2001 MLK Memorial Tournament
Packet by David Thorsley
Tossups
1.
Settled by the Greeks in the 10th century B.C.E. for its rich deposits of iron ore, the major settlement on this island is the town of Portoferraio. Seventeen miles long by eleven miles wide, this island in the Tuscan archipelago has been controlled by France, Spain, Pisa, Genoa, Tuscany, and Italy. For 10 points – identify this Italian island, the site of Napoleon’s first exile.
Answer: Elba
2.
They had little interest in the surface effects of light and colour or in atmospheric variations. Instead, they emphasized permanent features, painting solid, detailed forms in a limited range of colours. Charles Jacque and Constant Troyon painted livestock scenes, while Daubigny favored lush verdant fields. After his The Winnower was destroyed by fire Jean-Francois Millet also settled in the area for which this group of painters was known, a forest near Fontainebleu. FTP identify this school of French landscape artists led by Theodore Rousseau.
A: Barbizon
3.
The intensity of the phenomenon is inversely proportional to the fourth power of the wavelength. It can be considered to be an elastic process since it does not alter the energy of the photons involved. Occurring when particles have a radius less than one tenth the wavelength of the radiation passing through them, identify – for 10 points – this dispersion of electromagnetic radiation that results in the sky being blue.
Answer: Rayleigh scattering (accept equivalents)
4.
The son of a prominent Yorkshire family, he left England in 1593 to serve in the Spanish Army in the Netherlands. He returned to England in 1604 when Robert Catesby required the assistance of a military man to procure 20 barrels of gunpowder. For 10 points – identify this man, whose capture on November 4, 1605 led to the failure of the Gunpowder Plot.
Answer: Guy Fawkes
5.
This figure is calculated using the average of five indices: assessments of current business conditions, future business conditions, the current availability of jobs, the future availability of jobs, and future income prospects. In December 2000, its value of 128.3 had fallen 14 points since September, provoking fears of an economic slowdown. For 10 points – identify this economic indicator that measures the attitudes and expectations of the buying public.
Answer: consumer confidence index
6.
He is beaten by Maurice after he refuses to pay an extra five dollars for the prostitute he hired, but didn’t sleep with, at the Edmont Hotel. He then makes a date with Sally Hayes, which falls apart after he asks her to run away to Vermont with him. He then tries to buzz Jane Gallagher, who he hasn’t heard about since he left Pencey Prep. For 10 points – identify this sixteen year-old who spends three days in New York in The Catcher in the Rye.
Answer: Holden Caulfield
7.
Hurler’s syndrome is a genetic disorder affecting the metabolism of these parts of the cell.
Materials are transported to these organelles by three main methods: endocytosis for materials from outside the cell, phagocytosis for large particles or bacteria, and autophagocytosis for removing old organelles from the cell. For 10 points – identify these organelles responsible for the digestion of macromolecules.
Answer: lysosomes
8.
This 22-year old athlete says that he is often mistaken for ‘N Sync singer Justin Timberlake. After transferring from Weber State University to Snow Junior College, he returned to the NCAA in 1999 and threw for 18 touchdowns in 2000, finishing in second place in the Heisman Trophy voting. For 10 points – identify this quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners.
Answer: Josh Heupel (HYPE-uhl)
9.
Rivals to his throne were Alfonso X of Castile, who abandoned his claim at the persuasion of Pope Gregory X, and Otakar II of Bohemia, whom he defeated at the Battle of Dürnkrut. Taking the crown in 1273 after a 23-year interregnum, he gained control of Austria for his family, which ruled it into the 20th century. For 10 points – identify this first Holy Roman Emperor from the Habsburg dynasty.
Answer: Rudolf I
10.
Headed by Leonardo Chiariglione (chee-a-rig-lee-oh-nee), this group established in February 1999 is a consortium of 180 companies. In September 2000, it issued a challenge to computer users to hack the watermarking system it devised with the support of the Recording Industry Association of America. For 10 points – identify this organization that seek to develop digital music standards that provide copyright protection for artists and record companies.
Answer: Secure Digital Music Initiative
11. His early works The Place at Whitton and Three Cheers for the Paraclete were influenced by his time in a Roman Catholic seminary from 1953 to 1960. His later writing turned to works of historical fiction such as Confederates, Gossip from the Forest, and The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith. His most famous work was criticized for being little more than reporting when it won him the Booker Prize in 1983. For 10 points – identify this Australian author of Schindler’s Ark.
