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2026: Week 37, Quiz 5

Here are today’s questions. Answers will be published on Monday. The theme for this week ran from Mon-Thu; a new theme will come up on Monday.

And the questions follow:

  1. The “Out of Eden” walk, launched by journalist Paul Salopek to trace early human migratory routes, began in Ethiopia in 2013 and is expected to end at what remote location in 2028?
  2. An American B-50 bomber named Lucky Lady II was, in 1949, the first plane to circumnavigate the world while meeting what constraint? Its journey time was 94 hours and 1 minute.
  3. Which journalist travelled around the world in 72 days in 1888, with the goal of emulating the fictional character Phileas Fogg’s journey?
  4. As a tribute to the Columbus Quincentenary, Air France flew a Concorde around the world in 32 hours and 49 minutes. What was its appropriate flight number?
  5. David Springbett was a noted philatelist who circumnavigated the world in 44 hours and six minutes in 1980, using what specific modes of transport?

Here are the answers to 2026: Week 37, Quiz 4:

  1. Interview with a Vampire
  2. Warm Bodies
  3. The Lovely Bones
  4. The Canterville Ghost
  5. Theme: Last words of catchphrases by Looney Tunes characters
    • Son
    • Doc
    • Succotash
    • Despicable

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