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Daily Quiz #5769

Sunday's Quiz: From The Archives

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Q1. What word's original meaning was to do with "relating to a specific place" (such as where indigenous plants or animals were found in a specific area)?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in October 2012
A
Pandemic
B
Epidemic
C
Endemic
D
Emetic
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Q2. Which fictional character in a popular book published in 1876 was born in St Petersburg?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in May 2013
A
Lyubov Andreyevna Ranevskaya
B
Ivan Denisovich
C
Tom Sawyer
D
John Gabriel Borkman
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Q3. In croquet, what is used to hit the ball?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in May 2010
A
Raquet
B
Club
C
Mallet
D
Bat
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Q4. In which country are members of parliament known, not as MPs, but TDs?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in February 2012 and updated in June 2021
A
Iran
B
India
C
Israel
D
Ireland
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Q5. Who said "Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people"?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in May 2011
A
Eleanor Roosevelt
B
Lady Astor
C
Benjamin Franklin
D
Andy Warhol
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Q6. What is a "devil's coach horse"?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in July 2013
A
Beetle
B
Any sign of bad luck
C
Gathering storm clouds
D
Typhoon
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Q7. Leopold of Saxe-Coburg was invited to be the first king of what country in 1831 after it gained independence from the Dutch?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in January 2011
A
Luxembourg
B
Belgium
C
Portugal
D
Poland
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