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Today’s Geo Quiz was inspired by the stories of Sinbad the Sailor. In the book, ?One Thousand and One Nights,? Sinbad recounts his seven voyages on the high seas. The question we asked was, which sea or ocean? The answer is the Indian Ocean. The stories are perennial favorites. But now a conservative group in Egypt is calling for the book to be banned. Anchor Marco Werman has details.

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