Academic Team 1

What happens to Gatsby at the end of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby?

The largest Chinese city by population and the largest city proper by population in the world.

The Galapagos Islands are part of which South American country?

Which is not one of the three capitals of South Africa?

Which is a polyatomic ion?

It's been Wonder Woman's corporate home since the 1940s.

The pointillist artist of A Sunny Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.

The lover of Dido is which hero of a Vergil epic, whose descendants would found Rome?

Et tu? Which of these people did Marcus Junius Brutus help assassinate?

Who painted Nighthawks?

This 18th century neoclassical triumphal arch in Berlin is called what?

Which of these monarchs was the last Holy Roman Emperor?

Which tribe sacked Rome in 410 AD?

Which chemical has the formula K₂CO₃

Which actor did not appear in Saving Private Ryan?

Simplify: log(100).

What is the name of the doc in the Academic Team Drive with links to other websites?

The composer of The Magic Flute and The Marriage of Figaro.

Chicago's seal includes a sheaf of wheat a ship representing this body of water

Who is the common link between Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, and How to Get Away With Murder?

Artist known for Bal du moulin de la Galette (Dance at Le moulin de la Galette).

Who is the youngest Kardashian?

The capital of the Philippines.

Trump's 2017 pick for Secretary of State.

Who is the second highest ranked military leader, after Washington, in U.S. history?

Which economist wrote The Wealth of Nations?

Who is the senate minority leader?

Who won Best Actor at the 2017 Oscars?

The composer of Carmen.

The capital of Estonia.

German composer of Pillions; 1810-1856

The world's largest uninterupted waterfall, located in Venezuela.

Which brand has had collaborations with the likes of Rihanna, Kylie Jenner, and The Weeknd?

Who is the best chess player?

Author of Candide.

Father of empiricism and the scientific method.

Poet: "Tonight I Can Write (The Saddest Lines)", "If You Forget Me", "Love", "Here I Love You".

What was the name of the movie that Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling first starred in together?

The Unites States' first space station was launched in 1973. What was it called?

Author of The Scarlet Letter.

What guerrilla group fought UN forces in the Vietnam conflict?

2 cards are drawn from a standard deck (no replacement). What is probability both are hearts?

This painter painted dancers in Ballet Rehearsal.

1851 novel by Herman Melville

Which did Stephen King not write?

The capital of Portugal.

What is the 3rd installment of the Fifty Shades of Grey Trilogy?

Name the psychologist who tested obedience by asking participants to administer electric shocks

This play is famous for the scene where Portia prevents Antonio from “losing a pound of flesh”?

How many voting members are there in the House of Representatives?

Painter of Composition with Yellow, Blue, and Red.

The bottom of an ionic column is referred to as the what?

What German Novel Prize winner wrote The Magic Mountain and Buddenbrooks?

Which of these philosophers did not influence the French Revolution?

On April 13, 1861 Major Robert Anderson surrendered this fort to the Confederate

What is the sea fort of Fortin San Juan de la Cruz better known as?

Which of the following was not nominated for Best Picture at the 2017 Academy Awards?

What is the name of the song that was used for the mannequin challenge?

Seen here, it's the only one of the three Prairie Provinces that borders Hudson Bay.

The U.S. state known as the "Last Frontier".

Which of these blockbuster film was released first?

Where is the Luxor located?

The capital of New Zealand.

Artist known for his/her close ups of flowers, such as in Red Canna.

This NFL team's logo is the only one that is a plant.

1899 novella by Joseph Conrad, about a voyage up the Congo River, narrated by Marlow.

Who established the first psychological laboratory, in Leipzig, Germany?

The capital of Afghanistan.

Which of these books came first?

Simplify: log₃10 + log₃2.7.

Who was the author of the influential work Das Kapital?

Michelangelo's Pietá deals with which subject?

Name this quantity measured in pascals and equal to force divided by unit area.

In Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six, "Rainbow" is code for what?

What is the talest building in the world, located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates?

Identify this most abundant protein inmammals which is the main component of connective tissue.

In the 19th century, which early game's rukes were developed by Alexander Cartwright?

What former president wrote the 1832 108-page poetry collection Poems of Religion and Society?

