Scholastic Bowl Latest Update Graded A+

Scholastic Bowl Latest Update Graded A+ Pride and Prejudice One character in this novel is advised to travel in rainy weather and is forced to remain at the house of her love interest. Charlotte Lucas accepts a marriage proposal from a clergyman employed by Lady Catherine; that man, Mr. Collins, had earlier proposed to the novel's protagonist. Lydia runs off with Wickham in this novel, in which Bingley and the protagonist's sister Jane later marry. For 10 points, Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy are wed in what Jane Austen novel? (Albert) Einstein This man formulated ten eponymous field equations, and with Satyendra Bose he names a phase of matter where every particle is in the lowest quantum state, their "condensate." Time dilation and the twin paradox are two consequences of a theory created by this man, probably most well known for his proposition of mass-energy equivalence. For 10 points, name this Nobel laureate, most famous for his theories of relativity and the formula E equals m c squared. shogunates (accept bakufu; prompt "governments of Japan," "dynasties of Japan," etc.) One of these governments was dominated by regents of the Hojo clan. Another sent the diplomat Faxecura to Acapulco and the Vatican, but later banned Christianity prior to the Shimabara rebellion. That one came to power after the Battle of Sekigahara and instituted sakoku, an isolationist policy ended in 1867. For 10 points, name this form of governance exemplified by the rule of Ieyasu Tokugawa, in which power rested with the namesake Japanese warlord. pi An approximation of this value performed by dropping a needle on a floor with parallel strips is named for Buffon. The square root of two times this number appears in the normal distribution function, and squaring the circle is impossible because this number is transcendental. It is the period of the tangent function, as well as the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. For 10 points, name this number which is approximately equal to 22/7 or 3.14. (Otto von )Bismarck A ship named for this man sank the HMS Hood and was hunted by the British Navy. Succeeded by Leo von Caprivi, this man proposed the Three Emperors' League, declared war on Denmark over the province of Schleswig-Holstein, eliminated Catholic influence during the Kulturkampf, and edited a telegram to provoke the Franco-Prussian War. Serving during the rule of Wilhelm I, for 10 points, name this "Iron Chancellor" who led Prussia through the unification of Germany. Sikh(ism) This faith's symbols include the stylized words "Ek Onkar" and an emblem of three blades surrounding a circle. Sugar water is stirred in its amrit baptism ceremony, through which believers join the Khalsa order. Known for its Golden Temple in Amritsar, its holiest book is the Adi Granth, and its "five Ks" include long hair and ceremonial daggers. For 10 points, name this monotheistic Indian religion founded by Guru Nanak, whose male adherents often wear turbans. chloroplasts In some cells, these organelles can be linked together by tubes called stromules, while one of their functions is performed by the namesake molecule in antenna complexes. They are thought to have arisen from cyanobacteria through endosymbiosis, and they are composed of thylakoids stacked into grana and suspended in stroma. For 10 points, name these organelles, found only in the cells of plants and some protists, where photosynthesis