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q1824_1 | This constellation is often interpreted as fighting Taurus with his dogs Canis Minor and Canis Major. | {Orion} [prompt on “the {Hunter} before mentioned] | Science |
q1040_1 | During this battle, a bayonet charge by the 20th Maine, led by Joshua Chamberlain, helped defend one important hill. | Battle of Gettysburg | History |
q5011_2 | Some species in this group of animals have heat-sensitive pits in their heads, and most have only one working lung. The invasive brown tree type has caused many bird extinctions on Guam, and they use their tongues to gather scent molecules. | snakes [or serpents; accept vipers before \"brown tree\"] | Science |
q1659_1 | In one novel, this writer depicted Ratcliffe's impressment of a character who is accused by John Claggart of fomenting a mutiny before being hanged by Edward Fairfax Vere. | Herman Melville | Literature |
q1493_5 | During the Civil War, this city was defended by Fort St. Philip and controversially occupied by Union general Benjamin Butler. The Sieur de Bienville led a group of French settlers here in 1718. This city's suburb of Metairie contains the southern end of the Lake (*) Pontchartrain Causeway. Its Lower Ninth Ward was damaged when levees were weakened by a 2005 storm. For 10 points, what Louisiana city was devastated by Hurricane Katrina? | New Orleans, Louisiana | History |
q3525_3 | This person negotiated a treaty that ceded Florida to the United States with Luis de Onis (loo-EES day oh-"NIECE") while serving as James Monroe's Secretary of State. This man agreed to name Henry Clay Secretary of State in order to break a deadlock in the House of Representatives; that decision was the first "corrupt bargain." For 10 points, name this winner of the Election of 1824 over Andrew Jackson, the sixth U.S. President. | {John Quincy Adams} [prompt on {Adams;} do not prompt on or accept "John Adams"] | History |
q582_3 | Works of this type include "The Library of Babel" and "The Garden of Forking Paths," both by Jorge Luis Borges. A Japanese master of these works is Ryunosuke Akutagawa, a French master is Guy de Maupassant, and a Russian master is Anton Chekhov. Novellas are long examples of this type of writing, which typically focuses on a single event. | {short story} [accept short stories by Jorge Luis Borges before it is read; prompt on fiction; prompt on story; prompt on prose; do not accept "novel"] | Literature |
q926_1 | Examples of these in plants include gibberellins and cytokinins in addition to chemicals that cause tropisms by enlarging cells, auxins. | hormones | Science |
q1410_2 | This conflict saw a battle for Kunduz (“CUN-dooz”), which saw cooperation between U.S. and German forces. The British “Operation Herrick” and American “Operation Enduring Freedom” led to a quick ousting of the Taliban regime, but Stanley McChrystal recently stated an increase of 500,000 troops would be needed to continue this war. | War in {Afghanistan} [accept {War} against the {Taliban} before mentioned; accept other obvious | History |
q1334_3 | The AM-GM inequality compares two types of this measure for a set of n non-negative numbers. One type of this is the nth root of the product of n numbers; that is the geometric type of this measure. The usual type of this measure is called the (*) arithmetic type, which equals the sum of n numbers divided by n and is often contrasted with the median and mode. | mean [accept average before it is mentioned] | Science |
q3307_1 | The tangent function gives these numbers when its input is in the 2nd or 4th quadrant. | negative numbers | Science |
q2345_3 | Matthew, Chapter 28 notes that Jesus commanded his followers to "go therefore and make disciples of all nations" by performing this action. Seventh-day Adventists reserve this practice for adults, though in most Christian denominations it is primarily for infants. For 10 points, identify this Christian initiation sacrament in which participants are sprinkled with or immersed in water. | {baptism} [or word forms such as {baptize;} prompt on descriptions of {baptism}] | Religion |
q194_3 | After this god's son brought Hippolytus back to life, Asclepius was killed by Zeus. Along with his sister, he killed Niobe's seven sons. He slew the dragon Python and established the Oracle of Delphi at the place where it died. | Apollo | Mythology |
