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Quiz Bowl #3
Inportant Quiz Bowl Info
Question | Answer |
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Who was the second President of Germany, aka the one during WWI? | Hindenburg |
Who wrote the Tale of Genji? | Lady Murasaki (Shikibu) |
Who wrote Leaves of Grass? | Walt Whitman |
What poem did Whitman write which is about Lincoln? | O CAPTAIN MY CAPTAIN! |
Who were the two nominees in the 1800 Presidential Election, and what parties were they in? | Thomas Jefferson (winner; Democratic) and John Adams (runner-up; Federalist) |
What type of molecule prevents oxidation? | Antioxidant! |
What is entropy? | unavailability of a system's thermal energy for conversion into mechanical work, often interpreted as the degree of disorder or randomness in the system. |
What is enthalpy? | a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the total heat content of a system. It is equal to the internal energy of the system plus the product of pressure and volume. |
Which battle in the Second Punic War did Hannibal and the Carthage people beat the Romans? | Battle of Cannae |
Which Russian composer created a second symphony with a 5/4 meter? | Tchaikovsky |
Which Tennessee President was the first to have an assassination attempt against him? | Andrew Jackson |
Which Russian author wrote Eugene Onegin? | Pushkin |
Which composer created the opera "The Marriage of Figaro?" | Mozart |
Which French philosopher wrote "A Description of the Human Body?" | Descartes |
Who was the pope during the Third Crusade? | Pope Innocent III |
Which Russian writer wrote Anna Karinena, and who is the protagonist? | Tolstoy; Kitty |
Which Genevan philosopher wrote "The Social Contract?" | Rousseau |
What is the "Social Contract" about? | The best way to set up a political community is to face the problems of commercial society. |
Which American-British writer wrote "A Portrait of a Lady?" Who is the protagonist? | Henry James; Isabel Archer |