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q215_2	The northern part of this park contains the Hetch Hetchy Valley, which was controversially dammed against the advice of John Muir. Ansel Adams took black-and-white photographs of this park, including one of the moon over the granite formation called Half Dome.	Yosemite National Park	Geography
q2161_1	During this battle, Marshal Ney led a cavalry assault that was turned back by infantry squares on the road to Brussels.	Battle of {Waterloo}	History
q326_1	In one story by this author, General Lasalle's army saves the narrator from the Inquisition.	Edgar Allen {Poe}	Literature
q2150_1	Vast amounts of data concerning this body were gathered by the Clementine mission.	the {moon}	Science
q4292_2	One form of this concept is equal to the product of charge and voltage. For a spring, this quantity is given by one-half times the spring constant times the square of the distance from equilibrium.	{potential energy} [or {potential} energy after “energy”; prompt on energy]	Science
q7032_1	Franz Schubert's three symphonies in this key are nicknamed Tragic, Little, and Great.	{C major} [prompt on \"C\" before \"major key\" is mentioned; do not prompt on or accept \"c minor\"]	Fine Arts
q2634_2	Edouard (“ED-oo-ard”) Lalo wrote a violin concerto named after a symphony from this country. One composer from this country wrote a ballet that contains the Fire Dance and portrays Caramelo (“CAR-uh- MELL-oh”), called Love, The Magician.	{Spain}	Fine Arts
q3477_4	This planet's 700 kilometer-wide impact crater Rembrandt was discovered by the MESSENGER spacecraft orbiting it. Like the Moon, part of its surface is known as Weird Terrain; that part is opposite its largest crater, the Caloris Basin. It is the (*) smallest planet in our solar system, and this planet and Venus are the only two without moons. For 10 points, name this planet whose year is only 88 days long, the innermost planet.	Mercury	Science
q1268_2	This holiday commemorates the result of a trial before the Sanhedrin (san-HEE-drin), which was led by Caiaphas (KYE-uh-fuss). Some believe that trial took place the day before, leading them to begin observation of this holiday a day early.	{Good Friday} [or {Great Friday;} or {Holy Friday}]	Religion
q3072_2	A 2003 restoration of Verrochio's depiction of this figure revealed the sculptor's fingerprint. Bernini depicted this figure in combat with his armor at his feet, while a Donatello statue of him was the first freestanding nude male sculpture since antiquity.	David	Fine Arts
q2728_3	This god hung himself from Yggdrasil for nine days and nights in order to obtain the knowledge of runes. This owner of the spear Gungnir gives all his food to his wolves Geri and Freki and receives information about the world through his ravens Hugin and Munin. This husband of Frigg was known as the "Allfather" and will be killed at (*) Ragnarok by the wolf Fenrir.	Odin [accept Wodan, Wotan, or Wodinaz]	Mythology
q1069_4	This person declared we are "one people" during a run against Alan Keyes. A later campaign opponent of this person used Joe the Plumber to attack this person's policies and attempted to link this person to Bill Ayers. This person used the slogan "Yes We Can" and won the Nobel Peace Prize after less than a year in office. For 10 points, who is this successor of George W. Bush and current President of the United States?	Barack Hussein {Obama} II	History
q2149_3	This artist's statues of a dying slave and a horned Moses were to adorn the tomb of Julius II. His only signed work is one in which Mary holds the dead body of Jesus, entitled Pietá (“pee-AY-tuh”). One of his works depicts a nude giant killer holding a sling.	{Michelangelo} di Lodovico {Buonarroti} Simoni [accept either]	Fine Arts
q1555_2	This man is told by the ghost of his wife Creusa to leave for Hesperia after carrying his father Anchises (ann-KYE-sees) and son Ascanius out of a besieged city. He visits the underworld with the help of a golden bough, on the advice of the Cumaean Sibyl.	Aeneas [prompt on The Aeneid]	Mythology
q1582_2	Early in January 2010, copper miners working for Codelco in this nation ended a strike. The government of this country was criticized for utilizing the military to restore order, citing the oppression of former president Augusto Pinochet (“PIN-oh-shay”).	Republic of {Chile}	History
q2112_5	Seven laws that apply to non-Jews are named for this figure, whose nakedness was uncovered by one of his sons. An agreement this figure made with God is symbolized by the rainbow. He was the son of Lamekh (LAH-meck) and had three sons, Japheth (JAY-feth), Ham, and Shem. To confirm that one of his jobs was complete, he sent a dove to check for dry land. For 10 points, identify this Biblical character who took two animals of each kind in his ark.	{Noah} [or {Noakh;} accept {Noahide laws} before "nakedness"]	Religion
q2391_4	One character in this novel wins a ride in a biplane after her gooseberry pie beats that of Rupert Pennypacker. This book sees that same character throw a mouse into the Cowgill boys' milk because they blew up her outhouse. After a newsman tries to bring more people to her town, Grandma puts on a show with a corpse and a shotgun to make him leave. For 10 points, name this book about Joey and Mary Alice by Richard Peck.	A {Long Way} from {Chicago}	Literature
q337_1	This country had its Jews move to the Pale of Settlement.	Russian Empire	History
q1429_1	The first step in this process can be further broken down into leptotene, zygotene, and pachytene phases.	{meiosis} [do not accept or prompt on "mitosis"]	Science
q10272_2	In this film, a priest's rhotacism causes him to pronounce the word "marriage" incorrectly. One character lists two classic blunders, getting involved in a land war in Asia, and having a battle of wits with a Sicilian.	The Princess Bride	Trash
q1447_4	One of this deity's possessions is a ring that creates eight copies of itself every nine nights. This deity learned nine songs and eighteen runes after hanging from the world tree for nine days. Huginn (“HOO- ginn”) and Muninn (“MOO-ninn”) bring information from the various lands of this deity's pantheon to his throne. Fenrir (“FEN-reer”) will kill this deity at Ragnarok (“RAG-nuh-rock”).	Odin	Mythology
q1301_4	This composer wrote a Clarinet Concerto in A Major for Anton Stadler, and he also composed a flute and harp concerto. He composed twelve variations on a French song with identical melody to "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." He failed to complete his Requiem. His forty-first and last symphony is nicknamed Jupiter.	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Fine Arts
q2443_2	4 times the infinite sum one, minus one third, plus one fifth, minus one seventh, et cetera, equals this number. It is approximately equal to 355/113, 333/106, and (*) 22/7.	pi	Science
q3251_3	Biot-Savart's Law gives the field of this type for a current carrying wire; the strength of that field is measured in Gausses and Teslas. There are para-, dia-, and ferro- forms of this phenomenon, the latter of which is expressed by metals such as nickel and iron. For 10 points, name this phenomenon whose field has both north and south poles, and which is often paired with electricity.	magnetism [or magnetic field]	Science
