Daily Quiz 19
Jonathan Franzen won a National Book Award for which novel about the joys and hurts of the Lambert family?
North America's fastest land animal takes its name from the backward-curving projections on its head. What is it?
Which nine-letter verb means to sear flesh with a hot iron to close a wound?
James Dickey wrote which novel about a canoe trip gone horribly wrong, appearing in the film version as a sheriff?
Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap are the four Federated States of which Pacific nation?
Founded in 1909, which British government agency collects and analyzes foreign intelligence?
David Bowie appears as inventor Nikola Tesla in which 2006 Christopher Nolan film about rival magicians?
This deciduous conifer, unusual for shedding its needles each autumn, lends its name to the "bald" variety. What is it?
Which author poisoned an heiress in the West End in her 1945 novel "Sparkling Cyanide"?
In 1916, the Ottomans celebrated as Allied troops evacuated which peninsula after a failed attempt to seize Constantinople?
After World War I, which country lost two-thirds of its territory under the Treaty of Trianon?
Southern Quebec's Plains of Abraham, site of a decisive 1759 battle, overlook which river?
Which effect, named for an Austrian physicist, explains both a receding siren's falling pitch and cosmic red-shifting?
This deep-fried New Orleans pastry, dusted with powdered sugar, takes its name from the French. What is it?
Which early human species included Kenya's "Turkana Boy," dating to about 1.6 million years ago?
