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181604-first | 181,604 | 69,497 | quizdb.org | Iara Lee managed to smuggle out footage from this event. Kate Greghart was tasered while attempting to photograph it from onboard the Challenger 1. | Iara Lee managed to smuggle out footage from this event. Kate Greghart was tasered while attempting to photograph it from onboard the Challenger 1. One person killed in this event was a member of the Felicity Party. The attackers in this event released a series of 20 videos showing soldiers being attacked with metal pipes. Officially known as Operation Sea Breeze or Operation Sky Winds, this event saw the discovery of several weapons on the Mavi Marmara. The United States refused a request from Benjamin Netanyahu to veto any condemnation of Israel after this event. For 10 points, name this 2010 event in which Israeli Defense Forces seized several humanitarian aid vessels headed for Gaza. | Iara Lee managed to smuggle out footage from this event. Kate Greghart was tasered while attempting to photograph it from onboard the Challenger 1. | -1 | -1 | [
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181605-first | 181,605 | 69,496 | quizdb.org | Georg Nagel isolated one of these proteins from Chlamydomonas which is linked to a nonspecific cation channel. | Georg Nagel isolated one of these proteins from Chlamydomonas which is linked to a nonspecific cation channel. Deisseroth's group switched out the intracellular domain of one of these proteins with an adrenergic receptor, creating OptoXR. Those proteins, known as the "channel-" type, are commonly used in optogenetics, while the "bacterio" type is used as a proton pump. This protein, when activated, decreases the concentration of cyclic GMP via the activation of transducin. Its cofactor changes into an all-trans state upon activation of this protein; that cofactor originally adopts an 11-cis confirmation and is known as retinal. For 10 points, name this transmembrane protein found in photoreceptor cells, responsible for converting light energy to cellular signals. | Georg Nagel isolated one of these proteins from Chlamydomonas which is linked to a nonspecific cation channel. | -1 | -1 | [
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181606-first | 181,606 | 69,495 | quizdb.org | This politician advanced the idea of his nation as the "Empire of Liberty", and one of his letters states that there should be a "Wall of Separation" between church and state. | This politician advanced the idea of his nation as the "Empire of Liberty", and one of his letters states that there should be a "Wall of Separation" between church and state. One of the more poetical images this politician created was that of "the tree of liberty" which "must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." He wrote an encyclopedic work that contains his racist views on the inferiority of African-Americans despite his belief in integration. In addition to writing Notes on the State of Virginia, he signed the Embargo Act but he might be better known for designing his estate in the style of Andrea Palladio's buildings. | This politician advanced the idea of his nation as the "Empire of Liberty", and one of his letters states that there should be a "Wall of Separation" between church and state. | -1 | -1 | [
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181607-first | 181,607 | 69,494 | quizdb.org | This poet wrote of how an old drunken sailor "Catches Tigers / in red weather" in a poem where "the houses are haunted / by white night-gowns. | This poet wrote of how an old drunken sailor "Catches Tigers / in red weather" in a poem where "the houses are haunted / by white night-gowns." In another work, this author described "the maker's rage to order the words of the sea." This author of "Disillusionment of Ten O'Clock" wrote of a woman who sits at home, relaxing in "Complacencies of the peignoir" rather than going to church, and in another of his poems, the wilderness rises up to the title object, which is "Like nothing else in Tennessee." This author of "Sunday Morning" and "Anecdote of the Jar" wrote a sardonic poem about the funeral of a nameless woman which begins "Call out the roller of big cigars." For 10 points, name this American poet of "The Emperor of Ice-Cream." | This poet wrote of how an old drunken sailor "Catches Tigers / in red weather" in a poem where "the houses are haunted / by white night-gowns. | -1 | -1 | [
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181608-first | 181,608 | 69,493 | quizdb.org | This person wrote several articles under the pen name of Ralph Robinson. | This person wrote several articles under the pen name of Ralph Robinson. Margaret Nicholson was among the attempted assassins of this person, who appointed John Stuart, the Earl of Bute, as Prime Minister. This monarch, mocked by John Wilkes, later refused to support a repeal of the Papists Act as desired by Lord George Gordon. In a conflict which took place during the ministry of Lord North, this king was described as having "affected to render the military independent of and superior to the civil power." Porphyria is speculated to have caused his famous madness. For 10 points, name this king of England whose reign saw the Napoleonic Wars and the American Revolution. | This person wrote several articles under the pen name of Ralph Robinson. | -1 | -1 | [
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181609-first | 181,609 | 69,492 | quizdb.org | Adding two of these chemical groups to morphine results in heroin, and some people are unable to quickly add this chemical group to isoniazid, making normal doses of that drug fatal. | Adding two of these chemical groups to morphine results in heroin, and some people are unable to quickly add this chemical group to isoniazid, making normal doses of that drug fatal. The NatB complex is responsible for adding this chemical group to several proteins' N-terminal ends. Sodium butyrate inhibits the removal of this chemical group, and adding it to tubulin is one mechanism of increasing cell motility. It is typically added to lysine residues of histones in order to facilitate transcription by HATs, and it is removed from those proteins by HDACs. It can be added to aromatic systems via the Friedel-Crafts acylation using a two-carbon acyl chloride. Adding it to salicylic acid creates aspirin. For 10 points, name this group with formula COCH3, a methyl single-bonded to a carbonyl. | Adding two of these chemical groups to morphine results in heroin, and some people are unable to quickly add this chemical group to isoniazid, making normal doses of that drug fatal. | -1 | -1 | [
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181610-first | 181,610 | 69,491 | quizdb.org | This author wrote a sonnet describing how his "blood flows out in waves like a fountain that gushes in rhythmical sobs. | This author wrote a sonnet describing how his "blood flows out in waves like a fountain that gushes in rhythmical sobs." This author wrote another poem describing how the titular creature has "great white wings [that] drag beside them like oars." In addition to "The Fountain of Blood" and "The Albatross," the most well known work of this man has a preface that ends "He dreams of the gallows in the gaze of his hookah." This author wrote many poems about "ennui," such as the one addressed "To the Reader." Those poems can be found in a work with sections like "Revolt," "Wine," and the "Spleen and Ideal." For 10 points, identify this French poet of Les Fleurs du Mal. | This author wrote a sonnet describing how his "blood flows out in waves like a fountain that gushes in rhythmical sobs. | -1 | -1 | [
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181611-first | 181,611 | 69,490 | quizdb.org | John Bly and Charles Rose were the only two men hanged for their role in this event. | John Bly and Charles Rose were the only two men hanged for their role in this event. Governor Bowdoin drew up a Riot Act suspending habeas corpus to deal with this conflict. General Benjamin Lincoln led an army that killed three rebels in this conflict and prevented the Springfield Armory from being taken. Henry Knox told one of the state officials trying to suppress it that the federal government could not intervene because Congress was not in session. It ended at Petersham and those involved were pardoned within a year by Governor Hancock. For 10 points, identify this uprising by a Massachusetts soldier which illustrated the flaws of the Articles of Confederation. | John Bly and Charles Rose were the only two men hanged for their role in this event. | -1 | -1 | [
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181612-first | 181,612 | 69,489 | quizdb.org | One disease resulting from mutations in this protein causes destruction of small blood vessels in the kidneys and is called Alport Syndrome. | One disease resulting from mutations in this protein causes destruction of small blood vessels in the kidneys and is called Alport Syndrome. It possesses repeating Glycine-X-Y motifs with the glycine facing the inside. Mutations in one type of this substance cause osteogenesis imperfecta, and its synthesis is inhibited by a low intake of Vitamin C, leading to scurvy. This fibrous glycoprotein forms a triple helix and is characterized by high tensile strength, and their mineralized form makes up bone matrix. For 10 points, name this most abundant protein in mammals, which makes up connective tissue. | One disease resulting from mutations in this protein causes destruction of small blood vessels in the kidneys and is called Alport Syndrome. | -1 | -1 | [
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181613-first | 181,613 | 69,488 | quizdb.org | This man's government released a series of 7 points, including "realizing comprehensive, direct, and two-way three links" in the May 17 statement. | This man's government released a series of 7 points, including "realizing comprehensive, direct, and two-way three links" in the May 17 statement. This ruler promulgated a moral code known as the Eight Honors and Eight Shames, and during this man's tenure the slang term "River Crab" has been used as a byword for censorship, since it sounds similar to this official's idea of a "Harmonious Society". This leader's nation recently saw the World Expo, and early in his tenure the Golden Shield Project was fully implemented; that effort, also known as "The Great Firewall", was an extensive internet censorship mechanism. This leader was praised for his handling of the SARS crisis with more openness than his country's government is known for. For 10 points, name this successor of Jiang Zemin, the current president of China. | This man's government released a series of 7 points, including "realizing comprehensive, direct, and two-way three links" in the May 17 statement. | -1 | -1 | [
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181614-first | 181,614 | 69,487 | quizdb.org | This subject is shown sitting in a wheelchair next to a portrait of Doctor Farrill in one work. | This subject is shown sitting in a wheelchair next to a portrait of Doctor Farrill in one work. One portrait of this figure depicts a circular window on the forehead of the main subject, which contains a skull, while another depiction shows the subject on a bed, naked, next to floating organs. A tree grows out of the subject in this artist's | This subject is shown sitting in a wheelchair next to a portrait of Doctor Farrill in one work. | -1 | -1 | [
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181615-first | 181,615 | 69,486 | quizdb.org | This novel's preface ends with a poem that claims "For sure thy smiles are Fame" and is addressed to Lady Mary Coke. | This novel's preface ends with a poem that claims "For sure thy smiles are Fame" and is addressed to Lady Mary Coke. In its first chapter, a peasant is put underneath the casque of a court without food after being accused a necromancer. At one point, a portrait of the protagonist's grandfather gives out a long sigh, and at another point the Knight of the Gigantic Sabre arrives at the titular place. Central to the plot is how Alfonso the Good was poisoned years earlier, when he was ruler of the titular Italian polity. Inspired by its author's estate Strawberry Hill, it begins with Manfred's son Conrad being crushed by a gigantic helmet. For 10 points identify this Gothic novel written by Horace Walpole. | This novel's preface ends with a poem that claims "For sure thy smiles are Fame" and is addressed to Lady Mary Coke. | -1 | -1 | [
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181616-first | 181,616 | 69,485 | quizdb.org | Smorovsky et. al. have argued for the broadening of cloud bands on this body as evidence of changing seasons. | Smorovsky et. al. have argued for the broadening of cloud bands on this body as evidence of changing seasons. Certain objects which are not controlled by orbital resonance with this body are called cubewanos. Its existence was first hypothesized by Alexis Bouvard, and Urbain Le Verrier was the first to calculate its position. One of its satellites features 'canteloupe terrain' and exhibits cryovolcanism. It features the strongest winds of any planet, with speeds of up to 2,000 km/hr measured around the Great Dark Spot. For 10 points, name this body whose largest satellite is Triton, and is now the outermost planet in the solar system. | Smorovsky et. al. have argued for the broadening of cloud bands on this body as evidence of changing seasons. | -1 | -1 | [
