Daily Quiz 7
At the Battle of Chancellorsville, which Confederate general pulled off a daring victory by splitting his outnumbered army in the face of the enemy?
Founded by Christopher Columbus's brother in 1496, which city is the oldest continuously inhabited European-established capital in the Americas?
In which 1982 comedy does Dustin Hoffman play an out-of-work actor who disguises himself as a woman to land a soap opera role?
Which guilt-wracked ex-student murders a pawnbroker and spends the rest of Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment" tormented by his conscience?
Which surreal three-panel painting by Hieronymus Bosch runs from a serene Eden to a nightmarish hell, with a chaos of naked figures and strange creatures in between?
"Bad Moon Rising," "Fortunate Son," and "Proud Mary" were all hits for which swamp-rock band led by John Fogerty?
Rye whiskey, bitters, a sugar cube, and a rinse of absinthe make up which classic New Orleans cocktail?
Which Winter Olympic sport involves sliding stones toward a target and furiously sweeping the ice with brooms?
Each eye has a natural blind spot at the exact point where which structure exits the back of the eyeball?
In the 1925 trial over teaching evolution, William Jennings Bryan squared off against defense lawyer Clarence Darrow. By what name is this trial known?
In about six billion years, as it runs out of hydrogen fuel, our Sun will swell into which kind of star?
Spanning the Columbia River, which massive concrete dam is one of the largest power producers in the United States?
Which company makes both Kleenex tissues and Huggies diapers?
Which German-derived word describes a sudden, often violent attempt to overthrow a government, as in the failed 1920 Kapp affair?
West Virginia erected a gleaming metal statue to which winged cryptid said to have terrorized Point Pleasant in the 1960s?
Which Salvador Dalí painting features limp, melting pocket watches draped over a barren dreamscape?
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