Norcross BDAT I
Questions written by current and former members of the Norcross High School Academic Team (Mostafa Bhuiyan, Andrew Kahn, Steven Miller, Hernan Morales, Doug Morgan, Michael Sokolow), and Adil Khan (formerly of Chattahoochee)
Packet 03 – Tossups
1. Johann Glauber created this substance by burning its namesake element with steam. This substance is used with sodium chloride in the first step of the LeBlanc process. It is now produced in a three-step cycle that includes a vanadium oxide catalyst that causes the reaction between this substance’s namesake (*) trioxide with water. Produced once with the lead chamber process and now thecontact process, this substance was once known as oil of vitriol and is present in battery acid and acid rain. For 10 points, name this only diprotic strong acid with formula H2SO4.
ANSWER: Sulfuric acid [accept H2SO4 until mentioned; prompt on oil of vitriol until mentioned] <MB>
2. Of Constancy was written in 1584 by an attempted reviver of this philosophy, the memorial of which now houses the EU headquarters in Brussels. Its concept of "pneuma" pervaded the writings of its followers as "the vehicle of logos in structuring the world". Its followers Cleanthes and (*) Epictetus regarded life as deterministic while this philosophy was founded by Zeno of Citium. For 10 points, name this philosophy which teaches self-control, fortitude, and separation from emotion which was practiced by Chrysippus and Marcus Aurelius.
ANSWER: Stoicism <AndrewK>
3. The first fighting during this conflict occurred at the Battle of Craaipan. More notable battles during this conflict includeengagements at Spion Kop and Ladysmith. Leading up to this conflict, Kaiser Wilhelm II recognized one side and the accomplishments of Paul Kruger in the (*) Jameson Raid. This outraged Herbert Kitchener and the opposing side who had refused to remove their troops from the Transvaal Region. For 10 points, name this war which saw Dutch South Africans pitted against British forces for the second time.
ANSWER: Second Boer War [prompt South African Wars] <AndrewK>
4. This novel’s protagonist sees a picture of a woman wearing furs in a magazine. Its main character had planned on sending someone to music school so that she could improve her violin skills, but finds that he cannot even open a door. In the novel, the main character’s father gets a job as a (*) bank guard. Its protagonist dies of an apple lodged on his back and is locked in a room, being fed by his sister Grete.For 10 points, name this work in which Gregor Samsa wakes up to find himself a giant insect, the masterpiece of Franz Kafka.
ANSWER: The Metamorphosis [accept Die Verwandlung] <MB>
5. This figure was accused of working with Gaius Manlius to kill Cicero in the Catiline Conspiracy. As general, he would lose at the Battle of Gergovia and would later defeat that victor. He won the Battle of (*) Pharsalas and capturedVercingetorix at the Battle of Alesia during his conquest of Gaul. This man led his troops to a landmark victory that put an end to the Civil War he had with Pompey, with whom he, along with Crassus, comprised the First Triumvirate. For 10 points, name this Roman general who declared himself dictator for life before being stabbed on the Ides of March by Brutus.
ANSWER: Gaius Julius Caesar <MB>
6. A John Gunther memoir about a brain tumor takes its name from this poem in which the speaker laments “poppies or charms can make us sleep as well.” The speaker of this poem observes that “much more must flow” and that “with poison, war, and sickness” dwells the subject. The title entity is called “mighty and (*) dreadful,” but the speaker insists that“thou art not so.” The narrator of this poem asserts that “chance, kings, fate, and desperate men” are the masters of the title entity and concludes that “thou shalt die.” For 10 points, name this poem that appears as the tenth work in Holy Sonnets by John Donne.
ANSWER: “Death, be not proud” <MB>
7. One variant of this process used for parallel ascending and descending sequences is named the bitonic type and was developed by Ken Batcher. Another example that has efficient run time divides an array into namesake “buckets.”Some more common varieties of this process include the (*) insertion, selection, andmerge methods, while another form of it makes use of “divide-and-conquer” and operates in O (n log n) [pro. “big O of n log n].Common outputs for these include placing elements in lexicographical or numerical orders. Coming in “bubble” and “quick” types, name, for 10 points, this process used in computer science to put elements of a list in a certain order.
ANSWER: Sorting Algorithm [accept word forms] <SM>
8. Objects with imperfect adherence to this law are described by the Duffing equation, while isotropic entities are described by this law with Lamé constants and Poisson’s ratio. Augustin Cauchy stated that a stiffness tensor must be added to this statement for it to hold true in three-dimensions. It is expressed as area over length multiplied by (*) Young’s Modulus and does not apply outside the range of elasticity. Often considered to be the ratio between stress and strain, it is described as “F equals negative kx.” For 10 points, name this law named after a British scientist that worked with springs.
ANSWER: Hooke’s law <MB>

