WIT IX BONI -- ROUND 1

1) Was that tossup a dead duck? Name the extinct birds from clues for ten points each.a) These birds were natives of the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean were they had remained isolated for so long they lost their ability to fly. Name these flightless birds that became extinct in 1681. Answer: dodob) These birds were once the most abundant species of birds on earth. This North American species was decimated by commercial hunting until only a few thousand remained in 1880 making commercial hunting less feasible. It was too late and despite captive breeding efforts the species became extinct in 1914, name this species.Answer: Passenger Pigeon (prompt on pigeon)c) Much like the dodo these birds lost the ability of flight due to isolated existence. Unlike most such species, their extinction was not caused by Europeans or those of European descent but rather is that to have been caused by the Maori. Name these flightless birds of which were thought to be extinct before the European colonization of New Zealand. Answer: Moa

2) Hail and farewell, Sir Alec Guinness. In his distinguished film and TV career Guinness portrayed such historical figures as Hitler, Disraeli, Julius Caesar, Freud, and – FTPE -- these:a) Last of Rome’s Five Good Emperors, noted for his Stoic philosophy as expressed in his MeditationsAnswer: Marcus Aureliusb) King of England dethroned and eventually executed by Cromwell & co. in the English Civil WarAnswer: Charles Ic) Pope powerful enough to launch the Fourth Crusade, crush the Albigensians, and place all of England under interdict for transgressions of King John, but also the one who launched the Children’s CrusadeAnswer: Innocent III

3) Given three poems FTPE, identify the author.A) "Song IX", "The Unknown Citizen", "In Praise of Limestone"Answer: W. H. AudenB) "To an Athlete Dying Young", "When I Was One_and_Twenty", "Because I Liked You Better"Answer: A. E. HousmanC) "Roadways", "A Wanderer’s Song", "Sea Fever”Answer: John Masefield

4) Name the series of novels based on clues on a 30-20-10 basis.30-point clue: These novels span thousands of years and take the reader to many distant planets such as Wallach IX, Kaitain, Bene Tleilax (pron. Ben-ee Thigh-lax), and Ix.20-point clue: The first book in the series was turned into a 1984 film which was directed by David Lynch and featured Linda Hunt as Shadout Mapes, Brad Dourif as Piter DeVries, and Sting as Feyd-Rautha.10-point clue: Most of the novels focus on the planet Arrakis, the one source in the universe of the life-prolonging and awareness-expanding spice, melange.Answer: The Dune series

5) We all know that the Duke University Blue Devils won the 2001 NCAA Men's basketball Final Four. So for 10 points each name the other three teams that took part in the 2001 Men's Final Four.Answers: University of Maryland, Michigan State University, University of Arizona

6) This bonus is about one of the biggest bastards in American history, James Wilkinson. FTPE:

a) Wilkinson was deputy to this general, and he was later suspected of being involved in the Conway Cabal, which planned to overthrow Washington as Commander in Chief in favor of this general, to whom Wilkinson was deputy adjutant general during the battle of Saratoga. Answer: Horatio Gates b) After his attempted deal with the Spanish to help Kentucky leave the U.S. failed, he agreed to help this former Vice President in his plan to take over Louisiana and split the western states from the eastern, then betrayed him and testified against him in his trial for treason.Answer: Aaron Burrc) He finally retired after leading a disastrous campaign in 1813 to take Montreal, much as this other upstanding Gates aide had similarly failed to do in 1775.Answer: Benedict Arnold

7) Identify these apparati that would most likely be found in a chem lab FTPE1) This machine uses centrifugal force to simulate increased gravity and cause things to settle faster.Answer: centrifuge2) This apparatus consists of a long tube called a column through which a carrier gas and a sample are forced. The sample separates in the column and the individual components come out at different times.Answer: gas chromatograph3) This device uses light waves to characterize a sample, especially for things such as turbidity and color intensity.Answer: photospectrometer

8) Answer the following questions about characters in Voltaire’s classic short novel Candide for ten points apiece.Part 1: He was Candide’s optimistic teacher of metaphysico-theologo-cosmonigology who was nearly killed by the Spanish Inquisitors and is portrayed throughout the story as a complete fool.Answer: PanglossPart 2: She was the daughter of a minor European noble and, after her father’s castle was ransacked and much of her family killed, Candide spends most of his life searching Europe and the New World for her.Answer: CunegondePart 3: He is almost the exact opposite of Pangloss, as he is an absolute pessimist who Candide finds in the New World. More than any other character in the story, he seems to represent Voltaire’s real sentiments.Answer: Martin

9) Answer the following questions that are related to Carl Gauss FTSNOP.5 pts- Gauss proved that all roots of any algebraic equations are of the form a + bi where i represents the square root of -1. What kind of number is i generally referred as? Answer: imaginary10 pts-What quantity enclosed in a surface does Gauss's law say is equal to the total electric flux passing out of that closed surface? Answer: charge (accept q)5 pts-What quantity does the unit named for gauss measure?Answer: magnetic induction or flux density

10) Biblical names make such great insults. FTPE name these Old Testament figures:(a) The much-reviled wife of King Ahab in I Kings who was given authority to decree whom and how one could worship. Her persecution of the Jews eventually led to her being thrown out a window to her death.Answer: Jezebel(b) The much-reviled wife of Hosea, whom the Lord commanded Hosea to marry despite her adulterous nature. Her infidelity is presented as a symbol of Israel’s unfaithfulness to God.

Answer: Gomer(c) In Genesis 10 it’s the name of “a mighty hunter before the Lord,” son of Cush, who founded Babylon. Answer: Nimrod

11) We love African capitals. For 5 points each, given an African capital with a cool-sounding name, give its nation:a) Antananarivo Answer: Madagascarb) Nouakchott Answer: Mauritaniac) Yamoussokro Answer: Cote d’Ivoire or Ivory Coastd) Addis Ababa Answer: Ethiopiae) Yaounde Answer: Cameroonf) Ouagadougou Answer: Burkina Faso

12) Identify the dying star from a description for ten points each.a) They comprise approximately 10 percent of the stars in our galaxy and typically have about two_thirds the mass of the sun while maintaining the volume of Earth.Answer: white dwarfb) They have ceased to radiate because all their electrons have reached states below the Fermi level.Answer: black dwarfc) Following a supernova in which a star does not become a black hole, it might collapse to about 20 times the density of a white dwarf, ending its life as a degenerate gas.Answer: neutron star

13) Name the author based on a short story he/she wrote FTPE:a) "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" Answer: F. Scott Fitzgeraldb) "The Rocking Horse Winner" and "Piano" Answer: D.H. Lawrencec) "Shooting an Elephant" and "Politics and the English Language" Answer: George Orwell

14) For five points each, given a state give each of that state’s current U.S. Senators.a) New Mexico Answer: Jeff Bingaman and Pete Domenicib) Connecticut Answer: Christopher Dodd and Joseph Liebermanc) Iowa Answer: Chuck Grassley and Tom Harkin

15) Mark Twain mocked them in “Fenimore Cooper’s Literary Offences.” FTPE name these works from Cooper’s Leather-Stocking Tales:a) Considered by many the first truly original American novel, this 1823 story contrasts Natty Bumppo, who sees the land as “God’s wilderness,” and those who want to tame the land. In this one Bumppo is actually called “Leather-stocking.”Answer: The Pioneersb) Showing Bumppo at the height of his powers, this tale of the French and Indian War features Uncas and Cora Munro.Answer: The Last of the Mohicansc) In this 1827 novel, and old and philosophical Bumppo dies, already bemoaning the vanishing wilderness he helped conquer. Cooper intended it to finish a trilogy, although years later he sold out and cranked out two more tales.Answer: The Prairie

16) 30-20-10 name the year. 30 pts- The USSR launches a rocket with 2 monkeys aboard, the first nuclear-powered US commercial vessel is launched, and Gunter Grass writes The Tin Drum.20 pts- De Gaulle is proclaimed President of Fifth Republic in France and Los Angeles beats the Chicago White Sox 4-2 in the World Series10 pts- Fidel Castro takes over Cuba, Hawaii becomes the 50th state, and Charlie Steinhice is born. No, really.

Answer: 1959

17) Given a definition for a term from physics, name it FTPE.1) The ratio of the speed of light in a vacuum to the speed of light in a medium under considerationAnswer: Index of Refraction2) The study of low_temperature phenomena.Answer: Cryogenics3) A physical system on which no outside influences act.Answer: Closed system

18) Given three of its movements, identify the piece of concert band music FTPE.A) "Lisbon", "Horkstow Grange", "The Lost Lady Found"Answer: Lincolnshire PosyB) "Seventeen Come Sunday", "My Bonny Boy", "Folk Songs from Somerset"Answer: English Folk Song SuiteC) "C.A.E.", "W.M.B.", "Nimrod"Answer: Enigma Variations

19)Given a unit tell what quantity it measures FTSNOP.5 pts- parsec Answer: length (accept distance)10 pts- slug Answer: mass (do not accept weight)15 pts- stokes Answer: (kinematic) viscosity

20) Given a description of a law used in civil engineering and other fields, name it FTPE.1) It is a special form of the general equation of settling assuming that the Reynolds number is less than 1.Answer: Stokes Law2) This law is generally used to quantify groundwater flow, or any flow of a liquid through a porous medium.Answer: Darcy's Law3) This theory states that an ideal material, when deformed due to loading, will assume its original unloaded shape when the deforming load is released.Answer: Elastic Theory

ROLLAPALOOZA/COTKU 2001 BONI -- ROUND 3

1) Hollywood loves a happy ending. Given the real ending Hollywood didn’t use, name the famous novel for 5 points each and the novel’s author for another 10 points:a) Bishop Frollo’s framing of Esmeralda works; she is hanged. The title character throws Frollo from the heights of the cathedral before going to join his beloved in the grave.Answer: The Hunchback of Notre Dame; Victor Hugob) The bad guys get to take over the New York Knights after they fail to make the series when Roy Hobbs strikes out.Answer: The Natural; Bernard Malamud

2) With President Bush’s appointment of Tom Ridge as Director of Homeland Security, there are now 7 “Cabinet-level rank” members of his government who are not actually Cabinet members. One of those, Dick Cheney, is in the order of succession. For 5 points each (and a 5 point bonus for all 5), name those other 5 Cabinet-level rank officials given their position.a) President’s Chief of Staff Answer: Andrew Cardb) Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency Answer: Christie Todd Whitmanc) Director, Office of Management & Budget Answer: Mitchell Danielsd) Director, National Drug Control Policy (either Bush’s nominee or the acting director)

Answer: John Walters or Edward Jurithe) US Trade Representative Answer: Robert Zoellick

3) Answer the following about the human skull FTSNOP.a) For 10 pts. if exact, or 5 pts. if within 1, how many bones make up the skull?Answer: 8b) FFPE, name any four of the bones that make up the skull. No fair using the same name of one of the pairs twice.Answers: Occipital, parietal (2), frontal, temporal (2), sphenoidal, ethmoidal

4) The recent Top 10 charts in pop music include several collaborative efforts. I’ll name a single in the Top 10 last month. For each song, you’ll get five points for naming the artist or group before the “featuring” or “with” and another 5 for naming the artist after it.a) “Where the Party At” Answer: Jagged Edge with Nellyb) “I’m Real” Answer: Jennifer Lopez [oh, all right, accept J. Lo.] featuring

Ja Rulec) “Livin it up” Answer: Ja Rule featuring Case

5) Neil Diamond wrote a serenade to him for reasons passing comprehension. FTPE name these poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:a) Longfellow’s ancestors included John and Priscilla Alden, which kind of explains why he wrote about their romance in this poem.Answer: “The Courtship of Miles Standish”b) This poem, which begins “This in the forest primeval,” tells the sad tale of the forced expatriation of the Acadians.Answer: “Evangeline”c) Longfellow emulated the rhythms of the Finnish epic Kalevala in this poem about the son of Nokomis.Answer: “The Song of Hiawatha”

6) For ten points each given the definition of a term from Chaos Theory, give the name of the term. a) a geometric figure which is self-similar to itself at different scales.Answer: fractalb) mysterious things which cause oscillating (moving) objects to veer off courseAnswer: strange attractorsc) a continually changing system