q3077_2	This author's book The Descent of Man was inspired by his encounter with natives of Tierra del Fuego (“tee-AIR-uh del FWAY-go”) when he voyaged with Robert Fitzroy on HMS Beagle. A group of finches with differing beaks were collected in the Galapagos by, for 10 points, what British scientist who proposed the theory of evolution in The Origin of Species?	Charles (Robert) {Darwin}	Science
q7479_3	This author wrote about "Irma's Injection" in his 1900 book The Interpretation of Dreams. "Anna O.," "Little Hans," and the "Wolf Man" were some of the patients who sought advice from his Vienna clinic. "Jokes and their Relation to the (*) Unconscious" is an essay by this man, whose "structural theory" proposed that the mind is divided into the id, the ego, and the superego.	(Sigismund Schlomo) Sigmund {Freud}	Social Science
q421_4	This author wrote about a country at war with Blefuscu; he also created the land of Glubbdrubdrib and a flying island, Laputa. One of his characters goes to a land with 72-feet-tall men. This author also suggested that the rich should eat poor Irish children in "A Modest Proposal." For 10 points, identify this British author who wrote of the title character's journey to Lilliput in Gulliver's Travels.	Jonathan Swift	Literature
q131_2	In January 2012, in this nation, a French TV reporter was killed while reporting from a progovernment rally in this nation's city of Homs. Unrest there was triggered by the arrest and torture of students in Dara'a, which was not quelled by offers of political reform by its president.	Syrian Arab Republic [or Al Jumhuriyah al Arabiyah as Suriyah]	History
q2236_1	One king of this name had his ministers Thomas Cromwell and Thomas More executed.	{Henry} [accept {Henry} VIIor {Henry} VIII]	History
q1797_1	This owner of a stuffed elephant named Ella Funt plays a black-nosed sheep in a Christmas play and dresses up as "the baddest witch in the world."	{Ramona} Geraldine {Quimby} [accept either]	Literature
q634_2	This mountain range is home to the threatened spectacled bear, and large silver mines were found near this range's city of Potosí. The farthest point on the surface from Earth's center is this range's Chimborazo.	the {Andes}	Geography
q1057_3	In one episode in this work, the narrator tries to convince adults that he is drawing a snake digesting an elephant, which they confuse with a hat. The title character of this novella lived on an asteroid the size of a house before catching a rose in a lie and becoming lonely. Its title character visits seven planets, the last of which is Earth.	The Little Prince [or Le Petit Prince]	Literature
q4678_2	When air resistance exactly counteracts this force, an object has reached terminal velocity. The escape velocity is the minimum speed needed to overcome the effects of this force.	{gravity} [or {gravitational} force]	Science
q1590_4	Two characters in this book later appear as the main characters of Many Waters. Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs.Which start this journey in this book.	A Wrinkle in Time	Literature
q833_3	This man designed railway stations in Santiago, Chile and Budapest, Hungary. He was jailed after being implicated in a failed Panama Canal project, for which he designed the locks. He designed the steel framework for the Statue of Liberty and a thousand-foot-tall structure for the 1889 World's Fair.	(Alexandre) Gustave {Eiffel}	Fine Arts
q4806_3	In 1983 this character was given a purple and green battle suit. This cancer survivor was fictionally the forty-third U.S. President. John Byrne rewrote this character as a white-collar criminal who runs a prominent aerospace company.	Alexander John {"Lex" Luthor}	Trash
q6496_3	This man almost lost his Senate seat in the 1998, surviving a challenge from future colleague John Ensign, and he is expected to have a tough re-election in 2010 against Sue Lowden or Danny Tarkanian. He commented that Barack Obama was “light-skinned” and “spoke with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted one.” For 10 points, name this senior Senator from Nevada, the current Senate Majority Leader.	Harry Mason {Reid}	History
q1709_1	During this war, Andrew Jackson defeated the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.	War of 1812	History
q1600_3	This actor appeared with his best-known co-star as Topper Harley in Hot Shots. Kathy Bates won an Emmy in 2012 for her role as the ghost of one of this actor's characters. That character played by this actor died after getting hit by a train and was replaced by (*) Walden Schmidt.	{Charlie Sheen} [or {Carlos Irwin Estevez;} prompt on {\"Sheen\"} or {\"Estevez\"}]	Trash
q3482_2	Two stars in this asterism, Mizar (“MEE-zar”) and Alcor (“AL-core”), have been called the Horse and Rider. Though the North Star is not in this asterism, one can find it by tracing a line from Merak (“MARE-ack”) and Dubhe (“DUB-he”), which make up one side of this asterism's title feature.	The {Big Dipper} [or {Plough} or {Drinking Gourd}]	Science
q1957_1	These objects contain columns called seracs and tubes called moulins.	glaciers	Science
q2663_2	This work includes the aria "Un bel di," describing a beautiful day when a ship will arrive with the singer's husband after three years away. Unfortunately, the consul Sharpless informs the title character that her husband has married Kate, an American worman.	Madame Butterfly [or Madama butterfly]	Fine Arts
q3307_5	The tangent function gives these numbers when its input is in the 2nd or 4th quadrant. Using these numbers as exponents is defined in terms of a reciprocal. The absolute value function changes them. Defining their square roots requires (*) imaginary numbers. Integers that are not natural numbers are either zero or one of these.	negative numbers	Science
q327_3	For boasting of an affair with this goddess, Anchises was struck lame by Zeus. She and Persephone were forced to each spend a third of the year with Adonis. This goddess arrived on the island of Cythera after being born from (*) sea foam, and she was trapped under a golden net with her lover Ares while she was married to Hephaestus.	Aphrodite [accept Venus until \"Hephaestus\" is mentioned]	Mythology
q1380_3	This man, along with Edwin Catmull, was credited as an executive producer of the original Toy Story movie, produced by Pixar Animation, which he renamed after purchasing it from George Lucas in 1986. From 2000 to 2011, he served as CEO of the computer company he co-founded with Steve Wozniak. For 10 points, identify this co-founder of Apple Computers who died in October 2011 from complications due to pancreatic cancer.	Steve Jobs	History
q2436_1	One work by this composer includes the sections "O Death, where is thy sting?" and "I know that my Redeemer liveth."	George Frideric Händel	Fine Arts
q903_1	In this war, naval forces under John Jellicoe (JELL-ih-koe) engaged forces under Reinhard Scheer (RINE-hard SHEER) during the Battle of Jutland.	{World War I} [or {First} World War; accept {Great War} before mentioned; prompt on World War]	Trash
