Jeopardy

Literature/Fine Arts

100

This transcendentalist spent a night in jail for refusing to pay poll taxes in protest of the Mexican-American War and slavery. Name this write who is best known for his book "Walden".

Henry David Thoreau

200

One of Shakespeare's most popular plays takes place in Verona, Italy. In this play, the feud between two families led to the tragic death of two lovers. Name the families.

Capulet and Montague

300

This novel by John Steinbeck follows the friendship between George and Lennie. Their dream is to one day buy a piece of land for farming and to keep rabbits. Name this 1937 California-set work.

"Of Mice and Men"

400

This Dutch artist suffered from anxiety and other mental illnesses, leading him to cut his left ear to give as a gift to a woman. Name this painter who is famous for his Impressionist style of painting.

Vincent Van Gogh

500

This German composer and pianist was an influential figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western music. Although he suffered from tinnitus, which caused him to lose his ability to hear, he was able to compose 9 symphonies, the 5th being one of his most famous works.

Ludwig van Beethoven

History

100

Name this 16th president of the United States who gave the Gettysburg Address.

Abraham Lincoln

200

The attempt to exile this man to Elba failed when he escaped early in 1815.

Napolean Bonaparte

300

Diamonds are mined at Kimberley in this nation, which was the site of the Boer War and the struggle against apartheid.

Republic of South Africa

400

This British army that fought at Waterloo was led by this Irish-born general, who became prime minster under George IV.

Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington

500

This was the written language of the ancient Mesopotamian cultures; it was written on clay tablets, by means of a blunt reed for a stylus.

Cuneiform

Science

100

This organelle contains DNA and is known as the command center of the cell.

Nucleus

200

This simple machine can be described as an inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder.

Screw

300

This scientist developed the first periodic table and organized the elements by increasing atomic weight.

Dmitri Mendeleev

400

This cellular organelle is a network of tube-like membranes that modify proteins. It comes in the smooth and rough varieties of which the rough is covered in ribosomes.

Endoplasmic Reticulum

500

What subatomic particles are theorized to make up protons and neutrons?

Quarks

Pop Culture

100

Name this animated movie that sees Remy use Linguini's hair to cook French cuisine, and sees the critic Anton Ego consume the title entity at Gusteau's restaurant.

Ratatouille

200

This former CEO of Pixar was behind the sale to the Walt Disney Company. He is better known as the CEO of a company that produces the iPhone and iPod.

Steve Jobs

300

Based in Emeryville, California, this company was purchased by the Walt Disney Company in 2006 after producing critically acclaimed films like "Toy Story" and "Finding Nemo".

Pixar Animation Studios

400

This team is the most recent NBA champions.

Miami Heats

500

This college has won an incredible 16 national championships in women's soccer since the first tournament was played in 1982.

University of North Carolina

Miscellaneous

100

This state has the fewest members in its state legislature; it is also the only state with a unicameral one.

Nebraska

200

Many Vikings settled in this region of northwestern France, later the site of the Allied D-Day invasion during World War II.

Normandy

300

This larger moon of Mars, named after the Greek God of fear, was discovered by Asaph Hall.

Phobos

400

10] This region of the mantle is beneath the lithosphere and extends between 100 and 200 kilometers downwards. Also known as the low velocity zone, it is characterized by low density and high pressure liquid materials.

Asthenosphere

500

Given that pi radians are equal to 180 degrees, convert 120 degrees to radians. Exact value in terms of pi, or decimal value rounded to two decimal places, are each acceptable.

What is 2(pie)/3 2.09