| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This novel begins at a "Hatchery and Conditioning Centre," where a director explains how an egg is split into buds that can grow into dozens of humans. (+) This novel's first chapter also introduces the character Lenina Crowne and discusses a caste system topped by Alpha Plus individuals. The psychologist Bernard Marx and savage John are characters in, (*) for the points, what dystopian novel by Aldous Huxley? | Brave New World |
| This activity is recognized by the Chinese-based Golden Pinwheel awards. Quentin Blake performed this activity for a series of works about Agaton Sax (+) and for eighteen books by Roald Dahl. The Caldecott Medal is given out for excellence in this activity, which Beatrix Potter performed with (*) pen, ink, and watercolors for her own children's books. For the points, name this activity of adding pictures to books. | illustration (prompt on descriptive answers, such as "adding pictures" or "drawings," before the end of the question) |
| This art movement includes Alfred Sisley's painting of fog in a thicketed field. This movement took its name from (+) derogatory remarks made by the critic Louis Leroy, who disparaged a painting depicting a sunrise at Le Havre. This art movement captured the look of light at exact times of day through bright brushstrokes, as seen in the series (*) Haystacks. For the points, Claude Monet belonged to what artistic movement? | Impressionism |
| The Serate Musicali is a performing arts venue in this city. The "loggionisti," or "hissing hooligans," traditionally provide vocal criticism during premiere nights in this city. (+) The "theater at the staircase" is the literal name of a performing arts venue in this city, which premiered Giuseppe Verdi's Falstaff. (*) For the points, the opera house of La Scala is in what capital of Lombardy in northern Italy? | Milan (or Milano) |
| One character describes the "fair and warlike form" in which the "majesty of buried" this country "Did sometimes march" while speaking to a (+) ghost. The soldier Marcellus muses that "Something is rotten in the state of" this country while talking with his friend Horatio. Claudius usurps the throne of this country in a William (*) Shakespeare play. For the points, what Scandinavian country is the setting of Hamlet? | Denmark (or Danmark) |
| A photograph taken in this state renders the moon in "Zone Seven," a shade of light grey, in a dark sky above a granite monolith. (+) The group "F stop 64" was founded by photographers in this state. Glacier Point and the Half Dome are subjects of photographs taken in this state by Ansel Adams. (*) Yosemite National Park was photographed in, for the points, what state where the U.S. film industry is based in Hollywood? | California |
| Giorgione showed this person "Sleeping" in a painting housed in a Dresden art museum. Titian likely completed part of that painting and a painting of this person (+) "of Urbino," which shows her nude while covering her genitals with her left hand. Zephyr blows at this woman, who stands on a scallop shell, in a painting by Sandro (*) Botticelli depicting her "Birth." For the points, name this Roman goddess of love. | Venus (do not accept or prompt on "Aphrodite") |
| The main character of this novel argues that digressions make debates more interesting in a discussion with Mr. Antolini about the strict rules at (+) Pencey Prep School. This novel's narrator sleeps on a bench at Grand Central Station, watches children walking down Fifth Avenue, and meets his sister Phoebe at a museum. The disillusioned teenager (*) Holden Caulfield narrates, for the points, what novel by J.D. Salinger? | The Catcher in the Rye |
| People in this role may employ the Saito Method or the Musin method, which calls for signs such as a "subdivided attack." For over fifteen years, Gustavo Dudamel has served in this role for an organization based in (+) Los Angeles. Radio broadcasts by NBC were overseen by people in this role including Leopold Stokowski. (*) For the points, what role involves leading an orchestra, often with a baton? | conductors (or music directors; accept word forms, such as conducting music or directing music; do not accept or prompt on "directing movies" or "directing" alone) |
| Some films with this property were subject to "goat-glanding," a pun on a quack treatment for impotence. Projectionists broadcast (+) films with this property at a slower, variable rate, allowing greater emphasis on scenes with physical comedy. Films with this property often included intertitles displaying written (*) dialogue and were accompanied by live music. For the points, name these types of films without sound. | silent films |
| This philosopher referred to the theory of punishment as a "very strange doctrine," because, contrary to contemporary thinkers, this thinker claimed that punishment existed in the "state of nature". (+) This philosopher attacked the legitimacy of absolute monarchies in the Two Treatises of Government. (*) For the points, name this British empiricist philosopher and "father of liberalism," a contemporary of Thomas Hobbes. | John Locke |
| In the Gylfaginning, Harr relates how this this god "must be ruler of heaven and earth," and tells of how, with the help of siblings Vili and (+) Ve, this god slew the giant Ymir. This eight-legged horse Sleipnir [["sleep"-"near"]] is ridden by this god, who presides over the hall of Valhalla for fallen warriors. Wisdom, battle, and runes (*) were among the many domains of, for the points, what Norse god who names Wednesday? | Odin (or Wotan) |
| This man is the namesake founder of an architectural firm with "Cobb Freed & Partners," which designed the Baltimore World Trade Center. This architect used (+) glass and steel for four structures installed in the Napoleon Courtyard. This architect designed a museum of ancient art near where he grew up in Suzhou. (*) For the points, the Louvre's pyramid entrance was designed by what Chinese-American architect? | I.M. Pei (or Ieoh Ming Pei) |
