“Concord Hymn” is a poem by this transcendentalist, who also wrote the essay “Self-Reliance.”

Emerson is buried in this cemetery in Concord, Massachusetts. It shares its name with the title location of a story in which a schoolmaster rides a horse named Gunpowder.

In Greek myth, these animals were originally sailors who tried to capture Dionysus. In a Douglas Adams novel, these animals leave Earth and say “so long, and thanks for all the fish.” They are named by quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. For 10 points—name the mascot of an NFL franchise from Miami.

A system of dikes helps protect this country, much of which is below sea level. Name this country whose port city of Rotterdam is often called the “Gateway to Europe.”

This Dutch city, the capital of South Holland, is home to the International Court of Justice and is the country’s seat of government.

This Dutch-speaking region of Belgium, which borders the Netherlands, is also extremely low-lying and has many stock communes.

This color partly names a record label founded by Alfred Lion that released a series of “Modern Jazz” LPs. The flattened third, fifth, and seventh scale degrees in jazz are named for this color. “So What” appears on a Miles Davis album titled “kind of”—what color representing melancholy?

Mayotte is an overseas department of this European country, which also controls the island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean.

In 2022 this presidential candidate of France’s far-right National Rally group won almost 60% of the second-round vote in Mayotte, whose people are mostly Muslim.

Mayotte is to the north of this large island off the southeastern coast of Africa. Antananarivo is this island’s most populous city.

In vitrification, materials in this phase transform into a glass-like state. NASA’s space shuttles used oxygen in this phase as an oxidizer. At standard temperature and pressure, bromine and mercury are in—for 10 points—what state of matter that includes room temperature water?

An email with a fake password-reset link can be used for this type of attack. Name this type of cyberattack that uses a disguised message to get a user to reveal their login information.

This portmanteau identifies any disruptive computer program, such as a worm, trojan, or virus. Phishing attacks can be used to spread these programs.

In an early phishing scheme, hackers posed as staff of this web service, which was the U.S.'s dominant internet provider when it merged with Time Warner in 2001.

This country's army employed soldiers called harkis in a war with the FLN. This European country negotiated to protect pieds-noirs as it gave up a colony in the Evian Accords. In 1962 Algeria gained independence from—for 10 points—what country, whose then-president was Charles de Gaulle?

What hyphenated term is often used for the Catholic response to the emergence of Protestantism in the 16th century?

This council, which met from 1545 to 1563, defined Counter-Reformation theology. Products of this council are called "Tridentine."

The Tridentine Mass was first set at Trent and used until the 1960s is in this ancient language.

At the end of this novel, Ewing Klipspringer declines to go to a funeral that is attended by a man known as "Owl Eyes." Its title character is killed near his pool by a mechanic named George Wilson. Nick Carraway is the narrator of—for 10 points—what Jazz Age novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald?

In June 2024 this state's attorney general filed racketeering charges against Democratic boss George Norcross. A. Name this state led from Trenton. In 2024 its governor's wife, Tammy Murphy, abandoned a bid for the Senate.

Murphy had campaigned for this New Jersey senator's seat after he was indicted for bribery and other corruption charges.

This congressman ultimately became the Democratic nominee for Menendez's seat. He was photographed cleaning up the Capitol Rotunda after January 6.

While leaving this city en route to Sri Lanka, the MV Dali began belching smoke and suffered a blackout. In March 2024 six construction workers died when a ship in this city struck a crossing of the Patapsco River. For 10 points—name this city where the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed.

The title object of this poem is asked "what leaf-fring'd legend haunts about thy shape?" and "what men or gods are these?" For 10 points each—A. Name this poem that calls the title object a "foster-child of silence and slow time."

The title object of this poem is asked "what leaf-fring'd legend haunts about thy shape?" and "what men or gods are these?" For 10 points each—B. "Ode on a Grecian Urn" ends with a chiasmus asserting that this concept "is truth," while "truth" is also this concept.

The title object of this poem is asked "what leaf-fring'd legend haunts about thy shape?" and "what men or gods are these?" For 10 points each—C. This Englishman declared that "beauty is truth, truth beauty" in his "Ode on a Grecian Urn."

A painting of this figure, which sets her between the Hora of Spring and the wind god Zephyrus, is housed at the Uffizi. An 1480s painting of this figure shows her standing on a scallop shell as she rises from the sea. Sandro Botticelli showed the "birth of"—for 10 points—what love goddess?

This term denotes the historical period in England that lasted from roughly 450 to 1066. For 10 points each—A. Give this hyphenated term, derived from the name of two ethnic groups, that refers to the culture that dominated southern and central Britain before the Norman Conquest.

This term denotes the historical period in England that lasted from roughly 450 to 1066. For 10 points each—B. The Anglo-Saxons flourished after this empire based in Italy abandoned southern Britain in the early fifth century.

This term denotes the historical period in England that lasted from roughly 450 to 1066. For 10 points each—C. The final Anglo-Saxon ruler of England was this king who died at the Battle of Hastings.

