Daily Quiz 11
From the Japanese for "way of harmonious spirit," which martial art uses an attacker's own strength and momentum against them?
In 70 B.C., which orator staked his claim as Rome's leading advocate by arguing a corrupt Sicilian governor into exile?
Geologically a microcontinent, which island separated from Africa roughly 160 million years ago?
The Parthenon features which style of column, the oldest and simplest of the Greek orders?
In psychology, what is the term for the emotional bond that develops between an infant and parent?
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave Black men the right to vote?
Called the first great American opera, which work premiered in 1935 with Todd Duncan and Anne Wiggins Brown in the lead roles?
In Syracuse, a statue of which ancient thinker holds a model of a mirror "heat ray" meant to burn Roman warships?
The high-water mark of Ottoman expansion came in 1683 at the gates of which city, which it couldn't quite capture?
The currencies of the Philippines and Mexico share which name, a legacy of a galleon trade route in the 1600s?
Rh incompatibility is one cause of hemolysis, the breakdown of which cells?
This spice of the ginger family is a staple of Indian cooking.
Which Army doctor who helped conquer yellow fever has a major D.C.-area hospital named for him?
Thomas Hart Benton's mural depicting the history of which state hangs in that state's capitol building?
Sirius emits far more light than our sun does, meaning it has a higher what, an intrinsic property measured in joules per second?