q1819_3 | In this story, a boy boards a train "wrapped in an apron of steam," and, nearing his destination, sees the lights of the city as "lights of an ocean liner sailing on a frozen sea." Upon arrival, he receives a gift of his choosing, which he later loses through a hole in his pocket. For 10 points, name this story in which the boy's lost bell, which his parents cannot hear, is returned to him by Santa on Christmas. | The Polar Express | Literature |
q132_4 | Pablo Neruda wrote several "Elementary" poems of this type to common objects. One type of this poetic form contains three stanzas, the first two of which are the strophe (STRO-fee) and antistrophe (ann-TISS-tro-fee). That type was invented by Pindar, who along with Horace is a namesake of a type of this poem. For 10 points, name this poem of praise, examples of which include John Keats's "to a Nightingale" and Friedrich Schiller's "to Joy." | ode | Literature |
q951_4 | This office is symbolized by gold and silver keys. The time during which this office is vacant is termed sede vacante (SEE-day vah-KAHN-tay). The holder of this office is elected in a conclave of the College of Cardinals and wears the Ring of the Fisherman, which depicts St. Peter, the first holder of this office. For 10 points, identify this head of the Roman Catholic Church, whose current holder is Benedict XVI. | The {Pope} [or {Bishop of Rome;} or {Vicar of Jesus Christ;} or {Successor of the Prince of the Apostles;} or {Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church;} or {Primate of Italy;} or {Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province;} or {Sovereign of the State of Vatican City;} or {Servant of the Servants of God;} or {Pontifex Maximus;} or {Patriarch of the West;} prompt on His Holiness] | Religion |
q1126_2 | Blaise Pascal names a theorem about these shapes inscribed in conic sections. Benzene's shape is a regular one of these polygons, and graphene consists of carbon atoms arranged in this shape. | hexagons | Science |
q512_1 | Observers of this holiday often eat jelly-filled doughnuts called sufganiyot (soof-GAH-nee-yoat) and potato pancakes called latkes. | Chanukah [or {Hanukkah}] | Religion |
q1850_1 | One story in this work tells of the rooster Chauntecleer outsmarting a fox. | The Canterbury Tales | Literature |
q670_2 | This function's namesake law relates the side length to the opposite angle in any triangle. Its value is one at 90 degrees but negative one at 270 degrees. | {sine} | Science |
q191_4 | Cyrus the Great allowed this structure to be built to replace a similar building destroyed during Nebuchadnezzar II's reign. Judas Maccabaeus cleansed and rededicated this structure in events celebrated during Hanukkah. This building served as the Sanhedrin's meeting place and was mostly destroyed in 70 AD. For 10 points, the West, or Wailing, Wall is the only remaining part of the latter of what Jewish holy site? | {Second Temple} of {Jerusalem} [prompt on {Temple} of {Jerusalem;} do not accept {"First Temple} of {Jerusalem"}] | Religion |
q1392_2 | In 1969, this man seized power in a bloodless coup by overthrowing King Idris (EE-dreese). This author of The Green Book handed over the Lockerbie bombers after being visited by Nelson Mandela. | Muammar al-{Gaddafi} [or Muammar al-Qaddafi; or various other transliterations (accept anything pronounced close to "gah-DAH-fee" or "kah-DAH-fee")] | History |
q1712_3 | In 2012 this team's third-string quarterback, Greg McElroy, claimed that its locker room was "not a fun place to be." Team captain Santonio Holmes was benched during its Week 17 loss to the Dolphins. This team's fans are known to boo its draft picks, which have included cornerback Darrelle Revis and quarterback Mark Sanchez. | New York Jets [prompt on New York] | Trash |
q641_2 | 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 Phantom of the Opera | Fine Arts |
q2178_3 | 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. For 10 points, name this collection of tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. | The {Canterbury} Tales [prompt on {"The Wife} of {Bath's Tale;"} prompt on "The {Knight's Tale"}] | Literature |
q1446_1 | One of this work's title characters crashes a party in an attempt to win the love of Rosaline. | Romeo and Juliet | Literature |
q4036_3 | This term originated from shapes that had non-integer dimensions. One of them is composed of repeating cardioids and circles. Other examples include the Sierpinski Triangle, which consists of repeating equilateral triangles within a larger triangle, and the Koch snowflake, which has an infinite perimeter but a finite area. | fractals | Science |
