question: (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. Whose body is Franciso Etxeberria searching for?
2. What association is Miguel de Cervantes given?
3. When did the search for his remains begin?
4. When did Exteberria confirm they had succeeded?
5. Where was the coffin found?
6. In what city?
7. Was this confirmed by historical documents?
8. What condition did he say his findings were in?
9. Who did he announce this to?
10. Could the bones be conclusively identified via DNA testing?
11. How many other persons' remains were found in the same area?
12. How many burial chambers were in the church, according to initial radar testing?
13. How deep under the ground were they?
14. Was spectometry used to determine the dates of artifacts in the area?
15. What date did the testing suggest?
16. Could this conclusively confirm Cervantes' presence?
17. Who funded the search?
18. What artifacts were examined and dated?
19. What other remains has Exteberria examined?
20. What did he determine was the cause of death?
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answer: 1. Cervantes'
2. the Shakespeare of Spain.
3. Almost 400 years after Cervantes' death
4. Tuesday
5. in the crypt of the Convent of the Barefoot Trinitarians
6. in Madrid.
7. yes
8. unfortunately very degraded
9. At a news conference
10. no
11. 16 people.
12. it mapped more than 30 burial cavities
13. 5 meters
14. yes
15. they were from the 17th century,
16. no
17. the Madrid City Council
18. wood and cloth'
19. the remains of former Chilean President Gen. Salvador Allende
20. suicide

question: (CNN) -- "There is a sense that he is 'one of us,' a true fan of comics."

That's how John Mayo, co-host of the Comic Book Page podcast, describes Geoff Johns, the chief creative officer at DC Comics and one of the most influential figures in comics today.

All those trailers you've been seeing for the upcoming "Green Lantern" movie? A good chunk of the credit should go to Johns. He's a co-producer on the film, but he's also responsible for giving the character top billing recently in comics and, ultimately, in pop culture.

Johns brought Hal Jordan back to life in the "Green Lantern: Rebirth" series and went on to cast the emerald warrior's world as the focal point of the DC Universe in the popular "Blackest Night" comic event.

Now, he's taking on DC's newest large-scale series: "Flashpoint," a world in which everything you know will change in a Flash. The first issue hits shelves Wednesday.

"I didn't want to take the DC universe, put it in a box, shake the box and pour it out," Johns said. "I wanted to take the major characters and show what they could be like if they were put on a different path."

The one constant is another fan favorite that owes his recent reincarnation to Johns: the Silver Age Flash, Barry Allen.

Some Flash Facts about the scarlet speedster: Allen is a police scientist who, thanks to an accident, was imbued with the Speed Force, an energy that turned him into the fastest man alive. He sacrificed his life during one of DC's first mega events, "Crisis on Infinite Earths," back in the 1980s, but returned in recent years as a regular fixture in the DC world.
1. Can characters come back to life in comic books?
2. Do you have an example?
3. Who's he?
4. Anyone else?
5. And who is he?
6. What comic publisher are they both from?
7. Who there has had a major impact on these characters?
8. Who's he?
9. What has he worked on?
10. So does he just work on films?
11. WHat else?
12. How has he changed the Green Lantern's role?
13. What has he done to the characters' stories?
14. How so?
15. Do people like this?
16. When is the next round of story coming out?
17. What hero will play an important part in that one?
18. What is his power?
19. How did that happen?
20. What about it?
21. Is that a silly name for something?
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answer:
1. yes
2. Hal Jordan
3. Green Lantern
4. Barry Allen
5. The Flash
6. DC Comics
7. Geoff Johns
8. chief creative officer
9. Green Lantern movie
10. no
11. comics too.
12. made him the focal point
13. changed them
14. show what they could be like if they were put on a different path
15. yes
16. Wednesday.
17. The Flash.
18. He is the fastest man alive
19. an accident
20. He was imbued with the Speed Force
21. unknown