2008-2009 Fake ICT
Packet 9
Tossups
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1.
When these devices exploit their voltage-dependent variable capacitance they are
known as varactors. Barring the creation of local hot spots, a non-destructive avalanche
current is produced by electron-hole pair propagation when the electric field within the (*)
depletion region of these devices reaches a critical value. Majority carriers exist in an energy
state greater than the Fermi energy in the Schottky barrier variety and those that operate in
reverse breakdown are named after Zener. For 10 points—name these devices that allow current
to pass in only one direction.
ANSWER: diodes
2.
In a work of this name, the author coined a term referring to the relationship of
hierarchies, the holon. That work claims that one of its title concepts is also named “factor
x” and has a “ubiquitous presence”. The work creating this idea repudiated the idea that
human actions were the result of “volitions”, or (*) mental willpower. That work derisively
gave this name to Cartesian dualism. For 10 points, name this concept used to title an Arthur
Koestler book and created by Gilbert Ryle.
answer: the ghost in the machine
3.
This man planned to destroy Egypt by diverting the course of the Nile, and died on a
ship after learning that he had been supplanted by his enemy, Lope Soares. He was assisted
by Timoja in one endeavor, while another involved seizing Socotra before capturing (*)
Hormuz. He built the first Portuguese fortress in Asia to protect Cochin before capturing
Malacca. For 10 points, name this man who captured Goa after replacing Francisco de Almeida
as governor of India, the namesake of a city in New Mexico.
answer: A(l)fonso de Albuquerque
4.
Alford, Grandville, and Pomerance proved the conjecture there exists infinitely
many of them. They must be capable of dividing the denominator of their associated
Bernoulli number. Erdos developed a technique for constructing large ones and they must
be (*) squarefree according to Korselt’s criteria. The Miller-Rabin probabilistic primality test
fails for these numbers and they must possess at least three prime factors. For 10 points—name
these odd composite numbers, which are known as absolute psuedoprimes and satisfy Fermat’s
little theorem for relatively prime values.
ANSWER: Carmichael numbers
5.
One character in this work fails to sell a painting and a wall clock. Alvaro had
earlier bought that character’s sewing machine and worked with her son before the son
was killed by the mayor’s men. The title character goes to the harbor every Friday to wait
for the (*) mail and sells a rooster to Sabas before reneging on the deal. For 10 points, name this
work where that rooster from Agustín and a pension check serve as hope for the title character in
a Gabriel García Marquez work.
answer: No One Writes to the Colonel (or ElCoronel no tiene quien le escriba)
6.
The namesake of this event once led a company that created the Phébor, a wooden
refrigerator with no need for electricity. One magistrate involved in this event, Albert
Prince, committed suicide, and this event led to the February 6th Riots. A new government
under (*) Gaston Doumergue formed after this event collapsed the government of Camille
Chautemps. For 10 points, name this French affair caused by fraudulent municipal pawnshop
bonds from Bayonne, named for a Ukrainian immigrant.
answer: Stavisky Affair
7.
One visitor to these people described them as being “like the Carolingian
kings…decayed to a mere beautiful futility.” That visitor would later compare these people
to “mere fatted cattle” before deciding to share “in their degradation and their Fear”
despite their (*) “intellectual degradation.” One member of this group is saved from drifting
away by a man who loses a certain vehicle and is named Weena. For 10 points, name this group
paired with the Morlocks in H.G. Well’s The Time Machine.
answer: Eloi
8.
This country’s second-largest island, Isla de la Juventud, is separated from this
country’s province of Pinar del Rio by the Gulf of Batabano. This country’s highest point,
Pico Turquino, is part of its Sierra Maestra mountain range. That range ends at the Gulf of
Guacanayabo, which is bordered by Las Tunas and (*) Granma provinces. Major cities in
this country include Holguin, Camaguey, and Cienfuegos, and Baracoa can be found in its
Guantanamo province. For 10 points, name this country with capital at Havana.
answer: Republic of Cuba
9.
