Questions from Boston T-Party (12/5/98), hosted by Harvard University
ROUND 1: Questions by Williams GRU and MIT Dialectical Materialism
TOSSUP 1
Born in Gia Dinh, Vietnam, this author was educated in Indo-China. Her reputation was
made by the novels she wrote in the 1950s, such as Un Barrage contre le Pacifique, Le
Marin de Gibraltar , and Le Square. She achieved a wider celebrity with her screenplay
for Alain Resnais' film Hiroshima Mon Amour in 1959. Her autobiographical novel,
L'Amant, was published in 1984 and made into a successful film in 1992. For ten points,
name this author.
ANSWER: Marguerite _DURAS_
TOSSUP 2
Roentgen, Archimedes, Gauss, Balboa and Vasco Da Gama all have one bigger than
Einstein's. Rutherford's is inside of Clavius's. The three largest are Hertzsprung, Korolev
and Apollo. Seven of these objects will be named for the astronauts who died in the
Challenger disaster. FTP, what are they?
ANSWER: _LUNAR CRATERS_ (or equivalent)
TOSSUP 3
This small country consists of three islands. Around 800 BC, it was colonized by the
Phoenicians, and in 200 BC, it became part of the Roman empire. One of its most famous
visitors was Odysseus, who stayed on one of its islands, now called Gozo, but known to
him as Calypso's Isle. It recently reactivated its previously withdrawn application for EU
membership. For 10 points, name this Mediterranean nation once home to the Knights
Hospitalers [HOSS-pit'l-ur].
ANSWER: Republic of _MALTA_
TOSSUP 4
The Tin Lizzies, the Wabash Cannonball, the Hangman, the Grizzly River Rampage, the
Dulcimer Splash, the Rock 'N Roller Coaster, as well as the Roy Acuff and Bluegrass
Theaters were all attractions at, for 10 points, what recently defunct theme park in
Nashville, Tennessee that is soon to be replaced by a grand ole shopping mall?
ANSWER:_OPRYLAND_ USA
TOSSUP 5
The official name of this sect is "The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second
Appearing", though it is also known as "The Millenial Church." It was founded in
England in the 18th century and brought to America by Ann Lee. For 10 points, name this
celibate faith whose members are known for their simple lives, music, and furniture.
Answer: _SHAKERS_
TOSSUP 6
After his adopted home state seceded from the Union, he was appointed a commander in
the Confederate Navy. As the commander of the C.S.S. Sumter, he captured 17 Union
merchant ships. However, he is most noted for his ventures from 1862 to 1864, which
ended with his being rescued out of the English Channel by a yacht. FTP, name this
Confederate who successfully captured, sunk, and burned over 80 Union ships as the
commander of the C.S.S. Alabama.
Answer: Raphael or Ralph _SEMMES_
TOSSUP 7
Symptoms of this disorder include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, stiffness, and swelling of
muscular structures and the face. Effectively treated by thiabendazole, the disease in the
US has an incidence of infection rate of 15 to 20 percent, as detected by finding calcified
cysts, or larval capsules, in skeletal muscles at autopsy. FTP, name this disorder
commonly acquired by humans who eat undercooked pork.
ANSWER:_TRICHINOSIS_ or _TRICHINIASIS_
TOSSUP 8
First published in 1927, this is the story of the Ramsay family in their summer residence
on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. The three sections of this book take place between 1910
and 1920. For 10 points, name this novel, written in stream-of-consciousness by Virginia
Woolf.
ANSWER: _TO THE LIGHTHOUSE_
TOSSUP 9
This British general was made governor of Montreal in 1760 and eventually rose to
become chief of English forces in America in 1763. After returning to England in 1772,
he was sent back to replace the mild-mannered Thomas Hutchinson as governor in
Boston in 1774. FTP, name this man who sparked the American Revolution when he
ordered the British raid on Concord.
ANSWER: General Thomas _GAGE_
TOSSUP 10
Marion Barry gleefully offered to send him a bus ticket south. As Chairman of the Senate
Appropriations subcommittee on the District of Columbia, he wrote much of the
legislation that stripped power from Barry and the city's other elected officials. Of
course, District residents could not vote for the wealthy trial lawyer who beat him,
Democrat John Edwards. FTP, name this outgoing Senator and hog farmer from North
Carolina.
ANSWER: (Duncan McLauchlin) "Lauch" (LOCK) _FAIRCLOTH_
TOSSUP 11
This physical phenomenon was credited by Lord Rayleigh to the German physicist and
chemist who first investigated it experimentally in 1853. It arises from the asymmetric
distortion of the boundary layer thickness in the flow past a spinning sphere. The
asymmetry of the boundary layer creates a lateral force on the spinning orb. FTP name
this manifestation of Bernoulli' s principle which explains how curveballs curve.
ANSWER:_MAGNUS EFFECT_ or _MAGNUS FORCE_
TOSSUP 12
As he often did, Lewis Powell provided the crucial fifth vote. Though no other Justice
actually joined his entire opinion, it became the decision of the Court when Rehnquist
and the conservatives joined one part and Brennan and the liberals joined the rest. In this
1978 opinion, Powell cited Harvard College's admissions policies in holding that race
could be a "plus" factor, but not the determining factor, in college admissions. FTP, name
it.
Answer: Regents of the _UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA V. BAKKE_
TOSSUP 13
This disease is caused by a mutation in the gene that codes for a transmembrane protein
responsible for chloride ion movement. The standard mutation is the Delta 508.
Symptoms are obstruction of the airways leading to respiratory infection, pancreatic
insufficiency, and infertility. It is no longer exclusively a disease of young children, as
treatment techniques have allowed patients to survive into adulthood. For 10 points, name
this inherited autosomal disorder.
Answer: _C_ystic _F_ibrosis
TOSSUP 14
Know primarily for her virtuoso piano playing during her lifetime, she is now considered
to have written many excellent piano compositions. The mother of eight children, she
stopped her career at times to support her husband and raise her family. For 10 points,
name this friend of Johannes Brahms who often performed her husband Robert's
compositions.
Answer: Clara _SCHUMANN_ or Clara _WIECK_ (her maiden name)
TOSSUP 15
This dramatist, born in Czechoslovakia in 1937, moved to England as a young boy, and
later began a career as a reporter and free-lance journalist. He wrote one novel, called
_Lord Malquist and Mr. Moon_, as well as a number of plays, such as _The Real
Inspector Hound_. For 10 points, name this author of a play told through the eyes of
marginal characters Rozencrantz and Guildenstern.
ANSWER: Tom _STOPPARD_ or Tomas _STRAUSSLER_
TOSSUP 16
As a kid at the Bolliteri Tennis Academy in Florida, he was ridiculed for his awkward
looks and poor serve. Today, he often travels to tournaments with his priest. He has
never won a tournament held in the United States. He has reached as high as number 2 in
the ATP rankings, but has never won a major. A fiery temper and a dominant serve are
hallmarks of, FTP, what Croatian-born three-time Wimbledon finalist?
Answer: Goran _IVANISEVIC_
TOSSUP 17
He was first elected to the House in 1955, and decided to remain there after an
unsuccessful run for LBJ's open Senate seat in 1961. In 1976 he beat Phil Burton and two
others to become Majority Leader. His autobiography, Reflections of A Public Man, got
him into trouble, and Newt Gingrich, future recipient of a big book advance, charged him
with abusing his position. FTP, name this man succeeded by Tom Foley as House
Speaker.
ANSWER: James (Jim) _WRIGHT_
TOSSUP 18
This Roman, declared emperor by the troops in the East, where he was engaged in putting
down the Jewish Revolt, ended the civil wars that had been going on since Nero's
overthrow. He put the state on a sound financial footing and restored discipline to the
army. Among his many lavish building projects was the Colosseum. For ten points, name
this man who was Roman emperor from 69 to 79 AD and who founded the Flavian
dynasty.
ANSWER: _VESPASIAN_
TOSSUP 19
This occurs when the demand curve for real money is horizontal, thus indicating that a
change in the quantity of money does not affect the interest rate. Generally, this happens
in a country with extremely low interest rates and a high rate of savings. This
combination of low interest rates and high savings, which makes monetary policy
completely ineffective, explains why Japan is having trouble salvaging its economy.
FTP, give this economic term.
Ans: _LIQUIDITY TRAP_
TOSSUP 20
Originally, it was the name given to people who submitted to Christian baptism by the
Ante-Nicean Church fathers due to the enlightened understanding that they had recieved.
Later, the name came to refer to a mystical sect in 16th-century Spain. However, it most
often refers to a secret society founded by Adam Weishaupt to combat religion and foster
rationalism. FTP, name these enemies of Masonry whose name refers to enlightenment.
Ans: _ILLUMINATI_
TOSSUP 21
It is a lute shaped stringed instrument popular in the Middle Ages. It has two to four
drone strings sounded by a hand-cranked wheel. The melody is played on the strings by
depressing keys. For 10 points, name this instrument that is sometimes confused with the
barrel organ.
Answer: _HURDY-GURDY_
TOSSUP 22
This Greek writer was born on Crete. His _The Odyssey, a Modern Sequel_ is a verse tale
that explores the views of Buddha, Jesus, Nietzsche and Lenin, among others. For 10
points, name this author of _The Greek Passion_, _The Last Temptation of Christ_, and
_Zorba the Greek_.
Answer: Nikos _KAZANTZAKIS_
TOSSUP 23
He had already gotten one each for Koby, Kory, and Kasy, and last year when he got one
for Kody, he joked that his mission was complete. But when he received another one after
going unbeaten in his final 22 starts, his boys told him that this one was his. FTP, name
this Toronto Blue Jay who "Rocketed" his way to a record fifth American League Cy
Young award for this past season.
Answer: Roger _CLEMENS_
BONI
BONUS 1
Identify these concepts from linear algebra (5-10-15).
1) (5 points) A matrix which is produced by switching the rows and columns of the
original matrix.
ANSWER: _TRANSPOSE_
2) (10 points) This term corresponds to the number of pivots in a matrix.
ANSWER: _RANK_
3) (15 points) For a vector space, this is the number of vectors in its basis.
ANSWER: _DIMENSION_
BONUS 2
30-20-10, name the man.
For 30 points: His 1519 masterpiece Colloquia satirized the abuses of the Church.
For 20 points: Born in Rotterdam, he was the first to translate the Greek New Testament
into English.
For 10 Points: This Humanist of the Northern Renaissance challenged the authority of the
Pope and the practices of the Roman Catholic Church, yet maintained and asserted his
faith in pure Christianity.
Answer: Desiderius _ERASMUS_ or _ERASMUS_ of Rotterdam
BONUS 3
Name the Shakespearean play from the famous quotation for the stated number of points.
1) For 5 points "Frailty, thy name is woman!"
ANSWER: _HAMLET_
2) For 5 points "Fair is foul, and foul is fair."
ANSWER: _MACBETH_
3) For 10 points "Although the last, not least."
ANSWER: _KING LEAR_
4) For 10 points "I will wear my heart upon my sleeve."
ANSWER: _OTHELLO_
BONUS 4
30-20-10 name the phylum.
For 30 points: Members of this group of organisms are known for their nematocysts.
For 20 points: Its members have only two germ layers and live life in two stages -- the
polyp and the medusa.
For 10 points: This least complex phylum except for sponges includes the hydra and the
jellyfish.
Answer: _COELENTERATES_ (seh-LEN-ter-ates) or _CNIDARIA_ns (pronounced:
nid-AIR-ee-a)
BONUS 5
Name the unit of currency for the given country, five points each, thirty if all four correct.
a. Egypt
Ans: Egyptian _POUND_
b. Brazil
Ans: _REAL_ (plural: _REAIS_)
c. China
Ans: _YUAN_
d. Georgia
Ans: _LARI_
BONUS 6
Name the artist from works, 30-20-10.
30: Blue Chrysanthemum, Blue Roses
20: Checkerboard with Light Colors, House with Poplars
10: Composition in Blue, Broadway Boogie-Woogie
ANSWER: Piet _MONDRIAN_
BONUS 7
For 10 points each, name the poets from the following excerpts from their work:
1) There she weaves by night and day,
She has heard a whisper say,
A curse is on her if she stay,
To look down to Camelot.
ANSWER: Alfred, Lord _TENNYSON_
2) He whistles a tune to the window, and who should be waiting there
But the landlord's black-eyed daughter
Bess, the landlord's daughter
Plaiting a dark red love-knot into her long black hair.
ANSWER: Alfred_NOYES_
3) And then the watcher at his pulse took fright.
No one believed. They listened at his heart.
Littlelessnothing! and that ended it.
ANSWER: Robert _FROST_
BONUS 8
Peyton Manning and Ryan Leaf may be fresh in our memories as the first two picks in the
1998 NFL draft, but let's see how well you recall the 1995 draft. For ten points each,
name the player from the description.
a. This six-foot-four wide receiver was traded-up for in the draft by the 49ers. He was
going to play tight-end for the Bruins until Coach Donahue saw his speed.
Answer: J.J. _STOKES_
b. This running back was selected 74th overall by the New England Patriots from
Pittsburgh. He rushed for 1,487 yards in his rookie season.
Answer: Curtis _MARTIN_
f. He was the third pick, out of Alcorn State.
Answer: Steve _MCNAIR_
BONUS 9
1998 marks the hundredth anniversary of the Spanish-American War. In commemoration
of this event, answer the following questions about the Cuban struggle for independence
from Spain for the stated number of points.
a. For five points, this exiled Cuban politician-poet's writings, such as Nuestra America
and the collection Versos Libres, crystallized the spirit of Cuba Libre.
Answer: Jose Julian _MARTI_ y Perez
b. For ten points, this Spanish general was appointed to head Imperial forces in Cuba in
1895. This figure became infamous for his total-war policy against the populace and his
relocation camps.
Answer: Valeriano _WEYLER_
c. For fifteen points, name this head of the Cuban rebel army, who labeled the conflict a
"dead war" even before the Americans interceded.
Answer: Maximo _GOMEZ_
BONUS 10
30-20-10 Name the contemporary American.
30) Recently, he parked a truck emblazoned "Sodomobile" in front of the house of a
minister known for his hatred of gays. The truck also had flamboyantly dressed men
dancing to disco on it.
20) His TV show was canceled by two networks. Some of the show's activities, such as
asking the chairman of IBM to format a floppy disk, may have encouraged advertisers to
go elsewhere. John Conyers recently invited him backstage at a House Judiciary
Committee hearing.
10) He led a group of activists dressed as Puritans who chased Ken Starr's car down a
street. He also directed the film "Roger and Me."
Ans: Michael _MOORE_
BONUS 11
Name these rebellions for ten points each.
a.) Debtor farmers in Western Massachusetts started this rebellion mainly because
unsympathetic courts ignored their appeals for relief from the high taxes and property
seizures of the state government. It was dispersed by the state militia at Springfield and
finally crushed at Petersham.
Ans: _SHAYS'S_ Rebellion
b.) This rebellion started in Meerut in 1857, where Indian troops of the British Army
rebelled against new rifle catridges. The rebellion soon spread throughout Northern India,
except for the Punjab, but was eventually put down in 1858.
Ans: _SEPOY_ Rebellion
c.) This Canadian rebellion took place in Upper and Lower Canada, now Ontario and
Quebec, after Britain's refusal to grant more home rule. The rebellion in Upper Canada,
led by William Mackenzie, died out quickly, but the uprising in Lower Canada was more
significant, with a major uprising in the Richelieu River Valley. It takes its name from the
year it occured.
Ans: Rebellions of _1837_
BONUS 12
For 10 points each, name the following from Mayan mythology.
1) The Mayan realm of the dead where souls of those who lived a bad life are sent. It is
ruled by the god Hunhau.
ANSWER: _MITNAL_
2) He was god of the four elements, the creator god, and the god of resurrection and
reincarnation. His name means "the feathered serpent," and the Aztecs merged him with
their Quetzalcoatl.
ANSWER: _KUKULCAN_ or _KUKUMATZ_ or _GUGUMATZ_
3) The creator of the Maya, he is the god of the gods and the head of the Maya pantheon.
He created three worlds, the third of which was for the Mayas.
ANSWER: _HUNAB KU_
BONUS 13
The Crimean War lives on, just ask your tailor. At least 3 styles in the world of clothing
take their names from people or places in the Crimean War. For 10 points each, identify:
1) The style of sleeve named for a British commander.
Answer: _RAGLAND_ (after Lord Ragland)
2) The type of sweater named for another British commander.
Answer: _CARDIGAN_ (after Lord Cardigan)
3) The type of woolen headgear named for the location of a major battle.
Answer: _BALACLAVA_
BONUS 14
For 10 points each, name the John Irving novel in which each character appears
1) Hester the Molester
ANSWER: A _PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY_
2) Homer Wells
ANSWER: The _CIDER HOUSE RULES_
3) Fred "Bogus" Trumper
ANSWER: The _WATER METHOD MAN_
BONUS 15
Time for some questions related to Rome.
a. For 5 points, "Rise of Rome" is the title of the add-on to this original Microsoft game.
Answer: _AGE OF EMPIRES_ (Prompt on "AOE")
b. For much of its history, Rome was not part of Italy, but was instead part of, FTP, what
smaller entity that originally drew its power from the Donation of Constantine?
Answer: _PAPAL STATES_
c. The treaty of Rome in 1958 established, F15P, what European organization?
Answer: European _COMMON MARKET_ or _E_uropean _E_conomic _C_ommunity
BONUS 16
For the stated number of points, answer the following related questions.
1) For 5 points, name the branch of applied mathematics used to analyze competitive
situations whose outcomes depend not only on one's own choices and perhaps chance, but
also on choices made by other parties.
ANSWER: _GAME THEORY_
2) For 15 points, name either of the two authors of the 1944 work _Theory of Games
and Economic Behavior_ that practically created at one stroke modern game theory.
ANSWER: John (or Johann) _VON NEUMANN_ or Oskar _MORGENSTERN_
3) For 10 points, name the term in game theory given to games of total conflict, in which
what one player gains the other players lose.
ANSWER: _ZERO-SUM_ Games
BONUS 17
Name the playwright from works (30-20-10).
30 points _Journeys Among the Dead_
20 points _The Lesson_
10 points _Rhinoceros_ and _The Bald Soprano_
ANSWER: Eugene _IONESCO_
BONUS 18
Given the first line, identify the Billy Joel song (5-10-15).
1) (5 points) "Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnny Ray..."
ANSWER: _WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE_
2) (10 points) "Come out, Virginia, don't let me wait..."
ANSWER: _ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG_
3) (15 points) "Saturday night, and you're still hanging around..."
ANSWER: _CAPTAIN JACK_
BONUS 19
Answer the following questions about U.S. military aircraft for 10
points each.
1. This controversial bomber was meant to be a high-tech successor to the B-52. Known
as the "Valkyrie," only a few prototypes ever flew before the program was canceled.
ANSWER: _B-70_
2. One of the first aircraft with a pressurized cabin, the "Enola Gay" is an
example of this WW II bomber.
ANSWER: _B-29_ or _SUPERFORT_ress
3. This alliterative two-word nickname was first applied to aircraft tasked to suppress
enemy radar with the introduction of the F-100F variant in 1965.
Answer: _WILD WEASEL_
BONUS 20
Answer these questions from mathematics.
1. FTP, what term describes a number P which is equal to the sum of its divisors,
including 1 but not P?
ANSWER: a _PERFECT_ Number
2. For 5 points each and a 5 point bonus for all correct, give the first 3 Perfect numbers.
ANSWER: _6_, _28_, _496_
BONUS 21
For 10 points each, name these parts of a Gothic cathedral.
1) The long central portion of the building, with a vaulted roof.
Answer: _NAVE_
2) The semicircular region at the alter-end of the nave.
Answer: _APSE_
3) The section that crosses the nave at right angles.
Answer: _TRANSCEPT_
ROUND 2: Questions by Michigan
TOSSUP 1
Despite the help of runaway slaves in his war against the American military, he was
tricked into being captured, and eventually died at Fort Moultrie, in Charleston Harbor.
Living from around 1800 to 1838, with a name meaning "black drink," he reportedly
plunged a knife into the treaty which would have moved his people west. FTP, name this
man who waged war in the Everglades to keep his Seminoles in Florida.
ANSWER: _OSCEOLA_ (OSS-ee-Oh-la)
TOSSUP 2
The man who theorized them said that his studies went through three stages, "Incredibly
Primitive," "Very Primitive," and "Probably Still Primitive." First introduced in 1984 at a
lecture at Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study, they are supposed to resolve the
incompatibility between quantum mechanics and the General Theory of Relativity.
Postulated by Edward Witten, they may be open or closed, and exist as one-dimensional
curls. FTP, name them.
ANSWER: _SUPERSTRINGS_ (prompt on "strings")
TOSSUP 3
It features groups called the Liquefactionists, who are trying to merge everyone into One
Man by breaking down victims' protein and absorbing them; the Divisionists, who split
into self-replicas which war with each other; and the Mugwumps, liverless creatures who
eat only sweets and murder young boys. Along with narrator William Lee, who also
narrated Junkie, they all live in a city called Interzone. This describes, FTP, what
William Burroughs novel?
ANSWER: _NAKED LUNCH_
TOSSUP 4
One version contains many extra figures posed in a lavish scene, and the artist was
brought before the inquisitors for including "buffoons, drunkards, Germans, and dwarfs."
Another, darker version, in line with the mystical attitude favored by the CounterReformation church, has a more traditional Jesus with a halo. These paintings, one by
Veronese, the other by Tintoretto, share their name with, FTP, what more famous version
at Santa Maria delle Grazie by Leonardo?
ANSWER: The _LAST SUPPER_
TOSSUP 5
It became a Greek colony called Partenope around the fifth century BC. It was part of the
Byzantine Empire until 1139, when the Normans took it. Before it became part of Italy, it
belonged to the Aragons, Spain, the Hapsburgs and the Bourbons. Frederick the Second
founded a university in this hometown of Lorenzo Bernini, which also contains the
Church of San Lorenzo Maggiore (MADGE-ee-Or-ay) and the Duomo. FTP, name this
southwest Italian coast city in the Campania region.
ANSWER: _NAPLES_ or _NAPOLI_
TOSSUP 6
Elise considers herself a model of motherhood, but allows her children to virtually starve
and freeze. Fredrik, her son, is a law student who has lost his faith in the legal system,
and turned to drinking. Gerda, the ignorant daughter, has recently married Axel, who
soon becomes intimate with his mother-in-law. The 1907 August Strindberg play that
features these characters shares its name with, FTP, what subject of an Ogden Nash
poem?
ANSWER: The _PELICAN_
TOSSUP 7
His first major league game was against Cincinnati on September 24th, 1992. When he
entered his first game of 1993 in relief, it became the first time since 1979 that two
brothers had pitched for the same team in the same game. After pitching in a Dodger
rookie record 65 games, he was traded for Delino DeShields and joined the Expos, where
he became an All Star in 1996. FTP, name the pitcher now terrorizing American League
batters with the Boston Red Sox.
ANSWER: _P_edro _MARTINEZ_ (prompt on partial answer)
TOSSUP 8
This family contains two genuses. One, the Symphalangus, includes only the family's
largest member, which lives arboreally in Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula and which is
commonly called the Siamang. The other, whose members live in mainland Southeast
Asia, contains black, white-handed, and hoolock versions. Give the scientific or common
name for, FTP, this third member of the super-family Hominoidea after great apes and
man.
ANSWER: _GIBBON_s or _HYLOBATIDAE_
TOSSUP 9
In mid-career, he was appointed director of all excavations of antiquities in and around
Rome. However, he had trained as an artist, his more famous profession, under his
father, Giovanni Santi. At a young age, he assisted and emulated Perugino, but then
moved to Florence, where he departed from the rigid Umbrian school to produce such
works as Madonna del Granduca. FTP, name this artist of such papal-commissioned
frescoes as the School of Athens.
ANSWER: _RAPHAEL_ Sanzio
TOSSUP 10
The direct line was completed in 1905. Today, tourists may extend their trips, via ferry,
to Japan, or with stops along the way, at towns like Irkutsk, Ekaterinaburg, or Yaroslavl.
Its spurs include the Trans-Manchurian route, the Trans-Mongolian route, and the Baikal
Amur Mainline. At 5870 miles, it is the longest continuous rail-line in the world, running
from Moscow to Vladivostok. FTP, name it.
ANSWER: _TRANS-SIBERIAN_ Railway
TOSSUP 11
Katherine Anne Porter said of her, "She gets her right nourishment from the source
natural to her," referring to her use of her native region in her short stories. Her first fulllength work came in 1946, when she was 37 and had already twice received the O. Henry
Award for short stories. She also received the Howells Medal for her novel "Ponder
Heart." FTP, name this Mississippi-born author of "A Curtain of Green" and "Delta
Wedding."
ANSWER: Eudora _WELTY_
TOSSUP 12
In 1965, Greg Hill and Kerry Thornley, under the pseudonyms Malaclypse the Younger
and Lord Omar Ravenhurst, outlined the worship of this goddess in the "Principia [prinKIP-ee-ah] Discordia." It tells of this daughter of Zeus and twin sister of Ares [AIR-ees]
inscribing "kallisti" on an object and tossing it into the wedding celebration of Peleus and
Thetis. "Kallisti" means "to the fairest," and the object, an apple, eventually sparked the
Trojan War. FTP, name this Greek goddess of Chaos.
ANSWER: _ERIS_
TOSSUP 13
As a member of the British parliament, he fought to repeal the Corn Laws, which cut into
industrialist profits by increasing the cost of living and thus wage rates. In 1817 he
argued in "Principles of Political Economy and Taxation" that free trade and
specialization of labor benefit all trading partners, even those less absolutely efficient.
FTP, name this economist who originated the theory of comparative advantage.
ANSWER: David _RICARDO_
TOSSUP 14
Outside the walls of Peking she announces that she will marry the first man of royal blood
to answer three riddles. Any man answering incorrectly will be beheaded, avenging the
dishonor suffered by her ancestor Lou-Ling who was kidnapped and killed by invading
Tartars. Despite attempts by the Emperor and his advisors Ping, Pang, and Pong to
dissuade him, Calaf answers correctly and wins, FTP, what title heroine of a Puccini
opera?
ANSWER: _TURANDOT_
TOSSUP 15
It is the type of reaction undergone by salts of ions such as Iron plus-2, Copper plus-1,
and Mercury plus-1, in aqueous solution. Hydrogen peroxide comes in bottles with
special caps because it will spontaneously carry out this reaction while sitting on your
bathroom shelf, producing water and oxygen gas. For 10 points, name the type of
reaction that consists of a reactant being simultaneously oxidized and reduced.
Answer: _DISPROPORTIONATION_
TOSSUP 16
For the cover, the group donned dark blue rain gear and posed while signaling a message
in semaphore. However, the word formed was not the title of the album, as in commonly
believed, but rather the cryptic message “L-P-U-S.” For 10 points, name this Beatles
album which contained “It’s Only Love,” and “Yesterday” as well as songs from the
movie of the same name.
Answer: _HELP!_
TOSSUP 17
As a pampered young political prisoner in Thebes during its Hegemony, he learned about
Greek politics and military strategy. He returned to his homeland where he overthrew the
king, his infant nephew. On the throne, he made his country wealthy by seizing
Amphipolis's gold and silver mines. He then invaded and took over Greece, where he
formed and led the Federal League of Corinth. FTP, name this ruler who was
assassinated before he could begin his campaign against Persia.
ANSWER: _PHILIP OF MACEDON_
TOSSUP 18
Its construction took fourteen thousand tons of traventine, a pale Italian limestone. Its
architect once remarked that "most great edifices are built by running water," so it is
fitting that it is surrounded by a large reservoir used to protect it from forest fires. All
parts of its buildings are separated by four inches of foam, for earthquake protection.
FTP, name this Richard Meier-designed museum.
ANSWER: J. Paul _GETTY_ Museum
TOSSUP 19
Two answers required. Ed Podolak had 350 all-purpose yards, but many fans were forced
by their local television stations to watch "Hee-Haw" instead. The playoff game between
these two teams was ended about seven minutes into the second overtime, with a score of
27 to 24. The longest-ever NFL game took place on Christmas Day, 1971, with the
winning field goal kicked by Garo Ypremian. FTP, what two teams were playing?
ANSWER: _KANSAS CITY_ or _CHIEFS_ and _MIAMI_ or _DOLPHINS_
TOSSUP 20
It served as a far more conclusive version of the Treaty of Cateau Cambresis, signed 50
years earlier. It signified the end of Hapsburg domination in Germany, and also granted
"cuius regio, eius religio," the right of monarchs to dictate the religion of their subjects.
Signed at Munster by the Holy Roman Emperor and the King of France, this treaty is
divided into 128 different parts. FTP, name this 1648 treaty which ended the ThirtyYears' War.
ANSWER: Treaty of _WESTPHALIA_ or Peace of _WESTPHALIA_
TOSSUP 21
This term names tales of romance and adventure written in octosyllabic couplets. Marie
de France, writing for the court of King Henry the Second, based hers on Celtic legends
as sung by the minstrels of Brittany, some dealing with Arthurian characters. The
Provencal (pro-vawn-SAUL) variety, designed to be sung to tunes popular at the time,
functioned chiefly as love poems. FTP, name this literary form used by Chaucer for "The
Franklin's Tale."
ANSWER: _LAY_
TOSSUP 22
At a young age he wrote "The Proper Sphere of Government" for The Non-Conformist.
He would be plagued by his own laziness in later life, as when he quit as editor of the
Economist upon receiving a stipend. In "The Development Hypothesis," he wrote that the
evolution of new species was no more marvelous than man developing from ovum and
sperm. FTP, name this philosopher who, in an essay on Malthus, said "The struggle for
existence leads to the survival of the fittest."
ANSWER: Herbert _SPENCER_
TOSSUP 23
In late 1993, the FDA approved it for commercial use. Monsanto markets it under the
name Posilac. Some studies suggest that it increases instances of mastitis. Ben and
Jerry's is currently involved in a lawsuit with Illinois over whether they may label their
products as being free of this product. Upjohn's is the only version that's identical to the
naturally occurring bovine somatotropin. FTP, what drug that increases milk production
in dairy cows is abbreviated rBGH?
ANSWER: Recombinant _BOVINE GROWTH HORMONE_
(accept "r_BGH_" or_POSILAC_ before they occur)
BONUS 1
Given a description of a stage of embryo development, identify it FTP.
1. Cleave produces this intermediate which is a sphere of cells that contain a cavity
without an indentation.
ANSWER: _BLASTULA_
2. This intermediate is the initial bulb of cells that becomes the blastula when a cavity
forms.
ANSWER: _MORULA_
3. This is a complex 3-dimensional organism with inner, outer, and middle layers formed
from a blastula.
ANSWER: _GASTRULA_
BONUS 2
Identify these unsuccessful presidential candidates from American history FTPA.
a. He resigned from the Supreme Court to run for President. He would later serve in the
Cabinet and return to the Court.
Answer: Charles Evans _HUGHES_
b. He was known variously as the "continental liar from the state of Maine" and as the
"Plumed Knight."
Answer: James G(illespie) _BLAINE_
c. This Coolidge opponent remains the only West Virginian nominated for President by a
major party.
Answer: John W. _DAVIS_
BONUS 3
Name the speakers of the following quotations, who may or may not have something in
common, for the stated number of points.
For 10, "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen,
and philosophers and divines."
ANSWER: Ralph Waldo _EMERSON_
For 5, "Me fail English? That's unpossible."
ANSWER: _R_alph _WIGGUM_ (prompt on partial answer)
For 15, "All my life I had been looking for something, and everywhere I turned, someone
tried to tell me what it was. I accepted their answers too, though they were often in
contradiction and even self-contradictory -- I was naive."
ANSWER: Ralph _ELLISON_
BONUS 4
Answer these questions about the geography of Indonesia, for the stated number of
points.
1. For five, the capital, Jakarta, lies on which island?
ANSWER: _JAVA_
2. For five, what is the largest island of Indonesia?
ANSWER: _BORNEO_
3. For ten, what other country shares Borneo with Indonesia?
ANSWER: _BRUNEI_
4. For ten, name this other part of Indonesia, which shares an island
with Papua New Guinea.
ANSWER: _IRIAN JAYA_
BONUS 5
Identify the following classes of sea life, FTPE.
1. This is the class of all floating autotrophic life that is the basis of most oceanic food
chains.
ANSWER: _PHYTOPLANKTON_
2. These small floating animals and protists eat the largest amounts of phytoplankton.
ANSWER: _ZOOPLANKTON_
3. This is the name of all larger oceanic organisms making up the rest of the food chain,
whose name comes from the Greek for "swimmer" or "swimming."
ANSWER: _NEKTON_
BONUS 6
Identify these heresies of the early Christian Church, FTPE.
1. Named for the Bishop of Carthage, this heresy refused to acknowledge the ordination
of any priest who had cooperated with the Persecution of Diocletian, and condemned as
traitors Christians who gave up their Bible to be burned by the Romans.
ANSWER: _DONATISM_
2. This heresy, named for the patriarch of Constantinople, taught that Mary was the
mother of only the human side of Christ, and was therefore not the "Mother of God." It
was officially declared anathema in 431.
ANSWER: _NESTORIANISM_
3. Named for a Byzantine priest, this heresy taught that Jesus was "created," and thus the
subordinate of God, who was wholly divine. The first Council of Nicea was called to
condemn it in 326.
ANSWER: _ARIANISM_
BONUS 7
Identify the following players in last month's Senate elections FTPA.
a. He was the only Republican to unseat an incumbent Democratic Senator.
Answer: Peter _FITZGERALD_
b. He won this year's closest Senate race, defeating John Ensign by barely 400 votes.
Answer: Harry _REID_
c. This Vermont farmer campaigned with and even voted for his opponent.
Answer: Fred _TUTTLE_
BONUS 8
8. Identify the composer, 30/20/10.
30: He wrote "Die Davidbundler," the name taken from a society he founded to oppose
what he called "musical philistines."
20: Many of his compositions used the technique of soggetto cavato, wherein the notes
used are in the title of the work. His Opus 1 was "Abegg Variations."
10: In 1831 he composed "Papillons" (PAP-ee-yawh) for the piano, and later "Rhenish"
and the "Spring" symphonies. He composed under the pseudonyms Florestan and
Eusebius.
ANSWER: Robert _SCHUMANN_
BONUS 9
Answer these questions about actress Kristin Scott Thomas FTPE.
1. Her film debut was in this 1986 Prince movie.
ANSWER: _UNDER THE CHERRY MOON_
2. Jean (ZHAN) Reno stabbed her in a confusing scene in this Brian de Palma film.
ANSWER: _MISSION IMPOSSIBLE_
3. She starred with Patsy Kensit in this 1995 British import.
ANSWER: _ANGELS AND INSECTS_
BONUS 10
Answer these questions about beta decay, for the stated number of points.
1. For five points each, identify the three particles released in the decay of a neutron.
ANSWER: _PROTON_
_ELECTRON_ (prompt on "beta-particle" for electron)
electron-flavored _ANTI-NEUTRINO_ or _ANTI-ELECTRON-NEUTRINO_
(do not prompt on "neutrino")
2. For an additional five points each, identify the three particles
released in the decay of a proton.
ANSWER: _NEUTRINO_
_NEUTRON_
_POSITRON_
BONUS 11
Identify the following European political parties of the past FTPE.
1. Founded by Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, it became the sole legal party in Spain
after the triumph of Franco.
ANSWER: _FALANGE_
2. These far-left members of the French Revolutionary government rose to power over the
Girondists and began the Reign of Terror.
ANSWER: _MONTAGNARDS_
3. Finally suppressed in 1922, this moderate faction of the Russian Social Democratic
Labor party broke with Lenin at the 1903 congress.
ANSWER: _MENSHEVIKS_
BONUS 12
Give the modern names of these places visited by James Cook, given the names he used
in his journal, FTPA.
1. The Sandwich Islands
ANSWER: _HAWAII_
2. Otaheite (OH-ta-hate)
ANSWER: _TAHITI_
3. Van Diemens Land
ANSWER: _TASMANIA_
BONUS 13
Given a work by Frank Lloyd Wright, give the city where it's located FTPE.
1. Darwin Martin House
ANSWER: _BUFFALO_, New York
2. Imperial Hotel
ANSWER: _TOKYO_, Japan
3. Johnson Wax Building and Research Tower
ANSWER: _RACINE_, Wisconsin
BONUS 14
Given a text from the field of anthropology, identify its author, ftpe.
1. The Mind of Primitive Man
ANSWER: Franz _BOAS_
2. Chrysanthemum and the Sword
ANSWER: Ruth _BENEDICT_
3. Coming of Age in Samoa
ANSWER: Margaret _MEAD_
BONUS 15
Name the following religious terms or people for the stated number of
points.
1. For five, she explained her religious system in the work "Science and Health, with Key
to the Scriptures."
ANSWER: Mary Baker _EDDY_
2. For ten, it records visions and prophecies of the destruction of Jerusalem in 582 BC
and is the third of the major prophet Old Testament books.
