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Q1. What city was not known to the Western world until 1812, when it was discovered by Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt and described as "a rose-red city half as old as time" in a sonnet by John William Burgon?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in September 2014
A
Petra
B
Cheops
C
Babylon
D
Atlantis
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Q2. Over several weeks after the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union agreed to give up its monopoly of power, on February 7, 1990, the constituent republics of the USSR held their first competitive elections. How many republics were there?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in May 2012
A
15
B
10
C
8
D
4
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Q3. What was the title of the book that sold for $US556,500 at auction in New York in June 2009?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in May 2010 and updated in July 2026
A
Moby Dick
B
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
C
Poor Richard's Almanack
D
The Bible
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Q4. What type of aircraft powerplant uses a gas turbine to drive a propeller?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in May 2009
A
Biplane
B
Jet
C
Turbo prop
D
Monoplane
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Q5. Windsurfing equipment includes...?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in February 2014
A
A compass
B
An anemometer
C
A sail
D
Scuba gear
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Q6. Who was the elected President of Mexico from 1877 after the overthrow and execution of Emperor Maximilian until, with a gap from 1880 to 1884, a rebellion in 1911?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in March 2010 and updated in January 2020
A
Bartholomew Diaz
B
Cameron Diaz
C
Porfirio Díaz
D
José Feliciano
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Q7. Typically, a male moose sheds its antlers how frequently?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in January 2011
A
Every 6 months
B
Every year
C
Every two years
D
Every five years
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