Tossups by Penn Big Gay Al

Questions on the Crum 1998

Tossups by Penn Big Gay Al

1. Sometimes genius does run in the family. In 1904, the grandfather discovered the effect of pH on oxygen uptake by hemoglobin in red blood cells. In 1975, the grandson won a Nobel Prize for his collective motion theory of the atomic nucleus. In between, the son discovered the quantized nature of energy emitted when the electron of a hydrogen atom is in an excited state, and he won his own Nobel. For ten points, give the common surname of Christian, Aage, and Niels.

Answer BOHR

2. The West German government officially declared him dead in 1973, 27 years after he was tried in absentia and sentenced to die at Nuremberg. He became Nazi Party Chief of Staff in 1933 and took over Rudolf Hess's duties when Hess parachuted into Scotland in 1941. For ten points, name this war criminal who died in Hitler's Berlin bunker.

Answer: Martin BORMANN

3. This poem's preface quotes Plato's Epigram on Aster and blames a bad review in the English literary journal Quarterly Review for depressing its subject and bursting a blood vessel in his lungs. In 55 allegorical Spencerian stanzas, the author mourns his friend and fellow poet who died of consumption in Italy. For ten points, name this elegy for John Keats by Percy Shelley.

Answer: ADONAIS: An Elegy on the Death of John Keats

4. Today this city consists of an old section built in the middle ages and a new section built after the Russian conquest in the 19th century. Before Alexander the Great captured it in 329 B.C., it was called Maracanda and was the capital of the Persian province of Sogdiana. Today it is the second-largest city in Uzbekistan. For ten points, name this ancient city, the capital of Tamerlane's empire.

Answer: SAMARKAND

5. He was the last apostle to die and the only one to die of natural causes. According to tradition, he traveled as a missionary to Syria and to India, where a king gave him money to build a palace, but where he used the money to help the poor. His name means twin in both Aramaic and Greek, and he explicitly recognized Christ's divinity only after Christ appeared to him and he touched Christ's wounds. For ten points, name this apostle whose name forms half of an epithet for excessive skepticism.

Answer: Saint THOMAS

6. Jean-Claude Gayssot, the Communist transport minister, wants the government to retain control, but the government plans to sell off twenty percent of this company in June. Twenty percent, however, is too little for Christian Blanc, its former Chairman of the Board who resigned in protest after pushing for full privatization. For ten points, name this airline, Air Inter's international counterpart.

Answer: AIR FRANCE

7. In 1935, he became England's Minister to the League of Nations and then Foreign Secretary, but he resigned in 1938 because he disagreed with Chamberlain's policy of appeasement. In 1940, however, he joined Churchill's emergency government as Secretary of War and then as Foreign Secretary and leader of Parliament. For ten points, name this son-in-law of Churchill who resigned as prime minister after the 1956 Suez Crisis.

