Deck 4 Cont'd - Round 4

Question 1

41. He signed the Declaration of Independence, and was one of the three Americans sent to France to negotiate a treaty which was halted by the XYZ Affair. He was a governor of Massachusetts who was elected vice president in Madison’s second term. What early American politician’s name is also associated with the practice of dividing electoral districts unfairly, for political advantage?

Answer 1

(ELBRIDGE) GERRY

Question 2

42. A rectangular prism has dimensions of 3 units by 5 units by 10 units. What is the surface area, in square units, of the rectangular prism?

Answer 2

190 (SQUARE UNITS)

Question 3

43. This type of water’s depth varies because bedrock is found at different levels. Some of it moves by capillary action and evaporates, while other parts of it may serve as a source of fresh water in wells. Give the compound word for water held in aquifers.

Answer 3

GROUNDWATER

Question 4

44. This composition was inspired by the paintings of J.M.W. Turner, as well as the composer’s childhood at Cannes [KAN] and the Normandy coast. It uses chords in parallel motion, as well as movement between keys and short, dissolving chords to evoke the title entity’s character. Identify this work, whose second movement is titled “Play of the Waves,” by Claude Debussy [deb-yoo-SEE].

Answer 4

LA MER [MARE] (Accept: (THE) SEA)

Question 5

45. Spelling required. The ominous meteorite was a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence. Spell the word from the previous sentence that is a synonym of “incident.”

Answer 5

O-C-C-U-R-R-E-N-C-E

Question 6

46. The author describes this character as “a tolerable slim old maid, with goggles.” She constantly nags an unreformable young boy, and eventually frees the slave Jim. Who is this sister of the Widow Douglas in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?

Answer 6

(MISS) WATSON

Question 7

47. A recipe for 4 people calls for one-and-one-third pounds of ground beef. If the recipe is increased to be for 6 people, then how many total pounds of ground beef are needed for the recipe?

Answer 7

2 (POUNDS)

Question 8

48. This event was largely responsible for Parliament passing what became known as the Intolerable Acts. Its participants were protesting both a tax and a monopoly in favor of the East India Company. What was this event in Colonial Boston that saw protestors thinly disguised as Native Americans?

Answer 8

BOSTON TEA PARTY

Question 9

49. This stage of metamorphosis often occurs when food is abundant, allowing the organism to store energy for its future transformation. Animals in this stage include grubs, maggots, caterpillars, and tadpoles. In complete metamorphosis, which stage falls between egg and pupa?

Answer 9

LARVA(L)

Question 10

50. This dance used to segregate performers by gender, but today simply divides the dancers into pairs. Half the dancers travel one way as the other half travel the opposite way, winding colored ribbons around a tall wooden mast. What is this dance, often performed on the first day of a spring month?

Answer 10

MAYPOLE (DANCE)

Question 11

51. This seaman mistakenly thought that a degree of longitude equaled 45 instead of 60 nautical miles, greatly underestimating his distance to travel. A Genoese navigator, he sailed from Palos, Spain with three small ships manned by Spaniards. Who finally made landfall, likely on San Salvador, on October 12th, 1492?

Answer 11

(CHRISTOPHER) COLUMBUS

Question 12

52. This dancer’s Santa Barbara childhood acquainted her with the Pacific Ocean, whose rhythms influenced her later choreography. After studying with Ted Shawn and Ruth St. Denis, she choreographed works based on Greek myth and Emily Dickinson’s poetry, and collaborated with sculptor Isamu Noguchi [EE-sah-moo naw-GOO-chee]. Who danced the lead role in the world premiere of Aaron Copland’s ballet Appalachian Spring?

Answer 12

(MARTHA) GRAHAM

Question 13

53. A square prism and pyramid have a congruent base and both have the same height. If the volume of the prism is 96 cubic units, what is the volume, in cubic units, of the pyramid?

Answer 13

32 (CUBIC UNITS)

Question 14

54. This author, who was born Edward Irving Wortis, wrote a “documentary novel” in which a boy is suspended from school for humming the National Anthem. He also penned a work in which a thirteen-year-old girl is put on trial for murder after a transatlantic ocean voyage. Who wrote Nothing but the Truth and The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle?

