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Test your knowledge to see if you should join the Wando Quiz Bowl Team! Here are some sample questions: 1. Name the ballet and composer that includes Clara, toy soldiers, a Christmas Party, and the Sugar Plum Fairy.
The Nutcracker by Peter Tchaikovsky 2. Identify the word which is the name of an animal, it is the nickname of a state, and is sometimes used as a verb meaning "to harass persistently; to nag." The animal was named for the mark, usually white, on its head. 3. Complete the following line from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream: "Shall we their fond pageant see?/Lord, what fools these ______?" 4. How many degrees Fahrenheit is a temperature of 20 degrees Celsius? 5. It has been said that the greatest thinker of ancient times tutored the greatest soldier of ancient times. Name both this teacher who lived in Athens and this Macedonian leader. 6. He was the first and only person to have received 2 Nobel Prizes by himself, one in chemistry and one in peace. He is called the "High Priest of vitamin C" for his work with high doses of this vitamin used to fight a variety of diseases from cancer to the common cold. Name him. 7. Name the Titan who stole fire from Olympus and gave it to man. |