Deck 3 - Round 3

Question 1

1. Although the term “Yankee” applied to Northerners during the Civil War, it now refers to people from this more specific region. It contains four out of the eight Ivy League colleges, including Harvard and Yale, and the largest city in this region is Boston. What is this geographical region in the northeastern United States consisting of six states, including Rhode Island and New Hampshire?

Answer 1

NEW ENGLAND

Question 2

2. Consider the arithmetic sequence 100, 85, 70, 55, and so on. What is the first negative element in this sequence?

Answer 2

-5

Question 3

3. In chemistry, some of these are heterogeneous [het-er-uh-JEE-nee-uhs] and some are homogeneous [hoh-muh-JEE-nee-uhs]. Gravel is an example of the former, and air is an example of the latter. What do we call a combination of two or more substances in which each one retains its own chemical identity?

Answer 3

(A) MIXTURE

Question 4

4. In music, a voice’s or instrument’s register depends on which ones of these it can reach. The intervals between them allow them to be organized into a variety of scales. Give the word for how high or low a note’s frequency is.

Answer 4

PITCH

Question 5

5. In one of Aesop’s fables, this animal has his claws trimmed and his teeth pulled in hopes of marrying a beautiful maiden. In another, he spares a mouse’s life, and is later repaid when the mouse chews through hunters’ ropes that bind him. What type of animal spares the slave Androcles’s life because the man removed a thorn from his paw?

Answer 5

LION

Question 6

6. Born in Brooklyn, this politician graduated from the University of Chicago in 1964 and, in 1981, he became mayor of Burlington. In 2007, he became a senator representing Vermont, and in 2017 he was the longest serving independent member in Congress. Identify this self-described democratic socialist who sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016.

Answer 6

(BERNIE) SANDERS

Question 7

7. Consider the combined inequality: 3 is less than 7 minus X which is less than 12. What is the smallest integer that is an element of the solution set of this inequality?

Answer 7

-4

Question 8

8. Found here are inert gases such as neon, helium, and krypton, as well as argon, carbon dioxide, and water. However, more than three-fourths of it is nitrogen. What do we call this gaseous envelope that is about twenty percent oxygen?

Answer 8

(EARTH’S) ATMOSPHERE (ACCEPT: AIR)

Question 9

9. In November 2017, this man eliminated his company’s five percent transaction fee on charitable donations, allowing millions more dollars to go directly to non-profits. His wife and he signed the Giving Pledge, and established a philanthropic company abbreviated CZI upon the birth of their daughter. What computer programmer and entrepreneur founded Facebook?

Answer 9

(MARK) ZUCKERBERG

Question 10

10. In The People, Yes, this poet touched on Abraham Lincoln, whom he later profiled in a two-part biography subtitled The Prairie Years and The War Years. He collected folk songs in The American Songbag, and paid homage to his Illinois upbringing with the collection Cornhuskers. Who called a Midwestern metropolis “Stormy, husky, brawling, / City of the Big Shoulders” in his poem “Chicago”?

Answer 10

(CARL) SANDBURG

Question 11

11. Evidence of the Indus civilization was first identified at this place in 1921. It is located in the Punjab region of present-day Pakistan. What is this Indus civilization city, second in size only to Mohenjo-Daro [moh-HEN-joh-DAHR-oh]?

Answer 11

HARAPPA [huh-RAP-uh]

Question 12

12. If the cost of 4 bananas is $1.40, what is the cost of 10 bananas?

Answer 12

$3.50

Question 13

13. In the Book of Exodus, God reveals the design for this object. Today’s versions imitate the Tabernacle one that celebrated the Second Temple’s rededication. Give the name of this eight-branched candelabrum, lit during Hanukkah.

Answer 13

MENORAH

Question 14

14. In this novel, whose chapters correspond to months of the school year, Mrs. Baker teaches seventh graders at Camillo Junior High. She introduces the class’s sole Presbyterian, Holling Hoodhood, to Shakespeare while his Jewish and Catholic peers receive religious instruction. Give the title of this Newbery Honor Book by Gary D. Schmidt.