Answer: dynamic system

7) FTPE answer the following questions that have some connection to Albania.a) First name the paranoid Communist dictator who ruled Albanian from the 1940’s until his death in 1985. Answer: Enver Hoxhab) Name of Albania’s last king, a colorful rogue who served as president from 1925 to 1928 and king from 1928 to 1935. Answer: King Zog Ic) Albania just missed getting to be the birthplace of a Nobel winner when Nikollë and Dranafille Bojaxhiu moved from Shkodra to Skopje, Macedonia, shortly before this Nobel laureate was born. Answer: Mother Teresa of Calcutta (oh, all right, accept Gonxhe or Agnes Bojaxhiu)

8) Answer the following about solar eclipses FTSNOP10 pts- In what type of eclipse does a ring of the sun’s light show around the moon?Answer: Annular EclipseFor five points each into what two parts is the moon’s shadow divided into?Answer: Umbra and Penumbra10 pts- What is the name of the phenomenon of beads of light on the periphery of the moon, caused by light shining through the valleys of the moon just before total eclipse is reached? Answer: Bailey’s Beads

9) If there’s a series of bonuses that one of your co-editors would like to see eradicated from the history of nerdbowl, this is it… TRAVELS WITH CHARLIE: Amazing what you can write in a small town while waiting for a pizza. FTPE name the soap opera from excerpts from updates printed in the Sept. 20 Towns Sentinel in Hiawassee, GA.a) Phyllis accepted Jack’s proposal. Victor thanked Paul for agreeing to supervise Tricia’s surveillance at the penthouse. Later, Paul’s romantic date with Isabella ended abruptly when he couldn’t get his mind off Chris.Answer: The Young and the Restlessb) Sonny lashed out at AJ for attempting to frame Carly for Sorel’s murder. Lucky found the biotoxins in the Cassadine lab. Meanwhile, Scott’s arrival caused Stavros to shift gears in his plan to reunite with Laura.Answer: General Hospitalc) In Harmony: Ivy, who had been struck by lightning, refused surgery until she could tell Sam one last secret. On the Island: Charity’s friends revived her, but as they tried to make their escape, they were rocked by a huge earthquake. Tabitha decided to sacrifice herself to the warlocks.Answer: Passions

10) FTPE name these treaties which can be blamed for having certain states in the U.S.a) If you hate California, blame this 1848 treaty ending the Mexican War that gave the U.S. most of the Southwest.Answer: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgob) If you hate Florida, blame this 1819 treaty with Spain in which the U.S. purchased Florida but acknowledged Spanish sovereignty over all that Southwestern stuff we got anyway in 1848.Answer: Adams-Onis Treatyc) If you hate northern Maine (and why would you?) blame this 1842 treaty with Britain that resolved a border dispute.Answer: Webster-Ashburton Treaty

11) For 10 points each, prove yourself to be a worthy descendant of Audhumla, the primal cow, and identify the following stuff of Odin’s. 1) Both of the ravens that perched on his shoulders. Answer: Hugin and Munin2) His 8-legged steed. Answer: Sleipner3) Either his spear or his ring. Answers: Gungnir or Draupner

12) Answer the following about an important modern author. Of course she’s important. She’ll tell you herself. FTPE:a) Name the American author of Do With Me What You Will, Bellefleur, and Because It Is Bitter and Because It Is My Heart.Answer: Joyce Carol Oatesb) Oates won a National Book Award in 1969 for this disturbing novel about the Wendell family’s attempts to break away from their destructive, crime-ridden background, also known as Detroit.Answer: themc) One of her most acclaimed works, this 1967 novel shares its title with a series of paintings by Hieronymus Bosch.Answer: A Garden of Earthly Delights (accept it even if they say “The” instead of “A”)

13) You may not have to build a shrubbery or cut down the largest tree in the forest with a herring, but you do have to, FTPE, answer these questions three about Monty Python and the Holy Grail.a) What was the first capital of Assyria?Answer: Asshur (accept Assur)b) For another 10, what’s the name of the baby knight mentioned whose picture appears in the book of the movie? Answer: Sir Not-Appearing-In-This-Filmc) This fruit, the American variety of which is Sambucus canadensis, is rich in vitamin C, but is very tart, so it is rarely eaten raw. It thrives in a soil with a pH range from 5.5 to 6.5. FTP, tell me what your dad smelled like.Answer: Elderberries

14) Everyone hates chemistry. Given an anion give its formula and oxidation state for five points for each part. a) Cyanide Answers: CN, -1b) Dichromate Answers: Cr2 O7, -2c) Molybdate Answers: Mo O4, -2

15) 30-20-10 Name the composer from a list of his Operas.30: Ernani and Luisa Miller20: La forza del destino and Attila10: La Traviata and Aida Answer: Giuseppe Verdi

16) Given the reaction, identify the type of radioactive decay being described for ten points each.a) A neutron decays into a proton and an electron.Answer: beta decayb) A proton and an electron decay into a neutron.Answer: electron capturec) A proton decays into a neutron and a positively charged electron.Answer: positron emission

17) Only eleven plays by Aristophanes have survived intact to the present day, along with fragments of a twelfth. No, we don’t expect you to name all of them, but pretty close. You’ll get five points for naming any two of them, ten for any four, and another five for each you can name up to a maximum 30 points. Answer: any 8 of: Acharnians, Clouds, Wasps, Peace, Birds, Lysistrata, Women at the Thesmophoria, Frogs, Knights, Women at the Ecclesia, Wealth, or Babylonians [the fragmentary one]

18) 30-20-10, name the family.

30) The younger brother, Lucius Cornelius, was made Roman consul in 190 BC. He led the first Roman army into Asia, and won a decisive battle against Antiochus III at Magnesia.20) The grandson, Publius Cornelius, was adopted into the family, but he carried on the business well. In 146, he ended the war with Carthage by destroying the city.10) The most famous, also Publius Cornelius, drove the Carthaginians out of Spain in 206 and defeated Hannibal at Zama in 202.Answer: Scipio

19) Given a description of the form of a logical rule of inference, identify that rule for ten points each.a) p implies q; p; therefore qAnswer: modus ponensb) p implies q; q implies r; therefore p implies rAnswer: hypothetical syllogismc) variously given in forms such as (1) p if and only if p or p (2) p if and only if p and pAnswer: tautology

20) For ten points, give the name of the American-made, air-intercept missiles (AIMs) from their descriptions.a) The final version of this missile was first produced in 1956 and was given to the Taiwanese Air Force where it revealed its capabilities in skirmishes with the Chinese. Name this slender, infrared guided missile that has the designation AIM-9.Answer: Sidewinderb) Designed as a replacement for the AIM-7 Sparrow, this missile first entered service in 1989 and takes advantage of the sophisticated radar systems of modern warplanes by taking radar data from the plane that launched it to assist its guidance. Name this state of the art missile which is designated the AIM-120.Answer: AMRAAM (Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile)c) First used in 1965, this missile is carried exclusively by the F-14 Tomcat, and was designed to take out Soviet bombers at a long range. Once launched, it climbs to around 81,000 feet and cruises until it nears its destination. It then dives down, achieving speeds up to Mach 4.3 before colliding with its target. Give the name for the rather large missile that has the designation AIM-54.Answer: Phoenix

21) Identify the country given a description of its flag FTPE.A) Blue, yellow, green and white with the motto "Ordem e Progresso" across a blue sphere in the center.Answer: BrazilB) It’s green. Lots and lots of green.Answer: LibyaC) Mostly white and yellow, featuring a scepter crossed with two gold keys.Answer: Vatican City (accept the Holy See)

ROLLAPALOOZA/COTKU 2001 BONI -- ROUND 5

1) 30-20-10, name the man.30) The October 2001 Texas Monthly cover story asks if this man is the devil. The answer is “no”; he gave $1 million to the Library of Congress to help rebuild Thomas Jefferson’s personal library, so he can’t be the devil.20) He came by his money the old-fashioned way – oil. He runs an oil and gas company called Arkoma, and his fortune was estimated at over $100 million in 1989, when he first hit the national consciousness. 10) That emergence into the national consciousness coincided with the hiring of his former college roommate Jimmy Johnson to replace Tom Landry as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys.Answer: Jerry Jones

2) Answer the following about itty_bitty particles for ten points each.a) Name this elementary particle that carries the strong nuclear force and holds quarks together. It has no mass and no electric charge.Answer: gluonb) Gluons make possible the joining of quarks into these particles, all of which are unstable and quickly decay into other hadrons except protons and neutrons.Answer: hadrons c) Hadrons combine mesons, made of two quarks, and this other fundamental class of matter, made of three quarks. Examples of this particle include atomic nuclei and hyperons. Answer: baryon

3) But, one of your editors seems to have been over-ruled. Curse his metal body… TRAVELS WITH CHARLIE: Remember the Sept. 20 Towns Sentinel in Hiawassee, GA? It included a notice that a local production of a play had been cancelled. From that flimsy pretext, FTSNOP:a) (5 pts.) Name the 1949 play about a man who’s spent his whole life "way out there in the blue, riding a smile and a shoeshine," but who’s lost his job, the respect of his sons and finally, his hope. Answer: Death of a Salesmanb) (5 pts.) Who wrote Death of a Salesman?Answer: Arthur Millerc) (10 pts. ) Name the title character, who has been portrayed in award-winning Broadway versions by Lee J. Cobb, Dustin Hoffman, George C. Scott, and Brian Dennehy.Answer: Willy Loman (accept either name)d) (5 pts. each) Give the annoyingly cute nicknames by which we know Loman’s two sons.Answer: Biff and Happy

4) Time for some Old Testament stuff. FTSNOP:a) For ten points, name either of the two tribes of Israel that were not names after one of twelve sons of Jacob.Answer: Ephraim or Manassehb) For 5 points for 1 or 10 points for all 3, name the men that Nebuchadnezzar sentenced to death in the fiery furnace in the book of Daniel.Answer: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednegoc) For 5 points for 1 or ten points for all 3, name the three books of the Old Testament that begin with the letter N.Answer: Numbers, Nehemiah, Nahum

5) What do you mean, it’s none of your Balkan business? Answer the following FTPEa) Turkey gave up a lot in this 1878 conference – the British took control of Cyprus, Austria-Hungary got Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia, Montenegro, and Romania became independent.Answer: Congress of Berlin

b) The Congress of Berlin granted this country self-government within the Turkish empire. In the First Balkan War it joined with Greece, Serbia, and Montenergo in defeating Turkey, but it wouldn’t agree with the others on what to do with the territory won. So in the Second Balkan War its former allies teamed with Turkey and ganged up on this nation.Answer: Bulgariac) In 1914 Archduke Ferdinand was shot by this Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo after several other would-be assassins along the parade route had failed.Answer: Gavrilo Princip

6) Answer these questions about minutiae from Twilight Zone: the Movie for 10 points each.a) In the 1st segment, a group of American GI’s in Vietnam regret having killed what man, their lieutenant? HINT: John Landis directed that segment.Answer: Niedermayerb) The last segment was a remake of “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet”, which was written by what author of What Dreams May Come and I Am Legend?Answer: Richard Mathesonc) The 2nd assistant director of the 1st segment was this pseudonymous director of Death of a Gunfighter, Morgan Stewart’s Coming Home, I Love NY and, according to the title, Burn Hollywood Burn.Answer: Alan Smithee

7) Identify the element from clues on a 30-20-10-5 basis.30: It is among the most common element in the earth's crust. In modern times, it is probably used most often in doped form; that is, a form with impurities added.20: The element is doped with phosphorus or arsenic to make the N or Negative type; it can also be doped with gallium or boron to make the P or Positive type.10: The doping materials turn the element from a generally nonconductive material to a conductive material; therefore, this element is called a "semiconductor". In fact, it is the most popular semiconductor in use.5: As a former quizbowler who shall remain nameless once observed to teammates (two of whom are co-editing this tournament) while watching the movie Topless Brain Surgeons, its atomic number is 14.Answer: Silicon

8) Given a landmark in the European exploration of the Americas, name the hero or perpetrator FTSNOP:a) (5 pts.) First European to reach the Pacific Ocean, 1513Answer: Vasco Nunez de Balboab) (5 pts.) First European to reach the Mississippi River, 1541Answer: Hernando de Sotoc) (10 pts.) First European to discover Brazil, 1500Answer: Pedro Cabrald) (10 pts.) First European (well, since the Vikings) to discover Newfoundland, 1497Answer: John Cabot

