Tes Quiz: 28 August 2020

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28th August 2020, 12:01am
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Tes Quiz: 28 August 2020

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1. Which Canadian rapper holds the record for the most Top 10 singles in the history of the US Billboard chart?

2. Casablanca is the largest city in which country?

3. What nationality is Collin Morikawa, who won the 2020 US PGA tournament?

4. Scheherazade, Sinbad and Aladdin are all characters in which book, published in 1704?

5. Where on your body would you wear a gatsby?

6. What type of foodstuff is abalone?

7. Who became the first Spanish actor to win an Oscar for his role as Anton Chigurh in the 2007 film No Country For Old Men?

8. Which music file-sharing service was developed by Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker in 1999?

9. Measuring 0 on the Beaufort wind scale, what term is given to winds of less than 2 kilometres per hour?

10. The real is the currency of which South American country?

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QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Drake 2. Morocco 3. American 4. One Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights) 5. Head 6. Shellfish 7. Javier Bardem 8. Napster 9. Calm 10. Brazil

Questions set by John Cunnane

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