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General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 25 December 2023

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Q1. Which animal can, after reaching full maturity, revert completely to sexual immaturity and begin again, thereby being technically capable of immortality?

A
Diploria strigosa (brain coral)
B
Amoeba proteus
C
Green sulphur bacterium
D
Turritopsis dohrnii (a jellyfish)
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Q2. Which of these, an actor and a vaudeville, jazz and blues singer, was the first African-American artist to make a commercial vocal blues recording?

A
Mamie Smith
B
Bessie Smith
C
Robert Johnson
D
Howlin' Wolf
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Q3. The poem "The New Colossus" that begins "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses …" is inscribed where?

A
The Lincoln Memorial
B
The Statue of Liberty
C
Mount Rushmore
D
The White House
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Q4. What type of race is "the Madison"?

A
Snail, long distance
B
Relay marathon
C
Track cycling relay
D
Homing pigeons
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Q5. To investigate his theories of the diaspora of South American peoples, who sailed in a balsa raft called Kon-Tiki across the Pacific Ocean in 1947?

A
James Cook
B
Thor Heyerdahl
C
James Chichester
D
Roald Amundsen
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Q6. If you travelled in a westward direction from New York City (USA) and passed through each of these cities along the way, which city would be reached last?

A
Mexico City, Mexico
B
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
C
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
D
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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Q7. Which of these is a 1980 American film based on the story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London?

A
The Dog Woman
B
The Elephant Man
C
The Hippopotamus Child
D
The Monkey's Uncle
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