Answer: Anthony EDEN

8. Itlivedabout150millionyearsago. Itlackedakeeledsternumforpectoralmuscleattachment,butitdidhaveelongateddigits. Thissuggestedithadwings,butonlythediscoveryofafossilwiththeimprintoffeathersconfirmedthis. Fortenpoints,namethisevolutionarylinkbetweenreptilesandbirds.
Answer:ARCHEOPTERYX
9.WithAmedeeOzenfant,hefoundedthejournalTheNewSpiritandwrotemanyarticlesthatdefendedhisfunctionalisttheoriesofarchitecture. Hisearlydesignswereprivatehomesthathecalled"machinestobelived in,"includingSavoye(sav-wa)House,buthismostfamousworksincludethe PalacefortheLeagueofNationsandtheHighCourtBuildingsinChandigahr,India. Fortenpoints,namethisFrencharchitectbornCharlesEdouardJeanneret.
Answer:LECORBUSIER(AcceptJeanneretonanearlybuzz)
10. "Ihavereceivedyournewbookagainstthehumanrace,andthankyouforit. Neverwassuchaclevernessusedinthedesignofmakingusallstupid." ThatbittercritiquebyVoltairewasaresponsetothistreatiseongovernmentbyhisrival,themusician-turned-philosopherJean-JacquesRousseau. Fortenpoints,namethis1762workbyRousseauthatbegins"Manisbornfree,yeteverywhereheisinchains."
Answer:THESOCIALCONTRACT
11. WhenJoeDiMaggioheardit,hethreatenedtosuePaulSimonuntilSimonassuredhimthatheusedtheYankee'snameasasymbolofgoodness.WhenMickeyMantlelistenedtothissongheaskedSimonwhyheusedJoeDiMaggio'snameinsteadofhis,andSimonansweredthatitwasamatterofsyllables,notfavoritism. Fortenpoints,here'stoyouifyoucannamethissongsungbySimonandGarfunkelaboutacharacterplayedbyAnneBancroftinTheGraduate.
Answer:MRS.ROBINSON
12. Hecommittedsuicidewhenhismotherdiedfromtuberculosis. Oneofhispopularcharacters,SolomonCain,firstappearedinthemagazineWeirdTales,butheismostfamousforaseriesofpulpnovelsaboutoneparticularcharacter,abarbariandescendentofKull. Fortenpoints,namethiscreatorofConantheBarbarian.
Answer:RobertE.HOWARD
13. IcelandicAnnalssayitwasdiscoveredin1194,anditsnamemeans"coldcoast."OnceabaseforexpeditionstotheNorthPole,todayitisacoalminingregion. Fortenpoints,namethisarchipelagothatincludesNortheastLandandSpitsbergenwhoseresourcerightsareoccasionallydisputedbetweenNorwayandRussia.
Answer:SVALBARD
14. Againstanarmyof250,000men,AlexanderattackedthePersianleftflankwith40,000soldiers. Thisdidlittleimmediatedamage,butitdrewthePersiancavalrytotheleftflankandexposedthePersianinfantry. AlexanderthenledacavalrychargeintothePersianinfantry,broketheirranks,andattackedthePersianrear. Fortenpoints,namethisOctober1,331B.C.battleinwhichthePersianssuffered40,000to90,000casualtieswhiletheMacedonianssufferedfewerthan500.
Answer:BattleofARBELAorGAUGAMELA
15.OnecorrectansweristhatheisaScottishnovelistwhomovedtoCanadain1825andwroteabookaboutScottishsettlersinCanadacalledLawrieToddandabiographyofhisfriend,LordByron. However,themorefamousansweris"Iamthefirstmanofabilitywhorefusedtodopenanceformyvirtuesorletthembeusedasthetoolsofmydestruction." Fortenpoints,whatisthisfourwordquestionthatbeginsAynRand'snovel,AtlasShrugged?
Answer:WHOISJOHNGALT?(Promptbefore"thisfourwordquestion"onGaltorJohnGalt)
16. MariePereydiscovereditin1939attheCurieLaboratoryinParis. ItformswhenActiniumdisintegrates,anditslongest-livedisotopehasahalf-lifeof22minutes. Fortenpoints,namethiselementwithatomicnumber87,theheaviestofthealkalimetalsandthemostelectropositiveelement.
Answer:FRANCIUM