One of his piano solos, where the soloist must whisper and make voiceless calls, is an
early version of his Lucifer’s Dream. Another work contains prayer gestures and was
packaged with a Lecture on [the sound] HU, Inori. One scene from his (*) Licht cycle of 7
operas for the days of the week required four of the title objects on loan from the Austrian army.
For 10 points, name this composer of some avant-garde Klavierstücke and the Helicopter String
Quartet.
answer: Karlheinz Stockhausen
10.
Rieske proteins are associated with a cycle in which this protein’s reduction is
linked to the oxidation of Coenzyme Q. A variant of this protein located in the endoplasmic
reticulum acts as a monooxygenase enzyme by adding a terminal hydroxyl group to fatty
acids and is designated (*) P-450. Like hemoglobin, the b variant of this protein contains an
iron protoporphyrin IX heme prosthetic group and the cleavage of DEVD specific caspases is
triggered by its c variant. For 10 points—name this class of proteins found within the electron
transport chain of the inner mitochondrial membrane.
ANSWER: cytochrome
11.
A 1981 documentary by Connie Field is titled after The Life and Times of this
character, while in a song by Redd Evans and John Jacob Loeb, she protects her boyfriend,
Charlie. In her first true depiction, her head is turned away from the (*) sandwich in her left
hand while her visor and goggles rest above her head. For 10 points, name this character depicted
wearing a red bandana and flexing her right bicep saying “We Can Do It!”, a World War II–era
female factory worker.
answer: Rosie the Riveter
12. One part of this book ends with a policeman killing the child-murderer Hinzelmann. At
another point in this novel, the prostitute Bilquis consumes a client. It opens with the
protagonist leaving prison and finding out that his wife died while engaged in a sex act in a
car with his friend Robbie. That man works for Mr. (*) Wednesday, who is attempting to
make war on airplanes and the Internet with the aid of Czernobog, Thoth, and Anansi. For 10
points, name this 2001 fantasy by Neil Gaiman.
ANSWER: American Gods
13.
This man painted four figures jumping in a circle with a fifth figure excluded in
Wildly Dancing Children, and a barren landscape holds a red haired kid with yellow shoes
in his Child and Large Bird. This painter began a book titled On Primitive Art shortly before
creating paintings like (*) South Sea Islander during his time in New Guinea. During Nazi rule,
this man secretly painted the watercolors Unpainted Pictures. For 10 points, name this German
painter and member of Die Brücke.
answer: Emil Nolde (or Emil Hansen)
14.
Ligand group orbitals are classified based on which one of these entities they belong
to when constructing molecular orbital diagrams. The identity operator E gives the
degeneracy of the orbitals assigned to their labels. Homonuclear diatomic molecules belong
to their own set due to the possession of an infinity fold axis of rotation and a horizontal
plane of (*) symmetry. They can be divided into C and D class and their elements are listed in
character tables. For 10 points—name these mathematical groups that give the number and
nature of the symmetry elements for a given molecule.
ANSWER: point groups
15.
John Charles and Omar Sivori were two important early players for this club, and
the 2001 transfer to Real Madrid from this club of Zinedine Zidane was at that point the
most expensive in history. This club currently plays their home games at the Olympic
Stadium due to construction work on the Stadio (*) delle Alpi. Nicknamed "the old lady",
Claudio Ranieri is their current manager. For 10 points, name this Turin-based soccer club
featuring players like Gigi Buffon and Alessandro del Piero.
answer: Juventus Football Club (accept Juve)
16.
One character in this work saves a boy from an oncoming train, which causes
problems with his wife Robbie. One character’s mother sends handmade quilts from her
shack, and that son’s new home, Marmion, is prepared by his father-in-law Battle. Laura
(*) McRaven fears that she will not be accepted into the main family after arriving at the
Shellmound plantation from Jackson. For 10 points, name this Eudora Welty work about Troy
Flavin’s marriage into Dabney Fairchild’s family.
answer: Delta Wedding
17.
