2004 Maryland High School Classic
Round 5
Questions by Dan Greenstein
Tossups
1. Later in his life he edited two newspapers, one Republican and one Democrat, in Marion, Virginia; some of those works appear in The Buck Fever Papers. His short story collections include Horses and Men and The Triumph of the Egg. He earned early fame for the novels Marching Man and Windy McPherson’s Son, while his most famous work is a series of vignettes told by various townspeople. For 10 points, name this author of Winesburg, Ohio.
ANSWER: Sherwood Anderson
2. The last one of these occurred January 6th, 1945, about three months before the speaker’s death, although only the first 21 were titled this. The first one of these lasted 13 minutes, 42 seconds and was titled “On the Bank Crisis.” It occurred only eight days after the speaker’s inauguration and just after he had declared a bank holiday to stem the depression; he sought to sooth public fears through mass media. For 10 points, name these addresses delivered to millions by radio by Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
ANSWER: Fireside Chats
3. These events generally occur on the boundaries between geologic time periods. It is theorized such events occur every 26 to 30 million years when a companion star called Nemesis approaches and disturbs the Oort cloud, sending comets toward earth. For 10 points, name these events that wipe out significant percentages of the species of the earth, the most famous of which occurred 65 million years ago.
ANSWER: mass extinction or extinction event or extinction level event
4. This person plans to launch Legacy Communications and to produce a documentary about Bobby Bowden’s ability to recruit black players at FloridaState. Following his excoriation in front of 28 million viewers, KFC offered him $25000 for a week promoting their oven-roasted chicken, while hours after his termination he was asked to manage one of the portfolios of Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. For 10 points, you’re fired if you cannot name this runner-up to Bill Rancic on NBC’s “The Apprentice.”
ANSWER: KwameJackson [either is acceptable]
5. This painting was the only one the artist signed with his full name. The figure on the right dons a brown robe, while the figure on the left wears a fur coat and medallion. The mantle, which features various instruments including a globe, and a wooden table on the marble floor affront a green curtain in the background. For 10 points, identify this painting whose most unusual component is an anamorphous skull along the bottom of the canvas, a 1533 work by Hans Holbein the Younger.
ANSWER: The Ambassadors or The French Ambassadors
6. The origin of this book’s title is a short passage believed to exist in early versions of the Koran. Like many of the author’s works, it concerns Indians in Britain. The work opens with a Sikh terrorist attack that the two protagonists, Gibreel Farishta and Saladin Chamcha, miraculously survive. The infallibility of the Koran and the prophet Muhammad are plot elements considered blasphemous in, for 10 points, this 1989 work that caused a fatwa to be issued against its author, Salman Rushdie.
ANSWER: The Satanic Verses
7. There were seven failures before Ulysses S. Grant achieved victory at this battle. The Confederates occupied a well-fortified bluff, making a frontal assault impossible, so on May 18 Grant began a siege while resisting attacks led by Confederate general John C. Pemberton. For 10 points, name this battle, the site of a siege that ended July 4, 1863, giving the Union complete control of the Mississippi River.
ANSWER: Battle or Seige of Vicksburg
8. The process of drawing this geometric shape with solely a compass and straightedge was first described in Euclid’s The Elements. By drawing the diagonals of this polygon, one can create a figure whose lengths are related by the golden ratio. The faces of a dodecahedron are in this shape, and in the regular version of this polygon, each interior angle is 108 degrees. For 10 points, name this polygon with five sides.
ANSWER: pentagon
9. Jehovah sent this man to a wicked city to preach and warn of its impending doom should its citizens not repent, but instead he decided to go elsewhere. While he was on board a ship, a great storm imperiled the crew. He was cast overboard after admitting it was he who had caused the tempest, and after he repented, he went to Nineveh as Jehovah had ordered him to do. For 10 points, name this biblical prophet who was swallowed by a great fish.
ANSWER: Jonah
10. This geographic name has three different spellings in the namesake counties of Maryland, Pennsylvania and New York. Its namesake front divides the Ridge and ValleyProvince and its namesake plateau, and was the barrier to settlement noted in the Proclamation of 1763. The namesake river, the northeastern-most reach of the Mississippi watershed, passes through the Pennsylvania cities of Warren, Franklin and Kittanning. For 10 points, name this river that joins the Monongahela at Pittsburgh to form the Ohio River.
ANSWER: Allegheny
11. The author’s own experiences, exemplified by a very detailed description of the Italian retreat at the battle of Caporetto, were an inspiration for this 1929 novel. The protagonist, an American lieutenant in the Italian ambulance service, deserts to Switzerland with his love, the nurse Catherine Barkley, who dies in childbirth. For 10 points, name this novel featuring Frederic Henry and written by Ernest Hemingway.
ANSWER: A Farewell to Arms
12. His bloodline was continued through the royal line of succession until the rise of Peter III in 1762. Succeeded by his son Alexi following his 1645 death, his father Philaret was regent early in his reign. The grandnephew of Anastasia, wife of Ivan the Terrible, he was elected czar at the age of 16 by the Zemsky Sobor in 1613 following the Time of Troubles. For 10 points, name this first ruler of the Romanov dynasty of Russia.
