World Literature
What late 14th century chivalric romance written by the “Pearl Poet” centers on a nephew of King Arthur and Round Table knight who participates in a beheading competition with another colorfully-named character?
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution banned what practice that was the major cause of the Civil War?
Slavery
When the chemical element barium forms an ion, what charge does it have?
Positive two or plus two
Lake Tahoe is located on the border of California and what other state?
Nevada
The Intolerable Acts were passed in the British Parliament in response to what incident that occurred in Boston in December of 1773?
Boston Tea Party
What Oscar Wilde novel featuring characters like Sibyl Vane and Harry Wotton centers on a cursed artwork painted by Basil Hallward that ages horrifically while its title figure stays youthful?
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Which Amendment to the U.S. Constitution stated that voting could not be denied by race or color or for previously being a slave?
Fifteenth
When the chemical element bromine forms an ion, what charge does it have?
Negative one or minus one
To what western state would one go to visit Crater Lake, the deepest lake in North America?
Oregon
One of the laws passed effectively made what colony, where the Boston Tea Party occurred, to be completely under British control?
Massachusetts
The contrasting sentiments of the French military and church provides the title for what novel about the rise and fall of Julien Sorel, a work by Stendhal?
The Red and the Black
The thirteenth through fifteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution are collectively known by what name, which comes from the time period in which they were ratified?
Reconstruction Amendments or War Amendments
This chemical element forms a negative two charge when it forms an ion. Its name comes from the Greek for “moon.” Give the name of this element, which has the symbol S-E (Se).
Selenium
To what southern state would one go to visit the body of water known as Lake Pontchartrain?
Louisiana
One of the other laws passed dealt with housing of British soldiers, which was taken by colonists to mean that soldiers could be housed in private homes. Name this act.
Quartering Act