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q3809_2 | The singer of this song states "Watergate does not bother me" before asking "does your conscience bother you?". This song, which had its guitar line sampled by Kid Rock in "All Summer Long", refers to the title location as a place "where the skies are so blue". | "Sweet Home Alabama" | Trash |
q2742_1 | Most stories hold that this deity, not Athena, blinded the prophet Tiresias (TYE-ree-see-uhs). | Hera | Mythology |
q2391_3 | 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. | A {Long Way} from {Chicago} | Literature |
q1262_3 | This native of Tarsus undertook several missionary trips to western areas like Asia Minor and Syria. This author of two epistles to the Corinthians (“core-IN-thee-uns”) and one to the Romans advocated the persecution of Jews who accepted Jesus, until he had a life-altering vision on the road to Damascus. For 10 points, identify this Catholic saint born with the name Saul. | St. {Paul} the Apostle [accept {Saul} until mentioned] | Religion |
q1602_1 | One character in this short story works at Maw and Meggins. | "The Monkey's Paw" | Literature |
q589_2 | This substance forms in the Bergeron process, in which vapor pressure drops as crystals grow. It can be produced by the lake effect, and it always stays below (*) freezing, unlike sleet, which melts and refreezes as it falls. | {snowflakes} [prompt on \"precipitation\"] | Science |
q1418_3 | This man's ship was saved from destruction after Orpheus used his lyre to drown out the Sirens' singing. This man plowed a field with bronze, fire-breathing bulls and then sowed the teeth of a dragon into that field in order to retrieve an item that was made from the (*) ram that saved Phrixus and Helle. For 10 points, name this lover of Medea who led the Argonauts in the quest for the Golden Fleece. | Jason [or {Iason}] | Mythology |
q1819_2 | In this story, a boy boards a train "wrapped in an apron of steam," and, nearing his destination, sees the lights of the city as "lights of an ocean liner sailing on a frozen sea." Upon arrival, he receives a gift of his choosing, which he later loses through a hole in his pocket. | The Polar Express | Literature |
q746_2 | This man's reign began with the Streltsy (SHTRELT-zee) Revolt instigated by his half-sister, Sophia. He passed a law which required all men to either cut their beards or pay a tax. | {Peter I} [accept {Peter the Great;} prompt on {Peter}] | History |
q2386_5 | This nation overthrew Albania's King Zog. A major event in the unification of this nation was the Expedition of the Thousand, and its first king after unification was Victor Emanuel II. In 1935 this nation invaded Ethiopia. One of its leaders was called Il Duce, and along with Germany, it was one of Europe's major Axis powers. For 10 points, name this European country that was ruled by fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. | {Italy} [or {Italia}] | History |
q1913_1 | Wang Mang briefly replaced this dynasty with his Xin (SHIN) dynasty, separating this dynasty into "Western" and "Eastern" periods. | {Han} Dynasty | History |
q544_5 | This leader's half-brother is believed to be a drug trafficker, but serves as the chief of a provincial council. This leader was originally put in power by a loya jirga (LOY-uh JER-guh). In October 2010, this man admitted to receiving bags of cash from Iran. In 2010, he stormed out of a meeting with David Petraeus and was accused of holding a rigged election against Abdullah Abdullah. For 10 points, name this leader of Afghanistan. | Hamid {Karzai} [or Hamid Karzay] | Trash |
q2511_4 | During one of these events, what is observed is based on the viewer's location relative to the path of totality. Viewers of them might see the annulus or corona, if they are standing in the antiumbra. Viewers standing in the penumbra will see a partial form, while during a total one, the corona may be seen. For 10 points, name this event in which the moon appears to block out the sun. | {solar eclipse} [prompt on eclipse] | Science |
q7333_2 | Most Semitic, Germanic, and Romance languages have a preterite (“PREH-tur-it”) form of this tense. In Spanish, the “imperfect” form of this tense conjugates –ar (“A-R”) verbs to include the stem –aba (“A- B-A”). In French, the “compound” version requires an auxiliary verb, either avoir (“ah-VOIR”) or être (“ET-ruh”). In English, this tense is typically indicated by adding –ed (“E-D”) to the end of verbs. | {past} tense | Social Science |
