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1 of 15

Emily Warren Roebling was largely responsible for supervising the construction of which landmark, built between 1869 and 1883?

  • The Statue of Liberty
  • The Brooklyn Bridge
  • The Eiffel Tower
  • The Washington Monument

 

2 of 15

The Greek word "hemera," meaning day, gave us which adjective for something short-lived?

  • Nebulous
  • Transient
  • Fleeting
  • Ephemeral

 

3 of 15

Which constellation appears on the flag of Australia, as well as on several other flags in that region?

  • The Southern Cross
  • Orion
  • The Big Dipper
  • Cassiopeia

 

4 of 15

It's the term for a relapse into criminal behavior, especially after serving time for a crime.

  • Recusal
  • Remittance
  • Redaction
  • Recidivism

 

5 of 15

In 1644, China's Ming dynasty was succeeded by which dynasty, also known as the Manchu?

  • The Han
  • The Tang
  • The Qing
  • The Song

 

6 of 15

Bellerophon was riding which winged horse when he killed the Chimera?

  • Sleipnir
  • Bucephalus
  • Pegasus
  • Centaur

 

7 of 15

Agate, carnelian, and onyx are all varieties of which quartz mineral?

  • Feldspar
  • Obsidian
  • Amethyst
  • Chalcedony

 

8 of 15

In physics, velocity is an example of what type of quantity, one that has both magnitude and direction?

  • A scalar
  • A vector
  • A constant
  • A ratio

 

9 of 15

The Rongai Route passes Mawenzi Peak before reaching Uhuru Peak on which mountain?

  • Denali
  • Mount Elbrus
  • The Matterhorn
  • Kilimanjaro

 

10 of 15

Which Nobel Prize winner was canonized in 2016, having reached the ranks of the blessed in what was then the church's shortest time?

  • Mother Teresa
  • Dorothy Day
  • Saint Faustina
  • Edith Stein

 

11 of 15

Which Jacques-Louis David painting, a landmark of Neoclassicism, features a cup of hemlock and a despondent Plato?

  • The Oath of the Horatii
  • The Coronation of Napoleon
  • The Death of Marat
  • The Death of Socrates

 

12 of 15

Which brotherhood of British painters formed in 1848 and had broken up by 1854?

  • The Fauves
  • The Bloomsbury Group
  • The Pre-Raphaelites
  • The Bauhaus

 

13 of 15

Ulcerative or otherwise, colitis is an inflammation of which part of the body?

  • The stomach
  • The liver
  • The large intestine
  • The esophagus

 

14 of 15

This landlocked country is the last independent survivor of the Hispanic March states created in the Middle Ages.

  • Liechtenstein
  • San Marino
  • Monaco
  • Andorra

 

15 of 15

General Omar Bradley said the bravest thing he ever saw was which general, the son of a president, leading men under fire at Utah Beach?

  • Douglas MacArthur
  • George Patton
  • Mark Clark
  • Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

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