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Winter Academic Bee Extra Questions.pdf

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This author suggested that Moses was a priest of Akhenaten [[AH-ka-NAHT-in]] in one work. InBeyondthePleasurePrinciple,thismandevelopedthetheoryofdeathdrives.In one work, this man argued that dreams have manifest and latent content and are aformof wish fulfilment. This man who introduced the Oedipus complex also developed a psychic structure comprised of the id, ego, and superego. For the point, namethisAustrianpioneer of psychoanalysis. SigmundFreud
(accept SigismundFreud)
The overture of this work includes an ethnic dance from its composer's country known as atrepak[[TREE-pak]]andutilizesacelesta.Thiswork'sprimarystoryfeaturesits title character defeating the Mouse King and going away to a musical kingdom. This work contains pieces such as the "Waltz of the Flowers" and the "Dance oftheSugarPlumFairy." For the point, identify this Tchaikovsky ballet about a namesake Christmas toy. TheNutcracker
(acceptShchelkunchik; acceptTheNutcrackerSuite)
This character notes the "weary,stale,flat,andunprofitable""usesoftheworld"ina passagelamentingGod'slawsagainst"self-slaughter."Later,thischaracterwonderswhether it is nobler to suffer "the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune" in a soliloquy [[suh-LIH-loh-kwee]] beginning "To be, or not to be, that is the question." For the point, name this Danish prince who titles a William Shakespeare tragedy. Hamlet
(acceptThe Tragedy ofHamlet, Princeof Denmark)
A Thai festival named for these objects commemorate Buddha's first sermon and takes place on the first day of the period of Vassa. Purple and red versions of these objects represent theweeksofAdventpriortoChrist'sresurrection.Thevotivetypeoftheseobjects are placed in front of icons in Eastern Orthodoxchurches.Forthepoint,nametheseobjects usually made from wax and lit during vigils. Candle
(acceptCandlelight; accept Votivecandle; prompt on "Votive" before mentioned)
This leader argued for the abolition of payments called Privy Purses. This leader oversaw their country's first successful nuclear test, OperationSmilingBuddha.Thisleader imprisoned political enemies during a period called "The Emergency" and approved the controversial Operation Blue Star. For the point, identify this first female prime minister of India who was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards. IndiraGandhi
(acceptIndiraNehru
Files built in this language can be packaged using the tool Apache Ant. This language's default graphics library is called Swing, and its namesake Virtual Machine enables this language to runacrossmultipleoperatingsystems.Thislanguageisaugmented by the React framework and the JQuery [[JAY-kweh-ree]] library. For the point, name this object-oriented programming language developed by Oracle, whose name refers toacupof coffee. Java
(acceptJavaVirtual Machine; prompton "JVM; "do not accept or prompt on "Javascript")