. The work of mathematician and cosmographer, Pedro Nunes (1502-1578), was the first to propose what for navigators?

A
A method of precise measure of latitude
B
The loxodromic curve
C
The traverse board
D
Charts for mapping winds and currents
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