Questions for the 1991-Sunshine state Invitational Questions by North Carolina state Team #1

Tossups

1) A copy of each book printed in the U.K. is deposited there, as is the remains of a SaX011 ship, a caryatid from the Erechtheum, an original printing of Beowulf, the Elgin Marbles, the -Rosetta stone, and the Magna Carta. For 10 points, name this national repository in London for treasures in literature, science, and art.

Answer: The British Museum

2) "There lived in Westphalia, in the castle of the Baron of Thunder-Ten-Tronckh, a young man on whom nature had bestowed the perfection of gentle manners." This line opens a 1759 work which brings to near perfection the art of black comedy. Containing such memorable characters as Nartin the Manichee, the valet Cacambo, and the protagonist's lover Cunegonde, the work is as much a satire of Lei bni tzian phil osophy as anything. For 10 points, identify this Voltaire work.

Answer: Candide

3) This American has been recently named director of the Genome Search Project, a $3 billion effort launched by the federal government to map the entire genetic code. It would only make sense, for he wrote The Molecular Biology of the Gene and helped discover the double helix model of DNA along with Francis Crick. For 10 points, name this man who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Answer: James Watson

4) Son of Glaucus, king of Corinth, he committed murder and fled to Proetus, king of Argos for protection. After a liason with Proetus' wife, he was sent to Iobates, king of Lycia, who secretly was to put him to death. Certain that he would meet his doom, Iobates sent him to kill the monster Chimera. But he tamed the winged horse Pegasus and rode him to victory. For 10 points, identify this Greek hero, who died when Pegasus threw him as he tried to fly to Nt. Olympus.

Answer: Bellerophon

5) Under secretary general of the U.N. (1967-1971), director of U.N. peace keeping forces at Suez (1956), the Congo (1960), and in Cyprus (1964), chief assistant to Gunnar Myrdal in his study of American blacks, chief mediator of the 1948-49 Arab-Israeli war, for which he received the 1950 Nobel Prize for Peace, the first African-American to do so. For 10 points, identify this man.

Answer: Ralph Bunche

6) It was a period of unrest within the Church of England, to which the approximate dates 1838-1850 may be assigned. It originated with a body of clergymen who stood against the movement away from the Anglican ideals of the 17th century both by Parliament and by some sections of the Church itself. For 10 points, name this religious movement headed by later Cardinal John Henry Newman.

Answer: Oxford Movement

7) It was reading Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations that caused him to devote himself to the study of political economy. His most systematic exposition of his theory of rent, property, and wages, as well as the quantity theory of money is in his Principles of Political EconomJ' and Taxation. For 10 points, name this Engl ish economist born in 1772.

Answer: David Ricardo

8) The fourth largest of the Caribbean islands, it was first occupied by the Spaniards in 1510. Although the natives were friendly at first, they eventually all died out and were replaced by slave laborers. The island changed possession many times until it was occupied by the U.S. army in 1898 during the Spanish-American War. For 10 points, name this island whose capital is located at San Juan.

Answer: Puerto Rico

9) Through the symbolic devices of the thrush, representing the knowledge of death, the "evening star" (venus) representing the thought of death, and the lilac, representing the cycle of life, the poet finds redemption and comfort during a time of national mourning. For 10 points, name this poem, Walt wbitman's brilliant elegy on the death of Abraham Lincoln.

Answer: wben Liliacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd

10) His deep religious convictions resulted in his rendering of detail in paintings crowded with symbolism, as in Tile Awakening Conscience (1853-54). He made three trips to the Middle East in his fanatical pursuit of accurate background for his religious paintings. The paintings that resulted, such as The Scapegoat, show that sincerity is not a substitute for talent. For 10 points, identify this English painter who was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

Answer: William Holman Hunt

11) Leonora, Manrico, and Ferrando pound the boards in this four act opera whose plot is based on various events that actually happened in fifteenth-century Spain. The various songs owing to its popularity include: The Miserere, Home to Our Mountains, The Tempest of the Heart, and The Anvil Chorus. For 10 points, name this 1853 opera by Giuseppe Verdi.

Answer: 11 Trovatore

12) Born in 1866, he discovered that genes are linearly arranged on chromosomes. He is more famous, however, for his discovery that certain hereditary traits are sex-linked, through his systematic study of Drosophilia. For these works in the field of genetics, he received the 1933 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. For 10 points, identify the U.S. geneticist.

