Round VI:

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3. If the sine of x is 3/5 and the cosine of x is 4/5, for 10 points, what is the tangent of x?

Answer: 3/4

4. It is based on a legend its composer found in Heinrich Heine's Memoirs of Herr von Schnabelwopski.  First performed in 1843, this three act opera concerns a man doomed to wander the seas eternally in his ship.  For 10 points, what is this Wagner opera.

Answer: The Flying Dutchman

5. When thiocynate ion is added to a solution containing iron plus three ions it produces a red color. For 10 points, what color is produced when thiocynate ion is added to a solution containing cobalt plus 2 ions?

Answer: blue

6. It was based on the idea of horizontal organization and was founded in 1886.  For 10 points, what is this organization created by Adolph Strasser and Samuel Gompers?

Answer: A.F.L. or American Federation of Labor (not AFL-CIO)

7. Pencil and Paper ready.  What is the sum of three consecutive even integers if the lowest is represented by x?

Answer: 3x plus six (3x + 6)

8. It was delivered at the opening of a national cemetary and followed a two-hour oration by Edward Everett.  For 10 points, what is this 267-word long statement by Abraham Lincoln?

Answer: Gettysburg Address

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11. In 1895, he published his first composition "Please Say You Will".  Better known works include "Maple Leaf Rag" and "The Entertainer".  For 10 points, identify this American ragtime composer.

Answer: Scott Joplin

12. The name and number are the same: The first Bourbon King of France, the Holy Roman Emperor excommunicated by Gregory VII, and the first English king of the House of Lancaster.  For 10 points, what is this common name?

Answer: Henry IV

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14. The autobiography of his childhood and youth are included in the 1945 work, Black Boy.  For 10 points, identify this American author of Uncle Tom's Children and The Long Dream.

Answer: Richard Wright

15. For 10 points, with what art movement would you associate Joan Miro, Rene Magritte, and Salvador Dali?

Answer: surrealism

16. It was passed in 1935 to encourage and regulate collective bargaining between employers and employees.  For 10 points, identify this act which created the National Labor Relations Board.

Answer: Wagner Act or National Labor Relations Act