q318_3 | One author from this country wrote about Bam and Maureen Smales escaping civil war in July's People. Another author from this country wrote about the murder of Arthur Jarvis by Absalom Kumalo. It is the home of Nadine Gordimer and the author of Cry the Beloved Country, Alan Paton. | {Republic} of {South Africa} [accept Union of {South Africa;} accept {RSA}] | Literature |
q1814_4 | This man was the first to state that the color of light was determined by light's interaction with other objects. This man was the first to coin the term "Action at a Distance." His second law states that force is equal to the time derivative of momentum, or F equals m a. For 10 points, name this man who derived three laws of motion and apocryphally discovered gravity when an apple fell on his head. | Isaac Newton | Science |
q1249_1 | One of this man's short stories talks about how the reverend Mr. Hooper refuses to remove the titular cloth from his face. | Nathaniel Hawthorne | Literature |
q60_4 | This country was officially recognized in the Lateran Treaties of 1929. It has extraterritorial authority over Castel Gandolfo. Places of interest in this country include the Sistine Chapel and Saint Peter's Square and Basilica. Voting in this country is restricted to Cardinals under eighty years old. | State of the {Vatican City} [accept {Holy See;} accept {Santa Sede;} accept {Stato della Citta} del {Vaticano}] | Geography |
q337_4 | This country had its Jews move to the Pale of Settlement. Prince Bagration died during an invasion of this country at the Battle of Borodino. Prince Potemkin had a close relationship with its Catherine the Great. The largest member of the Commonwealth of Independent States is this country, which was led during the 1990s by (*) Boris Yeltsin. | Russian Empire | History |
q2525_4 | This building was constructed with help from Hiram (HYE-ruhm), King of Tyre ("TIRE"). It contained two large pillars named Jachin (JAH-hin) and Boaz. It was ostensibly built on Mount Moriah, which is now home to the Dome of the Rock. This building housed the Ark of the Covenant. | {temple of Jerusalem} [accept temple of Solomon before "Dome of the Rock;" prompt on temple] | Religion |
q21_3 | The highest point in this nation is Jebel Toubkal, and foreign enclaves surrounded by this nation include Melilla (meh-LEE-yah) and Ceuta (say-OO-tah). Its cities include Safi and Marrakech, and this country is home to the western terminus of the Atlas Mountains. It is north of the disputed Western Sahara and south of the Strait of Gibraltar. | Kingdom of {Morocco} [or {Al Mamlakah al Maghribiyah}] | Geography |
q1386_3 | This figure lost his first wife after she bounced so high she hit her head on the moon. He won a wrestling match with the Bear Lake Monster and wore a rattlesnake necktie. This figure was raised by coyotes until the age of fifteen and attempted to ride a tornado like a horse, creating Death Valley when he finally fell off. | {Pecos Bill} [prompt on Bill] | Mythology |
q1100_4 | Great White Spots are frequent storms on this planet. Its moons include Iapetus, Rhea, Enceladus, and the only known one to have an atmosphere. This planet is less dense than water. The Cassini Division is located in its extensive ring system. | Saturn | Science |
q2475_3 | This state of matter is the initial and final phase in regelation, and it is to the left of the triple point on phase diagrams. This starting point for sublimation is the most common state for elements at room temperature and pressure. One type of it is amorphous, though it generally is characterized by an orderly pattern on molecules. | solids | Science |
q1518_5 | This city is where Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man works at the Liberty Paint Company. George Selden wrote about a cricket in one of this city's major public spaces. The Great Gatsby takes place in this city where Percy Jackson visits the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This city is where Stuart Little races boats in Central Park. For 10 points, name this city in which the Harlem Renaissance took place. | New York City | Literature |
q2899_4 | Antenaresis, or Euclid's method, can be used to find this value given any two numbers. It can be also be found by multiplying two numbers and dividing by their least common multiple. For numbers which are relatively prime, this value is one. For 10 points, give the mathematical name for the largest number by which two or more numbers are evenly divisible. | {greatest common factor} [or {GCF;} or {highest common factor;} or {greatest common divisor;} or {highest common divisor;} do not accept "least common denominator"] | Science |
