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WorksheetsQuiz Bowl Homework #2
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
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.
The Origin of Aphrodite
The Birth of Aphrodite
The Arrival of the Chosen
The Birth of Venus
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.
Somalia
Ethiopia
Algeria
DCR
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.
Hipocrates
Sophacles
Aristotle
Socrates
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
electron
proton
neutron
muon
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.
Ntikuma
Mengistu
Anansi
Adwa
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.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
To Kill a Mockingbird
Huckleberry Finn
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.
Dead Sea
Baltic Sea
Caspian Sea
Mediterranean Sea
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.
Compromise for the Union
The Butterfly Ballot Agreement
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
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.
Paleolithic
Cretaceous
Jurassic
Permian
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.
pathogens
antibodies
cholesterol
glucose
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 Strangely Quiet Paris
A Dreary London Fog
The Dubliners
Briskly in Prague
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.
Infa-Red
Microwave
Ultra-Violet
Sunlight
The Aztecs fought rivals such as Tlaxcala and Cholulain in these ritual wars. The prisoners procured during these wars were used for human sacrifices.
The Bloodshed Wars
The Wars of Sorrow
The Quetzal Wars
The Flower Wars
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.
Afganistan
Pakistan
Uzbekistan
Kazikstan
Caliban appears in this William Shakespeare play, in which Ferdinand falls in love with Prospero’s daughter Miranda after a shipwreck.
Hamlet
The Tempest
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Macbeth