ANSWER: _EZEKIEL_
3. For fifteen, this term was first used in the 19th century with the critical analysis of the
New Testament. It is a branch of systematic theology concerned with the study of final,
last things.
ANSWER: _ESCHATOLOGY_
BONUS 16
Identify the following works of F. Scott Fitzgerald FTPA.
1. This novel tells of an American psychiatrist in Zurich named Dick Diver and his love
interest, Nicole Warren.
ANSWER: _TENDER IS THE NIGHT_
2. This novel about a Hollywood producer was published posthumously in 1941.
ANSWER: The _LAST TYCOON_
3. Anthony Patch tries to inherit and spend his grandfather's money in this work,
Fitzgerald's second novel.
ANSWER: The _BEAUTIFUL AND THE DAMNED_
BONUS 17
Identify the following concerning the United Nations, FTPE.
1. In September and October 1944, the U.S. met with the U.S.S.R. and China
at this building to draw up a basic blueprint for the organization that would become the
UN.
ANSWER: _DUMBARTON OAKS_
2. The UN Charter was drawn up at a conference that opened here on April 25, 1945.
ANSWER: _SAN FRANCISCO_, California
3. What U.S. Secretary of State convinced the USSR to collaborate on an
international organization after the war?
ANSWER: Cordell _HULL_
BONUS 18
Answer these questions relating the world of modern music to the world of sports, FTPE.
1. One of three people hired to write music for the opening of the Atlanta Olympics, this
composer also wrote "Satyagraha."
ANSWER: Philip _GLASS_
2. He was another of the three people hired by the Olympic committee to write opening
music. He is better known as a supporter of Lithuanian basketball and as the drummer for
the Grateful Dead.
ANSWER: Mickey _HART_
3. This former NBA star and current announcer helped support the effort for the
Lithuanian team, and often joined the Grateful Dead on tours all around the world.
ANSWER: Bill _WALTON_
BONUS 19
Name the poem from quotations, 30-20-10.
30: But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slanted / Down the green hill athwart a
cedarn cover!"
20: A damsel with a dulcimer / in a vision once I saw: It was an Abyssinian maid, / and
on her dulcimer she played, singing of Mount Abora.
10: And close your eyes with holy dread / For he on honeydew hath fed / And drunk the
milk of Paradise.
ANSWER: _KUBLA KHAN_, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
BONUS 20
Given a Shakespearean play, identify the ruling king at the play's conclusion, for 5 points
each and a bonus 10 for all four.
1. Love's Labours Lost
ANSWER: _FERDINAND_
2. Richard the Third
ANSWER: Henry Tudor, Earl of _RICHMOND_ or _HENRY the SEVENTH_
3. Hamlet
ANSWER: _FORTINBRAS_
4. Macbeth
ANSWER: _MALCOLM_
BONUS 21
Answer these questions about a director, FTPE.
1. On May 2, he allegedly punched fashion stylist Leila Mwangi and now faces a 15
million dollar lawsuit.
ANSWER: Quentin _TARANTINO_
2. Tarantino has earlier admitted to punching this man who, with Jane Hamsher, had
published a book critical of Tarantino.
ANSWER: Don _MURPHY_
3. The book detailed Tarantino's tantrums on the set of what 1994 movie?
ANSWER: _NATURAL BORN KILLERS_
ROUND 3: Questions by MIT Dielectric Material
TOSSUP 1
Devoted to mathematics, he stated that life was only good for two things: to do
mathematics and to teach it. Among the things named for him are: the central bright spot
in a circular Fraunhofer (FRON-hof-er) diffraction pattern; an equation relating the
laplacian (la-PLAH-see-un) of electric potential to charge density; and a distribution used
to model the occurrence of discrete random events per unit time. For ten points, name this
French scientist with a piscene (PICE-een) surname.
ANSWER: Simeon-Denis _POISSON_ (pwah-SOHN)
TOSSUP 2
Warning: Two answers required.
Among the rules: The antagonist could stop at any time, if he were not a fanatic. Gravity
is the antagonist's greatest enemy. Logically, the protagonist must stay on the highway.
All action must be confined to the natural environment of the two characters -- the
southwest American desert. FTP, what Chuck Jones-created animated duo, who first
appeared in 1949's "Fast and Furry-ous," is permitted no dialogue with the exception of
"Beep-Beep?"
Answer: _ROAD RUNNER_ (Speedius speedius) and Wile E. _COYOTE_ (Droolibus
hungrius)
Note to moderator: "A fanatic is one who redoubles his effort when he has forgotten his
aim." - George Santayana
TOSSUP 3
This group defended Malaysia against Indonesian forces in the 1960s, and hunted SCUDs
during the Gulf War. Conceived in 1941 by Scots Guard subaltern David Stirling as a
small force capable of disabling airfields held by Rommel's Afrika Corps, it later took on
counterterrorist missions such as the 1980 liberation of the Iranian embassy in London.
"Who Dares, Wins" is the motto of, FTP, what British regiment specializing in covert
military operations?
Answer: _S_pecial _A_ir _S_ervice
TOSSUP 4
Its chants can heal the sick and return vision to the blind, and pearls fall from its beak
when it sings. Also known as Zshar-ptitsa, it feeds on golden apples such as those which
grow in the garden of the ogre Kashchei. Ivan Tsarevich learns how to defeat Kashchei
when he summons this creature by waving one of its radiant feathers. FTP, what is this
winged title character of a 1910 Stravinsky ballet?
Answer: the _FIREBIRD_
TOSSUP 5
A man named Trevilian was the only survivor of this place because he rode a white horse
up to high ground at Perranuthnoe. All that remains to view of it are the mountain peaks
known as the Isles of Scilly. The birthplace of Sir Tristram, this land to the west of
Cornwall was supposedly swept under the sea after the death of Arthur. Situated beyond
Land's End was, FTP, what lost kingdom of southwestern England?
Answer: _LYONESSE_ or _LEONOIS_
TOSSUP 6
He was born after his father was killed while on active military duty, and early in his life
he suffered a severe, unidentified trauma. He became a Messianic figure after overcoming
his sensory blocks, but as a child he was physically tortured by his Cousin Kevin and
sexually molested by his Uncle Ernie. Nevetheless, he was London's "deaf, dumb, and
blind" pinball wizard. FTP, name this title character of the Who's 1969 rock opera.
Answer: _TOMMY_ Walker
TOSSUP 7
This group of chemicals is responsible for the distinctive smell of a new car. Although
these elasticizers have been used in plastics since 1930, recent findings by the National
Environmental Trust have prompted Toys 'R' Us to remove all direct-to-mouth toys for
children under 6 containing them from their shelves. FTP, what are these vinyl softening
agents which have caused liver and kidney damage when ingested by laboratory animals?
Answer: _PHTHALATE_s
TOSSUP 8
He resigned from the Russian Army after the Bolshevik Revolution to organize the White
Guards, who defended his native country from Communist insurgents in 1918. He came
out of retirement in 1931 to lead Finnish defenses through the end of its involvement in
World War Two and served as President from 1944 to 1946. FTP, name this Finnish
general after whom a line of fortifications facing Leningrad was named.
Answer: (Field Marshal) Baron Carl Gustav Emil _MANNERHEIM_
TOSSUP 9
Three of the offspring of Gaia and Uranus, these monsters personified earthquakes and
other forces of nature. Although Gyges and Cottus later revolted and were permanently
imprisoned in Tartarus, they had fought alongside the Olympians against the Titans, with
Briareus serving as Zeus' personal bodyguard. FTP, name these monsters who each had
fifty heads and one hundred arms.
Answer: _HECATONCHIRES_
TOSSUP 10
The title character is a priestess of Artemis, and it is her duty to prepare captive foreigners
for sacrifice on the orders of King Thoas. Although Pylades and his companion are
captured while attempting to steal a statue from the temple, they escape when the
companion and the priestess realize they are related. FTP, in which Euripides play is
Orestes reunited with his sister who was supposedly sacrificed at Aulis?
Answer: _IPHIGENIA IN TAURIS_
Do not accept: Iphigenia at Aulis
TOSSUP 11
In an interview in 1965, this painter wondered aloud if her pictures were "more lyrical,
because I'm a woman?" Soon after returning from college to New York in 1949, she
developed "stain painting," the process of pouring thinned paint on to an unprimed canvas
and spreading it with sponges. FTP, name this former wife of Robert Motherwell and
abstract expressionist painter of "Mountains and Sea" and "Ocean Desert".
Answer: Helen _FRANKENTHALER_
TOSSUP 12
Philip Morris recently acquired several product lines from this division of the Brooke
Group Limited for three hundred million dollars in cash. With the loss of the L&M,
Chesterfield, and Lark brands, this company only retains one premium line of cigarettes,
Eve. FTP, this was the ironic fate of what "turncoat" company which several months
earlier had made public documents incriminating the tobacco industry?
Answer: _LIGGETT_ Group Inc.
TOSSUP 13
In _The Golden Book of Springfield_, he portrayed a futuristic Utopian government by
art and poetry. For years, this poet distributed his pamphlet _Rhymes to be Traded For
Bread_ in which he advocates his "Gospel of Beauty," while wandering, chanting poems
in exchange for food and lodging. FTP, name this man who gained fame with the 1913
poem, "General William Booth Enters into Heaven."
Answer: Vachel _LINDSAY_
TOSSUP 14
His Presbyterian weekly, the St. Louis Observer, espoused freedom of the press and
freedom of speech. His strident editorials after the burning of a slave led a pro-slavery
mob to wreck his press in July 1836. He moved his Observer to Alton, Illinois, where he
was killed by another mob on November 7, 1837, while attempting to install a new press.
FTP, name this "Martyr on the Altar of American Liberty."
Answer: Rev. Elijah P(arish) _LOVEJOY_
TOSSUP 15
Selected as the 7th pick overall in the 1994 draft, he didn't disappoint, racking up six
sacks and garnering NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year honors. After signing a six-year
contract in 1997, he was troubled by injuries and accumulated only four sacks as his
linemate Dana Stubblefield garnered most of the attention, but in 1998 he had already
racked up 9.5 sacks before his season and possibly his career were ended by a broken leg.
For ten points, name this 49ers All-Pro defensive lineman.
Answer: _B_ryant _YOUNG_
TOSSUP 16
It was probably visited by Magellan, who named the island "Ladrones," or "Thieves." It
was ceded to the United States in the Spanish American War and has been an important
military base since World War II. Its legislature is heavily Republican, but its delegate to
Congress is Democrat Bob Underwood. Geckos abound in, FTP, what 'unincorporated'
US territory in the North Pacific?
Answer: _GUAM_
TOSSUP 17
Its chapters begin with compressed quotations from the Dick and Jane passage that
appears at the beginning of the book. It tells the story of a young black woman and her
impoverished family. Raped by her father, she miscarries his child and eventually goes
mad. Pecola Breedlove believes in her insanity that she has achieved what she sees as the
epitomy of beauty in, FTP, what Toni Morrison novel?
Answer: _THE BLUEST EYE_
TOSSUP 18
If the state granted one of them his independence, they joined the ranks of the
neodamodes [nee-o-da-MOE-dez]. The ephors declared war on them every year and they
were patrolled by the Krypteia [krip-TAY-ee-a].Ethnically, they consisted of the
conquered peoples of Messenia and the non-Dorian natives of Laconia. FTP, who were
these state-owned serfs of ancient Sparta?
Answer: _HELOT_s
TOSSUP 19
In one version, two molecules of pyruvate are converted to oxaloacetates and then to
glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate which combine to form one fructose-1,6-bisphosphate,
which loses both phosphates and isomerizes to give glucose. In another version, lactates
in the liver are metabolized to increase the blood sugar level. Partially moderated by
insulin, FTP, what anabolic pathway is the reverse of glycolysis?
Answer: _GLUCONEOGENESIS_ (Glu-co-Nee-oh-JEN-uh-Sis) or _GLUCOGENESIS_
(Glu-co-JEN-uh-Sis)
TOSSUP 20
Lasting roughly from 1400 to 1700, its effects were most apparent in the development of
London English in the time between Chaucer and Shakespeare. Vowel sounds began to
be made further to the front of the mouth and the letter "e" at the end of words became
silent, and so "lif" [LIFF] changed to "life" and "huse" [HUH-SUH] changed to "house."
FTP, what was this set of phonetic changes which accompanied the transition from
Middle to Modern English?
Answer: The _GREAT VOWEL SHIFT_
TOSSUP 21
All the members of this extinct order were herbivores. Extant from the late Triassic to the
end of the Cretaceous period, it consisted of two distinct suborders, Cerapoda and
Thyreophora. It included Hypsilophodon and Fabrosaurus as well as the better-known
Triceratops and Iguanodon. FTP, what is this order of dinosaurs whose name is Latin for
"bird hips"?
Answer: Order _ORNITHISCHIA_
TOSSUP 22
Milton Friedman's Worker-Misperception Model. Rotemberg, Ball, Mankiw (MANKyou), and Romer's Sticky Price Model. Robert Lucas' Imperfect Information Model.
Keynes' (CANES's) Theory of Wage Rigidity. These disparate sounding theories all
describe the same relationship. FTP, name this economic relationship between the price
level and the aggregate quantity of output that firms produce.
Answer: _AGGREGATE SUPPLY CURVE_
TOSSUP 23
Insecure about his writing livelihood, he had himself named honorary consul to Rangoon.
He also served as a senator, although his career was cut short after a falling-out with
President Videla. This friend of Garcia Lorca and supporter of Salvador Allende is best
remembered for his body of work which included "Canto General" (CAHN-to HEN-eral), and "Odas Elementales" (OH-dahs el-ay-men-TAL-es). FTP, who was this winner of
the 1971 Nobel Prize for Literature?
Answer: Pablo _NERUDA_ or Neftali Ricardo _REYES_ Basoalto
BONI
BONUS 1
Identify the elementary excitation of condensed matter from the description, FTPE.
A. A quantum of vibrational energy associated with the normal modes of a crystal lattice.
Answer: _PHONON_
B. A fundamental collective electron wave in a free electron gas.
Answer: _PLASMON_
C. A combination of an electron and an empty electron state in a valence band which is
free to move throughout a nonmetallic crystal as
a unit.
Answer: _EXCITON_
BONUS 2
Identify these comic books about teams FTSNOP.
A. (5) This band of mutants was originally based out of Charles Xavier's Institute for
Gifted Youths.
Answer: _X-MEN_
B. (10) Teen sidekicks Robin, Speedy, Aqualad, Wondergirl, and Kid Flash joined
together to form the first incarnation of this team.
Answer: _TEEN TITANS_
C. (15) This longest-running comic book series about the Second World War centered on
the adventures of Easy Company.
Answer: _SGT. ROCK_
BONUS 3
Identify the patron saints from the clues FTPE.
A. This 13th century woman was named the patron saint of television because one
Christmas when she was too ill to leave her bed she saw and heard Christmas Mass even
though it was taking place miles away.
Answer: St. _CLARE_ of Assisi
B. This patron saint of astronomers also founded the Order of Friars Preachers.
Answer: St. _DOMINIC_ or Santa _DOMINGO_ de Guzman
C. This patron saint of thieves was told by Jesus that "you will accompany me into
paradise."
Answer: St. _DISMAS_
BONUS 4
Identify these works of Publius Ovidius Naso FTPE.
A. Ovid cited this manual of seduction and intrigue for the man about town, along with a
personal "indiscretion", as the reasons for his banishment to Tomis in 8 AD.
Answer: _ARS AMATORIA_ or The _ART OF LOVE_
B. This book of Roman holidays was to have covered all twelve months in the calendar,
but Ovid was only able to complete the first six.
Answer: _FASTI_
C. Along with the "Epistulae ex Ponto", this is a collection of Ovid's pleas to the emperor
to recall him from his banishment.
Answer: _TRISTIA_
BONUS 5
Answer the following questions about November's extradition conflict between Italy and
Turkey FTPE.
A. Turkey demanded the extradition of what man arrested in Rome, whom it has branded
a terrorist and holds responible for over 30,000 deaths?
Answer: Abdullah "Apo" _OCALAN_
B. From what country was Ocalan recently expelled due to Turkish pressure?
Answer: _SYRIA_
C. Of what radical political party is Ocalan the head?
Answer: _KURDISTAN WORKERS PARTY_ or _PKK_
BONUS 6
Answer the following questions about a recent incident in European soccer FTPE.
A. This Italian club was expelled from a European tournament when, during a match in
that tournament, a supporter of rival club Salernitana (sah-LAIR-ni-Tah-nah) threw a
firecracker on to the pitch, where it struck a referee's assistant.
Answer: _FIORENTINA_
B. The club that Fiorentina were playing was trailing four-nil on aggregate at the time of
the incident, yet they will play in the next round. Name this club from Zurich,
Switzerland.
Answer: FC _GRASSHOPPERS_ Zurich
C. Finally, name the tournament from which Fiorentina were expelled. It is the least
prestigious of the three major European club tournaments.
Answer: _U_nion of _E_uropean _F_ootball _A_ssociations _CUP_ or "YOO-AY-FA"
CUP
BONUS 7
Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights" had an tangle of people with the same names. Given
names shared by two characters in the book, give their relationship, F15PE.
A. Linton Heathcliff and Edgar Linton
Answer: _UNCLE AND NEPHEW_ (accept equivalents)
B. Catherine Earnshaw and Catherine Linton
Answer: _MOTHER AND DAUGHTER_ (accept equivalents)
BONUS 8
Identify the following about things which rotate FTPE.
A. This phenomenon demonstrated by gyroscopes and spinning tops consists of a
comparatively slow rotation of the axis of rotation of a spinning body about a line
intersecting the spin axis.
Answer: _PRECESSION_
B. This term describes the uneven "wobbling" motion of the Earth which causes an
irregularity in the precession of the equinoxes.
Answer: _NUTATION_
C. Both precession and nutation are results of the conservation of what quantity?
Answer: _ANGULAR MOMENTUM_ (Do not prompt on "momentum")
BONUS 9
Identify these Scholasticists FTPE.
A. This author of "Opus Majus" believed that there were four causes of ignorance:
appeals to an unsuited authority; the undue influence of custom; the opinions of
unlearned crowds; and displays of wisdom that simply cover up ignorance.
Answer: Roger _BACON_
B. In discussing the problem of individuation, this Scottish Franciscan held that there was
no difference between being and essence and that therefore it was form that distinguished
one thing from another, and not matter. He also argued for the Immaculate Conception
against Aquinas.
Answer: John _DUNS_ Scotus
C. This English philosopher stated that "it is vain to do with more what can be done with
fewer".
Answer: William of _OCCAM_
BONUS 10
Identify the cities from the description FTPE.
A. This city at the confluence of the Blue and White Nile rivers takes its name from the
Arabic for "Elephant's Trunk".
Answer: _KHARTOUM_
B. Located on the coast of the Arabian Sea immediately northwest of the Indus River
delta, this seaport city is the capital of Sindh province and the largest city in its nation.
Answer: _KARACHI_
C. This city is situated at the eastern end of the Inland Sea on Osaka Bay and was struck
by a powerful earthquake in 1995.
Answer: _KOBE_
BONUS 11
Identify the following about Julius Caesar's adventures in Gaul FTPE.
A. In 58 BC, Caesar prevented this tribe from Switzerland from migrating west of the
Rhone River.
Answer: _HELVETIANS_ [hel-VEE-shuns] or _HELVETII_ [hel-VEE-tee-ee]
B. The Helvetii were fleeing from the aggression of several German tribes led by this
king, who was crushed by Caesar later that year.
Answer: _ARIOVISTUS_
C. At the Battle of Alesia in 52 BC, the last major Gallic battle fought by Caesar, who led
the army of eighty thousand man Gauls that Caesar defeated?
Answer: _VERCINGETORIX_
BONUS 12
Identify these giants FTPE.
A. According to the first book of Samuel, this giant from Gath, Philistia was killed by
David.
Answer: _GOLIATH_
B. In Norse myth, he is the Fire Giant who at Ragnarok sets the world on fire with his
flaming sword.
Answer: _SURT_
C. This native of Alton, Illinois who died in 1940 holds the record as the tallest man in
medical history of whom there is irrefutable evidence.
Answer: Robert _WADLOW_
BONUS 13
F15P each, name the following albums based on a description of their covers:
a. This Rolling Stones album cover was designed by Andy Warhol. It features a picture
of a man's pants, with a working zipper attached to the cover.
Answer: _STICKY FINGERS_
b. This Beatles album featured drawings of the Fab Four as designed by manager Brian
Epstein.
Answer: _REVOLVER_
BONUS 14
Answer the following about the work of Ludwig Boltzmann FTPE.
A. In 1871, Boltzmann generalized on the work of what physicist to determine the
statistical distribution of the energies of the particles in a free, classical gas?
Answer: James Clerk _MAXWELL_
(this is the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution)
B. What law, based on the work of Maxwell and Boltzmann, states that a system of free
particles in equilibrium at absolute temperature T will have an average energy of 1/2 kT
associated with each degree of freedom, where k is Boltzmann's constant?
Answer: Law of Energy _EQUIPARTION_ or _EQUIPARTITION_ Theorem (accept
equivalents)
C. By applying statistical mechanics to the Second Law of Thermodynamics, Boltzmann
defined his eponymous constant as the ratio of what quantity to the natural logarithm of
the occupied microscopic phase space states?
Answer: _ENTROPY_
Moderator's note: Boltzmann had the equation "S = k log W" inscribed on his tombstone.
BONUS 15
The 1945 Pulitzer Prize in fiction was awarded to a novel depicting the Allied occupation
of an Italian town, in which the military governor searches for a replacement for a
confiscated town relic.
A. For 10 points, name this novel.
Answer: A _BELL FOR ADANO_
B. Now, for 10 more points, who wrote _A Bell for Adano_?
Answer: John _HERSEY_
C. Hersey's later books had a wider scope, but still dealt with the same issues of social
morality and human nature. For a final ten points, name the 1960 Hersey novel in which
Wissey Jones attempts to purchase young genius Barry Rudd from his parents.
Answer: The _CHILD BUYER_
BONUS 16
How well do you know your interesting alkaloids? 5-10-15, name the following
compounds from descriptions.
A. For 5: This compound has formula C-8-H-10-N-4-O-2 and is a stimulant. It sublimes
at 176 degrees Celsius and, although odorless, has a very bitter taste.
Answer: _CAFFEINE_
B. For 10: The nux vomica tree is the chief source of this poisionous alkaloid. It has been
used as a rat poison and, after initial symptoms which include tremors and cramps, causes
death from asphyxiation.
Answer: _STRYCHNINE_ (STRICK-nine)
C. For 15: This alkaloid is also poisonous, but is nonetheless used in medicine. In
opthamology, it is used to dilate the pupil for retinal examinations. It is also of use in
reducing symptoms of hay fever by drying up nasal secretions. It was formerly used as an
asthmatic treatment as well.
Answer: _ATROPINE_
BONUS 17
On April 1st, 1939, Franco's Nationalists unconditionally defeated the Popular Front
Republican government. FTP each, name the following influential foreign groups in the
Spanish Civil War.
A. This volunteer force which served from January 1937 to November 1938 was the first
American military unit to be fully integrated, but were received with suspicion at home as
"premature anti-fascists."
Answer: The _ABRAHAM LINCOLN BATTALION_ or the _ABRAHAM LINCOLN
BRIGADE_
B. The Abraham Lincoln Battalion and the other members of the seven International
Brigades were organized by what leftist group?
Answer: _COMINTERN_ or _COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL_
C. This unit of the German Luftwaffe was detailed to Franco's Nationalists under the
condition that it stayed under German control. It bombed Guernica on April 27, 1937.
Answer: _CONDOR LEGION_
BONUS 18
For ten points each, name the following musical terms:
A. A perfect or major interval the top note of which has been raised by a chromatic
semitone.
Answer: _AUGMENTED_ Interval
B. This term indicates that the music is to move as fast as possible. It is the highest
setting on most metronomes.
Answer: _PRESTISSIMO_
C. This is an inlay of wood around the edges of the back and belly of members of the
violin family, which strengthens and decorates the border of the instrument.
Answer: _PURFLING_
BONUS 19
Give the name of the following works, which may or may not have something in
common, from a description FTPE.
A. This 1966 John Barth novel explores Greek and Christian myth against a weird setting
of huge, computer-run universities.
Answer: _GILES GOAT-BOY_
B. This novel focused on themes of earthly love and spiritual redemption. Farragutt has
been convicted of killing his brother, but his true crime seems to be looking too deeply at
what life means to him. Name this John Cheever novel.
Answer: _FALCONER_
C. In this modernization of a Greek legend, a mortal shepherd falls in love with the
goddess Diana. Name this long poem by John Keats, which shares its name with a
legendary Greek youth who spent most of his life in perpetual sleep.
Answer: _ENDYMION_
BONUS 20
Answer the following questions about the Guerra de Futbol, or Soccer War, FTSNOP.
A. First, for 5 points each, what two nations fought the Soccer War?
Answer: _EL SALVADOR_
_HONDURAS_
B. For 5 more points: What international organization provided the framework for a truce
and subsequent resolution of this war?
Answer: _ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES_ or _OAS_
C. For 15 points: What military leader and head of state of Honduras
from 1963 to 1975 over saw his country's involvement in the soccer
war?
Answer: Col. Osvaldo _LOPEZ ARELLANO_
BONUS 21
30-20-10. Name the artist from works.
A. For 30: The movies "Un Chien andalou" (An Andalusian Dog) and "L'age d'or" (The
Golden Age)
B. For 20: "Slave Market with Invisible Bust of Voltaire", "Velazquez Painting the
Infanta Margarita with the Lights" and "Shadows of His Own Glory"
C. For 10: "Fantasy Diurnes," "The Persistence of Memory"
Answer: Salvador Felipe Jacinto _DALI_ y Domenech
ROUND 4: Questions by MIT Marxwell and Yale Osirus
TOSSUP 1
Considered the author's supreme accomplishment because of the rigor and simplicity of
its organization, the emotional power of its language, and the profusion of its images and
meanings, it depicts a woman -- the title character -- consumed by an incestuous passion
for her stepson. Her twisted love ultimately destroys both her and Hippolytus, all because
she thought her husband Theseus was dead. FTP, name this play by Racine.
ANSWER: _PHEDRE_
TOSSUP 2
He received his doctorate in astronomy in 1905 from the University of Berlin, but his
interest in paleoclimatology eventually led him to become a professor of meterology and
geophysics. In 1915, he presented his major work, _The Origin of Continents and
Oceans_, which may have been the first work to use the term Pangaea. FTP, name the
scientist best remembered for a foray into geology that led to his formulation of the
concept of continental drift.
Answer: Alfred _WEGENER_
TOSSUP 3
Introduced by Representative Mike Oxley of Ohio, this law received a setback on
November 19, as a federal judge barred the government from enforcing it for ten days. Its
critics, including the ACLU, claim that it would prevent "a wide range of free spech on
the Net." FTP, what act, dubbed Communications Decency Act 2, was signed into law as
part of the fiscal 1999 budget?
Answer: _CHILD ONLINE PROTECTION_ Act (prompt on CDA 2 or Communications
Decency Act 2, but do not prompt without the 2)
TOSSUP 4
His first victory in India was the defeat of the Ibrahim Lodi, the sultan of Delhi, in the
first battle of Panipat in 1526. Within a few years he had secured an empire with victories
at Khanua and Ghaghara. This should come as no surprise, as he was a descendant of
Tamerlane on his father's side, and Genghis Khan on his mother's. FTP, name this
grandfather of Akbar and founder of the Mughal empire.
Answer: _BABAR_
TOSSUP 5
His plays include the King of the Dark Chamber and The Post Office. Knighted by the
British Government in 1915, he resigned in 1917 in protest of British imperialist policies.
Known for publishing more than fifty volumes of poetry, his best known works include
Manasi, Sonar Tari, Gitanjali and Balaka. He also founded a university at Shantiniketan.
The first non-European author to win the Nobel Prize for literature was, FTP, what 1913
laureate?
Answer: Rabindranath _TAGORE_
TOSSUP 6
Characters include a flower girl from the slums, a cat that rides on a gigantic stuffed toy,
and a mercenary with a very large sword. The plot opens with a terrorist attack on a
reactor in the city of Midgar and ends with an epic battle in the center of the planet, along
the way revealing that the hero is a clone of the villain and that the flower girl is half
alien. FTP name this latest in a series of role-playing video games by Squaresoft.
Answer: _FINAL FANTASY VII_
TOSSUP 7
This Frenchman originally prepared for a career in the priesthood, but would eventually
serve in every French government from 1792 to 1815. In 1792, he was elected to the
National Convention, and voted for the execution of Louis Seize. After suppressing
counterrevolutionaries in Lyon in 1794, he was elected President of the Jacobin Club.
FTP name this man who later became head of the Napoleonic Secret Police and is
regarded as the father of modern political espionage.
Answer: Joseph _FOUCHE_ (foo-SHAY), Duc d'Otrante
TOSSUP 8
Born in Oberweissbach in 1782, this man was largely self-educated. He became an
instructor at the Frankfurt Model School in Frankfurt am Main and studied with the
educational reformer Johann Pestalozzi (pess-ta-LOTE-zee) at Yverdon, Switzerland. In
1816, he founded the Universal German Educational Institute at Griesheim, where he
developed his ideas for the education of three-to-seven-year-olds. FTP, name this German
educator and originator of the kindergarten system.
Answer: Friedrich _FROEBEL_
TOSSUP 9
He first began writing while incarcerated by the French military, and his most famous
plays _The Relapse_ and _The Provok'd Wife_ were highly successful examples of the
Restoration comedy. His architectural collaborations with Nicholas Hawksmoor include
such buildings as Castle Howard in Yorkshire and Queen's Theatre in London. FTP, name
this man best known for designing Blenheim Palace as Britain's gift to the Duke of
Marlborough.
Answer: Sir John _VANBRUGH_
TOSSUP 10
Originally issued in 1713 by Emperor Charles VI after the War of the Spanish
Succession, its contents were made public in 1718 when the Emperor solicited guarantees
to respect it from princes of the Holy Roman Empire and neighboring states. Prussia's
refusal to adhere to the its terms led to the outbreak of the Silesian Wars. FTP, name this
document which guaranteed the succession of Maria Theresa to the Austrian throne.
Answer: The Imperial _PRAGMATIC SANCTION_
TOSSUP 11
Born in Italy in 1632, this man moved to France, where he Gallicized his name and
became court composer to Louis the Fourteenth. Though in his day he was known
primarily as an operatic composer, today he is best remembered for his strange death -- by
pounding his conducting staff into his foot. FTP, name this composer of Persee, Cadmus
and Hermione, and Arminde.
ANSWER: Jean-Baptiste _LULLY_
TOSSUP 12
Muhammad Ali called him "the king, the master, my idol." Born Walker Smith Junior in
Detroit on May 3, 1921, he moved with his parents to New York. He turned pro at age
nineteen after winning the New York Golden Gloves. His professional career lasted until
he was 44, when he retired with a lifetime record of 175, 19, and 6, including a series of
six fights with Jake LaMotta in which he went 5 and 1. FTP, name this boxer with a
sweet nickname.
Answer: Sugar Ray _ROBINSON_
TOSSUP 13
Of genus Sphenodon, this creature is the only surviving representative of the group
Rhynchocephalia. It also has a bony arch, low on the skull behind the eye, that is not
found in lizards. This is evidence that, it is closely related to the Homeosaurus of the
Jurassic Period. FTP, give the common name for either of two species of lizardlike
reptiles that can only be found on some of the islets of New Zealand.
Answer: _TUATARA_
TOSSUP 14
This work's author was fascinated by the idea of composing a series of free-verse epitaphs
in the form of monologues. "George Gray," for example, speaks of a ship with furled sails
carved on his headstone. Frustrated former inhabitants of the work's eponymous location
speak from the grave about their bitter, unfulfilled small-town lives. FTP, what is this
poetry collection by Edgar Lee Masters?
ANSWER: _SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY_
TOSSUP 15
This man traveled to Italy between 1600 and 1603 where he was influenced by the
architecture of Andrea Palladio. In 1615, he began to design royal houses and is best
known for the Queen's House in Greenwich and the Banqueting House in Whitehall. In
the 1630s, he worked on the restoration of St. Paul's Cathedral. FTP, name this architect
credited with introducing the classical architecture of the Late Italian Renaissance into
England.
Answer: Inigo _JONES_
TOSSUP 16
To determine whether holes or electrons are used to conduct electricity, run a current
through the material and then put it in a magnetic field perpendicular to the current. The
magnetic field on the charge carriers will cause a potential difference to build up between
the two sides of the slab, whose sign can be used to determine the charge carrier. FTP,
name the effect utilized by this experiment and you name the American physicist who
discovered it in 1879.
Answer: _HALL_ effect or experiment
TOSSUP 17
Born from a rock, he fought with the sun, capturing the divine bull and slaying it before
he ascended to heaven. From the bull's blood came forth all the plants and animals
beneficial to humanity. His males-only cult spread beyond Persia and was popular among
Roman soldiers around 100 AD. Even the Roman emperor Commodus was an adherent.
FTP, name this Persian god known in Rome as "Deus sol invictus" or "the unconquered
sun."
ANSWER: _MITHRAS_ or _MITHRA_
TOSSUP 18
Born in 1857, this French psychologist was appointed to a special committee to study
aspects of intelligence in children. He believed that intelligence is a general attribute that
manifests itself in many spheres of cognitive functioning, and devised a series of tests
which evaluate the abilities of children. Today those tests are named for him and for the
site of their first use, Stanford University. FTP, name him.
ANSWER: Alfred _BINET_ (bin-NAY)
TOSSUP 19
The last name's the same. One, as one of several prime ministers to Henry the Eighth,
was responsible for the execution of Sir Thomas More, but was eventually executed
himself. Another ruled Ireland as lord deputy and then governor general from 1657 to
1659. A third, father to the second, led the New Model Army and, after beheading
Charles the First, became chairman of the Council of State and later Lord Protector. FTP,
give the shared surname.
ANSWER: _CROMWELL_ (Thomas, Henry, and Oliver, respectively)
TOSSUP 20
Adherents believed that political institutions should be modeled in response to the
realities of human behavior and social harmony required strong state control and absolute
obedience to authority, resulting in a system of laws prescribing punishments and rewards
for specific behaviors. FTP, name this school of Chinese philosophy that attained
prominence during the Warring States era and formed the ideological basis of the Ch'in
dynasty.
ANSWER: _LEGALISM_
TOSSUP 21
Its chemical formula is C-17-H-21-N-O4. A member of the alkaloid family of
compounds, this substance does not include a six-carbon ring within its structure, unlike
many of the other alkaloids. This compound is so well known, in fact, that it is mentioned
in the song "I get a kick out of you" from the Broadway musical "Anything Goes." FTP,
name this substance which naturally comes from the leaves of Erythroxylum coca.
ANSWER: _COCAINE_
TOSSUP 22
It's touted as having the lowest amount of sugar among the leading brands of cereal, with
only one gram of sugar per serving. The taste doesn't seem to be discouraging too many
people, since it sells almost twice as many boxes per year as the second place brand,
Kellogg's Corn Flakes. It once had an Apple Cinnamon variant, but today General Mills
only makes regular and Honey Nut. FTP, name it.
ANSWER: The one and only _CHEERIOS_
TOSSUP 23
In 1325, at the age of 21, he started his travels by undertaking the pilgrimage to Mecca.
He eventually traveled some 75,000 miles in trips to almost all the Muslim countries and
to regions as far as China and Sumatra. He wrote one of the world's most famous travel
books, the Rihlah, or Travels, describing his journeys. FTP, name this greatest medieval
Arab traveler.
ANSWER: _IBN BATTUTAH_
BONI
BONUS 1
FTPE identify these moons, the largest of their planetary systems.
A) Named by German astronomer Simon Marius, it was visited by both Voyager 1 and 2.
Answer: _GANYMEDE_
B) Discovered by Christian Huygens in 1655, it contains frozen water.
Answer: _TITAN_
C) It is the smallest of the largest moons, only 16.5 miles across at its widest point.
Answer: _PHOBOS_
BONUS 2
Name the artist, 30-20-10.
30: While watching the family flock of sheep, he learned to carve wood. The
construction of a violin from an orange crate led an industrialist to enroll him in the
Craiova School of Arts and Crafts.
20: He received his first commission in 1903, which was a bust of General Carol Davilia,
the founder of medical pedagogy in his native Romania.
10: He sculpted Bird in Space.
Answer: Constantin _BRANCUSI_
BONUS 3
Given the loser in a recent gubernatorial election, give the winner for fifteen points, ten if
you need the state.
1. (15): Bill Hoppner
(10:) Nebraska
ANSWER: Mike _JOHANNS_
2. (15) Jan Laverty Jones
(10) Nevada
ANSWER: Kenny _GUINN_
BONUS 4
For ten points each, given the World War II battle, name the victorious commander.
