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Sunday's Quiz: From The Archives

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Q1. What 4 part UK television series frequently contained the line "You might very well think that: I couldn't possibly comment"?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in January 2012
A
The Power Game
B
The New Statesman
C
Yes, Prime Minister
D
House of Cards
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Q2. What part of the caper is salted and pickled and used as a seasoning or garnish?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in March 2012
A
Flower
B
Bud
C
Root
D
Stem
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Q3. During the reign of Ashurbanipal who reigned in the seventh century BC, the Susa-Babylon highway became the first recorded example of what?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in July 2011
A
Road with posts for "staged" horses
B
Trade route
C
Toll road
D
Concrete road
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Q4. As at 2022, who has won the most medals in Olympic Games since the modern Olympics began in 1896?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in January 2010 and updated in December 2022
A
Pierre de Coubertin
B
Michael Phelps
C
Juan Antonio Samaranch
D
Tiger Woods
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Q5. The Victoria Falls is on which river?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in October 2012
A
Amazon
B
Danube
C
Zambezi
D
Limpopo
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Q6. Joseph Marie Jacquard invented the punch card in 1801 as a means of automating what process?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in November 2010
A
Weaving in patterns
B
Addressing envelopes
C
Sorting debtors' records
D
Prison administration
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Q7. Who served in the Crimean War (1853-56), was responsible for suppressing the Taiping rebellion in China in 1860, was governor of the Sudan 1877-79, and died there?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in September 2009 and updated in June 2020
A
Sir Henry Havelock
B
Earl of Sandwich
C
Duke of York
D
General Charles Gordon
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