q15074_2 | The fourth chapter in this collection of adventures features a sensible Badger attempting to curb the reckless behavior of a fellow Wild Wood citizen. That effort fails, causing the Badger to put the citizen under house arrest. | The Wind in the Willows | Literature |
q1471_2 | This state was the only one to vote against Richard Nixon in the 1972 general election. In 2010, its Attorney General, Martha Coakley, lost in the race to fill a vacant Senate seat. | Commonwealth of {Massachusetts} | History |
q1778_2 | One justification of this act is Paul's visit to Ephesus in the Acts of the Apostles. This act involves asking the Holy Ghost to "send forth upon them thy sevenfold Spirit the Holy Paraclete (PAIR-uh- CLEET)." | {Confirmation} [accept word forms such as {Confirming}] | Religion |
q4783_3 | The first Supreme Court case to deal with this doctrine was Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, which dealt with the question of whether it should be viewed as reverse discrimination. Although it also covers jobs and promotions, for 10 points, what doctrine is most controversial for its attempts to provide members of disadvantaged groups enhanced opportunities for admission to educational institutions? | affirmative action | Social Science |
q422_1 | In one of this composer's ballets, a castle is hidden by vines for 100 years until Prince Desire kisses Princess Aurora. | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky [or Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky] | Fine Arts |
q1981_4 | This modern state's panhandle was crossed by the Cimarron Cutoff, a branch of the Santa Fe Trail. A city in this state is called "Broken Arrow" because it was settled by Creek people, while part of this state was known as the "Indian Territory." White settlers who anticipated an 1889 decision to open its lands to homesteaders gave this state its nickname: the Sooner State. For 10 points, Tulsa is located in what state between Texas and Kansas? | Oklahoma | History |
q1522_4 | Euler characteristic of platonic solids have this value. This integer times pi gives the number of radians in the unit circle. Truth tables can evaluate to this many outputs. This value expressed in binary is 10 (ONE ZERO). | 2 | Science |
q192_1 | This city was named after the Pottawatomie (POT-ah-WAH-tah-mee) for either "smelly onion place" or "skunk." | Chicago | Geography |
q2272_2 | This structure was built on the orders of Walter Ulbricht (“ULL-bricked”), who termed it anti-Fascist. It divided the Potsdamer Platz (“POTTS-dah-mer PLOTS”), and its best-known crossing was at Checkpoint Charlie. | {Berlin Wall} [accept {Berliner Mauer}] | History |
q731_1 | Gaussian elimination can reduce these mathematical entities into row echelon form. | matrix [or matrices] | Science |
q273_4 | A PowerPoint presentation released by this organization details how Bank of America plans to attack it. One portion of this organization is run by the Sunshine Press. In November 2010, a Fox News host called it a "terrorist organization" after it published U.S. State Department diplomatic cables. For 10 points, identify this organization whose main spokesperson, Julian Assange (AH-sange), was arrested in December 2010. | WikiLeaks | Trash |
q194_2 | After this god's son brought Hippolytus back to life, Asclepius was killed by Zeus. Along with his sister, he killed Niobe's seven sons. | Apollo | Mythology |
q5215_3 | These phenomena are counted using the Wolf number, and butterfly diagrams show the concentration of these regions in latitude bands. Coronal loops and mass ejections generally originate from these regions. Though they are not eclipses, they possess an umbra and penumbra. | {sunspots} | Science |
q2307_3 | He wrote that "This is the way the world ends/Not with a bang but a whimper" in his poem "The Hollow Men." He also wrote the collection "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats." The phrase "the women come and go/Talking of Michelangelo" appears in his "The (*) Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." | T(homas) S(tearns) {Eliot} | Literature |
q1749_1 | Amendments affecting this branch of government include the Twelfth and Twenty-second. | {executive branch} | History |
q3364_2 | The Andean type of these entities occurs beneath a continental plate, and it is at these sites that about 20% of Earth's crust has been consumed. This antithesis (“an-TITH-uh-sis”) of the mid-oceanic ridge is usually typified by lines of volcanoes running parallel near an oceanic trench. | {subduction} zone | Science |
