Ep 271: General Trivia

A new week means new questions! Hope you have fun with these!

To Build a Fire, a short story about an unnamed male protagonist who ventures out in the subzero boreal forest of the Yukon Territory, was written by which American author?
Who became the first person to reach the south pole on December 14, 1911?
A sculptural embellishment of an arch or a mark of acknowledgment or honor.
Which second largest city in Egypt is also the largest city on the Mediterranean coast?
Greek biographer Plutarch speculated that Alexander the Great was the son of the Greek princess Olympias and which god?
Rasp, riffler, mallet, and chisel are some tools used in what art form?
What navigational device shows the cardinal directions and helps with geographic orientation?
In Japan it was called the Super Famicom. In South Korea it was called the Super Comboy. What was this gaming console called in America?
Identify the object of the preposition in the following sentence: He is running from the dog.

Music
Hot Swing, Fast Talkin, Bass Walker, Dances and Dames, Ambush by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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