caimira/pb-queries · Datasets at Hugging Face

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q192_3	This city was named after the Pottawatomie (POT-ah-WAH-tah-mee) for either "smelly onion place" or "skunk." An early road in this city crossed the "Nine-Mile Swamp" and Des Plaines (day PLAINS) River. Its Statistical Metropolitan Area includes Kenosha and Gary.	Chicago	Geography
q44_1	In this body of water are the Emperor Seamounts and the Chinook Trough.	Pacific Ocean [do not accept or prompt on more specific answers]	Geography
q1555_1	This man is told by the ghost of his wife Creusa to leave for Hesperia after carrying his father Anchises (ann-KYE-sees) and son Ascanius out of a besieged city.	Aeneas [prompt on The Aeneid]	Mythology
q4339_4	This man's brothers were Nahor and Haran, and his father was Terah. He told his wife to say that she was his sister to evade Egyptian guards. This man fathered Ishmael with Hagar, but he is more famous for nearly (*) sacrificing his son, Isaac. For 10 points, name this Old Testament figure whose wife was Sarah and who made a covenant with God, making him a patriarchal figure in Islam, Christianity, and Judaism.	Abraham [accept Abram]	Religion
q3048_5	Frederick Muhlenberg was the first person to hold this office. This office is granted appointment power for select and conference committees. It confers the ability to schedule legislation for the floor and the person in this position controls the flow of debate. It is second in the line of presidential succession. For 10 points, what position was previously held by Dennis Hastert and is currently held by Nancy Pelosi?	{Speaker of the House} of Representatives	History
q4868_3	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.	discriminant	Science
q413_3	This object was used as a piece of building material in the construction of Fort Julien in the Nile Delta. It was discovered by a French soldier that occupied the fort in 1799, and Jean-Francois Champollion (ZHAN fran-SWAH SHAM-POE-lee-own) deciphered it in 1822. For 10 points, name this artifact carved in a basalt tablet and written in three languages, which permitted linguists to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics for the first time in modern history.	Rosetta Stone	History
q1522_3	Euler characteristic of platonic solids have this value. This integer times pi gives the number of radians in the unit circle. Truth tables can evaluate to this many outputs.	2	Science
q2511_3	During one of these events, what is observed is based on the viewer's location relative to the path of totality. Viewers of them might see the annulus or corona, if they are standing in the antiumbra. Viewers standing in the penumbra will see a partial form, while during a total one, the corona may be seen.	{solar eclipse} [prompt on eclipse]	Science
q317_2	In the movie Cats & Dogs, he provided the voice for Lou the Beagle. In another movie, he and his sister, played by Reese Witherspoon, are transported to the 1950s sitcom Pleasantville.	{Tobey Maguire}	Trash
q323_2	Lee Deforest is considered one of the inventors of this technique in the early 1900s when he was working on space telegraphy. This form of radio communication involves the transmission of sinusoidal waves that have varying strength over time.	{amplitude modulation} or {AM radio} [prompt on \"radio\" or similar answers]	Science
q1752_4	These objects explained the Vine-Matthews hypothesis about the reversal of the Earth's magnetic field. Seafloor spreading occurs at divergent boundaries between these objects. These objects were first proposed in Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift. They slide past each other at transform faults.	{tectonic plates} [or {plate tectonics}]	Science
q3264_5	This present-day nation was the center of Axum, and its church claims to hold the Ark of the Covenant. It defeated Italy at the Battle of Adowa under Emperor Menilek (MEN-ee-lek) II. Rastafarians (RAHSS-tah-FAR-ee-ins) hold that another emperor, Haile Selassie (HAY-lee seh-LAH-see), was the second coming of Jesus. Its first emperor was supposedly the son of the Queen of Sheba. For 10 points, name this African nation currently led by Girma Wolde-Giorgis (JER-mah WOLD-uh JOR-jiss) from Addis Ababa.	Federal Democratic Republic of {Ethiopia} [or {Ityop'iya Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik;} prompt on {Abyssinia}]	History
q289_2	This poet delivered "The Gift Outright" at President John F. Kennedy's inauguration. One of his poems observes that "good fences make good neighbors" and is called "Mending Wall."	Robert Lee Frost	Literature
q4197_2	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.	{Erinnyes} [{accept} Eumenídes; accept {Furies;} accept Dirae (dahy-ree)]	Mythology
q2571_1	In one of his paintings, this man included a self-portrait as the flayed skin held by St. Bartholomew; the nudity in that painting was censored by the Catholic Church.	Michelangelo (di Lodovico) Buonarroti (Simoni) [accept either underlined name]	Fine Arts
q4010_3	In 1994 this band released their debut album, the Blue Album. One music video by them shows groups of people breaking Guinness World Records including Largest Game of Dodgeball and Largest Air Guitar Ensemble. Its lead singer is Rivers Cuomo.	Weezer	Trash
q541_2	In Jainism, this object's central point is Mount Meru. In Chinese mythology, this object is the lower half of a cosmic egg split by Pangu, while in ancient Egypt the original form of this object was the primordial (*) mound.	{Earth} [accept equivalents like world or land before \"planet\" is mentioned]	Mythology
q141_2	One novel by this man sees a recurring protagonist help to rescue his friend Chingachgook's betrothed Wah-ta!-wah from the Hurons. This man wrote another novel in which the angry Magua (MAHG-wah) tries to kill Cora Munro, and the title person is not the protagonist Hawkeye, but rather Uncas (UN-kass) .	James Fenimore {Cooper}	Literature
q5073_1	This compound is converted to Vitamin D in the presence of ultraviolet-B light.	{cholesterol}	Science
q1394_1	Characters in this novel include the Zoroastrian Fedallah (feh-DAH-lah), a Native American called Tashtego, and a South Sea islander named Queequeg (KWEE-KWAIG).	{Moby}-{Dick} (or {The Whale})	Literature
q1824_4	This constellation is often interpreted as fighting Taurus with his dogs Canis Minor and Canis Major. Stars within this constellation include the “amazon star” Bellatrix (“BELL-uh-tricks”), the red giant Betelgeuse (“beetle juice”), and Rigel (“RYE-gull”). It is most easily recognizable by the three stars making up the belt of the figure in this constellation. For 10 points, name this constellation also known as "the Hunter."	{Orion} [prompt on “the {Hunter} before mentioned]	Science
q1254_3	The muon was detected in a device named for these objects; that device was succeeded by the bubble chamber. Adding silver iodide to these structures attempts to release their contents in a namesake "seeding" technique. These structures are formed when the temperature falls below the dew point, causing condensation of water.	{clouds} [accept {cloud chamber} before "release" is read]	Science
q787_1	Some of this company's products use the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine and the Gecko rendering engine.	Mozilla	Trash
q1461_2	When James Madison revised this, it called for 7-year terms of office for Senators and 3-years terms for House members. Proposed by Edmund Randolph as 15 resolutions, more notable aspects of this plan included three branches of government and representation determined by population for both Houses.	Virginia Plan	History
