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THE TIMES DAILY QUIZ

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What is this  temple complex?
What is this temple complex?
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The answers are below


1.
The red colour of meat is caused mainly by which protein, the primary oxygen-carrying pigment of muscle tissues?


2. Grauspitz is the highest mountain in which European country?


3. The “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” sign is an example of which Space Age-inspired style, named after a West Hollywood coffee shop?


4. The Tabqa Dam created Lake Assad, the largest reservoir in which country?

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5. The efforts of Poldek Pfefferberg inspired Thomas Keneally to write which book?


6. The only member of the genus Satan, the widemouth blindcat is a type of what?


7. A Wilson volleyball named “Wilson” features prominently in which Tom Hanks film?


8. Which West African country is the world’s largest producer of cocoa?


9. The Stickney Crater, Lagado Planitia and Laputa Regio are features of which Martian moon?


10. Which country has become the first peacetime Nato member to conscript women into the armed forces?


11. In 1959, who did Kenneth Tynan call “the finest actor on earth from the neck up”?


12. Cold-weather specialists, Joint Task Force 2 is an elite special forces unit of which country?


13. Ohm’s law states that which quantity is proportional to voltage and inversely proportional to resistance?


14. Nicknamed “White Lightning”, which South African fast bowler retired from Test cricket in 2002 with 330 wickets?


15. What is the pictured temple complex?

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Answers
1. Myoglobin


2. Liechtenstein


3. Googie architecture


4. Syria


5. Schindler’s Ark

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6. Freshwater catfish


7. Cast Away


8. Ivory Coast


9. Phobos


10. Norway

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11. John Gielgud


12. Canada


13. Electric current


14. Allan Donald


15. Angkor Wat in Cambodia