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q1785_3	This particle was discovered by J.J. Thomson, and its exact charge was discovered in the Millikan oil drop experiment. According to the Pauli Exclusion Principle, two of these particles cannot exist in the same quantum state. These particles are shared during covalent bonding and orbit around the nucleus.	electron [prompt on fermion]	Science
q776_2	Some of the most important teachings of this religion include the Four Noble Truths and the Middle Way. One of the main branches of this religion is also known as the "School of Elders," while another is known as the "Great Vehicle."	Buddhism	Religion
q4657_2	The "abstract" form of this branch of mathematics concerns rings and fields, while the "linear" form concerns matrices. The elementary form of it introduces variables to represent numbers in expressions and equations.	algebra	Science
q1958_3	One of these entities "of variation" equals the standard deviation divided by the mean. Spearman and Pearson name two of these entities that measure correlation. "Binomial" ones give the number of ways k unordered outcomes can be chosen from n possible and are given by Pascal's Triangle.	coefficients	Science
q1743_1	The protagonist of this work returns home from the University of Ingolstadt to find that Justine Moritz has been accused of his brother William's murder.	{Frankenstein,} or the {Modern Prometheus}	Literature
q3276_1	An operation of this name can be performed on two matrices, one of which has an equal number of rows to the other's number of columns.	{multiplication} [accept matrix {multiplication} in the first sentence]	Science
q2200_2	The size of these objects is given by the Schwarzschild (“SHWARTZ child”) radius. According to quantum mechanics, these objects emit Hawking radiation.	{black holes}	Science
q1895_3	This man wrote that “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” in his Letter from Birmingham Jail. This organizer of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference hoped that his children would be judged by “the content of their character” in his 1963 speech at the Lincoln Memorial. For 10 points, the “I Have A Dream” speech was given by what civil rights leader commemorated on a January holiday?	Martin Luther {King} Jr. [accept {MLK}]	History
q2661_2	This empire arose when the Seljuk sultanate collapsed. It captured the capital of Hungary in 1526 during the Battle of Mohacs (mow-HOTCH).	Ottoman Empire [or Osmanic Empire; or Osmanion Empire]	History
q335_1	In retaliation for having been fired from Uptown Records, this man established his own record label and signed the artist Notorious B.I.G.	Sean John {Combs} [accept {Puff Daddy} or {Puffy} before “{Puffy}” and prompt afterwards;	Trash
q4126_5	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. Although he led his country for most of World War II, he did not make the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japan. He succeeded Herbert Hoover. For 10 points, who is the only President of the United States to be elected to more than two terms in office?	{Franklin} Delano {Roosevelt} [accept {FDR}; prompt on {Roosevelt}]	History
q1473_1	The Long Walls connected this city to its port, Piraeus (“peer-AY-us”).	{Athens}	History
q350_4	This work was based on a real life location in Greenwich Village. It depicts a red-headed woman and two men in hats seated at a bar while being waited on by a man in a white hat. Above the well lit diner in this painting is a sign saying Phillies Cigars: Only 5 cents. For 10 points, name this iconic American painting by Edward Hopper.	Nighthawks	Fine Arts
q335_3	In retaliation for having been fired from Uptown Records, this man established his own record label and signed the artist Notorious B.I.G. In 2008, this man dedicated his new fragrance I Am King to Barack Obama, Muhammad Ali, and Martin Luther King. For 10 points, name this rapper and record producer who established Bad Boy Records and is variously known as “Puffy” or “Diddy.”	Sean John {Combs} [accept {Puff Daddy} or {Puffy} before “{Puffy}” and prompt afterwards;	Trash
q155_1	This state is home to a Robert Smithson-designed earthwork sculpture titled Spiral Jetty.	Utah	Geography
q1619_4	Cherenkov (“CHAIR-en-kov”) radiation exists when this value is exceeded. The ratio of this quantity in a vacuum to this quantity in a material is that material's index of refraction. It is squared and multiplied by mass to give energy in an equation derived by Einstein, E equals m c squared. For 10 points, name this theoretical upper limit for the speed of any object, equal to about three hundred million meters per second.	speed of {light} [accept {c} before mentioned]	Science
q1732_3	Scientists announced the discovery of 17 of these objects via infrared satellite imagery in May 2011 at the abandoned capital of Tanis. Some of the oldest known of these structures were constructed over 5,600 years ago, including one for Khufu (KOO-foo). For 10 points, identify these structures often used as tombs for Egyptian pharaohs whose most famous examples are located at Giza.	pyramids	History
q1746_2	In this novel, Lord Godalming courts Lucy, who eventually succumbs to the title character. Mina's visit to her friend Lucy is interrupted when a ship runs aground in this novel.	Dracula	Literature
q3618_4	The protagonists of this song's music video throw magazines, clothes and an empty fishbowl out an open window. This song notes that "maybe I was stupid for telling you goodbye" regarding a boy who the singer supposes is sorry because "you're (*) standing at my door." This song's chorus notes that "you've got a piece of me and honestly" before expressing the title sentiment. For 10 points, name this Kelly Clarkson song about how terrible life would be without its addressee.	\"My Life Would Suck Without You\"	Trash
q1143_2	A building in this city contained as many as 17,000 stone seats and a circular proscenium, and an annual festival in this city included a competition between three writers of tragedies and satyr plays. Plays such as The Birds and Antigone (ann-TIH-goh-nee) were performed at the annual City Dionysia (dye-oh- NEES-yah) in, for 10 points, what city whose residents included the actor Thespis and the playwrights Aristophanes (air-iss-TAH-fah-neez) and Sophocles?	Athens [or Athenai]	History
q2012_2	This work features a story in which a fisherman finds a world without money. Another character in this work mistakes a fish for a large island.	{1001 Nights} or The {Arabian Nights} Entertainment	Literature
q7793_2	This man's secretary, Orville Babcock, and vice president, Schuyler (“SKOY-ler”) Colfax, were accused in the scandals of the Whiskey Ring and Credit Mobilier. He captured Fort Donelson and opened the Mississippi River at Vicksburg before he was promoted to command all the Union armies and accepted the surrender of Robert E. Lee at Appomattox.	Ulysses Simpson {Grant} [prompt on Ulysses]	History
q1796_4	One conflict in this country saw the Duke of Guise fight for the throne with two other men named Henry. This country signed the Evian Accords in 1962 with Algeria. In the 8th century, this was the site where Charles Martel was victorious at the Battle of Tours. This country was led by (*) Nicolas Sarkozy until the 2012 elections.	France	History
q3108_2	This artist's paintings of the New York City skyline include The Radiator Building, Night. White objects dot a blue painting by this artist in Sky Above Clouds.	Georgia (Totto) {O'Keeffe}	Fine Arts
