Daily Quiz 17
Thomas Mann's novel about patients at a Swiss sanatorium bears which title?
In 1381, which man led a peasants' revolt in England against heavy taxation of the poor?
Before rising to national leadership, which figure served as mayor of Istanbul from 1994 to 1998?
In 1846, which U.S. president sent the Army into disputed territory in Texas, provoking war with Mexico?
The remains of which English king, showing battle wounds and scoliosis, were found beneath a parking lot in 2012?
In 1965, Alexei Leonov became the first person to do what, for about 12 minutes?
The Zamzam Well, visited by thirsty pilgrims each year, is located in which city?
Which poet, better known for his verse about Chicago, won a 1919 Pulitzer for his collection "Cornhuskers"?
Which alliterative music genre did Piet Mondrian evoke in his vibrant 1940s painting "Broadway"?
Sergei Eisenstein's 1925 silent film classic commemorated a mutiny by Russian sailors aboard which ship?
Palma is the capital of which largest of the Balearic Islands?
The heart's alternating periods of contraction and relaxation are known by which two similar-sounding terms?
Which large marine invertebrate phylum includes sea urchins and starfish?
Originally a stiff horsehair fabric, which word came to mean the hooped petticoats of the Victorian era?
In Ken Ludwig's comedy, a substitute steps in after an opera star passes out. The play is "Lend Me a" what?
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