q7369_3 | The oldest person to hold this position was Roger Taney (TAW-nee). This office serves as Chancellor of the Smithsonian, and also presides over Presidential impeachment trials. It was held by Charles Evans Hughes, John Marshall, and Earl Warren, the latter of whom wrote an opinion that mandated the so-called “Miranda Rights”. | {Chief Justice} of the Supreme Court | History |
q3346_4 | This instrument descended from the chalumeau (“SHAL-oo-mow”). An improvised solo by one of these instruments opens George Gershwin's Rhapsody In Blue. Famously played by Benny Goodman, this instrument also comes in bass and contrabass varieties, and high notes on this instrument require the register key. For 10 points, name this woodwind instrument tuned in B flat, which plays lower notes than the flute. | {clarinet} | Fine Arts |
q4843_1 | In this scientist's book Opticks, he discussed his experiments with the dispersion of light, including breaking white light into its constituent colors using a prism. | Isaac Newton | Science |
q4657_1 | The "abstract" form of this branch of mathematics concerns rings and fields, while the "linear" form concerns matrices. | algebra | Science |
q6101_1 | This artist of The Bridge Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors, Even drew a mustache and goatee on a Mona Lisa in L.H.O.O.Q. | Marcel Duchamp | Fine Arts |
q4442_2 | One of Maxwell's equations describes how this physical quantity produces a magnetic field. A diode allows it to flow in only one direction. | electric current [accept direct current; prompt on \"DC\"] | Science |
q9518_4 | One copy of this document was sent to the Cinque [sink] ports. It notably banned the use of fish-weir traps, and Innocent III tried to make it void after one of its signers repented to him. This agreement created a council of 25 barons, who fought a war after the loser of the Battle of Bouvines failed to follow it. (*) For 10 points, name this document which established habeas corpus, a charter signed at Runnymede by John of England. | {Magna Carta} Libertatum [or {Great Charter} of {Liberties;} prompt on Runnymede {Charter}] | History |
q3833_1 | This man wrote about an animal who steals from the farmers Boggis, Bunce and Bean in The Fantastic Mister Fox. | Roald {Dahl} | Literature |
q470_2 | The number of positive real roots of a polynomial can be found by this man's Rule of Signs. His philosophical works include the Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy. | Rene {Descartes} [accept {Descartes' Rule of Signs} before "Rule"] | Philosophy |
q1363_1 | In this author's final novel, the illegitimate son Pavel Smerdyakov [SMARED-yak-ov] works as a servant in his father's house; the title characters of that work are Dmitri, Ivan, and Alyosha. | Fyodor Dostoyevsky | Literature |
q132_2 | Pablo Neruda wrote several "Elementary" poems of this type to common objects. One type of this poetic form contains three stanzas, the first two of which are the strophe (STRO-fee) and antistrophe (ann-TISS-tro-fee). | ode | Literature |
q544_4 | This leader's half-brother is believed to be a drug trafficker, but serves as the chief of a provincial council. This leader was originally put in power by a loya jirga (LOY-uh JER-guh). In October 2010, this man admitted to receiving bags of cash from Iran. In 2010, he stormed out of a meeting with David Petraeus and was accused of holding a rigged election against Abdullah Abdullah. | Hamid {Karzai} [or Hamid Karzay] | Trash |
q7369_1 | The oldest person to hold this position was Roger Taney (TAW-nee). | {Chief Justice} of the Supreme Court | History |
q3510_3 | n one episode of this show, Parasprites invade the central location. Another episode sees a dragon threaten the health of the town with smoke from its snoring. In another episode, Spike mocks a certain purple unicorn's inability to assist during Winter Wrap-Up. | {My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic} [or {MLP: FiM;} prompt on My Little Pony; prompt on Friendship is Magic] | Trash |
q2229_2 | These figures sent the dragon Campe to guard their more monstrous brothers in Tartarus. After losing a war in which he led these gods, Atlas was forced to lift the sky on his shoulders. | Titans | Mythology |
q787_2 | Some of this company's products use the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine and the Gecko rendering engine. This free software company grew out of Netscape and produces an email client called Thunderbird. | Mozilla | Trash |
