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In 1206, which conqueror united the warring Mongol tribes before launching his invasions of China?

  • Genghis Khan
  • Kublai Khan
  • Tamerlane
  • Attila

 

2 of 15

Bram Stoker consulted a text on Wallachia and Moldavia while writing which 1897 novel?

  • Frankenstein
  • The Vampyre
  • Dracula
  • Carmilla

 

3 of 15

Helen Mirren played detective Jane Tennison, breaking barriers in London's police, on which acclaimed British series?

  • Broadchurch
  • Cracker
  • Prime Suspect
  • Inspector Morse

 

4 of 15

Hydrophobia is another name for which viral disease that affects humans and other mammals?

  • Tetanus
  • Distemper
  • Meningitis
  • Rabies

 

5 of 15

Professor Pierre Aronnax narrates which 1870 Jules Verne novel of underwater adventure?

  • Journey to the Center of the Earth
  • The Mysterious Island
  • Around the World in Eighty Days
  • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

 

6 of 15

In a 1997 film, Stephen Fry played which Irish poet and dramatist, with Jude Law as Lord Alfred Douglas?

  • Oscar Wilde
  • W.B. Yeats
  • George Bernard Shaw
  • Samuel Beckett

 

7 of 15

Bornite's colorful iridescence earns it a nickname referencing which bird's shimmering feathers?

  • Pheasant
  • Peacock
  • Kingfisher
  • Hummingbird

 

8 of 15

Created in January 1918 after the Bolshevik Revolution, which military force later suffered a devastating purge?

  • The Wehrmacht
  • The Praetorian Guard
  • The Cheka
  • The Red Army

 

9 of 15

Born in Moscow, which Stanford student co-developed the PageRank algorithm behind a famous search engine?

  • Jeff Bezos
  • Elon Musk
  • Sergey Brin
  • Jerry Yang

 

10 of 15

These European show horses are known for their iconic white coats and Roman noses. What are they?

  • Clydesdales
  • Arabians
  • Percherons
  • Lipizzaners

 

11 of 15

Of all NATO member countries, which comes alphabetically first, having joined in 2009?

  • Albania
  • Belgium
  • Bulgaria
  • Croatia

 

12 of 15

The lowest portion of the brainstem, which helps control the heartbeat, is known by what two-word name?

  • The corpus callosum
  • The pineal gland
  • The medulla oblongata
  • The cerebellum

 

13 of 15

"Mandingo" and "Malinke" are other names for which West African people, the name Alex Haley used in "Roots"?

  • Zulu
  • Ashanti
  • Yoruba
  • Mandinka

 

14 of 15

When we first meet which Shakespeare character, she's reading a letter from her husband about his encounter with three "weird sisters"?

  • Ophelia
  • Desdemona
  • Lady Macbeth
  • Cordelia

 

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Nikita Khrushchev reportedly flew into a rage during a 1959 U.S. visit when told he couldn't visit which attraction?

  • The Grand Canyon
  • Hollywood
  • Disneyland
  • Las Vegas

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