History/Gov/Geo
What Cuban hill was the site of an 1898 battle where Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders led a charge during the Spanish-American war?
San Juan Hill
Though at first he did charcoal caricature paintings in Le Havre, what Impressionist painter would later become famous for his paintings of Rouen Cathedral and Water Lilies?
Claude Monet
How many edges does a hexagonal prism have?
18
Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett are the main protagonists in what novel by Jane Austen?
Pride and Prejudice
This American scientist pioneered the study of chemical bonding and helped advance the understanding of molecular structure. Name this man, the only individual to have won two unshared Nobel prizes in separate categories.
Linus Pauling
This term coined by Henry David Thoreau applies to the refusal to obey certain laws or governmental demands for the purpose of influencing government policy. Give this two-word term.
Civil disobedienece
This pop art painter of the 1960s managed the band The Velvet Underground. What painter known for his Marilyn Monroe silkscreens also did Campbell's Soup Cans?
Andy Warhol
Give the second derivative of: 4x^4 + 3x^2
48x^2 + 6
This author born in Savannah, Georgia in 1925 wrote two novels and thirty-two short stories during her lifetime, a collection of which can be found in A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Short stories. Name her.
Flannery O'Connor
This instrument measures the amount of moisture in the air and is commonly used in weather observation and meteorology. Name this device.
hygrometer
This mountain range stretches across parts of Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and New York and is part of the larger Appalachian system. Rich in coal and timber resources, it gave its name to a river that joins the Monongahela at Pittsburgh to form the Ohio River. Name this mountain range.
Allegheny Mountains
This French Romantic composer wrote Symphonie Fantastique that tells the story of an artist's unrequited love and includes a recurring musical theme. Name this composer also known for his Roman Carnival.
Hector Berlioz
Sally can paint the fence in three hours. John can paint the same fence in four hours. If Sally and John paint the fence together, how long will it take?
12/7 of an hour
Name the Shirley Jackson short story which tells of gruesome human sacrifice in a seemingly ordinary small American town.
The Lottery
This work by Rachel Carson helped raise public concern about the environmental effects of DDT.
Silent Spring
Identify the infamous and highly controversial United States military officer who, in 1876, led 210 men to their deaths when they attacked a large group of Lakota Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes at the Little Bighorn River in Montana.
George Custer
This famous Welsh poet of do not go gentle into that good night had a cat named Satan. Name this poet who died at the age of 39.
Dylan Thomas
The ratio of two positive numbers is 3 to 8 and their product is 864. Give the two numbers.
18, 48
Her Paris salon was frequented by writers including Ernest Hemingway and Thornton Wilder as well as painters such as Picasso and Matisse. Name this American, a respected writer in her own right.
Gertrude Stein
Sharing the 1903 Nobel Prize for Physics with Pierre and Marie Curie, name the French physicist whose experiments with uranium led to his discovery of radioactivity and for whom the SI unit of radioactivity is named.
Antoine Becquerel
Which peninsula in northern Europe makes up the mainland of Denmark?
Jutland Peninsula
A Nigerian novelist and poet, Chinua Achebe is is often viewed as a central figure of modern African literature. What is the name of his first novel, one that is to this day considered his magnum opus.
Things Fall Apart
What is the volume of a sphere that is inscribed inside a cube with a total surface area of 216 square centimeters? Express your answer in terms of pi.
36 pi centimeters cubed
In this Jazz Age novel, Myrtle Wilson dies after being struck by a yellow automobile. Name this F. Scott Fitzgerald novel narrated by Nick Carraway.
What term refers to the pair of irregularly shaped bones of the skull which support the upper teeth and form part of the eye sockets, hard palate, and nasal cavity?
Maxilla