q2164_3 | The sum of the infinite sequence whose terms are the reciprocals of these numbers equals pi squared over 6. The sum of the first n of these is n times n+1 times 2n+1 over 6, while the sum of the first n positive odd numbers is the nth of these. The difference between two of these numbers can be factored as (*) a+b times ab. | ({perfect}) {square numbers} or {perfect squares} [accept {n squared} or similar answers; accept {n} to the {second power} or {n} to the {power} of {2}] | Science |
q2330_2 | 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. | {Odysseus} [prompt on {Ulysses}] | Mythology |
q1061_4 | This country was ruled by Fulgencio (“fool-HEN-see-oh”) Batista, who was deposed in 1959. It was the site of the Rough Riders' victory at San Juan Hill. The only U.S. territory on this island is a naval base at Guantanamo (“GWAHN-TAHN-uh-mo”) Bay. Soviet missiles discovered here in 1962 led to a namesake “crisis.” | Republic of {Cuba} [or Republica de {Cuba}] | History |
q2294_2 | While president of the Estates-General (es-TAHTS zhay-nay-RAHL), this man presented the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen to Louis XVI. He refused to become dictator after the 1830 July Revolution. | Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de {Lafayette} | History |
q5079_4 | Before he was born, his parents learned that he was not to touch a dead body, and he was to abstain from strong drink. He was involved with a Timnite woman and a harlot before meeting the woman that would betray him. He died during the collapse of a temple to Dagon (“DAY-gon”), but by destroying it, he got his revenge on the Philistines. For 10 points, name this lover of Delilah who lost his power after his hair was cut. | {Samson} | Religion |
q838_2 | This modern-day country gained its independence with the Tydings-McDuffie Act. In World War II, the Battle of Bataan was fought over this land, and an American loss at that battle prompted Douglas MacArthur to say, “I Shall Return.” | Republic of the {Philippines} | History |
q2246_2 | This process's namesake constant is used in Fick's Law and an explanation of Brownian motion. This process is used during respiration to get oxygen into blood, and it then replaces that oxygen with carbon dioxide. | diffusion | Science |
q1868_1 | In order to destroy the Hogyoku and defeat Aizen, this show's main character unleashes the final Getsuga Tensho. | Bleach | Trash |
q4868_1 | In conics, if this value is less than 0, a circle or ellipse forms. | discriminant | Science |
q10523_2 | 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. | {University} of {North Carolina} Chapel Hill [or {UNC}] | Trash |
q4926_3 | Cushion plants are found in the alpine form of this biome, which is also home to marmots, pikas, and chinchillas. The point at which this biome meets taiga is known as the treeline. Flora in this biome consists of lichens (LYE-kens) and mosses. | tundra | Science |
q2164_2 | The sum of the infinite sequence whose terms are the reciprocals of these numbers equals pi squared over 6. The sum of the first n of these is n times n+1 times 2n+1 over 6, while the sum of the first n positive odd numbers is the nth of these. | ({perfect}) {square numbers} or {perfect squares} [accept {n squared} or similar answers; accept {n} to the {second power} or {n} to the {power} of {2}] | Science |
q2150_5 | Vast amounts of data concerning this body were gathered by the Clementine mission. Rilles are faults found on the surface of this body. The Tycho Crater and Montes Pyrenaeus (MON-tays pee-reh-NAYuss) are found here. Its movement is calculated using sidereal and synodic periods. This body's surface contains several maria (MAH-ree-ah), including the Sea of Tranquility. | the {moon} | Science |
q648_3 | This nation's Bay of Plenty is the home of a sphenodont (SFEE-noh-dahnt) reptile called the tuatara. Its regions include Otago and Canterbury, whose chief city, Christchurch, was the site of a 2011 earthquake. The Cook Strait, which divides its North and South Islands, is the site of its capital, Wellington. | {New Zealand} | Geography |
q1407_3 | Two brothers of this surname discovered piezoelectricity and a namesake point at which ferromagnetic materials become paramagnetic. One of those brothers explored the properties of the ore pitchblende with his wife. That wife later won a second Nobel Prize for her work isolating radium, and named the element polonium after her native country. | Curie [accept Pierre Curie; accept Marie Skłodowska Curie; accept (Paul-) Jacques Curie] | Science |
q4556_4 | One figure involved in this event is drunk with the blood of saints. During it, seven vials are poured by seven angels in order to wreak havoc. It is set to take place on the Hill of Megiddo. Death, Famine, War, and Pestilence are the “Four Horsemen” of this event. | {Apocalypse} [accept {Armageddon}] | Religion |
