Here are today’s questions. Answers will be published tomorrow. The theme runs from Mon-Thu:

1. Edgar Savisaar served as the first Prime Minister of which country after it left the former Soviet Union? It was the first country to proclaim its sovereignty in 1988, before formally seceding in 1991.
2. Sadyr Japarov has been President of which former Soviet republic since 2021? Askar Akayev was the first Premier of this country, the last to declare its sovereignty from the Soviet Union, and ruled until 2005 when he was overthrown in the Tulip Revolution.
3. Saparmurat Niyazov served as President of which former Soviet republic until his death in 2006? Since then, power has been in the hands of the Berdimuhamedow family.
4. The Nakhichevan Soviet Socialist Republic declared its sovereignty in 1989, before being incorporated into which country as an autonomous exclave in 1993?
5. [Theme: 3 of 4] Now considered offensive, what term was used to used to refer to a person of mixed sub-Saharan African and European descent?

Here are the answers to 2025: Week 49, Quiz 2:

1. Khajuraho
2. The Priest-King
3. Sarnath
4. British Museum
5. Theme – will be revealed on Friday