How many seconds are there in 0.6 hours?

The size of these particles is the subject of their namesake "radius puzzle." For 10 points each—A. Name these particles found in atomic nuclei alongside neutrons.

The size of these particles is the subject of their namesake "radius puzzle." For 10 points each—B. Protons are composed of the up and down flavors of these elementary particles.

The size of these particles is the subject of their namesake "radius puzzle." For 10 points each—C. Because they are made up of quarks held together by gluons, protons belong to this class of composite particles, which is divided into baryons and mesons.

After designing a terra cotta building in this city, Louis Sullivan earned the moniker "father of skyscrapers." A park in this city is home to a courthouse where the Dred Scott case was heard. Eero Saarinen designed a monument to westward expansion in—for 10 points—what home of the Gateway Arch?

The Indian dish of upma is commonly made from this grain. For 10 points each—A. Name this grain whose durum variety is used to make pasta, while its common variety is used to make bread.

Pasta is often made from this flour, which is produced by separating the starch in wheat from the bran and the germ. This flour can also be used to make a namesake pudding.

Semolina is also used to make this dish in which flour is made into small steamed balls. This North African dish has a prefixed name.

A plan to change this institution’s structure likely prompted the “switch in time” by Owen Roberts. In the 1930s, this institution’s members included the conservative “Four Horsemen” and the liberal Louis Brandeis. Franklin Roosevelt tried to “pack”—for 10 points—what institution that has nine justices?

Name this aria that claims that a woman easily changes her mind. It is sung near the start of act three of Rigoletto.

This Italian composer wrote “La donna è mobile” for his opera Rigoletto. His other operas include Aida.

When the aria recurs at the end of the opera, Rigoletto learns that his plot to murder its singer has failed; the actual victim is a person with this relation to Rigoletto.

Two opposite angles of a cyclic quadrilateral have this relationship. For a polygon, the interior and exterior angles at a vertex have this property. Only right angles have this relationship with respect to themselves. For 10 points—give this property of angles whose sum is 180 degrees.

For 10 points each—name these African countries with small coastlines: A. Although this country is the second largest in Africa by area, it has only about 20 miles of coastline in a region downstream of its capital, Kinshasa.

Apart from its 50-mile Atlantic coastline, this West African country is surrounded on all sides by Senegal.

Lomé is the capital of this country, which is more than 300 miles long despite having a narrow coastline of about 30 miles.

A king representing this god ritually speared a hippopotamus that represented his nemesis. The left wedjat is a protective symbol that represents this god’s eye. Set fought this god for the throne after the murder of Osiris. For 10 points—name this falcon-headed god from Egyptian mythology.

This play ends with the elderly servant Firs lying down to die, as the sound of axes is heard from offstage. Name this 1903 play in which the merchant Lopakhin buys Madame Ranevskaya's family estate at auction.

This Russian author wrote The Cherry Orchard. A literary principle positing that all elements of a story should be included for a reason is known as this man's "gun."

Chekhov's many short stories include this 1899 work depicting a woman named Anna, who begins an affair with Dmitri Gurov while vacationing in Yalta.

A dispute between these two countries was mediated by the ABC Powers after the Tampico Affair. An ambassador from one of these countries backed a coup in the other in the Ten Tragic Days. Amid a 1910s revolution, Pancho Villa was from and invaded—for 10 points—what two North American countries?

This man is the only player in MLB history to have at least 500 career home runs and 500 career stolen bases. What baseball player won a record seven NL MVP awards playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants?

Bonds was the third MLB player to hit at least 700 career home runs, after Hank Aaron and this legendary New York Yankee nicknamed "the Bambino."

In 2022 this Cardinals slugger became the fourth member of the 700-homer club; he retired prior to the 2023 season.

For a film in this series, Alicia Keys and Jack White recorded "Another Way to Die." In this series, a surf guitar-based theme accompanies a recurring "gun barrel sequence." The title songs "The World is Not Enough," "Skyfall," and "No Time to Die" have all featured in—for 10 points—what spy franchise?

This dynasty's Southern period ended when it was conquered by the Yuan dynasty. Name this Chinese dynasty that ruled from 960 to 1279.

This grandson of Genghis Khan conquered the Song dynasty and founded the Yuan, but failed to invade Japan due to a "divine wind."

The Song lost the northern part of its territory to the Jin dynasty, which was formed by these people. These people would later rename themselves Manchus.

Structures involved in perceiving this sense are clustered around papillae. For 10 points each—A. Identify this sense perceived by namesake "buds" found on the tongue.

Taste receptors involved in perceiving this basic taste respond to the presence of nucleotides. Savory foods are said to have this taste. For 10 points each—B. Name this taste.

In 2023 researchers at USC proposed the existence of a sixth basic taste responsible for sensing this cation in spoiled meats. This ion is also found in Scandinavian salty licorice. For 10 points each—C. Name this cation.

