Illinois Novice Tournament 2002 – Round 9
Packet by Case Western Reserve University (Greg Hanneman, Jeff Hanson, Allison Manzuk, Josh
Levit)
Tossups
1. Barbara would like to join a convent or go on a pilgrimage, but takes a job as a housekeeper.
Gayef is considering a career in banking, but his habit of playing an imaginary game of billiards to
cover for his social gaffes makes matters difficult. Lopakhin, a former serf, suggests that the
proprietor build villas to lease as a way to generate income to pay the mortgage. Madame Ranevsky
has no control over her spending and thus loses the titular property in, FTP, this play by Anton
Chekov.
Answer: The Cherry Orchard or Vishnovy sad
2. He created several laws of galactic rotation, and proposed that the sun was on the edge of the
Milky Way galaxy. An early advocate of dark matter, he also argued that the Crab Nebula resulted
from a supernova explosion, but he is most famous for his discovery of comet dust outside of
Pluto’s orbit. FTP, name this Dutch astronomer, best known for his namesake cloud.
Answer: Jan Hendrik Oort
3. The title character resorts to trickery to discover that the army would be marching by the pass of
Napata, thus starting the motions that bring about her death. She is reunited with her father
Amonsro when he captured by her lover, but on the advice of Ramfis they are kept as hostages.
Amneris overcomes her jealous and pleads for the life of the army commander Radames, who is
sentenced to live burial. FTP, Radames is reunited in his death chamber with what protagonist and
Ethiopian love slave in this Verdi opera set in Egypt?
Answer: Aida
4. It took place under the cover of a police bust at the S-M-C Cartage Company warehouse on
Clark Street. Arranged by Jack McGurn, among its victims were an optometrist named Reinhardt
Schwimmer, Johnny May, Frank and Pete Gusenburg, and three other members of the North Side
Gang, however the main target, Bugs Moran, was not present. FTP, identify this bloodbath in
which the above were lined up against a wall and machine gunned to death at the behest of Al
Capone on February 14, 1929.
Answer: St. Valentine's Day Massacre
5. Roughly synonymous in common usage to "prototype," in psychology these potentials for
creation are realized when they enter consciousness as images and enable to us to act as human
beings. These patterns of thought or symbolic imagery are derived from the past collective
experience and present in the individual unconscious. FTP, identify this Jungian concept, whose
manifestations include shadow, animus, syzygy, child and self.
Answer: Archetypes
6. Its first president, Charles Coffin, led the Thomas-Houston company into the merger that formed
this industry leader. Under the held of Owen D. Young, this company helped to found the National
Broadcasting Company and stamped its trademark on it. Now among the world’s largest and most
diversified businesses, it is involved in aircraft engines, medical imaging equipment, and plastics,
which is where recently retired CEO Jack Welch got his start. FTP, what is this corporation that
purchased RCA in 1986 and the Edison Electric Light Company in 1892?
Answer: General Electric Company
7. Constructed in 1875, it was originally named Fort Brisbois, after the first inspector of the
Northwest Mounted Police. Due to the Arab oil boycott of 1974, this city's population grew from
325,000 in 1974 to 650,000 by the early ‘80s. Nearby attractions include Lac Louise and Banff
National Park. FTP, identify this city, host of the 1988 Winter Olympics, an annual rodeo known as
the Stampede and the Flames.
Answer: Calgary
8. As a teenager, a biography of Vladislav Tretiak inspired him to play hockey. Drafted in the 9th
round by the Winnipeg Jets in 1992, he won the Gatschene Trophy in 2000 playing in the IHL with
the Long Beach Ice Dogs during a contract hold out. He entered the 2002 season with 28 shutouts
in his NHL career. FTP, identify this Russian goalie who wears #35 for the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Answer: Nikolai Khabibulin
9. After its principle owner's death, Magni and Modi will inherit it. This object was greatly feared
by the frost giants, many of whom were disposed using it. Made for its owner by the dwarfs Brok
and Eitri, every time it was thrown, lightning would flash and it would return to its owner's gloved
hand. FTP, name this object from Norse mythology, the hammer wielded by Thor.