q1609_3 | Apollonius' Theorem can be used to find the length of this construct given the side lengths of a triangle. Three of them divide a triangle into six triangles with equal areas, and they intersect at the centroid, or center of mass. For 10 points, identify this term that in geometry refers to a line drawn from a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side and in statistics refers to the middle number in a list. | medians | Science |
q2436_3 | One work by this composer includes the sections "O Death, where is thy sting?" and "I know that my Redeemer liveth." He included two bourrées in a collection of three suites first played on barges on the River Thames for George I. This composer of Water Music composed a fugue on the line "and he shall reign for ever and ever" in a chorus named (*) "Hallelujah." For 10 points, name this composer of Messiah. | George Frideric Händel | Fine Arts |
q141_1 | One novel by this man sees a recurring protagonist help to rescue his friend Chingachgook's betrothed Wah-ta!-wah from the Hurons. | James Fenimore {Cooper} | Literature |
q1659_3 | In one novel, this writer depicted Ratcliffe's impressment of a character who is accused by John Claggart of fomenting a mutiny before being hanged by Edward Fairfax Vere. This writer also wrote about Starbuck, Queequeg (“KWEE-kwaig”), and Ishmael, shipmates on the Pequod dragged into Ahab's obsession with pursuing a white whale. For 10 points, name this American writer who wrote Billy Budd and Moby Dick. | Herman Melville | Literature |
q2603_4 | In this work, Quimbo and Sambo violently beat the protagonist and Eliza escapes over the Ohio River with her baby. This work's title character meets Augustine after he saves little Eva St. Clare from drowning. He is sold to Master Haley and to (*) Simon Legree. For 10 points, name this book about a slave whose death sets the Shelbys' slaves free, a book by Harriet Beecher Stowe. | {Uncle Tom\'s Cabin;} or, {Life among} the {Lowly} | Trash |
q1958_4 | 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. For 10 points, give this term for numbers that multiply a variable in a mathematical expression. | coefficients | Science |
q225_1 | 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. | Cuba | History |
q1503_1 | In this play, one character sends Reynoldo to spy on his son. | Hamlet | Literature |
q1446_2 | 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. | Romeo and Juliet | Literature |
q858_2 | One leader of this country organized the Blue Division, and this was led by Miguel Primo de Rivera and Juan Negrin. The Abraham Lincoln Brigades and the Condor Legion fought in this country. | Kingdom of {Spain} [or {Republic} of {Spain} or {España}] | History |
q776_4 | 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." Those are the Theravada and Mahayana branches of this religion. (*) Siddhartha Gautama founded, for 10 points, what religion that also comes in Zen and Tibetan forms? | Buddhism | Religion |
q2087_4 | Obsidian, olivine, and this mineral commonly exhibit conchoidal (con-COID-ahl) fracture. The interior of geodes almost always contains this mineral. Its crystals generate electricity when mechanically stressed. Herkimer diamonds do not contain diamonds but instead this mineral with Mohs hardness of 7. | quartz | Science |
q1113_4 | This character feels nauseous at the sight of blue oatmeal and befriends Yard Ape. She ends a book report with the line, "I can't believe I ate the whole thing." In one appearance, she makes a gravestone for the cat Picky-Picky and recovers Aunt Bea's wedding ring. For 10 points, name this pest of Klickitat Street and friend of Howie Kemp, the younger sister of Beezus Quimby in a series of books by Beverly Cleary. | {Ramona Quimby} [or Ramona Quimby; prompt on Quimby] | Literature |
q131_1 | In January 2012, in this nation, a French TV reporter was killed while reporting from a progovernment rally in this nation's city of Homs. | Syrian Arab Republic [or Al Jumhuriyah al Arabiyah as Suriyah] | History |
q1057_1 | In one episode in this work, the narrator tries to convince adults that he is drawing a snake digesting an elephant, which they confuse with a hat. | The Little Prince [or Le Petit Prince] | Literature |
q7838_1 | Arias by this composer include Va, penseiro (VAH PENN-see-AIR-oh) and La donna e mobile (MOHbee-LAY), This composer of an opera about the Duke of Mantua's court jester included a "Drinking Song" in an opera about Violetta Valéry (VAL-ay-ree), La Traviata. | Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi | Fine Arts |