9) The 1996 congressional election for the district which includes Chattanooga pit Democrat Chuck Jolly against Republican Zachary Wamp. Sounds like Dickens wrote the script. Name the real Dickens novel from characters FTPE:a) Kit Nubbles, Quilp, and Little NellAnswer: The Old Curiosity Shopb) Josiah Bounderby and Thomas GradgrindAnswer: Hard Timesc) Lucie Manette and Madame Therese DefargeAnswer: A Tale of Two Cities

10) Anyone who liked dinosaurs when they were little probably knows that there were two classifications__bird_hipped and lizard_hipped. But how much do you know about the Saurischian, or lizard_hipped, dinosaurs?a) Nearly all of these carnivores were bipedal. Some were huge, reaching heights of 39 ft and weights of 5 metric tons. Others, much smaller, may have eaten lizards or eggs. Some hunted in packs, slashing with powerful claws. For ten points, name this kind of saurischian. Answer: theropodb) Usually bipedal herbivores, these dinosaurs had spoon_shaped teeth instead of fangs. The largest, including the well_known Plateosaurus, reached lengths of 30 feet. They had small heads, broad feet, and large digging claws. For ten points, name this kind of dinosaur.Answer: prosauropodc) Including giants such as Apatosaurus and Diplodocus, some reached lengths of more than 80 feet and weights of more than 90 metric tons. Stones in their gizzards aided digestion. Most used their tails as whips or clubs for defense. For ten points, name them.Answer: sauropod

11) FTPE identify these landmark educational institutions for women in American history:a) In 1832 this Ohio college became the first in the U.S. to establish coeducation.Answer: Oberlin b) This pionering college for African-American women opened in 1881, the same year as the Tuskegee Institute.Answer: Spelmanc) The first sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, was founded at this Indiana university in 1870. Answer: DePauw

12) Name these Graham Greene works from plot summaries FTPE:a) The married Sarah Miles’ religious conversion begins when she believes her lover is dead and promises God she will give him up if his life is spared. The narrator, Maurice Bendix, is the bummed-out lover in question. Answer: The End of the Affairb) Out-of-work pulp novelist Holly Martins comes to Vienna at the invitation of his old friend Harry Lime, who turns out to be embroiled in the black market and other intrigue.Answer: The Third Manc) Set in Mexico during a time of anticlerical violence by revolutionaries, it depicts the martyrdom of an alcoholic priest who has broken most of his vows but gains redemption by sticking with his duties until his execution.Answer: The Power and the Glory

13) Name the U.S. state from unusual county names on a 10-5 basis. Trust me, it’ll make sense.a) 10 points: Elbert, Gunnison

5 points: Pueblo, BoulderAnswer: Coloradob) 10 points: Umatillah, Tillamook

5 points: Clackamas, MultnomahAnswer: Oregonc) 10 points: Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Door

5 points: Eau Claire, Racine, KenoshaAnswer: Wisconsin

14) The suffix -ology comes from the Greek word "logos", meaning "the study of" something. Identify these "ologies" from clues for ten points each.1: The study of fish.Answer: Ichthyology2: The study of the physical universe considered as a totality of phenomena in time and space.Answer: Cosmology3: The study of the structure of organisms.

Answer: Morphology

15) When Cal Ripken retired on October 6, 2001, he had played in 3001 games, 7 th all-time. For 5 points each, name the 6 players, 4 in the Hall of Fame and another who will go once he’s eligible, who have played in more games.Answers: Pete Rose, Carl Yastrzemski, Hank Aaron, Ty Cobb, Stan Musial, Eddie Murray

16) December 7, 1941, certainly lives in infamy, but it’s not the only memorable calendar date from World War II. For 10 pts. each, give the exact date including the year for each of the following. If you get within a week you’ll get 5 pts. each,a) D-DayAnswer: June 6, 1944 (5 points for May 30 – June 13)b) VE-DayAnswer: May 8, 1945 (5 points for May 1 – May 15)c) VJ-DayAnswer: August 14, 1945 (5 points for Aug. 7 – Aug. 21)

17) Given the following definitions from the field of computer science, name the term for fifteen points each.a) A notation used in representation of negative binary numbers that sets the value of the most negative number equal to zero, the most positive number to a binary number with each bit equal to one, and zero to some intermediate value. Adding the intermediate value to the number gives the true value.Answer: biased notationb) Representation of negative binary number by setting the most significant bit to 1. Conversion to decimal is accomplished by treating the most significant bit as negative two to the highest power present and adding the remaining bits in the normal manner, giving a negative number. Answer: two’s complement

18) Name the artist from clues for ten points each. a) Born in 1930, he began painting in 1954. He applied paint thickly, so the paintings became objects of their own and not just representations. Name this man, famous for painting everyday objects such as targets and the American flag.Answer: Jasper Johnsb) Born in 1886, this expressionist suffered several injuries during WWI, and during his convalescence, commissioned a life-sized doll that he treated as a living companion. Name this man who painted such works as Frau in Blau, The Red Egg, and Self-Portrait of a "Degenerate Artist".Answer: Oskar Kokoschka c) Born in Valenciennes in October of 1684, he would live only thirty-seven years. In his short life, he produced many landscape and genre paintings. Name this man, known for Embarkation for Cythera and The Delights of Life.Answer: Jean-Antoine Watteau

19) Identify the work given the title character or characters FTPE.A) Valentine and ProteusAnswer: The Two Gentlemen of VeronaB) James WaitAnswer: The Nigger of the NarcissusC) Prince MyshkinAnswer: The Idiot

20) 30-20-10: the name is the same.30) An author of twelve books and a columnist for PC/Computing, he marketed one of the first commercially-available telecommunications products in the late 1970s and currently hosts a nationally-syndicated radio show.

20) A 1920s alternative to QWERTY, its home row reads "A,O,E,U,I,D,H,T,N,S,-"10) Born in Bohemia in 1841, he composed such works as the "Slavonic Dances", "The Bells of Zlonice", and the "New World Symphony".Answer: Dvorak

21) For 10 points each, identify these Soviet biologists.a) The great genius of Soviet agronomy, this disciple of Lamarck claimed that he could alter the genetic properties of plants by subjecting the seeds to environmental changes. Uh, no.Answer: Trofim Lysenkob) Along with Bernard Lown, he founded International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, and the publicizing of the potential dangers of nuclear war earned him the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize.Answer: Yevgeny Chazovc) A professor of agricultural economics in Moscow, he joined the foreign service in 1939, rising to become foreign minister from 1957-1985 and a champion of detente.Answer: Andrei Gromyko

22) Answer the following questions about semiconductors for the stated number of points.5_They are caused by vacancies in the in the electron structure of crystals, and unlike electrons, they actually flow in the same direction as the current.Answer: holes10_The Fermi energy in this type of semiconductor, of which gallium is an example, lies below the middle of the forbidden band, and the flow of current is conveniently described with reference to the holes moving toward the negative electrode.Answer: p_type15_In a p_type semiconductor such as silicon doped with gallium, these energy levels appear just above the valence band.Answer: acceptor levels

ROLLAPALOOZA/COTKU 2001 BONI -- ROUND 7

1) Given three suburbs, identify the major U.S. city F5PE:A) Golden, Edgewater, Arvada Answer: Denver, COB) Snapfinger, East Point, Snellville Answer: Atlanta, GA.C) Keeneyville, Wheaton, Cicero Answer: Chicago, IL.D) Lynnwood, Everett, Redmond Answer: Seattle, WAE) Euclid, Lakewood, Solon Answer: Cleveland, OHF) Addison, Arlington, Plano Answer: Dallas, TX [grudgingly accept Fort Worth] 2) Given their last words, identify the political figure for 10 points. if you need an easier clue, you’ll get 5 pts.A) (10 pts.) "Go on, get out! Last words are for fools who haven't said enough!" (5 points) In the aftermath of the fall of the Berlin Wall, T-shirts appeared in the former East Germany bearing this man’s familiar likeness. Underneath it was, in German, “It was only a theory.”Answer: Karl MarxB) (10 points) "Don't mourn for me. Organize!" (5 pts.) Many believe this IWW organizer was innocent of the murder for which he was executed in Utah in 1915.Answer: Joe HillC) (10) "I'm bored. I'm bored." (5) This writer of the erotic novel The Flame of Life fought with epic bravery in World War I. After the war he established personal rule of the port of Fiume and supported the rise of Mussolini.Answer: Gabriele D'Annunzio

3) Do you remember anything from your middle school geology class? Didn't think so, but too bad. Identify these minerals from clues for ten points each.1: It is any of a group of chemically and physically related aluminum silicate minerals. This group of minerals is common in igneous and metamorphic rocks, and it splits into flexible sheets, usable in insulation and electrical equipment.Answer: Mica2: It is a semiprecious stone, also known as silica, which can be found in numerous valuable gems such as onyx, amethyst, and citrine. It is very hard and is used in materials such as glass and prisms. Answer: Quartz3: It is a type of silicate mineral that can be separated into thin, strong fibers that are heat resistant and chemically inert. In the past, it was widely used for insulation and fireproof materials. Answer: Asbestos

4) Name these William Styron works FTPE:a) Styron won a Pulitzer in 1968 for this vivid and complex evocation of slavery in the U.S.Answer: The Confessions of Nat Turnerb) This 1979 novel told of a Polish Catholic survivor of the Holocaust and the guilt she felt for the fate of her children.Answer: Sophie’s Choicec) In 1990 Styron resurfaced with this nonfiction memoir recounting his struggles with depression.Answer: Darkness Visible

5) Identify the hormones from clues for ten points apiece.1: This type of hormone is produced by the adrenal cortex, although it is not adrenaline. Its main function is to regulate carbohydrate metabolism and maintain blood pressure, but it is also administered medically as an anti-inflammatory drug.

Answer: Cortisone (accept corticosteroids)2: It is secreted by the pineal gland near the center of the brain. It promotes sleep, and also suppresses the activity of the sex organs. It also helps regulate a person's circadian rhythm, and received hype in the last few years as being a wonder drug.Answer: Melatonin3: This hormone is actually considered to be an opiate, as it is chemically related to morphine. Produced by the pituitary gland, it is released in response to pain.Answer: Endorphin

6) For 10 points each, identify these somewhat-related people.a) Born in 1857, she studied at the Sorbonne before returning to the US. Renowned as a muckraker, she brought down the Rockefeller oil trust with a series of articles in McClure’s.Answer: Ida M. Tarbellb) Born in 1862, she was the daughter of slaves who died in the yellow fever epidemic of 1878. One of the organizers of the NAACP in 1909, she was a loud-spoken voice against lynching, covering riots in Cairo, IL in 1909 & East St. Louis in 1918. Answer: Ida B. Wells-Barnettc) Born in 1918, she began her film career with 1933's Her First Affaire. She started playing tough women early in her career, probably none better than Helen Chernen in 1942's The Hard Way.Answer: Ida Lupino

7) Identify these characters from Greek myth whose stories are connected FTPE.1) He was foolish enough to try to emulate the gods. He had a chariot made that made a brassy clang as it moved. Next he drove through town during a feast day to Zeus, claiming that he was the god and spreading firebrands. Suddenly he was struck dead by a thunderous bolt of lightning.Answer: Salmoneus2) She was the daughter of Salmoneus. She bore twin sons to Poseidon, but abandoned them. Years later her husband found out, divorced her, and married one of her maids. The woman treated her badly, and was later killed by her son in Hera's temple.Answer: Tyro3) He was the son of Tyro that slew the maid that was mistreating her. For killing her in Hera's temple he was later killed by his own daughters under the direction of Medea. He was Jason's uncle who sent him off to find the Golden Fleece.Answer: Pelias

8) Give the terms for the following definitions from the field of physics for ten points each.a) The amount of magnetic field in a given region.Answer: magnetic fluxb) The amount of flux generated in a coil by a current in another coil.

