Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Jan 16, 98 03:56:59 am -0500 Return-Path: Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 03:56:59 -0500 (EST) From: Jason R Remy To: Jason M Arvey Subject: PennBowl questions for Delaware A Thanks again for the extension. Here they are, tossups first, bonuses second, in random order, and labeled by catagory. Also, if you could send us an estimate of what it will cost us for: 3 Teams 2 Moderators 1 buzzer system 1 clock I would be MOST appreciative. Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 2 History 1. This was China's first large-scale rebellion against the forces let in by imperialism. The secret society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fists led this uprising in early 1900 to 1901, killing Christian missionaries and Chinese converts. FTP, name this rebellion, which caused reform throughout the Chinese government. Answer: _THE BOXER REBELLION_ Literature 2. He was a great Greek playwright, prodigious in his authorship of tragedies. As he progressed through his writing career, he became more free with his use of meter, which can be used to identify the dates of his plays. He is the author of, among others, Alcestis, Hecuba, The Medea, Iphegenia in Tauris, and The Trojan Women. FTP, name this playwright. Answer: _EURIPIDES_ Science 3. This protein is an example of a class of peptides known as allosteric Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 3 3. This protein is an example of a class of peptides known as allosteric proteins, whose shape and function are determined by intramolecular interactions of spatially distinct sites. Structurally, it consists of four subunits, two alpha chains and 2 beta chains, each coiled around an iron-porphyrin complex known as a "heme". FTP, name this protein, the chief oxygen carrier in mamallian blood. Answer: _HEMOGLOBIN_ Fine arts 4. While he originally wished to be a violin virtuoso, his studies both in his native country and abroad led him to composition. However, his violin concerto has become a mainstay of the instrument's repertoire. He wrote seven symphonies between 1899 and 1924, but is most famous for his symphonic poems, including "En Saga" and "Tapiola". FTP, name this Finnish composer and musician. Answer: Jean _SIBELIUS_ Religion 5. Its founder had spiritual visions at 12 and 24 which declared him the Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 4 5. Its founder had spiritual visions at 12 and 24 which declared him the ultimate prophet in a series that included Jesus and Zoroaster (zor-o-ast-er). This originally Persian religion spread as far as China in the east and throughout the Roman Empire in the century after its founder's death. FTP, name this religion, whose founder, Mani, incorporated elements of Buddhism and Zoroastrianism, and which was once the religion of the 4th-century Christian theologian St. Augustine. Answer: _MANICHAEISM_ (man-uh-kay-ism) Fine arts 6. This type of architecture, which grew up in northern Europe, got it's name originally as insult from more classical Italian tastes. It became more and more overdon as church-builders in the middle ages began competing with each other to see who could do the more elaborate building. Characteristics of it include elaborate details, vaults, flying buttresses, rose windows and gargoyles. The Cathedral of Notre Dame is also an example of, FTP, what kind of architrecture? Answer: _GOTHIC_ Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 5 Science 7. Already used by NASA in some space probe components, this class of materials is exemplified by the mineral skudderudite (skud-der-ROOD-ite). They share the simultaneous properties of high electrical conductivity and low thermal conductivity. FTP, name these compounds which get cold when an electrical current is run through them. Answer: _THERMOELECTRIC_ materials History 8. He was one of the most intriguing political figures of the nineteenth century. As a young congressman, he was a ferverent supporter of war with Britain in 1812. As an old senator, however, he stood in adamant opposition to the Mexican War of the 1840's. He served in 4 different presidential administrations, being Monroe's Secretary of War, and Tyler's Secretary of State during the Annexation of Texas. FTP, name this South Carolina democrat, and Vice President to both John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. Answer: John Caldwell _CALHOUN_ Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 6 Answer: John Caldwell _CALHOUN_ Pop Culture 9. By the stats, he may be the best football player of all time. He played offense, defense, and special teams, playing quarterback, cornerback, and punter. In one spectacular season, he captured the most unique football triple crown, leading the NFL in passing yardage, defensive interceptions, and average punt yardage in 1943. FTP, name this hall of fame footballer who played for the Washington