9. The bottom of this painting includes a rug adorned with alternating red and blue squares. Near the carving of Saint Margaret, a brown feather duster hangs from the top of a bed. Several oranges and red sandals are scattered through the room in this work, while scenes from the Passion can be seen around a (*) convex mirror. A brass chandelier hangs above theartist’s signature and a brown dog sits in front of the title characters. One figure wears a black top hat and a fur coat, while the other sports a green dress and holds the other’s hand. For 10 points, name this painting showing a couple by Jan van Eyck.

ANSWER:The Arnolfini Marriage [or Arnolfini Wedding or Arnolfini Portrait] <MB>

10. William Robertson names a malfunction that results in this disease, whose cause was first identified by Jerome Lejeune. Infants with this condition exhibit small, grey spots on the iris known as Brushfield spots, and variants of this condition include the Mosaic type. Signs of this disease include an (*) epicanthic fold and a transverse crease on the palm of the hand. People afflicted with this disease also exhibit almond shaped eyes and mental retardation, and it was once called mongolism. Also known as trisomy 21, for 10 points, name this disease caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21.
ANSWER: Down’s syndrome [accept trisomy 21 before mention; prompt on mongolism before mention] <MB>
SCORECHECK
11. One of his novels takes its name from a Praxiteles sculpture and is about Miriam andthe “romance of the Count of Monte Beni.” In one short story by this author, the protagonist invites Colonel Killigrew and others to drink water from the Fountain of Youth. This author of The Marble Faun and“(*) Dr.Heidegger’s Experiment” included the latter in his Twice Told Tales. He also wrote about Phoebe and the Pynchon residence, as well as Arthur Dimmesdale and a woman’s illegitimate daughter, Pearl. For 10 points, name this author of The House of the Seven Gables who wrote about the adulterous Hester Prynnein The Scarlet Letter.
ANSWER: Nathaniel Hawthorne <MB>
12. This deity, who according to some accounts is the father of the purification goddess Kebechet and son of Nephtys, was once worshiped as a combination with Hermes at Cyonopolis. Sometimes referred to as “The Opener of the Ways,” this god was given the (*) organs of his father by Set. One of his roles is to sit in the Hall of Ma’at and judge the hearts of souls by weighing them against a feather. For 10 points, name this son of Osiris, a jackal-headed god of embalming and death.
ANSWER: Anubis <MB>
13. In Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, the player begins his adventures with this Pokémon. In the show, Ritchie asks Professor Oak about how he should approach the raising of his. Other appearances of this Pokémon include an episode in which Rainer, Sparky, and Pyro use it to battle, while in another season, this Pokémon (*) hatches from May’s egg. To receive one in Generation 2, one must go to Goldenrod City and talk to Bill. In Generation 4, one must walk near a Moss or Ice Rock for its two new evolutions. For 10 points, name this normal-type Pokémon noted for its many evolutions via elemental stones, including Umbreon and Jolteon.
ANSWER: Eevee [accept Eievui] <MB>
14. This polity did not participate in the Ionian Revolt despite a request from Aristagoras of Miletus. Its government incorporated one leader from each of its two royal lines, the Agiads and Eurypontids, as well as five popularly elected Ephors. Its military peak was at the naval Battle of Aegospotami, at which (*) Lysander destroyed the fleet of a Mediterranean rival, ending its war with the Delian League. Unique in terms of political organization, its government is outlined in Lycurgus’s Great Rhetra and included the slave Helots. For 10 points, name this military-focused society who defeated Athens in the Peloponnesian War.
ANSWER: Sparta [ or Lacedaemon] <MS>