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181617-first | 181,617 | 69,484 | quizdb.org | A 1970 book by Ivan Illich argues that these institutions encourage their members to confuse process for substance. | A 1970 book by Ivan Illich argues that these institutions encourage their members to confuse process for substance. A. S. Neill founded a radical English one named Summerhill, which helped inspire John Holt to found the movement encouraging people to find alternatives to these institutions. These places are the subject of Jonathan Kozol's books The Shame of the Nation and Savage Inequalities, and were strongly criticized for their perceived mediocrity in the 1983 report A Nation at Risk. Progressive methods used in these places include the Jigsaw technique, block scheduling, and the Montessori method. For 10 points, name these places where children are educated. | A 1970 book by Ivan Illich argues that these institutions encourage their members to confuse process for substance. | -1 | -1 | [
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181618-first | 181,618 | 69,483 | quizdb.org | In one of this book's last chapters, one character learns that prophecies written in Sanskrit will become readable when they are a century old. | In one of this book's last chapters, one character learns that prophecies written in Sanskrit will become readable when they are a century old. Another chapter describes the residents of a town putting labels on everyday objects, culminating with a sign that reads "God Exists" after they all get insomnia. The opening scene of this novel sees a member of the central group at a firing squad recall his father discovering ice with him. Later on, the beautiful Remedios ascends to heaven while in the midst of folding laundry. For 10 points, name this novel that traces the Buendia family's progress while in Macondo, the masterpiece of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. | In one of this book's last chapters, one character learns that prophecies written in Sanskrit will become readable when they are a century old. | -1 | -1 | [
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181619-first | 181,619 | 69,482 | quizdb.org | Foreign policy actions taken during this man's reign include the dissolution of Manzzini's Roman Republic and the restoration of Pope Pius IX, despite this ruler's earlier sympathies for Italian nationalism. | Foreign policy actions taken during this man's reign include the dissolution of Manzzini's Roman Republic and the restoration of Pope Pius IX, despite this ruler's earlier sympathies for Italian nationalism. Another of this man's programs modernized his capital under the direction of Baron Haussmann. This ruler also militarily supported the claim of Maximilian I to the Mexican throne, until the ultimate defeat of monarchist and French forces at the 1862 Battle of Puebla. In 1870, following the French defeat at Sedan in the Franco-Prussian War, he was deposed. For 10 points name this man the first president of the French Republic and last Emperor of France, reigning from 1851 until 1870. | Foreign policy actions taken during this man's reign include the dissolution of Manzzini's Roman Republic and the restoration of Pope Pius IX, despite this ruler's earlier sympathies for Italian nationalism. | -1 | -1 | [
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181620-first | 181,620 | 69,481 | quizdb.org | This man is the subject of Nancy Newhall's biography The Eloquent Light, whom he had earlier collaborated with on the book | This man is the subject of Nancy Newhall's biography The Eloquent Light, whom he had earlier collaborated with on the book These We Inherit. With folks like Eliot Porter and Philip Hyde, he set Robinson Jeffers's poetry to artwork in his Not Man Apart. Some of his works are inspired by people he met at Manzanar. The work of Hurter and Driffield influence a scale he developed that ranged from 0 to 10, representing "pure black" to "pure white", known as his Zone System. He collaborated with Edward Weston and Imogen Cunningham, and his work also includes environmental efforts like directing the Sierra Club. This organizer of F/64 is best known for black and white works like "Moon and Half Dome." For 10 points, name this photographer best known for his depictions of American nature, such as Yosemite Park. | This man is the subject of Nancy Newhall's biography The Eloquent Light, whom he had earlier collaborated with on the book | -1 | -1 | [
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181621-first | 181,621 | 69,480 | quizdb.org | This country's highest waterfall is the Sutherland Falls, while its easternmost point can be found on a group of islands called The Forty-Fours. | This country's highest waterfall is the Sutherland Falls, while its easternmost point can be found on a group of islands called The Forty-Fours. The most recent edition of the Corruption Perceptions Index claims it is the least corrupt country in the world. Its Chatham Islands are found on its border with the Pacific Ocean, and pohutukawa trees are native to this country. Volcanoes in this country include Taranaki and Ruapehu. This country's tallest mountain is the Aoraki and is situated in its Southern Alps. The Maori represent approximately ten percent of the population of this country, whose large cities include Christchurch and Auckland. For 10 points, identify this nation with a capital at Wellington. | This country's highest waterfall is the Sutherland Falls, while its easternmost point can be found on a group of islands called The Forty-Fours. | -1 | -1 | [
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181622-first | 181,622 | 69,479 | quizdb.org | The radial part of the state vector for this system is given by a Laguerre polynomial while the angular portion is given by the spherical harmonics. | The radial part of the state vector for this system is given by a Laguerre polynomial while the angular portion is given by the spherical harmonics. Hyperfine splitting in it results in the 21-cm line, and solving this system requires separating the radial, angular, and azimuthal parts of the Schrodinger Equation. It produces series of lines such as the Paschen, Balmer, and Lyman series, whose energy is proportional to the difference of one over n-squared as given by the Rydberg formula. For 10 points, name this quantum mechanical system which is accurately described by the Bohr Model and consists of one proton and one neutron. | The radial part of the state vector for this system is given by a Laguerre polynomial while the angular portion is given by the spherical harmonics. | -1 | -1 | [
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181623-first | 181,623 | 69,478 | quizdb.org | The Mirror and the Lamp claims that one of this philosopher's works is a bildungsroman. | The Mirror and the Lamp claims that one of this philosopher's works is a bildungsroman. One work by this man posits "sense-certainty" instead of sense-data, and makes his first principle the "ethical rider." That work by this man follows the titular construct as it progresses towards "absolute knowledge" including a trip through the master and slave struggle for recognition. In addition to writing Elements of the Philosophy of Right, this man formulated a way of improvement that comes about by moving between a thesis and an antithesis. For 10 points, name this German philosopher of The Phenomenology of Spirit who proposed a namesake dialectic. | The Mirror and the Lamp claims that one of this philosopher's works is a bildungsroman. | -1 | -1 | [
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181624-first | 181,624 | 69,477 | quizdb.org | Three perpetrators of this action assumed the identities of customs officials immediately before it, while their leader took the codename Apis and was sentenced to death in the Salonika trial. | Three perpetrators of this action assumed the identities of customs officials immediately before it, while their leader took the codename Apis and was sentenced to death in the Salonika trial. One perpetrator failed to commit suicide by swallowing a cyanide pill and jumping into a four-inch deep river. | Three perpetrators of this action assumed the identities of customs officials immediately before it, while their leader took the codename Apis and was sentenced to death in the Salonika trial. | -1 | -1 | [
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181625-first | 181,625 | 69,476 | quizdb.org | This author's daughter Lisa has written the novel Skinner's Drift while his wife Sheila has written Rite of Passage. | This author's daughter Lisa has written the novel Skinner's Drift while his wife Sheila has written Rite of Passage. One of this author's works sees the pastor Marius Byleveld come help Miss Helen, who has created a bunch of sculptures that point to the titular holy site, while another of his works features two character arguing whether Jesus Christ is a "Man of Magnitude." In that drama, Sam and Willie begin talking about a ballroom dance, only for the title character, Hally, to come and interrupt them. Many of this author's works are set in Port Elizabeth, critiquing the injustices of apartheid. For 10 points, name this South African dramatist of Master Harold... and the Boys. | This author's daughter Lisa has written the novel Skinner's Drift while his wife Sheila has written Rite of Passage. | -1 | -1 | [
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181627-first | 181,627 | 69,474 | quizdb.org | The Tysganenko mode describes this phenomenon, and the strength of this phenomenon at a particular distance from its origin is described by the McIlwain L-parameter. | The Tysganenko mode describes this phenomenon, and the strength of this phenomenon at a particular distance from its origin is described by the McIlwain L-parameter. Courtillot was the first to measure "jerks" in this phenomenon, while the K-index is used to measure other disturbances in this phenomenon. Anomalies in this phenomenon include the South Atlantic Anomaly and the Kursk Anomaly, and every few million years it undergoes reversals, which can be seen in the geological record. Its shape is dictated partially by its interaction with the solar wind. For 10 points, name this phenomenon which arises due to currents in the outer core, whose strength is on the order of microteslas. | The Tysganenko mode describes this phenomenon, and the strength of this phenomenon at a particular distance from its origin is described by the McIlwain L-parameter. | -1 | -1 | [
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181628-first | 181,628 | 69,473 | quizdb.org | In this play, two characters reminisce about past Tottenham Villa games and debate where they could be playing now. | In this play, two characters reminisce about past Tottenham Villa games and debate where they could be playing now. One character rants over a newspaper article about an old man who crawled under a lorry, and later repeats his speech almost verbatim. An offstage lavatory flushes ominously throughout this play, and two characters debate whether "light the kettle" actually means "light the gas." | In this play, two characters reminisce about past Tottenham Villa games and debate where they could be playing now. | -1 | -1 | [
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181629-first | 181,629 | 69,472 | quizdb.org | Members of this religion must recite a short obligatory prayer and a long obligatory prayer once a day, and a medium-length obligatory prayer three times a day. | Members of this religion must recite a short obligatory prayer and a long obligatory prayer once a day, and a medium-length obligatory prayer three times a day. The founder of this religion wrote The Epistle to the Son of the Wolf. Adam, Krishna, and Muhammad are three of the ten Great Manifestations of God in this religion. In this religion, the title of Guardian of the Cause of God was held by Shoghi Effendi. A proponent of an early form of this religion adopted a title meaning "gate", the Bab. This religion's doctrine was laid out in the Book of Certitude. This religion is governed from the Universal House of Justice in Haifa, and it is represented by a nine-pointed star. For 10 points, name this religion founded by Baha'u'llah. | Members of this religion must recite a short obligatory prayer and a long obligatory prayer once a day, and a medium-length obligatory prayer three times a day. | -1 | -1 | [
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181630-first | 181,630 | 69,471 | quizdb.org | One movement of this work features the keyboard cycling through C, D Flat, D and E Flat, transposing notes as they go. | One movement of this work features the keyboard cycling through C, D Flat, D and E Flat, transposing notes as they go. A different movement of this work sees two violins alternate between high and low notes to imitate one of the titular figures' up and down motion. In addition to the "Pianists" section, another movement of this work sees the titular entities represented by the rattling of a xylophone. The most famous movement is for solo cello and two pianos and represents the title creature gliding over the water. For 10 points, identify this 14-movement suite with movements like "Fossils," "Aquarium," and "The Swan," a work by Camille Saint-Saens. | One movement of this work features the keyboard cycling through C, D Flat, D and E Flat, transposing notes as they go. | -1 | -1 | [
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181631-first | 181,631 | 69,470 | quizdb.org | A group at Penn State recently created sheets of graphene from silicon carbide using this process. | A group at Penn State recently created sheets of graphene from silicon carbide using this process. The primary drying phase of lyophilization occurs via this process since the pressure of the sample is lowered, and in most laboratory syntheses of ferrocene, the final product is purified using this process. Napthalene undergoes this process at room temperature, and in most laboratory apparatuses for performing this technique, it occurs on the surface of a cold finger. This process occurs at pressures and temperatures less than the triple point, and the enthalpy of this process is the sum of the enthalpies of fusion and vaporization. The opposite of deposition, for 10 points, name this process that occurs in solid iodine and dry ice, the direct transformation of a solid to a gas. | A group at Penn State recently created sheets of graphene from silicon carbide using this process. | -1 | -1 | [
