Cardinal Classic X
Packet written for Terrier Tussle by MIT Lore
Additional questions by Williams and Michigan
Round 9
TOSSUPS
1. Their latest album duplicated their second album by debuting at number 1
on the Billboard charts. The guitarist has a degree from Harvard and was
recently arrested for a (*) sit-in at a Guess Jeans store in Beverly Hills.
The vocalist has been involved with the Zapatista rebels in Mexico. Name the
band whose latest album is titled The Battle of Los Angeles.
answer:
_RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE.
2. Under the slogan "General Line for Socialist Construction," it was
designed to be implemented in a series of (*) five-year plans. The entire
system was based on the assumption that by organizing peasants into communes,
additional manpower could be released for the development of industry. FTP,
name this Chinese campaign which, by 1959, proved to be an economic failure.
answer:
The _GREAT LEAP FORWARD.
3. This Russian count chronicled his reckless youth in his book
"Confessions". Later in life, however, he formulated a (*) philosophy which
espoused non-resistance as the proper response to aggression, and wrote a
book called "The Kingdom of God is Within You", which later won over Gandhi.
FTP, name this author of books such as "Childhood", "Boyhood", and "Youth".
answer:
Count _LEO_ (or Lev) Nikolaevich _TOLSTOY_
4. He first became famous when he defeated a much larger Persian army and two
years later helped to put down the Nika riots in {*) Constantinople. Soon
sent to North Africa, he defeated the Vandals and re-established control for
the Byzantine Empire. FTP, what general then battled the Ostrogoths in Italy
before being recalled by Emperor Justinian, who had become jealous of his
growing power.
answer:
BELISARIUS
5. Kant dedicated his Critique of Pure Reason to this philosopher. His own
comprehensive work was to have been titled "The Great (*) Insaturation." A
six-part work, the first part was an expanded version of his 1605 work
"Advancement of Learning." The second part, from 1620, which described the
correct method of obtaining natural knowledge, was the "Novum Organum." FTP,
name him.
answer:
_F_RANCIS BACON_
6. Two years before his final bid for a Senate seat, this Minnesotan
endorsed Ronald Reagan for president. In 1967 he published the book "Limits
of Powers" condemning the (*) Vietnam War, effectively reversing his vote for
the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. Name this man whose performance in the 1968
New Hampshire Democratic Presidential primary convinced Lyndon Johnson to
drop out.
answer:
Eugene _MCCARTHY_
7. Laurie Anderson has written a new 'theatrical meditation' on it. Sena
Jeter Naslund rewrote it from the point of view of a main character's wife,
feminizing this a book whose setting more or less precludes significant
female characters, except of the cetacean variety, perhaps. FTP, name this
book whose main character claims to be called Ishmael.
answer:
_MOBY-DICK_
8. It is a mica peridotite, composed mainly of olivine, but it can also
contain diopside, serpentine, and magnetite. This highly commercial rock has
a porphyritic texture of large, rounded crystals surrounded by a fine,
crystalline groundmass. FTP, name this rock named for a city in South
Africa, which contains the only diamonds to occur in their original rock
matrix.
answer:
_KIMBERLITE_
9. This site, named for the estate upon which it was dug in 1939, is among
the richest ever found in its country. It is a burial mound that contains
both the only demonstrably (*) Byzantine object ever found in Britain, part
of the grave goods in a ship burial FTP, identify this site, located near
Woodbridge, England, and believed to be the burial site of a seventh century
Anglo-Saxon king.
answer:
_SUTTON H00_
10. The name by which this Northern Renaissance artist is commonly known
isn't even his own. His most famous work, which used to be attributed to (*)
Durer, renders the sufferings of Christ in terms of the diseases ravishing
the dying people cared for by the Order of St. Anthony. FTP, name this
painter of the Isenheim Altarpiece.
