ACF FALL TOURNAMENTS
PACKET BY MICHIGAN A/CORNELL
TOSSUPS
1. This poem ends each of its 4 stanzas with the same invocation, though the last line becomes a positive statement with the insertion of
the word “enjoy”. The speaker compares himself to a “committed linnet”, or finch, and celebrates the title character, imagining himself
“tangled in her hair” and “fettered to her eye”, much preferring the restraining effects of love to the literal restraints he must deal with.
FTP identify this 1649 work by Robert Lovelace that includes the lines “Stone walls do not a prison make/ Nor iron bars a cage.”
Answer: To Althea, from Prison
2. Though he was to be burned at the stake, Vincente de Valverde converted him on his death-bed and he was strangled instead. He was
enjoying a recent military victory at the hot springs in Cajamarca when a force of 180 men arrived to take him hostage. The son of an
Ecuadorian princess, he ruled the Northern part of his empire until his victory over Huascar in 1532 consolidated the empire, but his
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supreme rule was cut short by the former governor of Panama, Francisco Pizarro. FTP identify this 13 and last emperor of the Incan
empire.
Answer: Atahuallpa
3. Swelling and the appearance of calcium deposits in this organelle signify that the cell is undergoing necrosis. Bounded by a smooth
outer membrane, its inner membrane consists of several shelf-like folds called cristae. Possessing its own type of DNA, it contains the
machinery for synthesizing proteins. FTP, what is this organelle which provides energy for animal cells.
Answer: mitochondrion (or mitochondria)
4. Sharing its name with a lake in southeast Wisconsin, the Venoge and Dranse are two of the three major rivers that drain it, and the
Strait of Promenthoux divides it into two sections. Its northern shore gives way to the wine-producing Jura region, and resorts on this
lake include Évian-les-Baines, Montreux, and Lausanne. FTP, identify this crescent-shaped lake formed by the Rhône River and named
for a city in Switzerland.
Answer: Lake Geneva
5. One of this composer's highly influential works was his String Octet in E-flat Major. Also an important conductor whose performance
of the St. Matthew Passion rejuvenated the reputation of Bach, this composer of the "Elijah" oratorio was inspired by the waves on the
Scottish coast, leading to the "Hebrides" overture. FTP, who was this composer of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Overture and the
"Italian" Symphony?
Answer: Felix Mendelssohn
6. The locale of this story and its “flush times” become news in Red Dog after the pony expressman leaves. Many of the tough residents
attribute the changes that occur at the site to the arrival of the title character, whose ‘rasslin’ tendencies impress Kentuck, and make Man
O’War Jack start singing lullabies. Stumpy eventually names him and raises the boy on Ass’s milk, but it is John Oakhurst who first
gives the boy his nickname for surviving the birth that kills his mom, Cherokee Sal. FTP, identify this short story featured in the
Overland Monthly in 1868, one of Bret Harte’s most famous works.
Answer: The Luck of Roaring Camp
7. His papers were published posthumously as The Farther Reaches of Human Nature. Instead of studying troubled clinical cases, he
studied normal individuals, including Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Eleanor Roosevelt, and based his theories on common
traits he encountered in their histories. In Toward a Psychology of Being and Motivation and Personality, he put forth the idea that each
person has a hierarchy of needs which must be satisfied. FTP, identify this proponent of the theory of self-acutalization.
Answer: Abraham Harold Maslow
8. He migrated to the colonies after his father-in-law disinherited his wife and he was caught trying to defraud his neighbor of his
inheritance. He acquired two estates, and less than a year after he arrived, he was appointed to the council of the governor, his cousin by
marriage. Although his camapign disintegrated after his death from dysentary, he had achieved military success after responding to an
attack by Susquehannock Indians, leading him to be declared a traitor by Governor Berhkley. FTP, who was this western Virginia leader
of a rebellion which eventually burned Jamestown?
Answer: Nathaniel Bacon
9. Studies of metabolic similarities and ribosomal RNA sequences suggest that these organisms form a good, monophyletic taxon.