ANSWER: Michael Romanov or Mikhail Federovich Romanov I [prompt on Romanov until it is mentioned]
13. Since 1983, this unit has been defined in terms of the speed of light. In 1960, this unit was defined in terms of the number of wavelengths in the vacuum of the orange-red emission line in the spectrum of krypton-86. In 1889, it was defined using a standard bar of platinum-iridium kept at Sevres, while its original 1795 definition was one ten-millionth the distance between the North Pole and equator. For 10 points, name this basic unit of length in the SI system.
ANSWER: meter
14. Originally performed in the Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress, the name of this musical work was taken from the title of a poem by Hart Crane. Originally named “Ballet for Martha,” as it was choreographed for Martha Graham, it accompanies the story of a wedding in rural Pennsylvania. The end of the piece is a cover of the Shaker hymn “Simple Gifts.” For 10 points, name this 1944 work composed by Aaron Copland.
ANSWER: Appalachian Spring
15. This economist examines the vicious cycle of poverty in the third world and its consequences in the first world in The Nature of Mass Poverty and American Capitalism: The Concept of Countervailing Power. He is, however, best known as a follower of John Maynard Keynes. He examines how oligopolistic firms desire market power rather than profit in The New Industrial State. For 10 points, name this economist best known for The Affluent Society.
ANSWER: John Kenneth Galbraith
16. In this poem, we are treated to a card game as a battle and a trip to the Cave of Spleen. The heroine Belinda attempts to get back her ring but it has been inscribed in the heavens. The real incident on which this poem is based involved Lord Petre cutting of a piece of Arabella Fermor’s hair, causing a feud among the families only resolved by the author. For 10 points, name this heroic mock epic by Alexander Pope.
ANSWER: The Rape of the Lock
17. A marine biologist, he published several papers from the ImperialPalace before his 1989 death. The son of Sadako and Yoshihito, he advised against attacking the United States and later encouraged his country’s unconditional surrender. He was allowed to retain his throne following World War II. For 10 points, name this emperor of Japan whose reign included World War II.
ANSWER: Hirohito
18. Their second album Get Your Wings did well, but it was the 1975 album Toys In the Attic that made this band internationally known. Their resurgence in the 1980s consisted of the albums Permanent Vacation, featuring “Dude Looks Like a Lady;” and Pump, featuring “Janie’s Got a Gun.” This band fronted by Steven Tyler has been prominent more recently with the song “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” from the Armageddon soundtrack and a performance at the 2003 NFL Kickoff Concert in Washington. For 10 points, name this band whose hits include “Walk This Way,” “Sweet Emotion” and “Dream On.”
ANSWER: Aerosmith
19. Alvan Graham Clark discovered this star’s companion, a white dwarf, the first such star to be discovered. The Egyptians associated the rising of this star with the beginning of the annual flooding of the Nile. This star joins with Procyon and Betelgeuse to form the Winter Triangle. For 10 points, name this white giant also known as the Dog Star, located 8.6 light years away, the brightest extra-solar star in the sky.
ANSWER: Sirius A
20. During his travels in the Caucasus, he wrote the poetry collections The Gypsies and The Captive of the Caucasus. After his return to St. Petersburg following the Decembrist revolt, he wrote Tales by Belkin and began Little Tragedies. His other prose work includes Dubrovsky, The Captain’s Daughter, and The Queen of Spades. For 10 points, name this great Russian laureate of the historical tragedy Boris Godunov and novel Eugene Onegin.
ANSWER: Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin
21. This king was excommunicated by the Pope for rejecting Stephen Langton for Archbishop of Canterbury. He earned his nickname Lackland because he would not receive an inheritance, being the fifth son of King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. His attempts to usurp the throne and embezzle while his brother King Richard was fighting in the Crusades were stopped by Robin Hood. For 10 points, name this king who in 1215 was forced by the nobles to sign the Magna Carta.
ANSWER: King John of England
22. This emblem appeared with its wings hung if the Danish army was to suffer defeat and erect and soaring if the Danish army would enjoy victory. In art, this animal is a symbol of providence, as it was these creatures that fed Elijah. However, this bird is also generally seen as a bad omen. The ones that sat on Odin’s shoulders were named Hugin and Munnin. For ten points, name this bird that in a work of Edgar Allen Poe famously quoth “Nevermore!”
ANSWER: raven
23. This element’s oxide combines with aluminum to produce aluminum oxide, this metal, and large amounts of heat in the thermite reaction. An atom of this Group 8 metal is the central atom of the heme molecule. This metal’s sulfide, pyrite, is known as fool’s gold. Its major ores include taconite and hematite. For 10 points, name this metal that is a major component of the inner core of the earth and steel and has atomic number 26.
