Deck 2 - Round 2

Question 1

1. A mountain memorial in this state that depicts a Native American leader has been under construction since 1948. In addition to that monument, the Crazy Horse Memorial, this state contains Badlands National Park. What U.S. state is the home of Mount Rushmore?

Answer 1

SOUTH DAKOTA

Question 2

2. A sock drawer has 10 single white socks and 6 single black socks. If 3 socks are drawn at random from the drawer, what is the probability that 2 socks will match in color?

Answer 2

1 (Accept: 100 PERCENT)

Question 3

3. Along with the cha-cha-cha, paso doble [DOE-blay], jive, and samba, this dance is categorized as “Latin” in international ballroom competitions. Based on the Cuban son [SOHN] and the Spanish bolero, its three types are the Yambú [yahm-BOO], Guaguancó [gwah-gwahn-KOH], and Columbia. In which Latin dance do performers hold their torsos erect as they execute two quick side steps and one slow forward step?

Answer 3

RUMBA

Question 4

4. Among this writer’s numerous short stories are “The Blue Hotel” and “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky.” He led the Naturalist movement with a novel about an impoverished New York City girl’s social, economic, and moral decline. Name the writer of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, as well as The Red Badge of Courage.

Answer 4

(STEPHEN) CRANE

Question 5

5. In chemistry, both water and carbon dioxide are examples of this type of substance. Neither carbon nor oxygen, however, is one. What do we call a chemical substance that consists of two or more different chemically bonded elements?

Answer 5

(CHEMICAL) COMPOUND

Question 6

6. A treaty with this nation resulted in the United States gaining territory that now makes up most of five current western states. The treaty followed a war in which Zachary Taylor emerged as a national hero. What nation claimed the border of Texas to be the Nueces [noo-EY-suhs] River, not the Rio Grande?

Answer 6

MEXICO

Question 7

7. An example of a song with a ternary one of these is “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.” Other songs may have a binary or a theme and variation one. Which element of music refers to a composition’s overall structure?

Answer 7

FORM

Question 8

8. Besides being common nouns, “backpack,” “city,” and “steamboat” all fall into this noun class. “Anxiety,” “birthday,” and “communication” are not examples of it. Identify the type of noun that represents a person, place, or thing that can be perceived by the five senses.

Answer 8

CONCRETE (NOUN(S))

Question 9

9. The function F of X equals 3 times the quantity, X minus 1, close quantity, squared, plus 6. What is the Y intercept of this function?

Answer 9

9 (Accept: (0, 9))

Question 10

10. This American inventor’s name has been attached to more than a thousand patents. The phonograph was a product of his laboratories. Name this inventor who invented the incandescent lamp.

Answer 10

(THOMAS) EDISON

Question 11

11. Although no other European nation facing the Atlantic agreed to the division created by this treaty, Spain and Portugal accepted it. After a revision, it set a line of demarcation west of the Cape Verde Islands. What was this treaty that divided all newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal?

Answer 11

(TREATY OF) TORDESILLAS [tawr-day-SEE-yahs]

Question 12

12. As a performer, this composer of “Mary’s a Grand Old Name” was known for parading around the stage holding an American flag. He penned an ode to that national symbol, “You’re a Grand Old Flag,” as well as the World War One anthem “Over There.” Who wrote “Give My Regards to Broadway,” and was the subject of the biopic Yankee Doodle Dandy?

Answer 12

(GEORGE M.) COHAN

Question 13

13. Consider the set of data: 25, 72, 36, 19, 48, 76, 39, 21, and 68. What is the range of this data set?

Answer 13

57

Question 14

14. How many words in the following sentence need to be capitalized? President Smith gave a speech in which he said, “Failure is not an option.”

Answer 14

THREE (Accept the three words stated)

Question 15

15. This autoimmune disorder is similar in many respects to Crohn’s disease. During a flare, it can cause abdominal pain, weight loss, fatigue, and bloody diarrhea. Identify this disorder, in which the large intestine’s mucous membrane is inflamed with patches of tiny ulcers.

Answer 15

(ULCERATIVE) COLITIS

Question 16

16. Edgar Degas referred to this painting as “the infant Jesus and his English nurse.” A golden-haired woman holds her toddler son, whose head is framed by an oval mirror in an imitation of a Renaissance halo. Identify this painting, whose title hints at the favorite subject of its creator, Mary Cassatt.

Answer 16

MOTHER AND CHILD

Question 17

17. He graduated from Hanover College in 1981 before attending Indiana University School of Law, after which he led the Indiana Policy Review Foundation and hosted a namesake talk show. He became the 50th governor of Indiana in 2013 but, in January 2017, he left that position for one that requires him to serve as president of the Senate. Who, in 2017, served as vice-president of the United States?

Answer 17

(MIKE) PENCE

Question 18

18. In Italy, this word refers to a small country house or cottage. In English-speaking countries, it names an entertainment facility equipped with gambling devices. What is this word?

Answer 18

CASINO

Question 19

19. Its height is called amplitude. Its high point is called the crest; its low point, the trough. What may be described as either transverse or longitudinal?

Answer 19

WAVE(S)

Question 20

20. What is the result when the absolute value of -8 is multiplied by the absolute value of 12?

Answer 20

96

Question 21

21. Elements of this music style include the krill krill song cycle, the intense lyrics of bunggul, and the high first note of wangga. The instrument most associated with it is the long drone pipe known as the didgeridoo [dij-uh-ree-DOO]. What do we call the music produced by native Australians?