17.Inthe1920s,heworkedasanartistandateacheruntilhemetAnnaFreud,whoencouragedhimtostudypsychoanalysis. HeimmigratedtotheUSin1933,whereheworkedatHarvardMedicalSchoolandthenYaleUniversity. HewonaNationalBookAwardabdaPulitzerPrizeforhisbookGandhi'sTruth,buthismostfamousworkwashisfirst,ChildhoodandSociety. FTP,namethispsychologistwhodevelopedtheconceptoftheidentitycrisis.
Answer:ErikERIKSON
18. In1164,theArchbishopofCanterburyfirstagreedtothem,butthenrepudiatedthemandfledtoFrance. Theylimitedthetemporalauthorityofthechurchandgaveroyalcourtsauthorityoverecclesiasticalones. Fortenpoints,namethissetof16articlesthatHenryIpresentedtoThomasaBecketandhisbishopsintheEnglishtownforwhichtheyarenamed.
Answer:CONSTITUTIONSOFCLARENDON
19.. InFrance,itbecamepopularinthe16thcenturyintheworkofPierredeRonsardandAlexanderPopemocksitinPartIIofhisEssayonCriticism. Aseriesof12thcenturyFrenchRomancesaboutAlexandertheGreatwritteninthisverseformgaveititsname. Fortenpoints,identifythisverseform,alineof12syllablesin6iambicfeet.
Answer:ALEXANDRINE
20.HestudiedunderRimsky-KorsakovandMaxBruchbeforebecomingprofessorofcompositionatSt.CeciliaAcademyinRome.HeisfamousforsomeofhisoperasincludingLucrezia,Semirama,andBelfagor.However,hisorchestralpiecesconcerningtheplacewherehelivedmostofhislifeanddied.FTP,namethiscomposerofThePinesofRomeandTheFountainsofRome.
Answer:OttorinoRespighi
QuestionsontheCrumVII,1998
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1. 30-20-10. Nametheauthorfromworks.
30)ABurntoutCase;TheComedians
20)BrightonRock;TheEndoftheAffair
10)TheHeartoftheMatter;ThePowerandtheGlory
Answer:GrahamGREENE
2. Namethesepartsofthebrainfortenpointsapiece.
a)Thispartrestsbehindtheeyesandabovethepituitarygland. Itregulatesbodytemperatureandreceivesnerveinputsfromerogenouszones,viscera,andthelimbicsystem.
Answer:HYPOTHALAMUS
b)Thisisthesiteofdecussationoftheleftandrightportionsofthesecondcranialnervebeforetheyenterthebrain.
Answer:OPTICCHIASMA
c)Thislargecommissureconnectsthetwocerebralhemispheres. Doctorssometimesseverittotreatsevereepilepsy.
Answer:CORPUSCALLOSUM
3. EveryoneknowsancientRomansfromwhatthehistorybookssaytheydid.But,fortenpointsapiece,namethesefiguresinRomanhistoryfromtheiradventureswithXenatheWarriorPrincess!
a)YearsbeforeXenametGabrielle,shefellforthisfamousRomanwhoshekidnapped,madeloveto,andransomedtoRome.Laterheambushedherpirateshipandcrucifiedher,butasensualGallicslavechickXenaandtaughtherfightingskillstouseagainstRome.
Answer:GaiusJuliusCAESAR
b)XenametthisRomanwhenhesquabbledwithJuliusCaesaroverwhocouldbuildanewaqueduct. AtabanquetheaskedXenatoassassinateCaesarandflirtatiouslytoldher"Ilikeyou,"towhichXenaansweredwithWarriorPrincessmachismo"I'mnotalikableperson."
Answer:GnaeusPOMPEIUSMagnusorPOMPEYtheGreat
c)StillpissedatCaesar,XenatraveledtoBritanniatohelpthiswomanresisthisinvasion. ThewarriorwomenheldtheirownagainsttheRomanlegionsuntilXenaleftthefronttosaveGabriellefromthefierytalonsoftheevilgodDahak!
Answer:BOADECIA orBOUDICCA
4. Now,timeforarealRomanhistorybonus. ThelastbonusmentionedJuliusCaesarandPompeytheGreat.
a)Forfivepoints,namethethirdmemberoftheFirstTriumvirate.
Answer:MarcusLiciniusCRASSUS
b)Nowfortenpoints,tellmeinwhatbattledidCaesardefeatPompeyonAugust9,48B.C.
Answer:PHARSALUS
c)Now,forafinalfivepointsapiece,namethethreemembersofRome'sSecondTriumvirate.
Answer:MarcusAemiiusLEPIDUS;MarcANTONY(AcceptMarcANTHONYorMarcusANTONIUS);GaiusOCTAVIUS(AcceptGaiusJuliusCaesarOCTAVIANorOCTAVIANUS)
5. 5-10-15. NametheseGermanpoliticians.
