United States Academic Decathlon Super Quiz Relay Power

United States Academic ® Decathlon Super Quiz™ Relay Power Point Test 11 (30)

Round 1

Seghers’s novel The Seventh Cross, with its “reverse passion story, ” supports the author’s unconventional treatment of a. b. c. d. e. feminism Communism family values Nazism religion -LITERATURE-

Seghers’s novel The Seventh Cross, with its “reverse passion story, ” supports the author’s unconventional treatment of a. b. c. d. e. feminism Communism family values Nazism religion -LITERATURE-

2. Which chord tone is in the lowest voice when the chord is placed in first inversion? a. b. c. d. e. root second third fourth fifth -MUSIC-

2. Which chord tone is in the lowest voice when the chord is placed in first inversion? a. b. c. d. e. root second third fourth fifth -MUSIC-

If you were an artist who wanted to suggest a feeling of peace and tranquility, you would most probably use a(n) a. b. c. d. e. curving line jagged line vertical line horizontal line broken line -ART-

If you were an artist who wanted to suggest a feeling of peace and tranquility, you would most probably use a(n) a. b. c. d. e. curving line jagged line vertical line horizontal line broken line -ART-

What is the name of the Spanish general who led a military coup against the government of Spain in the 1930 s? a. b. c. d. e. Felipe Franco Francisco Franco Federico Franco Manuel Franco Julio Franco -SOCIAL SCIENCE-

What is the name of the Spanish general who led a military coup against the government of Spain in the 1930 s? a. b. c. d. e. Felipe Franco Francisco Franco Federico Franco Manuel Franco Julio Franco -SOCIAL SCIENCE-

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Which mechanism provides the information necessary to coordinate supply and demand in a market? a. b. c. d. e. prices sellers buyers supply demand -ECONOMICS-

Which mechanism provides the information necessary to coordinate supply and demand in a market? a. b. c. d. e. prices sellers buyers supply demand -ECONOMICS-

Seidler is considered an “unreliable narrator” in Transit because he a. b. c. d. e. cannot be depended on by the people around him uses an alias, his true identity a mystery is not always truthful creates a love triangle tells a frame story -LITERATURE-

Seidler is considered an “unreliable narrator” in Transit because he a. b. c. d. e. cannot be depended on by the people around him uses an alias, his true identity a mystery is not always truthful creates a love triangle tells a frame story -LITERATURE-

Who was the first United States president to take seriously the suggestion that United States should stockpile uranium ore and develop its own nuclear weapons program? a. b. c. d. e. Hoover Roosevelt Truman Eisenhower Kennedy -SCIENCE-

Who was the first United States president to take seriously the suggestion that United States should stockpile uranium ore and develop its own nuclear weapons program? a. b. c. d. e. Hoover Roosevelt Truman Eisenhower Kennedy -SCIENCE-

Which of the following is the capital of Libya? a. b. c. d. e. Cairo Algiers Tripoli Benghazi Bizerte -SOCIAL SCIENCE-

Which of the following is the capital of Libya? a. b. c. d. e. Cairo Algiers Tripoli Benghazi Bizerte -SOCIAL SCIENCE-

A Danish production of what opera resulted in the Nazis threatening to blow up the opera house? a. b. c. d. e. Porgy and Bess Show Boat Lady! Be Good Oklahoma! Girl Crazy -MUSIC-

A Danish production of what opera resulted in the Nazis threatening to blow up the opera house? a. b. c. d. e. Porgy and Bess Show Boat Lady! Be Good Oklahoma! Girl Crazy -MUSIC-

Round 2

The models for Rockwell’s Four Freedoms paintings were a. b. c. d. e. imaginary characters actual people the artist knew copied from historical paintings composites of several people copied from historical sculptures -ART-

The models for Rockwell’s Four Freedoms paintings were a. b. c. d. e. imaginary characters actual people the artist knew copied from historical paintings composites of several people copied from historical sculptures -ART-

A price above equilibrium price and quantity will result in a. b. c. d. e. excess demand excess supply increase in elasticity decrease in elasticity none of the above -ECONOMICS-

