QuiznessDesk: Friday, February 4, 2022

This actress and singer began her career in the 1920s with a family singing group called the Gumm Sisters. (Image: Getty Images)

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Fri, 04 Feb 2022

The ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev sensationally defected from the Soviet Union in 1961 while visiting what country?The Barents Sea is off the coast of which Scandinavian country?A pregnancy in which a fertilised egg implants outside the uterus is known as what?What word can mean a storage box or a part of the human anatomy?Which Southern Hemisphere country is the world’s biggest producer of red wine called Malbec?Which city is on the coast: Durban, Pretoria or Johannesburg?By changing one letter, what word meaning a disease-causing micro-o...

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