q7032_4	Franz Schubert's three symphonies in this key are nicknamed Tragic, Little, and Great. Mozart's Jupiter Symphony and Bach's first Prelude from The Well Tempered Clavier are in this major key, whose relative minor is A minor. Instruments pitched in this key include the bassoon, oboe, and flute. A scale in this key played on piano only hits (*) white keys.	{C major} [prompt on \"C\" before \"major key\" is mentioned; do not prompt on or accept \"c minor\"]	Fine Arts
q233_1	The Tibesti Mountains are a prominent feature of this desert that also contains sand seas called ergs.	Sahara Desert	Geography
q148_4	In one novel written in this language, Adso of Melk and William of Baskerville solve a murder mystery at a monastery. That work, The Name of the Rose, was published in this language eight years before the same author's Foucault's Pendulum. A treatise in this language advised the title ruler that it was better to be feared than loved. (*) For 10 points, name this language employed by writers like Umberto Eco and Niccolo Machiavelli.	Italian [accept Italiano or Lingua italiana]	Literature
q1590_6	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. Some characters in this novel can kythe (“KITHE”), while others can tesseract. On Camazotz (“CAM-uh-zots”), the characters in this novel fight IT, who has imprisoned Dr. Murray, although Charles Wallace is able to defeat him after Meg loves him.	A Wrinkle in Time	Literature
q1371_2	Rheumatic fever can damage the mitral region of this organ, which uses Purkinje fibers to coordinate activity with the SA node. A murmur results from valves leaking in this organ that is served by the (*) coronary arteries and surrounded by the pericardium.	heart	Science
q2011_2	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.	Bridge to Terabithia	Literature
q3435_3	A system's Lagrangian (lah-GRAN-jee-uhn) equals this quantity minus potential energy. This quantity can be found by dividing the square of an objects momentum by twice its mass. The change in this quantity for an object is equal to the net work done on the object.	{kinetic energy} [prompt on energy; accept kinetic after "energy" but prompt before]	Science
q2453_2	A group from Muskogee, Oklahoma is believed to be the first to produce and sell these items popularly sold as a fundraiser for an organization founded by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912. In 1922, American Girl magazine published an article with recipes for them and advice on how much troops should charge for this product.	Girl Scout Cookies	Trash
q2206_4	The title figure looks "a little like a military man" in this group's song about a meter maid, "Lovely Rita." Peter Frampton starred in a movie based on this group's album Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. They recorded the album Abbey Road shortly before breaking up in 1970. For 10 points, name this band from Liverpool, England whose hit “Eleanor Rigby” was written by Paul McCartney.	The {Beatles} [accept {Lovely Rita} before "{this group}"]	Trash
q2073_1	Lake Gatun (“GAH-tune”) is part of this waterway, whose construction was made possible by the Hay-Bunau-Varilla (“HAY boo-NOW vah-REE-uh”) Treaty and the secession of a province from Colombia.	{Panama} Canal	History
q3448_3	By mass, most of the atmosphere is contained within this layer, as it is the densest. Reaching a maximum height of about 16 kilometers at the equator, the boundary immediately above it is the coldest part of the atmosphere, and the jet stream is strongest just below that pause. Most weather systems are contained within this layer.	{troposphere}	Science
q326_3	In one story by this author, General Lasalle's army saves the narrator from the Inquisition. Another narrator describes a sound like "a watch makes when enveloped in cotton." In a poem by this author, the title creature is perched on a "pallid bust of Pallas."	Edgar Allen {Poe}	Literature
q4875_1	This force is produced by moving charges, and its namesake field is measured in henrys.	{magnetism} [accept word forms such as {magnetic;} accept {electromagnetism} until "electro"]	Science
q5249_3	The NASA Juno spacecraft is destined for this body in 2016, when it will observe this body's magnetic field and determine the ratio of hydrogen to oxygen in its atmosphere. Its closest Galilean satellite is partially molten because of tidal forces, and is called Io. This planet contains cyclones called the Little and (*) Great Red Spots.	Jupiter	Science
q611_1	The extinction of this island's palm trees is discussed in Jared Diamond's book Collapse.	{Easter} Island [or {Rapa Nui}]	Geography
q3709_4	In this book, the French general Montcalm shows one character a letter from General Webb, which prompt ons a long march during which a massacre occurs. The beginning of this novel sees Colonel Munro's two daughters being escorted to Fort William Henry. The evil Magua kills Uncas and Cora only to be shot later by (*) Natty Bumppo in this work. For 10 points, what second novel of James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales is titled for the sole survivor of a Native American tribe?	The Last of the Mohicans	Literature
q530_4	This city, home to the War Memorial Opera House, has such suburbs as Daly City. In it can be found Russian Hill and Lake Merced as well as Nob Hill. This city's district of Haight-Ashbury was a center of hippie culture. Its namesake body of water contains Treasure Island and Angel Island; across that bay lies Oakland.	{San Francisco,} California	Geography
q6101_2	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. His Nude Descending a Staircase, No.2 was compared to an "explosion in a shingle factory."	Marcel Duchamp	Fine Arts
q3260_3	This shape names a law for adding vectors. In a namesake illusion, diagonals of two of these figures appear to be different lengths, though they are not. Though not necessarily the same length, the diagonals of this quadrilateral bisect each other.	{parallelogram} [do not accept or prompt on more specific answers such as "rhombus," "square," or "rectangle;" do not accept or prompt on less specific answers such as "quadrilateral"]	Science
q2501_2	Three bearded boarders threaten lawsuits after being scared off by the main character of this work. That protagonist has a sister named Greta who wants to study violin at the conservatory, and he dies after his father throws an apple at him that becomes stuck in his back.	The Metamorphosis	Literature
q1830_1	This novel's main character expresses lament that his dad says everything is "fine."	The Chocolate War	Literature
q2303_2	A poster advertising this event featured a dancer posing on top of the Arturo DiModeca sculpture, Raging Bull, and the words "bring tent." The Internet group "Anonymous" encouraged readers to participate in this event, which targeted Zuccotti Park in New York City and began on September 17th, 2011.	Occupy Wall Street [prompt on any answer that just includes the word occupy; prompt on O.W.S.]	Trash
q3979_2	This country's Minister of Defense Dawoud Rajiha [dah-WOOD RAJ-ha] was rumored to be assassinated in May 2012 and was then killed in a July 2012 bombing at Rawda Square. Opposition forces in this country are backed by (*) Turkey, and it has experienced fighting in its cities of Homs and Aleppo.	{Syrian} Arab Republic [or al-{Jumhuriyah} al-Arabiyah as-{Suriyah}]	Trash
