Round 5
JCV7
Questions by George Mason University
TOSSUPS
1. Version 4 allowed for approximately 4 billion unique addresses, large portions of which are reserved. The latest version, 6, has expanded addresses to 128 bits. Other improvements include advanced routing options and enhanced security. Unfortunately, BSD is the only OS to have kernel level, native, stable support for version 6 of this protocol. FTP, name this protocol, which assigns computers a series of addresses..
Answer: IP or Internet Protocol or Internetworking Protocol (TCP/IP and Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol are incorrect answers)
2. This theory of human evolution is based on the rate of mutation in mitochondrial DNA. It argues that modern Homo Sapiens replaced archaic Homo Sapiens. FTP, name this argument that holds that Neanderthals and other early Homo Sapien sub-species did not contribute at all to the modern gene pool.
Answer: Out of Africa Theory, Eve Hypothesis or Complete Replacement Theory
3. The inhabitants of this island speak a creole of Scots and Tahitian. By 1808, eight of the original English settlers had been murdered or committed suicide, and in 1856, the entire population moved to Norfolk Island, from which a few returned. FTP, what island was mislocated by Carteret, and as a result was settled by the mutineers of the Bounty?
Answer: Pitcairn
4. Born in Missouri in 1902, he started writing poetry in high school. He moved to Harlem, New York, in November 1924 and his first book of poetry was published two years later. Among his other works include his last work, "The Panther and the Lash", and "One-Way Ticket", a collection of poetry. FTP name this jazz aficionado and noted Harlem Renaissance writer, who died in 1967.
Answer: Langston Hughes
5. In 1774 he succeeded Gassmann as court composer and conductor of the Italian opera; from 1788 he was also court Kapellmeister. He made his reputation as a stage composer, writing operas for Vienna from 1768 and presenting several in Italy, 1778-80. Pupils included Schubert and Liszt. His first opera was Les Danaïdes, and was followed by Les Horaces and Tarare. FTP name this man closely associated with Beethoven and suspicion about a poisoning incident with Mozart.
Answer: Antonio Salieri
6. Baybars, known for repulsing the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut, founded this group. They ruled Egypt and Syria from 1260 until 1517, eventually falling to the Ottomans. FTP, name this group, whose name in Arabic, means "one who is owned".
Answer: Mamluks
7. He is buried at Novodevichii Cemetery in Moscow. At the first stage production of one of his most famous plays, the tsar left his box commenting that the play "gets at everyone, and most of all at me." This author spent the next 12 years aboard, living mostly in Rome. Other works by him include _St. Petersburg Stories_, which examines the variations of the tragic disorder of life, and _The Nose_, which hides a serious comment on social rank under a crazy and surrealistic story. FTP, name this Russian dramatist and novelist, author of _Dead Souls_.
Answer: Nikolay Vasilyevich Gogol
8. The artist said of it, "All the time I was working, I felt my father and my mother were looking over my shoulder, and behind them were Jews, millions of other vanished Jews of yesterday and a thousand years ago." The assistant, Charles Marq, created a process to veneer up to three colors onto one plain of glass, releasing the artist of traditional stain glass techniques. In all, they represent the twelve sons of the Jacob, from whom came the tribes of Israel. Of particular inspiration was the passage Exodus 28:15-30 in which is described a breastplate encrusted with 12 gems, each of which became a base color for a different son. FTP, name these glassworks, dedicated on February 6th, 1962 and named for their Russian/French creator, which are on display at the Synagogue of the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center.
Answer: Chagall Windows
9. Its earliest proponents may have belonged to a sect that rebelled against the idea and practice of taking life prevalent in the Vedic animal sacrifice. It does not espouse belief in a creator god, has as its ethical core the doctrine of ahimsa, or noninjury to all living creatures. As its religious ideal is the perfection of man's nature, to be achieved predominantly through the monastic and ascetic life. FTP name this religion founded in about the 6th century BC by the 24th of the Tirthankaras, Vardhamana.
Answer: Jainism
10. It was discovered by a German butterfly hunter before World War I. It has produced evidence of more than 150 types of extinct animals and various stone tools have been discovered there, including a technology named for the location. FTP, name this site, most commonly associated with the discovery of early hominid fossils by Louis and Mary Leakey.
Answer: Olduvai Gorge
11. He is a Honorary Knight Commander of the British Empire, been awarded the Cross of the Order of Merit from the Federal Republic of Germany, is a member for the French Legion of Honor and was honored by the Government of Japan with the title Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun, Pailownia Flower. During his stint in Congress from 1965 to 1995, the Capitol Steps suggested that he hang down his head low and cry. FTP, name this man, US Ambassador to Japan and former Speaker of the House.
Answer: the Honorable Thomas Stephen Foley
12. "I've always tried to be the best person I could possibly be when I have this uniform on. I always thought I played the game the right way, for 13 years." He was the most valuable player (MVP) of the 1991 AL Championship Series after batting .429 during the series, and his 11th-inning home run in game six helped the Twins win the World Series. FTP name this outfielder who retired in 1996 after complications resulting from glaucoma and a fastball to his right eye.
