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The 1923 abstract sculpture Bird in Space was the subject of a court battle regarding whether or not it was a work of art and therefore, tariff-free. Who sculpted Bird in Space?

Who was the only person nominated for two different acting Oscars for the same performance? He was nominated for both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor in 1944.

What classic American TV show featured a talking palomino as its title character?

The classic German legend of Faust is centered around a scholar who makes a pact with the devil. Which author turned the legend into an epic poem, whose two parts were published in 1808 and 1832?

Steph Curry was not only named Most Valuable Player by the NBA in 2015, he also was voted Associated Press's Male Athlete of the Year. For what team does Curry play?

Anthony Doerr won both the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction for what novel, set in Nazi-occupied France during World War II?

The name of what variety of red wine is a diminutive of the French word for blackbird, possibly as a reference to the color of the grapes from which it is made?

What Iraqi-British architect designed the London Aquatics Centre, used in the 2012 Summer Olympics, and was slated to design the stadium for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics before her design was scrapped in favor of something cheaper and more traditional?

The novel The Magic Mountain, a bildungsroman about a young boy who goes to visit his sick cousin in an Alpine sanitarium and ends up staying for 7 years, was written by what author?

The name of what river, the longest in Europe, was derived from a proto-Slavic word meaning wetness or moisture?

In the 1977 musical Annie, Annie is shown the tennis court in the rear of Daddy Warbucks's mansion, after which she remarks that she does not know how to play. Annie's caretakers then suggest as an instructor which tennis champion, known for being the first person of any nationality to win all four Grand Slam tournaments in the same year?

Which African leader, whose rule was called a kleptocracy by many critics, came to power during the Congo Crisis in 1965 and, as part of an authenticity campaign, renamed his country Zaire? (It would later become known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo.)