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General Knowledge Quiz for Tuesday, 25 March 2025

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Q1. The 2014 Man Booker Prize, the first to be open to any full length novel written in the English language and not just to those from the UK Commonwealth, Republic of Ireland or Zimbabwe, was awarded in October to which writer?

A
Richard Flanagan, Tasmania, Australia
B
Karen Joy Fowler, USA
C
Howard Jacobson, UK
D
Neel Mukherjee, UK
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Q2. What was the immediate cause of a European conflict fought between 1701 and 1714 between supporters of the French Bourbons and the Austrian Habsburgs?

A
A sick French monarch
B
The death of the childless Charles II of Spain
C
The expiry of trade treaties regarding the East Indies
D
A fatal duel between the heirs to the two dynasties
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Q3. A long running television series about a division of police in the UK is ...?

A
The Bill
B
The Beak
C
The Boardwalk
D
The Bullring
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Q4. What bird has iridescent blue-green or green coloured plumage, where the train feathers have a series of eyes that are best seen when the tail is fanned?

A
Cabbagecock
B
Beancock
C
Carrotcock
D
Peacock
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Q5. Which game has been played in England since Tudor Times, with the earliest reference being in 1744 in "A Little Pretty Pocketbook" where it is called Baseball?

A
Skittles
B
Rounders
C
Softball
D
Parcheesi
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Q6. What do the initials AVB, or AUB, refer to?

A
Founding of the city of Rome
B
Aerial bombardment
C
Underground arterial routes in Paris
D
Year of the destruction of Babylon
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Q7. Where is the radar site Link Quality Indicator (LQI) based to monitor the Traffic Separation Scheme in the Strait of Hormuz?

A
Jask, Iran
B
Manama, Bahrain
C
Doha, Qatar
D
A small island north of the Musandam Peninsula, Oman
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