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Aspirin for someone with a bleeding disorder is an example of which six-syllable reason not to use a treatment?

  • A contraindication
  • A side effect
  • A prognosis
  • A placebo

 

2 of 15

Ford started offering which numeric tape format in its 1966 models, only to abandon it a couple of decades later?

  • The cassette
  • The 8-track
  • The reel-to-reel
  • The Betamax

 

3 of 15

A planet appearing to drift east to west against the stars is said to be in which kind of motion?

  • Perigee
  • Apogee
  • Retrograde
  • Parallax

 

4 of 15

Which American exchange student testified in her own defense at a 2009 murder trial in Perugia, Italy?

  • Casey Anthony
  • Jodi Arias
  • Lindy Chamberlain
  • Amanda Knox

 

5 of 15

Pain radiating from the hip down one leg along a major nerve is known by which name?

  • Sciatica
  • Neuralgia
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Bursitis

 

6 of 15

Whose treatise "De Architectura" inspired Leonardo da Vinci's famous drawing of a man in a circle and square?

  • Palladio
  • Vitruvius
  • Brunelleschi
  • Alberti

 

7 of 15

Before its famous departure from Plymouth, the Mayflower first set sail from which English port?

  • Portsmouth
  • Dover
  • Southampton
  • Bristol

 

8 of 15

Ben Affleck plays an autistic math savant who cooks the books for criminals in which 2016 action thriller?

  • John Wick
  • Taken
  • The Equalizer
  • The Accountant

 

9 of 15

Tofu can stand in for the cheese in a vegan version of which Greek spinach pie?

  • Spanakopita
  • Dolmades
  • Pastitsio
  • Avgolemono

 

10 of 15

A bean-field festival outside Opelousas, Louisiana, launched a celebration of which fiddle-and-washboard Creole music?

  • Bluegrass
  • Zydeco
  • Cajun
  • Delta blues

 

11 of 15

In agony from arthritis, biker gang leader Clay Morrow rides on in which FX drama?

  • The Shield
  • Justified
  • Sons of Anarchy
  • Breaking Bad

 

12 of 15

Joseph Smith said which angel guided him to the golden plates that became the Book of Mormon?

  • Gabriel
  • Michael
  • Raphael
  • Moroni

 

13 of 15

With triple the lung capacity of a cow, which shaggy bovine is indispensable on Himalayan expeditions?

  • A yak
  • A llama
  • A bison
  • A musk ox

 

14 of 15

What was the discriminatory practice of denying home loans based on maps that outlined minority neighborhoods in red?

  • Blockbusting
  • Redlining
  • Gerrymandering
  • Gentrification

 

15 of 15

Founded in Albuquerque in 1975 to write software for the Altair computer, which company became a tech giant?

  • Apple
  • Intel
  • Microsoft
  • IBM

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