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q4855_5 | 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. He slew a sea monster that was about to consume Andromeda, whom he made his wife. For 10 points, name this figure who beheaded Medusa. | {Perseus} | Mythology |
q167_1 | This island was home to the settlement of Brattahlid beginning in the 10th century. | Greenland [or Kalaallit Nunaat] | Geography |
q13259_1 | This franchise's 1934 World Series-winning team was known as the "Gas House Gang." | St. Louis Cardinals [or St. Louis Cardinals] | Trash |
q3283_2 | A popular novel about this figure is T.H. White's The Once and Future King. In the Annales Cambriae (ah-NAH-less CAM-bree-ay), this figure was mortally wounded at the Battle of Camlann during a fight with his son Mordred. | King {Arthur} | Mythology |
q1922_2 | This man was the first to institute retirement and disability benefits. This man instituted the May Laws as part of his anti-Catholic program, kulturkampf (KOOL-toor-kahmf). | Otto von Bismarck | History |
q1311_1 | This novel's main character is falsely accused of stealing a baseball player's shoes from a charity auction. | Holes | Literature |
q1050_2 | 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. | {praying a rosary} [or {saying a rosary;} or obvious equivalents mentioning the {rosary}] | Religion |
q1522_2 | Euler characteristic of platonic solids have this value. This integer times pi gives the number of radians in the unit circle. | 2 | Science |
q731_3 | 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. | matrix [or matrices] | Science |
q623_2 | This nation's Diogo de Silves discovered the Azores. It split lands with Spain in the Treaty of Tordesillas (tor-day-SEE-yahs). | Portugal | History |
q5534_2 | 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. | Android | Trash |
q3032_5 | This politician responded to Francois Barbe-Marbois in his Notes on the State of Virginia. This man founded the University of Virginia and designed the mansion of Monticello.. This president sent the Lewis and Clark expedition and authorized the (*) Louisiana Purchase. He was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence. For 10 points, name this third president of the United States. | Thomas Jefferson | History |
q1102_3 | When this athlete was the 2004 NBA Rookie of the Year, he became the youngest person ever to win that award. This player was criticized for 3-for-14 shooting in a Game 5 loss to the Boston Celtics in the 2010 playoffs and the owner of his former team, Dan Gilbert, published a letter after this player left in free agency. For 10 points, name this former Cleveland Cavalier who televised his decision to accept a contract with the Miami Heat. | LeBron Raymone {James} | Trash |
q4197_4 | 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). For 10 points, name these fearsome female winged deities of vengeance from Greco- Roman mythology. | {Erinnyes} [{accept} Eumenídes; accept {Furies;} accept Dirae (dahy-ree)] | Mythology |
q1903_3 | The protagonist of this story is attacked with fire tongs shortly after a farmer rescues him from a freezing lake. This story ends with the main character meeting a group of children and swimming in a garden after being surprised by his reflection. A bird is rejected for being too big and for looking like a turkey in, for 10 points, what Hans Christian Andersen story about a character who grows up to become a swan? | "The Ugly Duckling" | Literature |
q2837_3 | His opposition to harsh retaliation after the sinking of the Lusitania caused this politician to resign as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State. This man argued against Clarence Darrow in the Scopes Monkey Trial. He proclaimed that "you shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns" in his (*) "Cross of Gold" speech. | William Jennings Bryan | History |
q247_1 | This country's Kruger National Park, part of the lowveld grassland, is named for a 19th-century leader of its Transvaal region, the site of gold and diamond mines. | Republic of {South Africa} [or {RSA}] | Geography |
q1976_1 | Bill Clinton is the United Nations special envoy to this nation. | {Haiti} | History |
q1732_2 | Scientists announced the discovery of 17 of these objects via infrared satellite imagery in May 2011 at the abandoned capital of Tanis. Some of the oldest known of these structures were constructed over 5,600 years ago, including one for Khufu (KOO-foo). | pyramids | History |
