A graduate of Egypt's military academy, he became vice president in 1975 and president in 1981. Who is he?

Brunelleschi's great dome of the 1420s and 1430s crowns the cathedral of which city? Brutal repression marked which leader's rule of Syria from 1970 to 2000? Bryan Trottier sparked which team to four straight Stanley Cup championships from 1980 through 1983? Who was William Jennings Bryan's 1900 running mate, whose grandson of the same name also lost two presidential races? "The bubbly" is a slang term for which drink? "Bubbly" was a hit single from which singer's 2007 debut album, "Coco"? In December 1860, which state became the first to secede from the Union, during James Buchanan's presidency? Buchanan's presidential dreams were postponed in 1852 when which New Hampshire man won the Democratic nomination?