Round K
Questions by Iowa State University and University of Missouri-Rolla A
TOSSUPS
1. His step-father Claudius favored him over his own son Britannicus, mainly through the
machinations of this man's mother, Agrippina the Younger. He assumed the throne at age 16, the
youngest of any previous Roman emperor. His reign was at first peaceful and benevolent, but
increasingly became more bloody starting with the forced suicide of his mother, and eventually
he was overthrown by Galba. For ten points, name this emperor who supposedly fiddled while
Rome burned.
Answer: Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
2. He was trained as a choirboy and taken into the choir at St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna,
where he sang from 1740 to 1750. In 1759 he was appointed music director to Count Morzin,
and 1766 he received a more prestigious position, becoming Kapellmester for Prince Nikolaus
Esterhazy. He held this job for 25 years. He later became an instructor to Ludwig von
Beethoven, but their clashing personalties undermined their relationship. FTP, name this
Austrian composer, who composed such works as The Creation and the Surprise Symphony.
Answer: Franz Josef Haydn
3. One of the main characters seems to be based on General Rafael Uribe. The founder dies tied
to a tree, the last child born has a pig's tail and is carried off by ants as an infant just before the
town is destroyed. Gypsies show off wonders such as ice and magnets, while a priest can levitate
after eating chocolate. Pretty much everyone seems to be named Remedios, Jos‚ Acardio, Ursula
or Aureliano (ah-reh-li-a-no). For ten points, name this novel set in Macondo that chronicles ten
decades of the Buendia family.
Answer: One Hundred Years of Solitude or Cien Anos de Solidad
4. In corn, purple kernels are dominant to red kernels. However, if alleles for another gene are
both recessive, the kernel is neither purple nor red regardless of the alleles at that gene. So
instead of producing the standard 9:3:3:1 phenotypic ratio for the interaction of two genes, a ratio
of 9 purple : 4 colorless : 3 red is produced. For ten points, name the type of gene interaction that
this is an example of, which is defined as a condition when a gene at one locus affects the
expression of a gene at another locus.
Answer: epistasis
5. Although there aren't seven of them, Isabel, Jack, and the Major all live a wonderful
upper-class life. That all changes when Isabel marries Wilbur Minafer, having a spoiled child,
George, and consequently ruining the seemingly perfect relationship Isabel had with young
Eugene Morgan in this 1918 Pulitzer Prize Winning novel by Booth Tarkington.
Answer: The Magnificent Ambersons
6. The four symbols at the corners of the Korean flag symbolize, respectively, heaven, earth, fire,
and water, are known as trigrams. In a traditional Oriental system of divination, trigrams like
these are combined into pairs, forming hexagrams, which, when interpreted, form an answer to
the diviner's question. This system, said to have been created by a Chinese sage named Fu Hsi
approximately 10,000 years ago, is recorded in a book first written in about 3000 BC. FTP, name
this fundamental book of many Oriental religions, whose name translates to Book of Changes.
Answer: I Ching
7. He served in the Revolutionary War as an artillery captain and became Washington's
aide-de-camp and personal secretary. He served in the Continential Congress in 1782-83, and
took a leading part at the Annapolis Convention. He also attended the Constitutional convention
but failed to play a significant role. Probably his most lasting influence comes from his Report
on Credit and Report on Manufactures, however he is better known as the major author of The
Federalist. For ten points, name this first Secretary of the Treasury.
Answer: Alexander Hamilton
8. Its ostensible cause was the July 1870 proclamation of the doctrine of papal infallibility by the
First Vatican Council, but that was only a convenient pretext for portraying certain groups as
enemies of the state. Those groups included the opposition Center Party, oppressed Poles in the
east, particularists in Bavaira, and Guelphs in Hannover--all Catholic enemies of Bismarck. By
1878, the state had taken control of schools, the clergy were under state supervision, and the
Jesuits had been expelled from Germany. FTP, name this strugle between Bismarckian Germany
and the Papacy.
