Novice Round 6 Quiz

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Transistor
What component of an electronic circuit modifies a signal, either by switching it or amplifying it?
Frankenstein
What Gothic novel by Mary Shelley contains the characters Captain Robert Walton and Justine Moritz?
Guy Fawkes
On November 5, 1605, who, whose mask is still worn annually, was caught in the Gunpowder Plot?
Illiad
What is the name of the epic Greek poem by Homer about the fight between Achilles and Hector in the Trojan War?
Pearl Harbor
The Doolittle raid on Tokyo was the American response to what December 7, 1941, surprise attack?
Fujita scale
What is the name of the scale used to measure tornados which ranges from F1 to F5?
Carmen
Habanera and the Toreador Song are famous musical works from what opera by Goerges Bizet?
Great Expectations
Miss Havisham's adopted daughter Estella is Pip's love interest in what work by Charles Dickens?
Hitchhiker's Guide
Ford Prefect and Arthur Dent are the main characters in what Douglas Adams work which features the famous quote "Bring a towel"?
Dali
Lobster Telephone, the film Andalusian Dog and The Persistence of Memory, are by what Spanish Surrealist artist?
GandhiWhat indian independence leader led the Salt March and was assassinated by Nathuram Godse?Harper LeeWhat Southern author was childhood friends with Truman Capote and wrote two book sets in Maycomb, Alabama?PhotosynthesisThe Calvin cycle is part of what process that takes place in chloroplasts of plant cells?PoppiesThe John McCrae poem "In Flanders Fields" mentions "row on row" of what flower?VishnuWhich Hindu god of the Trimurti is the preserver god and Prince Rama is his seventh avatar?LangWhat American photographer of the Great Depression era is known for her picture Migrant Mother?PriestlyHeating red mercury allowed what man to discover oxygen?ChicagoLouis Sullivan is an architect closely linked to which city that was devastated by a fire in 1871?VerneWhat French science fiction author wrote Around the World in 80 Days and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea?OsirisWhat Egyptian god is often depicted with green skin and is the brother of Set and Nephthys?SolventA solute is the chemical that gets dissolved in a solution. What is the component that does the dissolving called?StyxIn Ancient Greek myth, Charon ferried the souls of the dead across either the Acheron or what other river?PlatomicWhat river separates Washington, D.C. from Virginia and was the namesake of a civil war Union army?ComplexWhat type of number has both imaginary and real parts, usually written in the form a + bi?AttucksWho was the first American killed in the American Revolution? He was a black man shot at the Boston Massacre.HemingwayIdentify the American author, friend of Gertrude Stein, who wrote the Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms?May 5The Battle of Puebla in Mexico is celebrated each year on what date?GanymedeThe second and third largest moons in the solar system are Titan and Callisto. What moon of Jupiter is the largest?ChopinWhat Polish-French composer is known for writing mazurkas and etudes, as well as the Minute Waltz?