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Daily Quiz 49

1 of 15

You'll see which adjective, meaning coming after the proper time, on many a sheepish birthday card?

  • Tardy
  • Belated
  • Overdue
  • Deferred

 

2 of 15

In the 17th century, physicist Christiaan Huygens made clocks far more accurate by adding which swinging device?

  • A flywheel
  • A governor
  • A pendulum
  • An escapement

 

3 of 15

Also called Alpha Ursae Minoris, which star sits nearly above the North Pole, appearing fixed as others wheel around it?

  • Sirius
  • Arcturus
  • Canopus
  • Polaris

 

4 of 15

This 1970 acronym lets prosecutors tie a pattern of crimes to a single criminal enterprise. What is it?

  • RICO
  • Habeas corpus
  • Double jeopardy
  • Due process

 

5 of 15

The drug levodopa is the most effective treatment for which movement disorder?

  • Alzheimer's
  • Parkinson's
  • Huntington's
  • ALS

 

6 of 15

Frank Lloyd Wright's spiraling design made art famously hard to hang in which New York museum?

  • The Whitney
  • MoMA
  • The Guggenheim
  • The Met

 

7 of 15

Brand recognition for which delivery company soared after it was central to the 2000 Tom Hanks film "Cast Away"?

  • Apollo 13
  • The Terminal
  • Captain Phillips
  • Cast Away

 

8 of 15

Fermented and shredded, which tangy cabbage dish is a classic hot dog topping?

  • Sauerkraut
  • Coleslaw
  • Kimchi
  • Relish

 

9 of 15

From the Greek for "skewer," which fast food consists of marinated meat grilled on a stick?

  • Gyros
  • Souvlaki
  • Falafel
  • Shawarma

 

10 of 15

With over 80 World Cup wins, which American Alpine skier retired in 2019 after years of injuries?

  • Picabo Street
  • Mikaela Shiffrin
  • Lindsey Vonn
  • Julia Mancuso

 

11 of 15

Catherine Zeta-Jones plays which ghoulish matriarch, mother of the title character, on Netflix's "Wednesday"?

  • Lily Munster
  • Elvira
  • Vampira
  • Morticia Addams

 

12 of 15

Which Spanish saint founded the Jesuits and served as the order's first leader?

  • Ignatius of Loyola
  • Francis of Assisi
  • Thomas Aquinas
  • Benedict

 

13 of 15

Nicknamed "General Sherman," the largest tree in the world by volume is which kind?

  • Redwood
  • Sequoia
  • Douglas fir
  • Bristlecone pine

 

14 of 15

Agate, carnelian, and onyx are all varieties of which quartz mineral?

  • Feldspar
  • Obsidian
  • Chalcedony
  • Malachite

 

15 of 15

Dedicated in 1913, which was the first paved coast-to-coast highway across the United States?

  • Route 66
  • The National Road
  • The Dixie Highway
  • The Lincoln Highway

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