A link between this pathway and the urea cycle creates a separate “bi-cycle” called the aspartate-argininosuccinate shunt. Anaplerotic reactions replenish key intermediates synthesized in this pathway, such as α-ketoglutarate [“alpha keto-glue-tar-ate”] and succinyl-coA. In this pathway, two reactions which successively add then remove a water molecule are catalyzed by aconitase. The first step of this pathway is an Aldol condensation which combines oxaloacetate with water and (*) acetyl-coA synthesized in a previous pathway. The net products of this reaction include one FADH2 and three NADH molecules. The site of this metabolic pathway is the mitochondrial matrix. For 10 points, name this part of cellular respiration that occurs after glycolysis and before the electron transport chain.

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One work from this country opens with arpeggios played by two solo harps, which transitions into a brass chorale that introduces the theme [read slowly] “B flat, E flat, D, B flat” to depict the title “High Castle.” The second movement of that work uses themes from the Italian song “La Montanova” and depicts a tribe of warrior women in its movement “Sarka.” Anton Seidl famously conducted an E minor symphony from this country that modulates to C sharp minor from D flat major in its Largo second movement, which contains a wistful solo for the (*) English horn that quotes the melody from the spiritual “Goin’ Home.” A collection of nationalist tone poems from this country includes one depicting the title river, “Die Moldau.” Ma Vlast and the “New World” Symphony are by composers from, for 10 points, what home country of Bedrich Smetana and Antonin Dvorak?

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During one dispute, this figure jumped off a cliff to retrieve a ring in order to prove his parentage, and received a crown from a goddess as a result. This figure’s son was dragged to death by his horses after this figure’s second wife failed to seduce that son. During a failed trip to the Underworld, this hero was rescued from the Chair of Forgetfulness by Heracles and left his friend, Pirithous, behind. This figure slew such characters as Sinis, who tied people to trees, and a bandit who kicked people into a sea monster named (*) Sciron. Aegeus killed himself by jumping into the sea after this figure forgot to change his ship’s flags. Before performing his most famous feat, this hero was given a magic ball of string by the princess Ariadne. For 10 points, name this hero who slayed the Minotaur.

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A substance used in this technique’s matrix is made by reacting TEMED [“teh-med”] with a radical initiator such as ammonium persulfate. The results of this technique are covered with a sheet of nitrocellulose before being visualized via a Southern Blot. The TAE buffer often used in this technique consists of acetic acid, EDTA, and Tris. Uneven heating in this technique causes “smiling” to occur. One variety of this technique which uses sodium lauryl sulfate is (*) PAGE. Ladders are used as markers in this technique, in which combs are inserted into matrices of agarose or polyacrylamide to form wells. For 10 points, identify this technique used for separating and analyzing macromolecules by applying an electric field to them.

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A character in this novel is disturbed by the statuette of a figurine who holds coins in its mouth and whose base reads “At Yo’ Service.” Another character in this novel named Sixo pursues an affair with a “Thirty-mile woman” and later is tortured and burnt to death by Schoolteacher. The protagonist of this novel, who possesses a “chokecherry tree” on her back, has sex with a man whose “flakes of rust” on his “tobacco tin” heart fell away. Stamp Paid ferries the protagonist of this novel, who attacks Mr. Bodwin with an ice pick and witnesses the death of (*) Baby Suggs. Denver grows jealous of Paul D in this novel, which takes place in a “spiteful” location “full of a baby’s venom.” The title character of this novel haunts 124 Bluestone Road. Sethe kills her infant daughter to void her from slavery in, for 10 points, what Toni Morrison novel?

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Infrared reflectography shows that a work by this artist mentions the twelve privileges of Mary described by Savonarola on twelve ribbons. A different painting by this artist featured at the Uffizi utilized tempera and portrayed the title character flanked by six women; that work is the Madonna of the Pomegranate. This artist referenced the Book of Revelation with a Greek inscription in his only signed work, (*) The Mystical Nativity. This artist painted a figure wearing a red robe and a sheath at the far left of a painting set in an orange grove. Zephyrus and Chloris appear in both that painting and another by this artist in which the titular nude stands on a seashell that is being blown to shore. For 10 points, name this Italian Renaissance painter of La Primavera and The Birth of Venus.