A) Leyte Gulf
Answer: Admiral William "Bull" _HALSEY_
B) El Alamein
answer: Field Marshal Bernard Law _MONTGOMERY_
C) Leningrad
answer: Marshal Georgy _ZHUKOV_
BONUS 5
For ten points each, given the deity, name his or her consort.
A) Durga
Answer: _SHIVA_
B) Hephaestos
Answer: _APHRODITE_
C) Anu
Answer: _ISHTAR_
BONUS 6
The state police has had a long illustrious history in Russia and the Soviet Union. Let's
see how much of it you know.... Ten points per answer.
a) Founded by Tsar Alexander I, this organization served the Tsarist regime in hunting
down revolutionaries within Russia and without until the Bolshevik revolution.
Answer: _OKHRANA_
b) A precursor to the KGB, this group was the first element of a state police in the Soviet
Union and was officially called the All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for
Combatting Counterrevolution and Sabotage. But it is better known to us by its five-letter
acronym. Name it.
Answer: _CHEKA_
c) Born into a Polish noble family, this ruthless, incorruptible Communist was the leader
of the Cheka and founded the first concentration camps within Russia. KGB headquarters
was located on a square named for him, with his statue in the square's center.
Answer: "Iron" Feliks _DZERZHINSKY_
BONUS 7
Name these long-dead mathematicians for fifteen points each.
A) This ninth century Arab is famous for a treatise disussing linear and quadratic
equations along with elementary geometry. The term "algorithm" is derived from his
name.
Answer: Muhammed Ibn Musa al-_KHWARIZMI_
B) In his 1202 Liber Abaci, he introduced the use of Arabic numerals to Europe and
posed a problem that introduced the particular sequence for which he is best known.
Answer: Leonardo _FIBONACCI_ or Leonardo _PISANO_ or _LEONARDO DE PISA_
BONUS 8
Answer the following questions about Thomas Hardy's _Tess of the D'Urbervilles_ for
ten points each:
a) What is Tess's last name at the beginning of the book?
Answer: _DURBYEYFIELD_
b) Name the minister's son with whom Tess falls in love.
Answer: Angel _CLARE_
c) When Angel discovers Tess' awful secret, he leaves her to be a farmer in what country?
Answer: _BRAZIL_
BONUS 9
FTPE give the Shakespearean character who said the following lines.
A) "O, you must wear your rue with a difference. There's a daisy. I would give you some
violets, but they withered all when my father died."
Answer: _OPHELIA_
B) "This castle hath a pleasant seat. The air nimbly and sweetly recommends itself unto
our gentle senses."
Answer: King _DUNCAN_
C) "O, it is excellent to have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant."
Answer: _ISABELLA_
BONUS 10
Name the American from clues, 30-20-10.
30) He negotiated a treaty by which the U.S. purchased -- for three million dollars -- the
right to build a canal through Nicaragua.
20) Defeated in a bid for the Senate in 1894, he was editor of the _Omaha World-Herald_
from 1894 to 1896.
10) He assisted in the prosecution of John T. Scopes in 1925. Soon after the trial, he fell
ill and died.
Answer: William Jennings _BRYAN_
BONUS 11
FTPE, given a phrase contained within it, name the amendment to the U.S. Constitution:
A) "unreasonable searches and seizures"
Answer: _FOURTH_
B) "any poll tax or other tax"
Answer: _TWENTY-FOURTH_
C) "No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice"
Answer: _TWENTY-SECOND_
BONUS 12
Answer these related questions FTPE.
1. What Russian poet and novelist was forced to decline the 1958 Nobel Prize for
Literature?
ANSWER: Boris _PASTERNAK_
2. The title character of Pasternak's novel Doctor Zhivago became involved with a
woman named Lara, whom Pasternak patterned after his own muse and lady love. It now
appears that she may have informed for the KGB. FTP, name her.
ANSWER: Olga _IVINSKAYA_
3. Finally, name the actor and chess player who played Yuri Zhivago in the 1965 movie
adaptation of the novel.
ANSWER: Omar _SHARIF_
Accept: Michael _SHALHOUB_
BONUS 13
Like African Americans, women, and Latinos, Native Americans fought their own battles
for civil rights in the 1960s and 1970s. Answer the following questions about this
struggle FTPE.
a. Identify the militarist organization started by Dennis Banks and George Mitchell in
1968.
Answer: _A_merican _I_ndian _M_ovement
b. Under the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, male Native Americans could file homestead
claims on federal lands. 78 protesters tested the treaty in 1969 by illegally occupying what
federal prison, which the government had abandoned six years earlier?
Answer: _ALCATRAZ_
c. In 1973, AIM occupied an historically significant site in South Dakota to protest poor
conditions on the Pine Ridge reservation as well as 371 treaties the U.S. had broken over
the years. After three months of sporadic fighting with federal marshals, AIM surrendered
and the government agreed to review the treaties. Name the site where the standoff took
place.
Answer: _WOUNDED KNEE_
BONUS 14
Name the song and the singer (NOT THE BAND) from which these lines come from for
5 points each.
1. "Darkness, imprisoning me, all that I see, absolute horror"
ANSWER: _ONE_ and James _HETFIELD_
2. "When you get caught between the Moon and New York City"
ANSWER: _ARTHUR'S THEME_ and _CHRISTOPHER CROSS_
Do not accept or prompt on "Cris Cross"
3. "I know some day you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a star,
in somebody else's sky, but why, oh why can't it be mine"
ANSWER: _BLACK_ and Eddie _VEDDER_
BONUS 15
Answer the following questions about computer science FTPE.
A) He wrote _Recursive Functions of Symbolic Expressions and their Computation by
Machine Part I_. This was the original paper on LISP. Part 2 was never published.
Answer: John _McCARTHY_
B) Author of _The Art of Computer Programming_, he is currently finishing its fourth
volume. After having used email for 15 years, he stopped in 1990.
Answer: Don _KNUTH_ (ka-NUTH, but accept "nuth")
C) What award have both Knuth and McCarthy won, given by the Association for
Computer Machinery for contributions of lasting and major technical importance made to
the computing community.
Answer: ACM _TURING_ award
BONUS 16
Identify these terms from Greek tragedy addressed by Aristotle in his Poetics, FTPE.
1. Greek for "purgation" or "purification," this describes the effects of true tragedy on the
spectator. Aristotle states that the purpose of tragedy is to arouse "terror and pity" and
thereby effect this emotional release.
ANSWER: _CATHARSIS_
2. Greek for "to err," it is also called the tragic flaw, an inherent defect or shortcoming in
the hero of a tragedy, who is in other respects a superior being favored by fortune.
ANSWER: _HAMARTIA_
3. Greek for "reversal," it is the turning point in a drama after which the plot moves
steadily to its denouement. It is discussed by Aristotle in the Poetics as the shift of the
tragic protagonist's fortune from good to bad, often in the form of an ironic twist.
ANSWER: _PERIPETEIA_
BONUS 17
Answer the following questions about the recent agreement in Cambodia for the stated
number of points.
1. (10) This former first prime minister, son of Cambodia's virtually powerless king, was
installed as president of the National Assembly.
ANSWER: Prince Norodom _RANARIDDH_
2. (5) The Premier, he took power in the summer of 1997 in a bloody coup. His
Cambodian People's Party held on to power in a disputed election this year, but formed a
coalition to gain the needed two-thirds majority.
ANSWER: _HUN SEN_
3. (15) Ranariddh's former finance minister, he also ran in the 1998 elections, and led
demonstrations after his self-named party finished third. He is currently living abroad
while a Cambodian court investigates him.
ANSWER _SAM RAINSY_
BONUS 18
Name these states from counties on a 15-5 basis.
1. (15): Orangeburg, Richland, Greenwood, Kershaw, Georgetown
(5): McCormick, Anderson, Calhoun, Aiken
ANSWER: _SOUTH CAROLINA_
2. (15): Effingham, Jersey, Massac, Pulaski, McLean, Winnebago
(5): Clinton, DuPage, Sangamon, Schuyler (SKY-ler), Bureau, Cook
ANSWER: _ILLINOIS_
BONUS 19
The World Cup is coming next summer. That's rugby, of course. Answer the following
questions about the rugby World Cup for the stated number of points.
1 The rugby World Cup is a fairly new event. For 5 points, how many have
been held so far?
ANSWER: _THREE_
2. For 15 points, who won the previous RWC, held in 1995.
ANSWER: _SOUTH AFRICA_
3. For 10 points, where will the final match be played?
ANSWER: _CARDIFF_ (prompt on Wales, Britain, or the United Kingdom)
BONUS 20
Name the composer of the following operas. 10 pts. each.
1. Idomeneo
ANSWER: Wolfgang Amadeus _MOZART_
2. Julius Caesar
ANSWER: Georg Frederick _HANDEL_
3. The Fiery Angel
ANSWER: Sergei _PROKOFIEV_
BONUS 21
Identify these philosophers from their works on education F15PA.
1. The School and Society and The Child and the Curriculum
ANSWER: John _DEWEY_
2. "The Aims of Education: A Plea for Reform"
ANSWER: Alfred North _WHITEHEAD_
ROUND 5: Questions by BU and Princeton Do You Like Movies About Gladiators
TOSSUPS
TOSSUP 1
After defeating his younger brother Ariq-Boga, he continued his predecessor Mongke's
war against the Sung Dynasty. Although his later expeditions against Java and Japan
ended in disaster, he is most famous for a legendary decree. FTP, name the 13th-century
ruler who founded China's Yuan Dynasty and became the subject of a poem by Coleridge.
ANSWER: _KUBLAI KHAN_
TOSSUP 2
The author and star of this play wasn't faking when he died of a hemorrhage after the
fourth performance and was denied holy burial. In the play, the title character wants his
daughter to marry the son of Diafoirus, one of his doctors. Argan [ar-GAWH] the
hypochondriac feigns his own death in--for 10 points--what final comedy of Moliere?
Answer: The _IMAGINARY INVALID_ or Le _MALADE IMAGINAIRE_
TOSSUP 3
This North American colony banned slavery between 1735 to protect its white
population, who it hoped to bring over from the prisons of England. Perhaps the promise
of hard labor in rice fields under the threat of Spanish attacks discouraged people,
because slavery was introduced into this debtors' colony in 1750. The spread of cotton
production ensured the permanence of slavery in, FTP, which thirteenth colony?
Answer: _GEORGIA_
TOSSUP 4
The name's the same. One is the daughter of Zeus and Eurynome who, with her sisters
presided over the banquets, dances, and all other social events. The other is a daughter of
Zeus and Mnemosyne (neh-MOH-sin-nee) and with her sisters inspired poets,
philosophers, and musicians. FTP, give the shared name of the Grace of good cheer and
the Muse of comedy.
ANSWER: _THALIA_
TOSSUP 5
It shares its name with the Native American group who occupied it around 500 AD. Its
inhabitants are famous for their black-and-white pottery featuring stylized animal figures.
FTP, name this escarpment famous for being an ecological boundary limiting the
northward spread of Mexican plants and animals into the Rocky Mountains.
ANSWER: _MOGOLLON_ Rim
TOSSUP 6
His early work with the Fourier Series led to his development of a theory of irrational
numbers. His work was largely responsible for critical invstigation of the foundations of
mathematics and mathematical logic. However, he is most famous for his theory of sets
and his discovery of the transfinite numbers. FTP, name this man whose set consists of a
line from which a third is erased each iteration.
ANSWER: Georg _CANTOR_
TOSSUP 7
Skeptical that this man can maintain his position, a rival said, "We shall see how men
who only yesterday insulted and attacked each other can stay together in a grab for
power." Silvio Berlusconi was speaking of the only former Communist currently leading
a Western European democracy. FTP, name this man who formed a coalition
government with disaffected Christian Democrats after being named Prime Minister of
Italy on October 21.
ANSWER: Massimo _D'ALEMA_
TOSSUP 8
This phenomenon occurs during Prophase One in meiosis. As the chromosomes come
together, chiasmata (key-uz-MOTT-ah) form. These chiasmata appear as small bubbles
between the paired chromosomes and are the physical manifestations of this event, which
generates further variety in the passage of genetic infomation. FTP, name this process in
which paired chromosomes evenly exchange some of their alleles.
ANSWER: _CROSS_ing OVER_
(accept _CHIASMATA_ before they are mentioned)
TOSSUP 9
He is best known for his depictions of scenes of everyday life in nineteenth and early
twentieth century Russia, among them "Volga Bargemen." His images were very stark
and almost brutal in their realism. After the Russian Revolution he was exiled to Finland,
where he lived until his death in 1930. FTP, name this Russian artist who created
"Zaporozhian Cossacks."
ANSWER: Ilya _REPIN_
TOSSUP 10
They believed that the ultimate reality of the universe was an infinite, unknowable,
perfect One. From this One emanated "nous," from which the "world soul" is derived.
They included such early philosophers such as Plotinus and Porphyry, and they influenced
more modern ones such as Meister Eckhart and Nicolas of Cusa. FTP, what is this
movement named for the philosopher whose ideas it was trying to synthesize?
ANSWER: _NEOPLATONISM_ or _NEOPLATONISTS_
TOSSUP 11
To be a member of this class, a molecule must follow a very strict set of guidelines. Such
a molecule must follow Huckel's rule stating that it must have 4n+2 pi-electrons, and
must also be planar. Finally, it must be cyclic and fully conjugated. FTP, name this class
of compounds of which the simplest is benzene.
ANSWER: _AROMATIC_
TOSSUP 12
The keys of E major and A flat minor have four sharps and four flats, respectively.
Exactly one note is both sharped in E and flatted in A flat. For 10 points--what is the
fourth note in both the circle of fifths that starts with F, and the circle of fourths that starts
with B?
Answer: _D_
[F-C-G-D; B-E-A-D]
TOSSUP 13
Set in 1937, it depicts Eugene Morris Jerome, a fifteen-year-old aspiring writer who has
only two things on his mind: baseball and sex. Eugene provides witty running
commentary on the goings-on in his crowded home in a Brooklyn neighborhood as well
as on his own raging hormones. For 10 points, name this 1983 play, which preceded
Biloxi Blues and Broadway Bound in an autobiographical trilogy by Neil Simon.
Answer: _BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS_
TOSSUP 14
Sir Austen Chamberlain and Charles Dawes share the Nobel Peace prize. Billy Mitchell is
convicted of insubordination. In Wyoming, Nellie Tayloe Ross is inaugurated as the
nation's first female governor. And in Tennessee, a substitute teacher is fined one
hundred dollars for teaching evolution. In what year -- for 10 points -- was Dawes
inaugurated as Vice President under Calvin Coolidge?
Answer: _1925_
TOSSUP 15
"I'm not a hero, I'm not a savior, forget what you know. I'm just a man whose
circumstances went beyond his control. I am the modern man, who hides behind a mask.
So nobody else can see my true identity." A human heart, boiling blood, and IBM brain
are all components of, for 10 points, this title character of the Styx song that contains the
line "domo arigato."
Answer: _MR. ROBOTO_ (accept: "Kilroy")
TOSSUP 16
This poem begins, "As virtuous men pass mildly away / and whisper to their souls to go,
whilst some of their sad friends do say, the breath goes now and some say no." The
narrator, parting from his mistress, compares their bond to that of two feet of a compass,
in perhaps the most famous metaphysical conceit in English literature. For 10 points-what John Donne work seeks to prohibit not the start of the day but rather sorrow?
Answer: A _VALEDICTION: FORBIDDING MOURNING_ (prompt on partial answer)
TOSSUP 17
It can be anything from an oak-hickory forest to a desert or grassland. Deciduous
hardwoods are a good example because, while forest fires would favor fire-resistant pine
trees, the prolonged lack of such a cataclysmic event will allow the hardwoods to
dominate with stability. For 10 points, what type of ecological community is the end
result of succession?
Answer: _CLIMAX_ community
TOSSUP 18
The William Dunbar poem "The Thistle and the Rose" celebrates the marriage of this
man to Margaret Tudor. He invaded England on September 9th, 1513, but was defeated
by the Earl of Surrey at Flodden, where he was killed while fighting on foot. For 10
points--name this brother-in-law of Henry the Eighth and son of Margaret of Denmark
and James the Third.
Answer: _JAMES_ the _FOURTH_ of Scotland
TOSSUP 19
He is fifth in NBA history in career steals and 17th in career points. On the losing team
in the 1990 and 1992 NBA finals, he finally did win an NBA title after moving from the
Portland TrailBlazers to the Houston Rockets. He retired in 1998 but remained in
Houston to coach his alma mater. For 10 points, name this six-foot-seven-inch shooting
guard whose graceful moves to the basket earned him the nickname "The Glide."
Answer: Clyde _DREXLER_
TOSSUP 20
On October 24th, NASA launched a low-cost Delta rocket carrying this artificial satellite,
whose mission is to observe an asteroid and two comets. More than that, however, the
satellite will test over a dozen new technologies, including an ion propulsion drive that its
creators joked was right out of Star Trek -- appropriate, as the satellite's name is evocative
of a syndicated Star Trek spinoff. FTP, name it.
Answer: _DEEP SPACE ONE_
TOSSUP 21
Depsite ethnic stereotypes, more adherents to this Protestant denomination live in Africa
than in any other continent. It recognizes two sacraments: Baptism and Holy
Communion. The "Small Catechism" contains teachings of its founder. Evangelical,
Wisconsin Synod [SIN-od] and Missouri Synod are the three main American branches of-for 10 points--what faith?
Answer: _LUTHERAN_ism
TOSSUP 22
This Irish author's new novel concerns two friends who make a pact that if either of them
should become seriously sick, the other will help him to die. The pact soon gets out of
hand, and the plot takes numerous turns, including the appearance of a transvestite
cabinet minister. FTP, name this author of Amsterdam and winner of the 1998 Booker
Prize.
ANSWER: Ian _MC EWAN_
TOSSUP 23 (Science)
In 1804, Smithson Tennant discovered both iridium and this lustrous, brittle, bluish-white
metal by using aqua regia [Reggie-ah] to dissolve crude platinum. Its name comes from
the Greek for "to smell." For 10 points--which densest element, number seventy-six on
the periodic table, gave its name to George Clinton's debut album?
Answer: _OSMIUM_
BONI
BONUS 1
His suicide in AD 68 plunged the Roman Empire into civil war.
A. First, for 5 points, name this emperor.
Answer: _NERO_ Lucius Domitius
B. Now, F5PA and 25 for all four, name the four emperors who ruled during AD 69.
Answers: Servius Sulpicius _GALBA_
Marcus Salvius _OTHO_
Aulus _VITELLIUS_
Titus Flavius _VESPASIAN_us (ves-PAY-zhun)
BONUS 2
The human brain is protected by three layers of meninges (muh-NIN-jeez). For 10 points
each:
A. What outermost layer, just under the skull, is tough and fibrous?
Answer: _DURA MATER_
B. What middle layer resembles a cobweb?
Answer: _ARACHNOID_
C. Cerebrospinal fluid lies between the arachnoid and what tightly molded innermost
layer?
Answer: _PIA MATER_
BONUS 3
What were you for Halloween? For 10 points each--identify the costumes of these
fictional characters.
A. Snoopy, on "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown."
Answer: World War One _FLYING ACE_ (accept equivalents)
Do not accept "Red Baron," the Flying Ace's German nemesis
B. Garfield, on "Garfield's Halloween Adventure."
Answer: _ORANGEBEARD_ (accept _PIRATE_)
C. Lisa Simpson's Native American-themed costume on "Treehouse of Horror II."
Answer: _TOTEM_ pole
BONUS 4
Identify these terms related to marriage custom for the stated number of points.
A. For 5--the opposite of a bride price, it is property passed from the bride's family to the
groom.
Answer: _DOWRY_
A. For 10--Marrying the girl next door is an example of this practice, types of which
include class, village and lineage.
Answer: _ENDOGAMY_
B. For 15--this two-word phrase refers to sexual permissiveness between a man and his
wife's sister in contemplation of their future marriage.
Answer: _ANTICIPATORY SORORATE_
BONUS 5
Identify the poem from the lines for 10 points each:
A. "'Shoot if you must this old gray head, / but spare your country's flag,' she said."
Answer: _"BARBARA FRIETCHIE [FRIT-chie]"_
B. "For of all sad words of tongue or pen, / The saddest are these: "It might have been."
Answer: _"MAUD MULLER"_
C. Now, for ten more points, who wrote both "Barbara Frietchie" and "Maud Muller"?
Answer: John Greenleaf _WHITTIER_
BONUS 6
Name these pieces of romantic music from descriptions for 10 points each:
A. Felix Mendelssohn released these 48 short piano pieces in six books.
Answer: _SONGS WITHOUT WORDS_ or _LIEDER OHNE WORTE_
B. This popular Franz Schubert work was written for piano, violin, viola, cello and bass
["BASE"].
Answer: _TROUT QUINTET_
(pronunciation provided because "bass" [like the fish] would give it away)
C. Also by Franz Schubert, this song cycle begins with "Good Night" and ends with "The
Organ Grinder."
Answer: Die _WINTERREISE_ [VIN-ter-RYE-zuh]
(think of a Bostonian pronouncing the word "winterizer")
BONUS 7
Entering 1968, Antonin Novotny was both president of his country and Communist Party
secretary. His replacement by two other men had grave repercussions.
A. For 5 points--what country had Novotny led?
Answer: _CZECHOSLOVAKIA_ (do not accept "Czech Republic" or "Slovakia")
B. For 10 points--who replaced Novotny as party secretary on January 3?
Answer: Alexander _DUBCEK_
C. For 15 points--who replaced Novotny as president on March 30?
Answer: Ludvik _SVOBODA_
BONUS 8
Answer the following about computer architecture for ten points each.
A. This two-word phrase describes commands that must be executed automatically, in
order, with no interruption from another process.
Answer: _CRITICAL SECTION_
B. Sometimes called a "hold and wait" situation, this term refers to a situation where one
or more processes claim resources, then wait for each other to relinquish them before
continuing.
Answer: _DEADLOCK_
C. In a virtual memory system, when too many programs run at once they spend their
time swapping pages into memory from disk. This violent word describes a situation of
intense disk activity with low CPU use.
Answer: _THRASHING_
BONUS 9
A school of classical philosophy believed that people should be free from passion,
rendering pain and pleasure equally meaningless.
A. For 5 points, name this school founded by Zeno in about 300 BC.
Answer: the _STOIC_s or _STOICISM_
B. Marcus Aurelius was a prominent Roman Stoic. For 10 points, what name has been
given to the notebook of philosophical thought he wrote during his reign which he titled,
"To Himself"?
Answer: The _MEDITATIONS_
C. A Stoic of the 1st and early 2nd centuries AD, he was born a slave. A friend of
Hadrian, he wrote very little. For 15 points, name this Roman who is best known today
for his eight-volume _Discourses_.
Answer: _EPICTETUS_
BONUS 10
Name the term from plate tectonics for 10 points each:
A. Marked by trenches, these zones occur where a sea plate slides under an adjoining
plate.
answer: _SUBDUCTION_ zones
B. A column of stationary, exceptionally hot material that melts through the plate.
answer: _PLUME_
Do not accept: "Hot Spot"
C. This boundary is where two plates move horizontally by each other, and no crust is
created or destroyed. The San Andreas Fault is an example.
answer: _TRANSFORM_ boundary
BONUS 11
Auguste Rodin is one of the most famous sculptors of the late nineteenth century. For ten
points each, answer these questions about his most famous work.
a. Destined to be the doors to the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, this large bronze work was
never cast in his lifetime.
ANSWER: The _GATES OF HELL_ or Les _PORTES D'ENFER_
b. The Gates of Hell were inspired by what other work, the work of the Florentine
goldsmith Ghiberti?
ANSWER: The _DOORS OF THE BAPTISTRY OF THE FLORENCE_ Cathedral or,
The _GATES OF PARADISE_
c. The theme for the Gates of Hell was taken from what work by Dante?
ANSWER: The _INFERNO_ (prompt on Divine Comedy)
BONUS 12
Football is perhaps the greatest sport invented, and no we're not being clever and asking a
soccer question. We're asking about the Pittsburgh Steelers. FTPE,
A) First, name the current head coach of the Steelers.
ANSWER: Bill _COWHER_
B) Now, name the quarterback for the Steelers' championship teams of the
1970s.
ANSWER: Terry _BRADSHAW_
C) Finally, who caught the Immaculate Reception?
ANSWER: Franco _HARRIS_
BONUS 13
This novel tells the story of a young nobleman who is undone by his association with a
courtesan in 18th century France. They finally leave France and live in exile in Louisiana
until she meets a fateful end. FTP each:
A) Name the novel, also an opera by Puccini.
ANSWER: _MANON LESCAUT_
B) Name the author.
ANSWER: Abbe _PREVOST_
C) Name the protagonist.
ANSWER: _CHEVALIER DES GRIEUX_
BONUS 14
Before it shut down, The Tasty in Harvard Square was the site where two legendary
musicians would occasionally share 4 a.m. scrambled egg breakfasts. For 10 points each:
A. Born Chester Arthur Burnett, this bluesman recorded "Back Door Man" and
"Built for Comfort (Not for Speed)."
Answer: _HOWLIN' WOLF_
B. This Massachusetts native fronted the band whose hits included "Detroit Breakdown"
and "(Ain't Nothin' But A) Houseparty."
Answer: Peter _WOLF_
Do not accept: "J. Geils"
C. For ten more points, what band was that?
Answer: The _J. GEILS BAND_
BONUS 15
In this epic, the 7th incarnation of Vishnu rescues his wife from the clutches of the demon
king.
A) First, FFP, name the epic.
ANSWER: _RAMAYAN_a
B) The hero's name is Rama. FTP, what is his wife's name?
ANSWER: _SITA_
C) Finally, for an additional 15, what is the demon king's name?
ANSWER: _RAVANA_
BONUS 16
Identify the Supreme Court Justices for the stated number of points.
A) FFP, name the first Chief Justice of the United States.
ANSWER: John _JAY_
B) F15P, what South Carolinian tried to kill himself after his nomination to succeed Jay
as Chief Justice was rejected by the Senate, largely because he had opposed Jay's Treaty?
ANSWER: John _RUTLEDGE_
C) FTP, what Senator from Connecticut was then confirmed as Chief Justice?
ANSWER: Oliver _ELLSWORTH_
BONUS 17
Identify these African lakes FTPE.
A) This Ethiopian lake in Gonder province drains into the Blue Nile.
ANSWER: Lake _TANA_
B) Many fossils of early humans have been found along the shores of this lake in northern
Kenya.
ANSWER: Lake _TURKANA_ (Accept: Lake _RUDOLF_)
C) Sharing its name with a national park, this Kenyan lake is famous for its millions of
flamingos.
ANSWER: Lake _NAKURU_
BONUS 18
Given a branch of mathematics, name the person identified as its creator for the stated
number of points.
A) FFP, calculus.
ANSWER: Sir Isaac _NEWTON_ or Gottfried Wilhelm _LEIBNIZ_
B) FTP, analytical geometry.
ANSWER: Rene _DESCARTES_
C) F15P, non-Euclidean geometry.
ANSWER: Nikolay Ivanovich _LOBACHEVSKY_ (or Janos _BOLYAI_, but not
Riemann. While Riemann developed his system independently, Lobachevsky beat him to
the punch.)
BONUS 19
Answer these questions about Booker Prize winning novels FTPE.
A) This novel continues the story of a psychologist studying shell-shocked soldiers after
WWI begun in Pat Barker's other novels, _Regeneration_ and _The Eye In the Door_.
ANSWER: The _GHOST ROAD_
B) This 1990 winner by A.S. Byatt tells the story of two literary researchers, their
discovery of an affair between two Victorian writers, and the effect this discovery has on
both their scholarship and their lives.
ANSWER: _POSSESSION_
C) This 1988 winner by Peter Carey tells the story of a priest in Australia in the mid1800s who becomes a gambler, and the woman who becomes integral in his life. It was
recently made into a film starring Ralph (RAFE) Fiennes (FINES).
ANSWER: _OSCAR AND LUCINDA_
BONUS 20
For the stated number of points, name these Germans who may or may not have
something in common.
A) FFP, name East Germany's longest-ruling president.
ANSWER: Erich _HONECKER_
B) FTP, name the German admiral who commanded his nation's navy from 1928 until his
removal in 1943.
ANSWER: Erich _RAEDER_
C) F15P, name the German general who teamed with Hindenburg to control the war
effort in World War 1.
ANSWER: Erich _LUDENDORFF_
BONUS 21
30-20-10, name the author from the works.
A. For 30: _Plutus_, _Ecclesiazusae_ (ek-lee-see-a-ZOO-say)
B. For 20: _The Peace_
C. For 10: _The Birds_, _The Wasps_
Answer: _ARISTOPHANES_
ROUND 6: Questions by Yale Dirt McGurt and Princeton Have You Ever Seen a Grown
Man Naked
TOSSUP 1
Though male, they wore female attire and participated in "women's work." The most
famous one of these was We'Wha [wee-waa], who was showcased in Washington as an
Indian Princess. This alternate gender, which the Zunis called lhamana [LA-ma-na], was
present throughout the Plains Indians, but was one of the first things eliminated from their
cultures. FTP, give the anthropological term for this third gender.
ANSWER: _BERDACHE_ (acc. _LHAMANA_ on early buzz)
TOSSUP 2
He is also known as Damastes or Polypemon and he lived on the route from Eleusis to
Athens. Theseus encountered him on his travels and gave him a taste of his own
medicine, although Theseus chopped off this man’s head whereas he usually preferred to
take his taller victim’s feet. FTP, name this owner of a bed which he forced everyone to
fit one way or another.
ANSWER: _PROCRUSTES_
TOSSUP 3
"Why Do All These Homosexuals Keep Sucking my Cock?" "Area Stoners Mistakenly
Hold Massive Kemp Rally." "Retro-Crazed German Youths Invade Poland." "ACLU
Defends Nazis' Right to Burn Down ACLU Headquarters." These stories, plus editorials
by T. Herman Zwiebel, can now be found at Barnes and Nobles nationwide in this
Madison-based paper and online magazine. FTP, name the self-dubbed "America's Finest
News Source."
ANSWER: The _ONION_
TOSSUP 4
His memoir's title, "From Emperor to Citizen", accurately reflects the direction of his life.
After ruling his nation as a toddler, he escaped from his palace and took the throne of
another country, Manchukuo, as the puppet of Japan. After being captured by the
Russians, he was returned in 1950 to China, where he finished life as a mechanic in a
botanical workshop. FTP, name the last Manchu emperor of China.
ANSWER: Henry _PU YI_
TOSSUP 5
Written in Spenserian stanzas, it declared that we "decay / like corpses in a charnel" and
celebrated the title character's union "The Eternal, which must glow / Through time and
change." Mick Jagger read this poem to the audience at the Rolling Stones’ 1969 Hyde
Park free concert in memory of the recently deceased Brian Jones. Percy Shelley in turn
had written it for his recently deceased friend John Keats. FTP, name this poem.
ANSWER: _ADONAIS_
TOSSUP 6
Pencil and paper ready. A person drops a ball from a height of 10m onto an escalator
moving down at 1 meter per second. How long after the ball is dropped will the person
and the ball again be at the same height? Assume the ball collides completely inelastically
with the floor. You have 15 seconds.
ANSWER: _TEN SECONDS_ (the ball does not bounce)
TOSSUP 7
Dana Scully performed one on the X-files recently. They are performed to detect a DNA
sequence among a population of DNA fragments. DNA is run on a gel, transferred to a
membrane, and then exposed to a labeled probe of either DNA or RNA. It has two
directionally named counterparts, but Eastern is notably absent. FTP, what is this
procedure named after its inventor from the University of Edinburgh?
ANSWER _SOUTHERN BLOT_
TOSSUP 8
He was born in 1872 in Moscow and studied under Taneiev and Arensky in his youth. He
later taught at the Moscow Conservatory and here began to make use of such innovations
as the whole-tone scale and the mystic chord. For ten points, name this Russian composer
of _The Divine Poem_, _The Poem of Ecstasy_, and _The Poem of Fire_.
ANSWER: Alexander Nikolaievich _SCRIABIN_
TOSSUP 9
His club foot forced him into church life, and as bishop of Autun (oh-TUH), he worked
first for and then against church prerogatives. Resigning his position to pursue a life in
politics, he served as French foreign minister under four different regimes, including two
Bourbons, one Republic, and one Bonaparte. FTP, name this Frenchman notorious for his
ideological reversals and his involvement in the XYZ affair.
ANSWER: Charles Maurice de _TALLEYRAND_-Perigord, Prince de Benevent
TOSSUP 10
This future Hall of Famer was born on Christmas day, 1958. In 1985, he scored the most
runs in a single season since Ted Williams. In 1998, he passed Joe Morgan for third
place on the all-time walks list, but he is better known for his 1297 career thefts. For 10
points, name this 1990 AL MVP who is commonly known as the Man of Steal.
Answer: Rickey _HENDERSON_
TOSSUP 11
To bind him, the mountain spirits used such ingredients as the sound of a cat's footfall,
women's beards, stones' roots, fishes' breath, bears' nerves, and birds' spittle to forge a
chain called Gleipnir. He shares his name with a minor C.S. Lewis character. Gleipnir
will bind this child of Angerboda, deprived of his favorite treats such as gods' hands, until
Ragnarok, when he will break his bonds and fall upon the gods. FTP, name this demonic
lupine of Norse mythology.
ANSWER: _FENRIR_ or _FENRIS ULF_ or _FENRIS WOLF_
TOSSUP 12
Becky Sharp is charming but manipulative and materialistic, George Osbourne is dashing
but a rogue and womanizer, and the great rich Miss Crawley is a hypochondriatic old
nuisance. It's business as usual in this novel whose author tells us "Never make any
promises which you cannot at any required moment command and withdraw." That is the
way to get on in, FTP, what book by William Makepeace Thackeray?
ANSWER: _VANITY FAIR_
TOSSUP 13
Stalin played with this novelist and satirist by alternately supporting and banning his
work, prohibiting him from emigrating, and basically driving him crazy. His most
famous novel was finally published in the USSR in 1966; its characters include Professor
Woland, Pontius Pilate, and a repressed novelist who goes into a psychiatric ward for
seeking to present the story of Jesus. FTP, name this author of The Master and Margarita.
ANSWER: Mikhail Afanasyevich _BULGAKOV_
TOSSUP 14
This South Carolingian, prior to his most significant accomplishment, had served as
president of a railroad company and had negotiated the treaty for the removal of the
Seminole tribe from Florida in 1832. He was appointed US minister to Mexico in 1853
and told to acquire land for use in a railroad to the Pacific. FTP, name this man who
added the final piece to the present-day lower forty-eight states in the deal that bears his
name.
ANSWER: James _GADSDEN_
TOSSUP 15
The term for this type of abstract sculpture was coined in 1931 by Jean Arp in reference
to the work of Alexander Calder. It is usually characterized by simple forms executed in
sheet metal. FTP, name this art form, which is stationary and is therefore distinguished
from another of Calder's forms, the mobile.
ANSWER: _STABILE_
TOSSUP 16
This author died from an apparent suicide in Turin, Italy, 78 years after his birth in the
same city. A chemist as well as a writer, his works include _The Periodic Table_ as well
as _The Drowned and the Saved_. He is noted for his restrained and moving
autobiographical account of and reflections on life in the Nazi concentration camps. FTP,
name this author of _Survival in Auschwitz_.
ANSWER: Primo _LEVI_ (LEV-ee)
TOSSUP 17
Its name means "House of the Sun" and it boasts the world's largest inactive crater. From
the summit, at over eleven thousand feet, a visitor can witness spectacular sunrises, of
which the best account may have been that of Mark Twain. It shares its name with the
national park in which it is located. For 10 points, name this highest peak of the island of
Maui.
Answer: Mount _HALEAKALA_
TOSSUP 18
Some people thought it was "God Save the Queen." Others claimed it was "Auld Lang
Syne." The first 13 refer cryptically to friends of the composer, while the last is a musical
self-portrait. They are based on the countermelody to an unheard theme, which the
composer claimed was a well-known tune he would not identify. FTP, name this set of
works written in 1896 by Sir Edward Elgar.
ANSWER: The _ENIGMA VARIATIONS_
TOSSUP 19
This basketball star was the first black coach of a major professional sports team.
Selected as one of the NBA's 50 greatest of all time, he cared so much about winning that
he used to get sick before games. Awarded the leagues MVP award five times, he led his
team to 11 championships in 13 years. For 10 points, name this Boston Celtic who is
considered by many to be the best defensive center of all time.
Answer: William Felton (Bill) _RUSSELL_
TOSSUP 20
They now number about 10.5 million, living mainly in the provinces of Liao-ning, Ji-lin,
Hei-long-jiang, and Hubei (HOO-bay). Historically, their troops were called
"bannermen", due to their system of organizing their armies -- and eventually those of
their larger, subjugated neighbour -- under color-coded banners. FTP, name this group of
nomads whose 24 banners were enough to conquer China and establish the Qing dynasty.
ANSWER: The _MANCHUS_ (also TUNGUS)
TOSSUP 22
It first appeared in June 1977, and its name was originally a nonsense word like "foobar."
