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q1116_3 | For an ideal gas, this property is proportional to the average kinetic energy of the particles. Relative humidity is computed by comparing the wet-bulb and dry-bulb measurements of this quantity. According to the third law of thermodynamics, a perfect crystal has zero entropy when this property is (*) absolute zero. | {temperature} [do not accept \"heat\"] | Science |
q289_4 | This poet delivered "The Gift Outright" at President John F. Kennedy's inauguration. One of his poems observes that "good fences make good neighbors" and is called "Mending Wall." His poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" notes that "Nature's first green is gold." For 10 points, name this poet who stated in his most famous poem that he took "the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." | Robert Lee Frost | Literature |
q476_3 | These animals can be harmed by the spread of Varroa mites, and their best known species is mellifera. A combination of the Nosema ceranae fungus and IIV6 virus may be responsible for their recent population decreases, called colony collapse disorder. Belonging to the genus (*) Apis, colonies of them have female workers, male drones, and queens. | honey {bees} [accept {\"Apis\"} before it is mentioned; do not accept \"wasp(s)\" or \"hornet(s)\"] | Science |
q11186_3 | After the end of this book, Doug Hoo becomes an Olympic medalist, but during it, his parents own a Chinese restaurant. In this book, J.J. Ford recognizes some clues, taken from America the Beautiful, to be like a Queen's Sacrifice. Sydelle (“sid-ELL”) Pulaski is involved in this book by mistake, and Angela Wexler turns out to be the bomber. | The {Westing} Game | Trash |
q5215_5 | 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. These electromagnetic phenomena go through a variation cycle of about (*) 11 years. For 10 points, name these cooler areas on the Sun's photosphere that appear dark. | {sunspots} | Science |
q1763_2 | The main character of this work dislikes sharing a room with Mr. Dussel, a dentist. That character misses her own cat but befriends Mouschi and his owner Peter. | The {Diary} of a {Young Girl} [or The {Diary} of {Anne Frank} or {Het Achterhuis;} accept any answer mentioning {Anne Frank} and a {journal} or {diary}] | Literature |
q7786_1 | This politician claimed that he went into politics because of Ayn Rand and made Atlas Shrugged required reading for his staff, but he later said he rejected Rand's atheism. | Paul {Ryan} | Trash |
q5024_1 | The three types of this material differ by their mineral and gas content; rhyolitic and andesitic types contain more silicon dioxide and are more viscous. | {magma} [{prompt on lava} before it is mentioned] | Science |
q4870_1 | Ajax the Greater went mad after this man received the armor of Achilles. | Odysseus | Mythology |
q1780_1 | This author created a fictional author who wrote the equally fictional book, Venus on the Half-Shell. | Kurt Vonnegut | Literature |
q4010_1 | In 1994 this band released their debut album, the Blue Album. | Weezer | Trash |
q3203_2 | The trial in this novel is presided over by Lucas de Beaumanoir. One character in this novel, Brian de Bois-Gilbert, captures the daughter of Isaac of York named Rebecca. | Ivanhoe | Literature |
q1947_2 | 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. | Watership Down | Literature |
q59_2 | This character watches a lion and a unicorn fight over a crown, and although her cat Dinah will not talk to her, the Tiger Lily and the other flowers will. She shrinks after drinking a potion labeled "Drink Me," and attends a tea party with a sleepy Dormouse, a March Hare, and a Mad Hatter. | {Alice} [accept The {White King} until "her"] | Literature |
q1709_2 | During this war, Andrew Jackson defeated the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. Tecumseh died during the Battle of the Thames in this war. | War of 1812 | History |
q991_1 | The top left corner of this painting shows partially closed windows, while the right side shows a door with a square window. | Nighthawks | Fine Arts |
q301_3 | The plan for this city was designed by the French architect Pierre L'Enfant. The Anacostia River flows across the eastern side of this city, whose Orange and Blue metro lines pass through Foggy Bottom. This city is encircled by a "Beltway" that crosses Montgomery County, Maryland and then enters Virginia. | {Washington, DC} [prompt on District of Columbia before read] | Geography |
q2876_4 | This leader constructed a causeway in order to break the Siege of Tyre. He first gained fame for breaking through Theban lines at the Battle of Chaeronea (KAI-rone-EE-ah). This owner of Bucephalus (boo-SEF-AH-lus) ensured the fall of his main enemy at the battles of Issus and Gaugamela (GOW-gah- MELL-ah). For 10 points, name this son of Philip II, a Macedonian king who was tutored by Aristotle and who defeated Darius III and conquered the Persian Empire. | {Alexander the Great} [or {Alexander III} of {Macedon/Macedonia;} prompt on {Alexander}] | History |
