Shakespeare, dude
Name this title King of Scotland of a Shakespeare tragedy
Who is Macbeth?
Which president suffered his stroke in 1919 while on a speaking tour promoting the Treaty of Versailles?
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
At twelve, one, and "two by the village clock," he makes it to, respectively, Medford, Lexington, and Concord, after noticing two lamps lit in the Old North Church. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow tells children that they shall hear of the "midnight ride" of which American patriot.
Who is PAUL REVERE GUUUYYYYSSS?
Which scientist invented the earliest version of the periodic table?
Who is Dmitri Mendeleev?
What is my favorite drink? Nah, this ain't the question. But, if you know this, that is very impressive... and weird. The real question: Name this setting of Pulp Fiction, Mulholland Drive, and La La Land, the center of the American film industry.
What is LAAAAAAAAAAA or Los Angeles or Hollwood?
In The Tempest, what is the name of the exiled duke of Milan?
Who is Prospero?
DAILY DOUBLE
Who is Archduke Ferdinand?
A "noble train of artillery" that brought cannons to this city was planned by Henry Knox. After a crowd gathered on this city's King Street to throw snowballs at some soldiers, Thomas Preston fired upon a group that included Crispus Attucks. Name this city, the site of a 1770 massacre that preceded the American Revolution.
What is Boston?
Name this group of unreactive elements on the far right of the periodic table, whose members include xenon, radon, and helium.
What are noble gases?
In 2016, a player was suspended from this team for misconduct like delaying a game by changing gloves and calling an opposing team “a bunch of cowards.” A member of this team celebrated by mockingly drinking from an imaginary (*) teacup during a win over England. Name this national team for which Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe played during the 2019 Women’s World Cup.
What is USA's national women's soccer team or USWST?
Name this Shakespearean play about the titular king who divided his kingdom between two thankless daughters, Goneril and Regan, and cast out his youngest daughter Cordelia
What is King Lear?
This poem states that “My friend, you will not tell” the title “old lie” to “children ardent for some desperate glory”. In addition to Siegfried Sassoon’s “Counter-Attack,” this poem set during world war 1 describes “an ecstasy of fumbling” after a gas attack.
What is Dulce et Decorum Est?
This philosopher claimed theology was "the study of nothing" and criticized "invented systems of religion" in a book outlining his deist views. This author of Rights of Man began a pamphlet series with the line "These are the times that try men's souls", and his most popular book criticizes hereditary succession in favor of a "republican government". Name this author of The American Crisis and Common Sense.
Who is Thomas Paine?
Gadolinium, samarium and europium are two of these elements, whose 4f orbitals are partially filled. For 10 points, name these elements that lie above the actinides on the periodic table.
What are rare-earth elements?
One of these buildings with an (*) ivy-covered brick back wall has unpredictable wind patterns due to the proximity of Lake Michigan. A single red seat in one of these buildings is across from a wall called the “Green Monster.” One of these buildings that replaced the Polo Grounds was nicknamed “The House That Ruth Built.” Name these places like Fenway Park and Yankee Stadium.
What are baseball stadiums?
In Romeo and Juliet, which character does Romeo kill, causing Romeo's exile from his home?
Who is Tybalt?
English historian Ian Kershaw is best known for his biographies of this person. Max Weinreich’s book titled for this person’s Professors details the influence of leading scholars and philosophers on this person’s thought. Konrad Kujau (“KOO-yow”) forged a set of diaries purportedly written by this person, which were proclaimed genuine by (*) Hugh Trevor-Roper. The Sonderweg (“ZON-duh-vake”) thesis attempts to explain this leader’s rise in the context of his country’s history. War correspondent William L. Shirer covered up his early praise of this man in his diaries when writing a book about the Rise and Fall of this man’s government. A book titled Inside this leader’s regime was written by his Minister of Armaments and War Production, Albert Speer. Name this dictator.
HITLER BRUH
An art museum in Winona, Minnesota, holds one of two surviving copies of another painting of this title that depicts, among others, a black man named Prince Whipple. This painting appears in the background of a later work that depicts a woman holding a blue-and-white teacup. Grant Wood’s Daughters of Revolution contains a recreation of a painting of this name that depicts James Monroe holding the American flag. What Emanuel Leutze painting shows a Revolutionary War general preparing to attack Trenton?
What is Washington Crossing the Delaware?
Absorptions at 463 and 735 nanometres give the naphthalenide [naff-THAL-een-eid] of an element in this group of the periodic table a deep green colour. The alpha decay of actinium enabled Marguerite Perey to discover an element in this group in 1939. Name this group of the periodic table containing elements such as francium, rubidium, and potassium.
DAILY DOUBLE
What is C-3PO (i'm sorry my friend, you are a "what", not a "who")
In a 2015 film, Michael Fassbender’s character dances slowly with the lifeless body of his wife as he says the last lines of this speech, which are typically delivered with a pause between the final two words, “signifying nothing.” For 10 points, in what soliloquy does Macbeth describe life as “a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury”?
What is "tomorrow and tomorrow", or Macbeth's soliloquy from Act 5?
A group created by this policy was defended by black lawyer Turner Bell after killing several Houston policemen in a race riot. A portion of the larger group created by this policy was sent to Arkhangelsk to rescue the Czech Legion in the Polar Bear Expedition. Emma Goldman was deported for opposing what policy that mobilized Doughboys for the American Expeditionary Force in 1917?
What is WW1 conscription?
A satirical cartoon depicted this battle as a "headdress" taking place atop a woman's massive hairdo. A geriatric militiaman who rode to this battle through gunfire is celebrated in a Katherine Shepherd-Smith poem called "Seth Pomeroy's Ride." What 1775 battle was, despite its name, actually fought on Breed's Hill?
What is The Battle of Bunker Hill?
Nothing, haha. I just wanted to see who would press this. Buuuuut if you want:
An early form of this idea was expanded by the German epidemiologist Max von Pettenkofer and introduced by Johann Dobereiner, while John Newlands compared it to a musical scale in his development of laws regarding it; those were the law of triads and the law of octaves. Glenn (*)) Seaborg made the last major modification to this object, and either Lothar Meyer or Dmitri Mendeleev is credited with introducing its modern form.
What is the periodic table? HAHA THE ANSWER WAS IN THE CATEGORY NAME! PSYCH! no, you don't get points for this.
Ray Davies flew six thousand miles to rerecord one word in a Kinks song that mentions this product. This product’s company was the first Olympic sponsor. Variants of this product include a failed (*) “New” type and a clear version requested by Georgy (GYOR-ghee) Zhukov so as to resemble vodka. This product is named after the sources of two ingredients in its original formulation, caffeine and cocaine.
What is Coca-Cola?