This novel describes a disturbing dream about an overburdened horse that is beaten to death by Mikolka. A biblical passage about the resurrection of Lazarus is read aloud by Sonya in this novel. The pawnbroker Alyona is murdered by Raskolnikov in—for 10 points—what novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky?

The founder of this school of thought's hedonistic form theorized a "felicific calculus." For 10 points each—A. Name this school of thought founded by Jeremy Bentham. Its other members included John Stuart Mill.

Hedonistic utilitarianism holds that "good" should be defined in terms of this emotional state. For 10 points each—B. Name this emotional state.

This American philosopher critiqued hedonistic utilitarianism with the "experience machine" thought experiment in Anarchy, State, and Utopia. For 10 points each—C. Name this philosopher.

This natural phenomenon can produce fulgurites. St. Elmo's Fire is often confused for the rare "ball" type of this phenomenon. Hair standing on end is a sign of the coming of this phenomenon, which seeks an unimpeded path to the ground. For 10 points—what discharges produce thunder?

In what decade did the U.S. celebrate its centennial, marking the 100th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence?

The Centennial Exposition, whose grounds Schwarzmann designed, were held in this city along its Schuylkill River. For 10 points each—B. Name this city.

The Exposition included a demonstration of the Remington No. 1, the first commercially successful one of these devices, which Samuel Soule and Carlos Glidden designed. For 10 points each—C. Name this device.

Luzon is the most populous island of—for 10 points—what archipelago whose capital is Manila?

A sitcom starring this man as a Welltopia doctor was based on his career as a physician. Contestants guess who might be a bad vocalist on a show that he hosts titled I Can See Your Voice. On Community, the Spanish teacher Ben Chang was played by—for 10 points—what panelist on The Masked Singer?

This character is raised at Gateshead Hall, where she is bullied by the Reed family. For 10 points each—A. Name this character who falls in love with her employer while working as a governess.

This character is raised at Gateshead Hall, where she is bullied by the Reed family. Jane’s wedding is delayed by the revelation that Mr. Rochester is already married to this mentally ill woman, who is secretly confined at Thornfield Hall.

This character is raised at Gateshead Hall, where she is bullied by the Reed family. For 10 points each—C. This author published Jane Eyre in 1847, the same year that her sister Emily published Wuthering Heights.

Indian animals raise the “man-cub” Mowgli in—for 10 points—what 1894 collection by Rudyard Kipling?

This protein, whose binding properties are described by the Bohr effect, contains a central porphyrin. For 10 points each—A. Name this iron-containing protein that transports oxygen in red blood cells.

This protein, whose binding properties are described by the Bohr effect, contains a central porphyrin. For 10 points each—B. This molecule with formula CO is known as the “silent killer” due to its extremely high affinity for hemoglobin.

This protein, whose binding properties are described by the Bohr effect, contains a central porphyrin. This protein, which is slightly related to hemoglobin, contains a single monomeric unit and is used primarily to store oxygen in muscle tissue. It is responsible for the color of red meat.

In this scripture’s eleventh chapter, a god in cosmic form exceeds the light of a thousand suns. This text is set on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, where a prince is instructed by a charioteer. For 10 points—what 700-verse Hindu scripture depicts a conversation between Arjuna and Krishna?

A September 2024 election crowned Nga Wai Hono i te Po as a queen of what indigenous people?

Several major iwi do not recognize the kingitanga, the so-called “kings” of this people. For 10 points each—B. Maori kings and queens are social leaders but functionally have no direct power in the government of this country, where they live.

Several major iwi do not recognize the kingitanga, the so-called “kings” of this people. For 10 points each—C. Maori leaders have been prominent proponents for using this Maori word for New Zealand in official capacities.

Fungi synthesize a form of this compound from ergosterol rather than the structurally similar cholesterol. Deficiency of this substance can cause osteomalacia or rickets, which are both more common in people with limited sun exposure. For 10 points—what vitamin is needed for proper bone function?

This composer’s Chaconne in D Minor from his Six Sonatas and Partitas is considered one of the greatest solo violin works. For 10 points each—A. Name this composer whose Musical Offering sets a theme given to him by Frederick the Great.

This composer’s Chaconne in D Minor from his Six Sonatas and Partitas is considered one of the greatest solo violin works. For 10 points each—B. Allegedly, Bach wrote this harpsichord work to entertain Count Kaiserling on the count’s sleepless nights. It includes 30 reworkings of a central aria.

This composer’s Chaconne in D Minor from his Six Sonatas and Partitas is considered one of the greatest solo violin works. C. Bach was from what is now this country. While in Leipzig, he composed a set of six concertos for the Margrave of Brandenburg, a nobleman from this country.

While teaching in this state, Angela Davis was fired for being a member of the Communist Party. A radical group founded in this state led a Free Breakfast for Children program and was formed by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton. For 10 points—in what state were the Black Panthers based in Oakland?

What is the arithmetic mean of the three numbers?

What is the geometric mean of the integers, given that the geometric mean of n numbers is the nth root of their product?

If the numbers 6 and 12 were also included in the set, what would the median of the set be?