Penn Bowl 14
Packet by UF

1. This island nation is located to the southwest of Sumatra and was first discovered by Europeans in 1699.  The capital, housing the imperial palace and the outer court, is located at Mildendo. (*) There are two major political factions, the Tramecksan and Slamecksan, nameda fter the high and low shoes worn by respective parties.  A more notable political debate over the correct means of cracking an egg led to war with the neighboring empire of Blefescu.  FTP, name this fictional locale visited by Lemuel Gulliver, best known for the small stature of its inhabitants.
ANSWER: Lilliput

2.In June of 1997, a team of scientists recovered the skeleton of this one time Minister for Industry, intact except for both hands.  After graduating medical school, (*) he intended to go volunteer at a leper colony, but the journey on his motorcycle opened his eyes to poverty of the land and encouraged him to take up revolutionary activities, first in the Western Hemisphere and later throughout the third world.  FTP name this revolutionary icon, whose Motorcycle Diaries were made into a film.  
ANSWER:	Ernesto “Ché” Guevara [accept either]

3.  Mirizzi’s syndrome and conditions known as PAC and PSC all affect this organ, whose inner wall contains mucous membrane tissue that absorbs water and [*] inorganic salts. When stimulated by the vagus nerve, it discharges its contents into the duodenum through the common duct. The cystic duct serves as an intake from the liver, while the hepatic duct empties into the liver for storage. For 10 points—name this pear-shaped organ that is usually removed when it fills with stones.
ANSWER:	gallbladder

4.   Over 2,000 people have died during this event since 1990, with most occurring due to suffocation in a crowded tunnel.  Participants walk between the hills of Safa and Marwa (*) seven times, journey to the hill of Arafat, and throw pebbles at three columns outside Mina which represent the devil.  The last step is the tawaf, which consists of circling the Kaaba seven times.  FTP, name this fifth pillar of Islam.
ANSWER:	hajj [do not prompt on “hijrah” or “Hegira”]

5.    Recently, Pope John Paul II beatified the last ruler of this house, the first step on the path to sainthood.  (*) It was a controversial decision as Karl I authorized his troops to use poison gas and later tried to overthrow the government of his nation to restore the monarchy.   Arising out of Switzerland, the family gained the imperial throne in the late 1200s, and ruled intermittently until the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire by Napoleon.   FTP, identify this royal house of Austria which ended with the first World War.
ANSWER: Habsburg (ACC: Hapsburg)

6.    In 1863 her half brother George died of typhoid fever contracted while in a Union prison camp.  Shortly thereafter she was nearly arrested for tearing down a Union flag someone had put on her house.  In 1890, at the age of (*) forty, she published her first novel, At Fault.  She published three collections of short stories, including Bayou Folk, which showed the strong influence of her associations with Cajuns and Creoles.  FTP, name this female author best known for her 1899 novel, The Awakening.
ANSWER:	Kate Chopin

7. John Searle showed that a true version of this could never exist with his Chinese room thought experiment.  (*)  Jon von Neumann also thought it could not exist, especially in the form presented in a 1943 paper, A Logical Calculus of the Ideas Immanent in Nervous Activity.  In a 1950 paper by Alan Turing, he proposed a test for determining its existence in a computer.  FTP name this concept, also a title of a 2001 Spielberg movie.
ANSWER:	AI or artificial intelligence [prompt on “Turing machine” before “Turing”]  

8.    In its history, 36 of its members have been beheaded, with Henry VIII accounting for 6 of those.  Its original purpose is unknown, but may have been an attempt to revive the legendary (*) Round Table, although another tale claims it commemorates Edward III’s actions during a dance where he coined its motto, “Evil to him who evil thinks”.  Over the years membership expanded from 12 to 24 companions and now includes other members such as “extra knights” and various members of the royal family.  FTP, name this English order of knighthood.
ANSWER:	The Most Noble Order of the Garter

9. He won Mr. Football Indiana in 1998, after he set state records for season completions, yardage, and touchdown (*) passes.  He red shirted in 1999 and the next year beat out the nation’s top quarterback recruit for his school’s starting job and became the first freshman to win MVP honors in the SEC championship game.  In 2001 he finished second in Heisman balloting to Eric Crouch and after playing one year for Ron Zook, was drafted by the Chicago Bears.  FTP, name this current starting Bears quarterback.
ANSWER:	Rex Grossman