Answer: Thomas Keneally
12.
It is formed in the state of Kachin by the confluence of the Nmai and Mali rivers, and flows 1,350 miles from that point. After merging with the Chindwin River, it separates the Pegu and Arakan Mountains before flowing into the Andaman Sea. Due to monsoons, river ports such as Mandalay have both high and low water landing points. For 10 points – identify this river, the main waterway of Myanmar.
Answer: Irrawaddy River
13.
This work has four movements: Adagio allegro molto, Largo, Scherzo, and Allegro con fuoco. Its second and third movements were inspired by The Song of Hiawatha, while the spiritual Goin’ Home is derived from its largo theme. For 10 points – identify this 1893 symphony inspired by its composer’s arrival in the United States, the last by Antonin Dvořák (Duh-vor-ZHAK).
Answer: Symphony from the New World (accept Symphony no. 9 in E minor, opus 95)
14.
His campaign promise to hold referenda on controversial issues such as abortion and the death penalty led to an online petition to change his first name to Doris. Representing the riding of Okanagan-Coquihalla (oh-ka-NOG-an-co-keh-HALL-ah), his party won 66 seats in November 2000, finishing a distant second to the ruling Liberal Party. For 10 points – identify this leader of the Canadian Alliance Party and official opposition leader in Canada.
Answer: Stockwell Day
15.
According to the Iliad, his wife is Aglaea, one of the Graces. The parthenogenetic son of Hera, his palace was located on the isle of Lemnos. He was returned to Olympus on the back of a mule by Dionysus, who brought him there to persuade him to release Hera from the golden throne he had constructed. For 10 points – identify this lame husband of Aphrodite and patron of smiths and fire.
Answer: Hephaestus
16.
Banned by the Canadian government from 1884 to 1951, Thorstein Veblen described this event as an extreme form of conspicuous consumption. Held to celebrate births, deaths, and marriages, it was also a method to validate claims of social rank, most notably among the southern Kwakiutl (Quok-ee-uht-el) peoples. For 10 points – identify this ritual studied by Franz Boas, common to the natives of the Pacific Northwest.
Answer: potlatch (do not accept potluck)
17.
These extremely alkaline substances can be used to produce high yields of primary alcohols from formaldehyde, secondary alcohols from other aldehydes, and tertiary alcohols from ketones.
Useful for the syntheses of many organic materials, identify – for 10 points – these compounds produced by the reaction of an organic halide and magnesium, named for a French chemist.
Answer: Grignard reagents
18.
He studied economics at the University of Sussex after leaving his country illegally in 1962.
He spent time in Zambia, Nigeria, Botswana, and Swaziland before ending his exile in 1990 and becoming deputy president in 1994. He has been condemned by the medical community for his stance denying the connection between HIV and AIDS. For 10 points – identify this president of South Africa.
Answer: Thabo Mbeki
19. In last year’s collection Blues: For All the Changes she writes a verse chastising Allen Iverson. Those who ride the Night Winds includes dedications to more traditional black heroes. But her most well known work stems involvement with the black arts movements in the 1970s and is included in such volumes as Black Feeling, Black Talk and Re: Creation. FTP
identify this poet and lecturer who teaches at Virginia Tech and wrote Ego Tripping.
A: Nikki _Giovanni_
20.
Established in 1910, this 970,000 square mile region was established largely through the efforts of explorer Savorgnan de Brazza. It was disbanded in 1958 when its four constituent parts became autonomous republics within the French Community. For 10 points – identify this former colony consisting of the Central African Republic, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, and Gabon.
Answer: French Equatorial Africa (accept Afrique Équatoriale Française)
21.
He ripped open his mother’s womb because Zurvan had decreed that his firstborn son would become king. With one of his names meaning “fiendish spirit,” he created the dragon Azi Dahaka, which ravaged the earth until it was chained by Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda. For 10 points – identify this god of darkness and major figure in Zoroastrian theology.
Answer: Ahriman (accept Angra Mainyu)
22.
Two main characters of this play discuss a poem by another, and one thinks it is excellent while the other insults it. Oronte demands an apology for that insult at Célimène’s apartment. After her true feelings for her suitors are revealed, Philinte marries Eliante and Alceste marries no one. For 10 points – identify this play by Molière, named for Alceste’s cynical view of life.
Answer: The Misanthrope
23.
