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General Knowledge Quiz for Tuesday, 24 October 2023

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Q1. What is name for the holistic, global, comparative study of humans (the comprehensive study of human beings and of their interactions with each other and the environment), which has its intellectual origins in both the natural sciences and the humanities?

A
Political studies
B
Entropy
C
Anthropology
D
Econometrics
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Q2. Who was Governor of South Australia 1841-1845, Governor of New Zealand 1845-1854 & 1861-1868, Governor of Cape Colony 1854-1861 and Premier of New Zealand 1877-1879?

A
George Grey
B
Thomas Gore Brown
C
Harry Atkinson
D
Robert Fitzroy
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Q3. In France, which of these establishments specialises in selling meat?

A
Pâtisserie
B
Boulangerie
C
Charcuterie
D
Brasserie
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Q4. The Matterhorn is on the border between which two countries?

A
Spain and Portugal
B
Switzerland and Italy
C
Chile and Argentina
D
Canada and the USA
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Q5. Curling stones are traditionally made of what?

A
Schist
B
River stones
C
Greywacke
D
Granite
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Q6. What state, earlier known as the Bohemian Kingdom and part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the time of the Empire's dissolution at the end of World War I, was formed in 1918?

A
Poland
B
Czechoslovakia
C
Lithuania
D
Hungary
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Q7. The weekly television programme "Hour of Power", first broadcast in 1970, is concerned with what?

A
DIY electrical work in the home
B
Religion
C
Legends of superheroes
D
Politics
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