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This was the first plant in which the role of Brassinosteroids in sex determination was proven.

This was the first plant in which the role of Brassinosteroids in sex determination was proven. A 2018 paper in Science challenged the single-origin theory of this plant, citing evidence of South American hybrids between this organism and teosinte. A scientist noted that broken ninth chromosomes in these plants caused abnormal leaf coloration in different patterns between two generations, leading to the discovery of transposable elements. Barbara McClintock studied, for 10 points, what staple crop first cultivated in the Americas?

This was the first plant in which the role of Brassinosteroids in sex determination was proven.

Maize

Maize

Maize

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Mutations that impact the function of the PINK1 enzyme in these organelles may be a causative agent of Parkinson’s Disease.

Mutations that impact the function of the PINK1 enzyme in these organelles may be a causative agent of Parkinson’s Disease. Some members of genus monocercomonoides use a cytosolic sulfur mobilization system to perform the function of this organelle, making them the first Eukaryotes discovered that lack this organelle. The malate-aspartate shuttle carries molecules across the membrane of this organelle. Acetyl-CoA is oxidized into carbon dioxide and water in the Krebs Cycle, within, for 10 points, what organelle that produces ATP?

Mutations that impact the function of the PINK1 enzyme in these organelles may be a causative agent of Parkinson’s Disease.

Mitochondrion

Mitochondrion

Mitochondrion

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The drug amiloride decreases blood pressure by increasing the amount of this ion released by the distal tubule.

The drug amiloride decreases blood pressure by increasing the amount of this ion released by the distal tubule. In the kidney, the collecting duct of the nephron is a channel for this ion, whose transfer rate is regulated by the macula densa. Channels of either calcium or of this ion generate action potentials used in cell communication within the nervous system. Three of these ions are expelled from a cell- while two potassium ions are taken into the cell- in a namesake pump. For 10 points, name this primary cation in human extracellular fluids.

The drug amiloride decreases blood pressure by increasing the amount of this ion released by the distal tubule.

Sodium

Sodium

Sodium

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A version of this technique first involves the creation of a “bead” of borax or of microcosmic salt.

A version of this technique first involves the creation of a “bead” of borax or of microcosmic salt. Halides can be detected in a form of this technique devised by a student of Bunsen at Heidelberg, Fydor Beilstein. Historically, this was the most common technique used to identify sources of thallium poisoning. Both lithium and strontium give reddish-pink results for this technique, which uses a carefully cleaned platinum or nichrome wire loop. For 10 points, name this lab technique in which ions give a colorful result in the presence of heat.

A version of this technique first involves the creation of a “bead” of borax or of microcosmic salt.

Flame_test

Flame_test

Flame_test

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They’re not converters, but the buck-boost variety of these devices are sometimes used in specialty appliances.

They’re not converters, but the buck-boost variety of these devices are sometimes used in specialty appliances. Shapes of these devices include the E-I variety and the cut-core or double half-C variety. Inefficiency within these devices can be caused by leakage inductance. The voltage ratio within these devices is proportional to N, the number of turns in the winding of their coils. For 10 points, name these devices that transfer energy between two AC circuits and which can “step up” or “step down” an input voltage.

They’re not converters, but the buck-boost variety of these devices are sometimes used in specialty appliances.

Transformers

Transformers

Transformers

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Willis Lamb made use of this effect when he measured his namesake shift observing a transition from the 2p to the 1s state.

Willis Lamb made use of this effect when he measured his namesake shift observing a transition from the 2p to the 1s state. An energy within this effect is proportional to the product of the Bohr magneton, the Lande g-factor, and a component of angular momentum. This effect occurs in weaker fields than the similar Paschen-Back Effect, and it is analogous to the Stark Effect, which instead occurs in electric fields. For 10 points, name this splitting of spectral lines in the presence of a magnetic field.

Willis Lamb made use of this effect when he measured his namesake shift observing a transition from the 2p to the 1s state.

Zeeman_effect

Zeeman_effect

Zeeman_effect

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These materials remove the photoresist from a wafer in a process known as their namesake “ashing.”