Prince Harry is dating Meghan Markle. Which TV show is she currently a part of?

The ancient Dorians dominated the Peloponnesian peninsula, in particular what city?

1797 Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem

Which of the following was no an early explorer of Canada?

Author of Midnight's Children.

Which philosopher came first?

Which award did Jimmy Carter win in 2002?

Name the English king who in 1215 signed theMagna Carta.

Charles Darwin studied finches in which archipelago?

Trump's 2017 pick for Chief of Staff.

What is the lowest ranking belt in Judo?

Threats from which pirates prompted the U.S. to create their Navy in the late 1790s?

What country has the most earthquakes?

Who wrote Beloved?

Sofia is the capital of which country?

In about 330 BC, Pytheas sailed around what island describing its inhabitants as Celts?

Which artist was born first of the following?

Which of the following country has Portuguese, rather than Spanish, as its official language?

Name the across-the-hall neighbor of Jerry Seinfeld.

What island is Calabria "kicking"?

The pictured landmark located in Paris, France.

What does a chain of amino acids form?

Which is not a type of rock?

Which of these French kings ruled first?

This man recently resigned as the National Security Adviser.

Who painted No. 11, 1952 (Blue Poles)?

The capital of Connecticut.

Who painted Nude Descending a Staircase?

What controversial act did John Adams sign in 1798?

Which is not painted by Picasso?

Which is not a method of heat transfer?

Who is the actor who plays Rambo in the Rambo movies?

The capital of Uruguay.

Co-wrote The Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx.

The capital of Ohio.

Which is not a Galilean moon of Jupiter?

Who painted Café Terrace at Night?

Which of these European nations came first?

Where did Leonidas' last stand take place?

The capital of Pakistan.

The graphite pencil was first developed in what year?

The artist that sculpted Bird in Space.

Juan Manuel de Rosas was the repressive dictator of which nation?

Who painted The Blue Boy?

Poet: "War is Kind", "Think as I Think", "Once there Came a Man"; The Red Badge of Courage.

Which is true about the money generated from the stock market?

2015: retired Marines raised the US flag in this city where they took it down 54 years earlier

The sculptor of the LOVE statue in Philadelphia.

This man painted 16 works depicting dogs playing poker.

Mount Aconcagua is the highest point on which continent?

What is the name of the daughter in The Adams Family?

Where does the volcano Mt. Pelee grumble?

Which artist painted Campbell's Soup Cans?

What 20th century Sunni dictator ruled over the Shia majority, many of whom got massacred?

The nonfiction author of Elements.

Which is by Roald Dahl?

An Italian Baroque composer of The Four Seasons, virtuoso violinist, and a teacher and cleric.

The capital of Missouri.

Who won Best New Artist at the 2017 Grammys?

The capital of the really hot country of India.

Author of The Trial.

The capital of Austria.

Author of Catch-22.

Obama became the first U.S. president to use what word in an inaugural address?

Best known for his "Eureka moment" of using density to determine the purity of a gold crown.

The Cook Islands are self governing, in free association with which country?

The American painter of American Gothic.

The painter of The Death of Marat.

The capital of South Dakota.

The Kaaba, the location of every Muslim's Hajj, is located where?

20 μJ (microjoules) equals how many joules?

Name the Civil War Union general who lends his name to a style of facial hair.

A Catholic cathedral in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France.

The capital of Saudi Arabia.

Movie Quote: "I do wish we could chat longer, but... I'm having an old friend for dinner".

Which film won Best Picture at the 2017 Oscars?

The Great Wave off Kanagawa was painted by whom?

What is the cosine of an angle divided by the same angle's sine?

What is Scout's father's name in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird?

The temple complex Angkor Wat is located in which country?

Which division of the electromagnetic spectrum does not have a higher frequency than visible?

Name the collaborator with Alfred North Whitehead on the Principia Mathematica.

Who is this?

Silent Spring spoke out about the use of the insecticide DDT. Who is the author?

Artist known for his confusing lithographs, like Relativity (pictured).

Where can one find the most potassium?

The notion of scarcity and that people must make choices leads to what economic phenomenon?

Which element has atomic number 99.

Potala Palace, the chief residence of the Dalai Lama, is located where?