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It’s not magnetic moment, but Feynman diagram one-loops explain why this quantity’s g-factor is slightly greater than 2. This quantity’s quantum mechanical operator equals h-bar over two multiplied by components of the three Pauli matrices. The quantization of this quantity was proven following the observation of silver atoms accumulating at discrete points on a detector screen in the (*) Stern-Gerlach experiment. On configuration diagrams, an up or down arrow represents possible values of this quantity. Two electrons must have opposite values for this quantity in order for them to occupy the same orbital. Bosons have integer values for this quantity. For 10 points, name this quantity, the intrinsic angular momentum of a particle.

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An author who wrote in this language asked “what have poets, in any case, to do with sin” in a poem that declares “for one moment of peace, I would give the peace of the tomb.” An author who wrote in this language that stated “Can you describe this?” in the section “Instead of a Preface” was one of the leading poets of the Acmeist school. The protagonist of a poem in this language climbs onto a marble lion in the city square to survive a sudden flood while he is chased by the title (*) statue. The poems “Requiem” and “Poem Without a Hero” were authored by a poet in this language. A verse novel in this language describes the story of a “superfluous man” who dances at a name day celebration and eventually kills Lensky in a duel. “The Bronze Horseman” and Eugene Onegin were written in, for 10 points, what language used by Anna Akhmatova [“akh-maht-oh-vah”] and Alexander Pushkin [“poosh-keen”]?

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This company is the subject of a namesake “conflict prevention” theory formulated by Thomas Friedman in his book The Lexus and The Olive Tree. Sociologist George Ritzer coined the term for a phenomenon named for this company which leads to cultural homogeneity. Director Morgan Sporluck filmed his 30-day journey of buying food solely from this company in his 2004 documentary titled (*) “SuperSize Me”. Stella Liebeck sued this company for burns she obtained due to spilling allegedly overheated coffee bought from this company on her lap. On September 8th of 2020, this food company introduced a Travis Scott-themed meal, which was essentially bacon added to a Quarter Pounder meal. For 10 points, name this fast-food chain known for it’s slogan “I’m lovin’ it!”

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The product of two, i, and this number appears in the denominator of Cauchy’s [“KOW-shee”] integral formula. The square root of twice this number appears in the denominator for the function of the Gaussian distribution. Euler solved the Basel problem by stating that the sum of reciprocals of all of the squared natural numbers equals this number (*) squared divided by six. The graph of the tangent function has x-intercepts at integer multiples of this number. According to Euler’s identity, e to the power of this number times i equals -1. Two times this number, or tau, is equal to the number of radians in a circle. For 10 points, name this transcendental number defined as the ratio between circumference and diameter.

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During this war, soldiers fighting for the 12th Battalion published a newspaper called The Wipers Times. An outbreak of a disease prominent in this war, which some theorists claimed was caused by the poisoning of aspirin, occurred at Fort Riley, Kansas. A disease was named for the country of King Alfonso XIII after countries fighting this war (*) censored information about its deaths. Unofficial ceasefires during this war exemplified soldiers’ “live and let live” attitude during the “Christmas Truce.” A gangrene-causing disease called a certain structure's "foot" was common in this war, whose last year saw the beginning of a worldwide pandemic caused by the H1N1 virus. The Spanish flu began near the conclusion of, for 10 points, what war which saw many diseases spread among soldiers because of "trench warfare?"