q1392_4 | In 1969, this man seized power in a bloodless coup by overthrowing King Idris (EE-dreese). This author of The Green Book handed over the Lockerbie bombers after being visited by Nelson Mandela. After protests against this man's rule began, a rebel government was established in the city of Benghazi (ben-GAH-zee). In the town of Sirte (SEERT), this man was killed alongside his son Mutassim in 2011. | Muammar al-{Gaddafi} [or Muammar al-Qaddafi; or various other transliterations (accept anything pronounced close to "gah-DAH-fee" or "kah-DAH-fee")] | History |
q5362_5 | This newspaper was sued by Alabama public safety officer Louis B. Sullivan. Its long-time publisher, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, died in 2012. It won one of its 108 Pulitzer prizes for printing The Pentagon Papers. One nickname of this newspaper is "the Old (*) Gray Lady." "All the News That's Fit to Print" is the motto of, for 10 points, what daily newspaper published in the "Big Apple"? | The {New York Times} [accept {NYT;} prompt on {\"Times\"}] | History |
q112_3 | In this novel, Charlotte Lucas marries William Collins. At the end of this novel, Lydia ends up marrying the villainous Mr. Wickham and Jane ends up marrying the very rich Mr. Bingley. Also at the end of this novel, a second marriage proposal by Fitzwilliam Darcy is finally accepted by Elizabeth Bennett. | {Pride} and {Prejudice} | Literature |
q2643_1 | This man was traded by the Reds for Edinson Volquez after his rookie season. | Josh Hamilton | Trash |
q2004_2 | This brother of Chrysaor (“CRY-say-or”) created the Hippocrene (“HIP-oh-creen”) fountain. This figure was credited with helping a hero slay the Chimera and was tamed with a special girdle given by Athena to that hero, Bellerophon (“bell-AIR-oh-fon”), in a dream. | {Pegasus} | Mythology |
q2065_1 | This book's main character pays a debt to his landlord by rescuing the seamstress Constance. | The Three Musketeers [or Les Trois Mousquetaires] | Literature |
q2123_1 | As punishment for not worshipping a golden statue, this man's friends were ordered thrown into a furnace, but they were not burned. | {Daniel} | Religion |
q4894_2 | Written by Joseph Brackett, this song mentions "the valley of love and delight." Its melody is borrowed by the clarinet in a scene depicting daily life for newlyweds; that scene is the seventh section of a 1944 ballet choreographed by Martha Graham. | {"Simple Gifts"} [prompt on {Appalachian Spring} before mentioned; prompt on anything mentioning {Shakers} before mentioned] | Fine Arts |
q2850_4 | One figure in this religion wears three wedding bands to symbolize her marriages to Agwe, Dumballah, and Ogoun. In addition to Erzulie, one figure in this religion is represented by a cross over a tomb and is named Ghede. Gods in this religion are called "loa" and this religion's god of the Earth is named Papa Legba.(*) For 10 points, name this religion that originated in Haiti, famous for its namesake dolls. | {Voodoo} [accept {Vodun} or {Vodou} or {Vodoun} or {Vaudou} or {Vaudoux}] | Religion |
q624_2 | This instrument was played by Cannonball Adderley on Kind of Blue, as well as by a musician whose own albums include Giant Steps and A Love Supreme. Another player of this instrument released Ornithology and Yardbird Suite. | {saxophone} [accept alto saxophone] | Fine Arts |
q494_4 | This man's associates included Red Hawley, Bud Kangley, and Shot Gunderson. His wife is variously given as either Carrie McIntie or Lucette Kensack. One of this man's pets, Benny, died after swallowing a stove that had been used to make oversized pancakes. On a detour from Fargo to Seattle, this man created the Grand Canyon. | Paul Bunyan | Mythology |
q529_3 | At one point in this musical, Dr. Dillamond sings "Something Bad." At another point, Madame Morrible announces that the main character is now an enemy of the town, and that character then sings "Defying Gravity." The two heroines in it were originally played by Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel. | Wicked | Trash |
q963_2 | 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. | {Oedipus} | Literature |
q4969_3 | This structure is divided into Brodmann areas, and develops from the telencephalon ("TEAL"-en- SEFF-ah-"lawn"). The corpus callosum ("CORE"-puss kuh-LOE-sum) connects the two hemispheres of this structure, which is divided into temporal, parietal, occipital, and frontal lobes. For 10 points, name this largest area of the brain, which controls voluntary thoughts and actions. | {cerebrum} [accept {cerebral cortex;} accept {neocortex;} accept {forebrain;} prompt on brain] | Science |