Answer 14

AVI [AH-vee]

Question 15

55. This organ system, which is closely related to both the circulatory and immune systems, protects the body from damage by foreign materials. It returns liquid to the bloodstream that has seeped into the body’s tissues, and produces T cells and B cells. Identify this system, which includes the bone marrow, thymus, tonsils, spleen, and its namesake nodes.

Answer 15

LYMPHATIC (SYSTEM) (Accept: LYMPHOID (SYSTEM))

Question 16

56. The expression 4 times X raised to the zero power times Y raised to the negative second power is cubed. Using positive exponents only, what is the result?

Answer 16

64 OVER Y TO THE 6TH (POWER)

Question 17

57. This kind of tax was first imposed in the United States to help finance the Spanish-American War, and then World War One. It generally applies only to property of highly significant value. What is this levy on the value of property when it changes hands upon the death of its owner?

Answer 17

ESTATE (TAX) (DO NOT ACCEPT: DEATH TAX)

Question 18

58. This autobiography in fifty unrhymed sonnets covers the author’s life from the ages of four to fourteen, and spans the years 1950 to 1959. The author illustrates military life as the daughter of an Air Force officer, and recounts how she fell in love with writing verse. Name this Coretta Scott King Honor Book by Marilyn Nelson.

Answer 18

HOW I DISCOVERED POETRY

Question 19

59. This phrase originally applied only to sacred, polyphonic choral music. Today, it refers to any song performed without instrumental accompaniment. What is this Italian phrase?

Answer 19

A CAPPELLA [ah kuh-PEL-uh]

Question 20

60. This current is the northeastward extension of the Gulf Stream. It combines with the prevailing westerly winds to help maintain a mild climate in northwestern Europe. Name this current that mixes with northern cold polar water to create good fishing grounds.

Answer 20

NORTH ATLANTIC (DRIFT OR CURRENT)

Question 21

61. In a 30-60 right triangle, the length of the leg across from the 60 degree angle is 4 square root of 3 units. What is the length, in units, of the hypotenuse of this right triangle?

Answer 21

8 (UNITS)

Question 22

62. This kind of dependent clause appears in the sentence, “The music class that Lewis takes focuses on composition.” It always begins with a relative pronoun, such as “which” or “who.” Identify this type of clause, which answers questions like “what kind” or “how many?”

Answer 22

ADJECTIVE (CLAUSE) (Accept: ADJECTIVAL (CLAUSE), RELATIVE (CLAUSE))

Question 23

63. This instrument, which plays all but its highest notes in the bass clef, has four strings tuned to C, G, D, and A. Its hollow body, which is around forty-seven inches long, acts as a resonator for the plucked or bowed notes it produces. What is this string instrument, which is supported on a metal spike as it sits between the player’s knees?

Answer 23

CELLO

Question 24

64. This legislative act, passed by Congress in 1850, met with strong opposition in the Northern states. It resulted in an increase in the number of abolitionists, and more effective operation of the Underground Railroad. What title was given to this act that provided for the seizure and return of runaway slaves?

Answer 24

FUGITIVE SLAVE (ACT)

Question 25

65. This general term encompasses microorganisms that may become a source of food and gas exchange in space exploration. The animal-like ones are zoo [ZO-uh], while the plant-like examples are phyto [FI-toh]. Name the tiny organisms that passively float or weakly swim in a body of water.

Answer 25

PLANKTON

Question 26

66. This military portrait revolutionized the genre by showing a noble leader treating a conquered army with respect. Commissioned to decorate the Spanish palace’s Hall of Realms, it depicts a scene from the Eighty Years’ War, when the Dutch fought for independence from Spain. Identify this Diego Velazquez work.

Answer 26

(THE) SURRENDER OF BREDA

Question 27

67. What is the improper fraction that is equal to the mixed fraction seven-and-five-twelfths

Answer 27

89/12

Question 28

68. This type of literary work is longer than a joke or pun, and is closely related to a tall tale. They are always presented as true stories, but usually incorporate some exaggeration. Give the three-syllable word for a short, often amusing account of a particular event.

Answer 28

ANECDOTE

Question 29

69. This plural noun may be used to identify the North and South Poles. It will also define two points on the equator that are 180 degrees apart. What word names two places exactly opposite one another on the Earth?

