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Q1. Which of these cities is closest to the ruins of Pompeii?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in April 2010
A
Bari
B
Naples
C
Salerno
D
Venice
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Q2. Why did the British parliament pass Acts such as the Dress Act (1746), the Act of Proscription (1746), and the Heritable Jurisdictions Act (1746)?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in January 2014 and updated in December 2025
A
To improve the moral tenor of society
B
To destroy the Scottish clan system
C
To regulate commercial transactions
D
To restore the authority of parliament over the king
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Q3. What does the expression "e and oe" mean?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in October 2014
A
Executives and officers excepted
B
Extras and over 80%
C
Evens and odds evenly
D
Errors and omissions excepted
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Q4. What did the International Avogadro Project aim to achieve?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in April 2014 and updated in April 2023
A
Redefine the kilogram in terms of a fixed number of atoms in a sphere of silicon
B
Re-express the Avogadro constant
C
Explore new uses for the Avogadro constant
D
Apply the Avogadro constant to sports science
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Q5. Whose first work, "The Lovers", after being rejected by 26 publishers, won him a Hugo Award in 1953?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in August 2011
A
Philip José Farmer
B
Isaac Asimov
C
Arthur C. Clarke
D
Ray Bradbury
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Q6. Who wrote "The Naked Ape" and "The Human Zoo"?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in June 2012 and updated in July 2020
A
Stephen Hawking
B
Desmond Morris
C
David Attenborough
D
P J O'Rourke
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Q7. In athletics, what name is used for the preliminary races that precede quarter-finals or semi-finals?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in October 2010
A
Cools
B
Tepids
C
Heats
D
Hots
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