Virginia High School League
Scholastic Bowl, 2002-03 season
District Competition, Match #1
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First period: 15 tossups
1.
For ten points, what basic compound can be found in monosaccharide versions such as
fructose and glucose?
ANSWER: CARBOHYDRATE (or SUGAR)
2.
He wrote over 200 cantatas while at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, and composed
“Musical Offering” when he visited Frederick the Great in 1747. For ten points, what German
composed the Brandenburg Concertos and “The Well-Tempered Clavier?”
ANSWER: Johann Sebastian BACH
3.
For 10 points, who was the first Secretary of the Treasury and is on the $10 bill?
ANSWER: Alexander HAMILTON
4.
When the word petrel follows this word, it refers to a bird. When the words door or
window follow this word, it refers to an additional door or window place on the outside of a
house. When the word trooper follows this word, it refers to an especially brutal soldier. For 10
points, what is this five-letter word that refers to a large amount of rain or snow, often
accompanied by thunder and lightning?
ANSWER: STORM
5.
It takes about 20 milliseconds for its leader stroke to hit the ground, while the return
stroke hits the originating cloud in about 70 milliseconds. For ten points, what atmospheric
electrical charge precedes a sonic boom of thunder and can result in death to those on the
ground, such as golfers?
ANSWER: LIGHTNING
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6.
For 10 points, who ran with Edmund Muskie for President in 1968?
ANSWER: Hubert HUMPHREY
7.
For 10 points, who wrote the novel Rebecca?
ANSWER: Daphne DU MAURIER
8.
Two answers are required. 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13. For ten points, what is the next term of
this sequence, and after what mathematician was it named?
ANSWER: 21, FIBONACCI
9.
In his law, he determined the velocity of distant stars equals their distance from us
times a constant, which is also named for him. For 10 points, this is what law, where the
constant is abbreviated H?
ANSWER: HUBBLE’S Law
10.
He is entering this season trying to avenge his embarrassing performances in Games 6
and 7 of last year’s NHL Western Conference finals. For 10 points, who is this Colorado goalie?
ANSWER: Patrick ROY
11.
For ten points, what young man helped his father Odysseus slay his mother’s suitors?
ANSWER: TELEMACHUS (tuh-LEM-ah-kuss)
12.
On July 4, 1845, the author of this book moved into a 10 by 15 cabin near the title
pond. Nine years later, he wrote a short novel about his experiences, his opinion of the average
American’s life of the 1850s and of the natural wonders he saw. For 10 points, what is this
book by Henry Thoreau?
ANSWER: WALDEN
13.
For 10 points, who was the former Baltimore Colts quarterback that died on September
11 from a heart attack?
ANSWER: Johnny UNITAS
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14.
In December 1896, a group of British adventurers proceeded into the Transvaal, but
were all captured. For 10 points, what was this “raid”, named for the man who led the raid,
which led to a decline in Boer-British relations?
ANSWER: JAMESON Raid
15.
Formed by sunlight acting on sterols in the skin, which vitamin, pivotal for calcium
metabolism, can for ten points prevent osteoporosis and rickets, and is often added to whole
milk?
ANSWER: Vitamin D
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Second period: 10 directed questions for each team
Questions with an A after their number will be read to the team that selects set A of
questions; questions with a B after their number will be read to the team that selects
set B of questions.
1A.
What British woman wrote the novels Jacob’s Room, The Waves, Mrs. Dalloway, and To
the Lighthouse?
ANSWER: Virginia WOOLF
1B.
What is the name of the famous church in Istanbul that was commissioned by
Justinian after riots destroyed its predecessor in 532 AD?
ANSWER: HAGIA SOPHIA
2A.
100?
THIS IS A COMPUTATION QUESTION. What is the sum of the integers from 0 through
ANSWER: 5050
2B.
What is the name of the pressure exerted by one of the gasses in a mixture of gasses?
ANSWER: PARTIAL pressure
3A.
Who was the king executed during the English Civil War?
ANSWER: CHARLES I
3B.
Who wrote the novel, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy?
ANSWER: Douglas ADAMS
4A.
What command is used in C++ to send the text following the two less-than signs to the
standard output stream?
ANSWER: COUT (C-out)
4B.
In the sentence, “My uncle, who lives in Chicago, is coming for a visit;” what kind of
pronoun is “who?”
ANSWER: RELATIVE
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5A.
What Roman Catholic religious order was founded in 1534 by Ignatius Loyola, and
spread aggressively in the east by Francis Xavier?
ANSWER: JESUITS (or SOCIETY OF JESUS)
5B.
THIS IS A COMPUTATION QUESTION. In terms of pi, what is the surface area of a
cylinder with radii of 4 and height of 20?
ANSWER: 192π
6A.
What is the last name of the Beverly Cleary characters Beatrice and Ramona?
ANSWER: QUIMBY
6B.
Who was the Catholic priest from Michigan with an extremely popular radio program
that argued for strong reforms during the Great Depression?
ANSWER: Charles COUGHLIN
7A.
