Klondikers carrying supplies ascending the Chilkoot Pass, 1898.
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Today’s first question relates to 17 August and the subsequent ones follow on from the first.
One
Set during the Klondike Gold Rush, complete the title of British-Canadian poet Robert Service’s The Shooting of …?
Two
Which nesosilicate mineral derives its name from the Persian word for ‘gold-hued’?
Three
Which Persian king, ruler of the Achaemenid Empire, was assassinated in 465BC by Artabanus, the commander of the royal guard?
Four
Alexander the Great extended the Macedonian kingdom as far east as what modern country?
Five
What novel by Herman Wouk, which is about a mutiny, was turned into a 1954 film starring Humphrey Bogart?
Good luck! I’ll post the answers later.
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