Question 1:
Fill in the blank to complete this idiom: Any ______ in a storm.
The phrase originates in the 1749 novel Fanny Hill, by John Cleland, one of the first widely read pornographic books.
Question 2:
This autoimmune disorder primarily affects the small intestine and causes individuals to develop an intolerance to gluten.
The paediatrician Samuel Gee gave the first modern-day description of the condition in children in a lecture at Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London, in 1887. Gee acknowledged earlier descriptions and terms for the disease and adopted the same term as Aretaeus (coeliac disease). He perceptively stated: "If the patient can be cured at all, it must be by means of diet."
Question 3:
In June 2024, climate protestors vandalized this historic landmark by spraying it with orange paint.
The paint was removed with blown air and there was no permanent damage to the stones.
Question 4:
Who directed the seminal 1927 German science fiction film Metropolis?
One of the most influential and important films of the German expressionist movement, Lang claimed that the film came to him on a 1924 visit to New York, when he first gazed upon the city’s skyline.
Question 5:
How many different European powers laid claim to lands in the present-day United States?
France, Spain, Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden and Russia all established settlements and/or claimed territory in areas that are presently a part of the US.
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