NAQT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026 UPDATE |
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Sound waves, Answer - An analogy that compares these phenomena to
electrical signals defines their impedance as the ratio of pressure to flow rate.
Hermann von Helmholtz names a kind of cavity that amplifies these
phenomena at a particular frequency. A parameter governing these
phenomena marks the onset of choked flow in compressible fluids. These
phenomena travel at a (*) speed proportional to the square root of air pressure
over air density, which works out to about 343 meters per second in room-
temperature air. Objects moving faster than these phenomena have a Mach
number greater than 1. For 10 points, name these longitudinal waves whose
intensity is measured in decibels.
The Amazons Answer - According to Book 11 of the Aeneid, this group may
include a member of the Volsci named Camilla; at various other times, the
leader of this group is named as Myrina. During the nightmarish last days of
the Trojan War, a leader of this group is killed by Achilles, who weeps over the
corpse. During a great battle against Heracles and Theseus, many of their
members are killed, including, according to some sources, (*) Pen·the·silea
[pen-theh-zih-LAY-uh]. For his ninth labour, Heracles retrieves the belt of one of
these people named Hippolyta. These people are said to cut off their right
breasts to shoot arrows better. For 10 points, name this tribe of warrior women
in Greek mythology.
Arthur Miller Answer - One of this man's characters thinks that her son must
be alive because November 25th was his "favorable day." In that play by this
,man, children play the game "jail" in a front yard where Frank Lubey tries to
use horoscopes to find a missing soldier. In a play by this man, Ann Deever gets
engaged to Chris Keller, whose reading of his brother Larry's suicide note forces
their father to admit to having sold faulty (*) airplane parts that killed 21 pilots.
Another of his plays ends with the title man's funeral after he crashes his car
for the life insurance money. Happy and Biff are the sons of Willy Loman in that
play by this author of All My Sons. For 10 points, who wrote Death of a
Salesman?
Czech Answer - A novel in this language analyzes itself using the musical notion
of a "motif" and illustrates the notion that "What happens but once, might as
well not have happened at all." In that novel in this language, a professor dies
in Cambodia trying to join the "Grand March of History," and a painter shows
her originality by wearing a (*) bowler hat. This language was used for a play in
which Helena fights for the rights of Dr. Gall's title automatons. A novel in this
language depicts the lives of Tereza and Tomas during a 1968 revolution. For 10
points name this Eastern European language used by Karel Čapek in R.U.R. and
Milan Kundera in The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
Viola Davis Answer - In an early role, this actress says "why you gotta know
something like that for sure when you don't," in a monologue where she
repeats "it's just till June." Despite having only one scene, she was nominated
for Best Supporting Actress for playing Donald's mother in Doubt. In a 2011
film, her character works for the "Godless woman" Elizabeth and helps Skeeter
write about her fellow (*) maid, Minny. In a 2016 film, this actress gained
attention for "snot-crying" as Rose Maxson, the wife of the garbageman Troy.
For 10 points, name this black actress who played Aibileen in The Help, stars in
How to Get Away With Murder, and starred opposite Denzel Washington in
Fences.
Markov Answer - This mathematician proved that the probability of "a random
variable being greater than or equal to a" is less than or equal to "its expected
value divided by a." The simplest dynamic Bayesian network is a "hidden"
example of this mathematician's namesake model. Chebyshev's inequality can
be proven using this man's namesake inequality. He names a model in which
,the current (*) state is multiplied by a transition matrix to find probabilities of
the next state. Random walks and other stochastic processes can be studied
using—for 10 points—what Russian mathematician's namesake "chains"?
"Pathetique" Answer - A C-minor piece with this nickname has an A-flat major
second movement marked "Adagio cantabile," whose theme begins "C, B-flat,
E-flat." This is the nickname of a C-minor piece whose first movement
alternates between an "Allegro con brio" and a "Grave" introduction in dotted
rhythms. A symphony with this nickname was the first to include a dynamic
marking of six Ps, and has a (*) 5-4-time "limping" waltz for a second
movement. That B-minor symphony with this nickname premiered just days
before its Russian composer died of possibly self-inflicted cholera. For 10
points, give this nickname of Beethoven's eighth piano sonata and
Tchaikovsky's sixth symphony.
John Coltrane Answer - One of this man's songs begins with the major chords
"B D, G B-flat, E-flat" in three quick bars. This man punningly remade Miles
Davis's "Tune Up" into another song with a major-third-based progression. He
worked with Eric Dolphy on albums for Impulse Records like Africa/Brass.
Pianist McCoy Tyner played on an album by him consisting of the tracks (*)
"Pursuance," "Restitution," "Psalm," and "Acknowledgement." He played sax
next to Cannonball Adderley on Kind of Blue, and included tracks like
"Countdown" and "Naima" on an album made seven years before his 1967
death. For 10 points, name this saxophonist behind Giant Steps and A Love
Supreme.
