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q3602_5 | This man patented a smokeless propellant known as ballistite. Another of his inventions consisted of diatomaceous earth. He developed a substance containing nitrocellulose, saltpeter, wood pulp, and an explosive. Used in blasting gelatin, that explosive was also used in an earlier invention. Dynamite was created by, for 10 points, what scientist whose namesake prizes are given out by the Swedish Academy of Sciences? | Alfred Nobel | History |
q1734_1 | In this novel, a dead parachutist is discovered by the strange introverted character Simon. | Lord of the Flies | Literature |
q327_1 | For boasting of an affair with this goddess, Anchises was struck lame by Zeus. | Aphrodite [accept Venus until \"Hephaestus\" is mentioned] | Mythology |
q630_2 | In 2012 an unknown disk-shaped object was found on the floor of this sea. Arms of this sea include the Gulf of Riga and Gulf of Bothnia. | Baltic Sea | Geography |
q3310_2 | This artist referenced his sister's tuberculosis in his The Sick Child, part of a series called The Frieze of Life. His best-known painting, which is set on a bridge, has a red sky potentially inspired by the volcanic eruption of Krakatoa; the main figure of that painting is shown with his (*) mouth ajar as he puts his hands to his face. | Edvard {Munch} [MOONK] | Trash |
q1531_1 | Several "pancake domes" mark the surface of this body, whose other features include the Gula Mons and Sif Mons mountains. | Venus | Science |
q634_4 | This mountain range is home to the threatened spectacled bear, and large silver mines were found near this range's city of Potosí. The farthest point on the surface from Earth's center is this range's Chimborazo. Its highest peak is (*) Aconcagua, and it is home to Lake Titicaca. Cities in this mountain range include Sucre, La Paz, and Quito. | the {Andes} | Geography |
q5215_4 | 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. | {sunspots} | Science |
q2584_4 | In 1994, thieves that stole this painting left a note reading “Thanks for the poor security.” This painting may be a self-portrait depicting an attack of agoraphobia (“uh-GORE-uh-FOE-bee-uh”). Blue land reflects a bright orange sky in this work. For 10 points, name this Edvard Munch (“MOONK”) painting of a distorted figure holding his hands to his head and making the title loud, distressed noise. | The {Scream} [or {Skrik}; accept The {Cry}] | Fine Arts |
q1730_1 | This company's chief operating officer, who addressed issues facing working women in her book Lean In, is Sheryl Sandberg. | Facebook | Trash |
q283_2 | The last wild herd of bison in the United States was located in this park, where today they are hunted by grizzly bears and wolves reintroduced in the 1990s. This site that became America's first national park in 1872 is located north of the Grand Teton Range. | Yellowstone National Park | Geography |
q57_4 | In this city, Wissahickon Creek goes through Fairmount Park. This city can be entered by crossing the Delaware River on the Betsy Ross Bridge. One of its buildings, where the Second Continental Congress adopted the (*) Declaration of Independence, is Independence Hall. The Liberty Bell is found in, for 10 points, what city in Pennsylvania? | {Philadelphia,} Pennsylvania | Geography |
q611_4 | The extinction of this island's palm trees is discussed in Jared Diamond's book Collapse. Residents of this island created the rongorongo writing system and carried out rituals in the birdman cult. Platforms known as ahus on this island contain features made of volcanic tuff called (*) moai. For 10 points, giant stone statues are found on what Pacific island named for a Christian holiday? | {Easter} Island [or {Rapa Nui}] | Geography |
q1635_2 | In standard units, this force's namesake constant equals 6.67 times ten to the negative eleventh power. This force's magnitude is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between two objects. | {gravity} [or (universal) {gravitation} and other word forms] | Science |
q1497_2 | The protagonist of this novel suffers a head wound when asking for news from a retreating column. His friend Wilson cares for that head wound after his return to camp, a kindness the protagonist had not shown for the "Tattered Man" and Jim Conklin after they earned the titular mark. | The Red Badge of Courage | Literature |