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181632-first | 181,632 | 69,469 | quizdb.org | The museum named after this natural feature is currently offering workships on aridity to its teachers. | The museum named after this natural feature is currently offering workships on aridity to its teachers. This desert is home to the wait-a-minute tree, whose scientific name honors Josiah Gregg, who has written about this desert. The desert bighorn sheep can be found in and around this region, which is why the Cabeza Prieta Wildlife Refuge was established here. Mount Kofa and Mount Catalina are two mountains in this desert, which is also home to some parts of the Gila and Colorado River. Also home to Saguaro National Park, it is named for a Mexican State. For 10 points, identify this desert that sprawls across Baja California, California and Arizona, a large North American desert. | The museum named after this natural feature is currently offering workships on aridity to its teachers. | -1 | -1 | [
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181633-first | 181,633 | 69,468 | quizdb.org | One character in this novel learns that the title character purchased a house near a spring at Auteuil from his enemy Lord Wilmore. | One character in this novel learns that the title character purchased a house near a spring at Auteuil from his enemy Lord Wilmore. In this novel, Benedetto falls down a chimney while trying to evade some gendarmes. That portion of this novel sees the protagonist employ Bertuccio. His former lover married Fernand Mondego and produced the son Albert de Morcerf. This novel ends with the protagonist sailing into the sunset with Haydee after revealing to his friend Maximilien Morrel that Valentine is not dead. He | One character in this novel learns that the title character purchased a house near a spring at Auteuil from his enemy Lord Wilmore. | -1 | -1 | [
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181634-first | 181,634 | 69,467 | quizdb.org | This concept's two main divisions are realis and irrealis, the former of which includes the "energetic" one. | This concept's two main divisions are realis and irrealis, the former of which includes the "energetic" one. This concept is considered one way to express another concept broken up into alethic and deontic types, and evidentiality was once treated as a subset of this category. Latin uses a more common one of these to represent the hortative and jussive ones for first and third person, respectively. Oddly, Greek used the optative one to express wishes. One of these has fallen into disuse in English and uses "were" in the singular, while another expresses commands. For 10 points, name this grammatical category, examples of which include imperative, subjunctive, and indicative. | This concept's two main divisions are realis and irrealis, the former of which includes the "energetic" one. | -1 | -1 | [
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181635-first | 181,635 | 69,466 | quizdb.org | James Mason notably had to read a speech drafted by the main opponent of this bill. | James Mason notably had to read a speech drafted by the main opponent of this bill. Henry Foote pulled a gun on another figure during the debate surrounding it. Thomas Hart Benton helped propose some of the territorial lines this bill required. It gave Texas 10 million dollars to fix its border near the Rio del Norte, and the Northern Whigs opposition to this bill was exemplified in one figures "Higher Law" speech. Opposition to this bill was spearheaded by Calhoun, but Senator Webster and Douglas modified Henry Clay's original proposition, leading to its passage. It was created to allow California to enter the Union as a Free State, and it also updated the Fugitive Slave Act. For 10 points, name this bill that prevented the Civil War from happening for another eleven years. | James Mason notably had to read a speech drafted by the main opponent of this bill. | -1 | -1 | [
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181636-first | 181,636 | 69,465 | quizdb.org | This group's leader inspired one author to write the Utopian work News from Nowhere, while one member of this group painted The Beguiling of Merlin, which can be found on the cover of A.S. Byatt's Possession. | This group's leader inspired one author to write the Utopian work News from Nowhere, while one member of this group painted The Beguiling of Merlin, which can be found on the cover of A.S. Byatt's Possession. One member of this group engraved the frame of one his paintings with a sonnet by Boccaccio; that work was a depiction of Fiametta. Another member depicted Jesus carrying a lantern and knocking at a door. Elizabeth Siddal served as the model for their paintings Ophelia | This group's leader inspired one author to write the Utopian work News from Nowhere, while one member of this group painted The Beguiling of Merlin, which can be found on the cover of A.S. Byatt's Possession. | -1 | -1 | [
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181637-first | 181,637 | 69,464 | quizdb.org | With Michelozzo, this man designed a marble work featuring three virtues in niches below a Madonna and Child in a gold lit half-lunette. | With Michelozzo, this man designed a marble work featuring three virtues in niches below a Madonna and Child in a gold lit half-lunette. That work is the Tomb of Antipope John XXII, which now is inside the Florence Baptistery. He was commissioned by the guild of the shoemakers to make a statue of St. Philip for the Orsanmichele, but they gave the job to his student Nanni di Banco instead. This man famously screamed "Speak" at a depiction of the prophet Habbakuk, known as his Zuccone. The main square of Padua contains his sculpture that depicts Erasmo of Narni, called his Gattamelata. For 10 points, identify this Renaissance sculptor of a David that is not by Bernini or Michelangelo. | With Michelozzo, this man designed a marble work featuring three virtues in niches below a Madonna and Child in a gold lit half-lunette. | -1 | -1 | [
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181638-first | 181,638 | 69,463 | quizdb.org | One of this author's characters is instructed by his father to curse Mr. Wakem in the family Bible. | One of this author's characters is instructed by his father to curse Mr. Wakem in the family Bible. In the novel featuring that character, Tom gives his sister a fishing a rod at its beginning, leading her to forget about his rabbits. In another work by this author, Rosamind Vincy sets her sights on the newly arrived medical student Tertius Lydgate, who seeks funds from Bulstrode. In addition to a novel that ends with Maggie Tulliver and her brother drowning, her most notable novel chronicles the protagonist's life before and after the death of Edward Casaubon, and focuses on Will Ladislaw and Dorothea Brooke. For 10 points, name this author of The Mill on the Floss and Middlemarch. | One of this author's characters is instructed by his father to curse Mr. Wakem in the family Bible. | -1 | -1 | [
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181639-first | 181,639 | 69,462 | quizdb.org | One system set up during this period forced family members to be left as hostages when the head of the family was not at the capital. | One system set up during this period forced family members to be left as hostages when the head of the family was not at the capital. That system was the sankin tokai or alternate attendance. The namesake of this period of time had troops besiege Wakayama Castle during his siege on Osaka. In the court of this government, one figure drew his sword against Lord Kira, causing Lord Asano to commit seppuku, leading to the death of forty-seven ronin. This government was created after the defeat of Ishida Mitsunari at the Battle of Sekigahara, which was sparked by the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. For 10 points, identify this period of time following the Ashikaga shogunate, a shogunate formed by Ieyasu. | One system set up during this period forced family members to be left as hostages when the head of the family was not at the capital. | -1 | -1 | [
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181640-first | 181,640 | 69,461 | quizdb.org | This man defeated Isaac Dukas at the castle of Kantaras, and several months earlier, he attacked the city of Messina in order to secure the release of his sister Joan from King Tancred of Sicily, but that attack also incited this man's brother into rebellion. | This man defeated Isaac Dukas at the castle of Kantaras, and several months earlier, he attacked the city of Messina in order to secure the release of his sister Joan from King Tancred of Sicily, but that attack also incited this man's brother into rebellion. While traveling through Vienna in disguise he was captured and imprisoned at the behest of Duke Leopold, and he died while attacking the castle of Chalus after a dispute over a gold deposit. With the help of Philip Augustus, this man captured Acre, but after failing to capture Jerusalem, he agreed to a three-year truce with Saladin, ending the Third Crusade. For 10 points, name this English king and brother of John Lackland, nicknamed for his courage. | This man defeated Isaac Dukas at the castle of Kantaras, and several months earlier, he attacked the city of Messina in order to secure the release of his sister Joan from King Tancred of Sicily, but that attack also incited this man's brother into rebellion. | -1 | -1 | [
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181641-first | 181,641 | 69,460 | quizdb.org | One mission in this game requires you to destroy three jammers while flying over New Alexandria, and in another early mission the protagonists defend Sword Base from an assault. | One mission in this game requires you to destroy three jammers while flying over New Alexandria, and in another early mission the protagonists defend Sword Base from an assault. The protagonists also use a Sabre to engage the corvette Long Night of Solace above the planet in another mission. During this game, Catherine Halsey manages to decrypt data from the Babd Catha Forerunner Complex while under the protection of the protagonists. In the final stage of this game, the player character, a member of Noble Team, is left behind after the Pillar of Autumn escapes, and is killed as the Covenant takes over the title planet. For 10 points, name this 2010 release from Bungie, the latest game in the Halo franchise. | One mission in this game requires you to destroy three jammers while flying over New Alexandria, and in another early mission the protagonists defend Sword Base from an assault. | -1 | -1 | [
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181642-first | 181,642 | 69,459 | quizdb.org | This nation is home to translator Claude Pasteur and the Baron of Teive, who wrote The Education of a Stoic. | This nation is home to translator Claude Pasteur and the Baron of Teive, who wrote The Education of a Stoic. One character from this nation reads Herbert Quain's The God of the Labyrinth and is based on the author of The Book of Disquiet. In addition to Ricardo Reis, another author from this nation described the mass media event of the government trying to use concrete to plug a hole in the Pyrenees after Iberia breaks off from Europe. Another novel by that author from this nation follows the Doctor's Wife, who is not afflicted with the titular condition. For 10 points, name this country home to the author of The Stone Raft and Blindness, Jose Saramago. | This nation is home to translator Claude Pasteur and the Baron of Teive, who wrote The Education of a Stoic. | -1 | -1 | [
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181643-first | 181,643 | 69,458 | quizdb.org | One story from this myth system tells of an enchanter who animates a bunch of trees to fight for him. | One story from this myth system tells of an enchanter who animates a bunch of trees to fight for him. This mythology also tells of a race of beings that have sharp hearing called the Coraniaids, who are involved in the first of three plagues. In one of their stories, a giant lies down across a river and quote the proverb "He that would be a leader, let him be a bridge." That character's head is later cut off, but continues to speak. Charlotte Guest translated a series of stories from this mythology, and in addition to a story about Bran, Lleu is turned into an eagle when his wife tricks him into standing with one foot on a goat and one on a cauldron in another story. One of their most iconic figures consumes three drops of a magic potion and becomes a legendary bard. For 10 points, name this myth system that includes figures like Rhiannon and Taliesin. | One story from this myth system tells of an enchanter who animates a bunch of trees to fight for him. | -1 | -1 | [
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181645-first | 181,645 | 69,456 | quizdb.org | Sloane and Plouffe defined the "super" version of this function, while the number of un-rooted binary trees with a given number of leaves can be found using the "double" version of this function. | Sloane and Plouffe defined the "super" version of this function, while the number of un-rooted binary trees with a given number of leaves can be found using the "double" version of this function. Brute-force-searching the travelling salesman problem can be done in big O of this function. This function can be approximated as equal to the square root of two pi n times n to the n divided by e to the n, a method devised by Stirling. This function, which is applied to p minus 1 in Wilson's theorem, is most commonly used to find the number of permutations of n objects. Generalized by the gamma function, for 10 points, name this function symbolized by an exclamation point, equal to the product of all integers between 1 and the operand. | Sloane and Plouffe defined the "super" version of this function, while the number of un-rooted binary trees with a given number of leaves can be found using the "double" version of this function. | -1 | -1 | [
