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General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 20 October 2023

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Q1. Which show did Simon Cowell leave in 2010 to launch his shows "X Factor USA" and "America's Got Talent"?

A
American Idol
B
The One Show
C
The Talent Show Story
D
The X Factor: Battle of the Stars
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Q2. Who published almost 100 books on many subjects, including the autobiography "My Life and Times" (10 vols, 1963-1971), "The Four Winds Of Love" (6 vols, 1937-45), "Whisky Galore" (1947) and "Monarch of the Glen" (1941)?

A
Susan Boyle
B
Robert Louis Stevenson
C
Compton MacKenzie
D
Flora MacDonald
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Q3. Between 2000 and 2010, how many times had Venus and Serena Williams met in a Wimbledon Ladies' Singles Final?

A
4
B
5
C
3
D
1
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Q4. From mid 7th century to at least the late 10th century, the Khazars ruled a major commercial empire where?

A
Scandinavia
B
Southern Japan
C
Southeastern Africa and Madagascar
D
Parts of Russia, Ukraine, north of the Caucasus Mountains
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Q5. The Great Rift Valley runs through Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique and which of these countries?

A
Japan
B
Ukraine
C
Mongolia
D
Tanzania
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Q6. When did "addiction" first enter the English language?

A
With Chaucer, in The Canterbury Tales
B
With Shakespeare, in Henry V
C
With Thomas De Quincey, in Confessions of an Opium Eater
D
With Henry Gray, in Gray's Anatomy
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Q7. What can the discriminant equation be used for in relation to a quadratic or cubic equation?

A
To determine the type of equation
B
To solve it
C
To factorise it
D
To determine how many solutions, if any, it has
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