q436_2 | 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. | Detroit {Lions} [or Detroit Lions] | Trash |
q3696_1 | In one quest, this figure is directed to the ferryman Urshanabi (UR-shah-NAH-bee) by Siduri. | Gilgamesh | Mythology |
q4838_3 | Other than James and John, this is the only man to witness the Transfiguration of Jesus. He cut off the guard Malchus's ear during a showdown in the Garden of Gethsemane. His symbol is a pair of crossed (*) keys, and this man is said to have been crucified upside down. | {Simon Peter} [accept {Saint Peter} the Apostle; do not accept just Simon] | Religion |
q864_2 | In April 2011 this country announced it was "for rent," eight years after its Head of State, Hans Adam II, joked about selling it to Bill Gates and renaming it Microsoft. This nation and Uzbekistan are the only double-landlocked countries in the world, and it is the wealthiest per capita German-speaking country. | Principality of {Liechtenstein} [or {Fuerstentum Liechtenstein}] | Geography |
q1461_1 | When James Madison revised this, it called for 7-year terms of office for Senators and 3-years terms for House members. | Virginia Plan | History |
q2899_2 | Antenaresis, or Euclid's method, can be used to find this value given any two numbers. It can be also be found by multiplying two numbers and dividing by their least common multiple. | {greatest common factor} [or {GCF;} or {highest common factor;} or {greatest common divisor;} or {highest common divisor;} do not accept "least common denominator"] | Science |
q389_3 | The Euler (“OIL-er”) line passes through the orthocenter (“OR-tho-SEN-ter”), circumcenter, and centroid (“SEN-troyd”) in this figure. The area of this polygon can be found by halving the product of two sides and the sine of the angle opposite of the third side or by simply using Heron's formula. It is the only polygon that cannot be concave, because its angles must add to 180 degrees. | {triangle} | Science |
q833_2 | This man designed railway stations in Santiago, Chile and Budapest, Hungary. He was jailed after being implicated in a failed Panama Canal project, for which he designed the locks. | (Alexandre) Gustave {Eiffel} | Fine Arts |
q1433_3 | One mission in this program docked with the spacecraft used by Soyuz (soy-"OOZE") 19. The numerically first mission in this program was retroactively named after a fire burst out during a test run. Harrison Schmitt, a geologist, was part of its last mission, number 17. | {Apollo} Program [accept {Apollo Extension Series} or {Apollo Applications Program} before "first"] | History |
q3477_3 | This planet's 700 kilometer-wide impact crater Rembrandt was discovered by the MESSENGER spacecraft orbiting it. Like the Moon, part of its surface is known as Weird Terrain; that part is opposite its largest crater, the Caloris Basin. It is the (*) smallest planet in our solar system, and this planet and Venus are the only two without moons. | Mercury | Science |
q321_3 | In Boolean algebra, this property holds that a value multiplied by its inverse is equal to zero. For matrices under addition, a function of this name is given by a matrix with all zeros. This term applies to functions that take a number to the first power, multiply it by one, or do any other operation that returns the input. | identity function [or identity property] | Science |
q731_4 | Gaussian elimination can reduce these mathematical entities into row echelon form. Their addition is commutative, but generally, multiplication of them is not. The determinant can only be found in square ones; and in a two by two one, the determinant can be found using the formula ad-bc. For 10 points, name this term for a set of numbers arranged in a rectangular box usually offset by brackets. | matrix [or matrices] | Science |
q4894_1 | Written by Joseph Brackett, this song mentions "the valley of love and delight." | {"Simple Gifts"} [prompt on {Appalachian Spring} before mentioned; prompt on anything mentioning {Shakers} before mentioned] | Fine Arts |
q6073_2 | On the right side of this painting, a large gray rectangle is cut off by the edge of the canvas. In the back of the painting, a body of water is seen; to the right of that water, the Cliffs of Cadaques (“kuh- DACK”) are yellow. | The {Persistence of Memory} | Fine Arts |