q3032_1	This politician responded to Francois Barbe-Marbois in his Notes on the State of Virginia.	Thomas Jefferson	History
q1778_3	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)." This act is the imposition of hands and anointing with oil by a bishop.	{Confirmation} [accept word forms such as {Confirming}]	Religion
q2049_2	One novel by this writer is about a man who enters an extinct volcano in Iceland and emerges in Italy. In another novel by him, a detective named Fix is suspicious of the protagonist, Phileas Fogg.	Jules {Verne}	Literature
q512_3	Observers of this holiday often eat jelly-filled doughnuts called sufganiyot (soof-GAH-nee-yoat) and potato pancakes called latkes. They may play a game with a spinning top whose sides are marked nun, gimel, hey, and shin on this holiday; that object is called a dreidel (DRAY-duhl). It commemorates the successful revolt against Antiochus (an-tee-OH-kuss) led by Judah Maccabee.	Chanukah [or {Hanukkah}]	Religion
q2530_1	Lewis defined these substances as acceptors of electron pairs.	acids	Science
q4866_3	Temples dedicated to this god include the Trimbakeshwar and Ramanaswathamy. Five is a sacred number to this god, which is reflected in his namesake "Five Mantras". His sons are Kartikeya and Ganesha.	Shiva [accept Shiva the Destroyer, Shiva the Transformer]	Mythology
q4783_2	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.	affirmative action	Social Science
q2663_3	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. Lieutenant (*) Pinkerton abandons the title character of, for 10 points, what Giacomo Puccini opera about Cio-Cio San, a Japanese woman known by an insect nickname?	Madame Butterfly [or Madama butterfly]	Fine Arts
q3979_1	This country's Minister of Defense Dawoud Rajiha [dah-WOOD RAJ-ha] was rumored to be assassinated in May 2012 and was then killed in a July 2012 bombing at Rawda Square.	{Syrian} Arab Republic [or al-{Jumhuriyah} al-Arabiyah as-{Suriyah}]	Trash
q413_1	This object was used as a piece of building material in the construction of Fort Julien in the Nile Delta.	Rosetta Stone	History
q3510_2	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.	{My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic} [or {MLP: FiM;} prompt on My Little Pony; prompt on Friendship is Magic]	Trash
q4670_3	One theory of this entity's creation states that a Mars-sized body named Theia (“THEE-uh”) collided with its parent planet. This object exhibits synchronous (“SIN-kro-nuss”) rotation with its parent planet, and that rotation results in the namesake "dark side" of this object. The Sea of Tranquility lies on, for 10 points, what astronomical body responsible for the Earth's tides, its largest natural satellite?	Moon	Science
q1295_4	Judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni (lord-AYS ah-FEE-oon-EE) was arrested in this country on graft charges because she ordered the release of banker Luis Cedeno (loo-EE SEH-dane-YO). In the past twelve years, this country nationalized major companies like the steel corporation SIDOR. It has always owned PDVSA, which is one of the five largest oil companies in the world. For 10 points, identify this South American country, which is currently led by Hugo Chavez.	Bolivarian Republic of {Venezuela}	Trash
q1563_3	In this author's first Pulitzer Prize-winning work, the Generalissimo orders the execution of Corporal Zsettslani (“SET-slah-nee”). His second Pulitzer-winning novel revolves around Lucius Priest, a resident of Yoknapatawpha (“YOCK-NAH-puh-TAH-fuh”) County. This author wrote novels about Thomas Sutpen and about the death of Addie Bundren. For 10 points, name this American author of Absalom!	William {Faulkner}	Literature
q4556_2	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.	{Apocalypse} [accept {Armageddon}]	Religion
q248_3	A White House memo released on the day of this event cited "the battle of the laboratories" and urged immediate acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration. A bestselling book about this was written by John Hersey. Paul Tibbets commanded the sortie that executed this action, which was carried out using the device "Little Boy" from the (*) B-29 Enola Gay.	the detonation of an atomic bomb in {Hiroshima} [accept grammatical variants; accept variations of \"atomic\" like \"nuclear\"; \"atomic/nuclear\" is unnecessary after \"atomic\" is mentioned in question; prompt on partial answers; accept variations of detonation of \"Little Boy\" before it is mentioned; do not accept any answer mentioning \"Nagasaki\"]	History
q3809_1	The singer of this song states "Watergate does not bother me" before asking "does your conscience bother you?".	"Sweet Home Alabama"	Trash
q3346_3	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.	{clarinet}	Fine Arts
q2405_3	In publishing, this six-letter term describes a set of journal issues published in the same year. It also describes the sound level output from a computer or television. Density equals mass divided by a quantity with this name.	volume	Science
q512_2	Observers of this holiday often eat jelly-filled doughnuts called sufganiyot (soof-GAH-nee-yoat) and potato pancakes called latkes. They may play a game with a spinning top whose sides are marked nun, gimel, hey, and shin on this holiday; that object is called a dreidel (DRAY-duhl).	Chanukah [or {Hanukkah}]	Religion
q1227_2	A "pillow" form of this substance forms underwater. "Domes" of this substance form from andesite.	lava	Science
q5033_1	One method of performing this action involves using a base case and an induction step; another method begins by assuming the opposite and finding something impossible, which is the type "by contradiction".	mathematical {proof} [accept word forms]	Science
q394_3	This city was founded by Cadmus after following a cow until it sat. This city was besieged by the Sphinx, as all travelers who entered it were forced to either solve its riddle or be eaten. To avenge the sleight done to him by Eteocles(“et-TEE-oh-clees”), Polyneices (“polly-NYE-kees”) led a group of seven warriors against this city.	Thebes	Mythology
q1025_1	A self-help book by Spencer Johnson asks “Who Moved?” this object.	{cheese} [accept {Who Moved My Cheese?} before “this object”]	Trash
q202_4	National parks in this state preserve the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, the Kenai Fjords, and Mount St. Elias. Its Bristol Bay is a center of the salmon-fishing industry. The highway that connects this state to the rest of the union crosses British Columbia and the Yukon before it reaches Fairbanks. For 10 points, name this 49th state, the only one that adjoins the Bering Sea and contains part of the Arctic Circle.	Alaska	Geography
q919_1	One character on this show was a model who dated a girl named Marta before taking a job as a doorman.	iCarly	Trash
q368_3	The antibiotic erythromycin works by disrupting this organelle, which contains E, P, and A sites on its large subunit. The parts of this organelle are assembled at nucleoli (noo-klee-OH-lye), and when bound to a membrane, these create the rough ER. Codons are translated at this organelle where the tRNA and mRNA meet.	ribosomes	Science
q1371_1	Rheumatic fever can damage the mitral region of this organ, which uses Purkinje fibers to coordinate activity with the SA node.	heart	Science
