Daily Quiz 13
Founded in Amsterdam in 1602 and dissolved in 1799, which trading company is often called the world's first multinational corporation?
Steve Wozniak developed which computer in 1977, which, aided by Steve Jobs' marketing, became one of the first affordable home machines?
Fingal's Cave, on the island of Staffa in the Inner Hebrides, inspired a famous overture by which composer?
In the Bible, the angel Gabriel told the priest Zacharias that his wife Elizabeth would bear a son by which name?
The Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 arose from a liquor tax proposed by which Treasury Secretary?
The 6,000-seat Metropolitan Tabernacle in London has been called the first-ever example of what kind of place of worship?
Named for a daughter of Queen Victoria, the scenic Lake Louise sits in which Canadian national park?
An effort aided by Jimmy Carter's foundation reduced cases of the disease caused by which parasite from 840,000 to just 14?
Napoleon III hoped to die in battle during which war, but was instead captured in 1870 and lived out his days in England?
Which reference work, published by the Clarendon Press, was completed in 1928 after roughly 70 years of effort?
In geometry, what is the term for a line segment with a fixed starting point that extends infinitely in one direction?
The vegetable fennel has a flavor most often compared to which other plant?
In 1873, a doctor named Hansen discovered the bacillus responsible for which ancient disease, now often called by his name?
The international standard unit of luminous intensity has a name that sounds like a taper with an extra letter. What is it?
Built for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition, the Palace of Fine Arts nearly faced the wrecking ball in the 1950s in which city?
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