Which large sea stretches about 1,000 miles north to south at its widest, from Libya in Africa to Croatia in Europe?

At its independence in 1957, the Gold Coast took the name of which medieval West African empire? At its north end, the Dead Sea receives which river? Which 1990s phone service, promoted in infomercials by Dionne Warwick, connected callers with psychics for advice? At its 1924 New York premiere, which composition was part of a concert billed as "An Experiment in Modern Music"? At Jefferson Davis's suggestion in 1855, Congress funded the purchase of which animals from the Middle East for use in… At Key West in 1936, poet Wallace Stevens broke his hand punching which writer, who knocked Stevens down? Which battling puppet couple, with roots in 17th-century Italian theater, became a classic British seaside show? At least 10 architects worked on which church after Pope Julius II decided to rebuild it in 1506?