Truman Bowl II
Round IX: Bulldog Revolutions
Packet by: Chahee and Chancellor
Tossup:
[10]In one of this author’s works he an aging professor Russian professor encounters his ex-wife, son, and
the man who is replacing him at his post as well as marrying his former wife. In another of this author’s
works an exiled king masquerades as a college professor who befriends a neighboring professor who
eventually is assassinated by mistake in place of the king. Those works, Pnin and Pale Fire, were written
by, for ten points, what Russian author who also wrote about the sexual relationship between Humbert
Humbert and the titular girl, Lolita.
ANSWER: Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov
[10] This character once worked in the garment industry, although he didn’t like having to handle women’s
clothing. However, he obtained his signature clothing from a dress that was refused by the woman who
ordered it, Kitty Genovese. For ten points, name this character whose mask is a “spin-off” of a Dr.
Manhattan fabric that has black and white non-mixing liquids that resembles this hero’s namesake
psychological examination, one of the principal characters of Alan Moore’s Watchmen.
ANSWER: Rorschach or Walter Kovacs (prompt on Walter)
[10]This architect has won the Pritzker Prize. He has designed buildings from his own home to famous
music halls. His style is considered deconstructivism and he is associated with the “Los Angeles School”
or the “Santa Monica School.” Name this architect who is famous for the Dancing House, the Walt Disney
Concert Hall, and the Guggenheim Museum.
ANSWER: Frank Owen Gehry
This layer of the Earth is made up of mostly ferro-magnesium silicates. Most of Earth’s internal heat is
located here and it can be broken up into an upper and lower portion. Convective cells that are found
within this layer may be the cause of plate tectonics. Name this thick rocky shell that makes up about 84%
of Earth volume.
ANSWER: Mantle
[10]While this author is now famous for his odes, he once studied as a surgeon’s apprentice. He and both
of his brothers eventually died from tuberculosis. Name this British poet and author of Women, Wine, and
Snuff, To Autumn, and Ode on a Grecian Urn.
ANSWER: John Keats
[10]This man was the first to see spermatozoa up close. He was also the first to see what he called “many
very little living animalcules” that he had scraped off of his teeth. Of his near 500 creations, less than 10
remain in the world. Name the Dutch scientist who crafted optical lenses 10 times as powerful as the lenses
of his time and is considered to be the “father of microbiology.”
ANSWER: Anton van Leeuwenhoek
[10]Her parents were Thutmose I and Ahmose. She married her half brother declared herself ruler in
1473. She liked to dress as a man as she went about the business of the nation. She was removed from the
throne by her nephew Thutmose III. Name this woman pharaoh of Egypt who ruled in the 18 th Dynasty.
ANSWER: Hatshepsut
[10]Varieties of these include Portolan and T/O, although neither of them are in use today. Genres of these
include thematic which can show features like climates or commodities, but don’t necessarily show
accurate shapes, areas, or distances, a common problem when creating these due to projecting a sphere onto
a flat surface. For ten points, what are these diagrammatic representations of a surface, one of which can
be found in Dora the Explorer’s backpack?
ANSWER:
map
[10]This man once ran a haberdashery after leaving the army before becoming a county judge. During this
man’s time in office he successfully battled the spread of Communism with the use of the Berlin Airlift and
his namesake Doctrine. He also was instrumental in setting up NATO and the desegregation of the armed
services. For ten points, name this man, the 33rd president of the United States and the namesake of the
University at which you are at right now.
ANSWER: Harry S Truman
[10]This property is dimensionless and is affected by an atoms atomic weight and the distance that its
valence electrons reside from the charged nucleus. The numerical values associated with this property
range from 0.7 to 4.0. Name this property that describes an atoms ability to attract electrons to itself.
ANSWER: Electronegativity
[10]His role was that of an arbitrator among the battles of other gods, and between Good and Evil in
general, making sure that none had the upper hand. Because he played scribe to the other gods in his
pantheon, he is credited with the invention of writing and one of his symbols is the reed pen. His
counterpart is Maat, as both stand on either side of Ra’s boat to ensure the universe stays in equilibrium.
For ten points, name this Egyptian god sometimes depicted with the head of a baboon, but more often with
than of an ibis.
ANSWER: Thoth or Tahuti or Tehuti or Djehuty
[10]This man has two ravens representing Thought and Memory who return to him everyday to tell him all
that has happened in Midgard. He is also thought to choose those who die in battle. This god of wit,
wisdom, magick, and learning is the namesake of Wednesday. Name this Father of all the gods and men
from Norse mythology.