q304_3 | This geographical feature has its lowest point at Bentley Trench. A lake here lies under Vostok Station. Mt. | Antarctica | Geography |
q712_3 | The European cuckoo is a brood example of this type of bird, and mistletoe is a common plant of this type. Trypanosomes (trih-PAN-oh-soams), which cause sleeping sickness, are one of many protist species of this type, and the blood fluke is this kind of worm that uses a snail as an intermediate host. For 10 points, name these organisms, like ticks and tapeworms, that feed in or on the body of another organism, harming it in the process. | parasite [or parasitic] | Science |
q186_2 | This macromolecule (“MACK-row-MOLL-eh-kyool”) can be artificially copied using the polymerase (“puh-LIM-er-ase”) chain reaction. Okazaki fragments can form on its lagging strand during its replication. | {DNA} [or {deoxyribonucleic} (“ dee-OX-ee-RYE-bo-nu-CLAY-ic ”) {acid}] | Science |
q2045_3 | Factors of 1 plus this value all to the nth power appear in both the numerator and denominator of the amortization formula. Dividing a final value by the nth power of one plus this quantity yields present value. Factors of one plus this quantity to the nth power and one plus n times this quantity, when multiplied by a (*) principal value, represent its compound and simple types. | {interest} rate [accept {simple interest} rate or {compound interest} rate] | Science |
q39_2 | The Isthmus of Tehuantepec (teh-WAHN-tuh-peck) is located in this nation, whose capital is overlooked by twin volcanoes called "Izta" and "Popo." States in this country include Michoacan (mee- SHOW-ah-kahn) , Veracruz, and the home of the Zapotec (ZAP-oh-tek) people, Oaxaca (wah-HAH-kah). | Mexico [or United Mexican States; or Estados Unidos Mexicanos] | Geography |
q1392_1 | In 1969, this man seized power in a bloodless coup by overthrowing King Idris (EE-dreese). | Muammar al-{Gaddafi} [or Muammar al-Qaddafi; or various other transliterations (accept anything pronounced close to "gah-DAH-fee" or "kah-DAH-fee")] | History |
q1465_1 | In this novel, Bonnie Blue dies while trying to jump a fence with her horse. | {Gone With the Wind} | Literature |
q2210_2 | The difference quotient calculates this value for a secant, and the derivative is this for a tangent line. The product of these quantities for perpendicular lines is negative one. | slope | Science |
q4126_2 | After having much of his legislation overturned by the Supreme Court, this leader proposed his court packing plan. The Tennessee Valley Authority was one piece of New Deal legislation that was not overturned by the Court. | {Franklin} Delano {Roosevelt} [accept {FDR}; prompt on {Roosevelt}] | History |
q294_3 | This state's ski resort of Lake Placid, the site of the 1980 Winter Olympics, and its highest point, Mount Marcy, are both located in the Adirondack Mountains. In the 19th century, its growth was aided by the Erie Canal, which brought settlers west from the Hudson River valley. This state's largest city is composed of five boroughs, including Staten Island, Queens, and the Bronx. | New York | Geography |
q2345_2 | Matthew, Chapter 28 notes that Jesus commanded his followers to "go therefore and make disciples of all nations" by performing this action. Seventh-day Adventists reserve this practice for adults, though in most Christian denominations it is primarily for infants. | {baptism} [or word forms such as {baptize;} prompt on descriptions of {baptism}] | Religion |
q4858_2 | This dynasty inherited portions of the Netherlands after the death of the Burgundian monarch Charles the Bold at the Battle of Nancy. One ruler of this family won the Battle of Pavia and captured Francis I of France in the process; that ruler was Charles V. | House of {Hapsburg} [or {Habsburgs}] | History |
q1749_4 | Amendments affecting this branch of government include the Twelfth and Twenty-second. One member of this entity is granted the “power to grant reprieves and pardons.” The most recent addition to this entity is the Department of Homeland Security. It was set up by Article II of the Constitution. | {executive branch} | History |
q257_3 | The Ghawar (gah-WAHR) oil field is located in this nation, whose flag contains an image of a white sword on a green field. During Operation Desert Shield, American troops defended this country, angering radical Muslims like Osama bin Laden, who was born in this country. A desert called the Empty Quarter covers its borders with Oman and the UAE. | Saudi Arabia | Geography |