q436_3 | This team won the NFL championship in 1957, but is the only NFC team to never play in a Super Bowl since the start of the Super Bowl era. Former stars for this team are Doak Walker, Billy Sims, and Barry Sanders. Its current quarterback is Matt Stafford. | Detroit {Lions} [or Detroit Lions] | Trash |
q2272_4 | 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. Ronald Reagan challenged Mikhail Gorbachev to tear it down. For 10 points, the capital of Germany was divided by what barrier that fell in November 1989? | {Berlin Wall} [accept {Berliner Mauer}] | History |
q1635_1 | In standard units, this force's namesake constant equals 6.67 times ten to the negative eleventh power. | {gravity} [or (universal) {gravitation} and other word forms] | Science |
q3260_2 | 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. | {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 |
q1447_1 | One of this deity's possessions is a ring that creates eight copies of itself every nine nights. | Odin | Mythology |
q368_4 | 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. For 10 points, name this organelle that is the site of protein synthesis | ribosomes | Science |
q4853_3 | “Wedge” and “rope” are informal terms used to denote large and small forms of these phenomena. Twenty-eight different damage indicators help measure their severity via the enhanced Fujita scale. These phenomena occur when a funnel cloud touches the ground. | {tornadoes} [or {twisters}; prompt on {cyclones}] | Science |
q3264_2 | This present-day nation was the center of Axum, and its church claims to hold the Ark of the Covenant. It defeated Italy at the Battle of Adowa under Emperor Menilek (MEN-ee-lek) II. | Federal Democratic Republic of {Ethiopia} [or {Ityop'iya Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik;} prompt on {Abyssinia}] | History |
q4868_2 | In conics, if this value is less than 0, a circle or ellipse forms. If this value is 0 in cubic functions, there is one root of multiplicity 2. | discriminant | Science |
q2788_3 | This man elucidated Heron's formula before Heron proved it. He supposedly created a death ray out of mirrors in order to defeat an invading Roman army. A task given to him by Hiero ("HIGH"-er-oh) of Syracuse led to his discovery that the buoyancy of an object is equal to the fluid displaced. | Archimedes of Syracuse | History |
q6073_1 | On the right side of this painting, a large gray rectangle is cut off by the edge of the canvas. | The {Persistence of Memory} | Fine Arts |
q702_4 | In rotational motion, this quantity can be obtained by taking one half of the moment of inertia times the angular velocity squared. In an elastic collision, both momentum and this quantity are conserved. It equals one half times mass times velocity squared. For 10 points, name this energy of objects in motion, contrasted with the potential type. | kinetic energy [accept KE; accept kinetic energy after "energy"] | Science |
q1743_3 | 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. The title character, whom Robert Walton discovers in the Arctic in a frame story, had earlier married Elizabeth Lavenza, who was killed on their wedding night. For 10 points, name this Mary Shelley work about a doctor and the monster he creates from dead body parts. | {Frankenstein,} or the {Modern Prometheus} | Literature |
q1746_1 | In this novel, Lord Godalming courts Lucy, who eventually succumbs to the title character. | Dracula | Literature |
q760_2 | 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. | skyscraper [prompt on building; prompt on tower] | Science |
q1629_1 | One work by this author, about a man who injures himself while hanging curtains, is The Death of Ivan Ilyich. | Leo {Tolstoy} [or {Lev} ({Nikolayvich}) {Tolstoy}] | Literature |
q1050_4 | Anglican and Islamic versions of this action each include 100 steps. This action involves meditation on a chaplet, which is a set of luminous, glorious, joyful, or sorrowful mysteries. It ends with the Salve Regina (sal-VAY reh-JEEN-uh) prayer, which follows a multiple of five decades as depicted by the namesake instrument. For 10 points, name this practice in which Our Fathers and Hail Marys are prayed and counted along a string of beads. | {praying a rosary} [or {saying a rosary;} or obvious equivalents mentioning the {rosary}] | Religion |
q2429_2 | The sun deity of this myth system hid in a cave after her brother threw a flayed horse at her, but she was lured out with a dance and a mirror. After visiting the underworld, one of this myth system's gods washed his face, giving birth to the storm god Susano'o, the moon god (*) Tsukuyomi, and the sun goddess Amaterasu. | Shintoism | Mythology |
