11th and 12th Grade Quiz Bowl Prelim

ARTS: Who painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, and drew Vitruvian Man?

LITERATURE: The world’s first novel, The Tale of Genji, was written in what country?

ARTS: What '80s pop icon holds the record for most #1 songs on any single Billboard chart?

LITERATURE: Which British writer was the author of Frankenstein?

RECENT NEWS: On February 28, President Trump had an argumentative meeting with what leader of Ukraine?

HISTORY: Which 1815 battle led to Napoleon’s final downfall from power?

LITERATURE: Who wrote the allegorical novel Animal Farm and the dystopian novel Nineteen-Eighty-Four?

RELIGION: What holiday is the Jewish Day of Atonement? It’s the holiest day in Judaism.

STEM: Which of these is NOT a noble gas?

RECENT NEWS: Israel is currently at war with Hamas over control of what region?

STEM: At what temperature are Celsius and Fahrenheit equal?

RELIGION: What is the last book of the Bible?

ARTS: Inspector Javert mercilessly pursues Jen Valjean in what classic musical?

STEM: What is the longest bone in the human body?

RECENT NEWS: What actor portrayed Uncle Sam in Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl Halftime Show?

RELIGION: What term is used in Buddhism for final spiritual inner peace & release from rebirth?

HISTORY: The disastrous Great Leap Forward was directed by what Communist leader?

HISTORY: What Enlightenment philosopher defined the social contract in his 2nd Treatise on Government?