q2125_1	This work opens with the title item given as a gift by Drosselmeyer; it is later broken by Fritz.	The {Nutcracker} [or {Shchelkunchik}]	Fine Arts
q1561_3	Otus and Ephialtes (“eff-ee-ALL-tees”) tried to capture this goddess, but ended up slaying each other after she transformed into a deer. She slew the daughters of Niobe (“ny-OH-bee”) in response to a slight against her mother. Actaeon (“ack-TAY-on”) caught a glimpse of this deity bathing, for which he was turned into a stag and mauled by his own dogs.	{Artemis}	Mythology
q612_1	Three of these creatures named Brontes (BRAWN-teez), Steropes (stair-OH-peez), and Arges (ARgeez) forged Zeus's lightning bolts and, after their creation, were locked in Tartarus by Uranus.	Cyclopes [or Cyclops]	Mythology
q3076_3	The announcement of this object's existence was hinted at by a shadow on invitations to an event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Disputes over strict quality control demands threatened production at the Foxconn facility that manufactures it. This device comes with EarPods and introduced the (*) Lightning connector, as well as a longer screen than its predecessor, the 4S.	{iPhone}	Trash
q1050_1	Anglican and Islamic versions of this action each include 100 steps.	{praying a rosary} [or {saying a rosary;} or obvious equivalents mentioning the {rosary}]	Religion
q2272_1	This structure was built on the orders of Walter Ulbricht (“ULL-bricked”), who termed it anti-Fascist.	{Berlin Wall} [accept {Berliner Mauer}]	History
q623_1	This nation's Diogo de Silves discovered the Azores.	Portugal	History
q321_1	In Boolean algebra, this property holds that a value multiplied by its inverse is equal to zero.	identity function [or identity property]	Science
q1752_1	These objects explained the Vine-Matthews hypothesis about the reversal of the Earth's magnetic field.	{tectonic plates} [or {plate tectonics}]	Science
q1069_2	This person declared we are "one people" during a run against Alan Keyes. A later campaign opponent of this person used Joe the Plumber to attack this person's policies and attempted to link this person to Bill Ayers.	Barack Hussein {Obama} II	History
q861_4	One folk hero from this nation killed policemen at Stringybark Creek; that man is "Ned" Kelly. One insurrection in this nation stripped William Bligh of his governorship; that insurrection is the Rum Rebellion. The "Stolen Generations" are children taken by the government of this nation from the Aborigines. For 10 points, identify this nation where Arthur Phillip established a penal colony for the British Empire.	Commonwealth of Australia	History
q5001_2	The U.S. Ambassador to this nation, Jon Huntsman, resigned effective April 2011. Human rights activists in this country, including the currently-jailed 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner, have signed Charter 08.	People's Republic of China [or PRC; or Zhongguo; or Zhonggua Renmin Gongheguo]	History
q951_1	This office is symbolized by gold and silver keys.	The {Pope} [or {Bishop of Rome;} or {Vicar of Jesus Christ;} or {Successor of the Prince of the Apostles;} or {Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church;} or {Primate of Italy;} or {Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province;} or {Sovereign of the State of Vatican City;} or {Servant of the Servants of God;} or {Pontifex Maximus;} or {Patriarch of the West;} prompt on His Holiness]	Religion
q672_2	In the Admirable Campaign, this man issued the Cartagena (CAR-tah-HAY-nuh) Manifesto and the Decree of War to the Death. This victor at the Battle of Boyaca (boy-YAH-cah) defeated the Spanish in the Battle of Carabobo, helping Venezuela achieve its independence.	Simón Bolívar	History
q1795_1	One senator from this state was the only one not to cast a vote on the December 24th Senate Health Care Bill.	Ohio	Trash
q327_2	For boasting of an affair with this goddess, Anchises was struck lame by Zeus. She and Persephone were forced to each spend a third of the year with Adonis.	Aphrodite [accept Venus until \"Hephaestus\" is mentioned]	Mythology
q781_4	This king was in power during the Affair of the Diamond Necklace. His advisor Maurepas appointed Turgot as finance minister, and he was later served by the author of the compte rendu, Jacques Necker. When his ministers were unable to raise enough revenue, this king was forced to call the (*) Estates-General. For 10 points, name this husband of Marie Antoinette deposed in the French Revolution.	Louis XVI [\"the 16th\"] of France	History
q2535_4	In one common lab demo, a balloon is shattered after being treated with nitrogen in this form. At room temperature and standard pressure, only bromine and mercury are in this phase. These substances are used to fill a tube in thermometers and barometers. They take the shape of their container, but do not expand to fill it, unlike gases.	liquid phase [or liquids]	Science
q3_2	The winning side of this battle had its main position at Henry House Hill. The losing side was led by General Irvin McDowell.	{First} Battle of {Bull Run} [or {First} Battle of {Manassas;} prompt on {Bull} Run; prompt on {Manassas}]	History
q1446_4	One of this work's title characters crashes a party in an attempt to win the love of Rosaline. At that party he meets the other title character, who is the cousin of Tybalt. At the end of this play, Prince Escalus pronounces peace in Verona between the two central families. For 10 points, name this play about the feud between the Montagues and Capulets, written by William Shakespeare.	Romeo and Juliet	Literature
q4010_4	In 1994 this band released their debut album, the Blue Album. One music video by them shows groups of people breaking Guinness World Records including Largest Game of Dodgeball and Largest Air Guitar Ensemble. Its lead singer is Rivers Cuomo. For 10 points, name this band whose songs include "Beverly Hills," "Troublemaker," and "Say it Ain't So."	Weezer	Trash
q1882_2	One of this man's works claims that "for destruction", the two title elements "would suffice." In addition to "Fire and Ice", he wrote a poem where the narrator has "miles to go before" he sleeps.	Robert Lee {Frost}	Literature
q1882_1	One of this man's works claims that "for destruction", the two title elements "would suffice."	Robert Lee {Frost}	Literature
q2027_1	The Antennae and The Mice are interacting examples of these objects, and Seyfert's Sextet are a group of them.	{galaxy}	Science
q1988_1	This dynasty ended after the rebellion of the peasant Li Zicheng.	{Ming} Dynasty [or Ming Chao]	History
q3127_1	The density of this quantity is equal to electrical field times conductivity.	{current} [or {I}]	Science
q165_1	An ideal blackbody is an object that absorbs all energy transferred by this process.	thermal {radiation} [or heat radiation]	Science
q743_4	This country underwent the 14 July Revolution in 1958 to eliminate its monarchy. A border dispute with Iran near the Shatt al-Arab led to hundreds of thousands of casualties in a 1980s war. In 1990, this country tried to annex (*) Kuwait but was stopped by a coalition headed by the United States. For 10 points, name this country now headed by Nouri al-Maliki and Jalal Talabani that was recently led by Saddam Hussein.	Iraq	History
