World Literature: Answer some questions about the collection One Thousand and One Nights.
One of the most famous works in the collection is titled for what poor woodcutter who enters the den of the “forty thieves” and is nearly killed before his faithful slave-girl Morgiana saves him?
Ali Baba
What fraction of each house of Congress must agree to override a presidential veto?
Two-thirds
What fundamental unit is the SI unit of time?
Second
The state of Massachusetts is the location of what cape, sharing its name with a type of fish?
Cape Cod
In what state did the Battle of Selma take place during the Civil War?
Alabama
Ali Baba decides to enter the cave after seeing the quartered body of his murdered brother and does so by using what two-word phrase?
“Open sesame”
When the Constitution was drafted, what fraction of slaves were counted for census purposes?
Three-fifths
What fundamental unit is the SI unit of amount of substance?
Mole
The state of Florida is location for what cape, from which NASA launches rockets and is the location of the Kennedy Space Center?
Cape Canaveral
In what state did the Battle of Mobile Bay take place during the Civil War?
Alabama
The frame story for the One Thousand and One Nights involves what woman telling stories to her husband Shahryar in order to delay the king from executing her?
Scheherazade
The so-called Three-fifths Compromise was found in Section 2, Clause 3, of which article of the U.S. Constitution?
One (I)
The amount of particles in one mole of a substance is named after what 19th century Italian scientist who developed a namesake gas law?
Amadeo Avogadro
The state of North Carolina is the home for this cape, which is located just 648 miles northwest of Bermuda, the closest point of the U.S. to Bermuda. Name this cape.
Cape Hatteras
In what state did the Battle of Pea Ridge take place during the Civil War?
Arkansas