q1081_2 | Its mascot is named Mandeville, and it will begin with a show titled "Isles of Wonder," to be directed by Danny Boyle. Some of the venues to be used for it include Lord's Cricket Ground, Dorney Lake, Old Trafford, and Wembley Stadium. | 2012 Summer {Olympics} [accept {London Olympics} before "London" is read; prompt on Olympics] | Trash |
q1913_4 | Wang Mang briefly replaced this dynasty with his Xin (SHIN) dynasty, separating this dynasty into "Western" and "Eastern" periods. It was founded by Liu Bang and succeeded the Qin (CHIN) dynasty. During this dynasty, Confucianism became prominent and the first census was taken. For 10 points, identify this dynasty once ruled by Wudi (WOO-DEE), which shares a name with the primary ethnic group of China. | {Han} Dynasty | History |
q630_3 | 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. The Kiel (KEEL) Canal bypasses Kattegat (KAH-teh-gaht) Bay and Skagerrak (SKAH-geh-rahk) Strait to connect this sea to the North Sea. | Baltic Sea | Geography |
q2579_3 | One of these objects is named after Cocos Island and is next to one named after a region of Peru, Nazca. The spaces between them are usually classified as divergent or convergent transform faults. The theory of these objects has become connected to theories of mantle plumes, and the original theory came out of the continental drift ideas of Alfred Wegener. | {tectonic plates} [accept anything reasonable containing the word tectonic] | Science |
q4855_3 | He fulfilled a prophecy by accidentally killing his grandfather Acrisius (“uh-CRIZZ-ee-us”) with a discus. Acrisius had imprisoned his mother, Danae (“duh-NAY-ee”), but Zeus visited her as a golden shower. This man borrowed the invisibility cap of Hades, the reflective shield of Athena, and the winged sandals of Hermes. | {Perseus} | Mythology |
q1415_2 | According to the Koran, all angels, except Satan, prostrated themselves before this figure due to his knowledge. He was cursed to "eat bread until he returned to the ground." | Adam | Religion |
q7032_3 | 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. | {C major} [prompt on \"C\" before \"major key\" is mentioned; do not prompt on or accept \"c minor\"] | Fine Arts |
q2164_4 | The sum of the infinite sequence whose terms are the reciprocals of these numbers equals pi squared over 6. The sum of the first n of these is n times n+1 times 2n+1 over 6, while the sum of the first n positive odd numbers is the nth of these. The difference between two of these numbers can be factored as (*) a+b times ab. For 10 points, name these numbers equal to the an integer times itself. | ({perfect}) {square numbers} or {perfect squares} [accept {n squared} or similar answers; accept {n} to the {second power} or {n} to the {power} of {2}] | Science |
q903_3 | In this war, naval forces under John Jellicoe (JELL-ih-koe) engaged forces under Reinhard Scheer (RINE-hard SHEER) during the Battle of Jutland. In another battle, Phillipe Petain (fill-EEP peh-TAN) stopped German forces at the namesake fortress in the Battle of Verdun. For 10 points, identify this 1914- 1918 conflict that saw the Allied forces defeat the Central Powers of Germany and Austria-Hungary that is also known as the Great War. | {World War I} [or {First} World War; accept {Great War} before mentioned; prompt on World War] | Trash |
q1504_4 | 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. For 10 points, identify this shape that is traced out by the graph of any quadratic function. | {parabola} | Science |
q635_3 | Richard Dawkins described an "extended" form of this term, which becomes blended in incomplete dominance. The human skin color one is controlled by three genes, and crossing two heterozygous individuals usually results in a 3-to-1 ratio of this. In Mendel's pea plants, these included (*) dwarf, yellow, and wrinkled. | phenotypes [prompt on \"trait(s)\"] | Science |
q1727_3 | 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.” This man returned in “The Adventure of the Empty House” after battling Professor Moriarty to the death. | {Sherlock Holmes} [accept either] | Literature |
q4480_5 | A triangular patch of clouds that circulates this planet quickly is known as The Scooter. Its atmosphere contains the fastest winds in the solar system. Its existence was predicted by Alexis Bouvard, and it was discovered by Johann Galle. It often contains the Great Dark Spot. Its largest moon, which has a retrograde orbit, is Triton. | Neptune | Science |
q1870_2 | During his final command, he planned the amphibious assault at Inchon. Nearly a decade before that, he took command of American troops in the Pacific, but lost the Philippine Islands to the Japanese in 1942.For 10 points, name this American general who accepted the surrender of Japan in 1945 and vowed, "I shall return." | Douglas {MacArthur} | History |