15. This man composed an overture that depicts a joke played on the queen by Don Sallusto entitled Ruy Blas. A composition depicting rain being brought to Israel was created after his tour around Europe inspired his 3rd and 4th symphonies. Along with the (*)Elijah Oratorio, another of his works depicts the “rolling waves” near Fingal’s Cave, while another has themes of fairies, the court of Athens, and lovers. The Scottish and Italian Symphonies and the Hebrides Overture are by, for 10 points, which 19th century German musician whose A Midsummer Night’s Dreamcontains music for his Wedding March?

ANSWER: Felix Mendelssohn <MB>

16. One group of organisms in this phylum releases venom by polymerizing the contents of a capsule and causes Irukandji syndrome in humans. That group contains Chironex, the most deadly animal on earth, and is known as Cubozoa. Organisms in this phylum, many of which can form a planula, are capable of motion by jet (*) propulsion andtumbling, depending on their body shape. These organisms have a middle layer of mesoglea and harpoon-like nematocysts. For 10 points, name this phylum which alternate between medusa and polyp form and includes the Portuguese Man o’ War, hydra, and jellyfish.
Answer: Cnidarians <AdilK>
17. This thinker wrote about “The Vision of Zosimos” in his work discussing the Tao. In that work, he associated water with the spirit. He also predicted that mandalas led to individuation and coined a term meaning two unrelated events happening simultaneously, “synchronicity.” The work by this author of (*) Psychological Types on two personality types was a forerunner to the Myer-Briggs test. He proposed the sage, shadow, and animus as some of his archetypes. For 10 points, name this Swiss psychologist who coined the terms introvert and extrovert and hypothesized that all humans share a collective unconscious.
ANSWER: Carl Gustav Jung [pronounced YOONG] <MB>
18. This man’s last surviving drama concerns Achilles and his endless effort to keep the title character from her family. Another of this playwright’s works is about King Pentheus’ refusal to worship Dionysus. This author of Iphigenia in Aulis and The (*) Bacchae also wrote of Hecuba, Cassandra, and Andromache and about a woman poisoning a dress after her husband Jason left to marry Glauce. For 10 points, name this Athenian tragedian and author of The Trojan Women and Medea.
ANSWER: Euripides <MB>
19. This lake is home to people that refer to themselves as the “Sons of the Sun” and use the totora plant to build reed boats. Those are the Uru people. It is fed by the Ramis river and its southern portion isWiñaymarka Lake. This lake empties into the Desaguadero River, and the smaller and larger portions of this lake are connected by the Strait of (*) Tiquina. Its western end houses the capital of the Puno Region, a part of the Altiplano. Boasting the largest volume and highest elevation of any South American lake, name, for 10 points, this lake on the Peru-Bolivia border.
ANSWER: Lake Titicaca <MB>

20. This entity was formed when attorney Elbert H. Gary and his associate bought up three competing companies, one of which was owned by William Henry Moore. It later bought out its main competitor which had been headquartered in Birmingham. Its first president was Charles M. Schwab. This company was targeted by (*) anti-trust legislation in 1911 but evaded charges unlike Standard Oil. Upon its creation, it retained the labor policies used under Andrew Carnegie. For 10 points, name this JP Morgan monopoly of the early 20th century which at times produced as much as 70% of a certain commodity.
ANSWER: U.S. Steel <AndrewK>
THE ROUND IS NOW OVER. IF THERE ARE ANY PROTESTS, RESOLVE THEM NOW. IF THERE IS A TIE, THEN READ THE TIEBREAKERS BELOW UNTIL THERE IS A SCORE CHANGE.

