Quiz Bowl Practice

Name this poet of “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” and the poem “Harlem,” which talks about “a dream deferred.”

A Super Nintendo shooter game, whose supporting characters include Falco and the barrel roll-loving Slippy Toad.

Andy Serkis, who plays the Supreme Leader Snoke, is referenced in this 2019 Star Wars Film.

Name this barber of Seville, who gets married in a Mozart opera.

Blizzard created Hearthstone, one of these games, other examples of these games include Magic, Yu-Gi-Oh, and poker.

Who sings “Formation” and also collaborated with her husband Jay-Z in “Drunk in Love”.

People who play this instrument can change tone or mute sound by placing their hand in the bell. 

In World War Z, Brad Pitt’s character uses this beverage to distract zombies.

 Name this band led by Adam Levine, whose hits include “Sugar” and “Cold”.  

Name this band from Liverpool, England whose hit “Eleanor Rigby” was written by Paul McCartney.

Name this CW show which centers around the life of Kara Zor-El, the cousin of Superman.

Name the singer of Old Town Road

Protagonist of this play is envious of Charley because his son Bernard is arguing a case in front of the Supreme Court.

Name these pieces composed for countries, which include “God Save the Queen” and “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

Set of five lines on which notes are written. Each line and space in between the lines represents a different note.

Thanks to his political activism, Wagner spent over a decade exiled from his homeland, name this modern country.

 Name this musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber about a masked character.

 Name these creatures such as Magikarp and Pikachu, which can be caught using a PokéBall.

This Italian term indicates that a string player should pluck, rather than bow, the strings.

Songs by this rapper include “A.D.H.D.” and “Poetic Justice”. He also told listeners to “sit down” in his hit “HUMBLE.”

In America, much of the information about Covid-19 comes from the NIH and this Atlanta-based government agency.

Name this brass instrument that uses a slide to change pitch.

What rapper recorded the song “Thrift Shop”

Most popular video-streaming website in the US is this Google-owned website, which offers an ad-free “red” version.

The Magic Flute was one of the last works composed by this Austrian composer, a former child prodigy.

Scholastic created the concept of this “big red dog” owned by Emily Elizabeth.

This bald 4-year old boy lives with his mom Doris, his dad Boris, and his sister Rosie.

The Four Seasons are, like hundreds of Vivaldi’s works, concertos written for this instrument

Name this singer born in 1989, who collaborated with ZAYN in “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever”.

The Doors were fronted by this singer, who died in Paris in 1971.

The relationship between Elphaba and Glinda is documented in what musical based on The Wizard of Oz?

Disney movie which includes a song with verse , “Tale as old as time/Song as old as rhyme.”

Name this jazz trumpeter of the albums The Birth of the Cool and Kind of Blue

Name this deaf composer whose fifth symphony opens with a “short-short-short-long” motif.

The Four Seasons was composed by this Italian composer.

Name this 16-bit game console that was originally released in the US in 1991. Games include Donkey Kong and F-Zero

In Scrabble, all vowels have this number value. A player shouts “Uno” when they have this amount of cards in their hand

Name this composer, famous for operas such as La Traviata, Don Carlos and Trovatore (includes famous “Anvil Chorus”).

Name this opera about the title Ethiopian princess who falls in love with Radames.

Name this company headquartered in Mountain View, CA, which is known for its search engine.

A Silentó song urges the listener to “watch me” do these two dances.

Tyler Joseph and Joshua Dun “wish we could turn back time to the good ol’ days when our mommas sang us to sleep.”

Cymbals, drums, xylophones: name this family of musical instruments that are struck to create sound.

One of the events that inspired BLM was the 2013 acquittal of George Zimmerman, who shot and killed this unarmed teen.

Emma Watson played a French girl who fends off the advances of Gastonin this live-action remake of a 1991 Disney Film.

Ginger Rogers stared 10 musical films with what legendary dancer.

Characters in this movie use their proton packs to capture a paranormal being in NYC. Famous saying, “who ya gonna call?

This 2020 movie is causing many to cancel their Netflix subscriptions because it sexual exploits young girls.

With help from Mushu and Li Shang, she pins Shan Yu to the Emperors Palace, saving “all of China”.

In 2009, Chrises Hemsworth and Pine united to play George and James Kirk in Abrams reboot of this sci-fi franchise.

a double-reed instrument

In Peter and the Wolf, this double reed instrument represents the duck, which is swallowed whole by the wolf.

