1997 Maryland High School Invitational Tournament
Round 1
Letter Round
10 points if correct, 10 points off for an incorrect answer.
All answers begin with the letter “S”
1. This West African nation’s capital is Dakar.Senegal
2. He killed 1000 Philistines with the jawbone of an ass.Samson
3. The Anglo-Irish author of _Major Barbara_ and _Pygmalion_George Bernard Shaw
4. An organ behind the stomach, part of the circulatory and immune systemsSpleen
5. A novel about stranded travelers by Johannn WyssSwiss Family Robinson
6. Born in 1775, she was the first US-born saint.Mother Ann Seton
7. Their hits included “Baby Love” and “You Can’t Hurry Love.”Supremes
8. Mosses and ferns reproduce using these asexual cells.Spores
x. This American painted the “Portrait of Madame X.”John Singer Sargent
Untimed Individual Round
Correct answers are worth 20 points. There is no penalty for an incorrect answer.
Team 1
1. VISUAL: CLOTHES STOLEN IN EARNEST -- Find the hidden name of the Communist leader who led the Russian revolt of 1917.
Answer: _Lenin_
2. VISUAL: homunculus, HOMOPTERA, homozygous
Which word refers to the order of insects, including aphids and cicadas?
3. Tang, Ming, Chou. Order these Chinese Empires, earliest to latest.
Answer: CHOU, TANG, MING
4. TOLSTOY, DOSTOYEVSKY, NABOKOV -- Which Russian authored _The Gambler_ and _Crime and Punishment_?
Answer: Fyodor _DOSTOYEVSKY_
5. TWO PARTS: In 1972, Bobby Fischer defeated Boris Spassky to become world champion in what sport, and Israeli athletes were kidnapped and shot at the Summer Olympics in which German city which also saw the signing of an appeasement treaty by Neville Chamberlain?
Answers: _Chess_, _Munich_
6. "It takes a long time to become young" stated which artist, most famous for painting "Guernica" and "The Old Guitarist"?
Answer: Pablo _Picasso_
Team 2
1. VISUAL: COOK ON TEFLON GRIDDLES -- Hidden in this phrase is the name of what Louisiana Senator, nicknamed "Kingfish," who was assassinated by Carl Weiss in 1934?
Answer: Huey _Long_
2. VISUAL: tinea, TINNITUS, tincture
Which of these words means “ringing in the ear?”
3. Aztec, Olmec, Toltec. Order these Mesoamerican civilizations, earliest to latest.
Answer: OLMEC, TOLTEC, AZTEC
4. MANET, MONET, MATISSE -- Which artist painted _Luncheon on the Grass_ and _Olympia_?
Answer: Edouard _MANET_
5. TWO PARTS: The 1740s saw the delivery of “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” by what leader of the Great Awakening, and the publishing of what French writer's _Persian Letters_ and _Spirit of Laws_ for the first time in the American colonies?
Answers: Jonathan _Edwards_, Charles de _Montesquieu_
6. "I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind." So wrote which French author of "The Little Prince"?
Answer: Antoine de _Saint-Exupery_
Category Round
10 points if correct, 10 points off for an incorrect answer.
Classical Music
Name the composers of these works.
1. New World SymphonyAntonin Dvorak
2. Minute WaltzFrederic Chopin
3. Eroica symphonyLudwig van Beethoven
4. Nutcracker SuitePeter I. Tchaikovsky
5. The PlanetsGustav Holst
6. Carmina BuranaCarl Orff
7. Carnival of the AnimalsCamille Saint-Saens
8. Trout quintetFranz Schubert
9. Symphonie FantastiqueHector Berlioz
10. Tales from the Vienna Woods WaltzJohann Strauss
x. The Sorcerer’s ApprenticePaul Dukas
Timed Individual Round
Correct answers are worth 20 points. There is no penalty for an incorrect answer. If a team answers all eight questions, it will receive a 25-point bonus.
Each team has 80 seconds to answer their eight questions.
Team 1
1. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, he was a descendant of Francis Scott Key. He served in the army, but saw no action, and spent most of his time writing his first novel, _This Side of Paradise_. Name this author of _The Last Tycoon_ and _The Great Gatsby_.
Answer: Francis Scott Key _Fitzgerald_
2. He worked for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. His wife was Polly Anne, and he died while competing against Captain Tommy's steam drill in laying the most track. Name this "Steel Driving Man."
Answer: _John Henry_
3. This 490 B.C. battle saw the defeat of Darius I by the Athenians under Miltiades. Name this battle, whose site lies 26 miles northeast of Athens, the distance run by Pheidippides to carry the news, an event now commemorated with a sporting event.
Answer: _Marathon_
4. 1a. Two parallel lines, A and B (A is above B) are intersected by a diagonal line with positive slope. The angle created on the right side of the intersection of the diagonal and A is 40 degrees. Angle x is formed on the right side of the intersection of B and the diagonal.
Read: What is the value of angle x in degrees, assuming lines A and B are parallel?
Answer: _140_
5. Deprived of sight and hearing at the age of 19 months, she was put in the care of Anne Sullivan Macy, who taught her the relationship between words and things. Name this woman whose story was dramatized in the play and movie "The Miracle Worker."