The Romans created the largest man made one of these near Terni named
Marmore. The four tracks of King, Roarer, Rocket, and Queen are present in another
located in Karnakata called Jog. The strongest European one is located near Husavik in
Iceland and is named (*) Dettifoss. One of these features a U-shape given the name the Devil’s
Throat and is located on the Brazil-Argentina border, named Iguazu. For 10 points, name this
geographic feature notably including such examples as Victoria, Angel, and Niagara.
answer: waterfalls
18.
This man’s capture in an attempt to avenge the Kirker massacre at Galeana
resulted in a siege of the city of Fronteras. This man was accused of abducting a child from
John Ward’s ranch in an event that included this man “cutting the tent”, the Bascom
Affair. This man fought James Carleton out of the (*) Dragoon Mountains before agreeing to
a treaty with George Crook and Thomas Jeffords. For 10 points, name this son-in-law of Mangas
Coloradas and leader of the Chiricahua band of Apache.
answer: Cochise
19.
This man hosted a spinoff of The Newlywed Game with only one known episode, The
Family Game. His namesake “box” had four drawers, three with money; that box appeared
on a show he hosted for 20 years, originally created by Ralph Edwards, (*) Truth or
Consequences?. He stopped hosting Miss Universe because contestants were given furs, and he
introduced the sign-off call of “Have your pet spayed or neutered.” For 10 points, name this
octogenarian replaced by Drew Carey as host of The Price is Right.
answer: Robert William (Bob) Barker
20.
The builder of an organ takes the name Silbermann to hide his identity in this work,
and that character is a member of the League of Journeyers to the East, which helped
society move past the Age of the Feuilleton according to Plinius Ziegenhalss. One character
studies at the schools of Eschholz and (*) Waldzell and becomes a tutor to Tito, the son of
Plinio Designori, before drowning. For 10 points, name this work in which Joseph Knecht
becomes the Magister Ludi, a work by Herman Hesse.
answer: The Glass Bead Game (or Das Glasperlenspiel; accept “Magister Ludi” early)
21.
The Konungsbók and Hauksbók manuscripts provided slightly different catalogues
of them. One of them was named Gandalfr, and four of them held up the dome of heaven
fashioned from Ymir's skull. One of them hid in a waterfall in the form of a (*) pike, and
another was Fafnir's brother. Two of them killing Gilling after making mead from the blood of
Kvasir, and their ancestors include Mótsognir and Dvalinn. For 10 points, name these creators of
Skídbladnir and Mjöllnir, a dimunitive race.
answer: dwarfs [or dwarves; or Dvergar]
22.
One of these was supposedly introduced to its creator, John Weilgart, by an elfin
green alien, while another is the product of 30 years’ work by John Quijada and has a
simplified version called (*) Ilaksh. Besides aUI and Ithkuil, one of these arose out of a project
by James Cooke Brown to test a certain hypothesis. An attempted universal one was created by
Ludwig Zamenhof; its spinoffs include Ido. For 10 points, Lojban, Volapük, and Esperanto are
examples of what kind of system of phonemes?
answer: artificial languages or constructed languages (prompt on “languages”)
23.
This event was shortly preceded by a similar one at the Aragon Ballroom. Sparked
by the conviction of members of the so-called “38th street gang”, including Hank Leyvas, in
the (*) Sleepy Lagoon murder case, this event began when naval sailors on leave claimed they
were attacked, after which they took taxis into East LA and wreaked havoc. For 10 points, name
this June 1943 incident in which sailors attacked Mexican-Americans wearing the titular
“hoodlum” clothing.
answer: the Zoot Suit riots (accept sailor riots before the word “sailor”)
24.
One attempt to take this city was stopped by an ambassador Wotton, who got
reinforcements for this city from Lord Pembroke. One governor of St. Omer tried to bribe
Aymery de Pavia for this city but was foiled when a man under the banner of Sir Walter
Manny visited. An event outside this city saw (*) two monarchs set up tents on the ground
between them. For 10 points, name this city by which the Field of the Cloth of Gold took place,
and where some burghers made a notable sacrifice.
answer: Calais
25.