ANSWER: Odin [or Woden, Wotan]
[10]Narrators of this story have included Patrick Stewart and David Bowie. When it was featured as a
segment in Disney’s 1946 “Make Mine Music” elements were altered to make the story more child friendly
like having the duck not die when it was consumed by one of the titular characters. FTP name the work
composed in 1936 by Sergei Prokofiev that features a flute, an oboe, a clarinet, a bassoon, French horns,
timpani, bass drums, and strings as the principle characters.
ANSWER: Peter and the Wolf
[10]In this descriptive poem the titular place is described as wicked, crooked, and brutal. It mentions
gunmen and painted women yet it ends with laughter coming from those within the title place. Name this
poem by Carl Sandburg that chronicles the “City of the Big Shoulders.”
ANSWER: Chicago
[10]Like many astronomical bodies, its name comes from Arabic and may mean “hand of Orion,” “house
of Orion,” or as it was once interpreted “armpit of Orion.” Despite being the alpha star of that
aforementioned constellation, this red-supergiant is actually less bright than the beta star, Rigel. For ten
points, name this star, the ninth brightest in the sky with a name that sounds like a ghost portrayed by
Michael Keaton.
ANSWER: Betelgeuse
Many of this artist’s early works were watercolors that included S. Giorgio Maggiore: Early Morning and
Colour Beginning. One of his first oil paintings was Fisherman at Sea, and it was hung at the Royal
Academy when he was 21. Other oil paintings by this artist include Dido Building Carthage and The
Fighting Tameraire. FTP, name the English landscape artist whose most famous paintings include The
Slave Ship and Rain, Steam, and Speed.
ANSWER: J.M.W. Turner
[10]This author’s first full length novel recounts some of his experiences living with the titular tribe of
cannibals, Typee. Many of this author’s works are based around the water, The Confidence Man, even
though it has to do with steamboats. Probably his best known work focuses on the adventures of Ishmael,
Starbuck, Queequeg, and Captain Ahab among others. For ten points name this write, the author of such
works as Billy Budd, Sailor and Moby Dick.
ANSWER: Herman Melville
[10]There are five types of this disorder: paranoid, disorganized, catatonic, undifferentiated, and residual.
It may be caused by abnormal activity of dopamine-containing neurons or by a larger than normal cerebral
ventricles. Name this psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution, grandeur, or
control which make it difficult to tell the difference between reality and unreal.
ANSWER:
Schizophrenia
[10] In this procedure, iodine is used as the fixing agent and alcohol is the decolorizer, removing the initial
addition of crystal violet should the peptidoglycan content of the cell wall be low. Safranin is used as the
counter stain which results in pink or Negative-cells, opposed to the purple Positive-cells of organisms with
dehydrated cell walls containing the crystal violet-iodine complex. For ten points, name this procedure, a
common method for differentiating bacteria named for a Dutch scientist.
ANSWER: Gram Stain
[10]This principle has been credited to the Greek philosopher Epicurus. The English philosophers Jeremy
Bentham and the father/son duo of James and John Stuart Mill supported this, the latter of whom wrote an
entire work concerning this principle. There are two types of this principle- act and rule- the former of
which is based on situations and the latter is based on solid rules. For ten points, what is this philosophical
principle, often described as “the greatest good for the greatest number?”
ANSWER: utilitarianism (also accept greatest happiness principle)
EXTRA: USE IN CASE OF TIE
[10]Ferry boats, trains, and floods are just a few disasters that keep characters on this show busy. This
series began in 2005 with a one night stand that developed into a post-it note wedding ceremony. Name this
television series that is centered on the doctors of Seattle Grace Hospital.
ANSWER: Grey’s Anatomy
[10]William Butler Yeats wrote a poem for the commemoration of this event. It began when several areas
around the country’s capitol where it took place were seized and independence was declared from the
occupying neighboring country. Even though it failed to establish the Irish Republic, this event led to the
Irish War of Independence three years later. For ten points, what was this 1916 rebellion of Irish
nationalists against their British occupants that resulted in a lot of dead Irish and Englishmen that took
place during a particular holiday week?
ANSWER: Easter Rising
[10]This holiday is celebrated in remembrance of a day that was chosen by lots for the destruction of all the
Jewish people in ancient Persia. Name this Jewish holiday on which the queen appeared before her
husband and begged for the salvation of her people as chronicled in the Biblical book of Esther.