Answer: Helen _Keller_
6. CHOICE: Which of the following organs is NOT a part of the digestive tract: jejunum, esophagus, _liver_?
7. The seat of St. John's County, Florida, its national monuments include two Spanish sites, Castillo de San Marcos and Fort Matanzas. Name this city, the oldest city in the United States.
Answer: _St. Augustine_
8. "How 'bout them 'Boys?" This quote was uttered by the former head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners, who coincidentally is for now the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. Name this man.
Answer: Barry _Switzer_
Team 2
1. Although she wrote throughout her adult life, only two of her nearly 2,000 poems were published in her lifetime. Name this reclusive poet who rarely left her room, whose works include "Because I could not stop for death."
Answer: Emily _Dickinson_
2. He worked on the Cross-Eyed Ranch. His horse was Widow Maker; his wife, Slue Foot Sue. Name this legendary hero, who allegedly dug the Rio Grande and saddled and rode a tornado.
Answer: _Pecos Bill_
3. Lying at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, it was founded in 1609 and served as a Spanish-Native American trade center for over 200 years until it was captured by the U.S. in 1846. Name this New Mexico city, the oldest capital city in the United States.
Answer: _Santa Fe_
4. 1b. A triangle is formed from three line segments. The left side of the triangle extends beyond the base; the right side extends beyond the left side, and the base extends beyond the right side. The exterior angle formed by the base and the extension of the left side is 100 degrees, the interior angle of the triangle formed by the right and left sides is 85 degrees; exterior angle x is formed by the right side of the triangle and the extension of the base.
Read: What is the value of angle x in degrees?
Answer: _165_
5. Now a professor of physics at UC-San Diego, she joined NASA in 1978 and while there helped design the robot arm of the Space Shuttle. Name this astronaut, who in 1983 became the first American woman in space.
Answer: Sally _Ride_
6. CHOICE: Which of these is used to measure wind speed: barometer, velocimeter, _anemometer_?
7. Born Gaius Caesar Germanicus, his name means "Little Boots." He was very "fond" of his sister Drusilla and his horse Incitatus. Name this mad Roman emperor, murdered by a tribune of his own guard in 41 A.D.
Answer: _Caligula_
8. QUOTE: "Altius, Citius, Fortius." Literally meaning, "Higher, Faster, Stronger," this is the motto of what quadrennial sporting event?
Answer: the _Olympics_
Grab Bag Round
A correct answer is worth 20 points. 20 points will be deducted for an incorrect answer.
1. He discovered protozoa in 1674, which he called “animalicules.” Who was this Dutch lens grinder who built 247 single-lens microscopes?
Answer: Anton van _Leeuwenhoek_ (LAY-vun-hook)
2. What Greek philosopher and student of Plato wrote _Metaphysics_, _Politics_, _Nichomachean Ethics_, and _Poetics_?
Answer: _Aristotle_
3. This Frenchman left the stockbroker business at age 35 to pursue painting. The author of "Noa, Noa," and painter of bright canvases of Polynesian scenes, what post-impressionist died in 1903 in Tahiti?
Answer: Paul _Gauguin_
4. At this site in 1777, General Burgoyne surrendered the British Army to General Gates. What Revolutionary War battle is often considered the turning point for the Continental Army?
Answer: Battle of _Saratoga_
5. Located south of Hokkaido, but north of Kyushu and Shikoku, its largest peak is Mount Fujiyama. Name this largest island of Japan.
Answer: _Honshu_
6. _The Admirable Crichton_ and _Quality Street_ are other plays by what Scottish playwright whose most famous work includes the characters Tiger Lily and Wendy Darling and is set in Neverland?
Answer: James Matthew _Barrie_
7. This third baseman won the Gold Glove for that position for fifteen straight years. Name the 1960 American League MVP who played for the Baltimore Orioles.
Answer: _Brooks Robinson_
8. “Leaving on a Jet Plane,” “Sunshine on My Shoulders,” and “Take Me Home, Country Roads” were all written by what country-boy crooner, recently killed in a plane crash?
Answer: John _Denver_
9. This third wife of Henry VIII died soon after giving birth to Henry’s only son, Edward VI. Name this queen who shares her name with the actress who plays Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.
Answer: Jane _Seymour_
10. Directly across the harbor from him in West Egg live Daisy and Tom Buchanan, and Nick Carraway lives next door to him. Name this title character of a 1925 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Answer: Jay _Gatsby_
11. According to legend, he was born prematurely because his mother heard the approaching Spanish Armada. Name this British political philosopher, tutor to King Charles II, and author of the _Leviathan_.
Answer: Thomas _Hobbes_
12. Born in Salinas, California, what 1940 Pulitzer Prize winner and 1962 Nobel Literature winner wrote _Tortilla Flat_, _Cannery Row_, and _The Grapes of Wrath_?
Answer: John _Steinbeck_
13. Although this grandson and namesake of a former vice-president had a long political career, what man is best remembered for his failed bids for the United States presidency in 1952 and 1956?
Answer: Adlai _Stevenson_
14. Born from the head of her father Zeus, what Greek goddess wears an aegis on her chest, is represented with an owl, and is considered the goddess of wisdom?
Answer: _Athena_
15. These electromagnetic rays are also known by the name of their 1895 German discoverer, but he described them by a more mysterious name due to their unknown properties. What is this form of electromagnetic radiation also known as “Roengten” rays?
Answer: _X-rays_