q1195_3 | This man was charged with avoiding customs duties in 1786, which led to the confiscation of his boat, the Liberty, by the British. In 1780, he became the first Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. From 1775 to 1777, he served as president of the Second Continental Congress. | John Hancock | History |
q225_2 | At the beginning of this country's fight for independence, Carlos Manuel de Céspedes freed his slaves, and they fought together in the Ten Years' War. Its Revolt of the Sergeants was reversed by the 26th of July Movement, which ended the rule of Fulgencio Batista. | Cuba | History |
q1912_1 | In this work, Maurice and another character are seen destroying a sand castle. | Lord of the Flies | Literature |
q1860_2 | This poet wrote of a man who is asked, "Why don't you speak for yourself, John?" when he delivers another man's marriage proposal in "The Courtship of Miles Standish." | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | Literature |
q2105_3 | This character's birthday is May 8. She trades the fish she catches at The Hob, a black market in District 12. After the reaping, she volunteers to take her sister Primrose's place. | {Katniss Everdeen} [accept either underlined name] | Literature |
q7479_2 | This author wrote about "Irma's Injection" in his 1900 book The Interpretation of Dreams. "Anna O.," "Little Hans," and the "Wolf Man" were some of the patients who sought advice from his Vienna clinic. | (Sigismund Schlomo) Sigmund {Freud} | Social Science |
q2315_2 | One former player for this team was the 1986 NFL MVP as well as the defensive player of the year, but that player may be more famous for the hit that broke Joe Theismann's leg. Lawrence Taylor played for this team that also defeated a (*) Tom Brady-led Patriots team to win the 2012 Super Bowl. | {New York Giants} [prompt on \"New York\"] | Trash |
q1569_4 | A prehistoric site in this river's watershed is the Marmes Rockshelter. The Celilo Canal and the city of Kettle Falls were built along it. This river's hydroelectric power is monitored by the Bonneville Power Administration. This river joins the Snake and Yakima at the Tri-Cities area. | Columbia River | Geography |
q400_1 | In one scene, this character causes a cat to run chaotically through the house by giving it "pain-killer." | {Tom Sawyer} [accept either or both underlined parts] | Literature |
q335_2 | 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. | Sean John {Combs} [accept {Puff Daddy} or {Puffy} before “{Puffy}” and prompt afterwards; | Trash |
q855_3 | This writer symbolized the warbling of a thrush in a swamp and the western fallen star in a poem entitled “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd.” This author of “Song of Myself” also described a figure “fallen cold and dead” just after “our fearful trip is done” in a poem on Abraham Lincoln's death. For 10 points, name this American writer of the poetry collection Leaves of Grass and the poem “O Captain, My Captain.” | Walter {Whitman} | Literature |
q270_1 | Spin-Spin splitting can occur in NMR spectroscopy of these entities. | proton [or hydrogen ion; or H+; accept hydrogen before "cosmic rays"] | Science |
q1342_1 | Near the end of this novel, Marya Bolkonskaya (“MAR-yuh BOWL-con-SKY-uh”) marries a cavalry officer named Nikolay. | {War and Peace} | Literature |
q1633_2 | During the seventh of these events, King Louis IX of France was captured in the Nile Delta. The fourth one was diverted to Constantinople with the help of the Doge of Venice. | {Crusades} | History |
q3_5 | The winning side of this battle had its main position at Henry House Hill. The losing side was led by General Irvin McDowell. General Joseph Johnston rushed reinforcements to P. G.T Beauregard at this battle. General Bernard Bee was shot at this battle after proclaiming, "There stands Jackson like a stone wall!" For 10 points, name this first major battle of the Civil War. | {First} Battle of {Bull Run} [or {First} Battle of {Manassas;} prompt on {Bull} Run; prompt on {Manassas}] | History |
q1542_1 | The “law of” these objects states that the torque (“tork”) on one side is equal to the torque on the other side. | levers | Science |
q3814_1 | This man found that nothing would grow in nutrient broth unless it was exposed to the air, thereby rejecting the theory of spontaneous generation and providing evidence for germ theory. | Louis {Pasteur} [accept {pasteurization} or word forms after "process"] | Science |
q3605_3 | The music video for this song begins with a reflection of an airplane and a female tennis player in the sunglasses of the singer, who lolls his head and then says the title line. The video also features a scene where the lead singer lays in an elevator under a pelvic-thrusting man in a cowboy hat, a (*) "horse riding dance," and a scene where he mimes screaming at a "sexy lady." For 10 points, name this 2012 K-Pop single by Psy. | Gangnam Style | Trash |