Answer: mutual inductancec) A vector representing a sinusoidally varying quantity, the length of which represents the magnitude of the quantity. These are useful in the analysis of circuits.Answer: phasor (diagram)

9) For the stated number of points, name the following members of the US Davis Cup team that played against India last weekend.5 points) Probably the most famous member of this year’s team, this 19 year old is the 15th ranked player in the world. A loser in the quarterfinals of the 2001 US Open to Lleyton Hewitt, he won back-to-back ATP events in 2001 in Atlanta & Houston.Answer: Andy Roddick10 points) Not chosen to play singles in the match is the 64th ranked player in the world. He’s had a down year since losing in the 2nd round of the US Open. For a career, though, he’s been a runner-up in two Grand Slam events – the 1994 Australian Open (losing to Pete Sampras) and the 1999 US Open (losing to Andre Agassi).

Answer: Todd Martin15 points) Chosen to play singles ahead of Martin is the 86th ranked player in the world. A Yonkers, NY native, he twice made the finals in 2001 – losing to Andy Roddick in Waikoloa in January and Irakli Labadze in Birmingham in May.Answer: James Blake

10) 30-20-10-5: the name is the same, first and last.30) Known as "the father of English geology", this civil engineer and geologist is best known for writing "A Delineation of the Strata of England and Wales with a part of Scotland."20) A stride pianist during the 1920s, he was nicknamed "the Lion of Judea" because of his commitment to Judaism and was known as "the Lion" for short.10) He served as a member of the American Judicature Society and was the U.S. Attorney General from 1981 to 1985.5) His starring roles include "Six Degrees of Separation" in 1993, "Independence Day" in 1996, and "Wild Wild West" in 1999,Answer: William (or Willie or Will) Smith

11) They don’t sound so good in retrospect. I guess you had to be there. FTPE name these stories from the Canterbury Tales:a) A widow’s devout son is abducted by Jews who slit his throat to keep him from singing a hymn to the Virgin Mary. He keeps singing even after his throat is slit and he’s thrown into a sewer, and his singing leads rescuers to him. Answer: the Prioress’ Taleb) A really stupid carpenter is convinced by his friend Nicholas that Noah’s flood is about to recur. He builds three lifeboats and uses one for his bed, which leaves his former bed free for his wife to frolic in with Nicholas.Answer: the Miller’s Talec) A hypocritical friar wheedles a gift from an ailing benefactor, who sets one condition – that he share it equally with his twelve colleagues. He agrees and is presented with a fart. A squire wins a coat from the friar by suggesting that he assemble his colleagues in a circle around the benefactor so he could honor his pledge and all would share equally.Answer: the Summoner’s Tale

12) In a recent interview, Dwayne Johnson (aka The Rock of the WWF) was asked what makes him cry. For 10 points each, answer these questions about his response.a) In referring to his out-of-the-ring persona, he said that Dwayne always cries at the end of what 1988 Bette Midler/Barbara Hershey movie directed by Garry Marshall?Answer: Beachesb) But, in referring to his in-ring character, the Rock says he’ll cry the next time he hears Pat Patterson sing what Paul Anka-penned tune, sung (among many others) by Elvis Presley, Sid Vicious, the Gipsy Kings, and most notably Frank Sinatra?Answer: My Wayc) He also says that the Rock cries every time what man, Tough Enough trainer, Red Hook, NJ native, and Human Suplex Machine, talks on the microphone?Answer: Tazz (oh, come on – you knew I had to write something about wrestling in here, didn’t you?)

13) Great Britain under George III managed to piss away some really good colonies. Given a description, name the Parliamentary act or acts that helped FTPE:a) 1767, levied taxes on glass, painter’s lead, paper, and tea in the coloniesAnswer: Townshend Actsb) 1774, curtail Massachusetts’ self-rule and bar the use of Boston Harbor till that blasted tea is paid forAnswer: Intolerable Actsc) 1764, placed duties on lumber, foodstuffs, molasses, and rum in the coloniesAnswer: Sugar Act

14) Given the chemical formula of an organic compound, name it FFPE.1) C 5 H 12 Answer: Pentane2) C 2 H 5 O H Answer: Ethanol3) C 2 H 2 Answer: Acetylene or ethyne4) C 6 H 5 C H 3 Answer: Toluene or methylbenzene5) H O ( C H 2 ) 2 O H Answer: Ethylene Glycol6) H C H O Answer: Formaldehyde

15) FTPE name the Irish authors of the following:a) Juno and the Paycock and The Plough and the StarsAnswer: Sean O’Caseyb) Playboy of the Western World and Riders to the SeaAnswer: J(ohn) M(illlington) Syngec) Midsummer Night Madness and Other Stories, A Nest of Simple Folks, and Bird AloneAnswer: Sean O’Faolain16) Get in on your slice of the pi by answering FTPE these questions about that all-important irrational number:a) Who, in 1882, proved the transcendence of pi? Answer: Ferdinand Lindemannb) One way to calculate the value of pi is to find the perimeter of polygons inscribing and circumscribing a circle. The circumference of the circle lies in between those two values, and the values approach pi as the number of sides of the polygon approaches infinity. Who originated this method of pi approximation? Answer: Archimedes of Syracusec) Pi is ubiquitous in the branch of mathematics known as statistics. The maximum height of what famous curve is equal to 1/sqrt(2*pi)? Answer: the bell (Gaussian) curve

17) Besides being members of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo were, of course, Renaissance artists. Given the name of a work of art, identify which of the previous four artists created it for five points.Part 1: Madonna of the Rocks Answer: LeonardoPart 2: The bronze statue David Answer: DonatelloPart 3: The School of Athens Answer: RaphaelPart 4: Pieta Answer: MichelangeloPart 5: The Virgin and Child with St. Anne Answer: LeonardoPart 6: St. George Fighting the Dragon Answer: Raphael

18) In early 1967 three U.S. astronauts died in a capsule fire during the testing for what would have been Apollo 1. They included the second American in space and the first American to walk in space, as well as one unfortunate fellow who never got his ride. For 10 points each name those three astronauts.Answers: Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Ed White, Roger Chaffee

19) Identify the poets from works for the stated number of points.A) (10 points) "When the Year Grows Old", "Counting_Out Rhyme", "Tavern"Answer: Edna St. Vincent MillayB) (5 points) “Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey”, “The Prelude”Answer: William WordsworthC) (15 points) "Little Susan", "Little Libbie", "Libby Prison"Answer: Julia A. Moore

20) For five points each and five more if in the correct order from earliest to latest, name the first five Roman emperors, the Julio-Claudian Emperors: Answer: Augustus Octavianus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero

21) Given a definition, identify FTPE the term from Environmental Engineering.1) This is the quantity generally used to describe the strength of a wastewater stream. It is the amount of oxygen needed to biologically decompose the organic material in the water.answer: Biochemical Oxygen Demand or BOD2) It is literally the amount of living material provided by a given area of the Earth's surface. It is often used to denote an alternative energy source resulting from the thermal decomposition of once living material.answer: Biomass3) Any disease causing agent, especially a bacterium or virus.answer: Pathogen

WIT IX BONI -- ROUND 9

1) This question is likely to be read today in three tournaments in three different time zones. In the interest of equal time, name the following battles FTPE:a) This Sept. 1863 battle in north Georgia was a Confederate victory and left Union troops bottled up in Chattanooga till the Battle of Chattanooga in November.Answer: Chickamaugab) This battle of August 10, 1861 near Republic, Missouri, was the first major Civil War battle west of the Mississippi.Answer: Wilson’s Creekc) The Bear Flag rebellion of 1846 in California became sort of an adjunct to the Mexican War with the involvement of this ambitious lieutenant of the Army Corps of Engineers, who was there officially only on a scientific mission.Answer: John C. Fremont

2) 30_20_10-5: Identify the writer from clues.30) He was born in 1935 in La Junta, CO. His legend was born while he was enrolled in the creative writing program at Stanford.20) Less famous works include Last Go Round, Little Tricker the Squirrel Meets Big Double the Bear, and Sometimes a Great Notion.10) He volunteered for drug experiments and was a psychiatric attendant for the Veterans Administration Hospital in Menlo Park, California, which he used as the basis for his most important work. 5) That work was the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.Answer: Ken Kesey

3) I will give you an animal; your job will be to tell me FFPE its Class and Order.1) Wolf Answer: Class _ Mammalia Order _ Carnivora2) Owl Answer: Class _ Aves Order _ Strigiformes3) Bees Answer: Class _ Insecta Order _ Hymenoptera

4) Identify these things Al Gore had nothing to do with FTPE.A) Between 1942 and 1953, Hooker Chemical dumped 22,000 tons of toxic waste into this canal and in 1978 the residents of its namesake neighborhood were evacuated.Answer: Love CanalB) The male lead is a "preppie millionare", the female a "social zero", and they both live happily ever after (even though she dies in the end) in this Erich Segal novel.Answer: Love StoryC) It was developed for the military between 1967 and 1972, and fittingly, Vinton Cerf is among those credited with its creation.Answer: Internet

5) FTPE, give the title of the famous opera which is summarized in one sentence. If you need the composer you get only five points.a) (10 points) This man must sail aboard a ship with a blood red sail until the Day of Judgement unless he can achieve salvation through the love of a woman. (5 points) Richard Wagner Answer: The Flying Dutchman (Accept Der fliegende Hollander; yeah, right.)b) (10 points) A man must rescue his dead wife from the clutches of the underworld, but loses her when he looks back at her, upon which he is ultimately united with her in the heavens by his father Apollo. (5 points) Monteverdi Answer: Orfeoc) (10 points) Several apparitions of the same genius do various things on stage including dance, write equations onto an invisible blackboard, play the violin, and scribble in a notepad

while a couple boards a steam train, a spacship hovers and finally takes off with the orchestra inside as the curtain falls revealing the equation E=mc^2. (5 points) Philip Glass Answer: Einstein on the Beach

6) Given some tributaries, name the major river they feed F5PE:a) Junma, Brahmaputra Answer: Gangesb) Big Sandy. Monongahela, Wabash Answer: Ohio [accept Mississippi, since technically they eventually do]c) Pilcomayo, Paraguay, Parana Answer: Rio de la Platad) Tanana, Porcupine Answer: Yukone) Kama, Vyatkai, Oka, Moskva Answer: Volgaf) Snake, Willamette Answer: Columbia

7) Mel Brooks is a funny man. Answer the following about some of his antics for ten points each.a) Shot in black and white in the same castle and using the same equipment as the 1931 movie it parodies, and starring Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, and Teri Garr, among others, it tells of a famous mad scientist's grandson who carries on his work in reanimation.Answer: Young Frankensteinb) A parody of science fiction movies, especially Star Wars, Wizard of Oz, Planet of the Apes, Star Trek, and others, the story revolves around Princess Vespa, who is kidnapped while running away on her wedding day. Her father recruits Lone Star and his trusty sidekick, Barf, to bring her back home safely. Answer: Spaceballs

c) Mel and his gang travel through the history of human civilization, providing a different point of view to famous events. A new look at cavemen, Moses, the Last Supper, the Roman Empire, the Spanish Inquisition, and the French Revolution.Answer: History of the World Part 1

8) Given a C++ operator, tell whether it is unary, binary, or relational for 10 points each.a) + Answer: binaryb) -- Answer: unaryc) = = Answer: relational

9) Name the French playwrights from works FTPE. For the sake of our readers, titles are in English where possible:a) The School for Wives, The Imaginary Invalid, The MiserAnswer: Moliere [accept Jean-Baptiste Poquelin from showoffs]b) Brittanicus, Bajazet, BereniceAnswer: Jean Racinec) The Madwoman of Chaillot, Tiger at the GatesAnswer: Jean Giraudoux

10) FTPE, name these terms that refer to the trajectory of a Aerospace vehicle:a) Rotational motion about the axis along which the vehicle is traveling Answer: rollb) Rotational motion about an axis parallel to the forward horizon Answer:

pitchc) Rotational motion about an axis perpendicular to the plane of flight Answer:

yaw

11) Name these Nigerian authors, for the stated number of points.A) (5 points) He was considered to be the first Nigerian author to transmute the novel into African literature, with novels such as Things Fall Apart and No Longer at Ease.Answer: Chinua AchebeB) (10 points) He won the 1991 Booker Prize for his novel, The Famished Road..Answer: Ben Okri

C) (15 points) This Womanist's first two novels were the autobiographical "In the Ditch" and "Second Class Citizen".Answer: Buchi Emecheta

