Which nation began a war with Russia by launching a surprise attack on Port Arthur in February 1904?

In which 1976 horror film did John Travolta play one of the tormentors of the shy title girl? Which Vietnam veteran, awarded a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star, won the Best Director Oscar for 1986's "Platoon"? Who founded the Republic of Turkey in 1923 and began a sweeping program to modernize the nation? In which 1865 book does a young girl begin a series of strange adventures by following a rabbit down a hole? Which comedy trio began a run of nearly 200 short films for Columbia with "Woman Haters" in 1934? Starting an American tradition, Aaron Burr's daughter Theodosia and her new husband honeymooned at which natural wonder… Peter the Great fought the Great Northern War, which began in 1700, against which Scandinavian kingdom? Beginning around 1790 in New York City, Duncan Phyfe became a leading maker of what?