These materials remove the photoresist from a wafer in a process known as their namesake “ashing.” A 1938 paper introduced differential equations to account for long-range electrostatic interactions by a student of Igor Tamm. These substances are contained within a torus-shaped tokamak to sustain nuclear fusion. Naturally-occurring examples of these substances are found in the interior of the Sun and in lightning. For 10 points, name these ionized gases considered the “fourth state of matter.”

These materials remove the photoresist from a wafer in a process known as their namesake “ashing.”

Plasma_(physics)

Plasma_(physics)

Plasma_(physics)

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In music theory, his tentamen novae theoriae assigns degrees agreeability, arguing that simpler chords are more consonant.

In music theory, his tentamen novae theoriae assigns degrees agreeability, arguing that simpler chords are more consonant. A number named for this man maximizes “x raised to the power of one over x,” according to Steiner’s Problem. The number of integers that are less than and relatively prime to a given integer is given by this man’s namesake totient function. This man is the first namesake of a constant equal to approximately 0.58, with Lorenzo Mascheroni. For 10 points, what mathematician names a number equal to about 2.72?

In music theory, his tentamen novae theoriae assigns degrees agreeability, arguing that simpler chords are more consonant.

Leonhard_Euler

Leonhard_Euler

Leonhard_Euler

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In September 2017, a neutrino detector traced back a particle to TXS 0506+056, one of these objects that belongs to their optically polarized BL Lac subtype.

In September 2017, a neutrino detector traced back a particle to TXS 0506+056, one of these objects that belongs to their optically polarized BL Lac subtype. These objects are found in the center of “Type 1 Seyfert” and “Type 2 Seyfert” entities. Blazars are a class of these objects. A subset of these objects, which usually consist of an accretion disk that surrounds a supermassive black hole, are quasi-stellar objects, or quasars. For 10 points, name these compact, high-luminosity regions found at the center of galaxies.

In September 2017, a neutrino detector traced back a particle to TXS 0506+056, one of these objects that belongs to their optically polarized BL Lac subtype.

Active_galactic_nucleus

Active_galactic_nucleus

Active_galactic_nucleus

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This is the first of two words that describes the shape of “A-X-five-E” and “A-X-four-E-two” molecules, as well as the shape of molecules with “D-S-P-two” hybridization.

This is the first of two words that describes the shape of “A-X-five-E” and “A-X-four-E-two” molecules, as well as the shape of molecules with “D-S-P-two” hybridization. This is the first word that identifies the shape of transition metal complexes with “d-eight” configuration, along with the word “planar.” The results of cross-breeding experiments are often visualized in a diagram that takes this shape, which is named for Reginald Punnett. For 10 points, what shape is taken by each of the faces of a cube?

This is the first of two words that describes the shape of “A-X-five-E” and “A-X-four-E-two” molecules, as well as the shape of molecules with “D-S-P-two” hybridization.

Square

Square

Square

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One of these animals named the monito del monte, or monkey of the bush, lives only in the Valdivian rainforests of Chile and Argentina.

One of these animals named the monito del monte, or monkey of the bush, lives only in the Valdivian rainforests of Chile and Argentina. The last confirmed sighting of a wolf-like member of this infraclass of animals was in the late 1930s. Some of these animals in the family Didelphidae have paired sperm and a two-pronged penis. These animals have unusually short gestation periods, after which their young attach to the mother’s nipple. The Virginia Opossum is the only North American member of, for 10 points, what animals that keep their young in a pouch?

One of these animals named the monito del monte, or monkey of the bush, lives only in the Valdivian rainforests of Chile and Argentina.

Marsupial

Marsupial

Marsupial

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The clay sculptress Isabel Bloom worked and lived the majority of her life in this state.

The clay sculptress Isabel Bloom worked and lived the majority of her life in this state. Edward Rowan co-founded the Stone City Art Colony in this state during the Great Depression. An artist from this state showed a man pulling back a red curtain to reveal a boy who has cut down a cherry tree. A farmhouse in this state’s town of Eldon appears in the background of a painting that depicts a man holding a pitchfork. For 10 points, name this birthplace of the artist of Parson Weems’ Fable and American Gothic, Grant Wood.