answer:
Matthias _GRUNEWALD_ (GROO-nuh-vald)
11. This European city was founded in 1794 as a naval fortress on the
location of a Tartar settlement called Khadzhibei, part of the land which
Russia annexed from (*) Turkey in the 1792 Treaty of Jassy. Today, it is the
largest city on the Black Sea, and the 5th largest city in Ukraine. FTP, name
this port, sometimes referred to as the "Pearl of the Black Sea".
answer:
_0DESSA_
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12. Although his newest theory is minimalism, he's not an artist. This
septageniarian is the father of a new field of social science combining (*)
artificial intelligence, cognitive science, and philosophy. He is also
famous for his radical political theories, and he's proud of his dry and
boring lecture tone. FTP, name this famous M.I.T. linguist.
answer:
Noam _CHOMSKY_
13. Its notes mention Wang Dan, a student leader at Tiananmen Square, and
provides addresses for joining Amnesty International and Greenpeace. A
significant departure from its (*) artists' earlier work, it includes such
songs as "The Fly" and "Acrobat." The first word of its title comes from a
German word meaning attention. FTP, name this U2 album that features the
songs "Mysterious Ways" and "One."
answer:
_ACHTUNG BABY
14. This priestess of Hera had a sea named after her to commemorate her
journey, during which she is supposed to have crossed this sea on her way to
(*) Illyria. She is better known, however, for having been the victim of
Hera's wrath. FTP, name this unfortunate lover of Zeus, transformed into a
cow as the result of Hera's jealousy.
answer:
_I0_
15. It consists of a dispersed phase and a dispersion medium. The particles
of the dispersion are so small that the (*) bombardment of the molecules of
the medium are sufficient to keep the particles in suspension.
An aerosol is an example of, FTP, what type of substance when solid or liquid
particles are suspended in gas, while an emulsion is an example of liquid in
liquid.
answer:
_COLLOID_
16. He was Al Rockoff in "The Killing Fields", Biff Loman in "Death of a
Salesman", Tom in "The Glass Menagerie", Basie in {*) "Empire of the Sun",
Vicomte De Valmont in "Dangerous Liasons", Lennie in "Of Mice and Men", and
Mitch Leary in "In the Line of Fire", are all the roles that made if possible
for, FTP, what actor to play himself in a bizarre recent movie?
answer:
John _MALKOVICH_
17. A 55 foot tall cast iron statue of the Roman god Vulcan stands on Red
Mountain overlooking this metropolis. Named for a (*) British city, it was
settled in 1813 and formally founded in 1871 as the seat of Jefferson county.
FTP, name the city where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote a letter to a
group of liberal clergymen, writing from a city jail.
answer:
_BIRMINGHAM_, Alabama
18. This compound, used in medicine since the 1970"s, functions by creating
crosslinks between DNA bases, damaging the DNA. This drug specifically
targets (*) testicular cancer cells by a mechanism which remains unknown
despite having been intensively studied for more than 20 years. FTP, name
this platinum compound.
answer:
_CISPLATIN_ (or _CIS-DIAMINEDICHLOROPLATINUM_)
19. His teams included the Detroit Red Wings, Houston Aeros, and New England
(later Hartford) Whalers. Playing the position of (*) right wing, he won six
NHL scoring titles and was named league MVP six times in the 50s and 60s.
When he finally retired at the age of 52, he held the record for the most
goals with 801 and points with 1850. FTP, name this hockey player whose
record has only been surpassed by Wayne Gretzky.
answer:
Gordie _HOWE_
20. Stockinette. Purl. Garter. Cable. Moss. Ribbing.(*) Entrelac.
Gauge. Aran. Afghan. Casting on. Bobbins. Dropping. Yarn overs. FTP,
these are all terms associated with what yarncraft involving a pair of
needles that is commonly used to make sweaters and socks?
answer:
_KNITTING_
21. A phosphorus ylide (ill-id) adds to a ketone or alehyde to yield a
betaine (bay-ta-teen), a dipolar intermediate. This intermediate immediately
(*) decomposes to yield an alkene and triphenylphosphine oxide. FTP, this is
a description of what reaction, used to convert ketones and aldehydes to
alkenes, whose creator won the shared the 1979 Nobel Prize for Chemistry with
Herbert Brown?