Programmed in the language MDL (a descendant of LISP), it was created in MIT's
Laboratory for Computer Science by researchers Marc Blank, Timothy Anderson, Bruce
Daniels, and David Lebling. FTP, what classic interactive fiction game, based on
ADVENTURE, spawned sequels subtitled "Zero," "Nemesis," and "Grand Inquisitor"?
ANSWER: _ZORK_
TOSSUP 22
Like his father, this monarch chose marine biology as his major field, which he studied
from American Elizabeth Gray Vining. Unlike his father, he was not an absolute ruler.
This man, who took the throne in 1989, is the 125th direct descendant in his line and the
first to marry a commoner before assuming the Chrysanthemum Throne. FTP, name this
son of Nagako and Hirohito who is the current Emperor of Japan.
ANSWER: Emperor Tsugu _AKIHITO_
TOSSUP 23
It has the scientific name Percina tanasi, but its common name comes from its prey and its
speed. It was originally thought to be native only to the Little Tennessee River, and it was
relocated at great expense in 1979 to the Hiwassee River, becoming a symbol of
perceived environmental overkill. FTP, name this tiny fish that became controversial
when it delayed for two years the construction of the Tellico Dam.
ANSWER: _SNAIL DARTER_
BONI
BONUS 1
My bamboo stick, Fillipe, and I enjoy chasing flightless birds. Name these specimens
FTPA.
a. While wandering in the forest of New Guinea, I happened upon one of these birds.
Excited by the blue head, black plumage, and double red wattles, I brandished Fillipe,
screamed, and gave chase. The bird suddenly turned and laid me out with three swift
kicks. FTP, what bird put me in the ICU for a month?
ANSWER: _CASSOWARY_ or _CASUARIUS CASUARIUS_
b. Still nursing an open head wound, I decided to seek the homeland of a large, slow, and
very extinct bird named the dodo. FTP, to what Indian Ocean island did I speed?
ANSWER: _MAURITIUS_
c. As extinct birds cause less damage, I then went to New Zealand to seek these birds, the
larger varieties of which had been extinct for as long as the dodo. They were enormous,
some over 3 meters high, and flightless. FTP, name this bird that frustrated my searches.
ANSWER: _MOA_ or _DINORNIS_
(Do not accept: "elephant bird," an animal from Madagascar, home of the tree-dwelling
aye-aye)
BONUS 2
Name these banned books from a brief description for the stated number of points.
a (5 pts.) Critics called this classic 14th century English collection of short stories
"garbage being passed off as literature." Maybe they just couldn't deal with the Middle
English. The pilgrims at the Tabard Inn would not be pleased.
ANSWER: The _CANTERBURY TALES_
b (10 pts.) Defensive school boards said that this Dr. Seuss tale about conservation and
environmental frailty "criminalizes the foresting industry."
ANSWER: The _LORAX_
c (15 pts.) This challenged collection of poems "glorified Satan, suicide and cannibalism,
and also encouraged children to be disobedient." F15P, name this subversive
compendium of verse that includes such poems as "Bear in There," "The Meehoo with an
Exactlywatt" and "Cloony the Clown."
ANSWER: A _LIGHT IN THE ATTIC_
BONUS 3
Our team recently took a series of personality tests. Identify the tests from clues FTP
each.
a. Victor scored normal in seven of the ten major scales on this test, but was abnormal in
the hypomania, psychopathic deviate, and conversion hysteria
scales.
ANSWER: _M_innesota _M_ultiphasic _P_ersonality _I_nventory-1 or -2 or _MMPI_-1
or -2
b. Since Ramin was judged more normal than Victor, he was given this test specifically
designed for "normal" people, on which he scored normally on scales such as tolerance,
self-control, and flexibility.
ANSWER: _C_alifornia _P_sychological _I_nventory
c. Jim, the sanest of the bunch, was judged to be a Rational Fieldmarshal according to this
scheme.
ANSWER: _KEIRSEY_ Temperament Sorter (prompt on "Meyers-Briggs," "MBPI," or
variants)
BONUS 4
Name the following college football players FTPE.
a) This Ohio State linebacker is the top candidate again for the Butkus Award, despite his
academic troubles.
ANSWER: Andy _KATZENMOYER_
b) This Kansas State quarterback led Division I-A with a 19.5 yards per completion
average last year.
ANSWER: Michael _BISHOP_
c) This quarterback is UCLA's all-time leading passer and a Heisman Trophy candidate.
ANSWER: Cade _McNOWN_
BONUS 5
Given the narcissistic ruler, name his running-dog court artist FTSNOP.
a (5 pts.) Philip II of Spain
ANSWER: _EL GRECO_ or Dominikos _THEOTOKOPOULOS_ (Accept anything
close)
b (10 pts.) Ludovico Sforza
ANSWER: _LEONARDO_ or _DA VINCI_
c (15 pts.) Alexander the Great
ANSWER: _LYSIPPUS_
BONUS 6
Name the following philosophers from works FTPE.
a. The humanist works _On Painting_, _On the Family_, _Ten Books on Architecture_
and _On the Man of Excellence and Ruler of His Family_.
ANSWER: Leon Battista _ALBERTI_
b. Neoplatonist works such as _On Learned Ignorance_ and _On Catholic Concordance_.
ANSWER: _NICHOLAS of CUSA_
c. Treatises including _Talks of Instruction_, _Book of Divine Consolation_ and _On
Detachment_.
ANSWER: Johannes _MEISTER ECKHART_
BONUS 7
Name the author, 30-20-10.
(30 pts.) Born in Osaka in 1642, he produced 25 full-length prose works during his
lifetime. A famous poet during his lifetime, he wrote a record 23,500 verses in a period of
24 hours.
(20 pts.) His works fall into three periods. He wrote the "erotic works" for which he is
best known between 1682-86. He moved on to "miscellaneous" works from 1685-89 and
he wrote his "townsman works" from 1688-1693.
(10 pts.) His famous works include _The Life of an Amorous Woman_, _The Man Who
Lived for Love_ and _Five Women Who Chose Love_.
ANSWER: Ihara _SAIKAKU_
BONUS 8
For the stated number of points, given the comic book characters, name the creator (or cocreator) for the stated number of points.
a (10 pts.) The Fantastic Four, The Incredible Hulk, Spider Man
ANSWER: Stan _LEE_
(Do not accept: Jack Kirby, he did not co-create Spider Man.)
b (5 pts.) The Violator, Venom, Spawn
ANSWER: Tom _ McFARLANE_
c (15 pts.) Sandman, also known as Dream
ANSWER: Neil _GAIMAN_
BONUS 9
Given a mountain or mountain chain, tell us FTP each whether it is a stratovolcano, a
tephra cone, a shield volcano, or not a volcano at all.
1. Mt. Saint Helens
ANSWER: _STRATOVOLCANO_
2. Kilauea
ANSWER: _SHIELD VOLCANO_
3. Fuji
ANSWER: _STRATOVOLCANO_
BONUS 10
Pencil and paper ready. Everybody loves matrices. That means you. Answer the following
questions about the following 2 by 2 matrix, listed upper left, upper right, lower left,
lower right. Ready? 1, 2, 1, 2.
a. FTP, what is the determinant of this matrix? You have 15 seconds
ANSWER: _ZERO_
b. FFP each, what are the two eigen values for this matrix? You have 15
seconds.
ANSWER: _ZERO_ and _THREE_
c. Now FTP, in _Transformers: The Movie_, what is the name of the object that a dying
Optimus Prime intends to give to Ultra Magnus, but is dropped by Prime and caught by
Hot Rod? You have five seconds.
ANSWER: Autobot _MATRIX OF LEADERSHIP_
BONUS 11
Given a description, identify the following females from the Old Testament FTPE.
a. She helps support her mother-in-law Naomi even after her own husband's death. She
even moves with Naomi to Judah. After some struggles, her fortunes turn up when Boaz,
a wealthy kinsman of her husband, marries her.
ANSWER: _RUTH_
b. As queen of Israel, she interfered with the exclusive worship of Yahweh and fell at
odds with the prophets Elijah and Elisha by persuading her husband Ahab to introduce
the worship of the Tyrian god Baal-Melkart.
ANSWER: _JEZEBEL_
c. This woman, a maidservant for Abraham and Sarah, was sent into the desert with
Ishmael, her son by Abraham, and may be an ancestress of Muhammad.
ANSWER: _HAGAR_
BONUS 12
How leftist and culturally aware are you? Let's see. First, FTP, identify the literary figure
whose first successful play was _Drums in the Night_. His other famous works include
_Galileo_, _Mother Courage and Her Children_ and _The Caucasian Chalk Circle_.
ANSWER: Bertolt _BRECHT_
b. Brecht worked closely with this German-born American composer as a librettist. FTP,
name the musical figure who also worked with Brecht on the 1928 cantata "Lindberg
Flight" and the 1930's students' opera "The Yea Sayer."
ANSWER: Kurt _WEILL_ (VILE)
c. We all know that Brecht wrote the libretto for the _Threepenny Opera_, but, FTP, what
other work of his is a musically disquieting mix of jazz with more traditional classical
music styles?
ANSWER: The _RISE AND FALL OF THE CITY OF MAHOGANNY_ or
_AUFSTIEG UND FALL DER STADT MAHOGANNY_
BONUS 13
Given the "Roman" Emperor, name his main capital FTPE:
a. Justinian
ANSWER: _CONSTANTINOPLE_ (Accept _BYZANTIUM_)
Do Not Accept: Istanbul
b. Charlemagne
ANSWER: _AACHEN_ (Acc., grudgingly, _AIX-LA-CHAPPELLE_)
c. Honorius
ANSWER: _RAVENNA_
BONUS 14
30-20-10, name the play.
30) One of Shakespeare's late plays, some of its action occurs late -- specifically, after a
16 year break in the action.
20) Shakespeare wanted the audience to be emotionally detached from the play by telling
them moving scenes, such as the revelation of Perdita's true birth, as second-hand
dialogue.
10) The final scene portrays the Statue of Hermione coming to life.
ANSWER: The _WINTER'S TALE_
BONUS 15
Identify the following terms from materials science for the given number of points.
F5P: this linear law relates the strain, or percentage deformation, to the applied stress.
ANSWER: _HOOKE'S_ Law
F10P: A completely perfect crystal would be difficult to plastically deform because it
would lack these linear imperfections, often thought of as extra half-planes in the crystal
structure, that move and reduce the activation energy during deformation.
ANSWER: _DISLOCATIONS_
F15P: A crystal can be made brittle by repeatedly deforming it to create a forest of
dislocations which impede further dislocation motion. Name the heating process that can
reverse this process and restore ductility.
ANSWER: _ANNEALING_
BONUS 16
30-20-10, name the German.
(30pts.) After he incurred disfavor during the Russian winter campaign of 1941 and 1942
by pulling Army Group Center from Moscow, Hitler relieved him of command.
(20pts.) Leader of Germany's Mobile troops from 1938, he began the war as the invader
of France. He ended it as Hitler's chief of staff.
(10pts.) His book "Achtung (ock-TOONG), Panzer!" revolutionized armored warfare and
is the most eloquent outline of Blitzkrieg.
ANSWER: Heinz Wilhelm _GUDERIAN_
BONUS 17
"Las Meninas" by Diego Velasquez has influenced many Spanish and Latin American
artists. Answer these questions related to it for the stated number of points.
(5) 1. What daughter of Philip IV is portrayed in the painting?
ANSWER: Infanta _MARGARITA_ (accept _MARGARET_)
(10) 2. What painter did a series of brightly colored views of the princess, as well as a
"Las Meninas" of his own?
ANSWER: Pablo _PICASSO_
(15) 3. What painter reinterpreted Las Meninas in his "Velasquez Painting the Infanta
Margarita with the Lights and Shadows of his Own Glory"?
ANSWER: Salvador _DALI_
BONUS 18
a. In 1980, this nation elected a woman to its presidency, making her the world's first
elected female head of state. F5P, name it.
Answer: _ICELAND_
Note: Other nations, including India and the UK, had female heads of government before
1980, but none had female heads of state.
b. Now, F15P, name that Icelandic president.
Answer: Vigdis _FINNBOGADOTTIR_
c. Iceland's unicameral legislature, the world's oldest surviving parliament, was founded
in 930. Yes, 930. FTP, name it.
Answer: _ALTHING_
BONUS 19
Name the African country, five points each, thirty for all four.
1. This country that shares a border with Senegal and the Atlantic Ocean, and has its
capital at Nouakchott.
ANSWER: _MAURITANIA_
2. This country, whose flag consists of an orange circle in between an orange stripe and a
green stripe, shares its name with Africa's third longest river.
ANSWER: _NIGER_
3. Which country shares a border with both the most populous country on the continent
and the least populous?
ANSWER: _CAMEROON_ (most: Nigeria; least: Equatorial Guinea)
4. This nation contains the lowest point on the continent and shares its name with its
capital.
ANSWER: _DJIBOUTI_
BONUS 20
Answer the following questions about the Panama canal FTSNOP.
F5P: Ferdinand De Lesseps, who in 1879 was the first to start work on the canal, had also
supervised the excavation of what other waterway?
ANSWER: _SUEZ_ Canal
F10P: This 1903 treaty granted the United States canal-building rights and the sole right
to operate and control the Canal Zone.
ANSWER: _HAY - BUNAU-VARILLA_ treaty
Now, F5P for one, F15P for both, name the year in which the treaty was signed that
granted Panama sovereignity over the canal and the year in which the treaty will return
complete control of the canal to Panama.
ANSWER: _1977_ and _2000_
BONUS 21
Answer the following questions on the computer companies in the news for the stated
number of points.
F5P: This computer comes in a design scheme with two colours: Bondi Blue,
named for the water at an Australian beach, and Ice White.
ANSWER: the _IMAC_ (eye-Mac)
F10P: This Netscape CEO, who is stepping down as his company merges with America
Online, appeared in court in the recent Microsoft antitrust trial.
ANSWER: James (Jim) _BARKSDALE_
F15P: Another perceived monopolist, Intel, is losing market share to this CPU
manufacturer which has seized the low-end slice of the computer market with its "K6"
and "K6-2" chips.
ANSWER: _A_merican _M_icro _D_evices
ROUND 7: Questions by Chicago and PSUdonymous
TOSSUP 1
The prefatory letter to this work advises the reader that it uses machinery based on the
Rosicrucian doctrine of spirits. It was written at the behest of John Caryll. Its heroine
takes a boat to Hampton Court Palace, beats the Baron at a game of Ombre (OM-ber),
and seeks solace with Thalestris after losing something precious. This "heroi-comical
poem in five cantos" was finished in 1717 and presented to Arabella Fermor to console
her after Lord Petre took something from her. FTP, name this work of Alexander Pope.
Answer: The _RAPE OF THE LOCK_
TOSSUP 2
He began his career as quaestor under Marius in Africa, where he soon incurred Marius's
jealousy by his capture of Jugurtha. He won the consulship in 88 after his successful
generalship during the Social War. Declared a public enemy while subduing Mithradates
in Asia, he returned to Italy in 83 and crushed the forces of Carbo. FTP, what man, who
pioneered the use of proscriptions in his campaign against the equestrian class, ruled as
dictator from 82 to 80 BC?
Ans: Lucius Cornelius _SULLA_
TOSSUP 3
Chevalley, Ehresmann, Weil (VILE), Cartan (car-TAWH), Dieudonne (dyeuh-don-NAY),
and Eilenberg were among this group's founding members. All pledged to resign at age
50. Admirers of David Hilbert, they collaborated on _Elements of Mathematics_,
beginning in 1939. They attempted to present modern mathematics in an entirely original
form, focusing on its axiomatic nature. Their collective persona, whose last name was
that of a disgraced French general of the Franco-Prussian war, was, FTP, what very model
of a modern mathematician?
Ans: Nicolas _BOURBAKI_ (bor-bah-KEE)
TOSSUP 4
Distributions do not have to begin at age 70, and withdrawals of earnings taken more than
5 years after they were made are tax free, along with all withdrawals made for first-time
home purchases or higher education. Full contributions are only allowed for individuals
or couples whose income is less than $150,000. Only those with incomes under $100,000
can roll-over funds from a traditional account to, FTP, what new kind of savings account
named after the Delawarean chair of the Senate Finance Committee?
Ans: _ROTH I_ndividual _R_etirement _Account_ or _ROTH IRA_
(prompt on Roth, _do not_ prompt on just IRA; all of the above clues are different from
the traditional IRA.)
TOSSUP 5
"We all have role models, and he's mine." said this centerman of Brian Trottier after
passing him to move into 10th place on the career points list of the NHL. Raised in
Ottawa, he was selected fourth in the 1983 entry draft as an underage player. No longer a
100-point per season scorer, he is now a better all-around player and team captain. For
ten points, name the 1998 Conn Smythe trophy winner from the Detroit Red Wings.
ANSWER: Steve _YZERMAN_
TOSSUP 6
When a group of men led by William MacKenzie rebelled in Upper Canada, demanding a
more democratic government, such was the sympathy engendered for their cause in the
United States that a group of American citizens outfitted this small steamer to ferry men
and supplies to the rebels. On December 29, 1837, a group of British and loyal Canadians
crossed the Niagara River, set the ship ablaze, and sent her over the falls. FTP, name the
ship and you'll name the Affair that greatly strained US-British relations in the years
before the Webster-Ashburton Treaty.
Ans: _CAROLINE_
TOSSUP 7
The title character is loved by Kaja Fosli, who works as his bookkeeper and who is the
niece of Knut Brovik, his assistant. Ten years to the day after the title character first met
Hilda Wangel, she comes to meet him and claim the kingdom she says he promised her as
a child. It ends with Hilda and Ragnar staring at a newly completed church from which
the title character, Halvard Solness, has just fallen to his death. FTP, name this work by
Henrik Ibsen.
Answer: The _MASTER BUILDER_
TOSSUP 8
In the Western Hemisphere, it only crosses land over Mexico and the Bahamas.
Continuing eastward, it passes over Western Sahara before crossing a host of African
countries and then Saudi Arabia, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, China, and Taiwan. FTP,
what line, at approximately 23 degrees, 27 minutes north, marks the sun's northernmost
declination?
Ans: _TROPIC OF CANCER_
TOSSUP 9
All three of these mythological characters have the same name. The first was a faithful
dog who after 17 years still recognized his master, Odysseus. The second was the master
shipbuilder who constructed a remarkable vessel for Jason. The third was the servant
sent by Hera to guard Zeus's mistress Io after she had been changed into a cow; his
hundred eyes now appear on the peacock's tail. FTP, give the shared name.
ANSWER: _ARGUS_
TOSSUP 10
In their inactive state, these trimeric proteins are bound to seven-helix transmembrane
receptors. During activation, these proteins release GDP and bind to GTP, allowing the
enzyme to disassociate into GTP-bound alpha subunit and a combined beta/gamma
subunit, either one of which can activate enzymes such as adenylate cyclase that produce
secondary messengers. Gilman and Rodbell won the 1994 Nobel Prize for discovering,
FTP, what macromolecules which function in many signal transduction pathways?
Ans: _G_aunyl nucleotide-binding _PROTEINS_ or _G PROTEINS_)
TOSSUP 11
As a young man he was exiled to Siberia for plotting the assassination of Tsar Alexander
the Third. On his return in 1892, he joined the Polish Socialist Party and began
organizing militant anti-Russian groups. After the outbreak of World War I, he
commanded the Polish Legions. In 1918, he proclaimed himself head of state and
directed the invasion of Russia. Though he retired in 1922, he led a coup in 1926 and
ruled as virtual dictator until his death. FTP, name this leader of inter-war Poland.
Ans: Joseph _PILSUDSKI_
TOSSUP 12
As a youth in turn-of-the-century Vienna, he had no formal musical instruction until the
age of 19. His mature 12-tone style is best seen in his 1927 Lyric Suite and his
unfinished opera Lulu, which combine great technical intricacy with the rich
expressionism of Austrian romanticism. His masterpiece, the 1925 opera Wozzeck, is
written in a free atonal style. FTP, name this pupil and lifelong friend of Schoenberg.
Ans: Alban _BERG_
TOSSUP 13
A matrician society divided into subgroups known as the Raven and the Eagle, these
North American indigenous people were traditionally expert seafarers in their huge
dugout canoes. Living on British Columbia's Queen Charlotte islands and Alaska's
Prince of Wales island, their art is highly sought after. For ten points, name this nearly
extinct people famed for their totem poles.
ANSWER: _HAIDA_
TOSSUP 14
James Agee got the title for his first collection of verse, _Permit Me Voyage_, from the
third poem of this man's "Voyages" series. Harold Bloom got the title for _The Visionary
Company_ from his poem "The Broken Tower." His verse collections include _White
Buildings_, _Key West_, and a long poem published in 1930. This poet of "My
Grandmother's Love Letters" and "At Melville's Tomb" also wrote an epic vision of
America whose parts include "Van Winkle," "Ave (AH-vay) Maria," "Cape Hatteras,"
and "The Harbor Dawn." FTP, name this author of _The Bridge_.
Answer: Hart _CRANE_
TOSSUP 15
Females of this mammal of the family Dasypodidae bear one to 12 identical young, which
develop from a single fertilized egg. Tropical and sub-tropical critters, they are the only
animals besides man that can contract leprosy. A Texas liberal once named dead ones as
the only thing found in the middle of the road besides yellow lines. They have short legs,
strong, curved claws and protective armour. FTP, name these animals.
ANSWER: _ARMADILLOS_
TOSSUP 16
This book tells of the aftereffects of Lilia Herrington's marriage to a young Italian. She
dies in childbirth and her relatives rush off to "rescue" her child and be brought up
properly in England. Her husband Gino Carelli refuses to give up his son, and Harriet
kidnaps the baby. However, her carriage overturns and the baby is killed. This is the plot
of, FTP, what first book by E. M. Forster?
ANSWER: _WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD_
TOSSUP 17
The stormy yellow sky dramatically lights the work, which is set on a stormy sea. A tiny
ship is on the horizon in the upper left, which the people in the painting dramatically
attempt to try to attract. They are all huddled aboard a makeshift craft with a single
square sail. FTP, name this painting based on the tragic voyage of a French ship by
Theodore (TEY-oh-dore) Gericault (ZHAIR-ee-coe).
ANSWER: The _RAFT OF THE MEDUSA_
TOSSUP 18
He was governor of Pennsylvania from 1923 to 1927 and from 1931 to 1935, but he is
better known for service on the federal level. He helped to found the Yale school of
forestry and served on numerous conservation commissions. His public criticism of
Interior Secretary Richard Ballinger led to his dismissal by President Taft in 1910 and
helped to widen the split between Taft and Theodore Roosevelt. FTP, name this
Progressive and first head of the Forest Service.
Ans: Gifford _PINCHOT_ ("pin-CHOE")
TOSSUP 19
...my worst fears are realized, the damage is more extensive than I ever imagined. I must
get everyone off [this place] as soon as possible, before its total collapse. The problem
now is my father. My dear Catherine, what will be her fate... if he's still the same? I'm
afraid it will take more than I, Atrus, to outwit Gehn... So begins, FTP, what game
created by Cyan's Rand and Robyn Miller as the sequel to Myst?
ANSWER: _RIVEN_
TOSSUP 20
In math, if a is congruent to b modulo m then b is called this of a modulo m. It can also
mean the constant in the first term of a Laurent series expansion. In law it means the part
of a testator's estate remaining after the satisfaction of all debts. In chemistry it is a
constituent structural unit of a usually complex molecule. For ten points, name this term
which commonly means something that remains after one part is taken.
ANSWER: _RESIDUE_
TOSSUP 21
The ICAO has said that its code ought to be LLGZ, following international convention,
but its supporters have pushed for LVGZ, with the V standing for "victory" in place of the
international code for the occupying country. Security will be tight, but not as tight as at
Ben-Gurion, which is 150 miles to the north. FTP, what new facility just southeast of
Raffah will serve as the nascent Palestinian Authority's air transportation center?
Ans: _GAZA_ International _AIRPORT_
TOSSUP 22
This unit is used almost exclusively in the United States, and even here only in
engineering. It is used in calculations where the expansion of gases and the second law of
thermodynamics is important, just as the Kelvin scale is used in the metric system. For
ten points, identify the absolute temperature scale derived from the Fahrenheit scale as
degrees Fahrenheit plus 459.67.
ANSWER: _RANKINE_ temperature scale, or degrees _RANKINE_
TOSSUP 23
He resisted the temptations of the daughters of Mara, and Mara's final weapon, a fiery
discus, was transformed into a garland of flowers when it was thrown at him. He was
born in the grove of Lumbini, where he emerged from the right side of his mother Queen
Maya, and his father, King Suddhodana, kept him from any knowledge of the world until
he was 29. FTP, identify this mythical religious leader who received enlightment after
sitting under a Bo tree.
Answer: the _BUDDHA_ or Gautama _SIDDHARTHA_
BONI
BONUS 1
Identify the author, 30-20-10.
(30) His short works include _Of the Horrible Danger of Reading_ and the
_Conversation of Lucian, Erasmus and Rabelais (rabble-AY) in the Elysian Fields_.
(20) His philosophical works include a commentary on Beccarria's _Of Crimes and
Punishments_ and the _Treatise on Tolerance_, while his historical works include _The
Age of Louis XIV_.
(10) His fiction includes _Zadig_, _Micromegas_, and a short novel subtitled "Or
Optimism."
Answer: _VOLTAIRE_ or Francois-Marie _AROUET_
BONUS 2
Identify these "M"-initialed gods, for the stated number of points.
1. 5 points: The son of Ea, he assumed control of the Babylonian gods after defeating
Tiamat.
Answer: _MARDUK_
2. 10 points: She was the daughter of Re and the Egyptian goddess of truth. She wore an
ostrich feather which she put on one side of the balance used to judge the souls of the
dead.
Answer: _MAAT_
3. 15 points: This god of Tyre was the Canaanite Hercules. Like the classical hero, he
died of fire, and his annual return from the dead was celebrated during a January festival.
Answer: _MELQART_
BONUS 3
FTPE, given the leader, name the country whose government he or she leads.
1. Jenny Shipley
Ans: _NEW ZEALAND_
2. Eduardo Frei (FRAY)
Ans: _CHILE_
3. Jose Maria Figueres
Ans: _COSTA RICA_
BONUS 4
Answer these questions about the Greeks' version of number theory, FTPE.
A. What did the Greeks call numbers such as 6 and 28 whose factors add up exactly to
the number itself?
Ans: _PERFECT_
B. A number like 12 whose factors add up to more than the number itself is given this
name.
Ans: _ABUNDANT_
C. What is the term for a number like 10 whose factors add up to less than the number
itself?
Ans: _DEFICIENT_
BONUS 5
I hope you know that this will go down on your permanent record. FFPE, 30 for all four,
given the number of the pill from the Violent Femmes' "Kiss Off," give Gordon Gano's
reason for taking it.
A. one
Ans: 'cause _YOU LEFT ME_
B. five
Ans: for my _LONELY_
C. eight
Ans: _I FORGET WHAT EIGHT WAS FOR_
D. ten
Ans: for _EVERYTHING EVERYTHING EVERYTHING EVERYTHING_
(grudgingly accept _EVERYTHING_)
BONUS 6
Identify the battles of the Carolina campaign from the Revolutionary War from brief
descriptions FTPE.
1. On August 17, 1780, British forces under Cornwallis routed the Americans and forced
the shameful flight of Horatio Gates.
Ans: _CAMDEN_
2. This remarkable October 7, 1780 skirmish saw American frontier riflemen led by Isaac
Shelby, John Sevier (se-VERE), and William Campbell force the surrender of a British
raiding party under Patrick Ferguson. It gave new hope to the rebels in the South after
Camden.
Ans: _KINGS MOUNTAIN_
3. This March 15, 1781 battle saw Cornwallis win a hollow victory over American
troops under Nathaniel Greene; subsequently Cornwallis retreated to Wilmington and
then to Virginia.
Ans: _GUILFORD COURTHOUSE_
BONUS 7
Identify the Roman Emperors who launched persecutions of the early Christians from
brief descriptions FTPE.
1. Otherwise known as a virtuous emperor, he believed Christians to be the natural
enemies of the Empire. He reigned from 161 to 180.
Ans: _MARCUS AURELIUS_
2. He launched a persecution at the very end of his reign in 305. He is otherwise known
as the first to formally divide the Empire.
Ans: _DIOCLETIAN_
3. Though his reign lasted only two years, from 249 to 251, his attempt to revive the state
religion took the form of a vigorous Christian persecution.
Ans: _DECIUS_
BONUS 8
Identify the authors of these sonnet sequences from the first line of the first sonnet in the
sequence for 15 points, or from the name of the sequence for 5 points.
1. 15 points: "Happy ye leaves when as those lilly hands"
5 points: _Amoretti_
Answer: Edmund _SPENSER_
2. 15 points: "Loving in truth, and fain in truth my verse to show"
5 points: _Astrophil and Stella_
Answer: Sir Philip _SIDNEY_
BONUS 9
Give the last name of the illustrious French family from descriptions of family members,
30-20-10.
30) Sadi, son of Hippolyte, was President of the Third Republic from 1887 to 1894
before he was assassinated by an Italian anarchist.
20) Lazare was a member of the Committee of Public Safety and the Directory. Trained
as a military engineer, he advocated the active defense and was renowned for his De la
Defense des Places Fortes.
10) Nicolas published Reflexions sur la Puissance (PWEE-sance) Motrice (MOE-trees)
du Feu in 1824. His eponymous cycle showed that even under ideal conditions a heat
engine cannot convert 100% of heat energy into mechanical energy.
Answer: _CARNOT_
BONUS 10
Given a description, name the type of chamber, FTPE.
A. In this type of chamber, which is filled with water vapor and dust-free air, the tracks
of subatomic particles appear as trails of water droplets.
Ans: _CLOUD_ chamber
B. An electric field is generated in this type of chamber by the application of electrodes
to opposite sides of the gas-filled chamber.
Ans: _ION_ chamber
C. This type of chamber, reversing the phases of the cloud chamber components, follows
subatomic particles in a trail of gas in liquid.
Ans: _BUBBLE_ chamber
BONUS 11
Identify the following notable compositions by Sir Arthur Sullivan FTPE.
1. An adaptation of Maddison Morton's popular comedy Box and Cox, this was
Sullivan's first comic opera.
Ans: _COX AND BOX_
2. One of his earliest compositions was the 1862 incidental music to this Shakespeare
play.
Ans: The _TEMPEST_
3. Aside from his comic operas, his only lasting fame rests on his 1871 tune for this
hymn.
Ans: _ONWARD, CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS_
BONUS 12
Vive le Quebec libre! With those words, Charles de Gaulle opened the Pandora's Box of
Quebec separatism, and thirty-two years later Canada has yet to close it. Answer the
following questions about the history of the separatist movement FTPE.
a. In which year, within three, did the separatist Parti Quebecois (hay-bec-WAH) come to
power in Quebec?
Answer: _1976_ (accept 1973-1979)
b. A little over three months after taking office, the PQ passed a controversial bill setting
French as Quebec's primary language and empowering the police to issue fines for
violations. What was this bill?
Answer: _BILL 101_ (passed 101 days after taking office)
c. Separatists insist that Quebec could remain part of Canada if a certain two word phrase
were inserted into the Constitution. Voters elsewhere in Canada have vetoed this change
twice in the 1990s. What English phrase would be used to describe Quebec?
Answer: _DISTINCT SOCIETY_
BONUS 13
For the stated number of points, answer these questions about a physical constant.
a) This dimensionless constant is so close to 1 over 137 that Arthur Eddington published
a paper explaining its value numerologically in terms of the number of protons in the
universe. For ten points, name this constant, symbolized by the letter alpha, which relates
the relative splitting of spectral lines due to electron spin and electron orbital momentum.
ANSWER: _FINE STRUCTURE_ constant
b) The fine structure constant is normally given as the ratio of three OTHER fundamental
constants. For 5 points each and a bonus 5 for all correct, name them. You need not give
the ratio.
ANSWER: _e_ , or the _CHARGE of an ELECTRON_ or _PROTON_
_c_ , or the _SPEED OF LIGHT_ in a vacuum
_h_ (or _h_-bar), or _PLANCK'S CONSTANT_
(note: alpha = e^2/(hbar c) in CGS units)
BONUS 14
Ever read Karl Marx's "Das Kapital"? Good for you. Answer these questions about it for
ten points each.
(a) Marx stated that capital accumulation takes place by the extraction of this, which is
defined as the difference between the price of the product and the cost of the labour used
to manufacture the product.
ANSWER: _SURPLUS VALUE_
(b) Not all the ideas in "Das Kapital" are Marx's; for example, he adopted the Iron Law
of Wages from this British economist.
ANSWER: David _RICARDO_
(c) Marx died before he can finish "Das Kapital". It was completed by his friend and
collaborator Engels, and it was Engels who advocated the adoption of this kind of
economy.
ANSWER: _PLANNED_ Economy
BONUS 15
You just got to love those zany plants. Answer these questions about things that make
plants grow a particular direction FTPE.
a. This is the growth of a plant in response to light.
ANSWER: _PHOTOTROPISM_
b. The growth of a plant in response to gravity.
ANSWER: _GRAVITROPISM_
c. Growth of a plant in response to contact with a solid object, as exhibited by tendrils.
ANSWER: _THIGMATROPISM_
BONUS 16
Given a top international soccer team, name the city in which it plays FTPE.
1. Arsenal
Ans: _LONDON_, England
2. Ajax (pronounced EYE-ax)
Ans: _AMSTERDAM_, the Netherlands
3. Juventus (you-VENT-us)
Ans: _TURIN_, France
BONUS 17
Name James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking tales from a brief description, 10 points
each.
a. The last tale to be written, this book is set in Lake Otsego, NY. Young Natty Bumpo
and his friend Hurry Harry March live with the Delaware Indians and fight the Hurons
with the British.
ANSWER: The _DEERSLAYER_
b. The story takes place on Lake Ontario in 1760, where Natty Bumpo gives up the hand
of Mabel Dunham to Jasper Western, her true love.
ANSWER: The _PATHFINDER_
c. This tale revolves around Cora and Alice Munro's attempts to join their father at Fort
William Henry, but are hindered by Magua, the leader of the Hurons. They are helped by
Natty Bumpo and Uncas, but Cora is killed at the climax by Magua, and Uncas dies
trying to save her.
ANSWER: The _LAST OF THE MOHICANS_
BONUS 18
Give the architectural term from a brief definition for ten points each.
a. This is a sculptured female figure used as an architectural support.
ANSWER: _CARYATID_
b. In classical architecture, this is the recessed triangular area, also called a pediment,
that is often decorated with sculpture.
ANSWER: _TYMPANUM_
c. This is a series of arches supported by piers or columns.
ANSWER: _ARCADE_
BONUS 19
Identify these unfortunate political acronyms of the 1970s FTSNOP.
(10) This group, allied with Richard Nixon, organized the Watergate break-in in 1972.
Answer: _C_ommittee to _RE-E_lect the _P_resident or _CREEP_
(10) President Ford tried to keep prices down with this voluntary program in which
Americans saved more of their income, grew their own vegetables, and wore colorful
buttons. He lost. Name the program.
Answer: _W_hip _I_nflation _N_ow or _WIN_
(10) In 1977, President Carter used a four word phrase to describe the need for energy
conservation. His opponents noticed that the first letters of each word spelled out a sound
associated with a common household pet. Give the acronym.
Answer: _M_oral _E_quivalent _O_f _W_ar or _MEOW_
BONUS 20
Name these Central American countries, for the stated number of points.
a) Only two Central American countries don't border both the Pacific Ocean and the
Caribbean Sea. Name them for 5 points each.
ANSWER: _BELIZE_ and _EL_SALVADOR_
b) Central America, being long and narrow, consists mostly of a chain of countries.
There are two countries, however, which have land borders with more than two other
countries. Name them for ten points each.
ANSWER: _GUATEMALA_ and _HONDURAS_
BONUS 21
Answer the following questions about an ancient comedy for the stated number of points.
a. FTP, name the play that tells the tale of Dionysus and his slave Xanthias's journey to
Hades to bring back a playwright since Dionysus had grown weary of the lack of inspiring
dramatists.
ANSWER: _THE FROGS_
b. Now, for ten more, name the author of The Frogs.
ANSWER: _ARISTOPHANES_
c. Finally, for five points each, name the playwright whom Dionysus initially intends to
retrieve, and the playwright's rival, whom Dionysus eventually decides to return to earth
with.
ANSWER: _EURIPIDES_ and _AESCHYLUS_
ROUND 8: Questions by Princeton Have You Ever Been in a Turkish Prison and
Princeton Did Ya Ever Hang Around a Gymnasium
TOSSUP 1
This group of chemical substances has applications in a wide variety of fields: They are
used in ink production. They are used to modulate the viscosity of mud during oil
drilling. Their styptic properties led to their use in the treatment of tonsillitis and
hemorrhoids. Also used in the clarification of wine and beer, these compounds are better
known for their applications in leather manufacture and dyeing. FTP, identify the
compounds responsible for the color and acidic flavor of most teas.