q2027_4	The Antennae and The Mice are interacting examples of these objects, and Seyfert's Sextet are a group of them. Tidal tails form in these objects, when one or more of them merge. Edwin Hubble classified these on a "tuning fork diagram", which includes the elliptical and (*) spiral types. M31 is the Andromeda example of, and our own Milky way is another of, for 10 points, what large collections of stars?	{galaxy}	Science
q1435_4	This man's nonfiction work A Footnote to History includes firsthand accounts of civil war in Samoa. He wrote a story in which Dr. Lanyon dies from shock after seeing a respectable doctor turn into the murderer Edward Hyde. This man's novel Catriona (kuh-TREE-nuh) is a sequel to a work about David Balfour, and another of his works features the pirate Long John Silver. For 10 points, name this author of Kidnapped and Treasure Island.	Robert Louis Balfour {Stevenson}	Literature
q1247_3	In this novel, a town is fooled by two men who pull off the Royal Nonesuch, and those men go on to steal the property of the late Peter Wilkes. The Widow Douglas wants to “sivilize” the title character, who misses a turn at Cairo ("KAY-row") and keeps floating south. For 10 points, name this novel that sees Jim and the title friend of Tom Sawyer travel down the Mississippi River, a work by Mark Twain.	The Adventures of {Huckleberry Finn}	Literature
q5362_4	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."	The {New York Times} [accept {NYT;} prompt on {\"Times\"}]	History
q992_1	This person from Gath defied the armies of Israel, demanding a fight to the death with one person under the condition that the winner's side would enslave the loser's side.	Goliath	Mythology
q4816_1	These objects are often responsible for the formation of "rock flour."	glaciers	Science
q1433_5	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. One mission in this program spawned the line, "Houston, we've had a problem." For 10 points, name this NASA program whose mission 11 saw man first walk on the moon.	{Apollo} Program [accept {Apollo Extension Series} or {Apollo Applications Program} before "first"]	History
q191_1	Cyrus the Great allowed this structure to be built to replace a similar building destroyed during Nebuchadnezzar II's reign.	{Second Temple} of {Jerusalem} [prompt on {Temple} of {Jerusalem;} do not accept {"First Temple} of {Jerusalem"}]	Religion
q4046_3	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.	Punic Wars	History
q1386_1	This figure lost his first wife after she bounced so high she hit her head on the moon.	{Pecos Bill} [prompt on Bill]	Mythology
q1108_3	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.	{Attila} the Hun	History
q3108_1	This artist's paintings of the New York City skyline include The Radiator Building, Night.	Georgia (Totto) {O'Keeffe}	Fine Arts
q2046_2	At one point in this novel the main character is told to jump off of a cliff, but is stopped. That character also joins the crew of Hal, Charles, and Mercedes.	{The Call of the Wild}	Literature
q1561_2	Otus and Ephialtes (“eff-ee-ALL-tees”) tried to capture this goddess, but ended up slaying each other after she transformed into a deer. She slew the daughters of Niobe (“ny-OH-bee”) in response to a slight against her mother.	{Artemis}	Mythology
q490_3	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.	{Theodore Roosevelt} [or {Teddy Roosevelt;} or {T.R.;} prompt on Roosevelt]	History
q1519_1	This planet and Earth are the only ones whose atmospheres are mostly nitrogen.	{Pluto}	Science
q6615_4	This element turns a dark color when combined with starches, which is one reason it is used in Lugol's solution. At room temperature it is a solid that sublimes into a purple gas. This element or barium is used in most contrast solutions for CT scans, and this element is used naturally by the body to make (*) thyroid hormones. A lack of this element causes goiter, which appears as a swollen neck.	iodine [prompt on \"I\" before the end; do not accept iodide]	Science
q1760_2	One superstition concerning certain winners of this election is known as Tecumseh's (“teh-CUM- seh's”) Curse. Third party candidates in previous elections of this type include Ross Perot and Teddy Roosevelt.	{Presidential general} election [accept either]	History
q398_1	The first prime minister of this country gave a speech outlining the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence that formed a basis for a treaty with China, and he also gave the "Tryst with Destiny" speech.	Republic of {India} [accept {Bhārat Gaṇarājya}]	History
q4292_4	One form of this concept is equal to the product of charge and voltage. For a spring, this quantity is given by one-half times the spring constant times the square of the distance from equilibrium. The gravitational form of this quantity is equal to an object's weight times its height. For 10 points, give this “stored” energy that is converted into kinetic energy.	{potential energy} [or {potential} energy after “energy”; prompt on energy]	Science
q2050_1	One character in this book describes himself as the "shortest giant" and "tallest midget."	The Phantom Tollbooth	Literature
q511_2	Every chapter after the first chapter of this work is arranged from longest to shortest and all but one begins with the word "bismallah" (biss-MAH-lah). This work's second chapter is known as the "Cow" sura and the first revelation in this text was transmitted when Muhammad was near the Cave of Hira (HEE-rah).	Qur'an [or Koran; prompt on recitation]	Religion
q1168_3	Samuel Chase was the only impeached member of this group, which is vested with power by Article III of the U.S. Constitution. Harriet Miers and Robert Bork were unsuccessful nominees to join this group, which Franklin Roosevelt proposed increasing to a size of 15. (*) Marbury v.	United States Supreme Court [accept SCOTUS (Supreme Court of the United States); prompt on \"Court\"]	History
q545_3	In the buildup to this battle, the losing commander set up a fortification at Gloucester (“GLAU-ster”) shortly after retreating from Williamsburg. A key turning point in this battle was the arrival of reinforcements under Count Rochambeau (“RO-sham-BO”). British naval forces under Thomas Graves failed to break through the French blockade.	Battle of {Yorktown}	History
q422_2	In one of this composer's ballets, a castle is hidden by vines for 100 years until Prince Desire kisses Princess Aurora. This composer of Sleeping Beauty included the Waltz of the Flowers and the Russian Trepak in another ballet, while his third ballet sees Von Rothbart turn Odette into the title (*) bird.	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky [or Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky]	Fine Arts
q5001_4	The U.S. Ambassador to this nation, Jon Huntsman, resigned effective April 2011. Human rights activists in this country, including the currently-jailed 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner, have signed Charter 08. Starting in March 2010, Google refused to follow this nation's Internet censorship policies. For 10 points, identify this nation whose current leader, Hu Jintao (hoo jin-"TAO"), visited the U.S. in January 2011.	People's Republic of China [or PRC; or Zhongguo; or Zhonggua Renmin Gongheguo]	History
q999_2	J.M.W. Turner painted one of these things before it was to be "broken up" in his The Fighting Temeraire. A black man stands in a small brown one of these things in a Winslow Homer painting.	{boats} or {ships} [accept {warships;} accept {sea vessels} before it is mentioned]	Fine Arts
