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General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 31 March 2025

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Q1. Who directed the film of "Hamlet" (1948) which became the first non-American film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture?

A
Michael Powell
B
Mike Leigh
C
John Mills
D
Laurence Olivier
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Q2. When was the Benelux Union signed?

A
1952
B
1932
C
1928
D
1947
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Q3. Who was IBF Light Welterweight Champion from 4 March 1987 until he retired in December 1987, and was accused, tried and acquitted of being the masked gunman who shot Frank Warren, his former manager, twice in the chest in November 1989 outside the Broadway Theatre, Barking, England?

A
George Foreman
B
Evander Holyfield
C
Mike Tyson
D
Terry Marsh
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Q4. UK Ariel programme developed and launched 6 satellites 1962-79, which were launched for them by NASA. Which was the only British satellite successfully launched by Britain using a British rocket?

A
Ariane, in 1973
B
Black Arrow, in 1969
C
Prospero, in 1971
D
Lambda-4S, in 1970
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Q5. Which scientist's name is attached to a nickname for laboratory eyedroppers?

A
Joseph Lister
B
John Dalton
C
Louis Pasteur
D
Marie Curie
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Q6. The highest peak of a mountain entirely within India is one of the two peaks of what massif?

A
Kamet
B
Nanda Devi
C
Kangchenjunga
D
Saser Kangri
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Q7. Which ancient belief about the third finger of the left hand is the reason why engagement and wedding rings are worn on it in many countries?

A
The rings trap evil spirits living on the "sinister" hand
B
It controls fertility
C
It contains the vena amoris ("vein of love")
D
The left hand is used for "personal activities"
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