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UMR Fall Tournament – December 1, 2007
Round Six – Bonuses
1. The Miller-Urey experiment simulated the atmosphere of the early Earth and attempted to
synthesize organic compounds. 5 for one, 10 for two, 20 for three, or 30 for all four: What are
the four gases that were used in the Miller-Urey experiment?
Water vapor, Methane, Ammonia, Hydrogen Gas
2. Water, water everywhere, And all the boards did shrink/Water, water everywhere, Nor any
drop to drink. For ten points each:
A. In what 18th century poem would you find these lines?
A. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
B. What English poet wrote Kubla Khan and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner?
B. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
C. In the poem, the Mariner draws the ire of his fellow sailors for using his crossbow to
shoot what kind of bird?
C. albatross
3. Identify the following people from a description for ten points each.
A. This man led the Haitian slave rebellion and became the first leader of a free Haiti.
A. Toussaint L'Ouverture
B. This man served eleven non-consecutive terms as president of Mexico, but his forces
were defeated by Sam Houston at the Battle of San Jacinto.
B. Antonio López de Santa Anna
C. Nicknamed "El Libertador," this man led independence movements in Peru and
Colombia as well as in his namesake country.
C. Simón Bolívar
4. For ten points each, name some Chinese philosophers
A. This man wrote the central book of Taoism, the Tao Te Ching sometime around the
fourth century.
A. Lao Zi
B. The author of works such as the Classic of Rites, and The Spring and Autumn
Annals, this philosopher wrote emphasized morality, justice, and sincerity.
B. Confucius
C. This man founded Mohism, which was practiced alongside Confucianism and Taosim
in the fourth century; however, it lost popularity throughout the years.
C. Mozi
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5. Richard Wagner is best known for his operas. FTPE—given a description of the plot, name
the opera being described.
A. A ship captain is condemned to sail his ship around the world until judgment day.
A. The Flying Dutchman
B. The only comedy of Wagners, this opera tells the story of a group of middle class
poets and musicians in an Imperial Free City.
B. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersinger of Nuremberg)
C. This four-part opera has acts of Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried, and
Götterdämmerung.
C. Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung)
6. Given a brief description name the explorer FTPE
A. The first documented European to see the Mississippi river.
Hernando de Soto
B. These two men led the first American overland expedition to the Pacific coast and
back.
Lewis and Clark
C. He led and expedition that mapped much of the southern portion of the Louisiana
Purchase, but is perhaps better known for a Colorado peak named for him.
Zebulon Pike
7. Identify the following concerning characters created by the same author for ten points each.
A. He hoped that the money he made in the drug business would help him to be able to
marry Daisy Buchanan. He is later killed by George Wilson.
A. Jay Gatsby or The Great Gatsby (accept James Gatz)
B. Rosemary Hoyt falls in love with this psychologist, and his wife Nicole subsequently
relapses into mental illness.
B. Dick Diver
C. This author wrote of Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby and Dick Diver in Tender is the
Night.
C. F. Scott Fitzgerald
8. Answer the following about the WNBA for ten points each.
A. Currently, this is the only team whose home city does not also have an NBA team. Its
star players include Nykesha Sales.
A. Connecticut Sun (accept either)
B. This Australian forward/center for the Seattle Storm won the league MVP award in
2007; she had previously won the award in 2003.
B. Lauren Jackson
C. This colorful former NBA rebounding champ who won five NBA championships
with the Bulls and Pistons made headlines when he announced he would like to coach
Atlanta's NBA franchise when they first take the court in 2008.
C. Dennis Rodman
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9. FTSNOP—Answer these related questions
A. F5P—this president followed John F. Kennedy.
A. Lyndon B. Johnson
B. F10P—Johnson’s main legislature was modeled after the New Deal. It was known as
this, what Johnson hoped to create.
B. Great Society
C. F5P—What president implemented the New Deal?
C. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
D. F5PE—what two health care programs did the Great Society create and are still
funded today?
D. Medicare and Medicaid
10. FTPE name the movie from the role Will Ferrell plays in it.
A. Harold Crick
Stranger Than Fiction
B. Chazz Michael Michaels
Blades of Glory
C. Buddy
Elf
11. Identify some things about a French playwright and his works for ten points each.
A. Orgon is convinced that the title character of this play is a deeply pious man, but as it turns
out, he is a religious hypocrite.