Answer: Thomas Hunt Morgan

13) A personal appeal to Hitler by Swedish Nobel Prize winner Selma Lagerlof saved this poet and dramatist from a Nazi concentration camp in 1940. Later a Swedish subject, she became noted for her lyric poetry and verse plays, written in German, depicting the persecution of the Jewish people. 0 the Chimneys is her best known work, and Flight and Netamorphosis is a collection of her poetry. For 10 points, identify this literary figure, co-winner of the 1966 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Answer: Nelly Sachs

14) It is a resinous substance obtained from a tree of the order Amyridaceae, growing plentifully in Ethiopia and Arabia. Used since ancient times for embalming, medical, and aromatic purposes, it was one of the traditional gifts given to the baby Jesus. For 10 points, name this gift of the Magi.

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15) Its writers included Mel Brooks and Woody Allen; its stars includede Carl Reiner, Imogene Cocoa, and Sid Ceasar. For 10 points, identify this television program of the 1950s that many consider one of the greatest comedy shows.

Answer: Your Show of Shows

16) Born in Texas in 1885, he served in the U.S. submarine force in WWI. He became the commander of the Pacific Fleet in early WWII and stayed at that post until the end of the war, directing the U.S. victories at Midway, the Philippine Sea, and Leyte Gule. He received the rank of fleet admiral in 1945 and was a signer of the Japanese surrender document. A U.S. nuclear-powered warship still bears his name, as did the freeway which collapsed in the San Francisco earthquake on October 17, 1989. For 10 points, name this famed admiral.

Answer: Chester Nimitz

17) In disjointed scenes and voices that switch from first person to third, it tells the story of Horatio Oliveira, an Argentine expatriate living in Paris, and his mistress Maga. The chapters are interchangeable, and the author suggests at least two orders in which the book can be read. For 10 points, name this famous anti-novel by Argentine writer Julio Cortazar.

Answer: Hopscotch

18) His invention of a "fudge factor" to explain the failure of the Michelson-Morley experiment to detect the aether was later incorporated into Einstein's special theory of relativity to show the inconsistancy of mass as one approaches the speed of light. For 10 points, identify the scientist, co-winner of the 1902 Nobel Prize in physics.

Answer: Hendrik Lorentz

19) He was the son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, but he himself never became emperor. He united the Iberian penisula and ruled an Empire which included Milan, Naples, Sicily, the Netherlands, and vast tracts of the New World. A fanatical Catholic, he supported the inquisition, and married Mary I of England. It was he who launched the Spanish Armada at England. For 10 points, name this Hapsburg king of Spain.

Answer: Phi lip II

20) In his country estate at Twickenham, he collected works of art and curios and installed a private printing shop, publishing many of his O~TI

works. Known for his witty correspondences with other men of letters, his memoirs were published under the titles The Memoirs of the Last Ten Years of the Reign of George II and Memoirs of the Reign of King George III. His other works include Anecdotes of Painting in England and, of course, The Castle of otranto. For 10 points, identify this "sage of Strawberry Hill."

Answer: Horace Walpole

21) Born in 1776 he was a moderately successful composer and conductor whose music criticism was influential. He served most of his adult life as a highly regarded legal advisor in Prussia. he also was a competent painter, but he is knovm for writing novels (such as Kater Murr) , and weird tales such as The Golden Pot and The Devil's Elixir. For 10 points, name this German Romantic author.

Answer: E.T.A. Hoffman

22) Born in London in 1910, he worked on a research team at Bell Laboratories. He became controversial in the1970s for supporting the view that intelligence capacity is a genetic trait of races. Though this did not overshadow his contributions to science in helping develop the first transistor. For 10 points, name this sharer of 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics along with John Bardeen and Walter Brattain.

Answer: William Shockley

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23) Born in New York City on May 24, 1870, he became a la~yer, serving as one until 1913, when he was elected a N.Y. state judge. He served on the state court of appeals until 1932, becoming its chief judge in 1927. ~bile there, his opinions won him wide attention. He replaced Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. on the U.S. Supreme Court in 1932. He was regarded as a liberal in the Court, often siding with Louis Brandeis and Harlan Stone in voting for New Deal social legislation. He was successful in applying existing law to changing social needs. For 10 points, identify this eminent American.

Answer: Benjamin N. Cardozo

24) ~1 army of 56,000 English and Dutch soldiers led by the duke of Marlborough attacked 60,000 French and Bavarians. Marlborough's army won decisively, losing but 12,000 men, compared to the enemy's 40,000. This crushing defeat by the bank of the Danube in Bavaria ended Louis XIV's dream of European supremacy. For 10 points, name this decisive battle in the War of the Spanish Succession fought on August 13, 1704.