Motile species of them utilize the same gliding locomotion as other gram-negative gliding bacteria, and while they are unicellular, they
sometimes form colonies of filaments, sheets, or hollow balls joined by a sheath of mucilage. Some possess the red pigment
phycoerythrin, while all of them possess phycocyanin, which led them to be misclassified. FTP, what are these prokaryotes found in all
aquatic habitats originally misidentified as blue-green algae?
Answer: cyanobacteria (accept early answer of blue-green algae)
10. In his earliest works he argued for as disassociation between psychology and philosophy in order to fully understand man. More
specific doctrinal criticisms grew out of his studies with Heinrich Rickert and are expressed in such works as _Kant and the Problem of
Metaphysics _ and _What is Called Thinking? _. His most controversial comments were made with his Freiburg acceptance speech,
entitled “The German University’s Self-Affirmation” which many saw as an affirmation of Nazism. The developer of "dasein", FTP
identify this philosopher who argued that man was thrown into existence and is always struggling for an authentic existence in his 1927
masterpiece _Being and Time _.
Answer: Martin Heidegger
11. Preceded by the taking of Norham by the invaders, this battle may have been decided by a commander’s dalliance with Lady Ford,
who was likely a spy. One side crossed Twisel Bridge and took a stretch of earth called Brankstone. Although the Scots had one more
division than the British, the British took control of this battle after Lord Dacre held off the forces of Lord Home, leading to the loss of
10,000 Scots. FTP, what was this major 1513 battle that saw the death of King James IV?
Answer: Flodden Field
12. One of his teachers in college once told him of the importance of kissing in American culture, prompting him to practice on an oak
tree. He had reluctantly enrolled in college because his goal of becoming a forest ranger required that he learn Latin, but after switching
to French literature he wrote a national award-winning story about a boy's friendship with an African-American POW entitled "The
Catch." Later works like “A Personal Matter” often deal with the birth of his brain-damaged son. FTP, name this 1994 Japanese Nobel
Laureate, author of “The Silent Cry”.
Answer: Kenzaburo Oe
13. They were not believed to exist until Shiv Kumar claimed to see one in 1963. Extremely faint compared to other cosmic objects, the
first indisputable evidence of their existence was not found until 1995, at which point several were found thanks to the evolution of the
lithium test. G1 229B was, for 10 points, the first clear indication of the existence of what stellar object, essentially considered to be a
failed star?
Answer: brown dwarf
14. This mythical name identifies a man from Hellas who was blinded and cursed by his father Amyntor after they quarreled. Eventually
healed by Chiron, he became friends with Peleus and was soon responsible for raising Achilles. This name also identifies a creature that,
according to Ovid, lives on frankincense and odoriferous gums and makes its way to Heliopolis with the charred remains of its parent to
deposit in the temple of the sun. FTP identify this name most commonly associated with a magical bird that lives 500 years before it is
destroyed and reborn in flame.
Answer: Phoenix
15. The wall in the background holds a bell, an hourglass and scales, directly under which sits a dejected looking cherub on top of a
wheel. The foreground features a sleeping dog to the left, while tools of intellectual pursuits, including a sphere and a polyhedron, lie
scattered around the folds of the title figure’s dress. She is sitting and fingers a divider in her right hand, while her left holds up her chin.
FTP identify this 1514 work whose title is carried by a strange creature in the upper left hand corner, an engraving by Albrecht Duhrer.
Answer: Melencolia I
16. This play features a fire at the beginning of the third act which cruelly reminds the nurse Anfisa and the old boarder Ferapont of class
distinctions. Act 4 features Solyoni and Tuzenbach killing one another in a duel for the hand of Irina, while Natasha is seduced by
Protopopov. These events are foreshadowed by Olga’s initial distrust and Chebutykin’s melancholy attitude, and conclude with Masha
reechoing her unrequited love for Vershinin. FTP identify this 1901 work focusing on the titular siblings of Andrei Prozorov, a work by
Anton Chekov.
Answer: The Three Sisters
17. In 1920, the Supreme Court applied the “rule of reason” interpretation of this act. It was first interpreted in 1895 in U.S. v. E.C.
Knight Company, in which the Court declared that manufacturing was a local industry and did not fall into the realm of interstate
commerce. It had little impact during its first evelen years, but was made into an effective weapon against monopolies by Theodore
Roosevelt. FTP, name this first major antitrust legislation.