Answer: Mjollnir
10. Created during the author's stint in Sant'Andrea, this work was dedicated to the governor of
Florence, in hopes that it would curry favor and gain an invitation to return to government for the
author. Emphasizing the free will of human beings rather than divine destiny, it was one of the first
works to separate ethics from politics. It used historical evidence to make its points, and was
designed as a practical handbook to ruling rather than an abstract philosophical work. FTP, identify
this work, popular with Cesare Borgia, written in 1513 by Niccolo Machiavelli.
Answer: The Prince or Il principe
11. In the time leading up to event, the price of farm goods rose as a result of the temporary
disruption of European agriculture by military conflict, eventually causing a land boom in the
western United States. The realty run was fueled by the availability of easy credit to settlers and
speculators. The national bank began tightening credit, and foreclosing mortgages, sending the US
into economic turmoil. FTP, name this mini-depression that eventually led to some questioning the
existence of the National Bank.
Answer: The Panic of 1819
12. This group reacted against the extreme romanticism of Richard Wagner as well as the
impressionism of Claude Debussy. Named by critic Henri Collet, they were influenced by the
writings of Jean Cocteau. Although they mainly eschewed grandiose displays, the King David
oratorio and the program piece Rugby by Arthur Honneger deviated from this trend. FTP, what was
this loose group that followed Erik Satie and also included Darius Milhaud, Francis Poulenc, and
three others.
Answer: Les Six or The Six
13. This play is notorious for having the fewest women in any Shakespearean play - two prostitutes
that do not appear until scene IV. They are seen hanging one each off of the arms of Alcibiades
when he approaches the cave of the title character. Alcibiades asks him for money to fund his
campaign and the character gives it to him despite the fact that his reckless giving was the reason
he went into debt and had to leave his native city. FTP, identify this Shakespearean play that is
obviously set in Greece.
Answer: Timon of Athens
14. Examples of this type of chemical include trimethylamine oxide and glycine. Some chemists
restrict this term to compounds with the charges on non-adjacent atoms. Also, they are sometimes
referred to as inner salts or dipolar ions. FTP, identify these compounds that derive their name from
the German for "hybrid" which are neutral compounds having formal unit electrical charges of
opposite sign.
Answer: Zwitterions
15. This county's Channel 13 airs Recursos Humanos, which offers a yearlong employment
contract to the winner and free medical care to the loser. Beset by financial crises over the past two
years that have caused its economy to contract by 12 percent, this country curbed its hyperinflation
by pegging its peso to the American dollar but still defaulted on a $809 million World Bank loan.
FTP, what is this South American country, which went through five presidents in two weeks in
December 2001, and is currently led by Eduardo Duhalde?
Answer: Argentina
16. This movement was initialized by the Falk Laws of 1873, part of which required civil marriage
and placed all schools under state control. The success of the Center Party in the Reichstag
elections five years later helped to end the repressive policies that extended to banning the Jesuit
order and removing non-Protestants from political office. Designed to reduce the influence of the
Catholic church in Germany, FTP, what was this “struggle for culture” plan devised by Otto von
Bismarck?
Answer: Kulturkampf
17. His knowledge of medicine and occasional practice of the art led, in 1666, to an acquaintance
with Lord Ashley, who later became the Earl of Shaftesbury. In 1675, he sought the milder air of
the south of France, and kept a journal that would later serve as the basis for his Essay Concerning
Human Understanding. FTP, identify this British philosopher, author of Letters of Toleration and
Two Treatises of Government.
Answer: John Locke
18. With a diameter 35 times that of the sun, its bluish-white tint is typical of stars found in its
constellation, except for the reddish-orange tint of the alpha star of its constellation. The beta star of
its constellation, it is located diagonally opposite Betelgeuse. FTP, name this star, also known as
Beta Orionis, found in the Orion constellation.