ANSWER: _TANNINS_ (or Tannic Acid)
TOSSUP 2
According to mythology, she once aided Zeus in a love affair by keeping his wife, Hera,
engaged in a conversation. As a punishment, Hera took away her power to initiate
conversation, As if this wasn't bad enough, she then fell madly in love with a young man
who was far too interested in himself to have anything to do with her. FTP, name this
beautiful nymph, who wasted away until only her voice was left.
Answer: _ECHO_
TOSSUP 3
When asked by an editor to explain why she chose to become a writer, she replied, "I
write for myself and strangers. The strangers, dear Readers, are an afterthought." Her
talents as an author and critic were first cultivated at Radcliffe, where she studied under
William James. She left for France in 1903, where she would spend the rest of her life,
and where she wrote works such as "Tender Buttons", "Four Saints in Three Acts", and
"Three Lives." FTP, name her.
Answer: Gertrude _STEIN_
TOSSUP 4
Bidding lasted just a minute and a half before a buyer ponied up 2 million dollars for this
document at a recent New York City auction. Thought to have been stolen from a library
in Constantinople, this 174-page parchment volume dates from the 10th century and is the
oldest surviving copy of its author's work. FTP, identify this document, which contains
notes and calculations for "On Floating Bodies" and the "Method of Mechanical
Theorems."
Answer: _ARCHIMEDES_ Palimpsest
TOSSUP 5
Formed in 1849 in New York City as the secret Order of the Star Spangled Banner, it
quickly established lodges in almost every major American city. A response to a rising
tide of immigrants in the Midwest and East, this group won adherents after the passage in
1854 of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and by 1855 could claim 43 representatives in
Congress. FTP, name the party best known by a nickname derived from the stonewalling
answer its members were expected to give.
Answer: _KNOW-NOTHING_ Party
Accept: _AMERICAN_ Party
TOSSUP 6
Expelled from the Merchant Taylors School in 1665, he somehow managed to get himself
ordained into the Church of England, but was imprisoned for perjury while serving as a
Curate in Hastings in 1674. He joined the Roman Catholic Church in 1677 but was
expelled from seminaries in France and Spain, and so returned to London in 1678. FTP,
name the renegade Anglican priest who in that year fabricated the Popish plot and gave
rise to a reign of terror.
Answer: Titus _OATES_
TOSSUP 7
His career began with a bit part in Sylvester Stallone's First Blood, but it would be
another 12 years before he would escape obscurity to become TV's "hunkiest guy." Soon
after taking home a Golden Globe award and an Emmy nomination, he temporarily gave
up TV to star in movies which, to date, have included Jade and Kiss of Death. He
returned to TV last year as Michael Hayes. FTP, name this redheaded method actor who
played Detective John Scott on NYPD Blue.
Answer: David _CARUSO_
TOSSUP 8
The toxicity of this element figures prominently in the Isaac Asimov short story "Sucker
Bait." Many of the compounds of this metal, which was isolated for the first time in
1828, have a sweet taste, which is why until 1957 it was called "glucinium." Its hydride
is characterized by "three-center bonds"; its aluminum silicate makes up the precious
gemstone emerald. FTP, name this lightest in weight of the alkaline earth metals.
Answer: _BERYLLIUM_
TOSSUP 9
Founded by a Persian nobleman from Tehran, this religion is the second-most
geographically widespread faith and is followed in more than 230 countries and
dependent territories. It was created a century and a half ago and its followers believe
that there is only one human race and that all the world's religions have been stages in the
revelation of God's will and purpose for humanity. FTP, name it.
ANSWER: _BAHA'I_ (buh-HI)
TOSSUP 10
You'd have to cross two other countries to get from this city of more than four hundred
thousand people to Moscow by land, but it is part of Russia. It wasn't Russian when
Immanuel Kant was born there in 1724, but rather one of the main Prussian seaports on
the Baltic. FTP, name this former East Prussian capital whose name in German literally
translates as "King's Mountain."
Answer: _KALININGRAD_
Accept: _KOENIGSBERG_
TOSSUP 11
The son of a poor West Virginian, he has a "grand design" to be accepted as a Southern
aristocrat. A colonel in the Confederate army, he returns to Mississippi to find his
plantation in ruins. His efforts to return to greatness all end in failure and his dream
vanishes when his last descendant, Jim Bond, is left howling in the ashes of a burning
house. FTP, name this character whose tale is narrated by Quentin Compson to his
Harvard roommate in _Absalom, Absalom!_.
Answer: Thomas _SUTPEN_
TOSSUP 12
Late in life he fell in love with Clotilde de Vaux (cloh-TEELD de VOH), a married
woman, and scandalized his early admirers by proclaiming that intellect must always be
subordinated to feeling. This was a far cry from his earlier ideas, which included the
notion that human history was nothing more than the progression of science, from
astronomy and mathematics all the way through biology and sociology--a term he himself
coined. For ten points, name this Positivist thinker.
ANSWER: (Isidore) Auguste (Marie Francois) _COMTE_ (the M is sounded as an N)
TOSSUP 13
An old sea captain, in the midst of a struggle with the elements, swears an impious oath
to round the Cape of Good Hope even if it takes him an eternity. A curse is pronounced
on him and lasts for centuries until it is lifted by the Norweigan maiden Senta. You also
name a mine and a train when you name, FTP, this opera by Richard (REE-kard) Wagner
(VOG-ner).
Answer: The _FLYING DUTCHMAN_ or Der _FLIEGENDE (FLEE-gan-dah)
HOLLANDER_
TOSSUP 14
He angered Indians with _India: A Wounded Civilization_, Africans with _A Bend in a
River_, and his Caribbean compatriots with books like _The Mimic Men_; he's also made
Paul Theroux mad enough to savage him in the new book _Sir Vidia's Shadow_. FTP,
name this author whose early novels like _A House for Mr. Biswas_ are set in his native
Trinidad.
Answer: Vidiadhar Surajprasad (V. S.) _NAIPAUL_
TOSSUP 15
The rulers of this empire descended from the great ancestor-hero Odudawa, who came
from the East to settle at Ile-Ife. Odudawa's son became the first alafin, or leader, of what
would by 1700 be the most powerful and important state in West Africa, controlling all
lands between the Volta and Niger Rivers. FTP, name this Yoruban empire north of
Lagos, which subjugated the Dahomey in the 1730s but fell to invading Fulani Muslims
shortly after 1800.
Answer: _OYO_
TOSSUP 16
Defined by a fedora and a disciplinarian style, this hockey coach ranks among the most
successful head coaches in professional sports history. Seven years after an ankle injury
ended his playing career, he returned as coach to the Montreal Canadiens, with whom he
had won three Stanley Cups. As coach, he added a remarkable eight more in only thirteen
years. FTP, name the Hall of Famer who shares his given name with a Trojan hero and
his nickname with a bodily appendage.
Answer: Hector "Toe" _BLAKE_
TOSSUP 17
They have radii on the order of that of the Earth, and they can be nearly one million times
as dense as water. Sirius B is an example of this class of stars, which are kept from
contracting by electron degeneracy pressure as long as the mass does not exceed the
Chandrasekhar limit of one point four (1.4) solar masses. FTP, name this low-luminosity
type of star, most often composed of carbon and oxygen, which will be the final resting
state of the Sun.
Answer: _WHITE DWARF_
TOSSUP 18
In economics, it is equal to the average price times the aggregate quantity of goods
divided by the amount of money in existence. In the most rigid quantity theory of money,
this quantity is fairly constant, meaning that price levels move in direct proportion to the
amount of money. Most economists, however, deem this quantity to be itself a function
of other variables, such as interest rates. This term for the number of uses per year of
each dollar is more easily determined in physics by taking the time derivative of position.
FTP, name it.
Answer: Transaction _VELOCITY_ of Money or Transaction _VELOCITY_ of
Circulation
TOSSUP 19
Romantically called the "gray-eyed man of destiny" by his Southern admirers and a
lawless brigand by his Northern critics, this Tennessean by birth was one of the most
successful filibusterers of all time. His buccanneering expeditions to Central America led
him to gain the Presidency of Nicaragua in 1856. FTP, name this man whose luck ran out
in front of a Honduras firing squad on September 12, 1860.
Answer: William _WALKER_
TOSSUP 20
After marrying Teeny Sattler in 1954, he lived in a comfortable semi-retirement and
became a United States citizen in 1955. Born in Blainville, France, in 1887, he
developed an irreverence for conventional aesthetics and used his "ready-mades" to
herald a new artistic revolution. Friendly with the Dadaists and Surrealists, he painted few
other pictures after 1912's controversial Nude Descending a Staircase Number 2. FTP,
name him.
Answer: Marcel _DUCHAMP_
TOSSUP 21
A 1980 miniseries of this name was second only to Roots in Nielsen ratings. Its original
meaning was "commander of the imperial armies," though a more accurate translation of
the expanded title might be "barbarian-quelling generalissimo." Minamoto Yoritomo was
the first to assume this title in 1192. Over the next seven hundred years, members of the
Minamoto, Ashikaga, and Tokugawa families all held this title. For ten points, identify
this title of Japanese dictators.
Answer: _SHOGUN_
TOSSUP 22
At over 50,000 lines, this epic tells the story of the son of King Dasaratha. His son is the
seventh incarnation of Vishnu and was sent by the gods to kill Ravana, a demon. This
Sanskrit poem, written by Sage Valmiki, tells of Prince Rama's quest to kill Ravana and
his efforts to marry the princess Sita. FTP, name it.
ANSWER: _RAMAYANA_
TOSSUP 23
Non-Volatile. Synchronous. Extended Data Out. Video. Dynamic. Static. These are all
specific types of a common and necessary computer component, often packaged as a
SIMM [sim] or DIMM [dim]. FTP, what is this component, usually measured today in
megabytes, and almost always identified by the acronym RAM?
Answer: _RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY_ (accept RAM before the very last clue)
BONI
BONUS 1
"I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer," vowed U.S. Grant in 1864.
But at the same time, saying "Those not skinning can hold a leg," he looked to three other
generals -- all political appointees -- to keep the South busy on other lines. FTPA:
a. What German immigrant was in command in the Shenandoah Valley?
Answer: Franz _SIGEL_
b. What much-loathed commander of the Army of the James who issued the infamous
"Woman Order" when his troops occupied New Orleans?
Answer: Benjamin _BUTLER_
c. Who was Butler's successor in Louisiana, the commander of the Army of the Gulf?
Answer: Nathaniel _BANKS_
BONUS 2
This 1862 poem relates the story of two sisters. One succumbs to the temptation to eat a
piece of forbidden fruit, which she purchases with a lock of her hair, while the other
refuses to eat the fruit, but has it pressed upon her body by offensive small creatures with
ugly noses. Luckily for the first sister, the juice from the fruit forcefully pressed upon the
second sister’s body, serves as an antidote. First, for 10 points, name this poem.
Answer: _GOBLIN MARKET_
For ten more points, who wrote "Goblin Market"?
Answer: Christina _ROSETTI_
Now, for five points each, give the name of the two sisters who struggle with the
forbidden fruit.
Answer: _LAURA_ and _LIZZIE_ (accept _ELIZABETH_)
BONUS 3
5 points: Name the bridge that connects The Bronx, New York and Fort Lee, New Jersey.
ANSWER: _GEORGE WASHINGTON_ Bridge
10 points: In what city is London Bridge?
ANSWER: _LAKE HAVASU CITY_, Arizona
The Ambassador Bridge is the most trafficked border crossing between the United States
and Canada. What two cities does it connect, five points for one, fifteen for both?
ANSWER: _DETROIT_, Michigan and _WINDSOR_, Ontario
BONUS 4
Identify the common name of the following pets given their genus and species, on a 5-1015 basis.
(5) Canis domestica
Answer: _DOG_
(10) Carassius auratus
Answer: _GOLDFISH_
(15) Any of several animals of genus Anolis
Answer: _CHAMELEON_ (accept _ANOLE_; these are the little chameleons kept as
pets)
BONUS 5
10 points: In 1974, a crowd of almost 60,000 fans chanted "Ali, bomaye," meaning, "Ali,
kill him." Who did these boxing fans want Ali to kill?
ANSWER: George _FOREMAN_
5 points: What was the name of this famous match?
ANSWER: _RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE_
15 points: Ali became only the second man in boxing history to regain his heavyweight
boxing title. Who was the first?
ANSWER: Floyd _PATTERSON_
BONUS 6
I'll give the lyrics from a hit R&B song. You'll get 15 points if you can give the next line,
10 points for the song title or 5 points for the artist or artists.
a) "I think it's time we got this straight. Let's sit and talk face to face"
ANSWERS:
Line: _"THERE IS NO WAY YOU COULD MISTAKE HIM FOR YOUR MAN"_
Song: _THE BOY IS MINE_
Artists: _BRANDY_ and _MONICA_
b) "Boy, I been watching you like a hawk in the sky that flies, cause you were my prey /
Boy, I promise you if we keep bumping heads, I know that one of these days"
ANSWERS:
Line: _"WE GON HOOK IT UP WHILE WE TALK ON THE PHONE"_
Song: _"ARE YOU THAT SOMEBODY?"_
Artist: _AALIYAH_
BONUS 7
Identify the following terms from the airline industry on a 5-10-15 basis:
(5) This is simply travel from point A to point B, and then back from point B to point A
Answer: _ROUND TRIP_
(10) This is travel from point A to point B, and then from point C back to point A
Answer: _OPEN JAW_
(15) This letter is used to designate the highest full-fare coach class ticket
Answer: _Y_
BONUS 8
Given the classical music composition, name its Russian composer on a 5-10-15 basis.
a) "Capriccio Espagnol"
Answer: Nikolai _RIMSKY-KORSAKOV_
b) "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Answer: Sergei _RACHMANINOV_
c) "The Fiery Angel"
Answer: Sergei _PROKOFIEV_
BONUS 9
Answer these questions about the early years of European unity FTPE.
a) This 1950 plan called for the creation of a Coal and Steel Community between
Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy, and West Germany, which became
known as the Six.
Answer: _SCHUMAN PLAN_
b) He was the first president of the Coal and Steel Community and is known as the father
of the Common Market.
Answer: Jean _MONNET_ (mon-NAY)
c) This 1954 plan called for the pooling of the armies of the Six into a European Defense
Community, but failed to pass the French Assembly.
Answer: _PLEVIN PLAN_
BONUS 10
For ten points each, give the three names which identify the visible, ultraviolet, and
infrared spectroscopic line series for the hydrogen atom.
ANSWERS: _BALMER_ _LYMAN_ _PASCHEN_ (also accept Brackett or Pfund)
BONUS 11
Given the book, name the economist who wrote it.
a) The New Industrial State
Answer: John Kenneth _GALBRAITH_
b) A Theory of Moral Sentiments
Answer: Adam _SMITH_
c) The Economic Consequences of the Peace
Answer: John Maynard _KEYNES_ (pron. CANES)
BONUS 12
Name the creators of the following literary title characters, 10 points each.
A) Felix Holt, the Radical
ANSWER: _G_eorge _ELIOT_ or Mary Ann _EVANS_
B) Felix Randal
ANSWER: Gerard Manley _HOPKINS_
C) Felix Krull, Confidence Man
ANSWER: Thomas _MANN_
BONUS 13
Answer the following questions about the US's recognition of the USSR for ten points
each.
1. In what year did the US officially recognize the Communist government of the Soviet
Union?
Answer: _1933_
2. Name the first American ambassador to the USSR.
Answer: William _BULLITT_
3. Name the Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs whose correspondence with FDR led
to the resumption of diplomatic relations.
Answer: Maxim _LITINOV_
BONUS 14
Identify the work from the line F15P, 5 if you need the author.
a. (15 point clue): "It was a cold, cool April day and the clocks were striking 13."
(5 point clue): George Orwell.
Answer: _NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR_
b. (15 point clue): "A little learning is a dangerous thing;/Drink deep, or taste not the
Pierian spring."
(5 point clue): Alexander Pope
Answer: An _ESSAY ON CRITICISM_
BONUS 15
FTPE, identify the following classes of organic compounds.
A. A molecule containing a hydrocarbon group and a hydrogen atom both joined to the
carbon of a carbonyl group.
Answer: _ALDEHYDE_
B. A molecule in which two hydrocarbon groups are joined by an oxygen
atom.
Answer: _ETHER_ (do not accept ester)
C. A molecule in which a hydrocarbon group is bonded to a carbon that is triple-bonded
to a nitrogen atom.
Answer: _NITRILE_ (prompt on "cyano group")
BONUS 16
It often seems as though lawyers are speaking a foreign language; sometimes that's
because they are. FTPE, identify the following pieces of non-English legalese.
A. This French term names the process in which potential jurors are questioned to see if
they are biased or otherwise unacceptable to the lawyers involved in a case.
Answer: _VOIR DIRE_ ("Vwahr deer", roughly)
B. Legal work done without charge is referred to by this two-word name, an abbreviated
version of a Latin phrase meaning "for the public good".
Answer: _PRO BONO_ (from pro bono publico)
C. This Latin phrase, which humorist Dave Barry once defined as "Can I pay by check?"
describes a plea in which a defendant submits to a conviction and punishment without
admitting wrongdoing.
Answer: _NOLO CONTENDERE_
BONUS 17
Name the authors from works on a 15-5 basis.
a. (15 point clue) The Death of Metuselah, Meshugah
(5 point clue) Gimpel the Fool, The Golem
Answer: _ISAAC_ Bashevis _SINGER_ or _I.B. SINGER_
b. (15 point clue) The Arrow of Gold, Under Western Eyes
(5 point clue) An Outcast of the Islands, Lord Jim
Answer: Joseph _CONRAD_
BONUS 18
Pencil and paper may be needed. Though these questions shouldn't take you too long to
answer, you'll have ten seconds per part. Give all answers in SI units. Consider a ball
fired up into the air at a velocity of 20 meters per second. FTPE, neglecting air
resistance:
A. Within ten percent, how fast will the ball be moving one second
later?
Answer: _10.19 METERS PER SECOND_ (accept 9.17 to 11.21 m/s)
B. Within ten percent, how long will it take the ball to land?
Answer: _4.08 SECONDS_ (accept 3.67 to 4.485 seconds)
C. Within ten percent, how fast will the ball be moving when it lands?
Answer: _20 METERS PER SECOND_ (accept 18 to 22 seconds)
(This last answer is what should have made it possible to answer B.
quickly)
BONUS 19
Given the English king, give the royal surname FTPE.
a. Henry the Third
Answer: _PLANTAGENET_
b. Henry the Fourth
Answer: _LANCASTER_
c. For a final ten points, name the family, a bastard line descended from John
of Gaunt, through which Henry the Seventh legitimized his claim to the throne.
Answer: _BEAUFORT_
BONUS 20
Given a foreign politician, name the party that he leads.
a) Keizo Obuchi
Answer: _L_iberal _D_emocratic _Party_ or _LIBERAL DEMOCRATS_
b) Jose Maria Aznar
Answer: _PARTIDO POPULAR_ or _PEOPLE'S PARTY_ or _POPULAR PARTY_
c) Benjamin Netanyahu.
Answer: _LIKUD_ (accept "Likud-Tsomet-Gesher")
BONUS 21
FTPE, identify the philosophers who offered us the following thoughts:
a) "In life, there are no answers in the back of the book"
Answer: Soren _KIERKEGAARD_
b) "Too much, or not enough!"
Answer: Friedrich _NIETZSCHE_
c) "Act such that you would wish the maxim of your actions to be a universal rule"
Answer: Immanuel _KANT_
ROUND 9: Questions by Williams KGB and Yale Russel Jones
TOSSUP 1
When Jose Arcadio marries his cousin Ursula, gypsies foresee the family's impending
demise due to incest. Over the generations, names, personality traits and situations
repeat, until Aureliano (oh-ray-lee-AH-no) falls in love with his aunt Amaranta Ursula,
who dies bearing the last child of the line, which is born with a pig's tail and consumed by
voracious ants. FTP, what 1967 Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel recounts the isolated
destiny of the Buendia family?
ANSWER: _CIEN ANOS DE SOLEDAD_ or A _HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE_
or One _HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE_
TOSSUP 2
In 1998, Wayne Mouritzen, an alumnus of this institute of higher education, publicly
announced that he is gay. His alma mater promptly informed him that he had been
officially banned from the school's campus. It prides itself on being the "world's most
unusual university," and it lost tax-exempt status after prohibiting interracial dating on its
campus. FTP, name this ultra-conservative college located in Greenville, South Carolina.
Answer: _BOB JONES_ University
TOSSUP 3
With an area of seven hundred eighty-seven square miles, this island nation is today one
of the most densely populated places on Earth -- quite ironic, considering that until
European colonization, it was completely uninhabited, save for the graceful dodo bird.
The first owners were the Dutch, who named it for their stadtholder. Today, however, it is
a member of the British Commonwealth. For 10 points, name this Indian Ocean nation
whose capital is Port Louis.
Answer: _MAURITIUS_
Note: The Dutch stadtholder was Maurice of Nassau.
TOSSUP 4
Subtitled "How what becomes what one is," this philosophical work was written in 1888
and published 20 years later. It is divided into 3 modestly titled sections: "Why I am so
Wise," "Why I am so Clever," and "Why I write Such Good Books." FTP, name this work
of self-reflection by Friedriech Nietzsche.
A: _ECCE HOMO_
TOSSUP 5
Based on a play by Alexandre Dumas fils (FEESE), this opera's libretto was written by
Francesco Maria Piave. Alfredo Germont, scion of a leading Provencal family, falls in
love with Violetta Valery, but she leaves him at his father's request. Later, as she is dying
from tuberculosis, both father and son learn the error of their ways and seek her
forgivness. Of course, since this is opera, it's too late and she dies in Alfredo's arms. FTP,
name this Verdi opera whose title can be translated as The Lost One.
A: La _TRAVIATA_ (accept "The _LOST ONE_" before the end)
TOSSUP 6
In the past year, several of these have been caught in the waters of Indonesia, marking the
first time a population of these have been found outside of the Republic of the Comoros.
First identified by Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer and J.L.B. Smith, these fish go by the
nickname "Old Fourlegs." FTP, name these fishy final inhabitants of the Devonian seas.
A:_COELACANTH_ (c-low-canth)
TOSSUP 7
Born in Florence, this painter studied under Carlous-Duran. He first experienced popular
success with "Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose," a study of two little girls lighting Japanese
lanterns. Although perhaps best known for his portraiture, his other works include a series
of murals on the Jewish and Christian museums for the Boston Public Library. FTP, name
this American painter renowned for the portrait of "Madame X."
A: John Singer _SARGENT_
TOSSUP 8
The title character of this book, who grows up in a fishing village, starts life with the
name Chiyo. She is then sold into slavery in Kyoto, where she is trained to be an
entertainer and her name is changed to Sayuri. She survives World War II, and eventually
finds happiness with The Chairman. For ten points, name this recent Arthur Golden
bestseller.
A: _MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA_
TOSSUP 9
Her decision in favor of Orestes was cited as the Greek precedent that a tie vote signified
acquittal. She was the patroness of handicrafts and spinning in addition to her better
known roles. According to Pindar, this daughter of Metis, whom Zeus had swallowed,
was born after Hephaestus struck Zeus' head open with an axe. FTP, name this gray-eyed
goddess associated with the olive tree and the owl.
A: _ATHENA_
TOSSUP 10
He has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell, but he's not your run-of-themill science nerd. While in college, he won a Steve Martin impersonation contest, and
his desire to both perform and inform led to his current gig. Oh-so-clever song parodies,
like En Lobe's "Whatta Brain" and "Let's Talk About Stress" by a Salt n' Pepa-esqe trio,
liven up his PBS children's show. FTP, name the eponymous star of the show.
ANSWER: Bill _NYE_ the Science Guy
TOSSUP 11
The recipient of the first political science Ph.D. awarded by Harvard, this man served in
the Senate for 31 years. His son followed him in the Senate and ran for Vice President. A
delegate to the Washington Conference and the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, he is best known for his strident opposition to the Versailles Treaty and the
League of Nations. FTP, name this Republican senator from Massachusetts.
A: Henry Cabot _LODGE_ Sr.
TOSSUP 12
The royal line of Hugh Capet, which had ruled France, fell after the brief reign of Philip
the Fourth, a fall caused, some say, by a curse levelled against Philip's father, when
Jacques de Molay, the last grandmaster of this order, was burned at the stake ostensibly
for heresy, but primarily to enrich the French Crown. Redundant after the fall of Acre,
FTP, what order of knights was best known for its distinctive regalia of a white surcoat
with a red cross?
A: The _KNIGHTS TEMPLAR_ or _POOR KNIGHTS OF CHRIST AND THE
TEMPLE OF SOLOMON_
TOSSUP 13
He wrote A View From the Bench, and he was named one of the ten greatest coaches in
NBA history. He played for the Rochester Royals and then one season with the Hawks,
before being named the Hawks' coach. The Knicks honored him in 1990 by retiring the
number 613, the number of victories he had in his tenure with the team. FTP, name this
two-time championship coach who died on Friday the 13th of last month.
Answer: William "Red" _HOLZMAN_
TOSSUP 14
After supporting the British during the Revolution, this American-born scientist and
adventurer migrated to Europe, where he became a consultant on weaponry to the king of
Bavaria. In 1798, he demonstrated that water could be boiled if placed in contact with a
cannon barrel while it was being drilled. His work predated that of Joule, and led to the
development of the three laws of thermodynamics. FTP, name this scientist also known
as Count Rumford.
ANSWER: Benjamin _THOMPSON_
TOSSUP 15
While fall in the United States is marked by turkey, pilgrims, and Indians, you're likely to
find different decorations in Mexico during this season. This unique holiday is marked by
private altars set up in homes, visits to cemeteries, decorative skulls, music-playing
skeletons, and a morbidly monikered bread. FTP, name this holiday celebrated on
November 1st and 2nd.
Answer: _DAY OF THE DEAD_ or _DIA DE LOS MUERTOS_
TOSSUP 16
Born in 1765, this Asian poet, who supported the restoration of the Le dynasty's power,
was popular among both commoners and royalty. His most celebrated poem, "Kim Van
Kieu," was rooted in a Chinese historical novel and addressed the Buddhist idea of
karmic retribution. FTP, name this so-called "father of Vietmanese literature."
ANSWER: _NGUYEN DU_ (pron. WIN DU)
TOSSUP 17
John Wozniak, the singer-songwriter for this band, lived in Minneapolis during the '70s.
There he attended an experimental hippie elementary school, after which the band was
named. Wozniak had one particularly strong memory of the day when he stared out of a
school window down onto the playground, anticipating his afternoon date with a couple
of bullies. FTP, what 3-piece band scored a hit with the song "Sex and Candy"?
ANSWER: _MARCY PLAYGROUND_
TOSSUP 18
When China was under Mongol rule, members of this group were discriminated against,
and kept from holding public service jobs. But they later overcame this oppression in
fine form, establishing a dynasty that re-introduced Confucianism and invented paper and
porcelain. FTP, name this longest-ruling Chinese dynasty.
Answer: _HAN_
TOSSUP 19
Its director claims the title came from a book of his own poetry, but his friend Federico
Garcia Lorca took it as an insult. Described by its director as a "desperate, passionate call
to crime," it features a scene where ants swarm from a hole in a man's hand and another
where a man drags a rope attached to a piano, two priests, and a pair of putrefying
donkeys. FTP, what classic surreal film by Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuel (boon-WELL)
features a famous scene where a sharpened razor slices an eye?
ANSWER: _UN CHIEN ANDALOU_ or _AN ANDALUSIAN DOG_ or _UN PERRO
ANDALUZ_
TOSSUP 20
This American engineer and teacher joined the Bell Telephone Laboratories in 1936, after
earning degrees from Harvard and CalTech. During World War II, he served as director
of research for a Navy research group on submarine warfare. He would become a
controversial figure in the 1960s because he said IQ tests proved blacks to inferior to
whites. FTP, name this engineer who shared the Nobel Prize in 1956 for his role in the
development of the resistor.
ANSWER: William _SHOCKLEY_
TOSSUP 21
This Roman didn't want to become emperor; the Praetorian guard went rampaging
through the palace, looking for someone to become Emperor. Perhaps he should have
stayed hidden; he changed law so that marriages between men and their nieces would be
legal, and married his. She poisoned him. For ten points, name this husband and victim of
Agrippina.
Answer: _CLAUDIUS_
TOSSUP 22
In this man's formulation of the evolution of quantum systems, the stationary states are
constant over time and the operators are what actually carry the time evolution. Onefourth of the square of the expectation value of the commutator of the two observables is
actually the lower bound in the generalized form of his most famous result. For ten
points, name this man who postulated a famous uncertainty principle.
ANSWER: Werner _HEISENBERG_
TOSSUP 23
The adventures of this character, the lover of Sir Calepine, begin when she wanders into
Faerieland. Cannibalistic savages kidnap her in her sleep, and eventually, she is rescued
by Sir Calepine, who only recognizes her in the light of day. FTP, name this character
featured in Edmund Spenser's "The Faerie Queene."
ANSWER: _SERENA_
BONI
BONUS 1
Everyone dreams of a relaxing vacation on a beautiful tropical island surrounded by white
sand beaches. Some islands, however, are not quite as nice. For 10 points each, identify
the following island prisons.
a. At the mouth of the harbor of Marseille, this speck of land is the site of a castle where
many famous Frenchmen were imprisoned, as well as the fictional Count of Monte
Cristo.
Answer: Isle of _IF_ (pron. "EEF")
Accept Ile ("eel") d'_IF_ or Chateau d'_IF_
b. Located near Tacoma in Puget Sound, this island's penitentiary has housed both federal
and state prisoners.
Answer: _McNEIL_ Island
c. Nelson Mandela is the most famous former inmate of this small, barren island, South
Africa's Alcatraz, right off Cape Town. It has since been closed and transformed into a
museum.
Answer: _ROBBEN_ Island
BONUS 2
It's time for classical music arithmetic! For 10 points each, given the names of classical
symphonies, perform the stated mathematical operations on the corresponding symphony
numbers and give the result. Assume that the standard order of operations is followed.
[READ SLOWLY!]
a. Beethoven's "Pastoral" Symphony, PLUS Mozart's "Haffner" Symphony, PLUS
Tchaikovsky's "Pathetique" Symphony.
ANS: _47_
[#6 + #35 + #6 = 47]
b. Saint-Saens' "Organ" Symphony, TIMES Schubert's "Unfinished" Symphony, MINUS
Prokofiev's "Classical" Symphony.
ANS: _23_
[#3 * #8 - #1 = 23]
c. Dvorak's (DVOR-jacque's) "From the New World" Symphony, DIVIDED BY
Mendelssohn's "Scottish" Symphony, PLUS Rimsky-Korsakov's "Antar" Symphony.
ANS: _5_
[#9 / #3 + #2 = 5]
BONUS 3
Identify these sports figures, 10 points each.
A) This tennis player caused a furor at Wimbledon in 1995 with his short temper and wild
accusations of corruption against umpire Bruno Rebeuh (reh-BUE).
ANSWER: Jeff _TARANGO_
B) This Orioles outfielder would probaby have caught a certain Derek Jeter fly ball in
1996 had not a sniveling little twit named Jeffrey Maier interfered.
ANSWER: Tony _TARASCO_
C) This thoroughbred won the Preakness and Belmont Stakes in 1994, but finished only
6th in the Kentucky Derby.
ANSWER: _TABASCO CAT_
BONUS 4
Given two animals, give the smallest level of classification that is shared by the two, and
the name of that level in English or Latin. For instance, if I said humans and chimps
you'd say "order primates", and if I said humans and dogs you'd say "class mammalia".
Both parts of each answer must be correct to earn you the 10 points.
1) Escargots (ess-car-GOE) and Calamari
A: _PHYLUM MOLLUSCA_ or _MOLLUSKS_
2) Lions and Sea Lions
A:_ORDER CARNIVORA_ or _CARNIVORES_
3) Mad Dogs and Englishmen
A:_CLASS MAMMALIA_ or _MAMMALS_
BONUS 5
For the stated number of points, given the ingredients of the drink and how to make it,
give its name.
a. For five points: "1.5 ounces Tequila, one-half ounce Triple Sec, 1 ounce Lemon or
Lime juice. Encircle rim of cocktail glass with lemon or lime wedge, then dip rim into
salt. Shake ingredients with ice then strain into glass."
Answer: _MARGARITA_
b. For ten points: "1.75 ounces Gin, one-half ounce Dry Vermouth. Mix vermouth and
gin in mixing glass, then strain into cocktail glass. Serve with a twist of lemon peel or
olive."
Answer: _DRY MARTINI_
c. For fifteen points: "one-half ounce Vodka, one-half ounce Gin, one-half ounce Light
Rum, one-half ounce Tequila, juice of one half Lemon, 1 dash Cola. Pour ingredients
over crushed ice in highball glass. Add cola for color and garnish with lemon."
Answer: _LONG ISLAND ICED TEA_
BONUS 6
Shakespeare kept reusing names -- and it wasn't just all those Henrys.
a. For fifteen points, a character with what name appears in Twelfth Night, The Merchant
Of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, The Tempest, and Two Gentlemen Of Verona?
Answer: _ANTONIO_
b. For fifteen more points, in what play other than Romeo and Juliet does a Juliet appear?
Answer: _MEASURE FOR MEASURE_
(The woman in Two Gentlemen of Verona is Julia.)
BONUS 7
Well, the victors may get the spoils, but do they win everlasting fame? Let's find out.
Given a battle, name the victorious general for the stated number of points.
5: Cannae
A:_HANNIBAL_
10: Kasserine Pass
A: Erwin _ROMMEL_
15: Horns of Hattin
A: _SALADIN_ the Kurd
BONUS 8
Answer these questions about Norse myth, for ten points each.
a. This king of the Frost Giants once stole Thor's hammer, Mjollnir (MYOLE-neer), and
buried it. Thor had to impersonate Freya to get it back.
Answer: _THRYM_
b. He is the ancestor of the Danish war-kings, and is named for the shield on which he
floated to the shores of Slesvik.
A:_SKJOLD SKJEFING_ (Scyld Sheafing)
c. This son of Njord is the god of rain, sunshine, and growth. He gave up his marvelous
sword to obtain the hand of the beautiful maiden Gerda.
A: _FREY_ (accept _FREYR_, but not Freya)
BONUS 9
FTPE, identify these Nicaraguan leaders.
a) Born on January 23, 1946, he became mayor of Managua and helped it recover from
the 1972 earthquake prior to rising through the ranks of the Liberal Constitutional Party.
Eventually, he became President.
Answer: Arnoldo _ALEMAN_
b) He joined the Sandinista National Liberation Front after briefly studying law. He was
made the head of urban resistance and eventually became President, as well.
Answer: Daniel _ORTEGA_
c) Ortega lost his bid for election to this former newspaper publisher.
Answer: Violeta Barrios de _CHAMORRO_
BONUS 10
FTPE, name these characters from children's literature.
a) A supporting character in several Beverly Cleary books, she is the spoiled brat sister of
Ramona Quimby's friend Howie.
ANSWER: _WILLA JEAN_ Kemp
b) This is the black crewman who befriends the title character in "The True Confessions
of Charlotte Doyle".
ANSWER: _ZACHARIAH_
c) A frequent quotation-spouter and one of a trio of mystical guides, her spectacles allow
Meg Murry to walk through barriers in "A Wrinkle in Time."
ANSWER: _MRS. WHO_
BONUS 11
FTPE, answer these questions about criminology.
a) This Robert Merten idea examines how economic inequality, by causing tension
between culturally held goals and the institutional means for fulfilling them, can lead to
criminal behavior.
ANSWER: _STRAIN THEORY_
b) This concept involves the rejection of such goals and means, and the use of subsequent
criminal behavior as a means of survival.
ANSWER: _RETREATISM_
c) According to this Travis Hirschi idea, every person is born bad and has the potential to
demonstrate criminal behavior. Attachment, commitment, involvement, and belief are
the elements of a bond in society which can curb one's criminal tendencies.
ANSWER: _SOCIAL CONTROL THEORY_ or _BONDING THEORY_
BONUS 12
FTPE, answer these questions about the Thornton Wilder play, "The Skin of Our Teeth."
a) This New Jersey suburb, which shares its name with a packaging product line, is the
Antrobus family's hometown.
ANSWER: _EXCELSIOR_
b) This actress occasionally steps out of her role as Sabina (sa-BYE-nah) to address the
audience and complain about the play.
ANSWER: Miss _SOMERSET_
c) At the start of Act III, the absence of several actors is explained as being due to this
problem.
ANSWER: _FOOD POISONING_ or _PTOMAINE POISONING_
BONUS 13
Often parodied by Saturday Night Live, "The View" is a hit day-time talk show from
ABC. Its hosts are four women who represent different generations. SNL calls three of
them "a sassy black woman, like I've seen on TV," "a working mother," and "a complete
idiot." FTPE, name any three.
