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2025 AC Team Tossups
Practice Qs
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Name this quantity that, in economics, is used to explain prices along with supply. | demand |
| In physics, these devices demonstrate simple harmonic motion. These devices consist of a weight suspended from a pivot that swings freely. | pendulum |
| The last words of one person attempting to reach this location were “I'm just going outside and may be some time.” After attempting to use horses to reach this location, Robert Smith was beaten to this location by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. | South Pole |
| Name this social media app known for short videos, often of people dancing dubbed with music. | Tik Tok |
| This type of electromagnetic radiation is used to determine molecular structures in a form of crystallography. Lead aprons are often used to protect from overexposure to this radiation. | X-rays |
| "A Room of One's Own" argues that women need money and physical space to establish a metaphorical space in the literary world. It's seen as an important text in this movement that advocates equality of the sexes. | feminism |
| In Norse mythology, Idun (EE-thun) keeps some of these objects that grant eternal youth to the gods. Aphrodite gave Melanion three of these objects to distract Atalanta so that he could win a race and marry her. Name these magical fruits. | golden apples |
| Name this technique that analyzes the decay of radioactive materials to determine the age of geologic substances. The most commonly used form of this technique uses the carbon-14 isotope. | carbon dating |
| In what Southern US city was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated? | Memphis, TN |
| Elizabeth Stanton fought for this right, which, nearly 70 years after the Seneca Falls Convention, was granted through the 19th amendment. | women's right to vote (suffrage) |
| This simian creature follows the goat in the Chinese zodiac cycle. One of the Four Chinese classics titled Journey to the West features a “king” of this general order of primates name Sun Wukong. | monkey |
| Due to its presence in many rock formations, the decay of this element into argon is also commonly used to date rocks. This alkali metal commonly found in fertilizers with nitrogen. | potassium |
| Capoeira developed as a way for slaves to train martial arts in this country, where escaped slaves often founded settlements called quilombos (kee-LOM-bohz). | Brazil |
| Name this French emperor who was NOT actually of below average height. | Napoleon Bonaparte |
| What English civil war was fought between the Lancasters and Yorks, who were represented by namesake white and red flowers? | War of the Roses |
| This man learned how to read and write by watching local ship workers. Name this former slave who published the The North Star and wrote “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July.” | Frederick Douglass |
| “Call me Ishmael” is the first line of, what Herman Melville novel about Captain Ahab’s hunt. | Moby Dick |
| As the eldest son of Archduke Karl Ludwig of this country, Franz Ferdinand was the heir presumptive to its throne. The union of this country and Hungary was allied with the Germany in World War 1. | Austria |
| Climbers traditionally stop just short of the peak of a mountain in this range named for 5 treasures. Name this mountain range that contains Mt. Everest. | Himalayas |
| In Judaism, nine candles are placed on this object during Hanukkah. | menorah |
| An H1N1 variant of this virus was named for its resemblance to viruses found in (*) pigs, and there are different vaccines for the new strains of this disease that emerge each year. | flu / influenza |
| Donatello created the first ever free-standing bronze sculpture, which depicts this Biblical figure. In Donatello's depiction, this man holds a sword and rests his foot on the head of his slain enemy, Goliath. | David |
| This president imposed a naval blockade of Cuba and resolved the resulting Cuban Missile Crisis. He was later assassinated on November 22, 1963. | JFK |
| One leader of this former territory issued the Law of the Splintered Paddle while uniting its 6 major islands. Name this eventual US state. | Hawaii |
| This molecule comes in a “good” HDL and a “bad” LDL form, high levels of which can block blood vessels and increase risk of heart disease. | cholesterol |
| This number is equal to zero factorial and therefore represents the number of permutations for a set of zero objects. This number is the multiplicative identity. | One |
| Protests in this city were sparked by a bill that would have allowed (*) extradition to Taiwan and mainland China. Name this special administrative region of China. | Hong Kong |
| The historian Priscus referred to the weapon as the sword of this specific war god, the Roman counterpart of Ares. | Mars |
| Henry Ford said this about what vehicle? "Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it's black," | Model T |
| In Greek mythology, this man died after flying too close to the sun while wearing wings made of wax and feathers. | Icarus |
| Which amendment protects US citizens from self-incrimination and double jeopardy? | 5th |
| Which amendment protects US citizens from illegal search and seizure? | 4th |
| Which amendment guarantees US citizens the right to a speedy trial and a court appointed attorney? | 6th |
| Which amendment abolished slavery? | 13th |
| Which US amendment established Presidential term limits? | 20th |
| Which US amendments protects US citizens from Cruel and Unusual punishment? | 8th |
| On February 23, 1836, when Mexican forces under President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna attacked this building , the battle cry "Remember the ___________" began. | Alamo |
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