Scholar Bowl Round 3

Amazon hopes that this new investment will help prevent package theft. The service popularized the video doorbell, letting people see who is at the door. Name the company, which was purchases for more than a billion dollars by Amazon in 2018.

• View

• Smart Look

• Ring

• Smart Bell

Who laughed when she heard she would bear a son in her old age?

• Mary

• Sarah

• Elizabeth

• Ruth

It can rain, snow, sleet, or hail. What is the term for any form of water pulled from the atmosphere by gravity?

• precipitation

• condensation

• humidity

• thunder storm

I was a queen of Israel.
I brought Baal-worship into Israel.
Elijah prophesied the events of my death.

• Eve
• Ruth
• Esther
• Jezebel

Article 4 of the US Constitution establishes the US as this type of government. It guarantees that each state in the Union has this type of government. This term was first coined by the Roman Empire in 500 BC. Both Plato and Aristotle wrote about this form of government. Name this type of government that 159 of the world's 206 countries use as part of their names.

• Liberal State

• Diplomacy

• Monarchy

• Republic

This American poet, and civil rights activist published seven biographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and was credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. Her autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, tells of her life up to the age of 17. Who is the author of the well-known and popular poems, "Phenomenal Woman" and "Still I Rise?"

• Maya Angelou

• Oprah

• Michelle Obama

• Toni Morrison

This large wave is caused by earthquakes, volcanos, landslides or any other event which moves large amounts of water. Its name comes from the Japanese for "Harbor Wave." What is this wave featured in the animated movie Ponyo as well as the disaster film 2012?

• tidal wave

• rip curl

• tsunami

• shamishi

I was a king of Israel.
I offered a sacrifice instead of being obedient. I sought to take David's life.

• Ahab
• Samuel
• Saul
• Jezebel

This type of writing is found most often in textbooks, business writing, and instructions and is the type of writing that exposes, or sets forth facts. What is this type of writing where a topic will be introduced and laid out in a logical order without reference to the author's personal opinion.

• Persuasive

• Expository

• Descriptive

• Analogical

Minor Prophets begins with which book?

• Joshua

• Hosea

• Job

• Genesis