Answer: Sherman Anti-Trust Act
18. The last two of its 20,000 defenders under General Kuribayashi Tadamichi finally surrendered in 1949. Unclaimed by any nation
until 1891, it was administered as part of Tokyo due to its strategic importance during World War II, and then by the United States until
1968. Located between Saipan and Japan, it was valuable as a base for fighter escorts and a haven for crippled bombers. With a name
meaning “sulfur island”, FTP, identify this largest of the Volcano Islands, home to Mt. Suribachi and the scene of bloody fighting in
February and March 1945.
Answer: Iwo Jima
19. A derivative of phthalic anhydride, this compound was freqently used in laxatives until it was discovered that it might be
carcinogenic. It is insoluble in water but soluble in most basic solutions or acetone, and for its primary use is most frequently found in a
1% alcohol solution. For 10 points, identify this crystalline organic compound with formula C20 H14 O4, an indicator which turns red
above a pH of 9.6.
Answer: phenolphthalein
20. He founded the literary review “Barandal” at the age of 17, and his early poems were later collected in “Configurations”. Other
collections include “Airborn” and “Blanco”, while specific poems like “Freedom Under Parole” and “Eagle or Sun” express the type of
sympathy for the Indians in his homeland instilled by his father, who served as a secretary to Zapata. He is most famous for non-fiction
such as “The Pears of the Elm” and an essay written in 1950 that analyzes what it means to be Mexican. FTP identify this poet and
diplomat who wrote “Luna Silvestri” and “The Labyrinth of Solitude”.
Asnwer: Octavio Paz
21. Some translations of this book take it as a conversation between a "bride" and a "bridegroom", even though there is no evidence of
marriage and no sign of who is speaking. Most scholars hold that it is an allegory concerning the spiritual love of God for Israel rather
than a depiction of sensual love. FTP, name this book of the ketuvim sometimes attributed to a wise king of Israel.
Answer: Song of Solomon (or Song of Songs or Canticle of Canticles)
22. This drug has antiinflammatory properties useful in treating leprosy and rheumatoid arthritis, and is useful in treating AIDS due to its
ability to inhibit the function of the Tumor Necrosis Factor protein, and may even inhibit replication of HIV. Developed in the 1950s in
West Germany, it was not approved for use in the US until 1998. It is now known to exist as two enantiomers, one of which is believed
responsible for its sedative effects, the other for its notorious side effects. FTP identify this drug, taken off the market in 1962 because it
caused thousands of birth defects.
Answer: thalidomide
23. It ends with a separate section portraying seven black men and five white men working in a chain gang by the Forks Falls highway.
Denizens of the nameless Georgia town include the Rainey twins, malaria victim Merlie Ryan, and the Macy brothers, which consist of
the amiable Henry and the violent Marvin. The latter defeats the protagonist Miss Amelia in a wrestling match at the title locale after the
malevolent hunchback Lymon intervenes. FTP, name this dark tale about the parasitic nature of love, a 1951 novella by Carson
McCullers.
Answer: The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
24. His theoretical work on inequality provided an explanation for why there are fewer women than men in some economically
disadvantaged countries. This study is included in the work _Collective Choice and Social Welfare _ in which he argues that social
reform must precede economic growth. His other important work was inspired by his own experience in Bengal during the 1940s and is
called _Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation _. FTP identify this noted economist whose work to help the
poor earned him the Nobel Prize in 1998.
Answer: Amartya Sen
ACF FALL TOURNAMENTS
PACKET BY MICHIGAN A/CORNELL
BONUSES
1. Identify the following about a Shakespearean play FTPE:
1.Its primary source seems to be Barnabe Richeís _History of Apolonius and Silla _. Set primarily in Illyria, it begins with Orsino's
famous conflation of music and love.
Answer: _Twelfth Night _ or What You Will
2.At the center of _Twelfth Night _ is this this sister of Sebastian who disguises herself as the page Cesario.
Answer: _Viola_
3.This man, Olivia's guardian and kinsman, joins Sir Andrew Augecheek and Maria in a joke involving the comeuppance of Malvolio.
