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Daily Quiz 56

1 of 15

Which term refers to floating wreckage or cargo lost from a ship, not thrown overboard on purpose?

  • Jetsam
  • Flotsam
  • Ballast
  • Chum

 

2 of 15

In the 1840s, dentist Horace Wells discovered that which gas could make tooth extractions painless?

  • Ether
  • Chloroform
  • Nitrous oxide
  • Novocaine

 

3 of 15

A lenticular galaxy has the disk shape of which type of galaxy, but without the sweeping arms?

  • An elliptical
  • An irregular
  • A dwarf
  • A spiral

 

4 of 15

In 1999, a Michigan jury convicted which doctor and euthanasia advocate of second-degree murder?

  • Kevorkian
  • Mengele
  • Shipman
  • Nassar

 

5 of 15

Menveo is a vaccine that protects preteens and teens against which contagious inflammation of the brain and spinal linings?

  • Tetanus
  • Meningitis
  • Hepatitis
  • Shingles

 

6 of 15

Which classic sweater is named for the military title of James Thomas Brudenell?

  • The raglan
  • The blazer
  • The cardigan
  • The bolero

 

7 of 15

That loud rattling under your car may mean you need a new example of which emissions-scrubbing part?

  • A muffler
  • An alternator
  • A radiator
  • A catalytic converter

 

8 of 15

Kevin Costner wanders a postapocalyptic America delivering mail in which ill-fated 1997 film?

  • The Postman
  • Waterworld
  • Mad Max
  • The Road

 

9 of 15

Italian immigrants in San Francisco created which tomatoey seafood stew from the day's catch off the wharf?

  • Bouillabaisse
  • Cioppino
  • Paella
  • Gumbo

 

10 of 15

Scots hold January suppers of haggis and whisky to honor the birth of which national poet?

  • Byron
  • Scott
  • Burns
  • Wordsworth

 

11 of 15

Vera Farmiga plays the fiercely protective Norma Bates in which prequel series to a Hitchcock classic?

  • American Horror Story
  • The Sinner
  • Ozark
  • Bates Motel

 

12 of 15

Falsely accused after a woman grabs his garment, which son of Jacob is thrown into an Egyptian prison?

  • Joseph
  • Daniel
  • Samson
  • David

 

13 of 15

Named for spiky projections on their cones, which pines are among the longest-living organisms, nearing 5,000 years?

  • Sequoias
  • Bristlecones
  • Baobabs
  • Yews

 

14 of 15

Hannibal's home city of Carthage sat in which modern North African country?

  • Morocco
  • Libya
  • Tunisia
  • Algeria

 

15 of 15

Home to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple, which holy city on the Ganges draws over a million Hindu pilgrims a year?

  • Amritsar
  • Rishikesh
  • Bodh Gaya
  • Varanasi

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