Oxidation states Answer - This value is plotted against free energy on Frost
diagrams. This value changes at two carbons in ozonolysis. An increase in this
value increases a bond's covalent character. This value is unusually high for the
central atom of permanganate. When calculating this value, electrons are
assigned to the more electronegative atom, unlike in (*) formal charge
computations. This value decreases for an atom undergoing a reduction. This
value, which determines the suffixes "-ous" and "-ic," is written with Roman
numerals in parentheses. For 10 points, name this value, the number of
electrons an atom has gained or lost.
, Republic of Madagascar Answer - Periwinkle species native to this country
have been used to treat illnesses including Hodgkin's disease and leukemia.
This country is home to a carnivorous animal similar to cats and mongooses,
called the fossa. The traveler's palm is featured on the national emblem of this
home to the 19th-century Canal des (*) Pangalanes. Most species of baobab
trees are native to this country. Along with Indonesia, this country is the
world's largest producer of cloves and vanilla. Mayotte lies southeast to this
home of the Merina ethnic group, who speak Malagasy. Lemurs are found on—
for 10 points—what large island country that the Mozambique channel
separates from southeast Africa?
A Raisin in the Sun Answer - Act 1 of a 2011 sequel to this play depicts a couple
selling their house in 1959 after their son Kenneth commits suicide. A man in
this play yells "I live the answer!" while arguing with a woman for depending
on her father's death. Bruce Norris wrote a sequel to this play, in which a
woman is scolded for straightening her hair and yells "Ocomogosiay!" while
dancing. Joseph (*) Asagai courts Beneatha in this play. Karl Lindner tries to buy
its protagonist out of his liquor store after he gets an insurance check and tries
to moves to Chicago's Clybourne Park. The Youngers try to move to a white
neighborhood in—for 10 points—what play by Lorraine Hansberry?
Power Answer - For an ideal dipole antenna, dividing this quantity by current-
squared gives the radiation resistance. For an electromagnetic wave, the
amount of this quantity per unit area is given by the Poynting vector, and in
general its amount per unit area is given by intensity. For a purely resistive
load, this quantity's RMS value is exactly half its peak value. For a resistor, this
quantity is equal to "I (*) squared times R" according to Joule's heating law.
This quantity equals current times voltage for electrical systems. In general, it is
the time derivative of work. The amount of energy consumed per unit time is—
for 10 points—what quantity measured in watts?
Paper Answer - This material's "tooth" varies in its "cold press" and "hot press"
types, and it can sometimes feature a laid pattern. The "rag" type of this
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Sound waves, Answer - An analogy that compares these phenomena to
electrical signals defines their impedance as the ratio of pressure to flow rate.
Hermann von Helmholtz names a kind of cavity that amplifies these
phenomena at a particular frequency. A parameter governing these
phenomena marks the onset of choked flow in compressible fluids. These
phenomena travel at a (*) speed proportional to the square root of air pressure
over air density, which works out to about 343 meters per second in room-
temperature air. Objects moving faster than these phenomena have a Mach
number greater than 1. For 10 points, name these longitudinal waves whose
intensity is measured in decibels.
The Amazons Answer - According to Book 11 of the Aeneid, this group may
include a member of the Volsci named Camilla; at various other times, the
leader of this group is named as Myrina. During the nightmarish last days of
the Trojan War, a leader of this group is killed by Achilles, who weeps over the
corpse. During a great battle against Heracles and Theseus, many of their
members are killed, including, according to some sources, (*) Pen·the·silea
[pen-theh-zih-LAY-uh]. For his ninth labour, Heracles retrieves the belt of one of
these people named Hippolyta. These people are said to cut off their right
breasts to shoot arrows better. For 10 points, name this tribe of warrior women
in Greek mythology.
Arthur Miller Answer - One of this man's characters thinks that her son must
be alive because November 25th was his "favorable day." In that play by this
,man, children play the game "jail" in a front yard where Frank Lubey tries to
use horoscopes to find a missing soldier. In a play by this man, Ann Deever gets
engaged to Chris Keller, whose reading of his brother Larry's suicide note forces
their father to admit to having sold faulty (*) airplane parts that killed 21 pilots.
Another of his plays ends with the title man's funeral after he crashes his car
for the life insurance money. Happy and Biff are the sons of Willy Loman in that
play by this author of All My Sons. For 10 points, who wrote Death of a
Salesman?
Czech Answer - A novel in this language analyzes itself using the musical notion
of a "motif" and illustrates the notion that "What happens but once, might as
well not have happened at all." In that novel in this language, a professor dies
in Cambodia trying to join the "Grand March of History," and a painter shows
her originality by wearing a (*) bowler hat. This language was used for a play in
which Helena fights for the rights of Dr. Gall's title automatons. A novel in this
language depicts the lives of Tereza and Tomas during a 1968 revolution. For 10
points name this Eastern European language used by Karel Čapek in R.U.R. and
Milan Kundera in The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
Viola Davis Answer - In an early role, this actress says "why you gotta know
something like that for sure when you don't," in a monologue where she
repeats "it's just till June." Despite having only one scene, she was nominated
for Best Supporting Actress for playing Donald's mother in Doubt. In a 2011
film, her character works for the "Godless woman" Elizabeth and helps Skeeter
write about her fellow (*) maid, Minny. In a 2016 film, this actress gained
attention for "snot-crying" as Rose Maxson, the wife of the garbageman Troy.