q323_3 | Lee Deforest is considered one of the inventors of this technique in the early 1900s when he was working on space telegraphy. This form of radio communication involves the transmission of sinusoidal waves that have varying strength over time. Most early commercial radios used this technique due to its simplicity. | {amplitude modulation} or {AM radio} [prompt on \"radio\" or similar answers] | Science |
q1208_2 | Martin Luther wrote that people should let these be strong, but that their trust in Christ should be stronger. They can be divided into types of commission and omission, and they can be classified as grave or (*) mortal if they have serious matter, full knowledge, and full consent. | sins | Religion |
q4132_3 | The French equivalent to costing "an arm and a leg" is the cost of these body parts. In Latin, this word translates as "oculus," while the Greek translation, "ophthalmos," gives the terms "ophthalmologist" and "optometrist" for doctors of these body parts. "Les yeux" in French and "los ojos" in Spanish identify, for 10 points, what body parts that you can idiomatically have "four" of if you wear glasses? | eyes | Science |
q2011_3 | This novel's protagonist wants to become the fastest runner in the fifth grade, but that plan is spoiled by the girl who moves in next door. While this book's protagonist visits the National Art Gallery with his music teacher, that girl tries to (*) swing over the creek, but the rope snaps and she dies. For 10 points, Jess Aarons and Leslie Burke discover a magical land in what book by Katherine Paterson? | Bridge to Terabithia | Literature |
q1311_2 | This novel's main character is falsely accused of stealing a baseball player's shoes from a charity auction. That character's ancestor Elya tried to marry Myra Menke, but in doing so wronged Madame Zeroni. | Holes | Literature |
q271_4 | The Ebro (AY-bro) Valley is in this nation that owns the Balearic (BAH-lee-AH-rick) Islands and the Canary Islands. The southwest slope of the Pyrenees is in this country, which was unified by a 15th century marriage between rulers of Aragon and Castile. Tourists visit the Costa Brava in its region of Catalonia, which also contains Barcelona. For 10 points, the Iberian Peninsula is shared by Portugal and what nation whose capital is Madrid? | Kingdom of {Spain} [or Reino de {Espana}] | Geography |
q2822_3 | Composers from this nation include the minimalist creator of Imaginary Landscape No. 4 and Four Minutes Thirty-Three Seconds. Adagio for Strings is an orchestral work from this country. This home of composers John Cage and Samuel Barber is the setting for the ballets Rodeo (roh-DAY-oh) and Billy the Kid by Aaron Copland. | {United States of America} [or {U.S.A.;} or {America;} or other answers that obviously refer to the country in which this tournament is taking place] | Fine Arts |
q232_4 | This musician sang duets like "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" with Ella Fitzgerald and recorded albums with his "Hot Five" and "Hot Seven" bands. He sang "It's so nice to have you back where you belong" in one song, and described "Bright blessed days" and "dark sacred nights" in another song. (*) For 10 points, what jazz trumpeter, nicknamed "Satchmo" sang "Hello, Dolly!" and "What a Wonderful World"? | Louis Armstrong | Fine Arts |
q3251_1 | 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. | magnetism [or magnetic field] | Science |
q5689_4 | This body contains an unusually reflective equatorial region known as Xanadu. It is in a 3:4 orbital resonance with Hyperion. In 2010, the Cassini-Huygens probe found evidence of a cryovolcano named Sotra Facula on this moon. This moon's surface contains methane lakes, and it has a dense, opaque atmosphere. | Titan | Science |
q2479_2 | This document called for about 5 billion pounds in reparations from Germany and the return of the territories of Alsace and Lorraine to France. Woodrow Wilson's decision to pursue the League of Nations may have caused this document to not be ratified in the United States. | Treaty of {Versailles} | History |
q2555_3 | In this war, a group of primarily immigrant soldiers defected to the opposing army and became known as the St. Patrick's Battalion. During the war, Winfield Scott led the capture of Veracruz (ver-uh-KROOZ) after forces under Zachary Taylor won battles at Monterrey and Buena Vista (BWAY-nah VEES-tah). For 10 points, name this war fought during the presidency of James Polk, which concluded with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (gwahd-ah-LOO-pay hi-DAHL-goh). | {Mexican}-{American} War | History |
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