answer:
_WITTIG_ reaction
22. She pretended to have deserted Bethulia for the Assyrians. She went to
their commander with a fictitious scheme to overcome the Jews. He was (*)
enamored of this rich widow's beauty and planned to seduce her after a
banquet, but became too drunk. When they were alone after the banquet, she
took a sword and cut off his head with two blows. FTP, name this executor of
Holofemes.
answer:
_JUDITH_ (accept also Yehudit, but not Ja-el)
23. Although Swiss, she was born in Strasbourg and later moved to Paris.
Imprisoned during the French Revolution, she was forced to make death (*)
masks of renowned guillotine victims. After inheriting her uncle's museum,
FTP, what woman left France for England and in 1835 established the
exhibition of wax statues in London named for her.
answer:
Madame _TUSSAUD_
.24. His record for the year was 4 wins, 2 seconds and a third, and he earned
$2,007,404; all in all, not bad for a three year old. This horse finished
third in the (*) Belmont Stakes, one and a half lengths behind the winner,
Lemon Drop Kid, missing the Triple Crown and breaking his leg in the process.
FTP, name this chestnut colt, the winner of the Eclipse Award for 1999 Horse
of the Year.
answer:
_CHARISMATIC_
25. He was the child of knife-throwing violinists who spent his early years
in a vaudevillians' trunk. His debut performance on the (*) Muppet show was
in the musical number "Goodnight Sardine," and he achieves his unique
hairstyle using styling mousse, a cordless drill, and an electric eel. FTP,
name this character, performed by Jerry Nelson, who throws boomerang fish
"just for the halibut."
answer:
_LEW 2EALAND_
26. A philosophy major in college, this writer's attempt to make a career of
academia was cut short by his second attack of tuberculosis. The winner of
the 1957 Nobel in literature, in addition to large works, he was a
journalist, reviewing some of (*) Sartre's early literary works and
commenting on social conditions in his home country of Algeria. Name this
author of works such as "The Fall" and "The Stranger."
answer:
Albert _CAMUS_
BONUSES
1. Chicks with Dicks. FTPE, name the female television personality
associated with each Dick.
A: She played alongside Dick Van Dyke on the show with his name before
starring in a show bearing her own name.
answer:
Mary Tyler _MOORE_
B: She was the only female member of a four-person cast on a sketch comedy
show which also included "Newsradio"'s Andy Dick.
answer:
Janeane _GAROFALO_
C: One of the regulars on "American Bandstand" with Dick Clark had this
nickname; which might make you think she worked for Hugh Hefner.
ANSWER
2.
"_BUNNY_" Gibson
F15PE, name the poem from the given lines:
If they be two, they are two so / As stiff twin compasses are two; / Thy
soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show / To move, but doth, if the' other do.
answer:
_A VALEDICTION: FORBIDDING MOURNING_ by John Donne
Since I am coming to that holy room, / Where, with thy choir of saints for
evermore, / I shall be made thy music; as I come / I tune the instrument
here at the door, / And what I must do then, think here before.
answer:
3.
_HYMN TO GOD, MY GOD, IN MY SICKNESS_ by John Donne
FTPE, identify the physicist.
A: The first head of the the physics department at the University of Chicago,
he is famous for his experiments with an interferometer named for him.
answer:
• Albert Abraham MICHELSON
B: He won the 1902 Nobel Prize for his mathematical theory of the electron,
but is more famous for a set of coordinate transformations which bear his
name.
answer:
Hendrik Antoon LORENTZ
C: Winner of the 1929 Nobel Prize, he helped establish quantum mechanics with
his concept of the wave nature of matter.
answer:
Louis Victor DE BROIGLE [broy-lee]
4. FTPE, identify these terms associated with columns from the information
given.