TIEBREAKERS
TB 1. One of this element’s isotopes has a negative heat of solidification at .3 Kelvin, a property that can be used in Pomeranchuk Cooling. This element’s liquid form flows out of containers in the Fountain effect, while at low temperatures, another isotope of this element forms Cooper pairs in a mechanism named for Lee and Osherroff. Nuclei of this element were (*) shot at a thin gold sheet during Rutherford’s famous experiment, and this element’s isotopes three and four exhibit superfluidity. For 10 points, name this lightest noble gas with atomic number 2 and symbol He.
ANSWER: Helium [prompt on He; do not accept alpha particles] <MB>
TB 2. A period of reduced famine and increased agriculture known as the Green Revolution occurred under this leader. After authorizing nuclear testing at Pokhran, the “Smiling Buddha” was detonated during this figure’s tenure. This figure carried out (*) Operation Blue Star, in which she approved of an attack at the Golden Temple in Amritsar. That action led to her being hated by Sikhs, especially by the two bodyguards who assassinated her. For 10 points, name this daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru and predecessor to Rajiv, the first female prime minister of India.
ANSWER: Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi [prompt on Gandhi] <MB>

TB 3. One of this figure’s generals led a campaign against the Cuman people, but failed to capture Mstislav the Bold. He oversaw Jebe’s victory at the Battle of Kalka River, an expedition that was preceded by this man’s conquest of the Jin dynasty at the decisive Battle of the Badger Mouth. He also sacked the city of (*) Samarkand during his takeover of the Khwarezmian Empire. After establishing a capital at Karakorum, this leader appointed his third son Ogedai to become leader of the largest contiguous empire that the world had ever seen. For 10 points, name this leader who united over fifty nomadic cavalry based tribes to found the Mongol Empire.

ANSWER: Genghis Khan [or Chinggis Khan or Temujin]

BDAT I
Written by current and former members of the Norcross High School Academic Team (Mostafa Bhuiyan, Andrew Kahn, Steven Miller, Hernan Morales, Doug Morgan, Michael Sokolow), and Adil Khan (formerly of Chattahoochee)
Packet 03 – Bonuses
1. For 10 points each, let’s name some Mexican States:
[10] The Colorado River forms the border between Sonora and this state on the northern part of its namesake “lower” peninsula. It includes the cities of Mexicali and Tijuana.
ANSWER: Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California[do not accept Baja California Sur]
[10] This state lies on the Gulf of Mexico and the Bay of Campeche. Xalapa is its capital and Córdoba, Orizaba, and Tampico are cities within this state. Its namesake city was Mexico’s first port and means “real cross.”
ANSWER: Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
[10] The Hondo River and Chetumal Bay form the border between this state and Belize. Its island of Cozumel and resort of Cancún are popular tourist attractions.
ANSWER: Estado Libre y Soberano de Quintana Roo<HM>
2. For 10 points each, identify some ideas from statements in math:
[10] Named after a German mathematician, this Millennium problem exploring the distribution of zeros in its namesake zeta function asserts that all non trivial zeros have real part one-half.
ANSWER: Riemann Hypothesis
[10] Hilbert’s 10th problem dealt with trying to find solutions to these types of equations that can only have integer solutions.
ANSWER: Diophantine equations
[10] Proven by Andrew Wiles using the Taniyama-Shimura conjecture, this statement asserts that there exists no integer solutions to xn + yn = zn when n is greater than two.
ANSWER: Fermat’s Last Theorem<MB>
3. The main character of this opera is constantly pestered by Gottardo. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this opera in which Ninetta is accused of stealing a silver spoon; she is later saved because the real culprit is found.
ANSWER: The Thieving Magpie[accept La gazza ladra]
[10] This Italian composer of The Thieving Magpie and Cinderella composed an opera in which a Swiss marksman shoots an apple off of his son’s head called William Tell.
ANSWER: Gioachino Rossini
[10]Count Almaviva attempts to infatuate Rosina in this Rossini opera. Figaro starts off the opera by singing Largo al Factotum.
ANSWER: The Barber of Seville<MB>