ANSWER: Purim
[10]This man became the heir presumptive of his country in 1889 after the current crown prince committed
suicide. He married his non-royal sweetheart despite the fact that all their descendents would have no right
to the throne. He was killed in Sarajevo by a member of the Black Hand. Name this Archduke of AustriaHungary who was assassinated in 1914.
ANSWER: Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Bonus:
Everyone likes questions about vertebrates, so let’s answer some about some spineless critters for ten
points each.
[10]Members of this Phylum are difficult to characterize because their ability to adapt has made them
evolve in many different ways. However, all of these creatures do share the common feature of the mantle
which secretes a calcareous complex that forms their shells.
ANSWER: Mollusca or mollusks
[10]Among the members of Phylum Mollusca is this Class of organisms, whose name means “head-feet”,
known for their high level of intelligence, advanced physiology and development, and their ink sacs.
Representative species include octopi, cuttlefish, and nautiluses.
ANSWER: Cephalopoda
[10]This representative member of Class Cephalopoda may not be the most photogenic, but it is likely the
most popular- one lives in the lake near Hogwarts, Captain Nemo’s crew fights off seven in 20000 Leagues
Under the Sea, and one was the monster in Benchley’s The Beast.
ANSWER: Giant Squid (prompt on squid)
Shakespeare’s great, so answer some questions about one of his works for ten points each.
[10] This Shakespearian play takes place in Messina. It follows a prince and his followers staying at a
vineyard and the matchmaking and breaking that occurs there.
ANSWER: Much Ado About Nothing
[10] This character from Much Ado About Nothing falls in love with Claudio but is cast aside when he is
convinced she is a cheater.
ANSWER: Hero
[10] This prince of Arragon is urged at the end of the play to “get thee a wife” by a newly married
Benedick.
ANSWER: Don Pedro
Answer these questions about the happy-go-lucky works of Friedrich Nietzsche, for ten points each.
[10] The idea of the Ubermensch, or the superman, was introduced in this work by Nietzsche and later
adapted into a tone poem by Richard Strauss.
ANSWER: Also Sprach Zarathustra or Thus Spake Zarathustra
[10] Being the modest guy he was, Nietzsche wrote chapters called “Why I am so Wise” and “Why I write
such good books” in this work.
ANSWER: Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One Is
[10]The death of God is featured in several works, but the phrase “God is dead” originated in this Nietzsche
work which many high schoolers find to be hilariously named.
ANSWER:
The Gay Science (grudgingly accept even if they snicker while answering)
This woman’s monikers include Empress of India, Queen, and “the Grandmother of Europe”.
[10] Name this woman who reigned over the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1876.
ANSWER: Alexandrian Victoria
[10] Name Queen Victoria’s husband whose death caused the queen to wear black for the rest of her life.
ANSWER: Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
[10] Name Queen Victoria’s heir to the throne who was the first monach of Britian from the House of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
ANSWER: King Edward VII
Pick the mineral that would be able to scratch the other based on Mohs scale of mineral hardness.
[10] Fluorite and Talc
ANSWER: Fluorite
[10] Diamond and Topaz
ANSWER: Diamond
[10] Calcite and Apatite
ANSWER: Apatite
For ten points each, from the description and its mirror virtue name which of the Seven Deadly Sins it
describes.
[10] This sin is considered the sin that all others arise from. Its mirror virtue is humility.
ANSWER: Pride [or Vanity]
[10] This sin is the desire for what others possess. Its mirror virtue is kindness.
ANSWER: Envy
[10] This sin is a craving for the pleasures of the body. It’s mirrored by chastity.
ANSWER: Lust
Answer questions about aspects of Nazism for ten points each.
[10]Nazis were known practitioners of this, the selective breeding of humans to weed out undesirable traits,
so that they could perfect the Master Race.
ANSWER: eugenics
[10]One of the main doctors performing human experiments in Auschwitz was this Nazi. He focused on
heredity of twins and embryo manipulation to allow Germans to birth many perfect children.
ANSWER: Josef Mengele
[10] After fleeing Europe, Mengele hid in this South American country for awhile which harbored other
Nazi fugitives such as Adolf Eichmann where they lived under the protection of Juan Peron.
ANSWER: Argentina
Who doesn’t love American authors? I sure do, so answer some questions about one for ten points each.
[10] Name the stream of consciousness novel that is narrated by members of the Bundren family and
community members as each describes the events surrounding Addie Bundren’s death.
ANSWER: As I Lay Dying
[10] Name the author of As I Lay Dying, Absalom, Absalom! and The Sound and the Fury.