q1108_4 | This leader defeated General Arnegisclus (ar-neh-GISS-kluss) at the Battle of the Utus shortly before destroying the city of Marcianopolis. He withdrew after the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains against armies under the command of Flavius Aetius (FLAY-vee-us AY-tee-us) and Theodoric (THEE-oh-DORick) I of the Visigoths. This man shared power with his brother Bleda (BLAY-duh) until Bleda's death around 445. For 10 points, identify this man nicknamed the Scourge of God, leader of the Huns. | {Attila} the Hun | History |
q963_4 | 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. For 10 points, name this title character of plays by Sophocles (“SOFF-oh-clees”), including one in which he is at Colonus (“CALL-oh-nuss”) and one in which he is Rex, or The King. | {Oedipus} | Literature |
q3365_4 | This man's popularity plummeted following the disastrous rescue attempt of Operation Eagle Claw. He claimed that the United States faced a "crisis of confidence" in his "malaise" speech. Although he failed to solve the Iran Hostage Crisis, he helped negotiate peace between Egypt and Israel in the Camp David Accords. For 10 points, name this Georgia-born president succeeded by Ronald Reagan. | James Earl "Jimmy" {Carter,} Jr. | History |
q1548_2 | In one work by this composer, the title character slices an anvil in half and kills the dragon Fafner with the sword Nothung (NO-tung); in another opera, Brunnhilde rides into a funeral pyre that burns Valhalla. Those two operas by this composer join another that includes "The Ride of the Valkyries" in a four-opera work. | Richard {Wagner} (ree-kart VAHG-ner) | Fine Arts |
q2555_2 | In this war, a group of primarily immigrant soldiers defected to the opposing army and became known as the St. Patrick's Battalion. During the war, Winfield Scott led the capture of Veracruz (ver-uh-KROOZ) after forces under Zachary Taylor won battles at Monterrey and Buena Vista (BWAY-nah VEES-tah). | {Mexican}-{American} War | History |
q694_1 | In book one of this work, the word Pandemonium is first used to describe Satan's palace. | Paradise Lost | Literature |
q6615_1 | This element turns a dark color when combined with starches, which is one reason it is used in Lugol's solution. | iodine [prompt on \"I\" before the end; do not accept iodide] | Science |
q220_1 | This constellation's alpha star is the brightest in the Hyades ("HIGH"-uh-deez) cluster. | {Taurus} | Science |
q1886_3 | This man became sole emperor of the Western Roman Empire following Maxentius' death at the Battle of Milvian Bridge. This man would later gain control of the Eastern Roman Empire following his victory over Licinius (lih-SIN-ee-uss) at the Battle of Adrianople. This man issued the Edict of Milan, which established religious toleration throughout the Roman Empire. | {Constantine} the {Great} [{or Constantine I; prompt on} Constantine] | History |
q1440_2 | Two of these entities are responsible for the Great Rift Valley located in East Africa. Subduction zones are found along them. | {fault} | Science |
q4197_3 | In one myth, these creatures rose from the blood spilled by Uranus when his son Cronus castrated him. They chased Oedipus (ED-uh-puhs) for wedding his mother and are believed to punish those who swear false oaths. Their members include Alecto (uh-LEK-toh), Megaera (muh-JEER-uh), and Tisiphone (ti-SIF-uh-nee). | {Erinnyes} [{accept} Eumenídes; accept {Furies;} accept Dirae (dahy-ree)] | Mythology |
q345_2 | In this book, Admiral Drake sends the title character a surprise, and Greta and Captain Cook have ten children who are soon trained to be a traveling circus act. This book by Richard Atwater geographically incorrectly sends a group of animals to the North Pole. | Mr. Popper's Penguins | Literature |
q2391_1 | One character in this novel wins a ride in a biplane after her gooseberry pie beats that of Rupert Pennypacker. | A {Long Way} from {Chicago} | Literature |
q494_5 | This man's associates included Red Hawley, Bud Kangley, and Shot Gunderson. His wife is variously given as either Carrie McIntie or Lucette Kensack. One of this man's pets, Benny, died after swallowing a stove that had been used to make oversized pancakes. On a detour from Fargo to Seattle, this man created the Grand Canyon. For 10 points, Babe the Big Blue Ox accompanied what giant lumberjack of American folklore? | Paul Bunyan | Mythology |
