Quiz Bowl 2018 9

He converted to Buddhism after the Kalinga War

In Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, Lennie Small accidentally kills

This is the sculptor of Mount Rushmore.

This jackal-headed Egyptian god oversaw this "weighing of the heart" ceremony

The Zulu Empire was founded by

An atom or molecule containing one or more unpaired electrons.

Carmen is by

This poem says "Water, water, everywhere, not any drop to drink."

In 1836 Sam Houston defeated Santa Anna at this battle

These are pulsating variable stars that regularly brighten and dim.

This leader of the far-right National Rally party ran for the French presidency in 2012, 2017, and 2022.

This Christopher Paul Curtis novel describes the travel from Flint to Grand Rapids udring the depression.

This River separates New Hampshire and Vermont

The William Tell Overture is by

Robert Falcon Scott led this expedition to Antarctic.

Pocahontas used this name after being baptized.

Bilbo Baggins finds this dagger.

He commands the Militia in Rembrandt's The Night Watch.

He was George Washington's Secretary of War