5pts)ThisChristianDemocratwaselectedChancellorin1982andhaswonreelectionthreetimes.
Answer:HelmutKOHL
10pts)ThisSocialDemocratjustwonreelectiontothepremiershipofLowerSaxonyandisexpectedtochallengeKohlinthisyear'selections.
Answer:GerhardSCHROEDER
15pts)ThisSocialDemocrat,thepartychairman,ranagainstKohlin1990,butisnowexpectedtoletSchröderleadhispartinthefall.
Answer:OskarLAFONTAINE
6. Namethesecellorganellesfortenpointsapiece.
a)Biologistsbelievetheseorganellesareprimordiallyengulfedbacteriawhichexplainstheirdoublemembrane. TheyarethesiteoftheKrebscycleandoxidativephosphorylation.
Answer:MITOCHONDRIA
b)TheselowpHorganellesreceivehydrolyticenzymestaggedwithamoleculeofmannose6phosphate. Theydigestnutrientsandbroken-downorganelles.
Answer:LYSOSOMES
c)InitialN-linkedglycosylationofaproteintoahighmannoseformoccursinthelumenofthisorganellewiththehelpofcatalysisbytheenzymeoligosaccharyltransferase.
Answer:ENDOPLASMICRETICULUM
7.Fortenpointsapiece,identifytheseSymbolistpaintersfromworks.
a)TheSickChild;BetweenClockandBed
Answer:EdvardMUNCH
b)Apparition;OedipusandtheSphinx
Answer:GustaveMOREAU
c)TheEyeLikeaStrangeBalloonMountsTowardInfinity;Orpheus
Answer:OdilonREDON
8. Fortenpointsapiece,identifytheseworksbyYukioMishima.
a)ThisisMishima'sfirstnovel. Init,ayoungmaninpost-warJapanlearnstoaccepthishomosexuality.
Answer:CONFESSIONSOFAMASK
b)This1956noveltellsthestoryofayoungacolytewhoburnsdownthetempleinwhichhelivesbecauseheissooverwhelmedbyitsbeauty.
Answer:THETEMPLEOFTHEGOLDENPAVILION
c)ThisfourvolumeepicaboutJapan'stransformationintoamodernbutsterilesocietyconsistsofSpringSnow,RunawayHorses,TheTempleofDawn,andTheDecayoftheAngel.
Answer:THESEAOFFERTILITY
9. NametheseChristianheresiesfortenpointsapiece.
a)ApriestofAlexandriaproposedthiseponymousheresythattheCouncilofNiceacondemned. ItsaysthatGodisdivinebecausehehasalwaysexisted,butChristwasbornlikeman,soheisnotdivine.
Answer:ARIANISMortheARIANheresy
b)TheCouncilofEphesusdeclaredthisdoctrineoftheArchbishopofConstantinopleaheresy. ItarguesthatChrist'sdivineandhumannaturesactedtogetherbutdidnotjoinintheunityofasingleindividual.
Answer:NESTORIANISMortheNESTORIANheresy
c)ThisheresyclaimsthatChristhasonlyadivinenature. Inthe6thcentury,itsfollowerssplitintothreefactionsincludingtheTritheistswhotheothertwofactionsexpelledforheresy.
Answer:EUTYCHIANISMorMONOPHYSITISMortheMONOPHYSITEheresy
10.5-10-15. NametheseFrenchPremiers.
a)HewaseducatedasadoctorandworkedinConnecticutduringtheAmericanCivilWarasaFrenchnewscorrespondent. Heservedaspremierfrom1906to1909andfrom1917to1920duringwhichtimehehelpedwritetheTreatyofVersailles.
Answer:GeorgesCLEMENCEAU
b)Heworkedasahistoryteacheruntilheenteredpoliticsin1924. Hewaselectedpremierethreetimes,buthissecondgovernmentlastedonlyelevendays. Inhisfinalterm,henegotiatedtheMunichPactwithHitler,Mussolini,andChamberlain.
Answer:EduardDALADIER
c)HeservedaspremierefromMarchtoJune1940andopposedappeasementofGermanaggression. WhenHitlerinvadedFrance,heresignedandwasimprisoned. In1958heledthecommissionthatdraftedtheConstitutionoftheFifthRepublic.
Answer:PaulREYNAUD
11. AnswerthesequestionsaboutMalaysiaforthestatednumberofpoints.
5pts)WhatisMalaysia'scapital?
Answer:KUALALUMPUR
10pts)WhoisthecurrentPrimeMinisterofMalaysia?
Answer:MahatirMOHAMED
5pts)Withinone,howmanystatesmakeupMalaysia?
Answer:13(Acceptbetween12and14)
10possiblepts)Forfivepointsapiece,nameanytwoofthe13Malaystates.
