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Daily Quiz #6045

General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 6 August 2025

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Q1. "The Count of Monte Cristo" was originally written in which language?

A
Spanish
B
French
C
Portuguese
D
Russian
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Q2. Which dynasty, lasting from 907 to 1125 CE, ruled present-day Mongolia and portions of the Russian Far East, northern Korea, and northern China including all of Manchuria?

A
Qing
B
Ming
C
Liao
D
Tang
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Q3. What is a traditional English dish made with the shallow-fried leftover vegetables from a roast dinner, mainly potato and cabbage, to which carrots, peas, brussels sprouts, and other vegetables can be added?

A
Squirm and chirp
B
Brew and scream
C
Pop and tweet
D
Bubble and squeak
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Q4. What does the organisation WADA promote, coordinate and monitor?

A
The game of Doom
B
International programming languages
C
The fight against doping in sport
D
World dance
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Q5. What is another name for horizontal roll vortices?

A
Low-étage
B
Strato-cumulus cloud
C
Cloud streets
D
Downward-growing nimbostratus
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Q6. Who was the Serbian electrical engineer and inventor whose inventions include the induction motor, 3-phase electricity, fluorescent lighting, a resonant transformer circuit that generates high-voltage, high-frequency alternating current electricity?

A
Nikola Tesla (1856-1943)
B
Nikolaus Otto (1832-1891)
C
Elon Musk (1971-now)
D
Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859)
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Q7. What was highlighted in 2016 as a possible result of a pregnant woman's being infected with the zika virus?

A
Restricted cranium size, and brain development, in the baby in the womb
B
Miscarriage
C
An abnormally large baby
D
A baby with a cleft palate
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