UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND ANNUAL FALL HIGH SCHOOL INVITATIONAL
GAME 2A
Round 1 by Phil Durkos, 2 by Berkeley, 3 by Dan Greenstein, 4 by Berkeley, 5 by Mark Binfield and Adam Fine, Editing by Phil Durkos
ROUND 1: 8 Toss-ups, 10 points up or down. No bounce-backs. All answers in this round will begin with the letter “K.”
1)This was the capital city of the Mongols before the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty but it is better known as the name of the mountain range containing K2. KARAKORUM
2)This palustrine creature has had something of a music career, singing “The Rainbow Connection” and “It's Not Easy Being Green.” KERMIT the Frog
3)This foreign policy expert is best remembered as Nixon's Secretary of State. KISSINGER
4)This essential dietary nutrient is required for proper maintenance of cells in hair, fingernails, and skin. KERATIN
5)This new wave band was one of many formed by songwriter Kimberley Rewe, but is best remembered for the hit “Walking on Sunshine.” KATRINA AND THE WAVES
6)He is the partner of the Duke in Mark Twain's “Huckleberry Finn.” KING
7)This drug is actually a veterinary tranquilizer, but some individuals use it to produce a semipsychedelic high. KETAMINE or SPECIAL K
8)The plaintiff in this case violated executive Order #9066 by refusing to leave his home, even though he was of Japanese descent. KOREMATSU v. United States
ROUND 2: Untimed individual round, 7 individual prompts, +20 points, no penalties.
Team 1
1. Milton's line “What in vanity hath otherwise been done?” conceals within it the name of this Egyptian God of magic and wisdom? ANSWER: Thoth
2. Of draconian, damoclean, or solonic, which word comes from the name of an early lawmaker in Athens and means "overly harsh," especially in the case of punishments?
answer: draconian
3. Of Calif., Oregon, and Wash. which state is not represented by two women senators?
Answer: Oregon
4. Nov. 16 saw the deaths of two monarchs -- in 1272 this son of king John died after a 50 year reign of disatser for England, and in 1632 this Swedish monarch was killed in battle at Lutzen.
Answer: Henry III, Gustavus Adolphus
5. Botticelli and Tintoretto both painted what same Roman goddess, one at birth - the other in bed with her lover being surprised by her husband?
Answer: Venus
6. “He that steals my purse steals trash ... but he that filches from me my good name steals that which not enriches him and leaves me poor indeed.” These lines are spoken by what green-eyed villain from Othello ?
Answer: Iago
Team 2
1. “Where now is Israel in his exile?” begins a hymn. The quote contains in it the name of this Egyptian goddess of life and fertility, wife of Osiris? ANSWER: Isis
2. Mentor, Stentor, or Aeolus - which of these Homeric characters has passed his name into English to mean any loud voiced messenger (herald) ?
Answer: Stentor
3. Of Montana, Idaho, or Wyoming, which has the largest congressional delegation?
Answer: Idaho (2 in House compared to 1 each)
4. (two parts) The date 18 Nov saw these two events - in 1307 he shot an apple off his son’s head in Switzerland AND in 1872 this leading US sufragette was arrested for trying to vote.
Answer: William Tell, Susan B. Anthony
5. What same Bibical hero was the subject of statues by Donatello and Michaelangelo?
Answer: David
6. “We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. For he that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother, be he ne’er so vile this day shall gentle his condition.” These lines are spoken by what title Shakespeare character on the eve of the battle of Agincourt?
Answer: Henry V
ROUND 3: 10 toss-ups, plus or minus 10 points, no bounce-backs. Given the five largest cities by population in reverse order, name the state or province.