q1227_5	A "pillow" form of this substance forms underwater. "Domes" of this substance form from andesite. This substance can be classified, depending on the smoothness of its surface, as a'a (AH-AH) or pahoehoe (pah-HOY-HOY). It accumulates around a vent to form a cinder cone, and it solidifies to form igneous rock. For 10 points, give the term for magma that reaches the Earth's surface, often through a volcanic explosion.	lava	Science
q3023_3	Three square windows can be seen in the back of this painting, and the back of a chair takes up its lower center portion. The central figure is wearing red and blue with his hands on a table; to his right is an effeminate figure believed to be the Apostle John. Judas clutches a bag of silver in, for 10 points, what Leonardo da Vinci painting that depicts Christ's final meal with his disciples?	The {Last Supper}	Fine Arts
q1591_2	This is the major key in which both Sergei Prokofiev's "Classical" Symphony and J.S. Bach's Air on a G String were written. A basic guitar chord of this type does not play the fifth and sixth strings and leaves open the fourth string as the root of the chord.	{D} major	Fine Arts
q426_4	According to one myth, this figure used the eye of the Graiae (GRAY - eye) as a bargaining tool in order to learn the location of the Hesperides. He was born after his mother, Danae, was impregnated by Zeus in the form of a golden shower. This figure defeated Cetus, after which he married Andromeda. After this hero slew his most famous foe, Pegasus was born from her blood.	Perseus	Mythology
q5689_1	This body contains an unusually reflective equatorial region known as Xanadu.	Titan	Science
q2541_1	When this substance is used, it often leaves behind a liquid with naphthalene and various phenols.	{coal}	Science
q3103_2	Some of these are statically typed, while others are duck typed or dynamically typed. Many of them must be used in conjunction with a compiler, such as one of them created in the 1970s by Dennis Ritchie, which is named for a letter of the alphabet and has a (*) "plus plus" variety.	programming languages [accept computer languages; accept scripting languages; prompt on \"programs\"; prompt on \"languages\"]	Science
q1679_2	Bernoulli is credited with the discovery of this constant when he attempted to find the value of the limit as n approaches infinity of the quantity one plus one over n to the nth power. This constant is used when finding interest compounded continuously and when modeling exponential growth, and it is the base of the natural logarithm.	{e} [accept {Euler's} (“ oiler's ”) {number} or {Euler's constant}]	Science
q1731_2	At one point in this book, two characters recite nursery rhymes and the Gettysburg Address to avoid being hypnotized by a man with red eyes. The main character of this book meets several tentacled creatures, including one called Aunt Beast, while rescuing her father from Camazotz.	A Wrinkle in Time	Literature
q700_3	The Apostle Islands are in the northern part of this state, whose first European visitor was French trader Jean Nicolet in 1634. Lake Winnebago is located in this state near the cities of Fond du Lac and Oshkosh. This state's Door Peninsula separates (*) Green Bay from Lake Michigan.	Wisconsin	Geography
q1154_4	In this novel, a widow seeks help moving her house out of the path of Farmer Fitzgibbon's plow. Jeremy takes her to visit a wise, old owl who suggests asking the title characters to move her house "to the lee of the stone." Those characters live in a rosebush and are technologically advanced rodents. For 10 points, identify this Robert O'Brien novel about the widow of Jonathan Frisby's efforts to save her family.	Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of {NIMH}	Literature
q1973_4	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. For 10 points, name this book narrated by Scout, the daughter of Atticus Finch, and written by Harper Lee.	To Kill a Mockingbird	Literature
q1217_3	This "Foremost of the Westerners" is linked with Serapis through the Apis bull. This son of Geb and Nut (NOOT) was cut into fourteen pieces that were scattered throughout the country by his brother. His wife revived him after she and Nephthys (NEF-this) found thirteen of those pieces.	{Osiris} [accept {Anubis} before "Serapis" is read; prompt on Khenti-Amentiu]	Mythology
q1824_3	This constellation is often interpreted as fighting Taurus with his dogs Canis Minor and Canis Major. Stars within this constellation include the “amazon star” Bellatrix (“BELL-uh-tricks”), the red giant Betelgeuse (“beetle juice”), and Rigel (“RYE-gull”). It is most easily recognizable by the three stars making up the belt of the figure in this constellation.	{Orion} [prompt on “the {Hunter} before mentioned]	Science
q474_4	One of this city's most famous attractions features Tritons leading hippocampi and the shell chariot of the central figure, Oceanus. Ostia was the ancient port of this city, which was built in part on the Palatine and Quirinal Hills. Attractions in this city include the Spanish Steps, the Trevi Fountain, and the Colosseum. For 10 points, name this city on the Tiber, the capital of Italy.	{Rome,} Italy [or {Roma,} Italia]	Geography
q1858_3	This man wrote poems like "maggie and milly and molly and may" and "i carry your heart with me." He chronicled his imprisonment during World War 1 in The Enormous Room. He wrote about "someones marry[ing] their everyones" and "sun moon stars rain" in "anyone lived in a pretty how town."	E(dward) E(stlin) Cummings	Literature
q1504_1	This shape is traced out by the set of all points that are equidistant from a focus and a directrix (“dir- ECK-tricks”).	{parabola}	Science
q4866_5	Temples dedicated to this god include the Trimbakeshwar and Ramanaswathamy. Five is a sacred number to this god, which is reflected in his namesake "Five Mantras". His sons are Kartikeya and Ganesha. Although he's not Vishnu, this god has a number of avatars, and his wife is (*) Parvati. For 10 points, name this Hindu god which, along with Brahma and Vishnu, makes up the Hindu trimurti, a "destroyer" god.	Shiva [accept Shiva the Destroyer, Shiva the Transformer]	Mythology
q991_2	The top left corner of this painting shows partially closed windows, while the right side shows a door with a square window. In the center, a man with a hat sits on a stool with his back facing the viewer.	Nighthawks	Fine Arts
q1605_1	In one work, this character is almost forced to marry Marcellina until it is revealed she is his long-lost mother.	{Figaro} [prompt on The Barber of Seville before mentioned; accept The Marriage of Figaro until "employer"]	Fine Arts
q1837_1	In one poem by this writer, the speaker says that the title idea "perches in the soul."	Emily Dickinson	Literature
q1503_6	In this play, one character sends Reynoldo to spy on his son. The title character of this play mourns a "fellow of infinite jest," Yorick, in this play's "graveyard scene." The protagonist tells one character to "get thee to a nunnery" before he kills her father, (*) Polonius. That character later drowns and is named Ophelia. One famous scene from this play contains the line "To be or not to be." For 10 points, name this Shakespeare tragedy about the title Prince of Denmark.	Hamlet	Literature
q415_2	In this game, one can play the Ruy (“ROY”) Lopez or the Dragon Sicilian. ELO rankings were first computed for competitors in this game, whose special moves include the en passant (“AHN pah-SAHN”) capture and castling.	chess	Fine Arts
q2876_1	This leader constructed a causeway in order to break the Siege of Tyre.	{Alexander the Great} [or {Alexander III} of {Macedon/Macedonia;} prompt on {Alexander}]	History
