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This city's Museum Island is home to the Altes Museum and Pergamon Museum, the latter of which was built on the orders of Wilhelm II. The Brandenburg Gate and Reichstag are in what city, where a wall separated East and West Germany?
Berlin
This holiday marks the end of the Holy Week, and it occurs two days after Good Friday. On what holiday that commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ are eggs decorated to symbolize Jesus’ empty tomb?
Easter Sunday [or Pascha; accept Easter eggs]
In this substance, cleavage furrows are formed and glycolysis occurs outside of floating ribosomes. Name this gel-like liquid that surrounds the organelles inside a cell.
cytoplasm [or cytosol]
In a novel by this author, Shadow Moon meets Mr. Wednesday, the reincarnation of the Norse deity Odin. A character created by this author goes to the “Other World,” where her parents have eyes made of buttons. What British author wrote American Gods and Coraline?
Neil Gaiman
Turkish vendors of this food are known for playing “tricks” on customers. Machines for this food are often “broken” at McDonalds. What food is sold by Breyers and Ben & Jerry’s?
Ice cream
The Khumbu icefall of this mountain was passed on one journey by a Kiwi and Sherpa named Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. What Himalayan mountain is the tallest in the world?
Mount Everest
The only time this organization invoked Article 5 was following the September 11 attacks. Members of this organization must spend 2% of their yearly budget on defense. Name this military alliance of Western countries.
NATO [or North Atlantic Treaty Organization]
This substance is divided into parallel horizons, the uppermost of which is called “O.” Humus is an organic matter in this substance that forms from decomposition. Silt, sand, and clay make up what substance in which plants grow?
soil [prompt on earth or dirt]
Roy Lichtenstein used this type of paint to make Drowning Girl and Whaam!. This type of paint was popular among pop artists because of how quickly it dried. Name this type of paint that is commonly contrasted with oil paint.
acrylic paint
This explorer wrote The Discovery of Guiana after sailing down the Orinoco river to try and find El Dorado. Elizabeth I chartered what explorer to found Roanoke which is why he now lends his name to the capital of North Carolina?
Sir Walter Raleigh
In this state, the policy of “segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever” was advocated for by governor George Wallace. Name this state where the march from Selma to Montgomery occurred.
Alabama
A sequel to this show premiered in 2024 and stars Montana Jordan and Emily Osment as the title characters. What prequel to The Big Bang Theory starred Iain Armitage as the title genius?
Young Sheldon
The “incomplete” type of these reactions forms carbon monoxide. Hay can experience a spontaneous form of this reaction. A hydrocarbon is oxidized in what reactions that release heat and often cause fire?
Combustion [accept word forms; accept burning; prompt on oxidation before “oxidized” is read]
In the Gospel of Luke, a member of this profession climbs a sycamore tree to see Jesus and is named Zacchaeus. Before becoming an apostle, Saint Matthew was a member of what profession that collects money for the government?
Tax Collecdtors
Among this city’s protections were a chain stretching across the Golden Horn and fortifications that included the Theodosian Walls. What city contains the Hagia Sophia and served as the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
Constantinople [or Kōnstantinoupolis; accept Istanbul or Byzantium]
In this city, Dan White murdered George Moscone and the "Mayor of Castro Street," the gay supervisor Harvey Milk. Name this city that experienced a catastrophic earthquake in 1906, prompting rebuilding efforts on both sides of the Golden Gate Bridge?
San Francisco [or SF]
This character was once ejected from a housing development for annoying neighbors with a "reef blower.” This character claims that neither mayonnaise nor horseradish are instruments. What Spongebob character plays the clarinet and lives in a moai themed house?
Squidward Tentacles
In square inches, find the area of the largest circle that can be drawn inside of a 4 inch by 4 inch paper.
4 pi square inches [or 4 times pi square inches]
Tyler, the Creator remixed a song about this character that says this character has “all the tender sweetness / Of a seasick crocodile.” Name this character who, with his dog Max, goes to Whoville to steal Christmas.
The Grinch [accept “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"]
The maroon-colored, deeply-ridged “American” variety of this tree was decimated by a namesake fungal blight. Marrons glaces are the candied nuts of what tree, named for its sweet nuts that are often roasted at street vendors?
Chestnuts
This person was the first Secretary of State of the Obama Administration and told voters to “Pokemon GO to the polls.” What woman, who was the Democratic nominee for president in 2016, is married to a former president?
Hillary Clinton [prompt on Clinton]
This man explained the meaning of lean and fat cows and was promoted to the Pharaoh’s grand vizier after interpreting his dreams. Name this man who owned a coat of many colours.
Joseph
The DART system detects these phenomena before they can cause damage. When the trough of these phenomena reaches land, a large drop in sea level occurs. Undersea earthquakes can cause what gigantic waves?
tsunamis [prompt on waves before read; reject “tidal waves]
Isaiah 14 calls this figure the “morning star” and addresses how he fell from heaven. The Book of Revelation refers to this figure as the “great dragon” What figure rebelled against God immediately after Creation?
Satan [or Lucifer or the Devil or the Evil One; prompt on the Accuser or Father of Lies]
This state's Mount Mansfield overlooks a ski town in Lamoille County called Stowe, which competes with Killington. What state governed from Montpelier has its state university at Burlington?
Vermont