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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This World War I veteran is observed gazing at a “single green light” shining at the end of a dock in East Egg, as he pines for the unattainable Daisy Buchanan. For 10 points—what title character of an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel is described as “great”? | Jay Gatsby (or James Gatz or Jimmy Gatz; accept any underlined portion; accept The Great Gatsby) |
| “Kat” Katczinsky [“cat”-ZIN-skee] serves as a mentor to Paul Baümer [BOY-mur] in this World War I novel by Erich Maria Remarque [“remark”]. | All Quiet on the Western Front (or Im Westen nichts Neues) |
| This Romantic author's historical dramas set in wartime include his Wallenstein [VAH-lin-styne] trilogy, about a general in the Thirty Years' War. | Friedrich Schiller (or (Johann Christoph) Friedrich von Schiller) |
| The Thirty Years' War provides the setting of this Berthold Brecht [BAIR-tohlt brekt] play whose title character loses her three children—Kattrin, Eilif [“EYE”-liff], and Swiss Cheese—in the war. | Mother Courage and Her Children (or Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder) |
| Methyl red and phenolphthalein [fee-nul-THAY-leen] detect changes in this quantity. For 10 points—name this quantity, the negative logarithm [“LOG-uh-rhythm”] of the hydrogen ion [“EYE”-ahn] concentration, which equals 7 for pure water. | pH (accept hydrogen ion concentration or proton concentration or H+ concentration before “negative”) |
| Philip became brother-in-law to Henry VIII [“the eighth”] after Henry married this woman, Joanna's sister and the first of Henry's six wives. | Catherine of Aragon (or Catalina de Aragón; prompt on “Catherine”) |
| Philip's father-in-law was this king of Aragon who co-presided over the end of the Reconquista | Ferdinand (or Fernando; accept Ferdinand II) |
| This architect of the Lake Shore Drive Apartments worked with Philip Johnson on New York's Seagram Building. The phrase ”less is more” was a motto of—for 10 points—what German who was the last leader of the Bauhaus [“bough-house”]? | Ludwig Mies van der Rohe [LOOT-veeg MEEZ van dair ROH-eh] (or Maria Ludwig Michael Mies; prompt on ”(van der) Rohe”) |
| In mathematics, the 'S' and 'A' of the SAS congruence theorem stand for the names of these geometric elements. | sides and angles (of a triangle) (accept answers in either order; accept side-angle-side) |
| The SAS, or Special Air Service, is part of the special forces of this country's military. They rescued 24 of 25 hostages during the a 1980 siege of the Iranian embassy in this country's capital city. | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or U.K. (accept any underlined portion; do not accept or prompt on “England”) |
| Online box scores on the official NBA website use SAS as the abbreviation for this team. It is the only team that originated in the American Basketball Association to have won an NBA championship. | San Antonio Spurs (accept either underlined portion) |
| A battle flag reading ”don't give up the ship” was flown by—for 10 points—what naval commander, who reported that ”we have met the enemy and they are ours” after winning the Battle of Lake Erie? | Oliver Hazard Perry |
| This poem, which describes warfare “in Injia's [IN-juh'z] sunny clime,” ends as the narrator admits that the title character is “a better man than I am.” For 10 points—name this Rudyard Kipling poem about a heroic Indian water-carrier. | Gunga Din [GUN-guh DEEN] |
| Name this member of the Quraysh [ku-RAYSH] tribe, who received revelations from the angel Gabriel. | Muhammad (ibn Abd Allah) (or Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim) |
| The Surah of the Cave tells that a ruler named Dhul-Qarnayn [thu-el-kar-NAYN] built a barrier that will keep these two monsters contained until the end times. The Book of Ezekiel prophesies a future battle against these two creatures. | Gog and Magog (or Yajuj and Majuj; accept answers in either order) |
| In a phone call leaked in July 2017, Donald Trump and this country's prime minister discussed a deal for the U.S. to take 2,000 refugees. A leadership split led Malcolm Turnbull to replace Tony Abbott as leader of—for 10 points—what nation? | Australia (or Commonwealth of Australia) |
| This deputy attorney general under Barack Obama warned the White House about Flynn's relationship with the Russians. Donald Trump fired her in January 2017 for refusing to enforce his travel ban. | Sally (Caroline) Yates (or Sally Caroline Quillian) |