q5834_1	Four people were killed in this city's St. John's Regional Medical Center, which is now closed and scheduled for demolition.	{Joplin} Tornado Outbreak [prompt on {tornado} until mentioned]	Trash
q68_1	A sports team from this city defeated the Calgary Stampeders in the 2012 Grey Cup.	Toronto	Trash
q209_2	The head of the third largest bank in this country announced he had hidden 87 million Euros in loans from that bank. That announcement led to his arrest and the nationalization of that bank.	Republic of {Ireland}	Geography
q3332_4	Stomach acid consists mainly of a compound of hydrogen and this element. It is the second-lightest halogen, after fluorine, and at room temperature is a yellow-green gas. Compounds with it, carbon, hydrogen, and fluorine deplete the ozone layer and are called (*) CFCs. It is used in bleach as well as to disinfect swimming pools, and forms table salt along with sodium.	{Chlorine} or {Cl}	Science
q4480_3	A triangular patch of clouds that circulates this planet quickly is known as The Scooter. Its atmosphere contains the fastest winds in the solar system. Its existence was predicted by Alexis Bouvard, and it was discovered by Johann Galle.	Neptune	Science
q4875_4	This force is produced by moving charges, and its namesake field is measured in henrys. Its most common form breaks down at a point at which domains lose their alignment. This phenomenon's "electro" type may be caused by wrapping wire around a nail and running current through it. For 10 points, name this force whose "ferro" type is exhibited by cobalt, nickel, and iron and may be used to stick items to fridges.	{magnetism} [accept word forms such as {magnetic;} accept {electromagnetism} until "electro"]	Science
q4480_2	A triangular patch of clouds that circulates this planet quickly is known as The Scooter. Its atmosphere contains the fastest winds in the solar system.	Neptune	Science
q1654_1	This character interrupts a round of storytelling by attacking a stash of wine-skins.	{Don Quixote} de la Mancha	Literature
q2332_4	This woman allied with Walter White to push the failed Costigan-Wagner anti-lynching bill, but the President refused to publicly endorse it. She and Wendell Wilkie were the first honorary chairpersons of Freedom House. She arranged Marian Anderson's concert at the Lincoln Memorial. As a delegate to the UN from 1945-1952, she also helped draft the Declaration of Human Rights.	(Anna) Eleanor Roosevelt [prompt on \"Roosevelt\"]	History
q1546_1	He wrote his first novel, "This Can't Be Happening At Macdonald Hall" while still in seventh grade.	Gordon {Korman}	Literature
q1806_1	In this novel, some mice fabricate a question that a super-computer was attempting to formulate, but it was destroyed minutes before the end of its 10 million year program.	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	Literature
q265_2	Solving an example of this mathematical concept is equivalent to finding the intersection of hyperplanes in n-dimensional space. They can be represented by matrices and then solved using Cramer's rule.	system of {linear equations} [or system of simultaneous {linear equations;} prompt on \"system\"]	Science
q3390_4	The Diprotodon was the largest member of this taxonomic group known to exist, while its last big carnivore, the thylacine, went extinct in the Hobart Zoo. Burrowers in this infraclass, such as wombats, have a namesake feature opening to the rear. Its only North American species is the opossum. For 10 points, name this mammal group that gives birth to tiny young and rears them in an external pouch, as seen in the kangaroo.	{Marsupial} [or {Marsupialia}]	Science
q1555_4	This man is told by the ghost of his wife Creusa to leave for Hesperia after carrying his father Anchises (ann-KYE-sees) and son Ascanius out of a besieged city. He visits the underworld with the help of a golden bough, on the advice of the Cumaean Sibyl. He duels Turnus for the hand of Lavinia. After this son of Venus leaves Carthage, Dido kills herself.	Aeneas [prompt on The Aeneid]	Mythology
q297_3	When this figure was born, his mother Thetis (THEE-tiss) dipped him in the river Styx in an attempt to make him immortal. Agamemnon took Briseis (BRY-see-iss) from this figure, which caused him to refuse Agamemnon's commands to fight until his friend, Patroclus, died. As revenge for that death, this hero killed Hector.	Achilles [accept Achilleus]	Mythology
q2603_1	In this work, Quimbo and Sambo violently beat the protagonist and Eliza escapes over the Ohio River with her baby.	{Uncle Tom\'s Cabin;} or, {Life among} the {Lowly}	Trash
q1301_2	This composer wrote a Clarinet Concerto in A Major for Anton Stadler, and he also composed a flute and harp concerto. He composed twelve variations on a French song with identical melody to "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star."	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Fine Arts
q2386_1	This nation overthrew Albania's King Zog.	{Italy} [or {Italia}]	History
q5093_1	The uniform probability distribution takes this shape.	{rectangles} [do not accept or prompt on "square"]	Science
q4061_2	A revolution in this country was led by the Katipunan and was sparked by the execution of Jose Rizal. One of its presidents, Ferdinand Marcos, was blamed for the assassination of Benigno Aquino, whose widow Corazon became president.	Republic of the {Philippines}	History
q2330_3	This man's dog Argus dies atop a refuse heap. He reveals himself to a foot-washing maid, Eurycleia (“your-ee-CLAY-uh”). The Laestrygones (“LAY-strih-GOAN-ees”) destroy many ships belonging to his fleet, and he also visits the land of the lotos (“lotus”) -eaters. He kills his wife's suitors with the help of his son, Telemachus (“TELL-uh-MOCK-us”), then reunites with that wife, Penelope. For 10 points, an epic by Homer describes what man's twenty-year quest to get home after the Trojan War?	{Odysseus} [prompt on {Ulysses}]	Mythology
q10523_3	This university's women's soccer team has won 21 national championships, more than any other school in that sport. Its men's basketball team has featured players such as Ty Lawson and Tyler Hansbrough, behind whom it won the 2009 NCAA Championship. It is currently coached by Roy Williams.	{University} of {North Carolina} Chapel Hill [or {UNC}]	Trash
q724_1	At the beginning of this novel, the explorer Robert Walton watches a huge figure ride a sledge pulled by dogs across the Arctic Circle.	Frankenstein	Literature
q4074_3	This planet was mapped by the Magellan probe. This planet had a notable transition of the sun in 2004 and is scheduled to make another in 2012. When it appears, it is this brightest object in the night sky.	Venus	Science
q157_3	One author from this country wrote about a character named "You" who searches for the title location of the novel Soul Mountain. In another novel set in this nation, three friends swear allegiance to one another in the Oath of the Peach Garden. That novel, (*) Romance of the Three Kingdoms, is one of the Four Great Classics of this country.	People\'s Republic of {China}	Literature

