Òwe Have Met the Enemy and They Are Oursóoliver Hazard Perry
Game 1
1. ÒUncommon valor was a common virtue.Ó These word were spoken about the marines at Iwo Jima by this American admiral. Name this commander-in-chief of the pacific fleet during World War II.
Chester Nimitz
Bonus: Five points each. Given a quotation, name the American military figure who said it.
ÒI shall returnÓDouglas MacArthur
ÒWe have met the enemy and they are oursÓOliver Hazard Perry
ÒI have not yet begun to fightÓJohn Paul Jones
ÒWar is hellÓWilliam T. Sherman
ÒDamn the torpedoes, full speed aheadÓDavid G. Farragut
ÒDon't fire until you see the whites of their eyesÓEdward Prescott
2. ÒUnder the spreading chestnut treeÓ begins the poem ÒThe Village BlacksmithÓ by what New England poet who also wrote ÒEvangelineÓ and ÒThe Song of HiawathaÓ?
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Bonus: Five points each. Given a poem, tell us who wrote it.
ÒThe World is Too Much With UsÓWilliam Wordsworth
ÒPippa PassesÓRobert Browning
ÒThe New ColassusÓEmma Lazarus
ÒCasey at the BatÓErnest Lawrence Thayer
ÒTo a MouseÓRobert Burns
ÒDon JuanÓGeorge Gordon Lord Byron
3. The tune of this patriotic song was originally lifted from an old English drinking song, ÒTo Anacreon in Heaven.Ó Then the now familiar Francis Scott Key - penned lyrics were added, creating what national anthem of the United States?
The Star-Spangled Banner
Bonus: 30-20-10. Identify the musical group from their songs.
30: Bullet the Blue Sky, Stove for Boys
20: The Electric Co., New Year's Day
10: Mysterious Ways, Sunday Bloody Sunday
U2
4. In 1976 this movie, directed by John G. Avildsen, won two Oscars: for best pictures and best director. In the movie Sylvester Stallone plays an up and coming boxer. For ten points name this movie which spawned five sequels.
Rocky
Bonus: 30-20-10. Name the actress from her movies for which she won Academy Awards.
30: ÒNormae RaeÓ
20: ÒPlaces in the HeartÓ
10: ÒForrest GumpÓ
Sally Field
5. This man, originally from East Tuddingham, England, was brought to the United States in 1796 at age 4. There, he became a successful brewer in Poughkeepsie, NY. After becoming interested in womenÕs education, he founded a womenÕs college in Poughkeepsie in 1861. The college started accepting males in 1969. For ten points name this man who shares a name with the college he founded.
Matthew Vassar
Bonus: Five points each. Name six of the eight Ivy League schools.
Brown University
Harvard University
Dartmouth College
Yale University
Princeton University
Cornell University
University of Pennsylvania
Columbia University
6. He first made his countryÕs Olympic track team in 1980, but did not compete that year because his country boycotted the Moscow Olympiad. In 1984, he made up for lost time by winning four gold medals in track and field, including one in the long jump. He won the long jump again in 1988 and again in 1992. Finally, after having barely made the US Olympic team, he won the long jump for a fourth straight time in 1996. For ten points name this American track and field star who won ten Olympic medals.
Carl Lewis
Bonus: Carl Lewis won ten medals in Olympic track and field, so for ten points each, identify the
other stars of the 1996 Olympic track and field competition
He threw a pair of his golden shoes into the stands after winning his 400m semifinal, forgetting
the shoes had spikesMichael Johnson
Girlfriend of Kenny Harrison who struck gold in the 100Gail Devers
French Victor in the 400 and 200m, she models for Claude MontaraMarie-Jose Perec
7. Thjs woman of classical mythology who was not only the daughter of King Priam but also a prophetess. However, although her predictions were always true, they were never believed. For ten points name this prophetess who later became a concubine of Agammemnon.
Cassandra
Bonus: Five points each. Cassandra was not the only woman of classical lore, identify the
following women immortalized by Homer and Vergil.