Name this musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda about the first American Secretary of Treasury. 

Name this house elf who prevents Harry from boarding the train back to school.

This BBC series cast Jodie Whittaker as the thirteenth actor, and first woman, to play the title time lord, taking over.

Give these two music terms, one often described as bright or cheery, other is often described as dark or sad.

In a quickly-pulled 2017 ad, Kendall Jenner ends a protest by giving a police officer a can of what soda?

This rapper stated that “I’m Kanye’s best prodigy” in his song “Blessings” on his third album, Coloring Book.

While filming a commercial for this brand, Michael Jackson’s hair caught on fire in a pyrotechnics accident.

Name the band with hits “Riders on the Storm” and “L.A. Woman,” and ended live shows with the song “The End"

Name this American composer of music for ballets like Appalachian Spring.

Name this George Gershwin piece, a fusion of classical and jazz music, that premiered in 1924 with Gershwin on the piano

Performances of Greek tragedy almost always included this group of people, who recited lines in unison.

Name this four-piece collection that opens with “La primavera” and ends with “L’inverno.”

Who sings “All I Ask” and “When We Were Young”, and “Hello”

Francine, the Brain, Binky, Muffy, and Buster are the friends of this titular aardvark. This character’s sister is D.W.

Name this rapper and record producer who established Bad Boy Records and is variously known as “Puffy” or “Diddy.

July, 2020. How did "Glee" star Naya Rivera die  

Netflix's docu-series "Tiger King" star, Joe Exotic was incarcerated in a murder-for-hire plot involving his rival

The Well-Tempered Clavier, collections of pieces written for all 24 major and minor keys, was written by

The first spinoff of The Lego Movie [“LEG-oh movie”] was named after this characer voiced by Will Arnett.

Notes may be described by this term if lowered by half a step, or by “sharp” if raised half a step.

This genre was originated by African-Americans in the South and is described as a “drowsy syncopated tune.”

A movie subtitled “Skull Island” featured this giant ape, who climbed the Empire State Building in a 1933 film.

This princess kisses Prince Naveen only to turn into a frog herself and chased by Facilier and his shadows.

This band’s first hit single was “Sugar, We’re Goin Down Swinging.” They also sang “Immortals” for Big Hero 6.

Name this genre of Greek drama, in which a character’s fatal flaw leads to his or her downfall.

Tatiana Maslany won an Emmy in 2016 for playing Sarah Manning, Beth Childs, and numerous other clones in this show.

J.S. Bach, Henry Purcell, and Johann Pachelbel were composers during this period.

Andy Serkis also played this corrupted hobbit, in Lord of the Rings, whose only goal is to reclaim his “precious.”

In 2016, this company replaced its “Screen!” service with the Hulu-partnered View!

Peter and the Wolf was composed by this Soviet composer, whose other works include The Love for Three Oranges.

Who sings “Adore You” and “Watermelon Sugar.”

Name this young boy, the title character of an orchestral composition for children.

The notation “mp” notes a dynamic level of mezzo piano, while “f” describes this loud dynamic level.

In this film, Hemsworth, Pratt, and Evans reprised their roles as Thor, Starlord, and Captain America to defeat Thanos.

Ghost ship that is cursed to sail the oceans forever unless its captain can convince a faithful woman to marry him

A special mode in many Call of Duty games pits the player against these reanimated corpses.

This clef is primarily used to write notes below middle C.

There is no structure to this “shake.” This dance’s namesake song was created by the trap artist Baauer.

Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter return in this long-awaited sequel to the 1989 "Excellent Adventure."

 This band rose to fame in 2007 with “I Write Sins Not Tragedies.” Other hits: “This Is Gospel” and “Victorious”.

Broadway star Nick Cordero passed away on July 5 after a 95-day battle that began with

This term indicates how fast or slow a piece of music should be played.

Super Nintendo game where Luigi and Yoshi can fire shells at each other on Rainbow Road.

 Name this reedless woodwind instrument that plays one octave lower than its smaller cousin, the piccolo.

Name this company, whose games include the MOBA Heroes of the Storm, as well as the RPG World of Warcraft.

This Disney princess wears a size 4½ glass slipper, which falls off once while running down the palace’s stairs at 12am.

Andy Serkis plays the Supreme Leader Snoke in this franchise, with films "The Force Awakens" and "The Last Jedi."