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During this event, it is tradition to share the meat in three equal parts with family, friends, and poor people. There are three different types of this event; the most common being the Tamattu’ form, in which participants shave or trim their hair. Another ritual of this event is running between two mountains to mimic Hagar’s search for water for her thirsty son, Ishmael. Participants of this event dress in two sheets of unstitched white cloth, called (*) ihram garments, to enter a pure, sacred state. All members of a certain religion must perform this ritual at least once in their life if they are capable of it. Important ceremonies in this religion include the stoning of the devil and circling the Kaaba counterclockwise seven times. For 10 points, name this pillar of Islam that mandates Muslims to make a pilgrimage to Mecca.

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Lorenzo Tio inspired a work by this composer that inverts the traditional pitches of the clarinet and trombone to produce a so-called “mike tone.” Paul Gonsalves revitalized this musician’s career with a twenty-seven bar saxophone solo at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival in a performance of Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue. “Work Song” and “Come Sunday” appear in the first movement of a tone poem by this musician depicting African-American history entitled (*) Black, Brown and Beige. This musician often collaborated with Billy Strayhorn, and Cab Calloway’s band replaced his position at the Cotton Club. This musician behind the standard “Mood Indigo” wrote a work that details the “quickest way” to the Sugar Hill in Harlem. For 10 points, name this pianist who wrote the standards “It Don’t Mean a Thing (if it Ain’t Got that Swing)” and “Take the ‘A’ Train.”

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In a novel, one of these people convinces Wamba to create a disguise for his father while another is rescued by “The Black Sluggard.” Saturn intervenes following contrasting prayers to Diana and Venus in a story titled for these people that served as the basis for a play partially authored by John Fletcher. One of these people receives a deer, a boar, and a fox in exchange for three kisses and accepts a magic girdle. While imprisoned by Theseus, the two central characters in a story titled for these people, Arcite and Palamon, gather 100 men to fight for the love of (*) Emily. One of these people seeks to defeat “the Disinherited One” or Desdichado and defends the Jewish woman Rebecca from Brian de Bois-Gilbert. The first tale in the Canterbury Tales is narrated by one of these people. Ivanhoe is one of, for 10 points, what chivalrous medieval warriors who include Sir Gawain?

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Accounts of living among these people were written by Frederick Edward Maning. When these people refused to pay small taxes to Henry Menzies, the bloodless “Dog Tax War” began. These people were responsible for the death and slaughtering of 60 sailors in the Boyd Massacre. After chopping a gift given to James Busby, these people fought the (*) Flagstaff War under their leader Hone Heke. William Hobson signed a document with these people handing over control of their home country. These people fought bloody inner conflicts dubbed the Musket Wars. The Haka dance is performed by these people, who are designated parliamentary seats in Wellington. For 10 points, name this indigenous ethnic group of New Zealand.

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In this text, two women receive a blessing to have children with any deities that they wish to, leading to a child being floated down a river and being raised by a poet and a charioteer. In this text, one character foolishly believes that a pond is actually a floor, and falls into it. In this text, a talking monkey challenges a hero to build a bridge from (*) arrows, which he succeeds in doing on his third attempt. In this text, the archery teacher Dronacharya is killed after a hero who never lied bluffed that his son was dead. Krishna acts as the charioteer for Arjuna, one of the fighters in a war in this epic, which contains the Bhagavad Gita. For 10 points, identify this Hindu epic which depicts the Kurukshetra War between the Pandavas and Kauravas.

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This character is called “a regular Belasco” by an acquaintance who is surprised to discover that the books in this man's library are real, rather than “nice durable cardboard.” This World War I veteran is observed gazing at a “single (*) green light” shining at the end of a dock in East Egg, as he pines for the unattainable Daisy Buchanan. For 10 points—what title character of an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel is described as “great”?

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“Kat” Katczinsky [“cat”-ZIN-skee] serves as a mentor to Paul Baümer [BOY-mur] in this World War I novel by Erich Maria Remarque [“remark”].

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This Romantic author's historical dramas set in wartime include his Wallenstein [VAH-lin-styne] trilogy, about a general in the Thirty Years' War.

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The Thirty Years' War provides the setting of this Berthold Brecht [BAIR-tohlt brekt] play whose title character loses her three children—Kattrin, Eilif [“EYE”-liff], and Swiss Cheese—in the war.