Redskins from 1936 till 1952. Answer: Sammy _BAUGH_ Literature 10. Raskolnikov (Rass-kawl-nik-hov) kills an old woman, steals what he can find, and escapes. Consumed by guilt, he hides the few jewewls he stole, and spends a large part of the book acting like a lunatic. His family descends upon his home, looking after his health and trying to keep their own body and soul together, and of course to keep his sister from having Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 7 own body and soul together, and of course to keep his sister from having to marry the wealthy landowner who seeks her hand. Raskolnikov eventually meets beautiful Sonya, falls in love with her, and turns himself in for the crime, ending up in prison in Siberia, while Sonya patiently waits for him back home. FTP, name this novel, by the great Russian author Fyodor (Fae-oh-door) Dostoyevsky (Doh-stoy-yev-ski). Answer: _CRIME AND PUNISHMENT_ History 11. James Ramsey MacDonald, Clement Attlee, Harold Wilson, and James Callaghan. All of these Prime Ministers of Great Britain belonged to, FAQTP, which Political Party, which had it's greatest victory in history in 1997. Answer: the _LABOR_ party Mythology 12. Another name sometimes given to the Midgaard Serpent of Norse mythology, this image was used by alchemists for several hundred years after the peak of the Viking Age. It is often drawn as a serpent biting Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 8 after the peak of the Viking Age. It is often drawn as a serpent biting its own tail. FTP, identify this 10 letter word. Answer: _OUROBOROUS_ Geography 13. They run from the Yamal peninsula in the north to the Urs-Ust Plateau in the south. The cities of Perm, Ufa, Chelyabinsk, and Aqtobe (AK-to-bee) lie in the foothills to this mountain range. FTP, name this mountainrange, popularized by a Risk territory, lying entirely within the counties of Russia and Kazakhstan and forming part of the border between Europe and Asia. Answer: _URAL_ Mountains Current Events 14. It gave a quarter of a million dollars to winning 1996 Louisiana Supreme Court candidate Chet Traylor. Said to be representing the interests of small businesses against greedy lawyers, this organization's biggest contributors are energy companies whose abandoned oil wells have given the corridor between Baton Rouge and New Orleans the nickname Cancer Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 9 given the corridor between Baton Rouge and New Orleans the nickname Cancer Alley. FTP, name this group who also provided a back-door for Philip Morris' campaign contributions to Traylor's campaign. Answer: _LOUISIANANS FOR BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY_ or _LABI_ Literature 15. Exiled for his knowledge of a scandal involving the Emperor Augustus' daughter, he was banished in AD 8 to Tomi, now located in Romania. Persisting in his belief that he would be recalled, he blamed the publication of his Ars Amatoria, a poem about making love, for his exile. FTP, name this prolific writer, one of whose more famous works chronicles love letters from mythological heroines to their lovers. Answer: _OVID_ Pop Culture 16. In the old days, Sonny Bono guested, and his congressional comrade Fred Grandy gophered. In the new days, there will be a Capt. Williams instead of a Capt. Steubens, and a Paolo (pow-lo) instead of an Isaac at the bar. Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 10 of a Capt. Steubens, and a Paolo (pow-lo) instead of an Isaac at the bar. Fortunately, Aaron Spelling will still be producing. FTP, all this occurs on what series set to re-premiere on the UPN in April? Answer: _THE LOVE BOAT_ History 17. She was, in her youth, renown for her quick wit, charming personality, and great scholastic abilities. She had trouble with her siblings, as her older sister hated her, and her father greatly preferred her younger brother over her. Her mother is rumored to have had six fingers, three breasts, and was killed for adultery. Her father ended up with six wives, but she overcame all the dysfunctional aspects of her life to become one of the greatest monarchs in history. FTP, who was this Queen of England, last of the Tudor Dynasty? Answer: _ELIZABETH I_ Science: 18. The fifth volume of the journal "Transactions of Physics, Chemistry, Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 11 18. The fifth volume of the journal "Transactions of Physics, Chemistry, and Mineralogy" was devoted almost entirely to his work. One 7-page paper he wrote identified relative atomic weights (set against an oxygen-16 standard) to a significance of 1 part in 10,000. Most of his errors can be attributed to his lack of knowledge of the oxygen-18 isotope. This paper grew out of his attempt to write a Swedish-language chemistry textbook that took into account the discoveries of Dalton and Lavoisier. FTP, name him. Answer: Jons Jakob _BERZELIUS_ Current Events 19. Warning: 2 answers required. On Jan 13, a woman touring the White House was apprehended for spraying a small can of rust-colored paint on walls and sculpture in the Blue Room. Interestingly, she defaced marble busts of, FTP, what two Italian navigators, one whose greatest coup was having mapmaker Martin Waldseemuller name two continents in his honor in 1516, and another who may have reached the continents earlier than the other on the basis of his theory that the Earth was 25 percent smaller than previously thought. Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 12 previously thought. Answer: Christopher _COLUMBUS_ and Amerigo _VESPUCCI_ Literature 20. At the end of his life, he was castrated for supposed disloyalty to the emperor. But before that he had authored the first comprehensive history of China. FTP, name this court astrologer to Emperor Wu Ti of the Western Han dynasty. Answer: _SESU-MA CH'IEN_ (se-su mah chee-en) History 21. He was executed on October 24, 1945 as a traitor. Five years earlier, the government of King Haakon VII had fled to London. This army officer remained behind, and became a sort of puppet leader. He was responsible for the near complete eradication of the Jews from his country, as Norway became the first and only country under the Nazi fist to accomplish this. It is estimated that less than 1000 Jews remained after the war. FTP, name this Norweigan, whose name in his home country Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 13 after the war. FTP, name this Norweigan, whose name in his home country has become synonymous with traitor. Answer: Major Vidkun _QUISLING_ Science 22. He served at both the Universities of Graz and Vienna, and published papers in nearly every field of science from heat and mechanics to astronomy and acoustics. He paved the way for several of Einstein's ideas by rejecting both ether and the notion of absolute space and time, since no empirical evidence could be offered for either. (No pun intended). He is perhaps best known for relating the velocity of objects to the speed of sound a ratio that now bears his name. FTP, name him. Answer: Ernst MACH Pop Culture 23. In 1998, Mommy will convert to Judaism, change her name to Miriam and marry Larry King. Also in 1998, the movie version of Poppi's new biography will be called _Seven Minutes that Shook the World_, will star Uncle Brad Pitt and Auntie Courtney Love, and will win the Oscar for Best Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 14 Uncle Brad Pitt and Auntie Courtney Love, and will win the Oscar for Best picture. These and other predictions for 1998 come from the month 14 edition of, FTP, what postpartum monthly published in the Gossip section of E!Online? Answer: _THE DIARY OF MADONNA'S BABY_ Fine Arts 24. Ridiculed by art critics and the public alike, this late-nineteenth century painter's work was admired by more professional artists for its imagination, bold colors, and flat sense of design. He acquired the nickname Le Douanier (le dwa-nee-ay) from his former job as a customs man, and ushered in the 20th century cult of the self-taught artist. FTP, name this artist, whose detailed jungles make dreamlike settings for his human subjects. Answer: _HENRI ROUSSEAU_ (prompt on Rousseau) Geography 25. Niger, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Senegal, and Mauritania all border, FAQTP, which landlocked African nation, home to the Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 15 Mauritania all border, FAQTP, which landlocked African nation, home to the ancient city of Timbuktu, and whose modern capital is Bamako. Answer: _MALI_ Social Science 26. He was born in Ontario, and studied at the University of Toronto, UC-Berkley, and Cambridge before becoming professor of economics at Harvard, a post he held for 30 years. He served as an economic advisor to both President Kennedy and President Johnson, and had a two year stint as the U.S. Ambasador to India. FTP, name this liberal economist, whose theories are still a driving force behind the Democratic party and whose books include _The Affluent Society_, _The New Industrial State_ and _The Age of Uncertainty_ which was later turned into a TV documentary. Answer: John Kenneth _GALBRAITH_ Fine Arts 27. This Louisiana-born pianist has been a tremendous supporter of the arts, and a major international piano competition is now named for him. Originally retired in 1978, he returned to the concert Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 16 named for him. Originally retired in 1978, he returned to the concert stage in 1989. FTP, name the first American to with the Tchaikovsky piano competition. Answer: Van CLIBURN Social Science 28. Long before the controvery in Oakland, linguists had catagorized and studied the commonalities of African-American dialects across the U.S. Linguists derived a three word phrase to designate this dialect, which despite geographic differences, seemed to share qualify as a distinct dialect. FTP, give this three word phrase, often abreviated BEV. Answer: _BLACK ENGLISH VERNACULAR_ (prompt on BEV before it is mentioned, do NOT accept "ebonics") Literature 29. "Something Wicked This Way Comes" is the name of a famous novel by Ray Bradbury about an evil carnival. However, the line "Something Wicked This Way Comes" is much older than the novel - about 300 years older. FTP This line is from what Shakespearean tragedy? Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 17 line is from what Shakespearean tragedy? Answer: _MACBETH_ Religion 30. Hindus practice this as a means of separating the clean from the unclean people. A person, once born into his or her level, is then limited to marriage within that level, as well as having specific laws on how to eat and clean oneself. Those in the lowest level, considered the foulest, are called the "untouchables." FTP, name this system. Answer: The _CASTE_ system. Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 18 Bonuses Science 1. Answer the following astronomy question for the stated number of points. a) Expressed a=(n+4)/10, this relationship predicts remarkably well the mean distance from the sun of most of the planets. A is given in astronomical units, and n is an empirically determined set of numbers which begins 0, 3, 6, 12, 24, 48. For 5 points each, name the astronomers who proposed and popularized this "law", which now bears their names. Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 19 who proposed and popularized this "law", which now bears their names. Answers: Johann TITIUS Johann BODE b) This relationship was used twice in the late 18th and early 19th centuries toward the discoveries of planetoids, and caused some speculation that the solar system was "missing" a planet. For five points each, what planet and what class of objects were discovered using the Titius-Bode law during that time? Answers: URANUS ASTEROIDS c) For a final 10 points, which is the only planet whose orbit does not appear to obey the Titius-Bode Law? Answer: NEPTUNE Literature 2. Name the types of verse from a description for ten points each Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 20 2. Name the types of verse from a description for ten points each a) Two rhymed lines of iambic pentameter. Answer: _HEROIC COUPLET_ b) Verse with no set structure or rhyme scheme Answer: _FREE VERSE_ c) Unrhymed iambic pentameter Answer: _BLANK VERSE_ History 3. How well do you know the seven wonders of the ancient world. You'll get 5 points if you can name three, 10 points for four, 15 points for five, 20 points for 6, and 30 points for all seven. Answer: _THE STATUE OF ZEUS_ _THE COLLOSUS OF RHODES_ Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 21 _THE COLLOSUS OF RHODES_ _THE LIGHTHOUSE OF PHAROS_ at Alexandria _THE MAUSOLEUM OF HALICARNASUS_ _THE HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON_ _THE TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS (at Ephesus) _THE PYRAMIDS OF GIZA_ Geography 4. Name the U.S. State from a list of places, 30-20-10 30: Beaver Lick, Big Bone Lick 20: Lexington, Bowling Green 10: Louisville, Frankfort Answer: _KENTUCKY_ Fine Arts 5. Name the composer from the works, 30-20-10 30: Ernarni, Rigoletto 20: La Traviata, Otello, Falstaff Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 22 20: La Traviata, Otello, Falstaff 10: Aida Answer: Giuseppe _VERDI_ Social Science 6. From the description, name the psychological defense mechanism, 10 points each. a) The action of suppressing into the unconscious or of actively excluding from the conscious mind unacceptable thoughts, memories, impulses or desires. Answer: _REPRESSION_ b) The process of unconsciously transferring one's own feelings, desires, fantasies, etc. to another person, thing, or situation, to avoid recognizing them as one's own and thereby to justify one's behavior. Answer: _PROJECTION_ Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 23 c) The process of explaining or justifying one's behavior or attitude with plausible but specious reasons, usually unwittingly. Answer: _RATIONALIZATION_ Science 7. Answer the following questions about X-Ray diffraction and it's applications for the stated number of points. a) For ten points, In 1895, this German physicist was the first person to observe X-rays, thanks in small part to some crystals of barium platinocyanide which glowed whenever he turned on the cathode ray generator across the room. His explanation of the phenomenon, not the "photograph" of his wife's hand won him the 1901 Nobel prize in physics, the first awarded. Answer: Wilhelm Conrad ROENTGEN b) The "phase problem" of crystallography kept the difficulty Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 24 b) The "phase problem" of crystallography kept the difficulty of solving crystal structures by X-ray diffraction high until the 1950's, when these two chemists began to