The clay sculptress Isabel Bloom worked and lived the majority of her life in this state.

Iowa

Iowa

Iowa

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A painting by this artist shows the image of four faces that are cut off at eye-level.

A painting by this artist shows the image of four faces that are cut off at eye-level. This artist argued that several of his works acquired a unique “object quality,” such as his painting that includes depictions of three arm casts. This artist of Perilous Night used hot wax, also known as encaustic, to create a 1958 painting showing three superimposed objects that he had supposedly dreamed of several years earlier. Newsprint collage adds texture to the red, white, and blue colors of, for 10 points, what artist’s Neo-Dadaist painting Flag?

A painting by this artist shows the image of four faces that are cut off at eye-level.

Jasper_Johns

Jasper_Johns

Jasper_Johns

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A Rene Magritte painting titled for this period of time shows a bird in a forested silhouette against the sky above a nest with three eggs in it.

A Rene Magritte painting titled for this period of time shows a bird in a forested silhouette against the sky above a nest with three eggs in it. With the word “early,” this period of time titles a Guo Xi scroll painting showing a forested mountain landscape. In a Renaissance-era painting, Chloris represents this period of time as she is pursued by the ghostly Zephyrus; that painting represents this season as Venus standing under an orange grove. For 10 points, name this season represented by Sandro Botticelli’s painting Primavera.

A Rene Magritte painting titled for this period of time shows a bird in a forested silhouette against the sky above a nest with three eggs in it.

Spring_(season)

Spring_(season)

Spring_(season)

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An exhibit of this artist’s work was organized in a Quebec art museum in summer 2018 before traveling to the Barnes Museum.

An exhibit of this artist’s work was organized in a Quebec art museum in summer 2018 before traveling to the Barnes Museum. This artist depicted a woman with a white parasol sitting on a the stone embankment of a bay in The Harbor at Lorient. This artist showed her sister Edma looking at her lace-covered baby in her painting The Cradle. This woman is shown sitting in a white dress in the painting The Balcony, which was created by her brother-in-law Edouard Manet. For 10 points, name this French female impressionist painter.

An exhibit of this artist’s work was organized in a Quebec art museum in summer 2018 before traveling to the Barnes Museum.

Berthe_Morisot

Berthe_Morisot

Berthe_Morisot

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Theodor Kullak said “And so, thank God, the goal is reached” about the end of a piece by this composer, in which an F minor melody resolves into an F major chord.

Theodor Kullak said “And so, thank God, the goal is reached” about the end of a piece by this composer, in which an F minor melody resolves into an F major chord. An E minor piece by this composer uses an unbroken line of quaver triplets in the left hand. A posthumously-published piece by this composer opens in C sharp minor is named for the tempo marking, “Lento con gran espressione.” This composer dedicated the three pieces of his opus no. 9 to Marie Pleyel, including a 12/8 piece in E flat major. For 10 points, name this Polish composer of 21 nocturnes.

Theodor Kullak said “And so, thank God, the goal is reached” about the end of a piece by this composer, in which an F minor melody resolves into an F major chord.

Frédéric_Chopin

Frédéric_Chopin

Frédéric_Chopin

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A common piece used in auditions for this instrument is an excerpt from the third rehearsal of the first movement of Profokiev’s Fifth Symphony.

A common piece used in auditions for this instrument is an excerpt from the third rehearsal of the first movement of Profokiev’s Fifth Symphony. Philip Catelinet premiered a 1954 concerto in F minor for this instrument by Ralph Vaughan Williams. This instrument replaced the serpent-like ophicleide in modern symphony orchestras. The sousaphone was designed to replace this instrument in military bands due to its lighter weight and smaller size. For 10 points, name this lowest-pitched brass instrument.

A common piece used in auditions for this instrument is an excerpt from the third rehearsal of the first movement of Profokiev’s Fifth Symphony.

