The name of which present-day European capital first appears in a 1459 document issued by Vlad the Impaler?

The name of which microscopic life forms, some of them nasty, comes from the Greek for "little rod"? The name of which dance in 3/4 time comes from the German for "to revolve"? Which smooth-skinned, peach-like fruit takes its name from the drink of the mythological gods? What is the name of the pivoted mount that lets a rocket engine's combustion chamber and nozzle swivel to steer? Which wild Italian dance shares its origin with the name of a certain spider, both coming from the town of Taranto? The National Weather Service says some Gulf Coast areas have a second peak tornado period in which season? According to NOAA, the odds of an American being struck by what in a given year are roughly 1 in 1.2 million? The northernmost of Arkansas' national forests shares its name with which mountains in the area?