2024 Academic Bowl Summer Questions Test

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  1. 2. What type of blood vessel carries blood away from the heart?
  2. 4. Who is the author of "The Catcher in the Rye"?
  3. 5. Name the first person killed in the Boston Massacre, which believed to be the first casualty of the American Revolution.
  4. 8. What is the name of the protein that oxygen binds to in red blood cells?
  5. 10. What British environmental activist group gained international attention for its orange-paint vandalism, in protest against human-caused climate change?
  6. 11. Which American poet wrote "The Road Not Taken"?
  7. 12. belt What is the name of the region of space beyond Neptune that contains many small icy bodies?
  8. 14. In "Monopoly," what is the most expensive property?
  9. 15. V-Bucks' is the in-game currency of what video game?
  10. 18. William Shakespeare is popularly known as what three-word phrase?
  11. 21. Which dwarf planet is located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter?
  12. 24. What is the deepest lake in the United States?
  13. 25. Who wrote Fahrenheit 451?
  14. 26. A feral, sullen, misshapen creature in "The Tempest" is named what?
  15. 28. What is the name of the spaceship in "Star Trek"?
  16. 29. What is the term for a group or chain of islands clustered together in a sea or ocean?
  17. 30. What is the name of the female reproductive organ of a flower?
  18. 31. What is the term for the process by which a caterpillar transforms into a butterfly?
  19. 32. The deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group.
Down
  1. 1. “The Modern Prometheus" is the subtitle of what 19th-century novel?
  2. 3. What is the name of the strait that separates the Iberian Peninsula from North Africa?
  3. 6. What is the scientific name for the white part of the human eye?
  4. 7. Name the submerged mountain range found in the ocean floor between North America and Europe.
  5. 9. "Type of sentence (4): Conveys strong emotion or excitement"
  6. 13. What is the name of the supercontinent that existed approximately 335 million years ago?
  7. 16. What American fashion brand is once again the official outfitter of Team USA for the Olympic and Paralympic Games?
  8. 17. What peninsula in Southeast Asia is formed by countries such as Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia?
  9. 19. What landform occurs at the mouth of a river where it splits into several branches before emptying into a sea or ocean?
  10. 20. Arthur Miller's play "The Crucible" is set in what town in Massachusetts?
  11. 22. The study of the origin and history of words is called what?
  12. 23. What is the largest moon of Saturn?
  13. 27. What major river runs through New York City?
  14. 31. What is the term for a recurring symbol or theme in literature?