Answer 29

ANTIPODES [an-TIP-uh-deez

Question 30

70. These are the simplest of all organisms. Most have a strong cell wall outside the plasma membrane. Identify these organisms that, like bacteria, have no true nucleus.

Answer 30

PROKARYOTE(S) [proh-KAR-ee-oht]

Question 31

71. Using the estimate that 2.5 centimeters equals 1 inch, how many centimeters are in one yard?

Answer 31

90 (CENTIMETERS)

Question 32

72. This musical form probably developed in Cadiz [KAH-dees], where it descended from medieval and Renaissance Moorish music. With a golden age lasting from 1869 to 1910, its “chico” songs are dance-oriented, while its “jondo” [HOHN-doh] songs have sad lyrics about death or lost love. Give the name of this Spanish gypsy musical form, complete with guitar, hand clapping, and castanets.

Answer 32

FLAMENCO

Question 33

73. This so-called sea has no land boundaries. It is characterized by its brown seaweed and often calm, clear, blue water. Name this sea that is located in the Atlantic Ocean north of the equator, and is encircled by a clockwise system of ocean currents.

Answer 33

SARGASSO [sahr-GAS-oh] (SEA)

Question 34

74. This literary man witnesses snakes swallow elephants, escapes from cannibals, and tricks the Old Man of the Sea into drinking wine. Restlessness compels him to embark on seven sea voyages, each of which brings him riches and adventure. Give the name of this character from The Thousand and One Nights.

Answer 34

SINBAD (THE SAILOR)

Question 35

75. This plant disease primarily affects grasses, including sorghum, sugarcane, wheat, and corn. Fungal spores accumulate in sootlike masses known as sori [SOOR-eye]. What is this disease, which spreads when the sori break into dispersible black powder?

Answer 35

SMUT

Question 36

76. This Spanish explorer discovered many places in his journeys, but not what he was truly seeking. His goal was to find the fabled Seven Golden Cities of Cibola. Name this explorer who led the expedition that discovered the Grand Canyon.

Answer 36

(FRANCISCO VAZQUEZ DE) CORONADO

Question 37

77. This poet references the Euphrates, Congo, Nile, and Mississippi–“ancient, dusky rivers”–in “The Negro Speaks of Rivers.” He challenged segregation and racial inequality in the poem that begins, “I, too, sing America. / I am the darker brother.” Identify this Harlem Renaissance figure, who urged his readers to “hold fast to dreams.”

Answer 37

(LANGSTON) HUGHES

Question 38

78. A diameter is a specific one of these line segments in a circle. What is the more general name given to any line segment in which both endpoints of the segment lie on the circle?

Answer 38

CHORD

Question 39

79. This musical, the first Tim Rice-Andrew Lloyd Webber collaboration to be performed publicly, premiered as a twenty-minute pop cantata. The Pharaoh sings in the style of Elvis Presley, and in some productions, the show ends with a disco megamix of numbers like “Close Every Door” and “Any Dream Will Do.” What is this rock musical based on a story from the Book of Genesis?

Answer 39

JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR

Question 40

80. The number of these reproductive structures often equals the number of a flower’s petals. They have nectaries [NEK-tuh-reez] at their base to provide food for pollinating birds and insects. Give the word for a flower’s male reproductive structure.

Answer 40

STAMEN

Question 41

SS-1 The development of this piece of equipment during the twelfth century increased a farm animal’s ability to do work. Together with iron horseshoes, it enabled a draft horse to be more productive. What was this piece of equipment that increased the horse’s pulling power?

Answer 41

(HORSE) COLLAR

Question 42

AH-2 This instrument has wide, thin bars that give it a richer tone than its cousin, the xylophone. It developed independently in West African and Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, where many civilizations used gourds as natural resonators for it. Give the name for this set of graduated wooden bars that are struck by sticks or mallets.

Answer 42

MARIMBA

Question 43

LA-3 This Latin root means “to know.” It appears in the words “conscious,” “conscience,” and “science.” Identify this root.

Answer 43

SCI- (Accept stated or spelled)

Question 44

SC-4 This group of organic compounds includes bile acids, adrenal cortical hormones, and sex hormones. Legal ones have strong anti-inflammatory effects, and help combat the pain of lupus and arthritis. Identify these substances, whose anabolic, or muscle-building, types are banned by professional athletic associations.

Answer 44

STEROID(S)