Their name comes from an anecdote about Richie Ashburn and Frank Thomas
colliding in the outfield. They backed Yoko Ono on a cover of the song “Wicked Little
Town/Exquisite Corpse.” In the film I Shot Andy Warhol, they play The Velvet
Underground. (*) Their songs include “Let’s Save Tony Orlando’s House” and “Tears Are In
Your Eyes.” For ten points, name this indie rock group, best known for albums like And Then
Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out and I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass.
answer: Yo La Tengo
26.
According to the Lynch model, these entities are weeded out in organism with large
population sizes. They can be located using the GU-AG rule and their eucaryal tRNA
variety is located in the anti-codon loop between nucleotides 37 and 38. Group II examples
possess (*) open reading frame regions that code for maturase proteins, which facilitate their
own ribozyme activity. Although they are present in chloroplast tRNA genes, these regions are
typically not present within prokaryotic DNA. For 10 points— name these non-coding regions of
DNA that are removed from precursor mRNA through splicing.
ANSWER: introns
2008-2009 Fake ICT
Packet 9
Bonuses
1.
For 10 points each— answer the following questions about unique astronomical
locations.
[10] Although asteroids with elliptical orbits pass through these regions, asteroids do not remain
in these regions that represent mean motion resonances corresponding to fractions of Jupiter’s
orbital period.
ANSWER: Kirkwood gaps
[10]Stationary solutions to the restricted three body problem give rise to these equilibrium
positions that provide stable orbits for the Trojan asteroids.
ANSWER: Lagrange points
[10] This successor to the Hubble Space Telescope is set to occupy the second Earth-Sun
Lagrange point after launch.
ANSWER: James Webb Space Telescope
2.
A Nigerian poet, he died fighting in the Biafrian war for independence. For 10 points
each,
[10] Name this author of the Heavensgate cycle of poems as wells as “Elegy for Alto.”
answer: Christopher Okigbo
[10] Okigbo rails against neo-colonialist exploitation in this 1968 work, and tells us “"THE
ROBBERS descend on us to strip us of our laughter” and of the title weather condition.
answer: Paths of Thunder
[10] Paths of Thunder was partially published in this journal, at one time edited by Soyinka. It
also names a 1959 film set in Brazil during Carnival directed by Marcel Camus.
answer: Black Orpheus
3.
It is set in the inland Massachusetts port of St.Botolphs. For 10 points each,
[10] Name this episodic novel about the titular family of Captain Leander and his sons Moses
and Coverly.
answer: The Wapshot Chronicle
[10] The Wapshot Chronicle was written by this author of Bullet Park and Falconer.
answer: John Cheever
[10] In this Cheever short-story Jim and Irene Wescott are a thoroughly average couple, who
listen to the title object which plays a large role in their lives.
answer: “The Enormous Radio”
4.
Answer the following about a fiction contemporary of Charlemagne, for 10 points each,
[10] Name this novel about Agilulf, a paragon of medieval chivalry, who is more ontically empty
than even the author’s Cloven Viscount.
answer: The Nonexistent Knight
[10] The Nonexistent Knight was penned by this Italian author of If on a Winter’s Night a
Traveler.
answer: Italo Calvino
[10] In this Calvino novel, Pin seeks to join political group despite being ridiculed by those he
meets; its title refers to the directions he offers as a prize to those who can win his trust
answer: Path to the Nest of Spiders [accept alternate translations]
5.
This play, the last in a ten part series, depicts Harold Wilks ambition. For 10 points each,
[10] Name this work that followed King Hedley II and in which Aunt Ester’s house is going to be
demolished to put up a luxury apartment with a Starbucks on the first floor.
answer: Radio Golf
[10] Radio Golf concludes this cycle of plays; most of them are set in the Hill District of the title
city.
answer: The Pittsburgh Cycle
[10] Name this author of the Pittsburg Cycle.
answer: August Wilson
6.
It arose after a ten year hiatus following the death of Emperor Ai. For 10 points each,
[10] Name this dynasty that began with the “start to establish a nation” era and ruled from 9-23
A.D.
answer: Xin Dynasty
[10] The sole ruler of the Xin Dynasty was this usurper of the Western Han throne, an arrogant
and incompetent emperor deposed in a peasant revolt at Chang'an.
answer: Wang Mang [accept Jujun]
[10] Wang Mang restored this land distribution method where out of nine blocks of land, eight
are privately worked and the central one is communal.
answer: well-field system [accept King's Fields]
7.