propose mathematical models for a "direct methods" approach, tremendously simplifying the solution of crystal structures. For 10 points each, name them. Answers: Jerome _KARLE_ and Herbert _HAUPTMANN_ Current Events 8. On Tuesday, Jan 13, Iraq made good on a threat to not provide escorts for an arms inspection team led by American Scott Ritter, essentially resuming tensions that seemed to be resolved 2 months ago. Answer these questions about the Iraqi confrontation with weapon inspectors for 10 pts each. a) Name the current UN secretary general, whose 3 envoys to Iraq prevented the threatened expulsion of U.S. arms inspectors in early November. Answer: Kofi _ANNAN_ (a-non) b) Name the Russian Foreign Minister that Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz made a surprise visit to on November 18. Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 25 Aziz made a surprise visit to on November 18. Answer: Yevgeny _PRIMAKOV_ (pree-ma-kof) c) The total remaining soldiers in Iraqi's army, including reserves, is closest to twenty thousand, fifty thousand, one-hundred thousand, five-hundred thousand, or one million? Answer: _FIVE-HUNDRED THOUSAND_ Pop Culture 9. For ten points each, given a list of team names, give the sports league. If you also need the sport, you'll only get five. a) 10: Portland Pirates, Albany River Rats, Hershey Bears 5: Hockey Answer: _A_merican _H_ockey _L_eague b) 10: Buffalo Bulls, New Orleans Zephyrs, Oklahoma City 89ers 5: Baseball Answer: _A_merican _A_ssociation Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 26 Answer: _A_merican _A_ssociation c) 10: Phoenix Mercury, New York Liberty, Utah Starzz 5: Basketball Answer: _W_omen's _N_ational _B_asketball _A_ssociation Religion 10. Name the religion from its description, 30-20-10 30: Its symbol is a flaming chalice, and famous church members have included Susan B. Anthony, Joseph Priestly and, for a time in his youth, William Howard Taft. 20: While it came from the Christian tradition, it no longer expressly identifies itself with Christianity, and embraces a search for truth through all generations. 10: It resulted fom the joining of two churches: the church that believed there was no holy tritity, but only one god, and the church that believed the whole universe would go to heaven. Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 27 the whole universe would go to heaven. Answer: _UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISM_ (prompt on partial answer) History 11. Twice in history, the same cabinet post has been held by the same person under three consecutive presidents. You get 15 points each right now if you can name them both. If you need additional information for either, you'll only get 10 points each. a) The first was Secretary of Agriculture under McKinnley, Theodore Roosevelt and Taft. Answer: _JAMES WILSON_ b) The second was Secretary of the Treasury under Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover Answer: _ANDREW MELLON_ Miscelaneous Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 28 Miscelaneous 12. Identify the following chess variants from their descriptions for 10 points. a) Deriving its name from a 19th century work of children's fiction, this game requires two boards and one set of pieces. When a piece moves, it goes "through the looking glass" to the other board. A move need be legal only on the board the piece starts on, and pieces cannot be captured between boards. Answer: _ALICE_ chess b) Played on a pyramid and accommodating up to four players, each player begins with a king and eight pawns. The pawns have different movement powers, depending on where on the pyramid they are. The object is to either checkmate all opposing kings or to have one's own king reach the apex of the pyramid. Answer: _STEP_ chess c) Sounding remarkably like another name for the game "Othello," the only Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 29 c) Sounding remarkably like another name for the game "Othello," the only difference between this game and standard chess is that the knights begin play on what would normally be the bishops' squares, and the bishops on the knights squares. Answer: _REVERSO_ Science 13. Anybody involved in the science has worked with SI units like joules and pascals, and most people know that SI has only 7 basic units the second, kilogram, meter, ampere, candela, Kelvin, and mole. How well do you know the equivalents for other units in terms of these base units? For example, if I asked for the equivalent of the newton, you're reply "kilogram meter per second squared" For ten points each a) Volt Answer: kilogram meter squared per ampere per second cubed (kg*m)/(amp*s^3) Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 30 b) watt answer: kilogram meter squared per second cubed (kg*m^2)/s^3 c) Joule Answer: kilogram meter squared per second squared (kg*m^2)/s^2 Current Events 14. Answer these questions about the trial of accused Unabomber Ted Kaczynski for 10 pts each. a) Name the U.S. District Judge whose closed-door sessions with Kaczynski and his lawyers have reportedly worried the prosection into a round of plea-bargaining with Kaczynski. Answer: Garland _BURRELL_ b) Found in his remote cabin in Lincoln, Montana, Ted Kaczynski's journals describe in detail mail bombs created and sent over an eighteen year period. How many bombs were documented? Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 31 period. How many bombs were documented? Answer: _SIXTEEN_ c) Name the professor of computer science at Yale University, who was sent a letter by the Unabomber two years after a package bomb exploded in his office. The Unabomber's letter discussed the professor's book _Mirror Worlds_, which theorizes about the ability of anyone to compete in a computerized world. Answer: David _GELERNTER_ Literature/Philosophy 15. Answer these questions about the work of 20th century philosopher Bertrand Russell for 15 pts each. a) For eight years, Russell labored with a collaborator to produce a monumental 3 volume _Principia Mathematica_, which showed that mathematics could be explained by general logic concepts like class membership. Name his collaborator, his professor at Cambridge and another of the twentieth-century's greatest philosophers. Answer: Alfred North _WHITEHEAD_ Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 32 b) In the 1912 _Problems of Philosophy_, Russell worked to refute the dominant philosophical school of the early 20th c., which held that all objects and experiences come only from the intellect. Name this school of philosophy. Answer: _IDEALISM_ Pop Culture 16. Everybody knows about the Brit invasion of the '60s, but what about the Anglos who conquered musical territory here in the '80s and '90s? Given the names of members of the U.K. group, give the group name for ten points. If you need the name of their biggest U.S. single, you'll only receive 5 points. a) 10 point clue: Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Gillian Gilbert, Bernard Sumner 5 point clue: Bizarre Love Triangle Answer: _NEW ORDER_ b) 10 point clue: Philip Hartnoll, Paul Hartnoll 5 point clue: The Saint Theme Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 33 5 point clue: The Saint Theme Answer: _ORBITAL_ c) 10 point clue: Dave Rowntree, Alex James, Graham Coxon, Damon Albarn, Stephen Street 5 point clue: Song No. 2 Answer: _BLUR_ History 17. Given the founder of a European Dynasty and the year of that dynasty's founding, name that dynasty, FTP each. a) Philip VI of France Answer: _VALOIS_ b) Henry II of England Answer: _PLANTAGENET_ c) Mikhail of Russia Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 34 c) Mikhail of Russia Answer: _ROMANOV_ Science 18. It's been a few years since we've seen it, so let's once again play Periodic Table Chess. If there were a knight on the element Boron in the periodic table, that knight would have three legal moves. For ten points each, identify the three elements lying at the end of that knight's three legal moves. Answer: _ZINC_, _GERMANIUM_, _PHOSPHORUS_ Social Science/Law 19. Given a major Supreme Court decision, give the year of that decision for 10 points each. You'll get 5 points if you are within 2 years of the correct year. a) Dred Scott v. Sanford Answer: _1857_ (5 points: 1855-1859) Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 35 Answer: _1857_ (5 points: 1855-1859) b) Marbury v. Madison Answer: _1803_ (5 points: 1801-1805) c) McCulloch v. Maryland Answer: 1819 (5 points: 1817-1821) Literature 20. His latest manages to be a critically acclaimed bestseller of 827 pages. Answer these questions about the novels of Don DeLillo for 10 pts each. a) Name his most recent novel, inspired by his reading of a 1951-vintage newspaper front page featuring a headline about Bobby Thomson's pennant winning home run on one side, and a headline about a Soviet nuclera test on the other. Answer: _UNDERWORLD_ Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 36 b) Name the main character of _Underworld_, who DeLillo says gains a sense of power from his office phone, fax machine, computer, and his suit and tie. Answer: John _SHAY_ c) Name DeLillo's 1988 novel about the JFK assassination, an event he believes permanently disjointed American culture. Answer: _LIBRA_ Pop Culture 21. After 11 years, he has another movie. If it ever gets finished. Answer these questions about Stanley Kubrick for ten points each. A) First, for 5 pts each, name the two Kubrick pictures which star Kirk Douglas. Answers: _PATHS OF GLORY_ and _SPARTACUS_ B) A project that Kubrick planned after _2001_ and _A Clockwork Orange_, Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 37 B) A project that Kubrick planned after _2001_ and _A Clockwork Orange_, but ultimately abandoned, would have had Jack Nicholson or Al Pacino in the title role. Name the novel completed by the author