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Sunday's Quiz: From The Archives

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Q1. What is the name for the 225 million years that it takes the sun to go around the galaxy?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in April 2010
A
Cosmic year
B
Solar year
C
Leap year
D
Annual stipend
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Q2. Who secured the contract from the British government in 1838 to carry mail between Liverpool Halifax and Boston and formed the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company with 4 ships?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in December 2010
A
Whyte Starr
B
Samuel Cunard
C
Aristotle Onassis
D
Aubrey Beardsley
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Q3. Usain Bolt is what type of athlete?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in January 2010
A
Sprinter
B
Synchronised swimmer
C
Boxer
D
High Jumper
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Q4. What name is given to the first person to enter a house in the New Year?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in January 2012
A
First header
B
First footer
C
First margin
D
First alignment
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Q5. What is the last in the series that begins: St. Louis, Oklahoma City, Amarillo, Gallup (New Mexico), Flagstaff (Arizona)?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in November 2010
A
San Bernardino
B
Barstow
C
Joplin
D
Kingman
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Q6. The states now called North and South Carolina were originally one province, Carolina. Why was it so named?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in September 2010
A
After Queen Caroline of the Netherlands
B
After Princess Caroline of Monaco
C
After Carol, the mistress of Oliver Cromwell
D
After Charles I of England
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Q7. In which literary work does the character of Mrs Malaprop appear?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in March 2009
A
Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing"
B
Dickens' "A Christmas Carol"
C
Sheridan's "The Rivals"
D
Wycherley's "The Farmer's Wife"
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