Truman Bowl II
Round III: Round and Rounderer
Packet by: Christopher Stone, Ali Pearson, and a bunch of other people I don’t know
Tossups
Sometimes known as Nekheny, this deity’s symbol is the Wedjat, the eye of an early Egyptian deity named Wadjet. Many erroneously believe this to be his own eye due to one of his eyes being gouged out in a fight with Seth [“set”]. That famous conflict of Egyptian mythology was fought so that this god could avenge the death of his father, Osiris. FTP, name this son of Isis and god of the sky, war, and the hunt with the head of a falcon.
ANSWER: Horus [or Neferhor or Nephoros or Nepheros or Har-Wer or Har-Si-Ese]
This brand began in 1971 when a the Chicago-based Breaker Confection, a subsidiary of the Quaker Oats Company, licensed the name as a tie-in for merchandise to go along with the upcoming major motion picture based on the book by Roald Dahl. Tart ‘n’ Tinys, Dweebs, Runts, Redskins, Bottlecaps, Tinglers, and Gobstoppers are all products created by what candy brand name currently owned by Nestle?
ANSWER: Willy Wonka Candy Company (accept Wonka)
First performed in 1955, this work has often been described by its author as “a lament for lost youth.” Its first part concerns characters that “disappeared into the volcanoes of Mexico,” and “broke down crying in white gymnasiums naked and trembling.” The final line of its third part features the narrator waiting in his cottage in the Western night. This is for 10 points what most famous work of beat poet Allen Ginsburg? ANSWER: Howl
One of this man’s advisors was his finance minister Nicholas Fouquet, though his chief advisor was the Cardinal Mazarin. This king was one of the longest reigning European monarchs of all time, and moved his central palace to Versailles, which he had luxuriously decorated as a symbol of his power, and frequently featured suns in his decoration, and who boldly claimed “I am the state.” FTP identify this French King often referred to as “the Sun King.”
ANSWER: Louis XIV
On the left side of this painting is a still child and its mourning mother being watched over by the bull. On the right, a ghastly figure seems to run through the doorway with a candlestick in his hand. It was created by the painter in outrage at the German bombing of a small city in the Basque Country during the Spanish Civil War. Now on display in the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid, FTP name this famous painting by Pablo Picasso.
ANSWER: Guernica
This religion stems from another prevalent religion of the Old World. It is most commonly divided into two main branches commonly referred to as the small and large vehicles, Theravada and Mahayana. It was founded after its principle leader experienced a time of great mental and physical anguish under a bodhi tree. Its foundation is based on the Three Jewels and is most prevalent in Eastern and Southeastern Asia. This is for 10 points what religion founded by Siddhartha Gautama.
ANSWER: Buddhism
This packaging organelle gathers proteins and other nutrients from the endoplasmic reticulum and cases them into vesicles before they reach their final destination within the eukaryotic cell. Its single membrane is actually comprised of larger vesicles which branch out into the smaller ones. Named after its Italian discoverer, FTP name this cell structure where lysosomes are built.
ANSWER: Golgi apparatus
He was a Roman general and politician who was a member of the Second Triumverate. As well, he was a loyal supporter of Julius Caesar. This man had an affair with Cleopatra, and killed himself after his losses at the Battles of Actium and Alexandria, with the victory of Octavian becoming eminent. FTP identify this Roman statesman and soldier who shares his name with a male pop star who is married to Jennifer Lopez.
ANSWER: Mark Antony or Marcus Antonius
One of this man’s works is known as “The Treachery of Images” and features a pipe and in French, the words “This is not a pipe.” In another famous work, a train is seen coming out of a fireplace. Another famous workshows a man in a bowler hat with a green apple covering his face. FTP identify this Belgian Surrealist known for his paintings “The Song of Man” and “Time Transfixed.”
ANSWER: René Magritte
This phenomenon was interpreted by several cultures to be spirits dancing in the sky or a sign from their god. Due to the magnetic poles, and the solar wind, it is thought to occur by the particles interacting with different gases, notably oxygen and nitrogen particles, which gives variance to the color. FTP identify these astronomical phenomena visible in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, especially closer to the poles.
ANSWER: Aurora
This 19th century American politician served as both a US Senator and as the Speaker of the House. He ran for President 3 times without success, and was involved in the so-called Corrupt Bargain which handed John Quincy Adams the presidency at the expense of Andrew Jackson. Hailing from Kentucky, he eventually earned the nickname "The Great Compromiser.” FTP identify this American statesman whose brainchild was the Missouri Compromise and whose efforts helped forestall theAmerican Civil War.
ANSWER: Henry Clay
This French composer had Gabriel Fauré as a pupil, and cofounded the Société Nationale de Musique to further French music and young composers.He is known for his works such as “Samson and Delilah”, as well as “Danse Macabre.” One of his most well known works, which included such pieces as The Swan and The Aquarium, was not published in full until after his death, as he felt it would hurt his reputation. FTP identify this French composer of Carnival of the Animals.