A: This is the spiral scroll of capitals of the Ionic and Corinthian orders.
answer:
_VOLUTE_
B: These are the shallow vertical grooves applied to columns in order to
accent their vertical dimension.
answer:
_FLUTING_
C: This is a continuous row of columns that completely surround the exterior
of a building or an interior space.
answer:
5.
_PERISTYLE_
How much do you know about the Punic Wars? Answer these questions FTPE.
A: However, who was the father of Hannibal who helped lead the Carthaginians
to defeat in the First Punic War?
answer:
_HAMILCAR_ Barca
B: And speaking of Hannibal, what general defeated Hannibal at the Battle of
Zama in 202 BC, effectively ending the Second Punic War?
answer:
Publius Cornelius _SCIPIO AFRICANUS_ (prompt on "Scipio", accept
"Major" or "the Elder" for "Africanus")
C: Finally, what general having nothing to do with Hannibal completely
destroyed Carthage in 146 BC, bringing the Third and Final Punic War to a
harsh end?
answer:
Publius Cornelius _SCIPIO AEMELIANUS_ (prompt again on "Scipio",
accept "Minor" or "the Younger" for "Aemelianus")
6. F15PE, identify the following plays from characters.
if you need the playwright and date.
You'll get 5 points
15: Thomasina Coverly, Septimus Hodge, Jellaby, Ezra Charter, Lady Croom,
Bernard Nightengale, Valentine Coverly.
5:
Tom Stoppard, premiered in 1993
answer:
15:
_ARCADIA_
Saul Kimmer, Lee, Austin, Mother.
5: Sam Shepard, 1980
answer:
_TRUE WEST_
7. F15PE, identify these approximations from classical mechanics used to
model the motions of molecules in quantum mechanics.
A: This model is used as a parallel to the vibrational motion of a diatomic
molecule.
answer:
_HARMONIC OSCILATOR_
B: This approximation serves to model the rotational motion of a diatomic
molecule.
answer:
8.
_RIGID ROTATOR_
FTP, identify the anthropologist.
A. Among this Kenyan's team discoveries was the fossil of a _Homo habilis_ at
Olduvai Gorge. He also authored _Unveiling Man's Origins_ with Jane Goodall.
answer:
_L_ouis Seymour Bazett _LEAKEY_
B. In 1994, this author of "The Making of Mankind" resigned from his post as
director of Kenya's National Museums and the Kenya Wildlife Service to help
form a new political party, Safina.
answer:
_R_ichard Erskine Frere _LEAKEY_
C. This anthropologist discovered the skull of "Proconsul africanus",
several sets of footprints in volcanic ash at Laetoli, and authored "Olduvai
Gorge: My Search for Early Man."
answer:
_M_ary Douglass _LEAKEY_
9. Identify the following about the legendary journeys of Heracles, FTP each.
A. Heracles gained the hand of this fair maiden by defeating the river god
Achelos and the Centaur Nessus
answer: _Deianera_ (Daya Nair A)
B. Consumed with jealousy toward the maiden, Iole, Deianera accidentally
killed Heracles by giving him this gift.
answer: _poisoned shirt_ (or cloak, accept _Shirt of Nessus_ and other
reasonable approximations including mention of garment and poisoned or the
blood of Nessus the Centaur)
C. After his death, Heracles was brought to Mt. Olympus where he reconciled
with Hera, and married this daughter of Zeus and Hera.
answer: _Hebe_
10. Given the temperature, for ten points an answer, give the star type.
A. 30,000 to 60,000 K
Answer: _0_
B. Less than 3500 K
Answer: _M_
C. 7500 to 10,000 K
Answer: _A_
11. In his novel Tidewater Tales, John Barth takes characters from famous
works and works them into his narrative. Name the characters on a fifteenfive basis.
A. [15] In Tidewater Tales, Chip figures out the date of her 'first second
menstruation, ' which influenced why the book she's in ends when it does.