Answer: Sir _Toby Belch _
2. Answer these related Norse mythology questions FTP each.
1. This god has many attributes similar to Tyr, and was also responsible for creating the warriors, the serfs, and the peasants. The god
with the keenest of senses, he prevents the giants from forcing their way into Asgard.
Answer: _Heimdall_
2. This is the rainbow-bridge which Heimdall guards, the only link from Midgard to Asgard.
Answer: _Bifrost_
3. Hidden beneath the third root of Yggdrasil, this horn played softly to announce the arrival of the gods. At Ragnarok, its call will be
heard all over the earth, calling the gods and warriors to battle.
Answer: _Gjall_erhorn
3. Identify the following from American History FTSNOP:
1. (10 points) Though it only survived for 7 years, this government department made many inroads in education, building over 1000
black schools. The president's lack of support eventually spelled doom for this organization founded by Congress in 1865.
Answer: _Freedmen's Bureau _ or _U.S. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands _
2. (5 points) Part of the problem with keeping the Freedmen's Bureau afloat resulted from the lack of support that this president gave to
the enterprise. In 1866 he vetoed its renewal.
Answer: Andrew _Johnson _
3.This Union officer served as the head of the Freedmenís Bureau and later served as the third president of an eponymous University in
Washington D.C.
Answer: Oliver Otis _Howard _
4. Identify the following about an architect FTPE:
1.The recipient of the Pritzker prize in 1983, he studied at MIT and is famous for his steel and glass designs such as his Pyramid at the
Louvre and Hancock Place in Boston.
Answer: Ieoh Ming _Pei _
2.Pei's most recent work, its clean white exterior is set off by the funky shapes he employs, though it has helped draw more people to
beautiful Cleveland, Ohio.
Answer: _Rock and Roll Hall of Fame _
2.Connected by an underground passage to older collections housed elsewhere, it features a huge Calder Mobile in the atrium and
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follows the triangular shape of its 4 avenue location in Washington D.C.
Answer: _East Wing of The National Gallery _ of Art
5. Identify these comets from descriptions for 10 points each.
a. Having already been torn into pieces as a result of a close approach to Jupiter in July 1992, it collided with Jupiter from July 16-22,
1994.
Answer: Shoemaker-Levy 9
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b. One of the brightest comets of the 20 century, it was discovered in the spring of 1996 when it made a close pass by the sun. Its tail,
over 300 million miles in length, was the longest ever recorded.
Answer: Hyakutake
c. Discovered in February of 1975, its motion was ambiguous and it was almost lost. It reappeared in 1981 and had an exceptional
apparition in 1987 but did not appear as expected in 1994.
Answer: Kohoutek
6. Identify these works by Ralph Waldo Emerson FTPE:
1.First delivered on August 31 1837 this address to Harvard's Phi Beta Kappa exhorted its listeners to strive for national academic and
artistic independence.
Answer: _The American Scholar _
2. Published anonymously in 1836, it discusses the titular entity as a commodified and aesthetic force, and also contains Emerson's
metaphor of the transparent eyeball.
Answer: _Nature _
2.This famous essay was published in 1841 and preached individualism through memorable quotes such as: "Nothing is sacred but the
integrity of the mind".
Answer: _Self-Reliance _
7. Identify the following about a geographical feature 5-10-15:
1.(5 points) From the Arabic for "desert", it is bordered in the west by the Atlantic Ocean, in the north by the Atlas Mountains and
Mediterranean Sea, in the east by the Red Sea, and in the south by a zone of immobile sand dunes.
Answer: _Sahara _
2. (10 points) Covering about 7,000 square miles and containing salt lakes and marshes, this basin in northwestern Egypt is the lowest
point in the Sahara.
Answer: _Qattara Depression _
3. (15 points) Part of the Tibesti Mountains in Northern Chad, this extinct volcano features the highest summit in the Sahara desert.
Asnwer: Mount _Koussi _
8. Identify the following about the history of an African People FTPE:
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1.Until their consolidation, under a famous leader at the beginning of the 19 century, they were one of many Nguni speaking peoples in
the Natal province of what is now South Africa. In the late 19th century Cetewayo led them in an 1879 war with the British.
Answer: the _Zulu _
2. Though he would go insane after the death of his mother Nandi, killing 7000 of his own people, this man built on the successes of his
predecessor Dingiswayo and established the Zulu kingdom into a regional power.