q215_2

The northern part of this park contains the Hetch Hetchy Valley, which was controversially dammed against the advice of John Muir. Ansel Adams took black-and-white photographs of this park, including one of the moon over the granite formation called Half Dome.

Yosemite National Park

Geography

q2161_1

During this battle, Marshal Ney led a cavalry assault that was turned back by infantry squares on the road to Brussels.

Battle of {Waterloo}

History

q326_1

In one story by this author, General Lasalle's army saves the narrator from the Inquisition.

Edgar Allen {Poe}

Literature

q2150_1

Vast amounts of data concerning this body were gathered by the Clementine mission.

the {moon}

Science

q4292_2

One form of this concept is equal to the product of charge and voltage. For a spring, this quantity is given by one-half times the spring constant times the square of the distance from equilibrium.

{potential energy} [or {potential} energy after “energy”; prompt on energy]

Science

q7032_1

Franz Schubert's three symphonies in this key are nicknamed Tragic, Little, and Great.

{C major} [prompt on \"C\" before \"major key\" is mentioned; do not prompt on or accept \"c minor\"]

Fine Arts

q2634_2

Edouard (“ED-oo-ard”) Lalo wrote a violin concerto named after a symphony from this country. One composer from this country wrote a ballet that contains the Fire Dance and portrays Caramelo (“CAR-uh- MELL-oh”), called Love, The Magician.

{Spain}

Fine Arts

q3477_4

This planet's 700 kilometer-wide impact crater Rembrandt was discovered by the MESSENGER spacecraft orbiting it. Like the Moon, part of its surface is known as Weird Terrain; that part is opposite its largest crater, the Caloris Basin. It is the (*) smallest planet in our solar system, and this planet and Venus are the only two without moons. For 10 points, name this planet whose year is only 88 days long, the innermost planet.

Mercury

Science

q1268_2

This holiday commemorates the result of a trial before the Sanhedrin (san-HEE-drin), which was led by Caiaphas (KYE-uh-fuss). Some believe that trial took place the day before, leading them to begin observation of this holiday a day early.

{Good Friday} [or {Great Friday;} or {Holy Friday}]

Religion

q3072_2

A 2003 restoration of Verrochio's depiction of this figure revealed the sculptor's fingerprint. Bernini depicted this figure in combat with his armor at his feet, while a Donatello statue of him was the first freestanding nude male sculpture since antiquity.

David

Fine Arts

q2728_3

This god hung himself from Yggdrasil for nine days and nights in order to obtain the knowledge of runes. This owner of the spear Gungnir gives all his food to his wolves Geri and Freki and receives information about the world through his ravens Hugin and Munin. This husband of Frigg was known as the "Allfather" and will be killed at (*) Ragnarok by the wolf Fenrir.

Odin [accept Wodan, Wotan, or Wodinaz]

Mythology

q1069_4

This person declared we are "one people" during a run against Alan Keyes. A later campaign opponent of this person used Joe the Plumber to attack this person's policies and attempted to link this person to Bill Ayers. This person used the slogan "Yes We Can" and won the Nobel Peace Prize after less than a year in office. For 10 points, who is this successor of George W. Bush and current President of the United States?

Barack Hussein {Obama} II

History

q2149_3

This artist's statues of a dying slave and a horned Moses were to adorn the tomb of Julius II. His only signed work is one in which Mary holds the dead body of Jesus, entitled Pietá (“pee-AY-tuh”). One of his works depicts a nude giant killer holding a sling.

{Michelangelo} di Lodovico {Buonarroti} Simoni [accept either]

Fine Arts

q1555_2

This man is told by the ghost of his wife Creusa to leave for Hesperia after carrying his father Anchises (ann-KYE-sees) and son Ascanius out of a besieged city. He visits the underworld with the help of a golden bough, on the advice of the Cumaean Sibyl.

Aeneas [prompt on The Aeneid]

Mythology

q1582_2

Early in January 2010, copper miners working for Codelco in this nation ended a strike. The government of this country was criticized for utilizing the military to restore order, citing the oppression of former president Augusto Pinochet (“PIN-oh-shay”).

Republic of {Chile}

History

q2112_5

Seven laws that apply to non-Jews are named for this figure, whose nakedness was uncovered by one of his sons. An agreement this figure made with God is symbolized by the rainbow. He was the son of Lamekh (LAH-meck) and had three sons, Japheth (JAY-feth), Ham, and Shem. To confirm that one of his jobs was complete, he sent a dove to check for dry land. For 10 points, identify this Biblical character who took two animals of each kind in his ark.

{Noah} [or {Noakh;} accept {Noahide laws} before "nakedness"]

Religion

q2391_4

One character in this novel wins a ride in a biplane after her gooseberry pie beats that of Rupert Pennypacker. This book sees that same character throw a mouse into the Cowgill boys' milk because they blew up her outhouse. After a newsman tries to bring more people to her town, Grandma puts on a show with a corpse and a shotgun to make him leave. For 10 points, name this book about Joey and Mary Alice by Richard Peck.

A {Long Way} from {Chicago}

Literature

q337_1

This country had its Jews move to the Pale of Settlement.

Russian Empire

History

q1429_1

The first step in this process can be further broken down into leptotene, zygotene, and pachytene phases.

{meiosis} [do not accept or prompt on "mitosis"]

Science

q10272_2

In this film, a priest's rhotacism causes him to pronounce the word "marriage" incorrectly. One character lists two classic blunders, getting involved in a land war in Asia, and having a battle of wits with a Sicilian.

The Princess Bride

Trash

q1447_4

One of this deity's possessions is a ring that creates eight copies of itself every nine nights. This deity learned nine songs and eighteen runes after hanging from the world tree for nine days. Huginn (“HOO- ginn”) and Muninn (“MOO-ninn”) bring information from the various lands of this deity's pantheon to his throne. Fenrir (“FEN-reer”) will kill this deity at Ragnarok (“RAG-nuh-rock”).

Odin

Mythology

q1301_4

This composer wrote a Clarinet Concerto in A Major for Anton Stadler, and he also composed a flute and harp concerto. He composed twelve variations on a French song with identical melody to "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." He failed to complete his Requiem. His forty-first and last symphony is nicknamed Jupiter.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Fine Arts

q2443_2

4 times the infinite sum one, minus one third, plus one fifth, minus one seventh, et cetera, equals this number. It is approximately equal to 355/113, 333/106, and (*) 22/7.

pi

Science

q3251_3

Biot-Savart's Law gives the field of this type for a current carrying wire; the strength of that field is measured in Gausses and Teslas. There are para-, dia-, and ferro- forms of this phenomenon, the latter of which is expressed by metals such as nickel and iron. For 10 points, name this phenomenon whose field has both north and south poles, and which is often paired with electricity.

magnetism [or magnetic field]

Science

q3077_2

This author's book The Descent of Man was inspired by his encounter with natives of Tierra del Fuego (“tee-AIR-uh del FWAY-go”) when he voyaged with Robert Fitzroy on HMS Beagle. A group of finches with differing beaks were collected in the Galapagos by, for 10 points, what British scientist who proposed the theory of evolution in The Origin of Species?

