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'20 Ateam practice Q
Academic Challenge Tossup Questions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What US Constitution Amendment states that individuals will not be forced to quarter troops in their homes? | 3rd |
| Graphite and diamond are allotropes of what non-metal with atomic number 6? | Carbon |
| In 2016, Bob Dylan won this prestigious international literary award given by the Swedish Academy. | Nobel Prize (in Literature) |
| Something that is moribound is almost what? | dead |
| The 8th Constitutional Amendment banned what type of punishment? | cruel and unusual |
| According to a proverb, In the land of the blind , who is king? | The one-eyed man |
| What future US Supreme Court Chief Justice crossed the Delaware with George Washington in 1776? | John Marshall |
| A defiency in acetylcholine, leads to what disease which is the most common form of dementia ? | Alzheimer's |
| What adjective in art indicates the sense of touch? | tactile |
| Codeine and morphine are derivatives of what drug? | opium |
| A lack of dopamine, can lead to what disease that is characterized by uncontrollable tremors? | Parkinson's |
| The presidential candidate who is supported by his home state at the party's national convential is called the favorite what? | son |
| Ernest Hemmingway, Alice Walker, and William Faulkner have all won what American award for fiction , named for a newpaper publisher? | Pulitzer Prize |
| Name the most common form of ionizing radiation used in medical diagnosis and treatment. | x-rays |
| Foraging involves what 2 basic activities? | hunting and gathering |
| The Association for Library Service to Childer awards the Caldecott Medal and this other medal to works of children's literature. | Newberry Medal |
| What word is an adverbial noun in this example? "Why, of course, we are open nights? | nights |
| In mythology, who is the husband of Isis and the Egyptian god of the underworld? | Osiris |
| This term refess to the amount of goods that consumers want to purchase. It is often contrasted with the word "supply" | demand |
| This term refers to an extended period of economic downturn that is not as sever as a depression. | recession |
| What type of small drums were associated with the beatniks of the 1950s? | bongo drums |
| MATH. Aluminum has a density of 2.7 grams per cubic centimeter. What is the weight of 20 cubic centimeters of aluminum? | 54 g |
| A physician often spends three or four years of on-the-job training as part of a formal education program. What is this period of time called? | residency |
| When atoms have too many or too few neutrons relative to the number of protons, the nucleus is unstable and subject to what kind of decay? | radioactive decay |
| What future U.S. state was known for a time in 1777 as New Connecticut? | Vermount |
| A wave generator produces 12 waves in 3 seconds. What is the frequency in waves per second? | 4 |
| What name is shared by a highly volatile, organic, flammable liquid used as an anesthetic and the medium previously believed to fill all of space? | ether |
| What is the name for a periodic, partial payment of a loan? | installment |
| In 1933 Giuseppe Zangara was executed for the murder of Chicago mayor Cermak and for the attempted murder of what president-elect? | FDR |
| This man has won more major golf tournaments than anyone in history. Name this 77 year old Ohio-born golfer who is known as the “Golden Bear”. | Jack Nicklaus |
| What term means that the cameras are actually running and shooting a scene? | rolling |
| name this Christian sect which refuses blood transfusions and tries to convert to members by going door to door | Jehovah's Witnesses |
| In 2006, the right-wing British historian David Irving was sentenced by an Austrian court to three years in prison for denying what World War II genocide of European Jews? | the Holocaust |
| MATH. What velocity is attained by a ball that, from rest, is accelerated at 0.3 m/s/s for a distance of 50 meters? | 6 m/s |
| What last name was shared by the Indian leaders, Indira and Mohandas. | Gandhi |
| In what U.S. city would you find both Canal Street and Bourbon Street? | New Orleans |
| What weather phenomenon is measured by the Fujita scale? This phenomenon can often form from funnel clouds. | Tornado |
| What professional golf tournament held annually in Augusta, gives its champion a green jacket? | The Masters |
| In 1776, American forces at Fort Moultrie successfully defended what major South Carolina port city against a British naval attack? | Charleston |
| Name the weather phenomenon that is assigned names each year, such as Hugo or Rose. | hurricanes |
| Glass can be colored by including various minerals. Gold and copper oxides give reds to glass. What hues are imparted by copper or cobalt oxides? | blues |
| MATH. The half-life of tritium is 12.5 years. How much of an 8-gram sample of tritium will be left undecayed after 25 years? | 2 grams |
| Reminiscent of stationary electrical charges, what is a synonymous adjective for a flat character? | static |
| What New York City street is also known as the Great White Way? | Broadway |
| The mechanical equivalent of heat is the relationship between what two forms of energy? | mechanical , thermal |
| What Mexican military leader fought against the Texas revolutionaries at the Battle of the Alamo? | Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna |
| In 1944, the Allies opened a second front that took a great deal of pressure off the Russians. That second front began at beachheads in what part of France? | Normandy |
| The average human has how many pairs of chromosomes? | 23 |
| What substance exerts cryostatic force? | ice |
| What grammatical error is apparent in this quote from Shakespeare's "Othello"? I cannot weep, nor answers have I none. | double negative |
| Indians of what tribe made a historic stand at Okeechobee Battlefield? | Seminoles |
| Often associated with hemodialysis, an A-V shunt is an artificial connection between what two types of blood vessels? | artery and vein |
| Recessive mutations associated with the X chromosome include what condition in which people have issues determining between red and green? | Color Blindness |
| Name the early American scientist who allegedly discovered electricity while flying a kite during a lightning storm. | Ben Franklin |
| What type of numbers can only be divided by one and itself? | Prime |
| These two men developed the first steerable rudder to control yaw. Name these famous brothers who made the first successful airplane flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. | Wright brothers |
| Ben Franklin used the pen name “Poor Richard” to publish a yearly version of what reference book that would predict weather forecasts? | Almanac |
| He is destined to kill and be killed by Heimdall. For 10 points, name this shape-shifting Norse trickster god. | Loki |
| In 1996, control of this country’s government was seized by the Taliban. Osama bin Laden spent years living in, for 10 points, what Asian country that has its capital at Kabul? | Afghanistan |
| This book introduces “the glad game,” and the main character uses it to make friends. Name this novel about a cheerful young girl who becomes temporarily disabled due to a car accident. | Pollyanna |
| Name the famous sculpture by Auguste Rodin, which appears to be a man pondering a difficult question. | The Thinking Man |
| When characters in a film or tv show, interact directly with the audience they are said to be breaking what wall? | The 4th wall |
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