Collaborative Middle School Tournament Flashcards
One character in this story is sold by her father and is partially deaf. The protagonist reveals himself to Princess Pea and is then sentenced to death in the dungeon. Spoons, bowls, kettles, and soup are outlawed after the queen dies of fright when a rat falls in her food. For 10 points, name this 2004 novel which became a 2008 film, a Newberry Medal winner by Kate DiCamillo
the TALE OF DESPEREAUX
This women allied with Walter White to push the failed Costigan-Wagner anti-lynching bill, but the President refused to publicly endorse it. She and Wendell Wilkie were the first honorary chairpersons of Freedom House. She arranged Marian Anderson’s concert at the Lincoln Memorial. As a delegate to the UN from 1945-1952, she also helped draft the Declaration of Human Rights. For 10 points, name this first lady, wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt
(Anna) Eleanor ROOSEVELT
One former player for this team was the 1986NFL MVP as well as the defensive player of the year, but that player may be more famous for the hit that broke Joe Theismann’s leg. Lawrence Taylor played for this team that also defeated Tom Brady-led Patriots team to win the 2012 Super Bowl. Hakeem Nicks and Victor Cruiz play on, for 10 points, what NFL team that features Eli Manning at quarterback
new york GIANTS
One structure in this organ, the Bowman’s capsule, is divided into several layers including the visceral and parietal layers. The adrenal glands are located just above this organ, whose loop of Henle helps concentrate urine. Dialysis is used as an alternative when this organ fails. For 10 points, name these organs composed of nephrons whose main function is to filter blood and produce urine
KIDNEYs
In this work, Unferth boasts about beating the protagonist in a swimming contest. As his dying action, the protagonist gives Wiglaf a royal gold collar. Partly taking place in the mead hall Heorot, this work presents Hrothgar, the king of Danes, as helpless I battling a monster who comes nightly to eat warriors. For 10 points, name this Old English epic poem in which the title hero kills Grendel and Grendel’s mother
BEOWULF
At the beginning of this country’s fight for independence, Carlos Manuel de Cespedes freed his slaves, and they fought together in the Ten Years’ War. Its Revolt of the Sergeants was reversed by the 26th of July Movement, which ended the rule of Fulgencio Batista. Che Guevara helped move this Caribbean country to Communism in 1959. For 10 points, name this nation that has been led by Raul and Fidel Castro
CUBA
The IBM Model M is particularly highly regarded example of this type of device. They sometimes use the Dvorak layout, but the most popular arrangement for them was designed by Christopher Sholes and is deliberately inefficient to avoid jamming. For 10 points, name these devices that often use the QWERTY layout, and are used to enter numbers and letters into a computer
(computer or typewriter) KEYBOARDs
In Jainism, this object’s central point is Mount Meru. In Chinesem mythology, this object is the lower half of a cosmic egg split by Pangu, which in ancient Egypt the original form of this object was the primordial mound. This region will be reborn from a massive flood after Rangarok. For 10 points, name this planet subjected to a massive flood that Noah escaped
EARTH [accept equivalents like WORLD or LAND before “planet” is mentioned]
This work includes the aria “Un bel di,” describing a beautiful day when a ship will arrive with the singer’s husband after three years away. Unfortunetly, the consul Sharpless informs the title character that her husband has married Kate, an American women. Lieutenant Pinkerton abandons the title character of, for 10 points what Giacomo Puccini opera about Cio-Cio San, a Japanese women known by an insect nickname?
MADAME BUTTERFLY [or MADAMA BUTTERFLY]
This geographical feature has its lowest point at Bently Trench. A lake here lies under Vestok Station. Mt. Erebus is found on Ross Island off its coast, between Marie Byrd and Victoria lands. The Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains contains its highest peak, Vinson Massif, located on the Ronne Ice Shelf. Getting only 5-10 inches a year, it is considered a desert. For 10 points, name this southernmost continent that contains the icy South Pole
ANTARTICA
The announcement of this object’s existence was hinted at by a shadow on invitations to an event at the Yerva Buena Center for the arts. Disputes over strict quality control demands threatened production at the Foxconn facility that manufactures it. This devise comes with Earpods and introduced the Lightening connector, as well as a longer screen than its processor, the 4s. For 10 points, name this latest version of Apple’s cell phone product
iPHONE 5 [prompt on “IPhone)
Lee Deforest is considered one of the inventors of this technique in this early 1990s when he was working on space telegraphy. This form of radio communication involves the transmission of sinusoidal waves that have varying strength over time. Most early commercial radios used this technique due to its simplicity. For 10 points, name this radio transmission methodology contrasted with frequency modulation
AMPLITUDE MODUCLATION or AM radio [prompt on “radio” or similar answers”
This king was in owner during the Affair of the Diamond Necklace. His advisor Maurepas appointed Turgot as finance minister, and he was later served by the author of the compte rendu, Jacques Necker. When his ministers were unable to raise enough revenue, this king was forced to call the Estates-General. For 10 points, name this husband of Marie Antoinette deposed in the French Revolution
LOUIS XVI [THE 16th] of France
In one novel by this author, Robert Cohn and Jake Barnes both pursue Lady Brett Ashley as they travel through Spain. IN another novel by this author, Catherine loves an American soldier fighting in World War I, Fredric Henry. In one of this man’s novellas, Santiago goes 84 days without catching a fish. For 10 points, name this author of “The Sun Also Rises,” “A Farewell to Arms,” and “The Old Man and the Sea”
Ernest HEMINGWAY
These objects have only three externally verifiable properties: mass, charge, and angular momentum, according to the no-hair theorem, and their size can be determined using the Schwarzschild radius. They can be formed following a supernova, and one of them is believed to be at the center of the Milky Way. For 10 points, name these astronomical entities from which light cannot escape
BLACK HOLE
Name this person who lent their name to astronomical objects: two dwarf galaxies visible from the Southern Hemisphere are named for this Portuguese explorer who did not discover them, but documented them in 1519
ferdinand MAGELLAN [accept (large and small) MAGELLANIC clouds]
Name this British astronomer who correctly predicted that a comet would appear 16 years after his death: that comet with a 76-year period now bears his name
Edmond HALLEY [accept HALLEYs COMET]
Over Earth’s equator are two concentric belts of intense ratiation named for this American physicist who found them in 1950s
james VAN ALLEN [accept VAN ALLEN BELTs]
This part of speech often is used to join two clauses together. name these words, examples which include but, or, and and
CONJUNCTIONs
this name is given to commas thaqt immediately precede a conjunction. these commas are sometimes left off before the end of a list
SERIAL commas [accept OXFORD commas or HARVARD commas