THIS IS A COMPUTATION QUESTION. What is the sum of the floor of the quotient of 5
divided by 2 and the floor of the quotient of 5 divided by 3?
ANSWER: 3 (2 + 1) – The floor is the integer rounded down to the nearest integer. So –3.3 has a
floor of –4.
7B.
What branch of science concerned with the structure of plants, animals, and other
biological organisms features a comprehensive study first published in the nineteenth century
by Gray?
ANSWER: ANATOMY
8A.
What term, invented by Auguste Comte, describes the unselfish concern one person has
for the welfare of another?
ANSWER: ALTRUISM
8B.
What patron of the Medici (MEH-dih-chee) family rendered two famous paintings of the
goddess of love: Primavera and The Birth of Venus?
ANSWER: Sandro BOTTICELLI (boh-tee-CHELL-ee)
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9A.
While studying the stamens and pistils of flowers, what Swede, for ten points, developed
a system of binomial nomenclature for classifying all organisms, such as Homo sapiens?
ANSWER: Carolus LINNAEUS (lin-AY-us)
9B.
Who wrote the book The Sword and the Stone?
ANSWER: T.H. WHITE
10A. In September, what former CEO of General Electric asked the GE board for a reduction
in his retirement package?
ANSWER: Jack WELCH
10B. THIS IS A COMPUTATION QUESTION. X is an even integer. What is the arithmetic
mean of the next four even integers?
ANSWER: X + 5
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Third period: 15 tossups
1.
For ten points, a light deposit of ice formed by condensation of water vapor on a surface
whose temperature is below freezing is commonly known by what name, a major threat to
crops and other plants?
ANSWER: FROST
2.
For 10 points, who was the Mongol leader that was visited by Marco Polo in his
travels?
ANSWER: KUBLAI (KOO-bly) Khan
3.
All Southerners are rednecks. All SUV drivers are selfish. All Catholics are
superstitious. For 10 points, these are examples of what sort of overgeneralized and false belief
about the characteristics of a particular group?
ANSWER: STEREOTYPEs
4.
For ten points, what elf in the Lord of the Rings owns the Last Homely House in
Rivendell?
ANSWER: ELROND Peredhil
5.
For 10 points, what island country in the Eastern Mediterranean is split between its
Turkish and Greek communities?
ANSWER: CYPRUS
6.
For ten points, in Christianity, what doctrine considers God as a unity of the Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit?
ANSWER: Holy TRINITY
7.
For ten points, what protein transports oxygen from the lungs to cell tissues in
exchange for carbon dioxide?
ANSWER: HEMOGLOBIN
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8.
For 10 points, in what language is Good morning Buongiornio (bwahn-jor-NEE-oh) and
is Hi Ciao (CHOW)?
ANSWER: ITALIAN
9.
Its author included the first version of this work in a letter to her old governess Annie
Moore’s son in 1893. For ten points, what is this illustrated children’s tale about an animal’s
escape from Farmer McGregor, first published in 1901 by Beatrix Potter?
ANSWER: The Tale of PETER RABBIT
10.
For 10 points, whose Presidency was unfortunately best-known for the Panic of 1837?
ANSWER: Martin VAN BUREN
11.
A times BC equals AB times C.
equation demonstrate?
For 10 points, what arithmetic property does this
ANSWER: ASSOCIATIVE (property of multiplication)
12.
For 10 points, what word describes the person in charge of a parade or ceremony?
ANSWER: MASRHAL
13.
Pensacola, Mobile and New Orleans are, for 10 points, located along what Interstate
highway?
ANSWER: INTERSTATE 10
14.
A Smithfield Foods Inc. meat packing plant in Pennsylvania was forced to recall over
1,000 tons of ground beef in September. These concerns were over, for 10 points, what bacteria
that can cause food poisoning and even death in young children and senior citizens?
ANSWER: E. COLI (Escherichia Coli, pronounced EE-shuh-REE-shuh KOH-lie)
15.
Most compounds with an alkali metal and a halogen contain, for 10 points, what type of
bond?
ANSWER: IONIC bond
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SPARE QUESTIONS (In the second period, try to replace the question discarded with the
a spare question in that subject area – i.e. science for science, social studies for social
studies, etc.) Be sure to cross out the questions if/as they are used.
1.
For ten points, what native Bostonian painted a portrait of Paul Revere as well as
Watson and the Shark?
ANSWER: John Singleton COPLEY
2.
Dry ice, when left out, does not melt. Instead, it becomes carbon dioxide gas. For 10
points, this is an example of what process by which a substance passes directly from the solid
to the gaseous state?
ANSWER: SUBLIMATION
3.
THIS IS A COMPUTATION QUESTION. A 25 foot ladder leans 20 feet high against a
wall. For ten points, if the ladder slips outward horizontally 9 feet, how many feet did the
ladder slip vertically down the wall?
ANSWER: 13 FEET
4.
For ten points, Beowulf saves the Danes by tearing off the arm of what half-human
monster?
ANSWER: GRENDEL
5.
The borough of Brooklyn is known by, for 10 points, what county name, a name that
can be figured out since it is to the west of Queens County, New York?
ANSWER: KINGS County
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