Answer:SELANGOR,PERAK,PERLIS,TERENGGANU,KEDAH,KELANTAN,MALACCA,NEGERISEMBILAN,JOHORE,PAHANG,SARAWAK,SABAH,PENANG
12.30-20-10. Nametheman.
30)In1952,hebuiltthefirstcomputerthatusedaflexiblestoredprogram,MANIACI.
20)Hecontributedtoquantummechanicsthemathematicalconceptof"ringsofoperators."
10)WitheconomistOskarMorgenstern,hewrote"TheoryofGamesandEconomicBehavior"
Answer:JohnvonNEUMANN
13. Fortenpointsapiece,nametheseworksbyBeethoven.
a)JosefSonleitherwrotethelibrettotothisopera,whosecharactersincludeFlorestan,Leonora,andMarcellina.
Answer:FIDELIO
b)AmusiccriticnamedRellstabgavethis1801sonataitspopularnicknamewhenhesaiditremindedhimofvisitingLakeLucerneatnight.
Answer:MOONLIGHTSONATAorSONATAQUASIUNAFANTASIAOpus27,No.2
c)Beethovencalledthis1823workhis"biggestandmostperfectachievement."HecomposeditforhisfriendArchdukeRudolphebutsoldittoseveralprincesandpublishersatthesametimetomakemoremoney.
Answer:MISSASOLEMNISinD(opus123)
14. 30-20-10. Nametheman.
30)FeministpoetRobinMorganwroteapoemsuggestingthathebedismembered.
20)Bothhiswifeandthewomanheleftherfor,AssiaWevill,committedsuicidebyputtingtheirheadsingasovens.
10)Hisnewestcollectionofpoetry,BirthdayLetters,defendshisrelationshipwithSylviaPlath.
Answer:TedHUGHES
15.5-10-15. Answerthesequestionsaboutradioactivity.
5pts)Whatisthestandardunitofmeasurementforradioactivity,theamountofasubstanceinwhich37billionatomspersecondundergoradioactivedisintegration?
Answer:CURIE
10pts)WhatFrenchphysicistdiscoveredradiationin1896?
Answer:HenriBECQUEREL
15pts)Afteritemitsanalphaparticle,whatwilltheatomicnumberandatomicmassbeofanatomwithoriginalatomicnumber32andoriginalatomicmass64?
Answer:Atomicnumber30andatomicmass60
16)5-10-15. NamethesechildrenofKingPriam.
5pts)ApollotaughtthisdaughterofPriamtheartofprophecy,butwhensherefusedhisadvances,thegodordainedthatnoonewouldeverbelieveherprophecies.
Answer:CASSANDRA
10pts)OdysseuscapturedthisTrojanseerwhorevealedhowtheGreekscouldtakeTroy. Afterthewar,hefoundedthecityofButhrotumandlaterprophesiedtoAeneasthefoundingofRome.
Answer:HELENUS
15)WhenTroyfell,Achilles'sonNeoptolemussacrificedthisdaughterofPriamandHecubaonAchilles'graveliketheghostofhisfatherdemanded.
Answer:POLYXENA
17)Fortenpointsapiece,answerthesequestionsabouttheFlyingCircus...thefightersquadron,notthecomedytroupe.
a)WhatGermanpilotnicknamedtheRedBaronledtheFlyingCircusuntilApril1918?
Answer:ManfredvonRICHTHOFEN
b)WhatCanadianaceflyingfortheBritishshotdownRichthofenonApril21?
Answer:A.R.BROWN
c)WhenRichthofendied,what25yearoldpilotreplacedhimassquadronleader?
Answer:HermannGOERING
18. Fortenpointsapiece,namethesePulitzerPrize-winningplaysfromtheirauthorsandtheyeartheywonthePulitzer.
a)ArchibaldMacLeish,1959Answer:J.B.
b)EdwardAlbee,1967Answer:ADELICATEBALANCE
c)RobertSchenkkan,1992Answer:THEKENTUCKYCYCLE
19. Identifythesemathtermsfortenpointsapiece.
a)Thisistheneighborhoodofagivenradiusaroundapoint,notincludingthosepointsatthelengthoftheradius.
Answer:OPENBALL(PromptononlyBall)
b)Thisisasetofelementsandanoperationsuchthatthesetisclosedonthatoperation,theoperationisassociative,thereisanidentity,andeveryelementhasaninverse.
Answer:GROUP
c)Thedeformationofashapeinspacechangingittoanothershapewithoutevercuttingandrejoiningtheshape.
Answer:ISOTOPY
20. Fortenpointsapiece,nametherulingfamilyordynastiesofthesecountriesin200B.C.
a)EgyptAnswer:PTOLEMAIC(Acceptreasonableequivalents)
b)ChinaAnswer:HAN
c)SyriaAnswer:ANTIGONID