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Daily Quiz 26

1 of 15

Pursued by Apollo, the nymph Daphne was transformed into which tree, forever associated with poets and victors?

  • The laurel
  • The olive
  • The cypress
  • The willow

 

2 of 15

Officially "First Lord of the Treasury," Sir Robert Walpole is considered the first Briton to hold which office?

  • Lord Chancellor
  • Prime Minister
  • Archbishop
  • Chief Justice

 

3 of 15

In 1938, which British prime minister returned from the Munich Agreement proclaiming "peace for our time"?

  • Neville Chamberlain
  • Winston Churchill
  • Stanley Baldwin
  • Clement Attlee

 

4 of 15

Making mead involves fermenting water with which sweet ingredient?

  • Molasses
  • Maple sap
  • Barley
  • Honey

 

5 of 15

Which Russian composer wrote the ballet music for "Romeo and Juliet," which premiered in 1940?

  • Tchaikovsky
  • Stravinsky
  • Rachmaninoff
  • Prokofiev

 

6 of 15

Oxygen-depleted blood returns to the heart through which large vein, either superior or inferior?

  • The aorta
  • The vena cava
  • The jugular
  • The carotid

 

7 of 15

In the 1988 film "Rain Man," the title comes from how young Charlie Babbitt mispronounced what?

  • His brother's name, Raymond
  • The name of a song
  • A doctor's diagnosis
  • His mother's nickname

 

8 of 15

Rodents like rats and mice must constantly do which action, because their incisors never stop growing?

  • Burrow
  • Squeak
  • Groom
  • Gnaw

 

9 of 15

Which Romantic poet wrote "Bright Star" for his beloved Fanny Brawne before dying young in 1821?

  • John Keats
  • Percy Shelley
  • Lord Byron
  • William Blake

 

10 of 15

In 1952, the Supreme Court blocked President Truman from seizing which industry during the Korean War?

  • The railroads
  • The coal mines
  • The steel mills
  • The airlines

 

11 of 15

On New Zealand's South Island stands which highest peak, also known as Mount Cook?

  • Mount Egmont
  • Aoraki
  • Mount Ruapehu
  • Ben Nevis

 

12 of 15

Queen Victoria was a carrier of which bleeding disorder, which she passed to several royal houses of Europe?

  • Anemia
  • Leukemia
  • Thrombosis
  • Hemophilia

 

13 of 15

A circular traffic intersection is also known by which "out" word?

  • A roundabout
  • A turnout
  • A blowout
  • A layout

 

14 of 15

Which Italian-born silent film heartthrob died in 1926 after "The Son of the Sheik," sparking worldwide hysteria?

  • Douglas Fairbanks
  • Rudolph Valentino
  • Buster Keaton
  • Lon Chaney

 

15 of 15

Cartographers call the size distortion of the Mercator projection by the name of which island that looks far too large?

  • The Iceland problem
  • The Madagascar problem
  • The Borneo problem
  • The Greenland problem

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