q304_5	This geographical feature has its lowest point at Bentley Trench. A lake here lies under Vostok Station. Mt. Erebus is found on Ross Island off itscoast, between Marie Byrd and Victoria lands. The Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains contains its highest peak, Vinson Massif, located on the Ronne (*) Ice Shelf.	Antarctica	Geography
q363_4	This city is protected from floods by a dam centered on the island of Kotlin. A bronze equestrian statue of this city's namesake stands in Senate Square, the site of the Decembrist revolt. This city lies on the Gulf of Finland at the mouth of the Neva River, a few hundred miles northwest of (*) Moscow. For 10 points, name this Russian city, formerly known as Leningrad and Petrograd, considered the most Westernized Russian city.	{St. Petersburg} [prompt on {\"Leningrad\"} or {\"Petrograd\"} before they are mentioned]	Geography
q912_4	In this novel, shelter is provided by the Halliday and Bird families. At the beginning of this novel, the Shelby family sells their property to the St. Clare family. At the end of this novel, George and Eliza Harris escape north. The husband of Aunt Chloe is killed by Simon Legree in, for 10 points, what American novel, depicting the life of slaves, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe?	Uncle Tom's Cabin	Literature
q3195_3	Like the kidney, this organ possesses large amounts of smooth endoplasmic reticulum because of its role in removing toxins from the body. This organ converts glycogen into glucose and creates cholesterol. This largest human internal organ is divided into four lobes and can regenerate.	{liver}	Science
q2149_1	This artist's statues of a dying slave and a horned Moses were to adorn the tomb of Julius II.	{Michelangelo} di Lodovico {Buonarroti} Simoni [accept either]	Fine Arts
q5457_3	Although he is not Sun Tzu, this man wrote a version of The Art of War. He wrote a critique of Roman history in his Discourses on Livy. This man used the term virtu to describe a leader's ability to adapt to different circumstances in a work that also discusses how it is better to be feared than loved.	Niccolo {Machiavelli}	Philosophy
q1504_3	This shape is traced out by the set of all points that are equidistant from a focus and a directrix (“dir- ECK-tricks”). It is the only conic section that can be graphed as a function. It is the shape of the height versus time graph of a ball tossed straight in the air.	{parabola}	Science
q317_4	In the movie Cats & Dogs, he provided the voice for Lou the Beagle. In another movie, he and his sister, played by Reese Witherspoon, are transported to the 1950s sitcom Pleasantville. He played a Depression-era jockey who somehow finds success on an undersized horse in Seabiscuit. For 10 points, name this actor who starred as Peter Parker in the first trilogy of Spider-Man movies.	{Tobey Maguire}	Trash
q2178_2	In one story from this collection, Palamon and Arcite fight over the hand of Emelye [EMILY], while in another story, an old hag notes that what women want most is to be in charge of their husbands. Those stories are told by, respectively, the Knight and the Wife of Bath, two of a group of pilgrims journeying to the shrine of Thomas à Becket in the title town.	The {Canterbury} Tales [prompt on {"The Wife} of {Bath's Tale;"} prompt on "The {Knight's Tale"}]	Literature
q1625_2	This character becomes his team's leader after defeating Spitz in a final fight. After being sold to Mercedes, Hal, and Charles, he is rescued by John Thornton.	Buck	Literature
q544_2	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).	Hamid {Karzai} [or Hamid Karzay]	Trash
q2549_3	The Aufbau (“OUF-bou”) principle explains how these particles are placed in their “shells.” The discovery of these particles in cathode rays by J.J. Thomson led him to formulate the plum pudding model. The charge on one of these particles is also known as the fundamental charge.	{electrons}	Science
q215_3	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. A waterfall that feeds the Merced River shares its name with, for 10 points, what national park in the Sierra Nevada of California?	Yosemite National Park	Geography
q1203_4	The Darien Scheme was an attempt by Scotland to create another structure similar to this entity. The Hay-Bunau Varilla (HAY BOO-now vah-REE-yuh) Treaty allowed the United States to begin constructing this entity. A zone around it was returned from the U.S. to its namesake country by a treaty signed by Jimmy Carter. For 10 points, name this waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through a Central American country.	{Panama} Canal [or {Canal} de {Panama}]	History
q3482_1	Two stars in this asterism, Mizar (“MEE-zar”) and Alcor (“AL-core”), have been called the Horse and Rider.	The {Big Dipper} [or {Plough} or {Drinking Gourd}]	Science
q40_2	The deepest point in this body of water is known as Calypso Deep. Biomes around it include the garrigue (“garr-REEG”) and the maquis (“mah-KEE”).	Mediterranean Sea	Geography
q148_3	In one novel written in this language, Adso of Melk and William of Baskerville solve a murder mystery at a monastery. That work, The Name of the Rose, was published in this language eight years before the same author's Foucault's Pendulum. A treatise in this language advised the title ruler that it was better to be feared than loved.	Italian [accept Italiano or Lingua italiana]	Literature
q466_1	This style emerged in Great Britain in the mid-1950's and was started by the Independent Group.	{Pop} Art	Fine Arts
q760_3	Adrian Smith designed the world's largest structure of this type, which is currently located in the United Arab Emirates. Modern ones often use the tube frame design, which superseded the steel frame of earlier structures. Louis Sullivan is known as the father of these structures.	skyscraper [prompt on building; prompt on tower]	Science
q40_3	The deepest point in this body of water is known as Calypso Deep. Biomes around it include the garrigue (“garr-REEG”) and the maquis (“mah-KEE”). Major cities on this sea include Ajaccio (“eye- YAWX-ee-oh”), Palermo, and Beirut, while its largest islands include Cyprus, Crete, Sardinia, and Sicily.	Mediterranean Sea	Geography
q1947_4	In this novel, one character has a vision of the destruction of Sandleford which ultimately turns out to be true. That character, Fiver, ultimately starts a search for a new home along with Hazel, BigWig, and Silver. After the title warren is found, a rival faction attacks the protagonists, who are a group of (*) rabbits. For 10 points, name this novel written by Richard Adams.	Watership Down	Literature
q1606_1	In one novel, this writer depicted Catherine as the lover of Frederic Henry.	Ernest {Hemingway}	Literature
q370_3	This man came to power through the coup of 18 Brumaire (broo-MAIR). His forces defeated the Prussians at Jena (YAY-nah) and the combined Russian and Austrian forces at Austerlitz. His invasion of Russia was a failure because of the harsh winter.	{Napoleon Bonaparte} [or Napoleon I]	History
q1768_1	One book by this author features an adolescent girl with a Christian mother and a Jewish father who attempts a year-long independent study of people's beliefs while trying to deal with going through puberty.	Judy Blume	Literature
q387_3	The name for the physical state of the universe during this event was explained and named by Stephen Hawking. Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation is left over from just after this event, which was hypothesized by Georges Lemaître. Hubble's use of the Doppler Effect helped to prove that this event occurred.	Big Bang	Science