q3249_4 | The third game in this series saw its first set of dual worlds and the first use of the Spin Attack technique. A common theme in this game is the protagonist's attempts to rescue the title princess and reunite the Triforce. This series includes games subtitled A Link to the Past and The Ocarina of Time. For 10 points, what is this video game series whose most recent entry is subtitled The Twilight Princess? | The {Legend} of {Zelda} [prompt on {Zelda}] | Trash |
q612_2 | Three of these creatures named Brontes (BRAWN-teez), Steropes (stair-OH-peez), and Arges (ARgeez) forged Zeus's lightning bolts and, after their creation, were locked in Tartarus by Uranus. Poseidon conjured a storm in rage after one of these creatures was blinded by "nobody." | Cyclopes [or Cyclops] | Mythology |
q2535_3 | In one common lab demo, a balloon is shattered after being treated with nitrogen in this form. At room temperature and standard pressure, only bromine and mercury are in this phase. These substances are used to fill a tube in thermometers and barometers. | liquid phase [or liquids] | Science |
q667_1 | This poet wrote about a maiden who was killed by jealous angels and who lived "in a kingdom by the sea." | Edgar Allen Poe | Literature |
q366_1 | Maria Callas, nicknamed "The Divine," had this vocal range. | soprano | Fine Arts |
q630_1 | In 2012 an unknown disk-shaped object was found on the floor of this sea. | Baltic Sea | Geography |
q13073_5 | This award is named after the coach who holds the record for largest margin of victory in a college football game. Archie Griffin is the only man to win this award twice. Until 2007, no sophomore had won this award; since then, three straight sophomores have won it. In 2009, balloting for this award saw the closest vote ever. For 10 points, name this award won in 2009 by Alabama's Mark Ingram. | John {Heisman} Memorial Trophy | Trash |
q2307_5 | He wrote that "This is the way the world ends/Not with a bang but a whimper" in his poem "The Hollow Men." He also wrote the collection "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats." The phrase "the women come and go/Talking of Michelangelo" appears in his "The (*) Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." His most famous work states that "April is the cruelest month." For 10 points, name this poet of "The Waste Land." | T(homas) S(tearns) {Eliot} | Literature |
q1862_1 | One writer in this language wrote the collection “Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair.” | {Spanish} [or {Español}] | Literature |
q2250_2 | Combustion reactions produce carbon dioxide, energy, and this substance. Sometimes called the "universal solvent", it has high surface tension because it forms many hydrogen bonds. | {water} [or H2O before it is mentioned] | Science |
q1619_2 | 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. | speed of {light} [accept {c} before mentioned] | Science |
q4556_3 | One figure involved in this event is drunk with the blood of saints. During it, seven vials are poured by seven angels in order to wreak havoc. It is set to take place on the Hill of Megiddo. | {Apocalypse} [accept {Armageddon}] | Religion |
q1853_4 | This element's allotropes include nanotubes and fullerenes. Another allotrope of this element consists of thin hexagonal sheets and is known as graphite. This element is bound to four hydrogen atoms in methane. For 10 points, name this element that makes up diamonds, which has atomic number six and symbol C. | {carbon} [or {C} before given] | Science |
q2068_4 | One trilogy by this author deals with the rise and fall of the Snopes family. Most of his stories take place in Yoknapatawpha (YOKE-nah-pah-TAH-fah) County, including one in which Shreve is told the story of Thomas Sutpen. That novel, Absalom, Absalom!, is narrated by Quentin. In this man's most famous novel, Benjy Compson reminisces about his childhood with Caddy. | William Cuthbert Faulkner | Literature |
q4870_4 | Ajax the Greater went mad after this man received the armor of Achilles. Hermes gave this man the herb moly to protect him from the magic of the witch Circe, who then told him about the dangers of (*) Scylla and Charybdis. He was trapped by the nymph Calypso for seven years, during which his son Telemachus searched for him. For 10 points, name this Greek figure who spent ten years at sea trying to return to his wife Penelope. | Odysseus | Mythology |