q49_3	This structure was the site of the climactic scene in North by Northwest. A similar structure in Georgia was halted before Stone Mountain was completed. This sculpture designed by Gutzon Borglum is in the Black Hills.	Mount {Rushmore}	Geography
q3605_2	The music video for this song begins with a reflection of an airplane and a female tennis player in the sunglasses of the singer, who lolls his head and then says the title line. The video also features a scene where the lead singer lays in an elevator under a pelvic-thrusting man in a cowboy hat, a (*) "horse riding dance," and a scene where he mimes screaming at a "sexy lady."	Gangnam Style	Trash
q554_2	In Major Barbara, Andrew Undershaft became rich by manufacturing these objects. Both Hedda Gabler and Young Werther (VEHR-tuhr) commit suicide using these objects.	guns [accept pistols; prompt on weapons; prompt on munitions]	Literature
q1618_4	Characters in this work include Count Ugolino as well as Francesca da Rimini, whose husband caught her with Paolo. The speaker of this work faints while Charon and Virgil guide a boat across the Acheron. Beginning the day before Good Friday, this work depicts nine concentric circles in which sinners are punished. For 10 points, name this first section of The Divine Comedy, in which the poet Dante is guided through Hell.	{Inferno} [prompt on The {Divine Comedy} before mentioned]	Literature
q331_1	Hampstead Heath and Kensington Gardens are parks in this city which is served by the "Jubilee Line," "Piccadilly Line," and "Victoria Line" of its subway system, the Underground.	London	Geography
q1126_4	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. Internal angles of (*) 120 degrees are found in the regular type of, for 10 points, what shape found in honeycombs that has six sides?	hexagons	Science
q1624_1	After being ransomed from pirates, this man captured his kidnappers and crucified them.	Gaius Julius {Caesar}	History
q1708_3	At the end of this novel, one character briefly reunites with her mother Gudule (“guh-DOOL”). Also at the end of this novel, Fleur-de-lys (“FLEWER-de-lee”) marries that character's lover Phoebus de Chateaupers (“FEE-bus deh SHAT-oh-per”). For 10 points, name this French novel depicting the lovely gypsy Esmeralda and the title character Quasimodo, characters created by Victor Hugo.	The {Hunchback of Notre Dame}	Literature
q1435_3	This man's nonfiction work A Footnote to History includes firsthand accounts of civil war in Samoa. He wrote a story in which Dr. Lanyon dies from shock after seeing a respectable doctor turn into the murderer Edward Hyde. This man's novel Catriona (kuh-TREE-nuh) is a sequel to a work about David Balfour, and another of his works features the pirate Long John Silver.	Robert Louis Balfour {Stevenson}	Literature
q1882_4	One of this man's works claims that "for destruction", the two title elements "would suffice." In addition to "Fire and Ice", he wrote a poem where the narrator has "miles to go before" he sleeps. In his most famous poem, the speaker leaves the title entity "for another day", and takes "the one less traveled by." For 10 points, name this poet who wrote "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" and "The Road Not Taken."	Robert Lee {Frost}	Literature
q1882_3	One of this man's works claims that "for destruction", the two title elements "would suffice." In addition to "Fire and Ice", he wrote a poem where the narrator has "miles to go before" he sleeps. In his most famous poem, the speaker leaves the title entity "for another day", and takes "the one less traveled by."	Robert Lee {Frost}	Literature
q3312_3	This event was orchestrated by Isoroku Yamamoto in an attempt to prevent American interference in the Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies. The date on which it occurred "will live in infamy," according to a Franklin Roosevelt speech. The U.S.S. Arizona Memorial is dedicated to over 1,100 Americans killed in this event.	the attack on {Pearl Harbor} [accept logical equivalents]	History
q2394_2	The Dewar equation defines this quantity for density-dependent variables. Species that exhibit exponential population growth appear to lack this value, and in logistic population growth, the per capita rate of increase approaches zero near this value.	carrying {capacity} [prompt on {k} before mentioned]	Science
q112_4	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. For 10 points, name this Jane Austen novel in which Darcy and Elizabeth embody the two titular vices.	{Pride} and {Prejudice}	Literature
q1749_5	Amendments affecting this branch of government include the Twelfth and Twenty-second. One member of this entity is granted the “power to grant reprieves and pardons.” The most recent addition to this entity is the Department of Homeland Security. It was set up by Article II of the Constitution. For 10 points, what is this branch of government responsible for enforcing the laws and headed by the President?	{executive branch}	History
q1467_2	This play's opening brawl is started by Gregory and Samson. Later in this play, Friar John fails to deliver a letter written by Friar Lawrence.	{Romeo} and {Juliet}	Literature
q5634_3	This figure protected the seven daughters of Jethro, one of whom, Zipporah, became this figure's wife. This son of Yocheved (“YO-keh-ved”) once killed an Egyptian overseer who was beating a slave, after which this brother of Miriam fled to Midian until God appeared to him in the form of a burning bush. For 10 points, name this leader of the Israelites who begged Pharaoh to “let my people go.”	{Moses}	Religion
q1025_5	A self-help book by Spencer Johnson asks “Who Moved?” this object. The main character of the title “Fairly Stupid Tale” in a collection by Jon Scieszka (“SHEESH-kuh”) is a man made of a “stinky” kind of this food. In “The Farmer and the Dell,” it stands alone. The moon is not actually made of a green version of it. For 10 points, name this dairy product that comes in provolone and Swiss varieties.	{cheese} [accept {Who Moved My Cheese?} before “this object”]	Trash
q4853_4	“Wedge” and “rope” are informal terms used to denote large and small forms of these phenomena. Twenty-eight different damage indicators help measure their severity via the enhanced Fujita scale. These phenomena occur when a funnel cloud touches the ground. For 10 points, name these violently rotating windstorms that most often occur in their namesake “Alley” in the American Midwest.	{tornadoes} [or {twisters}; prompt on {cyclones}]	Science
q370_4	This man came to power through the coup of 18 Brumaire (broo-MAIR). His forces defeated the Prussians at Jena (YAY-nah) and the combined Russian and Austrian forces at Austerlitz. His invasion of Russia was a failure because of the harsh winter. He spent the last years of his life exiled on St. Helena, and he sold the Louisiana Territory to America.	{Napoleon Bonaparte} [or Napoleon I]	History
q2453_1	A group from Muskogee, Oklahoma is believed to be the first to produce and sell these items popularly sold as a fundraiser for an organization founded by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912.	Girl Scout Cookies	Trash
q3389_1	This movie character wants to live with Bonnie instead of going to college.	Woody	Trash
q1724_2	This man begins one novel by noting, "I am a sick man. I am a spiteful man."	Fyodor Dostoevsky	Literature
q936_2	Neoptolemus killed King Priam in the final stages of this event, after which Aeneas fled with his son. This event began after the Judgement of Paris and (*) Helen's abduction from King Menelaus of Sparta.	{Trojan War}	Mythology