Answer: Rigel
19. His most famous stage appearance was his high school production of The Pirates of Penzance.
He's won the high school Silver Cup for Debate and is taking classes in public speaking. He is
remembered by a girl who had a crush on him largely because he mistook her illness of "pleurosis"
for "blue roses." FTP, name this one and presumably only gentleman caller of Laura Wingfield in
The Glass Menagerie.
Answer: Jim O'Connor (accept either name)
20. When he became king at the age of 9, his mother, Marie de Medici, became regent and served
in that capacity until he had her exiled in 1617. In 1624, he accepted a new minister to his court
who at first he had little sympathy for, but eventually became his closest advisor. He died in 1643,
when his 5-year-old son took over the throne. FTP, name this king of France, whose early reign
was dominated by his association with Cardinal Richelieu.
Answer: Louis XIII
21. The Way to the End of Suffering; Right View; Right Intentions; Right Speech, Right Action,
and Right Livelihood; Right Effort; Right Mindfulness; Right Concentration; and The
Development of Wisdom are the tenets of this set of religious guidelines. FTP, name this fourth
Noble Truth, the path to Nirvana in Buddhism.
Answer: The Eightfold Path or The Eightfold Way
Bonuses
1. 30-20-10, identify the American figure.
A. Born in 1763 in Waldorf, Germany, he emigrated to the US at the close of the Revolutionary
War; when beginning his business, he coined the phrase, "If you want something done right, do it
yourself."
B. He organized two expeditions into the US territories to establish a trading point at a fort in
Oregon. A city in Oregon is now named for him.
C. He made his millions by creating a monopoly in the fur trade; besides US sales, he did especially
well selling to London and China.
Answer: John Jacob Astor
2. Answer the following questions about really dense objects FTPE.
A. Name the densest element.
Answer: Osmium
B. Small, compact stars of this type, which is exemplified by Sirius B, have an average density of
fifteen thousand times that of osmium.
Answer: White dwarf
C. With a density of more than fifty time ten to the twelfth times that of osmium, this cosmic body
is formed when a star’s gravitation causes it to collapse beyond a white dwarf into a superfluid state
of nucleons.
Answer: Neutron star
3. Identify the Bronte work FTPE.
A. The title character is the governess for Mr. Rochester.
Answer: Jane Eyre
B. This novel is told through the housekeeper, Nelly Dean. She describes the lives of the
Earnshaw children, Hindley and Catherine, and the dark-skinned stranger, Heathcliff.
Answer: Wuthering Heights
C. This novel's titular heroine aspires to become a governess, against the wishes of her family, and
marries the town's new curate, Edward Weston, at the end.
Answer: Agnes Grey
4. Identify the French philosophers FTPE.
A. In his The Ignorant Philosopher, this man argued that a philosopher was useless unless he
changed the way people behaved. He lambasted the idealistic Leibnitz in Candide.
Answer: Voltaire or Francois-Marie Arouet
B. A militant low-brow, in his Discourse on the Arts and Sciences he claimed that art degraded
man. Expanding on this in his Discourse on Inequality, he praised the “noble savage”.
Answer: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
C. This leader of the physiocrats argued in The Economic Table that wealth came from the land and
that the principle of laissez-faire best served the general good.
Answer: Francois Quesnay
5. Given a strait identify the two landmasses they separate F5PE.
A. Palk Strait
Answer: India (prompt if a smartass says "Asia") and Sri Lanka
B. Bass Strait
Answer: Australia and Tasmania
C. Cook Strait
Answer: North Island and South Island
6. Identify the themed subjects FTPE.
A. This poet composed "My Last Duchess" and "Rabbi Ben Ezra"
Answer: Robert Browning
B. First published in 1823, this theorem of mathematics relates the line integral around a closed
plane curve to a double integral over the area bounded by it.
