Quiz Bowl 34-4

In the 1860 presidential elecction, the northern wing of the Democratic party nominated this Illinois Senator

This is the last name of Atticus, Scout and Jem in a Harper Lee novel.

This philosopher wrote of prisoners whose only reality is the shadows displayed on a cave's walls.

These cells send signals across synapses.

This Texas Governor was wounded in Dealey Plaza when Kennedy was assassinated.

He sculpted The Excstasy of St. Teresa and designed the piazza of the St. Peters

She founded the American Red Cross in 1881

The "long-period" type of these objects are thought to originate in the Oort cloud.

The Birth of Venus was painted by

He established a port on the Baltic sea and traveled Europe incognito.

This is the most populous city in Canada

Possession of a conch shell grants the right to speak in this novel.