Answer 14

(THE) WEDNESDAY WARS

Question 15

15. This inventor worked as a blacksmith and goldsmith before creating the invention that made him famous. His invention involved oil-based ink and adjustable wooden or metal characters. Name this inventor of the printing press.

Answer 15

(JOHANNES) GUTENBERG

Question 16

16. He was a warrior-leader of a peoples collectively known as the Franks in the late fifth and early sixth centuries. He became king of an area of what is now northern France and southwestern Belgium. Name this warrior king who expanded his kingdom by driving the Visigoths out of what is now France.

Answer 16

CLOVIS

Question 17

17. Humans with this recessive genetic condition sunburn easily, and often experience vision problems. They lack an enzyme, tyrosinase [tuh-RAH-sin-ays], that causes melanin production. Identify this condition, characterized by yellow to white hair, milky white skin, and pink eyes.

Answer 17

ALBINISM [AL-buh-niz-uhm] (Accept: ALBINO)

Question 18

18. If F of X equals 2X squared minus 7, what is the value F of the square root of 6?

Answer 18

5

Question 19

19. In this musical, set partially at Number 17 Cherry Tree Lane, the title character brings a group of park statues to life. The bird woman; Mrs. Corry, who sells words as well as sweets; and Bert the chimney sweep also teach Jane and Michael Banks to look past appearances. Name this musical about a magical English nanny.

Answer 19

MARY POPPINS

Question 20

20. This activist declared “that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself.” She reminded listeners, “It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union.” After being fined for casting an illegal ballot, what historical figure delivered a series of speeches on “Women’s Rights to the Suffrage”?

Answer 20

(SUSAN B.) ANTHONY

Question 21

21. Consider the set of data: 15, 27, 19, 10, 24, and 12. What is the median of this data set?

Answer 21

17

Question 22

22. He was navigator under the command of Alonso de Ojeda [uh-LON-zoh duh o-HAY-duh] on an expedition that reached the coast of what is now Guyana [gahy-AN-uh]. During that same voyage, he is said to have discovered the mouth of the Amazon River. Name this navigator whose subsequent voyage convinced him that the newly discovered land was not Asia, but a “new world.”

Answer 22

AMERIGO VESPUCCI [uh-MER-i-goh ve-SPOO-chee] (Accept either or both names)

Question 23

23. In this opera, a drunken Crown goes into hiding after killing Robbins with a cotton hook. Sportin’ Life peddles “happy dust” to residents of Catfish Row before leaving for New York with the work’s title woman, whose lame love pursues the pair. What is this George Gershwin composition?

Answer 23

PORGY AND BESS

Question 24

24. This author writes of Mr. and Mrs. John Philip Johnson’s usual activities in “One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts.” Kindergartener Laurie blames his misbehavior on a fictional classmate in her classic story “Charles.” Name the creator of unlucky Tessie Hutchinson in “The Lottery.”

Answer 24

(SHIRLEY) JACKSON

Question 25

25. This word names a type of respiration whose final electron acceptor is an inorganic molecule, like carbon dioxide or a nitrate. It also names organisms who use either this type of respiration or fermentation to produce ATP. What is this word meaning “absence of oxygen”?

Answer 25

ANAEROBIC [an-uh-ROH-bik]

Question 26

26. He was the founder and architect of the University of Virginia, and our nation’s first secretary of state. He was also largely responsible for drafting the document that announced our nation’s independence. Name this founding father who was our second vice president, and third president.

Answer 26

(THOMAS) JEFFERSON

Question 27

27. In this painting, the first work acquired by New York’s Museum of Modern Art, a set of train tracks in the foreground imply movement. Behind the tracks sits a large home which, despite the clear, sunny weather, appears to sit dormant. Name this portrait of isolation by Edward Hopper.

