Packet: Round 6
Round 1: Letter Category:
The letter is "W"
1. He was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1953 to 1969 and headed up the commission that
investigated the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Answer: Earl _Warren_
2. What South Dakota conflict of 1890 was the last major battle between American Indians and US Troops,
named for a nearby creek, not an ailing body part?
Answer: Battle of _Wounded Knee_
3. What man wrote The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Ernest?
Answer: Oscar _Wilde_
4. This poem is the longest and one of the most famous works of T.S. Eliot.
Answer: _The Wasteland_
5. This man, a star of Westerns, got his big break in 1939 with "Stagecoach".
Answer: John _Wayne_
6. This Leonard Bernstein musical is a remake of Romeo and Juliet.
Answer: _West Side Story_
7. This June 2002 movie about Navajo code-talkers in WWII features Nicholas Cage.
Answer: _Wiindtalkers_
8. This story by Kenneth Grahame, which later became a movie, featured Frog and Toad as the main
characters.
Answer: _Wind in the Willows_
Round 2: Untimed Individual Round
TEAM 1
1. PIA GETS THE PAPER FROM THE NEWSSTAND. -- Hidden in this sentence is the name of what
psychologist who formulated a theory of stages of cognitive development?
Answer: Jean _Piaget_
2. LINEAGE, LINEAL, LINEAR -- Which of these words means the line of descendants of a particular
ancestor?
Answer: _lineage_
3. Breezing Up, The Cornfield, The Lookout–All’s Well -- Which of these paintings was NOT painted by
Winslow Homer?
Answer: _The Cornfield_
4. (two part question) The same year, 1644, saw the end of this Chinese dynasty and a new publication by
this philosopher famous for saying "I think, therefore I am".
Answer: _Ming_ and Rene _Descartes_
5. Vienna, Kiev, Budapest -- Arrange these European capitals in order from west to east.
Answer: _Vienna, Budapest, Kiev_ (1,3,2)
6. "I’m Nobody! Who are you?/Are you—Nobody—Too?" These lines come from a poem by what writer
of "There is No Frigate Like a Book" and "Because I Could Not Stop For Death"?
Answer: Emily _Dickinson_
TEAM 2
1. THE PANTS GO ON ALMA’S LOWER HALF. -- Hidden in this sentence is the name of what
psychologist who came up with a hierarchy of needs?
Answer: Abraham _Maslow_
2. REDIVIVUS, REDOLENT, REDOSIER -- Which of these words means odorous or smelling?
Answer: _redolent_
3. Water Lilies, The Japanese Footbridge, Luncheon on the Grass -- Which of these paintings was NOT
done by Claude Monet?
Answer: _Luncheon on the Grass_
4. (two part question) The same year, 1648, saw the beginning of this English Lord Protector’s "Rump
Parliament", as well as the completion of this famous tomb in India by Shah Jahan.
Answer: Oliver _Cromwell_ and the _Taj Mahal_
5. Sofia, Sarajevo, Rome -- Arrange these European capitals in order from west to east.
Answer: _Rome, Sarajevo, Sofia_ (3,2,1)
6. "Listen, my children and you shall hear/Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere." These lines come from a
poem by what author of "The Wreck of the Hesperus" and "The Song of Hiawatha"?
Answer: Henry Wadsworth _Longfellow_
Round 3: Category Round
Given the provisions, give the Constitutional Amendment number.
1. "The right of the people to keep and bear arms"
Answer: _2_
2. Moved the inauguration to January 20.
Answer: _20_
3. Voting rights may not be denied based on race.
Answer: _15_
4. Speedy and public trial by an impartial jury.
Answer: _6_
5. Banning of poll taxes.
Answer: _24_
6. Repeal of Prohibition of alcohol.
Answer: _21_
7. Banning of unreasonable searches and seizures.
Answer: _4_
8. Congressional pay raises.
Answer: _27_
9. Women’s suffrage.
Answer: _19_
10. Slavery prohibited.
Answer: _13_
Extra. Accused has the right to legal counsel.
Answer: _6_
Round 4: Timed Individual
TEAM 1:
1. What ACC school’s football team lost a conference game at home last week for the first time since
joining the ACC in 1992.
Answer: _Florida State_ University (accept FSU)
2. What persuasive technique consists of asking someone to do something small and convenient in order to
convince them to later do something large?
Answer: _Foot-in-the-Door_ technique (accept equivalents)
3. The group referred to by this acronym was founded in 1960. In 1973, it raised prices of the commodity it
trades in to 8 times its then-current value before reserves in other countries brought the price back down to
normal.