q1785_3

This particle was discovered by J.J. Thomson, and its exact charge was discovered in the Millikan oil drop experiment. According to the Pauli Exclusion Principle, two of these particles cannot exist in the same quantum state. These particles are shared during covalent bonding and orbit around the nucleus.

electron [prompt on fermion]

Science

q776_2

Some of the most important teachings of this religion include the Four Noble Truths and the Middle Way. One of the main branches of this religion is also known as the "School of Elders," while another is known as the "Great Vehicle."

Buddhism

Religion

q4657_2

The "abstract" form of this branch of mathematics concerns rings and fields, while the "linear" form concerns matrices. The elementary form of it introduces variables to represent numbers in expressions and equations.

algebra

Science

q1958_3

One of these entities "of variation" equals the standard deviation divided by the mean. Spearman and Pearson name two of these entities that measure correlation. "Binomial" ones give the number of ways k unordered outcomes can be chosen from n possible and are given by Pascal's Triangle.

coefficients

Science

q1743_1

The protagonist of this work returns home from the University of Ingolstadt to find that Justine Moritz has been accused of his brother William's murder.

{Frankenstein,} or the {Modern Prometheus}

Literature

q3276_1

An operation of this name can be performed on two matrices, one of which has an equal number of rows to the other's number of columns.

{multiplication} [accept matrix {multiplication} in the first sentence]

Science

q2200_2

The size of these objects is given by the Schwarzschild (“SHWARTZ child”) radius. According to quantum mechanics, these objects emit Hawking radiation.

{black holes}

Science

q1895_3

This man wrote that “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” in his Letter from Birmingham Jail. This organizer of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference hoped that his children would be judged by “the content of their character” in his 1963 speech at the Lincoln Memorial. For 10 points, the “I Have A Dream” speech was given by what civil rights leader commemorated on a January holiday?

Martin Luther {King} Jr. [accept {MLK}]

History

q2661_2

This empire arose when the Seljuk sultanate collapsed. It captured the capital of Hungary in 1526 during the Battle of Mohacs (mow-HOTCH).

Ottoman Empire [or Osmanic Empire; or Osmanion Empire]

History

q335_1

In retaliation for having been fired from Uptown Records, this man established his own record label and signed the artist Notorious B.I.G.

Sean John {Combs} [accept {Puff Daddy} or {Puffy} before “{Puffy}” and prompt afterwards;

Trash

q4126_5

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. Although he led his country for most of World War II, he did not make the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japan. He succeeded Herbert Hoover. For 10 points, who is the only President of the United States to be elected to more than two terms in office?

{Franklin} Delano {Roosevelt} [accept {FDR}; prompt on {Roosevelt}]

History

q1473_1

The Long Walls connected this city to its port, Piraeus (“peer-AY-us”).

{Athens}

History

q350_4

This work was based on a real life location in Greenwich Village. It depicts a red-headed woman and two men in hats seated at a bar while being waited on by a man in a white hat. Above the well lit diner in this painting is a sign saying Phillies Cigars: Only 5 cents. For 10 points, name this iconic American painting by Edward Hopper.

Nighthawks

Fine Arts

q335_3

In retaliation for having been fired from Uptown Records, this man established his own record label and signed the artist Notorious B.I.G. In 2008, this man dedicated his new fragrance I Am King to Barack Obama, Muhammad Ali, and Martin Luther King. For 10 points, name this rapper and record producer who established Bad Boy Records and is variously known as “Puffy” or “Diddy.”

Sean John {Combs} [accept {Puff Daddy} or {Puffy} before “{Puffy}” and prompt afterwards;

Trash

q155_1

This state is home to a Robert Smithson-designed earthwork sculpture titled Spiral Jetty.

Utah

Geography

q1619_4

Cherenkov (“CHAIR-en-kov”) radiation exists when this value is exceeded. The ratio of this quantity in a vacuum to this quantity in a material is that material's index of refraction. It is squared and multiplied by mass to give energy in an equation derived by Einstein, E equals m c squared. For 10 points, name this theoretical upper limit for the speed of any object, equal to about three hundred million meters per second.

speed of {light} [accept {c} before mentioned]

Science

q1732_3

Scientists announced the discovery of 17 of these objects via infrared satellite imagery in May 2011 at the abandoned capital of Tanis. Some of the oldest known of these structures were constructed over 5,600 years ago, including one for Khufu (KOO-foo). For 10 points, identify these structures often used as tombs for Egyptian pharaohs whose most famous examples are located at Giza.

pyramids

History

q1746_2

In this novel, Lord Godalming courts Lucy, who eventually succumbs to the title character. Mina's visit to her friend Lucy is interrupted when a ship runs aground in this novel.

Dracula

Literature

q3618_4

The protagonists of this song's music video throw magazines, clothes and an empty fishbowl out an open window. This song notes that "maybe I was stupid for telling you goodbye" regarding a boy who the singer supposes is sorry because "you're (*) standing at my door." This song's chorus notes that "you've got a piece of me and honestly" before expressing the title sentiment. For 10 points, name this Kelly Clarkson song about how terrible life would be without its addressee.

\"My Life Would Suck Without You\"

Trash

q1143_2

A building in this city contained as many as 17,000 stone seats and a circular proscenium, and an annual festival in this city included a competition between three writers of tragedies and satyr plays. Plays such as The Birds and Antigone (ann-TIH-goh-nee) were performed at the annual City Dionysia (dye-oh- NEES-yah) in, for 10 points, what city whose residents included the actor Thespis and the playwrights Aristophanes (air-iss-TAH-fah-neez) and Sophocles?

Athens [or Athenai]

History

q2012_2

This work features a story in which a fisherman finds a world without money. Another character in this work mistakes a fish for a large island.

{1001 Nights} or The {Arabian Nights} Entertainment

Literature

q7793_2

This man's secretary, Orville Babcock, and vice president, Schuyler (“SKOY-ler”) Colfax, were accused in the scandals of the Whiskey Ring and Credit Mobilier. He captured Fort Donelson and opened the Mississippi River at Vicksburg before he was promoted to command all the Union armies and accepted the surrender of Robert E. Lee at Appomattox.

Ulysses Simpson {Grant} [prompt on Ulysses]

History

q1796_4

One conflict in this country saw the Duke of Guise fight for the throne with two other men named Henry. This country signed the Evian Accords in 1962 with Algeria. In the 8th century, this was the site where Charles Martel was victorious at the Battle of Tours. This country was led by (*) Nicolas Sarkozy until the 2012 elections.

