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Zurich Qwizzeria Daily #199

Five questions of the day, in other words, Qwizzeria Daily, a daily quiz where you get to discover new facts from the ocean of information or test what you already know.

Here are today’s five questions –

1. What unfortunate event in the US started on October 24, 1929 (Black Thursday) and continued until October 29, 1929 (Black Tuesday)?

2. Pope Victor I holds the distinction (as pointed by few sources) of being the first Pope born in Africa (in one of the Roman provinces, Leptis Magna or Tripolitania). To which modern-day African country do these historic Roman provinces belong?

3. Lake Balaton/Plattensee is the largest lake in Central Europe and naturally a popular tourist destination. In which country is the lake located?

4. What word gets its name from the Greek meaning ‘a thing wholly burnt,’ and originally a Bible word for “burnt offerings”?

5. This picture is an example of visitors dressing up in Iowa to re-create what 1930 painting by Grant Wood? (PICTURE)

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ANSWERS

1. What unfortunate event in the US started on October 24, 1929 (Black Thursday) and continued until October 29, 1929 (Black Tuesday)? Wall Street Crash, Great Crash, Stock Market Crash 1929

2. Pope Victor I holds the distinction (as pointed by few sources) of being the first Pope born in Africa (in one of the Roman provinces, Leptis Magna or Tripolitania). To which modern-day African country do these historic Roman provinces belong? Libya

3. Lake Balaton/Plattensee is the largest lake in Central Europe and naturally a popular tourist destination. In which country is the lake located? Hungary

4. What word gets its name from the Greek meaning ‘a thing wholly burnt,’ and originally a Bible word for “burnt offerings”? Holocaust

5. This picture is an example of visitors dressing up in Iowa to re-create what 1930 painting by Grant Wood? (PICTURE) American Gothic

Image – Luke Johanson

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