MLK 2001 Questions by Ezequiel Berdichevsky
1. After the invention of movable stamps for dating government documents, he moved on to the
manufacture of "gold" powder for use in paints. His most famous discovery was conceived of concurrently by William Kelly. It was not until 1877, when Sidney Gilchrist Thomas developed a lining that removed phosphorus, that it became profitable. FTP identify this Englishman who discovered that excess oxygen in his furnace removed carbon from the iron pigs allowing for the mass production of steel.
Answer:Henry Bessemer
2. In the year 1906 an exhibition of pieces influenced by Gothic era woodcuts, African and Pacific art was held at the Seifert lamp factory in Dresden. These continued for 7 more years and were displayed under a name given by one of the group’s founders, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Other members included Erich Heckel, Emil Nolde, and a painter known for dark street scenes of Berlin, Ernst Kirchner. FTP identify these expressionist artists identified by a term meaning the Bridge in German.
Answer:Die Bruckeaccept “the Bridge” before the end
3. Key battles in this conflict included Riachuelo and the bombardment of Humaitá. When the Colorado party ousted the Blanco Party in 1864, Francisco Solano Lopez believed the regional balance of power in the region was threatened. Meanwhile, Bartolo Mitre saw an opportunity to expand Argentina’s borders and called for united front. FTP identify this war fought between 1865-1870 and named for the composite force that nearly destroyed Paraguay.
Answer:War of the Triple Alliance
4. Act 4 features a cosmic epithalamium sung by a chorus of Spirits, Earth, and the Moon. In Act 3 the Spirit of the Hour is born from the union between the title character and Asia, who along with Panthea has released Demogorgon to challenge Jupiter’s power. FTP identify this lyrical drama published in 1820 that begins with the unchaining of the title figure in the Caucasus Mts.
Answer:Prometheus Unbound (do not prompt or accept on Prometheus, or Prometheus bound)
5. In addition to a well named Hvergelmir, from whence the river Gjoll springs, this last of the 9 worlds contains the shore Nastrond and a castle facing North, wherein Nidhogg resides and sucks the blood of the tormented. Its primary ruler is served by Ganglati and is usually presented as a woman half black and half white. FTP identify this “house of mists” the Norse real of death.
Answer:Niflheim
6. Divided into 3 subdivisions depending on their light absorption spectra, 30 different types have been identified and are differentiated by letters and/or numbers. They aid the process of energy transfer within cells by undergoing reduction and oxidation reactions. FTP identify these cell components whose most studied member is designated C, which are primarily composed of hemoproteins.
Answer:Cytochromes
7. After an extramarital affair late in his life he began a correspondence with Stefan George on the nature of eroticism,and published his essay “Religious Rejections of the World and Their Directions.” Studies on the Religions of the Far East followed an indictment of the Junker aristocracy in his1895 address at Freiburg. But his greatest work correlated the ideas of Calvin with economic prosperity. FTP identify this sociologist, author of The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.
Answer:Max Weber
8. Formed during the upper tertiary period, a total of 53 square miles is covered by 22 glaciers which feed the Kuban river and some of the headwaters of the Terek. The city of Mestiya lies to the Southeast and sulfurous gases are still emitted on the eastern slopes testifying to its former life as a volcano. FTP, what is the name of this twin coned mountain the highest peak of the Caucasus range.
Answer:Mt. Elbrus
9. Now taking a supposedly temporary break from the job that made him famous, he hasn’t given up the high life, as evidenced by his new relationship with former Miss Universe Cecilia Bolocco. The paparazzi can’t get enough of the flamboyant antics of this Syrian-descended Peronist. Now promising to make another run in 2004, this man, FTP, was succeeded by de la Rúa as Argentina’s president in 1999.
Answer: Carlos Menem
10. The performance of his Hecyra initially failed due to the rumor that there was a tightrope walker and a boxer near by. Promoted for many years by Ambivius Turpio, he was the subject of slander at the hands of Lucius Lanuvinus who accused him of contaminating his Greek sources in works like Eunuchus, Andria, and Phormio. FTP identify this Carthaginian born playwright whose name derives from that of his initial master, the senator Terentius Lucanus.
Answer:Terence
11. Incorporated as Title I of legislation passed nearly a decade later. The only exceptions to its provisions were agricultural and domestic workers. Named for a New York senator, a board was set up that could order elections for union representation, and it prohibited employers from engaging in unfair labour practices such as the formation of company unions or the passing of yellow dog contracts. FTP identify this 1935 Act also known as the National Labor Relations Act.
Answer:Wagner Act
12. Girl, if you will only answer this question, I will tell you such things as: “You are the most beautiful woman in the world” and “Your skin is like the finest Swiss Chocolate,” as well as other other romantic things to make you tremble. Remember, my back is strong. After a night of astronomical love-making I will cook breakfast for you featuring all types of eggs and other delicacies. There will also be cereal. FTP identify the speaker invoked by these amorous lines, a regular contributor to The Onion.
