Novice Round 7 Quiz

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Sikh
Name this religion that originated in Punjab, India, where any member can lead in prayer and adherents aren't required to cut their hair.
Fibonacci
This sequence of numbers can be used as the side lengths of squares to create an approximation of the golden spiral. Many natural patterns like pine cone scales and flower petals appear in this pattern.
Genghis
Name this founder of the Mongol Empire and ancestor of Kublai Khan. His successor Jochi led the Golden Horde, son Ogechi defeated the Jin Dynasty, and grandson founded the Yuan Dynasty, which expanded his empire south in China.
Oedipus
This tragic king of Thebes solved the riddle of the Sphinx and kills his father Laius. He later blinds himself after learning that he married his mother.
Cello
A large string instrument smaller than a bass and was used by Max Brusch to imitate the voice of a male cantor.
Jekyll
His friend Dr. Lanyon dies of shock after seeing his "evil side" by consuming a potion, and later transforms into Edward Hyde.
Pandora
This first woman created by Hephaestus was given a box by Zeus, which contained the world's evils
Pisa
This Italian city, located near the mouth of Arno River, was briefly the home of Galileo, who performed a cannonball drop experiment from the a tower of this city. The tower, which featured a world-famous 4 degree lean, was later stabilized with a lead counterweight.
Halley
Name this famous comet that approaches Earth every 76 years, which was studied by 5 spacecrafts in 1986, one of which being Giotto. The man who discovered its orbit died in 1742, 16 years before he can prove it is periodic.
Texas
Name this southern US state where Geologists had a hard time studying its Barnett Scale due to its natural gas reserves lying under a massive metroplex, and the oil industry grew its cities of Dallas and Houston.
WrightName this American architect that created the New York Guggenheim Museum and designed Fallingwater, which used cantilevers to support the concrete terraces of a house over a waterfall.AndersenName this Danish author who wrote famous fairytales like The Nightingale, The Snow Queen, and The Little MermaidSalem Witch TrialsIn this 1690s hysteria located in Massachusetts, 19 people were hanged and accused of sorcery.CharlotteThis English author wrote Jane Eyre, where the title character falls in love with Edward Rochester, a married man, and witnesses the death of a childhood friend.MugabeA longtime leader of Zimbabwe who passed away in 2019 and was ousted in a coup d'etat, where he was held under house arrest afterwards in the capital Harare.CloudsAirborne masses of water vapor that undergoes precipitation when it condensesArticles of ConfederationAn American governing document in effect before the Constitution. Its shortcomings became apparent when the government couldn't fund an army to put down a rebellion. It required 9 states' approval to admit a new colony with the exception of Canada, which could enter if it wanted, but never did.Fischer esterificationAn acid-catalyzed reaction where alcohol and carboxylic acid are refluxed together and commonly uses sulfuric acidOttomanName this empire that dominated the Eastern Mediterranean basin between the 13th and 19th centuries, but collapsed in World War 1. It conquered the capital of Byzantine, Constantinople, in May 1453, led by the sultan Mehmed II.GentileschlThis Italian painter drew Judith Slaying Holofernes, where Judith, which resembled her, beheaded Holofernes. This painter also made many paintings that depicted Mother Mary holding an infant Jesus.GeotheName this German author of Doctor Faust, in which the title author tells a poodle to "cease to bark and bellow" but shortly discovering it was the demon Mephistopheles in disguise, and later trades his soul in exchange for power.MandelaThe first black president of South Africa who won the Nobel peace prize for his anti-apartheid contributionsBaha'iBab and Baha'u'laah are the Twin Manifestations of God in this religion, where John the Baptist predicts the coming of JesusFitzgeraldName this author of the Great Gatsby, Bernice Bobs Her Hair, The Diamond as Big as the Ritz, and The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonCamp DavidThis retreat in Maryland was named after president Eisenhower's grandson and was the location of the landmark agreement between Egypt and Israel, mediated by Jimmy Carter in 1978.HeartThis major organ of the circulatory system pumps blood into the human bodyCatherThis American author who wrote O Pioneers, The Song of the Lark, and My Antonia, has 2 of her Priaire novels set in Nebraska, and also wrote Death Comes for the Archibishop.ChristmasCarols, Greensleeves, and The Nutcracker are all classical musics inspired by which holiday season?