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181646-first | 181,646 | 69,455 | quizdb.org | One movement of this work was based off the "March of the Judges" from the composer's first, unfinished opera. | One movement of this work was based off the "March of the Judges" from the composer's first, unfinished opera. This work's composer stated that his "overwhelming grief in the pangs of hopeless passion" is expressed in the violins in the opening Largo of this work. A cor anglais and an oboe represent two shepherds in its third movement, "Scene in the Fields." Another section of this work sees a flowing waltz interrupted by the idee fixe twice. That movement "A ball," accompanies movements like "Reveries and Passions," and "The Witches' Sabbath" in this work dedicated to Harriet Smithson. For 10 points, identify this programmatic work which depicts "an episode in the life of an artist," written by Hector Berlioz. | One movement of this work was based off the "March of the Judges" from the composer's first, unfinished opera. | -1 | -1 | [
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181647-first | 181,647 | 69,454 | quizdb.org | Positions held by this man included Prince of Benevento, a position he renounced when it was restored to the Papal States. | Positions held by this man included Prince of Benevento, a position he renounced when it was restored to the Papal States. He was removed from his position as the Bishop of Autun because he agreed with the Civil Constitution of the Clergy. Anthony Merry and this man opened a line of communication during the negotiation of the Treaty of Amiens, and he pushed for reorganization of the Holy Roman Empire into the Confederation of the Rhine. He was critical of the harsh provisions imposed on Prussia and Austria in the Treaties of Tilsit and Pressburg, and fell out of favor in the later part of Napoleon's reign. However, he later returned to favor under the restored Bourbon monarchy, and served as France's chief negotiator at the 1814 Congress of Vienna. FTP name this French diplomat and cockroach-like political survivor. | Positions held by this man included Prince of Benevento, a position he renounced when it was restored to the Papal States. | -1 | -1 | [
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181648-first | 181,648 | 69,453 | quizdb.org | Ivan Morris has made a study on the historical content of this novel, titled after the protagonist's "World," while a definitive translation of this novel has been made by Royall Tyler. | Ivan Morris has made a study on the historical content of this novel, titled after the protagonist's "World," while a definitive translation of this novel has been made by Royall Tyler. Part of this work is set nearby waterfalls whose lack of noise led some to believe it is under the spell of a sorceress. One chapter in this book sees its protagonist release a cloth bag of fireflies from his bag in the presence of a prince. A later blank chapter called "Hidden in the Clouds" suggests the death of the title character. | Ivan Morris has made a study on the historical content of this novel, titled after the protagonist's "World," while a definitive translation of this novel has been made by Royall Tyler. | -1 | -1 | [
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181649-first | 181,649 | 69,452 | quizdb.org | William Sydney Mount's School Boys Quarrelling was supposedly based on this painting. | William Sydney Mount's School Boys Quarrelling was supposedly based on this painting. A similarly titled work by Henry Fuseli shows an event that resulted in the founding of Switzerland. On the far right of this painting, a figure in a white dress and a blue headscarf leans on the shoulder of a woman in a blue and golden dress, while a woman in all blue consoles a pair of young children in the right background. The central figures in this work all wear silver helmets, and the one closest to the viewer holds a spear behind his back. The central figure in this painting wears a red cloak and peers upward, raising an open palm while the other holds three swords. For 10 points, identify this painting which depicts three brothers pledging to battle the Curiatii in a ritual duel, by Jacques-Louis David. | William Sydney Mount's School Boys Quarrelling was supposedly based on this painting. | -1 | -1 | [
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181650-first | 181,650 | 69,451 | quizdb.org | During it, Ezekiel's vision of the valley of dry bones is read, and some participants in this festival may take part in the "counting of the Omer," which continues after the conclusion of this festival. | During it, Ezekiel's vision of the valley of dry bones is read, and some participants in this festival may take part in the "counting of the Omer," which continues after the conclusion of this festival. During one event at this festival, "Dayenu" is sung, the "afikomen" is hidden, and participating children are asked the "four questions." | During it, Ezekiel's vision of the valley of dry bones is read, and some participants in this festival may take part in the "counting of the Omer," which continues after the conclusion of this festival. | -1 | -1 | [
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181651-first | 181,651 | 69,450 | quizdb.org | She wrote the libretto to an opera about the person that also inspired one of her novels, Margaret Garner. | She wrote the libretto to an opera about the person that also inspired one of her novels, Margaret Garner. One of her works follows Roberta and Twyla after they meet in a children's home; in another, the title character, surnamed Till, recollects the events surrounding his death by lynching. Besides "Recitatif" and Dreaming Emmett, this author wrote a novel in which Florens's mother offers her to Jacob Vaark. That most recent novel is called A Mercy. One of her novels features a journey to Shalimar by Milkman Dead, while in another work, Sethe is haunted by the daughter she killed to save her from slavery. For 10 points, name this author of Song of Solomon and Beloved. | She wrote the libretto to an opera about the person that also inspired one of her novels, Margaret Garner. | -1 | -1 | [
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181652-first | 181,652 | 69,449 | quizdb.org | Facio-scapulo-humeral dystrophy is believed to be caused by these structures' namesake position effect, | Facio-scapulo-humeral dystrophy is believed to be caused by these structures' namesake position effect, | Facio-scapulo-humeral dystrophy is believed to be caused by these structures' namesake position effect, | -1 | -1 | [
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182017-first | 182,017 | 69,084 | quizdb.org | This man created a work that was criticized by some to be sculpted from a living model. | This man created a work that was criticized by some to be sculpted from a living model. Another of this man's works was left unfinished and contains segments such as The Old Courtesan and The Three Shades, who point to the words Abandon all hope, ye who enter here. This sculptor of The Bronze Age and The Gates of Hell also created a large bronze sculpture of six martyrs of the Hundred Years' War and one based off of Dante. For 10 points, identify this French sculptor of The Burghers of Calais and The Thinker. | This man created a work that was criticized by some to be sculpted from a living model. | -1 | -1 | [
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183796-first | 183,796 | 67,305 | quizdb.org | One part of this treatise notes "water has no constant shape," just like how in the titular event there are no rules. | One part of this treatise notes "water has no constant shape," just like how in the titular event there are no rules. At another point, the author discusses four useful locations, mountains, rivers, salt marshes and flat country land. Its tenth chapter discusses "the attack by fire," and this treatise, which shares its name with a Niccolo Machiavelli one, closes with a discussion on five types of sources of information in its section "The Use of Spies." It also discusses "The Nine Situations" and "The Terrain," and its author's student Sun Bin followed it up with a similar work. For 10 points, identify this treatise written by Sun Tzu that discusses how to battle your opponents. | One part of this treatise notes "water has no constant shape," just like how in the titular event there are no rules. | -1 | -1 | [
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184200-first | 184,200 | 66,901 | quizdb.org | The Kerr solution to Einstein's field equation describes these entities which are rotating and the Reissner-Nordstom solution to Einstein's field equations describes one of these with a charge. | The Kerr solution to Einstein's field equation describes these entities which are rotating and the Reissner-Nordstom solution to Einstein's field equations describes one of these with a charge. The no-hair theorem states that the only externally observable parameters that can characterize these are: charge, mass and angular momentum. It has been posited that a supermassive variety of these could lie in the center of galaxies. For 10 points, name these entities which don't allow anything, even light, to escape when it crosses their event horizon. | The Kerr solution to Einstein's field equation describes these entities which are rotating and the Reissner-Nordstom solution to Einstein's field equations describes one of these with a charge. | -1 | -1 | [
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184505-first | 184,505 | 66,596 | quizdb.org | This poet described how the sea "wrinkled up, withdrew, like a shawl gathered together" in the poem "Death of the Sea." | This poet described how the sea "wrinkled up, withdrew, like a shawl gathered together" in the poem "Death of the Sea." This poet asks the "green Quetzalcoatl" to cover her in a poem celebrating the "corn of the Anahuac." One collection by this poet contains a section in which a mother explains to her son about natural phenomena such as air and rainbows. She listed commandments such as "You will cherish Beauty, God's shadow over the universe" in her poem "The Artist's Decalogue." Her late works include the collections Lagar and (*) Tala, and she is also known for a work including a series of rounds and a number of lullabies, Tenderness. Her collection Desolation contains a set of three sonnets which won her a poetry contest in 1914, the Sonnets of Death. FTP, name this Chilean poet, the first woman to win the nobel prize in literature. | This poet described how the sea "wrinkled up, withdrew, like a shawl gathered together" in the poem "Death of the Sea." | -1 | -1 | [
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184506-first | 184,506 | 66,595 | quizdb.org | The opinion on this case asked whether it could be classified as an instance of damnum absque injuria, and the Chief Justice wrote that "the Government of the United States has been emphatically termed a government of laws, and not of men." | The opinion on this case asked whether it could be classified as an instance of damnum absque injuria, and the Chief Justice wrote that "the Government of the United States has been emphatically termed a government of laws, and not of men." William Cushing and Alfred Moore did not take part in the ruling on this case, which found, in part, that the Supreme Court does not have the (*) original jurisdiction to issue writs of mandamus. The namesake of this case had been appointed justice of the peace in the District of Columbia, as one of John Adams' "Midnight Judges." It declared a clause of the Judiciary Act of 1789 unconstitutional, making it the first piece of legislation to be overturned by the Supreme Court. FTP, name this 1803 Supreme Court case which established the concept of judicial review. | The opinion on this case asked whether it could be classified as an instance of damnum absque injuria, and the Chief Justice wrote that "the Government of the United States has been emphatically termed a government of laws, and not of men." | -1 | -1 | [
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184507-first | 184,507 | 66,594 | quizdb.org | Hypotheses regarding the phylogeny of this phylum include the Testaria hypothesis and the Aculifera hypothesis, and the classification of Wiwaxia and Kimberella as part of this phylum is controversial. | Hypotheses regarding the phylogeny of this phylum include the Testaria hypothesis and the Aculifera hypothesis, and the classification of Wiwaxia and Kimberella as part of this phylum is controversial. One class belonging to this phylum is the extinct Helcionelloida, and extant classes include Aplacophora and Scaphopoda. Some members of this phylum use (*) love darts during courtship. Anatomical features unique to this phylum include the mantle and a tongue-like structure known as the radula. This phylum includes the largest animal without a backbone, the giant squid, as well as other cephalopods. FTP, name this phylum which also includes bivalves and gastropods. | Hypotheses regarding the phylogeny of this phylum include the Testaria hypothesis and the Aculifera hypothesis, and the classification of Wiwaxia and Kimberella as part of this phylum is controversial. | -1 | -1 | [
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184508-first | 184,508 | 66,593 | quizdb.org | This psychologist wrote a book about flying saucers subtitled A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies. | This psychologist wrote a book about flying saucers subtitled A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies. Stephen Hoeller wrote a commentary on one work by this psychologist, a gnostic work entitled Seven Sermons to the Dead. He analyzed the poet Leonard Bacon, a cousin of another of his patients, the alcoholic Rowland Hazard III. This psychologist described his journey to Kenya and Uganda in his autobiography, (*) Memories, Dreams, Reflections. He presents a view of the libido which diverges from that of Freud, and his Red Book was not published until 2009. He described innate tendencies such as the shadow, the trickster, the mother, and the anima and animus. FTP, name this Swiss psychiatrist who worked on archetypes and the collective unconscious. | This psychologist wrote a book about flying saucers subtitled A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies. | -1 | -1 | [