Answer: Kulturkampf
9. The son of a government official, he went to sea to avoid studying law. After returning he
studied in Paris under the French academic painter Thomas Courture. In 1866 he became friends
with Emile Zola, and was soon joined by a number of young French impressionists. This painter
died in 1883, leaving behind 420 oil paintings. For ten points, name this painter of Olympia and
The Bar at the Folies-Bergeres.
Answer: Edouard Manet
10. These creations of Craig McCracken were originally produced through the addition of a can
of Whoop-Ass, although this compound was later unspecified. The only competent person in the
city that they defend is Sara Bellum, assistant to the Mayor of Townsville. Protecting this city
against malefactors such as Fuzzy Lumpkins, the Gangrene Gang, and Mojo Jojo, FTP, who are
these superpowered kindergarten triplets, Bubbles, Blossom, and Buttercup?
Answer: The Powerpuff Girls
11. The hypothesis of conservation of this property was first put forward by Benjamin Franklin.
The quantization of this property is responsible for the blue glow emitted by wintergreen
Lifesavers while they are being crushed. The elementary quantum was first measured by the
Millikan oil-drop experiment. For ten points, name this property commonly measured in
coulombs.
Answer: charge
12. In the Vedas her name is associated with Agni, the god of fire, who has seven flickering
tongues of flame; she was the black, horrible tongue. As Divine Mother she is often represented
dancing or in sexual union with Shiva, but her accoutrements, including a protruding tongue,
four arms, a severed demon's head, bloody sword, and a belt made of dismembered human arms,
paint a grimmer picture. FTP, name this Hindu deity, symbol of dissolution and destruction.
Answer: Kali
13. A teacher by trade, he returned to his homeland in 1960 to enter politics, eventually
becoming a member of the African National Union, which initiated a war for independence that
year. He spent much of the late 60's and early 70's in prison, but became prime minister in 1980
when his country gained independence. In October 2000, still in charge, he defied a Supreme
Court order declaring the state's radio broadcast monopoly unconstitutional, and forcibly shut
down two independent stations in the capital, Harare. FTP, name this man, the president of
Zimbabwe.
Answer: Robert Mugabe
14. He lived for several years with the Cherokee Indians as a youth and once appeared before
Secretary of War John C. Calhoun in Indian dress in Washington. He is remembered as saying
"Trust in God and fear not! And remember the Alamo," at the battle of San Jacinto. He was the
first president of the Republic of Texas. For ten points, name this man whose name lives on in a
major eastern Texas city.
Answer: Sam Houston
15. This French nobleman wrote the first calculus textbook ever published. This 1696 text,
Analyse des Infiniment Petits, marked the first print appearance of the rule named after the
author, although it was actually discovered by Swiss mathematician John Bernoulli. FTP, name
this mathematician, whose rule states that the limit of the quotient of functions is equal to the
limit of the quotient of their derivatives, provided the original limit evaluates to indeterminate
form.
Answer: Marquis de l’Hospital
16. It took its name from the ancient Nahuatl for "silver mountain." The city was established
during the colonial days as a trading center for the gold and silver that came out of nearby mines
and it became the most important mining center in Central America during those times. For ten
points, name this capital of Honduras.
Answer: Tegucigalpa
17. This phenomenon explains how firewalking is possible, and can be observed in circus tricks
involving liquid nitrogen or molten lead. It was first reported by Hermann Boerhaave in 1732 but
not extensively investigated until 1756, in "A Tract About Some Qualities of Common Water."
For ten points, name this phenomenon, also known as film boiling, by which a vapor layer is
formed under a liquid, prevented the rapid boiling of the substance.
Answer: Leidenfrost effect
18. The ancient Egyptians first created this symbol, which represents both physical and eternal
life. It was worn by the living as an amulet to extend life, or placed on a mummy to energize its
spirit because they believed it acted as a conductor of the divine power that permeates the
universe. For ten points, name this symbol, still worn by some people today, that is shaped like
a cross with a looped top.
Answer: Ankh
19. Lewis Thomas wrote an essay contemplating this composer's Ninth Symphony. One of the
last German Romantic composers, he developed a friendship with Richard Strauss. His music
consists mostly of lieder, which are incorporated into his symphonies. The Adagietto from his
Fifth was played at JFK's funeral and was used as a theme in the movie Death in Venice. FTP,
name this composer, also known for his Eighth Symphony, the Symphony of a Thousand.