q4556_5 | One figure involved in this event is drunk with the blood of saints. During it, seven vials are poured by seven angels in order to wreak havoc. It is set to take place on the Hill of Megiddo. Death, Famine, War, and Pestilence are the “Four Horsemen” of this event. For 10 points, identify this Biblical event where the forces of good and evil will do battle one last time. | {Apocalypse} [accept {Armageddon}] | Religion |
q2581_3 | In one of this artist's paintings, Mercury wears a red sash as he reaches up to an orange in an orange grove; that painting, whose central figure stands next to the Three Graces, is La Primavera. Zephyrus and Chloris [KLOR-iss] blow a goddess to land as a horae greets her at a shore in this artist's most famous work.(*) For 10 points, name this Italian artist who featured a large seashell in his The Birth of Venus. | Sandro Botticelli [or Alessandro (di Mariano di Vanni) Filipepi] | Fine Arts |
q199_4 | The Atbarah (“ott-BAR-uh”) is an arm of this river that starts at Lake Tana (“TAWN-uh”). The Aswan (“AHS-wahn”) High Dam, an attempt to control this river's flow, resulted in the creation of Lake Nasser, a massive reservoir shared by two nations. This river splits into two different sections near Khartoum (“CAR-toom”), the Blue and the White. For 10 points, identify this river considered the lifeblood of civilizations in Sudan and Egypt, the longest river in the world. | {Nile} River | Geography |
q1635_4 | 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. On earth it causes objects to accelerate at 9.81 meters per second squared. It acts more strongly on objects of greater mass. | {gravity} [or (universal) {gravitation} and other word forms] | Science |
q81_2 | Resignations of the President or Vice-President must be delivered to this person. Madeleine Albright was the first woman to hold this position, and one candidate for this position in the second Obama administration withdrew her candidacy due to controversy over the (*) Benghazi attacks. | Secretary of State | Trash |
q740_4 | This man described a trip around America with his poodle in Travels with Charley. In a novella by this man, George shoots Lennie to prevent him from being lynched. This man also wrote about the Joad family's attempt to escape the Depression by moving to California from Oklahoma. For 10 points, identify this American author of Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath. | John Ernst {Steinbeck} | Literature |
q72_3 | This bill placed an additional 3.8% tax on investment income for high earners, and it also capped Flexible Spending Accounts. In June 2012, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of this law under Congress's power to levy (*) taxes and granted states the power to avoid its Medicaid expansions. For 10 points, name this law that is supposed to increase the number of people who are covered by health insurance. | {Obamacare} [or {Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act} or {PPACA}] | Trash |
q297_2 | When this figure was born, his mother Thetis (THEE-tiss) dipped him in the river Styx in an attempt to make him immortal. Agamemnon took Briseis (BRY-see-iss) from this figure, which caused him to refuse Agamemnon's commands to fight until his friend, Patroclus, died. | Achilles [accept Achilleus] | Mythology |
q3488_4 | An alpha particle is a nucleus of this element, which has a filled 1s (ONE S) orbital but no p orbitals at ground state. After the Hindenburg disaster, this gas replaced hydrogen in zeppelins and blimps. Because the speed of sound in this gas is much faster than that in air, inhaling it causes a high-pitched voice. For 10 points, name this lightest noble gas, with atomic number two and symbol He (H-E). | helium [accept He before it is read] | Science |
q4850_3 | This figure's birth was engineered by Sir Pelles (“PELL-us”), his grandfather. A descendant of Joseph of Arimathea (“AIR-uh-muh-THEE-uh”), this youngest of the Knights of the Round Table died after taking a fated trip to Jerusalem, while accompanied by Sirs Bors and Percival. He is the only figure who is allowed to sit in the Siege Perilous, due to his destiny. | Sir {Galahad} | Mythology |
q667_3 | This poet wrote about a maiden who was killed by jealous angels and who lived "in a kingdom by the sea." He wrote about a creature that sits "On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door." That poem of his begins, "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary." | Edgar Allen Poe | Literature |
q2199_2 | The distribution of these items was outlawed in Mumbai, India after a 2005 flood was partly blamed on blocked drains throughout the city. In 2011, Italy was the first European nation to completely ban their distribution, though biodegradable ones are still legal. | non-biodegradable {plastic bags} [prompt on {bags}] | Science |