q1700_2 | Fatty acids contain long chains of hydrogen and this element. Methane consists of four hydrogens bonded to this element. | carbon [or C; accept carbon nanotubes before "nanotube"] | Science |
q186_4 | 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. Chargaff proposed rules governing the pairing of this macromolecule's bases, adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine. Watson and Crick discovered its double helix shape. | {DNA} [or {deoxyribonucleic} (“ dee-OX-ee-RYE-bo-nu-CLAY-ic ”) {acid}] | Science |
q2303_1 | A poster advertising this event featured a dancer posing on top of the Arturo DiModeca sculpture, Raging Bull, and the words "bring tent." | Occupy Wall Street [prompt on any answer that just includes the word occupy; prompt on O.W.S.] | Trash |
q991_4 | The top left corner of this painting shows partially closed windows, while the right side shows a door with a square window. In the center, a man with a hat sits on a stool with his back facing the viewer. Another man with a hat stares at a man in all white who is leaning down, and a woman with red hair and a red blouse stares at her mug. For 10 points, name this painting showing the Phillies diner, by Edward Hopper. | Nighthawks | Fine Arts |
q403_3 | States in this nation include Mato Grosso and Bahia, a center of 17th-century sugar plantations. Pedro Cabral accidentally discovered this country, which was east of a line established by the Treaty of Tordesillas and thus became the only Portuguese-speaking country on its continent. Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and the Amazon rainforest are located in, for 10 points, what largest country in South America? | Federative Republic of Brazil | Geography |
q192_4 | This city was named after the Pottawatomie (POT-ah-WAH-tah-mee) for either "smelly onion place" or "skunk." An early road in this city crossed the "Nine-Mile Swamp" and Des Plaines (day PLAINS) River. Its Statistical Metropolitan Area includes Kenosha and Gary. This seat of Cook County is on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. | Chicago | Geography |
q2151_3 | He compared himself to Robert Downey Jr. on a Colbert (“cole-BEAR”) Report appearance in which he defended himself from rumors of a lifestyle change. While Kermit the Frog lectured about the W, this character turned it into an N, a V, and then an I. He notes, “that's good enough for me” while singing about what C is for. | {Cookie Monster} | Trash |
q2141_2 | This man's family was kicked out of the Borjigin clan after his father Yesugei was poisoned. After this leader came to power, he created the Yassa legal code, and this man and his son are credited for building up Karakorum and defeating the Khwarezmian Empire. | {Genghis Khan} [accept {Temujin;} prompt on Khan] | Trash |
q963_3 | While travelling back to his hometown, this man solves a riddle with the answer of “man.” He kills his own father over the right-of-way at a crossroads. This man fathers his daughter Antigone (“ann-TIH-go- nee”) by his own mother Jocasta (“joe-CASS-tuh”), fulfilling a prophecy made at his birth. | {Oedipus} | Literature |
q1061_1 | This country was ruled by Fulgencio (“fool-HEN-see-oh”) Batista, who was deposed in 1959. | Republic of {Cuba} [or Republica de {Cuba}] | History |
q1168_4 | Samuel Chase was the only impeached member of this group, which is vested with power by Article III of the U.S. Constitution. Harriet Miers and Robert Bork were unsuccessful nominees to join this group, which Franklin Roosevelt proposed increasing to a size of 15. (*) Marbury v. Madison was an 1803 decision by, for 10 points, what nine-member panel, the highest-ranking in the judicial branch? | United States Supreme Court [accept SCOTUS (Supreme Court of the United States); prompt on \"Court\"] | History |
q2728_2 | This god hung himself from Yggdrasil for nine days and nights in order to obtain the knowledge of runes. This owner of the spear Gungnir gives all his food to his wolves Geri and Freki and receives information about the world through his ravens Hugin and Munin. | Odin [accept Wodan, Wotan, or Wodinaz] | Mythology |
q4926_2 | 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. | tundra | Science |
q1700_1 | Fatty acids contain long chains of hydrogen and this element. | carbon [or C; accept carbon nanotubes before "nanotube"] | Science |
q641_3 | This work includes a production of Don Juan Triumphant, a work written by the title character. The song "Think of Me" proves that one character can replace Carlotta as soprano; that character becomes engaged to Raoul, with whom he sings "All I Ask of You." "The (*) Music of the Night" is sung by the title character of, for 10 points, what Andrew Lloyd Webber musical about a deformed man who lives under an opera house? | The Phantom of the Opera | Fine Arts |
