MACC Social Studies Questions
March 9, 2017
Please Read Aloud: All of the questions in this match are 5-second questions.
This is the first directed question for team A.
1A.
Recently the number of Americans filing for this fell to a 44-year low, the lowest
since the Nixon administration. What is it? Begin (Unemployment benefits)
This is the first directed question for team B.
1B.
The founder of the Nobel Prizes, Alfred Nobel, was a citizen of what country? Begin
(Sweden)
This is the second directed question for team A.
2A.
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude?
Begin (13th)
This is the second directed question for team B.
2B.
Also called the European Recovery Program, what was the five year program which helped
war-torn Europe recover economically after World War II? Begin (The Marshall Plan)
This is the third directed question for team A.
3A.
Arabia is the world's largest one of these pieces of land nearly surrounded by water. What
is it? Begin (A peninsula)
This is the third directed question for team B.
3B.
Cities in what country include Chennai and Mumbai, formerly Madras and Bombay?
Begin (India)
This is the fourth directed question for team A.
4A.
World War II's Battle of the Coral Sea was the first naval battle that used only what?
Begin (Airplanes)
This is the fourth directed question for team B.
4B.
Which North Carolina cape shares its name with a popular 1962 film thriller (and its 1991
remake)? Begin (Cape Fear)
This is the fifth directed question for team A.
5A.
In 1983 she made history as the first American woman in space. Who was she? Begin
(Sally Ride)
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This is the fifth directed question for team B.
5B.
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees due process and prohibits double
jeopardy? Begin (5th)
This is the sixth directed question for team A.
6A.
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize? Begin (Marie Curie)
This is the sixth directed question for team B.
6B.
In February 1919 the German National Assembly met to write a constitution in what city,
which gave its name to the new republic? Begin (Weimar)
This is the seventh directed question for team A.
7A.
Passed in 1964 by Congress, this gave President Lyndon Johnson authority to take all
necessary measures to repel any armed attack against forces of the United States in the
Vietnamese conflict. What was the name of this legislation? Begin (Gulf of Tonkin
Resolution, or accept Tonkin Gulf Resolution)
This is the seventh directed question for team B.
7B.
From a French word meaning mound, what's the term for a steep-sided, flat-topped hill?
Begin (A butte)
This is the eighth directed question for team A.
8A.
The ancient city of Byzantium is today what city? Begin (Istanbul)
This is the eighth directed question for team B.
8B.
What B-29 aircraft that dropped the first atomic bomb was named for the mother of pilot
Paul Tibbets? Begin (The Enola Gay)
This is the ninth directed question for team A.
9A.
After the death of German President Hindenburg in 1934, Hitler assumed what title
meaning "leader"? Begin (The Fuhrer)
This is the ninth directed question for team B.
9B.
It was recently announced that former President Barack Obama and former
first lady Michelle Obama will receive payments “well into eight figures” to do
what? Begin (Publish their memoirs)
This is the tenth and final directed question for team A.
10A.
Which cape, a popular tourist destination, is located in the far southeastern part of
Massachusetts? Begin (Cape Cod)
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This is the tenth and final directed question for team B.
10B.
Who was the first U.S. astronaut to orbit Earth? Begin (John Glenn)
That ends the portion of the match with directed questions. Coaches, if you have any team
member substitutions, please send those team members to the stage at this time. (Note:
Allow time for substitutes to be seated, introduce substitute team members.)
No form of conferring is allowed during the tossup portion of the match. Conferring includes
sharing of written or verbal information or signals. Please remove all written material
from your team tables. Writing is not permitted during tossup rounds, except in the math
round.
We will now have ten tossup questions. Remember, the person who buzzes in must give the
answer immediately. Please wait until I recognize the team before you give an answer. The
penalty for buzzing in early and giving a wrong answer is minus 2 points, and the question
will then be reread in its entirety to the other team.
This is the first tossup question.
1.
What was the title of the former kings of Iran? Begin (Shah)
This is the second tossup question.
2.
Pushing a plunger compresses the air inside the cylinder, creating enough heat to ignite a
piece of paper. The same principle is used in a type of engine invented by what man?
Begin (Rudolf Diesel)
This is the third tossup question.
3.
During the Middle Ages, the increasing idealization of women by knights developed out of
a cult devoted to what biblical woman? Begin (Mary)
This is the fourth tossup question.
4.
Name the number of permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. Begin
(Five)
This is the fifth tossup question.
5.
In economics, total reliance on the market with no government intervention is known by
what French name? Begin (Laissez-faire)
This is the sixth tossup question.
6.
In which 1978 U. S. Supreme Court case did the Court rule that a special admission
program for colleges, under which a set number of places were set aside for minority group
members, only violated Title XIV of the 1964 Civil Rights Acts? Begin (Regents of Univ.
of Calif. v. Bakke)
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This is the seventh tossup question.
7.
El Paso, Texas was named because it was a major ford, or pass, across what river? Begin
(The Rio Grande)
This is the eighth tossup question.
8.
These people who ruled large parts of Spain before Celtic and Roman dominance left their
name on the land. Who were they? Begin (The Iberians)
This is the ninth tossup question.
9.
What was the peace agreement which effectively ended World War I, but which the United
States Senate refused to ratify because of the League of Nations Clause? Begin (Treaty of
Versailles - 1919)
This is the tenth and final tossup question.
(Emcee note – if match is tied after this question go to the three tie breakers at the end of these
questions – use all three, even if tie is broken on first or second question!)
10.
Kilimanjaro, a volcanic massif, is located in what African country? Begin (Tanzania)
EMERGENCY QUESTIONS (To be used in an emergency only –DO NOT USE AS EXTRA TIE
BREAKERS – but they can be used in place of tie breakers as they would be used if a
question has a mistake, if the emcee “flubs” a question, etc.):
You have 5 seconds to answer this question.
1.
Ports on what gulf include Tampa and Tampico? Begin (The Gulf of Mexico)
You have 5 seconds to answer this question.
2.
Construction began on what German city's Gothic cathedral near the Rhine in 1248 and
lasted 632 years? Begin (Cologne)
TIE BREAKERS (To be used in cases of tie games – use all three questions, even if the tie is
broken with the first or second question; in case teams are still tied at the end of these
three questions – the game remains a tie.):
This is the first tiebreaker question.
1.
This Confederate general was known as "Old Jube"? Begin (Jubal Early)
This is the second tiebreaker question.
2.
The name of what Mesoamerican group is Nahuatl for "near the cranes"? Begin (The
Aztecs)
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This is the third tiebreaker question.
3.
What lake in the Banff National Park is the most visited place in the Canadian Rockies?
Begin (Lake Louise)