Math
This is a 20-second calculation question. What is the angle supplementary to a 125 degree angle?
ANSWER:55
Although not the simplex virus, the virus that causes this disease is most commonly treated with acyclovir. A reappearance of that virus that causes this disease can cause postherpetic neuralgia. That virus is varicella zoster, which causes shingles when it reappears. Calamine lotion or oatmeal baths are often used to relieve the symptoms of this disease, which is no longer contagious after its associated rash crusts over. For 10 points, name this disease that causes itchy red spots to appear on the body.
ANSWER: chickenpox [or varicella until it is read; prompt on shingles until is read
A poem inspired by the death of this man includes a carol praising death as “lovely and soothing.” That poem describes this man as a “powerful western fallen star.” Another poem about this man’s death states, “the ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won,” before recognizing that the title man has “fallen cold and dead.” For 10 points, name this man elegized by Walt Whitman in “When Lilacs Last inthe Dooryard Bloom’d” and “O Captain! My Captain!”
ANSWER: Abraham Lincoln
Buildings in this city include James Deering’s Tuscan Style mansion, which is now known as the Vizcaya Museum. This city has neighborhoods named Coconut Grove and Coral Gables, whigh houses its namesake university. Sitting on Biscayne Bay, this city lies thirty miles south of Fort Lauderdale on the Atlantic Coast. This city is known for the night life on its South Beach and for its Cuban plurality. For 10 points, name this most populous city of southern Florida.
ANSWER: Miami
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This man was the first African-American to appear on the cover of Vogue, although his pose with model Gisele Bundchen was criticized for resembling the film King Kong. Dan Gilbert called him “heartless” and “selfish” after this man told reporter Jim Gray in 2010 that he was going to “take my talents to South Beach.” For 10 points, name this NBA player who has won two titles since making “The Decision” to leave Cleveland and join the Miami Heat.
The letter c is appended to the name of this function when it is divided by x. When solving a triangle, the ambiguous case arises because this function isn't one-to-one. In triangles, this function of an angle, divided by the side opposite the angle, is constant. The y-coordinate of the unit circle is this function of the angle. This function of pi over two radians, or ninety degrees, is one. For 10 points, name this odd function defined in right triangles as opposite over hypotenuse.
ANSWER: sine
A constant named for this scientist is equal to e times h bar over 2 times the electron mass, and co-names a theorem that states that thermal average of magnetization is zero in classical mechanics. A model created by this scientist posited that a certain quantity takes on values equal to multiples of h-bar and recapitulates the Rydberg equation. For 10 points, name this Danish scientist who names a model of the atom with electrons moving in quantized circular orbits around the nucleus.
ANSWER: Niels Bohr
These two people are the subject of “A Tragic Episode, in Three Tabloids” by W. S. Gilbert. In another work, a character named “the Player” berates these two characters for not watching his Tragedians perform. Earlier, they bet on a coin that flips heads ninety-two times in a row. In another play, they look for the body of Polonius, and later the First Ambassador announces that they have been killed. For 10 points, name these two courtiers who are sent to England in Hamlet.
ANSWER: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
This man was stopped while on a mission with William Dawes, and that mission was completed by Samuel Prescott. An engraving showing a line of men in red firing into a crowd in "The Bloody Massacre in King Street" was made by this man. An action this silversmith took part in required him to watch the Old North Church to see how many lanterns were lit. For 10 points, name this Revolutionary War hero who went on a midnight ride to warn Lexington and Concord that the British were coming.
ANSWER: Paul Revere
This actor played “Pretty Boy” Floyd, who is killed by Melvin Purvis in the opening of Public Enemies. He wore a mask and a leash as the pet of a cannibalistic Danny McBride in This Is the End. In one role, this actor and Jonah Hill bust a high school drug ring as part of an undercover unit. In another movie, he and Matthew McConaughey work at the Equisite Strip Club. For 10 points, name this star of 21 Jump Street and Magic Mike.
ANSWER: Channing Tatum
This is a 20-second calculation question. What are the roots of “x squared minus 8 x plus 7?”
ANSWER: x=1 and x=7
What conical flask found in laboratories is named for a German chemist?
ANSWER: Erlenmeyer flask
In this story, one character praises his wife for her beef stew while she daydreams about the fancy life. Another character in this story is elated at first after receiving an invitation to a ball held by the Ministry of Education. The protagonist of this story visits Madame Forestier (for-EST-ee-ay) in order to borrow the title object. For 10 points, name this short story in which Mathilde replaces the title piece of fake jewelry, written by Guy de Maupassant (GEE duh MOH-puh-sahnt).
ANSWER: "The Necklace" [or "La Parure"
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After this event happened, Governor Thomas Hutchinson sent soldiers to Castle Island. A Paul Revere illustration shows it as a planned attack. This event killed the runaway slave Crispus Attucks and its perpetrators were defended by John Adams. Contrary to popular belief, many of the victims were armedand threw snowballs at the perpetrators. For 10 points, name this March 5, 1770 incident in which British soldiers shot civilians in a New England city.
Idunn guards some of these objects from the giant Thiazzi; those grant eternal youth. Hippomenes used three of these objects in order to win a footrace against Atalanta, and Atlas obtained one of these for Heracles while Heracles held up the sky for him. Hera received a tree full of these objects after marrying Zeus, which she placed in the garden of the Hesperides. For 10 points, identify these fruits, a poisonous one of which was eaten by Snow White.
ANSWER: apples [or golden apples]