HS Quiz Bowl Practice

What caused the "Opium Wars" between 1839 to 1860?

Which of the following innovations is characteristic of the Chinese junk?

Who was in Control of all of Vietnam, Laos, & Cambodia from the 1880's until 1940?

Why don't people in Vietnam sweep their homes on Vietnamese New Year?

Louis Vauxcelles coined it. It comes from the quote "Donnatello among the wild beasts".

In 1929, Arthur Conan Doyle embarked on a Spiritualism tour through which country?

Which of these groups in the Philippines had the most elaborate tattoos in ancient times?

Which president of the Philippines had a father who was also a president?

In The Empire Strikes Back, we learn that these creatures smell "even worse on the inside".

Which river flows through four European capitals - Vienna, Budapest, Bratislava, & Belgrade?

Louisville sluggers are made from ____

Name the large cloud of comets that encircles the solar system.

Billy Crystal voices Mike in Monsters, Inc., but which Toy Story character did he turn down?

Mussorgsky's original, 1869 Boris Godunov was rejected by the Mariinsky Theatre because of

What does Jocasta do in response of Oedipus finding the truth about himself?

Why was the Imperial City in the Ming Dynasty called the "forbidden city"?

who is the creator of Totoro?

Located off Madagascar, this island nation has 1 million inhabitants and is one of the world's most densely populated.

The Denver Gold. The Boston Breakers. The New Jersey Generals. to what defunct football league did these teams belong

Name the document that created the Federal Republic of Germany and now serves as Germany's constitution.

The residents of which European country refer to their nation as "The Hexagon"?

This group is a Muslim minority in Myanmar violently targeted by the Buddhist majority:

What three movies were inspired after infamous serial killer Ed Gein?

Deglutition is the scientific term for what common bodily function that humans do hundreds of times a day?

This French term was derived from a Paris shop. It is also known as Ju-gend-stil in German.

The show featured Billy Crystal as Mary's son Jodie, who was among the first openly gay characters on primetime TV.

El Prat airport is located in which city on the Mediterranean Sea, which held the 1992 Summer Olympics?

. "Purple benzene" contains a salt of this Group 7 element commonly found in 5+ and 7+ oxidation states.

According to Piaget, which describes magical thinking?

Nikola Tesla created the

John Heyl Vincent founded a lecture series for Methodist Sunday school teachers in what New York town?

How did the Chicago fire supposedly start?

The longest tennis match in history was played at Wimbledon in 2010. How long was this match?

This state is known as the Mother of Presidents - 8 Presidents and 6 First Ladies born there.

Which of the following is not a principle belief of Jainism:

What is the only building that survived the Chicago Fire?

Into what body of water does the Ganges River flow?

Who coined the term Uncanny Valley?

How did Houdini die?

The continuous flow of particles away from the sun moving at about 400 km/sec in paths determined by magnetic fields.

What kind of belief system is there in Shintoism?

In 'Rocky and Bullwinkle', what animal is Rocky?

A deficiency of this vitamin leads to Scurvy.

Cretinism, myxedema and graves are all diseases of this organ/gland?

Lucille Ball and her husband Desi Arnaz ran which studio?

Which is not a Robin Williams film?