Answer 21

ABORIGINAL (MUSIC)

Question 22

22. First, middle and last name answer. He was appointed minister to the Netherlands in 1794 by President Washington. He was later appointed minister to Prussia by his father, who was then president. Elected in large part because of Henry Clay’s support, name this sixth president of the United States.

Answer 22

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS

Question 23

23. In this book, eight-year-old David learns, “If it fits in your mouth, it’s food,” and, “If you don’t have the words you need, borrow someone else’s.” Catherine navigates her complicated relationship with her autistic brother as she befriends nonverbal Jason and next-door neighbor Kristi. What is this Newbery Honor Book by Cynthia Lord?

Answer 23

RULES

Question 24

24. In this common disease, which can be cured with topical antifungals, the affected area is moist, itchy, and scaly. It also causes the skin between the toes to have a disagreeable odor. Name this form of ringworm, a fungal infection of the feet.

Answer 24

ATHLETE’S FOOT

Question 25

25. In this pattern, which perfect square comes next? 144, 169, 196, 225, and so on.

Answer 25

256

Question 26

26. In 2017, this singer cleared her social media accounts after winning a civil trial against a fired Denver radio personality. Shortly thereafter, she broke a YouTube record for the most music video views in a single day with “Look What You Made Me Do.” Give the name of this singer-songwriter, whose sixth album, Reputation, was released in November 2017.

Answer 26

(TAYLOR) SWIFT

Question 27

27. In prokaryotes [pro-KARE-ee-ohtz], it is a single circular structure located in the cytoplasm. In eukaryotes [yoo-KARE-ee-ohtz], it forms when nucleosomes condense into chromatin fiber, which further condenses into this thicker structure. Identify these threadlike bodies that carry genes in a linear order.

Answer 27

CHROMOSOME(S)

Question 28

28. In this poem, the speaker spends a “bleak December” evening reading, in hopes of distracting himself from his grief. He then meets the title character, whom he calls both “prophet” and “thing of evil” because it answers all his questions with a single word. What is this Gothic masterpiece by Edgar Allan Poe?

Answer 28

(THE) RAVEN

Question 29

29. Solve the equation for X: 3 times the quantity, X minus 4, close quantity, minus 10 equals negative 1.

Answer 29

(X EQUALS) 7

Question 30

30. This Civil War admiral served with Captain David Porter aboard the frigate Essex in the War of 1812. At the beginning of the Civil War, he was given orders to enter the Mississippi River and capture New Orleans. Who, after helping secure the Mississippi for the Union, led forces that captured the forts in Mobile Bay?

Answer 30

(ADMIRAL DAVID GLASGOW) FARRAGUT

Question 31

31. According to Wladimir Koppen’s [VLA-duh-mear KOP-pens] classifications, this may be divided into five major types. Four of those types are defined by temperature; the fifth by dryness. What term do we use to describe the prevailing weather conditions of a region over an extended period of time?

Answer 31

CLIMATE

Question 32

32. During the fifth century B.C., this city was described by the Greek historian Herodotus
    [huh-ROD-uh-tuhs] as the world’s most splendid city. It was the capital of the empire led by Nebuchadnezzar [neb-uh-kuhd-NEZ-er]. One of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Hanging Gardens, was in what city?

Answer 32

BABYLON

Question 33

33. In Homer’s Iliad, this husband of Andromache [an-DRAH-muh-kee] killed Patroclus [puh-TROH-klus]. Achilles avenged his friend’s death by slaying this man and dragging his body behind a chariot as it drove around Troy’s walls. Identify this Trojan prince, the older brother of Paris.

Answer 33

HECTOR

Question 34

34. Multiple answer required. Sara graphs the linear inequality Y is less than X minus 6. Which quadrants will be partially shaded on the graph?

Answer 34

1, 3, 4

Question 35

35. Name the error, if one exists, in the following sentence: During the stressful physics test.

Answer 35

SENTENCE) FRAGMENT (ACCEPT: INCOMPLETE (SENTENCE))

Question 36

36. Factors that influence this ecological classification include diversity, abundance, and the interaction among species. All of an area’s biotic factors compose it. Which ecological term is defined as all the populations of different species that live in a given area?

Answer 36

COMMUNITY

Question 37

37. Fifteen of these cover an average time zone. There are ninety of them between the Equator and the South Pole. What type of measurement gives us a total of 360 around the perimeter of a compass?

Answer 37

DEGREE(S)

Question 38

38. In one Eastern religion, Right Concentration allows a practitioner to be absorbed into this state. With a Sanskrit name meaning “extinction,” it occurs when individual consciousness is surrendered to the universal. What is this state, the blissful cessation of desire and suffering that is the goal of both Hinduism and Buddhism?

Answer 38

NIRVANA

Question 39

39. Lines M and N are parallel. Angles R and S are formed by these parallel lines and a transversal to form same side interior angles. If the measure of angle R is 72 degrees, what is the measure, in degrees, of angle S?

Answer 39

108 (DEGREES)

Question 40

40. This type of poem often includes a kigo [KEE-go], a special word that indicates in which season the poem is set. Descended from the renga, it was perfected in the seventeenth century by Matsuo Basho [maht-SOO-oh BAH-show]. What is this unrhymed, three line poem with seventeen syllables?

Answer 40

HAIKU