In what amazing class did I create both this collage and this question?

Justin Bieber joined this singer for a festive version of her "All I Want For Christmas Is You"

True or False: YOU should take AP Macroeconomics if you have not already.

What is the chemical symbol for Zinc?

Which of the following areas is salinity likely to be the highest?

This Persian prophet founded an -ianism named for him over 2,500 years ago.

Brussels, the de facto capital of the European Union and NATO, is located where?

What is this online retailer known for their fast and quality shipping and returns?

What does the Roman numeral XXVIII stand for?

Name this man who resigned from his position as Richard Nixon’s first Vice-President.

Which is not an experiment at Cern's Large Hadron Collider?

Holden Caulfield is the main protagonist in what J.D. Salinger novel?

Which Netflix Original stars Taylor Schilling, Laura Prepon, and Danielle Brooks?

This sculptor depicted a flowing version of David.

How many real solutions exist to the quadratic equation x²-6x+9=0?

Who accidently announced La La Land as best picture?

What friend of Friedrich Nietzsche conducted Here Comes the Bride and Ride of the Valkyries?

Which is not a fundamental force in physics?

After being drenched in pig's blood, a girl destroys Thomas Ewin High School in which novel?

Known for his independent invention of calculus and the ensuing dispute with Isaac Newton.

Who conducted the Hungarian Rhapsody?

He painted View of Toledo and The Disrobing of Christ (pictured).

Simplify: ∫2xdx

The Shakespearean play about the titular Prince of York killed by Richmond at Bosworth Field.

William Seward purchased which territory for the United States in 1867?

"Star Wars" was a missile defense mechanism proposed by Ronald Reagan. What was its name?

Who wrote the nonfiction Walden?

Name this art movement which rebelled against the “rules” of Renaissance art.

Which actor made his debut as James Bond in the film Casino Royale in 2006?

Where is the Chinese Forbidden City?

Who wrote A Clockwork Orange?

On which Japanese city was the second atomic bomb dropped on August 9th, 1945?

When taxes go down, what necessarily goes up?

What is the capital of the United Arab Emirates?

This type of transport was named for its German designer.

Which is not painted by Rene Magritte?

The capital of Ghana

What dog stolen from California becomes a Yukon sled dog in Jack London's The Call of the Wild?

The lover of Dido is which hero of a Vergil epic,whose descendants would found Rome?

Who put solar panels on the White House roof, only for Ronald Reagan to take them off?

What happened in 476 AD that changed the political face of Europe?

Astronomer who said, "I used to measure the heavens, now I shall measure the shadows of Earth".

The greatest film in 1968 and the best ever made.

The view that God is identical with the whole universe is called what?

Who is Trump’s nominee for Secretary ofthe Treasury?

What is the tallest statue in the world, standing at 128m (420 ft)?

The sculptor of Mount Rushmore.

Which region or state's name comes from the Greek words for "Land between the rivers"?

Identify the work about the Dashwood family, the first published novel by Jane Austen.

Who was the first man killed in the Boston Massacre?

1886 Chicago riot: civilians died after an anarchist threw a pipe-bomb at police officers.

This painter, depicted in this self portrait, is better known for Swans Reflecting Elephants.

Solve for b: b^b + 2b√(b⁵)) = 120.5

The nonfiction author of Pragmatism.

Facebook was first limited to students from which university?

What is the name of the first Disney movie ever made?

What is the chemical formula for methane?

In the American Civil war, the Confederacy hoped which crop was "king"?

What is the capital of Turkey?

Name this third largest island in the world, shared by Brunei, Malaysia, and Indonesia.

Famous novelist and poet who taught at Harvard Medical School and wrote Old Ironsides.

True or False: You should buy waffles for the Math Club's monthly Waffle Wednesday fundraiser.

Monaco's only land boarder is with which country?

What were the names of the Japanese suicide pilots in WWII?

In what city did the Harlem Renaissance take place?

Who was billionnaire James Packer previously engaged to?

American sculptor known as the originator of the mobile, as shown here.

From his 1962 coup until his 2002 death, socialist Ne Win dominated which country's politics?

The capital of Chile.

The capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

What is discussed in AP Macroeconomics?