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1 of 15

Pteridology is the study of which plants, whose life cycle famously alternates between two forms?

  • Mosses
  • Lichens
  • Algae
  • Ferns

 

2 of 15

Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome, or perihepatitis, is an inflammation of tissue principally around which organ?

  • The liver
  • The kidney
  • The heart
  • The spleen

 

3 of 15

Victoria Peak rises nearly 3,700 feet in which English-speaking Central American nation?

  • Guatemala
  • Belize
  • Honduras
  • Costa Rica

 

4 of 15

Which shipwrecked character ends up on the island of Despair in Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel?

  • Lemuel Gulliver
  • Long John Silver
  • Robinson Crusoe
  • Ishmael

 

5 of 15

In which Dumas novel does Louis XIV deal with a family "problem" by giving Philippe a distinctive headpiece?

  • The Count of Monte Cristo
  • The Three Musketeers
  • Twenty Years After
  • The Man in the Iron Mask

 

6 of 15

The man-made floating islands of the Uros people sit on which large lake between Peru and Bolivia?

  • Lake Titicaca
  • Lake Maracaibo
  • Lake Poopรณ
  • Lake Nicaragua

 

7 of 15

What is the word for a bone depository, like the one at Wamba in Spain?

  • A catacomb
  • A mausoleum
  • An ossuary
  • A crypt

 

8 of 15

Most of which large swamp in southeastern Georgia has been designated a National Wildlife Refuge?

  • The Everglades
  • Okefenokee
  • The Big Cypress
  • The Great Dismal

 

9 of 15

The Zuiderzee Flood of 1287 connected which then-village to the sea, launching its rise to greatness?

  • Rotterdam
  • The Hague
  • Utrecht
  • Amsterdam

 

10 of 15

The 1904 Olympics marked the first time the U.S. hosted the Games, held in which city?

  • St. Louis
  • Chicago
  • Atlanta
  • Detroit

 

11 of 15

Sitting at the south end of Puget Sound, which city is the capital of Washington state?

  • Tacoma
  • Spokane
  • Olympia
  • Salem

 

12 of 15

On Friday, October 13, 1307, King Philip IV of France ordered the arrest of which military order?

  • The Teutonic Knights
  • The Knights Templar
  • The Hospitallers
  • The Freemasons

 

13 of 15

Khan Shatyr is a giant entertainment center in which city that became a capital in 1997?

  • Tashkent
  • Bishkek
  • Ashgabat
  • Astana

 

14 of 15

In Cajun cooking, which "holy" mixture is made of onion, celery, and bell pepper?

  • The holy trinity
  • The mirepoix
  • The sofrito
  • The mother sauce

 

15 of 15

Brooklyn Dodgers fan Bernard Malamud gained fame with which debut novel about a baseball phenom?

  • The Fixer
  • The Assistant
  • The Natural
  • The Chosen

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