For 10 points each, answer these questions about a Supreme Court case.
[10] This case ruled that the Rescinding Act was unconstitutional and awarded $5,000,000 to a
group of people who had been sold lands in what was then western Georgia.
answer: Fletcher v. Peck
[10] The Virginia company of this name was led by Patrick Henry, who bought twenty million
acres for under a penny an acre. This name also is given to the eponymous "land fraud" that
happened.
answer: Yazoo
[10] This state senator helped draft the Rescinding Act which nullified the Yazoo Act. As
governor of Georgia, he would include the rescinding act in the state constitution and ceded the
lands to the US in 1802.
answer: James Jackson
8.
For 10 points each— answer the following about phenomenon that is related to the Stark
effect.
[10] Name this effect in which the application of a magnetic filed causes splitting in spectral
lines.
ANSWER: Zeeman effect
[10] When the strength of the magnetic field produces a J-level splitting comparable to the
difference in energy between J-levels, this other regime has to be employed.
ANSWER: Paschen-Back effect
[10]The value for the total angular momentum quantum number J arising from the interaction of
two electrons in an atom can be determined using this form of coupling.
ANSWER: Russell-Saunders coupling
9.
For 10 points each— answer these questions related to proteins analysis.
[10] This N-terminal protein sequencing technique uses phenylisothiocyanate to degrade
proteins.
ANSWER: Edman’s degradation
[10] Amino acids can be synthetically synthesized through hydrolysis of the alpha-aminonitriles
produced via this reaction, which involves the nucleophilic attack of an imine by cyanide.
ANSWER: Strecker synthesis
[10] Individual proteins can be detected in a mixture using this technique in which SDS-Page
separation is followed by blotting on nitrocellulose and protein specific antibody labeling.
ANSWER: western blot
10.
For 10 points each, answer these questions about the site of the Yul Brynner Historic
Birthplace.
[10] Founded in 1860, this port and capital of Primorsky Krai (pronounced "cry") was taken by
the Japanese during the Russian Civil War.
answer: Vladivostok
[10] Vladivostok is situated on this natural harbor, which shares its name with a body of water
that flows into the Sea of Marmara and separates two parts of European Turkey.
answer: Golden Horn Bay or Zolotoy Rog
[10] This fleet of the Russian navy is based in Vladivostok. During the Russo-Japanese War, the
Russians sent the Baltic fleet to join up with this fleet, which was led by Makarov at the start of
the war.
answer: Russian Pacific Fleet
11.
The mob responsible for it gathered at Portsburgh and wished to avenge six deaths. For
10 points each,
[10] Name this 1736 event occuring between the trial and lynching of the captain of the
Edinburgh city guard.
answer: Porteous Riots
[10] Among those who were shocked at the death of Porteous was this enlightened queen, the
consort of George II.
answer: Queen Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach
[10] The entire affair marred the legacy of this first prime minister, whose tenure also saw the
South Sea Bubble and Battle of Cartagena.
answer: Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford [prompt on Walpole]
12.
The first movement of this Piano suite, the Prelude, is in tempo rubato. For 10 points
each,
[10] Name this work by Debussy whose third section is name after a Paul Verlaine poem and the
fourth section is a Passepied.
answer: Suite Bergamasque
[10] That third section is indeed named after this Verlaine poem the title of which refers to the
light of the moon.
answer: “Clair de Lune”
[10] This Polish-Conductor and composer transcribed “Clair de Lune” from Suite Bergamasque
for orchestra, rejecting the baton, he starred in Disney’s Fantasia
answer: Leopold Stokowski
13.
