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General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 18 August 2019

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Q1. Who, about to leave the Animals as bassist, brought Jimi Hendrix to London, signed him to a management and production contract and helped him form The Jimi Hendrix Experience?

A
Chas Chandler
B
Michael Jeffery
C
Noel Redding
D
Mitch Mitchell
Select from the options above.

Q2. The first official World Cup for which sport, that requires navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain, was held in 1986?

A
South Pacific
B
Westward Ho!
C
Orienteering
D
North by north-west
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Q3. Who was the first female artist to have a #1 album in the USA and the UK simultaneously?

A
Doris Day
B
Shirley Bassey
C
Barbra Streisand
D
Susan Boyle
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Q4. What light display in Antarctica is caused by atomic bombardment from the sun on the earth's magnetic field?

A
Aurora Australis
B
Aurora Borealis
C
Southern Cross
D
The Shiner
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Q5. Bagòs, Burrino, Casareccio di Gorreto, Crema, Double Gloucester, Gioda, Lancashire, Pierino, Sakura and Tabor are all types of what?

A
Sheep
B
Cheese
C
Cattle
D
Pigs
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Q6. In 1632 the Puritan William Prynne published "Histriomastix", over a thousand pages, showing that ".. (what) ..." were unlawful, incentives to immorality, and condemned by the scriptures, the fathers, modern Christian writers, and the wisest of the heathen philosophers. What were the things?

A
Arranged marriages
B
Sculptures
C
Stage plays
D
Charging interest on loans
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Q7. What is the name for the measurement and description of navigable waters necessary for safe navigation of vessels?

A
Mal de mer
B
Oceanography
C
Bathygraphy
D
Hydrography
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