| Subduction zones occur at this type of plate boundary, where two tectonic plates move toward each other. For 10 points—give this term for a sequence that approaches a finite limit. | convergent (accept convergent plate boundary or convergent evolution or convergent series or convergent sequence; accept converging or convergence; accept converges before “evolution”) |
| The Carolingian Renaissance occurred under the rule of this son of Pepin the Short. | Charlemagne [SHAR-luh-“main”] (or Charles the Great or Charles I or Carolus Magnus or Karl der Grosse; prompt on “Charles”) |
| This country borders the Spanish exclaves of Melilla [muh-LEE-yuh] and Ceuta [say-OO-tah]. The fez hat is named after a city in— for 10 points —what North African country that contains Marrakesh [mar-uh-KESH] and Casablanca? | Morocco (or Kingdom of Morocco or al-Mamlakah al-Maghribiyah) |
| Name this tributary of the Mississippi River. It flows past Little Rock in its namesake state. | Arkansas [“ARK”-un-saw or “are-kansas”] River |
| The Arkansas River flows past this former military post, where the ”hanging judge” Isaac Parker issued rulings. It is now the second most populous city in the state of Arkansas. | Fort Smith |
| This force provides the centripetal [sen-TRIP-uh-tul] acceleration when swinging a mass on a string. For 10 points name this force exerted by pulling a wire on its ends. | tension |
| “Old Hickory” was the nickname of what victor of the Battle of New Orleans? | Andrew Jackson |
| Jackson's first vice president was what South Carolina politician, who resigned after a dispute over nullification? | John C(aldwell) Calhoun [kal-HOON] |
| For 10 points—name this cause of death that befalls Emily Webb in Our Town, who is said to have had “some trouble bringing a baby into the world.” | death in childbirth or death while giving birth (accept similar answers that mention the notion of a mother dying while having a baby; do not accept or prompt on “pregnancy” or “miscarriage” or “stillbirth”) |
| Name this type of Mediterranean fruit tree, the subject of 18 paintings by Vincent van Gogh. | olive tree (or olives or Olea europaea) |
| Most of van Gogh's olive tree paintings, as well as Starry Night, were created during his self-imposed stay at an asylum in this southern French town. | Saint-Rémy-de-Provence [san-ray-MEE-duh-proh-VAWNSS] |
| Paul Gauguin [goh-GAN] used a “Garden of Olives” in Gethsemane [geth-SEM-uh-nee] as the setting for a painting depicting this man, whom both Gauguin and van Gogh depicted with vivid red hair. | Jesus (the) Christ (accept either underlined portion; accept Jesus of Nazareth or Yesua or Yeshua or Iesous; accept Christ in the Garden of Olives or Christ on the Mount of Olives or Christ au Mont des Oliviers) |
| In games in this series, the Special Cup usually ends with the brightly-colored course Rainbow Road. Explosive blue shells target players in first place in—for 10 points—what Nintendo racing series? | Mario Kart (accept Super Mario Kart) |
| In 1973 Harvard partnered with this national institution to create a center for astrophysics. This institution runs the National Air and Space Museum. | Smithsonian Institution |
| The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics studied the universe's large-scale structure in two surveys named for this quantity. It is the change in the wavelength of light from receding objects. | redshift (accept CfA Redshift Survey(s)) |
| The Harvard Classification Scheme puts these astronomical objects in spectroscopic classes ranging from O to M. | stars (accept stellar classification) |
| The Battle of Bosworth Field was fought during—for 10 points—what 15th-century British conflict named for the red and white symbols used by the Houses of Lancaster and York? | War(s) of the Roses (accept Rose Wars) |
| In the 1260s BC this “great” Egyptian pharaoh [“FAIR-oh”] led a campaign against the Hittites [“HIT-tights”] through Syria, including a march on Damascus. | Ramses II [RAM-zeez “the second”] (or Ramesses II or Ramses the Great or Ramesses the Great or Ozymandias) |
| From 661 to the mid-8th century Damascus was the capital of this Islamic caliphate [KAL-ih-“fate”], which fell to the Abbasids [“AB”-uh-sidz] at the Battle of the Zab [zahb]. | Umayyad [oo-“MY”-yed] Caliphate (or Al-Hilafat al-'umawiyya; accept Umayyads) |
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