Charles (Robert) {Darwin}

Science

q7479_3

This author wrote about "Irma's Injection" in his 1900 book The Interpretation of Dreams. "Anna O.," "Little Hans," and the "Wolf Man" were some of the patients who sought advice from his Vienna clinic. "Jokes and their Relation to the (*) Unconscious" is an essay by this man, whose "structural theory" proposed that the mind is divided into the id, the ego, and the superego.

(Sigismund Schlomo) Sigmund {Freud}

Social Science

q421_4

This author wrote about a country at war with Blefuscu; he also created the land of Glubbdrubdrib and a flying island, Laputa. One of his characters goes to a land with 72-feet-tall men. This author also suggested that the rich should eat poor Irish children in "A Modest Proposal." For 10 points, identify this British author who wrote of the title character's journey to Lilliput in Gulliver's Travels.

Jonathan Swift

Literature

q131_2

In January 2012, in this nation, a French TV reporter was killed while reporting from a progovernment rally in this nation's city of Homs. Unrest there was triggered by the arrest and torture of students in Dara'a, which was not quelled by offers of political reform by its president.

Syrian Arab Republic [or Al Jumhuriyah al Arabiyah as Suriyah]

History

q2236_1

One king of this name had his ministers Thomas Cromwell and Thomas More executed.

{Henry} [accept {Henry} VIIor {Henry} VIII]

History

q1797_1

This owner of a stuffed elephant named Ella Funt plays a black-nosed sheep in a Christmas play and dresses up as "the baddest witch in the world."

{Ramona} Geraldine {Quimby} [accept either]

Literature

q634_2

This mountain range is home to the threatened spectacled bear, and large silver mines were found near this range's city of Potosí. The farthest point on the surface from Earth's center is this range's Chimborazo.

the {Andes}

Geography

q1057_3

In one episode in this work, the narrator tries to convince adults that he is drawing a snake digesting an elephant, which they confuse with a hat. The title character of this novella lived on an asteroid the size of a house before catching a rose in a lie and becoming lonely. Its title character visits seven planets, the last of which is Earth.

The Little Prince [or Le Petit Prince]

Literature

q4678_2

When air resistance exactly counteracts this force, an object has reached terminal velocity. The escape velocity is the minimum speed needed to overcome the effects of this force.

{gravity} [or {gravitational} force]

Science

q1590_4

Two characters in this book later appear as the main characters of Many Waters. Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs.Which start this journey in this book.

A Wrinkle in Time

Literature

q833_3

This man designed railway stations in Santiago, Chile and Budapest, Hungary. He was jailed after being implicated in a failed Panama Canal project, for which he designed the locks. He designed the steel framework for the Statue of Liberty and a thousand-foot-tall structure for the 1889 World's Fair.

(Alexandre) Gustave {Eiffel}

Fine Arts

q4806_3

In 1983 this character was given a purple and green battle suit. This cancer survivor was fictionally the forty-third U.S. President. John Byrne rewrote this character as a white-collar criminal who runs a prominent aerospace company.

Alexander John {"Lex" Luthor}

Trash

q6496_3

This man almost lost his Senate seat in the 1998, surviving a challenge from future colleague John Ensign, and he is expected to have a tough re-election in 2010 against Sue Lowden or Danny Tarkanian. He commented that Barack Obama was “light-skinned” and “spoke with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted one.” For 10 points, name this senior Senator from Nevada, the current Senate Majority Leader.

Harry Mason {Reid}

History

q1709_1

During this war, Andrew Jackson defeated the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.

War of 1812

History

q1600_3

This actor appeared with his best-known co-star as Topper Harley in Hot Shots. Kathy Bates won an Emmy in 2012 for her role as the ghost of one of this actor's characters. That character played by this actor died after getting hit by a train and was replaced by (*) Walden Schmidt.

{Charlie Sheen} [or {Carlos Irwin Estevez;} prompt on {\"Sheen\"} or {\"Estevez\"}]

Trash

q3482_2

Two stars in this asterism, Mizar (“MEE-zar”) and Alcor (“AL-core”), have been called the Horse and Rider. Though the North Star is not in this asterism, one can find it by tracing a line from Merak (“MARE-ack”) and Dubhe (“DUB-he”), which make up one side of this asterism's title feature.

The {Big Dipper} [or {Plough} or {Drinking Gourd}]

Science

q1957_1

These objects contain columns called seracs and tubes called moulins.

glaciers

Science

q2663_2

This work includes the aria "Un bel di," describing a beautiful day when a ship will arrive with the singer's husband after three years away. Unfortunately, the consul Sharpless informs the title character that her husband has married Kate, an American worman.

Madame Butterfly [or Madama butterfly]

Fine Arts

q3307_5

The tangent function gives these numbers when its input is in the 2nd or 4th quadrant. Using these numbers as exponents is defined in terms of a reciprocal. The absolute value function changes them. Defining their square roots requires (*) imaginary numbers. Integers that are not natural numbers are either zero or one of these.

negative numbers

Science

q327_3

For boasting of an affair with this goddess, Anchises was struck lame by Zeus. She and Persephone were forced to each spend a third of the year with Adonis. This goddess arrived on the island of Cythera after being born from (*) sea foam, and she was trapped under a golden net with her lover Ares while she was married to Hephaestus.

Aphrodite [accept Venus until \"Hephaestus\" is mentioned]

Mythology

q1380_3

This man, along with Edwin Catmull, was credited as an executive producer of the original Toy Story movie, produced by Pixar Animation, which he renamed after purchasing it from George Lucas in 1986. From 2000 to 2011, he served as CEO of the computer company he co-founded with Steve Wozniak. For 10 points, identify this co-founder of Apple Computers who died in October 2011 from complications due to pancreatic cancer.

Steve Jobs

History

q2436_1

One work by this composer includes the sections "O Death, where is thy sting?" and "I know that my Redeemer liveth."

George Frideric Händel

Fine Arts

q903_1

In this war, naval forces under John Jellicoe (JELL-ih-koe) engaged forces under Reinhard Scheer (RINE-hard SHEER) during the Battle of Jutland.

{World War I} [or {First} World War; accept {Great War} before mentioned; prompt on World War]

Trash

q2125_1

This work opens with the title item given as a gift by Drosselmeyer; it is later broken by Fritz.

