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Daily Quiz 54

1 of 15

Which word for a broad, heavy chopping knife made its way from Latin America into English in the late 1500s?

  • Cutlass
  • Machete
  • Scimitar
  • Bolo

 

2 of 15

What's the alliterative term for a computer system modeled on the structure of the human brain?

  • A mainframe
  • An algorithm
  • A neural network
  • A microchip

 

3 of 15

Papua New Guinea and several neighbors display which constellation on their flags?

  • Orion
  • The Big Dipper
  • Cassiopeia
  • The Southern Cross

 

4 of 15

The 1598 Edict of Nantes granted freedom of worship to which French Protestant group?

  • The Huguenots
  • The Puritans
  • The Quakers
  • The Anabaptists

 

5 of 15

The "E" in CTE, the brain condition linked to repeated head blows in athletes, stands for what?

  • Neuropathy
  • Encephalopathy
  • Myelopathy
  • Cardiomyopathy

 

6 of 15

Born Karl Anderson Jr., which "Project Runway" judge built a fashion empire before joining the show?

  • Tom Ford
  • Marc Jacobs
  • Michael Kors
  • Tommy Hilfiger

 

7 of 15

The N'EX express train whisks travelers from Tokyo to which international airport?

  • Haneda
  • Kansai
  • Incheon
  • Narita

 

8 of 15

Aliens derisively called "Prawns" live in a fenced-off zone of Johannesburg in which 2009 sci-fi film?

  • District 9
  • Elysium
  • Chappie
  • Attack the Block

 

9 of 15

A chicken stuffed in a duck stuffed in a turkey makes which portmanteau dish, called a "three-bird roast" in Britain?

  • Scotch egg
  • Turducken
  • Beef Wellington
  • Cassoulet

 

10 of 15

Every summer, the Bayreuth Festival in Bavaria stages the works of which composer?

  • Verdi
  • Puccini
  • Wagner
  • Strauss

 

11 of 15

Claire Danes broke through as angst-ridden teen Angela Chase in which short-lived but beloved 1990s series?

  • Freaks and Geeks
  • Party of Five
  • Dawson's Creek
  • My So-Called Life

 

12 of 15

In Luke's gospel, Jesus dines with Simon, a member of which Jewish group that often opposed him?

  • The Pharisees
  • The Sadducees
  • The Essenes
  • The Zealots

 

13 of 15

Banded together like their meerkat cousins, which small carnivores are famous as killers of venomous snakes?

  • A meerkat
  • A mongoose
  • A ferret
  • A weasel

 

14 of 15

Taken without her knowledge, the "immortal" HeLa cell line was named for which woman who died in 1951?

  • Rosalind Franklin
  • Barbara McClintock
  • Henrietta Lacks
  • Gertrude Elion

 

15 of 15

The vineyards of Pico Island are a UNESCO site in which mid-Atlantic Portuguese archipelago?

  • Madeira
  • The Canaries
  • Cape Verde
  • The Azores

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