For 10 points, name this black actress who played Aibileen in The Help, stars in
How to Get Away With Murder, and starred opposite Denzel Washington in
Fences.
Markov Answer - This mathematician proved that the probability of "a random
variable being greater than or equal to a" is less than or equal to "its expected
value divided by a." The simplest dynamic Bayesian network is a "hidden"
example of this mathematician's namesake model. Chebyshev's inequality can
be proven using this man's namesake inequality. He names a model in which
,the current (*) state is multiplied by a transition matrix to find probabilities of
the next state. Random walks and other stochastic processes can be studied
using—for 10 points—what Russian mathematician's namesake "chains"?
"Pathetique" Answer - A C-minor piece with this nickname has an A-flat major
second movement marked "Adagio cantabile," whose theme begins "C, B-flat,
E-flat." This is the nickname of a C-minor piece whose first movement
alternates between an "Allegro con brio" and a "Grave" introduction in dotted
rhythms. A symphony with this nickname was the first to include a dynamic
marking of six Ps, and has a (*) 5-4-time "limping" waltz for a second
movement. That B-minor symphony with this nickname premiered just days
before its Russian composer died of possibly self-inflicted cholera. For 10
points, give this nickname of Beethoven's eighth piano sonata and
Tchaikovsky's sixth symphony.
John Coltrane Answer - One of this man's songs begins with the major chords
"B D, G B-flat, E-flat" in three quick bars. This man punningly remade Miles
Davis's "Tune Up" into another song with a major-third-based progression. He
worked with Eric Dolphy on albums for Impulse Records like Africa/Brass.
Pianist McCoy Tyner played on an album by him consisting of the tracks (*)
"Pursuance," "Restitution," "Psalm," and "Acknowledgement." He played sax
next to Cannonball Adderley on Kind of Blue, and included tracks like
"Countdown" and "Naima" on an album made seven years before his 1967
death. For 10 points, name this saxophonist behind Giant Steps and A Love
Supreme.
Oxidation states Answer - This value is plotted against free energy on Frost
diagrams. This value changes at two carbons in ozonolysis. An increase in this
value increases a bond's covalent character. This value is unusually high for the
central atom of permanganate. When calculating this value, electrons are
assigned to the more electronegative atom, unlike in (*) formal charge
computations. This value decreases for an atom undergoing a reduction. This
value, which determines the suffixes "-ous" and "-ic," is written with Roman
numerals in parentheses. For 10 points, name this value, the number of
electrons an atom has gained or lost.
, Republic of Madagascar Answer - Periwinkle species native to this country
have been used to treat illnesses including Hodgkin's disease and leukemia.
This country is home to a carnivorous animal similar to cats and mongooses,
called the fossa. The traveler's palm is featured on the national emblem of this
home to the 19th-century Canal des (*) Pangalanes. Most species of baobab
trees are native to this country. Along with Indonesia, this country is the
world's largest producer of cloves and vanilla. Mayotte lies southeast to this
home of the Merina ethnic group, who speak Malagasy. Lemurs are found on—
for 10 points—what large island country that the Mozambique channel
separates from southeast Africa?
A Raisin in the Sun Answer - Act 1 of a 2011 sequel to this play depicts a couple
selling their house in 1959 after their son Kenneth commits suicide. A man in
this play yells "I live the answer!" while arguing with a woman for depending
on her father's death. Bruce Norris wrote a sequel to this play, in which a
woman is scolded for straightening her hair and yells "Ocomogosiay!" while
dancing. Joseph (*) Asagai courts Beneatha in this play. Karl Lindner tries to buy
its protagonist out of his liquor store after he gets an insurance check and tries
to moves to Chicago's Clybourne Park. The Youngers try to move to a white
neighborhood in—for 10 points—what play by Lorraine Hansberry?
Power Answer - For an ideal dipole antenna, dividing this quantity by current-
squared gives the radiation resistance. For an electromagnetic wave, the
amount of this quantity per unit area is given by the Poynting vector, and in
general its amount per unit area is given by intensity. For a purely resistive
load, this quantity's RMS value is exactly half its peak value. For a resistor, this
quantity is equal to "I (*) squared times R" according to Joule's heating law.
This quantity equals current times voltage for electrical systems. In general, it is
the time derivative of work. The amount of energy consumed per unit time is—
for 10 points—what quantity measured in watts?
Paper Answer - This material's "tooth" varies in its "cold press" and "hot press"
types, and it can sometimes feature a laid pattern. The "rag" type of this
