Quiz Questions for w/e 22nd August

Welcome to another Friday Quiz.

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Q1. Which movie, the winner of the best picture in 1996, is described by IMDB as “At the close of WWII, a young nurse tends to a badly-burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.”?

Q2. Which element, with an atomic number of 92 has 6 radioactive isotopes, their half lives ranging from 69 years to 4.5 billion years?

Q3. Which song has the following lines in the second verse?

It’s the terror of knowing What this world is about Watching some good friends Screaming, “Let me out!” Tomorrow gets me higher

Q4. What company has this logo?

Q5. Who, according to the nursery rhyme, lives on Drury Lane?

Q6. Which currency came into being on 3rd January 2009?

Q7. The Pan-Pacs are on currently on the Gold Coast - what are the Pan-Pacs?

Q8. Who was the astronaut aboard Vostok 1?

Q9. What (approx) percentage of the average body is made up of water? a) 50% b) 65% c) 75% d) 80%

Q10. On 22nd August 2004 versions of the paintings The Scream and Madonna were stolen at gunpoint in Oslo, Norway, who is the famous painter?

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English Patient

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Uranium

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Under Pressure- Queen/David Bowie

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Audi

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The Muffin Man

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Bitcoin

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Pan-Pacific swimming championships

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Yuri Gagarin

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b - 65%

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Edvard Munch