Daily Quiz 12
Nearly all of the United States' production of which thistle vegetable is grown in central California?
In 1429, a triumphant Joan of Arc stood near the French king as he was crowned in the cathedral of which city?
The white, fibrous outer tissue of the eye, the sclera, extends to which transparent part at the front where focusing begins?
Which Ibsen drama centers on Nora Helmer, treated as a plaything by her husband before she walks out on her family?
This king of England lost his throne and his life at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
A spinning laboratory device used to separate substances by density shares its basic principle with a clothes dryer's drum. What is it?
In the early 1900s, the makers of a new metal-cased vacuum flask held a contest to name it. Which Greek-derived word won?
At Ragnarök in Norse mythology, which goddess of death supports Loki with an army of the dead?
Which martial art, practiced in the Chen and Yang styles, is often recommended to improve balance and reduce the risk of falls?
Which West African country has a modest, beach-friendly 35-mile coastline on the Gulf of Guinea?
D.H. Lawrence's semi-autobiographical novel about a British working-class family bears which title?
In 1965, Leonard Hayflick showed that these can divide and reproduce only a finite number of times before dying. What are they?
The event that ended each crewed Apollo Moon mission, including the final splashdown of Apollo 17, was known as what?
Joan Didion established her reputation as an essayist with her 1968 collection "Slouching Towards" what place?
The nickname for the A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft refers to which savanna animal?
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