2003
NATIONAL
SCHOLASTICS
CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND
10
CASE WESTERN
RESERVE UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE TRIVIA CLUB
RELATED TOSSUP/BONUS
1. TOSSUP. After he defeated the supposedly invincible Swiss mercenaries of Duke Sforza and Pope Leo X at Marignano, he was knighted by the chevalier Bayard. He was spurned on the Field of the Cloth of Gold and later be taken prisoner at Pavia in 1525. He was forced to sign the Treaty of Madrid and give up two of his sons as hostages, after which he grew insane from syphilis.For 10 points—identify this patriotically named French king, a backer of Leonardo who warred with the Holy Roman Empire four times.
ANSWER: Francis I [prompt on Francis; prompt on François; accept François I; accept François D’Angoulême]
BONUS. Name these successors of Francis I for 10 points each.
[10] This king’s persecutions of Huguenots were influenced by his mother, Catherine de Medici. During his reign, he authorized the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre of 1572 to cover up the death of Admiral Coligny.
ANSWER: Charles IX[prompt on Charles]
[10] The brother and successor to Charles IX, he was assassinated by a fanatical priest and succeeded by Henri of Navarre.
ANSWER: Henri III[prompt on Henri]
<Francis/Francis>
2. TOSSUP. Swedish astronomer Bengt Edlen surmised its average temperature as one million Kelvin with some areas peaking at three million Kelvin.Helium was first identified in it, and it transitions smoothly into the solar wind.For 10 points—name this rarefied outer layer of the sun, that can be observed during solar eclipses.
ANSWER: corona
BONUS. Answer these other questions related to the sun.
[10] This is the boundary where solar gas is indistinguishable from interstellar space, encountered by Pioneer 10.
ANSWER: heliopause
[10] At the beginning and the end of a solar eclipse, sunlight shines through the valleys of the moon to create this phenomenon.
ANSWER: Bailey’s beads
<Chuck/Chuck>
3. TOSSUP. The current members of this group are Kathleen Abernathy, Michael Copps, Kevin Martin, and Jonathan Adelstein, as well as chairman Michael Powell. Its May 2003 rulings allowed a single company to reach forty-five percent of the American public rather than the old thirty-five percent cap and ended the prohibition on owning multiple newspapers and television stations in the same market. For 10 points—name this federal body which regulates the media.
ANSWER: Federal Communications Commission
BONUS. Name the committees led by these Senators for 10 points each.
[10] Ted Stevens is its chairman, and Robert Byrd is the ranking Democrat.
ANSWER: Committee on Appropriations
[10] Orrin Hatch is its chairman, and Patrick Leahy is the ranking Democrat.
ANSWER: Committee on the Judiciary
<Weiner/Weiner>
4. TOSSUP. He was tutored by the poet Vasily Zhukovsky at the insistence of his mother, the former Princess Charlotte of Prussia. During his reign, he expanded Russia’s railroad mileage from 600 to 14,000 track miles, instituted a French-based judicial system, and created the local zemstvos. For 10 points—despite freeing the serfs, what tsar was assassinated by The People’s Will in in 1881?
ANSWER: Alexander II [prompt on Alexander]
BONUS. Answer the following about the succession of Tsar Alexander I for 10 points per part.
[10] This group rallied in Senate Square in favor of Alexander’s liberal brother Constantine and a constitutional government.
ANSWER: Decembrists
[10] Russia got this more autocratic brother of Alexander and Constantine, who had most of the Decembrists killed or sent to Siberia. During his thirty-year reign, he instituted the Russification program in Poland and guided Russia into the Crimean War.
ANSWER: Nicholas I [prompt on Nicholas]
<Phillips/Weiner>
5. TOSSUP. He became a devotee of the spiritualist Madame Blavatsky in 1887, and, in 1891, he founded the Rhymer’s Club. His melancholic early poems include “The Lake Isle of Winnisfree,” while his poems after 1898 often featured the actress Maud Gonne. Still later, he wrote “Lapis Lazuli” and “Leda and the Swan.” For 10 points—name this Irish poet of “The Wild Swans at Coole” and “Sailing to Byzantium.”