Queen of CarthageDido
She was PriamÕs wife; HectorÕs motherHecuba
AgamemnonÕs wife who kills himKlytemnestra
She turns OdysseusÕ men to swineCirce
She was HectorÕs devoted wifeAndromache
She Fought alongside Turnus and the Alba Longans until she was killed by AeneasÕ men
Camilla
8: ÒSatire is the peculiar glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own.Ó So remarked what Church of Ireland leader who created many examples of that peculiar glass such as ÒThe Battle of the BooksÓ, ÒA Modest ProposalÓ, and GulliverÕs Travels?
Jonathan Swift
Bonus: Five points each. Will give you a title and a title satirizing the tittle of that work, you name the authors of each for five points each
ÒA Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManÓJames Joyce
ÒA Portrait of the Artist as a Young DogÓDylan Thomas
ÒThe Charge of the Light BrigadeÓAlfred, Lord Tennyson
ÒThe Last of the Light BrigadeÓRudyard Kipling
Fear and TremblingSoren Kierkegaard
Fear and Loathing in Las VegasHunter S. Thompson
9: He studied and at the University of Weil der Stadt wherehe was introduced to the heliocentric hypothesis of Copernicus. He then became an assistant Tycho Brahe. After Brahe passed away one year later he became the Imperial Mathematician to the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II. In 1609 he published his book ÒAstronomia NovaÓ in which he presented his first two laws of planetary motion. For ten points name this man famous for his three laws of planetary motion.
Johannes Keppler
Bonus: Five points each. IÕll give you a date and you tell me what astrological sign it is under.
May 20Taurus
February 15Aquarius
June 14Gemini
September 7Virgo
July 18Cancer
October 10Libra
10. He was born in 483, and was a peasant until his uncle, Emperor Justin I, educated him. Justin made this man co-emperor until Justin died in 527. This man then became sole emperor of Rome. For ten points name this man who was famous for ÒCorpus Juris Civilis.Ó
Justinian I
Bonus: Five points each plus five for all correct. Given the country, name the Roman province
which it was a part of.
SpainHispania
EgyptAegyptus
IsraelJudea
FranceGallia
EnglandBritannia
11. This ÒMost Serene RepublicÓ is EuropeÕs oldest, and its smallest. For ten points name this country whose name is the same as that of its capital.
San Marino
Bonus: Ten points each. Identify the monarchs of the following countries.
Sweden King Carl Gustav XVI
The NetherlandsQueen Beatrix
Saudi ArabiaKing Fahd
12: This museum houses perhaps the greatest classical collection in the world. Located in Madrid, it holds the paintings owned by SpainÕs Hapsburg and Bourbon kings.
The Prado
Bonus: Ten points each. Identify these painters from their works in the Prado.
ÒTrinity,Ó ÒAdoration of the ShepherdÕs,Ó and ÒGentleman with his Hand on his
Breast.ÓEl Greco (accept Domenikos Theotokopoulos)
ÒThe Forges of Vulcan,Ó ÒChrist on the Cross,Ó and ÒThe Surrender of Breda.Ó
Diego Vel‡quez
ÒMajas,Ó ÒDisasters of War,Ó and ÒThe WitchsÕ Coven.Ó
Francisco Goya
13:This native American tribe was forced to begin their Long Walk when US troops under Kit Cabon forced their move in 1864. Now the tribe is known for the turquoise and silver jewelry they fashion on their Southwest reservations. For ten points name this largest tribe of Native Americans in the United States.
Navajos
Bonus: Five points each. Given a leader, name the Native American tribe he or she leads or led.
TecumsehShawnee
GeronimoApache
Chief JosephNez Perce
Sitting BullSioux (accept Lakota)
Crazy HorseSioux (accept Lakota)
Wilma MankillerCherokee
14. A member of the second triumvirate, he states ÒFriends, Romans, and countrymen, lend me your ears,Ó in William ShakespeareÕs play Julius Caesar. He later went on to fall in love with Cleopatra. For ten points name this man whose fleet lost the battle of Actium to the forces of Octavian.
