Quiz Bowl Difficult Topic Questions from Spring Break 2024

He wrote the Haffner and Jupiter Symphonies

This planet was discovered by Sir William Herschel in 1781

Who designed the dome of the Florence Cathedral (Il Duomo or Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore)

Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation after this battle

He is the current majority leader of the Senate

He wrote the Symphony of a Thousand

Grant led the Union in this battle (aka Pittsburg Landing) where Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston is killed.

Who designed the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

This river starts in Switzerland and empties in the Mediterranean Sea

Because of the Dust Bowl, the Joad family travels on Route 66 from Oklahoma to California in

This river goes through Cologne, Rotterdam, Dusseldorf, Duisburg, Strasburg

He is the current leader of the House

George Milton watches over Lennie Small who is obsessed with rabbits in

He painted over 250 paintings of Water Lillies

The Great Dark Spot is on

The Battles of Freeman's Farm and Bemis Heights are a part of this larger battle where the Benedict Arnold Boot is.

He is holding the flag in Emmanuel Leutze's Washington Crossing the Delaware