France

History

q3108_2

This artist's paintings of the New York City skyline include The Radiator Building, Night. White objects dot a blue painting by this artist in Sky Above Clouds.

Georgia (Totto) {O'Keeffe}

Fine Arts

q7032_4

Franz Schubert's three symphonies in this key are nicknamed Tragic, Little, and Great. Mozart's Jupiter Symphony and Bach's first Prelude from The Well Tempered Clavier are in this major key, whose relative minor is A minor. Instruments pitched in this key include the bassoon, oboe, and flute. A scale in this key played on piano only hits (*) white keys.

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

Fine Arts

q233_1

The Tibesti Mountains are a prominent feature of this desert that also contains sand seas called ergs.

Sahara Desert

Geography

q148_4

In one novel written in this language, Adso of Melk and William of Baskerville solve a murder mystery at a monastery. That work, The Name of the Rose, was published in this language eight years before the same author's Foucault's Pendulum. A treatise in this language advised the title ruler that it was better to be feared than loved. (*) For 10 points, name this language employed by writers like Umberto Eco and Niccolo Machiavelli.

Italian [accept Italiano or Lingua italiana]

Literature

q1590_6

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. Some characters in this novel can kythe (“KITHE”), while others can tesseract. On Camazotz (“CAM-uh-zots”), the characters in this novel fight IT, who has imprisoned Dr. Murray, although Charles Wallace is able to defeat him after Meg loves him.

A Wrinkle in Time

Literature

q1371_2

Rheumatic fever can damage the mitral region of this organ, which uses Purkinje fibers to coordinate activity with the SA node. A murmur results from valves leaking in this organ that is served by the (*) coronary arteries and surrounded by the pericardium.

heart

Science

q2011_2

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.

Bridge to Terabithia

Literature

q3435_3

A system's Lagrangian (lah-GRAN-jee-uhn) equals this quantity minus potential energy. This quantity can be found by dividing the square of an objects momentum by twice its mass. The change in this quantity for an object is equal to the net work done on the object.

{kinetic energy} [prompt on energy; accept kinetic after "energy" but prompt before]

Science

q2453_2

A group from Muskogee, Oklahoma is believed to be the first to produce and sell these items popularly sold as a fundraiser for an organization founded by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912. In 1922, American Girl magazine published an article with recipes for them and advice on how much troops should charge for this product.

Girl Scout Cookies

Trash

q2206_4

The title figure looks "a little like a military man" in this group's song about a meter maid, "Lovely Rita." Peter Frampton starred in a movie based on this group's album Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. They recorded the album Abbey Road shortly before breaking up in 1970. For 10 points, name this band from Liverpool, England whose hit “Eleanor Rigby” was written by Paul McCartney.

The {Beatles} [accept {Lovely Rita} before "{this group}"]

Trash

q2073_1

Lake Gatun (“GAH-tune”) is part of this waterway, whose construction was made possible by the Hay-Bunau-Varilla (“HAY boo-NOW vah-REE-uh”) Treaty and the secession of a province from Colombia.

{Panama} Canal

History

q3448_3

By mass, most of the atmosphere is contained within this layer, as it is the densest. Reaching a maximum height of about 16 kilometers at the equator, the boundary immediately above it is the coldest part of the atmosphere, and the jet stream is strongest just below that pause. Most weather systems are contained within this layer.

{troposphere}

Science

q326_3

In one story by this author, General Lasalle's army saves the narrator from the Inquisition. Another narrator describes a sound like "a watch makes when enveloped in cotton." In a poem by this author, the title creature is perched on a "pallid bust of Pallas."

Edgar Allen {Poe}

Literature

q4875_1

This force is produced by moving charges, and its namesake field is measured in henrys.

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

Science

q5249_3

The NASA Juno spacecraft is destined for this body in 2016, when it will observe this body's magnetic field and determine the ratio of hydrogen to oxygen in its atmosphere. Its closest Galilean satellite is partially molten because of tidal forces, and is called Io. This planet contains cyclones called the Little and (*) Great Red Spots.

Jupiter

Science

q611_1

The extinction of this island's palm trees is discussed in Jared Diamond's book Collapse.

{Easter} Island [or {Rapa Nui}]

Geography

q3709_4

In this book, the French general Montcalm shows one character a letter from General Webb, which prompt ons a long march during which a massacre occurs. The beginning of this novel sees Colonel Munro's two daughters being escorted to Fort William Henry. The evil Magua kills Uncas and Cora only to be shot later by (*) Natty Bumppo in this work. For 10 points, what second novel of James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales is titled for the sole survivor of a Native American tribe?

The Last of the Mohicans

Literature

q530_4

This city, home to the War Memorial Opera House, has such suburbs as Daly City. In it can be found Russian Hill and Lake Merced as well as Nob Hill. This city's district of Haight-Ashbury was a center of hippie culture. Its namesake body of water contains Treasure Island and Angel Island; across that bay lies Oakland.

{San Francisco,} California

Geography

q6101_2

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. His Nude Descending a Staircase, No.2 was compared to an "explosion in a shingle factory."

Marcel Duchamp

Fine Arts

q3260_3

This shape names a law for adding vectors. In a namesake illusion, diagonals of two of these figures appear to be different lengths, though they are not. Though not necessarily the same length, the diagonals of this quadrilateral bisect each other.

{parallelogram} [do not accept or prompt on more specific answers such as "rhombus," "square," or "rectangle;" do not accept or prompt on less specific answers such as "quadrilateral"]

Science

q2501_2

Three bearded boarders threaten lawsuits after being scared off by the main character of this work. That protagonist has a sister named Greta who wants to study violin at the conservatory, and he dies after his father throws an apple at him that becomes stuck in his back.

The Metamorphosis

Literature

q1830_1

This novel's main character expresses lament that his dad says everything is "fine."

The Chocolate War

Literature

q2303_2

A poster advertising this event featured a dancer posing on top of the Arturo DiModeca sculpture, Raging Bull, and the words "bring tent." The Internet group "Anonymous" encouraged readers to participate in this event, which targeted Zuccotti Park in New York City and began on September 17th, 2011.

Occupy Wall Street [prompt on any answer that just includes the word occupy; prompt on O.W.S.]

Trash

q3979_2

This country's Minister of Defense Dawoud Rajiha [dah-WOOD RAJ-ha] was rumored to be assassinated in May 2012 and was then killed in a July 2012 bombing at Rawda Square. Opposition forces in this country are backed by (*) Turkey, and it has experienced fighting in its cities of Homs and Aleppo.

{Syrian} Arab Republic [or al-{Jumhuriyah} al-Arabiyah as-{Suriyah}]

Trash

q3032_1

This politician responded to Francois Barbe-Marbois in his Notes on the State of Virginia.