Marc Antony
Bonus: Five points each plus 5 for all correct. Identify the following from ShakespeareÕs plays.
Queen of Egypt loved by Julius Caesar and Marc AntonyCleopatra
She is killed by OthelloDesdemona
Daughter of King Lear whho rejects her father by refusing to express her love for him in public Cordelia
She falls in love with Orlando and is forced to disguise herself as Ganymede Rosiland
She does not want to marry Petruchio, or any other man, for that matter Kate or Katherine
15. He coined the term Òbiology,Ó but he is more famous for his theory of acquired characteristics. For ten points name this French scientist who claimed that giraffes had long necks because past generations of giraffes had lengthened their necks by stretching them.
Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet Lamarck
Bonus: Ten points each. Identify these other biologists.
This Briton used the word ÒcellÓ to describe the compartments he saw in cork under a microscope. Robert Hooke
This Dutch man was the first to see microorganisms using a microscope.
Antoni van Leuwenhoek
This Briton discovered a cycle, now named for him, that produces carbon dioxide during cellular respiration. Sir Hans A. Krebs
16. A key member of the Harlem Renaissance, he is well known for his collections of stories such as The Ways of White Folks and Shakespeare in Harlem. He is better known for his poetry, some of most important of its period, such as ÒThe Negro Speaks of Rivers.Ó For ten points name this author who asked: ÒWhat happens to a dream deferred?Ó
Langston Hughes
Bonus: Name the following poets given a line of their poetry, ten points on the first clue, five on the second
10- ÒI never saw a purple cow, I never hope to see one.Ó
5- ÒCandy is dandy, but liquor is quicker.ÓOgden Nash
10- ÒRight of them, left of them, volleyed and thundered.Ó
5- ÒInto the valley of death rode the six-hundred.ÓAlfred Lord Tennyson
10- ÒIf Auld [sic]acquaintance be forgotÓ
5- ÒThe best laid plans of mice and men gang aft aglee [sic] Robert Burns
17. When the Hoover Dam was built, water behind it, from this river, formed Lake Mead. For a quick ten points name this river that flows through the Grand Canyon.
Colorado River
Bonus: For ten points each identify these rivers.
River that flows through St. PetersburgNeva
The Thames upstream from london as it flow through Oxfordshire.Isis
This French river is known for the ch‰teaux in its valley.Loire
18. The set of all points in a 2-dimensional plane equidistant from a line and a point give us what conic section, exemplified by the St. Louis Gateway Arch. For ten points name this conic section of the form y equals ax-squared plus c.
Parabola
Bonus: Ten points each. Given an equation, state what conic section it is an equation of.
(X - 5)2 = 1 - Y2Circle
Read ÒThe quantity X minus five sqaured equals one minus Y squaredÓ
1 - 3Y2 = X2Ellipse
ÒOne minus three Y squared equals X squaredÓ
X2 = Y2 + 1Hyperbola
ÒX squared equals Y squared plus 1"
19. Can one man be a pilot, surgeon, and a soldier? Well, Walter Mitty can in the story ÒThe Secret Life of Walter MittyÓ by what man?
James Thurber
Bonus: Five points each. Given a title, name the author.
Anna KareninaLeo Tolstoy
Sister CarrieTheodore Dreiser
Johnny TremainEsther Forbes
Ethan FromeEdith Wharton
Mansfield ParkJane Austen
My AntoniaWilla Cather
20. In 1968, this Jordanian, angered by Robert KennedyÕs support of Israel, shot Kennedy after KennedyÕs success in the California Democratic primary. For ten points name this assasin whise first and last names are the same.
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Bonus: Five points each. At least one other famous trial came out of the 1968 Democratic nominating process--that of the Chicago Seven. Name six of the Chicago seven.
Rennard or Rennie Davis
David Dellinger
John R. Froines
Thomas H. Hayden
Abbott or Abbie Hoffman
Jerry C. Rubin
Bobby G. Seale
Lee Weiner