Problem: (CNN)"In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd," wrote Miguel de Cervantes, the Shakespeare of Spain. And the quest to find his remains has sometimes seemed both, even (dare one say it) quixotic in a time of recession. But forensic scientists have persevered, and appear to have triumphed.

Almost 400 years after Cervantes' death, a team led by Francisco Etxeberria announced Tuesday that they were confident they had found Cervantes' coffin in the crypt of the Convent of the Barefoot Trinitarians in the Barrio de Las Letras (Literary Quarter) in Madrid. Historical records indicated Cervantes had been buried there, but the convent had been substantially rebuilt since. (Etxeberria, incidentally, performed the autopsy on former Chilean President Gen. Salvador Allende, confirming he had committed suicide.)

At a news conference in Madrid on Tuesday, Etxeberria said that while there was no mathematical proof or DNA test available to completely verify the findings, there were "many coincidences and no discrepancies" in the examination of "Osario 32," a common grave in the crypt that contained the remains of 16 people.

"We have Cervantes, represented in some form in this group of bones that are unfortunately very degraded and very fragmented," Etxeberria told national television.

The search for Cervantes' coffin -- using radar -- began last year, funded by the Madrid City Council. It first mapped more than 30 burial cavities in the walls and nearly 5 meters beneath the floor of the church. Mass spectrometry dated fragments of wood and cloth found in these cavities to the 17th century, an encouraging but far from conclusive development.
1. Where was Cervantes coffin found?
2. Who committed suicide?
3. How many bodies were in the tomb?
4. Who paid for the conquest for the tomb?
5. How many graves where charted?
Answer: 1. In the crypt of the Convent of the Barefoot Trinitarians in Madrid.
2. The former Chilean President Gen. Salvador Allende.
3. A common grave in the crypt contained 16 people.
4. Was funded by the Madrid City Council.
5. More than 30 burial cavities.

Problem: (CNN) -- For the second time in six months, Henrique Capriles Radonski will be in an electoral fight for the presidency of Venezuela.

His opponent is different this time, but the stakes may be even higher: What course will the South American country chart after the death of Hugo Chavez?

In October, Capriles proved to be the strongest challenger the opposition ever fielded against Chavez, yet he still he lost to the charismatic leader by double-digits. But Chavez's battle with cancer kept him from being sworn in, and he died March 5.

On Sunday, Capriles will be in a contest against Nicolas Maduro, the interim president and the man Chavez picked as his successor.

Q&A: Venezuela's presidential election

At age 40, he has been a mayor, a parliament leader, and a governor of a major state who has been given a second chance to win the presidency.

"I am seeking to win the confidence of all Venezuelans," Capriles said recently. "I want a united country. I want Venezuelans to join together (and) work together with a single goal."

The most important issue, he says, is to tackle poverty.

Generous social programs are a foundation of the government that Chavez headed, and Capriles has that he will not do away with them. But he has promised to end the large subsidies that Venezuela provides to Chavez allies.

An attorney, Capriles was elected to parliament in 1998, when Venezuela had a bicameral legislature.

He was just 25 years old at the time, but he quickly advanced to become the president of the Chamber of Deputies and then president of the entire Parliament.
1. What is happening to Henrique Capriles Radonski?
2. Who was his challenger in October?
3. Did Capriles beat Chavez?
4. What was the margin of victory?
5. What date did Chavez die?
6. Who is Capriles' foe on Sunday?
7. What is his position in the government?
8. Who selected him?
9. How old is Capriles?
10. What offices has he held?
Answer: 1. he is in an electoral fight for the presidency of Venezuela.
2. Hugo Chavez
3. no
4. double-digits
5. March 5
6. Nicolas Maduro
7. the interim president
8. Chavez
9. 40
10. mayor, a parliament leader, and a governor

Problem: At the height of his power, Zhou Yongkang controlled police forces, spy agencies, court systems and prosecution offices across China -- and the domestic security czar wasn't shy in deploying his vast assets to crush dissent and unrest in the name of "preserving social stability."

During his reign before retiring in 2012, as worsening income inequality and official corruption fueled mass discontent nationwide, Zhou oversaw the domestic security budget swell to surpass that of the two million-strong Chinese military -- the world's largest.

As a member of the ruling Communist Party's Politburo Standing Committee -- China's top decision-making body -- Zhou was one of nine men who effectively ruled the country of more than 1.3 billion people.

Away from the spotlight, though, Zhou and his family members were reportedly taking advantage of his leadership position to accumulate enormous wealth. The allegedly blatant exchange between money and power, as revealed by China's state media, would eventually prompt Zhou's shocking downfall last summer.

After months of intense political rumors, the Communist Party's disciplinary arm in late July announced a formal investigation into Zhou for "serious disciplinary violations." On Saturday, state-run Xinhua news agency reported his arrest after the Communist leadership expelled him from the party.

Zhou's case was sent to the country's highest prosecution authority, paving the way for a criminal trial that would make him the most senior official ever to face corruption charges in the history of the People's Republic.

Party investigators found the 71-year-old former leader received huge bribes, abused his power to benefit family and friends, and leaked state secrets, according to Xinhua. He was also accused of having affairs with multiple women, and trading power and money for sex.
1. Who was the domestic security czar?
2. Where?
3. Did he control a bunch of groups?
4. How many?
5. What are two of them?
6. And the other two?
7. What committee did he belong to?
8. How many were on it/
9. What did the group do?
10. When did he retire?
11. What grew under his control?
12. Which budget got bigger?
13. What was it bigger than?
14. How many people were in the country?
15. Did he and his family get rich?
16. How old is he?
17. What did he take in exchange for favors?
18. Did he keep state secrets safe?
19. Was he faithful to his wife?
20. What kind of charges is he up against?
Answer:
1. Zhou Yongkang
2. China
3. yes
4. Four
5. police forces, spy agencies
6. court systems and prosecution offices
7. Communist Party's Politburo Standing Committee
8. nine
9. effectively ruled the country
10. 2012
11. income inequality and official corruption
12. domestic security budget
13. The military budget
14. 1.3 billion people
15. yes
16. 71-years-old
17. huge bribes
18. Nope!
19. no
20. corruption charges