Quiz Bowl 2019 9

Question 1

The meatpacking plant worker Jurgis Rudkus is in

Accepted Answer

The Jungle

Question 2

This planet's has extreme seasonal variations because its spin axis lies close to its orbital plane.

Accepted Answer

Uranus

Question 3

This dam created Lake Nasser

Accepted Answer

Aswan High Dam

Question 4

Wolfram is an alternate name for this element

Accepted Answer

tungsten

Question 5

This is the line between Maryland and Pennsylvania, which also served as the boundary between free and slave states

Accepted Answer

Mason-Dixon

Question 6

USS Constellation defeated two French frigates in this war.

Accepted Answer

Quasi War

Question 7

This failed expedition in the French and Indian War attempt to capture Fort Duquesne.

Accepted Answer

Braddock

Question 8

Who wrote "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men" in To a Mouse?

Accepted Answer

Robert Burns

Question 9

This Prime Minister was preceded by and succeeded by Winston Churchill

Accepted Answer

Clement Attlee

Question 10

The Pritzker Prize is given to a

Accepted Answer

architect

Question 11

Willy Loman is in this play

Accepted Answer

Death of a Salesman

Question 12

Sagrada Familia is in

Accepted Answer

Barcelona

Question 13

This Babylonian legal code provides an eye for an eye.

Accepted Answer

Hammurabi

Question 14

Who was Victoria Woodhull's running mate for the Equal Rights Party?

Accepted Answer

Frederick Douglass

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