of _A Clockwork Orange_, which began as the screenplay for this stillborn epic. Answer: _NAPOLEON SYMPHONY_ C) Kubrick's _Eyes Wide Shut_ stars Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman as married psychologists who cheat on each other with their patients. The film is based on the novel _Traumnovelle_ (trahm-no-vel) by what turn of the century Austrian novelist noted for his psychological theories? Answer: Arthur _SCHNITZLER_ Fine Arts 22. Answer these questions about Pop Art for 10 pts apiece. A) This forerunner of Pop Art distilled the developments of cubism into a distinctly American style of abstraction which featured products of American industry, advertising copy, and seemingly cut-out shapes painted in dazzlingly bright colors. FTP, name this seminal artist. Answer: Stuart _DAVIS_ Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 38 B) This 72 year old artist, whose retrospective is at the Guggenheim, was known for adding the stuff of real life to the abstract paintings of the '50s. His mania for incorporating objects such as taxidermied animals led him into modern sculpture. Answer: Robert _RAUSCHENBERG_ (rosh-en-berg) C) Rauschenberg's colleague, this painter worked on objects like American flags with a meticulous precision and waxy consistency, making his paintings into objects in themselves. Answer: Jasper _JOHNS_ Religion 23. Answer these questions about Lamaism, the dominant Buddhism of Tibet and Mongolia, for 15 pts each. a) Name the Buddhist monk and scholar who journeyed from northern India to Tibet in AD 747, in order to establish the first order of lamas, or monks. Answer: _PADMASAMBHAVA_ (pad-ma-sam-bava) b) Everybody knows about the Dalai Lama, Hollywood's favorite religious Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 39 b) Everybody knows about the Dalai Lama, Hollywood's favorite religious figure. But can you name the title of the other lama in the supreme position of Lamaism? Answer: _PANCHEN LAMA or BOGODO LAMA_ Geography 24. Given a capital of an African Nation, identify that nation, for 10 points each a) N'Djamena Answer: _CHAD_ b) Asmara Answer: _ERITREA_ c) Maputo Answer: _MOZAMBIQUE_ Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 40 Literature 25. Besides being the smallest Canadian province, Prince Edward Island is the setting of the novels of L.M. Montgomery, best known for her children's classic -Anne of Green Gables-, which is the first book of eight in the -Anne of Green Gables Series-. For 5 points each, name 6 of the seven other books in the -Anne of Green Gables Series-. Answer: (any 6 of 7) ANNE OF AVONLEA ANNE OF THE ISLAND ANNE OF WINDY POPLARS ANNE'S HOUSE OF DREAMS ANNE OF INGLESIDE RAINBOW VALLEY RILLA OF INGLESIDE Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 41 Fine Arts 26. For 5 points per correct answer, place the following Gilbert & Sullivan operettas in correct chronological order of first performance, from first to last: Ruddigore, The Pirates of Penzance, The Yeoman of the Guard, The Mikado, Trial by Jury, and Iolanthe. Answer: Trial by Jury The Pirates of Penzance Iolanthe The Mikado Ruddigore The Yeoman of the Guard Religion 27. Answer teh following questions about personalities from the old testament for 10 points each. a) This angel doubts people's faith in God, and so convinces Him to test Job. Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 42 Answer: _SATAN_ b) He was the brother who was tricked into selling his birthright to Jacob. Answer: _ESAU_ c) This prophet never actually died, but instead ascended to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire. Answer: _ELIJAH_ or _ELIAS_ (do not accept Elisha) Misc/Pop culture 28. Three separate French cities have played host to the Winter Olymics. You'll get 5 points for each that you can name, a five point bonus for all three, and an additional ten points if you can name them in the order that they were held. Answer: _CHAMONIX_ [sha-MOE-nee](1924), _GRENOBLE_ (1968) _ALBERTVILLE_ (1992) Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 43 (1992) Fine Arts 29. Three of the great composers of the Baroque era share the same year of birth. One was an organ virtuoso, one court composer to the King of England, and the third served as the director of music to the Julian Chapel at the Vatican. For 10 points per correct answer, name them. Answers: _J_ohann _S_ebastian BACH (prompt on either Bach or Johann Bach) Georg Frederic HANDEL _D_ominico SCARLATTI (prompt on Scarlatti) History 30. The history of the British Isles is full of stories of people invading the island, displacing the inhabitants already there. For 10 points per correct answer, place the Milesian Celts, Firbolg, and Tuatha de Daanan (TOO-uh day DAN-in) in chronological order of their dominance of the British Isles. Answer: _FIRBOLG, TUATHA DE DAANAN, MILESIAN CELTS_ Message 32/36 From Jason R Remy Page 44 Answer: _FIRBOLG, TUATHA DE DAANAN, MILESIAN CELTS_