Answer: Blenheim

Questions for the 1991 Sunshine state Invitational Questions by North Carolina State Team #1

Bonuses

1) (20 points) Identify the writers of these short stories. 1) The Nan Who Was Almost a Man Answer: Richard Wright 2) The Hunger Artist Answer: Franz Kafka 3) How I Contemplated the World from the Detroit House----of

Corrections and Began My Live over Again Answer: Joyce Carol Oates

4) The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World Answer: Gabriel Garcia Marquez

2) (30 points) 30-20-10, identify this scientist from a reverse chronology of his achievements. 30) 1861- His Chemical History of a Candle is published. 20) 1845- Observed rotation of polarized light in a magnetic field and

coined the term "diamagnetism". 10) 1831- Discovered electromagnetic induction and introduced "Field

Theory" .

Answer: Michael Faraday

3) (25 points) Named for the time of worship at which it began, it started on Easter Monday, 1282. It was a revolt against the oppressive regime of Charles I, the Angevin ruler of Naples; it also involved conspiracy in which Manuel II, ruler of the Byzantine empire, and Peter III of Aragon tried to prevent Charles from invading the Byzantine empire. In the war, Charles lost Sicily to the Aragonese, and almost the entire Franch population of Sicily was murdered. For 25 points, name this revolt.

Answer: The Sicilian Vespers

4) (30 points) 30-20-10, identify the composer from a list of his works. 30) Kamarinskaya 20) A Life for the Tsar 10) Ruslan and Lyudmilla

Answer: Mikhail Glinka

5) (20 points) Given the total cost function: Y = 3x2 + 12x + 10, where Y = total cost, and x = units of an input of production, answer the following questions for 5 points apiece. 1) What is the average cost function? 2) "''hat is the marginal cost function? 3) "''hat is the variable cost function? 4) What is the fixed cost?

Answer: 1. 3x + 12 + lOx, or Yjx 2. 6x + 12, or dYjdx -3. 3x squared +~ 4. 10

6) (25 points) In the 19th century educated Italians bitterly resented the harshness and inefficiency of the foreign governments, especially the Austrian, that ruled over them. This word which means "resurrection" became a rallying-cry to encourage all Italians in a national revival that would lead to unification and prosperity. In particular, the name is applied to the movements led by Mazzini, Garibaldi and Cavour. For 25 points, identify this term.

Answer: Risorgimento

7) (30 points) Identify the poem. For 10 points from the quote , for 5 points if you need the author as well.

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1) a) "Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting"

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b) Wordsworth

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b) a)

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Answer: "Ode: Intimations of Immortal i ty, etc" "I have been half in love with easeful Death / Called him soft names with nary a mused rhyme." Keats Answer: "Ode: To a Nightengale" "Turning and turning in the widening gyre / The falcon cannot hear the falconer. / Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; / Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world." Yeats Answer: "The Second Coming"

(30 points) 30-20-10, identify this character from Greek mythology. 30) She was the dO ~~~of Tyndareus 20) W. B. Yeats wrote a poem involving her 10) She was the mother of Castor, Pollux, Clytemnestra, and Helen of

Troy

Answer: Leda

9) (25 points) It is a solution inaqueous base of copper fulfate and sodium citrate, and is a very mild oxidizing agent. ~~en it reacts with glucose, it oxidizes the aldehyde function in glucose. TIlis reaction is the traditional one used for testing for diabetes. For 25 points, identify this reagent.

Answer: Benedict's reagent

10) (25 points) He was one of the most provocative and influential theorists of the post-1960 reaction againist the style of modern architecture knO~l as the International Style. His aesthetic is grounded in a rejection of the "prim dreams of pure order" espoused by modernist architects in favor of an architecture of eclecticism, ambiguity, and humor. His two works, Complexi(v and Contradiction in American Architecture (1966) and Learning from Las Vegas (1972) have become the gospel of post modern architecture. For 25 points, identify this architect.

Answer: Kenneth Venturi

11) (30 points) 30-20-10, identify the play, given a list of characters. 30) Lord strange, Catesby 20) The Earl of Richmond, Elizabeth Woodville 10) Edward V, Duke of Buckingham

Answer: Richard III

12) (30 points) 30-20-10, given a list of films, identify this director. 30) The True Glory, co-directed with Garson Kanin 20) Oliver! 10) The Third Nan

Answer: Sir Carol Reed

13) (25 points) Born in 1846, he was an Irish Nationalist leader. Known as the uncrowned king of Ireland, he nearly obtained Irish self-government, but an affair with a British officer's wife ruined his career. As an Member of Parliament and head of the Home Rule Party, he used the balance of power between Liberals and Conservatives to secure land reforms for Ireland. For 25 points, name this Irish nationalist.

