TOSSUPS – ROUND 5DENNIS HASKINS OPEN 1999 -- UT-CHATTANOOGA
Questions mostly by Kelly McKenzie, University of Kentucky
1.In this oil painting measuring 11 1/2 feet by 25 1/2 feet, a light bulb in the upper left center illuminates various images of suffering, including a minotaur, a dying horse, a mother with a dead child, and a woman trapped in a burning building. The painter of this 1937 work claimed that it was not he who created it, but rather the fascist soldiers responsible for the massacre for which this painting is named. FTP, identify this cubist masterpiece by Pablo Picasso.
Answer: Guernica
2.Baruch Blumberg won the 1976 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for identification of the Australia antigen, which determines whether a sample of blood can transmit one form of this disease. Symptoms include pain in the upper abdomen, fever, loss of appetite, and digestion problems. The delta version of this disease cannot replicate on its own, and requires the presence of the B type to be transmitted. FTP, name this disease which causes inflammation of the liver.
Answer: Hepatitis
3.Born in 1947 in Bombay, India, this author of "Haroun and the Sea of Stories" worked as an advertising copywriter in London while writing his first novel, "Grimus". He received critical and popular success with the novels "Shame" and "Midnight's Children", but is best known for a 1988 novel which describes a new, less-than-flattering theory of the origin of Islam, resulting in death threats which forced him to go into hiding. FTP, name this author of "The Satanic Verses".
Answer: Salman Rushdie
4.As an infant, this mythological figure was taken in by Polybus, the king of Corinth, and was named for the Greek for "swollen foot". He left Corinth after an oracle predicted that he would kill his own father, not knowing that his father was not Polybus but Laius, king of Thebes. Mistaking Laius for a highwayman, he fulfilled the oracle's prediction. FTP, name this son of Jocasta who married his mother after defeating the Sphinx.
Answer: Oedipus
5.Taking advantage of weather that kept Allied aircraft on the ground, the Germans launched this offensive through the Ardennes and advanced 31 miles into Belgium and Luxembourg. Attempting to retake Antwerp and divide the American and British forces, their advance was halted near the Meuse in late December 1944, after suffering over 200,000 casualties. FTP, name this last German offensive of World War II.
Answer: Battle of the Bulge
6.The text for this opera first appearing in 1805 came from a book by Jean Nicolas Bouilly. The plot concerns the treachery of Don Pizarro, who has his enemy Florestan unfairly arrested. Although Florestan is rumored dead, his wife Leonore suspects the truth, and disguises herself as a man to obtain a job as assistant to Rocco, the chief jailer. When Pizarro arrives to kill Florestan, Leonore throws herself between them, just as the king's minister and Florestan's friend Don Fernando arrives to save the day. FTP, name this only opera completed by Ludwig van Beethoven.
Answer: Fidelio
7.His father Vincenzo played an important role in the musical revolution from medieval polyphony to harmonic modulation. Among his famous publications were the "Dialogue On the Two Chief World Systems", in which he advocated the Copernican theory of planetary motion . "The Starry Messenger", in which he announced his discovery of four moons of Jupiter, and the "Discourses Concerning Two New Sciences, which included his analysis of the motion of falling bodies. FTP, name this Italian scientist remembered for his oppression by the Roman Catholic Church.
Answer: Galileo Galilei
8.This building was constructed in the English style, half-timber and half-plaster. Among its occupants were Mr. Holgrave, a maker of daguerreotypes, and Phoebe, who ran a shop in the house to support Clifford, who had earlier been jailed for supposedly killing his uncle. Just as the inhabitants were about to move out, Holgrave revealed that he was in fact the descendant of Matthew Maule, the original owner of the land upon which this house had been built, who had been cheated out of his ownership by Colonel Pyncheon and had placed a curse upon the Pyncheon family. FTP, name this fictional house in Salem, Massachusetts, created by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Answer: The House of the Seven Gables
9.Heavy fog often shrouds this 350 mile wide region which is crossed by the Gulf Stream and the Labrador Current. The mingling of the two currents, combined with the shallowness of its waters, provides a favorable environment for plankton, which attracts large numbers of haddock, cod, herring, and mackerel. FTP, name this region off the southeastern coast of Newfoundland famed for its fishing.
Answer: Grand Banks
10.President Washington invoked executive privilege to prevent House Republicans from obtaining documents related to the negotiation of this treaty. The Republicans, led by Albert Gallatin, objected to it because it required the House to allocate funds for several joint US-British commissions without giving the House input into the formation of the treaty. Thus, this treaty became a center of controversy, despite the fact that it did secure neutral shipping rights and British evacuation of the Northwest Territory. FTP, identify this 1795 treaty named for the Supreme Court justice who negotiated it.
Answer: Jay's Treaty
11.There are several notable flaws in this work, including the use of several theories of value and the inability to develop an effective rent theory. Divided into five books dealing with production, distribution, economic development, economic history, and public finance, this work is dominated by two general themes: that the division of labor is the root of much of the economic progress of humanity, and that harmony of interest guides each member of society, as if by an "invisible hand", to better society by his or her actions. FTP, name this 1776 work by Adam Smith.
Answer: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
12.This chemist, who was born in Gottingen, Germany, in 1811, invented the ice calorimeter and the zinc-carbon electric cell. In 1834 he discovered that hydrated iron oxide was an antidote for arsenic poisoning, and collaborated with Gustav Kirchoff on the invention of the spectroscope and the discovery of cesium and rubidium. FTP, name this chemist who popularized the burner named for him.
Answer: Robert Wilhelm Bunsen
13.Jean Rhys's novel "Wide Sargasso Sea" serves as a prequel to this 1847 novel. Published under the pseudonym Currer Bell, it recounts the title orphan's harsh years at a charity school and her subsequent employment as governess to a ward of the mysterious Mr. Rochester. She and Rochester fall in love, but before they can be married it is revealed that Rochester's first wife is still alive and confined in the attic of the estate. FTP, name this novel by Charlotte Bronte.
Answer: Jane Eyre
14.This director's first film venture was a collaboration with Roberto Rossellini on the script for "Open City". Although his initial films like "The White Sheik" were unsuccessful, he achieved international acclaim with "I Vitelloni", and went on to win Academy Awards for best foreign film for "Nights of Cabiria" and "Amarcord". FTP, name this surrealistic director of "La Dolce Vita", "La Strada", and "8 1/2".
Answer: Federico Fellini
15.Founded by Chu Yuan-chang, this Chinese dynasty reestablished civil government at Nanjing, and later at Beijing, extended the Great Wall, and divided China into 15 administrative provinces. After exhausting their resources repelling Mongol incursions and raids by Japanese pirates, the leaders of this dynasty were forced to put down a revolt in the Shaanxi province by enlisting the aid of the Manchus, who subsequently refused to leave the capital, forcing the government into exile. FTP, name this 1368-1644 dynasty famous for its vases.
Answer: Ming dynasty
16.Among this philosopher's lesser known works are "The Reasonableness of Christianity" and "Some Thoughts Concerning Education". Adviser and physician to the 1st earl of Shaftesbury, this native of Wrington, Somerset, attacked the theory of the divine right of kings and the views of Thomas Hobbes in "Two Treatises on Government", advocating instead a government based upon natural rights and a system of checks and balances. FTP, name this empiricist who claimed that the human mind begins as a tabula rasa in his "Essay Concerning Human Understanding".
Answer: John Locke
17.This phenomenon was first discovered in 1911 by the Dutch physicist Heike Onnes and was better understood when Karl Meissner and R. Ochsenfeld discovered its characteristic diamagnetism. New potential for its use in such applications as electricity production and computer memory storage was made possible by the discovery of compounds such as a thallium-barium-calcium copper oxide, which has a critical temperature of 125 Kelvin, allowing liquid nitrogen to be used as a coolant. FTP, name this phenomenon in which certain conductors exhibit no resistance to the flow of electric current.
Answer: superconductivity
18.In the preface to the 1st edition of this poetry collection, the author held that a poet's style should be simple and natural, without orthodox meter or rhyme. It was originally published in 1855 and composed of 12 poems, but grew with each edition, until it included the author's Calamus poems, "November Boughs", and "Drum Taps", in addition to the original inclusions "I Sing the Body Electric" and "Song of Myself". FTP, name this oft edited collection by Walt Whitman.
Answer: Leaves of Grass
19.This pop music group's ~Greatest Hits~ album includes such tracks as "Doesn't Somebody Want To Be Wanted," "I'll Meet You Halfway," and "Point Me in the Direction of Albuquerque." Their #1 hit, selling four million copies, was one of the biggest sellers of 1971. For 10 points--name this ersatz band loosely modeled on the real-life group The Cowsills, whose biggest hits were their theme song, "Come On, Get Happy," and "I Think I Love You."
answer: The Partridge Family
20.He served in the Moroccan war, becoming a respected officer, and in 1923, became leader of the Spanish Foreign legion. He defeated the Moroccan leader Abd el-Krim at Alhucemas Bay, and in 1926 became Spain’s youngest general. In 1936 he led an invasion of southern Spain during the Nationalist rebellion. Name this man, appointed head of state in 1936, who ruled Spain until his death in 1975 and (as Chevy Chase used to point out) is still dead.
Answer:Francisco Franco
21.These birds belong to the family Cathartidae of the order Falconiformes, and come in two main types. Characterized by black body plumage, unfeathered heads, and large white areas on their wings, they reproduce by laying single eggs on rock ledges or cave floors. The Andean has the larger wingspan of the two types, reaching about 10.5 feet, but is generally lighter than the more famous type, whose low numbers prompted the initiation of a breeding program in 1988. FTP, name these large American vultures, one type of which is found exclusively in California.
Answer: condor
BONI -- ROUND 5DENNIS HASKINS OPEN 1999 -- UT-CHATTANOOGA
Questions mostly by Kelly McKenzie, University of Kentucky
1.Take note of the following list (moderator, please read slowly): Latin American dictator, major league baseball shortstop, Nobel Prize winning author, World's Strongest Man competitor, astronaut, former US Secretary of State, cast member of Knight Rider. F5PE, identify the entry which applies to the following people.
A. Magnus ver Magnusson
Answer: World's Strongest Man competitor
B. Rafael Belliard
Answer: major league baseball shortstop
C. Miguel Asturias
Answer: Nobel Prize winning author
D. Elihu Root
Answer: US Secretary of State
E. Walter Schirra
Answer: astronaut
F. Edward Mulhare
Answer: cast member of Knight Rider
2.Many important Supreme Court cases were decided by the Marshall court. FTPE, name these from descriptions.
A. In this 1803 case, the Court held that an act of Congress in conflict with the Constitution is void and that it is the function of the Court to determine whether such a conflict exists, thus establishing the important power of judicial review.
Answer: Marbury v. Madison
B. In this 1824 case involving the control of steam navigation, the Court affirmed the supreme power of the federal government over the navigable waters of the United States, even when commerce is conducted on waters wholly within the domains of one state.
Answer: Gibbons v. Ogden
C. In 1819, the court upheld the sanctity of business contracts in this case, which occurred after a state altered the original charter of one of its colleges.
Answer: Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward
3.Is there anything we associate more with classical music than pieces which are insanely hard to perform? FTPE, identify the following:
A. This composer of the "German Requiem" and the "Hungarian Dances" once wrote a set of piano etudes which were so difficult and anti-pianistic that his friend Clara Schumann dubbed them the "Demonic variations".
Answer: Johannes Brahms
B. This Russian's "Third Piano Concerto", while more pianistic than Brahms's "Demonic variations", is so technically difficult that it contributed to David Helfgott's mental breakdown, as depicted in the movie "Shine".
Answer: Sergei Rachmaninoff
C. One of Rachmaninoff's most famous pieces is his “Rhapsody on a Theme by...” this Italian, whose 24 caprices for violin are among the most difficult pieces in the repertoire.
Answer: Nicolo Paganini
4.A well-known paradox in astronomy states that if the universe is infinite and filled with an infinite number of stars, then the sky should be perpetually bright, even at night, since a star would occupy any line of sight.
A. First, F15P, this paradox is named for what German, who stated the problem in 1826?
Answer: Heinrich Olbers
B. Olbers was not the first scientist to state this problem. FTP, name the 17th and 18th century astronomer who made this statement, also known for obtaining the means for publication of Newton's "Principia", and for the discovery of a famous celestial body named for him.
Answer: Edmund Halley
C. A potential solution was proposed in 1848 by this author, who stated that as we look out into space and back in time, we might be seeing the darkness that existed before the stars were created. F5P, name this author of "The Cask of Amontillado".
Answer: Edgar Allan Poe
5.F5PE and a bonus 5 for all 5, name these polyatomic ions.
A. NO3 minus one
Answer: nitrate
B. NH4 plus one
Answer: ammonium
C. CO3 minus two
Answer: carbonate
D. MnO4 minus one
Answer: permanganate
E. ClO2 minus one
Answer: hypochlorite
6.30-20-10: Identify the playwright from works.
30: The Man Who Had All the Luck and The Price
20: A View From the Bridge and All My Sons
10: Death of a Salesman and The Crucible
Answer: Arthur Miller
7.Identify the physicist, 30-20-10.
30:He was an editor of the Annalen der Physik and, despite his German citizenship, a member of the Royal Society in London and the American Physical Society.
20:Seeking to explain the experimental spectrum of black body radiation, he introduced the hypothesis that oscillating atoms absorb and emit energy only in discrete bundles instead of continuously, as assumed in classical physics.
10:His constant is represented by the letter h and has a value of 6.63 times ten to the negative 34 joules per second.
Answer: Max Planck
8.FTPE, name these famous characters from the novels of Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
A. This impoverished student, who murders a pawnbroker and her stepsister. is the subject of "Crime and Punishment". His interrogations by Porfiry Petrovich comprise some of the greatest dialogues in world literature.
Answer: Rodion Raskolnikov
B. This is the epileptic, illegitimate son of Fyodor Karamazov who plots the elaborate murder of his father.
Answer: Smerdyakov
C. This protagonist of "The Idiot" is a "primitive" man whose odd behavior and lack of concern for appearances is contrasted with the sophisticated Yepanchin family.
Answer: Prince Lyov Nikolayovitch Myshkin
9.The outer part of the human eye is composed of three layers of tissue. The outer layer is a protective coating which covers about 5/6 of the eye's surface and is continuous with the cornea. The middle is a vascular layer lining the posterior 3/5 of the eyeball, and is continuous with the ciliary body and the iris. The innermost is the light-sensitive layer. For 10 pts. each, name these three layers.
Answer: sclera, choroid, retina
10.Identify the following "good emperors" from descriptions, FTPE.
A. On his succession in 161, he voluntarily divided the government with his brother Lucius Verus. He is remembered for his "Meditations".
Answer: Marcus Aurelius