q740_3 | This man described a trip around America with his poodle in Travels with Charley. In a novella by this man, George shoots Lennie to prevent him from being lynched. This man also wrote about the Joad family's attempt to escape the Depression by moving to California from Oklahoma. | John Ernst {Steinbeck} | Literature |
q101_1 | The D double prime layer lies in the lowest part of this region. | {mantle} | Science |
q174_1 | This empire held together by the use of quipus (“KWEE-poos”) was expanded by Pachacuti (“PAH- chah-COO-tee”) but weakened by civil war between Huascar (“HWASS-car”) and Atahualpa (“AT-uh- WALL-puh”). | {Inca} empire [{or Inka} empire; {or Incan} civilization] | History |
q1947_1 | In this novel, one character has a vision of the destruction of Sandleford which ultimately turns out to be true. | Watership Down | Literature |
q1973_3 | One character in this book deliberately pours syrup all over his lunch. At one point, the main characters are taken to a church by their cook, Calpurnia. Mayella Ewell accuses Tom Robinson of assaulting her; Tom is defended by the protagonist's father, the best lawyer in Maycomb, Alabama. | To Kill a Mockingbird | Literature |
q442_4 | It was the subject of a Scientific American special report dealing with Modified Newtonian Dynamics by Mordechai Milgrom (“MOR-de-kye MILL-grum”). This substance was first proposed in 1934 by Fritz Zwicky (“ZWICK-ee”) to make up for "missing mass" in the universe. Its non-baryonic (“NON BARE- ee-on-ick”) variety contains no mass. For 10 points, identify this type of matter in the universe named due to its unobservability. | {dark matter} [accept {dark} matter after “{matter}” is read] | Science |
q1126_3 | 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. It has more sides than any other regular polygon that tessellates a plane. | hexagons | Science |
q3696_3 | In one quest, this figure is directed to the ferryman Urshanabi (UR-shah-NAH-bee) by Siduri. After his companion dies, this figure visits Utnapishtim (OOT-nah-PEESH-tim), who tells him where to find a plant capable of restoring youth. That plant is later stolen by a serpent. | Gilgamesh | Mythology |
q5249_1 | The NASA Juno spacecraft is destined for this body in 2016, when it will observe this body's magnetic field and determine the ratio of hydrogen to oxygen in its atmosphere. | Jupiter | Science |
q5666_2 | Lieschen [lee-shen] is addicted to coffee in a cantata by this composer of the Notebook for Anna Magdalena. Gounod's [goo-noh's] Ave Maria is based on a prelude from this composer's Well-Tempered Clavier, and Mendelssohn revived his setting of the St. Matthew Passion. | {Johann Sebastian Bach} [accept {Coffee Cantata} before "cantata" is read] | Fine Arts |
q1425_3 | In 1822, the House of Iturbide (“EE-tur-BEE-day”) assumed control of this nation for one year. This nation was ruled by an Austrian emperor installed by Napoleon III, Maximilian, although he was overthrown by Benito Juarez (“WAHR-ezz”). The Gadsden Purchase bought land from this country, whose victory at Puebla (“PWAY-bluh”) is celebrated as Cinco de Mayo. | Mexico | History |
q919_4 | One character on this show was a model who dated a girl named Marta before taking a job as a doorman. Another character on this show spent 3 days in law school and repeatedly sets things on fire. One of the main character's friends is a tech (*) wizard with an overbearing mother, while the other is a meat-addicted delinquent who co-hosts the title show. For 10 points, name this Nickelodeon sitcom starring Miranda Cosgrove as the host of an internet webcast. | iCarly | Trash |
q4868_4 | 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. If this value is positive in a quadratic equation, then there are two real solutions; and the formula for finding this value in a quadratic equation is b squared minus four a c. For 10 points, name this value which can be used to determine the nature of roots of a function. | discriminant | Science |
q236_3 | This leader fought with co-emperor Licinius in battles at Cibalae (SEE-ball-AY) and Adrianople. It is said that he had a vision before the Battle of Milvian Bridge. He called for the Council of Nicaea and issued the Edict of Milan. | {Constantine I} [or {Constantine} the {Great;} or {Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus;} or Saint {Constantine}] | History |
q7377_1 | This nation's breakup was achieved by the actions of Milan Kucan (mee-LAHN koo-CHAHN) and Franjo Tudman (FRAHN-yoh TOOJ-mahn), and led to war crimes charges against Radovan Karadzic (RAH-duh-vahn kuh-RAH-jich) and Slobodan Milosevic (SLOH-buh-dahn muh-LOH-suh-vich). | Yugoslavia | Social Science |
q4845_1 | In Norse mythology, the wolf Hati will devour this object at Ragnarok while Skoll will eat its sister. | moon | Mythology |
q3785_3 | The dot product of two vectors over the product of their lengths gives this function of the angle between them. A law named for this function generalizes the Pythagorean theorem to non-right triangles; it uses two sides of a triangle and the included angle to find the length of the third side. (*) For 10 points, name this trigonometric ratio commonly calculated as "adjacent over hypotenuse" in right triangles. | cosine [accept cosine of x, with x being any letter] | Science |
q1415_3 | 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." In the New Testament, he is seen as the source of death for all men. | Adam | Religion |
q6207_1 | At the suggestion of a Serbian merchant, this artist began his career making toys. | Alexander {Calder} | Fine Arts |
q1607_5 | The line "Such is my love, to thee I so belong" comes from one of these works written to a "Fair Youth." Hundreds of these works dedicated to Laura are contained in Il Canzoniere by Petrarch, while a "Dark Lady" is the subject of 26 of this type of (*) poem. "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" was one of 154 written by William Shakespeare. For 10 points, name this 14-line poetic form. | sonnet [prompt on \"poem\"; accept Shakesperean sonnet during the first sentence, but do not accept after; do not accept Petrarchan sonnet] | Literature |
q3307_6 | The tangent function gives these numbers when its input is in the 2nd or 4th quadrant. Using these numbers as exponents is defined in terms of a reciprocal. The absolute value function changes them. Defining their square roots requires (*) imaginary numbers. Integers that are not natural numbers are either zero or one of these. For 10 points, name these numbers that are less than zero. | negative numbers | Science |
q293_2 | 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”). | {Baltic} Sea | Geography |
q1903_1 | The protagonist of this story is attacked with fire tongs shortly after a farmer rescues him from a freezing lake. | "The Ugly Duckling" | Literature |
q5634_1 | This figure protected the seven daughters of Jethro, one of whom, Zipporah, became this figure's wife. | {Moses} | Religion |
q2085_1 | pH in this fluid is regulated by the bicarbonate (“bi-CAR-bo-nate”) ion buffer system. | blood | Science |
q10478_1 | In one poem, this writer depicted the blacksmith named Basil as the father of Gabriel, who is the sweetheart of the title daughter of Benedict. | Henry Wadsworth {Longfellow} | Literature |
q363_1 | This city is protected from floods by a dam centered on the island of Kotlin. | {St. Petersburg} [prompt on {\"Leningrad\"} or {\"Petrograd\"} before they are mentioned] | Geography |
q966_4 | Variations of this orchestral instrument include the Japanese shakuhachi (SHAH-koo-HAH-chee) and Armenian sring. French models of this instrument have open holes, and this instrument represents the bird in Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf. Unlike other woodwinds, it lacks a reed. It comes in end-blown and side-blown varieties. | flute | Fine Arts |
q2141_1 | This man's family was kicked out of the Borjigin clan after his father Yesugei was poisoned. | {Genghis Khan} [accept {Temujin;} prompt on Khan] | Trash |
q1146_4 | This man composed a ballet called The Creatures of Prometheus (“pro-MEE-thee-us”), and Leonato is a major character in his opera Fidelio (“fih-DAY-lee-oh”). His third symphony was originally written to honor Napoleon and was called Eroica (“air-OH-ih-kuh”). A later symphony by this man borrows from Schiller's "Ode to Joy" for its choral final movement. For 10 points, name this composer whose fifth symphony begins with a fate knocking at the door theme and who went deaf. | Ludwig von {Beethoven} | Fine Arts |
q1860_1 | This poet wrote of a man who is asked, "Why don't you speak for yourself, John?" | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | Literature |
q1641_2 | The philosophy of nullification was developed to oppose this form of government. The Ninth and Tenth Amendments specifically create this type of government, which is defined as a power-sharing arrangement between national and state governments. | {federalism} [accept word forms such as {federalist}] | History |
q4480_1 | A triangular patch of clouds that circulates this planet quickly is known as The Scooter. | Neptune | Science |
q2141_4 | 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. Because one of his sons, Jochi, was poisoned, his successor was another son, Ogedei. (*) For 10 points, identify this founder of the Mongol Empire and grandfather of Kublai Khan. | {Genghis Khan} [accept {Temujin;} prompt on Khan] | Trash |
