Literature
For 100 points - in this tragedy by Sophocles, a king unknowingly fulfills a prophecy that he will kill his father and marry his mother.
Who is Oedipus?
This is the largest continent by both land area and population.
What is Asia?
This document begins with the famous words, “We the People.”
What is the US Constitution?
This ancient civilization built the pyramids at Giza.
What is Ancient Egypt?
This former planet in our solar system is now classified as a celestial dwarf.
What is Pluto?
For 200 points - In this novel, a wealthy young man throws extravagant parties in hopes of reconnecting with Daisy Buchanan.
What is The Great Gatsby?
This river flows through Egypt and is traditionally considered the longest river in Africa.
What is the Nile River?
This deadly riot in Boston, MA on March 5, 1770 was one of the major developments that would eventually lead to the American Revolutionary War.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This trade network connected China with Europe and helped spread goods, ideas, religions, and technologies across Asia.
What is the Silk Road?
A triangle with three equal sides is called this.
What is an equilateral triangle?
For 300 points This novel follows Scout Finch as she learns about racism and injustice in the American South.
What is To Kill A Mockingbird?
This country is the only one in the world that is located in both Europe and Asia and has Istanbul on both continents.
What is Turkey?
This branch of the U.S. government has the power to declare war (as outlined in Article I of the Constitution).
What is Congress/Legislative Branch?
This 1215 English document limited the power of the king and became an important influence on later ideas about government and individual rights.
What is the Magna Carta?
This organelle is often called the “powerhouse of the cell” because it produces most of the cell's ATP.
What is mitochondria?
This American poet and novelist wrote The Bell Jar, her only novel, which was originally published under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas.
Who is Sylvia Plath?
These landlocked countries are completely surrounded by South Africa.
What are Eswatini and Lesotho?
This 1803 purchase from France nearly doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This West African ruler became famous for his enormous wealth and his pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324.
Who is Mansa Musa?
If a right triangle has legs of 6 and 8, this is the length of its hypotenuse.
What is 10?
In this 19th-century Russian novel, the title character is a former student who murders a pawnbroker and struggles with guilt, morality, and redemption.
What is Crime and Punishment?
This is the only country in the world that borders both the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf.
What is Iran?
This 1954 Supreme Court case ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This 1648 agreement ended the Thirty Years' War and is often associated with the development of the modern concept of state sovereignty.
What is the Peace of Westphalia?
This type of chemical reaction occurs when two or more substances combine to form a single new compound. For example: 2H₂ + O₂ → 2H
Answer: What is a synthesis (combination) reaction?