[5] Her first second menstruation comes on the day of the 1001st night.
answer:
_SCHEHERAZADE_
B. [15] This man has left his weaving wife for a young princess and has
achieved immortality. He is sailing around in a Phaeacian (fay-AYSH-an) 35
Mark I.
[5] The old wife was Penelope; the new one is Nausicaa (now-SIC-ah-ah)
answer:
12.
_ODYSSEUS_
Show how much you know about J.S. Bach's Cantata #80 FTPE.
A: What hymn by Martin Luther, whose German name is "Eine Feste Burg ist
unser Gott" [ine-a fest-a burg ist unser got], provides both the title and
theme of the cantata?
answer:
_A MIGHTY FORTRESS IS OUR G0D_
B: Just like Luther's hymn, Cantata #80 is associated with what Protestant
holiday in October, which commemorates Luther's rebellion against the
Catholic Church?
answer:
_REF0RMATI0N_ day (or _REF0RMATI0N_ Sunday or similar)
C: The modern instrumentation of the cantata, including the addition of
trumpets, was established by what eldest son of J.S. Bach?
answer:
_WILHELM_ Friedmann _BACH_
13. Answer the following concerning a period in Egyptian history for the
stated number of points.
A-5. Known as the "Shepherd Kings", these invaders conquered much of Egypt in
the 17th century B.C., primarily due to the use of the horse-drawn chariot.
answer: _Hyksos_
B-10. The Egyptians retained this capital city, split across the Nile River
into Luxor and Karnak. About 450 mi.les south of Cairo, it featured the Temple
of Amon-Ra.
answer: _Thebes_
C-15. Initiating a revolt in 1576 B.C., this pharoah was a lyrical gangster
who hotstepped all over the Hyksos, beginning their expulsion from Egypt,
which his brother would complete.
answer: _Kamose_ (NOT Ini Kamoze)
14.
Answer these questions about the America's Cup FTSNOP.
5: The America's cup is one of the most famous races in this sport.
answer:
_SAILING_ or _YACHT RACING.
(note: i know, it's easy, but you'd be surprised how many people don't know
it)
10: The US lost the cup to Australia in 1983, ending a 132-year winning
streak."Liberty", the boat that lost the cup for the States, was captained by
this man, later to sail a series of "Stars and Stripes" boats.
answer:
Dennis _CONNER_
15: Australia's 1983 win is attributed to what then-new design, said to
reduce drag and enable better helm control?
answer:
15.
the _WINGED KEEL_ or _WING KEEL_
Answer these questions about the structure of plants, FTPE.
A: This vascular tissue conveys water from the roots to other parts of a
plant. It is the main part of a woody stem, and is composed mostly of
tracheids.
answer:
_XYLEM_
B: These the size of these openings, found primarily on the undersides of
leaves, is controlled by turgor pressure in the two guard cells that surround
each pore.
answer:
_ST0MATE_ (or _ST0MA_ or _ST0MATA_ or _STOMAS_
C: These are the seed leaves within the embryos of seeds. Flowering plants
are grouped by the number of them that their embryos possess.
answer:
16.
_COTYLEDON_
Name the poem from lines, FTPE.
A. Turning, turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer
Things fall apart: the center cannot hold Mere anarchy is loosed upon the
world
answer: _The Second Coming_ by W.B. Yeats
B. The time you won your town the race We cheered you through the market
place Man and son stood cheering by And home we brought you shoulder high
answer: _To an Athlete Dying Young_ by A.E. Housman
C. Glory be to God for dappled things For skies of couple-color as a
brindled cow For rose-moles all in skipple trout that swim
answer: _Pied Beauty_ by G. M. Hopkins
17. Name the method for the representation of the stereochemistry of organic
chemical structures, F15PE.