10.   A form of this statement can be derived for any two properties that do not commute; it can be used to find decay times of particles, based on their energy. Arising from the [*] dual nature of waves and particles, it was first postulated in 1927 after its namesake worked with Niels Bohr. For 10 points—name this principle of quantum mechanics that holds, among other things, that you cannot simultaneously know a particle’s exact momentum and position.
ANSWER:	 Heisenberg(’s) uncertainty (or indeterminacy) principle [accept any underlined answer]

11.  The name’s the same. The solar-powered aircraft developed by NASA and AeroVironment that holds the non-rocket-powered altitude record. In Deus Ex, an AI program with which a user can merge to take over the world. In Greek myth, a [*] god whose cult was established on Rhodes, who was father to Circe and Aeetes, and who once let his son Phaeton take his chariot for a joyride. For 10 points—what is this name that inspired the name of the second-lightest element?
ANSWER:	Helios

12.   One tradition holds that his mother was a grocer, which gave Aristophanes (*) fodder for his comedy, but it is more likely that he came from a high class family.  He first received the honor of competing in the dramitc festivals in 455 B.C., and though he one only perhaps four first prizes, he placed in the top three 20 times.  FTP, name this playwright of Hippolytus and Orestes.
ANSWER:	Euripides 

13. While working at the University of Indiana, he invented the Air-Crib(*), a germ free container that he put forth as the optimal environment for infants and his namesake box is used by pharmaceutical companies to observe the reactions of animals on drugs.  He formulated the principals of programmed learned while teaching animals complex tasks, such as teaching pigeons to play table tennis.  FTP, name this proponent of behaviorism, author of Science and Human Behavior and Walden Two.
ANSWER:	B(urrus) F(rederic) Skinner

14.   When the bartender at the Lavender Room refuses to serve him, he dances with three out-of-town women who [*] stick him with their tab.  The next night he goes to Radio City, the Museum of Natural History, Central Park, and finally his family’s apartment where he admits to his sister Phoebe he has been expelled from another school.  He ends his narrative the next day, scrapping plans to leave New York. For 10 points—name this main character of The Catcher in the Rye.
ANSWER:	Holden Caulfield

15.  With chemical formula C17H21NO4, it operates by blocking the reuptake of dopamine at presynaptic terminals, thereby causing sensory overload. (*)  First isolated in 1859, it became widely used in liquid form by doctors for conditions such as toothache, exhaustion, and morphine addiction.  Frequently used by Sherlock Holmes and promoted by Sigmund Freud and Thomas Edison, it reached a new high in legal popularity in 1886 when John Pemberton included it in the original formula for Coca-Cola.  FTP, what is this narcotic derived from the coca leaf?
ANSWER:	cocaine

16.  The third occurrence resulted in the death of Czechoslovakia’s only remaining non-socialist minister.  The first resulted in seven deaths and occurred during the reign of Wenceslas IV, who collapsed when told of the incident. (*)  Soon afterwards, the Hussite Wars broke out.  The second time, nobody was seriously hurt due to the cushioning effect of a pile of manure, but the event was instrumental in starting the Thirty Years’ War.  FTP identify these incidents involving people getting tossed out of windows.
ANSWER:	Defenestration(s) of Prague [accept variants]

17.  Stalin walked out of Lady Macbeth of Mzensk, which sent this composer into two years of depression.  He regained favor when authorities declared Symphony #5 a triumph of the heroic style (*), but it was rumored that he kept a packed suitcase by the door in case Stalin changed his mind.  His 13th Symphony, “Babi Yar”, was ostensibly about a Nazi massacre but widely understood as a criticism of Stalin’s anti-Semitic policies.  FTP, name this Russian composer of the “Leningrad” Symphony.
ANSWER:	Dmitri Shostakovich

18.  In the original drafts, there were hundreds of these creatures and they were able to be killed with some effort.   Later, this number was cut down to nine and their power was greatly increased. (*)   Debates still rage as whether or not these creatures possessed wings.  Their leader, Gothmog, was killed with at least other during the Fall of Gondolin.   One is known to have survived the First Age, fleeing to the roots of the Misty Mountains.  FTP identify this type of creature fought by Gandalf in Moria during The Fellowship Of The Ring.
ANSWER:	Balrog