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184509-first | 184,509 | 66,592 | quizdb.org | Second-time Prohibition candidate Claude Watson campaigned in this election by piloting his own plane all across the country, and it saw Tennessee's Preston Parks act as a faithless elector. | Second-time Prohibition candidate Claude Watson campaigned in this election by piloting his own plane all across the country, and it saw Tennessee's Preston Parks act as a faithless elector. Edwin Jaeckle developed a brilliant but discarded strategy for the Republican candidate in this year, who defeated Athur Vandenberg and Harold Stassen and infamously declared "you know that your future is still ahead of you" in a speech on (*) atomic energy. A ticket featuring Fielding Wright outperformed the Progressives under New Republic editor Henry A. Wallace, but failed to split enough support to vault Earl Warren and his running mate to the White House. Alben Barkley was sworn in as Vice President after, for 10 points, what election that saw Strom Thurmond's Dixiecrats take four states and the Chicago Tribune erroneously claim "Dewey Defeats Truman?" | Second-time Prohibition candidate Claude Watson campaigned in this election by piloting his own plane all across the country, and it saw Tennessee's Preston Parks act as a faithless elector. | -1 | -1 | [
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184510-first | 184,510 | 66,591 | quizdb.org | This work suggests that absurd statements can be held true by pleading hallucination, and it also argues that the difference between the issue of whether there are classes and the issue of whether there are centaurs is merely a difference of degree. | This work suggests that absurd statements can be held true by pleading hallucination, and it also argues that the difference between the issue of whether there are classes and the issue of whether there are centaurs is merely a difference of degree. This paper points out that the statement "Brutus killed Caesar" would be false if the word "killed" meant "begat." This work notes that the terms "9" and "the number of planets" should be regarded as (*) unlike in meaning, despite designating the same abstract entity, and similarly argues that the terms "creature with a heart" and "creature with a kidney" are unlike in meaning even if they have the same extension. The central concepts argued against by this paper are reductionism and the distinction between analytic and synthetic truths. FTP, name this classic paper which argues against two principles of logical positivism, written by W.V.O. Quine. | This work suggests that absurd statements can be held true by pleading hallucination, and it also argues that the difference between the issue of whether there are classes and the issue of whether there are centaurs is merely a difference of degree. | -1 | -1 | [
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184511-first | 184,511 | 66,590 | quizdb.org | The death of one couple in this work is compared to "the elm to which wantonly the tendrilled grape entwines. | The death of one couple in this work is compared to "the elm to which wantonly the tendrilled grape entwines." Vafrine is sent to spy on an approaching army, while Wiseman of Ascalon instructs two men on how to get to the Fortunate Isles. When an effigy of Mary disappears from a temple both Sophronia and her lover Olindo claim responsibility for the theft. One character is called in to reverse the enchantment of a (*) forest, allowing his compatriots to gather wood to build siege machines. A group of soldiers is transformed into animals after being seduced by Armida, who falls in love with Rinaldo. Ismen the sorcerer foretells the coming to Saladin, FTP, name this epic poem about the First Crusade by Torquato Tasso, named for the holy city the crusaders sought to liberate. | The death of one couple in this work is compared to "the elm to which wantonly the tendrilled grape entwines. | -1 | -1 | [
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184512-first | 184,512 | 66,589 | quizdb.org | Jacqueline tells this film's protagonist that women "have the right to be loved until they are 70." | Jacqueline tells this film's protagonist that women "have the right to be loved until they are 70." In another scene, a magician and his partner successfully read the phrase "asa nisi masa" from the protagonist's mind, prompting a flashback to a childhood game centering on a woman's portrait. In another scene, the protagonist leads a revolt against an imagined harem of all the women he has ever loved. Opening with a sequence in which the protagonist escapes a traffic jam by (*) flying out of his car, it sees the protagonist struggle to follow his earlier success, mirroring the director's own career in the wake of La Dolce Vita. Centering on the flashbacks and dream sequences of Guido Anselmi, for 10 points, name this Frederico Felleni film titled after the number of prior films worked on by the director. | Jacqueline tells this film's protagonist that women "have the right to be loved until they are 70." | -1 | -1 | [
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184513-first | 184,513 | 66,588 | quizdb.org | With arsenic this element is found in the mineral sperrylite, which is associated with nickel ores in Sudbury Basin. | With arsenic this element is found in the mineral sperrylite, which is associated with nickel ores in Sudbury Basin. Adam's catalyst is an oxide of this element that converts to this element's "black" form. This element was used by Barnett Rosenberg in the electrodes for an experiment involving E Coli and electric field, and this element is found in the cis formation linked to two chloride ions and two ammonia groups in an (*) anticancer drug that crosslinks cellular DNA, leading to apoptosis. Along with palladium and rhodium, this element is commonly used in catalytic converters. For 10 points, name his noble metal with atomic number seventy eight and symbol Pt. | With arsenic this element is found in the mineral sperrylite, which is associated with nickel ores in Sudbury Basin. | -1 | -1 | [
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184514-first | 184,514 | 66,587 | quizdb.org | This man is the subject of biographies by Cecil and Grunwald, but the definitive work on him is by Heinrich von Srbik. | This man is the subject of biographies by Cecil and Grunwald, but the definitive work on him is by Heinrich von Srbik. This man's protege and successor wreaked havoc on Victorian sensibilities by repeatedly shtupping national harlot Jane Digby, and he himself supplanted Johann Stadion in his highest post. One of his major efforts established a commission at Mainz, targeted the (*) Burschenschaften, and heavily regulated the university system; that legislation was prompted by Karl Sand's murder of August von Kotzebue. Felix Schwarzenberg replaced this architect of the Carlsbad Decrees - who had earlier presided over negotiations with Nesselrode, Castlereagh, and Talleyrand - after the emerging nationalism of the 1848 revolutions disrupted his Concert System. For 10 points, name this Austrian statesman who chaired the Congress of Vienna. | This man is the subject of biographies by Cecil and Grunwald, but the definitive work on him is by Heinrich von Srbik. | -1 | -1 | [
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184515-first | 184,515 | 66,586 | quizdb.org | Ogden Nash parodied this character in a poem that discusses the sins of "comission" and "omission. | Ogden Nash parodied this character in a poem that discusses the sins of "comission" and "omission." This character writes a poem asking his beloved, "Are you not weary of ardent ways?" and telling her to "tell no more of enchanted days." He befriends Aubrey Mills, with whom he reenacts scenes from The Count of Monte Cristo. He surprises the dean of studies by using the word (*) "tundish." He endeavors to amend his life after hearing Father Arnall's sermon about Hell, and he is unjustly punished by Father Dolan at Clongowes. The novel in which he appears opens with a story about a "moocow" and "baby tuckoo." FTP, name this protagonist of Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. | Ogden Nash parodied this character in a poem that discusses the sins of "comission" and "omission. | -1 | -1 | [
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184517-first | 184,517 | 66,584 | quizdb.org | During the festival of Shavuot, a hymn to this figure is recited describing this figure's battle with the "ox," and according to a Jewish prayer, "from the beautiful skin of [this figure], God will construct canopies to shelter the righteous." | During the festival of Shavuot, a hymn to this figure is recited describing this figure's battle with the "ox," and according to a Jewish prayer, "from the beautiful skin of [this figure], God will construct canopies to shelter the righteous." In Canaanite legend, this (*) creature is referred to as Lotan, and is said to have been slain by Baal. It originally had a mate, but that mate was killed to protect the world from this creature's offspring. Thomas Aquinas described this creature as the demon of envy, and the Book of Job states that "when he rises up, the mighty are terrified; they retreat before his thrashing," and asks "Can you pull in [this creature] with a fishhook?" FTP, name this giant sea monster from the Old Testament, whose name also provides the title of a philosophical work by Thomas Hobbes. | During the festival of Shavuot, a hymn to this figure is recited describing this figure's battle with the "ox," and according to a Jewish prayer, "from the beautiful skin of [this figure], God will construct canopies to shelter the righteous." | -1 | -1 | [
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184518-first | 184,518 | 66,583 | quizdb.org | Virtual machines may make use of a green variety of these constructs, while misordering of these can cause priority inversion. | Virtual machines may make use of a green variety of these constructs, while misordering of these can cause priority inversion. An Intel technology to implement these transparently in hardware was first introduced in the Xeon, and lC-slowing of these constructs can mimic "barrel" devices that use them. Instances of these that access I/O may be blocking, so that these are manipulated by a scheduler. These constructs are necessary to take advantage of (*) multi-core CPUs and to switch between them the OS must context switch. Many of these implement semaphores to avoid race conditions. For 10 points, name sub-processes created by a fork command that can run concurrently. | Virtual machines may make use of a green variety of these constructs, while misordering of these can cause priority inversion. | -1 | -1 | [
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184519-first | 184,519 | 66,582 | quizdb.org | In one episode of this show, a woman smashes the windows of her colleague's car with a baseball bat, but that bat is later used to frame her for a near-fatal beating. | In one episode of this show, a woman smashes the windows of her colleague's car with a baseball bat, but that bat is later used to frame her for a near-fatal beating. One romantic subplot in this show revolved around ballistics expert Kurt McVeigh, who sends one of the main characters a copy of Sarah Palin's autobiography as a joke. Anika Noni Rose joined the cast in season two as aspiring politician Wendy Scott-Carr, and other guest stars have included Miranda Cosgrove as delinquent teen star Sloan, and (*) Michael J. Fox as a cunning, handicapped attorney. The main character works at the law firm Lockhart, Gardner and Bond, returning to practice law after her husband was ousted from office for sleeping with a prostitute. FTP, name this show revolving around Alicia Florrick's decision to stay married to her husband, starring Juliana Margulies and Chris Noth. | In one episode of this show, a woman smashes the windows of her colleague's car with a baseball bat, but that bat is later used to frame her for a near-fatal beating. | -1 | -1 | [
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184521-first | 184,521 | 66,580 | quizdb.org | A virgin of this color titles a novel about a woman who tries to give birth to a brilliant alchemist, written by Fernando Arrabal. | A virgin of this color titles a novel about a woman who tries to give birth to a brilliant alchemist, written by Fernando Arrabal. This color also appears in the title of a novel in verse by Anne Carson about Heracles and Geryon. In a play by Sean O'Casey, the Star of Bethlehem turns this color. A wheel of this color titles a novel cycle by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Arvid Falk is the protagonist of a Strindberg novel about a room of this color, which also describes the oleanders in the title of a Tagore play. This is the color of an animal given to (*) Jody Tiflin as a present, the titular pony of a Steinbeck novella, and this color is paired with black in the title of a Stendhal novel. It also describes the title "badge of courage" in another novel. FTP, name this color which describes the rose in the title of a Robert Burns poem. | A virgin of this color titles a novel about a woman who tries to give birth to a brilliant alchemist, written by Fernando Arrabal. | -1 | -1 | [
