History
This man served simultaneously as Secretary of War and Secretary of State during the War of 1812. What President succeeded James Madison and led during the Era of Good Feelings?
James Monroe
Two dimers of this molecule are named P680 and P700 for the wavelengths of light they absorb. What molecule located in thylakoid membranes absorbs sunlight to perform photosynthesis and gives plants a green color?
chlorophyll
This poet described a “blue uncertain, stumbling buzz” in one poem and told of a carriage that “held but just ourselves and immortality” in another poem. What poet wrote “I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died” and “Because I Could Not Stop for Death”?
Emily Dickinson
Economists informally use this fast food item to estimate purchasing power parity. “Special sauce” accompanies two beef patties and a three-part sesame seed bun in what large McDonalds burger?
Big Mac
This man collaborated with Alec Benjamin on “Change My Clothes”. This man was accused of increasing blaze rod and ender pearl drops. #putthemaskbackon (“hashtag-put-the-mask-back-on”) trended after the face reveal of what Minecraft Youtuber?
Dream
This document provided no power to raise an army, which delayed the response to Shays’s Rebellion, and it provided for no executive or judicial branch. What document acted as the U.S. Constitution during the Revolution?
Articles of Confederation
If Fred reads 5 pages an hour if he is feeling productive and 1 page an hour if he is feeling unproductive and there is a 50% chance he feels productive and 50% chance he feels unproductive. What is the expected number of pages he reads in 6 hours?
18 pages
Three characters notice this symbol in the sky while holding hands on top of a scaffold. The mother of Pearl wears this symbol because she committed adultery. Hester Prynne wears what title symbol in a Nathaniel Hawthorne novel?
the scarlet letter
What adjective modifies “boy” in the name of a Thomas Gainsborough painting, “Jackets” in the nickname of an NHL team in Ohio, and “Devils” in the nickname of Duke University’s athletics team?
blue
This team won the 2002 Champions League with a superstar team, including the world’s then-most expensive player, Zinedine Zidane. What soccer team’s Galacticos, including David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo, played in white jerseys in Spain’s capital?
Real Madrid
This man led the victorious forces at the Battle of Carabobo, which led to the creation of Gran Colombia. What man known as “the liberator” led South American independence efforts and is the namesake of the country with capital at La Paz?
Simon Bolívar
Difficult hand computations resulted in a convention where this function shouldn’t be written on the bottom of a fraction. “Rationalizing the denominator” is used to simplify fractions containing what function?
square root
One poet from this country imagines moonlight to be “frost on the ground.” The poems “Quiet Night Thought” and “Drinking Alone by Moonlight” were written during what country’s Tang dynasty?
China
“The Florida Project” was the codename for this company’s second amusement park, which created Audio-Animatronics used in the “It’s a Small World” ride. What company runs a “California Adventure” theme park in Anaheim and a “World” in Orlando, Florida?
Disney
In one movie, this actress has the line “When [the storm] hits, you’re all gonna wonder how you ever thought you could live so large and leave so little for the rest of us.” This actress starred as the fashion startup CEO Jules Ostin in The Intern, alongside Robert De Niro. What actress played Mia Thermopolis in The Princess Diaries?
Anne Hathaway
This politician, who called any potential charges against him “entirely false and based on lies,” was indicted for accepting bribes from Turkish officials. What former Brooklyn Borough President is the current mayor of New York City?
Eric (Leroy) Adams
Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster was caused by one of these natural disasters created by sudden seafloor movement. Earthquakes can cause what disasters that are characterized by giant ocean waves?
tsunamis
In this novel, a man yells “from hell’s heart I stab at thee” before throwing a harpoon.. Captain Ahab chases after then titular white whale in what novel by Hermann Melville?
Moby-Dick
A character with this profession finds the inscription “nolite te bastardes carborundum.” In Gilead, Wives and Marthas are contrasted against these people tasked with giving birth. What profession titles a Margaret Atwood “Tale”?
handmaids
The frame story of this novel is about an explorer whose ship gets stuck in the Arctic, Robert Walton. In this novel, the lover of Elizabeth Lavenza robs graves to get body parts. Name this Mary Shelley novel about a mad scientist.
Frankenstein
What queen gained power after the death of Edward VI despite his Devise for the Succession by defeating the Duke of Northumberland and overthrowing Lady Jane Grey?
Queen Mary I
These astronomical objects are separated by gaps named for Encke and Cassini. Made up of orbiting ice and dust particles, what circular objects surround the sixth planet from the Sun?
rings of Saturn
In this poem, the title character is identified by how he “doffed” his hat. “No joy” in Mudville is described by Ernest Thayer in what poem about a strike out?
“Casey at the Bat”
One of these things “doesn’t fall far from the tree” in a saying, and this thing “of my eye” means something treasured above all others. An analogy says what things and oranges can’t be compared, or that one a day “keeps the doctor away”?
apples
One man recites the annunciation to the shepherds to this character in order to explain to him what Christmas is all about. What character chooses a real Christmas Tree and directs the Christmas play in a TV special featuring characters like Snoopy?
Charlie Brown