Answer: Kirby Puckett
13. Recorded 26 May 1971, this song received its first radio air-play on New York's WNEW-FM and WPLJ-FM a month later to mark the closing of the Fillmore East, but it wasn't until November of that year that it was released as a double-sided single. The lyrics maycontain references to Janis Joplin's death, the 1968 Democratic National Convention and the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. For ten points, name this Don McLean hit.
Answer: American Pie
14. "Not only over the seas but also on land did they kindle the lovely torch of freedom." So ends the inscription on this wonder of the world that lasted, including construction, just 56 years. It was built from money obtained from the sale of Antagonids' military equipment, left behind around 304 BC. FTP name this statue of the sun god, Helios.
Answer: The Colossus of Rhodes
15. This professor at Wake Forrest University has worked as a night club singer and prostitute. She is now critically and popularly acclaimed for her poetry and prose. At the 1993 inauguration of Bill Clinton, she read her poem "On the Pulse of Morning". FTP, name this African-American writer who is known for such autobiographical works as _Even the Stars Look Lonsome_ and _I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings_.
Answer: Maya Angelou
16. Two answers required. These authors are currently toying with the idea that they rename their creation Angstschreeuw (aahn-ngst shree-uv) or "scream of angst"; fortunately, however, history will forever remember them as the inventors of the far more pronounceable Rijndael (Reign Dahl), which on October 2nd 2000 was named as the NIST's algorithm of choice in implementing AES. For ten points, name Rijndael's Belgian co-inventors.
Answer: Joan Daemen and Vincent Rijmen
17. Upon returning home from a funeral he begins an affair with Marie Cardona, a co-worker. He unintentionally becomes involved in a dispute between Raymond and Raymond's mistress and her brother, so, the sun glinting off the sand and the gun, he kills the brother, known only as the Arab. FTP, name this detached protagonist of “The Stranger”
Answer: Mersault
18. It was painted in 1908 in Venice. The deep red of sunset gives way to the orange and yellow and then finally to the blue of the night sky. On the left, seen only in silhouette is the title object, the dome and tower clearly defined against the sunset. This entire scene is beautifully reflected in the water which pervades the entire bottom half of the canvas. The original is at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff in Great Britain, however Hollywood would have us believe it hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, from where it was stolen by Thomas Crown. FTP, name this impressionist piece by Claude Monet.
Answer: Saint-Georges Majeur au crépuscule or San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk
19. This group is the largest non-Muslim group in the Middle East. They are the remnants of the ancient Hamitic Egyptians who converted to Christianity, and amount to about 10% of the population of Egypt. FTP, name this minority, who is distinguished on the basis of a Monophysite Christianity that is named after them.
Answer: Copts
20. This city is located along the major trade routes of the Arabian peninsula, and is now considered to be one of the most ethnically diverse in the world. According to Islamic tradition, it was founded by Isma'il, who built the kabbah. FTP, name this city that is the birthplace of Muhammad.
Answer: Mecca
21. Numerically, it equals 3.086 times 10 to the 16th meters. This figure is equal to the radius of Earth’s orbit, 1 AU, divided by the tangent of one thirty-six-hundredth of a degree. FTP, what is this astronomical unit, equal to 3.262 lightyears?
Answer: Parsec or Parallax Second
JCV7 George Mason Boni
1. Given a list of animals, name the order, FTPE:
a. bats
Answer: Chiroptera
b. bees, ants wasps.
Answer: Hymenoptera
c. sparrows, larks, swallows, warblers
Answer: passeriformes
2. Answer these questions about the Nobel Prize, FTPE:
a. What is the only Nobel NOT yet won by a woman?
Answer: Economics
a. Which Nobel have women won more than any other prize? Baroness Bertha von Sutter, the first woman to win it, was influential in convincing Alfred Nobel to set it aside.
Answer: Peace
a. For 5 point apiece, name the first woman to win a Nobel prize, and the category she won it in.
Answer: Marie Skoldowska Curie and Physics
3. 30-20-10, given events in a country's history, name it.
30) In 1934, Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, after breaking several aviation records, crashes on the second leg of a flight from England.
20) In 1939, Prime Minister Robert Menzies declares war on Germany. In 1975, Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismisses Prime Minister Gough Whitlam
10) In 1914, troops from this country land in Turkey. In 1903, Women vote for the Parliament of this country, and three women stand for election.
Answer: Australia
4. Identify these figures in Dante's Inferno, FTPE.
a. This giant beast stands at the second circle of Hell.
Answer: Minos
b. He has three heads but does not speak, because all his mouths are full.
Answer: Lucifer
c. Dante's entire journey throughout the afterlife is, in part, to find her, whom he has lost on earth because of her early death.
Answer: Beatrice
5. Identify the Impressionist painter given works, TPE.
a. The Garden of Les Mathurins at Pontoise; the album Turpitudes Sociales; Path by the River.