1) Rock Springs, Gillette, Laramie, Casper, Cheyenne
ANSWER: Wyoming
2) London, Hamilton, Mississauga, Ottawa, Toronto
ANSWER: Ontario
3) Medford, Gresham, Salem, Eugene, Portland
ANSWER: Oregon
4) Tuscaloosa, Huntsville, Mobile, Montgomery, Birmingham
ANSWER: Alabama
5) Seaford, Milford, Newark, Dover, Wilmington
ANSWER: Delaware
6) Rochester, Derry, Concord, Nashua, Manchester
ANSWER: New Hampshire
7) Brookings, Watertown, Aberdeen, Rapid City, Sioux Falls
ANSWER: South Dakota
8) Clarksville, Chattanooga, Knoxville, Nashville, Memphis
ANSWER: Tennessee
9) Abbotsford, Richmond, Burnaby, Surrey, Vancouver
ANSWER: British Columbia
10) Greenville, Hattiesburg, Biloxi, Gulfport, Jackson
ANSWER: Mississippi
ROUND 4: Timed individual rounds, 8 individual prompts, +20, no penalties, +25 bonus for all correct, 90 seconds total.
Team 1
1. In the late 19th century Helen Keller, a deaf, blind girl, was taught to communicate with the outside world by what teacher recommended by Alexander Graham Bell?
answer: Annie SULLIVAN
2. In Japanese history, what is the name given to the period starting in 1868 when the emperors took power back from the shuguns?
answer: MEIJI RESTORATION
3. What is the lowest common multiple of 20, 30, and 45?
answer: 180
4. Formerly called Basutoland, today it has a population of about 2,000,000 and its capital is Maseru. Name this tiny, landlocked country completely surrounded by South Africa.
answer: LESOTHO
5. There are five animal kingdoms. To which kingdom do slime molds, and red and green algae belong?
answer: PROTISTA
- This Italian is considered the first composer of opera as we know it today; his most famous was “Orfeo.”
answer: MONTEVERDI
7. The sociologist Emil Durkheim studied what self-destructive phenomenon seen in humans, but very few other anmials?
Answer: SUICIDE
8. In college basketball, a 3-point basket may be scored from any point beyond an arc how many feet from the basket?
Answer: 24 ft
Team 2
1. The famous line "Death be not proud" is from the poem "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" by what English poet of the 1700s?
answer: Thomas GRAY
2. What Nebraskan self made man swayed the Democratic national convention in 1896 with his "Cross of Gold" speech to win the nomination, but lost the general election?
answer: William Jennings BRYAN
3. What percentage of 50 is 121?
answer: 242%
4. This great African lake separates Zaire from a country that once used to have the same name as the lake itself. Today the country is called Tanzania. Name the lake.
answer: Lake TANGANYIKA
5. It is an amorphous, dense, black crystalline form of uraninite. Name this major mineral source of Uranium.
answer: PITCHBLEND
6. What color are the figures on Ancient Athenian vases from 600 to near 500 BC?
answer: BLACK
7. The Analects is a work about morals written in the fourth century BC by what influential Chinese thinker?
answer: CONFUCIUS
8. In tennis, what point total do you earn in a game just prior to winning?
answer: 40
ROUND 5: 15 Grab-bag toss-ups, plus or minus 20.
1) Born in Saloth Sar, he won a scholarship to study radio engineering in Paris, but is better known for taking home the communist ideals he acquired there. After King Sihanouk helped him rise to power, he began a radical campaign of societal restructuring. FTP name this bloody leader of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.
Answer: Pol Pot
2)Until the 1970s, it was believed that there was a direct trade-off between this and unemployment. It can be measured using changes in various price indices, or using the GDP deflator. Name this economic phenomenon in which money decreases in value.
Answer: Inflation
3) Gremio and Hortensio are courting Bianca, who cannot marry until her older sister finds a husband. Later works based on the story include the opera Sly, the musical Kiss Me Kate, and the movie 10 Things I Hate About You. Name this Shakespeare comedy in which Petruchio weds the stubborn Katerina.
Answer: The Taming of the Shrew
4) This city was the site of the Nika Revolt in 532, which was put down by Belisarius when 30,000 rioters were trapped and slaughtered. It was sacked in the Fourth Crusade in 1204, and recaptured in 1261 by Nicaean forces. Name this city which fell to the Ottoman empire in 1453, the capitol of the Byzantine empire.
