Senior Tournament Pack #13 Flashcards
Who directed and produced the movie “Citizen Kane”?
Orson Welles
What animal’s body does The Great Sphinx in Egypt have?
lion
Concrete, pyramid-shaped blocks nicknamed “dragon teeth” were used in WWII to stop what vehicles?
tanks
With a name coming from the Dutch for “thunder pipe”, what early firearm sprayed several balls or slugs
simultaneously at close range?
Blunderbuss
What Greek letter is generally used to represent wavelength?
lambda
What letter is used to represent the thermodynamic equilibrium constant?
K
What letter represents the unit for magnetic flux density?
T (for Tesla)
What religion is centred on the teachings of Joseph Smith?
Mormonism (or the Church of Latter Day Saints)
Following the death of Joseph Smith, who led the Mormons to Utah?
Brigham Young
Which Mormon game show contestant had a record 74-game win streak on “Jeopardy!”?
Ken Jennings
“The Book of Mormon” is a Broadway musical written by the creators of which animated comedy series?
South Park
Name 3 of the 5 populated unincorporated territories of the United States.
American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands
Which rebellion of 1900 saw xenophobic peasants try to end Western influence in China?
Boxer Rebellion
Which Roman gladiator famously led a failed slave revolt in the first century BC?
Spartacus
Louis Riel and which other Métis leader were the primary leaders of the 1885 Northwest Rebellion?
Gabriel Dumont
Hong Xiuquan (Shi-oo-chwan), who proclaimed himself as the younger brother of Jesus Christ, was the leader of which major mid-19th century Chinese rebellion?
Taiping Rebellion
Of what country is Queen Margrethe II the current monarch?
Denmark
Of what country is King Abdullah II the current monarch?
Jordan
Of what country is Prince Hans Adam II the current monarch?
Liechtenstein
Of what country is King Philippe the current monarch?
Belgium
Of what country is King Salman the current monarch?
Saudi Arabia
Of what country is King Muhammad VI the current monarch?
Morocco
Of what country is King Felipe VI the current monarch?
Spain
Of what country is King Harald V the current monarch?
Norway
What golden flower that can grow to be nearly two meters tall was worshipped by the Inca as an image of god?
sunflower
What gas makes up nearly 80% of the air in theEarth’s lower atmosphere?
nitrogen
In “The Wizard of Oz,” what characteristic does the lion lack?
courage
What type of object did Benjamin Franklin invent in 1752 after his famous experiment with a
kite, a key and lightning?
lightning rod
What famous Hollywood movie actor and dancer was the male lead in the movie “Singin’ in the Rain”?
Gene Kelly
According to Gresham’s Law of Economics, what drives out good money?
bad money
Stamps from what nation bear the inscription HRVATSKA?
Croatia
Which of the following expressions represents the largest number: 2 cubed, 3 squared,
or 8?
3 squared
Differentiate the following function: f(x) = 3
0
Differentiate the following function: f(x) = 0.5 x squared - x + 42
x -1
Differentiate the following function: f(x) = 2x times sin(x)
2sin(x) + 2x times cos(x)
Differentiate the following function: f(x) = (x squared - 16) divided by x + 4
1
I had been absent many times while I was studying at Cambridge but I still earned my Master’s Degree in the Arts there for writing after the intercession of the Privy Council, after declaring that I was working “on matters touching the benefit of his country.” I was arrested for heresy, and was released shortly afterwards, on the condition that I report to an
officer of the court. Despite my popularity, I was stabbed to death in 1593 by Ingram Frizer. Some of my works include “Edward the Second”, “The Massacre at Paris”, and “The Tragicall History of Doctor Faustus”. I am considered to be a heavy influence on William Shakespeare’s work, specifically influencing his
“The Merchant of Venice” and “Richard II”. I was the pre-eminent playwright of Elizabethan England until my
death. Who am I?
Christopher Marlowe
Although he studied and served as an MP in Saskatchewan, John Diefenbaker was born and died in which province?
Ontario
Which Canadian province celebrated a 500th
anniversary in 1997?
Newfoundland
Name one of the two Canadian provinces without a registered international airport.
Saskatchewan or Prince Edward Island
In the spring of 1997, to which province were Canadian military forces deployed on a humanitarian mission?
