Sunday Super Quiz December 15, 2024

Divina Commedia (The Divine Comedy) is Dante Alighieri's most famous work and consists of one hundred cantos in the Terezin meter.

M-Maybe is a 1965 pop art painting by Roy Lichtenstein. It is one of his romance comics-based works.

"Losing My Religion" was released by the American rock group R.E.M. in 1991. It was the first single from the album Out of Time released that year. The song became a big hit in several countries.

The New Hampshire presidential primary is the first in a series of nationwide party primary elections.

Attila, frequently called Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until he died in early 453.

"All This and World War II" is a 1976 musical documentary film directed by Susan Winslow. It juxtaposes Beatles songs covered by various musicians with World War II newsreel footage and 20th-century Fox films.

Lake Mead is a reservoir formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River in the Southwestern United States.

Madison Avenue has been synonymous with the American advertising industry since the 1920s. Thus, the term "Madison Avenue" refers specifically to advertising agencies and methodologies.

In the binary system, a number is made up of only 0s and 1s. The rightmost position represents 1, if there the number 1 is present in that position. The second position from the right represents 2, if there the number 1 is present in that position. The third position from the right represents 4, if there the number 1 is present in that position. In other words, 10 equals 2, 100 equals 4.

David McCallum, Jr. plays NCIS Medical Examiner, Dr. Donald Mallard in NCIS. He is also known for his roles as Illya Kuryakin in the 1960s television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and Steel in Sapphire & Steel.

"Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J." is the debut studio album by Bruce Springsteen, released in 1973. In the first year of its release, it only sold about 25,000 copies.

The Six-Day War was fought between June 5 and 10, 1967, by Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt (known at the time as the United Arab Republic), Jordan, and Syria. The Bangladesh Liberation War ended in 1971. The Ebola virus was first identified in 1976. Elvis Presley died in 1977.

Hazel, Fiver, and Bigwig are characters in Watership Down, a 1972 novel by Richard Adams.

Ceviche is a dish of fish or shellfish marinated in citrus and seasonings. It is recognized as an expression of Peruvian traditional cuisine but is also found in many Spanish-American countries along the Pacific Ocean.

Olivia Benson is a fictional character in the NBC procedural drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, played by Mariska Hargitay.

Qantas Airways Limited, or simply Qantas, is popularly nicknamed "The Flying Kangaroo" and has the official slogan "Spirit of Australia."

The Goliath bird-eater is the largest.

Abu is Aladdin's loyal companion and best friend.

Eva Perón, also known as Evita, was a beloved figure and played a significant role in Argentine politics.

Burton died in 1984 at his home in Céligny, Switzerland. Niven at his chalet at Château-d'Œx in 1983. Charlie Chaplin died in 1977 in Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland.