UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND FALL ANNUAL HIGH SCHOOL INVITATIONAL
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Round 1 by Phil Durkos, 2 by Sandeep Vaheesan and Berkeley, 3 by Dan Greenstein, 4 by Sandeep Vaheesan, Berkeley, and Dan Greenstein, 5 by Adam Fine, Editing by Phil Durkos
ROUND 1: 8 Toss-ups, 10 points up or down. No bounce-backs. All answers in this round will begin with the letter “C.”
1)This title of Rinde Eckert's most recent opera is also the first line of Hermann Melville's “Moby Dick.” Call Me Ishmael
2)This is the Spanish word meaning “heart.” corazón
3)He is Hester Prynne's vengeful husband in Nathaniel Hawthorne's “The Scarlet Letter.” Roger Chillingworth
4)This woman's name titled a breakthrough 1984 hit for the band Europe and a breakthrough 1976 movie for actress Sissy Spacek. Carrie
5)This function is identical to the square root of the quantity 1 minus sine squared. Cosine
6)This mountain range stretches from Eastern Europe through Asia Minor, covering much of Azerbaijan and Armenia. It was the site of Prometheus' binding. Caucasus
7)This Roman Emperor who succeeded his nephew Nero was famous for his clubfoot, his timid personality, and his scholarly writings. Claudius
8)This 3-word phrase denotes subterfuge, sneaking around, disguise, and generally conspiratorial behavior. Cloak and dagger
ROUND 2: Untimed individual round, +20 points, no penalties.
Team 1:
1. (Two part question) The annual Red River Battle in college football involves these two schools – one nicknamed the Sooners and the other, the Longhorns.
Answer: University of Oklahoma and University of Texas
2. “Better dead than red” was a popular phrase in the 1950s during the communist witch hunt of this Wisconsin senator.
Answer: Joseph McCarthy
3) A suburb of Seattle, this town is home to the global headquarters of Microsoft.
Answer: Redmond
4. It lies directly south of South America and forms the a strait with the mainland. What is the name of the island, named by Magellan when he sailed past it to enter the Pacific?
answer: TIERRA DEL FUEGO
5. New evidence argues that like the moon, what outer neighbor of Earth was battered by asteroids and comets, so that there was little chance for water to have made a long term impact on the environment, rendering a sterile "almost endless winter" ?
answer: MARS
6. In the 1990's he made a comeback bid for boxing's heavyweight champioship, munching cheeseburgers along the way. Name this champion boxer whom Mohammed Ali defeated in 1974 to regain the heavyweight championship even though Ali was the older man.
answer: George FOREMAN
Team 2:
1) 2part Question. He had only three years of schooling, but weas an avid reader. He collected Scottish folk songs and became a poet in his own right. What Scottish national poet wrote "Auld Lang Syne?" and what does “Auld Lang Syne mean in Gaelic?
answer: Robert BURNS and OLD NEW YEAR
2. When the Spanish punished a sailor named Jenkins for smuggling in 1742, they cut off what part of his body, prompting war with England?
answer: Ear
3. What is the term for the quintet of Russian nationalist" musicians from the latter half of the 19th century?
answer: MIGHTY HANDFUL or "The MIGHTY FIVE"
or moguchaya kuchka
4. If earthquake A is a 4.5 and 10 times greater than earthquake B, what did earthquake B measure on the richter scale?
answer: 3.5
5. Which gland located in the abdomen helps regulate blood pressure, blood sugar, and the sex drive? It also helps control metabolism.
answer: ADRENAL
6. There is no record that this place has ever used the words "Hi-delly Ho-delly neighborino" in its language. It is a coastal region in Belgium where the Simpsons are shown on TV. Name this region which speaks a dialect of Dutch called Flemish ?
answer: FLANDERS
ROUND 3: 10 toss-ups, 10 points up or down each, no bounce-backs. Given some famous natives of the state, name the state.
1) Sam Walton, Maya Angelou, Johnny Cash, William Jefferson Clinton
ANSWER: Arkansas
2) Helen Hunt Jackson, Byron R. White, Tim Allen, Gale Norton
ANSWER: Colorado
3) Andrew Mellon, Betsy Ross, James Buchanan, Bill Cosby
ANSWER: Pennsylvania
4) Jackson Pollock, James Bridger, Buffalo Bill Cody, Dick Cheney
ANSWER: Wyoming
5) Chester A. Arthur, Joseph Smith, Calvin Coolidge, Howard Dean
ANSWER: Vermont
6) Billy Graham, Charles Kuralt, Elizabeth Dole, James B. Duke
ANSWER: North Carolina
7) Bill Bradley, Mark Twain, Harry Truman, John Ashcroft
ANSWER: Missouri
8) Ronald Reagan, Oprah Winfrey, Jane Addams, Richard Daley
ANSWER: Illinois
9) Osceola, Deion Sanders, Zora Neale Hurston, Jeb Bush
ANSWER: Florida
10) Upton Sinclair, John Steinbeck, Leland Stanford, Richard Nixon
ANSWER: California
ROUND 4: Untimed individual, +20, no penalties, +25 for all, 90 seconds.