Answer:Smoove B
13. His forays into psychology were focused by his reading of Binet’s “Personality Alterations”. One of his first volumes of verse, Pasqua di Gea, was dedicated to Jenny Lander, a girl he had left behind while a student in Bonn. The style of his novels stems from verisimo, as evidenced in The Merry-Go-Round of Love and The Late Mattia Pascal, but he is best known for a play. FTP, identify this Italian, who wrote, ”Six Characters In Search of An Author.”
Answer: Luigi Pirandello
14. Under orders from Lord Bentinck, William Sleeman captured 3100 members in the years between 1831 and 1837, but the earliest authenticated mention of their existence occurs in the History of Firuz Shah. Speaking a jargon of their own called Ramasi, the sacrifice of sugar was employed in special religious rites that celebrated the deployment of a handkerchief or a noose on their victims. FTP identify this confederacy of professional assassins who worshipped Kali and roamed India for hundreds of years.
Answer:Thugs or Thuggee
15. The Hammerwood Lodge design was completed 5 years before he came to the United States. He would eventually die there as well after losing all his money in a failed waterworks scheme in New Orleans. After designing the Sedgeley house and the Bank of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, he was tapped by Jefferson to oversee the task of completing the US Capitol. FTP identify this architect most famous for his work in Baltimore, the Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Answer:Benjamin Henry Latrobe
16. In linear algebra, this operation, which is usually defined for matrices, has a definition for linear transformations that uses the natural transformation induced on dual spaces. For a symmetric matrix, it is the identity operation. FTP, name the matrix that results from switching the rows and columns of a given matrix.
Ans: transpose
17. It ultimately resulted in the signing of the Treaty of Madrid and may have turned after a hasty attack by the French left them exposed to a counter attack by 1500 arquebusiers that opened fire on the rear of the German and Swiss mercenary army. Outnumbered by 5000 men the Constable of Bourbon and the Marquis de Pescara led their forces to victory over the Valois army led by Francis I. FTP identify this battle fought on Feb. 24, 1525, a victory for the Hapsburg forces.
Answer:Battle of Pavia
18. The novel ends with a reconciliation on old Fusilier’s death bed. Through his friend Dr. Keene and his clerk Raoul, Joseph Frowenfeld becomes acquainted with, and later falls in love with Clotilde, who along with her recently widowed mother Aurora cannot be with the men they love due to class issues in New Orleans. FTP identify this 1880 novel featuring a feud between the De Grapions and the title family the most famous work of George Washington Cable.
Answer: Les Grandissimes
19. He wrote an exhaustive History of Economic Analysis in 1954, and also wrote a treatise highlighting the importance of business cycles. For a brief time he served as Austrian minister of finance, and in 1942 his most widely read work was published wherein he broadcasted the death of Capitalism. FTP identify this noted economist and author of Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy.
Answer:Joseph A. Schumpeter
20. Through his acquaintance with George Du Maurier he began contributing to the periodical London Society in 1871and also illustrated Washington Irving's Sketch Book , but he is best known as the illustrator of books for children including Cowper's John Gilpin, and Oliver Goldsmith's Elegy on a Mad Dog. FTP identify this namesake artist of an award established by Frederic Melcher in 1938, annually awarded to the most distinguished picture book for children.
Randolph Caldecott
21. With the help of Frederick Abel he developed an explosive named cordite. His early work dealt with developing structural formulas for benzene and by 1891 he had constructed a machine for producing liquid oxygen. With the help of his namesake invention he was later able to liquefy hydrogen gas and solidify it. FTP identify this Scottish born scientist and namesake of a vessel with double walls that prevents the transfer of heat from the surroundings.
Answer:James Dewar
22. Later works include A Man in Question and Antidotes. One of them features a couple that shares their apartment with a corpse, while The Future is in Eggs is about reproduction. Four of his longer plays such as The Killer feature the character Berenger, but he is most famed for his early plays such as Jacques or Obedience and The Lesson. FTP identify this Romanian born author of Rhinoceros and The Bald Soprano.
Answer:Eugene Ionesco
23. Noah Webster worked at this man’s law office in Hartford with him. In the case United States v. Isaac Williams he ruled that a U.S. citizen could not expatriate himself without the consent of the government. But he is better known as the chief author of the Judiciary act of 1789, establishing the federal court system, as well as the Connecticut Compromise. FTP identify this man who between the years 1796-1800 served as the third chief justice of the United States.
Answer:Oliver Ellsworth
24. Orginating from the word for “handful,” its initial value was a handful of arrows. Once used as far as Afghanistan, it suffered a decline before being revived in the 19th Century. To keep it in line with its central parity rate, $139.5 million worth was sold on December 29, 2000, the last day it was traded internationally. FTP what 2,650 year-old currency, Europe’s oldest, was finally replaced by the euro in 2001, in Greece.
Answer: drachma
25. He does not allow the royal smith to install windows in his new palace because he fears retribution from the dragon of the sea. With his two thunderbolts he dispatched Yam earlier, but this son of El’s primary confrontation occurs after he copulates 88 times with a cow to gain strength. FTP identify this deity who defeated the God of Death, Mot, and is known as the Canaanite God of rain and fertility.
