1B List MD 2002 Flashcards
1
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1. Why are there cats? - This question contains the name of the fictional medium that was believed to transmit electromagnetic waves.
A
ether
2
Q
- TEMPURA; TENABLE; TENACIOUS-Which of these three words means either “holding or clinging firmly” or “stubborn?”
A
TENACIOUS
3
Q
- Hartford; Jackson; Topeka - place these capitals in order from south to north.
A
Jackson; Topeka; Hartford (2;3;1)
4
Q
- (two part question) The same year; 1970; saw four killed and eight wounded by National Guard troops at this Ohio university; and saw 126 runners run around Central Park for this event held for the first time.
A
Kent State and the New York Marathon
5
Q
- Black Bear; Bull Moose; Wise Elephant - Which of these was the nickname of the Progressive Party when Theodore Roosevelt ran for President in 1912?
A
Bull Moose (2)
6
Q
- “There is no confusion like the confusion of a simple mind…” This is how Nick describes Tom Buchanan in what novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald?
A
The Great Gatsby
7
Q
- Juan Dixon is now a Wizard. - Hidden is the name of precipitation formed by the sublimation of water vapor into solid crystals at temperatures below freezing.
A
snow
8
Q
- TREPHINE; TRESTLE; TRIAGE-Which of these words describes a process for sorting people based on their need for medical treatment?
A
TRIAGE
9
Q
- Cheyenne; Baton Rouge; Bismarck - place these capitals in order from west to east.
A
Cheyenne; Bismarck; Baton Rouge (1;3;2)
10
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- (two part question) The same year; 1984; saw this personal computer released by Apple; and saw this female British Prime Minister privatize telephone service.
A
Macintosh and Margaret Thatcher
11
Q
- El Greco; Pablo Picasso; Diego Velasquez - Which of these painters painted Guernica and The Old Guitarist?
A
Pablo Picasso (2)
12
Q
- “How can you expect to be rescued if you don’t put first things first and act proper?” says Piggy in what work by William Golding; which is about a bunch of boys on an island?
A
Lord of the Flies
13
Q
- What 19th century French artist who distanced himself from the Impressionists painted the scandalous pieces Luncheon on the Grass and Olympia?
A
Edouard Manet
14
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- Although outnumbered; the Army of the Cumberland defeated the General Bragg-led Confederate forces at this major engagement. Identify this 1863 battle fought in northwestern Georgia.
A
Chickamauga
15
Q
- Connected to the Caribbean Sea by a narrow channel; it receives freshwater from the Santa Ana and Chama Rivers. Name this shallow lake in Venezuela known for its large petroleum deposits.
A
Lake Maracaibo
16
Q
- Evaluate the expression for x = 13*pi [(sin x) / ((cos x/4) (sin x/2))]
A
0
17
Q
- Considered the bloodiest battle of the nineteenth century; the Russians repulsed the invading forces of Napoleon at this 1813 battle fought 120 miles southwest of Moscow.
A
Borodino
18
Q
- Bones; Muscles; Skin– In which of these will you find the haversian canals?
A
Bones (1)
19
Q
- Despite hearing “ancestral voices prophesying war;” the titular character insists on building a pleasure dome near the River Alph. Name this Coleridge poem set in the mystical land of Xanadu.
A
Kubla Khan
20
Q
- “An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made; in a narrow field.” This quote was made by a Danish scientist; the winner of the 1922 Nobel Prize for Physics.
A
Niels Bohr
21
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- Educated at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia; his paintings generally depicted scenes from everyday life in America. Name this realist who painted the Gross Clinic.
A
Thomas Eakins
22
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- Despite the strength of the French force; Vo Nguyen Giap overran this base in two months. Identify this 1954 engagement that signaled the end of French rule in Indochina.
A
Dien Bien Phu
23
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- Its chief tributary is the Vaal and it forms the border between the Northern Cape province and Namibia. Name this 1300 mile long South African river that flows into the South Atlantic.
A
Orange River
24
Q
- Evaluate the expression for x = 30 degrees [(cos x / sec x) + (sin x * cos x / cot x)]
A
1
25
Q
- A turning point in the war in North Africa; name this Second World War battle at which British general Montgomery routed the forces of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.
