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General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 15 December 2023

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Q1. Lieutenant Colonel George Malcolm was the first producer of what event inspired by a 1949 show in a park called "Something About a Soldier"?

A
The Basel Tattoo
B
Hamina Tattoo
C
The Royal Tournament
D
Edinburgh Tattoo (now the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo)
Select from the options above.

Q2. The International Game Fish Association rules specify that in freshwater fishing the double line and leader together may not exceed what combined length?

A
12.19 m (40 ft)
B
3.04 m (10 ft)
C
5 m (16.5 ft)
D
1.82 m (6 ft)
Select from the options above.

Q3. What is the longest running live show of any type, still in its initial run?

A
"The Mousetrap" by Agatha Christie
B
"The Phantom of the Opera" by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart & Richard Stilgoe
C
"Cats" by Andrew Lloyd Webber, T. S. Eliot & Trevor Nunn
D
"Les Misérables" by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil & Herbert Kretzmer
Select from the options above.

Q4. The Great Famine in Europe, 1315-17 with effects lasting until at least 1322, was marked by what?

A
Mass suicides
B
Infertility in all farm animals
C
A plague of rats
D
Europe-wide crop failures, and extreme levels of crime, disease, and mass death
Select from the options above.

Q5. Where is a sea anemone's sphincter?

A
In its foot
B
Round the opening to its mouth
C
Round the ostium
D
At the base of the gastro-vascular cavity
Select from the options above.

Q6. Among the several meanings of the word "popinjay", which of these is one?

A
A type of popcorn
B
A parrot
C
A peacock
D
A nutcracker
Select from the options above.

Q7. The Zambezi River flows into the Indian Ocean from where?

A
Southern India
B
Mozambique
C
Sri Lanka
D
Oman
Select from the options above.
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