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Quiz Bowl Homework #2

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In that painting, the central figure stands on top of a seashell and uses her orange hair to cover up her nudity. For 10 points, name this scene painted by Botticelli that shows the origin of a Roman love goddess.

a)

The Origin of Aphrodite

b)

The Birth of Aphrodite

c)

The Arrival of the Chosen

d)

The Birth of Venus

2.

In 1936, this country was invaded by Benito Mussolini’s Italy, forcing its monarch Haile Selassie into exile. For 10 points, name this African country with capital at Addis Ababa.

a)

Somalia

b)

Ethiopia

c)

Algeria

d)

DCR

3.

This man proposed his theory of hylomorphism to oppose his teacher’s theory of forms. This author of Metaphysics founded the Lyceum school. For 10 points, name this student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great.

a)

Hipocrates

b)

Sophacles

c)

Aristotle

d)

Socrates

4.

Ballistic transport occurs when the mean free path of these particles is far larger than macroscopic dimension. The Drude-Sommerfeld model is a quantum mechanical treatment of these particles as an ideal gas, in which they are “free.” These particles can carry a current

a)

electron

b)

proton

c)

neutron

d)

muon

5.

This figure exchanged Osebo the leopard, Onini the python, and the Mmboro hornets for all of the world’s stories from the sky god Nyame. For 10 points, name this West African trickster god, who is the inspiration for Brer Rabbit and commonly takes the form of a spider.

a)

Ntikuma

b)

Mengistu

c)

Anansi

d)

Adwa

6.

That lynch mob in this novel is after Tom Robinson, who is found guilty of raping Mayella Ewell despite being defended by Atticus Finch. For 10 points, name this novel narrated by Scout, the best-known work of Harper Lee.

a)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

b)

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

c)

To Kill a Mockingbird

d)

Huckleberry Finn

7.

In 1920, Poland gained access to this sea via a corridor that separated East Prussia from the rest of Germany. For 10 points, name this Northern European body of water, whose trade was dominated by the Hanseatic League.

a)

Dead Sea

b)

Baltic Sea

c)

Caspian Sea

d)

Mediterranean Sea

8.

This legislation simultaneously strengthened the Fugitive Slave Act and allowed California to enter as a free state. For 10 points, name this legislation devised by Stephen Douglas and Henry Clay, which only managed to avoid Civil War for a decade.

a)

Compromise for the Union

b)

The Butterfly Ballot Agreement

c)

Missouri Compromise

d)

Compromise of 1850

9.

This period, occurred between 299 Mya [M-y-a] and 252 Mya, was the last period of the Paleozoic, and was followed by the Triassic. For 10 points, name this period that ended with the “Great Dying,” the largest extinction event in Earth’s history.

a)

Paleolithic

b)

Cretaceous

c)

Jurassic

d)

Permian

10.

These proteins, which are comprised of two heavy chains and two light chains, are produced by plasma B cells. For 10 points, name these Y-shaped proteins which mediate the immune response by binding to antigens.

a)

pathogens

b)

antibodies

c)

cholesterol

d)

glucose

11.

The last short story in this collection ends by describing the faintly falling snow. For 10 points each: [10] That story, “The Dead” appears in this short story collection about residents of the title city

a)

A Strangely Quiet Paris

b)

A Dreary London Fog

c)

The Dubliners

d)

Briskly in Prague

12.

Cherenkov radiation emits light that is mostly in this part of the electromagnetic spectrum. It has shorter wavelength than visible light and can cause skin cancer if you don’t wear sunscreen.

a)

Infa-Red

b)

Microwave

c)

Ultra-Violet

d)

Sunlight

13.

The Aztecs fought rivals such as Tlaxcala and Cholulain in these ritual wars. The prisoners procured during these wars were used for human sacrifices.

a)

The Bloodshed Wars

b)

The Wars of Sorrow

c)

The Quetzal Wars

d)

The Flower Wars

14.

Elphinstone’s retreat from Kabul occurred during the first of the wars between Britain and this nation. Geopolitical tensions between the British and Russian Empires over this nation were known as the Great Game.

a)

Afganistan

b)

Pakistan

c)

Uzbekistan

d)

Kazikstan

15.

Caliban appears in this William Shakespeare play, in which Ferdinand falls in love with Prospero’s daughter Miranda after a shipwreck.

a)

Hamlet

b)

The Tempest

c)

A Midsummer Night's Dream

d)

Macbeth