A
El Alamein or Al Alamayn
26
Q
- Incus; Malleus; Stapes– Which of these bones in the ear is also called the stirrup?
A
Stapes (3)
27
Q
- Amelia Sedley and her brother Joseph are two of its more notable characters. Identify this William Thackeray novel that chronicles the exploits of Becky Sharp.
A
Vanity Fair
28
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- “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” Do you know who said this quote? He is famous for his theory of relativity.
A
Albert Einstein
29
Q
- In this 1938 story; the reader learns to use his talents before it is too late. Dying of gangrene within sight of the title feature; the main character Harry reflects on his past adventures and romances as he faces inevitable death. Name this Ernest Hemingway short story whose title features the highest point in Africa.
A
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
30
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- Tourist attractions near this city include the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame; World Figure Skating Hall of Fame; Cave of the Winds; and the Garden of the Gods. Pikes Peak lies fifteen miles to the west of this second largest city in its namesake state. Name this city; home to the U.S. Olympic Complex and the United States Air Force Academy.
A
Colorado Springs
31
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- This war featured the Duke of Marlborough’s victory at Blenheim. The war began when Louis XIV invaded the Spanish Netherlands in response to the Hapsburg Charles II appointing Philip V his successor in the titular country. Known in America as Queen Anne’s War; name this 1701-1714 war that was ended with the Peace of Utrecht.
A
War of the Spanish Succession (accept Queen Anne’s War until mentioned)
32
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- Recent additions to the growing known number of this class of astronomical objects include Varuna; Ixion and Quaoar (QUAH-oh-ahr); joining Pholus and Chiron; and maybe Pluto. Name this “belt” of billions of small; icy bodies orbiting the sun between 30 and 100 astronomical units; named for a 20th century Danish astronomer.
A
Kuiper Belt
33
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- One philosopher by this surname was Doctor Mirabilis; he was a Franciscan who wrote Opus minus and Opus majus in the 13th century. Another philosopher with this name was Baron Verulam; who in the 17th century wrote The Advancement of Learning and Novum Organum. Name this common last name; shared by Roger; Francis; and a breakfast meat.
A
Bacon
34
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- Jean Paul Sartre fittingly called this writer’s 1960 death from a car crash “an absurd death.” Born in Algeria; he wrote the essay The Myth of Sisyphus and the novel The Plague. He earned the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature for The Fall. Name this French existentialist author of The Stranger.
A
Albert Camus
35
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- Hailing from Chicago; this rat-faced man attended Army; where he was coached by Bob Knight. He later coached Army himself before coming to his current school in 1981; where he won national titles in 1991; 1992 and 2001. Name this college basketball coach who is reviled outside Bristol; Connecticut; and Durham; North Carolina.
A
Mike Krzyzewski (she-SHEF-ski) (prompt on Coach K)
36
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- This man spoke at the University of Maryland in 2001. He led African National Congress efforts before it was banned and he was imprisoned in 1961. He was finally released February 11; 1991; and led the transition from minority white rule in his country and dismantling of apartheid. Name this president of South Africa from 1994 to 1998.
A
Nelson Mandela
37
Q
- Cytokinesis begins during the late portion of this phase. The centromeres that held the twin chromatids together break apart; moving toward opposite ends of the spindle. Name this third stage of mitosis.
A
anaphase
38
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- This stage of development; which ends when the child identifies with the same sex parent; is also known as the Electra complex. Name this Freudian concept in which a male child wants the exclusive attention of the mother and sees the father as a rival for this affection; named for the central character of a Sophoclean trilogy.
A
Oedipus complex
39
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- Originally the main character of the novel in which he appears finds him cold and insensitive; but her heart softens when she visits him at his estate; Pemberley; and he assists her family in dealing with Wickham; who has a past with his sister Georgiana. Name this Jane Austen creation; the beau of Elizabeth Bennett in Pride and Prejudice.
A
Henry Fitzwilliam Darcy
40
Q
- This colorless liquid is an excellent solvent but highly toxic. Kekulé proposed its ring structure in 1865; forty years after it was discovered by Michael Faraday. Although it is drawn with alternating single and double bonds; in reality its electrons are delocalized. Name this organic chemical compound having formula C6H6.
A
benzene