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184522-first | 184,522 | 66,579 | quizdb.org | Prayers to this deity, who is sometimes given an epithet meaning "receiver of many," often involve hitting one's hand on the ground and a sacrifice of a black sheep. | Prayers to this deity, who is sometimes given an epithet meaning "receiver of many," often involve hitting one's hand on the ground and a sacrifice of a black sheep. According to the Suda, this deity is the father of Macaria, the goddess of a blessed afterlife. The narcissus is a sacred flower to this deity, and this figure's wife once turned one of his attempted conquests into the (*) mint plant. This figure imprisoned Theseus and Pirithous with snakes when the pair attempted to kidnap Helen and this figure's wife. This figure is given a helmet of invisibility by the Cyclops which he sometimes lends to men. This figure tricked his wife into staying with him by giving her a pomegranate to eat, which forced her to return to his domain for one third of the year. FTP, name this husband of Persephone, the Greek god of the underworld. | Prayers to this deity, who is sometimes given an epithet meaning "receiver of many," often involve hitting one's hand on the ground and a sacrifice of a black sheep. | -1 | -1 | [
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184523-first | 184,523 | 66,578 | quizdb.org | High society eagerly welcomes some donkeys who have found nice outfits in a drawing series by this man that often depicts revellers who seem to float in midair. | High society eagerly welcomes some donkeys who have found nice outfits in a drawing series by this man that often depicts revellers who seem to float in midair. His later works include ten religious scenes on ivory miniatures and one whose authorship was questioned after the discovery of the initials "AJ" on the canvas. His Milkmaid of Bordeaux may show Leocadia Weiss, who was painted on linen in a series showing two women laughing at a man, floating figures in Atropos and (*) Fantastic Vision, and a group of women staring out at a shadowy, goat-headed figure. The Colossus was once attributed to this man, whose Witches' Sabbath is found in the Quinta del Sordo along with a depiction of a wild-eyed figure ripping apart a bleeding corpse, Saturn Devouring His Sons. Responsible for clothed and nude "Maja" versions and the "Black Paintings," for 10 points, name this Spanish painter of The Third of May, 1808. | High society eagerly welcomes some donkeys who have found nice outfits in a drawing series by this man that often depicts revellers who seem to float in midair. | -1 | -1 | [
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184524-first | 184,524 | 66,577 | quizdb.org | This novel contains a quote spoken by Merian Cooper to Fay Wray as the epigraph of one section, while another section of this novel is interspersed with several "Proverbs for Paranoids," such as "You hide, they seek. | This novel contains a quote spoken by Merian Cooper to Fay Wray as the epigraph of one section, while another section of this novel is interspersed with several "Proverbs for Paranoids," such as "You hide, they seek." The protagonist of this novel ponders variations on the phrase "you never did the Kenosha Kid" while under the effects of sodium amytal. This novel features (*) Byron the sentient light bulb. As a child, the protagonist of this novel is conditioned by the inventor of Imipolex G, Laszlo Jamf. Gottfried sacrifices himself by climbing into a rocket with a serial number consisting of five zeros, which is fired by Blicero. FTP, name this novel in which Tyrone Slothrop's erections correspond with the landing sites of V-2 rockets, Thomas Pynchon's magnum opus. | This novel contains a quote spoken by Merian Cooper to Fay Wray as the epigraph of one section, while another section of this novel is interspersed with several "Proverbs for Paranoids," such as "You hide, they seek. | -1 | -1 | [
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184526-first | 184,526 | 66,575 | quizdb.org | These phenomena may be divided into universality classes based on how their correlation lengths diverge as a certain variable approaches a critical value. | These phenomena may be divided into universality classes based on how their correlation lengths diverge as a certain variable approaches a critical value. Another classification of these phenomena developed by Paul Ehrenfest is based on discontinuities in the derivative of the free energy, and their (*) second-order variety are described phenomenologically by Lev Landau by order parameters. One occurs at the Neel point, the antiferromagnetic analogue of the Curie temperature. The Clausius-Clapeyron relation characterizes them in a gas-liquid system. FTP, name these thermodynamic transitions, examples of which include deposition, sublimation, condensation, freezing, and other changes of state. | These phenomena may be divided into universality classes based on how their correlation lengths diverge as a certain variable approaches a critical value. | -1 | -1 | [
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184527-first | 184,527 | 66,574 | quizdb.org | This author wrote about a woman who avenges the death of her father by killing the textile boss Aaron Loewenthal. | This author wrote about a woman who avenges the death of her father by killing the textile boss Aaron Loewenthal. In another story by this author, the Czech playwright Jaromir Hladik asks God for one year to finish his play The Enemies before the Nazis kill him. This author of "Emma Zunz" and "The Secret Miracle" wrote of a sorcerer who creates a boy from his dreams before realizing that he too is (*) immune from fire as well as a story about a spy who communicates the name of a town in the newspapers by killing a person named Albert. Another of his stories concerns a place in which an infinite number of hexagonal rooms contain an infinite number of 410 page books. For 10 points, name this author of "The Circular Ruins," the blind Argentine short story writer of "The Garden of Forking Paths" and "The Library of Babel." | This author wrote about a woman who avenges the death of her father by killing the textile boss Aaron Loewenthal. | -1 | -1 | [
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184528-first | 184,528 | 66,573 | quizdb.org | This man examined the failings of philosophers in debate in a work that outlines thirty-eight methods for winning an argument. | This man examined the failings of philosophers in debate in a work that outlines thirty-eight methods for winning an argument. Another work by this philosopher opens with a critique of Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals and was the only entry in an essay contest this man still failed to win. This thinker claimed that anyone who could read Phenomenology of Mind "without feeling as if he were in a madhouse, would qualify as an inmate for Bedlam." This author of The Art of (*) Being Right and On the Basis of Morality used the phrase "operating on a blind man's cataracts" to characterize reading Kant in a work whose fourth book, "Ethics," delves into Eastern philosophy and specifically self-denial following a discussion of aesthetics. Describing unobservable truth as a "thing-in-itself," for 10 points, name this author of On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason and The World as Will and Representation. | This man examined the failings of philosophers in debate in a work that outlines thirty-eight methods for winning an argument. | -1 | -1 | [
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184529-first | 184,529 | 66,572 | quizdb.org | The flavinoid Quercetin inhibits transport of these compounds, which can inhibit gene expression by binding to TIR1 in the nucleus. | The flavinoid Quercetin inhibits transport of these compounds, which can inhibit gene expression by binding to TIR1 in the nucleus. Their major effect stems from causing cells to actively transport hydrogen ions out of the cell, acidifying the local extracellular medium, activating (*) expansins in the cell wall. Their movement is regulated by PIN proteins in a process called polar transport. Other effects mediated by these compounds include phototropism and apical dominance. Synthetic versions like 2,4-D acetic acid are used as selective herbicides,such as the defoliating Agent Orange, and one natural example is indole-3-acetic acid. For 10 point, name this plant hormone that promotes growth. | The flavinoid Quercetin inhibits transport of these compounds, which can inhibit gene expression by binding to TIR1 in the nucleus. | -1 | -1 | [
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184531-first | 184,531 | 66,570 | quizdb.org | The eldest daughter of this opera's title character sings the cabaletta Salgo gia del trono aurato after the high priest begins a coup against her sister, and later angrily destroys a document proving that she is an adopted slave. | The eldest daughter of this opera's title character sings the cabaletta Salgo gia del trono aurato after the high priest begins a coup against her sister, and later angrily destroys a document proving that she is an adopted slave. The title character of this opera declares that Non son piu re, son dio before being struck by a thunderbolt. A prominent aria in this opera ends with the singers begging the (*) Lord to "imbue us with fortitude to bear our sufferings." In the scene after that "Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves," the title monarch begs forgiveness from God and declares that a new temple is to be built in Jerusalem. For 10 points, name this Verdi opera about the biblical persecution of the Jews by the namesake Babylonian king, the builder of the Hanging Gardens. | The eldest daughter of this opera's title character sings the cabaletta Salgo gia del trono aurato after the high priest begins a coup against her sister, and later angrily destroys a document proving that she is an adopted slave. | -1 | -1 | [
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184532-first | 184,532 | 66,569 | quizdb.org | According to one story, this figure founded a city when his efforts in digging up a mushroom revealed a spring. | According to one story, this figure founded a city when his efforts in digging up a mushroom revealed a spring. That city was ruled by Electryon and Sthenelus, members of a namesake dynasty he founded. When this ruler was unable to assume the throne of Argos, he traded realms with Megapenthes. This man was sent on a quest by a king of Seriphus named (*) Polydectes during which he stole the tooth and eye of the Graeae. He rescued the daughter of Cassiopea and Cepheus from a sea monster before taking that girl, Andromeda, as his wife. His mother Danae was locked in a tower by King Acrisius to avoid a prophecy, but he was conceived by Zeus in the form a stream of gold. For 10 points, name this hero who used winged sandals and the helmet of invisibility to slay Medusa. | According to one story, this figure founded a city when his efforts in digging up a mushroom revealed a spring. | -1 | -1 | [
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184533-first | 184,533 | 66,568 | quizdb.org | One equation named for this man uses the Stosszahl Ansatz for the collision term and can be used to describe the thermalization of the CMB due to Compton scattering; that equation is also known as the radiative transport equation. | One equation named for this man uses the Stosszahl Ansatz for the collision term and can be used to describe the thermalization of the CMB due to Compton scattering; that equation is also known as the radiative transport equation. The BGK collision operator is used with a lattice model named for this man to solve the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. This man co-names a (*) distribution function for energy between identical but distinguishable particles along with the namesake of four equations characterizing the electromagnetic force, Maxwell, and also co-names a radiation law with T to the fourth dependence. For 10 points, identify this man who names a law governing blackbody radiation with Stefan. | One equation named for this man uses the Stosszahl Ansatz for the collision term and can be used to describe the thermalization of the CMB due to Compton scattering; that equation is also known as the radiative transport equation. | -1 | -1 | [
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184534-first | 184,534 | 66,567 | quizdb.org | The protagonist of this novel has a dream in which a heavy package he carries is his own severed head and at one point Reverend Hammond gives the protagonist a wooden cross. | The protagonist of this novel has a dream in which a heavy package he carries is his own severed head and at one point Reverend Hammond gives the protagonist a wooden cross. Another character in this novel stresses his contribution of ping-pong tables to the South Side Boys' Club. The protagonist watches the film Trader Horn and forces his friend Gus to lick a (*) knife after an abortive attempt to rob Mr. Blum's deli. Other characters in this novel include the private investigator Britten and the State's Attorney Buckley, who is opposed by Boris A. Max in the trial that makes up its third section. The appearance of the blind Mrs. Dalton causes the protagonist to accidentally smother her daughter Mary with a pillow. For 10 points, name this novel about the murders and trial of Bigger Thomas, a work of Richard Wright. | The protagonist of this novel has a dream in which a heavy package he carries is his own severed head and at one point Reverend Hammond gives the protagonist a wooden cross. | -1 | -1 | [