Answer: Green's Theorem
C. This sea is bound by the continent of Africa and the Arabian peninsula.
Answer: Red Sea
7. FTPE identify these books about presidential campaigns.
A. Al Franken tells of his fictional presidential run, where he defeats Al Gore for the Democratic
nomination and is elected president, later to be replaced by Joe Lieberman, the greatest president
ever -- at least, that's what his clone concludes.
Answer: Why Not Me?
B. Jack Burden tells the story of Willie Stark, who rises from poverty, soon gaining the
governorship of his state before his assassination by Adam Stanton.
Answer: All the King's Men
C. This Sinclair Lewis novel details the dictatorship of Buzz Windrip from the perspective of
Doremus Jessep, a 60-year-old newspaper editor.
Answer: It Can't Happen Here
8. Name the element given clues on a 30-20-10 basis.
A. Because one of its major ores interfered with the smelting of tin, it was originally known as
spumi lupi. All of its compounds are considered highly toxic, and its carbide is important to the
metal-working, mining, and petroleum industries.
B. First isolated by Karl Wilhelm Scheele, its current name comes from the Swedish for "heavy
stone." China produces almost 75% of the world's supply per year.
C. Today, it is used in steel alloys, electrical contacts, and electric light filaments.
Answer: Tungsten or wolfram
9. FTPE, identify the following from 20th-century Russian military history.
A. 1905 saw the mutiny of the crew of this ship, which was docked in Odessa.
Answer: Battleship Potemkin
B. This May 1904 battle saw the sinking of much of Russia's naval fleet by the forces of Togo
Heihachiro. Only four ships reached Vladivostok, the original destination.
Answer: Tsushima Straits
C. This battle lasting from August 1942 to February 1943 saw Soviet forces and the Russian winter
halt Hitler's push to the East.
Answer: Battle of Stalingrad
10. Elvis Costello has been on a number of film soundtracks.Given the name of the song, identify
the movie in which it appeared. If you need a description of the movie, you'll get 5.
A. [10] "I'll Never Fall in Love Again"
[5] This 1999 Mike Myers comedy featured Elvis along with Burt Bacharach following the
two main characters around a London neighborhood.
Answer: Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
B. [10] "She"
[5] Elvis brings this Bacharach-influenced piece to this 1999 tale of a nervous Englishman, a
gorgeous movie star, and a London neighborhood.
Answer: Notting Hill
C. [10] "Shipbuilding"
[5] In this 2000 film, John Cusack's character compulsively makes top 5 lists, mostly about
music, but also about the worst breakups he's experienced.
Answer: High Fidelity
11. Given works, identify the American artist, 5-5-10-10.
A. Fog Warning, Gulf Stream
Answer: Winslow Homer
B. Shell No. 1, Oriental Poppies
Answer: Georgia O'Keeffe
C. Forty-Two Kids, Cliff Dwellers, Stag at Sharkey's
Answer: George Bellows
D. Max Schmitt in a Single Scull, The Gross Clinic
Answer: Thomas Eakins
12. Name the article and section or amendment of the United States Constitution that concerns the
follwing FTPE.
A. "The Congress shall have the power … to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by
securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings
and discoveries."
Answer: Article 1, Section 8
B. “The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election… shall not be
denied or abridged… by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.”
Answer: Amendment 24
C. "The transportation or importation into any state, territory, or possession of the United States for
delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby
prohibited."
Answer: Amendment 21 (repealing the 18th amendment)
13. FTPE, given some information, name the sorting algorithm.
A. An array of numbers is broken into 2 smaller arrays. The process is continued recursively until
each array consists of only 1 element. The smaller arrays are combined 2 small arrays at a time and
the elements in each array as the elements in the heads of the arrays are continually compared.
Answer: Merge sort
B. This algorithm goes through the array, 2 elements at a time, and swaps them if they are out of
order.The function keeps doing so until all of the elements are in order.