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In blood, this quantity is kept steady thanks to carbonic anhydrase [“car”-BAH-nik an-“HI”-drayss] enzymes. This quantity's dependence on the equilibrium constant and a ratio of two concentrations is given by the Henderson-Hasselbalch [HAH-sil-bahk] equation. (*) Methyl red and phenolphthalein [fee-nul-THAY-leen] detect changes in this quantity. For 10 points—name this quantity, the negative logarithm [“LOG-uh-rhythm”] of the hydrogen ion [“EYE”-ahn] concentration, which equals 7 for pure water.

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Philip the Handsome married Joanna the Mad to become king of what region? This kingdom united with Aragon to form modern Spain

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Philip the Handsome become brother-in-law to Henry VIII after Henry married this woman, Joanna the Mad's sister and the first of Henry's six wives.

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Philip the Handsome' father-in-law was this king of Aragon who co-presided over the end of the Reconquista

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This man designed Crown Hall at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Lilly Reich and this man created a black chair for the 1929 International Exposition, for which he also designed the Barcelona Pavilion. This architect of the Lake Shore Drive Apartments worked with (*) Philip Johnson on New York's Seagram Building. The phrase ”less is more” was a motto of—for 10 points—what German who was the last leader of the Bauhaus [“bough-house”]?

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In mathematics, the 'S' and 'A' of the SAS congruence theorem stand for the names of these geometric elements

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The SAS, or Special Air Service, is part of the special forces of this country's military. They rescued 24 of 25 hostages during the a 1980 siege of the Iranian embassy in this country's capital city.

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Online box scores on the official NBA website use SAS as the abbreviation for this team. It is the only team that originated in the American Basketball Association to have won an NBA championship.

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This man died of yellow fever while traveling to Trinidad to sign an anti-piracy agreement with the Gran Colombia government of Simón Bolívar [see-MOHN boh-LEE-var]. His flagship, the USS Lawrence, was destroyed at a battle fought near (*) Put-in-Bay. A battle flag reading ”don't give up the ship” was flown by—for 10 points—what naval commander, who reported that ”we have met the enemy and they are ours” after winning the Battle of Lake Erie?

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A is a 2-by-2 matrix whose top row is (2, 3) [“two comma three”] and whose bottom row is (3, 5) [“three comma five”]. For 10 points, what number appears in the upper-left corner of the matrix that is the product of A times the inverse of A?

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A is a 2-by-2 matrix whose top row is (2, 3) [“two comma three”] and whose bottom row is (3, 5) [“three comma five”]. A is NOT a singular matrix because what property of A is nonzero? For a 2-by-2 matrix, this property may be calculated as ad minus bc

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A is a 2-by-2 matrix whose top row is (2, 3) [“two comma three”] and whose bottom row is (3, 5) [“three comma five”]. What is the trace of A, given that the trace is the sum of the entries along the main diagonal?

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This poem's title character wears a uniform made from a “piece o' twisty rag.” The narrator of this poem imagines taking a “swig in Hell” from the title man, who is given the order ”Panee lao” [PAN-ee LAO]. This poem, which describes warfare “in (*) Injia's [IN-juh'z] sunny clime,” ends as the narrator admits that the title character is “a better man than I am.” For 10 points—name this Rudyard Kipling poem about a heroic Indian water-carrier.

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The Surah [soo-rah] of the Cave was revealed to this man after rabbis from Medina [mah-DEE-nah] advised that he should be asked some questions to see whether he was making things up. Name this member of the Quraysh [ku-RAYSH] tribe, who received revelations from the angel Gabriel.