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184535-first | 184,535 | 66,566 | quizdb.org | This man refused Isidore Philipp's offer to introduce him to Camille Saint-Saens, instead announcing his desire to be insulted by Debussy. | This man refused Isidore Philipp's offer to introduce him to Camille Saint-Saens, instead announcing his desire to be insulted by Debussy. He used the pentatonic and chromatic scales for two different types of folk music in his "Allegro barbaro." 1926 is known as this composer's "Piano Year," and saw him compose a piano suite with sections called "With Drums and Pipes," "The Night's Music," and "The Chase," organized into his (*) Out of Doors. Serge Koussevitzky commissioned a piece that this man declined to call a symphony because of the way each section acts as a sort of soloist, and he experimented with unique combinations of percussion in keyboard in pieces like Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion and Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta. For 10 points, name this composer of the Concerto for Orchestra, a Hungarian who created Duke Bluebeard's Castle. | This man refused Isidore Philipp's offer to introduce him to Camille Saint-Saens, instead announcing his desire to be insulted by Debussy. | -1 | -1 | [
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184536-first | 184,536 | 66,565 | quizdb.org | Soldiers from this state lost in the Mexican-American War are honored in Theodore O'Hara's poem The Bivouac of the Dead, which is inscribed at the entrance to Arlington National Cemetery. | Soldiers from this state lost in the Mexican-American War are honored in Theodore O'Hara's poem The Bivouac of the Dead, which is inscribed at the entrance to Arlington National Cemetery. The Tolliver and Martin families were the antagonists in its Rowan County War. This state had two rival high courts during the Old Court/New Court controversy. James Wilkinson attempted to join this state with Spain when it declared independence from (*) Virginia. Chickasaw land was incorporated into the western part of this state in Jackson's Purchase, while a Civil War clash near this state's Chaplin Hills saw Buell face Bragg at Perryville. One of its senators succeeded William R. King as Buchanan's Vice President; that man, John C. Breckenridge, took over the seat of John Crittenden. For 10 points, name this state whose senator Henry Clay made his home in Lexington. | Soldiers from this state lost in the Mexican-American War are honored in Theodore O'Hara's poem The Bivouac of the Dead, which is inscribed at the entrance to Arlington National Cemetery. | -1 | -1 | [
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184537-first | 184,537 | 66,564 | quizdb.org | An equation named for Lattimer and Swesty is used to model these objects in calculations involving two or more, while the Akmal-Pandharipande-Ravenhall equation of state models their dissipation of energy through the Urca process. | An equation named for Lattimer and Swesty is used to model these objects in calculations involving two or more, while the Akmal-Pandharipande-Ravenhall equation of state models their dissipation of energy through the Urca process. These objects contain "swiss cheese" and "spaghetti" phases between their crust and outer cores. The March 5 event saw a hard spike of gamma ray radiation from a (*) soft gamma-ray repeater, thought to be this type of star. These stars occasionally "glitch," but generally spin down through magnetic braking, and their upper mass limit of approximately three solar masses is the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff limit. For 10 points, pulsars are a type of what stars that are formed when stars between 8 and 20 solar masses undergo a supernova, and are composed entirely of a certain particle? | An equation named for Lattimer and Swesty is used to model these objects in calculations involving two or more, while the Akmal-Pandharipande-Ravenhall equation of state models their dissipation of energy through the Urca process. | -1 | -1 | [
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184538-first | 184,538 | 66,563 | quizdb.org | After this figure is calmed by the music of a minstrel, he orders a series of ditches to be built that are filled with water despite a lack of rain. | After this figure is calmed by the music of a minstrel, he orders a series of ditches to be built that are filled with water despite a lack of rain. This man cleanses the waters of Jericho with salt, and he cuts a stick and throws it into a river, causing an iron axe-head to float. He tells the general Naaman to wash seven times in the Jordan River, healing him of his leprosy. When this man is (*) mocked by forty-two youths, he summons two female bears which maul and kill them. He orders the anointing of Jehu as rightful king against Ahab, and this prophet also helps a widow escape the clutches of a creditor by multiplying her supply of oil. He slaughters the oxen he is plowing with when he is called by his predecessor, a man he later watches ascend to heaven in a fiery chariot. For 10 points, name this subject of First and Second Kings, a disciple of the similarly named Elijah. | After this figure is calmed by the music of a minstrel, he orders a series of ditches to be built that are filled with water despite a lack of rain. | -1 | -1 | [
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184539-first | 184,539 | 66,562 | quizdb.org | In one story by this author, the austere history professor Dr. Cornelius is grieved at his five year old daughter Ellie's attachment to Max Hergesell. | In one story by this author, the austere history professor Dr. Cornelius is grieved at his five year old daughter Ellie's attachment to Max Hergesell. This author of "Disorder and Early Sorrow" wrote a story set in Torre di Venere in which the Cipolla is assassinated. This author described the composer of (*) "Apocalypsis cum figuris" receiving twenty four years of inspiration in a novel narrated by Serenus Zeitblom. The protagonist of another of this man's works is a famous writer who is haunted by the odor of disinfectant as he watches the young boy Tadzio. For 10 points, name this German writer of "Mario and the Magician" and Doctor Faustus, an author who wrote about Gustav von Aschenbach in Death in Venice. | In one story by this author, the austere history professor Dr. Cornelius is grieved at his five year old daughter Ellie's attachment to Max Hergesell. | -1 | -1 | [
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184540-first | 184,540 | 66,561 | quizdb.org | This city's Royal Botanic Gardens contain a carved stone seat called Mrs. Macquaries' Chair. | This city's Royal Botanic Gardens contain a carved stone seat called Mrs. Macquaries' Chair. One of its oldest neighborhoods survived controversial renovation in the 70s and is known as "the Rocks." This city is bounded to the west by the Blue Mountains and to the north by the Hawkesbury River. In this city, the Gladesville Bridge and a bridge nicknamed "the Coat Hanger" cross its major river the Parramatta. Like London, its historic red light district is called (*) Kings Cross. This city's beaches include Manly Beach and Bondi Beach, and it lies on Port Jackson, the largest natural harbor in the world. The Cooks River and the Georges River flow through this city and in to Botany Bay. For 10 points, name this home of a Jorn Utzon designed opera house, the largest city in New South Wales and all of Australia. | This city's Royal Botanic Gardens contain a carved stone seat called Mrs. Macquaries' Chair. | -1 | -1 | [
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184542-first | 184,542 | 66,559 | quizdb.org | In one of this man's experiments, a subject was asked to order ten sticks to form a staircase while in another subjects placed ten blue flowers in ten vases and removing them before replacing them with ten pink flowers. | In one of this man's experiments, a subject was asked to order ten sticks to form a staircase while in another subjects placed ten blue flowers in ten vases and removing them before replacing them with ten pink flowers. This man postulated that people confronted with stimuli can undergo assimilation or accommodation, part of his theory of genetic epistemology. This thinker conducted one experiment in which (*) liquid was poured from a short wide glass into a tall thin glass, illustrating "conservation." He called cognitive systems which aid in organization and understanding "schema," and coined the terms "concrete operational," "formal operational," and "sensorimotor." For 10 points, name this Swiss developmental psychologist who developed a four stage model of cognitive development. | In one of this man's experiments, a subject was asked to order ten sticks to form a staircase while in another subjects placed ten blue flowers in ten vases and removing them before replacing them with ten pink flowers. | -1 | -1 | [
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184543-first | 184,543 | 66,558 | quizdb.org | This element's geometrically frustrated beta rhombohedral phase is equivalent to an antiferromagnetic Ising model on an expanded kagome lattice. | This element's geometrically frustrated beta rhombohedral phase is equivalent to an antiferromagnetic Ising model on an expanded kagome lattice. The Kucherov reaction hydrates hydrocarbons using this element's triflouride as a catalyst, while (*) Wade's Rules govern the bonding of this element to Hydrogen. This element's carbide's ability to absorb neutrons without forming radionuclides allows for its use in shielding and shutdown pellets in nuclear plants. Organic acids of this element can be bonded to halides with the help of a Palladium catalyst in Suzuki Coupling. Compounds of this element commonly violate the octet rule. For 10 points, name this element found naturally in borax and kernite, a metalloid with atomic number five and symbol B. | This element's geometrically frustrated beta rhombohedral phase is equivalent to an antiferromagnetic Ising model on an expanded kagome lattice. | -1 | -1 | [
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184544-first | 184,544 | 66,557 | quizdb.org | A feather is pinned to a canvas in this man's collage series depicting a female dancer, while he abandoned his often political masonite drawings with the hallucinatory Still Life with Old Shoe. | A feather is pinned to a canvas in this man's collage series depicting a female dancer, while he abandoned his often political masonite drawings with the hallucinatory Still Life with Old Shoe. This man reinterpreted a cat being taught to dance and turned Sorgh's rendering of a musician's lute into a gigantic phallus in a series begun after he pilfered two postcards from the (*) Rijksmuseum. Jan Steen inspired the Dutch Interiors of this artist, whose sculpture topped with a four-tined fork, The Sun, The Moon, and One Star, is better known as "[his] Chicago." An insect emerges from a die underneath a bar of musical notes in his Harlequin's Carnival, while a ladder climbs into the sky to the left of the titular animal in this man's Dog Barking at the Moon. For 10 points, name this Spanish Surrealist. | A feather is pinned to a canvas in this man's collage series depicting a female dancer, while he abandoned his often political masonite drawings with the hallucinatory Still Life with Old Shoe. | -1 | -1 | [
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184545-first | 184,545 | 66,556 | quizdb.org | One poem titled after this place asks the reader to "stop at Phoenician markets and purchase fine merchandise" and to "visit many Egyptian cities to learn and learn from scholars." | One poem titled after this place asks the reader to "stop at Phoenician markets and purchase fine merchandise" and to "visit many Egyptian cities to learn and learn from scholars." William Saroyan's novel The Human Comedy is set in a fictional California town with this name. The poem titled after this place notes that "she has (*) nothing more to give you" and advises "pray that the road is long." Another poem set here notes its port where "the vessel puffs her sail" and where "gloom the dark broad seas." That poem describes this place as having a "still hearth, among these barren crags," and claims it is populated by a "savage race, that hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me." Residents of this place in another work include the nursemaid Eurycleia, the goatherd Eumaeus, and the loyal dog Argos. For 10 points, name this island where a group of suitors pester Penelope in the Odyssey. | One poem titled after this place asks the reader to "stop at Phoenician markets and purchase fine merchandise" and to "visit many Egyptian cities to learn and learn from scholars." | -1 | -1 | [
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184546-first | 184,546 | 66,555 | quizdb.org | The devaluation of this country's "batzen" currency led peasants to take up nail-headed clubs in support of the Huttwil League, while its fledgling 19th century infrastructure was forced to care for a neighbor's 80,000-strong Army of the East after the suicide of foreign general Bourbaki. | The devaluation of this country's "batzen" currency led peasants to take up nail-headed clubs in support of the Huttwil League, while its fledgling 19th century infrastructure was forced to care for a neighbor's 80,000-strong Army of the East after the suicide of foreign general Bourbaki. Continuing religious tension in this country erupted as the Battles of Villmergen and Sonderbund War, while it backed the Sforzas at Novara and (*) Marignano, where its forces were crushed by Francis I. This country signed the Pact of Brunnen after beating the Hapsburgs at Sempach and Morgarten, where it was represented by the Everlasting League of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden. 1803 saw Napoleon abolish the Helvetic Republic of this country, where Huldrych Zwingli triggered two wars. For 10 points, name this country whose mercenaries defend the Vatican, famed for its neutrality. | The devaluation of this country's "batzen" currency led peasants to take up nail-headed clubs in support of the Huttwil League, while its fledgling 19th century infrastructure was forced to care for a neighbor's 80,000-strong Army of the East after the suicide of foreign general Bourbaki. | -1 | -1 | [
