Darien High School’s DEFT: 2017-2018
Written by Skyler Bennett, Brendan Berrigan, Michael Borecki, Thomas Brown, Grace Hand, Maya Nalawade, Sharath Narayan (James Clemens), John Phipps, Riya Krishnan, Sohum Shenoy (Wilmington Charter), Evan Tong, and Julia Tong
Edited by Michael Borecki and Julia Tong
Special thanks to Harris Bunker (Michigan State)
Packet 13
Tossups
1. Evidence of an advanced writing system for this civilization was found on a Dholavira signboard containing 26 symbols. The Priest King and Dancing Girl statues were found in one city of this civilization, another of which was the port of Lothal. That city included the “College of Priests” and the (*) “Great Bath.” An Aryan invasion is a theoretical cause for the destruction of this civilization that included the cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. For 10 points, name this Bronze Age civilization centered around a namesake south Asian river.
ANSWER:Indus Valley Civilization
<Bennett>
2. This scientist confirmed Gauss’s Law using a namesake “ice-pail” and showed that the charge on closed conductors remains on their surface. His namesake law states that when a magnet passing through a coil of wire produces a current, the induced electromotive force is equal to the negative rate of change of the magnetic (*) flux. The inventor of the dynamo and a device where the interior electric field is always zero, his namesake “cage,” is, for 10 points, what physicist whose namesake law explains magnetic induction?
ANSWER: Michael Faraday
<Shenoy>
3. This river’s name is followed by “do norte” and “do sul” in the names of two Brazilian states, and a change in its path was the basis of the Chazimal border dispute. This river rises in the San Juan Mountains before passing Laredo and (*) Matamoros and receiving water from the Conchos and Pecos Rivers. This river forms the boundary between Ciudad Juarez and El Paso, making it a popular location for border crossings. For 10 points, name this river that separates Texas from Mexico.
ANSWER: Rio Grande (prompt on Rio Bravo)
<Phipps>
4. This poet muses that “Society is all but rude/To this delicious solitude” while describing a place where the mind “annihilates all that’s made / To a green thought and a green shade.” In another poem by this poet of “The Garden,” the narrator remarks “the grave's a fine and private place / But none, I think, do there embrace” before exclaiming (*) “let us roll all our strength and all/our sweetness up into a ball.” In that poem, a woman is warned about “time’s winged chariot hurrying near.” For 10 points, name this poet of To His Coy Mistress.
ANSWER: Andrew Marvell
<J. Tong>
5. One version of this painting depicts a nude woman next to a bowl of fruit. “My unhappiness gives me a right to your help” is written on a note in this painting, which depicts a bandaged man’s arm slumping to the ground next to a box bearing his name. A knife lies on the floor next to a (*) quill held in that figure’s right hand as he lies in a tub, clutching a letter from Charlotte Corday in this painting. For 10 points, name this Jacques-Louis David painting of an assassinated French revolutionary leader.
ANSWER: The Death of Marat (or La Mort de Marat)
<Borecki>
6. The Empty Fort Strategy was employed by Zhuge Liang [ZHOO-GE LE-AHNG] to ward off Sima Yi’s army during this period. Sima Yan’s capture of Jianye [JIAN-YE], now Nanjing, ended this period of history. The Oath of the Peach (*) Garden is sworn between Zhang Fei, Guanyu, and Liu Bei, who ally with Sun Quan [CHUAN] to win the Battle of the Red Cliffs against Cao Cao [TSAO TSAO] in a novel set in this period. The Yellow Turban rebellion marked the beginning of, for 10 points, what post-Han dynasty period described in a namesake “Romance?”
ANSWER:Three Kingdoms of China (accept Romance of the Three Kingdoms)
<J. Tong>
7. If the sum of two variables has this distribution, each individual variable must also have this distribution, as stated by Cramer’s theorem. A Q-Q [Q TO Q] will be linear if the underlying data conforms to this distribution. The distribution of sample means of a random variable converges towards this distribution, according to the (*) Central Limit Theorem. The 68-95-99.7 rule approximates standard deviations from the mean of this distribution, from which Z-scores are calculated. For 10 points, name this probability distribution, also known as the Gaussian distribution, which resembles a bell curve.
