American Literature
The titular girl from Wisconsin travels to Chicago where she moves in with Charles Drouet, has an affair with George Hurstwood and later becomes a star after Hurstwood’s suicide in what oft-censored debut novel of Theodore Dreiser?
Sister Carrie
What is the value of the cosine of ninety degrees?
Zero
: What is the name of the man born in India in 1869 who used nonviolent protests in the 20th century in order to get India free from British control?
Mahatma Gandhi
What Mozart opera, which debuted in 1791, sees Papageno and Papagena unite and fall in love after Tamino is summoned to rescue Pamina?
The Magic Flute
First discovered in golden rice, what hormones stimulate cell division along the main stem of a plant?
Gibberellins
The title character is kicked out of her apartment by her drunken mother and her brother Jimmie, moves in with Pete, is kicked out by Pete and is implied to have become a prostitute before her death in what novel by Stephen Crane?
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
What is the value of the cotangent of ninety degrees?
Zero
India achieved its independence from British control when British lands in that part of the world were split into India and what other country?
Pakistan
What Mozart opera, debuting in 1786, features the Count and Countess Almaviva as well as the servant Susanna, who falls in love with the title character?
The Marriage of Figaro
The first protein hormone to be derived from adipose (add-uh-pose) tissue, what hormone is regulated by melatonin during the night and acts as a hunger suppressant?
Leptin
: A sixth grade girl struggles to find a single religion due to the interfaith marriage of her parents and frequently prays by stating the title phrase in what 1970 novel by Judy Blume?
Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret
What is the value of the cosecant of ninety degrees?
One
In what year did India achieve independence, two years after the end of World War II?
1947
What Mozart opera, debuting in 1787, sees the title character pursue Donna Anna before battling the Commendatore (commen-DA-tor-AY)?
Don Giovanni
: Notably promoting the breakdown of triglycerides and glycogen, what hormone raises the concentration of glucose in the bloodstream and acts in opposition to insulin?
Glucagon