Tuba

Tuba

Tuba

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Some music scholars claim that this symphony was directly inspired by Justin Knecht’s Grande Symphonie.

Some music scholars claim that this symphony was directly inspired by Justin Knecht’s Grande Symphonie. The bassoon plays only a tonic and a dominant tone in this symphony’s third movement, which may have been inspired by music from the Three Ravens inn. Its second movement, which is in B flat major and 12/8 time, imitates cuckoo song with the clarinet. This symphony’s fifth and final section is titled “Shepherd's song. Cheerful and thankful feelings after the storm.” For 10 points, name this symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven.

Some music scholars claim that this symphony was directly inspired by Justin Knecht’s Grande Symphonie.

Symphony_No._6_(Beethoven)

Symphony_No._6_(Beethoven)

Symphony_No._6_(Beethoven)

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A composer from this country developed a special, seventeen-stringed bass instrument for his “Dance of the Falling Leaves.”

A composer from this country developed a special, seventeen-stringed bass instrument for his “Dance of the Falling Leaves.” Residents of this country developed a six or seven-stringed lyre, that, according to mythology, was created when a goddess combined six bows into a musical instrument. Traditional performances of “dance and song” in this country are accompanied by the three-stringed shamisen in the genre of Kabuki theater. For 10 points, name this island nation where taiko drums originated.

A composer from this country developed a special, seventeen-stringed bass instrument for his “Dance of the Falling Leaves.”

Japan

Japan

Japan

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The debut album of The Marcels is partly named for this color, reflecting a song written by Rodgers and Hart for Hollywood in the 1930s.

The debut album of The Marcels is partly named for this color, reflecting a song written by Rodgers and Hart for Hollywood in the 1930s. Along with green, this color names a 1959 song that was probably written by pianist Bill Evans rather than by its trumpet player. A twelve-bar progression named for this color follows the one, four, and five chords. W.C. Handy developed a style of music named for this color that was popular in Memphis’s Beale Street. For 10 points, what color follows the phrase “kind of” in the title of a Miles Davis album?

The debut album of The Marcels is partly named for this color, reflecting a song written by Rodgers and Hart for Hollywood in the 1930s.

Blue

Blue

Blue

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In this opera, a trio sings "Gentle be the breeze, Calm be the waves” as two men set off to sea.

In this opera, a trio sings "Gentle be the breeze, Calm be the waves” as two men set off to sea. A servant in this opera claims that young women must know how to “lie without blushing” and how to “give hope to all” men in the aria “Una donna a quindici anni.” Its first scene is set in a coffeehouse, where two sisters sing an aria praising the qualities of their lovers. In this opera, two Italian officers bet that they can seduce each others’ fiances. For 10 points, name this Wolfgang Mozart opera whose title is often translated as “Woman are like that.”

In this opera, a trio sings "Gentle be the breeze, Calm be the waves” as two men set off to sea.

Così_fan_tutte

Così_fan_tutte

Così_fan_tutte

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Maurice Bejart loosely adapted this ballet into an autobiographical piece that employs a recurring womb motif.

Maurice Bejart loosely adapted this ballet into an autobiographical piece that employs a recurring womb motif. Comic book art inspired Mark Morris’s 1991 re-interpretation of this ballet. Along with its composer’s symphonic poem The Voyevoda, this ballet popularized the use of the celesta. This ballet was based on an E.T.A. Hoffman story named for its title character and the Mouse King. The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy appears in, for 10 points, what Pyotr Tchaikovsky ballet often performed during the holiday season?

Maurice Bejart loosely adapted this ballet into an autobiographical piece that employs a recurring womb motif.

The_Nutcracker

The_Nutcracker

The_Nutcracker

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This director used Morocco as the exclusive filming location of a biblical film that cast David Bowie as Pontius Pilate.

This director used Morocco as the exclusive filming location of a biblical film that cast David Bowie as Pontius Pilate. This man began an over twenty five year long project to develop a movie based on a Shusako Endo novel after he played Vincent Van Gogh in Akira Kurosawa’s film Dreams. This director cast his daughter Domenica in a minor role in his 1993 adaptation of Edith Wharton’s novel The Age of Innocence. 2016’s Silence and 1988’s The Last Temptation of Christ are by, for 10 points, what director of Goodfellas and Casino?