q117_2 | This state was the site of an indecisive battle between Henry Clinton and George Washington at Monmouth Courthouse. The Pine Barrens are found in the south-central part of this state, whose beach destinations include Cape May, Wildwood, and Atlantic City. | New Jersey | Geography |
q4806_2 | In 1983 this character was given a purple and green battle suit. This cancer survivor was fictionally the forty-third U.S. President. | Alexander John {"Lex" Luthor} | Trash |
q1878_1 | One character in this novel is asked by Mistress Hibbins to join her in a witches' sabbath. | The Scarlet Letter | Literature |
q805_2 | This element combines with nitrogen to form cyanides, and it combines with iron to make steel. Sixty atoms of this make a molecule of buckminsterfullerene (BUCK-min-ster-FULL-er-een), and another allotrope, mistakenly referred to as lead and used in pencils, is graphite. | carbon [accept C until mentioned] | Science |
q612_3 | Three of these creatures named Brontes (BRAWN-teez), Steropes (stair-OH-peez), and Arges (ARgeez) forged Zeus's lightning bolts and, after their creation, were locked in Tartarus by Uranus. Poseidon conjured a storm in rage after one of these creatures was blinded by "nobody." That creature lived on an island with a flock of sheep and was called Polyphemus (pawl-ee-FEE-muss). | Cyclopes [or Cyclops] | Mythology |
q5736_1 | The DNA in this organelle (“or-guh-NELL”) is inherited only from the mother. | {mitochondria} (“ MY-toe-KON-dree-uh ”) [or {mitochondrion}] | Science |
q1415_1 | According to the Koran, all angels, except Satan, prostrated themselves before this figure due to his knowledge. | Adam | Religion |
q3127_4 | The density of this quantity is equal to electrical field times conductivity. The integral of the magnetic field is proportional to this quantity by Ampere's Law. For a diode, this is proportional to the exponential voltage. Ohm's Law states that voltage is equal to this quantity times resistance. | {current} [or {I}] | Science |
q1446_3 | One of this work's title characters crashes a party in an attempt to win the love of Rosaline. At that party he meets the other title character, who is the cousin of Tybalt. At the end of this play, Prince Escalus pronounces peace in Verona between the two central families. | Romeo and Juliet | Literature |
q1790_1 | Two poems originally written in this language begin "Willow of crystal, a poplar of water" and "Tonight I can write the saddest lines;" the latter poem ends a collection that also includes twenty love poems. | Spanish | Literature |
q1542_2 | The “law of” these objects states that the torque (“tork”) on one side is equal to the torque on the other side. These objects can be classified as first class, second class, or third class depending on the location of the fulcrum. | levers | Science |
q60_2 | This country was officially recognized in the Lateran Treaties of 1929. It has extraterritorial authority over Castel Gandolfo. | State of the {Vatican City} [accept {Holy See;} accept {Santa Sede;} accept {Stato della Citta} del {Vaticano}] | Geography |
q4855_1 | He fulfilled a prophecy by accidentally killing his grandfather Acrisius (“uh-CRIZZ-ee-us”) with a discus. | {Perseus} | Mythology |
q2929_3 | In this painting, the colonial print and flowers on the woman's dress symbolize domestic care and the traditional role of women in society. The two figures in this work were modeled after the artist's dentist and sister. The man has a cross look on his face and symbolizes hard labor by holding a pitchfork. | American Gothic | Fine Arts |
q1724_4 | This man begins one novel by noting, "I am a sick man. I am a spiteful man." In addition to Notes from Underground, he wrote novels about the epileptic Prince Myshkin (MISH-kin) and the axe murderer Raskolnikov (rahs-KOL-nih-kahv). Those books, The Idiot and Crime and Punishment, were written before a novel in which Dmitri, the oldest of four brothers, apparently murders his father. | Fyodor Dostoevsky | Literature |
q250_3 | This work begins with a word that means "what" and calls for attention. Its three battle scenes, including one against a dragon, are each followed by a funeral scene. While fighting without a weapon, the title character of this work tears an arm from an opponent in the dining hall Heorot (HAY-or-oht), which was built by the Danish king Hrothgar (ROTH-gar). | Beowulf | Literature |
