Daily Quiz 4
Before he was president, which man earned the grim nickname "The Hangman of Buffalo" for personally carrying out executions as a county sheriff?
The island of Borneo is split between Indonesia, Malaysia, and one small, oil-rich Islamic monarchy. Name the third country.
In which 2006 Christopher Nolan film about rival magicians does David Bowie appear in a cameo as inventor Nikola Tesla?
After quitting medical school at Johns Hopkins, which writer moved to Paris, collected modern art, and lived for decades with Alice B. Toklas?
The village in "The Starry Night" is Saint-Rémy, in the south of France. Which painter made the work while living there as a patient in an asylum?
"Billboard" credits the 2003 album "Trap Muzik" with pushing trap into the mainstream. Which Atlanta rapper and actor made it?
This dessert of sponge cake and ice cream sealed in meringue and browned in a hot oven was named to honor an 1867 U.S. land purchase. Name it.
Wearing number 7, which Portuguese striker captained his country to its first major trophy at the 2016 European Championship?
Because of its shape, which tiny bone of the middle ear is also nicknamed the "hammer"?
The FBI's headquarters building on Pennsylvania Avenue is named after which long-serving G-man?
Launched in 1958, what is the oldest artificial satellite still orbiting the Earth today?
In 1797, three French agents demanded bribes before they would even negotiate with American diplomats, nearly triggering war. By what name is this scandal known?
A 2009 game widely hailed as the best superhero video game ever made traps Batman inside which Gotham institution, overrun by the Joker?
In England, November 5 is Bonfire Night, which commemorates the failure of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot. By whose name is the day also known?
The name of which religion translates roughly to "the way of the gods," or kami?
Vlad the Impaler, the real-life inspiration for Dracula, ruled which principality in what is now Romania?
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