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Sunday's Quiz: From The Archives

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Q1. Where did a magnitude 7.7 earthquake 12.8 miles (20.6 km) deep occur at 9:42 p.m. local time on 25 October 2010, which generated a "significant tsunami" and resulted in at least 113 people reported dead and over 160 missing?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in July 2013
A
Christchurch, New Zealand
B
Sumatra, Indonesia
C
5 km off the coast of Sri Lanka
D
Guatemala City
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Q2. The phrases "cry wolf" and "sour grapes" have a basis in which collection of stories?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in April 2013
A
Tales from the Brothers Grimm
B
Arabian Nights
C
Mother Goose
D
Aesop's Fables
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Q3. Which Scottish ballerina made her international debut in 1941, married Ludovic Kennedy in 1950, appeared in films from 1948 to 1960, and died in 2006?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in January 2011
A
Moira Shearer
B
Margot Fonteyn
C
Alicia Markova
D
Rowena Jackson
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Q4. "The course of true love never did run smooth" is a line from which play?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in July 2013
A
A Midsummer Night's Dream
B
Romeo and Juliet
C
Othello
D
Much Ado About Nothing
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Q5. Which of these is a strip of land estimated to be up to 1,000-mile (1,600 km) on the Pacific coast of South America, believed to be the driest desert in the world outside Antarctica?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in November 2011 and updated in December 2020
A
Great Victoria Desert
B
Kalahari Desert
C
The Atacama Desert
D
Sahara
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Q6. The modern Olympic Games are named after games held originally in what country?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in October 2014
A
Greece
B
China
C
Iran (Persia)
D
Italy
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Q7. The highest temperature at which a liquid can have a stable existence is known as what?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in May 2010 and updated in October 2025
A
Float
B
Stasis
C
Liquidity
D
Critical temperature
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