q1335_4 | 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. For 10 points, identify this location in Greek myth, the home of Poseidon, Hera, and Zeus. | Mount Olympus | Mythology |
q3840_3 | 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. | feldspar | Science |
q1467_1 | This play's opening brawl is started by Gregory and Samson. | {Romeo} and {Juliet} | Literature |
q2673_1 | At the Battle of Kirina, Sumanguru (SOO-man-GOO-roo) was defeated by the founder of this empire, Sundiata Keita. | {Mali} Empire | History |
q421_3 | This author wrote about a country at war with Blefuscu; he also created the land of Glubbdrubdrib and a flying island, Laputa. One of his characters goes to a land with 72-feet-tall men. This author also suggested that the rich should eat poor Irish children in "A Modest Proposal." | Jonathan Swift | Literature |
q898_1 | One variant of this organelle (“OR-guh-NELL”) is found in muscle cells and stores calcium. | {endoplasmic reticulum} [or {ER} ; accept {sarcoplasmic reticulum} or {SR}] | Science |
q4913_3 | 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. | electrons | Science |
q4806_4 | In 1983 this character was given a purple and green battle suit. This cancer survivor was fictionally the forty-third U.S. President. John Byrne rewrote this character as a white-collar criminal who runs a prominent aerospace company. He has been portrayed by Gene Hackman and Kevin Spacey in movies, and Michael Rosenbaum in Smallville. | Alexander John {"Lex" Luthor} | Trash |
q1814_3 | This man was the first to state that the color of light was determined by light's interaction with other objects. This man was the first to coin the term "Action at a Distance." His second law states that force is equal to the time derivative of momentum, or F equals m a. | Isaac Newton | Science |
q3307_4 | The tangent function gives these numbers when its input is in the 2nd or 4th quadrant. Using these numbers as exponents is defined in terms of a reciprocal. The absolute value function changes them. Defining their square roots requires (*) imaginary numbers. | negative numbers | Science |
q547_3 | Smaller islands that are part of this nation include the Chatham Islands and Stewart Islands. The Cook Strait separates the two main islands of this country, whose smaller main island contains the old capital of Auckland. The Maori people live on the North and South Islands in, for 10 points, what nation with a capital at Wellington that sits over 1,000 miles off the coast of Australia? | New Zealand | Geography |
q4969_1 | This structure is divided into Brodmann areas, and develops from the telencephalon ("TEAL"-en- SEFF-ah-"lawn"). | {cerebrum} [accept {cerebral cortex;} accept {neocortex;} accept {forebrain;} prompt on brain] | Science |
q2679_1 | Instruments in this family represent the fossils in Camille Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals, while they were also used rhythmically in his Danse Macabre (“DONSE muh-COB-ruh”). | percussion | Fine Arts |
q2929_4 | 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. For 10 points, name this work by Grant Wood, which symbolized America in the 1930s. | American Gothic | Fine Arts |
q21_4 | The highest point in this nation is Jebel Toubkal, and foreign enclaves surrounded by this nation include Melilla (meh-LEE-yah) and Ceuta (say-OO-tah). Its cities include Safi and Marrakech, and this country is home to the western terminus of the Atlas Mountains. It is north of the disputed Western Sahara and south of the Strait of Gibraltar. For 10 points, name this country that includes the cities of Casablanca and Rabat. | Kingdom of {Morocco} [or {Al Mamlakah al Maghribiyah}] | Geography |
q2464_2 | In this novel, the protagonist lies about what happened to an amethyst brooch so she can go to a picnic. That protagonist makes up names like Willowmere for locales around her village and inadvertently gets her friend Diana Barry drunk on "raspberry cordial." | Anne of Green Gables | Social Science |
q2634_1 | Edouard (“ED-oo-ard”) Lalo wrote a violin concerto named after a symphony from this country. | {Spain} | Fine Arts |
q1324_1 | 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. | Republic of Poland [or Rzeczpospolita Polska] | Literature |
q2742_2 | Most stories hold that this deity, not Athena, blinded the prophet Tiresias (TYE-ree-see-uhs). She cursed the nymph Echo to repeat only what others had said. | Hera | Mythology |
q2096_2 | This work opens with stories of a pilot who misread his directions and a friend who was distracted by a salmon hatchery. This book's protagonist runs off with his baby brother Gabe to avoid punishment by "Release." | The Giver | Literature |