ANSWER: William Faulkner
[10] Faulkner set many of his stories in this fictional county that is said to be based on his hometown of
Oxford, Mississippi.
ANSWER: Yoknapatawpha County
Name the NBA team based on its description and the lack of the letter ‘s’ ending its name.
[10] This team wears red, gold, and white and is based in a Florida city.
ANSWER: Miami Heat
[10] Another Florida team, they wear blue, white, and silver. This team plays its games in the TD
Waterhouse Center in its home city.
ANSWER: Orlando Magic
[10] Purple, white, and yellow are the colors of this western team. The team plays in the Delta Center in its
state’s capitol.
ANSWER: Utah Jazz
For ten points each name these major players in the French Revolution.
[10] The king of France at the beginning of the revolution.
ANSWER: King Louis XVI
[10] The deputy of the Committee of Public Safety, the reign of terror ended with his death.
ANSWER: Maximilien Robespierre
[10] This man was the leader of the coup that overthrew the Directory marking the end of the Revolution.
ANSWER: Napoleon Bonaparte
Name the specific acid or base based on its definition.
[10] A substance that when added to water increases the concentration of Hydrogen ions present.
ANSWER: Arrhenius acid
[10] A substance that is able to gain or accept a proton.
ANSWER: Bronsted base
[10] A chemical substance that can accept a pair of electrons from a donor.
ANSWER: Lewis Acid
Answer some questions about the language everyone’s favorite dystopian novel, Nineteen Eighty-four, for
ten points each.
[10]This is the official language of the continent of Oceania and the people of the Party. It is reductionist
and words function as both nouns and verbs. Syme is a lexicographer that develops this language.
ANSWER: Newspeak
[10]This is the act of having notions that are disproved of by the government. It is regulated by the thought
police.
ANSWER: thoughtcrime or crimethink
[10]This is the act of accepting two contradictory ideas at the same time, such as knowing and unknowing
or using logic against logic.
ANSWER: doublethink
Answer some questions about an author and his works for ten points each.
[10]One morning Gregor Samsa finds that he has been transformed into a large vermin in this novella. Hijinks ensue, and Gregor eventually dies of an infection sustained while being pelted with apples.
ANSWER: The Metamorphosis
[10]In this work Josef K. is arrested for unknown reasons and forced to undergo the titular judicial process
before being executed “Like a dog!”
ANSWER: The Trial
[10]This Czech author wrote The Metamorphosis and The Trial.
ANSWER: Franz Kafka
Answer these awesome questions about optics for ten points each.
[10]This is the change in direction of light as it passes through different media, like when light passes
through air into water.
ANSWER: Refraction
[10]This is the largest angle that will allow for refraction; angles greater than this will cause waves to
undergo total internal reflection.
ANSWER: Critical Angle
[10]When light passes through two different media, such as air and glass, this equation is used to find the
angles of incidence or refraction in the new media.
ANSWER: Snell’s Law
Who doesn’t like nationalistic classical composers? No one, that’s who, so answer some questions about
some for ten points each.
[10]This composer may be best known for a collection of six symphonic poems about his native land
entitled Ma Vlast, or My Country. The best known section may be the one depicting the course of the titular
river, die Moldau.
ANSWER: Bedrich Smetana
[10]Smetana’s cycle was based on the Bohemia region of this European country which broke apart in 1993
into two autonomous nations.
ANSWER: Czechoslovakia (do not accept Czech Republic because that’s not where he was born nor is it
where he wrote about)
[10]Czechoslovakia also gave rise to this composer of such works as The Golden Spinning Wheel and a
symphony including motifs from American spirituals and Native American songs- Symphony No. 9 in E
minor or The “New World” Symphony.
ANSWER: Antonin Dvorak
Your question writer recently left his iPod at the zoo. FTPE, answer some questions about what he found
on it after getting the runaround from guest services.
[10] Elephants might find this Washington band too frightening to listen to. Perhaps they should just listen
to 2000’s The Moon and Antarctica or 2007’s We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank so they can see
that Isaac Brock is super nice guy.
ANSWER: Modest Mouse
[10]I can assume that this band wasn’t added by any capuchins or macaques. They’re probably too jealous
of 2-D, Murdoc, Noodles, and Russ’s opposable thumbs that they used to compose 2005’s Demon Days
and the upcoming Plastic Beach.
ANSWER: Gorrilaz
[10]This ursine band may have been added at the zoo’s Yellowstone exhibit. They aren’t as horrible as
they’re name suggests- more haunting as heard on the track “Ready, Able” and seen in the video for “Two
Weeks,” both off of 2009’s Veckatimest.