Answer: Gustav Mahler
20. In 1849 he was sent to labor in a prison camp after a mock execution, and after four years
there was forced to be a common soldier for 6 years. He described his labor camp experiences in
Memoirs from the House of the Dead. After the deaths of his wife and brother, he spent his time
abroad to avoid gambling creditors, and this was his most productive period. For ten points,
name this author of The Possessed and The Idiot.
Answer: Fyodor Dostoevsky
21. Born in 1932, she originally planned on becoming a veterinarian, but after meeting Louis
Leakey, turned to a new field, the study of mountain gorillas. She wrote several books on the
subject of gorillas before her murder in 1985. For ten points, name this primatologist and
anthropologist, subject of the film Gorillas in the Mist.
Answer: Dian Fossey
22. One of only three domestic feature-length films to win every Oscar it was nominated for at
the 2000 Oscars, it was also the second-leading winner, falling one Oscar short of matching
American Beauty. However, the title indicates that such a film could very possibly be multiplied.
For 10 points, name this 1999 smash hit starring Lawrence Fishburne and Keanu Reeves.
Answer: The Matrix
23. Elements with this crystal structure include cadmium and zinc. It has an atomic packing
factor of .74 and the ideal ratio of c to a is 1.633. The coordination number is twelve and the
equivalent of six atoms is contained in a unit. FTP, name this crystal structure which is not cubic,
and where a equals b, alpha and beta equal 90 degrees, but gamma equals 120 degrees.
Answer: Hexagonal Close-Packed or HCP
BONI
1. Ice ages have played an important role in the Earth's past. Answer these
questions about them for ten points each.
A. Identify the most recent glacial advance with its peak approximately 18,000 years ago which
is named after a northern midwestern state.
Answer: Wisconsin Glaciation
B. This huge aquifer in the central United States was replenished by the recession of the
Wisconsin ice cap.
Answer: Ogallala Aquifer
C. The most recent period of widespread glaciation occurred during which epoch?
Answer: Pleistocene
2. Shakespeare loved Italy. At least he loved to set plays there. Given an Italian city, name
the Shakespearean play set there for ten points per part.
A. Padua
Answer: Taming of the Shrew
B. Messina
Answer: Much Ado About Nothing
C. Name the two plays (five points each) that while not set mostly in Mantua, have scenes set in
Mantua.
Answer: Two Gentleman of Verona and Romeo and Juliet
3. 30-20-10: name the actor.
A. (30) He showed an early appreciation for organized crime while playing Sky Masterson
opposite Frank Sinatra in the 1955 musical classic Guys and Dolls.
B. (20) His directorial debut, entitled One Eyed Jacks, starred one of his most frequent co-stars,
Karl Malden, who had received Oscar nominations in each of their two previous collaborations.
C. (10) Born in Omaha, Nebraska, this actor received the 1973 best actor Academy Award for
The Godfather, only to have an actress posing as a Native American turn it down.
Answer: Marlon Brando
4. FTP name the supreme court justice.
A. This man served from 1939-1975, the longest period of any Supreme Court justice.
Previously he had served in World War I, and after his tour, he returned home to begin a legal
career. He replaced Louis Brandeis, and was replaced by Justice John Paul Stevens.
Answer: William O. Douglas
B. Nominated to the federal court of appeals by John F. Kennedy, and to the Supreme Court by
Lyndon Johnson, this man gained fame for his consistently liberal decisions. In 1991, due to ill
health, he retired and was replaced by Justice Clarence Thomas.
Answer: Thurgood Marshall
C. Appointed in 1970 by Richard Nixon, this man authored Roe v. Wade, which deeply angered
Nixon personally, since he had been appointed to uphold conservatism. By the time of his
retirement in 1994, he was considered one of the most liberal judges on the court.
Answer: Harry Blackmun
5. Name the play by Eugene O'Neill given a description, for ten points each.
A. This play focuses on the Tyrone family, especially the morphine addiction of the mother and
the consumption diagnosis of Edmund.