Answer: _Shaka _ or Chaka or Tsaka
3. Shaka was eventually killed and succeeded by this half-brother who would later fight the 1838 battle of Blood River with Andries
Pretorius for control of Natal.
Answer: _Dingane _ or Dingaan
9. Identify these human endocrine hormones from descriptions for 10 points each.
a. Stimulated by thyrotropin-releasing hormone, it is produced by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland. It helps prepare the breasts for
milk production in pregnancy and promotes the synthesis of milk after birth.
Answer: prolactin
b. A mixture of two peptides, this hypothalamic hormone acts on the anterior lobe of the pituitary and inhibits the release of growth
hormone and thyroid-stimulating hormone. It is also secreted by the delta cells of the pancreas.
Answer: somatostatin
c. Produced in the adrenal cortex, this mineralocorticoid promotes the reabsorption of sodium ions into the blood to help maintain
normal blood pressure.
Answer: aldosterone
10. Answer the following about a European Author FTPE:
1.Influences including Homer and his mentor Henri Bergson can be seen in such works as _Toda Raba _ and _Report to Greco _.
Answer: Nikos _Kazantzakis _
2. Kazantzakis may be most famous for this 1946 novel about a spirited man and poor man's philosopher later portrayed memorably on
film by Anthony Quinn.
Answer: _Zorba the Greek _
3. This controversial 1955 work humanized the Christian savior and was also made into a film, this time starring William Defoe.
Answer: _The Last Temptation of Christ _
11. Answer the following about a thinker FTPE:
1.His association with the Earl of Shaftesbury and the ascension of Charles II kept this author of _Thoughts Concerning Education _ and
_The Reasonableness of Christianity _ exilde in Holland for 5 years.
Answer: John _Locke _
2. This Locke work argues that ideas come from two "fountains" of experience: sensation, through which the senses convey perceptions
to the mind, and reflection, whereby the mind works with perceptions, forming ideas. It also discussed the "tabula rasa".
Answer: An _Essay Concerning Human Understanding _
3. The first of these works is a refutation of Filmer's Patriarcha, a defense of the divine right of kings; the second refutes the absolutist
theory and argues for the law of nature. Together they stand as Locke's supreme expression of political thought.
Answer: _Two Treatises of Government _
12. Identify the following about some Roman Emperors FTPE:
1. This first-born son of Vespasian captured Jerusalem in AD 70 and ascended to the throne after his father's death. His name lives on in
the famed triumphal Arch erected in Rome eleven years after his victory.
Answer: _Titus _
2. After Titus died in 81, this younger brother became Caesar. He is well known for the reign of terror that surrounded his years on the
throne as well as for the building of the Forum Nervae and his house on the Alban mount.
Answer: _Domitian _
3. The death of Domition marked the end of this dynasty of emperors, the second to rule Rome.
Answer: Flavian
13. FTPE, name these polyatomic ions from formulas.
1. (10 points) CN minus 1
Answer: cyanide
2. (10 points) C2 H3 O2 minus 1
Answer: acetate
3. (10 points) HCO3 minus 1
Answer: hydrogen carbonate or bicarbonate (DO NOT ACCEPT OR PROMPT ON carbonate)
14. Identify the following about a certain novel FTPE:
1.Praised by Coleridge as having one of the three most perfect plots in the history of literature, this 1749 work opens with Squire
Allworthy's discovery of the title character in his bed.
Answer: _Tom Jones _ a Foundling
2. This is the author of "Tom Jones".
Answer: Henry Fielding
2. Though he first loves Molly Seagrim, who betrays him with his tutor Square, Tom Jones's attentions soon turn to this noble woman
whom he eventually marries despite the machinations of the jerk Blifil.
Answer: Sophia Western (accept either answer)
15. Identify the following terms from Zen Buddhism for ten points each.
1.This Japanese word refers to the unexplainable state of enlightenment akin to what the Buddha had achieved while under the Bo tree.
Answer: _satori _
2.This is the practice of meditation that leads to satori, as advocated by the Soto school.
Answer: _zazen _
3.The older Rinzai school advocates these paradoxical statements as way of shocking the mind and eventual leading it to satori through
subsequent pondering.