Answer: Constantinople (do not accept Byzantium or Istanbul, as all events given occurred under this name)
5)The unit bearing his name is equal to Avogadro's number of photons. His best work was given in three papers published in 1903, and in a lecture series in 1915. Name this physicist known for explaining Brownian motion, showing that the photoelectric effect implied the quantization of light, creating the theories of general and special relativity, and having really big hair.
Answer: Albert Einstein
6) Its predecessors were the dulcian and the bass shawm. Unlike the shawm, the modern instrument has a mellow sound. It plays the Grandfather in Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, and has a famous solo at the beginning of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. Name this lower-register double reed instrument.
Answer: Bassoon
7) This country's largest river is the Rhine, which flows along part of its border with Austria. It also borders on Italy, France, Germany, and Liechtenstein. Name this land-locked nation in the Jura and Alps mountain ranges, with its capitol at Berne.
Answer: Switzerland
8)His works include The Heroines, a series of imagined letters from mythological women to their lovers, The Sorrows, written in exile near the Black Sea, and The Festivals, which has given us insight into the Roman calendar. Name this classical poet better known for works like The Art of Love and Metamorphoses.
Answer: Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
9) With the birth of an heir, the prospect of a Catholic dynasty in Britain became real, spurring dissent in Parliament. When a Dutch army landed in Devon, the King fled, was captured, and was allowed to leave for France. Name this mostly non-violent coup in which James II was replaced by William of Orange and his wife Mary.
Answer: The Glorious Revolution
10)Heron's formula gives its area in terms of the length of its sides. The Law of Sines can be used to compute its side lengths when two angles and one side are known. Depending on the angles, it can be classed as right, obtuse, or acute. Name this geometric figure with three sides.
Answer: Triangle
11) In 1763 he completed his six-volume History of England, written from a Tory point of view. His Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion were not published until three years after he death, as he had been accused of atheism, while he achieved public acclaim with his Essays Moral and Political. Name this Scottish empiricist philosopher who in 1739 began to write A Treatise on Human Nature.
Answer: David Hume
12) A Baltimore branch cashier was the appellant in this case, as the state court convicted him for refusing to pay a 2 percent tax on notes issued by the Second Bank of the United States. The Supreme Court overturned the conviction, citing the Supremacy Clause in Article VI and the “necessary and proper” clause in Article I, Section 8 as its reasons. Name this 1819 John Marshall opinion, where the appellee was the state in which you now sit.
Answer: McCulloch v. Maryland
13) It has two naturally occuring isotopes, with 1 and 2 neutrons respectively. It's boiling point is 0.95 Kelvin and its melting point is 4.2 Kelvin. It is the second most abundant element in the universe. Name this noble gas commonly associated with balloons and high-pitched voices.
Answer: Helium
14) Andre Breton published this movement’s manifesto in 1924, adopting a term coined by Guillaume Apollinaire seven years earlier. Meret Oppenheim’s Fur-Covered Breakfast is a sculptural example, but its best examples are found in painting, including Rene Magritte’s Human Condition and Joan Miro’s Harlequin’s Carnival. Name this art movement concerned with portraying the human unconscious, as in Salvador Dali’s The Persistence of Memory.
Answer: surrealism
15) On this show, Rockville native Chris Carmack plays Luke Ward, captain of
Harbor Academy's Water Polo team. Jimmy Cooper, portrayed by Tate Donovan,
committed securities fraud and lost his job, and his wife Julie left him, but
their daughter Marissa has chosen to live with her dad. Name this series that
airs Wednesday nights at 9 PM on Fox, starring Mischa Barton at Marissa and
Benjamin McKenzie as the Cohens' adopted son Ryan Atwood.
Answer: "The O.C."
16) His Ethics is written with in the form of a geometry treatise. He was excommunicated from the Jewish community in 1656 for his belief that God is the mechanism of nature, and that the Bible is a metaphorical work. Name this philosopher whose pantheistic views have led to his being called both "the greatest Christian" and "the greatest atheist."
Answer: Baruch Spinoza