MS QR League 2022 Varsity Round 4 Flashcards
(15 cards)
This social dance’s movements may result from challenge, advanced, plus, or mainstream calls. The Virginia reel was a popular early form of this dance, whose movements include the do-si-do and promenade. What is this folk dance performed by people in a four-sided shape?
square
This poem argued that sinking the title vessel would be more honorable than confining its parts to a scrapyard. That vessel ws a frigate that survived the War of 1812 and, after the poem’s 1830 publication, was rebuilt. Give the title of this ode to the USS Constitution, written by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Old Ironsides
This Greek temple was built in the 5th century B.C., and dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena. Its columns are of the Doric order, the simplest of the classic Greek orders. Name this temple that dominates the hill of the Acropolis at Athens.
Parthenon
This Sibert Honor Book claims its subect can, quote, “chop an onion in an instant” and “carve a mouse out of a mushroom.” That man burst onto the L.A. food scene by opening his gourment Korean-Mexican taco truck Kogi. What is this biography written by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and June Jo Lee?
Chef Roy Choi and The Street Food Remix
This goddess was also known as Pallas. The protector of cities, she was sometimes depicted holding the goddess Nike, but nearly always had her sword, shield, and helment. Who was this Greek goddess of crafts, wisdom, and war?
Athena
Identify the predicate nominative in the following sentence. She will be the fairy in the kindergarten play.
fairy
Among this musical’s characters are Sour Kangaroo, General Schmitz, and Jojo. Set in the Circus McGirkus and Whoville, it follows Horton the elephant’s attempts to hatch an egg. Yertle the Turtle and The Cat in the Hat are two sources for what musical?
Seussical (the Musical)
This compositional technique evolved from the canon or round. It imitates a musical theme in simultaneous, contrapuntal (kahn-truh-POON-tul) melodic lines. Name this compositional procedure perfected by Johann Sebastian Bach.
fugue
This author set most of his stories, including “barn Burning” and “Dry September,” in his native South. Perhaps his most famous story profiles an elderly spinster who has lived for decades with her fiance’s corpse. Who wrote the Southern Gothic story, “A Rose for Emily”?
(William) Faulkner
This instrument, whose name means “pipe” in Germna, shares its name with a council area of Scotland. It has a cylindrical bore and six finger holes that produce a high, shrill tone. Identify this transverse flute commonly found in military bands.
fife
Name the time of verbal phrase present in the following sentence: Matthew enjoys playing tennis.
gerund
This poem’s subtitle is “A Ballad of the Republic Sung in 1888.” It is set during the final half-inning of a baseball game that the title character loses for his Mudville teammates. Identify this poem by Ernest Lawrence Thayer.
Casey at the Bat
Composed “Embraceable You” and “Ornithology.” Identify this saxophonist and bebop innovator, whose nickname was Yardbird.
(Charlie) Parker
In this short story, two wealthy British brothers give American Henry Adams a large denomination of money to live on for a month. What is this Mark Twain story?
The Million Pound Bank Note
This German design school was alternately located in Weimar (VY-mar), Dessau (DES-ow) and Berlin. It taugh fine art, crafts, and architecture. Give the name of this school founded by Walter Gropius.
Bauhaus [BOW (rhymes with “how”) HOUSE]