The {Nutcracker} [or {Shchelkunchik}]

Fine Arts

q1561_3

Otus and Ephialtes (“eff-ee-ALL-tees”) tried to capture this goddess, but ended up slaying each other after she transformed into a deer. She slew the daughters of Niobe (“ny-OH-bee”) in response to a slight against her mother. Actaeon (“ack-TAY-on”) caught a glimpse of this deity bathing, for which he was turned into a stag and mauled by his own dogs.

{Artemis}

Mythology

q612_1

Three of these creatures named Brontes (BRAWN-teez), Steropes (stair-OH-peez), and Arges (ARgeez) forged Zeus's lightning bolts and, after their creation, were locked in Tartarus by Uranus.

Cyclopes [or Cyclops]

Mythology

q3076_3

The announcement of this object's existence was hinted at by a shadow on invitations to an event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Disputes over strict quality control demands threatened production at the Foxconn facility that manufactures it. This device comes with EarPods and introduced the (*) Lightning connector, as well as a longer screen than its predecessor, the 4S.

{iPhone}

Trash

q1050_1

Anglican and Islamic versions of this action each include 100 steps.

{praying a rosary} [or {saying a rosary;} or obvious equivalents mentioning the {rosary}]

Religion

q2272_1

This structure was built on the orders of Walter Ulbricht (“ULL-bricked”), who termed it anti-Fascist.

{Berlin Wall} [accept {Berliner Mauer}]

History

q623_1

This nation's Diogo de Silves discovered the Azores.

Portugal

History

q321_1

In Boolean algebra, this property holds that a value multiplied by its inverse is equal to zero.

identity function [or identity property]

Science

q1752_1

These objects explained the Vine-Matthews hypothesis about the reversal of the Earth's magnetic field.

{tectonic plates} [or {plate tectonics}]

Science

q1069_2

This person declared we are "one people" during a run against Alan Keyes. A later campaign opponent of this person used Joe the Plumber to attack this person's policies and attempted to link this person to Bill Ayers.

Barack Hussein {Obama} II

History

q861_4

One folk hero from this nation killed policemen at Stringybark Creek; that man is "Ned" Kelly. One insurrection in this nation stripped William Bligh of his governorship; that insurrection is the Rum Rebellion. The "Stolen Generations" are children taken by the government of this nation from the Aborigines. For 10 points, identify this nation where Arthur Phillip established a penal colony for the British Empire.

Commonwealth of Australia

History

q5001_2

The U.S. Ambassador to this nation, Jon Huntsman, resigned effective April 2011. Human rights activists in this country, including the currently-jailed 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner, have signed Charter 08.

People's Republic of China [or PRC; or Zhongguo; or Zhonggua Renmin Gongheguo]

History

q951_1

This office is symbolized by gold and silver keys.

The {Pope} [or {Bishop of Rome;} or {Vicar of Jesus Christ;} or {Successor of the Prince of the Apostles;} or {Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church;} or {Primate of Italy;} or {Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province;} or {Sovereign of the State of Vatican City;} or {Servant of the Servants of God;} or {Pontifex Maximus;} or {Patriarch of the West;} prompt on His Holiness]

Religion

q672_2

In the Admirable Campaign, this man issued the Cartagena (CAR-tah-HAY-nuh) Manifesto and the Decree of War to the Death. This victor at the Battle of Boyaca (boy-YAH-cah) defeated the Spanish in the Battle of Carabobo, helping Venezuela achieve its independence.

Simón Bolívar

History

q1795_1

One senator from this state was the only one not to cast a vote on the December 24th Senate Health Care Bill.

Ohio

Trash

q327_2

For boasting of an affair with this goddess, Anchises was struck lame by Zeus. She and Persephone were forced to each spend a third of the year with Adonis.

Aphrodite [accept Venus until \"Hephaestus\" is mentioned]

Mythology

q781_4

This king was in power during the Affair of the Diamond Necklace. His advisor Maurepas appointed Turgot as finance minister, and he was later served by the author of the compte rendu, Jacques Necker. When his ministers were unable to raise enough revenue, this king was forced to call the (*) Estates-General. For 10 points, name this husband of Marie Antoinette deposed in the French Revolution.

Louis XVI [\"the 16th\"] of France

History

q2535_4

In one common lab demo, a balloon is shattered after being treated with nitrogen in this form. At room temperature and standard pressure, only bromine and mercury are in this phase. These substances are used to fill a tube in thermometers and barometers. They take the shape of their container, but do not expand to fill it, unlike gases.

liquid phase [or liquids]

Science

q3_2

The winning side of this battle had its main position at Henry House Hill. The losing side was led by General Irvin McDowell.

{First} Battle of {Bull Run} [or {First} Battle of {Manassas;} prompt on {Bull} Run; prompt on {Manassas}]

History

q1446_4

One of this work's title characters crashes a party in an attempt to win the love of Rosaline. At that party he meets the other title character, who is the cousin of Tybalt. At the end of this play, Prince Escalus pronounces peace in Verona between the two central families. For 10 points, name this play about the feud between the Montagues and Capulets, written by William Shakespeare.

Romeo and Juliet

Literature

q4010_4

In 1994 this band released their debut album, the Blue Album. One music video by them shows groups of people breaking Guinness World Records including Largest Game of Dodgeball and Largest Air Guitar Ensemble. Its lead singer is Rivers Cuomo. For 10 points, name this band whose songs include "Beverly Hills," "Troublemaker," and "Say it Ain't So."

Weezer

Trash

q1882_2

One of this man's works claims that "for destruction", the two title elements "would suffice." In addition to "Fire and Ice", he wrote a poem where the narrator has "miles to go before" he sleeps.

Robert Lee {Frost}

Literature

q1882_1

One of this man's works claims that "for destruction", the two title elements "would suffice."

Robert Lee {Frost}

Literature

q2027_1

The Antennae and The Mice are interacting examples of these objects, and Seyfert's Sextet are a group of them.

{galaxy}

Science

q1988_1

This dynasty ended after the rebellion of the peasant Li Zicheng.

{Ming} Dynasty [or Ming Chao]

History

q3127_1

The density of this quantity is equal to electrical field times conductivity.

{current} [or {I}]

Science

q165_1

An ideal blackbody is an object that absorbs all energy transferred by this process.

thermal {radiation} [or heat radiation]

Science

q743_4

This country underwent the 14 July Revolution in 1958 to eliminate its monarchy. A border dispute with Iran near the Shatt al-Arab led to hundreds of thousands of casualties in a 1980s war. In 1990, this country tried to annex (*) Kuwait but was stopped by a coalition headed by the United States. For 10 points, name this country now headed by Nouri al-Maliki and Jalal Talabani that was recently led by Saddam Hussein.

