What husband of former Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao -- first elected to the Senate in 1985 to represent Kentucky -- is currently (2020) the Senate Majority Leader?

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What man, whose writings were condemned by the papal bull Exsurge Domine, was excommunicated by Pope Leo X and started the Protestant Reformation?

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Among those who died during this event was Quatie Ross, whose husband John opposed the Treaty of New Echota that led to it. Name this migration that affected the Choctaw, Cherokee, and other groups, who were moved to Oklahoma per the Indian Removal Act.

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In June 2014, this organization named Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi as caliph. Name this Sunni Arab jihadist organization that was once al-Qaeda's Iraq affiliate.

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In early June 2014, ISIS took control of this second most populous city in Iraq, the capital of the Nineveh province.

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This man-made lake was formed behind the Aswan High Dam on the Nile River in southern Egypt.

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The Nile Delta begins just north of this "city of a thousand minarets," Egypt's most populous.

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As a result of this online retailer's 2014 feud with the French publisher Hachette, Stephen Colbert promoted Edan Lipnicki's novel California, which Hachette published.

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What man pictured on the $2 bill served as the first Secretary of State, purchased Louisiana, and wrote the Declaration of Independence?

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The term "holographic" refers to a handwritten type of what legal document, which disposes of the estate of a "testator" following his or her death?

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In 2007 Abdallah Salem el-Badri became head of what organization that, after Indonesia's departure in 2009, consisted of twelve oil-selling nations?

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An area surrounded by what is now this country was created in 1903 by the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty. Name this former region of Colombia which now controls an artificial waterway that passes through Gatun Lake.

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This city's Lotus Temple is a Bahá'í [buh-“HI”] house of worship that contains 27 marble “petals.” Name this city on the Yamuna [yah-MOO-nuh] River.

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New Delhi is the capital of this Asian country.

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This most populous city in India is the capital of the state of Maharashtra [MAH-huh-ROSH-truh].

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Members of this ethnic group were targeted in the Anfal [ahn-FALL] genocide. Name this ethnic group that was victimized in gas attacks organized by Saddam Hussein's [sah-DAHM hoo-SAYN's] cousin, “Chemical Ali.”

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Saddam Hussein was the leader of this country defeated by the U.S. in the Persian Gulf War.

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The Anfal genocide took place in 1987 during Iraq's long war with this country. An Islamic revolution in this country overthrew its leader, the Shah, in 1979.

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In 1796 John Adams was elected president on this party's ticket.

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