12) Given a song from the Top 10 on the country music charts in Sept. 2001, name the artist, 5-10-20-30:a) “Only in America” Answer: Brooks & Dunnb) “What I Really Meant to Say” Answer: Cyndi Thomsonc) “Angry All the Time” Answer: Tim McGrawd) “I’m Just Talkin’ About Tonight” Answer: Toby Keith

13) FTPE, give the number of moles of oxygen (O2) needed for complete combustion of one mole of the given organic fuel.a) CH4 (Methane) Answer: Twob) C6H12O6 (Glucose) Answer: Sixc) C2H2 (Acetylene) Answer: Two and a half

14) Name the architects from designs FTPE.A) Bank of Hong Kong, the Louvre, and the JFK LibraryAnswer: I. M. PeiB) Perlstein Hall, Carr Memorial Chapel, and the Farnsworth HouseAnswer: Ludwig Mies Van Der RoheC) La Sagrada Familia, Casa Calvet, and Cripta Colonia GuellAnswer: Antonio Gaudi

15) Neptune has 8 known moons. FTPE, name these, given descriptions.a) This is Neptune’s largest moon, far larger than its others.Answer: Tritonb) This is Neptune’s smallest moon, named after the mythological nymphs who presided over brooks springs and fountains. Answer: Naiadc) This is the sixth of Neptune’s moons and the second largest; it is non spherical in shape and its name reflects this quality. Answer: Proteus

16) For ten points each given a major historical event of the late 20th century, give the exact date when it occurred. If you come within a week of it, you’ll get 5 points.a) The assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.Answer: April 4, 1968 (5 points for Mar. 27- Apr. 11)b) Apollo 11 lands on the moonAnswer: July 20, 1969 (5 points for July 13 – July 27)c) Richard Nixon resigns Answer: August 9, 1974 (5 points for Aug. 2- Aug. 16)

17) Identify the poems from lines FTPE.A) "From what I've tasted of desire / I hold with those who favor fire."Answer: Fire and IceB) "But I like it / Because it is bitter / And because it is my heart."Answer: In the DesertC) "That piece a wonder, now: Fra Pandolf's hands / Worked busily a day, and there she stands."Answer: My Last Duchess

18) For five points each, identify 6 of the seven daughters of Atlas, who were known as the Pleiades.Answers: Electra, Maia, Taygete, Alycone, Merope, Celaeno, Sterope

19) When you discuss Lebanese politics, you have to address the Gemayel family. The father founded the Phalange, the right-wing political party and para-military organization, the youngest son was assassinated after winningelection to the presidency in 1982, and the older son was elected by parliament in the aftermath of that assassination. For 10 points each, in no particular order, give the first names of those three Gemayels.Answers: Pierre, Bashir, Amin

20) Identify the author from a list of works FTPE.a) The King of Ys, Three Hearts and Three Lions, Operation ChaosAnswer: Poul Andersonb) The Wheel of Time, The Shadow RisingAnswer: Robert Jordanc) The Right to Arm Bears, The Dragon and the Djinn, Soldier, Ask NotAnswer: Gordon R. Dickson

WIT IX BONI -- ROUND 11

1) As Magill’s Survey of Cinema says, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show serves as a reminder that the word ‘fan’ is an abbreviated form of ‘fanatic’.” For the stated number of points, given an actor, name his or her character in the movie. (We’ll accept first or last name, where appropriate.)a) 5 points – Barry Bostwick Answer: Brad Majorsb) 5 points – Tim Curry Answer: Dr. Frank-N-Furterc) 5 points – Susan Sarandon Answer: Janet Weissd) 5 points – Richard O’Brien Answer: Riff Raffe) 10 points – Jonathan Adams Answer: Dr. Everett Scott

2) __There have been to date 3 husband_wife teams who have shared Nobel Prizes. Name them from brief descriptions FTPE:a) They shared the 1903 Nobel in Physics with Henri Becquerel for their radiation experiments.Answer: Pierre and Marie Curieb) They shared the 1935 Nobel in Chemistry for artificialy producing radioactive substances.Answer: Frederic Joliot and Irene Joliot-Curie [accept Joliot or Joliot-Curie; prompt on Curie]c) They shared the 1947 Nobel in physiology and Medicine with B.A. Houssay for their discovery of how the human body breaks down glycogen.Answer: Carl and Gerty Cori

3) Answer the following about Robert A. Heinlein's works for ten points each. a) The right to vote is earned only after completion of at least two years of Federal Service in this book set in the 22nd century.Answer: Starship Troopersb) Slug like creatures invade Earth by taking over each person's nervous system and controlling them.Answer: The Puppet Masters c) A wealthy dying man's brain is transplanted into the body of his young secretary after she is killed by muggers.Answer: I Will Fear No Evil

4) Given a list of titles, name the poet from the English Romantic era on a 10-5 basis:a) 10 points: “Yew Trees,” “Lucy Gray,” “Strange Fits of Passion Have I Known”

5 points: “The World Is Too Much With Us,” “I Wandered Loney as a Cloud,: “Ode: Intimations of Immortality”Answer: William Wordsworthb) 10 points: “Stanzas to the Po” and “Stanzas for Music,” including “There Be None of Beauty’s Daughters” and “The Say That Hope Is Happiness”

5 points: “When We Two Parted,” “She Walks in Beauty,” “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”Answer: George Gordon (Lord) Byronc) 10 points: “Work Without Hope,” “Frost at Midnight,” “The Eolian Harp”

5 points: “Christabel,” “Kubla Khan,” “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”Answer: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

5) For ten points each, help one of your tournament editors relive his freshman year in college, and identify these F’s in chemistry. Note that the answer is not necessarily one word, but the phrase starts with the letter f.1: It is equal to the electric charge of one mole of electrons, or 96,487 coulombs.Answer: Faraday2: It is a compound with the formula CH2O. It is a gas at ordinary temperatures, but can be mixed into solutions and used as a disinfectant, insecticide, fungicide, deodorant, or resin.Answer: Formaldehyde3: It is the temperature at which a liquid yields enough vapor to ignite. Answer: Flash point

6) 30-20-10: identify the early 20th-century from clues.30) Born in 1855 in Terre Haute, IN, he left high school at 14 to become a painter in railroad yards. Within a year, he’d become a fireman on a railroad, a job he held for 4 years. 20) Though he left the railroads, this future Socialist maintained a close tie with them, becoming a charter member of the Vigo (Co. ) Lodge of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen. By 1893, he’d founded the the American Railway Union.10) In 1920, he garnered 3.3% of the popular presidential vote while in prison for violating the Alien and Sedition Acts.Answer: Eugene V. Debs

7) Given a description of a particular logical fallacy, identify it for ten points. Only the Latin identifications of these fallacies will be accepted.a) This fallacy occurs when it is argued that a proposition is true because it has not been proved false or that it is false because it has not been proved true.Answer: ad ignorantiamb) This fallacy occurs when the person who asserts or defends a particular conclusion is attacked instead of the conclusion.Answer: ad hominem (note: ad hominem arguments can be either abusive or circumstantial)c) Synonymous with non sequitur, this fallacy is committed when an argument purporting to establish a particular conclusion is instead directed to proving a different conclusion.Answer: ignoratio elenchi

8) Given a pair of notable plays in the tradition of the Theater of the Absurd, name the author FTPE:a) The Bald Soprano and RhinocerosAnswer: Eugene Ionescob) The Caretaker and The Dumb WaiterAnswer: Harold Pinterc) Endgame and Waiting for GodotAnswer: Samuel Beckett

9) 30-20-10: Name the painter from clues30: Born in 1577, he used a flowing and colorful style and influenced a whole school of French painting.20: His altarpieces include those for the churches of Santa Croce di Gerusalemme and of Chiesa Nuova, pieces considered his first widely acknowledged masterpieces.10: Involved in the Counter Reformation, he painted Triptych of the Raising of the Cross (1610-1), but his religious fervor did not stop his painting of mythological scenes such as his The Judgment of Paris.Answer: Peter Paul Rubens

10) F15PE answer the following about the always-volatile Middle East in the late 20th century:a) In 1967 Egypt, Jordan, and Syria fought Israel – badly – in this brief encounter.Answer: the Six Day War [grudgingly accept Arab-Israeli War of 1967, but do not prompt on Arab-Israeli War]b) At first Egypt and Syria seemed to fare better in this 1973 war against Israel, but supplies and logistical support from the U.S. helped Israel regain the upper hand. Comparable Soviet aid Egypt and Syria expected never materialized.Answer: the October War or the Yom Kippur War [grudgingly accept Arab-Israeli War of 1973, but do not prompt on Arab-Israeli War]

11) 30-20-10, name’s the same, first and last.

30) One was a co-writer of half the score to a short-lived musical in 1927 called The New Yorkers.20) Another started as a stake driver in Andrew Carnegie’s steelworks and rose through the ranks to become president of Carnegie Steel in 1897, then the first president of US Steel in 1901.10) The most famous, today anyway, started a brokerage company in San Francisco in 1971, and shifted his focus to discount brokerage once fees were deregulated in 1975. Today, his online brokerage house has over 7.5 million investors, who hold over $800 billion in assets.Answer: Charles Schwab

12) Given the name of the bone, identify its location FTPE. [READER: accept equivalents, or even accurate gestures.]A) Stapes Answer: EarB) Hyoid Answer: ThroatC) Axis. Answer: Neck

13) FTPE name these games or series that have appeared on Nintendo systems from the given clue.a) The first game to be set in the kingdom of HyruleAnswer: The Legend of Zelda b) The recent game that starred a foul-mouthed, hard-drinking squirrel.Answer: Conker’s Bad Fur Day c) The Nintendo 64 game that has the gamer clear a path for a run-away nuclear transport truck.Answer: Blast Corps

14) Give the name of the rule, principle, or effect in atomic physics from a description for ten points each.a) In general, the electrons in a subshell remain unpaired_that is, have parallel spins_whenever possible.Answer: Hund's ruleb) No two electrons in an atom can exist in the same quantum state.Answer: Pauli exclusion principlec) An atom with a missing inner electron can lose excitation energy without emitting an x_ray photon by ejecting another outer_shell electron.Answer: Auger effect

15) Name the Kurt Vonnegut novel from characters FTPE. We tried real hard to avoid the recurring ones.a) Jonah, Bokonon, and Dr. Felix Hoenikker Answer: Cat’s Cradleb) Billy Pilgrim and Montana Wildhack Answer: Slaughterhouse-Fivec) Dwayne Hoover and Wayne Hoobler Answer: Breakfast of Champions

16) No fair looking at your quarters. You know the original 13 colonies, but F5PE in any order name the next six U.S. states to enter the Union.Answer: Vermont, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Louisiana, and Indiana

17) Identify the series or sequence being described for ten points each. If you need terms from the series, you will earn only five points.a) 10_It is defined recursively by the conditions: f1=1, f2=1, fn = fn_1 + fn_2, n >= 3.5_The first terms are 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ?Answer: Fibonacci sequenceb) 10_Each term in the series is obtained by multiplying it by the common ratio r. It is convergent for the absolute value of r less than one but divergent when r is less than or equal to negative one or greater than one.5_For r = 1/2, this type of series might look like 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 + 1/32 + ? + 1/2n, which is equal to one.Answer: geometric series

c) 10_For each fixed x the series is a series of constants that can be tested for convergence or divergence. It may converge for some values of x but not for others, and the sum of the series is a function whose domain is the set of all x for which the series converges. If appropriate coefficients are chosen, this series can be used to represent other types of series, such as the geometric.5_Using c to denote a constant coefficient, terms of this series would be c0 + c1x + c2x2 + c3x3 + ? + cnxn.Answer: power series

18) From their similar capitals, identify the Caribbean nations F5PE:a) Saint John’s Answer: Antigua and Barbudab) Saint George’s Answer: Grenadac) Santo Domingo Answer: Dominican Republicd) Kingston Answer: Jamaicae) Kingstown Answer: St. Vincent and the Grenadinesf) Bridgetown Answer: Barbados

19) 30-20-10: name the author from quotes.30) "People who count their chickens before they are hatched, act very wisely, because chickens run about so absurdly that it is impossible to count them accurately."20) "Men become old, but they never become good."10) "Either those curtains go or I do."Answer: Oscar Wilde