Answer:Baal
26. Deeply influenced by the music of Maurice Ravel early in his career, works include a cello concerto composed in 1946 as well as a symphonic suite, Masquerade. His second symphony was written for the 25th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, while his first celebrated his national heritage. But his best known compositions remain his ballets including Happiness and Spartacus. FTP identify this composer of Armenian origin whose ballet Gayane features the famous “Saber Dance.”
Answer:Aram Khachaturian
Boni:
1. Identify the composer from clues 30-20-10:
30: After studying in Naples with Zingarelli he produced two works Adelson e Salvani and Bianca e Fernando
20: His work began to attract great attention when he hooked up with the librettist Felice Romani on works such as the Romeo and Juliet inspired I Capuleti e I Montecchi
10: This man is best known for his tale of Amina and Count Rodolfo in La Sonnambula as well his classic Norma
Answer:Vincenzo Bellini
2. Identify the following about a monarch FTPE:
1.10: After winning a victory at Ashingdon, he had to struggle against Edmund II Ironside to ascend the throne of England in 1016.
Answer:CanuteI or “the Great”
2.10:This Archbishop of York served as Canute’s advisor and inspired him to reign as a Christian King.
Answer:Wulfstan
3.10:Canute made a pilgrimage to Rome in 1027 to meet with this Holy Roman Emperor and founder of the Salian dynasty.
Answer:Conrad II
3. Identify these literary characters who practice medicine FTPE:
1.10:He invites Medbourne, Gascoigne, Killigrew, and the widow Wycherly over to test some water from the fountain of youth.
Answer:Dr. Heidegger
2.10:This man marries Leora Tozer, discovers the “X Principle,” and works at the McGurk Institute with Max Gottlieb in a 1925 novel.
Answer:Martin Arrowsmith
3.10:This is the family name of the doctor who refuses to allow his daughter Catherine to marry Morris Townsend in James’ Washington Square.
Answer:Sloper
4. Identify the following about an anthropologist FTPE:
1.In Race: Science and Politics. She refuted essentialist ideas, but she is famous for works on Native Americans such as Tales of the Cochiti Indians and Zuni Mythology.
Answer:Ruth Benedict
2.Ruth Benedict’s major work is this 1934 study of the titular feature among the Zuñi, Dobu, and Kwakiutl tribes.
Answer:Patterns of Culture
3.As a member of the Office of War Information she wrote this 1946 work about two features of Japanese culture.
Answer:Chrysanthemum and the Sword
5. Answer the following questions about an African conflict for the stated number of points.
1. 5: For nine years, the United Nations has been pushing for a referendum to decide the fate of this territory annexed by Morocco and the site of a bloody guerilla war from 1976-1991.
Answer: Western Sahara
2.5: Before the Moroccan takeover, Western Sahara received its independence from this European country in 1975.
Answer: Spain
3.10:This rebel group has been at the forefront of the struggle for Western Saharan sovereignty.
Answer: Polisario Front
4.10:This is the name of the self-proclaimed republic established by the Polisario forces.
Answer: Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic or SADR
6.Identify the following chemists from a description FTPE:
1.This Swede was noted for, among other things, his electrochemical theory, the discovery and isolation of several elements, and coinage of the terms isomerism and catalysis.
Answer:Jons Jacob Berzelius
2.This man worked with Berzelius and achievements include the development of an aluminum production process as well as the 1828 synthesis of urea.
Answer:Friedrich Wohler
3. This lifelong partner of Wohler’s established the first laboratory in which methods of chemical research were taught systematically, at Giessen.
Answer:Justus Freiherr von Liebig
7.Identify the following about a certain ruler FTSNOP:
1.After ruling the principality of Fergana and several unsuccessful attempts at taking Samarkand, he established himself as a power in 1526 when he defeated Ibrahim 50 miles north of Dehli at a certain site. For ten points each identify this future Mughal emperor and the battle.
Answers:Babar(or Babur or Zahir Uddin Muhammad) and the battle of Panipat
2.For a final ten points identify Babar’s son whose victory over Sikandar Sur at Sirhind prepared the kingdom for the arrival of his own more famous son Akbar.
Answer:Humayun
8. Identify the following works by Gabriel Garcia Marquez FTPE:
1.Garcia Marquez began his writing career as a journalist and this 1996 work sees him return to this form as he examines the Colombian drug world.
Answer:News of a Kidnapping
2. This story first appeared in the magazine Mito in 1958 and relates the tale of an aged war veteran whose service remains unrecognized by the country for which he fought.
Answer:No One Writes to the Colonel
3.Cayetano Delaura an intellectual and vigorous priest tries to save Sierva Maria cursed by her ancestry and the possible rabies that a dog bite has inflicted.
Answer:Of Love and Other Demons
9. Identify the following countries from whence these beers originate 5-5-10-10: