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Scholar Bowl Facts
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11th Grade
02/03/2011

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Where was the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga fought?
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New York
Term
Who invented th slide rule?
Definition
Robert Bissaker (1654)
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What is the technical term for headache?
Definition
cephalalgia
Term
Who wrote the Great Gatsby?
Definition
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Who wrote Cyrano de Bergerac?
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Edmond Rostrand
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Spelling!!! Look and learn
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bureaucrat
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Moraines are deposits of rock, gravel, and dirt that have been left behind by what kind of natural feature?
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glaciers
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Name the ocean current that makes it possible for coral to form as far north as the Bermuda Islands.
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Gulf Stream
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Who wrote the plays Witness for the Prosecution and Ten Little Indians?
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Agatha Christie
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What 13-letter word means “pertaining to the governor”?
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gubernatorial
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What country is nicknamed "The Emerald Isle"?
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Ireland
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Who discovered the structure of DNA? (2 people)
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James Watson and Francis Crick
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Who was the 1996 presidential candidate and his running mate for the Reform Party?
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Ross Perot and Pat Choate
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What American sculptor is most famous for his work on Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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Gutzon Borglum
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About how many liters in a gallon?
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3.78 liters
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Which element’s Latin name is “ferrum”?
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iron
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Which element’s Latin name is “argentum”?
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silver
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Which state is nicknamed "The Silver State"?
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Nevada
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Where did the Battle of Savannah take place?
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Georgia
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Where did the Battle of Yorktown take place?
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Virginia
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What does FM stand for?
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Frequency Modulation
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Who wrote the Hunchback of Notre Dame?
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Victor Hugo
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Who wrote Frankenstein?
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Mary Shelley
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Rhinology is the study of what?
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nose
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Spelling! Look and learn
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aphrodisiac
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Who was the first man to reach the South Pole?

Where was he from?

Definition

Ronald Amundsen

Norway

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Who wrote Gulliver's Travels?
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Jonathan Swift
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What story by Mark Twain includes the characters Tom Canty and Edward, Prince of Wales?
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The Prince and the Pauper
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What short novel by Ernest Hemingway includes the characters Manolin and Santiago?
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The Old Man and the Sea
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What is the official language of Brazil?
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Portuguese
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Who wrote the Invisible Man?
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H. G. Wells
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Who wrote the Canterbury Tales?
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Geoffrey Chaucer
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Who wrote Pride and Prejudice?
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Jane Austen
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Who wrote the Heroes?
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Charles Kingsley
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Who wrote the History of Mr. Polly?
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H. G. Wells
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Who wrote the Cash Boy?
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Horatio Alger
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Who wrote Jane Eyre?
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Charlotte Bronte
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Who wrote the Mysterious Affair at Styles?
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Agatha Christie
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Who wrote Paradise Lost?
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John Milton
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Who wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?
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Lewis Carroll
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Who wrote the Secret Adversary?
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Agatha Christie
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Who wrote a Tale of Two Cities?
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Charles Dickens
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Who wrote Emma?
Definition
Jane Austen
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Who wrote Sense and Sensibility?
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Jane Austen
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Who wrote the Scarlett Letter?
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Who wrote the Confidence Man?
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Herman Mellville
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Who wrote Don Quixote?
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Miguel de Cervantes
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