This area name literally means “the barrier.” For 10 points each,
[10] Name this region of a country that contains the cities of Jeddah, and the holy capitals of
Mecca and Medina.
answer: Hejaz
[10] This ruler, whose lineage had previous ruled the Nejd or the interior highlands of the area,
conquered the Hejaz in the 1920’s and unified the country to become its first king
answer: Ibn Saud [accept Abdel Aziz Al-Saud for all those proper Wahabists]
[10] This doubly-eponymous protracted set of letters between the British High Commissioner in
Egypt and the Sharif of Mecca discussed the future of a post-Ottoman Midde East.
answer: Hussayn-McMahon Correspondence [accept in reverse order]
14.
They must reduce to the ideal gas law as the pressure approaches zero and their critical
isotherm must show a point of inflection at the critical point. For 10 points each—
[10] Name these equations, examples of which include the van der Waals equation and the
Beattie-Bridgeman equation.
ANSWER: equations of state
[10] Like the van der Waals equation, this other equation of state contains constants a and b
which correct for attractive forces and volume.
ANSWER: Redlich-Kwong equation
[10] This equation, which is based on statistical mechanics, is represented as a power series in
reciprocal volumes has namesake coefficients located in the numerators
ANSWER: virial equation of state
15.
For 10 points each, answer these questions about the 2008-09 Atlanta Hawks.
[10] This Hawks forward has had a reasonable season, averaging 6.3 points per game with 5.7
rebounds a game. His best season came three years ago, when he averaged 12 and 8, but he's
probably been struggling with grief over the loss of South Ossetia.
answer: Zaur "Zaza" Pachulia
[10] This point guard has played two seasons with the Hawks, averaging 3.6 points per game in
his career. He was drafted 11th from Texas A&M and has dropped the ordinal number "fourth"
from his jersey while in the NBA.
answer: Acie Law IV
[10] The second pick of the Grizzlies in 1998 after two seasons and a championship at Arizona,
this guard is most famous for his various close calls as a King and foil to Chris Webber against
the Lakers this decade.
answer: Michael "Mike" Bibby
16.
For 10 points each, answer the following about Japanese-American relations.
[10] This deal between Theodore Roosevelt and the Japanese allowed for the offspring of
Japanese to attend non-segregated schools, while Japanese emigrants were not issued passports
in certain categories.
answer: Gentlemen's Agreement
[10] The Japanese signer of this agreement claimed that in this agreement, the US had
recognized Japan's "paramount" position in Manchuria. Signed in 1917, Japan promised to
respect the Open Door Policy and China's sovereignty.
answer: Lansing-Ishii Agreement
[10] This pact signed after the Washington Conference of 1921-1922 affirmed China's
sovereignty and made sure that all nations had equal rights in business with China. Among the
signatories were the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, and China.
answer: Nine-Power Pact
17.
Perhaps you can figure out how these three Matt Weiner answers are grouped together
better than Mike Bentley can. For 10 points each,
[10] This play by Sophocles follows up on everyone's favorite king who slept with his mother
and killed his father. Naturally, it involves him dying at the title locale.
answer: Oedipus at Colonus (or Oedipus Coloneus)
[10] Oedipus at Colonus is set chronologically before this other Sophocles play where the title
figure strives to bury her brother Polynices.
answer: Antigone
[10] For whatever reason, we switch gears to asking about this Silver Age Roman poet, probably
because he composed the 12 book Thebaid in addition to the collection Silvae.
answer: Statius
18.
For 10 points each, answer the following about archaeologists.
[10] This German studied many Greek and Roman artifacts before writing his History of the Art
of the Ancients.
answer: Johann Joachim Winckelmann
[10] This Italian became a leading Egyptologist, even representing Tuscany on a trip to Egypt
with Champollion.
answer: Ippolito Rosellini
[10] This man notably found the palace of Knossos on the island of Crete.
answer: Sir Arthur John Evans
19.
Written by Tim Schafer, this game is set in the Land of the Dead and sees the player
controlling Manny Calavera, who has a skull for a head. For 10 points each,
[10] Name this first LucasArts adventure game to venture into 3D.
answer: Grim Fandango
[10] LucasArts also published several adventure games in this series, focusing on a Caribbean
pirate named Guybrush Threepwood. The second game was subtitled LeChuck's Revenge.
answer: Monkey Island
[10] Using the engine created for Maniac Mansion, this 1988 Lucasfilm Games production is set
in the distant future of 1997. The protagonist is a reporter for the National Inquisitor.
answer: Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
20.