q1854_1 | This planet's equator is home to an elevated region known as the Tharsis Bulge, which is located near the Valles Marineris (VALL-us mare-in-AIR-us). | Mars | Science |
q5834_3 | Four people were killed in this city's St. John's Regional Medical Center, which is now closed and scheduled for demolition. The Red Cross estimated 25% of this town was destroyed that same day, including about 7,000 houses. For 10 points, identify this Missouri city devastated by a tornado rated as an EF-5, the highest on the Enhanced Fujita scale, in May 2011. | {Joplin} Tornado Outbreak [prompt on {tornado} until mentioned] | Trash |
q1770_4 | One character in this play states, "Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player." Minor characters in this play include the thanes Ross and Lennox. The title character begins this play as the Thane of Glamis ["glahmz"]. (*) Banquo and Fleance also appear in, for 10 points, what play by Shakespeare about a Scottish lord? | Macbeth | Literature |
q4770_1 | The earliest example of this form of music, created by Jacopo Peri (“perry”), described the love between Apollo and Daphne by combining Greek-style tragedy and musical accompaniment. | opera | Fine Arts |
q5689_5 | 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. For 10 points, name this largest moon of Saturn. | Titan | Science |
q245_2 | This river divides Minneapolis and St. Paul. In 1927, this river's flood was the worst in US history, causing a system of levees to be built that was the world's longest. | {Mississippi} River | Geography |
q2150_4 | 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. | the {moon} | Science |
q2030_1 | All solutions of Diophantine (DYE-oh-FAN-teen) equations are in this set. | integers | Science |
q1590_3 | Two characters in this book later appear as the main characters of Many Waters. Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. | A Wrinkle in Time | Literature |
q1534_4 | Among those killed in this work is Giles Corey. Reverend Hale arrives to examine the unconscious Betty. This play sees Rebecca Nurse accused of killing seven of Goody Putnam's children, while Reverend Parris worries that his niece Abigail Williams will ruin his name. In the end, John Proctor refuses to make a false confession and is executed. | The Crucible | Literature |
q1569_5 | A prehistoric site in this river's watershed is the Marmes Rockshelter. The Celilo Canal and the city of Kettle Falls were built along it. This river's hydroelectric power is monitored by the Bonneville Power Administration. This river joins the Snake and Yakima at the Tri-Cities area. The Grand Coulee Dam lies on, (*) for 10 points, what river famous for its salmon runs that comprises part of the Oregon-Washington border? | Columbia River | Geography |
q1159_2 | The president of this nation, Kristina Fernandez de Kirchner, was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in December, 2011. This nation accused Great Britain of violating international rules when they allowed oil drilling about 300 miles east of the Strait of Magellan, off the coast of the Falkland Islands. | Republica Argentina [or Argentine Republic] | Trash |
q3269_3 | This nation's president declared a state of emergency after wildfires hit its western regions in July and August 2010. In June 2010, the United States arrested a SVR spy from this nation, Anna Chapman. In January 2011, this nation's Duma ratified a nuclear arms reduction treaty called New START. | Russian Federation [or Rossiyskaya Federatsiya] | History |
q2210_5 | 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. This is undefined for (*) vertical lines, and for horizontal lines it is zero. It can be calculated as delta y over delta x. For 10 points, name this quantity which is represented by m in the equation y = mx + b and measures the steepness of a line. | slope | Science |
q3192_2 | In a video on Funny or Die, the family of Greg Pinkleton, who believes he is the title character of this series, stages an intervention. Youtube user Paint sang a summary of this series in 99 seconds using movie themes, while another Youtube user, Neil Cicierega, created a parody of this series in which puppets sing along to a "Mysterious Ticking Noise". | Harry Potter | Trash |
q415_1 | In this game, one can play the Ruy (“ROY”) Lopez or the Dragon Sicilian. | chess | Fine Arts |
q2557_3 | This man fought against Ariovistus (“air-ee-oh-VIS-tuss”), a German leader, and Vercingetorix (“ver- KING-uh-TOR-ix”), a chieftain of the Arverni (“ar-VEHR-nee”) whose defeat is described in this man's book, Commentaries on the Gallic Wars. He led his troops across the Rubicon to start a civil war with Pompey, one of his partners in the First Triumvirate. For 10 points, name this Roman leader who was assassinated by Brutus on the Ides of March. | Julius {Caesar} | History |