q192_3

This city was named after the Pottawatomie (POT-ah-WAH-tah-mee) for either "smelly onion place" or "skunk." An early road in this city crossed the "Nine-Mile Swamp" and Des Plaines (day PLAINS) River. Its Statistical Metropolitan Area includes Kenosha and Gary.

Chicago

Geography

q44_1

In this body of water are the Emperor Seamounts and the Chinook Trough.

Pacific Ocean [do not accept or prompt on more specific answers]

Geography

q1555_1

This man is told by the ghost of his wife Creusa to leave for Hesperia after carrying his father Anchises (ann-KYE-sees) and son Ascanius out of a besieged city.

Aeneas [prompt on The Aeneid]

Mythology

q4339_4

This man's brothers were Nahor and Haran, and his father was Terah. He told his wife to say that she was his sister to evade Egyptian guards. This man fathered Ishmael with Hagar, but he is more famous for nearly (*) sacrificing his son, Isaac. For 10 points, name this Old Testament figure whose wife was Sarah and who made a covenant with God, making him a patriarchal figure in Islam, Christianity, and Judaism.

Abraham [accept Abram]

Religion

q3048_5

Frederick Muhlenberg was the first person to hold this office. This office is granted appointment power for select and conference committees. It confers the ability to schedule legislation for the floor and the person in this position controls the flow of debate. It is second in the line of presidential succession. For 10 points, what position was previously held by Dennis Hastert and is currently held by Nancy Pelosi?

{Speaker of the House} of Representatives

History

q4868_3

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.

discriminant

Science

q413_3

This object was used as a piece of building material in the construction of Fort Julien in the Nile Delta. It was discovered by a French soldier that occupied the fort in 1799, and Jean-Francois Champollion (ZHAN fran-SWAH SHAM-POE-lee-own) deciphered it in 1822. For 10 points, name this artifact carved in a basalt tablet and written in three languages, which permitted linguists to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics for the first time in modern history.

Rosetta Stone

History

q1522_3

Euler characteristic of platonic solids have this value. This integer times pi gives the number of radians in the unit circle. Truth tables can evaluate to this many outputs.

2

Science

q2511_3

During one of these events, what is observed is based on the viewer's location relative to the path of totality. Viewers of them might see the annulus or corona, if they are standing in the antiumbra. Viewers standing in the penumbra will see a partial form, while during a total one, the corona may be seen.

{solar eclipse} [prompt on eclipse]

Science

q317_2

In the movie Cats & Dogs, he provided the voice for Lou the Beagle. In another movie, he and his sister, played by Reese Witherspoon, are transported to the 1950s sitcom Pleasantville.

{Tobey Maguire}

Trash

q323_2

Lee Deforest is considered one of the inventors of this technique in the early 1900s when he was working on space telegraphy. This form of radio communication involves the transmission of sinusoidal waves that have varying strength over time.

{amplitude modulation} or {AM radio} [prompt on \"radio\" or similar answers]

Science

q1752_4

These objects explained the Vine-Matthews hypothesis about the reversal of the Earth's magnetic field. Seafloor spreading occurs at divergent boundaries between these objects. These objects were first proposed in Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift. They slide past each other at transform faults.

{tectonic plates} [or {plate tectonics}]

Science

q3264_5

This present-day nation was the center of Axum, and its church claims to hold the Ark of the Covenant. It defeated Italy at the Battle of Adowa under Emperor Menilek (MEN-ee-lek) II. Rastafarians (RAHSS-tah-FAR-ee-ins) hold that another emperor, Haile Selassie (HAY-lee seh-LAH-see), was the second coming of Jesus. Its first emperor was supposedly the son of the Queen of Sheba. For 10 points, name this African nation currently led by Girma Wolde-Giorgis (JER-mah WOLD-uh JOR-jiss) from Addis Ababa.

Federal Democratic Republic of {Ethiopia} [or {Ityop'iya Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik;} prompt on {Abyssinia}]

History

q289_2

This poet delivered "The Gift Outright" at President John F. Kennedy's inauguration. One of his poems observes that "good fences make good neighbors" and is called "Mending Wall."

Robert Lee Frost

Literature

q4197_2

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.

{Erinnyes} [{accept} Eumenídes; accept {Furies;} accept Dirae (dahy-ree)]

Mythology

q2571_1

In one of his paintings, this man included a self-portrait as the flayed skin held by St. Bartholomew; the nudity in that painting was censored by the Catholic Church.

Michelangelo (di Lodovico) Buonarroti (Simoni) [accept either underlined name]

Fine Arts

q4010_3

In 1994 this band released their debut album, the Blue Album. One music video by them shows groups of people breaking Guinness World Records including Largest Game of Dodgeball and Largest Air Guitar Ensemble. Its lead singer is Rivers Cuomo.

Weezer

Trash

q541_2

In Jainism, this object's central point is Mount Meru. In Chinese mythology, this object is the lower half of a cosmic egg split by Pangu, while in ancient Egypt the original form of this object was the primordial (*) mound.

{Earth} [accept equivalents like world or land before \"planet\" is mentioned]

Mythology

q141_2

One novel by this man sees a recurring protagonist help to rescue his friend Chingachgook's betrothed Wah-ta!-wah from the Hurons. This man wrote another novel in which the angry Magua (MAHG-wah) tries to kill Cora Munro, and the title person is not the protagonist Hawkeye, but rather Uncas (UN-kass) .

James Fenimore {Cooper}

Literature

q5073_1

This compound is converted to Vitamin D in the presence of ultraviolet-B light.

{cholesterol}

Science

q1394_1

Characters in this novel include the Zoroastrian Fedallah (feh-DAH-lah), a Native American called Tashtego, and a South Sea islander named Queequeg (KWEE-KWAIG).

{Moby}-{Dick} (or {The Whale})

Literature

q1824_4

This constellation is often interpreted as fighting Taurus with his dogs Canis Minor and Canis Major. Stars within this constellation include the “amazon star” Bellatrix (“BELL-uh-tricks”), the red giant Betelgeuse (“beetle juice”), and Rigel (“RYE-gull”). It is most easily recognizable by the three stars making up the belt of the figure in this constellation. For 10 points, name this constellation also known as "the Hunter."

{Orion} [prompt on “the {Hunter} before mentioned]

Science

q1254_3

The muon was detected in a device named for these objects; that device was succeeded by the bubble chamber. Adding silver iodide to these structures attempts to release their contents in a namesake "seeding" technique. These structures are formed when the temperature falls below the dew point, causing condensation of water.

{clouds} [accept {cloud chamber} before "release" is read]

Science

q787_1

Some of this company's products use the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine and the Gecko rendering engine.

Mozilla

Trash

q1461_2

When James Madison revised this, it called for 7-year terms of office for Senators and 3-years terms for House members. Proposed by Edmund Randolph as 15 resolutions, more notable aspects of this plan included three branches of government and representation determined by population for both Houses.