This director used Morocco as the exclusive filming location of a biblical film that cast David Bowie as Pontius Pilate.

Martin_Scorsese

Martin_Scorsese

Martin_Scorsese

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This sculpture shares part of its name and its subject with a work that its creator produced late in his life for the Palazzo Rondanini.

This sculpture shares part of its name and its subject with a work that its creator produced late in his life for the Palazzo Rondanini. Unusually, this sculpture is signed by its artist on a diagonal sash worn by its main subject. The Australian geologist Laszlo Toth shouted “I am Jesus Christ- risen from the dead” while he took a hammer and smashed a nose and an elbow from this sculpture in 1972. A youthful Madonna holds the body of the dead Jesus in her lap in, for 10 points, what Michelangelo sculpture?

This sculpture shares part of its name and its subject with a work that its creator produced late in his life for the Palazzo Rondanini.

Pietà

Pietà

Pietà

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A prayer recited during this holiday repeats four variants of the phrase “Please save, for your sake... please save.

A prayer recited during this holiday repeats four variants of the phrase “Please save, for your sake... please save.” This is the only biblical festival in which god instructs participants to “rejoice,” as contained in Leviticus 23:40. A water-drawing ceremony was performed during the intermediate days of this holiday in the Temple of Jerusalem. Date, myrtle, willow, and citron branches form the “four species” of plants used in this harvest festival. For 10 points, give this Jewish holiday whose name literally translates as “festival of tents.”

A prayer recited during this holiday repeats four variants of the phrase “Please save, for your sake... please save.

Sukkot

Sukkot

Sukkot

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In one story, reciting the opening chapter of this book is compared to providing a remedy for a person bitten by a scorpion.

In one story, reciting the opening chapter of this book is compared to providing a remedy for a person bitten by a scorpion. Differing interpretations hold that a phrase in this book’s opening chapter refers to the “master” or the “sovereign” of the “day of retribution.” The first section of this book is sometimes called the “cure,” as it is held to be a “cure for every poison,” or as the “seven repeated verses.” This book’s first word, which states the oneness of god, is “bismallah.” The Sura “Al Fatihah” opens, for 10 points, what holy book of Islam?

In one story, reciting the opening chapter of this book is compared to providing a remedy for a person bitten by a scorpion.

Quran

Quran

Quran

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In one tale, this man compares a man who built a massive house on his deathbed to a spoon that can never taste the soup that surrounds it.

In one tale, this man compares a man who built a massive house on his deathbed to a spoon that can never taste the soup that surrounds it. This man is born as the child of the youngest of twelve exiled sisters in one of the stories in the Jataka Tales. As he was conceived, this man’s mother dreamed of a white elephant with six tusks. This man meditated for forty nine days under a type of fig tree to achieve enlightenment. For 10 points, give this namesake of an east Asian religion that is divided into Mahayana and Theravada branches.

In one tale, this man compares a man who built a massive house on his deathbed to a spoon that can never taste the soup that surrounds it.

Gautama_Buddha

Gautama_Buddha

Gautama_Buddha

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In the U.S., this denomination’s “southern stream” and “northern stream” branches reunited in 1983, decades after the liberalizing reforms brought about by the Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy.

In the U.S., this denomination’s “southern stream” and “northern stream” branches reunited in 1983, decades after the liberalizing reforms brought about by the Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy. Many worldwide churches of this denomination still adhere to the principles laid out in the 17th Century Westminster Confession of Faith. This denomination takes its name from the practice of having a session of elders who govern individual churches. For 10 points, name this offshoot of Calvinism developed by the Scottish reformer John Knox.

In the U.S., this denomination’s “southern stream” and “northern stream” branches reunited in 1983, decades after the liberalizing reforms brought about by the Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy.

Presbyterianism

Presbyterianism

Presbyterianism

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A mythological motif compares Girflet’s failure to destroy this object to Jesus’s betrayal by Judas.