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The Surah [soo-rah] of the Cave was revealed to this man after rabbis from Medina [mah-DEE-nah] advised that he should be asked some questions to see whether he was making things up. The Surah of the Cave tells that a ruler named Dhul-Qarnayn built a barrier that will keep these two monsters contained until the end times. The Book of Ezekiel prophesies a future battle against these two creatures

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The Surah [soo-rah] of the Cave was revealed to this man after rabbis from Medina [mah-DEE-nah] advised that he should be asked some questions to see whether he was making things up. The Surah of the Cave also tells a part of the story of this earlier prophet's encounters with a wise man. The Qur'an [kuh RAHN] also considers this man's brother, Aaron, to have been a prophet.

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In July 2017 this country began closing an offshore detention center it had operated on Manus [MAN-iss] Island as part of the “PNG Solution.” It's not Mexico, but in a phone call leaked in July 2017, Donald Trump and this country's (*) prime minister discussed a deal for the U.S. to take 2,000 refugees. A 2015 Liberal Party leadership split led Malcolm Turnbull to replace Tony Abbott as leader of—for 10 points—what “down under” nation?

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This man served as Barack Obama's director of the Defense Intelligence Agency from 2012 to 2014. Name this briefly-serving former National Security Advisor who resigned in February 2017.

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Michael Thomas Flynn, Barack Obama's director of the Defense Intelligence Agency from 2012 to 2014, resigned in part over his December 2016 communications with this Russian ambassador to the US

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This deputy attorney general under Barack Obama warned the White House about Flynn's relationship with the Russians. Donald Trump fired her in January 2017 for refusing to enforce his travel ban.

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Island arcs mark many boundaries named for this type of motion. This type of evolution results in analogous [uh-NAL-uh-guss] structures in unrelated organisms. This term describes the alternating harmonic series, but not the regular harmonic series. Subduction zones occur at this type of (*) plate boundary, where two tectonic plates move toward each other. For 10 points—give this term for a sequence that approaches a finite limit.

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The Carolingian Renaissance occurred under the rule of this son of Pepin the Short. Name the king of the Franks.

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Charlemagne was given this title by Pope Leo III on Christmas Day in 800

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This English scholar from York was the leading driver of the Carolingian Renaissance

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A quarterback for this university won the 2003 Heisman [HYZ-man] Trophy. The following year, the second-place finisher in the Heisman voting was a running back from this university who went on to play for the Minnesota Vikings, (*) Adrian Peterson. This university won its seventh national title in 2000 under coach Bob Stoops. Name this Big 12 university that plays home games in Norman and is nicknamed the “Sooners.”

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Much of this film is centered on its title group's inability to get along well enough to be able to morph. Name this 2017 action film about five teenage superheroes, based on a long-running children's TV series.

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This country's walled city of Ait Benhaddou [“ayt” ben-HAH-doo] has been featured in multiple Hollywood films due to its red mud brick architecture. A mountainous region in the northern part of this country is known as the Rif [reef] and is home to many (*) Berbers. This country borders the Spanish exclaves of Melilla [muh-LEE-yuh] and Ceuta [say-OO-tah]. The fez hat is named after a city in—for 10 points—what North African country that contains Marrakesh [mar-uh-KESH] and Casablanca?

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In Classical Greece these people were often referred to as andrápodon [ann-DRAP-oh-don], or “one with the feet of a man.” Examples of the privileged oikogeneia [“IKE-oh-JEAN”-ee-uh] class of these people include Meno [MEH-noh], who titles a Platonic dialogue. Draco [DRAY-koh] made it a (*) capital crime to kill these people. Until Solon's [SOH-lahn's] reforms, people who could not pay their debts were given this status. For 10 points—name this class of people whom the Greeks considered property.

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This programming language popularized the printf [“print-F”] function, which uses the percent sign to indicate format specifiers. Name this language used to write most of Unix [YOO-nix] operating system

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This type of event kills Lise Bolkanskaya [LEE-zah BOHL-kahn-SKY-uh] in War and Peace, as well as Agnes Fleming in Oliver Twist. Other victims of this kind of event include the title character of Lolita [loh-LEE-tah], Catherine Barkley in (*) A Farewell to Arms, and Catherine Earnshaw in Wuthering Heights. For 10 points—name this cause of death that befalls Emily Webb in Our Town, who is said to have had “some trouble bringing a baby into the world.”