ANSWER: normal distribution (accept Gaussian distribution before read; prompt on “bell curve”)
<Borecki>
8. This novel’s protagonist wonders whether any of the hanged bodies displayed on the Wall could be her husband Luke. The Latin phrase “don’t let the bastards grind you down” comforts the protagonist of this novel, who is taken away by Nick, a secret member of the(*) May-Day resistance movement. That protagonist of this novel reads magazines and plays Scrabble with Serena Joy’s husband, the Commander. For 10 points, Offred lives in the dystopian Republic of Gilead in what Margaret Atwood novel?
ANSWER: The Handmaid’s Tale
<J. Tong>
9. When arguing for his theory of definite descriptions, this philosopher noted that the law of the excluded middle could lead to the conclusion that there is a “present king of France.” This philosopher theorized the idea of a miniscule object in orbit between Earth and Mars to make (*) God’s existence a burden of proof rather than disproof, his namesake “teapot.” This author of “Why I Am Not a Christian” co-wrote a book with Alfred North Whitehead that used philosophical logic to make proofs. For 10 points, name this author of Principia Mathematica.
ANSWER: Bertrand Russell
<Borecki>
10. Paul Rusesabagina [RUE-SE-SA-BA-GINA] hid over a thousand people in this country’s Hotel des Milles Collines [MilleColline] during one event. This country’s RTLM radio station used the phrase “cut the tall trees” and referred to one group as “cockroaches” in an event led by the Interahamwe [IN-TER-A-HAWM-WE] militia. Romeo Dallaire led UNAMIR in this country where Juvenal (*)Habyarimana [HAB-YAR-I-MANA] was assassinated during a civil war won by the RPF. Paul Kagame [KA-GA-ME] is the current President of, for 10 points, what country where Tutsis were massacred by Hutus in a 1993 “genocide?”
ANSWER: Republic of Rwanda
<Borecki>
HALFTIME
11. Norman Good compiled an ideal list of these substances that include HEPES and tricine. One of these substances called TBE consists of EDTA, boric acid, and Tris, and is often used to protect DNA from hydrolysis during gel electrophoresis. Bicarbonate and carbonic (*) acid interact to form one of these systems in the bloodstream. These substances function as a result of the common ion effect, while their pH can be found using the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation. A weak acid and its conjugate base may be, for 10 points, what solutions that resist changes in pH?
ANSWER:buffers (or buffer solutions or buffering agents)
<Narayan>
12. He’s not Jesus, but Matthew states that this man briefly walked on water before he is frightened by a strong wind and his faith wavers. This first disciple to enter Jesus’ tomb pulls a coin out of a fish’s mouth in Masaccio’s The Tribute Money. He is called to be a “fisher of men” alongside his brother (*) Andrew but also catches 153 fish after Jesus appears on the Sea of Galilee. This disciple, supposedly crucified upside down by Nero, was referred to by Jesus with “upon this rock, I will build my church,” but later denied knowing him three times. For 10 points, name this first pope.
ANSWER: Simon Peter (accept Saint Peter)
<Borecki>
13. The narrator of a poem by this author describes the “acanthine hair” of a figure who is “pithy and historical as the Roman forum.” This author created a character who interns at Ladies’ Day magazine with Doreen, and wrote that “dying / is an art like everything else” in a poem that warns (*) “I eat men like air.” This author of “The Colossus”and “Lady Lazarus”declares “every woman adores a fascist” in a poem describing a figure as a “man in black with a Meinkampf look.” For 10 points, name this Confessional author of The Bell Jar, whose collection Ariel includes “Daddy.”