Answer: Charles Stewart Parnell

14) (25 points) It is a thin plate or sheet, usually of uniform thickness and density, but idealized in many problems as of negligible or zero thickness and of infinite rigidity. Not necessarily plane, it appears in fluid dynamics as an idealized surface embedded in a 3-D region, over which fluid flow is discussed. For 25 points, name this hydrodynamic term.

Answer: Lamina

15) (20 points) For 5 points apiece, given a philosopher name the philosophy he expounded. 1) Zeno of Citium Answer: Stoic 2) John Locke Answer: Empericism 3) Plotinus Answer: Neo-Platonism 4) John stuart Mill Answer: Utilitarianism

16) (25 points) This artistic term is used to refer to evidence of a painter's change of mind when areas of a picture that he has overpainted become visible through the fading with age of the overpaint. For 25 points, identify this term that is an Italian word for repentance.

Answer: Pentimento

17) (25 points) Given a representative work by a German writer, name the writer for 5 points each. 1) Erlkonig Answer: J. W. von Goethe 2) Joseph the Provider Answer: Thomas Mann 3) Emel ia Gaiotti Answer: Gotthold Lessing 4) The Fool in Christ, Emanuel Quint Answer: Gerhard Hauptmann 5) Nagister Ludi Answer: Herman Hesse

18) (20 points) This battle occurred on October 13-14, 1806. Napoleon encountered and defeated Prussian troops led by Prince von Hohenlohe. Marshal Louis Nicolas Davout defeated the king of Prussia and the duke of Brunswick at another site close by the site of Napoleon's victory. The two sites lent themselves to the name of one battle, which completed France's victory of Prussia in the Napoleonic Wars. For 20 points, identify this battle.

Answer: Jena-Auerstadt

19) (20 points) Born in 1916, he performed X-ray diffraction studies of nucleic acid that helped elucidate the structure of DNA. He was the first to find that X-rays passed through nucleic acid were diffracted onto a photographic plate in an orderly fashion with repeating structures that could be interpreted as a helix. When Crick and Watson combined this man's data with their's, they were able to determine the complete molecular structure of DNA. For 20 points, identify this biophysicist who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Watson and Crick.

Answer: Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins

20) (20 points) Given a detective, name the creator for 5 points each. 1) Peter Shandy Answer: Charlotte Mecleod 2) Lord Peter Wimsey Answer: Dorothy L. Sayers 3) Jim Chee, Joe Leaphorn Answer: Tony Hillerman 4) Philo Vance Answer: Wilkie Collins

21) (20 points) Identify each mathematician from his discovery or proof for 5 points apiece. 1) He proved that the number of vertices minus the number of edges

plus the number of faces of any simple closed polyhedron is two. 2) This French mathematician proved that e is a transcendental

number. 3) He developed the theory of transfinite numbers. 4) His "Rule of Signs" determines limits to the number of positive

and negative roots possessed by a polynomial.

Answer: 1. Leonard Euler 3. Georg Ca~

2. Charles Hermite 4. Rene Descartes

22) (25 points) Identify these prehistoric superlatives, for 5 points apiece. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5)

Earliest-known horse Largest flesh-eating dinosaur Largest four-footed animal Largest land mammal Largest shark

Answer: Answer: Answer: Answer: Answer:

Eohippus Chyracothenum Tyrannosaurus Brachiosaurus Baluchitherium Carcharadon Megaladon

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23) (20 points) For 5 points apiece, identify these facts concerning the Holy Roman Empire. 1) In what year did it begin? Answer: 800 A.D. 2) In what year did it end? Answer: 1806 A.D. 3) Who was the first emperor? Answer: Charlemagne 4) Who was the last? Answer: Francis II of Austria

24) (25 points) In 1762 this Boston lawyer published a pamphlet, A Vindication of the Conduct of the House of Representatives, which affirmed the privileges of the colonies under British Constitution. In 1764, he published The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted in which he raised the argument of no taxation without representation. He later chaired the Boston Committe of Correspondence which was instrumental in calling the First Continental Congress of 1774. For 25 points, name this early American leader.

Answer: James otis