Thomas Jefferson

History

q1778_3

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)." This act is the imposition of hands and anointing with oil by a bishop.

{Confirmation} [accept word forms such as {Confirming}]

Religion

q2049_2

One novel by this writer is about a man who enters an extinct volcano in Iceland and emerges in Italy. In another novel by him, a detective named Fix is suspicious of the protagonist, Phileas Fogg.

Jules {Verne}

Literature

q512_3

Observers of this holiday often eat jelly-filled doughnuts called sufganiyot (soof-GAH-nee-yoat) and potato pancakes called latkes. They may play a game with a spinning top whose sides are marked nun, gimel, hey, and shin on this holiday; that object is called a dreidel (DRAY-duhl). It commemorates the successful revolt against Antiochus (an-tee-OH-kuss) led by Judah Maccabee.

Chanukah [or {Hanukkah}]

Religion

q2530_1

Lewis defined these substances as acceptors of electron pairs.

acids

Science

q4866_3

Temples dedicated to this god include the Trimbakeshwar and Ramanaswathamy. Five is a sacred number to this god, which is reflected in his namesake "Five Mantras". His sons are Kartikeya and Ganesha.

Shiva [accept Shiva the Destroyer, Shiva the Transformer]

Mythology

q4783_2

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.

affirmative action

Social Science

q2663_3

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. Lieutenant (*) Pinkerton abandons the title character of, for 10 points, what Giacomo Puccini opera about Cio-Cio San, a Japanese woman known by an insect nickname?

Madame Butterfly [or Madama butterfly]

Fine Arts

q3979_1

This country's Minister of Defense Dawoud Rajiha [dah-WOOD RAJ-ha] was rumored to be assassinated in May 2012 and was then killed in a July 2012 bombing at Rawda Square.

{Syrian} Arab Republic [or al-{Jumhuriyah} al-Arabiyah as-{Suriyah}]

Trash

q413_1

This object was used as a piece of building material in the construction of Fort Julien in the Nile Delta.

Rosetta Stone

History

q3510_2

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.

{My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic} [or {MLP: FiM;} prompt on My Little Pony; prompt on Friendship is Magic]

Trash

q4670_3

One theory of this entity's creation states that a Mars-sized body named Theia (“THEE-uh”) collided with its parent planet. This object exhibits synchronous (“SIN-kro-nuss”) rotation with its parent planet, and that rotation results in the namesake "dark side" of this object. The Sea of Tranquility lies on, for 10 points, what astronomical body responsible for the Earth's tides, its largest natural satellite?

Moon

Science

q1295_4

Judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni (lord-AYS ah-FEE-oon-EE) was arrested in this country on graft charges because she ordered the release of banker Luis Cedeno (loo-EE SEH-dane-YO). In the past twelve years, this country nationalized major companies like the steel corporation SIDOR. It has always owned PDVSA, which is one of the five largest oil companies in the world. For 10 points, identify this South American country, which is currently led by Hugo Chavez.

Bolivarian Republic of {Venezuela}

Trash

q1563_3

In this author's first Pulitzer Prize-winning work, the Generalissimo orders the execution of Corporal Zsettslani (“SET-slah-nee”). His second Pulitzer-winning novel revolves around Lucius Priest, a resident of Yoknapatawpha (“YOCK-NAH-puh-TAH-fuh”) County. This author wrote novels about Thomas Sutpen and about the death of Addie Bundren. For 10 points, name this American author of Absalom!

William {Faulkner}

Literature

q4556_2

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.

{Apocalypse} [accept {Armageddon}]

Religion

q248_3

A White House memo released on the day of this event cited "the battle of the laboratories" and urged immediate acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration. A bestselling book about this was written by John Hersey. Paul Tibbets commanded the sortie that executed this action, which was carried out using the device "Little Boy" from the (*) B-29 Enola Gay.

the detonation of an atomic bomb in {Hiroshima} [accept grammatical variants; accept variations of \"atomic\" like \"nuclear\"; \"atomic/nuclear\" is unnecessary after \"atomic\" is mentioned in question; prompt on partial answers; accept variations of detonation of \"Little Boy\" before it is mentioned; do not accept any answer mentioning \"Nagasaki\"]

History

q3809_1

The singer of this song states "Watergate does not bother me" before asking "does your conscience bother you?".

"Sweet Home Alabama"

Trash

q3346_3

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.

{clarinet}

Fine Arts

q2405_3

In publishing, this six-letter term describes a set of journal issues published in the same year. It also describes the sound level output from a computer or television. Density equals mass divided by a quantity with this name.

volume

Science

q512_2

Observers of this holiday often eat jelly-filled doughnuts called sufganiyot (soof-GAH-nee-yoat) and potato pancakes called latkes. They may play a game with a spinning top whose sides are marked nun, gimel, hey, and shin on this holiday; that object is called a dreidel (DRAY-duhl).

Chanukah [or {Hanukkah}]

Religion

q1227_2

A "pillow" form of this substance forms underwater. "Domes" of this substance form from andesite.

lava

Science

q5033_1

One method of performing this action involves using a base case and an induction step; another method begins by assuming the opposite and finding something impossible, which is the type "by contradiction".

mathematical {proof} [accept word forms]

Science

q394_3

This city was founded by Cadmus after following a cow until it sat. This city was besieged by the Sphinx, as all travelers who entered it were forced to either solve its riddle or be eaten. To avenge the sleight done to him by Eteocles(“et-TEE-oh-clees”), Polyneices (“polly-NYE-kees”) led a group of seven warriors against this city.

Thebes

Mythology

q1025_1

A self-help book by Spencer Johnson asks “Who Moved?” this object.

{cheese} [accept {Who Moved My Cheese?} before “this object”]

Trash

q202_4

National parks in this state preserve the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, the Kenai Fjords, and Mount St. Elias. Its Bristol Bay is a center of the salmon-fishing industry. The highway that connects this state to the rest of the union crosses British Columbia and the Yukon before it reaches Fairbanks. For 10 points, name this 49th state, the only one that adjoins the Bering Sea and contains part of the Arctic Circle.

Alaska

Geography

q919_1

One character on this show was a model who dated a girl named Marta before taking a job as a doorman.

iCarly

Trash

q368_3

The antibiotic erythromycin works by disrupting this organelle, which contains E, P, and A sites on its large subunit. The parts of this organelle are assembled at nucleoli (noo-klee-OH-lye), and when bound to a membrane, these create the rough ER. Codons are translated at this organelle where the tRNA and mRNA meet.

ribosomes

Science

q1371_1

Rheumatic fever can damage the mitral region of this organ, which uses Purkinje fibers to coordinate activity with the SA node.

heart

Science

q304_5

This geographical feature has its lowest point at Bentley Trench. A lake here lies under Vostok Station. Mt. Erebus is found on Ross Island off itscoast, between Marie Byrd and Victoria lands. The Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains contains its highest peak, Vinson Massif, located on the Ronne (*) Ice Shelf.

