NAQT - Quiz Bowl 1

Question 1

Which 1944-45 WW2 battle in the Ardennes Forest in Belgium was the last major Nazi offensive?

Accepted Answer

Battle of the Bulge

Question 2

The Yellow Turban Rebellion occurred in 184 AD during which Chinese dynasty?

Accepted Answer

Han

Question 3

Who is the father of modern Chemistry who disproved the Phlogiston theory?

Accepted Answer

Antoine Lavoisier

Question 4

Which organelle packages proteins in vesicles?

Accepted Answer

Golgi Apparatus

Question 5

Which female author wrote about Edna Pontellier in The Awakening?

Accepted Answer

Kate Chopin

Question 6

Red Square is located in which European capital city?

Accepted Answer

Moscow

Question 7

Taylor Swift recently feuded with which other pop star over her song "Bad Blood"?

Accepted Answer

Katy Perry

Question 8

Which law states that current = voltage/resistance?

Accepted Answer

Ohm's Law

Question 9

Which Norse God was tricked by Loki into killing his brother with mistletoe?

Accepted Answer

Hodr

Question 10

Which chain closed many restaurants in 2015 following an E. Coli outbreak?

Accepted Answer

Chipotle

Question 11

Tom Brady, a quarterback for the New England Patriots, attended which university?

Accepted Answer

Michigan

Question 12

Which Dutch artist painted The Night Watch and The Anatomy Lesson?

Accepted Answer

Rembrandt van Rijn

Question 13

The Waste Land and The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock were written by what American poet?

Accepted Answer

T. S. Eliot

Question 14

"Nessun Dorma" appears in Turandot, an opera set in China by what composer?

Accepted Answer

Giacomo Puccini

Question 15

(PENCIL AND PAPER READY!) If x@y = 3x + 5(y-2), what is 4@7?

Accepted Answer

37

Question 16

Which leader defeated Vercingetorix during the Gallic Wars?

Accepted Answer

Julius Caesar

Question 17

Which psychologist created the Hierarchy of Needs, with "Self-actualization" at the top?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Maslow

Question 18

Which Steinbeck novel features the characters George and Lennie?

Accepted Answer

Of Mice and Men

Question 19

Which religion founded by Guru Nanak requires followers to carry a Kirpan dagger?

Accepted Answer

Sikhism

Question 20

The Atacama Desert, the dryest non-polar desert in the world, is located in which country?

Accepted Answer

Chile

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