Arts and Humanities
This composer dedicated La Stravaganza [strah-vah-GAHN-suh], a set of twelve concertos, to a Venetian nobleman. He expanded into operatic composition with Otto in the Country, but also wrote sacred works like Gloria. Name this Baroque composer, teacher oforphans, and so-called "Red Priest."
(ANTONIO) VIVALDI
This author wrote of Henry Adams's financial dilemma in his short story "The Million Pound Bank Note." Similarly, he explored how money causes problems in "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg." Name this author of "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras [kal-uh-VAIR-us] County."
(MARK) TWAIN (ACCEPT: (SAMUEL LANGHORNE) CLEMENS))
Give your answer as an improper fraction. A sphere has a diameter of 10 inches. In terms of Pi, and in cubic inches, what is the volume of the sphere?
500 / 3 PI (CUBIC INCHES) (ACCEPT: 500 PI / 3 (CUBIC INCHES))
The WWF conducts many fundraisers in order to help save these types of species. Examples of this type of species include giant pandas, blue whales, and Bornean orangutans. What is this term for a species that is at large risk of extinction?
ENDANGERED (SPECIES)
This person was removed as governor of his colony and returned to Europe in chains, before being granted another opportunity to explore. All told this man made four voyages of discovery, and was named Admiral of the Ocean Sea by the monarch of Spain. Who was this explorer, credited with the 1492 discovery of the New World?
(CHRISTOPHER) COLUMBUS
Since 1935, this man's "Old Folks at Home" has been Florida's state song. He also wrote the music and lyrics for "Beautiful Dreamer," "I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair," and "Camptown Races." Who, additionally, composed Kentucky's state song?
(STEPHEN COLLINS) FOSTER
Aztec myths say this asterism represents the brother of the god Quetzalcoatl [KET-zul- KWAH-tul]. Other cultures view it as King Arthur's chariot, a coffin, a plow, and a wagon. What is this asterism that American slaves called the "drinking gourd"?
BIG DIPPER
A 30, 60, 90 right triangle has a hypotenuse of 32 feet. In feet squared, what is the area of the triangle?
128 RADICAL THREE (SQUARE FEET) (ACCEPT: 128 SQUARE ROOT 3 (SQUARE FEET))
These were created long ago from the decomposition of plant and animals in anaerobic environments. A relatively new process of gathering a form of these is called fracking, which involves shooting highly pressurized liquids into the Earth's crust, which can have irreparable consequences on the watershed. What is this group of fuels that includes coal, crude oil, and natural gas?
FOSSIL (FUELS)
This cartographer led two expeditions for the Russians to explore the eastern coast of Asia. His First Kamchatka Expedition was tasked with learning whether eastern Russia shared a land bridge with North America. Who is this Danish explorer that lends his name to a body of water separating Alaska from Russia?
(VITUS) BERING
Although these paired percussion instruments can now be made of plastic, they were once constructed of leather, wood, or dried gourds. Each one contains small stones, beans, or beads that a handle seals into a closed, egg-shaped chamber. Name these instruments popular in Latin American music.
MARACA(S)
An example of this kind of sentence is, "Remember to go to the laundromat." What type of sentence makes a request or gives a command?
IMPERATIVE (SENTENCE)
Consider the following data set: 44, 58, 31, 44, and 42. The interquartile range is the difference between the third and first quartiles. What is the interquartile range of this data set?
14.5
The edge of these astronomical bodies is given by the Schwarzschild radius using
Einstein's field equations. In determining whether a dying star will turn into one of these, we look to both the Chandrasekhar limit and the TOV limit. What is this name for a region of spacetime so dense that nothing can escape it, not even light?
BLACK HOLE
The Blackwater Draw site of this culture remains an important archaeological site in modern New Mexico. This site was characterized by the manufacture of its namesake spear points as well as tools made from bone and mammoth ivory. What is this prehistoric Paleoamerican culture dating back over 10,000 years.
CLOVIS (CULTURE)
The body of this tall, narrow percussion instrument has staves like a barrel. Music historians agree that Cubans of African descent invented it. What is this large drum that shares its name with a dance and a genre of Latin music?
CONGA (DRUMS)
State the grammatical structure of the following sentence: The car drove quickly and dangerously through the intersection.
SIMPLE (SENTENCE)
There are 10 candidates for officers in a club. The officer positions are president, vice president, treasurer and secretary. How many different ways can the candidates fill the offices?
5,040
This green flower part was named after the Greek word for “covering.” The collective whorl of these is referred to as the calyx. Name these modified petals, whose main purposes include supporting the petals and protecting the developing flower bud.
SEPALS
King James the Second overthrew this plan, administered by Edmund Andross. King Charles the Second supported this movement as a way to centralize control over his North American colonies. What was this union of New England and Mid-Atlantic Colonies, from the late 1680s?
DOMINION OF NEW ENGLAND
"Ruffles and Flourishes," one of these compositions, typically sounds before the Hail to the Chief march that announces a U.S. president. The oldest examples were short tunes played on horns as military signals. What kind of work did Aaron Copland write "for the Common Man"?
FANFARE
This punctuation mark can denote a play's, song's, or poem's line break. It can stand for the word "or" or indicate conflicting relationships. Give the name of this punctuation also found in some dates and fractions.
SLASH
Consider the absolute value inequality: the absolute value of 3X minus 14 is less than 7. What is the smallest integer that solves this inequality?
3
This class of animals are known as synapsids, which became the dominant terrestrial group 66 million years ago Members of this class are characterized by three middle ear bones, a neocortex region of the brain, and their namesake glands that help to feed their young. What is this class of vertebrates that ranges from cats to dolphins to elephants?
MAMMALS
President Zachary Taylor is buried in this state, that is also home to a moonbow found in one of its state parks. Isaac Shelby served as the first governor here and Black Mountain is the tallest point found here. What is this fifteenth state to join the Union, with capital located in Frankfort?
KENTUCKY