This poem retells an old story using an even older poetic form. For 10 points each,
[10] Name this poem which also names the author’s third collection of poetry about the title
figure whose “Hair was black as sin is black” and “eyes were black as night is black.”
answer: “Ballad of the Brown Girl”
[10] “Ballad of the Brown Girl” was written by this Harlem Renaissance figure whose other
collections include Copper Sun and The Black Christ and Other Poems
answer: Countee Cullen
[10] In this Cullen poem the author wonders “What awful brain compels His awful hand” but
expresses wonderment as the curious thing of making “a poet black, and bid him sing!”
answer: “Yet do I Marvel”
21.
For 10 points each, answer the following regarding a recent failure in appointment.
[10] The Obama administration tried to appoint this man to chair the National Intelligence
Council, but this anti-Israel man withdrew from consideration.
answer: Charles Freeman
[10] Freeman served as U.S. ambassador to this nation under Bush I, which may have
encouraged his feelings toward Israel.
answer: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
[10] Freeman made remarks after the massacre here that the Chinese were justified but should’ve
acted sooner in stopping the protest.
answer: Tiananmen Square
22.
This paradox was developed in response to the work of Kenneth Arrow. For 10 points
each,
[10] Name this logical paradox that denies the Pareto optimality of a preference ordering system
that subscribes to title condition, even minimally first proposed by Amartya Sen.
answer: Liberal Paradox
[10] The Liberal Paradox is related to this condition proposed by John Rawls, which replaces the
state of nature. Rawls holds that individuals here would adopt a minimax strategy.
answer: Original Position
[10] It works as legitimate strategy to define principles of justice because individuals are
“behind” this construct that does not allow them to know where they are in society
answer: Veil of Ignorance
23.
For 10 points each— answer the following questions related to plasmas.
[10] In the absence of a magnetic field, this value represents the characteristic length describing
the screening of a test charge in a plasma by the surrounding ions and electrons.
ANSWER: Debye length
[10] The presence of convective cells or magnetostatic nodes can give rise to this form of
diffusion in plasmas.
ANSWER: Bohm diffusion
[10] Oscillations of electron density in plasmas can give rise to these longitudinal plasmaacoustic waves.
ANSWER: Langmuir waves
24.
This song claims that “you may talk about your Clementine, and sing of Rosalee” but
those aren’t the girls the singer is after. For 10 points each,
[10] Name this song that talks about the flowing Rio Grande and a flowery girl in a certain state.
answer: “Yellow Rose of Texas”
[10] Unlike for the singer of that song, no woman waited in Texas for this man, a Mexican
general who couldn’t win in either the Mexican War or the Texan Revolution.
answer: Antonio López de Santa Anna
[10] While this figure wasn’t missing a leg like Santa Anna, this general under King Jabin of
Hazor did find himself with a tent pin in his head after sleeping in the tent of Jael.
answer: Sisera
25.
It critiques various forms of leftist thought in the United States. For 10 points each,
[10] Name this short work, by a noted American pragmatist, which includes a rather strange
analysis in the appendix about the distinction between Movements and Campaigns.
answer: Achieving Our Country
[10] Achieving Our Country was written by this Dewey scholar, who was also the author of
Contingency, Irony and Solidarity.
answer: Richard Rorty
[10] In this Rorty work, he describes philosophers’ professional obsession with the
correspondence theory of truth, suggesting that language cannot function as the title device.
answer: Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature
26.
This set of prints depicts scenes from one of the Five Routes constructed by Tokugawa
Ieyasu. For 10 points each,
[10] Name this numerical titled set of ukiyo-e prints illustrating the various rest-stops along the
titular road.
answer: 53 Stations of the Tokaido
[10] The 53 Stations of the Tokaido were executed by this Japanese artist, a near contemporary
of the also excellent Hokusai.
answer: Utagawa Hiroshige
[10] Both Hokusai and Hiroshige executed a version of this collection of prints depicting the
titular mountain.
answer: 36 Views of Mt. Fuji