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General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 1 June 2024

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Q1. Which of these is a type of spider?

A
Thought catcher
B
Orb-weaver
C
Basket maker
D
Hammer whacker
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Q2. Why was the June horse race at Royal Ascot postponed for a month in 1955?

A
Bad weather
B
Rail strike
C
Racecourse fire
D
Jockeys' strike
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Q3. Taylor Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" became a No.1 single on Billboard's country chart and the longest running country chart topper since 1966. What else?

A
It reached top of the iTune singles charts within 2 hours of its release
B
It is the longest-running No. 1 country song by a female artist
C
It was left playing in the background when the USA President met the Prime Minister of Israel
D
The video for the song was the most watched on YouTube for 2012
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Q4. North Korea has shores on which two seas?

A
Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan
B
East China Sea and the Sea of Japan
C
Sea of Okhotsk and the Yellow Sea
D
East China Sea and the South China Sea
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Q5. What is a plectrum used for?

A
Plucking eyebrows
B
Pickling
C
Pilchard gutting
D
Plucking strings on a stringed instrument
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Q6. Mrs Josephine Cochrane (1839-1913) in the USA is associated with which invention?

A
Mechanical dishwasher
B
Netball
C
Typewriter
D
Controllable hang glider
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Q7. Which of these countries is not one Marco Polo is recorded as having visited?

A
Sumatra
B
England
C
China
D
Burma
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