| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This composer based his Un ballo in Maschera on the assassination of King Gustav the Third of Sweden, and this composer’s “Va, pensiero” has been proposed as Italy’s national anthem. Gilbert and Sullivan’s “With Cat-Like Tread” parodies the "Anvil (+) Chorus" of this composer, whose name was used during the Risorgimento as an acronym identifying Victor Emmanuel the Second as king. The creator of Il trovatore (*) and La Traviata, for the point, who was this composer? | Giuseppe Verdi (or Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi) |
| A gram-negative bacteria that is involved in the first phase of this process is Rhizobium. The incorporation of the namesake element of this process into organic matter is known as assimilation, which follows the process of (+) fixation. Changing the form of one element, one variant of which makes up 78 percent of the atmosphere of the Earth, (*) for the point, what is this bio-geochemical cycle? | Nitrogen cycle (anti-prompt on “nitrogen fixation” or “denitrification” or “nitrification” or “ammonification” or “mineralization”) |
| The title of this work of American literature refers to a historical object named after a street in the Bywater district. The 1951 film version of this play was the first movie to win three out of the four acting Oscars. One of the conflicts in this play centers around a (+) plantation named Belle Reve, which was home to the DuBois [[doo-BWAH]] family. Set in New Orleans and featuring the characters Stanley (*) and Stella Kowalski, for the point, what is this play by Tennessee Williams? | A Streetcar Named Desire |
| These structures, which are sometimes called gers, are used by ethnic groups such as the Bashkir. These structures often include a wooden "crown" called the shangyrak, which forms the center of a sun motif (+) on the national flag of Kyrgyzstan. These structures are often designed to be disassembled and carried by yak (*) or camel to their next destination. For the point, name these round tent dwellings used on the steppes of Central Asia. | Yurts |
| This painter's only seascape, which depicts the disciples of Jesus frantically steering through a storm, was stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. A dead chicken is suspended from a woman's belt (+) in another painting by this artist, the foreground of which depicts a lieutenant in yellow and a captain in black with a red sash. Depicting Frans Banning Cocq in (*) The Night Watch, for the point, who was this Dutch artist? | Rembrandt van Rijn (or Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn; accept either underlined portion) |
| A network of these interactions mediates the "proton-hopping" mechanism discovered by Theodor Grotthuss. These interactions explain the broad absorption peak for alcohols in IR spectroscopy. These interactions form a hexagonal (+) lattice in the crystal structure for ice. Water's cohesion and adhesion are explained by, (*) for the point, what dipole-dipole interactions involving the lightest element? | Hydrogen bonds (or Hydrogen bonding; accept H-bonding; prompt on "dipole-dipole" forces; prompt on "intermolecular forces") |
| This organization has been accused of using the windowless AT&T Long Lines Building in New York to run a hub of operations called TITANPOINTE. Under the authority of the DNI, this organization helps produce the President's Daily (+) Brief, and this organization conducted warrantless surveillance under the Patriot Act. Having its operations exposed by Edward (*) Snowden, for the point, what is this U.S. government intelligence organization? | National Security Agency (or NSA) |
| This United States attorney for the District of Columbia failed to convict Reuben Crandall for inciting sedition with abolitionist texts. One line penned by this man claims the "hireling and slave" would not escape the "gloom of the (+) grave." That line comes from a poem written by this man after he witnessed an attack on Fort McHenry. (*) For the point, name this writer of the lyrics to "The Star- Spangled Banner." | Francis Scott Key |
| In a chapter of this novel, titled "Born Bad," the protagonist believes she will go to hell for imitating the bedridden appearance of an aunt. Near the end of this novel, the protagonist meets their seemingly telepathic aunts, Rachel and Lucy, (+) with whom the protagonist spends less time after meeting the precocious Sally. Esperanza Cordero narrates this novel about Mexican immigrants in (*) Chicago. For the point, name this novel by Sandra Cisneros, which is titled for a residence. | The House on Mango Street |
| This general crucified over six thousand rebellious slaves and revived the practice of decimation amongst his own troops during the revolt led by Spartacus. After he was captured by Parthian soldiers, this man had molten gold poured into his mouth. (+) This leader bankrolled Julius Caesar's campaign for Pontifex Maximus and served as co-consul with Pompey, with whom he formed the First (*) Triumvirate. For the point, name this extremely wealthy Roman citizen. | Marcus Licinius Crassus |
| After a collapse creating one of these features, steep, circular "ring dikes" form. These structures are considered "subsidence" when they are low in silica, as a result of the local crust being made of basalt. The deepest lake (+) in the U.S. is one of these structures, which form when the ejection of magma empties the volcanic chamber, causing the upper surface to cave (*) in. For the point, name these basins, which are formed after volcanic eruptions. | Calderas (accept Crater or Crater Lake in place of Caldera before "magma" is mentioned and prompt after; accept Subsidence caldera) |
