Scholars Bowl - General Knowledge (5)

Arlington National Cemetery and the U.S. Holocaust Museum are both places to show respect for the dead, that in the summer of 2016, official requested visitors to its property stop playing this wildly popular game, that had people chasing virtual creatures and prompted a huge rise in Nintendo's stock price?

• Fortnite
• Angry Birds
• Candy Crush
• Pokémon GO

His mother was told he'd have a long life - provided he never recognized his reflection. Later, he rejected the love of the nymph Echo and saw himself in a spring. Name this beautiful boy of myth who was said to have wasted away while staring at his own reflection, eventually replaced by a flower that shares his name.

• Narcissus
• Adonis
• Orpheus
• Apollo

Answer explanation

This is the origin of the word "narcissist" - a person who has an excessive interest in or admiration of themselves

Melissa borrows $50 from Christina and keeps the money for 3 years. How much in total will Melissa have to pay back at the end of the three years if she agrees to pay 6% interest, annually?

• $59
• $62
• $55
• $50

She appears three times on the outside of the U.S. Supreme Court Building, always carrying a double edged sword in one hand. In one sculpture, she has her eyes focused on the forces of evil. In the other two, she is blindfolded to ensure equal treatment for all. Name this goddess of myth whose sculptures always show her holding a scale for balance.

• Lady Justice
• Lady Liberty

• Themis

• Nike

This structure's base is called a "bulb" and has nerve fibers wrapped around it, along with sebaceous glands that keep your hair oily. The arrector pili muscles that are part of this substance make your hair stand on end when you are scared. Name this structure that allows hair to grow and keeps each of your hairs attached to your skin.

• hair follicle
• hair shaft

• hair root

Once part of Spain's Viceroyalty of the River Plate, its independence has been stable since 1861 in spite of a 7-year "Dirty War" carried out by its military against suspected leftists. Name this South American country that lost the 1982 Falklands War to England and whose former First Lady "Evita" Peron is the subject of a Broadway musical.

• Argentina
• Brazil
• Chile
• Paraguay

Her first story, The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo, was written before the books including the small boy character Farley Hatcher, nicknamed "Fudge", who appears in her novels Otherwise Known as Shelia the Great and Tales of a Fourth-Grade Nothing. Name this American author who is also know for Are you there God? It's Me, Margaret.

• Francine Pascal

• Ann M. Martin

• Judy Blume
• Margaret Atwood

Once defined as the mass of one cubic decimeter of water, it is now defined as the mass of a cylinder that is 90% platinum and 10% iriduium and both a height and a diameter of about 39 millimeters. Identify this international unit of mass, equal in the U.S. to about 2.2 pounds.

• kilogram
• ton
• pound
• gram

The verbs "seek", "buy", "bring", "fight", and "think" all have irregular past participles that end with what 5 letter sequence?

• aires

• ought
• heels

• rings

Answer explanation

Sought

Bought

Brought

Fought

Thought

After you have played one of its games like Squeeze Play, Grocery Games, or Plinko, you spin a large wheel to try and reach the final Showcase Showdown round. Name this long-running game show, once hosted by Bob Barker, but now hosted by Drew Carey.

• Jeopardy

• Family Feud
• Wheel of Fortune
• The Price Is Right