Scholastic Bowl Notes `10/2

Annabel Lee

Edgar Allen Poe, written about a man's love for his childhood friend that impresses angels.

Lord Alfred Tennyson

The Charge of the Light Brigade, Lotus Eaters

Battle of the Pyramids

21st of July, 1798, Bonaparte led French Troops against Mameluke soldiers in Egypt. Bonaparte won

Battle of the Nile

August of 1798, a naval battle between the English royal navy and the French royal navy. Felicia Hemans' 1826 poem Casabianca.

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe

architect of MLK Jr memorial library, Bauhaus design school

pituitary

the master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain.

lemon test

Test of the 1st amendment, specifically religious freedom, Lemon v. Kurtzman

Molality

Solute/Solvent

Fluorine

light as halogen, sodium + aluminum + fluorine = cryolite, F, 9

James Joyce

Ulysses and Dubliners, irish author, 1882- 1942

wagner

(vaug-ner) Ride of the Valkyries,

vega

a star first photographed in 1850, one of the most luminous in the Sun's neighborhood

Mauryan Empire

first Pan-indian empire, established by Chandragupta, the empire of Ashoka the Great. Hindu, but Ahsoka was Buddhist

Saul Bellow

The Adventures of Augie March, about March going from boyhood to manhood in the Great Depression. Also wrote Herzog, Seize the Day, and Humboldt's Gift

Tunisina

North African Country, bordering Algeria and Libya, home to the Northernmost point of Cape Angela, and capital is Tunis. Once the site of Carthage

Maurice Ravel

Bolero and Daphnis and Chloe, both orchestral pieces