ANSWER: Grizzly Bear (Don’t prompt on “bear,” as that’s not the name of the band and this is not a
science question as much as I may like it to be.)
Answer these questions about bodies of water with a common feature for ten points each.
[10]The city of Sirte lies along this body of water in North Africa, and was the site of a 1981 incident
involving several Libyan Su-22 fighters and 2 US F-14 Tomcats.
ANSWER: Gulf of Sidra
[10]The Niger and the Volta rivers flow into this body of water on the southern coast of the western horn of
Africa. The Bight of Benin and the Bight of Bonny are also located along this water area.
ANSWER: Gulf of Guinea
[10]This body of water is bordered by the Cape York Peninsula, the Top End land, and the Arnhem Land,
and on the north by the Sea of Arafura. It is the site of the emptying of the Alice and McArthur rivers.
ANSWER: Gulf of Carpentaria
One of your question writers thinks birds are pretty sweet. Alas, he already exhausted his science
requirement. So answer some questions about mythological birds for ten points each.
[10]This bird is the counterpart of Muninn, or Memory, one of Odin’s two pet ravens he sends out each day
to gather the news of the world. This raven symbolizes Thought.
ANSWER: Huginn
[10]This bird-like protector of the world’s smaller birds is the air counterpart to Behemoth, land, and
Leviathan, water, in Jewish mythology. His wingspan can block out the sun.
ANSWER: Ziz
[10]This bird is the principal god of the Dreamtime in Aboriginal mythology. After he created the world he
retired to the sky, although that may not have stopped him from making an appearance on Lost.
ANSWER: Altjira
Answer some questions about an author and his works for ten points each.
[10]In this short story a mongoose is taken in as a pet by a British family living in India. The mongoose
takes up the defense of the family against a pair of cobras, eventually killing them both.
ANSWER: Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
[10]Rikki-Tikki-Tavi can be found in this collection of short stories which also include stories about the
exploits of a boy raised by wolves who fights the tiger Shere-Khan.
ANSWER: The Jungle Book
[10]The Jungle Book was written by this British-Indian author who also wrote the short story The Man Who
Would be King and the poem Gunga Din.
ANSWER: Rudyard Kipling
Answer some questions about the development and use of the atomic bomb for ten points each.
[10]This was the program created to develop the bomb. The program was centered in three cities: Los
Alamos, New Mexico, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and Richland, Washington.
ANSWER: Manhattan Project
[10]The Manhattan Project was responsible for the development of this atomic weapon, the first to be
detonated in combat over Hiroshima, Japan.
ANSWER: Little Boy
[10]This was the name given to the B-29 Superfortress bomber that deployed Little Boy.
ANSWER: Enola Gay
EXTRA: USE IN CASE OF TIE
For ten points each, given the polyatomic ion give its charge.
[10] Ammonium
ANSWER: +1
[10] Sulfite
ANSWER: -2
[10] Permanganate
ANSWER: -1
Many psychological experiments were performed using animals as the test subject. From the study and the
research name what kind of critter was used.
[10] Pavlov used this type of animal to study classical conditioning. The critter drooled at the sound of a
metronome.
ANSWER: Dog
[10] Thorndike placed this creature in a maze and gave it food when it reached the end. Time to reach the
food decreased and supported the idea of an eliciting stimulus.
ANSWER: Chick
[10] Kohler hung food out of the reach of this creature and watched as the critter pushed boxes over and
used them to reach the fruit showing insight.
ANSWER: Chimpanzee [accept ape]
Answer some questions about an artist and his works for ten points each.
[10] Originally titled The Poet, this statue is made of bronze and marble and is located at the Muse’e Rodin
in Paris. It shows a man sitting and meditating.
ANSWER: The Thinker
[10] Name this creator of The Thinker along with The Gates of Hell.
ANSWER: Auguste Rodin
[10] Name this other work by Rodin. It depicts two lovers doing the titular action.
ANSWER: The Kiss
This painting depicts a figure doing the titular action against the backdrop of a red sky.
[10] For ten points, name this painting that was stolen in 1994, and along with Madonna in 2004.
ANSWER: The Scream [ or Skrik]
[10] Name this Norwegian artist who created The Scream.
ANSWER: Edvard Munch
[10] Show your true prowess by naming either of the museums that The Scream was stolen from.
ANSWER: Norway’s National Gallery or the Munch Museum