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| One poet from this dynasty commemorated Yang Guefei [[YAHNG "GUY"-FAY]] with the poem "Song of Everlasting Regret." This dynasty was interrupted by the Second Zhou [[ZHOH]] Dynasty led by Empress Wu. This dynasty's hegemony [[heh-JEH-mah-nee]] in central Asia ended at the Battle ofTalasRiverwithvictoryfortheAbbasids[[AH-bah-sids]]. This dynasty declined following the An Lushan [[AHN LOO-SHAHN]] Rebellion. For the point, name this Chinese dynasty that succeeded the Sui [[SWEE]]. | Tang[[TAHNG]] Dynasty (acceptTangEmpire) |
| One author from this country wrote the Booker Prize-winning novel The Famished Road. In addition to Ben Okri [["OH"-kree]], another author from this country wrote We Should All Be Feminists and Americanah. A Nobel-winning playwright from this country wrote The Lion and the Jewel.Forthepoint,identifythisAfricancountry,thehomeofThings Fall Apartauthor Chinua [[CHIN-wah]] Achebe [[uh-CHEH-bay]]. | Federal Republic ofNigeria |
| This organelle utilizes glycosylation [[gly-KAH-sih-lay-shun]] enzymes to attach sugar monomers [[MAHN-oh-mers]]. This organelle's components are divided into cis, medial, and trans compartments. Like the endoplasmic reticulum, this organelle is madeof flattened membrane-enclosed discs called cisternae [[sih-STER-nay]]. For the point, name this organelle that packages proteins into membrane-bound vesicles, an apparatus named for an Italian scientist. | GolgiBodies (orGolgiApparatus) |
| This man's earliest operas such as The Infatuated Lover's Caprice [[kah-PREESS]] were often abandoned, although he successfully staged thepieceRienzi[[ree-EN-zee]].This man constructed anoperahouseattheBayreuth[[BY-roit]]FestivalTheatre,whichwasfirst used for the premiere of his work, The Ring oftheNibelung[[NEE-beh-lung]].Forthepoint, name this German composer of the "Ride of the Valkyries." | RichardWagner[[REE-kart VAHG-nuh]] (or WilhelmRichardWagner) |
| Initiation into this religion involves wearing 72 threads called kushti, symbolizing the 72 chapters of the Yasna. Members of this religion known as the Parsis are the last to traditionally worship in structures called Fire Temples. This religion places its dead in Towers of Silence and preaches against the spirit Ahriman [[AH-ree-mahn]]. For the point, name this dualistic religion from Persia that worships Ahura Mazda. | Zoroastrianism (orZoroastrians; acceptMazdayasna) |
| This person visited El Salvador in his first international trip as governor, citing the 680,000 El Salvadorians living in his state. This person replaced WillieBrownasthemayor of acertainU.S.cityandappointedAlexPadilla[[pa-DEE-yah]]tohisposition.Thisgovernor became the second in history to survive a recall election in September of 2021. For the point, name this governor of California who came under fire for his handling of the COVID crisis. | GavinNewsom (or Gavin ChristopherNewsom) |
| This author wrote of a painter who repeatedly depicts the title marble in the novel Cat's Eye. Another of this author's novels begins with a news article in The Toronto Star describing a fatal car accident. This author of The Blind Assassinisbestknownforwritinga novel about a society of Marthas and Commanders in the Republic of Gilead [[GIL-ee-ad]]. For the point, identify this Canadian author ofTheHandmaid's Tale. | MargaretAtwood (or Margaret EleanorAtwood) |
| This type of rock makes up the Taynton Formation where the first dinosaur fossils were identified. Theerosionofthistypeofrockformskarsttopography.AFloridaformation of this type ofrockisnamedforKeyWestandismadeoffossilizedcoral.Thistypeofrockis the most common material for making Portland cement. For the point, name this porous, sedimentary rock made of crystalline forms of calcium carbonate. | Limestone (prompt on "Carbonate," "CalciumCarbonate," or "CaCO3" before "Carbonate" is mentioned) |
