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Daily Quiz 58

1 of 15

From the Arabic word for "school," which term now refers to a place of Islamic religious learning?

  • A kibbutz
  • A madrasa
  • A bazaar
  • A caliphate

 

2 of 15

Scientists built a shape-shifting mini robot from which low-melting-point metal, symbol Ga?

  • Mercury
  • Cesium
  • Gallium
  • Bismuth

 

3 of 15

Baby stars emerge from vast clouds of gas and dust in a region poetically called a stellar what?

  • A supernova
  • A black hole
  • A quasar
  • A stellar nursery

 

4 of 15

Chief Justice John Marshall subpoenaed President Jefferson during the 1807 treason trial of which former vice president?

  • Aaron Burr
  • Benedict Arnold
  • John Brown
  • Nathan Hale

 

5 of 15

Facial tics and involuntary vocal outbursts are hallmarks of which neurological disorder?

  • Parkinson's
  • Tourette's
  • Bell's palsy
  • Huntington's

 

6 of 15

Which designer sparked outrage in 1980 with provocative jeans ads featuring a 15-year-old Brooke Shields?

  • Ralph Lauren
  • Tommy Hilfiger
  • Calvin Klein
  • Guess

 

7 of 15

Francis Drake renamed his flagship the Pelican as which "deer" vessel during his around-the-world voyage?

  • The Victoria
  • The Endeavour
  • The Santa Maria
  • The Golden Hind

 

8 of 15

David Webb Peoples wrote which 1992 Western starring Clint Eastwood as an aging killer pulled back into violence?

  • Unforgiven
  • Tombstone
  • Open Range
  • The Outlaw Josey Wales

 

9 of 15

Resembling brie but sharper and made in Normandy, which soft cow's-milk cheese starts with "C"?

  • Gouda
  • Camembert
  • Roquefort
  • Gruyรจre

 

10 of 15

Thais ring in their Buddhist new year by drenching each other in water during which festival?

  • Diwali
  • Holi
  • Songkran
  • Vesak

 

11 of 15

Residents of a small Kansas town fear they may be the last Americans alive after a nuclear blast in which CBS series?

  • The Leftovers
  • Lost
  • The 4400
  • Jericho

 

12 of 15

After being tricked into marrying Leah, Jacob labors seven more years to wed which sister he truly loved?

  • Rachel
  • Rebecca
  • Sarah
  • Dinah

 

13 of 15

A fungus wiped out billions of which towering "redwood of the East" in the early 1900s?

  • The American elm
  • The American chestnut
  • The chestnut oak
  • The butternut

 

14 of 15

Which South African Anglican archbishop won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for opposing apartheid?

  • Nelson Mandela
  • Steve Biko
  • Desmond Tutu
  • Oliver Tambo

 

15 of 15

Almost totally destroyed in World War II, which capital sits on the Svislach River in Belarus?

  • Kyiv
  • Vilnius
  • Riga
  • Minsk

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