Academic Bowl May 1, 2020

What literary device is being displayed when words are made from the sounds they create, such as boom, pow, and buzz?

What group of black birds can be referred to as a murder when in a group?

Which U.S. state is the only state to have 2 official languages? Its last queen was Liliuokalani.

Which U.S. state is known as the Centennial State, as it was founded on the 100 year anniversary of the U.S in 1876?

Played by Keanu Reeves in the film, what retired hitman seeks vengeance for the killing of wife's dog?

What kind of dessert treat gets its name from the site of a gold rush in Canada? What would you do for a....

What giant feature located in the Grand Tetons shares its name with a rock opera featuring the music of Styx & Bon Jovi?

Fidelio is the only opera by which of these composers that was deaf and was unable to hear his 9th symphony performed?

What 2013 movie about killer whales from Seaworld featured the fish named Tillekum?

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki, what character had a moving castle that hid a spellcasting witch that hated his love Sophie?

Based off a set of poems by T.S. Eliot, what Broadway play turned movie with Idris Elba has the character Grizabella?

The legendary frontiersman Kit Carson lends his name to the capital of what Silver State?

The prefix meta- means what, such as in the word metamorphosis?

Sharing its name with an X-Men character with adamantine claws, this beast is known as a skunk bear. What's its name?

What NBA franchise has won the most NBA championships with 17? NBA legends Larry Bird & Bill Russell played for them.

What religious group holds its services in places known as Kingdom Halls?

What rap trio that told everyone to "Walk it, Talk It" in 2018 got their name from the Spanish word for "friends"?

The state flower of Oklahoma, what flower that lovers kiss under was once believed to be a cure for epilepsy?

Which X-Men character known for creating cataclysms has the real name of Ororo, which translates to mean "Beauty"?

Dr. Robotnik is the arch villain of what video game character?

What Irving Berlin and Bing Crosby song featuring "Sleigh Bells in the Snow" was used to signal evacuation of Saigon?

The Mint Julep is the official drink of what horse-racing event that takes place in Churchill Downs in Louisville?

Swaziland is the former name of what African nation whose capitals are Lobamba and Mbabane?

The great Astrolabe reef surrounds an island of what Oceanic nation that's also the name of a brand of bottled water?

Known as the Jeweler of Kings, Jacques Cartier is the explorer who discovered what nation known as the Great White North

What author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland created the poem Through the Looking Glass, featuring the Jabberwocky?

If an bird is described as cuckoo, where does that bird lay its eggs?

What popular website that has a broken jigsaw puzzle gets its name from the Hawaiian for "Quick Encyclopedia"?

Convert the problem 12x+3y=6 to slope-intercept form y=mx+b.

Before going solo in 2017, Zayn Malik was once a member of what UK boy band known for some "Midnight Memories"?

What author of the Federalist Papers with Alexander Hamilton was the first Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court?

What South American nation whose capital is Lima was once home to the Incan Empire, with the UNESCO site Macchu Picchu?

Christine Laguarde was the first female director of what international organization dedicated to financial cooperation?

What novel by Swedish author Stieg Larson features characters Blomkvist and Salander solving a 40-year old murder?

Annette bought 8 tickets for the movies, costing $90. Judging off this price, how much did Annette pay per ticket?

In Greek mythology, what son of the chief muse Calliope descended Hades to rescue his lover Eurydice, only to lose her?

What kind of animals does a lepidepterologist study that come in varieties like queen and monarch?

What NFL franchise is relocating in 2020 from Oakland, California to its new home in Las Vegas, Nevada?

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell represents what Bluegrass state in the U.S. Senate?

Which U.S president is the only president to have won the Pulitzer Prize, with the biography Profiles in Courage?

The lemur is native to what African island nation whose capital is Antanatarivo? It's the title of an animation film.

What set of molars in the back of the mouth do oral surgeons recommend removing as an adolescent before infection?

The bloodiest single day in American history, what battle of the Civil War was known as the Battle of Sharpsburg?

What restaurant chain was created in Seattle and named for the first mate of Captain Ahab in the novel Moby Dick?

What springy toy that's made of metal coils was once used as a radio antenna during the Vietnam War?

Complete the analogy related to currency: Penny is to dollar as kopec is to.....

If someone is diagnosed with selenophobia, what is that person afraid of that Neil Armstrong walked on in 1969?

What painting by Jaques Vermeer is sometimes known as The Dutch Mona Lisa?

A friend of Abraham Lincoln, what author wrote the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, helping to show the horrors of slavery?

Killed during the Boston Massacre, who is credited with being the first man killed during the American Revolution?

If a woman is described as being a raconteuse, then she has a skill in doing what?

Elected in 2017, Jacinda Ardern serves as prime minister of what nation whose capital is Wellington next to Australia?

The country of Argentina gets its name from what shiny metal element on the periodic table with the atomic symbol Ag?

What black, camelopard animal is the protected species of the Congo? It's a cross between a zebra and a giraffe.

What streaming website of shows like Future Man & The Handmaid's Tale means "Holder of Precious Things" in Chinese?

What founder of Texas with a city named after him is the only person in U.S. history to be governor of two states?