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Daily Quiz #301

General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 14 November 2009

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Q1. What is a leit motiv?

A
Musical phrase representing a recurring character, situation or idea
B
A reason for an action
C
A legally registered company logo
D
A theme that runs through a collection of, for example, short stories or poems
Select from the options above.

Q2. Which Austrian composer, whose list of more than 750 works includes symphonies, string quartets and trios, piano sonatas, marches, dances, overtures, masses and operas, received a DMus degree at Oxford University, England?

Note: This question was updated in October 2025
A
Engelbert Humperdinck
B
George Handel
C
Gustav Holst
D
Franz Joseph Haydn
Select from the options above.

Q3. Where, 25 miles West of Knoxville, Tennessee, was an Atomic Bomb Research Station set up in 1942?

A
Chattanooga
B
Nashville
C
Memphis
D
Oak Ridge
Select from the options above.

Q4. Which of these work for the Crime Scene Investigation division in Miami?

A
Detective Stella Bonasera
B
Lieutenant Horatio Caine
C
Detective Danny Messer
D
Dr. Sheldon Hawkes
Select from the options above.

Q5. What are the 26 areas called that make up the Swiss Confederation?

A
States
B
Iller
C
Cantons
D
Departments
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Q6. The International Olympic Committee removed which two events from the programme for the 2012 Olympic Games in London?

Note: This question was updated in November 2013
A
Women's weightlifting: Clean and Jerk and Snatch
B
Chess and women's triple jump
C
Solo synchronised swimming and doubles table tennis
D
Baseball and softball
Select from the options above.

Q7. Which colour in the visible spectrum has the longest wavelength?

Note: This question was updated in August 2014
A
Red
B
Green
C
Blue
D
Violet
Select from the options above.
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