Team 1:
1. Its contents have been permanently recorded in a computer by the manufacturer so that the user can not alter this Name this type of chip memory.
answer ROM (Read only memory)
2. What greatest Trojan hero was then slain by Achilles soon after killing Patroclus?
answer: HECTOR
3.Along with mulberry shoots, two monks brought back to Europe a worm capable of spinning what material?
Answer: SILK
4. The cities of Turku and Stockholm look onto this arm of the Baltic Sea. Name this " Gulf" which separates Sweden from Finland.
answer: GULF OF BOTHNIA
5 In baseball, there are runners on first and second with less than 2 outs, what comes into the effect to prevent the defense from turning an easy double play?
Answer The INFIELD FLY Rule
6 According to the title of the novel in which he appears, how long should it take Phineus Fogg to travel around the world in a hot air balloon in Jules Verne's work (not counting the International Date Line) ?
answer: EIGHTY DAYS
7 Blood is comprised of red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets and this watery yellow fluid.
Answer: Plasma
8 This 1824 decision involving riverboat operators affirmed the federal governments domain over interstate commerce.
ANSWER: Gibbons v. Ogden
Team 2:
1)Renowned for his off-color jokes, this comedian, who shares his name with a wild canine, starred as the titular father in the sitcom “Sanford and Son.”
Answer: Red Fox
2)What lesser Trojan hero lost 2 duels to the Greeks, but was saved twice by Aphrodite, who started the war anyway by promising him Helen?
Answer: PARIS
3)This helicoid polymer is used in many modern garments and was discovered in 1956 by Gartee.
Answer: RAYON
4)This arm of the Baltic extends north from Estonia to its namesake country.
Answer: GULF OF FINLAND
5)This 1979 movie starred Jeff Goldblum as a man turning into the title creature.
Answer: the FLY
6)According to the title of the novel in which he appears, how long did Richard Henry Dana Jr spend before the mast?
Answer: TWO YEARS
7) Known for his bold use of color, this French painter – the founder of fauvism – is best remembered for his Red Room.
Answer: Henri Matisse
8) This 1819 case involving Daniel Webster stated states could not interfere with the execution of contracts.
ANSWER: Dartmouth v. Woodward
ROUND 5: 15 Grab-bag toss-ups, 20 points up or down.
1) This team drafted Larry Johnson in the first round of the 2003 NFL
draft, but has used him sparingly this season. Eric Warfield starts for them at
cornerback, while their top wide receivers include Johnnie Morton, Eddie
Kennison, and Dante Hall, an explosive kick returner. Name this football team led by
tight end Tony Gonzalez, quarterback Trent Green, and running back Priest
Holmes, winners of its first nine games this season.
Answer: Kansas CityChiefs (accept either)
2) Its people called their land “Tawantinsuyu,” or “four parts.” Manco Capac is considered its founding leader, but Pachacuti led the main expansion of the empire. In 1527 Huayna Capac died, leading to the civilization’s demise under his two sons, Huascar and Atahualpa. Name this Quechua-speaking South American empire, conquered by Francisco Pizarro in 1532.
Answer: Incan Empire
3) Laughlin, Stormer, and Tsui shared the 1998 Nobel Prize for showing that a fractional quantized version of it can be produced by applying an intense magnetic field to a semiconductor. Klaus von Klitzing took the 1985 Nobel Prize for discovering the quantized version five years earlier, while an American discovered the original form in 1897. Name this effect whereby an electric potential develops in the direction perpendicular both to the current and to the magnetic field.
Answer: (fractional) (quantized) Hall effect
4) It developed from the vihuela (vi-WAY-lah), an instrument with four courses, or pairs of strings. Antonio de Torres Jurado (hoo-RAH-do) transformed it into a modern instrument, increasing the curves in the body, adding mechanical tuning pegs, and using six single strings. Name this musical instrument whose twentieth century American pioneers have included Orville Gibson and Les Paul, who made it a staple of rock and roll music.