20) Frenchmen have a long history of getting pissed and killing each other. A very good example is the French Wars of Religion. FTPE, name the Huguenot leader.a) Probably the foremost of all the Huguenots, this nobleman rose to the rank of colonel general of the infantry, then was made admiral of France in 1552. After becoming the leader of the Huguenot forces, he was slain in cold blood at the orders of Catherine de’ Medici in the Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre during a declared truce.Answer: Gaspard de Châtillon de Coligny (kohl-an-yee)b) After the death of Coligny, this ruthless warlord took up arms at the head of the Dauphinese forces, laying waste to much of the countryside, even going so far as to throw the Catholic men, women and children from the city walls of Mornas (mor-nah) after its taking. He was largely responsible for the virtual eradication of Catholics within the province of Dauphiné, for which he was captured and publicly beheaded him in Grenoble on August 13, 1575.Answer: Charles “le Brave” du Puy de Montbrun (Du Puy could also be accepted.)c) A former aide to de Coligny, he later became an advisor to Henry of Navarre, and was very influential in the promulgation of the Edict of Nantes (nahnt). He served in many capacities, such as ambassador to Spain and Flanders. FTP, name this “Pope of the Huguenots”.Answer: Philippe du Plessis-Mornay

21) Name these famous cross_dressers who aren’t J. Edgar Hoover, FTPE.A) Certainly in the running for the title “worst director of all time”, he redeemed himself by reviving Bela Lugosi's career only to destroy his reputation again with Plan Nine from Outer Space.Answer: Ed Wood Jr.B) He allegedly dressed as a woman in order to escape from the battle of Culloden in 1748.Answer: Bonnie Prince Charlie (accept Charles Stuart or Charles of Stuart)C) With a music career starting in 1933, this Oklahoma-born singer, saxophonist and pianist was married five times and only discovered to be a woman after her death in 1989.Answer: Billy (or Dorothy) Tipton

WIT IX BONI -- ROUND 12

1) Time for an oldie but goodie. For 5 pts. each or 30 for all correct, give the order to which each mammal belongs:a) Rabbit Answer: Lagomorphaa) Echidna Answer: Monotrematac) Donkey Answer: Ungulataa) Whale Answer: Cetaceaa) Going last for once: Aardvark Answer: Tubulidentata

2) Answer the following about cool computer games for ten points each. a) The title character has been released from his prison, taken possession first of King Leoric and then his son Prince Albrecht, and becomes stronger with each passing moment. It is up to the game player to kill the demons and save Khanduras. Name this game from Blizzard Entertainment.Answer: Diablo b) As pilot Jake Logan, the player must take on different contracts for different megacorporations in different areas of the 26th century galaxy. Long distances are covered in a matter of seconds by using "jumpgates" made of the title particle. Name this game from NovaLogic.Answer: Tachyon c) After centuries of clan warfare, an ancient starship is discovered buried in the Great Desert, and inside is a stone carved with diagrams for hyperspace drive and a galactic map. The people of Kharak build a gigantic ship to search for the planet they came from. Name this Sierra game.

Answer: Homeworld

3) Third party movements turn up in American elections from time to time and occasionally even garner electoral votes. FTPE name these third place finishers:a) Under the banner of the American Independent Party, this Alabama governor carried several Southern states in 1968 and may have taken enough traditionally Democratic votes to tip the election to Richard Nixon.Answer: George Corley Wallace [do prompt on Wallace]b) In 1924, as the standardbearer of the Progressive Party, this man carried his home state of Wisconsin.Answer: Robert LaFollettec) Thanks to a strong third party challenge, this man holds the dubious distinction of being the only incumbent President to finish 3rd in an election, carrying only two states for a whopping eight electoral votes.Answer: William Howard Taft

4) Sigh, says an editor. I’ll never escape them… TRAVELS WITH CHARLIE: OK, bear with me. This is a music question written while visiting the St. Louis Science Museum. FTSNOP name:(5 pts.) The composer of “Tales from the Vienna Woods”, one of the pieces playing in the big kaleidoscope Answer: Johann Strauss the younger (don’t require younger, but don’t accept elder; do require Johann)(15 pts.) The composer of “Valse Triste,” another of the pieces playing in the big kaleidoscopeAnswer: Jean Sibelius(10 pts.) The artist whose video for “Virtual Insanity” not only won the 1997 MTV Music Video Award for Best Video, but also prompted Charlie to make comparisons to both a trick room in the museum and Eads 347, the classroom at NAQT Nationals with the incredibly low ceiling.Answer: Jamiroquai

5) FTPE, name the constellation in which the given star is locateda) Betelgeuse Answer: Orionb) Mimosa Answer: Crux

c) Aldebaran Answer: Taurus

6) Given a poem or poems, give the American author’s MIDDLE name, 5-10-20-30:a) “Snow-Bound, Ichabod” Answer: Greenleafb) “Paul Revere’s Ride” Answer: Wadsworthc) “When the Frost Is On the Punkin” and “Little Orphan Annie” Answer:

Whitcombd) “Casey at the Bat” Answer: Lawrence

7) Name the band from songs for ten points each. a) "Pardon Me," "Drive," "I Miss You," "Stellar" Answer: Incubus

b) "Hole In My Soul," "Livin' on the Edge," "Angel," "Just Push Play" Answer: Aerosmithc) "Civil War," "Sweet Child O' Mine," "Paradise City" Answer: Guns 'N'

Roses

8) Aerospace engineers define six different types of altitude. FTPE, name the following altitudes. a) This altitude is defined as the distance the craft is above sea level. Answer: Geometricb) This altitude is defined as the craft’s distance form the center of the earth. Answer: Absolutec) This altitude assumes that the acceleration of gravity throughout the atmosphere is constant at its value at sea level. Answer: Geopotential

9) Stone walls do not a bonus make. Name the authors of the following works, 5-10-20-30:a) “To Althea from Prison” Answer: Richard Lovelaceb) The Prisoner of Second Avenue Answer: Neil Simonc) The Executioner’s Song Answer: Norman Mailerd) The Prisoner of Zenda Answer: Anthony Hope

10) Answer these questions about the people of the Bible FTSNOP.a) 5pts. Who persecuted Jesus, was blinded by light on the road to Damascus, and later converted under a different name? Answer: Saul of Tarsus (reluctantly accept Paul)b) 10 pts. The first son of Isaac, he was a red, hairy man that loved the outdoors.Answer: Esau c) 5 pts each Identify the sons of Noah.Answer: Shem, Ham, Japheth

11) The Southern states played a much greater role in the American Revolution than most Yankee textbooks admit. Name these battles from the Carolinas FTPE:a) In this Oct. 1780 battle, the timely arrival of John Sevier and his “Overmountain Men” from Tennessee led to a surprise Colonial victory over Tories led by British commander Patrick Ferguson, who was mortally wounded.Answer: Kings Mountainb) Daniel Morgan suckered Banastre Tarleton into a nasty trap to win this pivotal battle of January 1781.Answer: Cowpensc) Technically the British won this March 1781 battle near Greensboro, NC, but their serious loss of manpower forces Cornwallis to withdraw from the Carolinas toward Yorktown, where… well, you know.Answer: Guilford Courthouse

12) Each of the following states has two schools in the Big Ten Conference. For 5 points each, give the team mascot name (e.g., Nittany Lions) for each of the two schools.

a) Indiana Answer: Hoosiers and Boilermakers b) Michigan Answer: Spartans and Wolverines c) Illinois Answer: Illini and Wildcats

13) You will be given three acronyms, each describing a type of Random Access Memory, or RAM. Expand the acronyms for ten points apiece. (Reader: Accept the acronym "RAM" in place of the phrase "Random Access Memory).Part 1: SRAM Answer: Static Random Access Memory Part 2: SDRAM Answer: Synchronous Dynamic Random Access MemoryPart 3: DDR RAM Answer: Double Data Rate Random Access Memory

14) Name these female American wordsmiths FTPE:a) The critically acclaimed Southern author of Black Mountain Breakdown, The Last Day the Dogbushes Bloomed, and Fair and Tender LadiesAnswer: Lee Smithb) The popular author of Joy in the Morning and A Tree Grows in BrooklynAnswer: Betty Smithc) This author of “Ain’t I A Woman: Black Women and Feminism” once called Oprah Winfrey evidence that "black people get to the top and stay on top only by sucking the dicks of white culture”Answer: bell hooks

15) For the stated number of points, answer these questions about 20th century Chilean history.15 points) The first Christian Democratic president in the Western hemisphere, he was elected in 1964 under the slogan "revolution in liberty".Answer: Eduardo Frei Montalva10 points) Frei's successor was this man, Chile's first Marxist president.Answer: Salvador Allende 5 points) After Allende's death (suicide by 14 gun-shot wounds) in 1973, this general took power.Answer: Augusto Pinochet

16) Identify the type of molecular bond from a description for ten points each.a) One or more pairs of electrons are shared by two atoms.Answer: covalentb) Classified according to the molecular angular momenta L about the z_axis, this bond corresponds to L = 0.Answer: sigmac) Appearing in benzene, the electrons involved belong to the molecule as a whole and not to any particular pair of atoms.Answer: delocalized

17) Don’t like this bonus? Blame Canada. FTPE answer these questions about our neighbor to the north:a) Yellowknife, the capital of the Northwest Territories, sits on this large lake, Canada’s second largest, whose tributaries include the Hay River. Answer: Great Slave Lakeb) Separated from Baffin Island by the Hudson Strait is this large peninsula that forms the northern tip of Quebec.Answer: Ungava Peninsulac) Cities on this island, which was once a separate Crown Colony, include Nanaimo and Victoria.Answer: Vancouver Island

18) Given three principal poets, name the poetry movement for the stated number of points.A) (10 points) Verlaine, Rimbaud, and VerhaerenAnswer: SymbolismB) (5 points) Pound, Williams, and Doolittle

Answer: ImagismC) (15 points) Quasimodo, Montale, and UngarettiAnswer: Hermeticism

19) For 10 points each, answer these questions about Pyrrhus.a) What Egyptian queen did he marry the daughter of?Answer: Berenice Ib) What 280 BCE victory over the Romans was so costly that it became known as the first "pyrrhic victory"?Answer: Heracleac) What Macedonian king hired mercenaries to kill him in a street battle in 272 BCE?Answer: Antigonus Gonatas

20) Name these ancient Zarathustrian deities for ten points each.a) She was the goddess who watched over creation, as a shepherd does his flock. Riding in a chariot pulled by four white shining horses, she is often depicted as wearing a robe of pure gold and a cloak made of three hundred beaver skins.Answer: Anahitab) In the battle between good and evil, this was the head honcho of the dark side, the opposite number of Ahura-Mazda.Answer: Ahrimanc) Once regarded as the greatest among the gods, he represented Empire, and also believed to decide whether there would be peace or war between nations. Found throughout Rome and even in London, name this god, the captain of the host against Evil. Answer: Mithra

21) Identify the mental disorders from description FTPE.1) A pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of others such that their motives are interpreted as malevolent.Answer: Paranoia2) A group of psychotic disorders usually characterized by withdrawal from reality, illogical patterns of thinking, delusions, and hallucinations, and accompanied in varying degrees by other emotional, behavioral, or intellectual disturbances.Answer: Schizophrenia3) A mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression.Answer: Bipolar Disorder

22) Identify these constants given their approximations (but not their units – that’d just be easy...).A) (10) 6.67x10^-11 Answer: Gravitational constantB) (5) 6.63x10^-34 Answer: Planck's constantC) (15) .62433 Answer: Golomb-Dickman constant

WIT IX BONI -- ROUND 13

1) 30-20-10, name’s the same.30) Max Von Sydow played this chief justice in the Stallone vehicle “Judge Dredd”. I am the law!20) The seat of Cass County, a town of this name was built in 1871 at the highest point of land on the Red River, a site believed to be less subject to flooding. That’s why the only times that it’s flooded there since 1994 are 1995, 1997, 2000 and 2001.10) It was also the title of the Coen brothers’ 1996 film that won Frances MacDormand an Academy Award.Answer: Fargo