q278_3 | This mountain range was created by the subduction of the Nazca Plate. The southern part of this mountain range is found in Patagonia and, further south, Tierra del Fuego. The altiplano (all-tee-PLAHnoe), a plateau of this range, contains Lake Titicaca. | {Andes} Mountains | Geography |
q2122_2 | The wife of one character in this novel is named Teresa Cascajo (“cas-CAH-ho”). That character's donkey is named Dapple and accompanies Rocinante (“ro-sin-AHN-tay”), the nag of this novel's protagonist. | {Don Quixote} de la Mancha | Literature |
q318_2 | One author from this country wrote about Bam and Maureen Smales escaping civil war in July's People. Another author from this country wrote about the murder of Arthur Jarvis by Absalom Kumalo. | {Republic} of {South Africa} [accept Union of {South Africa;} accept {RSA}] | Literature |
q1460_2 | 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 Hobbit | Literature |
q3696_4 | In one quest, this figure is directed to the ferryman Urshanabi (UR-shah-NAH-bee) by Siduri. After his companion dies, this figure visits Utnapishtim (OOT-nah-PEESH-tim), who tells him where to find a plant capable of restoring youth. That plant is later stolen by a serpent. This figure slew the guardian of the cedar forest, Humbaba, and the Bull of Heaven, with Enkidu. | Gilgamesh | Mythology |
q2154_3 | In this work, Unferth boasts about beating the protagonist in a swimming contest. As his dying action, the protagonist gives Wiglaf a royal gold collar. Partly taking place in the mead hall Heorot, this work presents Hrothgar, the king of the Danes, as helpless in battling a (*) monster who comes nightly to eat warriors. | Beowulf | Literature |
q7786_2 | 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. He is the current chair of the House Budget Committee, and one of his budget proposals was titled (*) "The Path to Prosperity." | Paul {Ryan} | Trash |
q4866_1 | Temples dedicated to this god include the Trimbakeshwar and Ramanaswathamy. | Shiva [accept Shiva the Destroyer, Shiva the Transformer] | Mythology |
q1686_1 | This novel begins as the main character and his mother Ellen plant potatoes. | Across Five Aprils | Literature |
q603_2 | Ilya Mechnikov first studied this body system by inserting thorns in starfish, and its longevity depends on memory cells. An inflammatory response attracts macrophages from this system, while another of its cells is targeted by HIV. | immune system | Science |
q1488_2 | This ruler was forced to wait eight months to begin a campaign for the throne he contested with the King of Norway, Harald Hardrada (hard-RAH-dah), whose own campaign ended unsuccessfully at Stamford Bridge. This man feigned his death in order to trick Harold Godwinson into defeat at the Battle of Hastings. | {William I} of England [or {William} the {Conqueror;} or {William} the {Bastard;} or {William II} of {Normandy;} or {Guillaume} le {Conquérant;} prompt on {William} of {Normandy}] | History |
q3390_3 | The Diprotodon was the largest member of this taxonomic group known to exist, while its last big carnivore, the thylacine, went extinct in the Hobart Zoo. Burrowers in this infraclass, such as wombats, have a namesake feature opening to the rear. Its only North American species is the opossum. | {Marsupial} [or {Marsupialia}] | Science |
q1784_2 | In one of this man's stories, Bill and Sam kidnap the title bratty son of Ebenezer Dorset. In addition to "The Ransom of Red Chief," he wrote a work in which Jim and Stella buy a comb set and a watch chain for one another but end up sacrificing the watch and the hair for which the gifts were meant. | O. Henry [or William Sydney Porter] | Literature |
q2053_4 | This non-Italian artist included a bare-chested torso in the background of his The Sacrament of the Last Supper. He included many cubes in the "disintegration" of his best-known painting, and also created a Lobster Telephone. His best-known painting includes several ants on a (*) timepiece, as well as clocks which have the appearance of melting. For 10 points, name this Spanish surrealist who painted The Persistence of Memory. | Salvador (Felipe Jacinto) Dalí (i Domènech) | Fine Arts |
q554_3 | In Major Barbara, Andrew Undershaft became rich by manufacturing these objects. Both Hedda Gabler and Young Werther (VEHR-tuhr) commit suicide using these objects. One of these objects shown in the background early in a story will be important later, according to a literary device named for Anton Chekhov. | guns [accept pistols; prompt on weapons; prompt on munitions] | Literature |
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