Who is the man responsible for Carl Lewis finishing with 9 Olympic gold medals and 1 silver instead of a neat total of 10 golds?

What is the name of the god of marriage who, according to one tradition, was the son of Apollo and one of the Muses, and according to another, the son of Dionysus and Aphrodite?

Leaving aside Getafe, which is based in the Madrid suburb of the same name, the city of Madrid currently has three clubs in Spain’s top division. Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid are two of them. What is the third called?

The first recorded mention of Madrid goes back to the second half of the 9th century, when a fortress on the banks of the Manzanares is noted. Which people founded this fortification?

Here is one for geography experts. Madrid stands on a river whose entire course lies within Spain. What is the name of this river?

Buster Keaton is one of the great figures of silent comedy, both as actor and director. In one of his finest films, he plays a train engineer during the American Civil War. What is the title of this classic?

David Wark Griffith joined Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, and Douglas Fairbanks in 1919 to found a film company, largely because the existing studios wanted to control their careers completely. What was the name of that company?

This question asks for the actress who was known as the First Lady of American cinema. She was the leading female star of the silent era in Hollywood and is now considered one of the greatest actresses ever. She appeared frequently in Griffith’s films, including The Birth of a Nation. Who is she?

The Renaissance produced the first truly great name of French literature, and his life’s major work was the fantastic satirical novel Gargantua and Pantagruel, in which he expressed ideas of justice, goodness, humanity, culture, and tolerance. Who was he?

Together with Molière and Corneille, the dramatist in this question forms the great trio of seventeenth-century French theatre. He wrote mostly tragedies, and his most famous works include Andromaque and Phèdre. Who is he?

In 1960, the United States launched a metallized balloon that became a predecessor of modern communications satellites. It acted like a giant mirror, bouncing signals from one point on Earth back to another. What was this satellite called?

Turkey’s currency is the lira, and it is used not only in Turkey but also in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. A curious detail is that every banknote and coin features the same person, depicted with different motifs from his life. Who is he?

The ZX Spectrum was an 8-bit home computer launched in Britain in 1982, powered by a 3.5 MHz Zilog Z80 processor and sold in 16 KB and 48 KB memory versions. What was the name of the inventor behind it, whose surname also appeared in the name of the company that made it?

Among the most memorable parts of the 1964 film Zorba the Greek are its music and the famous sirtaki. The man who composed them is often seen as the greatest Greek composer of the modern age. What was his name?

Released on the 2009 album The Fall, the song The Man of the Hour is about a poodle called Ralph. What is the name of the artist who sings it?

For seventeen years, Marco Polo was in the service of which ruler bearing the title of khan?

Over which canal does the Bridge of the Americas, about one and a half miles long, run?

When chopped, which vegetable produces propanethial-S-oxide, the substance that triggers tears?

The Smurfs began as a comic series in 1958. In which country did they originate?

Which famous Spanish dish from Valencia takes its name from the pan in which it is cooked?

Which family of beasts includes striped, spotted, and brown members?

Which day is the one that cannot be trusted in the 1966 song by The Mamas and the Papas?

Journey to Brobdingnag and Journey to Lilliput are two sections of which famous satirical book in four parts?

Under the influence of Freud’s ideas, which theory was further developed by Jacques Lacan?

The largest species of penguin is named after which ruler’s title?

The second scene of which film is the well-known twenty-three-minute landing in Normandy?

Which figure washes his hands in front of the crowd while saying, “I am innocent of this blood”?

What obsolete six-letter term is also used for the unit called the micrometer?

Pygmalion, the romantic and linguistic tale of Professor Higgins and Eliza Doolittle, is likely the most famous work of the Irish playwright who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925. His first names were George and Bernard. What was his surname?

In the cult film Back to the Future, time travel itself is achieved in a car, but only once it reaches a precisely defined speed. Which car is it, and what speed in miles per hour must it hit for the jump through time to happen?