19.  The discovery of 1992QB1 confirmed its existence nearly 20 years after the death of the man who proposed its existence. Its members are classified into two groups: those with orbital durations coinciding with [*] Neptune and those with more circular orbits. Jupiter family comets, with orbital periods of about 20 years originate here, as opposed to the orbits measured in millions of years for Oort cloud members. For 10 points—name this region of space beyond the solar system named for a Dutch astronomer.
ANSWER:	Kuiper [KWEE-per] belt

20.  This group’s first press conference was held on May 4, 2004.   Their first advertisement, entitled “Any Questions?”  (*) began airing in battleground states in August 2004, featuring 13 of their 250 members.  Three more ads were later produced and group spokesperson John O’Neill published the book Unfit for Command.  FTP, name this 527 group consisting of Vietnam veterans.
ANSWER:	Swift Boat Veterans for Truth [accept Swift Vets and POWs for Truth]
 
21.  Founded in 1922 it was originally designed to set up to provide a nationwide network of radio transmitters to provide free service.  (*) It became what it is best known as today in 1927, when a board of gevernors was set up to manage it and a Director General seat was established.  It is thought by Zimbabwe to be a terrorist organization and so is banned form broadcasting there.  There are currently 9 television stations, which air some shows you might have heard of such as The Office, Are you Being Served, and Absolutely Fabulous.  FTP name this media organization centered
ANSWER:	BBC or British Broadcasting Corporation
 
22.   Originally a ditch-digger, his second career proved more lucrative.  In 1961, he served as director for the first and last time, filming the western One-Eyed Jacks. (*)  Nominated for eight Academy Awards, his most recent ones were for A Dry White Season and 1973’s Last Tango In Paris.   His final film role was in the Frank Oz-directed heist film The Score.    One of the greatest Method actors, FTP, name this recently deceased actor famous for his roles in On the Waterfront and The Godfather.
ANSWER:	Marlon Brando

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1.  Name the Russian author from a list of his works, FTPE.
(10) The Idiot, Notes from Underground, The Brothers Karamazov
ANSWER: Fyodor Dostoevsky
(10) Dead Souls, "Diary of a Madman", The Inspector-General
ANSWER: Nikolai Gogol
(10) The Torrents of Spring, A Nest of Gentlefolk, A Month in the Country
ANSWER: Ivan Turgenev

2.   Identify these chemical rules FTPE.
(10) Useful in predicting the molecular structures of products of addition reactions, this rule states that in addition reactions to unsymmetrical alkenes, the electron-rich component of the reagent adds to the carbon atom with fewer hydrogen atoms.
ANSWER: Markovikov Rule
(10) This law states that the changes in certain related properties of a liquid occur when a substance is dissolved in the liquid are proportional to the number of molecules of dissolved substance.
ANSWER: Raoult’s Law
(10) This law states that the pressures of individual gasses in a solution are equal to the total pressure. 
ANSWER: Dalton’s Law of Partial Pressure

3. Name these women who slept with David, 10 points each.
[10]	She was the daughter of Saul and brother of Jonathan.
	ANSWER:	Michal
[10]	After the death of Nabal, this woman, his widow, married David and bore him Chileab.
	ANSWER:	Abigail 
[10]	David lies with this wife of Uriah, and then arranges for Uriah’s death. God punished David by killing their child.
	ANSWER:	Bathsheba [do not prompt on “Sheba” or “Queen of Sheba”]

4. Answer these questions about the body’s immune response, 10 points each.
(10) These proteins are produced in response to viral attack and come in alpha, beta, and gamma varieties.
ANSWER: interferon
(10) These cells do not actually kill infection, but rather activate the cytotoxic variety to do that.
ANSWER: helper t-cells
(10) This type of monocyte is the primary fighter of bacteria and also activated by the helper T-cells.
ANSWER: macrophage