| This country is home to a citadel called Sacsayhuamán [[sack-say-hwah-MAHN]]. Carvings of naked prisoners decorate this country's El Brujo [[BROO-hoh]] complex in the Chicama Valley. A desert in this country's south contains large geoglyphs depictinganimals such as condors and hummingbirds called the Nazca Lines. For the point, name this South American country whose historic Incan cities include Cusco. | Republic ofPeru (accept República delPerú) |
| Orthogonal [[or-THAH-guh-nul]] types of these structures demonstrate equivalence between their transpose and inverse. These structures can undergo an operation called tracing by taking the sum of the elements on their diagonals. Using the Rule of Sarrus [[SAR-iss]] gives the determinant of these structures whose types include identity. For the point, identify these mathematical structures in which numbers are arranged in a rectangular array. | Matrix (orMatrices; accept IdentityMatrix;accept OrthogonalMatrix) |
| This feature is the endpoint of the Peshwai[[PESH-wye]]Procession.Thisfeatureis represented by a goddess who rides on the mustachioed fish Makara. That goddess of this featureoncethreatenedtodrowntheworldbutwasstoppedbyShiva.Thisfeatureiscentral tothepilgrimsofKumbhMela[[KOOM-bahMEH-lah]]whoritualisticallybatheinitswaters. For the point, name this Indian river, the most sacred in Hinduism. | Ganges (orGanga) |
| This artistpaintedthetitleobjectagainstaturquoiseskyinLaddertotheMoon.This artist painted a rock formation near Abiquiú [[ah-bee-KYOO]] in The White Place in Sun. Subjects most identified with this artist appear in paintings such as Red Canna and Cow's Skull: Red, White, and Blue. For the point, identify this artist, famous for her detailed paintings of flowers. | GeorgiaO'Keeffe (or Georgia TottoO'Keeffe) |
| An early form of this thought experiment was introduced by Frank Chapman Sharp and involveda"switchman."ThisproblemwasanalyzedbythinkerssuchasJudithThomson and Peter Unger, and this problem was first devised by Philippa Foot. For the point, name this thought experiment asking whether one should sacrifice one person to save a larger number by pulling a lever that can redirect an oncoming railed vehicle. | TrolleyProblem (accept descriptions before"sacrifice") |
| These objects are represented at the lower left corner of a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. These objects experience accretion in the proposed nova classification type One A-X. The mass of these objects cannot exceed the Chandrasekhar [[chahn-drah-SEH-kar]] limit, and Sirius Bisthenearestknowntypeofthese"fossilstars."Forthepoint,namethese small, densely packed stars that are less massive than neutron stars. | White Dwarf (acceptDegenerate dwarf; prompton "dwarf" or "star") |
| A 23,000-square-foot replica of this structure was constructed at Dallas Baptist University. Farmhouses near this estate were converted into apartments forstudentsatthe UniversityofVirginia.AFelixSchlag[[SHLAHG]]imageofthisNeoclassicalhomeappearson the tails sideoftheU.S.nickel.Forthepoint,namethisplantation,theself-designedhomeof President Thomas Jefferson. | Monticello |
| A work titled for a Parlement of[thesecreatures]byGeoffreyChaucer[[CHAW-sur]] popularized the feast of St. Valentine as a day for lovers. These creatures are convinced by an Athenian named Pisthetaerus [[pis-theh-TAY-russ]] to build "Cloudcuckooland" in a namesake Aristophanes [[air-ih-STAH-feh-nees]] comedy. The line "Hail to thee, blithe Spirit!" opens a poem about, forthepoint,whatgeneraltypeofcreature,whichispraisedin Percy Shelley's "To a Skylark"? | Birds (acceptFowls; acceptAvians orAves;anti-prompt on "Skylark") |
| This country controls the easternmost point in the Polynesian Triangle, Isla Salas y Gómez.ThiscountrycontrolstheAlejandro[[ah-leh-HAHN-droh]]SelkirkIslands,whichare part of the Juan Fernández Islands. This country's primary port city is Valparaíso [[val-pah-rah-EE-soh]], and this country controls Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego with its Eastern neighbor, Argentina. For the point, name this Andean country with capital at Santiago. | Republic ofChile (accept República deChile) |
| Humphry Davy wrote about multiple attemptstoperfectthistechnologybyThomas Wedgwood, who created a prototypical version using silver nitrate solution. The practical form of this technology was pioneered by Louis Daguerre [[duh-GEHR]]. A box-shaped example of thistechnologynamedthe"Brownie"wasintroducedbyEastmanKodak.Forthe point, name this device used to produce an image on a surface such as film. | Camera (acceptPhotography) |
| A prophecy in this novel mentions “two sons ofAdam”and“twosonsofEve.”Inthis novel, a snowy clearing under a lone lamppost is the siteofameetingbetweenMr.Tumnus and Lucy. In this novel, four siblings of the Pevensey [[PEH-ven-see]] family are sent tolive with their uncle and discover a magical land in a furniture cabinet.Forthepoint,namethis fantasy novel by C.S. Lewis, set in Narnia. | TheLion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (prompton "The Chronicles of Narnia") |
| In one equation, the inverse radii [[RAY-dee-"eye"]]ofthesedeviceshasadifference proportional to power, as measured in diopters. Failure of these devices tohandledifferent wavelengths causes chromatic aberration. An equation named for the "makers" of these devices can be used tofindtheirfocallengths.Forthepoint,nametheseopticaldevicesthat can refract light, as found in telescopes and eyeglasses. | Lens (acceptLensmaker's Equation) |
| A Polynesian type of this art form utilizes an au [[OW]] and a dye madeoutofsoot. Among the Maori, this art form is known as ta moko and uses an uhi chisel. Mehndi is a temporarytypeofthisartformcommoninSouthAsiaandtheMiddleEastthatismadewith henna. Permanent makeup is applied using, for the point, what form of body art made by injecting ink into the skin? | Tattooing (acceptta mokobefore mentioned;acceptmehndibefore mentioned; prompt on "henna" before mentioned; prompt on "permanent makeup" before mentioned) |
| Philip Johnson built the 2,000 square-foot Glass House in this U.S. state's town of New Canaan [[KAY-nen]], part of Fairfield County. This U.S. state's namesake river has its mouth near the town of Lyme, and this U.S. state's Housatonic [[hoo-sah-TAH-nik]] River empties into a sound east of its most populous city, Bridgeport. For the point, what New England state is home to New Haven and Hartford? | Connecticut |
| Materials at this site may have come from Waun [[WON]] Mawn in the Preseli [[preh-SEH-lee]] Hills. This siteissurroundedby56chalkpitscalledAubreyholes.TheHeel Stone at this site roughly marks where the sunrise appears on the horizon during the summer solstice. For the point, name this circular formation of rocks near Salisbury, England, supposedly built by Druids thousands of years ago. | Stonehenge |
| This novel was almost named forthevulgarfreedmanTrimalchio[[trih-MAL-kyoh]] in reference totheSatyricon[[sah-TEER-ih-kon]].Inthisnovel,thetitlecharacterrevealshis business partner, Meyer Wolfsheim,fixedthe1919WorldSeries.AdistressedMyrtleWilson is killed in this novel by the drunkdrivingofDaisyBuchanan.Forthepoint,namethis1925 work narrated by West Egg resident, Nick Carraway, a Jazz Age novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. | TheGreat Gatsby |
