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Sunday's Quiz: From The Archives

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Q1. Who wrote "Auld Lang Syne" in 1789?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in April 2009
A
Benjamin Britten
B
Robert Louis Stevenson
C
Robert Burns
D
George Formby
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Q2. Which 20th century Irish playwright wrote "Juno and the Paycock", "The Plough and the Stars", "Silver Tassie" and "Within the Gates"?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in December 2010
A
Sean O'Casey
B
George Bernard Shaw
C
Oscar Wilde
D
Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan
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Q3. Nicotine is named after the tobacco plant Nicotiana tabacum, which got its name from what or whom?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in June 2013
A
Saint Nicholas
B
Jean Nicot de Villemain
C
Nico (Christa Päffgen)
D
Tsar Nicholas I
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Q4. What is the name of the strip of land between a golf tee and the green?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in June 2011
A
Highway
B
Fairway
C
Runway
D
Tearaway
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Q5. What was the title of Graham Norton's autobiography, published in 2004?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in September 2010
A
So Me
B
Pretentious? Moi?
C
An Irishman Goes Into a Bar
D
Having a Gay Old Time
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Q6. What is the name of the whirlpool system between two islands of the Lofoten Group north west of Norway?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in November 2009 and updated in July 2017
A
Typhoon
B
Maelstrom
C
Valkyrie
D
Skaanen
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Q7. According to Greek mythology, which of these was a young man from Abydos who fell in love with a priestess of Aphrodite who dwelt in a tower in Sestos, at the edge of the Hellespont, on the other side of the strait?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in May 2012
A
Argo
B
Hero
C
Leander
D
Jason
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