This northeast African river, the longest in the world, flows for more than 4,100 miles
What is the Nile?
100
Accenture's fiscal year end
What is August 31?
100
The Chancellor of Germany since 2005
Who is Angela Merkel?
100
Football is called this in the United States, stemming from its original name "association football"
What is soccer?
100
This post-medieval rebirth of classical learning revolutionized art and science
What is the Renaissance?
200
A land bridge called Al-Lisān separates this "corpselike" body of water into a southern basin and a northern basin
What is the Dead Sea?
200
The Chief Strategy Officer of Accenture
Who is Omar Abbosh?
200
Baseball lover and fiery leftist Hugo Chavez led this country from 1999 to 2013
What is Venezuela?
200
Winning 13 league titles, for 27 years Sir Alex Ferguson was manager of this premier British soccer team aka the Red Devils
What is Manchester United?
200
Between 1095 and 1291, Europeans launched as many as 10 of these religious Mideast campaigns; the first had the most success
What are the Crusades?
300
This strait narrows to 8 miles between Point Marroqui, Spain and Point Cires in Morocco
What is the Strait of Gibraltar?
300
In November 2017, a semi-annual cash one of these was paid to shareholders in the amount of $1.33 per share
What is a dividend?
300
Before becoming president of this country in 2009, Jacob Zuma did exile time in Swaziland and Mozambique
What is South Africa?
300
They may be nicknamed the King of Cups, but it’s been a while since their trophy cabinet was opened, with the notable exception of the Copa Sudamericana in 2010
What is Club Atlético Independiente?
300
In 1966 Italy's Arno River flooded, damaging many of this city's art treasures, among them Donatello's "Magdalen"
What is Florence?
400
Large banks of pearl-producing mollusks are found on this gulf's western shore on the Arabian Peninsula
What is the Persian Gulf?
400
Strategy/Consulting, Operations, and this make up Accenture's Business Dimensions
What is Application Services?
400
Second in command in this country is the secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin
What is the Vatican City?
400
In August 2017, this player moved from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain in a transaction worth €222 million, making him the world's most expensive player
Who is Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior?
400
Napoleon Bonaparte escaped imprisonment on this island in 1815 and briefly staged a comeback
What is Elba?
500
DAILY DOUBLE: According to Hindu myth, this river once flowed in the heavens but was ordered to go down to Earth
What is the Ganges?
500
Accenture's First Quarter Fiscal 2018 operating income (% please, to one decimal point)
What is 15.6%?
500
This woman led a successful 1988 campaign to become Prime Minister of Pakistan, therefore becoming the first woman to head a democratic government in a Muslim majority nation. She was assassinated in 2007.
Who is Benazir Bhutto?
500
The second oldest professional football club in the world, and nicknamed 'The Potters'
What is Stoke City Football Club?
500
In 1571's Battle of Lepanto, a coalition defeated this empire's navy, saving Europe from invasion