A mythological motif compares Girflet’s failure to destroy this object to Jesus’s betrayal by Judas. In one account, this object’s owner uses it to slay four hundred and seventy Saxon enemies after crying out the holy name of Mary. In Chretien de Troyes’s poem Conte du Graal, this object is used by Gawain rather than by its traditional owner. This object was acquired when its owner either drew it from a stone or acquired it from the Lady of the Lake. For 10 points, name this magical sword of King Arthur.

A mythological motif compares Girflet’s failure to destroy this object to Jesus’s betrayal by Judas.

Excalibur

Excalibur

Excalibur

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Polycaste bathes this man in oil and water as his followers sacrifice a prized heifer to a goddess who had transformed into an eagle.

Polycaste bathes this man in oil and water as his followers sacrifice a prized heifer to a goddess who had transformed into an eagle. This man demands that a host give him a more suitable gift than a chariot for the rocky terrain of his homeland, after which he receives a mixing vessel crafted by Hephaestus. Athena disguises herself as Mentor to provide advice to this man, who sets out to visit Pylos and Sparta before returning to Ithaca to challenge his mother Penelope’s suitors. For 10 points, name this son of Odysseus.

Polycaste bathes this man in oil and water as his followers sacrifice a prized heifer to a goddess who had transformed into an eagle.

Telemachus

Telemachus

Telemachus

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The Tullstorp Runestone depicts one of these objects directly below the image of a wolf.

The Tullstorp Runestone depicts one of these objects directly below the image of a wolf. One of these objects is forged at the same time as a spear and a set of golden hair in the first set of three objects made for Loki by the sons of Ivaldi. One of these objects made of the untrimmed nails of the dead resides in Muspelheim, and will transport legions of warriors to fight the gods at Ragnarok. Frey owned one of these objects that he could fold inside of his pocket. For 10 points, name these objects such as Naglfar and Skidbladnir.

The Tullstorp Runestone depicts one of these objects directly below the image of a wolf.

Boat

Boat

Boat

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In one story, this man agreed to jump into a fire if he lost a bet to an animal that he could construct a bridge made of arrows that could bear the animal’s weight.

In one story, this man agreed to jump into a fire if he lost a bet to an animal that he could construct a bridge made of arrows that could bear the animal’s weight. This man obtained a wife when he was the only suitor who could shoot the eye of a golden fish with an arrow while gazing at its reflection. This man slew Bhishma using a volley of arrows in a battle from the Kurukshetra War. The charioteer Krishna advised, for 10 points, what middle Pandava brother who is a major character in the Mahabharata?

In one story, this man agreed to jump into a fire if he lost a bet to an animal that he could construct a bridge made of arrows that could bear the animal’s weight.

Arjuna

Arjuna

Arjuna

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This man first argued that only “attributes of action” are predicable of god.

This man first argued that only “attributes of action” are predicable of god. This man’s last published work, which argues that religious belief does not entail belief in superstitions, is his Letter on Astrology. This man introduced negative theology to his faith in a book produced in the late 12th Century. The third book of a text by this man opens with an analysis of the chariot in Ezekiel and contains a catalogue of the 613 laws of Moses, much like his Mishneh Torah. For 10 points, name this Jewish philosopher who wrote the Guide for the Perplexed.

This man first argued that only “attributes of action” are predicable of god.

Maimonides

Maimonides

Maimonides

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This book argues against representation in favor of nation-wide assemblies, claiming that representation effectively enslaves people to their elected officials.

This book argues against representation in favor of nation-wide assemblies, claiming that representation effectively enslaves people to their elected officials. The fourth and final section of this book differentiates between the “religion of man” and the state-based “religion of the citizen.” This book argues that any government exists independent of a sovereign controlled by the “general will” of the people. The statement “Man is born free, but he is everywhere in chains” opens, for 10 points, what 1762 book by Jean-Jacques Rousseau?

This book argues against representation in favor of nation-wide assemblies, claiming that representation effectively enslaves people to their elected officials.