Manitoba
The Emperor species of what bird can reach a standing height of 4 feet?
penguin
The name of what small, sharp-beaked bird is also slang for a New Zealander?
kiwi
What Australian bird resembles an ostrich but is smaller and has rudimentary wings?
emu
What South American bird also resembles an ostrich but has three toes instead of the ostrich’s two?
rhea
What word is formed from the words for a style or fashion (4 letters), plus a pigpen (3 letters)?
modesty (mode + sty)
What word is formed from the words for a word expressing refusal (3 letters), plus frozen water (3 letters)?
notice (not + ice)
What word is formed from a word that you yell when you give up (5 letters), plus an indefinite article (2 letters)
unclean (uncle + an)
What word is formed from a word for a small morsel of bread (5 letters), plus the past tense of “lead” (3 letters)?
crumbled (crumb + led)
Lower Saxony, Thuringia and Rhineland-Palatinate are all states of which modern day country?
Germany
In what year was the German Empire proclaimed in Versailles?
1871
Who is the current president of Germany?
Frank-Walter Steinmeier
What is the name of the comprehensive exam that German, Estonian, and Lithuanian students must pass in order to attend a university?
Abitur
In what strait are the Diomede Islands located?
Bering Strait
What strait separates Prince Edward Island from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia?
Northumberland Strait
In medical terminology, what does the abbreviation p.r.n. mean?
as needed (pro re nata)
Coming from the French word for feathers on anarrow, empennage also refers to what part of an airplane?
the tail (provided stability as feathers do an arrow)
To the nearest thousand, approximately how many chemicals can be found in cigarette smoke?
7000 (accept 6000-8000)
What was the name of Captain Hook’s ship in Peter Pan?
Jolly Roger
How many pieces does each player start with ina game of checkers?
12
What is 12 times 7?
84
Which was the last Canadian province to grant women the vote?
Quebec
What was the title of the first screen adventure of Ian Fleming’s secret agent 007?
Dr. No
Known as “The Star-Spangled Banner”, who wrotethe lyrics of the American national anthem?
Francis Scott Key
The lyrics to “The Star-Spangled Banner” come from a poem by Key about the bombardment of which
American fort during the War of 1812?
Fort McHenry
In what 20th century decade did Congress finally resolve to make “The Star-Spangled Banner” the national
anthem of the United States?
1930s
Name the series of U.S. space missions that eventually put men on the moon in the late 1960s and early ’70s.
Apollo
The god Apollo slew a great dragon at what became the village of Delphi. Delphi sits at the base of what
mountain in Greece?
(Mount) Parnassus
In the movie Rocky, what ex-football player played the part of ex-champion Apollo Creed?
Carl Weathers
Back to space for a moment. What was the number of the last Apollo moon mission, in December of 1972?
(Apollo) 17
What letter must be added to the beginning of a word meaning “the overhanging lower edges of a roof”, to
create a second word meaning “plural of leaf”?
L (eaves and leaves)
What letter must be added to the beginning of a word meaning “a curved or angular piece of metal,for
catching, pulling, or suspending something”, to create a second word meaning “emotionally unsettled”?
S (hook and shook)
What letter must be added to the beginning of a word meaning “a sweet, juicy fruit, usually pointed at the stem
and rounded at the bottom”, to create a second word meaning “an early weapon consisting of a sharp metal head on
a wooden shaft, used for thrusting or throwing”?
S (pear and spear)
I am a type of two-dimensional mathematical curve. I am the locus of points, the sum of whose distances from two fixed points is constant. I am a conic section. I have a major axis and a minor axis. I am useful in describing the orbits of planets around the Sun. What am I?
ellipse
In what province would you find Lake Diefenbaker?
Saskatchewan
Which famous Hollywood actress of “Pretty Woman” fame made her Broadway stage debut in the spring of
2006?
Julia Roberts
What do the Inuit call their language?
Inuktitut
What is the more everyday name for a diurnal insect of the genus Lepidoptera whose species include Painted
Lady and Birdwing?
butterfly
In a popular Roald Dahl story, a boy named James lives inside the pit of what giant fruit?
peach
What recreational sport tests one’s endurance along the 802 km Bruce Trail?
hiking (or walking)
Where is a rattlesnake’s rattle located?
on its tail
Athos, Porthos, and Aramis are main charactersin which famous novel?
The Three Musketeers
What dog breed, known to the French as the ‘Chien de Saint-Hubert’ has approximately 300 million smell receptors?
bloodhound
In what country would I find the Maori people?
New Zealand
A football is called the old pigskin because original footballs were made from what inflated pig organ?
bladder
Joey, Johnny, Tommy and Dee Dee are the name of four fellows who formed what punk group during the
1970s and 1980s?
The Ramones
Which Italian poet’s best-known work is “Orlando Furioso”?
Ludovico Ariosto
What subspecies of zebra was hunted to extinction in the 19th century?
quagga
In countries that celebrate May Day as a holiday, what do participants traditionally dance around?
(May)pole
Which strait separates Labrador from Newfoundland?
Strait of Belle Isle