ANSWER: Meredith _VIEIRA_, Star _JONES_, Debbie _MATENOPOULOS_, Barbara
_WALTERS_
BONUS 14
30-20-10, name the anthropologist.
30 points: Under the pseudonym Anne Singleton, she wrote poetry in the 1920s and '30s
even after her entrance into anthropology.
20 points: This woman's fieldwork with southwestern U.S. tribes helped develop her
influential theories in the then-burgeoning field of cultural anthropology.
10 points: She wrote "Patterns of Culture," supported cultural relativism, and was the
subject of a 1974 Margaret Mead biography.
ANSWER: Ruth _BENEDICT_
BONUS 15
Dying sucks, but with so many death gods, rest assured you'll be in good hands. For ten
points each, name the system of beliefs that features the given deities.
a. Chamer, (kah-MAIR), Ma Puch (mah pook), Cum Hau, (coom how), Vucub Caquix
(voo-KOOB ka-KEESH), and Cizin (shee-ZEEN)
Answer: _MAYA_n
b. Supay (SOO-pie), Vichama (vee-KA-ma)
Answer: _INCA_n
c. Yama, Nirrti
Answer: _HINDU_
BONUS 16
Name the following particle groups based on some of the particles in each group, 10
points each.
a) Neutron, muon neutrino, electron neutrino
ANSWER: _LEPTON_s
b) Pion, Kaon, eta
ANSWER: _MESON_s
c) Xi, sigma, omega, lambda
ANSWER: _BARYON_s
BONUS 17
FTPE, identify the following people associated with the end of the Helmut Kohl era in
Germany.
a) He succeeded Kohl as leader of the Christian Democrats.
ANSWER: Wolfgang _SCHAUBLE_
b) This Saarland premier and Social Democratic Party chairman became Germany's new
finance minister.
ANSWER: Oskar _LAFONTAINE_
c) This new German foreign minister led his Greens into the national governing coalition
for the first time.
ANSWER: Joschka _FISCHER_
BONUS 18
FTPE, name the following cellular structures.
a) These organelles, surrounded by a single membrane, contain and transport digestive
enzymes that accelerate the breakdown of proteins and lipids.
ANSWER: _LYSOSOMES_
b) These organelles, found only in plants, are the sites where stored lipids and
carbohydrates are converted for transport to growing cells.
ANSWER: _GLYOXYSOMES_
c) These organelles, which are up to 90% of the volume in many plant cells, play a key
role in the sex life of plants.
ANSWER: _VACUOLES_
BONUS
Given the quote, identify the book of the King James Bible from which it was lifted, ten
points each.
a. "And the Lord said, By the three hundred that lappeth I will save thee."
A: _JUDGES_
b. "And he cried out, Eloi Eloi, lama sabachthani, which is translated as, My God, My
God, why hast thou forsaken me?"
A: _MARK_
c. "Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one."
A: _DEUTERONOMY_
BONUS 20
Given an English monarch, name his royal house for five points. You'll get a ten point
bonus for all correct.
a. Henry II
A: _PLANTAGENET_
b. Edward VII
A: _SAXE-COBURG_-Gotha
c. William IV
A:_HANOVER_
d. Edward VIII
A:_WINDSOR_
BONUS 21
FTPE, from the given description, name one of the "four great ones" of 19th-century
Norwegian literature. None of them is Henrik Ibsen.
a) This novelist's works, including his Naturalistic classic, "The Family at Gilje", reflect
the nature, folk life, and spirit of his country.
ANSWER: Jonas _LIE_
b) This man, inspired by the rural life and sagas of his country, wrote its national anthem,
"Yes, We Love This Land", and desired to stimulate Norwegian nationalism.
ANSWER: Bjornstjerne _BJORNSON_
c) This fourth "Great One," whose negative views of the clergy were influenced by
Kierkegaard, engaged in social criticism and is considered the foremost Norwegian prose
stylist of his day.
ANSWER: Alexander _KIELLAND_
ROUND 10: TRASH ROUND
Questions by Jeff Johnson and David Farris, with contributions by Willy Jay, Paul Lujan,
Sahir Islam, and Joaquin Ezcurra
TOSSUP 1
George and Junior, Spike, Red Hot Riding Hood, Droopy, and Screwy Squirrel were
among the many creations of, FAQTP, what manic animator, who also helped create
Daffy Duck and Porky Pig while at Warner Bros. from 1935-1941?
Answer: Tex _AVERY_
TOSSUP 2
Milton Levine (la-VEEN) had the idea July 4, 1956 while watching the ground by his
sister's swimming pool. He sold his first for $2.98, and since then Uncle Milton Industries
has sold about 20 million in several models. If you order the inhabitants too you'll get
Pogonomyrmex californicus from the Mojave desert, but federal law prohibits shipping
the queen for, FTP, what popular toy for amateur myrmrecologists?
ANSWER: _ANT FARM_ (accept equivalent)
TOSSUP 3
CBS's broadcast of the 1987 Tour de France was rather unmemorable, except for a certain
bit of theme music. It was so popular with viewers that this composer privately
manufactured and sold over thirty thousand tapes out of his garage. He has won Emmys
for musical composition -- and also investigative journalism. He later wrote "Roundball
Rock," better known as the theme to "The NBA on NBC." For a shameful 10 points,
name this keyboardist.
Answer: John _TESH_
TOSSUP 4
Marilyn Monroe once said it's what she wore to bed. Created in 1922 and based on an
aldehyde, it was one of the first perfumes based on a completely synthetic smell. FTP
what scent takes its name from the designer of the little black dress?
ANSWER: _CHANEL NO. 5_
TOSSUP 5
Her brother Buddy was a regular on _Mayberry RFD_, where she made her TV debut.
Early films like _Napoleon and Samantha_ & _One Little Indian_ were made for Disney,
for which she continued to work even after darker roles like _The Little Girl Who Lives
Down the Lane_ and the child prostitute whom Travis Bickle tries to rescue. FTP what 2time Oscar winner was most recently seen in _Contact_?
ANSWER:Jodie _FOSTER_
TOSSUP 6
It begins with a parody of the "Night on Bald Mountain" sequence from _Fantasia_, ends
with _Tannhauser's_ overture, and in between includes bad ballet, the fattest horse in
screen history, and Bugs Bunny in drag again as Brunhilda. FTP what is this cartoon
featuring the Wagnerian "Kill da Wabbit" by Elmer Fudd?
ANSWER: _WHAT'S OPERA, DOC?_
TOSSUP 7
George Harrison ran for Parliament as its candidate in 1992 and Doug Henning did the
same in Canada in 1993. Its US headquarters is Maharishi Interanional Univ. in Fairfield,
Iowa. FTP what practice requiring twice-daily invocation of mantras was made popular
by guru-to-the-Beatles Maharishi Mahesh Yogi?
ANSWER: _TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION_ (prompt on TM)
TOSSUP 8
On _All in the Family_ he played Archie Bunker's buddy Stretch Cunningham, and he's
worked steadily in character parts for 30 years, including recent roles in _The Education
of Little Tree_ and a brief appearance in the sequel to the movie that first made him wellknown. The corrupt Captain Dudley Smith in _L. A. Confidential_, Zefram Cochrane in
_Star Trek: First Contact_, and the farmer who owns a talented pig in _Babe_ were all
roles played by, FTP, what actor?
ANSWER: James _CROMWELL_
TOSSUP 9
His ego disowned him, and crashed a party for female cops, but was crushed by his
monstrous insecurities when it fell down and crushed it. He discovered a formula for
antigravity, built an android, and discovered how to clone himself, though he botched its
mathematics, causing it to instead create a hologram and bad chili con carne recipe. His
dog conducted a campaign to ban opera from television, and was made leader of Elbonia.
FTP, identify this hapless Scott Adams comic strip character.
ANSWER: _DILBERT_
TOSSUP 10
This genre's artists include Juanita Coulson, The Black Book Band, Meg Davis, Julia
Ecklar, Steve McDonald, and Ookla the Mok. Its name came from a misspelling in a
report on a gathering of afficionados after a science fiction convention. FTP, identify this
type of music, which had its origins in 1950s science fiction conventions, where fans
would gather write and perform songs about works of science fiction and fantasy.
ANSWER: _FILK_
TOSSUP 11
He has appeared in both Airplane and Airplane 2 in religious roles. His stock-in-trade
parts, however, were as smarmy, amoral people. He played the leeching, oversexed
Charlie Dietz, who lived next door to Dr. Harry Westin. Before that, however, his TV
appearances usually came with text at the bottom of the screen -- like "No free dental
plan," "This part is actually true," and, of course, "He's Lying." FTP, name this actor
famous for his role as the mendacious Joe Isuzu.
ANSWER: David _LEISURE_
TOSSUP 12
The president of the organizing committee for the April 1997 one was Michael Bader,
and the American women's team consisted of Lank and Patti, the American men's of
Disher and Craig. This was be the third time it had been held in Berne, in the Allmend
ice stadium. FTP, identify this premier event of its sport, played on a 138 by 14 foot
sheet of ice with 42 pound granite stones.
ANSWER: _WORLD CURLING CHAMPIONSHIPS_
TOSSUP 13
While on Earth in the 1880s, they picked up Jack the Ripper, who became one of their
Inquisitors. Their mention prompted the Walkers, who hold them in contempt, to assist
the Army of Light. When one showed himself to save a leader's life, he appeared to each
diplomat present as one of their holy beings. The youngest of the First Ones, they were
one of the few to remain in our galaxy after the defeat of the Shadows in about 7740 BC.
FTP, identify this race on Babylon 5 whose members include former ambassador Kosh
Naranek, rarely seen out of their encounter suits.
ANSWER: _VORLONS_
TOSSUP 14
When asked what he would do to the man who shot and paralyzed him, he responded that
he would "Poke his eyes out. Rip his balls off. Pull his fingernails out. But I wouldn't
kill him." He says pedophilia, bestiality, and necrophilia are "beyond the norm", though
he admitted to experimenting with the second, but accepts most anything else. The only
person to whom he would offer $20 million to pose nude, he said, is Hillary Clinton,
although she isn't likely to appear in Hustler anytime soon. FTP, identify this man,
recently portrayed by Woody Harrelson.
ANSWER: Larry _FLYNT_
TOSSUP 15
It contained a car chase scene done in reverse, a crooked cop caught with a crooked
judge, a rocket scientist, and a smartmouthed plant delivery boy played by John Murray.
It was about a group of people who have to go to traffic school for various reasons,
including being pushed into traffic while in a mobile puppet stage. FTP, name this movie
which airs frequently on "Comedy Central."
Answer: _MOVING VIOLATIONS_
TOSSUP 16
His catchphrase comes from First Corinthians 15:10. He first appeared in E. C. Segar's
comic strip _Thimble Theatre_ on January 15, 1929, wearing an all-white sailor suit
instead of the familiar blue pants and black jersey with a red collar. He stroked three
hairs on the head of the Whiffle Hen for strength instead of eating an herb from the
goosefoot family. FTP, what character replaced Ham Gravy as Olive Oyl's perennial
suitor and favorite spinach eater?
ANSWER: _POPEYE_ the Sailor Man
TOSSUP 17
He recently returned to Broadway in the musical "1776," playing the role of John Adams.
His previous TV guest appearances included recurring roles as perpetually unlucky
redneck Bob Wheeler on Night Court and as Dr. Noonien Soong on Star Trek: The Next
Generation -- a show on which he also appeared in other roles. FTP, name this man who
released an album entitled "Old Yellow Eyes" in tribute to his role as Commander Data.
Answer: Brent _SPINER_
TOSSUP 18
He considered his recovery from a renal failure in November 22, 1963 a miracle of Saint
Anthony. His only movie, "Sincerely Yours", was a failure, though his 1950s television
program was carried by more stations than "I Love Lucy" at its peak, and was played 10
times a week by one New York station. His first gigs were in Milwaukee nightspots
during his teens, under the name Walter Buster Keys, but he soon played such venues as
Carnegie Hall and the Hollywood Bowl, where he wore a white suit to distinguish him
from the other players. FTP, identify this flamboyant pianist, known as "Mr
Showmanship", who has a museum in Las Vegas.
ANSWER: Wladzui (or Walter) Valentino _LIBERACE_
TOSSUP 19
He ran away from his parents and their farm, hoping to make a living as a thief, when
Garkin took him on as an apprentice. All was well until an Imp assassin killed Garkin,
who had stranded the Pervect Aahz in Klah without his powers, who then joined up with
him to combat the evil Isstvan, who sought to control all the magikal energy of all
dimensions. FTP, identify this hero of Robert Asprin's "Myth" series.
ANSWER: _SKEEVE_
TOSSUP 20
When the third hole was plugged up, a Captain Crunch whistle from the 1970s would
produce a sound at this frequency. When AT&T, in order to cut costs, put its longdistance signaling and voice systems on the same circuit, this tone would make the
internal dial circuits accessible, allowing blue box-wielding phone phreakers to wreak
havoc. FTP, identify this frequency which inspired the name of a popular hacker
periodical.
ANSWER: _2600 HERTZ_
BONUS 1
Carnival sideshows are a dying form of pop culture; can you contribute at least to the
survival of their lingo? Give the following sideshow terms from definitions FTPE.
1. A performer whose act consists of ingesting small animals alive or dead, whole or in
part.
ANSWER: _GEEK_ (accept "Glomming GEEK," a more specific answer)
2. The numerical term for multiple sideshow attractions under one tent or roof which you
can see for one admission price.
ANSWER: _TEN-IN-ONE_
3. A two-word term for bottled oddities like deformed babies and 2-headed calves.
ANSWER: _PICKLED PUNKS_
BONUS 2
Given the characters, name the John Hughes film, FTP each.
1. Gary Wallace, Wyatt Donnelly, Lisa
Answer: _WEIRD SCIENCE_
2. Neal Page, Del Griffith
Answer: _PLANES, TRAINS, AND AUTOMOBILES_
3. Samantha Baker, Jake Ryan, and Farmer Ted
Answer: _SIXTEEN CANDLES_
BONUS 3
Given a description of the Hall of Fame baseball announcer, ID him for the stated number
of points.
5:Though he broadcast longest for the St, Louis Cardinals, he's remembered for stints in
Chicago with the White Sox & Cubs.
ANSWER: Harry _CARAY_
10: He began broadcasting for the Cincinnati Reds but was best known as the voice of the
Brooklyn Dodgers
ANSWER:Walter "Red" _BARBER_
15: He's been the Dodgers' broadcaster in Spanish since 1959.
ANSWER:Jaime _JARRIN_ (ha-reen)
BONUS 4
An impressive array of talent got started in the films _Piranha_(1978) & _Piranha II: The
Spawning_ (1981). If you can ID each of the following from his Piranha credit you'll get
10PE, if you need another clue you'll get 5PE.
1. 10: He directed the original _Piranha_.
5: His most famous movies are 2 about little land critters who get voracious when wet.
ANSWER:Joe _DANTE_
2. 10: His 1st screenplay was _Piranha_.
5: He's better known as writer-director of films like _Matewan_, _Lone
Star_,& _Passion Fish_.
ANSWER:John _SAYLES_
3. 10: _Piranha II_, in which the mutant fish go airborne, was his directorial debut.
5:In his recent huge hit over a thousand people wound up feeding the fishes.
ANSWER:James _CAMERON_
BONUS 5
Name the American celebrity 30-20-10.
30: He almost made his movie debut in 1956 as Katherine Hepburn's younger brother in
_The Rainmaker_.
20: In the best-attested version of the story, it was Robert Goulet's appearance in 1974
that led him to shoot out his television.
10: He preceded Michael Jackson as a rock star with an ape, though whether he and his
chimp Scatter shared fried peanut butter-&-banana sandwiches is unknown.
ANSWER:Elvis _PRESLEY_
BONUS 6
ID the ubiquitous sitcom from OTHER clues about its stars 30-20-10-5.
30: The father of one cast member, who shared his name and looked just like him, played
Little John in Errol Flynn's _Robin Hood_.
20:A nother had an appropriate role as a scientist killed by aliens in the prophetically
titled _This Island Earth_.
10:Another played James Dean's ineffectual father in _Rebel without a Cause_.
5:Another played Dobie Gillis' pal Maynard G. Krebs.
ANSWER: _GILLIGAN'S ISLAND_
(Alan Hale Jr, Russell Johnson, Jim Backus, Bob Denver)
BONUS 7
Giant rampaging invertebrates were popular monsters in 1950s movies like
_Tarantula_.Given a film title, ID the giant critter or critters FTPE, or if you need more
you'll get 5PE.
1. 10:_The Beginning of the End_
5: Peter Graves lures their swarm to its death in Lake Michigan.
ANSWER: _GRASSHOPPERS_ or _LOCUSTS_
2. 10:_Them!_
5:They're finished off in the Los Angeles sewers by Peter's brother James Arness.
ANSWER: _ANTS_
3. 10 :It Came from Beneath the Sea_
5: It attacks the Golden Gate Bridge, courtesy of Ray Harryhausen.
ANSWER: _OCTOPUS_ (not "squid")
BONUS 8
For 10 points each, given a song and a person or group who performed a parody of it,
name the parody.
1. "My Sharona," John Cougar Mamoser
ANSWER: _NINE CORONAS_ or _TEN CORONAS_
["My Bologna" is by Al Yankovic]
2. "Under the Bridge" and "Give it Away", "Weird Al" Yankovic
ANSWER: _BEDROCK ANTHEM_ [it is a parody of both songs]
3."Dance of the Hours", Allan Sherman
ANSWER: _HELLO MUDDAH, HELLO FADDUH_
BONUS 9
Identify the television program, 30-20-10
[30] Its first episode was titled "The New Housekeeper".
[20]Ellie Walker is a pharmacist introduced in the 6th episode who runs for City Council
[10]The new housekeeper is Aunt Bee.
ANSWER: The _ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW_
BONUS 10
Identify the following real and fictional food products FTP each.
1.If the psychokinetic energy usually present in New York were represented as one of
these comestibles, according to Egon Spengler, then the energy present just before the
containment unit was shut down by the EPA would be a 30 foot long version of the same.
ANSWER: TWINKIE
2.This product pairing, consumed by Homer Simpson (a white male aged 18-49), bears
the message on its can "Together at Last!"
ANSWER: _NUTS AND GUM_
3. In the song "I Remember Larry", Larry bakes a batch of brownies with this inside of
them.
ANSWER: _EX-LAX_
BONUS 11
Inveterate gamblers, pay attention and, FTP each, identify each of these Las Vegas
hotel/casinos.
1.This hotel was bought by Benny Binion and merged with Binion's Horseshoe Hotel and
Casino.
ANSWER: _MINT_ Hotel
2.This Brazilian-themed hotel, opened in 1990 and famous for its buffet, was the first allsuite hotel to have a casino.
ANSWER: _RIO SUITE_ Hotel and Casino
3.When this hotel opened in 1946, everyone from the janitors to Bugsy Siegel wore
tuxedos.
ANSWER: Fabulous _FLAMINGO_
BONUS 12
Name the video game from the mangled English, for ten points each.
1) This game's introductory screen opens with, "Once upon a time, there were a man."
Answer: _SAMURAI SHODOWN_ [sic]
2) The manual for this game introduces the plot thusly: "We've found Nazz's top secret
material called Abatros, a plan which never was put to practice. Imperial forces
Generalissimo Killt had never seen this plan, and decided to materialize this plan. The
federation decided to stop his attempt by sending our hero Super Joe, but lost contact with
him."
Answer: _BIONIC COMMANDO_
3) In this game, characters hurl insults at each other including "You
spoony bard!" and "You licentious howler!"
Answer: _F_inal _F_antasy _2_ (prompt on FF4; reluctantly accept FF4 US or
FF4 English)
[note: In Japan, the game was released as FF4, whereas in the US it was
called FF2. Needless to say, only the US version contained the translation
oddities.]
BONUS 13
This question is dedicated to Matt Bruce. Answer the following questions about the
history of pornography in America FTPE.
1.Pocket-size risque prints & photos once sold on streetcorners and from under counters
were given this 2-word name to suggest they came from a place Americans associated
with sexual wickedness
ANSWER: _FRENCH POSTCARD_s
2.Pornographic comic books featuring the uncensored adventures of familiar characters
like Tarzan & Superman were given another 2-word name associating them with another
place American tourists hoped was a den of iniquity.
ANSWER: _TIJUANA BIBLE_s
3.He was the biggest male porn star in American film history, the model
for the central character in _Boogie Nights_, before he died of AIDS in 1985.
ANSWER:John _HOLMES_
BONUS 14
Name these defunct sitcoms F5PA with a bonus for all 5.
a. The monotone-voiced Vicki and her quote-unquote "family" are constantly trying to
keep Vicki's true nature a secret from nosy neighbor Harriet.
Answer: _SMALL WONDER_
b. This sitcom featured two regular Simpsons voices, Hank Azaria and Yeardley Smith,
as regulars.
Answer: _HERMAN'S HEAD_
c. Before Matt Le Blanc hit it big, he played -- surprise! -- a dumb guy in this Married...
With Children spinoff, with Joe Bologna playing his dad.
Answer: _TOP OF THE HEAP_
d. Top of the Heap begat its own spinoff; Le Blanc returned in the same role, but he
seemed a lot smarter compared to his new roommate. Joey Lauren Adams reprised her
role as the slutty Mona Mullins.
Answer: _VINNIE AND BOBBY_
e. Paul Winfield played the snooty superintendent of the title building in Washington,
DC.
Answer: _227_
BONUS 15
How much do you remember about In Living Color? Identify these recurring characters
FTSNOP.
a. F5P, Jim Carrey played this public safety official who frequently caused himself
grievous injury.
Answer: _FIRE MARSHAL BILL_
b. F5PA, give either the first or last names of the two Men on Film, played by Damon
Wayans and David Alan Grier.
Answer: _BLAINE_ or _EDWARDS_ and _ANTOINE_ or _MERRIWETHER_ (accept
"Tony" for Antoine, from the episode when a falling stage light knocked Blaine back to
straight-ness and he revealed Antoine's real name)
c. F15P, this Kim Wayans character was constantly saying, "But I ain't one to gossip, so
you ain't heard that from me."
Answer: Bonita _BETTRELL_
BONUS 16
a. FTP, what humorist and math professor at Harvard and UC Santa Cruz composed such
timeless classics as "The Old Dope Peddler," "Smut," and "The Vatican Rag"?
Answer: Tom _LEHRER_
Now, complete these immortal lines from some of Tom Lehrer's works.
b. The matador did what we wanted him to / He raised his sword and his aim was true / In
that moment of truth I suddenly knew..."
Answer: That _SOMEONE HAD STOLEN MY WALLET_
c. I remember Dan / The druggist on the corner, he / Was never mean or ornery, he was
swell / He..."
Answer: _KILLED HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW_ and ground her up real well / And
sprinkled just a bit / Over each banana split
BONUS 17
Who controls the British crown? Who keeps the metric system down? First FTP, which
spoof of a Masonic organization did Homer Simpson join and then lead by virtue of a
prophesied birthmark?
ANSWER: the _STONECUTTERS_
b. For 5 points each, identify the four members of the Stonecutters' World Council, who
were called in to decide on a response to Homer's attempt to turn them into a charitable
organization.
ANSWER: _MISTER T_
Orville _REDENBACHER_
Jack _NICHOLSON_
George _BUSH_
BONUS 18
Identify the song, 30-20-10.
[30] Dave Barry wrote that „as a cultural achievement, it is on a par with the Mona Lisa'
and Hamlet.
[20] Many, Dave Barry among them, were convinced that it contained, either recorded
forwards or backwards, profanity. Richard Dreyfuss's character Mr. Holland, a music
teacher, used it to instruct a slow student.
[10] It was written by the late Richard Berry, and performed by the Kingsmen.
ANSWER: _LOUIE, LOUIE_
BONUS 19
FTP each, identify each character from Capcom's original Street Fighter II.
1.This speedy character can jump from the walls in the background of his Spanish
fighting venue.
ANSWER: _VEGA_
2.This scarred wrestler in red tights can perform the dreaded spinning piledriver.
ANSWER: _ZANGIEF_
3.Guile hates M. Bison for having tortured this friend of his to death.
ANSWER: _CHARLIE_
BONUS 20
Hulk Hogan has announced he's running for the presidency in 2000, so we'd better
familiarize ourselves with his past career. For example, at Wrestlemania I, held in 1985,
Hulk and Mr. T. fought together against, FTPA, what two other wrestlers?
Answer: Rowdy Roddy _PIPER_
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul _ORNDORF_
For ten more points, what rock star accompanied Hulk and T to ringside?
Answer: Cyndi _LAUPER_
Playoffs Round 1: Packet by BYU
TOSSUPS
TOSSUP 1
The name's the same. One has soils that are grayish brown, very friable, mottled,
noncalcareous, sandy clay loam and white calcareous sandy clay loam over very gravelly
loamy sand at a depth of 35 inches. Another is a work that the author wrote "alone, in the
woods, a mile from any neighbor, in a house which I had built myself . . . in Concord,
Massachusetts." FTP, give the shared name, most famous as the setting of the seminal
work of New England Transcendentalism.
ANSWER: _WALDEN_ (or Walden Pond)
TOSSUP 2
This state's official sport is duckpin bowling (which recently replaced jousting). Its
official tree is the white oak, and its state flower the black-eyed Susan. Its first settlement
was established in 1634 at St. Mary's City by Cecilius Calvert. It was one of the first
colonies to grant religious freedom to all who lived there. FTP name this state whose
capital is Annapolis.
ANSWER: _MARYLAND_
TOSSUP 3
This ancient sculptor was most famous during his time for a sculpture of a cow that stood
on the Acropolis. The statue was said to be so real that calves would try to nurse from it.
His work is known today through Roman marble copies of his bronze statues, such as
"Athena" and "Marsyas." His most widely known sculpture depicts an athlete in the midst
of action. FTP, name this fifth-century BC sculptor of "The Discus Thrower."
ANSWER: _MYRON_
TOSSUP 4
Later models include the Vivalith 10, the Versatrax, and the Microny, but the original
design was by Ake Senning and Rune Elmquist at Elema-Schonander. They cost between
5,000 and 11,000 dollars, depending on the model. Arne Larsson was the first person to
have one, in 1958; he has since had 25 operations to replace ones that have failed for one
reason or another. FTP, give the common name for the device now implanted in the
hearts of some two million people around the world.
ANSWER: Implanted cardiac _PACEMAKER_
TOSSUP 5
Margaret Tobin was just a poor farm girl from Missouri, but she told amazing lies about
her journey westward to Leadville, Colorado in 1883, including stories of meeting Mark
Twain and Jesse James. Her uncouth manners became the talk of Denver society until
her 1909 breakup from her husband. Her greatest fame came while returning home from
Europe in 1912, where she gained her famous nickname. FTP, name this Titanic
survivor.
ANSWER: Molly _BROWN_
TOSSUP 6
This ruling laid the legal foundation for much that was to come in America's relations
with the Indians. Chief Justice John Marshall ruled that the tribes were not foreign
nations entitled to be dealt with as sovereign and independent powers but mere "domestic
dependent nations." FTP, name this 1831 Supreme Court decision.
ANSWER: _CHEROKEE NATION V. GEORGIA_ (not Chisholm v. Georgia)
TOSSUP 7
The first 33 values are codes left over from the teletype days, with original definitions
like "end of transmission," "acknowledge," and "form feed." Today this 7-bit system has
replaced the Baudot Code and is nearly universal, except at IBM, which uses the 8-bit
EBCDIC standard. FTP give the acronym for this standard code for digitally representing
alphanumeric data like the Roman alphabet.
ANSWER: _ASCII_ (or if some nerd is there, accept _AMERICAN STANDARD CODE
FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE_)
TOSSUP 8
It began in the 10th century among dancers in the royal court, and was thought to keep the
subject's lower body tense, thus tightening the vagina and increasing her desirability. By
the time it was outlawed in 1911, generations of girls had endured years of bandages
intended to compress the arch and bend under four toes. FTP name this Chinese practice
intended to produce hoof-like "golden lotuses" no more than three inches in length.
ANSWER: _FOOT-BINDING_ (accept close equivalents)
TOSSUP 9
Example of this law include Ross Perot winning many popular votes in the 1992 election,
but no electoral votes, or the Tories winning fourteen percent of the vote in Scotland but
none of its seats in Parliament. It was first postulated by a Frenchman, and has
applications in game theory and economics, as well as its original context of political
science. FTP, name this postulate that a plurality system of voting tends to encourage a
two-party system.
ANSWER: _DUVERGER'S LAW_
TOSSUP 10
Andrew Wyke is a British mystery novelist, creator of the celebrated detective St. John
(SIN-jinn) Lord Merridew. Milo Tindle is an Italian travel agent who happens to be
sleeping with Wyke's estranged wife Marguerite. Wyke plans to give Tindle his wife, but
only if they assist him in an insurance scam. So begins this manor-house mystery by
Anthony Shaffer, a Tony-winning two-man show later filmed with Laurence Olivier and
Michael Caine. FTP, name it.
ANSWER: _SLEUTH_
TOSSUP 11
His career record was 45 and 2 with 44 KO's, despite a notable weakness for fighting
southpaws. In 1976, he was scheduled to box Mac-Lee Green, who suffered a cracked
third metacarpal in his left hand and chose a last-minute replacement for his big January 1
Spectrum fight. He coached his successor against Clubber Lang and was killed in an
exhibition bout with Ivan Drago. FTP, name the heavyweight played by Carl Weathers in
four _Rocky_ movies.
ANSWER: Apollo _CREED_
TOSSUP 12
Below some transition temperature, the binding energy of two electrons causes the
opening of a spectral gap at the Fermi energy, separating the pair states from the "normal"
single electron states. As a result, these structures form: two negatively charged electrons
that are bound together, allowing current to pass through unimpeded. FTP, name these
coupled electrons that allow for superconductivity, named for one of the three scientists
who formulated BCS theory.
ANSWER: _COOPER PAIR_s
TOSSUP 13
Critics criticized its "impenetrable" language, and some nicknamed it the "Swiss Cheese
Act." Sponsored by an Ohio Republican, it was passed, one senator speculated, because
"something must be flung out to appease the restive masses." Sections 1 and 2 mention
"conspiracy" and "restraint of trade," but never the word "competition." FTP, name this
1890 legislation now being used in the government's antitrust case against Microsoft.
ANSWER: The _SHERMAN_ Antitrust _ACT_
TOSSUP 14
This man was recently awarded the New York State Bar Association's Gold Medal.
Robert Horry suggested that his most recent ruling was just a make-up call. Last March,
this dean of Fordham Law School ruled that the contract termination and suspension of
Latrell Sprewell were excessive. FTP, name this man who recently decided in favor of
the NBA owners and ruled that players' guaranteed contracts did not have to be paid
during the lockout.
ANSWER: John _FEERICK_
TOSSUP 15
Freed this October after serving 24 years of a 30-year sentence, Renato Curcio was the
last key figure from this movement to gain freedom after the so-called Years of Lead. He
was already in jail, however, when this leftist gang carried out its most notorious attack.
FTP, name this radical group which kidnapped Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro in
1978.
ANSWER: _RED BRIGADES_ (accept Renato _CURCIO_ on an early buzz)
TOSSUP 16
In a speech at his alma mater Cornell, this man said, "I'm having the dry heaves in the
bathroom because my moral sensor is going off but I can't even hear it, I'm so seduced by
these ratings." Luckily for him, his MSNBC contract was bought out; no more Big Show
for him. He will co-anchor Fox Sports News with Chris Myers -- not his former partner
Dan Patrick. FTP, name this SportsCenter alum who failed to successfully transition to
news.
ANSWER: Keith _OLBERMANN_ (OH-ber-man)
TOSSUP 17
In 1741 he wrote the popular text "Arithmetics for the Swedish Youth." His geographic
measurements showed that Scandinavia is slowly rising above sea level, he determined
that the aurora borealis has magnetic causes, and his expeditions in Lapland proved that
the earth is flattened at the poles. FTP name the scientist better known for advancing his
meteorological studies by inventing his famous 100-degree thermometer.
ANSWER: Anders _CELSIUS_ (do not accept "Centigrade")
TOSSUP 18
Conductor Thomas Beecham took the first two movements quite slow, so this pianist
decided that Beecham could "go to hell," cut loose in the third movement of the
Tchaikovsky concerto, and raced through the double octaves. His future father-in-law
Toscanini might not have put up with such antics. He championed the works of Scriabin,
Scarlatti, and Clementi, playing two of them in a 1986 global broadcast from Moscow.
FTP, name this Russian pianist.
ANSWER: Vladimir _HOROWITZ_
TOSSUP 19
The title character meets his wife after she throws a pig's penis at him. Their brief
marriage is unhappy, and when it ends he moves in with his cousin Sue. He loses his job
as a stonemason, so they begin an itinerant life working odd jobs. After their three
children are killed, they separate and the title character dies shortly thereafter. FTP, name
this Thomas Hardy work whose frank sexual themes caused such an uproar that Hardy
never wrote another novel.
ANSWER: _JUDE THE OBSCURE_
TOSSUP 20
In one legend, he and his dog Rattlesnake were among the first creations of Wonomi, but
when he tried to assist Wonomi in creating mankind, he laughed, and as a result all his
creations had glass eyes. He stole the sun and moon, brought death into the world, and
danced with a star. FTP, identify this figure in Native American myths commonly called
the Trickster.
ANSWER: _COYOTE_
TOSSUP 21
It contains over 1000 species endemic to the area, including a population of fresh-water
seals. It is drained by the Lena river, and includes Olkhon, a 45-mile-long island
inhabited by the Kurimchin fishing peoples. It contains fully one-fifth of the world's
fresh water. FTP, name this enormous lake located in the Buryat Autonomous Republic
and the Region of Irkutsk.
ANSWER: Lake _BAIKAL_
TOSSUP 22
It may be caused by a discharge of UHF waves, or a low-energy "atmospheric maser"
generating a localized electrical field. Often orange or blue and rarely larger than a child's
head, it can end with a violent explosion. FTP, what is the common name for this poorlyunderstood phenomenon which produces luminous spheres often seen during and after
thunderstorms?
ANSWER: _BALL LIGHTNING_ (prompt on lightning)
TOSSUP 23
Arsene Alexandre called it neo-impressionism; it was also called divisionism. Paul
Signac admired its creator's "observance of the laws of contrast, methodical separation of
the elements." The two would go on to produce works in this style like Bathing at
Asnieres and Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. All colors are
"optically mixed" dots of primary color in, FTP, what painting style made famous by
Georges Seurat?
ANSWER: _POINTILLISM_
BONUSES
BONUS 1
Give the authors of the following works of political science FTP each.
a. "Man, the State, and War"
ANSWER: Kenneth _WALTZ_
b. "The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order"
ANSWER: Samuel P. _HUNTINGTON_
c. Now, identify the two authors of "Chain Gangs and Passed Bucks" for five points each.
ANSWER: Thomas J. _CHRISTENSEN_ and Jack _SNYDER_
BONUS 2
Identify the following tiny literary characters for the stated number of points.
a. (5) In Carlo Collodi's novel Pinocchio, unlike in the Disney film, this character doesn't
have a cute first name, and he is squashed by Pinocchio shortly after they first meet.
ANSWER: the _CRICKET_
Do Not Accept: Jiminy Cricket
b. (15) This title character of a Dickens Christmas novella only chirps when things are
going well for the Peerybingle family.
ANSWER: the _CRICKET ON THE HEARTH_
c. (10) This title character of a George Selden children's classic moves into the Bellini
family's newsstand in a New York subway station, where he meets Harry Cat and Tucker
Mouse.
ANSWER: the _CRICKET IN TIMES SQUARE_ or _CHESTER_ Cricket
BONUS 3
Royal antics are really nothing new in Merrie Olde England. For 10 points each, identify
these British monarchs, all of whom reputedly had homosexual proclivities.
a. His mother was Eleanor of Aquitaine; he fought in the Third Crusade and in
France, in the end spending less than a year of his reign in England.
Answer: _RICHARD the FIRST_ or _RICHARD_ the _LION-HEART_ed or
_RICHARD COEUR-DE-LION_
b. The second of the Norman kings, this never-married ruler died tragically
when one of his own knights shot him in a hunting accident.
Answer: _WILLIAM the SECOND_ or _WILLIAM RUFUS_
c. A scholarly but somewhat undignified monarch, he narrowly escaped being
blown up in the Gunpowder Plot.
Answer: _JAMES the FIRST_
BONUS 4
Identify the authors who wrote the following famous lines about Helen of Troy for 10
points each.
a. "All Greece hates the still eyes in the white face, the lustre of olives where she stands,
and the white hands."
ANSWER: _H. D._ (or Hilda _DOOLITTLE_)
b. "Helen, thy beauty is to me like those Nicean barks of yore."
ANSWER: Edgar Allan _POE_
c. "Was this the face that launched a thousand ships, and burnt the topless towers of
Ilium?"