Answer: Long Day's Journey Into Night
B. Chris Cristopherson meets his daughter for the first time in 15 years, and rescues 4 men from
a lifeboat while aboard his coal barge. One man becomes his daughter's suitor, and both try to
boss her. They are both horrified upon learning that she had to resort to prostitution.
Answer: Anna Christie
C. Pullman-car-porter-turned-ruler-of-Haiti Brutus flees through the jungle to escape capture,
but encounters the ghosts of his past and is eventually brought down with silver bullets.
Answer: Emperor Jones
6. Portraits of fat hairy men aren't often remembered in art history, so instead, name these
painters of women, given works, for ten points each.
A. Venus of Urbino
Answer: Titian or Tiziano Vecellio
B. Maja Clothed, Maja Nude
Answer: Francisco de Goya y Lucienties
C. Mrs. Siddons as the Tragic Muse
Answer: Joshua Reynolds
7. Given works, name the historian, for the stated number of points
A. (5) History
Answer: Herodotus
B. (5) The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Answer: Edward Gibbon
C. (10) The Significance of Sections in American History, The Frontier in American History
Answer: Frederick Jackson Turner
D. (10) The Life of Nelson, The Influence of Sea Power Upon History
Answer: Alfred Thayer Mahan
8. Many ancient Egyptian gods were depicted as having the head of an animal. Given the name
and description of an Egyptian deity, provide the name of the animal whose head was depicted
atop the god’s shoulders for ten points.
A. Anubis, the protector of the dead.
Answer: Jackal
B. Khnum, a creator god who made humans on a pottery wheel.
Answer: Ram
C. Ra, the sun god who was often worshipped as the creator.
Answer: Hawk
9. FTPE answer these questions about the National Endowment for the Arts.
A. Within two years, in what year was the National Endowment for the Arts established as an
independent federal agency?
Answer: 1965 (accept 1963-1967)
B. The National Endowment for the Arts boasts itself as a funding agent for most visited tourist
attraction in Washington D.C. For 10 points name this memorial.
Answer: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial
C. National Endowment for the Arts funds more than memorials. The NEA helped fund this
musical’s release in 1975. The musical ran for 6137 shows and ended in 1990. This musical
was made into 1985 movie starring Michael Douglas. For 10 points name this musical.
Answer: A Chorus Line
10. For the stated number of points answer the following questions about the tectonic plates.
A. For five points apiece name the two plates that have collided to form the Himalayas.
Answer: Indian Plate & Eurasian Plate
B. For ten points, name the small plate entirely enclosed by the North American plate and the
Pacific plate.
Answer: Juan De Fuca Plate
C. For a final ten points, within 2, how many tectonic plates are there?
Answer: 15 (13-17)
11. “The Charge of the Light Brigade” by Alfred Lord Tennyson tells of the charge of a British
light cavalry brigade into a valley against Russian and Cossack artillery. Answer the following
questions about the battle for the stated number of points.
A. (5) During what war did the charge occur?
Answer: The Crimean War
B. (10) At what battle did the charge take place?
Answer: The battle of Balaclava
C. (15) Who was the commander of the Light Brigade during this famous charge?
Answer:
Lord Cardigan or 7th Earl of Cardigan, or Baron Brudenell of Stonton.
12. 30-20-10, name the composer.
A. (30) He wrote the scores for the musicals Superbia and J.P. Morgan Saves the Nation.
B. (20) Later work earned him the 1996 Tony award for Best Musical and a 1996 Pulitzer Prize.
C. (10) He died on January 25, 1996 of a brain aneurysm after the last dress rehearsal before the
grand opening of the musical Rent.
Answer: Jonathan Larson
13. FFPE, identify the states in which the following National Monuments are located.
Canyon De Chelly
Answer: Arizona
Capulin Volcano
Answer: New Mexico
Castle Clinton
Answer: New York
Devil’s Tower
Answer: Wyoming
Florissant Fossil Beds
Answer: Colorado
Grand Portage
Answer: Minnesota
14. Given a mathematical quantity, give the name by which it is commonly referred for the stated
number of points.