The_Social_Contract

The_Social_Contract

The_Social_Contract

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The “paraconsistent” type of this discipline is by definition not “explosive,” meaning that inconsistent statements are not necessarily treated as completely trivial.

The “paraconsistent” type of this discipline is by definition not “explosive,” meaning that inconsistent statements are not necessarily treated as completely trivial. C.S. Pierce claimed that the “first rule” of this discipline was “to wonder” and to have a strong desire to learn. George Boole developed the “symbolic” field of this discipline, which he closely linked with mathematical algebra. Along with grammar and rhetoric, this discipline comprised the ancient Trivium. For 10 points, name this study of inference and truth.

The “paraconsistent” type of this discipline is by definition not “explosive,” meaning that inconsistent statements are not necessarily treated as completely trivial.

Logic

Logic

Logic

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A thinker from this country conceived of a “hybrid theory” of perception to counter the “Way of Ideas” and wrote a paired set of essays about the intellectual and active powers of man.

A thinker from this country conceived of a “hybrid theory” of perception to counter the “Way of Ideas” and wrote a paired set of essays about the intellectual and active powers of man. Josiah Royce’s The World and the Individual and William James’s The Varieties of Religious Experience were originally presented in this country as part of the Gifford Lectures. Thomas Reid led a “common sense” school in this country. The Is-Ought Problem was first presented by a thinker from, for 10 points, what birthplace of David Hume?

A thinker from this country conceived of a “hybrid theory” of perception to counter the “Way of Ideas” and wrote a paired set of essays about the intellectual and active powers of man.

Scotland

Scotland

Scotland

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Emmanuel Levinas argued that this event established the role of the other as a mediator between a person and their god.

Emmanuel Levinas argued that this event established the role of the other as a mediator between a person and their god. Critics often compare a thinker’s dismissal of Christine Olsen to the dilemma central to this event. This event prompts the question “Is there a teleological suspension of the ethical” in an 1843 book which argues that this event’s perpetrator became a “knight of faith” by giving up what he loves most to his god. For 10 points, name this biblical “binding” analyzed in Soren Kierkegaard’s book Fear and Trembling.

Emmanuel Levinas argued that this event established the role of the other as a mediator between a person and their god.

Abraham's_Sacrifice_of_Isaac

Abraham's_Sacrifice_of_Isaac

Abraham's_Sacrifice_of_Isaac

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In a posthumously published interview, this man recalled being asked “Do you believe in a personal god” by a priest in a chance encounter at an athletic club.

In a posthumously published interview, this man recalled being asked “Do you believe in a personal god” by a priest in a chance encounter at an athletic club. A book by this man sets out to catalogue “divine beings- as zoology includes all animals and botany all plants.” The Upanishads inspired this man’s motto, “follow your bliss.” He analyzed a figure who receives a boon as a reward after departing the “ordinary world” in the “monomyth.” For 10 points, name this author of The Masks of God and The Hero with a Thousand Faces.

In a posthumously published interview, this man recalled being asked “Do you believe in a personal god” by a priest in a chance encounter at an athletic club.

Joseph_Campbell

Joseph_Campbell

Joseph_Campbell

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Adversarial Question Writing UMD December 15

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Joseph Sirgy applied the ideas of this psychologist to the development of nations and how they seek to improve quality of life.

Joseph Sirgy applied the ideas of this psychologist to the development of nations and how they seek to improve quality of life. This man claimed that people are driven to seek truth, beauty, and goodness through “metamotivation.” He theorized that people undergo moments of extreme fulfillment that he termed “peak experiences.” This man’s paper “A Theory of Human Motivation” argued that people seek to satisfy basic drives before they can achieve self-actualization. For 10 points, what psychologist developed the Hierarchy of Needs?

Joseph Sirgy applied the ideas of this psychologist to the development of nations and how they seek to improve quality of life.

Abraham_Maslow

Abraham_Maslow

Abraham_Maslow

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One of these entities about a “botanical monograph” is used to argue that their “condensation” is driven by “omission.

