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MD 2002 Playoff 3 Flashcards

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MD 2002 Playoff 3

answers begin with the letter V. In physics; it is defined as the derivative of the displacement vector with respect to time.

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Velocity

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answers begin with the letter V. In Norse mythology; they are the maidens of Odin in Valhalla; who also play a major role in a Wagner work.

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Valkyries

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answers begin with the letter V. This V shares its name with a major coastal city in Chile and a university in Indiana.

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Valparaiso

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answers begin with the letter V. The Night Café; The Potato Eaters; Sunflowers; and A Starry Night are a few works by what Dutch painter?

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Vincent Van Gogh

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answers begin with the letter V. The only element of the periodic table in this category.

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Vanadium

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MD 2002 Playoff 3

answers begin with the letter V. This 16th century Italian explorer was the first European to enter New York Bay.

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Giovanni da Verrazano

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answers begin with the letter V. An American novelist; his works include Player Piano; Timequake; Breakfast of Champions; and Slaughterhouse Five.

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Kurt Vonnegut

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MD 2002 Playoff 3

answers begin with the letter V. Emptying into the Baltic; this is the longest and principal river of Poland.

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Vistula River

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  1. The Blue Devils can’t win. - Hidden in this statement is the term for the relationship between Castor and Pollux.
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twin

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  1. ULCERATE; ULTERIOR; ULTIMO-Which of these three words means lying beyond or outside what is evident?
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ULTERIOR

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  1. Halifax; Victoria; Québec - place these capitals in order from largest to smallest.
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Québec; Halifax; Victoria (3;1;2)

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  1. (two part question) The same year; 1926; saw this man become Emperor of Japan; and this man establish fascism as the state party of Italy.
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Emperor Showa Tenno Hirohito and Benito Mussolini

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  1. Charlie Chan; Miss Marple; Hercule Poirot - Which of these detectives was not created by Agatha Christie?
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Charlie Chan (1)

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  1. Fish; I love you and respect you very much. But I will kill you dead before this day ends; says Santiago in what work by Ernest Hemingway?
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The Old Man and the Sea

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  1. Why can’t Ella do it? - Hidden in this question is the name of a legendary Swiss patriot who had to shoot an apple off of his son’s head.
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William Tell

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  1. UPBRAID; UPBRINGING; UPHEAVAL-Which of these three words means to reprove sharply or reproach?
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UPBRAID

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  1. St. John’s; Regina; Charlottetown - place these capitals in order from largest to smallest.
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Regina; St. Johns; Charlottetown (2;1;3)

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  1. (two part question) July 4; 1826 saw the death of two founding fathers. One was the first to be inaugurated in Washington and the other was the President immediately preceding him.
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John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

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  1. Bounty; Ghost; Hispaniola - Which of these ships is captained by Wolf Larsen?
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Ghost (2)

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  1. S’pose you had to sit out here an’ read books. Sure you could play horseshoes till it got dark; but then you got to read books. Books ain’t no good. A guy needs somebody - to be near him. Crooks says this in what work about George and Lenny by John Steinbeck?
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Of Mice and Men

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  1. The Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers combine to form this river that runs through Montgomery.
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Alabama

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  1. This river runs through Royal Gorge in Colorado and the cities of Pueblo; Wichita; Tulsa and Little Rock.
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Arkansas

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  1. One river by this name is in Texas. Another flows through Grand Junction and the Grand Canyon.
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Colorado

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  1. This river’s two branches rise in the Catskill Mountains and flow past its namesake Water Gap then into a bay of the same name.
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Delaware

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  1. Tributaries of this river include the Fox; Des Plaines; and Kankakee. It passes through Peoria.
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Illinois

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  1. This river rises just south of the source of the Red River; runs southeast toward Mankato; then beelines toward the Twin Cities.
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Minnesota

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  1. The Holston and French Broad rivers combine to form this river at Knoxville.
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Tennessee

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  1. This river passes through Rhinelander and Wausau and within 25 miles of Madison.
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Wisconsin

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  1. This river forms the entire southern boundary of its state after forming from the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers.
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Ohio

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  1. This river originates from its namesake lakes in northern New Hampshire and runs south through Springfield and Hartford.
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Connecticut

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  1. Following the panic of 1893; this man led his army of unemployed men from Ohio to march on Washington; DC; but was arrested for walking on the Capitol lawn.
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Jacob Coxey

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  1. Emptying into the Yellow Sea; this 4-letter river forms the majority of the border between China and North Korea.
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Yalu River

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  1. This Russian novelist’s best known works include First Love and Fathers and Sons.
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Ivan Turgenev

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  1. What is the area of this semicircle? [An isosceles right triangle with sides of length 6; and a semicircle whose diameter is the hypotenuse]
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9 * ?

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  1. Grandson of Alfonso XIII and appointed by Francisco Franco; he has been the king of Spain since 1975.
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Juan Carlos I

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  1. Stratosphere; Thermosphere; Troposphere-Of these 3; which is the outermost atmospheric layer?
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Thermosphere (2)

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  1. This French impressionist composer is remembered for his ballet; Daphnis et Chloé; and orchestral work; Bolero.
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Maurice Ravel

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  1. Marriage is the alliance of two people; one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other who never forgets. This quote is from the American poet who wrote Reflections on Ice-Breaking.
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Ogden Nash

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  1. On August 31; 1831; this man led his Southampton Insurrection of slaves to revolt; killing 57 whites; but he was soon captured and hanged.
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Nat Turner

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MD 2002 Playoff 3

  1. Emptying into the Sea of Okhotsk; this 4-letter river forms the majority of the border between China and eastern Russia.
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Amur River

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MD 2002 Playoff 3

  1. This early 20th century American author’s is best known for his trilogy of the 42nd Parallel; 1919; and Big Money.
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John Dos Passos

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  1. What is the surface area of this sphere with radius 8?
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256 * ?

