Qwizzeria Daily #306

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YESTERDAY’S QUESTIONS

1. Winthrop __________ was a philanthropist and a politician who was a third-generation member of an influential family. His elder brother was a Vice President of the United States. Winthrop’s divorce settlement of $5.5 million was a record at the time of his divorce in 1954. Which family did he hail from?

2. On 23 January 1958, the dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez was overthrown. In 2019, on the 61st anniversary of the 1958 event, thousands of citizens demonstrated against the regime that came to power for a second term. In what country?

3. Starring George Clooney as Scheisskopf, Daniel David Stewart as Milo Minderbender, Hugh Laurie as Major de Coverley, Christopher Abbott as Yossarian, etc., an adaptation of which satirical novel first published in 1961 by Joseph Heller?

4. This dish’s restaurant preparation is strictly regulated by law (due to tetrodotoxin present) in Japan and several other countries. Only chefs who have qualified after rigorous training are allowed to prepare this dish. What fish?

5. This peace museum was constructed for the signing of the armistice agreement in the 1950s. The weapons used to kill U.S. Army Captain Arthur Bonifas and Lieutenant Mark Barrett in the axe murder incident of 1976 are housed within the museum. To which country one has to travel to visit this museum? (PICTURE)

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