2) Answer the following about a contemporary American author FTPE:a) This quirky North Carolina native wrote Jitterbug Perfume, Skinny Legs and All, and Still Life with Woodpecker.Answer: Tom Robbinsb) Robbins’ best-known work is this tale of a female hitchhiker with an enormous thumb who visits a women’s spa in South Dakota.Answer: Even Cowgirls Get the Bluesc) This 1971 Robbins novel tells of a native of rural Washington who steals the mummy of Jesus Christ.Answer: Another Roadside Attraction

3) Identify the statistical distribution from modern mechanics based on description for ten points. If you need further description, you will receive five points.a) 10_It applies to systems of identical, distinguishable particles such as the molecules of a gas and has no limit to the number of particles per state.5_It applies to classical particles with any spin but far enough apart so that wave functions do not overlap.Answer: Maxwell_Boltzmannb) 10_It applies to systems of identical indistinguishable particles that do not obey the exclusion principle such as photons in a cavity, phonons in a solid, or liquid helium at low temperatures.5_It applies only to bosons and has no limit to the number of particles per state. Further, it allows more particles per state than Maxwell_Boltzmann statistics at low energies.Answer: Bose_Einsteinc) 10_It applies to systems of identical, indistinguishable particles that obey the exclusion principle such as free electrons in a metal or electrons in a star whose atoms have collapsed.5_It applies only to fermions, allowing no more than one particle per state.Answer: Fermi_Dirac

4) Let’s get multicultural. Given European monarchs, name the Chinese dynasty that was in power at the time FTPE:a) Charlemagne and Ethelred the Unready Answer: Tangb) Philip II of France and William I of England Answer: Sung [do not accept either Northern Sung or Southern Sung – each matches only one]c) Henry V of England and Boris Godunov Answer: Ming

5) Answer these questions about Clueless minutiae for the stated number of points.5 points) The band playing at Josh’s party, they later hit it big with Impression that I Get.Answer: Mighty Mighty Bosstones10 points) It was a rare quasi-serious role for this actress as the PE coach at Bronson Alcott High; usually she goes for projects like Medusa: Dare to be Truthful, Earth Girls are Easy and Attack of the 5'2" Women. She also starred in the Comedy Central TV series, Strip Mall.Answer: Julie Brown (do not accept “Downtown Julie Brown”)15 points) He portrayed Christian Stovitz, Cher’s potential love interest who turned out to be gay. Then (talk about your role reversals), he became one of the original hosts of FX’s X-Show.

Answer: Justin Walker

6) 30_20_10: Name this completely random person.30) He was born on February 14, 1819 in London to Jewish parents.20) He moved to San Francisco in 1849, built up a real estate stronghold, and then lost a massive fortune in 1854 after trying to corner the rice market. He is also the namesake of an independent record label.10) When he ordered the U.S. Congress to assemble in the San Francisco Opera House, he fired them all, and issued a decree that whoever uses the term 'Frisco' in reference to San Francisco is guilty of a High Misdemeanor. After he died on January 8, 1880, the funeral procession was two miles long and the headlines read "The King is Dead."Answer: Joshua A. Norton (or Emperor Norton I)

7) Identify these comets FTPE.A) On March 26, 1997, Marshall Herff Applewhite and 39 of his followers committed suicide, believing that this comet would take them to a better place. It’s due back in the year 4377.Answer: Hale-BoppB) In late July 1994, twenty fragments of this comet collided with Jupiter. In other words, it ain’t coming back.Answer: Shoemaker-LevyC) Touted as the “Comet of the Century,” it was visible to the naked eye from Nov. 1973 to Jan. 1974. Scientists now think they understand why it was dimmer than expected; it was making its first-ever appearance in the inner solar system and thus had only a burst of brightness when its frost layer melted. We’ll find out if they were right – in the year 76,973. Answer: Kohoutek

8) FTPE name these Hawthorne short stories from cursory summaries:a) Puritan guy stumbles onto witches’ Sabbath, sees pillars of the community and his own wife Faith, loses innocence.Answer: Young Goodman Brownc) Pre-Revolutionary New England guy seeks out relative in British Army in hopes of gaining power, strikes out, loses innocence.Answer: My Kinsman, Major Molineauxb) Italian guy loves girl next door, whose dad raises only poisonous plants. Guy gets sick, takes antidote, recovers, gives girl antidote, girl dies – but hey, she gets to keep her innocence.Answer: Rappaccini’s Daughter

9) Whose territory is it anyway? Given places that aren’t nations yet, name the nation whose dependency they are F5PE:a) Anguilla, Cayman Islands, Falkland IslandsAnswer: United Kingdom or Great Britain [oh, all right, accept England but chastize them for it]b) Guadeloupe, Mayotte, New CaledoniaAnswer: Francec) Christmas Island, Norfolk Island, Cocos and Keeling IslandsAnswer: Australiad) Northern Mariana Islands, Baker Island, GuamAnswer: United Statese) ArubaAnswer: Netherlands [oh, all right, accept Holland or Dutch but chastize them for it]f) Svalbard and Jan Mayen IslandsAnswer: Norway

10) Answer these questions from organic chemistry for the stated number of points.a) A structural formula is often necessary in organic chemistry due to the fact that more than one compound can be represented by a single molecular formula, such as C2_H6_O2. For ten

points, what term is used to denote the description of more than one compound using the same molecular formula?Answer: isomerismb) For five points each, identify the two isomers of C2_H6_O2.Answers: ethyl alcohol, methyl etherc) An isomerism problem also arises in the naming of ring compounds. For five points each, give the words that distinguish between geometrical isomers, those chemical compounds that differ only in the spatial arrangement of their functional groups.Answers: cis, trans

11) Name the author of the following poems FTPE:a) "Leda and the Swan" Answer: William Butler Yeatsb) "Elegy in a Country Churchyard" Answer: Thomas Grayc) "Not Waving But Drowning” Answer: Stevie Smith

12) Answer these questions about complex power for the stated number of points.a) Complex power, S, is equal to P + jQ. For five points each, what are P and Q?Answer: real power and reactive power {must have order correct}b) If the complex power is given in polar form as the square root of two with angle pi over four radians with units volt_amperes, give value of the real power, including units for ten points.Answer: one wattc) If the real power is equal to two times the square root of three and the reactive power is equal to two, give the magnitude and angle of the complex power in polar form for five points each.Answer: four, thirty degrees (or four, pi over six radians)

13) 30-20-10, give the two-word phrase.30) According to Dire Straits, it’s what the narrator keeps along with the beat in Romeo & Juliet.20) It’s the title of the new Chris Rock-Anthony Hopkins movie, in which Hopkins trains Rock to be a CIA spy.10) Founding members in 1973 of a band with this name included ex_King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell, former Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs, and singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke, both onetime members of Free. Their first US #1 was 1974's Can’t Get Enough of Your Love.Answer: Bad Company

14) Given a description of its function, identify the gland FTPE.A) It secretes hormones vital to metabolism and growth.Answer: Thyroid glandB) It produces melatonin and may play a role in cancer inhibition.Answer: Pineal glandC) Also called the hypophysis, it secretes growth hormone, oxytocin, antidiuretics, prolactin, and many others.Answer: Pituitary gland

15) FTSNOP name these stock characters from the commedia dell’arte:a) (5) He was hook-nosed, hunchbacked, brutal, deceitful, and always at odds with authority. He was also wildly popular, especially in marionette form.Answer: Punch (or Pulcinello)b) (5) This was Punch’s long-suffering wife, especially popular in the English versions.Answer: Judy (or Joan)c) (10) In the early versions he was a wily and covetous comic servant, cowardly, suspersitious, constantly broke. By the early 17th century he was usually a faithful and patient if credulous and amorous servant, amoral without being vicious. His costume, before it evolved, began as a peasant’s shirt and long trousers both covered with many colored patches.Answer: Harlequin (or Arlecchino or Arlequin)d) (10) An unscrupulous and unreliable servant, his affinity for intrigue often placed him in difficult situations, but he always managed to extricate himself, often leaving an innocent bystander holding the bag. He was given a new lease on life by Rafael Sabatini as a swashbuckling character, although we still do not know if he can do the fandango.Answer: Scaramouche (or Scaramuccia)

16) Given the winner and year, identify the second place finisher in the Presidential election.a) 1928, Herbert Hoover Answer: Alfred E. Smithb) 1944, Franklin Roosevelt Answer: Thomas E. Deweyc) 1972, Richard Nixon Answer: George McGovernd) 1984, Ronald Reagan Answer: Walter Mondale

e) 1916, Woodrow Wilson Answer: Charles Evans Hughesf) 1904, Theodore Roosevelt Answer: Alton B. Parker

17) 30-20-10, name the philosopher.30) He believed that contemporary society offered, along its fault lines, glimpses of the repressed harmony of sensuousness and reason, and that the counter-culture of the 60s was one such glimpse. 20) His personal philosophy is probably most similar to Bloch's, in that he tried to continue German classical idealism, with such ideas as Life is accorded total power and art has a cognitive function, in a Marxist tradition.10) His 1964 critique of contemporary Western society and thought was called One Dimensional Man.Answer: Herbert Marcuse

18) Answer these questions about syllogistic logic for the stated number of points.5_All valid standard_form categorical syllogisms must contain this number of terms, each of which is used in the same sense throughout the argument.Answer: three10_If the rule that no valid standard_form categorical syllogism with a particular conclusion can have two universal premisses is broken, what fallacy results?Answer: existential15_Sixty_four of these, signified by the three letters identifying the types of its three propositions_from A, E, I, or O_exist for standard syllogisms.Answer: moods

19) And we’ve only mentioned Burkino Faso once so far today... For the stated number of points, answer these questions about the short lived Mali Federation. First, for 5 points each, name the other 3 former French colonies that joined with Burkina Faso (Upper Volta at the time) to form the Mali Federation in 1959. Amazingly, Mali is not one of them.Answers: Sudan, Senegal, Dahomey (accept Benin for Dahomey)For 15 points, what first president of independent Mali was also the president of the Mali Federation for its year of existence?Answer: Modibo Keita

20) Identify the hard-to-spell composers FTPE:a) In 1840 he made his performance debut at the St. Charles Hotel, identified only as "young X, a Creole", and at the age of 13 studied in Paris, where he was soon considered an equal of Chopin. His compositions included "Bamboula", "Le Banianier", "Berceuse", "Union", "The Banjo", and "Tournament Galop"Answer: Louis Moreau Gottschalkb) Works by this Pole such as "Emanations","Strophes", "The Uninterrupted Thought for String Quartet" (1988), and the "Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima" put him at the forefront of the avant-garde movement.Answer: Krzystof Pendereckic) This English composer is known for immense, richly_textured piano works such as the 285_mintute "Opus Clavicembalisticum."Answer: Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (dear God, if they can give any of these three names, take it!)

