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Daily Quiz 33

1 of 15

Daniel Day-Lewis dealt with dresses, not dread, in which 2017 Paul Thomas Anderson period drama?

  • There Will Be Blood
  • Phantom Thread
  • The Master
  • Licorice Pizza

 

2 of 15

In 1976, Mario Vargas Llosa gave which fellow South American Nobel laureate a literal black eye?

  • Jorge Luis Borges
  • Pablo Neruda
  • Gabriel García Márquez
  • Octavio Paz

 

3 of 15

Which bay in eastern Canada, famed for its 50-foot tides, lends its name to a national park?

  • The Bay of Fundy
  • Chesapeake Bay
  • Hudson Bay
  • Georgian Bay

 

4 of 15

Whose name, indicating two habitats, describes a class of animals doubly threatened by climate change?

  • Reptiles
  • Marsupials
  • Mollusks
  • Amphibians

 

5 of 15

This three-syllable adjective, first found in English in 1589, means "using few words." What is it?

  • Verbose
  • Laconic
  • Loquacious
  • Garrulous

 

6 of 15

Millions learned "the joy of painting" from which calm, permed PBS icon?

  • Julia Child
  • Fred Rogers
  • Bob Ross
  • Carl Sagan

 

7 of 15

The manubrium and the xiphoid process are regions of which bone?

  • The sternum
  • The clavicle
  • The scapula
  • The pelvis

 

8 of 15

Director Carol Reed earned an Oscar nomination for which 1949 thriller set in postwar Vienna?

  • The Fallen Idol
  • Odd Man Out
  • Oliver Twist
  • The Third Man

 

9 of 15

It's not just Morocco's capital, it's also one of the kingdom's four imperial cities. Which is it?

  • Casablanca
  • Rabat
  • Marrakesh
  • Fez

 

10 of 15

The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center serves which Pennsylvania capital?

  • Philadelphia
  • Pittsburgh
  • Harrisburg
  • Allentown

 

11 of 15

Which writer, famous for his laws of robotics, penned the "Lucky Starr" series under the name Paul French?

  • Asimov
  • Arthur C. Clarke
  • Ray Bradbury
  • Robert Heinlein

 

12 of 15

Father Stellan and sons Alexander, Gustaf, and Bill belong to which acting family from Sweden?

  • The Baldwins
  • The Sutherlands
  • The Bridges
  • The SkarsgÃ¥rds

 

13 of 15

What type of "Wine" appears in the title of a 1957 Ray Bradbury novel?

  • Elderberry
  • Dandelion
  • Blackberry
  • Gooseberry

 

14 of 15

In which E.M. Forster novel does Adela Quested falsely accuse Dr. Aziz of assault?

  • Howards End
  • A Room with a View
  • A Passage to India
  • The Jewel in the Crown

 

15 of 15

Heating rubber with sulfur to make it stronger and more durable is called what?

  • Vulcanization
  • Galvanization
  • Pasteurization
  • Fermentation

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