| Theodor Grotthuss [[GROHT-hooss]] hypothesized that this molecule's conductivity is due to a "proton-hopping" mechanism. The solid-liquid boundary on this molecule's phase diagram is notably negative because itslessdensesolidformcontainshighlyordered hydrogen bonds. The self-ionization of this molecule helps define its neutral pH value. For the point, name this universal solvent with formula H2O. | Water (acceptH2Obefore mentioned) |
| The prevalence of numbers of this type can be determined using an algorithm named for Gary Miller and Michael Rabin. Integers of this type of number can be checked using an operation called trial division. A.O.L. Atkin and Eratosthenes [[eh-rah-TOSS-theh-nees]] name sieves [[SIVS]] used to find numbers of this type. For the point, identify this type of number that can only be divided by one and itself. | PrimeNumbers |
| This monarch commissioned the Marquis of Vauban [[vo-BAHN]] to construct fortifications along his country's borders. This monarch managed to defeatTheFrondeasa child, and he invaded theNetherlandsintheWarofDevolution.Thismonarchrepressedthe Huguenots [[HYOO-geh-nots]] with his Edict of Fontainebleau [[fawn-tahn-BLUH]], which revoked the Edict of Nantes [[NONT]]. This monarch, whose chief minister was Cardinal Mazarin [[mah-zah-RAHN]], famously proclaimed, "I am the State." For thepoint,namethis Sun King of France who built the Palace of Versailles [[vehr-"SIGH"]]. | Louis XIV[[FOURTEENTH]] (acceptLouis theGreatorLouis le Grand; accept Louis the Sun Kingbefore mentioned; prompt on "Louis") |
| This festival incorporates recitations of the Hanerot Halalu [[hah-neh-ROH hah-LAH-loo]] and Ma'oz Tzur [[mah-OHSS TSOOR]]. This festival commemorates the successful Maccabean revolt against Antiochus [[an-TYE-uh-kiss]] IV of the Seleucid [[suh-LOO-sid]] Empire and the miracle of a jug of oil that lasted for eight days. For the point, identify this festival that features dreidels [[DRAY-duls]] and the lighting of a nine-branched candle called a menorah, a Jewish winter festival. | Hanukkah (acceptChanukah; acceptFestivalof Lights |
| This organ contains specialized macrophages called Kupffer [[KUP-fer]] cells. In vertebrates, gluconeogenesis [[gloo-koh-nee-oh-"Genesis"]] typically occurs within this organ which contains retinol ester as a store for vitamin A. Excessive alcohol use can damage this organ by cirrhosis [[suh-RHO-sis]], and swelling of this organ is known as hepatitis. For the point, name this large internal organ that filters toxins out of the blood. | Liver |
| One poem set in this country ends with the line "You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din." A poet from this country published under the name Sun Lion and wrote Gitanjali [[jih-TAHN-jah-lee]]]. Another work in this country features the characters Shere [[SHEER]] Khan and Baloo. For the point, name this South Asian country, the birthplace of Rabindranath [[ruh-BIN-druh-nath]] Tagore [[TAY-gohr]] and the setting of Rudyard Kipling'sThe Jungle Book. | Republic ofIndia (acceptBharatiya Ganarajya;accept BritishIndia) |
| The Erg of Bilma is located in this geographical feature's region of Ténéré [[teh-NEH-reh]]. Rock art is found in this feature'ssheltersofIherenandTahilahi.TheAtlas Mountains are locatedinthisdesert'sMaghrebregion,anditishometothenomadicTuareg [[TWAH-reg]] people. ThecitiesofGao[[GOW]]andTimbuktucanbefoundin,forthepoint, what largest, hottest desert in the world, located in North Africa? | SaharaDesert (oraṣ-ṣaḥrāʼal-kubrá) |
| This figure's sons include Ellac, Dengizich, and Ernak. This person was halted by Zeno’s troops on the way to Constantinople and may have died of a nosebleed after his wedding. This military leader was stopped at modern-day Orleans [[or-leh-AHN]] in the Battle of the Catalaunian [[cat-uh-LAW-nee-un]] Plains. PopeLeoImayhaveusedabribeto convince this person to not attack Rome. For the point, namethis"ScourgeofGod"wholed the Huns. | Attilathe Hun |