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Daily Quiz 51

1 of 15

From Cantonese and served around brunchtime, which spread of small dishes entered English around 1900?

  • Dim sum
  • Ramen
  • Congee
  • Bibimbap

 

2 of 15

In 1930, Jacob Schick patented an electric version of which grooming tool?

  • A toaster
  • An electric razor
  • A blender
  • A hair dryer

 

3 of 15

Nothing, not even light, can escape past which two-word boundary surrounding a black hole?

  • A singularity
  • A nebula
  • An event horizon
  • A red shift

 

4 of 15

Whose legal strategy in a 1995 murder trial famously put the character and competence of the LAPD itself on trial?

  • F. Lee Bailey
  • Robert Shapiro
  • Alan Dershowitz
  • Johnnie Cochran

 

5 of 15

Which device delivers an electric shock to restart a heart in cardiac arrest?

  • A defibrillator
  • A pacemaker
  • A stent
  • An EKG

 

6 of 15

Some 37 designers, including a Turkish dome-builder, are credited with which white marble wonder in India?

  • The Red Fort
  • The Taj Mahal
  • Humayun's Tomb
  • The Charminar

 

7 of 15

Sailing under her own power in 2012, which frigate marked 200 years since defeating HMS Guerriere?

  • The Monitor
  • The Merrimack
  • The USS Constitution
  • The Maine

 

8 of 15

A dumpling-loving bear named Po becomes an unlikely warrior in which 2008 DreamWorks film?

  • Ratatouille
  • Madagascar
  • Ice Age
  • Kung Fu Panda

 

9 of 15

Grenadine sinking through orange juice and tequila gives which cocktail its dawn-like look?

  • A Tequila Sunrise
  • A Mimosa
  • A Bellini
  • A Screwdriver

 

10 of 15

Revelers hurl brightly colored powder to celebrate which Hindu "festival of colors"?

  • Diwali
  • Holi
  • Onam
  • Navratri

 

11 of 15

Idris Elba spent five seasons as which troubled, brilliant London detective in a BBC crime drama?

  • Broadchurch
  • Sherlock
  • Luther
  • Line of Duty

 

12 of 15

Living nearly 1,000 years, which grandfather of Noah is the longest-lived figure in the Bible?

  • Enoch
  • Lamech
  • Jared
  • Methuselah

 

13 of 15

The berries of which evergreen give gin its distinctive piney flavor?

  • Juniper
  • Sloe
  • Blackthorn
  • Elder

 

14 of 15

Often called "the father of modern linguistics," which scholar joined MIT in 1955?

  • Ferdinand de Saussure
  • Noam Chomsky
  • Steven Pinker
  • Roman Jakobson

 

15 of 15

Atomic number 29, which reddish metal is coated on high-touch surfaces for its germ-killing effect?

  • Zinc
  • Nickel
  • Copper
  • Tin

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