q715_2 | A work possibly ghost-written for this man praised Edmund Ross, Thomas Hart Benton, and six other Senators for doing what they felt was right; that work was Profiles in Courage. This president ordered a failed invasion at the Bay of Pigs. | {John F. Kennedy} [or {JFK;} prompt on {Kennedy}] | History |
q1471_1 | This state was the only one to vote against Richard Nixon in the 1972 general election. | Commonwealth of {Massachusetts} | History |
q2641_3 | The rest type of this concept is described in special relativity. Its rotational analogue is rotational inertia. It equals energy divided by the square of the speed of light. | {mass} [prompt on {m;} accept {energy} before "inertia"] | Science |
q1681_3 | One of the title characters in this story tells his father he is looking back at his white cat sitting on the roof. In this story, the stepmother plans to leave the title characters in the forest. This ends with the title characters going home after shoving an old (*) woman in an oven. | \"Hansel and Gretel\" [or \"Hansel und Gretel\"] | Literature |
q490_4 | This man sent the Great White Fleet on a tour of the world to impress Japan, and ended a conflict between Japan and Russia with the Treaty of Portsmouth. He recruited several college buddies to serve together as the Rough Riders unit during the Spanish-American War. He began "trustbusting" with the Standard Oil Case. For 10 points, name this president from 1901 to 1909, whose nickname provided the name for a toy bear. | {Theodore Roosevelt} [or {Teddy Roosevelt;} or {T.R.;} prompt on Roosevelt] | History |
q325_3 | Parts of this continent named for 19th century sailors include Palmer Land and Wilkes Land. Vostok(VAH-stock) is a Russian station on this continent, parts of which are claimed by Norway, Argentina, and New Zealand. British naval officer Robert Scott died on this continent, which was more successfully explored by Roald Amundsen (AH-mund-son) using sled dogs. | Antarctica | Geography |
q271_2 | The Ebro (AY-bro) Valley is in this nation that owns the Balearic (BAH-lee-AH-rick) Islands and the Canary Islands. The southwest slope of the Pyrenees is in this country, which was unified by a 15th century marriage between rulers of Aragon and Castile. | Kingdom of {Spain} [or Reino de {Espana}] | Geography |
q1460_4 | The title character of this work is hired on as a burglar after unknowingly advertising for a job through a mark on his door. In this work, an attempt is made to reclaim family treasure and avenge the deaths of the villagers of Dale by a group of (*) dwarves. The dwarves are aided by a wizard named Gandalf, and a less-obviously powerful character named Bilbo. For 10 points, name this novel written by J.R.R. Tolkien. | The Hobbit | Literature |
q1600_1 | This actor appeared with his best-known co-star as Topper Harley in Hot Shots. | {Charlie Sheen} [or {Carlos Irwin Estevez;} prompt on {\"Sheen\"} or {\"Estevez\"}] | Trash |
q4841_2 | This deity caused Hodr (HOE-dur) to kill another god with mistletoe, and then failed to weep for that god in the guise of Thokk. He prevented a wall from being built around Asgard on time by taking the form of a mare and laying with Svadilfari (SVAHD-ill-FAR-ee); that union created Sleipnir (SLEEPnear). | Loki | Mythology |
q1335_3 | Homer claimed that this place never has storms and is bound in aether. One goddess associated with this location is Hebe, who serves its residents nectar and ambrosia. Bellerophon (bell-AIR-oh-fahn) tried to fly to this location after slaying the Chimera, but Zeus sent a gadfly to sting Pegasus and Bellerophon fell off. | Mount Olympus | Mythology |
q692_2 | Creations of this type include Roland Barthes's (BART'S) "Death of the Author." Supporting details and examples are found in body paragraphs in this type of writing, genres of which include process, descriptive, argumentative, and compare-and-contrast. | {essays} [prompt on {papers;} prompt on {prose;} prompt on {non}-{fiction;} do not accept or prompt on "article"; do not accept or prompt on "report"] | Literature |
q1837_3 | In one poem by this writer, the speaker says that the title idea "perches in the soul." In addition to "Hope is the thing with feathers," this author wrote a poem that proclaims "I'm Nobody! Who are you?" and a poem that describes a "blue, uncertain, stumbling (*) buzz". A poem about a carriage ride with Death and Immortality was written by, for 10 points, what poet of "Because I could not stop for death," and "I heard a fly buzz when I died"? | Emily Dickinson | Literature |