ANSWER: Sylvia Plath
<J. Tong>
14. In the Miller case, a Supreme Court stated that parliamentary approval was required for this action. Campaigning for and against this action was temporarily suspended when the neo-Nazi Thomas Mair murdered M.P. Jo Cox was murdered the month before the vote for this event, after which Nigel (*) Farage resigned as leader of the UKIP. The invocation of Article 50 officially began this action, the vote for which led to David Cameron resigning in place of Theresa May. For 10 points, a June 2016 referendum led to what action, a namesake country leaving the European Union?
ANSWER:Brexit (accept equivalents about the United Kingdom or Great Britain leaving the European Union)
15. Many raids were conducted into Cass County, Michigan because it had a high population of these people. A mob broke Shadrach Minkins, one of these people, out of a Boston courthouse, after which he fled to Canada. Daniel Webster resigned from the Senate due to his support of a law concerning these people. An 1850 (*) “Act” barred jury trials for these individuals, who could be arrested solely on the word of a claimant. “Box” Brown became one of these people by mailing himself from Virginia to Philadelphia. For 10 points, name these people who lived in the north and Canada, often after using the Underground Railroad.
ANSWER: fugitive slaves (or escaped slaves; accept similar answers; prompt on “slaves” but do not accept or prompt on “freed slaves” or anything indicating a status of “free” because legally they are not)
<Borecki>
16. Two characters in this film go on a date to see Rebel Without a Cause before visiting Griffith Observatory. One of those characters joins a band with Keith and misses the other’s one-woman play for a photo shoot. One character in this film moves to Boulder City and auditions for a role with the song (*) “Fools Who Dream.” An aspiring actress and a jazz pianist are played by Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling in, for 10 points, what film accidentally announced as the winner for best picture at the 2017 Academy Awards?
ANSWER:La La Land
17. A mutation in the GBA gene can lead to the buildup of glucocerebroside in this organelle and the onset of Gaucher disease. Proteins destined for this organelle are tagged with mannose 6-phosphate by the Golgi apparatus. GM2 gangliosides are degraded by the enzyme hexosaminidase A in this organelle, which is nonfunctional in (*) Tay-Sachs disease. A pH of about 4.5 characterizes, for 10 points, what organelles that contain catalytic enzymes which are used to digest cellular waste and macromolecules?
ANSWER: lysosomes
<Narayan>
18. Mlada’s ghost brings Yaromir to a gathering of the dead in a tone poem by this composer. This composer depicted a hut on hen’s legs owned by Baba Yaga, and used an alto saxophone solo to depict a troubadour singing in front of “The Old Castle” in a suite. Maurice Ravel removed the (*) “Promenades” that connects the movements of that work by this composer, in which a series of bell-like chords in E-flat major are used to depict the “Great Gate of Kiev.” Night on Bald Mountain was written by, for 10 points, what member of “the Mighty Five” who wrote Pictures at an Exhibition?
ANSWER: Modest Mussorgsky
<J. Tong>
19. One battle in this conflict saw the loser send half its force to Roughgrange, away from the fighting. Edmund Andros was deposed of his colonial governorship after this event, which was preceded by the Declaration of Indulgence and an attempted repeal of the Test Act. The Battle ofthe (*) Boyne completed this event, after which the English Bill of Rights was passed. The birth of James Francis Edward Stuart caused, for 10 points, what 1688 revolution where James II of England was replaced by William & Mary?
ANSWER:Glorious Revolution (accept Bloodless Revolution; accept Revolution of 1688 before read)
<Borecki>
20. In one play by this author, Littlewitch, Querulous, and Win Wife attempt to prevent Dame Purecraft from marrying the Puritan Zeal-of-the-Land Busy. This author of Bartholomew Fair asked a figure to “drink to me only with thine eyes” in his poem “To Celia.” Subtle and Captain Face attempt to scam (*) Sir Epicure Mammon by selling him a philosopher’s stone in a play by this author, who also wrote a work in which Mosca gains the title character’s fortune despite the efforts of Voltore, Corbaccio, and Corvino. For 10 points, this British playwright of The Alchemist and Volpone [VOL-PONE-EE].
