Science
In fungi, these structures contain mannoproteins, a type of glycoprotein, as well as chitin. Cellulose is a major component of what structures in plants that surround the cell membrane?
Cell Walls
This president's "malaise" speech included his declaration of a "crisis of confidence." The Camp David Accords were signed by this president, who failed to secure the release of Iranian hostages. Name this Georgia peanut farmer.
Jimmy Carter [or James Earl Carter Jr.]
In a 2024 movie, this actor plays a character who declares himself the Lisan al Gaib and kills Feyd-Rautha. What actor played Paul Atreides in the recent Dune movies and the titular chocolatier in the movie Wonka?
Timothée (Hal) Chalamet
The Fibonacci sequence has first term 1, second term 1, and third term 2. What is its eleventh term?
89
The Mighty Handful, which included Rimsky-Korsakov, was made up of this number of Russian composers. What number of sharps in the key of B major is the same number of musicians who make up a quintet?
five [or 5]
Types of these entities that emerge in glaciers are called tarns, and the cutoff of a river leads to their “oxbow” type forming. What entities are large bodies of water surrounded by dry land?
Lakes
This structure was damaged when a Venetian bomb landed in it while it was being used as an Ottoman munition dump in a 1687 siege. What temple on the Acropolis was dedicated to Athena?
Parthenon
In what this man mistakes as a dream, an angel leads him out of King Herod’s prison. This man is called the “rock” on which the church will be built. A square in the Vatican is named for what first pope, an apostle who holds the keys to heaven?
St. Peter [or Simon]
This thinker believed in the existence of a Counter-Earth because there were 9 celestial bodies and 10 was the perfect number. What Greek philosopher from Samos names a theorem that states “a squared plus b squared equals c squared?”
Pythagoras of Samos [accept Pythagorean theorem]
The Cretaceous is named for this rock. Deposits of this rock are accented with flint in the cliffs near Dover. What form of calcium carbonate produces white dust when rubbed against a blackboard?
Chalk [or limestone; prompt on calcium carbonate until read]
These places contain limestone formations called speleothems, and they are studied by spelunkers. Stalagmites and stalactites are found in what underground places?
Caves
This country’s first colonial settlement, Fort Christina, was named after the queen of this nation. What Scandinavian country, which had a colony in the Americas from 1638 to 1655, is governed from Stockholm?
Sweden
In October 2023, this company acquired Activision Blizzard, which became a sibling division to ZeniMax Media. A rival to Sony's Playstation, the Xbox, is owned by what major tech company?
Microsoft
A song titled for this number claims “go make yourself some friends, or you’ll be lonely”. A Jungkook song titled for this number claims “night after night/I’ll be loving you right”, that song is titled for what number of members of BTS and number of days in a week?
Seven [accept seven years
This peninsula names a 1912-1913 conflict that included the Siege of Adrianople and the growth of the Black Hand, which assassinated Franz Ferdinand. Yugoslavia was based mainly on what peninsula where fighting during World War I involved Serbs and Bosnians?
Balkan Peninsula [or Balkans]
A composer from this country killed his wife and her lover after he caught them cheating. Another composer from this country started a piece with a two note viola motif, supposed to represent a barking dog. He was known as the “red priest.” Name this country home to Carlo Gesualdo and Antonio Vivaldi.
Italy
God sends a gourd plant to give this man shade, then destroys the gourd with a worm. While trying to avoid going to Nineveh, this person is thrown out of a ship. Name this prophet who is swallowed by a whale.
Jonah
This nursery rhyme has unproven origins in the Black Death. “A pocket full of posies” are featured in what nursery rhyme featuring children dancing around in a circle?
“Ring a Ring o’ Roses” [or “Ring a Ring o’ Rosie” or “Ring Around the Rosie"]
If the graph of y=f(x-6) (read as: y equals f of the quantity x minus 6, end quantity) has an x-intercept of 3, what is the x-intercept of the graph of y=2f(x)?
9
During this meal, a child asks “Why is this night different from all other nights?” Three pieces of matzah are used during what meal, a Jewish ritual that takes place on Passover?
Seder
For odd n, 10 to the n plus 1 is always divisible by 1 and this number. To test for divisibility by this number, one can test the alternating sum of a number’s digits. What is the smallest two-digit prime number?
11
A dessert named for this object features a sponge cake that is filled and rolled up before being dusted with powdered sugar. Name this object that, in some European traditions, is burned on Christmas.
Yule Log
The tradition of standing during a section of this composer’s most famous work was begun by George II. What composer wrote the “Hallelujah” chorus as part of his Messiah?
George Frideric Handel [or George Frederick Handel or Georg Friedrich Händel]
An analogue of this rock called rhyolite is formed above the Earth’s surface. Potassium feldspar gives this rock its common pink color. What rock makes up most of the continental crust and is used in countertops?
Granit
This person is told by the wise woman of Tekoah to forgive his son, Absalom. What king succeeded Saul after slaying Goliath with a slingshot?
David