| This man tossed a rock into a field of stone warriors to cause them to fight each other to the death, and yoked the Khalkotauroi [[kahl-koh-TAW-roy]], two fire- breathing (+) bulls, to plow a field in the land of Colchis [[KOHL-kiss]]. With the help of the sorceress Medea, this hero acquired a hide to complete a quest given to him by his treacherous uncle. (*) For the points, name this leader of the Argonauts who sought the Golden Fleece in Greek myth. | Jason (or Iásōn) |
| Satan dares Jesus to turn stones into this substance in the Temptation of Christ. The nature of a transformation undergone by this (+) solid substance is at the heart of the doctrine of transubstantiation. This substance is mentioned in the fourth petition of the Lord's Prayer, which states "Give us this day our (*) daily" this substance. Churchgoers at the Eucharist consume, for the points, what food? | bread (prompt on "food" before "liquid") |
| One artist likely based a man wearing a pea coat who is striking at one of these animals with a long hook on Raphael's Saint George and the Dragon. (+) A painting partly titled for one of these animals shows Havana harbor in the background, behind a group of men in a canoe who reach out to a comrade in the water. (*) For the points, John Singleton Copley painted Watson and one of what marine predators? | sharks (accept Watson and the Shark) |
| A character in this novel steals food from some priests at a funeral procession, and then delays an investigation of cloth-pounding hammers by tying up the legs of the horse (+) Rocinante. This novel's title character imagines that a neighboring peasant girl is the lady Dulcinea, that Sancho Panza is his squire, and that he is a knight in medieval (*) Spain. For the points, name this early modern novel by Miguel de Cervantes. | Don Quixote [[DON kee-HOH-teh]] |
| This man oversaw a fight in which Ares transformed into a bull to defeat one of Agelaus's prized bulls. In one story, Athena promised (+) this man wisdom, knowledge, and skill in combat as a bribe to win the Apple of Discord. The "Judgment" of this man proclaimed that Aphrodite was the fairest goddess, for which this man became the lover of (*) Helen. For the points, name this brother of Hector whose actions started the Trojan War. | Paris (prompt on "Alexander" or "Alexandros") |
| A large variety of this type of object is the saff, which often have a motif displaying multiple adjacent arches representing the mihrab, or the direction of (+) Mecca. Namazlik and sajjada are terms for this type of object. Some Muslims substitute a disc of earth for this type of object, which preserves cleanliness during prayer. (*) For the points, in the tale of Aladdin, what type of object is used for magical flight? | rug (or carpets; accept sajjada before "sajjada"; prompt on "namazlik" before "namazlik") |
| A god of these people has a name that translates as "smoking mirror," and he was often depicted with an obsidian mirror in place of the foot that he lost while battling a (+) crocodilian monster. These people's myths about past worlds called the Five Suns tell of the battles between Tezcatlipoca and the "feathered serpent," (*) Quetzalcoatl. For the points, what Mesoamerican people built the Templo Mayor in Tenochtitlan? | Aztecs (or Mexica [[meh-SHEE-kah]]) |
| The melody of the molto allegro first movement of a symphony by this composer three times repeats E flat D D in a short short long motif, followed by a high B flat. (+) Only two of this composer's symphonies are in a minor key, and are known as the Great G minor symphony and the Little G minor symphony. The Jupiter Symphony is by, (*) for the points, what Austrian composer who is the subject of the film Amadeus? | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| In this city, hundreds of children carried illuminated dove props during a performance of the "Snowflake" theme. The song "You and Me" was the official (+) theme for an event in this city, which was partly held in facilities nicknamed the Bird's Nest and the Water Cube. Nathan Chen skated to a remix of Elton John's songs to win a gold medal in, (*) for the points, what Chinese city that hosted the 2022 Winter Olympics? | Beijing |
| After the trumpet, this instrument plays in the opening of Mahler's Fifth Symphony. Vic Berton is credited with designing the first modern-style (+) stand used with this instrument. Sabian and Zildjian are two companies known for manufacturing this instrument. Types of this instrument include a crash, a ride, and a (*) hi-hat. For the points, name this percussion instrument that consists of an often-paired metal disc. | cymbals (prompt on "drums") |
| After Buddhists in this country were prohibited from flying flags during Vesak, a monk in this country burned himself alive (+) on a street corner in 1963. The religion of Cao Dai originated in this country. China's New Year often coincides with this country's lunar New Year, known as the Tet. (*) The Tran Quoc Pagoda is on the shores of the West Lake in, for the points, what southeast Asian country's capital of Hanoi? | Vietnam (accept Socialist Republic of Vietnam; or Cộng hòa Xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam) |
| In chapter ten of this novel, a group of characters make it a tradition to hold meetings where they each impersonate characters from the The Pickwick Papers. The author of this novel originally wanted its protagonist to be a (+) "literary spinster" but instead had her marry Professor Friedrich Bhaer. Good Wives is the second volume of, (*) for the points, what American novel written by Louisa May Alcott about the four March sisters—Meg, Amy, Beth, and Jo? | Little Woman |
| An Edward Moran painting depicts one of these places in Sandy Hook, which is one of the oldest in the United States. One of these places names a novel in which (+) Lily Briscoe visits the Ramsay family, as written by Virginia Woolf. Fresnel lenses were developed for use in these places, allowing brighter beacons to be broadcast over greater distances. (*) For the points, name these towers that warn incoming ships of land. | lighthouses |