A price above equilibrium price and quantity will result in a. b. c. d. e. excess demand excess supply increase in elasticity decrease in elasticity none of the above -ECONOMICS-

The American Theatre Wing presented a series of shows called the _____, which consisted of war-related songs and skits that were performed during lunch breaks at ammunition factories. a. b. c. d. e. Noontime Stage Lunchtime Follies Supper Shenanigans Dining Shows Lunch-Hour Variety -MUSIC-

The American Theatre Wing presented a series of shows called the _____, which consisted of war-related songs and skits that were performed during lunch breaks at ammunition factories. a. b. c. d. e. Noontime Stage Lunchtime Follies Supper Shenanigans Dining Shows Lunch-Hour Variety -MUSIC-

How many elements are recognized by Platonic solids? a. b. c. d. e. two five fifteen twenty-one forty-six -SCIENCE-

How many elements are recognized by Platonic solids? a. b. c. d. e. two five fifteen twenty-one forty-six -SCIENCE-

In “Thoughts on Peace in an Air Raid, ” Woolf’s central proposal is that it is important to a. b. c. d. e. change the mental make-up of men elect women to political posts allow women to fight in the war direct women to negotiate treaties give civilian women weapons to defend themselves -LITERATURE-

In “Thoughts on Peace in an Air Raid, ” Woolf’s central proposal is that it is important to a. b. c. d. e. change the mental make-up of men elect women to political posts allow women to fight in the war direct women to negotiate treaties give civilian women weapons to defend themselves -LITERATURE-

The artist MOST strongly allied with Color Field is a. b. c. d. e. Rothko Chagall Pollock Still Newman -ART-

The artist MOST strongly allied with Color Field is a. b. c. d. e. Rothko Chagall Pollock Still Newman -ART-

Which of the following are the acronyms for the names of the two most important Jewish resistance groups involved in the Warsaw ghetto uprising? a. b. c. d. e. ZIF and ZOB ZIF and ZZW and ZCU ZOB and ZZW ZCU and ZOB -SOCIAL SCIENCE-

Which of the following are the acronyms for the names of the two most important Jewish resistance groups involved in the Warsaw ghetto uprising? a. b. c. d. e. ZIF and ZOB ZIF and ZZW and ZCU ZOB and ZZW ZCU and ZOB -SOCIAL SCIENCE-

“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages. ” Which of the following economists authored this quote? a. b. c. d. e. Karl Marx Adam Smith Friedrich Hayek Milton Friedman John Maynard Keynes -EONOMICS-

“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages. ” Which of the following economists authored this quote? a. b. c. d. e. Karl Marx Adam Smith Friedrich Hayek Milton Friedman John Maynard Keynes -EONOMICS-

Paul Robeson played the role of _____ in Show Boat in its 1928 London stage production and in the first film version. a. b. c. d. e. Joe Gaylord Ravenal Captain Andy Frank Schultz Pete -MUSIC-

Paul Robeson played the role of _____ in Show Boat in its 1928 London stage production and in the first film version. a. b. c. d. e. Joe Gaylord Ravenal Captain Andy Frank Schultz Pete -MUSIC-

The Memorial of Caen’s museum includes installations about the history of a. b. c. d. e. the atomic bomb mustard gas military uniforms the Nobel Peace Prize the Vietnam War -ART-

The Memorial of Caen’s museum includes installations about the history of a. b. c. d. e. the atomic bomb mustard gas military uniforms the Nobel Peace Prize the Vietnam War -ART-

Round 3

A Research Branch survey investigated soldiers’ listening preferences and asked whether GIs liked to sing. What percentage of responses said “yes”? a. b. c. d. e. 5% 25% 52% 87% 98% -MUSIC-

A Research Branch survey investigated soldiers’ listening preferences and asked whether GIs liked to sing. What percentage of responses said “yes”? a. b. c. d. e. 5% 25% 52% 87% 98% -MUSIC-

The Lend-Lease Program was enacted as a response to _____. a. b. c. d. e. the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor German blitzkrieg against allied forces British attacks on German infrastructure German U-boats sinking British merchant ships the effects of the Great Depression on United States citizens -ECONOMICS-

