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General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 17 August 2024

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Q1. Cayenne, after which the spicy condiment is named, is a city in which country?

A
French Guiana
B
France
C
Belgium
D
New Caledonia
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Q2. French intelligence service (DGSE) agents Captain Dominique Prieur and Commander Alain Mafart were convicted of the manslaughter of photographer Fernando Pereira and sinking a ship, Greenpeace's the "Rainbow Warrior", in 1985, in which harbour?

A
Auckland, New Zealand
B
Noumea, New Caledonia
C
Sydney, Australia
D
Nadi, Fiji
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Q3. What is one expected to do in a dormitory?

A
Grow tomatoes
B
Eat
C
Sleep
D
Swim
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Q4. Chinese poet Ai Qing is closely related to which of these?

A
Journalist, Gitta Sereny
B
Writer, Jung Chang
C
Artist, Ai Weiwei
D
Manga, Ai Yori Aoshi
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Q5. The refraction phenomenon known as "looming" can result in seeing what?

A
Alternations of compressed and stretched areas, erect images, and inverted images
B
A duplicate object floating above it
C
A mirror image of an object lying below the actual object
D
An object which is actually below the horizon
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Q6. A computer game first released in 1993 and drawing inspiration from Rube Goldberg devices, or Heath Robinson or Storm P thinking, is what?

A
Armadillo Run
B
Contraptions
C
The Incredible Machine
D
Widget Workshop
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Q7. Ballet dancer Chase Johnsey broke a major custom when he was offered the opportunity to dance in female corps roles in what 2018 English National Ballet production?

A
Petrushka
B
The Nutcracker
C
Swan Lake
D
The Sleeping Beauty
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