5.  Answer these questions about American foreign policy during the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, FTPE.
(10) In 1906, Roosevelt was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in bring about this treaty, which ended the Ruso-Japanese War.
ANSWER: Treaty of Portsmouth
(10) Roosevelt’s administration pushed for the continued support of this statement of principles, formulated in regard to China by John Hay, but was put in a quandary when other nations demanded they be applied elsewhere
ANSWER: Open Door Policy
(10) This unwritten understanding came about after the San Francisco school board banned Japanese children from attending public schools.  Japan agreed to restrict immigration to the U.S. in return for a lifting of the ban.
ANSWER: Gentlemen’s Agreement

6.  Answer the following about the greatest day of Michael Napier’s life FTP each.
(10) On October 25th, 2004 Jeremy Foley announced the firing of this UF coach after a “culmination of disappointments”.
Answer: Ron Zook
(10) The firing came after a loss to this team, ranked 119 out of 119 football Div 1 A teams.
Answer: Mississippi State
(10)  Zook’s replacement is this former Utah coach who led the Utes to an undefeated season.
Answer: Urban Meyer
 
7.  Given a  constellation, identify its brightest star, FTPE.
[10] Ursa Minor
ANSWER: Polaris
[10] Bootes
ANSWER: Arcturus
[10] Canis Minor
ANSWER: Procyon 

8. Name the 19th century British writers from clues FTPE. 
(10) His mystery novels include The Moonstone and The Woman in White.   
ANSWER: Wilkie Collins 
(10) The first biographer of Charlotte Bronte, she also wrote Mary Barton, Ruth, and Cranford.  
ANSWER: Elizabeth Gaskell 
(10) She wrote the Mill on the Floss, Middlemarch, and Silas Marner.  
ANSWER: George Eliot

9.    Identify these works of Thomas Eakins from a description, FTPE.
(10) Eakins is the observer in the lower right hand corner, watching 5 nude boys at the titular location.
ANSWER: The Swimming Hole
(10) This best known work of Eakins shows the title character in black, lecturing a medical school audience on the operation he has just performed.
ANSWER: The Gross Clinic
(10) Eakins received $750 for painting this portrait of a retiring physician.  In contrast to The Gross Clinic, it is on a horizontal canvas, with most figures in white.
ANSWER: The Agnew Clinic

10.   Identify these figures who all met their demise in bar fights, FTPE.
A.  This playwright of The Jew of Malta and Faustus met his demise after an argument over the tab in a Deptford tavern.
Answer:  Christopher Marlowe
B.  This man served as personal secretary to Thomas Jefferson and explored the Lousiana Territory before being shot in Grinder’s Stand, a Nashville tavern.
Answer:  Meriwether Lewis
C.  His 1963 rape conviction was initially overturned, but this plaintiff of a 1966 Supreme Court case served 10 years in prison and in 1976 was stabbed in a Phoenix bar.
Answer:  Ernesto Miranda

11.  It separates Iceland and Greenland. 10 points each.
[10]	Name this strait, which is named for a European country.
	ANSWER:	Denmark Strait
[10]	In May 1941 this German battleship, accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, passed through the Denmark Strait into the North Atlantic.
	ANSWER:	Bismarck
[10]	South of Iceland they found the Prince of Wales and this British battle cruiser, which the Bismarck sank less than five minutes into the battle.
	ANSWER:	HMS Hood

11. Name these groups associated with America in wartime from clues FTPE. 
(10) Led by Bernard Baruch, this World War I group sought to coordinate industrial activity for war production. 
ANSWER: War Industries Board 
(10) Begun in the United States in 1940, it was ended in 1973, though all men still have to register with this agency.
ANSWER: Selective Service 
(10) Founded by Tom Hayden with the Port Huron Statement this group opposed the Vietnam War. 
ANSWER: Students for a Democratic Society

12.  Identify the jazz musician given a significant album and their instrument FTP each
10pts Kind Of Blue, trumpet 		ANSWER: Miles DAVIS
10pts Lady In Satin, vocals		ANSWER: Billie HOLIDAY
10pts A Love Supreme, saxophone		ANSWER: John COLTRANE

13. Identify the economist from works, 30-20-10.
(30) The Higher Learning In America: A Memorandum On the Conduct of Universities By Business Men, The Instincts of Worksmanship and the State of the Industrial Arts
(20)  The Instinct of Workmanship and the Irksomeness of Labor, Theory of Business Enterprise
(10) The Theory of the Leisure Class
ANSWER: Thorstein Veblen