ANSWER: William ButlerYeats
BONUS. Identify these Yeats poems for 10 points each.
[10] In this poem about an Irish rebellion against the British, Yeats wrote, “MacDonagh and MacBride/And Connolly and Pearse/Now and in time to be,/Wherever green is worn,/Are changed,changed utterly:/A terrible beauty is born.”
ANSWER: “Easter 1916”
[10] In this religiously titled poem, Yeats asks, “And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,/Slouches toward Bethlehem to be born?”
ANSWER: “The Second Coming”
<Francis/Francis>
6. TOSSUP. They include Graubunden, Solothurn, Ticino, Aargau, Thurgau, and Neuchatel. Chur and Sion are two of the largest. They are listed in an official order which has Glarus, Uri, and Lucerne near the top. Each sends between two and thirty-four members to the Nationalrat and has its own heraldric shield to represent the voluntary confederacy formed by once-independent states. For 10 points—give the name for these divisions of Switzerland.
ANSWER: cantons
BONUS. Name these Swiss cities for 10 points each.
[10] Founded in 1191 in a loop of the Aare river, this city is the capital of Switzerland.
ANSWER: Bern
[10] The largest city in Switzerland by population, this city is split by the LimmatRiver and lies at the northern end of a lake that shares its name.
ANSWER: Zurich
<Wiseman/Wiseman>
7. TOSSUP. Its members published the weekly periodical The Harbinger. Elizabeth Peabody originally said that at this place, “Everyone prescribes his own hours of labor, controlled only by his conscience,” but eventually a three hundred day per year minimum became mandatory. Equality in education and labor were guaranteed here, and voting rights were granted to all who owned at least one five hundred dollar share. For 10 points—name this utopian community founded by George Ripley near Boston.
ANSWER: Brook Farm Institute of Agriculture and Education
BONUS. Name these literary works related to Brook Farm for 10 points each.
[10] George Ripley and Margaret Fuller served as editors of this Transcendentalist journal.
ANSWER: The Dial
[10] Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote this roman á clef about Brook Farm in which Zenobia represents Fuller, Hollingsworth is Ripley, and the narrator, Miles Coverdale, is Hawthorne himself.
ANSWER: The Blithedale Romance
<Chuck/Chuck>
8. TOSSUP. His sole acting credit is as an unnamed aide to General Hancock in Gettysburg. One of his first films was 1981’s Brooklyn Bridge. Four years later, he directed a biography of Huey Long and a film for the centennial of the Statue of Liberty. In 1990, he produced and directed the first documentary to produce revenues over one hundred million dollars, the highly rated The Civil War. For 10 points—name this creator of the documentary series Jazz and Baseball.
ANSWER: Kenneth Lauren Burns
BONUS. Name these miscellaneous things from baseball for 10 points each.
[10] This rule applies to pop-ups that can be caught with ordinary effort by certain position players, with runners on first and second and fewer than two outs.
ANSWER: infield fly rule
[10] Though this was done on consecutive days in 1927, by Jimmy Cooney and Johnny Neun, it has only been accomplished nine other times since 1900, most recently by second baseman Randy Velarde.
ANSWER: unassisted triple play [do not accept or prompt on partial answer]
<Phillips/Phillips>
9. TOSSUP. He began his work as a prophet during King Josiah’s reign. With the help of his assistant Baruch, he wrote a book imploring the Jews to repent from wickedness, warning that the city of Jerusalem would fall to Nebuchadnezzar.In addition to his own book, also called the Masoretic Text, he is credited with Lamentations. For 10 points—name this Old Testament prophet who described the “New Covenant” by which Judaism could be practiced away form the Temple.
ANSWER: Jeremiah
BONUS. Answer these related questions for 10 points each.
