TOSSUPS – UNC BSWORD BOWL/PENN BOWL 2006 (UTC/Penn/Oklahoma/Drake)
Questions by North Carolina B (Brice Russ, Hadley Rouse, Sara Garnett, Dan Wright, Noah Brisbin) & Oklahoma
1.Though this fictional character’s ancestors were renowned for fighting alongside Peter Stuyvesant, he is notoriously lazy. His ordeal is finally seen as a blessing because of the death of his domineering wife. That ordeal begins when he hears a thunder while hunting, and discovers it to be the ghosts of Henry Hudson and his crew playing ninepins. FTP, name this character of a story by Washington Irving who sleeps for twenty years.
Answer:Rip van Winkle
2.He briefly served as archon of Athens, and later in his career created the ill-fated Panhellion as a parliament for the Greek city-states under his rule. Athens was also the site of his eponymous arch, but his better-known architectural achievements include his villa at Tivoli and the restoration of the Pantheon. FTP, name this Roman, the third of the Five Good Emperors, who succeeded Trajan and built a wall across Britain.
Answer:Publius Aelius TraianusHadrianus
3.Jacques Monod and Francois Jacob were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their research on this genetic regulator in 1965. Often found in bacteria like E. coli, its three structural genes encode beta-galactosidase, beta-galactoside permease, and beta-galactoside transacetylase. Consisting of these three adjacent structural genes, a promoter, a terminator, and an operator, its function is often dependent on cyclic-AMP and glucose concentration. For ten points, name this operon responsible for the transport and metabolism of lactose in prokaryotes.
Answer:lac operon
4.He was named most outstanding player of the 1959 NCAA men’s basketball championship, even though California eked out a one-point win over his West Virginia team. In 1960, he began his pro career, which saw him selected as an NBA all-star fourteen times in his fourteen-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers. He later went on to become a well-reputed general manager for the Lakers and the Grizzlies, but his most lasting image is perhaps his silhouette in the NBA logo. FTP, name this Hall of Fame guard known as “Mr. Clutch.”
Answer:Jerry West
5.(OU) Some have suggested that it is a yew to match the description in the Poetic Edda, which characterizes it as being evergreen. It is also known as the Mimameid and some consider it to be the same as the Lerad, which provides food for the goat and stag living on the roof of Valhalla. Ratatosk, a squirrel, climbs along it, exchanging barbs between the eagle that lives at the top and the demon that gnaws at its roots and its spring is found in Helheim. FTP, this is what object from Norse mythology?
Answer:Yggdrasill
6(OU) It is divided into nine districts, including Black River, Grand Port, and Moka, and it was formed as a result of the African Plate moving over the so-called Réunion hotspot 8 to 10 MYA. Its highest peak, a remnant of this island’s volcanic history, is Piton de la Riviere Noire and the island has long been noted for its beautiful scenery. FTP, what is this island nation found in the Indian Ocean with capital at Port Louis, perhaps best known as the home to the extinct dodo?
Answer:Mauritius
7.Zach Braff cites this poem in his blog as an encapsulation of the themes in his directorial debut, Garden State. Other references made to it do not include the Allman Brothers CD Eat a Peach, but do include a line muttered in Apocalypse Now shortly after a reference to Rudyard Kipling's "If". 'There will be time for decisions and revisions' in, FTP, this T.S. Eliot poem, which opens with a six-line quote from Dante's Inferno.
Answer:The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
8.Sharing its name with a French island and the ninth-largest asteroid currently known to man, it has a diameter of 3121 km and one of the highest albedos in the solar system. Its mysterious nature has lent it a prominent role in popular fiction; various authors have broken its crust apart for terraforming, used it as a staging ground for battles, and transformed the planet it orbits, Jupiter, into a sun to heat it. FTP, identify this Galilean moon with a layer of liquid ocean hypothesized by some to possibly hold life.
Answer:Europa
9.(OU) It was written in the composer’s “middle period”, a time when heroism was a dominant theme in his works, and its libretto was adapted from the play Leonore by Jean-Nicolas Bouilly. Notable parts include the Prisoners’ Chorus, featuring political prisoners celebrating freedom, and Leonore’s rescue of Florestan, who, hallucinating, pictures her as an angel. FTP, name this work, named for the boy Leonore pretends to be, the only opera written by Beethoven.
Answer:Fidelio
10.He served as a vocal abolitionist before his election to the New York senate in 1830. He later served as Governor of New York and as a United States Senator, losing the Republican presidential nominations in 1856 and 1860. His most famous position, however, was within the cabinets of Lincoln and Johnson. FTP, name this Secretary of State who made the then-questionable decision to purchase a tract of land from Russia in 1867.
Answer:William Henry Seward
11.(OU) Simon Yephikodov, a young man prone to accidents, is often called “Simple Simon”. Dunyasha, the object of Simon’s affections, is a servant who is in love with Yasha. Boris Simeonov-Pischik is known for his boundless optimism and is a debtor. Anya and Varya are the protagonist’s daughters. Leonid Gayev is their uncle and he often thinks of nothing but billiards. These are all characters in, FTP, what Anton Chekov play, in which the destruction of the title location can be heard at the end?
Answer:The Cherry Orchard
12.(OU) This two-word phrase was introduced in its present context in the chapter “Definitions” in the book Psychological Types. The term was borrowed from cultural anthropology to describe this phenomenon, which the author was later to term objective psyche. Metaphysical proponents suggest that it’s shared by all people, while others believe it arises in each person as a result of shared instinct, common experience, and shared culture. FTP, what is this concept from Jungian analytical psychology, which describes underlying aspects of the mind which are shared by all human beings?
Answer:Collective Unconscious
13.(OU) It was born out of the McCormack-Dickstein and Dies Committees, which were originally intended to investigate fascism in the US. From 1969 to its abolition in 1975 it was named the Committee on Internal Security and from 1975 on its functions were moved to the House Judiciary Committee. With notable representatives serving on it, such as John Rankin and Richard Nixon, this is, FTP, what house committee which was primarily responsible for investigating communism in the United States?
Answer:House Committee on Un-American Activities or House Un-American Activities Committee or HUAC or HCUA
14.(OU) In the presence of oxygen, this substance burns to form steam and carbon dioxide, but in situations with limited oxygen, carbon soot and carbon monoxide result. It is often sold commercially as LPG or calor gas and is used in steam cracking as a propellant in aerosol sprays. It has one isomer, which is frequently used as a refrigerant, because of concerns about Freon. FTP, what is this substance, an un-branched alkane with the chemical formula C4H10?
Answer:Butane
15.Its relief sculptures would stretch to almost 656 feet in length if unfurled, with a height of approximately 36 inches. Similar to the Bayeux Tapestry in its meticulous description of military actions, the monument itself stands 125 feet in height, with the ashes of its subject, who died in 117 A.D., interred in the base. FTP, identify this cylindrical dedication to a Roman emperor who expanded the Roman Empire to its greatest extent.
Answer:Column of Trajan (or Trajan's Column)
16.(OU) It has a typical magnitude of 10-4 inverse seconds in the mid-latitudes and it was inadvertently calculated by Laplace in 1778. Named for a Frenchman who discovered it in 1835, this effect is felt on objects traveling long distances across the Earth’s surface, because of the motion of the frame of reference. Causing air to flow in different directions around pressure systems in the Northern and Southern hemispheres, this is, FTP, what force which is incorrectly associated with the direction that water spins down a drain?
Answer:Coriolis Force or Coriolis Effect
17.(OU) He was selected as a special consul in charge of Spanish emigration in 1938 in the wake of the Spanish Civil War and later also served diplomatic posts in Mexico and France. He made an infamous appearance at the World Congress of Peace, but he is best known for his work as a writer and poet, composing such works as Canto General and Alturas de Macchu Picchu. FTP, name this prolific poet and noted Communist, winner of the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature, who is best known for his collection Twenty Love Poems and One Song of Despair.
Answer:Pablo Neruda or Ricardo Eliecer Naftalí Reyes Basoalto
18.Its co-author was praised in the National Review as a pioneer in the field of direct instruction. Published in 1997 by McGraw-Hill, it was referred to in a 2004 speech by Osama bin Laden, who paralleled some of its content to "the ramming of the skyscrapers". Its plot chiefly concerns the titular character, who is rebuked for his eating of "capes and canes" but praised after stopping a man trying to steal a car. FTP, name this children's story best known for being the focus of President Bush for seven minutes on September 11th, 2001, referenced with a slightly incorrect title in Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11.
Answer:The Pet Goat (accept My Pet Goat)
19. (OU) Its signing led to the Hibiya Riots and the fall of Katsura Taro’s cabinet, though Japan did receive a lease of the Liaodong Peninsula and access to the Russian rail system in Manchuria. The Japanese also gained the southern half of the island of Sakhalin, though they had been calling for its entirety, and they were recognized as the dominant power in Korea, reaffirming earlier treaties with the US and Great Britain. FTP, name this document, signed in an American city, which ended the Russo-Japanese War in 1905.
Answer:Treaty of Portsmouth
20.Garth Hallett claims that it has no practical use and so it does not matter whether it is true or false in Darkness and Light: An Analysis of Doctrinal Statements. Widely accepted instances of it occurred in 1854 and 1950, but John Paul II’s letter Ordinatio Sacerdotalis was considered by many, such as the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, to have not been an example of it. FTP, name this doctrine of the Catholic Church established at the First Vatican Council of 1870, used rarely in the case of the definitions of the dogmas of the Immaculate Conception and Assumption of Mary.
Answer:the doctrine of papal infallibility
21.(OU) This author’s Growing up in New Guinea found that children in “primitive” cultures think more practically and only adopt animistic beliefs as they become older. Her Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies found that sex was not necessarily linked to aggressiveness, as was commonly held in the US at that time. A student of Franz Boas and Ruth Benedict, this is, FTP, what famed cultural anthropologist most famous for writing Coming of Age in Samoa?