q5411_3 | One law named for this scientist is due to the conservation of angular momentum, and states that a line drawn from a planet to the center of its orbit will sweep out equal areas in equal times. This writer of Astronomia nova and Mysterium cosmographicum analyzed data collected by (*) Tycho Brahe [TEE-koh BRAH] to develop that statement as well as to determine that planets' orbits are ellipses. For 10 points, name this German astronomer who published three laws of planetary motion. | Johannes Kepler | Science |
q1727_2 | The most winning woman he ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance-money. Irene Adler, always THE woman to this man, outwitted him during his investigation of “A Scandal in Bohemia.” | {Sherlock Holmes} [accept either] | Literature |
q2443_3 | 4 times the infinite sum one, minus one third, plus one fifth, minus one seventh, et cetera, equals this number. It is approximately equal to 355/113, 333/106, and (*) 22/7. One hundred eighty degrees equals this many radians, and this number is the area of a circle with radius 1. | pi | Science |
q4046_4 | One of these conflicts contained the Battle of the Trebia and the Battle of Lake Trasimene. Cato the Elder said during the last one that the enemy city "delenda est," meaning that it must be destroyed. In the second of these wars, (*) Scipio Africanus defeated Hasdrubal and then finished the war at the Battle of Zama, where he defeated Hannibal. For 10 points, name this series of three conflicts between Rome and Carthage. | Punic Wars | History |
q2481_3 | Darwin predicted the existence of a Madagascar moth after observing one of these structures, which have separate male/female types in dioecious [dy-oh-EE-shus] species. The parts of this occur in multiples of three in monocots and many use (*) nectar to attract pollinators. One mature part of this becomes the fruit, and it has stamen and carpel reproductive organs. | {flower} [do not prompt on \"plant\"] | Science |
q83_3 | The U.S. Naval Observatory is the official residence for holders of this office, which Spiro Agnew resigned when he was charged with tax fraud. This post was vacant during the administrations of John Tyler and Millard Fillmore, who both became (*) President after they held this post. Ties in the U.S. Senate are broken by, for 10 points, what executive branch post recently held by Dick Cheney? | {Vice President} of the United States [do not accept or prompt on {\"President\"}] | History |
q1425_1 | In 1822, the House of Iturbide (“EE-tur-BEE-day”) assumed control of this nation for one year. | Mexico | History |
q5534_4 | This system uses the Dalvik virtual machine, and specialized versions of it are used on the Nook and the Kindle Fire. Its version numbers are named in alphabetical order for desserts, such as Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean. Apps for it can be bought on the (*) Play store. For 10 points, name this cell phone operating system that competes with iOS and is owned by Google. | Android | Trash |
q2221_3 | Spiders possess a book form of this organ in their abdomens. The intake of these organs is measured as tidal volume. Emphysema is caused by obstruction of these organs, which expand when the diaphragm generates negative pressure. | lungs | Science |
q2084_4 | One character in this story is sold by her father and is partially deaf. The protagonist reveals himself to Princess Pea and is then sentenced to death in the dungeon. Spoons, bowls, kettles, and soup are outlawed after the queen dies of fright when a (*) rat falls in her food. For 10 points, name this 2004 novel which became a 2008 film, a Newbery Medal winner by Kate DiCamillo. | The Tale of {Despereaux} | Literature |
q5033_3 | 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". In 1994 Andrew Wiles did this for (*) Fermat's [fair-mah'z] Last Theorem. Basic geometry often uses the "two-column" variety of, for 10 points, what process of showing that a mathematical statement is true? | mathematical {proof} [accept word forms] | Science |
