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General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 19 October 2024

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Q1. An "americano" is a type of what?

A
Light switch
B
Rifle
C
Spanner
D
Coffee
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Q2. Which son of an actor, also an actor, was awarded the US Navy's Legion of Merit with bronze V (for valour), the Italian War Cross for Military Valour, the French Légion d'Honneur and the Croix de Guerre with Palm, the British Distinguished Service Cross?

A
John Drew Barrymore
B
David Niven, Jr.
C
Sean Flynn
D
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
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Q3. Which of these was a city-state of ancient Mesopotamia, the remains of which are in present-day Al Hillah, Babil Province, Iraq, about 85 kilometers (55 miles) south of Baghdad?

A
Samaria
B
Alexandria
C
Babylon
D
Philippi
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Q4. Which comic character was introduced in More Fun Comics #73 in November 1941?

A
Aquaman
B
Wonder Woman
C
Adam Strange
D
Hawkman
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Q5. Which club drug, particularly popular, and fatal, in some areas, was originally developed as an anaesthetic and painkiller and used mainly by veterinary surgeons?

A
MDMA (ecstasy)
B
Rohypnol
C
Gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB)
D
Ketamine
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Q6. Singapore is connected to the mainland by a causeway that runs across which stretch of water?

A
Bass Strait
B
Cook Strait
C
Straits of Johore
D
Bering Strait
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Q7. There were a number of firsts at the 1992 Summer Olympics; which of these was not one?

A
First Games for South Africa since the 1960 Games, after a long suspension for its apartheid policy
B
A Suriname swimmer becomes the first black person to win individual swimming gold
C
First single, unified German Olympic team since the 1964 Games
D
After dissolution of the USSR in 1991, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania sent the first teams since 1936
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