Answer: _Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries_ (accept OPEC)
4. Find the area of the equilateral triangle. [Triangle with sides 6 units long]
Answer: _9 times the square root 3_
5. On April 8, 1974, he hit his 715th career home run in Atlanta Stadium. By the time he retired after the
1976 season, he had hit 755 home runs.
Answer: Henry (Hank) _Aaron_
6. Choice: Which of the following types of radiation does not change the charge of the radiating body?
Alpha, Beta, Gamma
Answer: _Gamma_
7. Many followers of this religion are also practicing Buddhists. Name this Japanese religion of deified
emperors and the Supreme Sun Goddess.
Answer: _Shinto_ism
8. "Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our
passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." Name the man who said this that was also
George Washington’s Vice President.
Answer: _John Adams_
TEAM 2:
1. What ACC school’s football team started the season unranked, but has risen as high as 9th in the
Coaches Poll with wins over Georgia Tech and Clemson?
Answer: University of _Maryland_ (accept equivalents)
2. What variation on the foot-in-the-door technique is illustrated by car dealers who quote a very low price,
but are then "forced" to go with a higher price?
Answer: _Low Ball_ technique (accept equivalents)
3. The group known by this acronym was formed in 1949 as a military defense treaty originally between
the United States, Canada, and ten European countries.
Answer: _North Atlantic Treaty Organization_ (accept NATO)
4. Find the area of this trapezoid with height 5. [Trapezoid with parallel sides of length 4 and 12]
Answer: _40_
5. Among love poems to her husband, collected in Sonnets from the Portuguese, this British poet wrote
"How Do I Love Thee?"
Answer: _E_lizabeth Barrett _Browning_
6. Choice: Radiation exposure is measured in which of the following? geigers; roentgens; curies
Answer: _roentgens_
7. What religion, often considered a complement to Confucianism, was founded in the sixth century BC by
Lao-Tzu?
Answer: _Tao_ism
8. "I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice!" Name this Republican
presidential candidate who lost the 1964 election to Lyndon Johnson.
Answer: Barry _Goldwater_
Round 5: Grab Bag Round
1. The bass version of this instrument is the least-known and least-used. Name this instrument often used in
jazz and played by Bill Clinton and Kenny G.
Answer: _saxophone_
2. "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud." These words were
written to the Corinthians by what saint and author of the Biblical Epistles?
Answer: St. _Paul_ (accept 1st Corinthians early)
3. Although her real name is Eilleen Edwards, she adopted the name she is known by in 1990. Name this
country singer of "Man! I Feel Like A Woman" and "From This Moment On".
Answer: Shania _Twain_
4. She began writing as a reporter in Wisconsin, but she later went on to write books that offered an
accurate view of America in the 1920s and 1930s. Who was this woman who wrote Show Boat, Giant, and
So Big?
Answer: Edna _Ferber_
5. It was addressed to Lord Rothschild on November 2, 1917. Name this letter linked with the British
Empire in establishing a Jewish state in the Middle East.
Answer: _Balfour_ Declaration
6. High art featuring comics? It's true. Name this US pop artist, famous for his use of Benday dots.
Answer: Roy _Lichtenstein_
7. You're guaranteed to find at least one precious metal in Promontory Point, Utah. Name this item that
commemorated the ending of the Transcontinental Railroad.
Answer: _Golden Spike_
8. Maybe this will turn on a light bulb in your head, as this noble gas that was discovered in 1785 is often
used in them. Name this element with an atomic number 18 and symbol Ar.
Answer: _argon_
9. This movie won the Academy Award for best song. Out of the five nominations, three of its songs had
been nominated. Name this Disney film that had Angela Lansburry singing at the Academy Awards.
Answer: _Beauty and the Beast_
10. This actress from Texas worked mostly in live theater, starring in South Pacific as Nellie Forbush. She
is best known, however, for her leading role in the 1955 version of Peter Pan.
Answer: Mary _Martin_
11. It was started by the Jameson Raid. While the British would eventually win, their losses were very
significant. Name this conflict that wrested control of South Africa from the Dutch settlers.
Answer: _Boer War_
12. His album "Concert" is a record of a 1987 show he played in Leningrad - one that included hits such as
"Only The Good Die Young", "We Didn’t Start the Fire" and "Piano Man".
Answer: Billy _Joel_
TB1. Although he is known for his sculpture, including "Bacchus" and his famous "Pieta", he is better
known for his paintings, including a mural on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Answer: _Michelangelo_
TB2. The probability of a child being born with this disease increases with the mother’s age. Name this
disease which causes mild retardation and which is caused by an extra chromosome in pair 21.
Answer: _Down_ Syndrome
TB3. The first ten years of her life are spent living with her aunt and cousins. After this, she spends eight
years in an orphan asylum before becoming a governess. Name this heroine of a novel by Charlotte Bronte.
Answer: _Jane Eyre_