Quiz Bowl 9-11-20

The cable cars of what city are designated as national historic landmarks--the only landmarks to be found on wheels?

Where was the 2020 Summer Olympics supposed to take place before it was postponed?

The following phrase is an example of what literary device?  “Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers.”

Which was the first national park established in Utah, dedicated on November 19, 1919?

Who developed the theories of natural selection and evolution?

What toy company’s name means “play well” in Danish?

Which of the following is not one of the three basic types of rock?

The eruption of what volcano in 79 AD buried the Roman city of Pompeii?

Name the small country located between Spain and France in the Pyrenees Mountains.

 In Greek mythology, what human character is famous for having introduced both misery and hope into the world?

What is 2 to the power of 6?

True or False: The Soviet Union and France were allies during World War II

What holiday honors and recognizes the work and contribution of laborers to the development and achievements of the U.S.

The Parthenon, which was dedicated as a temple to the Greek goddess Athena, was built in which ancient Greek city?

Actor Chadwick Boseman recently passed away from colon cancer. Boseman played the titular character in what Marvel film?

Which two of the following Renaissance artists were Teenage Mutant Ninja turtles named after?

What is the process that the government uses each decade to calculate the nation's population?

This famous painting resides in the Louvre in Paris. Who painted it?