MASTERQUIZ

1. What part of a medieval soldier’s equipment was a buckler? 2. Which playing card gives its name to an opera by Tchaikovsky, which premiered in 1890? 3. What was the name of the umpire with whom Serena Williams had an altercation at this year’s U.S. Open women’s singles final? 4. Which new Hollywood film stars Anna Kendrick as widowed mother and vlogger Stephanie Smothers? 5. The Chateau de Chenonceau in France was built spanning which Loire Valley river? 6. Who succeeded Mussolini as prime minister of Italy in 1943?