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Harry Potter's Wizarding World Quiz

Are you a true Potterhead? Do you know your Hippogriffs from your Horcruxes? Test your knowledge of the magical world of Harry Potter with this enchanting quiz!

"Harry Potter" Hogwarts Houses Quiz

Have you ever wondered which house you'd be sorted into if you were a student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry? It's time to test your knowledge about the four houses in this multiple-…

The "Harry Potter" Sorting Hat Quiz

Dive into the world of Hogwarts and test your knowledge about one of its most iconic symbols, the Sorting Hat. How well do you know this magical artifact?

Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival

(Encyclopedia) Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, summer dance concert series held annually near Lee, Mass., in the Berkshires. The site, originally an 18th-century farm, was purchased by the American…

Kramnik, Vladimir

(Encyclopedia) Kramnik, Vladimir, 1975–, Russian chess player, b. Tuapse. Kramnik started to play chess at the age of four, and at eleven began studying with both Mikhail Botvinnik and Garry Kasparov…

Dickinson, Edwin Walter

(Encyclopedia) Dickinson, Edwin Walter, 1891–1978, American painter, b. Seneca Falls, N.Y. He studied in New York City with William Merritt Chase, and spent most of his life on Cape Cod. Working…

Davis, Miles

(Encyclopedia) Davis, Miles, 1926–91, American jazz musician, b. Alton, Ill. Rising to prominence with the birth of modern jazz in the mid-1940s, when he was a sideman in Charlie Parker's bop quintet…

Regency style

(Encyclopedia) Regency style, in English architecture, flourished during the regency and reign of George IV (1811–30) and was chiefly represented by the court architect John Nash. The period is…