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Sunday's Quiz: From The Archives

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Q1. What is the next name in this series: Orlando Bloom, David Bowie, Daniel Radcliffe, Chris Martin, Sir Ian McKellen … ?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in February 2010
A
Kate Winslet
B
Robert De Niro
C
Ben Stiller
D
Ross Kemp
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Q2. Who wrote "Futility" (1898) about an enormous "unsinkable" British passenger liner called the Titan, which hits an iceberg and sinks in the North Atlantic with the loss of nearly all on board?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in May 2011
A
C S Lewis
B
Robert Louis Stevenson
C
Nostradamus
D
Morgan Robertson
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Q3. Which of these US cities is the furthest north?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in March 2010
A
San Francisco
B
Memphis
C
New Orleans
D
Chicago
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Q4. King Umberto II ruled Italy for thirty-four days from 9 May 1946 to 12 June 1946. What caused his reign to end?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in September 2012 and updated in February 2021
A
He died of natural causes ("old age"), 7 weeks after his father
B
He was assassinated by partisans on the way to Turin
C
A public referendum decided Italy should be a republic
D
He abdicated to marry an American divorcee
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Q5. Olympic gold medallists Fanny Blankers-Koen, Inge de Bruijn, Leontien van Moorsel, Yvonne van Gennip, Ard Schenk, Jochem Uytdehaage, Pieter van den Hoogenband, Gianni Romme, Marianne Timmer, Wim Ruska, Charles Pahud de Mortanges and Adolph van der Voort van Zijp represented which country?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in January 2010
A
Great Britain
B
Netherlands
C
Ethiopia
D
Italy
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Q6. What is the name of the five horizontal lines on and between which musical notes are written?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in July 2010
A
Chart
B
Stave
C
Ledger
D
Sharps
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Q7. In 2001, American Dennis Tito was the first person to do what?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in October 2011 and updated in March 2023
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Be a space tourist
B
Run 1500 metres in under 3 minutes 30 seconds
C
Fly a microlight around the world
D
Satisfactorily explain the creation of "black holes"
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