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Daily Quiz 8

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Rome and Carthage fought three brutal conflicts for control of the ancient Mediterranean. What are these wars collectively called?

  • the Punic Wars
  • the Gallic Wars
  • the Peloponnesian War
  • the Macedonian Wars

 

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The Golden Temple in Amritsar is the holiest site of which religion, founded in the Punjab region around 500 years ago?

  • Jainism
  • Sikhism
  • Bahá'í
  • Zoroastrianism

 

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In which 2004 film does Paul Giamatti play a depressed wine snob on a road trip through California wine country?

  • About Schmidt
  • Lost in Translation
  • Sideways
  • The Descendants

 

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Which 2003 Khaled Hosseini novel follows the guilt-ridden friendship between two boys in Afghanistan, bound up with kite fighting?

  • The Namesake
  • A Thousand Splendid Suns
  • Life of Pi
  • The Kite Runner

 

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Which 19th-century painter awed Americans with enormous, light-drenched landscapes of Yosemite and the untamed West?

  • Albert Bierstadt
  • Thomas Cole
  • Frederic Church
  • Winslow Homer

 

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With diamond-selling albums like "Come On Over," which Canadian singer became the best-selling female artist in country music history?

  • Faith Hill
  • Shania Twain
  • Martina McBride
  • Trisha Yearwood

 

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Which soft, squeaky Indian cheese holds its shape when fried and shows up in dishes like saag and tikka masala?

  • halloumi
  • queso fresco
  • paneer
  • burrata

 

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Which Hall of Fame pitcher won 25 games for the "Miracle Mets" on their shocking run to the 1969 World Series title?

  • Nolan Ryan
  • Bob Gibson
  • Catfish Hunter
  • Tom Seaver

 

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Which ancient surgical practice involved drilling or scraping a hole into a living person's skull?

  • trephination
  • trepidation
  • trellising
  • tessellation

 

10 of 15

In property law, a right of way allowing someone to cross another person's land is a common type of what?

  • a lien
  • an easement
  • an escrow
  • a covenant

 

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Famous for sitting nearly above the North Pole, which star has guided sailors to true north for centuries?

  • Betelgeuse
  • Sirius
  • Polaris
  • Vega

 

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After years of litigation against Isaac Singer and others, which inventor is credited with patenting the first practical sewing machine in America?

  • Elisha Otis
  • Eli Whitney
  • Isaac Singer
  • Elias Howe

 

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Warren Buffett popularized which watery metaphor for a durable competitive advantage that protects a business from rivals?

  • a moat
  • a hedge
  • a ceiling
  • a float

 

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In World War I, what was the name for the deadly, cratered stretch of ground between two opposing lines of trenches?

  • the home front
  • no man's land
  • the trenches
  • the front line

 

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In the Studio Ghibli film about a young witch and her black cat Jiji, what is the witch's name?

  • Chihiro
  • Satsuki
  • Kiki
  • Ponyo

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