q6073_4 | 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. Its center depicts a white “monster,” and another object in this painting is upside down and covered in ants. For 10 points, name this painting that features melting clocks, a work by Salvador Dali. | The {Persistence of Memory} | Fine Arts |
q374_3 | Some of this empire's ruins were found in 1911 by Hiram Bingham. One ruler of this empire fought a civil war with his half-brother Huascar (whas-car). That ruler was captured at the battle of Cajamarca (ka-ha-mar-ka), and he was named Atahualpa (Ata·hual·pa). | {Inca} Empire [or {Tawantinsuyu}] | History |
q4913_4 | Metallic bonds can be modeled as "seas" of these particles. In another model, the repulsion between pairs of them leads to molecular shapes like trigonal planar and octahedral. The fundamental charge is the charge of one of these particles, which can be found in s, p, d, and f orbitals. J.J. Thomson discovered, for 10 points, which negatively-charged components of the atom that orbit the nucleus? | electrons | Science |
q7479_4 | This author wrote about "Irma's Injection" in his 1900 book The Interpretation of Dreams. "Anna O.," "Little Hans," and the "Wolf Man" were some of the patients who sought advice from his Vienna clinic. "Jokes and their Relation to the (*) Unconscious" is an essay by this man, whose "structural theory" proposed that the mind is divided into the id, the ego, and the superego. For 10 points, name this Austrian founder of psychoanalysis. | (Sigismund Schlomo) Sigmund {Freud} | Social Science |
q1676_2 | One type of this weapon would have been defended against by President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative. Another type of these developed by the Soviet Union and used by Iraq was the Scud. | {missiles} [prompt on {\"nuclear bomb\"} until \"surface-to-air\" is mentioned; do not accept or prompt on rocket(s)] | History |
q1900_1 | This man's wife Jiang Qing (“JANG CHING”) was a member of the Gang of Four. | {Mao} Zedong [or Mao Tse-tung; accept Chairman Mao before “Chairman”] | History |
q202_2 | 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. | Alaska | Geography |
q678_1 | This character was named after the wife of King Leontes in The Winter's Tale. | {Hermione Granger} [accept either] | Trash |
q4875_2 | This force is produced by moving charges, and its namesake field is measured in henrys. Its most common form breaks down at a point at which domains lose their alignment. | {magnetism} [accept word forms such as {magnetic;} accept {electromagnetism} until "electro"] | Science |
q653_1 | Scipione Borghese commissioned a contorted and muscular depiction of this figure, which was created by Lorenzo Bernini. | {David} [or {Dawood}] | Fine Arts |
q347_1 | It reportedly began with the false accusations of a wigmaker's apprentice, which supposedly led a crowd to throw snowballs. | {Boston Massacre} [accept reasonable equivalents] | History |
q5834_2 | 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. | {Joplin} Tornado Outbreak [prompt on {tornado} until mentioned] | Trash |
q270_4 | Spin-Spin splitting can occur in NMR spectroscopy of these entities. Free examples of these particles make up ninety percent of cosmic rays. These particles are made up of 2 up quarks and 1 down quark, and were discovered by Earnest Rutherford. The atomic number designates the number of, for 10 points, what positively charged subatomic particles that, with neutrons, make up the nucleus of an atom. | proton [or hydrogen ion; or H+; accept hydrogen before "cosmic rays"] | Science |
q3840_4 | Amazonstone (“AM-uh-zon-STONE”) and cleavelandite (“Cleveland ite”) are members of this group of minerals. Samples of it which show a high opalescence (“OH-puh-LESS-ence”) are traded as moonstone, and some with a yellow or orange tint are sold as sunstone. The plagioclase (“PLAY-jee-oh- CLASE”) and alkali (“AL-kuh-lye”) forms of this mineral are prevalent in granite. Made of aluminum, silicon, and either calcium, sodium, or potassium, for 10 points, name this mineral, number 6 on the Mohs scale of hardness. | feldspar | Science |
q1298_4 | For any odd number greater than one, there exists one of these types of sets where that number is the smallest of the three elements. By definition, all numbers in these kinds of sets are integers. Common example of this type of set are (8, 15, 17); (5, 12, 13); and (3, 4, 5). For 10 points, name these sets of three integers a, b, and c which satisfy the equation a squared plus b squared equals c squared. | {Pythagorean triples} [accept clear-knowledge equivalents; prompt on {Pythagorean theorem}] | Science |
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