He formed his own band consisting of Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner, and Jimmy Garrison in 1960. In 1969, two years after his death from liver cancer, an African Orthodox Church in San Francisco has been named for this man because a group of his fans found God in his music.
For 10 points – identify this jazz saxophonist who recorded Impressions and A Love Supreme.
Answer: John Coltrane
24.
Exiled after plotting a revolt in Canton, during his 16 years abroad he founded the United League. Ironically owing much of his early success to aid from the Soviet Union, his philosophy of government was based on his Three Principles of the People. Following the revolution of 1911, he became director of railways, but in 1913 began a second revolution against Yuan shih K’ai. FTP, identify this Chinese general, original leader of the Kuomintang.
A: _Sun_ Yat-sen
25.
At the encouragement of David Hilbert and Felix Klein, this mathematician taught at the University of Göttingen from 1915 to 1933, until being forced out of Germany by the rise of the Nazis. This editor of the Mathematische Annalen is best known for work in noncommutative algebras and the theory of ideals. For 10 points – identify this German mathematician who taught at Bryn Mawr College for the last two years of her life.
Answer: Amalie (Emmy) Noether
26. Early on in the novel, Spiros a corpulent and filthy Greek is committed to an insane asylum. This leads the action into a New York cafe owned by Biff Brannon, where Spiros’ friend , a mute, takes all of his meals. When this man moves into a boarding house he meets Mick Kelly, a young girl who feels that only Mr. Singer listens to her. This describes, FTP, part of the action of what novel by Carson McCullers.
Answer: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Bonuses
1.
Answer these questions about the Huguenots for 10 points each.
(10) This attempt to kidnap Francis II in 1560 led to the execution of many Huguenot aristocrats.
Answer: Conspiracy of Amboise
(10) This queen’s failed attempt to assassinate Gaspard de Coligny precipitated the Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.
Answer: Catherine de Medici
(10) The eighth and final Huguenot war also takes this name from the names of its principal combatants.
Answer: War of the Three Henrys
2.
Identify the following people related to the recent transfer of power in Peru for the stated number of points.
(5) The Peruvian legislature dismissed this president of 8 years in November 2000, declaring him “morally unfit” to lead.
Answer: Alberto Fujimori
(15) Fujimori’s replacement was this opposition legislator.
Answer: Valentin Paniagua
(10) Paniagua appointed this former UN Secretary General to serve as Prime Minister.
Answer: Javier Perez de Cuellar
3.
Identify these works of Eugene Delacroix from descriptions for 10 points each.
(10) A bearded man lies apparently unconcerned on his bed while his concubines are being slaughtered around him.
Answer: The Death of Sardanapalus
(10) Two men are standing in a small boat, while the writhing souls of some Florentines attempt to climb into it.
Answer: Dante and Virgil in Hell (accept The Bark of Dante)
(10) Delacroix appears carrying a musket on the left side of the titular woman, who is raising the French tricolor in her right hand.
Answer: Liberty Leading the People
4.
Identify the artists behind these critically acclaimed independently released albums in 2000, for 10 points each.
(10) Bachelor No. 2
Answer: Aimee Mann
(10) The Hour of Bewilderbeest
Answer: Badly Drawn Boy
(10) And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
Answer: Yo La Tengo
5.
Answer these questions about a poem by John Keats for 10 points each.
(10) Believed to be based of Keats’ relationship with Fanny Brawne, this poem shares its name with a French court poem by Alain Chartier.
Answer: La Belle Dame Sans Merci
(10) Richard Ros’ translation of Chartier’s poem was, during Keats’ time, believed to have been made by this 14th century poet.
Answer: Geoffrey Chaucer
(10) The knight-at-arms in the first line of Keats’ original manuscript was referred to by these two words in the version first published in 1819.
Answer: wretched wight
6.
Identify these Supreme Court cases from quotes from the decision for 15 points each, or from the decision’s author and year for 5 points.
(15) “The question in every case is whether the words used…create a clear and present danger that…Congress has a right to prevent.”
(5) Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1916
Answer: Schenck v. United States
(15) “The power to tax is the power to destroy.”
(5) John Marshall, 1819
Answer: McCulloch v. Maryland
7. Identify these features of human lungs for 10 points each.
(10) These passageways connect each lung with the trachea and enter each lung at the hilum.
Answer: stem bronchi (accept equivalents; do not accept bronchiole)
(10) These air sacs at the end of the bronchioles are where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide occur.