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Q1. Who is the father of actress Lucy Davis, who played receptionist Dawn Tinsley in the UK TV series "The Office" (2001), junior writer Lucy Kenwright in the US TV series "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" and Dianne in the film "Shaun of the Dead" (2004)?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in March 2011 and updated in January 2019
A
Stephen Merchant
B
Jasper Carrott
C
Tony Blair
D
Julian Clary
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Q2. Started as early as 1888, professional competitions offering trophies testing and displaying cowboy and vaquero skills are called what?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in November 2014
A
Rodeo
B
Bull Riding
C
Stampede
D
Charreada
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Q3. Which film is the story of Willie Stark (played by Broderick Crawford) who starts with well meaning ambition to enter politics, is corrupted by power on his way to becoming a US state governor, and is assassinated?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in March 2013
A
The Struggle
B
The Grapes Of Wrath
C
Mr Deeds Goes To Washington
D
All The King's Men
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Q4. Which of these historical periods in Britain is most recent?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in July 2011
A
Tudor
B
Elizabethan
C
Stuart
D
Regency
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Q5. Who uses a hod?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in May 2009 and updated in August 2025
A
Bricklayer
B
Coalman
C
Ferryman
D
Painter
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Q6. Which canal allows ships to travel from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in February 2010
A
Suez
B
Panama
C
Caledonian
D
Kiev
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Q7. A nectarine is a shiny-skinned variety of what?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in July 2013
A
Orange
B
Apple
C
Peach
D
Plum
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