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Daily Quiz #5860

Sunday's Quiz: From The Archives

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Q1. Which of these is a square-mouthed estuary on the northwest edge of East Anglia, where Norfolk meets Lincolnshire on the east coast of England?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in April 2011
A
The Solent
B
The Wash
C
Bristol Channel
D
The Irish Sea
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Q2. What is the only breed of dog to be named after a character in fiction?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in April 2012
A
Tenterfield Terrier
B
The Dandie Dinmont Terrier
C
Basenji
D
Bedlington Terrier
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Q3. Which of these is a term used in chess?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in October 2010
A
Checkbuddy
B
Checkwife
C
Checkhusband
D
Checkmate
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Q4. What was the name of Simon Le Bon's maxi yacht, that lost her keel and capsized during the Fastnet race off Falmouth, on the southern coast of Cornwall, in 1985?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in February 2012
A
C'est si bon
B
Bass
C
Duran
D
Drum
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Q5. From which language do we get the word "dungarees"?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in February 2012
A
Hindi
B
Farsi
C
Norse
D
Greek
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Q6. Who discovered and named the element francium in 1939?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in October 2012
A
Emmeline Pankhurst
B
Benjamin Franklin
C
William Pitt the Younger
D
Marguerite Perey
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Q7. What organisation was founded in London in July 1961 by English labour lawyer Peter Benenson?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in February 2011
A
Greenpeace
B
Mensa
C
Oxfam
D
Amnesty International
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