| Ronald Fisher re-analyzed an experiment involving these plants using a chi-squared test, calling it "too good to be true." The first observation of a "9 to 3 to 3 to 1" ratio for a dihybrid cross tracked traits such as "round vs. wrinkled" and "yellow vs. green" in these plants, (+) which led an Austrian monk to develop his laws of segregation and independent assortment. Used by Gregor Mendel (*) in his pioneering experiments on genetics, for the point, what are these plants whose seeds come in colored pods? | Peas (or Pea plants; accept Pisum sativum) |
| One character in this novel is drugged with "soothin' syrup" to make it easier to make him leave Oklahoma but dies early in the journey. Another character in this novel takes her name from the biblical Song of Solomon (+) and is left by her husband, Connie, before losing her baby. The 1940 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel focusing on the Joad (*) family, for the point, what is this work by John Steinbeck? | The Grapes of Wrath |
| Despite a warning from his brother, Epimetheus accepted this figure as a gift from Zeus. This figure was created by Hephaestus as a punishment for Prometheus’s theft of fire. After opening a pithos, (+) this figure released all of its contents, except for hope. The first woman from Greek (*) mythology, for the point, who is this figure who released evil into the world after opening her namesake box? | Pandora (or Anesidora; accept Pandora's Box) |
| This composer wrote a pattern of canon, genre piece, and arabasque three times before breaking the pattern with the Quodlibet in a set of variations written for an insomniac harpsichordist. This composer used four violas and no violins in the sixth and final work of a set dedicated to (+) Christian Ludwig, and this man's BMV catalog concludes with his unfinished The Art of Fugue. The creator of the Goldberg Variations (*) and the Brandenburg Concertos, for the point, who was this German Baroque composer? | Johann Sebastian Bach (or J.S. Bach) |
| For over twenty years, this building housed the Library of the Surgeon General's Office, and 22 people died in this building in 1893 after a floor collapsed. A red rocking chair from this building, located across the street from the Petersen House, (+) is displayed at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. Located on 10th Street in Washington, D.C. and known for an event occurring in 1865 during a showing of Our American Cousin, (*) for the point, what is this theatre? | Ford's Theatre (or Ford's Theatre National Historic Site) |
| Characters with this surname live at Longbourn, an estate to be inherited by William Collins. One character with this maiden name convalesces at Netherton, getting close to Charles Bingley. Another character with this surname visits (+) Pemberley, changing her opinion of Fitzwilliam Darcy. The family name of Elizabeth and her sisters in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, (*) for the point, what is this surname? | Bennet (accept Mr. Bennet; accept Lydia Bennet; accept Jane Bennet; accept Elizabeth Bennet) |
| The song “You Won’t Succeed on Broadway” appears in this work in which the ruler of Swamp Castle attempts to arrange the marriage of his son. The dangers of a “Killer Rabbit” are related by Tim the Enchanter in this work in which a voice representing God is portrayed by John (+) Cleese. The Laker Girls serve the Lady of the Lake in this musical and direct its central characters to the Holy Grail. Inspired by a Monty Python (*) film, for the point, what is this musical parodying the Arthur legend? | Monty Python’s Spamalot |
| The Carnot [[kar-NOH]] cycle conserves this property after it is extracted from a heat reservoir. In the equation for that cycle, this property is symbolized by the Greek letter delta followed by an "S." This concept’s relation to thermodynamics was first defined by Rudolf Clausius, (+) who defined it as the quotient of an infinitesimal amount of heat to the temperature. Defined in the Second Law of Thermodynamics as the statistical disorder (*) of a system, for the point, what is this scientific concept? | Entropy |
| This publication was founded by John Michels with the financial assistance of Thomas Edison, who received favorable coverage in exchange. Membership in the AAAS is not a requirement to publish in this journal, which is overseen by the aforementioned body. Based in (+) Washington D.C., this publication is considered a rival of the London-based Nature. (*) For the point, name this journal that publishes entries across topics in its namesake field. | Science Magazine |
| In one story, this author depicts a married couple during a blackout, processing their grief for a stillborn child. After surviving a train crash while holding a copy of "The Overcoat." one of this author's characters names his son after Nikolai Gogol. At the end of one of this woman's (+) short stories, Mr. Kapasi rescues Bobby from a group of monkeys. The writer of The Namesake and The Interpreter of Maladies, (*) for the point, who is this Indian-American author? | Jhumpa Lahiri (or Nilanjana Sudeshna Lahiri) |
| In 2013, the IceCube Observatory in the South Pole claimed that 28 of these objects originated outside the Solar System. The "anti" variety of these particles are created through nuclear beta decay and are nearly indistinguishable, leading to debates on whether they are the (+) same particle. Weak interactions create three leptonic flavors of these particles, which include electron, muon, and tau (*) varieties. For the point, name these extremely tiny fundamental particles that have neutral charge. | Neutrinos (accept Antineutrinos; accept Electron neutrino; accept Muon neutrino; accept Tau neutrino; prompt on "Fermions") |