Answer: Camille Pissaro
b. The Seine at Bougival in Winter; Misty Morning; The Church at Morey
Answer: Alfred Sisley
c. Olympia; Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe; On the Beach
Answer: Edouard Manet
6. For the stated number of points, answer these questions about Jerusalem.
a. F5P, this is the last surviving wall of the second temple, built by Solomon.
Answer: The Wailing Wall or the Western Wall
10) Located on Temple Mount, this mosque is the third holiest site to Muslims.
Answer: Dome of the Rock
15) This ruler, a Kurd, built the wall around the old city to protect it from Crusaders.
Answer: Saladin
7. The recent big screen American release of the Japanese hit, Princess Mononoke, saw some majors Hollywood names voicing lead parts. For ten points each, given the character from the movie, name the actor who voiced the part.
a. Ashitaka
Answer: Billy Crudup
b. Lady Eboshi
Answer: Minnie Driver
c. Princess Mononoke
Answer: Claire Daines
8. Engineers and scientist at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and NASA must be ecstatic. Answer these questions about the extraterrestrial happening, for the stated number of points:
a. 5) Name the asteroid landed on.
Answer: Asteroid 433 Eros
b. 10) Name the craft that survived it's landing on Eros. It is partially named for legendary geologist who died in a car crash in the late 90's.
Answer: NEAR Shoemaker
c. 15) Expand the acronym NEAR.
Answer: Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous
9. F15PE, identify the following philosophical terms:
a) Philosophical system which holds absolutes or the treatment of all duties as strictly forward-looking. For example, it is wrong to run a stop sign, even if some overwhelming good were to come of running the stop sign.
Answer: Teleology
b) Invented by Russell and extended by Ramsey. This theory was first used to deal with paradoxes, such as the paradoxes of classes which asks is the class of all classes that are not members of themselves a member of itself. If yes, no; if no, yes.
Answer: Theory of Types
10. 5 points for 1, 10 for 2, 15 for 3, 20 for 4, or 30 for all 5. Only five countries in Europe touch only one other. Name them.
Answer: Portugal, Denmark, San Marino, Vatican City, and Monaco
11. Answer these questions about a historical landmark, 10 points each.
a) This wonder of the world was located on the east bank of the River Euphrates, 50 km south of Baghdad.
Answer: Hanging Gardens of Babylon
b) This king is credited with having the Gardens build for his wife or concubine.
Answer: Nebuchadnezzar II
c) Place from which Nebuchadnezzar's wife or concubine is suggested to have come from.
Answer: Media
12. Given a few lines of a poem, either the beginning or the end, identify it for ten points, five if you need the Poet.
a.10) This poem ends: One short sleep past, we wake eternally,
And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.
5) John Donne
Answer: "Death, be not Proud"
b. 10) APRIL is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.
5) TS Eliot
Answer: "The Wasteland"
c. 10) My long two-pointed ladder's sticking through a tree
Toward heaven still,
5) Robert Frost
Answer: "After Apple Picking"
13. Name the political figure from things they wrote. 5 points if you need the country.
a. 10) What the Friends of the People Are, What is to Be Done?, and the newspaper "Iskra".
5) Russia
Answer: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
b. 10) On Revolutionary Medicine, Colonialism is Doomed, Guerrilla Warfare
5) Cuba
Answer: Ernesto Che Guevara
c. 10) On New Democracy, On Contradiction, On Practice
5) China
Answer: Mao Tse Tung
14. A recent lawsuit alleges that a major US corporation helped Nazi German is "crimes against humanity" and is seeking an estimated $10 million 1940's money from "ill-gotten gains". FTPE, answer the following:
a. 10) The company accused.
Answer: IBM
b. 10) The title of the book by researcher Edwin Black which suggests IBM's punch-card machines were a key factor to the Nazi Regime's efficiency.
Answer: IBM and the Holocaust
c. 10) The state in which the lawsuit was filed against IBM, which contains IBM’s Armonk heaquarters.
Answer: New York
15. Name the city on a 30-20-10 basis.
30) Founded in 1703, it is a vital port city.
20) Located in a region called Ingermanland, this city's location was site of the famous Battle of the Neva.
10) Nevski Prospect and the Hermitage can be found in this city.
Answer: St. Petersburg, Russia
16. Given characters from the work, identify it 30-20-10:
30) Tiny Soderball, Otto Fuchs, Lena Lingard, Jake Marpole.
20) The Harlings, Larry Donovan, Cuzak.
10) Jim Burden, Antonia Shimerda
Answer: My Antonia
17. Identify the following operas, 5-10-15.
5) An elderly philosopher, lamenting his lost powers and wasted life, lifts a glass of poison to his lips, but stops short when he hears youthful voices and bitterly calls on Satan for help.
Answer: Faust
10) After performing the enticing dance of the seven veils, the title character demands the life of Jokanaan, for whom she has developed a single-minded, unrequited lust. Herod orders Jokanaan executed, and the bloody head is offered to her on a silver plate. When she steals a kiss from the dead man's lips, Herod orders his guards to kill her.