Quiz Bowl Questions 1

What is the element described?

What branch of the Justice Department controls the entry of aliens?

the Romanovs ruled Russia from 1613 to what year?

What is the immortal four-word line from Jerry Maguire?

In the 1870's, which detective wrote THE MOLLY MAGUIRES?

Who was the co-author with Charles Darwin on his first published paper on Theory of Evolution?

What word is the political slang for the tendency of people to support an apparent winner?

"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."

Planes that were part of the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo ended up to crash landing in what country?

Which German statesman unified numerous German states into a powerful German Empire in 1871?

What is the name for this traditional fireside chair?

The 3rd law of what sci. principle states that it is impossible to cool anything down to 0?

What is the mascot of Rice university?

What happens to most escaped prisoners in the U.S.?

Who was this majority group?

The SCHUHPLATTLER dance is popular in Bavaria. Which country borders it to the south?

What is the title of Leonardo Da Vinci's painting of the twelve Apostles?

All unit fractions have what number as the numerator?

In linear perspective, the point at which parallel lines seem to converge, is known as what?

What English scientist formulated one of the basic law of physics?

What is the compound word that describes an upward current of warm, moist air?

What was the Superfund used for?

Which disease killed nearly all of the Native Americans in colonial New England?

Abruzzese is a dialect of which language?

David Ben-Gurion went to the U.S. in 1915, when which empire exiled Zionists from Palestine?

On what day was it so significant that Jimmy Carter chose to walk rather than ride in a limo?

What is his name?

What woman accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault?

What allergory begins with these words?

Monk and monastery are both based on the Greek word monos, which indicates what style of living

What result do you get when both premises are negative?

A ballot in which a vote supports candidates of more than one party is known as what?

What mode of transportation did the last Americans evacuate Vietnam during the Fall of Saigon?

What body in Great Britain may cast a vote of no confidence?

What type of lightning is merely the reflection of the flashes of a distance storm by clouds?

What sugar regulating substance is secreted from the pancreas?

What word with neck is a single major throughfare where traffic is often congested?

"What wil you do if you have 13 emperors?"

Who wrote The Pied Piper of Hamelin?

Who's name is put in Presidential nomination though he has no chance of winning?

What is the mascot of the University of Houston?

What is the unit of frequency?

A climate graph shows annual patterns of precipitation and what other climate-related info?

What agency administered the Superfund?

Who wrote 'Nothing Gold Can Stay'?

What word with neck is slowing down on a road to look at an accident?

Magnesium has an atomic mass of 24, atomic number 12, and 10 electrons. What is the valence?

the ability to identify any musical tone...

Summer embraced the earth with Her arms. What figure of speech is used in this verse?

Tennyson used sailing out to c on a calm evening as a metaphor for what in "Crossing the Bar"?

Richard Sears and Alva Roebuck were famous partners. Who was the partner of James A. Bailey?

What was the ancient parent language of modern Hindi and Bengali?

What is the mass of one cubic centimeter of water?

What sport has its regular season opening day beginning on April 4, 2012?

In England's history, there's a period known as the Interregnum. What century did it occur?

"Wild horses could not keep me away from your house tonight."?

Which viceroy of the New Spanish colonies was sent to Spain in chains by Franciso de Bobadilla?

Bruce Catton's book, Terrible Swift Sword, was part of his trilogy about what conflict?

Hitler forced the French to sign the armistice of June, 1940, in which place?

What do scientists believe provides the biggest signal to birds that it's time to migrate?

What is the official language of Lebanon?