Iraq

History

q5834_1

Four people were killed in this city's St. John's Regional Medical Center, which is now closed and scheduled for demolition.

{Joplin} Tornado Outbreak [prompt on {tornado} until mentioned]

Trash

q68_1

A sports team from this city defeated the Calgary Stampeders in the 2012 Grey Cup.

Toronto

Trash

q209_2

The head of the third largest bank in this country announced he had hidden 87 million Euros in loans from that bank. That announcement led to his arrest and the nationalization of that bank.

Republic of {Ireland}

Geography

q3332_4

Stomach acid consists mainly of a compound of hydrogen and this element. It is the second-lightest halogen, after fluorine, and at room temperature is a yellow-green gas. Compounds with it, carbon, hydrogen, and fluorine deplete the ozone layer and are called (*) CFCs. It is used in bleach as well as to disinfect swimming pools, and forms table salt along with sodium.

{Chlorine} or {Cl}

Science

q4480_3

A triangular patch of clouds that circulates this planet quickly is known as The Scooter. Its atmosphere contains the fastest winds in the solar system. Its existence was predicted by Alexis Bouvard, and it was discovered by Johann Galle.

Neptune

Science

q4875_4

This force is produced by moving charges, and its namesake field is measured in henrys. Its most common form breaks down at a point at which domains lose their alignment. This phenomenon's "electro" type may be caused by wrapping wire around a nail and running current through it. For 10 points, name this force whose "ferro" type is exhibited by cobalt, nickel, and iron and may be used to stick items to fridges.

{magnetism} [accept word forms such as {magnetic;} accept {electromagnetism} until "electro"]

Science

q4480_2

A triangular patch of clouds that circulates this planet quickly is known as The Scooter. Its atmosphere contains the fastest winds in the solar system.

Neptune

Science

q1654_1

This character interrupts a round of storytelling by attacking a stash of wine-skins.

{Don Quixote} de la Mancha

Literature

q2332_4

This woman allied with Walter White to push the failed Costigan-Wagner anti-lynching bill, but the President refused to publicly endorse it. She and Wendell Wilkie were the first honorary chairpersons of Freedom House. She arranged Marian Anderson's concert at the Lincoln Memorial. As a delegate to the UN from 1945-1952, she also helped draft the Declaration of Human Rights.

(Anna) Eleanor Roosevelt [prompt on \"Roosevelt\"]

History

q1546_1

He wrote his first novel, "This Can't Be Happening At Macdonald Hall" while still in seventh grade.

Gordon {Korman}

Literature

q1806_1

In this novel, some mice fabricate a question that a super-computer was attempting to formulate, but it was destroyed minutes before the end of its 10 million year program.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Literature

q265_2

Solving an example of this mathematical concept is equivalent to finding the intersection of hyperplanes in n-dimensional space. They can be represented by matrices and then solved using Cramer's rule.

system of {linear equations} [or system of simultaneous {linear equations;} prompt on \"system\"]

Science

q3390_4

The Diprotodon was the largest member of this taxonomic group known to exist, while its last big carnivore, the thylacine, went extinct in the Hobart Zoo. Burrowers in this infraclass, such as wombats, have a namesake feature opening to the rear. Its only North American species is the opossum. For 10 points, name this mammal group that gives birth to tiny young and rears them in an external pouch, as seen in the kangaroo.

{Marsupial} [or {Marsupialia}]

Science

q1555_4

This man is told by the ghost of his wife Creusa to leave for Hesperia after carrying his father Anchises (ann-KYE-sees) and son Ascanius out of a besieged city. He visits the underworld with the help of a golden bough, on the advice of the Cumaean Sibyl. He duels Turnus for the hand of Lavinia. After this son of Venus leaves Carthage, Dido kills herself.

Aeneas [prompt on The Aeneid]

Mythology

q297_3

When this figure was born, his mother Thetis (THEE-tiss) dipped him in the river Styx in an attempt to make him immortal. Agamemnon took Briseis (BRY-see-iss) from this figure, which caused him to refuse Agamemnon's commands to fight until his friend, Patroclus, died. As revenge for that death, this hero killed Hector.

Achilles [accept Achilleus]

Mythology

q2603_1

In this work, Quimbo and Sambo violently beat the protagonist and Eliza escapes over the Ohio River with her baby.

{Uncle Tom\'s Cabin;} or, {Life among} the {Lowly}

Trash

q1301_2

This composer wrote a Clarinet Concerto in A Major for Anton Stadler, and he also composed a flute and harp concerto. He composed twelve variations on a French song with identical melody to "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star."

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Fine Arts

q2386_1

This nation overthrew Albania's King Zog.

{Italy} [or {Italia}]

History

q5093_1

The uniform probability distribution takes this shape.

{rectangles} [do not accept or prompt on "square"]

Science

q4061_2

A revolution in this country was led by the Katipunan and was sparked by the execution of Jose Rizal. One of its presidents, Ferdinand Marcos, was blamed for the assassination of Benigno Aquino, whose widow Corazon became president.

Republic of the {Philippines}

History

q2330_3

This man's dog Argus dies atop a refuse heap. He reveals himself to a foot-washing maid, Eurycleia (“your-ee-CLAY-uh”). The Laestrygones (“LAY-strih-GOAN-ees”) destroy many ships belonging to his fleet, and he also visits the land of the lotos (“lotus”) -eaters. He kills his wife's suitors with the help of his son, Telemachus (“TELL-uh-MOCK-us”), then reunites with that wife, Penelope. For 10 points, an epic by Homer describes what man's twenty-year quest to get home after the Trojan War?

{Odysseus} [prompt on {Ulysses}]

Mythology

q10523_3

This university's women's soccer team has won 21 national championships, more than any other school in that sport. Its men's basketball team has featured players such as Ty Lawson and Tyler Hansbrough, behind whom it won the 2009 NCAA Championship. It is currently coached by Roy Williams.

{University} of {North Carolina} Chapel Hill [or {UNC}]

Trash

q724_1

At the beginning of this novel, the explorer Robert Walton watches a huge figure ride a sledge pulled by dogs across the Arctic Circle.

Frankenstein

Literature

q4074_3

This planet was mapped by the Magellan probe. This planet had a notable transition of the sun in 2004 and is scheduled to make another in 2012. When it appears, it is this brightest object in the night sky.

Venus

Science

q157_3

One author from this country wrote about a character named "You" who searches for the title location of the novel Soul Mountain. In another novel set in this nation, three friends swear allegiance to one another in the Oath of the Peach Garden. That novel, (*) Romance of the Three Kingdoms, is one of the Four Great Classics of this country.

People\'s Republic of {China}

Literature