Answer: Bubble sort
C. An algorithm looks through an array and finds the largest element; it then swaps this value with
the value in the ending position of the array and looks through the array again for the second
highest element and so on until the array is sorted
Answer: Selection sort
14. Identify the following post-classical world leaders, FTPE.
A. One of the leaders of the Congress party, this man served as India's first prime minister.
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
B. The longest-reigning monarch of modern times, his reign was given the name Showa, meaning
"Enlightened Peace."
Answer: Emperor Hirohito
C. Born Josip Broz, he is best known for breaking with Stalin in an attempt to guide his socialist
nation of Yugoslavia to its independent course.
Answer: Marshall Tito
15. Name the jazz composer given songs FTPE.
A. "Weeping Willow," "Elite Syncopations", "The Entertainer"
Answer: Scott Joplin
B. Irish Suite, "Belle of the Ball", "Sleigh Ride"
Answer: Leroy Anderson
C. "Handful of Keys," "Honeysuckle Rose", "Ain't Misbehavin'"
Answer: Thomas "Fats" Waller
16. Identify these French novels FTPE.
A. Emma's affairs with Leon and Rodolphe bring shame to her husband Charles, but her mounting
debt is what eventually drives her to commit suicide by eating arsenic.
Answer: Madame Bovary
B. Divided into two sections, this Proust novel first recounts the narrator's fear of going to bed at
night, and then the love affair between the titular character and Odette, whom her lover had decided
looked like Jethro's daughter in a Botticelli painting.
Answer: Swann's Way or Un Amour de Swann
C. Mersault, a convicted killer, is relatively emotionless, but once he is able to accept the "gentle
indifference of the world," he is at peace with himself, in this Albert Camus novel.
Answer: The Stranger or L'Etrangére
17. Identify the following characters from the Ramayana, FTPE.
A. This is the wife of Rama and an avatar of Lakshmi. She is captured by Raavana and taken to his
palace in Sri Lanka.
Answer: Sita
B. This monkey-warrior helps Rama in finding and rescuing Sita. He also helps heal Rama and
Lakshmana on the battlefield in Lanka.
Answer: Hanuman
C. One of Rama's half-brothers, his name literally means "India." He gets the throne instead of
Rama thanks to his mother Kaikeyi [KI-kay-YEE] and waits for Rama to return and claim his
kingdom instead of ruling.
Answer: Bharata
18. FTPE, given works identify the composer.
A. L'Arlesienne, Carmen
Answer: Georges Bizet
B. The Lark Ascending, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Answer: Ralph Vaughn Williams
C. Pierrot Lunaire, Transfigured Night
Answer: Arnold Schoenberg
19. Given an ecumenical council of the Catholic Church, identify the presiding pope at its onset,
FTPE.
A. Council of Nicaea
Answer: Sylvester I
B. Second Lateran Council
Answer: Innocent III
C. Second Vatican Council
Answer: John XXIII
20. Name the physical constant given clues, FTPE.
A. Defined as 96,485 Coulombs per mole, this quantity named for an English scientist is very
useful in electrochemistry.
Answer: Faraday's constant
B. 8.85 times 10 to the negative 12 Coulomb squared per Newton-meter squared is the value of this
constant, used in both Gauss' Law and Coulomb's Law.
Answer: Permittivity of free space
C. With a value of 1.38 times 10 to the negative 23 Joules per Kelvin, it is used extensively in
thermodynamics, particularly in the ideal gas law.
Answer: Boltzmann's constant
21. Identify the following about an Armenian composer FTPE.
A. This Soviet-era composer wrote the music for the Armenian national anthem.
Answer: Aram Khachaturian
B. This short, rapid, rhythmic weapon-titled song is one of the most identifiable works of
Khachaturian.
Answer: Saber Dance
C. The Saber Dance is from this Khachaturian ballet.
Answer: Gayane