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General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 11 June 2025

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Q1. Where in the UK is the only remaining Hanseatic warehouse, built to house the trade which operated out of that harbour under the Hanseatic League?

A
York
B
London
C
Yarmouth
D
King's Lynn
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Q2. What name is given to an ambassador to Great Britain who is representing a country that is a member of the British Commonwealth?

A
Ambassador
B
High Commissioner
C
Commonwealth Ambassador
D
British Regent
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Q3. According to a short story by Washington Irving (1819), who escaped his nagging wife by wandering into New York's Catskill Mountains, fell asleep, and returned to his village, where he found that 20 years had passed?

A
Johnny Appleseed
B
Rumpelstiltskin
C
John Brown
D
Rip Van Winkle
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Q4. What is common between Marion Jones, Waterford Crystal and Ben Johnson?

A
They all had, or were party to, Olympic gold medals which were then lost for doping offences
B
The same Waterford Crystal athletics achievement trophy was presented to Jones and Johnson
C
Jones and Johnson both practised at the Waterford Crystal track in Ireland
D
Both Jones and Johnson had Waterford Crystal sponsorship early in their careers
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Q5. One of the oils used in cosmetics is produced in the seed of which shrub?

A
Safflower
B
Joshua tree
C
Jojoba
D
Amaranth
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Q6. In France, what is the SNCF?

A
Railway network
B
Post office
C
Motorway system
D
Television network
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Q7. Whose alter egos have included Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane and "The Thin White Duke"?

A
Elton John
B
David Bowie
C
John Lennon
D
Len Elwood
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