Answer: guitar
5) He was originally known as either an evil demon or a hobgoblin that helps out with household chores. Called Knight Rupert in Germany, the English gave him the names Friar Rush and Robin Goodfellow. Speaker of the quote, “Lord, what fools these mortals be,” name character who serves as the fairy Prince Oberon’s envoy in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Answer: Puck (prompt on “Robin Goodfellow” until mentioned)
6) He taught history at Dakota Wesleyan University, and served two terms in the House before directing the Food for Peace program in 1961. A year later he was elected as a Senator from South Dakota, where he served until 1980, when Republican James Abdnor unseated him. Name this politician who embarrassingly won only 38% of the popular vote, Massachusetts, and D.C. when Richard Nixon kicked his butt in the Presidential election of 1972.
Answer: George S. McGovern
7) It concludes with Chapters 19-21, which discuss a crime of sexual excess and murder committed by the citizens of Gibeah, leading the Israelites to attack the tribe of Benjamin. Chapter 3 recounts the stories of Othniel, Ehud, and Shamgar, while Chapter 9 discusses the misrule of Abimelech. Name this seventh book of the Old Testament that also talks of Jepthah, Gideon, Deborah, and Samson, regional Jewish leaders after the death of Joshua.
Answer: Book of Judges
8) Serialized in the Russian Herald in 1869, this work tells the story of Nastasya, who has trouble choosing between two men. She should have chosen the title character, but instead runs off with the merchant Rogozhin, who murders her. Name this Fyodor Dostoyevsky novel whose main character, Prince Myshkin, is given his unfortunate title because he suffers from epileptic seizures.
Answer: The Idiot
9) Soren Sorensen introduced its most simple definition in 1909. It can be measured either by using electrodes that exhibit an electrical potential based on it, or by using indicators that change color with a change in it. Name this value that can fall on a scale from 0 to 14, with 7 representing neutral, and is the negative logarithm of the concentration of hydronium ions in an aqueous solution.
Answer: pH
10) A special kind, called duces tecum, requires a person to bring papers
or documents in his possession to a trial. The Sixth Amendment grants a
criminal defendant the right to do this in order to get witnesses in his favor.
Latin for "under penalty," name this writ that commands a person to appear
before a court and either give testimony or face a penalty.
Answer: subpoena
11) It uses 7-bit binary numbers to represent letters, numbers, or other basic characters. An extended set of codes, representing foreign letters or characters with diacritical marks, can be found from numbers 128 to 255, but the basic, worldwide standard codes are found from 000 to 127. Name this data standard used by just about every modern-day computer, an acronym that stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
Answer: ASCII (AS-key); (accept “American Standard Code for Information Interchange” until mentioned)
12) Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica co-wrote the libretto to this opera, based on a play by Victorien Sardou. It is a tragedy, as not only the evil chief of police, Baron Scarpia, is killed, but also the painter Mario Cavaradossi and the title character, who commits suicide after finding out that Cavaradossi was executed. Name this 1900 opera about a singer, composed by Giacomo Puccini.
Answer: Tosca
13) It is actually a trilogy consisting of three plays: “Homecoming,” “The Hunted,” and “The Haunted.” In the story, Christine Mannon has an affair with Adam, and then kills her husband Ezra, but Christine’s son Orin shoots Adam, driving Christine to suicide. Name this play based on the Oresteia (oh-REST-ee-ah), written in 1931 by Eugene O’Neill.
Answer: Mourning Becomes Electra
14) About 7000 men fought on each side – quite small for such a pivotal battle. On October 14, the Duke advanced in three divisions, and killed brothers of the King, Leofwine and Gyrth, in early fighting. The battle almost ended up a draw, but when Harald II was killed, the Normans won the day and the throne. Depicted on the Bayeux (ba-YOO) Tapestry, name this 1066 battle won by William the Conqueror over England.
Answer: Battle of Hastings
15)The Egyptian discovered the converse of this theorem when surveyors used knotted ropes to mark off field boundaries after annual Nile River flooding. Euclid (YOO-clid) used it to develop the Distance Formula, while a man from Samos or one of his students developed it in the sixth century BCE. Name this theorem that states that the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of its two legs.
Answer: PythagoreanTheorem
16) She spent half of her childhood in Louisiana with her aunts, who influenced her play Toys in the Attic. She wrote about her experiences during the McCarthy era in Scoundrel Time, while Dashiell Hammett encouraged her to write The Children’s Hour. Name this playwright who in 1939 published The Little Foxes.
Answer: LillianHellman