Answer 27

HOUSE BY THE RAILROAD

Question 28

28. This author wrote a four-part series, All the Wrong Questions, as a prequel to his better-known thirteen-novel series. Installations in that longer series include The Slippery Slope, The Miserable Mill, and The Bad Beginning. Identify the author of A Series of Unfortunate Events.

Answer 28

(LEMONY) SNICKET (Accept: (DANIEL) HANDLER)

Question 29

29. This branch of biology has provided the basis for the applied sciences of agriculture, horticulture, and forestry. Within it, you will learn plant classification and study plant diseases. What science deals with the study of plant structures and properties?

Answer 29

BOTANY

Question 30

30. What is the absolute value of the quantity, negative 82 minus negative 14?

Answer 30

68

Question 31

31. A spinner with eight equal regions is spun, and then a standard six-sided die is rolled. If the spinner regions are numbered from 1 to 8, what is the probability that both the spinner and the die will show a prime number?

Answer 31

1/4 (Accept: 25 PERCENT)

Question 32

32. In the first year of the American Revolution, this naval officer outwitted British frigates, and either captured or destroyed more than a dozen ships. He was hailed as a hero by the French following a cruise around Britain during which he captured a number of prizes. Name this sailor who commanded the Bonhomme Richard [BON-uhm RICH-erd], and is credited with declaring in a fierce battle, “I have not yet begun to fight!”

Answer 32

(JOHN PAUL) JONES

Question 33

33. Nineteenth-century composer Jacques Offenbach wrote many songs to accompany this highly theatrical dance. Related to the galop and quadrille, its 2/4 time allows performers to execute high kicks that expose their petticoats. What is this dance sometimes depicted in Toulouse-Lautrec’s
    [too-looz-loh-TREKZ] paintings of the Moulin Rouge?

Answer 33

CAN-CAN

Question 34

34. This author’s second notable novel, Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp, proved less popular than her best known work. That first important novel about Life Among the Lowly followed a saintly slave’s martyrdom at the hands of a villainous owner. Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

Answer 34

(HARRIET BEECHER) STOWE

Question 35

35. This bushy evergreen member of the laurel family grows in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and India’s Malabar Coast. Ancient Egyptians used its dried inner bark for embalming, while the Dutch East India Company valued it for their spice trade. Identify this fragrant, light brown spice whose sweet taste flavors many baked goods.

Answer 35

CINNAMON

Question 36

36. If the function F of X equals 3 times the quantity, X minus 4, close quantity, squared, then what is the ordered pair where the vertex of the function will be?

Answer 36

(4, 0)

Question 37

37. It extended from Rome southward to a port in the “heel” of Italy’s boot along the Adriatic Sea. Name this first and most famous of the ancient Roman roads.

Answer 37

APPIAN [AP-ee-uhn] WAY

Question 38

38. Multiple answer required. These two parts of many protist species provide a means of locomotion. They might be described as “whips” or small “hairs.” Identify these two specialized structures found in the cells of many living organisms.

Answer 38

FLAGELLA [fluh-JEL-uh] AND CILIA [SIL-ee-uh] (Accept FLAGELLUM and CILIUM)

Question 39

39. One legend says that Heracles obtained a lock of this woman’s hair to protect the town of Tegea [TEE-jee-uh]. Her blood produced Pegasus after Perseus beheaded her and gave her head to Athena to place in her shield. Who was this mortal Gorgon, whose gaze turned people to stone?

Answer 39

MEDUSA

Question 40

40. This biography, which opens with the capture of Jim Webb, follows a man who used tricks and disguises to nab criminals. Its subject escaped from slavery to the Oklahoma Territory, where he made over three thousand arrests in his career as a Deputy U.S. Marshal. Identify this Vaunda Micheaux [VAHN-duh mee-SHO] Nelson biography of Bass Reeves.

Answer 40

BAD NEWS FOR OUTLAWS