The Lend-Lease Program was enacted as a response to _____. a. b. c. d. e. the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor German blitzkrieg against allied forces British attacks on German infrastructure German U-boats sinking British merchant ships the effects of the Great Depression on United States citizens -ECONOMICS-

Which of the following people was elected the Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1945? a. b. c. d. e. Clement Attlee Anthony Eden Stanley Baldwin Harold Macmillan James Ramsay Mac. Donald -SOCIAL SCIENCE-

Which of the following people was elected the Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1945? a. b. c. d. e. Clement Attlee Anthony Eden Stanley Baldwin Harold Macmillan James Ramsay Mac. Donald -SOCIAL SCIENCE-

Which of the following states that no two electrons in an atom can have the same set of quantum numbers? a. b. c. d. e. Pauli’s Exclusion Principle Bohr’s Correspondence principle Heisenberg's Uncertainty principle Schrodinger equation De Broglie’s Hypothesis -SCIENCE-

Which of the following states that no two electrons in an atom can have the same set of quantum numbers? a. b. c. d. e. Pauli’s Exclusion Principle Bohr’s Correspondence principle Heisenberg's Uncertainty principle Schrodinger equation De Broglie’s Hypothesis -SCIENCE-

In Transit, the one event or story that the narrator does NOT relay as “boring” is a. b. c. d. e. a woman telling how she lost her child during the evacuation of Paris tales about people “surviving mortal danger by a hair” his own story about Marie and how he found passage on the Montreal Weidel’s suicide in Paris receiving a limited-residence permit to stay in Marseille -LITERATURE-

In Transit, the one event or story that the narrator does NOT relay as “boring” is a. b. c. d. e. a woman telling how she lost her child during the evacuation of Paris tales about people “surviving mortal danger by a hair” his own story about Marie and how he found passage on the Montreal Weidel’s suicide in Paris receiving a limited-residence permit to stay in Marseille -LITERATURE-

Which artist worked with American jazz musicians? a. b. c. d. e. Chagall Moore Appel Giacometti Beckmann -ART-

Which artist worked with American jazz musicians? a. b. c. d. e. Chagall Moore Appel Giacometti Beckmann -ART-

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of money? a. b. c. d. e. medium of exchange unit of account store of value fungibility All of the above are characteristics of money. -ECONOMICS-

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of money? a. b. c. d. e. medium of exchange unit of account store of value fungibility All of the above are characteristics of money. -ECONOMICS-

All of the following are TRUE about the speaker in “How to Kill” EXCEPT he a. b. c. d. e. knows he is damned for his actions is proud of his skill has been brought up to be an aggressor humanizes his victim shows remorse for his sin -LITERATURE-

All of the following are TRUE about the speaker in “How to Kill” EXCEPT he a. b. c. d. e. knows he is damned for his actions is proud of his skill has been brought up to be an aggressor humanizes his victim shows remorse for his sin -LITERATURE-

Which of the following is the BEST characterization of the book Mein Kampf? a. b. c. d. e. It would serve as the political blueprint for a reformed Nazi Party. It would serve as the political blueprint for a reformed German People’s Party. It would serve as the political blueprint for a reformed German Communist Party. It would serve as the political blueprint for German Democratic Party. It would serve as the political blueprint for a reformed German Democratic Party. -SOCIAL SCIENCE-

Which of the following is the BEST characterization of the book Mein Kampf? a. b. c. d. e. It would serve as the political blueprint for a reformed Nazi Party. It would serve as the political blueprint for a reformed German People’s Party. It would serve as the political blueprint for a reformed German Communist Party. It would serve as the political blueprint for German Democratic Party. It would serve as the political blueprint for a reformed German Democratic Party. -SOCIAL SCIENCE-

In nuclear physics, what is a “daughter”? a. b. c. d. e. an alpha particle a beta particle a product nucleus that is itself radioactive a product nucleus that is not radioactive another name for a helium nucleus -SCIENCE-

In nuclear physics, what is a “daughter”? a. b. c. d. e. an alpha particle a beta particle a product nucleus that is itself radioactive a product nucleus that is not radioactive another name for a helium nucleus -SCIENCE-