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Sunday's Quiz: From The Archives

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Q1. What name is given to someone who enforces racing rules and regulations at many types of race track?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in September 2010
A
Steward
B
Sommelier
C
Butler
D
Attendant
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Q2. Which of these countries occupies almost half of the continent that it is on and has nearly half the population of that continent?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in May 2010
A
Liberia
B
Australia
C
Mexico
D
Brazil
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Q3. Which of these were affected by the US federal law called The Amnesty Act of 22 May 1872?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in March 2012
A
Native Americans
B
Ex-Confederate troops
C
Slaves
D
Chinese labourers in the California goldfields
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Q4. Who is a unit of length (one hundred millionth of a centimetre), used to measure wavelengths of light, named after?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in April 2009
A
Anders Angström
B
Isaac Newton
C
Henri Pascal
D
William Kelvin
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Q5. The revolver, with a single barrel and a number of chambers for cartridges fired by a one-lock mechanism, was patented in 1835 by whom?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in October 2009
A
Harvey Lee Enfield
B
James Smith
C
Harold Wesson
D
Samuel Colt
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Q6. What happened to the image of a naked man hanging out of a bedroom window on a wall in central Bristol created by "Banksy" in June 2006, after the City Council asked the public to vote on its fate via the internet?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in October 2010
A
A shelter was built around it, to be entered only by people over 18 years of age
B
It was painted over
C
The wall was removed brick by brick and reconstructed in a Bristol gallery
D
It was left on the building
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Q7. Which of these is not one of the great apes?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in February 2011
A
Chimpanzee
B
Gibbon
C
Gorilla
D
Orangutan
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