ANSWER: Camille Saint-Saëns
Born in Brooklyn in 1908, this man studied psychology at the University of Wisconsin and at ColumbiaUniversity in New York, where he met Alfred Adler, one of his most influential mentors. He performed extensive research on human potential and mental health. For 10 points, name this psychologist, known for his hierarchy of needs and theories of self actualization.
ANSWER: AbrahamMaslow
Born in 1473, this Polish native served as a physician, canon, and translator before publishing his first handwritten book in 1514, the Little Comentary. In it, he described seven different axioms, one of which led to the heliocentric theory. He was the first to correctly explain the reason for the retrograde motion of the outer planets and his masterpiece is the De revolutionibus orbium coelestium. FTP Name this early astronomer who gave a theoretical expose of the heliocentric universe.
ANSWER: Nicolaus Copernicus
Often considered the first existential novel, the work is broken into two distinctive parts, and begins with the narrator famously declaring that he is, “a sick man…. a spiteful man. An unattractive man.” He goes onto brutally self-examine himself and describe in great detail his self-imposed alienation from the world. The second part of the novel brings about the redemption of this man as he rescues a young woman named Liza. This is for 10 points what Dostoyevsky novel concerning the titular Underground Man?
ANSWER: Notes fromtheUndergroundor Letters from Underground
Based on a drinking ballad from the 1850s, this book openly divided the greater literary community in half upon its release, leading H.G. Wells to ask “who the hell is this man to demand so many waking hours of the few thousand who still admire his quirks and fancies.” Finished in 1939, after more than 17 years of work it is often described as an attempt to recreate the experience of dreams. Beginning and ending in the middle of the same sentence this is for 10 points what experimental and final work of author James Joyce? ANSWER: Finnegan’s Wake
This country, located in the Southern Hemisphere, has one of the lowest life expectancies in the world, and their three official languages are English, Shona, and Ndebele. Currently, Robert Mugabe is the president of this nation. This country features Victoria FallsNational Park, was previously known as Rhodesia. FTP identify this African nation with a capital atHarare.
ANSWER: Zimbabwe
This man was imprisoned in Robben Island Prison from 1964-1982, and was a vocal opponent of apartheid in South Africa. He served as President of South Africa from 1994-1999, and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. Also known as Madiba, which is his clan name, this is FTP what South African statesman who was recently portrayed by Morgan freeman in a movie about rugby.
ANSWER: Nelson RolihlahlaMandela
This groundbreaking television show was originally written as a film script, but was reworked as a TV pilot. Set in Chicago, it is the most Emmy-nominated television show in history, and was created by Michael Crichton. FTP identify this popular hospital drama that has featured such actors as Noah Wyle, Maura Tierney, and George Clooney.
ANSWER: ER
During the first encounter with the character, he is seen as nothing more than a self-loathing drunkard whose success at his work remains anonymous due to his partner’s co-opting of it. Later on, in the novel’s second book he musters up the courage to tell his forbidden love how he truly feels about her. It is this woman that the man eventually dies for, in replace of her wanted newly-wed husband. This isfor 10 points what Dickens character from A Tale of Two Cities who proclaims his sacrifice as a “far far better thing than I have ever done?”
ANSWER: Sydney Carton
EXTRA- USE IN CASE OF TIE
This UNESCO World Heritage Site is a classic example of Gothic architecture, and is a Cathedral located in France. It features a stunning collection of stained-glass windows, and two differing spires on the front of the Cathedral. The cathedral houses what is thought to be part of a cloak worn by the Virgin Mary. FTP identify this almost perfectly preserved Gothic cathedral located just outside Paris.
ANSWER: Chartres Cathedral
The chemical formula for this white, crystalline substance is C7H5NO3S. Having absolutely no nutritional value and leaves the body cleanly, it was still banned in from food products the 1960s until consumers’ outcries brought it back into production. In its pure form, it is a hundred times sweeter than regular sugar. Discovered by Ira Remsen at JohnHopkinsUniversity in 1879, FTP name what is considered the world’s oldest artificial sweetener.
ANSWER: Saccharin
In 1898, he wrote and published what was arguably the first journal of sociological thought. In The Division of Labor of Society, he described how social order was maintained in societies and how primitive ones become more advanced industrial types. His most famous work, Suicide breaks down the title action into four distinct parts: egoistic, altruistic, anomic, and fatalistic. For 10 points, this is what famous French sociologist?
ANSWER: Emile Durkheim
The supernova explosion that caused this was first recorded by Chinese astronomers on July 4, 1054 AD. In 1758, it was observed by Charles Messier while hunting for Halley’s comet and was mistaken for it. At its center lies a pulsar, created from the remains of the original star, making it a strong source of radio radiation waves. Located in the horn of the constellation Taurus, FTP name this crustacean-like cloud of expanding gas.