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MD 2002 Playoff 3

  1. Son of Leopold III; he was the king of Belgium from 1951 to 1993.
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Baudouin I

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MD 2002 Playoff 3

  1. Chinook; Santa Anna; Sirocco– Which of these is a wind that blows down the eastern slope of the Rockies?
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Chinook (1)

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MD 2002 Playoff 3

  1. The first official English poet laureate in 1668; works of his include All for Love and Mac Flecknoe.
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John Dryden

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  1. Start every day off with a smile and get it over with. This quote was said by what American actor who starred opposite of Mae West in My Little Chickadee?
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W.C. Fields

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MD 2002 Playoff 3

  1. Her Early novels include The Game; The Virgin in the Garden; and Still Life. More well-known later works by her are 1992’s Angels and Insects and last year’s A Biographer’s Tale. Once described as a postmodern Victorian; name the author of the Booker-prize winning novel Possession: A Romance.
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A.S. Byatt

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  1. The Ganges and the Irrawaddy are the largest rivers that flow into this arm of the Indian Ocean. Although the eastern coast has superior natural harbors; its largest port is on the west in Madras. Name this body of water between India on the west and Burma and the Malay Peninsula on the east.
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Bay of Bengal

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MD 2002 Playoff 3

  1. Earning a place in the highest circle of Dante’s Inferno; he was a towering figure in Arab-Islamic thought; born in 1126. He emphasized that there is no incompatibility between religion and philosophy when they are properly understood. Name this man; who; in the Western world; was recognized early on as the Commentator of Aristotle.
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Ibn Rushd (accept Averroes )

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  1. Born in 1907; this artist began painting in 1925; and for much of her life was married to Diego Riviera. The dominant theme in much of her art is physical pain; as she suffered a streetcar accident at a young age. Name this great Mexican artist; the subject of a recent biopic.
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Frida Kahlo

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  1. Associated with the subtropical anti-cyclone; they feature the large-scale descent of high-altitude currents to the Earth’s surface; and the resulting areas of general high pressure. Winds are light and the weather is hot and dry - resulting in the presence of deserts in most of their areas. Name these two belts of latitude at about 30º north and south; named for the solution of how Spanish sailors would lessen food shortages during these areas of slow travel.
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Horse latitudes (prompt on Calms of Cancer or Capricorn)

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MD 2002 Playoff 3

  1. Dropping out of college after just one semester; he joined Atari as a programmer in 1975. He later joined with Steve Wozniak and built a crude computer prototype - the first of millions the pair would produce. Name this cofounder of Apple Computer.
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Steve Jobs

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MD 2002 Playoff 3

  1. His father was a strong proponent of imperialism and domestic social reforms. Clearly; he did not inherit this strength of conviction. Name this British Prime Minister who in 1938 rashly declared peace in our time upon returning from Munich.
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Neville Chamberlain

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  1. In this work; Colonel Brandon and Willoughby seek the hands of the sisters possessing the titular qualities. Name this Jane Austen novel that concerns the Dashwood sisters.
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Sense and Sensibility

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  1. Although a self-avowed conservative and a Gulf War veteran; this man has become one of the harshest critics of President Bush’s plan to invade Iraq. Name this former UN weapons inspector who recently spoke at the University of Maryland.
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Scott Ritter

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  1. Although religious tensions were the underlying cause of the conflict; this event helped precipitate the Thirty Years War. Identify this 1618 incident in which Czech Protestants heaved two Catholic governors out the windows of Prague castle.
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The Defenestration of Prague

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  1. There are 2 known classes of these; alpha; beta; and gamma; and although they were first discovered in 1950; they couldn’t be put to practical use until advances in genetics allowed them to be mass-produced. Formed minutely by cells when they’re infected; name this group of proteins that impair growth and replication of an invading virus.
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Interferons

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  1. Receiving much praise for revitalizing Alcoa through careful handling of contentious labor issues; his tenure at his current post has been much less distinguished. He tactlessly stated that the demise of Enron is a shining example of capitalism at work; name this current Treasury Secretary.
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Paul O’Neill

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  1. Its main tributary is the Rukuru River; that feeds from Zambia; and its sole outlet is the Shire River; which leads to the Zambezi; and then the Indian Ocean. Part of the Great Rift Valley; it is Africa’s third largest lake. Name this lake bordered by Tanzania; Mozambique; and Malawi.
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Lake Nyasa (or Lake Malawi)

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MD 2002 Playoff 3

  1. Although recognizing the Christian state in the Levant; his rout of the Crusaders at Hittin ensured that Jerusalem remained under Muslim rule. Name this Kurdish military leader who fascinated Christendom with his battlefield brilliance and princely qualities.
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Saladin

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  1. Chiefly extracted from the Netherlands; certain lichens are ground and allowed to ferment with ammonia and potassium carbonate; resulting in naturally pink tablets or powder; that’s often then used as a coating for paper. Name this organic dye; whose active ingredient turns blue in alkali solutions; and red in acids.
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Litmus

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MD 2002 Playoff 3

ex. In 1977; Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis cleared the names of these two menial laborers. Name this pair whom many believe were wrongly condemned to death in 1927 due to strong anti-socialist sentiment.

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Sacco and Vanzetti

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