A. Tartuffe, or the Hypocrite (or Tartuffe ou l’Imposteur)
B. Name the author of Tartuffe, who collapsed on stage and later died while performing another
of his plays, The Imaginary Invalid.
B. Moliere (or Jean-Baptiste Poquelin)
C. Alceste, the title character of this other Moliere play, is hated for his impoliteness, which
manifests itself when he refuses to compliment a sonnet written by Oronte.
C. The Misanthrope (or Le Misanthrope)
12. A force of 75N is applied to a mass of 5kg. Answer the following questions FTPE.
A. What is the acceleration of the block?
15 meters per second squared
B. If the force is applied for 2 seconds and the block has an initial velocity of 5m/s,
what is the final velocity?
35 meters per second
C. What is the momentum of the block after the force has been applied?
175 kilogram meters per second
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13. Identify these African-American female authors for ten points each.
A. She wrote of the life and marriages of Janie Crawford in Their Eyes Were Watching
God.
A. Zora Neale Hurston
B. This Chicago native is known for her book of poetry Annie Allen and a poem about
delinquents in a pool hall, “We Real Cool.”
B. Gwendolyn Brooks
C. She wrote of the uneducated Celie and Shug Avery in The Color Purple.
C. Alice Walker
14. FTPE, answer these related questions about air.
A. Discovered by heating mercuric oxide, candles would burn brighter and breathing
became easier with this substance now known as oxygen.
A. Dephlogisticated air
B. Discovering chlorine from oxymuriatic acid, this chemist is better known for his
namesake lamp used by miners.
B. Sir Humphry Davy
C. This chemist is given credit for discovering oxygen although Carl Scheele discovered
it first, he is also known for his invention of soda water.
C. Joseph Priestley
15. FTPE, name the following Australian territories from the descriptions given.
A. Capital at Darwin, this territory is home to the two rock formations Ayers Rock and
The Olgas.
A. Northern Territory
B. Located to the south, this territory is separated from the mainland by the Bass Strait
and home to the city of Hobart.
B. Tasmania
C. The most populous state is home to the Three Sisters located in the Blue Mountains
and the capital the cities of Sydney , New Castle, and Wollongong.
C. New South Wales
16. FTPE—Answer these related questions.
A. What is a climate and geographical area of ecologically similar communities of
plants, animals, and soil organisms?
A. Biome (accept Ecosystem)
B. This biome is defined by hindered tree growth due to low temperatures and a short
growing season.
B. Tundra
C. On the other end of the temperature spectrum, what biome that is defined by less than
10in of annual rainfall?
C. Desert
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17. We all love determinants, don’t we? FTPE—determine the determinants of these matrices.
A.
[1 2]
[3 4]
A. -2
B
[13 4]
[11 11]
B. 99
C.
[4 3 2]
[0 0 -1]
[2 3 4 ]
C. 6
18. For five points each name any 6 of the 8 Republican Presidential candidates that have filed
with Federal Election Commission.
Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, Duncan Hunter, John McCain, Ron Paul, Mitt
Romney, Tom Tancredo, Fred Thompson
19. Two men in black suits are sitting between trees next to a nude woman modeled by Victorine
Meurent. For ten points each:
A. Name this painting.
A. The Luncheon on the Grass
B. Who painted The Luncheon on the Grass?
B. Édouard Manet
C. What last major work of Manet depicts a blond girl standing between a mirror and bottles of
alcoholic beverages in a well-known Parisian nightclub?
C. A Bar at the Folies-Bergère (faw-lee ber-zhay, but accept reasonable attempts)
20. Name the following presidents of the Philippines FTPE
A. This first president, who had no successor for over 30 years due to leadership of the
Governors of the Philipine Islands.
A. Emilio Aguinaldo
B. He led guerilla forces in northern Luzon during WWII before becoming president in
1965. He was ousted in 1986.
B. Ferdinand Edralin Marcos
C. Marcos’ successor, she was the first female president of the Philipines.
C. Maria Corazon Sumulong Cojuancgco Aquino
21. FTPE—Select the conic section based on a description given.
A. If a plane cuts the double cone at an angle creates this conic section.
Ellipse
B. This is the locus of all points that the difference between the distances to the foci is a constant
Hyperbola
C. A plane slicing between the two cones makes this degenerate conic section.
Point