Answer:Margaret Mead
22.It occurs in the mesophyll of the leaf and requires 30 ATP to take place. While this is more energy than some similar processes require, the fact that carbon fixation takes place in a separate area from respiration allows an increased concentration of CO2 in the leaves. Keeping respiration isolated allows for more photosynthesis and less photorespiration, and so the carbon fixation process proceeds more efficiently. This describes what process that, for ten points, is useful to plants in times of drought, high temperatures, and nitrogen limitation?
Answer:C4 carbon fixation or C4cycle
23.(OU) Guest vocalists on this album included Michael Hutchence of INXS, Andy Partridge of XTC, Ed Kowalczyk of Live, and Gordon Gano of The Violent Femmes. Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde, who performed on “Damage I’ve Done” and “Punk Lolita”, toured with the band in support of the album. Its first single was “Don’t Take My Kindness for Weakness”, featuring Shaun Ryder of Happy Mondays and Black Grape. FTP, what is this album, the only release by The Heads, a band consisting of Chris Franz, Jerry Harrison, and Tina Weymouth, formerly of The Talking Heads?
Answer:No Talking, Just Head
BONI – UNC BSWORD BOWL/PENN BOWL 2006 (UTC/Penn/Oklahoma/Drake)
Questions by North Carolina B (Brice Russ, Hadley Rouse, Sara Garnett, Dan Wright, Noah Brisbin) & Oklahoma
1.Name these commanders of the Union’s Army of the Potomac, FTPE.
[10] This major general assumed command of the Army of the Potomac after the Union loss at Bull Run. He led the Peninsular Campaign in pursuit of Robert E. Lee, but was replaced after Antietam.
Answer:George B. McClellan
[10] Earning distinction at Antietam, this major general assumed the command of the Army of the Potomac after Fredericksburg. However, the Union’s humiliation at Chancellorsville and the initial setbacks in the campaign preceding Gettysburg led to his removal.
Answer:John Dalton Hooker
[10] This general did not want and never expected to have the command of the Army of the Potomac. In his first week on the job, he lucked out and was officially the victor at Gettysburg.
Answer:George Meade
2.(OU) 1905 was a big year for science and an even bigger year for Albert Einstein as it was the year that he published his so-called “Annus Mirabilis Papers”. F10PE, identify the following related to Einstein’s work in 1905.
A. In his paper “On the Motion—Required by the Molecular Kinetic Theory of Heat—of Small Particles Suspended in a Stationary Liquid”, Einstein explored this phenomenon which is caused when tiny particles suspended in a fluid are struck by other particles all moving in different directions.
Answer:Brownian Motion
B. Apart from explaining Brownian motion in that paper, Einstein also provided empirical evidence for the existence of these, which had hitherto been a contentious subject in physics, despite their recognition as a useful concept.
Answer:Atom
C. In his paper, “On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies”, Einstein introduced this theory of time, energy, mass, and density. It was consistent with electromagnetism, but inconsistent with Newtonian mechanics. It also omitted the force of gravity.
Answer:Special Theory of Relativity (prompt on Relativity; do not accept General Relativity)
3.(OU) How much do you know about different musical forms? FTPE:
A. Usually written for 3 to 5 parts, this type of piece, written in counterpoint, begins with a musical theme played by one instrument alone. A second instrument enters, playing the theme, followed by a third, and so on.
Answer:Fugue
B. The term was first applied to pieces for ensemble in several movements, but by the 19th Century, this form had come to refer to a work usually for solo piano in a single movement. John Field is considered the father of this type of composition, while Frédéric Chopin is one of the most famous composers of them.
Answer:Nocturne or Notturno
C. Examples include La Campanella by Franz Liszt and Am Seegestade – Eine Erinnerung by Bedřich Smetana. These pieces are usually designed to help a student of a particular instrument work on particularly difficult skills, but a few, like those by Chopin, are generally considered to be performance pieces.
Answer:Etude
4.(OU) Identify each of the following Neil Simon plays from a brief description FTSNOP.
10) Two elderly vaudevillians, “Lewis and Clarke”, are reunited by a nephew trying to revive their act on television.
Answer:The Sunshine Boys
10) Felix Ungar, a neatnik and journalist, is thrown out by his wife and movies in which an unkempt, slovenly sportswriter, Oscar Madison.
Answer:The Odd Couple
10) The second play in the so-called Eugene Trilogy, this work features Eugene James joining the US Army in 1945 and being sent to the title locale for basic training. He undergoes many life-changing events, including the loss of his virginity, all while dealing with a tough drill sergeant.
Answer:Biloxi Blues
5.Name the country, given the countries that border it, for ten points each.
[10] Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina
Answer:Paraguay
[10] Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine, Hungary, Austria
Answer:Slovakia
[10] Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa
Answer: Botswana
6.Super Bowl XL -- that’s forty, not extra large -- will be contested in Detroit in a few short weeks. FTPE:
[10] This is the first Super Bowl to be played in this new home stadium of the Detroit Lions.