A: A cross represents the stereogenic center of a chiral molecule. The
horizontal arms represent bonds coming out of the plane of the page, and the
vertical arms represent the bonds going into the page, depicting the absolute
configuration of the molecule in two dimensions.
answer:
_FISCHER_ Projection
B: In this system, which depicts relationships of substituents on adjacent
carbons, the carbon-carbon bond is viewed end on, and the carbons are
represented by a circle. Bonds radiating from the center of a circle are on
the front carbon, while bonds radiating from the edge of the circle are on
the rear carbon.
answer:
_NEWMAN_ Projection
18.
Identify the following derogatory terms from late 19th century U.S.
politics FTP each.
A. Originally referring to worthless livestock, this term denoted
Southerners who supported the reconstruction era governments.
answer: _Scalawags_
B. An Algonquin term, it was first applied to dissident Republicans who
supported Grover Cleveland over James Blaine in 1884.
answer: _Mugwumps_
C. First applied to dishonest cattle traders, this term described Kansas
Democrats who bolted the party to support McKinley in 1896 rather than accept
the Populist nominee, William Jennings Bryan.
answer: _Hornswagglers_ or _hornswogglers_
19.
5-10-15: Name these World War I aces.
5: This most famous ace of the war was known throughout Europe as the "Red
Knight of Germany", "Red Devil", and "Red Baron".
answer:
Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von _RICHTHOFEN_
10: This American, a recipient of the Medal of Honor, recorded 26 official
victories against German aircraft, and was honored with a postage stamp in
1995.
answer:
Edward "Iron Man Eddie" Vernon _RICKENBACKER_
15: This Russian, the victor of 20 air battles, staged his own death when it
became clear that Russia was going to stay in Bolshevik hands.
answer:
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich _K0ZAK0V_ (or _KAZAKOFF_)
20. Identify the following about databases, FTP each.
A. Robust programs of this type support "ad Hoc" inquiries and dynamic data
structures through interlinked tables. Examples include PARADOX, SYBASE and
ORACLE.
answer: _Relational_ Databases
B. Introduced by ORACLE in 1979, this language was approved by ANSI as an
official standard. It provided functionality for distributed databases
running on minicomputers.
answer: _Structured Query Language_ (accept SQL or sequel)
C. This is a virtual table defined by the text of a SELECT statement stored
in the internal data dictionary. Updating the base tables automatically
updates this object, since it is derived from an executed query.
answer: _View_
21.
Given works, name the painter, 30-20-10.
30."The Tenth Plague of Egypt", "The Field of Waterloo", "Snowstorm: Hannibal
Crossing the Alps"
20. "Carnavon Castle", "Calais Pier", "The Shipwreck"
10. "Rain, Steam, Speed", "The Fighting Temeraire", "Fire at Sea"
answer: Joseph M.W. _Turner_
22. Name the Ancient Egyptian god from clues, FTPE.
A: This cat-headed goddess was one of the "Eyes of Ra," an avenger sent out
to lay waste to the enemies of Egypt and her gods.
answer:
_BASTET_
(or _BAST_ or _UBASTI_)
B: He was known as the lord of the dead before Osiris, but later became known
as a guide for the dead who held the scale on which their hearts were
measured. He is commonly represented as having a canid head on a male body.
answer:
_ANUBIS_ (also accept _ANPU_,
_IENPW_, _YINEPU_
C: Although he is sometimes represented as fully human, this son of Osiris is
more frequently pictured as a hawk or a hawk-headed man.
answer:
_HORUS_ (or _HOR_ or _HAR_)
23. FTPE name these organelles:
A. It is a roughly spherical organelle and under an electron microscope it
appears to be a mass of granules. Ribosomal components are synthesized here.
answer: _Nucleolus_
B. Found only in animal cells, these digestive organelles have only one
membrane surrounding them.
answer: _Lysosomes_
C. Found in virtually all eukaryotes, these organelles have two membranes
important for metabolism. They also have their own DNA and RNA.
answer: _Mitochondria_
24. You can argue whether John Marshall was the greatest Chief Justice in
history, but he wasn't the first, and that's a fact. FTPE, name this three
predecessors.
answer:
John _JAY_, John _RUTLEDGE_, and Oliver _ELLSWORTH_