ANSWER: Christopher _MARLOWE_
NOTE: The works are, respectively, "Helen," "To Helen," and "Doctor Faustus"
BONUS 5
On November 17 and 18 of this year, Earth was treated to the brightest meteor shower it
has seen in 30 years. Answer the following about the event FTPE.
a. What is the name for the autumnal meteor shower which was unusually bright this
year?
ANSWER: the _LEONID_s
b. The Leonid meteors are actually debris shed by this comet in its 33-year orbit of the
sun.
ANSWER: _TEMPEL-TUTTLE_
c. What name is given to the August meteor shower which is generally the year's
brightest?
ANSWER: the _PERSEID_s
BONUS 6
Identify the following scientific "paradoxes" for the stated number of points.
a. (5) This paradox, which deals with which of a pair of brothers should be older, can be
solved by the observation that symmetry has been broken.
ANSWER: the _TWIN_ paradox
b. (10) This paradox, sometimes stated "Where are they?" asks, since our galaxy is no
doubt full of advanced civilizations, why haven't they stopped by yet?
ANSWER: the _FERMI_ paradox or _FERMI_'s Question
c. (15) This problem of special relativity questions the possible contraction of a rapidly
rotating disc depending on whether radius or circumference is considered. Its author
derived the equivalent of Newton's second law in quantum mechanics.
ANSWER: the _EHRENFEST_ paradox
BONUS 7
Given a couple of songs, name the hit album on which the songs are found FTPE. All
three albums have two-letter titles.
a. "In Your Eyes," "Sledgehammer"
ANSWER: _SO_ (Peter Gabriel)
b. "Glorified G," "Rearviewmirror"
ANSWER: _VS._ (Versus) (Pearl Jam)
c. "Daysleeper," "Lotus"
ANSWER: _UP_ (R.E.M.)
BONUS 8
Identify the painting from a brief description for 15 points or for five if you need the
artist.
15 A firing squad points their guns at a group of men, who turn away, except for one who
stands in the center with upraised arms.
5 Francisco Goya
ANSWER: The _THIRD OF MAY, 1808_
15 The scene is dappled with sunlight and the dance floor is filled with couples. In the
foreground, two young girls face the viewer as they talk to a man whose back is turned.
5 Auguste Renoir
ANSWER: La _MOULIN DE LA GALETTE_
BONUS 9
Name the following would-be professional athletes with the unfortunate timing of being
first round draft picks just in time for the first work stoppage in the NBA's history FTP
each.
a. In his four years, this six foot five forward became the 5th highest scorer in Arizona
history. He was Arizona's leading scorer the last two seasons and was drafted by Houston
with the fourteenth pick.
ANSWER: Michael _DICKERSON_
b. Having played competitive basketball for only three years, and having the great benefit
of being drafted by the Clippers, he was the first pick from Pacific. He recently
announced that he will likely play in Europe due to the lockout.
ANSWER: Michael _OLOWOKANDI_
c. This six-eleven center was an honorable mention All-American as a senior, and made
the all-WAC first team as both a junior and senior while playing for Utah. He was
drafted with the 12th pick by Orlando.
ANSWER: Michael _DOLEAC_
BONUS 10
You've probably all heard the Bible bonus about Esther, Haman, and Mordecai. But this
bonus will require a bit more knowledge about the book of Esther.
10 pts. What made Haman "full of wrath" and made him want to kill
Mordecai and the rest of the Jews?
ANSWER: Mordecai _WOULD NOT BOW_ to Haman (accept equivalents)
(Esther 3:1-5)
15 pts. What was the name of the King of Persia to whom Esther was queen?
ANSWER: _AHASUERUS_ (or _XERXES_)
(Esther 1:1-2)
5 pts. What holiday, named after the lot cast by Haman to determine the day to destroy
the Jews, was instituted to commemorate the Jews' deliverance and victory on the 14th
day of the Jewish month Adar?
ANSWER: Feast of _PURIM_
(Esther 9:24,26)
BONUS 11
Given a right-wing movement and its leader, name the country in which the party
operates for 10 points.
a. One Nation, Pauline Hanson
ANSWER: _AUSTRALIA_
b. Northern League, Umberto Bossi
ANSWER: _ITALY_
c. Freedom Party, Jorg (YORG) Haider
ANSWER: _AUSTRIA_
BONUS 12
For 5 points per author, name the two collaborators who wrote each of the following
works of literature.
a. The Inheritors
ANSWER: Joseph _CONRAD_ and Ford Madox _FORD_
b. The Two Noble Kinsmen
ANSWER: John _FLETCHER_ and William _SHAKESPEARE_
c. Lyrical Ballads
ANSWER: Samuel Taylor _COLERIDGE_ and William _WORDSWORTH_
BONUS 13
Given the ending of a Verdi opera name it, FTP each.
a. Silva sounds the dreaded horn and after one last tenor aria, the title character stabs
himself with a dagger, falls dead and his recent bride Elvira falls on her husband's body.
ANSWER: _ERNANI_
b. Alfredo reaches Violetta just in time for her to give him a portrait of herself and
charges Alfredo that he should give it to his future bride. Violetta imagines that she has
overcome her consumption, but then dies, falling into Alfredo's arms.
ANSWER: _LA TRAVIATA_
c. The title character agrees to lead the Flemish people to victory, but as he and Queen
Elizabeth bid their final goodbyes, King Philip II and the Grand Inquisitor appear and
demand the death of the title character who is then dragged into the tomb of Charles V,
the title character's grandfather.
ANSWER: _DON CARLOS_
BONUS 14
Identify the following painters who have been the subject of poets FTPE.
a. William Carlos Williams wrote a poem describing his The Peasant Dance, and Auden's
"Musee de Beaux Arts"(BOZAR) is a meditation on his The Fall of Icarus.
ANSWER: Pieter _BRUEGHEL (BROY-gill) the ELDER_
b. Richard Wilbur's "The Giaour (JOW-er) and the Pacha" is based on his Arabianthemed painting of the same name.
ANSWER: Eugene _DELACROIX_
c. This Florentine artist of the Last Supper at San Salvi and Madonna of the Harpies is
best remembered today for being the wasted "flawless painter" in a Browning monologue.
ANSWER: Andrea _DEL SARTO_ (prompt on "Andrea")
BONUS 15
In Sikhism, each member of the Khalsa should wear the five marks of the Khalsa. Name
those five marks for five points each and a five point bonus for all correct.
ANSWER: _UNCUT HAIR_ and beard (kesh)
_COMB_ (kangha)
short _UNDERDRAWERS_ (kachh) (accept equivalents)
steel _BRACELET_ (kara)
short _DAGGER_ (kirpan) (accept sword)
BONUS 16
Some gross anatomy: Identify the following icky bodily substances for the stated number
of points.
5) This is the term for the semi-digested liquid passed by peristalsis from the stomach
into the duodenum.
ANSWER: _CHYME_ (KIME)
10) This yellowish pigment, which is actually catabolized hemoglobin from the spleen
and bone marrow, is what causes jaundice and also gives human feces their characteristic
color.
ANSWER: _BILIRUBIN_ (prompt on "bile")
15) This seven-letter word is the correct anatomical term for ear wax.
ANSWER: _CERUMEN_
BONUS 17
Answer the following questions about the history of the United States
Coast Guard, for the stated number of points.
10) Name either of the two organizations which combined in 1915 to form the Coast
Guard.
ANSWER: the _REVENUE_ Cutter _SERVICE_
the U.S. _LIFE-SAVING SERVICE_
10) What Cabinet department currently administers the Coast Guard?
ANSWER: Department of _TRANSPORTATION_
For five points each, name the two other Cabinet departments under which the Coast
Guard has been placed during its seventy-three years.
ANSWER: _TREASURY_ Department and Department of the _NAVY_ (NOT Defense)
BONUS 18
FTPE, identify these novels by American women from a description of the protagonist.
In each case, the title of the work is a complete sentence.
a. Francis Marion Tarwater has a mystical vision which persuades him to embrace his
calling as a prophet.
ANSWER: The _VIOLENT BEAR IT AWAY_ (Flannery O'Connor)
b. Dagny Taggart is an executive with the Taggart Transcontinental railroad and
champion of the revolutionary steel alloy known as Rearden Metal.
ANSWER: _ATLAS SHRUGGED_ (Ayn Rand)
c. John Singer commits suicide in a small Georgia mill town after his Greek friend dies in
an insane asylum.
ANSWER: The _HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER_ (Carson McCullers)
BONUS 19
United Nations alphabet soup. Give the FULL name of the international organization
from a short description of the organization for 15 points or from the acronym for 5.
15 pts. Often called the World Bank, it makes loans for infrastructure and development
projects at low market rates to developing countries
5 pts. IBRD
ANSWER: _INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND
DEVELOPMENT_
15 pts. Located in Vienna, its mission is to promote international agreements to protect
copyrights and patents.
5 pts. WIPO
ANSWER: _WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION_
BONUS 20
Identify these African civilizations FTPE. A present-day country bears the same name as
each.
This civilization, which lasted from 1100-1500 AD, is known today from a set of ruins
built on a rich gold mine east of the Kalahari Desert.
ANSWER: _ZIMBABWE_
This kingdom, which lasted from 1200-1500 AD, was established by the Mandinka
people and was the first great Muslim state in the Sudan.
ANSWER: _MALI_
This empire, dominant from 500 to 1100 AD, was centered in modern day Mauritania and
was admired by Arab writers of the time for its 200,000-man army armed with irontipped spears.
ANSWER: _GHANA_
BONUS 21
For fifteen points each, identify the following gods from Japanese mythology.
1. The primal male and god of the sky.
ANSWER: _IZANAGI_
2. The primal female and goddess of the earth.
ANSWER: _IZANAMI_
Playoffs Round 2: Questions by Subash Maddipoti (Quincy U)
TOSSUP 1
It "stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within. It had stood so for 80 years,
and might stand for 80 more." Built by Hugh Crain in the 1870s, it is said to have caused
the deaths of his three wives, and finally kills confused young Eleanor Vance when Dr.
John Montague brings her in to investigate. FTP, name this site of a famous "Haunting"
in a 1959 Shirley Jackson novel.
ANSWER: _HILL HOUSE_
TOSSUP 2
His lifelong interest in ichthyology (ick-thee-OLL-o-gee) began with his study of an
extensive collection of Brazilian fishes, which he classified in his publication _Selected
Genus and Species of Fish_. Throughout his life he rejected Darwinism, claiming that
each species was a "thought of God." In 1836 he began studies into the movements and
effects of the glaciers in his native Switzerland. FTP, identify this
naturalist, whose surname is a homophone of a tennis player's.
Answer: (Jean) Louis _AGASSIZ_
TOSSUP 3
He secretly and illegally married Maria Fitzherbert, and his state marriage with his cousin
Caroline, his aunt Augusta's daughter, led to one child, Princess Charlotte. He charmed
Scotland by wearing the Stuart tartans of his ancestors. He used the Regency Act to
become regent of England following his father's madness. FTP, name this British king of
the Hanoverian line.
Answer: _GEORGE the FOURTH_
TOSSUP 4
It was first coined in 1871's _Primitive Culture_, in which Sir Edward Burnett
Tylor claimed that religion began with it. In _The Threshold of Religion_, British
anthropologist R.R. Marett likened this belief to the Melanesian concept of "mana"
or communicable energy. It was central to the spiritual doctrine of the Germanic
peoples, and is best evidenced in the teachings of Jainism. FTP, what is this
belief that attributes a soul or spirit to every living thing and inanimate object?
Answer: _ANIMISM_
TOSSUP 5
At one point in this story, the narrator says, "All fools are poets, this the Prefect feels, and
he is merely guilty in thence inferring that all poets are fools." It opens with that very
Prefect of the Parisian Police seeking the narrator. The Prefect details the possible
blackmail of a royal lady by a poet, Cabinet Minister D. Thus, the law turns to C. Auguste
Dupin (doo-PAAH), who succeeds in solving the case. FTP, in what Edgar Allan Poe
story is the title object hidden in a card-rack?
Answer: The _PURLOINED LETTER_
TOSSUP 6
This term applies to an immune state that revolves around the presence of reagin
antibody. The "b" subunits of Complements 3 and 5 can cause it if they are not
inactivated or eliminated from the bloodstream. Its name is taken from the Greek for
"against protection." When I-sub-G-E antibodies bind to mast cells and cause them to
degranulate, often giving rise to swelling, inflammation, and nasal congestion, FTP, what
condition has arisen?
Answer: _ANAPHYLAXIS_ or _ANYPHYLACTIC SHOCK_ (prompt on early buzzes
of "allergy" or "hypersensitivity")
TOSSUP 7
He matriculated at Dickinson College at 16, and was expelled after his first term due to
excessive drinking and smoking, though he later returned and graduated with honors.
He became leader of the Jacksonian Democrats in Pennsylvania, and went on to serve
as Jackson's minister to Russia, before arranging the Oregon Treaty of 1846 and the
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo as Polk's secretary of state. FTP, who was this man who
defeated Millard Filmore and John Fremont in 1856?
Answer: James _BUCHANAN_
TOSSUP 8
The "Tempered Elan" (ay-LAWH) and "Dominant Curve" are characteristic of the
pictographic art of the latter part of this man's career. He first gained fame with an
untitled work of 1910 commonly referred to as "First Abstract Watercolor." The period
from 1912 to 1914 was his most productive, as he produced such works as "Black Lines"
and "Autumn." FTP, identify this artist and author of On the Spiritual in Art who, along
with Franz Marc, founded Der Blaue Reiter.
Answer: Wassily _KANDINSKY_
TOSSUP 9
It was developed around 1858 by H.C.A. Harrison with 18-player teams. The oval field
has a greatest width between one hundred ten and one hundred fifty-five meters and a
greatest length between one hundred thirty-five and one hundred eighty-five meters.
Three players on a team move freely; the others guard zones or opponents. The oval ball
can only be kicked or punched. FTP, what is this sport, termed a mixture of soccer, rugby,
and Gaelic football, which includes such teams as the Richmond Tigers and Melbourne
Demons?
Answer: _AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL_
Accept: _AUSSIE RULES FOOTBALL_
TOSSUP 10
Book 3 opens with the author singing an invocation to Bacchus, and Book 1 with
paeans and prayers to Jove, Ceres, Liber, the Dryads, and Fauns. The fourth and final
book of this poem concludes with a narration of the mystic background of beekeeping.
Planting, caring for orchards and vineyards, and stock management are all discussed
in, FTP, what technical and philosophical farming manual completed circa 30 B.C.E. by
Virgil?
Answer: The _GEORGICS_
TOSSUP 11
The Fabry-Perot (FAB-ree purr-OWE) version of this instrument consists of two highly
reflective parallel plates known as an etalon, and can be used to reveal hyperfine
structures in line spectra. It is most easily constructed for use at radio wavelengths where
phase errors are relatively small, an example being the Very Large Array in New Mexico.
FTP, name this type of instrument which combines light constructively and destructively
to achieve very high resolution.
Answer: _INTERFEROMETER_
TOSSUP 12
Conquered by German invaders in the tenth century, it became part of the Three
Bishoprics territory for over five hundred years before being captured by the Prussians in
1792. It was the site of a Gallic fortress before Roman times, and it was there in
843 that three grandsons of Charlemagne divided his empire in a treaty named for the
place. However, it is best known as the site of, FTP, what battle that took place there
from February to July of 1916 and was the bloodiest battle of World War I?
Answer: _VERDUN_
TOSSUP 13
_Shulwerk_ is a manual describing his method of conducting. Some of his
works include the Easter cantata, _Comoedia de Christi Resurrectione_, and the
trilogy of "music dramas" - _Antigonae_, _Oedipus der Tyrann_, and _Prometheus_.
This German composed _Songs of Catullus_ and _The Triumph of
Aphrodite_, which form another trilogy with his great secular oratorio based on a
manuscript of medieval poems, _Carmina Burana_. FTP, name him.
Answer: Carl _ORFF_
TOSSUP 14
In addition to the primary and official language, Newari, 11 others are also
spoken in this country. Primary rivers include the Gandak and the Karnali, which
run southward through the transverse valleys of the country's mountain region.
Political parties have been banned since 1960, and the country's legislative body
is the National Panchayat, which oversees its famous Gurkha infantrymen. FTP, what
Asian nation has its capital at Kathmandu?
Answer: Kingdom of _NEPAL_ or _NEPAL_ Adhirajya
TOSSUP 15
Unable to find work with his Ph.D. from Yale and degree from Carleton, he
returned to his father's farm in Minnesota. He felt that survivors of the
industrial system were diligent and efficient, having endured a predatory barbarian
past. His book, _The Instinct of Workmanship and the State of the Industrial Arts_,
detailed this Darwinian approach to modern economics. FTP, who was this author of
_The Theory of Business Enterprise_ and _The Theory of the Leisure Class_?
Answer: Thorstein (Bunde) _VEBLEN_
TOSSUP 16
Outstanding entertainers in this field have included Severus Scheffer and Paul
Cinquevalli, though the greatest was probably Enrico Rastelli. It predates the medieval
period, according to ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman sculpture. Rudy Horn is
famous for employing it in his unicycle act, and Russian bears are trained to do it with
their feet lying in a small cradle. FTP, what activity which takes its name from the Latin
for "to jest" is often performed blindfolded with torches or knives?
Answer: _JUGGLING_
TOSSUP 17
In the story, "Good Country People," she tells the story of Joy Hopewell, her mother, and
their neighbor, Mrs. Freeman. Other works include _The Habit of Being_, and she
introduced the character of Hazel Motes in the book _Wise Blood_. Tragically, systemic
lupus cut her life short, but, FTP, what Southern author will be remembered for the
collections _A Good Man is Hard to Find and Others_ and _Everything That Rises Must
Converge_?
Answer: Flannery _O'CONNOR_
TOSSUP 18
His work _Lectures on Mathematical Physics_ detailed his numerous discoveries and
advances, including his explanation of the Fraunhofer lines and the co-discovery of
spectrum analysis. He also expanded on Georg Ohm's work, showing that signals
propagate through a conductor at the speed of light. FTP, who was this co-discoverer of
cesium and rubidium whose namesake laws allow calculation of the currents, voltages,
and resistances of electrical networks?
Answer: Gustav Robert _KIRCHHOFF_
TOSSUP 19
Historians argue over whether he was black, American Indian, or both, but they do
know that he spent much of his twenty years of freedom on a whaling ship. The first
known reference to him is in an advertisement in the Framingham, Massachusetts
newspaper asking for the return of a runaway slave in 1750. On the evening of March 5,
1770, he led a group of sailors from Dock Square to the British garrison in King Street.
FTP, who was this first casualty of the Boston Massacre?
Answer: Crispus _ATTUCKS_
TOSSUP 20
While in Vienna, he had studied under the ex-priest Franz Brentano until David
Hilbert called him to lecture at the University of Gottingen, the source of his
philosophical movement. In his lectures on "First Philosophy" he said that his
movement, with its method of reduction, was the way to realizing the ethical
autonomy of man. FTP, name the man whose "Logical Investigations" used a method of
analysis that he termed "phenomenological."
Answer: Edmund _HUSSERL_
TOSSUP 21
It originated in two companies, Kwaishinsha and Jitsuyo Jidosha Company, which
merged in 1925, with new investors giving the company its present-day name in 1933.
Currently it designs and manufactures communications satellites and pleasure boats
in addition to its primary product. During World War II, Allied forces seized its
main plants, forcing the Japanese to do without military vehicles and trucks. FTP,
what is this company that still sells automobiles under the name of Datsun?
Answer: _NISSAN_ Jidosha KK
TOSSUP 22
This denomination's first missionary was William Carey, who organized its society in
England. It emerged as two groups -- the General ones and the Particular ones -- in
17th century England, and in America, its church was first established by Roger
Williams in Providence. FTP, what is this group of Protestants which believes that a
certain sacrament should be performed by immersion and only for believers?
Answer: _BAPTIST_s (accept equivalent forms of the word)
Do not accept: SOUTHERN BAPTISTS or ANABAPTISTS
TOSSUP 23
The band originally came together because its lead singer could not find employment
after graduating from the UCLA Film School. They were successful locally, but were
permanently banned from the Whiskey-A-Go-Go club in Los Angeles because of a vulgar
section in one of their songs. John Densmore, Robby Krieger, and Ray Manzarek were all
members of, FTP, what group whose first number-one single was "Light My Fire"?
Answer: The _DOORS_
BONUSES
BONUS 1
Answer the following questions about Kenyan independence FTPE.
a) This man was the first president of the republic of Kenya formed in 1964.
Answer: Jomo _KENYATTA_
b) Upon Kenyatta's death, this man succeeded him as acting president in 1978.
Answer: Daniel arap _MOI_
c) This rebellion of the 1950's was the first major move for independence. It was
primarily started by members of the Kikuyu tribe and directed against the presence of
Europeans in Kenya.
Answer: _MAU MAU_ Rebellion
BONUS 2
Identify the author from works, 30-20-10.
30: _Farther of From Heaven_, _My Son is a Splendid Driver_
20: _The Dark at the Top of the Stairs_, _Splendor in the Grass_
10: _Come Back, Little Sheba_, _Picnic_, _Bus Stop_
Answer: William _INGE_
BONUS 3
Identify the following parts of plants FTP each.
a) This is the name given to swollen regions of stems that store food for subsequent
growth. Irish potatoes are an example.
Answer: _TUBER_
b) This plant structure consists of four pollen-containing chambers that are fused
into an anther.
Answer: _STAMEN_
c) This is the name given to the main stalk of an inflorescence, or closely grouped
bunch of flowers.
Answer: _PEDUNCLE_
BONUS 4 (Popular Culture)
_Fast Times At Ridgemont High_ had an unforgettable cast. Identify the following
members from the cast FTP each.
a) This actor played the somewhat "mentally-challenged" character of Spiccoli (spa-COElee).
Answer: Sean _PENN_
b) FTP each, These two actors only had two scenes in the movie, both as the sidekicks
of Judge Reinhold's character.
Answer: Eric _STOLTZ_ and Nicolas _CAGE_ (or Nicolas _COPPOLA_)
BONUS 5
Identify the following members of a famous Massachusetts family, none of whom is
John or John Quincy, FTP each.
a) This son of John Quincy Adams was the American minister to London responsible for
keeping the British neutral during the U.S. Civil War.
Answer: _CHARLES_ Francis Adams
b) This son of Charles Francis is best known for his history of the Jeffersonian and
Madison eras and for a book about his edification.
Answer: _HENRY_ (Brooks) Adams
c) This historian son of Charles and brother of Henry wrote _Law of Civilization
and Decay_ and _America's Economic Supremacy_.
Answer: _BROOKS_ Adams
BONUS 6
Between Judeo-Christian Scriptures and the Koran, there are six distinct
archangels of legend. Name them F5P each. Hint: One of them shares his name with
Gargamel's cat.
Answers:
_AZRAEL_ (angel of death)
_GABRIEL_ (the herald)
_ISRAFEL_ (sounds the trumpet of resurrection) (do not accept "ISRAEL")
_MICHAEL_ (the warrior)
_RAPHAEL_ (the healer)
_URIEL_ (the bringer of light)
Note: Michael and Gabriel are common to all the texts
BONUS 7
Identify the novels from lesser-known characters F15P each, or better known ones FTP.
a. 15: Samuel Hamilton, Rabbit Holman
10: Cal, Aron, and Adam Trask
Answer: _EAST OF EDEN_
b. 15: Claudia, Frieda, China, Poland, Maginot Lane
10: Cholly and Pecola Breedlove
Answer: The _BLUEST EYE_
BONUS 8
The four events of tennis's Grand Slam are: the Australian Open, French Open,
Wimbledon, and the US Open. Given a tennis player, identify the one of the four he has
not won, or identify him as having won them all. You'll get five points for each correct
answer and a ten point bonus for all correct.
a) Ivan Lendl:
b) Rod Laver:
d) Andre Agassi:
e) John McEnroe:
_WIMBLEDON_
WON THEM _ALL_
_FRENCH_ Open
_FRENCH_ Open
BONUS 9
Given a description identify the chemical law FTP each.
a) The solubility of a gas in a liquid is proportional to the pressure of the gas
above the liquid.
Answer: _HENRY'S_ Law
b) When a gas is made up of a mixture of different gases, the pressure of the
mixture is equal to the sum of the partial pressures of the components.
Answer: _DALTON'S_ Law of Partial Pressures
c) The molar heat capacity of any metal is about 6 calories per degree Celsius.
Answer: Law of _DULONG AND PETIT_ (pay-TEE)
Accept: Law of _CONSTANT ATOMIC HEAT_
BONUS 10
Answer the following questions about stocks or mutual funds recently in the news FTP
each.
a) With a ticker symbol of A-F-L, this company recently started selling cancer
insurance in Japan, leading to predictions of 20-30% growth in the next quarter.
Answer: _AFLAC_
b) Though it's usually a dominant force, only one of this company's mutual funds, the
Diversified International, made it onto Money Magazine's Top 100 list of 1998.
Answer: _FIDELITY_ Investments
c) Name either of the two companies that tied, each with 6 mutual fund
representatives, to lead the Top 100 list.
Answer: _VANGUARD_ or _T. ROWE PRICE_
BONUS 11
Identify the composer from works, 30-20-10.
30: _Blue Monday_, _Lady Be Good_
20: _Strike Up the Band_, _Girl Crazy_
10: _An American in Paris_
Answer: _G_eorge _GERSHWIN_
BONUS 12
Time for a connection bonus. Make the connection between the following literary
things FTP each. For example, if I said, "An epic John Milton work meets a 1998
sci-fi movie starring Gary Oldman, Mimi Rogers, and Matt LeBlanc," you would
respond, "Paradise Lost in Space."
a) The Blanche Dubois and Stanley Kowalski play meets the Ephraim and Annie Cabot
play.
Answer: A _STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS_
b) The Ivan Turgenev novel featuring Bazarov meets the novel starring Paul Morel.
Answer: _FATHERS AND SONS AND LOVERS_
c) The Lucy Manet and Sydney Carton novel meets the third novel of Cormac McCarthy's
Border Trilogy.
Answer: A _TALE OF TWO CITIES OF THE PLAIN_
BONUS 13
Given a description, identify the scientific duos for the stated number of points.
You must identify both members for the points.
a) For 5 points, this duo determined the double-helix structure of DNA.
Answer: James Dewey _WATSON_ and Francis _CRICK_
b) For 10 points, working at the University of Toronto, this duo was the first to
obtain a pancreatic extract of insulin.
Answer: Sir Frederick Grant _BANTING_ and Charles H. _BEST_
c) For 15 points, this duo discovered a chemical process that can be used for the
alkylation or acylation (AY-sill-ay-shun) of a variety of organic compounds.
Answer: Charles _FRIEDEL_ and James Mason _CRAFTS_
BONUS 14
Answer the following questions about Norse mythology FTP each.
a) In Norse mythology, this is the collective name of the three demigods -Urdur, Verthandi, and Skuld.
Answer: the _NORNS_
b) The Norns dwell at the root of this sacred ash tree which sprang from the body
of the giant Ymir (WYE-meer).
Answer: _YGGDRASILL_ (yigg DRAH sil)
c) What squirrel ran up and down the trunk carrying strife?
Answer: _RATATOSK_
BONUS 15
Answer the following questions about French dynasties and kings FTP each.
a) Clovis the First, who established the capital at Paris, was the most important of this
first dynasty of French kings.
Answer: _MEROVINGIAN_ dynasty
b) It is said that this family of kings "learned nothing and forgot nothing." Thus,
now the word is used to indicate anyone who fails to learn by experience and has
often been applied to the Democrats by the Republicans. Charles the Tenth was the last
king of this house.
Answer: House of _BOURBON_
c) The only member of the House of Orleans (or-lay-AUH) to rule France, he was its first
elected king.
Answer: _LOUIS-PHILLIPE_
BONUS 16
Identify the anthropologists from clues on a 15-5 basis.
a) 15: Some of his works include _Race and Democratic Society_ and _Anthropology and
Modern Life_.
5: The first professor of anthropology at Columbia University in 1899, he had many
famous students, including Ruth Benedict.
Answer: Franz _BOAS_ (BOW-oss)
b) 15: Some of his works include _Folklore in the Old Testament_ and _Totemism_.
5: He is best remembered for his work _The Golden Bough_
Answer: Sir James George _FRAZER_
BONUS 17
Name these Shakespearean characters with the same names after a description of one for
15 points or after both descriptions for 5.
a) 15: The young king of Navarre who takes an oath with three friends in _Love's
Labour's Lost_.
5: The son of Alonso, king of Naples, in _The Tempest_. He falls in love with
Miranda.
Answer: _FERDINAND_
a) 15: The brother of the virtuous Isabella in _Measure for Measure_, he is the
central character in the play.
5: In _Much Ado About Nothing_, he is the young hero who falls in love with Hero.
Answer: _CLAUDIO_
BONUS 18
Identify the artist from works, 30-20-10.
30: "At the Piano," "Wapping," "Coast of Brittany: Alone With the Tide"
20: His nocturnes include, "Old Battersea Bridge: Nocturne - Blue and Gold" and
"Battersea Bridge"
10: "Arrangement in Grey and Black, Number 10"
Answer: James (Abbott) McNeill _WHISTLER_
BONUS 19
Identify the astronomers from clues for the stated number of points.
5: He discovered Uranus and its first two moons, Titania and Oberon.
Answer: Sir William _HERSCHEL_
10: To help focus debate, this UC Santa Cruz astronomer developed an equation for the
number of advanced civilizations in the Galaxy as a product of terms which could be
scientifically estimated.
Answer: Frank D. _DRAKE_
15: Her studies of of Cepheid (SEF-ee-id) variable stars led her to discover the relation
between their period and their luminosity, very important as a tool for measuring
distances.
Answer: Henrietta Swan _LEAVITT_
BONUS 20
Answer the following questions about ancient India FTP each.
a) This empire and line of kings ruled India from 320 to 480 AD. They succeeded in
uniting North India and conquering much of the south.
Answer: the _GUPTA_s
b) This man founded the Gupta line of kings and shared his name with the founder of
the Mauryan Empire.
Answer: _CHANDRAGUPTA the FIRST_
Do not accept: Chandragupta the Great
Do not accept: Chandragupta Maurya
c) This man ruled 650 years before the time of the Guptas and is best known for
extending the Mauryan Empire to its furthest limits as well as spreading Buddhist
teachings throughout the empire.
Answer: _ASHOKA_
BONUS 21
Identify the literary work from a line for 15 points, 5 if you need the author.
15: "Nature never did betray The heart that loved her"
5: William Wordsworth
Answer: "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above _TINTERN ABBEY_"
15: "Are God and Nature then at strife, That Nature lends such evil dreams? So
careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life."
5: Alfred Lord Tennyson
Answer: _IN MEMORIAM_ A.H.H.
Playoff Round 3: Questions by Maryland (Tossups by assorted Maryland folk, Boni by
Josh Allen)
TOSSUP 1
This taxonomic group is notable for the water vascular system which is used in gas
exchange, feeding, and locomotion and which, along with the calcareous spines and
plates that form a skeleton just under the skin, help to define this exclusively marine
group of invertebrates which generally shows pentaradial symmetry as adulthood is
reached. FTP, name this phylum which includes sea cucumbers, sea dollars, and starfish.
Answer: _ECHINODERMATA_ or _ECHINODERMS_
TOSSUP 2
The composition of its central, and most celebrated, panel was copied from Giotto's
Ascencion of St. John the Evangelist. In the four corners are violent scenes of Haman's
death, the Brazen Serpent, and the decapitations of Goliath and Holofernes. Its central
narrative extends from the primordial void in the east to Noah's drunkenness in the west,
while the lunettes depict ancestors of Christ, prophets, and pagan sibyls. FTP, what 5800square foot fresco is located 70 feet overhead within the Vatican museums?
Answer: _SISTINE CHAPEL CEILING_
TOSSUP 3
She grew up in Worcester, Massachusetts, where her father ran a stationery store. In her
senior year at Mount Holyoke, she attended a lecture by Florence Kelley which inspired
her to enter a political career, and she joined the Democratic party at the urging of Al
Smith. Smith’s successor as Governor of New York would win the presidency and
appoint her to his Cabinet. FTP, name FDR’s Labor Secretary.
Answer: Frances _PERKINS_
TOSSUP 4
Chinua Achebe called this work the perfect example of racism in the English novel. It
tells of a journey like traveling to the earliest beginnings of the world. After being held
up at a run-down customs station, the narrator, Marlow, sets out to find the company's
most successful ivory trader; when he finally succeeds, he is greeted by weird rituals and
severed heads on stakes. FTP, identify this story of the search for Mr. Kurtz.
Answer: _HEART OF DARKNESS_
TOSSUP 5
The protagonist is a man of the 80s who is down with the ladies. After administering the
title substance to his dog, Spuds Mackenzie and Alex from Strohs were breaking down
his door. It is necessary to ensure that a girl is pure before using it, as he discovered from
his encounter with the transvestite Sheena. FTP what is this 1989 Tone Loc song about a
drug better than any alcohol or aphrodisiac?
Answer: _FUNKY COLD MEDINA_
TOSSUP 6
A quantitative theory of this concept was developed independently by Marian
Smoluchowski and Albert Einstein. It was originally observed in particles suspended in
pockets of fluid inside pollen grains; later experiments showed that it became faster and
the particles moved farther when the temperature was raised, the fluid’s viscosity
lowered, or the average particle size reduced. FTP identify this erratic zig-zag motion first
noted by an English botanist.
Answer: _BROWNIAN_ Motion
TOSSUP 7
Born in Spain, this religious philosopher is sometimes known as Rambam (Rom-bomb).
The author of the Strong Hand, an organization of Jewish oral law, he settled in Cairo in
1165 and became physician to Saladin. He attempted to reconcile Aristotle’s theories with
Jewish theology in his work _The Guide to the Perplexed_. FTP, who is this rabbi and
philosopher?
Answer: _MAIMONIDES_ or Moses ben _MAIMON_
TOSSUP 8
The event which inspired this novel took place at Big Moose Lake in 1906. After a deadly
accident in the Midwest, the protagonist moves to New York, where he seduces a poor
co-worker but falls in love with an upper-class girl; he plans to kill his pregnant lover,
then changes his mind, but lets her drown and is convicted of murder. Grace Brown and
Chester Gillette become Roberta Alden and Clyde Griffiths in -- FTP -- what Theodore
Dreiser novel?
Answer: An _AMERICAN TRAGEDY_
TOSSUP 9
In 1966 he was named institute professor of economics at MIT. He has served as a
consultant to the Rand Corporation and Federal Reserve Board, an advisor to presidents
Kennedy and Johnson, and a columnist for Newsweek. Yet he is best known for a work
which expounds in mathematical and quantitative terms his middle-of-the-road economic
philosophy. FTP, name the Nobel-winning author of the textbook Economics: An
Introductory Analysis.
Answer: Paul Anthony _SAMUELSON_
TOSSUP 10
His 63rd birthday was recently celebrated in a sports stadium where the Badia forces
cheered in front of thousands of spectators of both Bedouin and Palestinian descent. He
was not present, but his elder brother, the Crown Prince Hassan, was there. "God willing I
very soon will be with you again," said this man, the last four months of whose nearly
fifty-year reign have been spent at the Mayo Clinic. FTP, name this Hashemite king.
Answer: King _HUSSEIN_
TOSSUP 11
All the 114 hymns in the ninth book of the Rig Veda are invocations in his honor. Later
representing the moon, he was originally a sort of Hindu Bacchus, and gave his name to
an intoxicating drink brewed by priests from the juice of a plant and drunk by Brahmins.
To drink it means to become immortal. FTP name this substance and you also name the
mass pleasure provider in Aldous Huxley's _Brave New World_.
Answer: _SOMA_
TOSSUP 12
When the man who commissioned this painting became a baronet in 1803, he requested
that his coat of arms contain Neptune with his trident at the apex, and a picture of a right
leg in the top left corner. In the picture, a sailor throws him a rope, while the oarsmen row
furiously and a man in the prow is about to thrust a hook into the beast. FTP, what is this
John Singleton Copley painting depicting a 1749 fish attack in Cuba?
Answer: _WATSON AND THE SHARK_
TOSSUP 13
This republic is a group of islands divided into the Barlavento and Sotavento groups, the
latter of which contains Sao Tiago, where the capital is located. Discovered in 1546 by
Luigi da Cadamosto, it gained independence from Portugal in 1975, and a later movement
for union with Guinea-Bissau proved unsuccessful. FTP, what republic west of Senegal
has its capital at Praia?
Answer: _CAPE VERDE_ Islands
TOSSUP 14
Rulers in this dynasty include the Mad Caliph Al-Hakim, who tried to make Shiism the
orthodox religion of Egypt, and Al-Mustadi, who lost Jerusalem to the crusaders in 1099.
Claiming descent from the caliph Ali, they rose to power as a result of Shiite propaganda
among the Berbers. FTP, what dynasty, succeeded by the Ayyubids under Saladin, is
named for the daughter of Mohammed?