ANSWER: Ben Jonson
<J. Tong>
TIEBREAK: ONLY PROCEED IF THE GAME IS TIED
21. A poet with this last name called for people to “rise, like lions after slumber / In unvanquishable number” in a poem responding to the Peterloo massacre, The Masque of Anarchy. Another author with this last name created a character whom causes Justine Moritz’s hanging by killing William, and later strangles (*) Henry Clerval. The line “hail to thee, blithe spirit!” opens a poem by a poet with this surname, who described a plaque bearing the phrase “look on my works, ye mighty, and despair” in “Ozymandias.” For 10 points, give this last name of the author of Frankenstein.
ANSWER: Shelley (accept Mary Shelley or Percy Shelley)
<J. Tong>
Bonuses
1. In a painting by this man, a dog looks up to a man who holds a rifle and stands next to his wife, whose lap was never completed. For 10 points each--
A. Name this painter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrews, who also depicted the Hallett family with their dog in The Morning Walk.
ANSWER: Thomas Gainsborough
B. In a famous portrait, Gainsborough may have depicted the young “boy” Jonathan Buttall wearing clothes of this color. Picasso painted The Old Guitarist during a period named after this color.
ANSWER: blue
C. This other English painter painted various versions of the Salisbury Cathedral and depicted an object floating down the River Stour past Flatford Mill in The Hay Wain.
ANSWER: John Constable
2. These entities that appear in Group VI of the Baltimore Classification contain an enzyme called reverse transcriptase. For 10 points each--
A. Name this specific class of infectious agents, one of which is treated with the drug Zidovudine, or AZT.
ANSWER:retroviruses (accept lentiviruses; prompt on “viruses”)
B. AZT is used to treat this retrovirus, which attacks helper-T cells in the immune system to cause AIDS.
ANSWER:HIV (or human immunodeficiency virus)
C. The genome of retroviruses consists of this molecule, which reverse transcriptase acts on to form complementary DNA.
ANSWER: single-stranded RNA (or ribonucleic acid or ssRNA)
<Narayan>
3. The Step Daughter works for Madame Pace, who speaks half English and half Italian, in this play. For 10 points each--
A. Name this play in which the Boy shoots himself and the Child drowns in a fountain, leading the Stage Manager to complain about wasting an entire day of rehearsal.
ANSWER: Six Characters in Search of an Author
B. Six Characters in Search of an Author is a play by this Italian dramatist and author of a novel in which a corpse is mistakenly identified as Mattia Pascal.
ANSWER: Luigi Pirandello
C. In this Pirandello play, an Italian aristocrat mistakenly believes he is the title king after falling off of a horse and hitting his head.
ANSWER: Henry IV
<J. Tong>
4. For 10 points each, give the following about Native Americans in the United States:
A. This law attempted to eliminate the Native American “communal” way of living by dividing tribal land into allotments of 160 acres for families and 80 acres for individuals.
ANSWER: Dawes Act
B. The 1851 Indian Appropriations Act established these territories occupied and governed by tribes. The Navajo live on one of these territories spanning Arizona and New Mexico.
ANSWER: Indian reservations (or Native American reservations; prompt on “nations”)
C. The “ghost dance” movement, a response to the near-extinction of Bison and loss of Lakota lands, led to this 1890 “massacre” in the Pine Ridge Reservation.
ANSWER:Wounded Knee Massacre (or Battle of Wounded Knee)
<Borecki>
5. The god of this object was lured from a cave by the dance of the kami Uzume [OOH-ZOO-ME]. For 10 points each--
A. Name this object, whose god was birthed from the left eye of Izanagi and rid the world of light while hiding in the cave.
ANSWER:sun
B. This Shinto sun goddess hid in the cave and was said to have birthed women from her necklace in a contest with her brother, Susanoo.