A 136-degree reading taken near Tripoli in 1922 was long considered the hottest ever on Earth. In which country?

At 12:03 p.m. on August 9, 1974, who was sworn in as president in the East Room of the White House? At 12,139 feet, Gunnbjorn Fjeld is the highest point on which island, the world's largest? The world's lowest road runs along the shores of which body of water? At 13, which actress with a weekday in her name starred in the 1956 film "Rock, Rock, Rock!"? At 13,665 feet, Mount Toubkal is the highest peak in which African range? Which Colorado peak is named for an explorer who spotted it during an 1806 expedition? The Penguin Classics Deluxe edition of which Russian author's "War and Peace" runs 1,424 pages? Which volcano is Washington state's highest point?