14.  Given an the plot of an opera by Verdi, name it FTSNOP.
(5) This daughter of Amanasro loves Radames, an Egyptian general, but in the end they die together in a tomb. 
ANSWER: Aida 
(10) Violetta Valery, a courtesan, lives with Germont for a while, then leaves on the advice of his father. He returns to be with her as she dies of tuberculosis. 
ANSWER: La Traviata
(15) He is the doge of Genoa, who has an illegitimate daughter by Maria named Amelia. Amelia marries Gabriele, who succeeds him after he is poisoned by Pietro. 
ANSWER: Simon Boccanegra

15. Identify the literary work from its fictional setting, FTPE.
A.  Ruritania
ANSWER: The Prisoner of Zenda
B.  Grover’s Corners
ANSWER: Our Town
C.  Lincoln Island
ANSWER: The Mysterious Island 

16.  Answer the following about the life of Rene Descartes:
(10) Descartes attend school at this French University
Answer: La Fleche
(10) Descartes’ most famous work was this 1649 book consisting of 6 chapters, including ones were he presents his skeptical argument and asserts his own existence.
Answer: Meditations on First Philosophy
(10) Descartes died in this country while tutoring Queen Christina.
Answer: Sweden

17.  Identify these comic book characters named after physics concepts, FTPE.
A.  (10) Bart Allen, the 30th century descendant of the current Flash, traveled back in time using and adopted this codename, which reflected his generally impatient nature.
ANSWER: Impulse
B. (10) Corrupt police officer Dudley Soames had his neck twisted around 180 degrees by the villainous Blockbuster and became this villainous character with a penchant for palindromes.
ANSWER: Torque
C.  (10) Following the destruction of his native Coast City, Hal Jordan experienced a sudden change in perspective, transforming from the once noble hero Green Lantern into this nearly-omnipotent being bent on universal conquest.
ANSWER: Parallax

18.   Give the authors of these novels of the sea FTP each
A. (10) The Sea Wolf 
ANSWER: Jack London
B. (10) Omoo
ANSWER: Herman Melville
C. (10)  Two Years Before The Mast	
ANSWER: Richard Henry Dana

19.  Name these British empiricist philosophers, FTP each:
(10) This Scotsman argued that humans are more creatures of sentiment than reason, and that no metaphysics is possible in works like Treatise of Human Nature.
ANSWER: David Hume
(10)  He wrote Essay Concerning Human Understanding and Letter Concerning Toleration.
ANSWER:  John Locke
(10) An Irish bishop sometimes considered the link between Locke and Hume, he wrote Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge and Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous.
ANSWER: Bishop George Berkeley

20.   Name these characters from a Puccini opera from clues FTPE. 
(10) The leading diva of Rome, she promises sex in exchange for the life of her lover, and after he is shot, hurls herself from the Castel Sant' Angelo into the Tiber. 
ANSWER: Floria Tosca
(10) Tosca's lover, he is an artist who is shot by firing squad in the 3rd act.  
ANSWER: Mario Cavaradossi
(10) This Roman police chief has Mario tortured while he badgers Tosca for sex. After she consents, she stabs him with his dinner knife.  
ANSWER: Baron Scarpia

21.   Name these layers of the Earth’s atmosphere, 10 points each.
A.  	[10] 	Temperatures in this layer, from about 7 to 30 miles above sea level, increase with altitude. The ozone layer can be found here.
ANSWER:	stratosphere
B. 	[10]	This layer contains 90% of the air in Earth’s atmosphere, and all its weather patterns.
ANSWER:	troposphere

C.	[10]	Solar radiation causes temperatures in this layer to reach 1500 degrees Celsius. Most man-made satellites, and NASA space shuttles, orbit Earth in this layer.
ANSWER:	thermosphere [do not accept “exosphere”] 

22.  Given a treaty ending World War I, identify the losing nation that signed it FTP each
A. (10)  St Germain	
ANSWER: Austria
B.  (10) Trianon	
ANSWER: Hungary
C.  Neuilly
ANSWER: Bulgaria