Daily Quiz 42
Going up? His invention of the safety brake made passenger elevators possible, and put his name in half the world's lobbies. Who?
A weakened, bulging artery wall that can rupture and cause a stroke is called what?
Time-traveler Bruce Willis lands in a psych ward and meets a manic Brad Pitt in which 1995 sci-fi film?
In architecture, a sculpted female figure serving as a supporting column is known by which name?
The deadliest sinking in maritime history, the 1945 loss of the Wilhelm Gustloff and over 5,000 lives, was caused by which kind of vessel?
Meaning a tax imposed by authority, which word evolved from a Latin root meaning "lightness"?
Elle Fanning's scheming Catherine II clashes with a boorish Peter III in which darkly comic Hulu series?
Costumes, noisemakers, and the reading of a scroll mark which Jewish holiday celebrating deliverance from Haman's plot?
Chicken or turkey, bacon, avocado, and blue cheese arranged in neat rows make which Hollywood-born salad?
Named for the Greek goddess of strife, which dwarf planet's discovery helped demote Pluto?
Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr. play actors shooting a war epic that goes disastrously wrong in which 2008 comedy?
Meaning a council or gathering, which word English borrowed from the Algonquian languages of Native Americans?
Establishing "separate but equal," which 1896 Supreme Court case entrenched segregation for decades?
A movie-obsessed boy named Sammy stands in for the director himself in which semi-autobiographical Spielberg film?
With a prehensile snout it uses to grab leaves and as a snorkel while swimming, which piglike Amazon mammal is this?
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