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Sunday's Quiz: From The Archives

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Q1. Why did the Mars Climate Orbiter, launched on 11 December 1998, drift off course during its voyage and enter a much lower orbit than planned before being destroyed by atmospheric friction?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in December 2010
A
Came under the influence of the sun's gravity
B
Hit by a meteor
C
A faulty computer software specification
D
Illness of the crew
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Q2. The line "You're a selfish narcissistic psycho freaking boot licking Nazi creep" is from which song?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in January 2011
A
"21 Guns" by Green Day
B
"Womanizer" by Britney Spears
C
"Handle Me" by Robyn
D
"Let's Take A Bow" by Rihanna
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Q3. The Basques are native people of France and which other neighbouring country?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in September 2013
A
Germany
B
Belgium
C
Spain
D
Italy
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Q4. Who was the first Englishman to lead an expedition to circumnavigate the earth by sea, and died of dysentery in the West Indies 16 years later?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in April 2014
A
Charles Darwin
B
James Cook
C
Walter Raleigh
D
Francis Drake
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Q5. What are raced in the Iditarod, held annually since 1973 in Alaska from Anchorage to Nome?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in March 2011 and updated in June 2017
A
Cars
B
Sled dogs
C
Horses
D
Motor bikes
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Q6. What is the term for a collector of autographs?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in April 2013
A
Demographer
B
Philographer
C
Stenographer
D
Biographer
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Q7. What was the first building in London to be erected on a fully loadbearing steel frame, construction for which started in 1904?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in October 2009
A
Ritz Hotel
B
The Old Bailey
C
Cannon Street Station
D
The Barbican
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