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A painting of these trees was intended as a companion piece to The Starry Night. Name this type of Mediterranean fruit tree, the subject of 18 paintings by Vincent van Gogh.

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Most of van Gogh's olive tree paintings, as well as Starry Night, were created during his self-imposed stay at an asylum in this southern French town.

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Paul Gauguin used a "Garden of Olives" in Gethsemane as the setting for a painting depicting this man, whom both Gauguin and van Gogh depicted with vivid red hair

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A recurring course in this video game series, Baby Park, requires players to complete seven laps instead of three. An item in this series uses an inverted question mark to indicate it is a (*) bomb, not a real item box. In games in this series, the Special Cup usually ends with the brightly-colored course Rainbow Road. Explosive blue shells target players in first place in—for 10 points—what Nintendo racing series?

(a)  

This war was interrupted by a period called the ”re-adeption,” in which one side's court was exiled to Bruges [broozh]. This war's last major battle ended after the intervention of the Stanley brothers allowed (*) Henry VII [“the seventh”] to become the first Tudor king. The Battle of Bosworth Field was fought during—for 10 points—what 15th-century British conflict named for the red and white symbols used by the Houses of Lancaster and York?

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In 1973 Harvard partnered with this national institution to create a center for astrophysics. This institution runs the National Air and Space Museum

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In the 1260s BC this 'great' Egyptian pharaoh led a campaign against the Hittites through Syria, including a march on Damascus

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In Welsh myth, King Arthur's men hunted one of these animals that had a razor, a comb, and scissors on its head. Hercules's fourth labor involved capturing one of these animals on Mount Erymanthus [“air”-uh-MAN-thiss]. Frey [“fray”] owned a magical golden one of these animals called (*) Gullinbursti [goo-lin-“BURST”-ee]. Meleager [mel-ee-AY-gur] killed one of these animals after it was wounded by Atalanta [at-uh-LAN-tuh]. For 10 points—what kind of animal was hunted by a group of heroes in Calydon [KAL-ih-don]?

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In a 1905 paper, Albert Einstein wrote that this phenomenon provided evidence for the existence of atoms. Identify this random motion of particles in a fluid, such as pollen grains moving in water. It is named for a British scientist.

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Brownian motion describes this process in which particles move from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration

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This German scientist proposed two namesake laws describing diffusion. His first law says that the diffusion flux is proportional to the negative of the concentration gradient.

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Between 1847 and 1901 these people fought a Caste [“cast”] War against descendants of European settlers. The collapse of this civilization's Classical period in the 8th and 9th centuries involved the decline of cities such as Palenque [pah-LAYNG-kay] and Tikal [tee-KAHL]. The (*) Long Count calendar, which caused fears that the world would end in 2012, is often named after these people. For 10 points—name this civilization that built Chichén Itzá [chee-CHEN eet-SAH].

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Hasina needs to know the smallest value of x that will satisfy the expression the absolute value of the quantity 2x plus 4 is less than or equal to 12. By realizing that the left-hand side of the expression must be both less than or equal to 12, and greater than or equal to (*) negative 12, she is able to compute—for 10 points—what smallest value of x?

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In 1890 Ohio attorney general David Watson brought a lawsuit against this company. A Supreme Court case concerning this company was decided on the same day as one concerning the American Tobacco Company. A “history” of this company was written by (*) muckraker Ida Tarbell [“EYE”-duh tar-“BELL”]. In 1911 this company was dissolved for violating the Sherman Antitrust Act. For 10 points—name this petroleum company founded by John D. Rockefeller.

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In February 2017 Muslim groups in this city's suburbs campaigned to repair the vandalized Chesed Shel Emeth [KEH-sed “shell” EM-eth] Jewish cemetery. This city announced it would drop its 10-dollar minimum wage to comply with a ”preemption law” put into effect by (*) Eric Greitens [rhymes with “titans”] in 2017. Its suburbs were the site of the December 2014 shooting of Antonio Martin and the earlier 2014 protests in Ferguson. For 10 points—name this city in Missouri.