One of these entities about a “botanical monograph” is used to argue that their “condensation” is driven by “omission.” In one of these entities, a doctor sees a white lesion on a bone of a patient when he looks down her throat. Guilt over a medical mistake is among the latent content in one of these entities named “Irma’s Injection.” An 1899 book claims that all of these entities are a form of wish fulfillment, a thesis refuted in its author’s later text Beyond the Pleasure Principle. For 10 points, what entities are “interpreted” in a Sigmund Freud book?

One of these entities about a “botanical monograph” is used to argue that their “condensation” is driven by “omission.

Dream

Dream

Dream

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A landmark paper in this field by C.W.J. Granger establishes rules for identifying causality and feedback between two parameters.

A landmark paper in this field by C.W.J. Granger establishes rules for identifying causality and feedback between two parameters. Many ARMA models within time series analysis in this field display a breakpoint in the year 1973. The accuracy of “macro” models in this field was called into question by the Lucas Critique. Jan Tinbergen and Ragnar Frisch shared a Nobel Prize for their co-development of this field, which uses statistical methods to forecast trends in employment and growth. For 10 points, name this mathematical subfield of economics.

A landmark paper in this field by C.W.J. Granger establishes rules for identifying causality and feedback between two parameters.

Econometrics

Econometrics

Econometrics

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Scenes from the music video of this song include a woman who wears a white Baby G watch, two people who interact in a parody of The Sims, and two singers who perform while dodging bullets.

Scenes from the music video of this song include a woman who wears a white Baby G watch, two people who interact in a parody of The Sims, and two singers who perform while dodging bullets. A female singer in this song describes wanting to play air guitar on her roof and on her kitchen table. In its chorus, the singer of this song desires to “Take a ride to my old neighborhood” after stating “I just wanna go back, back to” the title point in time. For 10 points, identify this Charli XCX and Troye Sivan song named for a late 20th-Century year.

Scenes from the music video of this song include a woman who wears a white Baby G watch, two people who interact in a parody of The Sims, and two singers who perform while dodging bullets.

1999

1999

1999

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A campaign video used in this election showed a political opponent’s head emerging from a cuckoo clock to suggest his mental instability.

A campaign video used in this election showed a political opponent’s head emerging from a cuckoo clock to suggest his mental instability. A candidate in this election was the subject of a corruption investigation involving the telecommunications company Bezeq named “Case 4000.” The Blue and White Party formed to run in this election, in which a major campaign issue was the military service of Ultra-Orthodox Jews. For 10 points, name this April election in which Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party stayed in power.

A campaign video used in this election showed a political opponent’s head emerging from a cuckoo clock to suggest his mental instability.

2019_Israeli_legislative_election

2019_Israeli_legislative_election

2019_Israeli_legislative_election

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Laurie Padman led a contemporary survey project to monitor a feature named for this man.

Laurie Padman led a contemporary survey project to monitor a feature named for this man. This man discovered a feature that he simply called “The Barrier,” which today bears his name and completely surrounds Roosevelt Island. The Cape Roberts Project was conducted at a research outpost in a sea named for this man, which contains a port at McMurdo Sound. He commanded the Erebus and the Terror on an 1839 expedition. The southernmost sea and a massive ice shelf are named after, for 10 points, what explorer of Antarctica?

Laurie Padman led a contemporary survey project to monitor a feature named for this man.

James_Clark_Ross

James_Clark_Ross

James_Clark_Ross

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Adversarial Question Writing UMD December 15

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A river that shares its name with this state flows southeast from a former lake bed in the Traverse Gap.

A river that shares its name with this state flows southeast from a former lake bed in the Traverse Gap. A bloody Ojibwe raid on a group of rival canoes provided the name of this state’s Red Lake. The Rainy River and Rainy Lake form part of the northern border of this state near the town of International Falls. Part of the Northwest Angle in this state lies above the Lake of the Woods. Duluth is on the western shores of Lake Superior in, for 10 points, what “Land of 10,000 Lakes” that contains the urban area of Minneapolis?

A river that shares its name with this state flows southeast from a former lake bed in the Traverse Gap.

Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota

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