MS Quiz Bowl

Name this famous detective who faked his death at the Reichenbach Falls after hurling Moriarty over the edge, penned by Arthur Conan Doyle.

• Bruce Wayne

• Sherlock Holmes

• Jack Reacher

• Perry Mason

This man was the first to walk on the moon.

• Buzz Aldrin

• Lance Armstrong

• Neil Armstrong

• John Glenn

Name the playwright who wrote Hamlet and Macbeth

• William Shakespeare

• William DaFoe

• Homer

• Tennessee Williams

This man, perhaps the greatest of the Trojan heroes, is the brother of Paris and the son of King Priam.

• Hector

• Achilles

• Agrippa

• Ajax

This bird gets its distinctive color from its diet of shrimp. This bird is also known for standing on one leg.

• DoDo

• Peacock

• Flamingo

• Macaw

Give this number, which is equal to the smallest positive integer divided by the smallest prime.

• 2

• 1/2

• 2/3

• 1/3

This man was killed in a US airstrike on January 3^rd 2020. He was one of Iran’s top generals.

• Ayotallah

• Qasem Soleimani

• Usama Bin Laden

• Sadam Hussein

Name this mechanism, developed independently by Darwin and Russel to explain the complexity of life.

• Russel's Law

• Heliocentric Theory

• Gene Theory

• Natural Selection

This figure received a revelation from God on the Damascus road. Thirteen books of the new testament are attributed to this figure.

• Peter

• Timothy

• Paul

• John

This figure was written about by Josephus and Tacitus [tas-i-tuhs]. Name this figure, who was baptized by John, and was known for his parables and his death on the cross.

• Mark

• Elijah

• Jesus

• Homer