21) For 10 points each, give the missing names of the following fictional characters.a) Mad Max’s last name Answer: Rockatanskyb) Mr. Roberts’ first name (from the Henry Fonda movies) Answer: Douglasc) The talented Mr. Ripley’s first name Answer: Tom or Thomas

WIT IX BONI – ROUND 14

1) For 15 points each, name these musicians who gave their last performances in Knoxville, Tennessee.a) On February 17, 1943, he cut off his American tour early after finishing a recital at Alumni Gym, citing illness from his recently diagnosed pleurisy. It turned out to be terminal cancer, and he died several weeks later. His 3rd Piano Concerto is the one that drove David Helfgott around the bend.Answer: Sergei Rachmaninoffb) A founding member of Quiet Riot, he left the band to audition for Ozzy Osbourne’s solo band, and he got the gig. On March 18, 1982, Ozzy was doing a show in the Civic Coliseum, but this guitarist’s flight crashed the next day. Five years later, Ozzy released a live album they’d done together, titling it Tribute. Answer: Randy Rhoads

2) War is hell, of course, but sometimes it’s kind of amusing for those not involved. Answer the following FTPE:a) In 1973 Libya occupied the northern part of this nation and in 1983 they invaded and held the uranium-rich Aozou Strip. This nation, led by Hissene Habre, drove Khaddafi’s tanks out using Toyota pickup trucks with machine guns.Answer: Chadb) This war, triggered by a seemingly-trivial event, broke out in 1969 between two Central American nations.Answer: the Soccer Warc) Name the winner of the Soccer War, which within four days had captured much of Honduras. Oh, and they also won the third and deciding World Cup qualifying game, wisely held on neutral turf.Answer: El Salvador

3) This bonus is sure to prove shocking to you all. At last, another question about electromagnetism! FTP each, identify these quantities or laws:a) This constant, which figures in the definition of Boltzmann's Constant, is equal to 8.85 * 10^_12 coulombs squared per newton meter squared and is represented by an epsilon with a subscript zero. Hopefully it is lenient with all in its allowances.Answer: Permittivity Constant b) This law states that the total flux of a closed surface is equal to the enclosed charge divided by the permittivity constant. It also defines flux more broadly as the integral of the quantity E times dA, where E represents the electric field and A equals the area of a surface.Answer: Gauss' Lawc) This law, named for a famous English physicist, states that an electromotive force is caused to act on a loop of wire or other metal object if the number of magnetic field lines which emanate from another object is changing. FTP, name this fundamental rule named for a guy with a famous cage and the phenomenon it describes.Answer: Faraday's Law of Induction

4) For 10 points each, identify these novels of D. H. Lawrence that Adam West never appeared in a movie adaptation of.a) His first novel, it’s the only one told in the first person. Its central characters, Lettie Bearsall, George Saxton, and Leslie Tempest, have their stories told by Lettie’s possibly homosexual brother Cyril. Answer: The White Peacockb) He initially called it The Sisters or The Wedding Ring, and he saw it as the first part of Sons and Lovers. Like Sons and Lovers, it deals with the Brangwen family, notably Ursula, who leaves England for India.Answer: The Rainbow

c) Its main character (like Siegmund in The Trespasser) plays in an orchestra. Escaping the dreariness of his life, he goes to London, and befriends Rawdon Lilly who takes him across Europe meanderingly.Answer: Aaron’s Rod

5) 30-20-10, give the shared first and last names, given awards they won (along with other biographical information).30) A man of this name finished 10th in this year’s ACDelco ASA (American Speed Association) Racing series, with 8 top 10 finishes. He drives the #28 car, sponsored by EMAS Ambulance Service.20) Another of this name was the winner of the 1994 John B. Sollenberger Trophy as the leading scorer in the American Hockey League, that same year, he made his NHL debut with the Detroit Red Wings. Three years later, this defensive center won the Stanley Cup with the Red Wings, before moving on to the Bruins in 1997, the Rangers in 1999, and the Lightning prior to the start of the 2001 season.10) Perhaps the most famous bearer of this name was salesman of the year for Binford Tools, parlaying that into a gig hosting an award-winning cable access show called Tool Time.Answer: Tim Taylor

6) For 10 points each, answer these questions about J. Sterling Morton. Yes, the J. Sterling Morton.a) Editor of the first newspaper in Nebraska and Grover Cleveland’s Secretary of Agriculture, he proposed what holiday at a meeting of the State Board of Agriculture in 1872?Answer: Arbor Dayb) His son, Joy, added what anti-caking compound to salt, thereby both revolutionizing the industry, and beginning the company with the slogan “When it rains, it pours”?Answer: magnesium carbonate (accept MgCO3)c) In the 1950's Morton’s Salt diversified, buying up several chemical and pharmaceutical companies. But, in 1982, it merged with what other company, which then led it into the manufacture of most of the world’s automotive airbags, as well as propulsion systems for the space shuttle?Answer: Thiokol Corporation

7) FTPE, answer these questions about the brain's own instant messaging abilities.a) The most abundant neurotransmitter in the body, it sends orders chiefly to the muscles usually causing them to contract.Answer: acetylcholineb) Lack of this neurotransmitter is often the cause of the loss of muscular control in Parkinson's disease, and too much may cause symptoms very similar to schizophrenia. It's main function is as an inhibitor dampening device to keep us rooted.Answer: dopaminec) Present in blood platelets and the gastrointestinal tract as well as the brain, it plays an important role in blood clotting, initiating sleep, fighting depression, and in causing migrains in susceptible people. Answer: serotonin

8) FTPE name these works by Sir Walter Scott:a) Based in part on the Scottish Border legend of Gilpin Horner, this long narrative poem published in six cantos tells of a feud between Lady Buccleuch and Lord Cranstoun, who loves her daughter.Answer: The Lay of the Last Minstrelb) It relates the tensions between Jacobites and Hanoverians in mid-18th century Scotland. It lent its title to the series of over two dozen novels, published together in a mind-boggling 48 volumes shortly after his death.Answer: Waverly

c) In this novel in the Waverley series, Francis Obaldistone contends with his dastardly cousin Rashleigh for the hand of the beautiful Diana Vernon. Francis is aided by the title character, a famed Scottish outlaw, in exposing Rashleigh.Answer: Rob Roy

9) Talk about yer polygots! For ten points, identify the Jewish German mathematician responsible for, among other things, the theory of cellular automata, the bit as a measurement of computer memory, and the mathematical basis of quantum theory, which he set down between 1927 and 1929.Answer: John von NeumannAmong von Neumann's other contributions is a model of the computer that describes the sequential execution of each line in a program. For five points each, give the term that describes each step in the four_cycle procedure he outlined for execution of a program. Note that since the word instruction appears as the first of two words in three of the four steps, only the second word will be required.Answers: fetch, decode, execute, storage

10) Answer these questions about directors of the Central Intelligence Agency for the stated number of points.a) (5 points) He served less than a year, from January 30, 1976 to January 20, 1977; yet, the new headquarters building is named for him. Maybe it’s because he also served as President of the United States.Answer: George Bushb) (10 points) He was serving as Director of Central Intelligence at the time of the building of the original headquarters building, which includes a bas-relief of the nine-year leader.Answer: Allen Dulles (prompt on “Dulles”)c) (15 points) This rear admiral was the first Director of Central Intelligence, serving the brief period from January 23, 1946 to June 10, 1946.Answer: Sidney Souers

11) FTSNOP answer the following about the Hundred Years War: a) (10) In this July 1346 battle, English forces were outnumbered 4 to 1 but won thanks to the skill of their longbowmen and the ineptitude of the French, who spent part of the battle killing their own retreating Genoese mercenaries. Answer: Crecyb) (5) He distinguished himself in combat as a 16-year-old at Crecy, captured the French king at Poitiers, and was responsible for the massacre at Limoges. While his dad lived long enough to keep him from securing the throne, he did secure it for his son, Richard II.Answer: Edward the Black Princec) (5) Having learned nothing from Crecy and Poitiers, at this 1415 battle the French again took heavily armored knights, dismounted them, and packed them together in a narrow, newly-plowed field between two woods.Answer: Agincourtd) (10) In the end, having frittered away its many gains, England renounced all claims to France except for this one port city, which they’d taken in 1347 after a year-long siege.Answer: Calais

12) For the stated number of points, name the authors of these works, listed as masterpieces of fantasy in the Science Fiction Reference Book.a) 5 points – Watership Down Answer: Richard Adamsb) 5 points – Flatland Answer: Edwin A. Abbottc) 10 points – Night of Light Answer: Philip Jose Farmerd) 10 points – Conan the Conqueror Answer: Robert E. Howard

13) Been through the Chunnel lately? Hope so. For 10 points each, name these three people, who have all been featured in commercials for Eurostar.

a) Remember the commercial during the World Cup that featured a French soccer player turning up his collar before shouting at a demonic goalkeeper and smugly saying “Au revoir”? He was a Manchester United star before David Beckham, and he showed up in Elizabeth playing the French ambassador Monsieur de Foix.Answer: Eric Cantonab) He’s given the middle name Horatio in a 1999 movie directed by Spike Jonze (starring John Cusack and Cameron Diaz), but his middle name is really Garth. His best scene in the movie is when he wanders about a restaurant able to say only his own last name.Answer: John Malkovichc) First, she ripped off Little Eva and made “Locomotion” into her only US #1 hit, which led to a string of 27 consecutive top 20 hits in the UK. Then, she showed up at the closing ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics in her native Australia, singing “Dancing Queen”. On the other hand, your tournament editor has GOT to hear her duet with Ben Lee (no, the other one) covering The Reflex for a Duran Duran tribute album. Answer: Kylie Minogue

14) For 10 points each, answer these questions that your librarian-who-failed-chemistry-before-he-got-to-organic editor couldn’t.a) Name the one word descriptor of molecules that are said to be "left or right handed" Answer: chiralb) Name either of the two Latin words used to indicate "handedness" Answer: rectus or sinisterc) A chiral molecule typically has a carbon atom with four different groups attached to it which give rise to the chirality. What is this carbon atom called?Answer: stereocenter

15) Miramax, having clearly run out of ideas for movies, is set to begin filming a film adaptation of Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, an autobiography of dubious authenticity. For 10 points each, answer these questions about the film.A) The author is expected to make a cameo in the film, which doesn’t surprise – he’s in front of the camera every chance he can get. We can only wonder how the years have treated him since his most-lasting contribution to American pop culture, The Gong Show, went off the air.Answer: Chuck Barrisb) Making his feature film directorial debut and playing the role of Chuck Barris is a man who looks about as much like Chuck Barris as Chuck D does. Still, he looked about as much like Batman as Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, and Adam West did, so maybe that’ll be all right.Answer: George Clooneyc) Starring opposite Clooney will be this former co-star, who appeared opposite Clooney in The Peacemaker.Answer: Nicole Kidman

16) Don't we all love our elementary particles? Let us count the ways. For ten points each, name these theoretical or real particles.a) The string theory of theoretical physics was devised partially in response to the belief that this particle must exist, because in quantum theory, the introduction of such a particle causes objects to interact at zero distance. Name this particle with zero mass and two units of spin.Answer: Gravitonb) Introduced in a 1967 paper by Gerald Feinberg, this theoretical particle moves faster than light and has an imaginary mass. In addition, according to relativistic equations, when it loses energy, its velocity increases and vice versa. Name this particle, used to explain Cherenkov radiation.Answer: Tachyonc) Besides fermions, or massive particles, there are these particles, which carry forces. There is also a string theory stating that only these truly exist, the implications of which indicate 26 dimensions to the universe instead of 10. For ten, not twenty_six points, give this general term.Answer: Boson

17) For 10 points each, identify these terms from film-making. a) A lens with stepped-down concentric circles on the convex side, placed in front of a bulb as a condenser, acting as a spotlight if the bulb is away from the lens, or as a floodlight if it is close.Answer: Fresnel lensb) A container filled with powder that is electrically ignited to create a puff of smoke for special effects.Answer: flash potc) The measurement for calculating the opening of the lens aperture, or diaphragm, on a camera in order to control the amount of light reaching the film.Answer: f-stop (or f-number)

18) 5 points each, name the capital cities of the 6 countries.A) Slovenia Answer: Ljubljanab) Croatia Answer: Zagrebc) Bosnia-Herzegovina Answer: Sarajevod) Serbia Answer: Belgradee) Montenegro (if you consider it a separate country, which the US currently does)

Answer: Podgoricaf) Macedonia Answer: Skopje

19) Answer these questions about the 4th century BCE philosophical school at Megara, for the stated number of points.15 points) What associate of Socrates and student of Parmenides' writing founded the school?Answer: Euclides10 points) What student of Euclides is most closely associated with such statements as the liar's paradox "If you say that you're lying, and state the truth, you are lying" and the horned one "If you haven't lost something, you have it; you haven't lost horns, therefore you have horns"?Answer: Eubulides5 points) What student of Eubulides learned how to orate through the use of rocks in his mouth?Answer: Demosthenes

20. 30-20-10, name the novel.30) Conrad Dryfoos publishes a literary magazine called Every Other Week, but he is killed by a stray bullet when he tries to assist his co-worker, a socialist being beaten by a policeman.20) Conrad's father had previously forbidden Angus Beaton, the art director of the magazine, from calling on his daughter Christine. In grief over the loss of his son, the father allows his daughter to see Beaton, but she rejects him.10) In the end, the Dryfoos family sells the magazine to the editor, Basil March, and the sponsor, Fulkerson. The family moves to France, and Christine becomes engaged to a poor but proud nobleman in this 1890 novel by William Dean Howells. Answer: A Hazard of New Fortunes

21) FTPE I will give you the name of a satellite in our solar system and your job will be to identify the planet it orbits.1) Epimetheus Answer: Saturn2) Leda Answer: Jupiter3) Umbriel Answer: Uranus