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This country has the most UNESCO [yoo-NEH-skoh] World Heritage Sites, with 51. Many of M. C. Escher's early works depict this country's picturesque [“picture”-esk] Amalfi [ah-MAHL-fee] Coast. Its tourist destinations include the Dolomites [DOH-luh-mites] and the rugged cliffside villages of Cinque Terre [CHEEN-qweh TAIR-ey] on its (*) Ligurian [lih-GYOO-ree-un] Coast. The Tyrrhenian [tih-REE-nee-un] Sea contains its volcanic Aeolian [ee-OH-lee-un] Islands and its island of Capri [kuh-PREE]. Mount Etna is in—for 10 points—what country that contains Sicily?

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In 2015 a St. Petersburg archive was found to contain this composer's lost “Funeral Song,” which commemorated the death of his teacher Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov [RIM-skee-KOR-suh-kawf]. This man composed a ballet in which an “Infernal Dance” is performed by Kashchei [kah-SHEE] the Immortal. A (*) riot occurred at the 1913 premiere of this man's ballet about a pagan [“PAY-gun”] human sacrifice. For 10 points—name this Russian composer of The Firebird and The Rite of Spring.

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This disease causes red and gray hepatization [HEP-uh-“ties”-AY-shun]. A bacterium in the genus Mycoplasma [MYE-koh-plasma] causes an atypical, “walking” form of it. Cystic fibrosis patients are at high risk of this disease, which involves coughing up sputum [“spew-tum”]. Patients on (*) ventilators are at risk of its ”hospital-acquired” form, as opposed to the “community-acquired” form. For 10 points—what disease causes inflammation of the alveoli [al-vee-OH-lye] of the lungs?

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A poem about this ship claims that "many an eye has danced to see" this ship's banner in the sky." What ship, launched in the 1790s, is described in the poem "Old Ironsides"?

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This title entity distinguishes a man who is “coming to you on a dusty road” in a Sam & Dave song. The player awakens in the Northern Undead Asylum in a video game whose title refers to these things. ”Double consciousness” is examined in a (*) W. E. B. Du Bois [doo-BOYSS] book named for these things “of Black Folk.” The poem “Invictus” declares “I am the captain of”—for 10 points—what incorporeal [in-kor-POR-ee-ul] entity contrasted with mind and body?

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Alex and his droogs frequent the Korova Milk Bar in this author's novel A Clockwork Orange

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Mr. Ramsay finds an earwig in a glass of milk in this novel, which takes places in the Hebrides

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In this film, a woman who asks for something “light” to read is given a leaflet on “Jewish sports legends.” A child in this film realizes that Roger Murdock is actually the basketball player (*) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar [kuh-REEM ab-DOOL juh-BAR]. Leslie Nielsen [NEEL-sun] co-stars in this film as a doctor who remarks “don't call me Shirley.” Otto the inflatable auto-pilot appears in—for 10 points—what 1980 disaster movie parody about a troubled flight?

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On the left side of this painting, a castle built by the Knights Templar sits on a hill above a structure that may represent Agali [ah-GAH-lee], a monastery once led by Saint Ildefonso [eel-day-FOHN-soh]. This painting exaggerates the height of a (*) cathedral spire. In its foreground, rolling green hills border a river that is spanned by the Alcántara [al-KAHN-tah-rah] bridge. A stormy sky appears above the title Spanish city in—for 10 points—what painting by El Greco [GREH-koh]?

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This author wrote about people who are murdered after voting to divert water from a wealthy rancher in “Handcarved Coffins,” which appeared in his book Music for Chameleons. Floyd Wells snitches on a former roommate to the investigator Alvin (*) Dewey in a book by this man that ends with the execution of Dick Hickock and Perry Smith. For 10 points—what man detailed the murder of the Clutter family in his book In Cold Blood?

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