A. (5) Negative B minus the square root of quantity B squared minus the product four times A
times C, all divided by the product two times A.
Answer: Quadratic formula
B. (10) Cosine theta divided by sine theta.
Answer: Cotangent theta
C. (15) A squared equals B squared plus C squared minus the quantity two times B times C times
the cosine of the angle opposite A.
Answer: Law of Cosines
15. 30-20-10-5, name the philosopher.
A. (30) This Frenchman was born June 19, 1623 and died at the young age of 39 after a painful
malignant growth in his stomach spread to his brain.
B. (20) In 1654 he entered a monastery where he wrote a defense of the famous Jansenist
Antoine Arnauld known as the Lettres Provinciales, a work which characterized the Jesuits as
hypocritical and casuistic.
C. (10) A mathematical prodigy, he mastered Euclid’s Elements by age 12. His contributions to
mathematics include his Essay on Conic Sections and work in probability and calculus.
D. (5) This mathematician also was honored by having a computer programming language
named after him.
Answer: Blaise Pascal
16. Identify those wacky Vichy collaborators FTPE.
A. A WWI hero for his defense of Verdun, this man was appointed vice premier in May 1940
and eventually became head of state of the occupied France.
Answer: Henri-Philippe Petain
B. Pétain declared this man as his vice premier before dismissing him the same year, only to be
forced by the Germans to reinstate him in 1942. He assumed control of the Vichy government
after 1942 and fled to Spain when the Allies overran France.
Answer: Pierre Laval
C. This man was the replacement that Pétain chose for Laval in 1940. He was commander and
chief of the French navy at the start of the German invasion of France and went on to serve as the
head of all French forces under the Vichy government.
Answer: Francois Darlan
17. FTSNOP, answer the following about the kidney.
A. (5) Including Bowman’s capsule and the glomerulus, what are the units that clean the blood
flowing through the kidney?
Answer: nephrons
B. (10) What is the general term applied to the artificial process of bypassing the kidneys and
filtering the blood externally?
Answer: dialysis
C. (15) Rather than draining through the ureter, primitive kidneys, such as those in amphibians,
drain into what duct?
Answer: Wolffian duct
18. Test your mettle by answering questions on various military medals for ten points each.
A. Only two special class versions of this Prussian decoration were awarded: one to Field
Marshal Blucher after the Battle of Waterloo and one other to Field Marshal Hindenburg in
1918. Hermann Goering received a German Grand version during World War II.
Answer: Iron Cross (Eiserne Kreuz)
B. General George Washington created this first American military decoration in 1782 for
bravery in action.
Answer: Purple Heart
C. This medal was first bestowed upon 62 British officers for their service in the Crimean War.
Name this decoration, the highest that can be awarded to British/Commonwealth forces.
Answer: Victoria Cross
19. Name these mothers of Greek heroes for ten points each.
A. Achilles
Answer: Thetis
B. Heracles
Answer: Alcmene
C. Telemachus
Answer: Penelope
20. 30-20-10, name the Canadian entertainer.
A. (30) In homage to her idol Patsy Cline, this Albertan with guitarist/songwriter Ben Mink
formed a band called the Re-Clines. In 1985, she received a Juno for Most Promising Female
Vocalist.
B. (20) A 1987 duet with Roy Orbison on “Crying” was recorded for the film Hiding Out, and
marked her debut on the country charts in the U.S.
C. (10) Her fourth album Ingenue went double platinum in Canada and features more
mainstream tunes like “Constant Craving.”
Answer: k. d. lang
21. Answer these questions on your knowledge of the Concorde.
A. For five points for both, the Concorde had serviced passengers from these two European
airports on its way to Kennedy Airport.
Answer: London Heathrow and Paris Charles de Gaulle Airports
B. For ten points, commercial service had opened with a transcontinental flight between Paris
and this South American city. That route was later discontinued.
Answer: Rio de Janiero, Brazil
C. The Concorde is powered by four Olympus 593 engines which provide 38,000 pounds of
thrust each. For fifteen points, name either of the two companies involved in the collaboration
and manufacture of this engine.
Answer: Rolls-Royce or Snecma