q2066_3 | The god of war worshipped by these people was born from the union of a ball of feathers and Coatlicue (co-AHT-lee-KWAY). This people settled down in the place where they found an eagle, on a cactus, eating a snake. This people's main god threw himself on a funeral pyre after his chief rival, Tezcatlipoca (TEZ-cot-lee-POKE-AH), deceived him. | {Aztecs} [prompt on {Mexicans}] | Mythology |
q3469_4 | A series of descending examples of this scale opens Rimsky-Korsakov's famous Flight of the Bumblebee. On a guitar, one can play one of these by fingering every fret on a given string, and on the piano, one can play one of these by striking every black and white key in a row. Playing this scale involves moving only by half-steps. For 10 points, name this type of scale that includes every note on an instrument. | {chromatic} scale | Fine Arts |
q5411_2 | One law named for this scientist is due to the conservation of angular momentum, and states that a line drawn from a planet to the center of its orbit will sweep out equal areas in equal times. This writer of Astronomia nova and Mysterium cosmographicum analyzed data collected by (*) Tycho Brahe [TEE-koh BRAH] to develop that statement as well as to determine that planets' orbits are ellipses. | Johannes Kepler | Science |
q154_1 | This leader was denounced by his successor in the "Secret Speech." | Joseph {Stalin} [or Joseph {Dzughashvili}] | History |
q4678_3 | When air resistance exactly counteracts this force, an object has reached terminal velocity. The escape velocity is the minimum speed needed to overcome the effects of this force. On Earth, this force acts to accelerate a body at nine point eight meters per second squared. | {gravity} [or {gravitational} force] | Science |
q387_1 | The name for the physical state of the universe during this event was explained and named by Stephen Hawking. | Big Bang | Science |
q4806_1 | In 1983 this character was given a purple and green battle suit. | Alexander John {"Lex" Luthor} | Trash |
q3195_4 | 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. Cirrhosis is the degeneration of, for 10 points, which reddish-brown abdominal organ, which produces bile and stores it in the gallbladder? | {liver} | Science |
q1100_2 | Great White Spots are frequent storms on this planet. Its moons include Iapetus, Rhea, Enceladus, and the only known one to have an atmosphere. | Saturn | Science |
q293_3 | The island of Bornholm is in this body of water, which is connected by the Kiel (“KEEL”) Canal to the North Sea. One arm of this sea is the Gulf of Bothnia, and the large island of Saaremaa (“SAH-reh- MAH”) guards its Gulf of Riga (“REE-guh”). Five national capitals lie on this body of water, including Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, and Stockholm. | {Baltic} Sea | Geography |
q1995_2 | One of this author's characters kills his rival Spitz while working for Francois (frahn-SWAH) and Perrault (pair-OHL). Another of his characters is taken to Santa Clara, California, where he saves Judge Scott from a murderer. | Jack {London} | Literature |
q3232_4 | Arthur Doodson designed a machine for predicting the magnitude of these events. They occur in a cycle that includes "stand" periods followed by "slack water" periods. An unusually high concentration of dinoflagellates (DYE-no-FLADGE-ell-ates) can cause the "red" type. Weak versions of these events are known as "neap" ones and occur in the first and third quarters of the lunar cycle. | tides | Science |
q1262_2 | This native of Tarsus undertook several missionary trips to western areas like Asia Minor and Syria. This author of two epistles to the Corinthians (“core-IN-thee-uns”) and one to the Romans advocated the persecution of Jews who accepted Jesus, until he had a life-altering vision on the road to Damascus. | St. {Paul} the Apostle [accept {Saul} until mentioned] | Religion |
q4816_3 | These objects are often responsible for the formation of "rock flour." When these objects retreat, they often create eskers and drumlins and leave moraines. They often create "v" and "u" shaped (*) valleys along with fjords. | glaciers | Science |
q1217_1 | This "Foremost of the Westerners" is linked with Serapis through the Apis bull. | {Osiris} [accept {Anubis} before "Serapis" is read; prompt on Khenti-Amentiu] | Mythology |
q2315_1 | 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. | {New York Giants} [prompt on \"New York\"] | Trash |
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