Answer: _koan _
16. Identify these theorems from multivariable calculus for 10 points each.
a. Sometimes considered the analog of the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus for double integrals, it gives the relationship between a
line integral around a simple closed curve C and a double integral over the plane region D bounded by C.
Answer: Green's Theorem
b. Regarded as a higher-dimensional version of Greenís Theorem, it relates a surface integral over a surface S to a line integral around the
boundary curve of S, a space curve.
Answer: Stoke's Theorem
c. Also called the Gauss's Theorem or Ostrogradsky's Theorem, it relates the integral of the div of a vector field F over a simple solid
region E to the integral of F over E's boundary surface S, provided S has positive orientation.
Answer: divergence theorem
17. Identify the following about Booker Prize-winning works for ten points each.
1.This 1981 work of magical realism concerning Saleem Sinai has the distinct honor of being voted "the Booker of Bookers," that is, the
best title to have ever won the prize since its first awarding in 1969. It was written by Salmon Rushdie.
Answer: _Midnight's Children _
2.Garnering the award in 1985, the novel "The Bone People" by this New Zealander chronicles the relationship between a solitary artist,
a young mute boy she finds washed upon the beach, and the boy's father, a Maori factory worker.
Answer: Keri Hulme
3.This portrait of the traditional English butler and his moral dilemmas set during World War II won its Nagasaki-born author the
Booker in 1989.
Answer: _The Remains of the Day _
18. Other than the Magnificat, it is perhaps the only religious text to present a clearly feminine perspective of God in Christianity. It has
served as the basis of identically titled works for hundreds of different composers. For 10 points each,
a. What is this shared musical work, devoted to Mary?
Answer: Stabat Mater
b. Perhaps the longest of the Stabat Maters is by this composer, divided into ten parts and clocking in at over 78 minutes. Name this
composer more famous for his Slavonic Dances and the New World Symphony.
Answer: Antonin Dvorak
c. The next longest on the list is this man's 13-part Stabat Mater, written in 1767. He is better known for the Farewell and Surprise
Symphonies.
Answer: Franz Josef Haydn
19. FTPE, answer the following questions about early British expansion in India.
1) He served as the British administrator of Bengal from 1755-60 and again from 1763-67, and brought that territory under British
control.
A) Robert Clive
2) Clive gained control of Bengal by defeating the Nawab Siraj-ud-Dawlah in this 1756 battle.
A) Plassey
3) The Nawab of Bengal was an appointee of this dynasty begun by Babur, which ruled most of India until it was gradually supplanted by
the British
A) Mughal or Mogul
20. Identify these Greek letters from their uses in the field of statistics, for the stated number of points.
1) FFPE, these two letters represent the mean and standard deviation of a population.
A) mu, sigma
2) FTP, this letter represents the probability of making a Type I error when testing a hypothesis.
A) alpha
3) FTP, in analysis of variance, this letter represents contrasts among population means.
A) psi
21. Four physical quantities are called thermodynamic potentials. One of them is internal energy. Identify these others for 10 points
each.
a. Add the quantity pressure times volume to the internal energy to produce this measurable state variable.
Answer: enthalpy
b. From the enthalpy, subtract the quantity absolute temperature times entropy to get this value, which indicates in which direction a
chemical reaction will tend to proceed.
Answer: Gibbs free energy
c. Subtract the quantity pressure times volume from the Gibbs free energy to yield this value, the amount of energy that must be put in to
create a system once the spontaneous energy transfer to the system from the environment is accounted for.
Answer: Helmholtz free energy
22. The 2001 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded jointly to the United Nations as a whole and its Secretary General Kofi Annan. For the
stated number of points, answer these questions about earlier awards given to the UN.
1) 5 points: The only other Secretary General to win the Nobel Prize was this man, who received the award posthumously in 1961.
A) Dag Hammarskjold
2) 15 points: This UN agency has received the Prize twice, in 1954 and 1981.
A) Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees or UNHCR
3) 10 points: Name either the FAO director who was awarded the Prize in 1949, or the UN mediator in Palestine who was awarded the
prize in 1950.
A) John Boyd Orr , Ralph J. Bunche