Quiz Bowl R4 Practice 2/22

This author, dubbed the "Prophet of the Jazz Age," wrote Tender is the Night in addition to The Great Gatsby.

In Peter and the Wolf, this double reed instrument represents the duck

This last of the original 13 colonies to be founded was named after the king that granted James Oglethorpe a charter.

This colony was founded by Roger Williams, who fled religious persecution in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

In this circuit configuration, current must pass directly from one light bulb to another

Solve the equation: x² + 6x + 5 = 0

What religion focuses on non-injury to all living things?

These devices are used to slow down the flow of electrons and are governed by Ohm's Law.

Name this region, which broke away from Mexico and became a state in 1845. Its flag bears a single star.

What sport includes six offensive players swim around trying to throw a ball into a goal?

This name was given to the 1980 Winter Olympics hockey semifinal, in which the US team improbably defeated the USSR

What American astronomer is better known as the inspiration for a space telescope?

The best-known battle of the Texas Revolution took place at this mission in San Antonio, where Davy Crockett was killed

Name this piece of music that ends with a victory parade in which a young pioneer brings a savage animal to the zoo.

What is the largest planet in the Solar System?

This colony was home to the first representative assembly in the colonies, the House of Burgesses, in Williamsburg.

"Theirs not to reason why/ theirs but to do and die" is a line in this famous poem

Name this member of the Sturm und Drang movement who wrote The Sorrows of Young Werther

This religion's followers live in Punjab, and believe in carrying a ceremonial dagger and leaving one's hair unshaven

How many planets in our Solar System have rings?

This wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald was diagnosed with schizophrenia and is the inspiration for a character in a novel

This Vedic religion's fundamental principles include the reincarnation of one's soul and eventual liberation

Identify this novel, which is partially set in West Egg and is narrated by Nick Caraway

Who wrote The Charge of the Light Brigade?

What year did the massacre of 11 Israeli Olympians by the Black September group happen?

How many planets are in the Solar System?

Mexican forces at the Alamo were led by this man, who became Mexico's leader after an 1833 coup.

The double-A kind of these objects can produce 1.5 volts, and another common type of these devices produces 9 volts

An explosion destroyed this space shuttle in 1986. A cracked O-ring led to led to the death of all seven crew.

What is the smallest planet in the Solar System?