ANSWER: Crab Nebula
BONI
Identify the following about a play about a man with an enormous nose for 10 points each:
[10] This work by the French playwright Edmond Rostand tells the story of a renowned swordsman and poet in Paris for his brave deeds that stem from the belief that he will never be loved because of his protruding, bulbous proboscis.
ANSWER: Cyrano de Bergerac
[10] This is Cyrano’s love interest who, strangely enough, is also his cousin. She becomes enamored with the swordsman’s words but she never learns of his identity until it is revealed by Cyrano himself on his deathbed.
ANSWER: Roxane
[10] This new guardsman in Cyrano’s company falls in love with Roxane and begs Cyrano to help him woo her. He becomes mortally wounded in the siege of Arras but dies happily when Cyrano tells him that he is the one who Roxane loves.
ANSWER: Christian (de Neuvillette)
There are only eight elements that naturally occur in the rocks that make up the Earth’s outer layer, the crust. Name the element from its description for 10 points each.
[10] The most common element in the crust, this element is also the second most abundant in Earth’s atmosphere.
ANSWER: Oxygen
[10] This element is the second most abundant and is usually found naturally more as quartz than in its pure state.
ANSWER: Silicon
[10] Making up five percent of the Earth’s outer layer, this element is a transitional metal with the atomic number 26.
ANSWER: Iron
Name some well known jazz musicians. For ten points each:
[10] This Kansas City born sax player, often considered the greatest of all time had a leading role in the development of bebop, played with Dizzy Gillespie, was nicknamed “Bird” and died of complications due to long term heroin abuse at the age of 34.
ANSWER: Charlie Parker
[10] This jazz trumpeter helped to further develop the genres of cool jazz, hard bop, free jazz, and jazz fusion, played with Charlie Parker, and put out the best selling jazz album of all time Kind of Blue in 1959.
ANSWER: Miles Davis
[10] This other sax player worked with Miles Davis early in his career before branching out on his own, contributing extensively to the subgenres of free-jazz and avant-garde jazz and releasing such jazz classics as Blue Train, Giant Steps, and A Love Supreme.
ANSWER: JohnColtrane
Organized into Fragments and including anecdotes from a Knight, a Friar, a Pardoner, and a Man of Law to name a few, FTP each:
[10] Name this 14th-century frame narrative collection of stories set within the framework of pilgrims on a pilgrimage and named for a church that plays home to the leader of the Church of England.
ANSWER: The Canterbury Tales
[10] This man, sometimes called the father ofEnglish literature, wrote The Canterbury Tales.
ANSWER: Geoffrey Chaucer
[10] This work by Giovanni Boccaccio contains more parallels to The Canterbury Tales than any other known work. Also in the frame narrative style, it is amedieval allegoricalwork best known for its bawdy tales of love, appearing in all its possibilities from the erotic to the tragic.
ANSWER: The Decameron
Time to delve into the meaning of life by answering some questions about religion for ten points each:
[10] This Christian philosopher was a bishop in the city of Hippo and wrote a work entitled The City of God which dealt with issues of martyrdom, the Jewish people, and God.
ANSWER: St. Augustine
[10] This Hindu work deals with a conversation between Arjuna and the god Krishna; and deals with moral dilemma of fighting ones family and one’s duties as a warrior and prince.
ANSWER: The Bhagavad Gita (Pronounced Baa-Gaa-Vad Gee-Ta) (Also accept Gita)
[10] The concept of this Taoist symbol is found in the I Ching, consists of two distinct parts, and is used to symbolize how opposing forces are interconnected and give rise to each other.
ANSWER: Yin and Yang
For 10 points each, answer these questions about Australia’s involvement in World War II.
[10] During this year, Australia joined the Allied forces in World War II. They began their involvement not long after Poland was invaded.
ANSWER: 1939
[10] This battle occurred off the coast of Australia during May 4-8, 1942. Though it was an air and naval fight, the opposing ships never made contact, and is often referred to “as the battle that saved Australia.”
ANSWER: Battle of the Coral Sea
[10] This northern Australian city was bombed 64 times by the Japanese during 1942-1943, and the initial raid on February 19 has been likened to the “Pearl Harbor of Australia.” This city’s namesake is known for his theory of natural seclection.
ANSWER: Darwin
Football players do it and now you get to answer some questions about it, answer some questions concerning ballets for ten points each:
[10] This Russian composer not only worked on such ballets as Sleeping Beauty, but also wrote famous classical overtures, such as the 1812 Overture, which is widely played on the 4th of July.
ANSWER: Peter Tchaikovsky (Pronunciation Chai-Kov-Ski)
[10] This 1876 four act ballet composed by Peter Tchaikovsky was crafted from a Russian fable and concerns a princess named Odette who has been turned into a certain type of water fowl of the genus Cygnus.
ANSWER: SwanLake(Also accept The Lake of the Swans)
[10] This other Tchaikovsky ballet originally debuted in 1891 and is based off of 1816 short story by German author E.T.A. Hoffman about the titular toy that comes to life and defeats an evil royal rodent. It is often shown around Christmas time.