Virginia Plan

History

q2027_4

The Antennae and The Mice are interacting examples of these objects, and Seyfert's Sextet are a group of them. Tidal tails form in these objects, when one or more of them merge. Edwin Hubble classified these on a "tuning fork diagram", which includes the elliptical and (*) spiral types. M31 is the Andromeda example of, and our own Milky way is another of, for 10 points, what large collections of stars?

{galaxy}

Science

q1435_4

This man's nonfiction work A Footnote to History includes firsthand accounts of civil war in Samoa. He wrote a story in which Dr. Lanyon dies from shock after seeing a respectable doctor turn into the murderer Edward Hyde. This man's novel Catriona (kuh-TREE-nuh) is a sequel to a work about David Balfour, and another of his works features the pirate Long John Silver. For 10 points, name this author of Kidnapped and Treasure Island.

Robert Louis Balfour {Stevenson}

Literature

q1247_3

In this novel, a town is fooled by two men who pull off the Royal Nonesuch, and those men go on to steal the property of the late Peter Wilkes. The Widow Douglas wants to “sivilize” the title character, who misses a turn at Cairo ("KAY-row") and keeps floating south. For 10 points, name this novel that sees Jim and the title friend of Tom Sawyer travel down the Mississippi River, a work by Mark Twain.

The Adventures of {Huckleberry Finn}

Literature

q5362_4

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."

The {New York Times} [accept {NYT;} prompt on {\"Times\"}]

History

q992_1

This person from Gath defied the armies of Israel, demanding a fight to the death with one person under the condition that the winner's side would enslave the loser's side.

Goliath

Mythology

q4816_1

These objects are often responsible for the formation of "rock flour."

glaciers

Science

q1433_5

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. One mission in this program spawned the line, "Houston, we've had a problem." For 10 points, name this NASA program whose mission 11 saw man first walk on the moon.

{Apollo} Program [accept {Apollo Extension Series} or {Apollo Applications Program} before "first"]

History

q191_1

Cyrus the Great allowed this structure to be built to replace a similar building destroyed during Nebuchadnezzar II's reign.

{Second Temple} of {Jerusalem} [prompt on {Temple} of {Jerusalem;} do not accept {"First Temple} of {Jerusalem"}]

Religion

q4046_3

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.

Punic Wars

History

q1386_1

This figure lost his first wife after she bounced so high she hit her head on the moon.

{Pecos Bill} [prompt on Bill]

Mythology

q1108_3

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.

{Attila} the Hun

History

q3108_1

This artist's paintings of the New York City skyline include The Radiator Building, Night.

Georgia (Totto) {O'Keeffe}

Fine Arts

q2046_2

At one point in this novel the main character is told to jump off of a cliff, but is stopped. That character also joins the crew of Hal, Charles, and Mercedes.

{The Call of the Wild}

Literature

q1561_2

Otus and Ephialtes (“eff-ee-ALL-tees”) tried to capture this goddess, but ended up slaying each other after she transformed into a deer. She slew the daughters of Niobe (“ny-OH-bee”) in response to a slight against her mother.

{Artemis}

Mythology

q490_3

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.

{Theodore Roosevelt} [or {Teddy Roosevelt;} or {T.R.;} prompt on Roosevelt]

History

q1519_1

This planet and Earth are the only ones whose atmospheres are mostly nitrogen.

{Pluto}

Science

q6615_4

This element turns a dark color when combined with starches, which is one reason it is used in Lugol's solution. At room temperature it is a solid that sublimes into a purple gas. This element or barium is used in most contrast solutions for CT scans, and this element is used naturally by the body to make (*) thyroid hormones. A lack of this element causes goiter, which appears as a swollen neck.

iodine [prompt on \"I\" before the end; do not accept iodide]

Science

q1760_2

One superstition concerning certain winners of this election is known as Tecumseh's (“teh-CUM- seh's”) Curse. Third party candidates in previous elections of this type include Ross Perot and Teddy Roosevelt.

{Presidential general} election [accept either]

History

q398_1

The first prime minister of this country gave a speech outlining the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence that formed a basis for a treaty with China, and he also gave the "Tryst with Destiny" speech.

Republic of {India} [accept {Bhārat Gaṇarājya}]

History

q4292_4

One form of this concept is equal to the product of charge and voltage. For a spring, this quantity is given by one-half times the spring constant times the square of the distance from equilibrium. The gravitational form of this quantity is equal to an object's weight times its height. For 10 points, give this “stored” energy that is converted into kinetic energy.

{potential energy} [or {potential} energy after “energy”; prompt on energy]

Science

q2050_1

One character in this book describes himself as the "shortest giant" and "tallest midget."

The Phantom Tollbooth

Literature

q511_2

Every chapter after the first chapter of this work is arranged from longest to shortest and all but one begins with the word "bismallah" (biss-MAH-lah). This work's second chapter is known as the "Cow" sura and the first revelation in this text was transmitted when Muhammad was near the Cave of Hira (HEE-rah).

Qur'an [or Koran; prompt on recitation]

Religion

q1168_3

Samuel Chase was the only impeached member of this group, which is vested with power by Article III of the U.S. Constitution. Harriet Miers and Robert Bork were unsuccessful nominees to join this group, which Franklin Roosevelt proposed increasing to a size of 15. (*) Marbury v.

United States Supreme Court [accept SCOTUS (Supreme Court of the United States); prompt on \"Court\"]

History

q545_3

In the buildup to this battle, the losing commander set up a fortification at Gloucester (“GLAU-ster”) shortly after retreating from Williamsburg. A key turning point in this battle was the arrival of reinforcements under Count Rochambeau (“RO-sham-BO”). British naval forces under Thomas Graves failed to break through the French blockade.

Battle of {Yorktown}

History

q422_2

In one of this composer's ballets, a castle is hidden by vines for 100 years until Prince Desire kisses Princess Aurora. This composer of Sleeping Beauty included the Waltz of the Flowers and the Russian Trepak in another ballet, while his third ballet sees Von Rothbart turn Odette into the title (*) bird.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky [or Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky]

Fine Arts

q5001_4

The U.S. Ambassador to this nation, Jon Huntsman, resigned effective April 2011. Human rights activists in this country, including the currently-jailed 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner, have signed Charter 08. Starting in March 2010, Google refused to follow this nation's Internet censorship policies. For 10 points, identify this nation whose current leader, Hu Jintao (hoo jin-"TAO"), visited the U.S. in January 2011.

People's Republic of China [or PRC; or Zhongguo; or Zhonggua Renmin Gongheguo]

History

q999_2

J.M.W. Turner painted one of these things before it was to be "broken up" in his The Fighting Temeraire. A black man stands in a small brown one of these things in a Winslow Homer painting.