Answer: _FATIMID_s or _FATIMID_ Caliphate
TOSSUP 15
In the Ladenburg model, a triangular prism is situated such that a carbon is at each vertex
with hydrogens protruding from each carbon. In the Dewar model, a bond extends across
the hexagon to connect the first and fourth carbons, with double bonds connecting the
other two pairs. An 1865 dream of snakes and tails brought August Kekule the most
widely accepted structural model of, FTP, what organic molecule?
TOSSUP 16
First played by William Kempe, his character is very similar to that of Dull in Love's
Labours Lost: inept, long-winded, constantly misusing words he does not understand.
Conrade calls him an ass, and Leonato gets really frustrated with him, but ultimately he
and his second-in-command Verges do expose the nefarious plot of Borachio and Don
John. FTP, name this ridiculous constable who clears Hero's name in Much Ado About
Nothing.
Answer: _DOGBERRY_
TOSSUP 17
Its earliest recorded use was in the Boston Morning Post in 1829, in which it referred to a
phrase that had been famously misspelled by Andrew Jackson; various foreign
derivations have also been ascribed to it, including the Greek phrase "everything is well."
New York Democrats created a club with this name, referring to their candidate, Martin
Van Buren. FTP, what two-letter phrase, a corruption of "all correct," lends its name to
the site of an 1881 gunfight?
Answer: _OK_
TOSSUP 18
In the dark version, there are no nearby stars and they can only be detected by what they
obscure. Originally a fuzzy, white haze, the extragalactic version can be resolved into
individual stars, while the gaseous type consists of interstellar dust and gas. FTP, name
these astronomical objects that were the subject of a treatise by Immanuel Kant, the most
famous of which is the Crab.
Answer: _NEBULA_e
TOSSUP 19
Project Blue, in the Nevada desert, is accidentally unleashed and Charles Campion drives
it to Arnette, Texas, where he gives the superflu to everyone but Stu Redman. Eventually
the survivors of the plague, including Trashcan Man and Judge Farris, congregate in 2
places -- the good side in Boulder, under the care of Mother Abigail, and the evil in Las
Vegas under Randall Flagg. FTP name this Stephen King novel turned into a 1994
miniseries.
Answer: The _STAND_
TOSSUP 20
Emerging as a distinct political group during the reign of Herod the Great, their extremist
faction was called Sicarii, or Dagger-Men. According to Flavius (FLAY-vee-us) Josephus
(joe-SEE-fus), they fought bravely in defense of Jerusalem until its fall in AD 70, and
held the fort of Masada until AD 73. FTP, what Jewish religious-political faction, led by
Judas of Galilee, included the disciple Simon?
Answer: _ZEALOTS_
TOSSUP 21
In this work, supposedly because of his Christian morals, the main character tries to
prevent his ward, Gertrude, from falling in love with his son. Gertrude, is blind, and the
main character fears that if the operation to restore her sight succeeds, she may love him
less than his son. So he abandons his hypocrisy, succumbs to desire, and seduces her. FTP
name this Andre Gide (ZHEED) novel which shares its name with the nickname of
Beethoven's Sixth.
Answer: La _SYMPHONIE PASTORALE_ or _PASTORAL SYMPHONY_
TOSSUP 22
There are two stories about its origins. One says it was invented by a barman in Cuba in
the early 1900s. The other maintains that the cocktail was named after a town whose
doctors used local rum as a treatment for malaria. To make the dose taste better,
American engineers who were working for the local mining company added lime juice
and sugar. FTP, identify this mixed drink now most often consumed in peach and
strawberry flavors.
Answer: _DAIQUIRI_ (DACK-er-ee)
TOSSUP 23
It was brought to a halt by the entrance of Italian soldiers into Rome, and suspended
indefinitely by Pope Pius the Ninth. It was convened in St. Peter's Basilica, though the
idea of having this 20th ecumenical council was questioned by the Catholic Church
because the papal states were the only bar to a unified Italy. FTP, at what 1869 to 1870
conference was the doctrine of the infallibility of the Church first espoused?
Answer: _FIRST VATICAN_ Council
BONI
BONUS 1
30-20-10, name the author from works.
For 30: The short stories "The Fox," "The Man Who Died," and "Odour of
Chrysanthemums."
For 20: Travel writings including "Mornings in Mexico" and "Etruscan Places"
For 10: The novels "Women in Love" and "Lady Chatterley's Lover"
ANSWER: D(avid) H(erbert) _LAWRENCE_
BONUS 2
On May 10, 1869, a golden spike was hammered into place at a town called Promontory.
Answer the following questions about that event for the stated number of points.
For 5: What railroad did this spike complete?
ANSWER: _TRANSCONTINENTAL_
For 10: In what state is Promontory?
ANSWER: _UTAH_
5 points for one, 15 for both: Which two railroads joined to form the
Transcontinental Railroad?
ANSWER: _CENTRAL PACIFIC_ and _UNION PACIFIC_
BONUS 3
By now college basketball season is in full swing. Identify the following schools from
some of their stars for ten points each:
1. Elton Brand, Shane Battier, Trajan Langdon
ANSWER: _DUKE_ Blue Devils
2. AJ Bramlett, Jason Terry, Eugene Edgarson
ANSWER: _ARIZONA_ Wildcats
3. TJ Pugh, Eric Chenowith, Lester Earl
ANSWER: _KANSAS_ Jayhawks
BONUS 4
Identify these composers from works for fifteen points, or from easier works
for five.
For 15: The symphonic poem "Francesca de Rimini" and the opera "Queen of
Spades"
For 5: "Symphonie Pathetique" and the ballet "Swan Lake"
ANSWER: Pyotr Ilych _TCHAIKOVSKY_
For 15: The comic opera "The Wedding of Camacho" and the symphony cantata "Hymn
of Praise" or "Lobgesang"
For 5: The oratorio "Elijah" and the "Italian," "Reformation," and
"Scotch" symphonies
ANSWER: Felix _MENDELSSOHN_
BONUS 5
For the specified amount of points, identify the S term from biology.
For 5: The male sexual part of a flower.
ANSWER: _STAMEN_
For 10: A heterotrophic plant or bacterium that lives on dead organic
material.
ANSWER: _SAPROPHYTE_
For 15: The functional unit of skeletal-muscle contraction, or the region
of a skeletal-muscle myofibril (MY-oh-FIE-brill) extending from one Z line to the next.
ANSWER: _SARCOMERE_
BONUS 6
I'll give you the nickname of an English monarch, and for ten points
each, tell me his name. Include his number if appropriate.
a. Longshanks
Answer: _EDWARD the FIRST_
b. Harefoot
Answer: _HAROLD the FIRST_
c. Lackland
Answer: _JOHN_
BONUS 7
Name the saints from the manner and year of their deaths, for the specified amount of
points.
For 5: He was stoned to death in 33.
ANSWER: St. _STEPHEN_
For 10: He was taken by fever in 543 after lying next to his dead sister Scholastica; he
ended up dying standing up with his hands lifted to heaven.
ANSWER: St. _BENEDICT_
For 5: He was hacked to death by sword on December 28, 1170.
ANSWER: St. _THOMAS_ a _BECKET_
FOR 10: In 251, her breasts were cut off, and she was rolled naked on
burning coals, before an earthquake killed a friend of the judge, who ran
off, leaving her to die.
ANSWER: St. _AGATHA_
BONUS 8
The Milky Way galaxy is suspected to have a number of arms. Five of them have been
assigned names from constellations. First, for five points each, name the five.
ANSWERS: _CENTAURUS_
_CYGNUS_
_ORION_
_PERSEUS_
_SAGITTARIUS_
b. Now, for an additional five points, which one of them is also known as
the "local arm," the one we are on?
ANSWER: _ORION_
BONUS 9
Identify the following characters from the greatest cartoon ever, The
Simpsons, for ten points each:
1. This illiterate gambler once bet against the Harlem Globetrotters, and he took all the
kids at his camp to Tijuana.
ANSWER: _KRUSTY_ the Clown or Herschel _KRUSTOFSKY_
2. This member of the Legitimate Businessmen's Social Club hires Bart as
bartender, takes care of Marge's competition when she sells pretzels, and
smuggles beer into the town during the Prohibition.
ANSWER: _FAT TONY_
3. This man underwent the University of Minnesota Spankological Protocol, volunteers
at "Helter Shelter," runs the PTA, and owns the
Leftorium.
Answer: Ned _FLANDERS_
BONUS 10
Identify these terms from abnormal psychology for ten points each:
1. This is a disorder in which a person embraces delusions held by another individual.
ANSWER: _FOLIE A DEUX_ or _SHARED PSYCHOTIC DISORDER_
2. This is the belief that abnormal behavior results from supernatural causes such as evil
spirits.
ANSWER: _DEMONOLOGY_
3. This may have been a Stone Age treatment for abnormal behavior, which consists
using a stone instrument to cut away a circular section of the skull.
ANSWER: _TREPHINATION_
BONUS 11
Identify the title character's real name for ten points each:
1. The Jew of Malta
ANSWER: _BARABAS_
2. The Count of Monte Cristo
ANSWER: Edmond _DANTES_
3. An Enemy of the People
ANSWER: Doctor _STOCKMAN_
BONUS 12
Identify the artist from works, fifteen points each, or for five on easier clues:
For 15: "Rooms for Tourists," "Sunday Morning," "Gas"
For 5: "Nighthawks"
ANSWER: Edward _HOPPER_
For 15: "The Harvesters," "Winter Landscape With Bird Trap," "Netherlandish Proverbs"
For 5: "The Tower of Babel," "Peasant Wedding"
ANSWER: Pieter _BRUEGHEL (BROY-gell) the ELDER_
BONUS 13
Identify these mathematicians who did important stuff, ten points each:
1. This Swiss man, the most prolific mathematician ever, solved the famous "Seven
Bridges of Koenigsburg" problem.
ANSWER: Leonard _EULER_ (OIL-er)
2. This German mathematician, physicist, and astronomer discovered the method of least
squares, and provided the first correct proof of the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra.
ANSWER: Carl Friedrich _GAUSS_
3. This British mathematician solved Fermat's Last Theorem in 1993; a correction was
made in 1994.
ANSWER: Andrew _WILES_
BONUS 14
Identify the architects of the following American buildings for ten points
each:
1. Virginia State Penitentiary (1797), Bank of Pennsylvania (1799), Baltimore Cathedral
ANSWER: Benjamin _LATROBE_
2. Auditorium Building of Chicago (1886), Transportation Building at the World's
Columbian Exposition
ANSWER: Louis Henry _SULLIVAN_
3. The Herbert Jacobs House in Madison, Wisconsin; the Marin County Civic Center in
California
ANSWER: Frank Lloyd _WRIGHT_
BONUS 15
Given a Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, name the author for ten points each:
1. Fences
ANSWER: August _WILSON_
2. J.B.
ANSWER: Archibald _MACLEISH_
3. There Shall Be No Night
ANSWER: Robert _SHERWOOD_
BONUS 16
Identify the mythological figure from his progeny for ten points each:
1. The Midgard Serpent, Fenris Wolf, and Hel
ANSWER: _LOKI_
2. Hebe, Ares, and Eileithyia
ANSWER: _ZEUS_
3. Ossian
ANSWER: _FINN MAC COOL_
BONUS 17
Identify the following elements from their discoverers and the year of discovery for the
stated number of points:
For 5: Joseph Priestley in 1774
Answer: _OXYGEN_
For 10: Glenn Seaborg and colleagues in 1940
Answer: _PLUTONIUM_
For 15: William Ramsay and M.W. Travers in 1898
Answer: _XENON_
BONUS 18
Identify the philosopher from works, 30-20-10.
For 30: _Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion_ and _Natural History of
Religion_
For 20: _Two Essays on Suicide and Immortality_
For 10: _Treatise of Human Nature_ and _History of England_
ANSWER: David _HUME_
BONUS 19
Given a burial place, name the president who is buried there, five points for one, 10 for 2,
20 for 3, and 30 for all 4.
1. Yorba Linda, California
ANSWER: Richard Milhous _NIXON_
2. Washington National Cathedral
ANSWER: (Thomas) Woodrow _WILSON_
3. Oyster Bay, New York
ANSWER: _T_heodore _ROOSEVELT_
4. Canton, Ohio
ANSWER: William _MCKINLEY_
BONUS 20
Identify the following people associated with the Holy Grail, for the specified amount of
points.
For 5: He caught in the grail some of the blood the flowed from the
wounds of the crucified Jesus.
ANSWER: _JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA_
For 10: In Malory's "Morte d'Arthur," this man inherited the Grail as the
last descendant of Joseph of Arimathea.
ANSWER: _GALAHAD_
Now, identify this man, 15-5:
For 15: He based the framework of the sixth section of a group of ten poems on Malory's
"Morte D'Arthur."
For 5: The work is "Idylls of the King."
ANSWER: Alfred, Lord _TENNYSON_
BONUS 21
Given an Australian state or territory, name the capital. You'll get 5 for 1 right, 10 for 2,
20 for 3, and 30 for all 4.
1. Northern Territories
ANSWER: _DARWIN_
2. Tasmania
ANSWER: _HOBART_
3. Western Australia
ANSWER: _PERTH_
4. New South Wales
ANSWER: _SYDNEY_
FINALS: Questions by Harvard staff
TOSSUP 1
Called "perezoso" in Spanish and "Faultier" (foul-tear) in German, both meaning "lazy,"
members of genus Bradypus have 9 cervical vertebrae instead of 7, allowing them to
rotate their heads 270 degrees & avoid swift body movements. These members of order
Edentata live exclusively on Cecropia leaves and supposedly make good pets, if you are
patient enough to deal with, FTP, these notoriously slow mammals whose English name
also suggests laziness.
ANSWER: Three-toed _SLOTH_ or _AI_
("2-toed sloth" is unacceptable after "Bradypus")
TOSSUP 2
Fainall hates his wife and carries on an affair with Mrs. Marwood; the 2 of them plot to
get hold of Mrs. Fainall's inheritance from her mother Lady Wishfort, who wants to marry
her marry her niece off to Sir Willfull Witwoud and marry herself to Sir Rowland, who's
actually a servant named Waitwell. Confused? Just remember the wittiest pair in this
comedy, who wind up with love AND money, and, FTP, name the play featuring
Mirabell and Millamant that was written by William Congreve in 1700.
ANSWER:The _WAY OF THE WORLD_
TOSSUP 3
When Emperor Yung Lo was presented with a giraffe in 1414 he was told it was one of
these Chinese mythological animals, a gentle creature found on earth only when a sage
rules in accordance with heaven. It's better known to most Westerners by the Japanese
form of its name in a product logo. FTP what deerlike quadruped is the symbol of the
most popular Japanese beer?
ANSWER: _QILIN_ or _CH'I-LIN_ (Chinese) or _KIRIN_ (Japanese)
TOSSUP 4
From their capital at Avaris, they established a dynasty until the rule of Auserre
Apopi I, who was unable to make an alliance with the rulers of Cush and suppress
the Theban revolt. Their chief deity was the storm and desert god, Seth. Their name
was chosen by the Greek historian Manetho, who used the Egyptian for "ruler of a
foreign country." FTP, what was this group of invaders that overran northern Egypt
in the 17th century B.C. and formed and ruled during the 16th and 15th dynasties?
Answer: _HYKSOS_
TOSSUP 5
He sought the Republican nomination to challenge Congressman Bart Gordon, but
finished poorly. He went back to his job as Putnam County Assessor, but then decided to
try for the state Senate. He lost that race too, by over 90 points, although his was the only
name on the ballot. This man with a wacky but legal middle name was hindered by the
fact that he was charged with the highly illegal act of murdering his opponent. FTP, name
this man who may go to the Big House instead of the State House.
Answer: Byron (Low Tax) _LOOPER_
TOSSUP 6
First mentioned in 964 AD by the Islamic astronomer Sufi, it was rediscovered in the
12th century by the German Simon Minius, who said it resembled the light of a candle as
seen through a horn. It was long considered a part of the Milky Way until Hubble proved
it was in fact a separate galaxy. FTP, identify this spiral galaxy which, excluding the
Magellanic CLouds, is the nearest galaxy to the Milky Way.
Answer: _ANDROMEDA_ Galaxy or _ANDROMEDA_ Nebula
TOSSUP 7
Born in the year 1200, he left his wealthy Kyoto family at the tender age of 13 in order to
join a Buddhist monastery. Disillusioned by its worldliness, he left a year later, eventually
ending up in China. Returning to Japan in 1231, he began to write his religious classic
Shobo Genzo, in which he advocated the practice of zazen or sitting meditation. For 10
points, name this founder of the Soto sect of Zen Buddhism.
Answer: _DOGEN_ Kigen
TOSSUP 8
While studying in Berlin in 1840 he shared an apartment with Ivan Turgenev (tur-GAINyev), and he became the model for Turgenev's anti-hero Rudin. He studied Hegel and
concluded that "the passion for destruction is also a passion for creation." This kind of
destructive energy led him to revolutionary activity throughout Europe in 1848, and also
to him getting expelled from the First International in 1872. For ten points, name this
Russian anarchist.
ANSWER: Mikhail Aleksandrovich _BAKUNIN_
TOSSUP 9
Last name's the same for four twentieth-century American poets: Jay mixes American
history and African mythology in collections like _The Double Invention of Komo_;
James is known for lyrics like "Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio"; Charles just
completed his third trilogy with _Appalachia_, which won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize;
Richard's haiku were posthumously published this year in _This Other World_, but, FTP,
he's better known for _Uncle Tom's Children_ and _Black Boy_.
ANSWER: _WRIGHT_
TOSSUP 10
He broke into the majors with a bang, going 4-for-4 in his May 1984 debut. He would go
on to hit .318 over a twelve-year career, winning one batting title and six Gold Gloves.
He seemed destined for three thousand hits and the Hall of Fame when a sudden onset of
glaucoma in the spring of 1996 forced him to cut short his career. For 10 points, name
this Minnesota Twin who was a mainstay of the 1987 and 1991 world champion teams.
Answer: Kirby _PUCKETT_
TOSSUP 11
This hauntingly beautiful modern work for soprano and string symphony incorporates
such diverse material as the 15th century Polish Lamentation of the Holy Cross
Monastery, a prayer written by an eighteen-year-old Gestapo prisoner, and a Polish folk
song. Written in 1976, it saw its popularity surge in 1993, when it topped the European
pop charts and became one of the best-selling classical works of the last 30 years. For 10
points, name Henryk Gurecki (gor-ES-kee)'s third symphony and most famous work.
ANS: _SYMPHONY OF SORROWFUL SONGS_
(accept _GURECKI_'s _SYMPHONY NUMBER THREE_ or _GURECKI_'s _THIRD
SYMPHONY_ on early buzz)
TOSSUP 12
In complete generality, this process is described by Fick's law; to compute the flux
density, take the gradient of the particle concentration and multiply by negative D. Most
chemistry students, however, are more familiar with Graham's law, stating that the rate is
inversely proportional to the square root of atomic mass. For ten points, what is this
process by which gas molecules expand to fill a space?
ANSWER: _DIFFUSION_
TOSSUP 13
“The Waking,” by Theodore Roethke (RATH-key) and “One Art” by Elizabeth Bishop
are examples of this type of poem, in which lines 1 and 3 of the first tercet are repeated
alternately at the end of each of the four following tercets, each of which rhymes a-b-a.
They then come together to close the final quatrain, which rhymes a-b-a-a. Joyce's
character Stephen Dedalus and Dylan Thomas wrote famous examples of, for 10 points,
what form of 19-line poem?
Answer: _VILLANELLE_
TOSSUP 14
On the advice of Thomas Jefferson, he toured many of the major architectural works of
France and Italy. He introduced the Neoclassical style of Robert Adam to America. He
designed state capitol buildings for Massachusetts, Maine, and Connecticut, and
succeeded Benjamin Latrobe as Architect of the U.S. Capitol, where he redesigned the
Rotunda. FTP, name this American architect whose son Thomas's masterwork is a bible
to quizbowl myth buffs.
ANSWER: Charles _BULFINCH_
TOSSUP 15
While running the family cosmetic business he invented a kiss-proof lipstick but turned to
writing the 1929 Broadway hit _Strictly Dishonorable_ and screenplays like _The Good
Fairy_ and _Easy Living_. He sold _The Great McGinty_ to Paramount for $10 on
condition that he direct. FTP, what writer-director of _Unfaithfully Yours_, _Sullivan's
Travels_, and _The Lady Eve_ is celebrating his centennial this year?
ANSWER: _P_reston _STURGES_
TOSSUP 16
It gave the Austrian Habsburgs Milan, Naples, and Sicily, as well as the Spanish
Netherlands. It gave the British the islands of Gibraltar and Minorca as well as the
asiento, or the privilege of providing Spanish America with African slaves. In addition, it
confirmed Philip the Fifth as king of Spain, ensuring a Bourbon throne in that country
until the 1931 revolution. For 10 points, what was this 1713 treaty that ended the War of
Spanish Succession?
Answer: Treaty of _UTRECHT_
TOSSUP 17
The son of a Memphis pawnbroker, he formed the Blue Melody Boys and fiddled his way
through Southwestern before attending Yale Law. Succeeding Arthur Goldberg and
ultimately succeeded himself by Harry Blackmun, he was one of only two attorneys in
private practice appointed to the Supreme Court this half-century. He reliably voted with
Earl Warren, but his nomination to succeed Warren was crippled by financial scandal,
and he had to resign. FTP, name this Johnson appointee.
Answer: Abe _FORTAS_
TOSSUP 18
"Correspondences," "The Giantess," "The Cat," "Invitation to the Voyage," "Litanies of
Satan" -- maybe titles of poems from this 1857 anthology would sound more familiar in
their original French. Its author was prosecuted and forced to suppress 6 of his poems
upon its first publication. FTP, name this chief work of Charles Baudelaire?
ANSWER: Les _FLEURS DU MAL_ or _FLOWERS OF EVIL_ (prompt on Baudelaire)
TOSSUP 19
Their legends say that in 1701 the god Nyame (NY-a-may) gave the "sika 'dwa" as a sign
of favor to their leader Osei (o-sigh) Tutu. Their state grew on the slave trade to its
greatest extent under Opuku Ware (wa-ray) in the mid-18th century, but their capital
Kumasi was taken by the British in the 19th century and they were absorbed into the Gold
Coast colony. FTP who are these Akan people living in contemporary Ghana whose kings
possess the Golden Stool?
ANSWER: ASHANTI (accept AKAN before that clue)
TOSSUP 20
This economic "effect" is closely linked to the supply side of economics. When the
government runs a deficit, it tends to raise interest rates, which in turn will lower
investment spending, a major component of GNP. This translates into the idea that a
large national debt will allow a nation to bequeath fewer resources to future generations,
giving them lower productive capacity. Thus, expansionary fiscal policy may have no
effect on total demand. FTP, name the effect.
Answer: _CROWDING-OUT_ effect
TOSSUP 21
It's a type of pericyclic reaction; specifically, it's a 4+2 cycloaddition involving pi
electrons. Two new sigma bonds are formed, along with a different double bond. FTP,
name this reaction which forms a ringed molecule from an electron-rich diene and an
electron-deficient dienophile.
Answer: _DIELS-ALDER_ reaction
TOSSUP 22
In his work _Ethics Geometrically Demonstrated_, he expounds upon his idea of a single
unifying force, sometimes called Nature, sometimes called God, which is the first cause
of all things. His motto was to "see everything from the perspective of eternity"--an
appropriately visual motto, considering his profession. For ten points, name this Dutch
pantheistic thinker whose radical notions got him expelled from his synagogue.
ANSWER: Baruch _SPINOZA_
TOSSUP 23
Two answers required. They grew up in Forest Hills, a neighborhood in Queens. After
appearing in a production of Alice in Wonderland in the 6th grade, they began rehearsing
together. Under the name Tom and Jerry, they had a hit with "Hey, Schoolgirl," but it
wasn't until they released the album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. in 1964 that their music
received regular airplay. FTP, name this folk duo who sang "The 59th Street Bridge
Song" and "Scarborough Fair."
Answer: Paul _SIMON_ *and* Art _GARFUNKEL_
BONI
BONUS 1
Do you like the Bare-naked Ladys? How about THESE bare-naked ladies that the
moderator is handing you.
Identify the artists who painted the following famous nudes for 10 points each. First, A...
ANSWER: Edouard _MANET_
Now, B...
ANSWER: _TITIAN_
And finally, C...
ANSWER: Francisco _GOYA_
Note: In case you're wondering, the paintings are Olympia, the Venus of Urbino, and the
Naked Maja.
BONUS 2
Identify the following results from fluid mechanics, named for their
discoverers, for the stated number of points.
A) The buoyant force on an immersed object is equal to the weight of the
fluid displaced by the object.
ANSWER: _ARCHIMEDES_'s Buoyancy Principle
B) Pressure applied anywhere in a static fluid is transferred undiminished
to every point in the fluid.
ANSWER: _PASCAL_'s Principle
C) The drag force on a slow-moving spherical body is equal to 6 pi times
the product of the sphere's radius, its velocity, and the viscosity of the
fluid through which it moves.
ANSWER: _STOKES_'s Law
BONUS 3
Identify these people relating to Charlemagne for the stated number of points.
A) First for five points, his father.
ANSWER: _PEPIN THE SHORT_ or _PEPIN THE THIRD_
B) For another five, the pope who crowned him Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas day,
800.
ANSWER: Saint _LEO III_ (prompt on "Leo")
C) For ten, name either of the two most famous biographers of Charlemagne. One of
them served at his court from 795 and wrote _Vita Karola Magni_; the other was a
stammering monk of Saint Gall who wrote _De Carolus Magnus_ in 884.
ANSWER: _EINHARD_ or _NOTKER_ the Stammerer (also NOTKER Balbulus)
D) For a final ten, the Byzantine emperor who acknowledged him as emperor,though not
as emperor of Rome, in 812.
ANSWER: _MICHAEL THE FIRST_ Rhangabe or _MICHAEL RHANGABE_
BONUS 4
Some people seem to think that there's only one famous Chilean author... How about
identifying this famous Chileans for ten points apiece.
1. Author of works such as "Los sonetos de la Muerte" and "Desolacion," she won the
1945 Nobel Prize for Literature, the first Latin American to do so.
ANSWER: Gabriela _MISTRAL_
2. An author of books such as _Of Love and Shadows_ and _The House of the Spirits_,
her views of politics may be a bit skewed by her familial relationship to a famous Chilean
socialist.
ANSWER: _I_sabel ALLENDE_
3. Author of the essay "To Read to Donald Duck," he wrote the play "Death and the
Maiden," which was recently made into a film of the same name by Roman Polanski.
ANSWER: Ariel _DORFMAN_
BONUS 5
Identify the following figures from Welsh mythology FTPA.
a. This daughter of Llyr, who married Matholch king of Ireland, became the cause of
strife between Britain and Ireland when her jealous half-brother insulted her new
husband. She died of a broken heart by the banks of the Alaw.
Answer: _BRANWEN_
b. This great bard was one of only seven who survived the battle over Branwen in Ireland.
Found in a leather bag on a river by the prince Elphin, he was given a name meaning
"Behold a radiant brow."
Answer: _TALIESIN_
c. This daughter of Hevydd and wife of Pwyll would give her name to a Fleetwood Mac
song.
Answer: _RHIANNON_
BONUS 6
Name the following hormones from functions from functions for fifteen points each, ten
points if you need the gland which produces them.
1. (15) This hormone regulates the water content of urine by increasing
the permeability of the distal convoluted tubule and the collecting duct
of the nephron.
(10) neurohypophysis, the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland
ANSWER: _A_nti-_D_iuretic _H_ormone
2. (15) Useful for the sympathetic nervous system, this hormone increases heart rate,
slows stomach function, and dilates the irises in preparation for a fight or flight reaction.
(10) adrenal medulla
ANSWER: nor_EPINEPHRINE_ (prompt on "adrenaline")
BONUS 7
Hey, mate, how much do you know about Aussie geography? For 5, 10 and 15
points respectively, identify the following Australian cities from the
description.
a. Located on Clarence Strait, an arm of the Timor Sea, this capital of the
Northern Territory was devastated by a cyclone in 1974.
Answer: _DARWIN_
b. This city in New South Wales is on the Tasman Sea not far north of Sydney, and is the
center for the exploitation of the immense coal resources of the Hunter Range. Its name is
appropriate for a coal-mining center.
Answer: _NEWCASTLE_
Note: The British city of Newcastle was a world-famous coal city, hence the saying "like
coals to Newcastle."
c. This Queensland city, one of Australia's fastest-growing, is located about 1100 miles
north of Brisbane. Beyond the mountains which surround the city lies the tropical
wilderness of Cape York Peninsula. The city is also considered the gateway to the Great
Barrier Reef.
Answer: _CAIRNS_
BONUS 8
Time to see how closely you were paying attention to the recent Congressional leadership
elections. Answer these questions about them FTSNOP.
a. F5PA, name the two House Members who actively ran against Dick Armey for the
Majority Leadership.
Answer: Jennifer _DUNN_
Steve _LARGENT_
b. J.C. Watts of Oklahoma became the first black Republican ever to serve in leadership.
FTP, what incumbent Republican Conference Chairman did he knock off?
Answer: John _BOEHNER_ (BAY-ner)
c. The only contested Senate leadership race in either party was for the chairmanship of
the National Republican Senatorial Committee. The incumbent won handily. FTP, name
him.
Answer: Mitch _McCONNELL_
BONUS 9
Name the following James Thurber short stories from descriptions FTPA.
1. A man sees a mythical beast eating his lilies and roses; his wife has him committed.
ANSWER: A _UNICORN IN THE GARDEN_
2. Through a series of drawings, a man, a woman, and a plant meet and watch the rise,
peak, and fall of civilization.
ANSWER: The _LAST FLOWER_
3. In order to escape his mundane existence with his wife, the protagonist creates a series
of imaginary scenarios which feature him as their hero.
ANSWER: The _SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY_
BONUS 10
Identify these equations that floated by in the background of the Simpson's 3D Halloween
episode, "Treehouse of Horror VI," for ten points each.
A) The equation "e to the i pi equals negative one" is known as this man's equation,
because he formulated the relationship between complex exponentials and trigonometric
functions.
ANSWER: Leonard _EULER_ ("oiler")
B) This most famous open conjecture from computer science claims that the set of yes-no
decisions which can be solved in polynomial time is equal to the set of decisions which
can be so solved if the answer is "Yes."
ANSWER: _P = NP_ (accept no alternative answers)
C) As was shown, and as can be derived from Friedman's equation, what quantity is equal
to 3 times Hubble's constant squared, divided by 8 pi times the gravitational constant?
ANSWER: _CRITICAL_ Mass _DENSITY_ of the universe (prompt on "rho")
BONUS 11
FTP each, given lines from a Weird Al Yankovic song, name the
original song being parodied.
a. "Well I've been around but I ain't never seen / A guy who looks like a Muppet but he's
wrinkled and green."
Answer: _"LOLA"_ (The Weird Al parody is "Yoda")
b. "Might get a pimple or two, but so what? It's all right. Now Twinkies and Ding-Dongs
won't do. All I need -- you know what it is."
Answer: _"THE RIGHT STUFF"_ (Weird Al sings "The White Stuff")
c. "You can torture me with Donny and Marie. You can play some Barry Manilow. Or
you can play some schlock, like New Kids on the Block, or any Village People song you
know."
Answer: _"ACHY BREAKY HEART"_ (Weird Al sings "Achy Breaky Song")
BONUS 12
Name the following parts of the eyes for ten points each:
1. The ring of muscles which control the size of the pupil.
ANSWER: _IRIS_
2. The glands responsible for the production of tears.
ANSWER: _LACRIMAL_ glands
3. The pitlike region at the back of the eye, which has the greatest concentration of cones.
ANSWER: _FOVEA CAPITA_
BONUS 13
FTP each, conjoin the names of the two works mentioned in each clue.
1. An autobiographical novel by Mary Jane Ward about mental illness and an Edgar
Allan Poe short story about torture.
Answer: The _SNAKE PIT AND THE PENDULUM_
2. Milan Kundera's novel about a womanizing Czech doctor and Jerzy
Kosinski's 1971 novel about Chance the Gardener.
Answer: The _UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING THERE_
3. Richard Llewellyn's bestseller about a Welsh mining family and the 1966 trash classic
whose title refers to drugs, not Barbies.
Answer: _HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY OF THE DOLLS_
BONUS 14
Identify the following battles from Islamic history for 10 points each.
a. This 1571 naval encounter marked the beginning of the end of Ottoman military
supremacy, as the bulk of the Ottoman Fleet was destroyed by the Spanish and Venetian
Fleet of the Holy League under the command of Don Juan of Austria.
Answer: _LEPANTO_
b. This battle, which took place near Lake Van in modern-day Turkey, saw Alp Arslan
and his Seljuk army defeat the Byzantines and capture their emperor, Romulus Diogenes.
Answer: _MANZIKERT_ (accept _MALAZGIRD_)
c. This battle in Central Asia, named after a nearby river, saw the Arabs defeat an army
sent by the Tang dynasty in China. After the battle, the Muslims became aquainted for
the first time with paper, and production began in Samarkand later that year.
Answer:_TALAS_ (accept _ATLAKH_)
BONUS 15
Physical challenge bonus! Given a sport and an official ruling in that sport, perform the
umpire or referee's signal for that ruling. Ten points each.
A) Baseball: Strike
ANSWER: just point.
[Moderator: you should really be able to judge this one. :)]
B) Basketball: Charge
ANSWER: put one hand behind your head and point forward with the other arm.
C) Football: Safety
ANSWER: press your hands together over your head to form a little teepee.
BONUS 16
November 27th of this year marked the 20th anniversary of the double-murder of San
Francisco mayor George Moscone and a city supervisor, who happened to be the first
openly gay elected official in the United States. Answer the following questions about
this incident for the stated number of points:
For 5 points, name the murdered city supervisor.
ANS: Harvey _MILK_
For 10 points, Harvey Milk was profiled in the biography The Mayor of Castro Street,
written by this famous gay journalist.
ANS: Randy _SHILTS_
For 15 points, name the ex-city Supervisor who murdered both Moscone and Milk. He
enraged gay activists by claiming that he was driven to commit murder because he had
eaten too much junk food shortly before, a strategy derisively branded the "Twinkie
Defense."
ANS: Dan _WHITE_
BONUS 17
Name these people from Dostoevsky's _The Brothers Karamazov_ for ten points each.
A) This illegitimate fourth son of Fyodor Pavlovich is actually the
murderer, although he convinces Ivan that Ivan told him to kill his father.
ANSWER: Pavel "Fyodorovich" _SMERDYAKOV_
B) This monk and mystic is the mentor of young Alexey Karamazov.
ANSWER: _ZOSIMA_
C) The book, originally perhaps intended to be the first of a series, ends
with the funeral of a young boy, the son of the captain who is badly beaten
by Dmitry Karamazov. For a final ten, give the family name.
ANSWER: _SNEGIRYOV_
BONUS 18
Name the work from quotes, 30-20-10, 5 if you need the author.
30. "We recognize our historic identity only by the faith of our fathers."
20. "For all these taken together constitute a long-sought entity, one for which our people
has never ceased to yearn -- a free homeland."
10. "All through the night of their history, the Jews have not ceased to dream this royal
dream: 'Next year in Jerusalem.'"
5. Theodor Herzl
ANSWER: The _JEWISH STATE_ or Der _JUDENSTAAT_
BONUS 19
Answer the following questions about a painter for the stated number of points.
5) This American painter, famous for “Twilight in the Wilderness” and “The Heart of the
Andes,” was the only known pupil of Thomas Cole.
Answer: Frederic Edwin _CHURCH_
10) Frederic Church followed Thomas Cole as the most influential painter of this school
of landscape painting, the first unified self-conscious movement in the history of
American Art.
Answer: The _HUDSON RIVER_ School
15 – Church was fascinated by Islamic art and architecture, and built a mansion on the
banks of the Hudson River across from the town of Catskill, NY, which encorporated a
host of Moorish features in its architecture. For 15 points, name this mansion, now a
museum, which still holds Church’s collection of Islamic and East Asian Art.
Answer: _OLANA_
BONUS 20
I'll name a large American city, and you name the county it's located in F5PA and a tenpoint bonus for all correct.
a. San Antonio
Answer: _BEXAR_ (BAY-har)
b. Indianapolis
Answer: _MARION_
c. Cleveland
Answer: _CUYAHOGA_
d. Minneapolis
Answer: _HENNEPIN_
BONUS 21
30-20-10, identify the three-letter name from the clues.
30: This is the name given to the mountain in Asia Minor where Paris made his judgment
by giving the apple of discord to Aphrodite, thereby gaining Helen as his wife.
20: This name is also given to the highest mountain in Crete, where according to legend,
the infant Zeus was suckled by a she-goat named Amalthea.
10: This is the first name of a muckraker whose middle name was Minerva, who wrote a
famous history of the Standard Oil Company.
Answer: _IDA_