[10] In what Mark Twain short story does Simon Wheeler tell the story of Jim Smiley’s amazing pet?
ANSWER: “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of CalaverasCounty”
[10] The frog was named after this nineteenth-century politician.
ANSWER: Daniel Webster
<Chuck/Chuck>
10. TOSSUP.Somewhat stable ones include Fremys salt and various nitroxides. They are produced when chlorofluorocarbons react with the sun’s ultraviolet radiation, and in turn they destroy the atmosphere’s ozone. Unlike ions, they generally do not carry charge, but they are very reactive, and some effects of aging are thought to be caused by oxidation they induce. For 10 points—name these atoms or groups of atoms that have at least one unpaired electron.
ANSWER: free radicals
BONUS. Give these quantum physics terms for 10 points each.
[10] This describes the process in which a particle and its antimatter counterpart encounter each other and disappear.
ANSWER: annihilation
[10] Quantum chromodynamics is a theory describing this force mediated by gluons.
ANSWER: strong nuclear force
Wolpert/Chuck>
The related/tossup bonus phase ends here. Check the score and ask for substitutions. Once substitutions are complete, hand out a copy of the category quiz topic list to each team.
CATEGORY QUIZ TOSSUPS
Upon getting a tossup correct, the team chooses its one-answer 15-point bonus question from the topic list.Once a topic is chosen, it cannot be selected again.
11. TOSSUP. A contrast between the Madonna Enthroned With Angels painted by him and his teacher Cimabue (chee-MAH-boo-ay) shows his role in sparking the Renaissance. Murals of the life of St. Francis in the Church of Santa Groce in Assisi are representative of his late work, while earlier, he created thirty-eight frescoes at the Arena Chapel. For 10 points—name this painter and architect who built the Florence Cathedral.
ANSWER: Giotto di Bondone
<Chuck>
12. TOSSUP. The Pope excommunicated him and his entire country through the interdict of 1208 because he refused to accept Stephen Langton’s appointment as archbishop. He became unpopular after a tax program to support his war with Phillip II for control of France. His throne was all the more untenable because he usurped the title in 1199 on the death of Richard I. For 10 points—identify this British monarch who was thus left with no choice at Runnymede but to sign the Magna Carta.
ANSWER: King John Lackland
<Gilstrap>
13. TOSSUP. To use it, first note that if one factor of a number other than a perfect square is greater than its square root, then the other factor will be less than its square root. Hence all multiples of primes greater than the square root ofn need not be considered.Make a list of all the integers less than or equal to n and greater than one. Strike out the multiples of all primes less than or equal to the square root of n. Then the numbers that are left are the primes.For 10 points—this describes what “strainer” that identifies prime numbers?
ANSWER: sieve of Eratosthenes
<Abernathy>
14. TOSSUP. Formed in 1900, it was first led by Keir Hardie. After a disappointing performance in the 1992 elections, it elected its youngest leader in 1994, updated Clause IV of the party constitution, and issued a manifesto establishing a new “Third Way” platform. Current members include Gordon Brown, Robin Cook, and Jack Straw. For 10 points—name this British political party currently led by Tony Blair.
ANSWER: Labour Party
<Frankel>
15. TOSSUP. In its pantheon, Lei Gong is the god of thunder, and Guan Di is the patron deity of soldiers and policemen. Ling Zhi, the plant of immortality, grows on the mythical island of Xian, which is inhabited by immortals and sought in vain by man. For 10 points—name this religion based on The Book of the Way and Its Power by Lao-Zu.
ANSWER: Daoism[or Taoism]
<Chuck>
16.TOSSUP. When Tommy Williams swears that he is telling the truth and can testify on behalf of the protagonist’s innocence, Warden Samuel Norton has him shot by Captain Hadley.After being forced to leave his friends and set his crow free, Brooks Hatlen hangs himself. For 10 points—Ellis Boyd Redding and Andy Dufresne are played by Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins in what 1994 Frank Darabont film?