q1284_2 | In one work by this author, Georgiana dies after Aylmer manages to remove the title blemish. In another work, the title character witnesses his wife Faith and other townspeople dancing. | Nathaniel {Hawthorne} | Literature |
q1753_4 | This man fought alongside Hirtius and Pansa at one battle, and he founded Nicopolis near where his friend Marcus Agrippa won a battle at the mouth of the Ambracian Gulf. In those battles, Mutina and Actium, this man fought a man who had joined him and Lepidus in the Second Triumvirate. Victorious over Mark Antony in a civil war, he was the adopted son of (*) Julius Caesar. For 10 points, name this first Roman Emperor. | Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus [or Gaius Octavius Thurinus or Octavian] | History |
q4126_4 | 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. | {Franklin} Delano {Roosevelt} [accept {FDR}; prompt on {Roosevelt}] | History |
q1582_4 | Early in January 2010, copper miners working for Codelco in this nation ended a strike. The government of this country was criticized for utilizing the military to restore order, citing the oppression of former president Augusto Pinochet (“PIN-oh-shay”). It is led by outgoing president Michelle Bachelet (“BASH-uh-lay”). For 10 points, name this South American country, which recently was struck by a devastating earthquake. | Republic of {Chile} | History |
q1324_2 | One author from this country won the Nobel Prize for Literature for his book, The Captive Mind, which had been banned by the communist government of his homeland. That writer, Czełslaw Miłosz (CHES-waf ME-Wosh), also wrote a poem for a memorial to slain shipyard workers in (*) Gdansk. | Republic of Poland [or Rzeczpospolita Polska] | Literature |
q1195_1 | This man was charged with avoiding customs duties in 1786, which led to the confiscation of his boat, the Liberty, by the British. | John Hancock | History |
q49_4 | This structure was the site of the climactic scene in North by Northwest. A similar structure in Georgia was halted before Stone Mountain was completed. This sculpture designed by Gutzon Borglum is in the Black Hills. For 10 points, name this large sculpture that contains the granite faces of four presidents. | Mount {Rushmore} | Geography |
q1153_4 | This musician dedicated his Symphony No. 4 in F Minor to his financial supporter Nadezhda (nah- DEZH-dah) von Meck, though they never met. His Sixth Symphony, nicknamed Pathetique (pah-theh- TEEK), premiered nine days before his death. In one of his ballets, the sorcerer Von Rothbart curses Odette; another includes the "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy". For 10 points, name this Russian composer of Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, and the 1812 Overture. | Pytor Ilyich {Tchaikovsky} | Fine Arts |
q233_4 | The Tibesti Mountains are a prominent feature of this desert that also contains sand seas called ergs. The Tuareg people are nomadic inhabitants of this desert, which was crossed in medieval times by a caravan route to Timbuktu. The Sahel is the southern border of this desert that covers much of Mauritania, Niger, and Libya. For 10 points, name this desert that covers most of North Africa. | Sahara Desert | Geography |
q454_4 | After the Autumn Harvest Uprising, this man retreated to the Jianggang (JAHNG-gahng) Mountains, where he joined forces with Zhu De (ZHOO DAY), creating the Red Army. He was succeeded by Hua Guofeng (WAH gwo-FANG) and went on the Long March after being surrounded by Kuomintang forces. Under his guidance, the Hundred Flowers Campaign and Great Leap Forward were launched. For 10 points, name this author of the Little Red Book, the first leader of Communist China. | Mao Zedong [or Mao Tse-tung; or Chairman Mao] | History |
q781_3 | This king was in power during the Affair of the Diamond Necklace. His advisor Maurepas appointed Turgot as finance minister, and he was later served by the author of the compte rendu, Jacques Necker. When his ministers were unable to raise enough revenue, this king was forced to call the (*) Estates-General. | Louis XVI [\"the 16th\"] of France | History |
q323_4 | 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. (*) For 10 points, name this radio transmission methodology contrasted with frequency modulation. | {amplitude modulation} or {AM radio} [prompt on \"radio\" or similar answers] | Science |
q2096_1 | This work opens with stories of a pilot who misread his directions and a friend who was distracted by a salmon hatchery. | The Giver | Literature |
q257_2 | 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. | Saudi Arabia | Geography |
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