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1 of 15

Hitler's failed 1923 coup attempt, the Beer Hall Putsch, took place in which German city?

  • Berlin
  • Munich
  • Nuremberg
  • Dresden

 

2 of 15

Those numbing, tongue-tingling Huajiao peppercorns are the signature of which Chinese province's cuisine?

  • Hunan
  • Canton
  • Sichuan
  • Fujian

 

3 of 15

Paul Feig created which beloved, short-lived series about high-school burnouts and nerds circa 1980?

  • My So-Called Life
  • The Wonder Years
  • Dazed and Confused
  • Freaks and Geeks

 

4 of 15

From 1976 to 1980, this cool-headed Swede won five straight Wimbledon singles titles. Who?

  • Bjรถrn Borg
  • Rod Laver
  • John McEnroe
  • Stefan Edberg

 

5 of 15

In Norse myth, slain warriors feast in which great hall, eating the same magical boar that resurrects each day?

  • Asgard
  • Valhalla
  • Midgard
  • Niflheim

 

6 of 15

Racking up a round trip of up to 60,000 miles, which bird makes the longest annual migration of any animal?

  • The albatross
  • The godwit
  • The Arctic tern
  • The swift

 

7 of 15

Scott Hatteberg's walk-off homer caps the Oakland A's win streak in which 2011 baseball film?

  • The Blind Side
  • Draft Day
  • Trouble with the Curve
  • Moneyball

 

8 of 15

The Jewish High Holy Days begin with which two-day observance and end with Yom Kippur?

  • Rosh Hashanah
  • Passover
  • Hanukkah
  • Sukkot

 

9 of 15

In 1883 a Chicago bartender said his customers preferred which American whiskey over bourbon in their old-fashioneds?

  • Bourbon
  • Rye
  • Scotch
  • Corn whiskey

 

10 of 15

Extending over 1,200 miles through Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, which mountains share their name with a Greek Titan?

  • The Rif
  • The Drakensberg
  • The Atlas Mountains
  • The Ahaggar

 

11 of 15

A 1944 film gave us which word meaning to manipulate someone into doubting their own sanity?

  • Blackmail
  • Vertigo
  • Suspicion
  • Gaslight

 

12 of 15

The only bird with nostrils at the tip of its beak, which flightless creature is a symbol of New Zealand?

  • A kiwi
  • A kakapo
  • A takahe
  • A weka

 

13 of 15

The strong force binds which particles together in clusters to form protons and neutrons?

  • Leptons
  • Quarks
  • Photons
  • Bosons

 

14 of 15

The fictional Charlestown Chiefs brawl their way through which raucous 1977 Paul Newman hockey comedy?

  • The Mighty Ducks
  • Miracle
  • Slap Shot
  • Goon

 

15 of 15

Its national dish is riz gras, and the Volta rivers run through it. Which West African nation?

  • Mali
  • Niger
  • Chad
  • Burkina Faso

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