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184547-first | 184,547 | 66,554 | quizdb.org | The Hamel type and Schauder type of this mathematical obejct differ in the cardinality of allowed combinations. | The Hamel type and Schauder type of this mathematical obejct differ in the cardinality of allowed combinations. | The Hamel type and Schauder type of this mathematical obejct differ in the cardinality of allowed combinations. | -1 | -1 | [
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184548-first | 184,548 | 66,553 | quizdb.org | This man was the first emperor to declare himself Censor for Life, and he granted himself a triumph for his less-than-complete victory over the Chatti in Gaul. | This man was the first emperor to declare himself Censor for Life, and he granted himself a triumph for his less-than-complete victory over the Chatti in Gaul. | This man was the first emperor to declare himself Censor for Life, and he granted himself a triumph for his less-than-complete victory over the Chatti in Gaul. | -1 | -1 | [
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184549-first | 184,549 | 66,552 | quizdb.org | Cimetidine and ranitidine are H2 receptor agonists used to treat problems with this organ, while esomeprazole works by inactivating an H/K ATPase. | Cimetidine and ranitidine are H2 receptor agonists used to treat problems with this organ, while esomeprazole works by inactivating an H/K ATPase. Bombesin stimulates secretion by G-cells in this organ, which is missing in lampreys and hagfish. (*) Rennin in this organ serves to proteolytically inactivate kappa casein, forming curds, and was once harvested from young calves. Mechanical stress in this organ amplifies the signaling effect of cholecystokinin. Chief cells secrete pepsinogen while parietal cells serve to maintain an acidic pH. Helicobacter pylori commonly infects this organ and may lead to gastric ulcers. For 10 points, name this part of the digestive system found between the oesophagus and the small intestine. | Cimetidine and ranitidine are H2 receptor agonists used to treat problems with this organ, while esomeprazole works by inactivating an H/K ATPase. | -1 | -1 | [
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184550-first | 184,550 | 66,551 | quizdb.org | This case expanded on the rulings in McLaurin and Sweatt, while ambiguity about its enforcement was squashed in the subsequent Cooper v. Aaron. | This case expanded on the rulings in McLaurin and Sweatt, while ambiguity about its enforcement was squashed in the subsequent Cooper v. Aaron. In the wake of this ruling, a number of small towns had their economies ruined after hysterical "Citizens' Councils" drove up their own unemployment rates. Because the District of Columbia was not subject to the Fourteenth Amendment, this case had to be extended in (*) Bolling v. Sharpe. The controversial Footnote Eleven in this case drew evidence from experiments by Kenneth and Mamie Clark using dolls. Fred Vinson's death during deliberations helped this case receive a crucial unanimous decision, the first of many that would lead Eisenhower to conclude his "biggest damned-fool mistake" was appointing Earl Warren. For 10 points, name this case that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson's "separate but equal" doctrine that promoted school segregation. | This case expanded on the rulings in McLaurin and Sweatt, while ambiguity about its enforcement was squashed in the subsequent Cooper v. Aaron. | -1 | -1 | [
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184551-first | 184,551 | 66,550 | quizdb.org | One poem by this author states the "shepherds are honest people" and asks "is there in truth no beauty?" | One poem by this author states the "shepherds are honest people" and asks "is there in truth no beauty?" He compares his life to a posy in another poem, caring not if it is short as long as its scent is good. Another poem by this man remarks that "sweet day," "sweet rose" and "sweet spring" must all die, though a "sweet and virtuous soul" may live. Another poem compares "ropes of sand" to a "cage" which "petty thoughts have made." One of his best known poems compares the heart to the title object and the poem itself is (*) shaped like that object, while another discussing "the flight in me" contains the lines "that I became" and "most thin" which are literally the thinnist lines of the stanza. For 10 points, name this Metaphysical poet who penned The Pulley, The Collar, The Altar, and Easter Wings. | One poem by this author states the "shepherds are honest people" and asks "is there in truth no beauty?" | -1 | -1 | [
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184552-first | 184,552 | 66,549 | quizdb.org | One work by this man begins with strings playing a pianissimo "A" in five different octaves, a movement whose title is transliterated as "Slowly, Dragging, Like a sound from nature. | One work by this man begins with strings playing a pianissimo "A" in five different octaves, a movement whose title is transliterated as "Slowly, Dragging, Like a sound from nature." The diary of Natalie Bauer-Lechner chronicles the creation of a work by this composer which quotes from Nietzsche's "Midnight Song." Lehar's Merry Widow and Wagner's "Die Meistersinger" are parodied in the finale of the seventh of this man's symphonies, which variously draw from the final scene of (*) Goethe's Faust, the earlier song cycle Der Knaben Wunderhorn, and the chant Veni Creator Spiritus. A staggering forty-minute first movement opens his lengthy third symphony, while he gave his song cycle based on Chinese poems an atypical name to avoid the curse of the ninth. For 10 points, name this Austrian creator of the "Resurrection" and "Titan" symphonies, The Song of the Earth, and the "Symphony of a Thousand." | One work by this man begins with strings playing a pianissimo "A" in five different octaves, a movement whose title is transliterated as "Slowly, Dragging, Like a sound from nature. | -1 | -1 | [
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184553-first | 184,553 | 66,548 | quizdb.org | Similar to Horus, this deity was often depicted with winged arms and holding an ankh and a scepter. | Similar to Horus, this deity was often depicted with winged arms and holding an ankh and a scepter. Akhenaten repeatedly emphasized his adherence to this deity's principle, which was the opposite of what Isfet stood for. Without this deity, it was believed that Nun would reclaim the universe, and this goddess is considered a daughter of Ra. The (*) forty-two negative confessions detailed on the Papyrus of Ani describe the basis of judgment of a ritual involving this deity, and those who failed that test had their souls devoured by Ammit. | Similar to Horus, this deity was often depicted with winged arms and holding an ankh and a scepter. | -1 | -1 | [
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184554-first | 184,554 | 66,547 | quizdb.org | One character in this work has six daughters, all with first names starting with A, and gives Lilia candy
every time that character visits.
| One character in this work has six daughters, all with first names starting with A, and gives Lilia candy
every time that character visits.
The title character of another of its stories frequently orders whole fish from
a food market and gets in a car accident with Eliot, an 11-year old she was babysitting.
Twinkle finds various
Christian icons in her new home in "This Blessed House", a story in this work.
The first story in this
collection sees a husband and wife reveal to each other things they've never told each other before during
nightly power outages and is titled "A (*)
Temporary Matter".
Mr. Kapasi, the title figure of this collection, also
works as a tour guide and fights off some monkeys attacking Bobby, the son of Indian-American Mrs. Das.
For 10
points, name this short story collection by Jhumpa Lahiri, titled for a character who translates the ailments of
patients in a doctor's office. | One character in this work has six daughters, all with first names starting with A, and gives Lilia candy
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184555-first | 184,555 | 66,546 | quizdb.org | One monarch of this name was traumatized by the murder-suicide of her son Rudolf in the Mayerling Incident, and was later shanked in the heart by Luigi Luncheni on Lake Geneva, expiring after removing her corset which had hidden the injury. | One monarch of this name was traumatized by the murder-suicide of her son Rudolf in the Mayerling Incident, and was later shanked in the heart by Luigi Luncheni on Lake Geneva, expiring after removing her corset which had hidden the injury. The wife of Franz Josef I bore this name, as did a woman whose actions, revealed to Emperor Mathias by Gyorgy Thurzo, led to the rise of the lesser Hungarian gentry after they tired of that woman of this name (*) mutilating their daughters for sport. Three different Shuvalovs served a monarch of this name, whose 1761 death bailed Prussia out of the Seven Years' War after the ascendancy of Peter III. The niece of Stefan Bathory and daughter of Peter the Great bore this name, as did a monarch saved by Francis Walsingham from the Babington Plot, which prompted her to execute Mary, Queen of Scots. For 10 points, identify this name shared by a famous "Virgin Queen" of England. | One monarch of this name was traumatized by the murder-suicide of her son Rudolf in the Mayerling Incident, and was later shanked in the heart by Luigi Luncheni on Lake Geneva, expiring after removing her corset which had hidden the injury. | -1 | -1 | [
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184556-first | 184,556 | 66,545 | quizdb.org | A recent issue of the National Review catalogued types of this action according to Annie on Community, and one instance of this action is responsible for Cordelia's prophetic visions on Angel. | A recent issue of the National Review catalogued types of this action according to Annie on Community, and one instance of this action is responsible for Cordelia's prophetic visions on Angel. | A recent issue of the National Review catalogued types of this action according to Annie on Community, and one instance of this action is responsible for Cordelia's prophetic visions on Angel. | -1 | -1 | [
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184557-first | 184,557 | 66,544 | quizdb.org | C8 and C18 are commonly used in a variety of the process with reversed phase, while dynamic light scattering can be combined with absolute size-exclusion to determine the size of molecules in this process. | C8 and C18 are commonly used in a variety of the process with reversed phase, while dynamic light scattering can be combined with absolute size-exclusion to determine the size of molecules in this process. Using a pump in place of gravity and gradient elution are two differences in the high-performance variant of this technique. Affinity tails such as His-tags or antibodies can be used in this process to select specific biological compounds, and an (*) ion-exchange variant works similarly. Zeolite, silica gel and activated alumina are commonly used to slow elution in this process, wherein each element of a mobile phase percolates through the stationary phase at a different rate. For 10 points, name this laboratory technique used to separate mixtures that comes in both gas and liquid varieties. | C8 and C18 are commonly used in a variety of the process with reversed phase, while dynamic light scattering can be combined with absolute size-exclusion to determine the size of molecules in this process. | -1 | -1 | [
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184558-first | 184,558 | 66,543 | quizdb.org | This thinker argued that "Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament" whereas the New Testament provided a "clearer revelation of God's favor" in his essay, "Of Adversity". | This thinker argued that "Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament" whereas the New Testament provided a "clearer revelation of God's favor" in his essay, "Of Adversity". One of this man's works describes how residents of the titular place were sent an ark containing the Old and New Testaments by St. Bartholomew and gathered knowledge in a house named for Salomon. He advocated for philosophia prima in his first major philosophical text, a work that also attacked the teaching methods at Oxford; that work was titled (*) The Advance of Learning. In his most famous work, he outlines doctrines that an individual relies on without regard for their proof in the concept of the "Idols of the Cave". For 10 points, name this author of the New Atlantis, who advocated using the scientific method in Novum Organum. | This thinker argued that "Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament" whereas the New Testament provided a "clearer revelation of God's favor" in his essay, "Of Adversity". | -1 | -1 | [
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184559-first | 184,559 | 66,542 | quizdb.org | A now-demolished addition to this structure housed a statue depicting Apollo surrounded by six nymphs, the product of a collaboration between Giradon and Regnaudin. | A now-demolished addition to this structure housed a statue depicting Apollo surrounded by six nymphs, the product of a collaboration between Giradon and Regnaudin. Frescoes by Antoine Coypel and Charles de la Fosse adorn a chapel here, while a painting found here shows a man on horseback looking through a telescope as he hands a map to a companion. A controversial series of multicolored balloon-like sculptures was exhibited in this building by (*) Takashi Murakami, while Saturn is encircled by cupids and shellfish in a prominent fountain here. Its most famous gallery features a series of 17 arched windows, which enable a view of the gardens within the namesake objects. The triumph of Charles Le Brun, for 10 points, name this home to the Hall of Mirrors, a French palace built for Louis XIV. | A now-demolished addition to this structure housed a statue depicting Apollo surrounded by six nymphs, the product of a collaboration between Giradon and Regnaudin. | -1 | -1 | [
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