ANSWER: iron
24. Considered the god of the common man, his wife was Sif and his mistress Jarnsaxa, who bore him three daughters: Magni, Thrud and Modi. He traveled in a chariot led by goats with his valet Thjelvar. He lived in the hall of Bilskirnir, enjoyed killing giants, and legend holds he will kill and be killed at Ragnarak by Jormungand. For 10 points, name this Norse god of thunder and lightning most famous for Mjollnir, his war hammer.
ANSWER: Thor
25. This work describes examples of the title constructs, including the embarrassment of being naked, the death of loved ones, and other typical instances. The work also describes the connections to real life, mental disease, external and internal stimuli and distortion within them. The title concept is also described as a means of wish-fulfillment. For 10 points, name this work by cigar aficionado Sigmund Freud.
ANSWER: The Interpretations of Dreams
[end of tossups]
Maryland Classic
Sunday May 2, 2004 – University of Maryland
Bonuses by Daniel Greenstein
1. Identify the following about provisions of the Compromise of 1850.
[10] To appease Northerners, the slave trade was prohibited in this location.
ANSWER: District of Columbia
[10] To appease Southerners, this bill was passed requiring all U.S. citizens to assist in returning human property to their southern plantation owners.
ANSWER: Fugitive Slave Act
[10] To appease everyone, the Utah and New Mexico territories were allowed to decide, upon statehood, whether they would be slave or free states. Name the two word phrase used to describe this power.
ANSWER: popular sovereignty
2. Name these characters from Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence for 10 points each.
[10] This conventional woman is described both as innocent and conniving as she represents the archetypical woman of the age as she tries to control her protagonist husband.
ANSWER: May Welland [either is acceptable]
[10] May Welland’s cousin, she leaves her brutal husband in Europe to return to New York, which has changed since her youth. After her affair with the protagonist is discovered, she must return to Europe.
ANSWER: Ellen Olenska [either is acceptable]
[10] This protagonist of the novel is torn between maintaining a conventional relationship with his wife May Welland or defying the rules with an affair with Ellen Olenska.
ANSWER: Newland Archer [either is acceptable]
3. Name these scientists important in the formulation of planetary theory for 10 points each.
[10] This Polish astronomer became the first scientist since ancient times to propose a heliocentric theory of the solar system in his 1543 work On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres.
ANSWER: Nicolaus Copernicus
[10] This Danish astronomer with a fake nose constructed the observatory Uraniborg. He recorded the motions of Mars and observed a supernova in 1572, but maintained the geocentric theory of the solar system.
ANSWER: Tycho Brahe
[10] This student of Brahe used Brahe’s observations to formulate his three laws of planetary motion.
ANSWER: Johannes Kepler
4. Name these festivals of lights for 10 points each.
[10] This Christian holiday is considered the end of the Christmas season. Lying midway between the Winter Solstice and Vernal Equinox, it falls on February 2nd, but it is not Groundhog Day.
ANSWER: Candlemas
[10] This Jewish holiday starts on the 25th of Kislev. Its name means “dedication” and it is celebrated over “eight crazy nights.”
ANSWER: Hanukkah
[10] This Hindu holiday generally falls in October or November. The holiday is observed by lighting oil lamps or exploding fire crackers.
ANSWER: Diwali or Deepavali
5. Name these quarterbacks who were taken in the first round of last weekend’s NFL Draft for 10 points each.
[10] He completed his career by defeating OklahomaState in the Cotton Bowl in leading Mississippi to its best season since his father Archie was behind center.
ANSWER: Eli Manning
[10] He declared for the draft early less than an hour after his outstanding game in Miami of Ohio’s blowout of Louisville in the GMAC Bowl.
ANSWER: Ben Roethlisberger
[10] He is the ACC’s all-time passing leader following a glorious four-year career at North CarolinaState. His only black marks are his choke jobs, including four losses to Maryland.
ANSWER: Philip Rivers
6. Name these colorful works of literature for 10 points each.
[10] In this Stephen Crane work set at the battle of Chancellorsville, Henry Fleming has illusions of being a hero, but is instead a coward until he is marked with the titular object and rejoins his comrades.
ANSWER: The Red Badge of Courage
[10] This autobiographical novel follows author Richard Wright’s journey from a boy in the south, a man in Depression-era Chicago, and 100 pages of Communist meetings I got through as fast as I could.
ANSWER: Black Boy
[10] The title character in this Baroness Orczy work, Sir Percy Blakeney, is a rescuer of distressed aristocrats during the French Revolution.
ANSWER: The Scarlet Pimpernel
7. Given an African country’s current ruler, name the country, 5-10-20-30.
[x] Hosni Mubarak
ANSWER: Egypt
[x] Moammar Al Quadafi
ANSWER: Libya
[x] Olusegun Obasanjo
ANSWER: Nigeria
[x] Joseph Kabila
ANSWER: Congo-Kinshasa or Democratic Republic of the Congo [prompt on Congo; do not accept Congo-Brazzaville or Republic of the Congo; accept former Zaire after prompt]