Antarctica

Geography

q363_4

This city is protected from floods by a dam centered on the island of Kotlin. A bronze equestrian statue of this city's namesake stands in Senate Square, the site of the Decembrist revolt. This city lies on the Gulf of Finland at the mouth of the Neva River, a few hundred miles northwest of (*) Moscow. For 10 points, name this Russian city, formerly known as Leningrad and Petrograd, considered the most Westernized Russian city.

{St. Petersburg} [prompt on {\"Leningrad\"} or {\"Petrograd\"} before they are mentioned]

Geography

q912_4

In this novel, shelter is provided by the Halliday and Bird families. At the beginning of this novel, the Shelby family sells their property to the St. Clare family. At the end of this novel, George and Eliza Harris escape north. The husband of Aunt Chloe is killed by Simon Legree in, for 10 points, what American novel, depicting the life of slaves, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe?

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Literature

q3195_3

Like the kidney, this organ possesses large amounts of smooth endoplasmic reticulum because of its role in removing toxins from the body. This organ converts glycogen into glucose and creates cholesterol. This largest human internal organ is divided into four lobes and can regenerate.

{liver}

Science

q2149_1

This artist's statues of a dying slave and a horned Moses were to adorn the tomb of Julius II.

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

Fine Arts

q5457_3

Although he is not Sun Tzu, this man wrote a version of The Art of War. He wrote a critique of Roman history in his Discourses on Livy. This man used the term virtu to describe a leader's ability to adapt to different circumstances in a work that also discusses how it is better to be feared than loved.

Niccolo {Machiavelli}

Philosophy

q1504_3

This shape is traced out by the set of all points that are equidistant from a focus and a directrix (“dir- ECK-tricks”). It is the only conic section that can be graphed as a function. It is the shape of the height versus time graph of a ball tossed straight in the air.

{parabola}

Science

q317_4

In the movie Cats & Dogs, he provided the voice for Lou the Beagle. In another movie, he and his sister, played by Reese Witherspoon, are transported to the 1950s sitcom Pleasantville. He played a Depression-era jockey who somehow finds success on an undersized horse in Seabiscuit. For 10 points, name this actor who starred as Peter Parker in the first trilogy of Spider-Man movies.

{Tobey Maguire}

Trash

q2178_2

In one story from this collection, Palamon and Arcite fight over the hand of Emelye [EMILY], while in another story, an old hag notes that what women want most is to be in charge of their husbands. Those stories are told by, respectively, the Knight and the Wife of Bath, two of a group of pilgrims journeying to the shrine of Thomas à Becket in the title town.

The {Canterbury} Tales [prompt on {"The Wife} of {Bath's Tale;"} prompt on "The {Knight's Tale"}]

Literature

q1625_2

This character becomes his team's leader after defeating Spitz in a final fight. After being sold to Mercedes, Hal, and Charles, he is rescued by John Thornton.

Buck

Literature

q544_2

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).

Hamid {Karzai} [or Hamid Karzay]

Trash

q2549_3

The Aufbau (“OUF-bou”) principle explains how these particles are placed in their “shells.” The discovery of these particles in cathode rays by J.J. Thomson led him to formulate the plum pudding model. The charge on one of these particles is also known as the fundamental charge.

{electrons}

Science

q215_3

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. A waterfall that feeds the Merced River shares its name with, for 10 points, what national park in the Sierra Nevada of California?

Yosemite National Park

Geography

q1203_4

The Darien Scheme was an attempt by Scotland to create another structure similar to this entity. The Hay-Bunau Varilla (HAY BOO-now vah-REE-yuh) Treaty allowed the United States to begin constructing this entity. A zone around it was returned from the U.S. to its namesake country by a treaty signed by Jimmy Carter. For 10 points, name this waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through a Central American country.

{Panama} Canal [or {Canal} de {Panama}]

History

q3482_1

Two stars in this asterism, Mizar (“MEE-zar”) and Alcor (“AL-core”), have been called the Horse and Rider.

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

Science

q40_2

The deepest point in this body of water is known as Calypso Deep. Biomes around it include the garrigue (“garr-REEG”) and the maquis (“mah-KEE”).

Mediterranean Sea

Geography

q148_3

In one novel written in this language, Adso of Melk and William of Baskerville solve a murder mystery at a monastery. That work, The Name of the Rose, was published in this language eight years before the same author's Foucault's Pendulum. A treatise in this language advised the title ruler that it was better to be feared than loved.

Italian [accept Italiano or Lingua italiana]

Literature

q466_1

This style emerged in Great Britain in the mid-1950's and was started by the Independent Group.

{Pop} Art

Fine Arts

q760_3

Adrian Smith designed the world's largest structure of this type, which is currently located in the United Arab Emirates. Modern ones often use the tube frame design, which superseded the steel frame of earlier structures. Louis Sullivan is known as the father of these structures.

skyscraper [prompt on building; prompt on tower]

Science

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The deepest point in this body of water is known as Calypso Deep. Biomes around it include the garrigue (“garr-REEG”) and the maquis (“mah-KEE”). Major cities on this sea include Ajaccio (“eye- YAWX-ee-oh”), Palermo, and Beirut, while its largest islands include Cyprus, Crete, Sardinia, and Sicily.

Mediterranean Sea

Geography

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In this novel, one character has a vision of the destruction of Sandleford which ultimately turns out to be true. That character, Fiver, ultimately starts a search for a new home along with Hazel, BigWig, and Silver. After the title warren is found, a rival faction attacks the protagonists, who are a group of (*) rabbits. For 10 points, name this novel written by Richard Adams.

Watership Down

Literature

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In one novel, this writer depicted Catherine as the lover of Frederic Henry.

Ernest {Hemingway}

Literature

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This man came to power through the coup of 18 Brumaire (broo-MAIR). His forces defeated the Prussians at Jena (YAY-nah) and the combined Russian and Austrian forces at Austerlitz. His invasion of Russia was a failure because of the harsh winter.

{Napoleon Bonaparte} [or Napoleon I]

History

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One book by this author features an adolescent girl with a Christian mother and a Jewish father who attempts a year-long independent study of people's beliefs while trying to deal with going through puberty.

Judy Blume

Literature

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The name for the physical state of the universe during this event was explained and named by Stephen Hawking. Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation is left over from just after this event, which was hypothesized by Georges Lemaître. Hubble's use of the Doppler Effect helped to prove that this event occurred.

Big Bang

Science