| An alleged false flag operation framing people from this territory involved bombing apartment buildings in September 1999. This territory was the site of a de facto independent Islamic state named Ichkeria. Vladimir Putin rose to power during the second (+) insurgency in this territory, during which he ordered the bombing of Grozny. (*) Populated by a Muslim-majority, for the point, what is this Russian republic in the Caucuses? | Chechnya (or Chechen Republic; accept Second Chechen War) |
| This man was sponsored by Frederick the Second to build the observatory Uraniborg on the island of Hven, before he eventually had to flee the country on the orders of Christian the Fourth. This man, whose data was used by Johannes Kepler (+) for the Rudolphine Tables, was seriously injured dueling with Manderup Parsberg. Known for his metallic nose (*) and naming a system combining the Copernican and Ptolemaic systems, for the point, who was this Danish astronomer? | Tycho Brahe (or Tyge Ottesen Brahe) |
| Within this organelle, sugars are attached to proteins during N-linked glycosylation. A specialized "sarco" form of this organelle stores calcium ions for muscle cell contraction. Like the Golgi apparatus, this organelle is made up of flattened discs called cisternae. (+) The "smooth" and "rough" forms of this organelle are distinguished by the presence of ribosomes on its outer surface. Involved in lipid synthesis and protein transport, (*) for the point, what is this organelle? | Endoplasmic reticulum (accept ER; accept Rough ER; accept Smooth ER; accept Sarcoplasmic reticulum) |
| This party won its first election with the slogan "For Peace, Freedom, and Unity" and won a third consecutive election in 1957 with the slogan "No Experiments." Under the leadership of Armin Laschet [[LAH-shet]], this party lost a 2021 election to a "traffic light" coalition. (+) Chancellors from this party have included Konrad Adenauer and Angela Merkel. Often allied with the Bavarian Christian Social Union, (*) for the point, what is this major right-wing German political party? | CDU (or Christian Democratic Union) |
| This state is home to Scotts Bluff National Monument to Native Americans and is on the Oregon, California, and Mormon Trails. This U.S. state is the only state to have a unicameral state legislature. Before 1945, this state was known as the “Tree Planter's State,” (+) as it contains the largest hand-planted forest in the United States, but is today known as the (*) "Cornhusker State." For the point, name this U.S. state, whose most populous city is Omaha. | Nebraska |
| While heading the Office of Missing Soldiers, this person arranged for the proper burial of 13,000 prisoners from Andersonville. At the Battle of Antietam, this person resorted to using corn husks as bandages due to a supply shortage. (+) This person journeyed to Constantinople to provide aid in the aftermath of the Hamidian massacre. Treating the wounded during the U.S. (*) Civil War and founding the American Red Cross, for the point, who was this "Angel of the Battlefield"? | Clara Barton (or Clarissa Harlowe Barton) |
| This ruler razed Marcianople following a victory against Arnegisclus at the Battle of the Utus. The prayers of Saint Genevieve are alleged to have diverted this man’s armies from Paris to Orleans. This king destroyed the city of Aquileia on his way to pressing a supposed (+) marriage proposal from Honoria. Pope Leo the Great is traditionally said to have convinced this ruler not to invade Italy. (*) The loser at the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, for the point, who was this “Scourge of God"? | Attila the Hun |
| A certain “revival” of this art movement is found in the designs of Chicago’s Tribune Tower and London’s Palace of Westminster. Common features of this architectural style include ribbed vaults and flying buttresses. (+) Succeeding the Romanesque movement, this architectural style is seen in the Chartres [[SHAHR-truh]] Cathedral. Initially dominant from the 12th to the (*) 16th centuries in Europe and exemplified by the Notre Dame Cathedral, for the point, what is this architectural style? | Gothic architecture (accept Gothic Revival; accept Neo-Gothic; accept Victorian Gothic) |
| During a 1918 battle on this body of water, the Czech Legion commandeered two ferries and used them to sink an icebreaker. Huo Qubing [[HWOH-KOO-BING]] stopped his pursuit of the Xiongnu [[SHEE-AHNG-NOO]] at this body of water. This lake, which was reached by (+) Kurbat Ivanov in 1643, was crossed by Admiral Kolchack during the Great Siberian Ice March of 1919 and 1920. Located north of Irkutsk, (*) for the point, what is this deepest and oldest lake in the world? | Lake Baikal (accept Battle of Lake Baikal; accept SS Baikal) |
| This city is home to Africatown, a historic community founded by escaped captives from the Clotilda, the last ship to import captured Africans into the United States. Along with the fall of Atlanta, the capture of this coastal city likely secured (+) Abraham Lincoln’s re-election. David Farragut said, “Damn the torpedoes, (*) full speed ahead!" at a battle in the bay of, for the point, what Alabama port city? | Mobile (accept Battle of Mobile Bay) |
| A magazine named after this city published Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery.” That magazine, named after this city, features Eustace Tilley as its mascot, a top hat-clad man with a monocle. The “World” of this city was a magazine owned by Joseph Pulitzer. (+) Another magazine from this city publishes “All the News That’s Fit to Print,” which included the Pentagon Papers. The headquarters of a newspaper nicknamed (*) "The Gray Lady," for the point, what is this U.S. city? | New York City (or NYC; accept New York World; accept The New Yorker; accept The New York Times) |