ANSWER: The Shawshank Redemption [accept “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption” before “played by”]
<Abernathy>
17. TOSSUP. Although he lived until age 93, he did not compose anything in the last three decades of his life, and it is believed he destroyed the manuscript of his Eighth Symphony around 1945 in the fire of his dining-room stove. His surviving works include the Songs of Runeberg, the Kullervo symphony, and The Swan of Tuonela. For 10 points—identify this composer whose second symphony in D major has become a national anthem under the name Finlandia.
ANSWER: Jean Sibelius
<A. Ismail>
18. TOSSUP. Long sections of this novel focus on Juvenal Urbino, his disillusionment about the quality of medical care of his home country upon returning from study abroad and his affair with a patient. His marriage to Fermina lasts fifty years and through a civil war, but he does not survive a fall as he attempts to catch a runaway pet. For 10 points—name this novelwhich also discusses the delayed love between Fermina Daza and Florentino Ariza, written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
ANSWER: Love in the Time of Cholera [or El amor en los tiempos de cólera]
<Southard>
The category quiz phase ends here. Check the score and ask for substitutions. Once substitutions are complete, begin the stretch round
CATEGORY QUIZ BONI
American Geography: Explorers
He left his priesthood in 1667 to become a fur trader. Six years later, he left Saint Ignace and went across Lake Michigan to the Fox River, which he followed to the Wisconsin. Eventually going as far south as the Arkansas, he reported his findings to Governor Frontenac. For 15 points—name this explorer who mapped the upper Mississippi with Jacques Marquette.
ANSWER: Louis Jolliet
<Chuck>
American History: His Name Is My Name Too
His uncle of the same name was a hero of the Revolutionary War, commanding such naval victories as New Providence. The latter bearer of this name was elected to the House from Pennsylvania in 1810 and was appointed as a director of the Bank of the United States by James Monroe. For 15 points—name this financier who sparred with Andrew Jackson over the Bank’s continued existence.
ANSWER: Nicholas Biddle
<Chuck>
American Literature: On The Farm
After establishing a fortune in the paint business, he moves his family from their Vermont farm to urbane Boston. Gluttonously desiring both power and wealth, he feuds with Mr. Percy until his fortune is lost and he finds spiritual renewal at home on the farm. For 15 points—whose “Rise” is discussed in a novel by William Dean Howells that is considered the pinnacle of American realism?
ANSWER: Silas Lapham [accept either name or both]
<Abernathy>
Biochemistry: Keeping It Simple
In the spinal cord and brainstem, this amino acid activates ligand-gated chloride channels to hyperpolarize the neuron.The second-most-common amino acid in proteins, it is its own stereoisomer.For 15 points—name the simplest amino acid.
ANSWER:glycine
<Chuck>
Biological Science: Alphabet Soup
Phalloidin can be used to make this protein visible during microscopy, and the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes bases its motility on the host cell’s supply of it.Divided into G and F types, Z lines are formed where filaments of this protein attach between sarcomeres and H bands contain none of this protein.For 15 points—name this protein which forms the cytoskeleton in eukaryotic cells.
ANSWER: actin
<Wolpert>
European Literature: Don’t Call Me Shirley
He was forced to wear girls’ clothes until the age of five, as his mother was trying to compensate for the loss of a daughter. He was married to Klara Westhoff for a year, and his letters to Auguste Rodin, Hugo von Hoffmansthal and Stefan Zweig have been published. For 15 points—name this poet of the Duino Elegies, Sonnets to Orpheus and Letters to a Young Poet.
ANSWER: Rainer Maria Rilke
<Southard>
General Knowledge: My Car Gets Fourteen Rods to the Hogshead
3.7 of these units expended per hour is equivalent to about one watt of heat dissipation, and one unit is equivalent to 1055 joules.For 15 points—name this unit of energy that is defined at sea level as the amount required to raise the temperature of one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit.
ANSWER:British thermal unit