{boats} or {ships} [accept {warships;} accept {sea vessels} before it is mentioned]

Fine Arts

q1227_5

A "pillow" form of this substance forms underwater. "Domes" of this substance form from andesite. This substance can be classified, depending on the smoothness of its surface, as a'a (AH-AH) or pahoehoe (pah-HOY-HOY). It accumulates around a vent to form a cinder cone, and it solidifies to form igneous rock. For 10 points, give the term for magma that reaches the Earth's surface, often through a volcanic explosion.

lava

Science

q3023_3

Three square windows can be seen in the back of this painting, and the back of a chair takes up its lower center portion. The central figure is wearing red and blue with his hands on a table; to his right is an effeminate figure believed to be the Apostle John. Judas clutches a bag of silver in, for 10 points, what Leonardo da Vinci painting that depicts Christ's final meal with his disciples?

The {Last Supper}

Fine Arts

q1591_2

This is the major key in which both Sergei Prokofiev's "Classical" Symphony and J.S. Bach's Air on a G String were written. A basic guitar chord of this type does not play the fifth and sixth strings and leaves open the fourth string as the root of the chord.

{D} major

Fine Arts

q426_4

According to one myth, this figure used the eye of the Graiae (GRAY - eye) as a bargaining tool in order to learn the location of the Hesperides. He was born after his mother, Danae, was impregnated by Zeus in the form of a golden shower. This figure defeated Cetus, after which he married Andromeda. After this hero slew his most famous foe, Pegasus was born from her blood.

Perseus

Mythology

q5689_1

This body contains an unusually reflective equatorial region known as Xanadu.

Titan

Science

q2541_1

When this substance is used, it often leaves behind a liquid with naphthalene and various phenols.

{coal}

Science

q3103_2

Some of these are statically typed, while others are duck typed or dynamically typed. Many of them must be used in conjunction with a compiler, such as one of them created in the 1970s by Dennis Ritchie, which is named for a letter of the alphabet and has a (*) "plus plus" variety.

programming languages [accept computer languages; accept scripting languages; prompt on \"programs\"; prompt on \"languages\"]

Science

q1679_2

Bernoulli is credited with the discovery of this constant when he attempted to find the value of the limit as n approaches infinity of the quantity one plus one over n to the nth power. This constant is used when finding interest compounded continuously and when modeling exponential growth, and it is the base of the natural logarithm.

{e} [accept {Euler's} (“ oiler's ”) {number} or {Euler's constant}]

Science

q1731_2

At one point in this book, two characters recite nursery rhymes and the Gettysburg Address to avoid being hypnotized by a man with red eyes. The main character of this book meets several tentacled creatures, including one called Aunt Beast, while rescuing her father from Camazotz.

A Wrinkle in Time

Literature

q700_3

The Apostle Islands are in the northern part of this state, whose first European visitor was French trader Jean Nicolet in 1634. Lake Winnebago is located in this state near the cities of Fond du Lac and Oshkosh. This state's Door Peninsula separates (*) Green Bay from Lake Michigan.

Wisconsin

Geography

q1154_4

In this novel, a widow seeks help moving her house out of the path of Farmer Fitzgibbon's plow. Jeremy takes her to visit a wise, old owl who suggests asking the title characters to move her house "to the lee of the stone." Those characters live in a rosebush and are technologically advanced rodents. For 10 points, identify this Robert O'Brien novel about the widow of Jonathan Frisby's efforts to save her family.

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of {NIMH}

Literature

q1973_4

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. For 10 points, name this book narrated by Scout, the daughter of Atticus Finch, and written by Harper Lee.

To Kill a Mockingbird

Literature

q1217_3

This "Foremost of the Westerners" is linked with Serapis through the Apis bull. This son of Geb and Nut (NOOT) was cut into fourteen pieces that were scattered throughout the country by his brother. His wife revived him after she and Nephthys (NEF-this) found thirteen of those pieces.

{Osiris} [accept {Anubis} before "Serapis" is read; prompt on Khenti-Amentiu]

Mythology

q1824_3

This constellation is often interpreted as fighting Taurus with his dogs Canis Minor and Canis Major. Stars within this constellation include the “amazon star” Bellatrix (“BELL-uh-tricks”), the red giant Betelgeuse (“beetle juice”), and Rigel (“RYE-gull”). It is most easily recognizable by the three stars making up the belt of the figure in this constellation.

{Orion} [prompt on “the {Hunter} before mentioned]

Science

q474_4

One of this city's most famous attractions features Tritons leading hippocampi and the shell chariot of the central figure, Oceanus. Ostia was the ancient port of this city, which was built in part on the Palatine and Quirinal Hills. Attractions in this city include the Spanish Steps, the Trevi Fountain, and the Colosseum. For 10 points, name this city on the Tiber, the capital of Italy.

{Rome,} Italy [or {Roma,} Italia]

Geography

q1858_3

This man wrote poems like "maggie and milly and molly and may" and "i carry your heart with me." He chronicled his imprisonment during World War 1 in The Enormous Room. He wrote about "someones marry[ing] their everyones" and "sun moon stars rain" in "anyone lived in a pretty how town."

E(dward) E(stlin) Cummings

Literature

q1504_1

This shape is traced out by the set of all points that are equidistant from a focus and a directrix (“dir- ECK-tricks”).

{parabola}

Science

q4866_5

Temples dedicated to this god include the Trimbakeshwar and Ramanaswathamy. Five is a sacred number to this god, which is reflected in his namesake "Five Mantras". His sons are Kartikeya and Ganesha. Although he's not Vishnu, this god has a number of avatars, and his wife is (*) Parvati. For 10 points, name this Hindu god which, along with Brahma and Vishnu, makes up the Hindu trimurti, a "destroyer" god.

Shiva [accept Shiva the Destroyer, Shiva the Transformer]

Mythology

q991_2

The top left corner of this painting shows partially closed windows, while the right side shows a door with a square window. In the center, a man with a hat sits on a stool with his back facing the viewer.

Nighthawks

Fine Arts

q1605_1

In one work, this character is almost forced to marry Marcellina until it is revealed she is his long-lost mother.

{Figaro} [prompt on The Barber of Seville before mentioned; accept The Marriage of Figaro until "employer"]

Fine Arts

q1837_1

In one poem by this writer, the speaker says that the title idea "perches in the soul."

Emily Dickinson

Literature

q1503_6

In this play, one character sends Reynoldo to spy on his son. The title character of this play mourns a "fellow of infinite jest," Yorick, in this play's "graveyard scene." The protagonist tells one character to "get thee to a nunnery" before he kills her father, (*) Polonius. That character later drowns and is named Ophelia. One famous scene from this play contains the line "To be or not to be." For 10 points, name this Shakespeare tragedy about the title Prince of Denmark.

Hamlet

Literature

q415_2

In this game, one can play the Ruy (“ROY”) Lopez or the Dragon Sicilian. ELO rankings were first computed for competitors in this game, whose special moves include the en passant (“AHN pah-SAHN”) capture and castling.

chess

Fine Arts

q2876_1

This leader constructed a causeway in order to break the Siege of Tyre.

{Alexander the Great} [or {Alexander III} of {Macedon/Macedonia;} prompt on {Alexander}]

History

q49_3

This structure was the site of the climactic scene in North by Northwest. A similar structure in Georgia was halted before Stone Mountain was completed. This sculpture designed by Gutzon Borglum is in the Black Hills.

Mount {Rushmore}

Geography

q3605_2

The music video for this song begins with a reflection of an airplane and a female tennis player in the sunglasses of the singer, who lolls his head and then says the title line. The video also features a scene where the lead singer lays in an elevator under a pelvic-thrusting man in a cowboy hat, a (*) "horse riding dance," and a scene where he mimes screaming at a "sexy lady."

Gangnam Style

Trash

q554_2

In Major Barbara, Andrew Undershaft became rich by manufacturing these objects. Both Hedda Gabler and Young Werther (VEHR-tuhr) commit suicide using these objects.

guns [accept pistols; prompt on weapons; prompt on munitions]

Literature

q1618_4

Characters in this work include Count Ugolino as well as Francesca da Rimini, whose husband caught her with Paolo. The speaker of this work faints while Charon and Virgil guide a boat across the Acheron. Beginning the day before Good Friday, this work depicts nine concentric circles in which sinners are punished. For 10 points, name this first section of The Divine Comedy, in which the poet Dante is guided through Hell.

{Inferno} [prompt on The {Divine Comedy} before mentioned]

Literature

q331_1

Hampstead Heath and Kensington Gardens are parks in this city which is served by the "Jubilee Line," "Piccadilly Line," and "Victoria Line" of its subway system, the Underground.

London

Geography

q1126_4

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. Internal angles of (*) 120 degrees are found in the regular type of, for 10 points, what shape found in honeycombs that has six sides?

hexagons

Science

q1624_1

After being ransomed from pirates, this man captured his kidnappers and crucified them.

Gaius Julius {Caesar}

History

q1708_3

At the end of this novel, one character briefly reunites with her mother Gudule (“guh-DOOL”). Also at the end of this novel, Fleur-de-lys (“FLEWER-de-lee”) marries that character's lover Phoebus de Chateaupers (“FEE-bus deh SHAT-oh-per”). For 10 points, name this French novel depicting the lovely gypsy Esmeralda and the title character Quasimodo, characters created by Victor Hugo.

The {Hunchback of Notre Dame}

Literature

q1435_3

This man's nonfiction work A Footnote to History includes firsthand accounts of civil war in Samoa. He wrote a story in which Dr. Lanyon dies from shock after seeing a respectable doctor turn into the murderer Edward Hyde. This man's novel Catriona (kuh-TREE-nuh) is a sequel to a work about David Balfour, and another of his works features the pirate Long John Silver.

Robert Louis Balfour {Stevenson}

Literature

q1882_4

One of this man's works claims that "for destruction", the two title elements "would suffice." In addition to "Fire and Ice", he wrote a poem where the narrator has "miles to go before" he sleeps. In his most famous poem, the speaker leaves the title entity "for another day", and takes "the one less traveled by." For 10 points, name this poet who wrote "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" and "The Road Not Taken."

Robert Lee {Frost}

Literature

q1882_3

One of this man's works claims that "for destruction", the two title elements "would suffice." In addition to "Fire and Ice", he wrote a poem where the narrator has "miles to go before" he sleeps. In his most famous poem, the speaker leaves the title entity "for another day", and takes "the one less traveled by."

Robert Lee {Frost}

Literature

q3312_3

This event was orchestrated by Isoroku Yamamoto in an attempt to prevent American interference in the Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies. The date on which it occurred "will live in infamy," according to a Franklin Roosevelt speech. The U.S.S. Arizona Memorial is dedicated to over 1,100 Americans killed in this event.

the attack on {Pearl Harbor} [accept logical equivalents]

History

q2394_2

The Dewar equation defines this quantity for density-dependent variables. Species that exhibit exponential population growth appear to lack this value, and in logistic population growth, the per capita rate of increase approaches zero near this value.

carrying {capacity} [prompt on {k} before mentioned]

Science

q112_4

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. For 10 points, name this Jane Austen novel in which Darcy and Elizabeth embody the two titular vices.

{Pride} and {Prejudice}

Literature

q1749_5

Amendments affecting this branch of government include the Twelfth and Twenty-second. One member of this entity is granted the “power to grant reprieves and pardons.” The most recent addition to this entity is the Department of Homeland Security. It was set up by Article II of the Constitution. For 10 points, what is this branch of government responsible for enforcing the laws and headed by the President?

{executive branch}

History

q1467_2

This play's opening brawl is started by Gregory and Samson. Later in this play, Friar John fails to deliver a letter written by Friar Lawrence.

{Romeo} and {Juliet}

Literature

q5634_3

This figure protected the seven daughters of Jethro, one of whom, Zipporah, became this figure's wife. This son of Yocheved (“YO-keh-ved”) once killed an Egyptian overseer who was beating a slave, after which this brother of Miriam fled to Midian until God appeared to him in the form of a burning bush. For 10 points, name this leader of the Israelites who begged Pharaoh to “let my people go.”

{Moses}

Religion

q1025_5

A self-help book by Spencer Johnson asks “Who Moved?” this object. The main character of the title “Fairly Stupid Tale” in a collection by Jon Scieszka (“SHEESH-kuh”) is a man made of a “stinky” kind of this food. In “The Farmer and the Dell,” it stands alone. The moon is not actually made of a green version of it. For 10 points, name this dairy product that comes in provolone and Swiss varieties.

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

Trash

q4853_4

“Wedge” and “rope” are informal terms used to denote large and small forms of these phenomena. Twenty-eight different damage indicators help measure their severity via the enhanced Fujita scale. These phenomena occur when a funnel cloud touches the ground. For 10 points, name these violently rotating windstorms that most often occur in their namesake “Alley” in the American Midwest.

{tornadoes} [or {twisters}; prompt on {cyclones}]

Science

q370_4

This man came to power through the coup of 18 Brumaire (broo-MAIR). His forces defeated the Prussians at Jena (YAY-nah) and the combined Russian and Austrian forces at Austerlitz. His invasion of Russia was a failure because of the harsh winter. He spent the last years of his life exiled on St. Helena, and he sold the Louisiana Territory to America.

{Napoleon Bonaparte} [or Napoleon I]

History

q2453_1

A group from Muskogee, Oklahoma is believed to be the first to produce and sell these items popularly sold as a fundraiser for an organization founded by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912.

Girl Scout Cookies

Trash

q3389_1

This movie character wants to live with Bonnie instead of going to college.

Woody

Trash

q1724_2

This man begins one novel by noting, "I am a sick man. I am a spiteful man."

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Literature

q936_2

Neoptolemus killed King Priam in the final stages of this event, after which Aeneas fled with his son. This event began after the Judgement of Paris and (*) Helen's abduction from King Menelaus of Sparta.

{Trojan War}

Mythology