2000 Eric Hillemann Singles Tournament Questions by Subash Maddipoti Seeding Round A



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F19. His final sermon at court, “Death’s Duel,” was published posthumously. Famous works included his Anniversaries collections of poems and his prose work Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions. Many of this dean of St. Paul’s poems’ were addressed to his wife Anne Moore, who died tragically. FTP, identify this poet of “Twickham Garden,” “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning,” and “Holy Sonnets.”


Answer: John Donne
F20. His invention of a new staining technique for the tuberculosis bacillus greatly furthered the work of Robert Koch, and in his research he determined that methylene blue could be used in the treatment of nervous disorders. He shared the Nobel, with Elie Metchnikoff, primarily for his creation of a “magic bullet” in 1910. FTP, identify this inventor of Salvarsan 606, the first effective treatment for syphilis.

Answer: Paul Ehrlich


F21. He was delighted when the composer Ernest Bloch saw one of his series, exclaimed “Music!” and was inspired to write a symphony. That series appeared in his Songs of the Sky and was titled “Music—A Sequence of Ten Cloud Photographs.” His own favorite picture, “The Steerage,” along with many others was exhibited at his 291 art gallery. FTP, name this American photographer, better known as the husband of Georgia O’Keeffe.

Answer: Alfred Steiglitz


F22. The first music in this opera is a drinking song, “Libiamo ne’lieti calici,” which is followed by a duet, “Un di, felice, eterea.” Notable characters include Annina, the faithful servant of the heroine, and Flora, whose party is the setting for Scene II of Act II. The heroine promises to leave her love for Baron Douphol on the request of Giorgio Germont. FTP, identify this opera about the love of Alfredo for Violetta, a famous opera by Giuseppe Verdi.

Answer: La Traviata


F23. Peter Alyss shamelessly made “tom-tom” noises during an errant shot by this player at the Loch Lomond Invitational. His younger brother is driving him around the country and caddying for him, as he had his license revoked for a DUI charge. FTP, identify this former teammate of Tiger Woods’ at Stanford, a Native American four-time winner on the PGA tour.

Answer: Notah Begay III




2000 Eric Hillemann Singles Tournament

Questions by Subash Maddipoti


Set G
G1. The speaker admires the “two perfect breasts” of a homeless woman in “To a Red-headed Beggar Girl,” and the divine power of the poet is addressed in both “Benediction” and “Elevation.” It begins by addressing the reader, “Hypocrite reader—my likeness—my brother,” and contains three divisions: “Wine, Death, and Revolt,” “Parisian Landscapes,” and the first, “Spleen and Ideal.” FTP, identify this 1857 poetry collection by Charles Baudelaire.

Answer: Les Fleurs du Mal or The Flowers of Evil


G2. Each one of them has two major ducts, Stensen’s and Wharton’s. Their rivinus ducts unite to form Bartholin’s duct, and each is enclosed in a tissue capsule and is composed of fat tissue and cells that secrete mainly serous fluids. The three main types them are the submaxillary, sublingual, and parotid. FTP, name these glands that secrete a certain liquid present in the mouth.

Answer: salivary glands


G3. This work states “We study history to rid ourselves of it." It dismisses the New Deal as having been co-opted by corporate power, and says it is another example of how changes in the current system do not correspond to its legitimations, while distinguishing the American ruling class from a traditional European-style aristocracy. FTP identify this 1957 sociological text by C. Wright Mills.

Answer: The Power Elite


G4. Of his oils, notable works include Christ Among the Doctors and the Paumgartner Altarpiece. He trained under Michael Wolmegut and met an old Giovanni Bellini on his second trip to Italy. His most famous painting, The Four Apostles, was completed around the same time as The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse. FTP, identify this creator of the Melancolia series, a German famed for his woodcuts.

Answer: Albrecht Durer



G5. While in Madrid, he married the famous dancer Isabel Martinez. He was able to return to his country upon the invitation of General Alejandro Lanusse, and had a second term as president from 1973 to 74. By diminishing the power of the estancieros, or landed aristocracy, he gained the famous support of the descamisados. FTP, identify this man who first ruled from 1946 to 1955 as president of Argentina


Answer: Juan Peron
G6. Various section titles in this work include “The Mookse and the Gripes” and “Scribbledehobble.” The Twelve Customers also represent twelve jurists, and the Four Old Men represent the authors of the four Gospels. The names of the children are Isabel, Jerry, and Kevin, though the boys better known as Shem and Shaun. The mother, Anna Livia Plurabelle, and father, Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker, also change roles. FTP, identify this incredibly difficult to read novel by James Joyce.

Answer: Finnegans Wake


G7. One of its suicide bombers killed three people at a recent attack in Wattala on June, 14. They recently engaged in a fierce firefight with the army on the Jaffna Peninsula, following their warning of a bloodbath if the government interfered. This group has accused its nation’s Sinhalese majority of widespread discrimination. FTP, identify this terrorist group responsible for the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi and intent on making Sri Lanka a Tamil state.

Answer: LTTE or Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam or Tamil TIgers


G8. It went unpublished until mentioned by Christian Huygens, and using some geometry, it can be derived from Huygens’ principle. It offers a relationship between the path of light ray in the crossing the boundary between two contacting substances specifically stating that “n sub 1 over n sub 2 equals sine of a sub 2 over sin of a sub 1.” FTP, identify this law of optics named for a 17th century Dutch scientist.

Answer: Snell’s law


G9. One of the members goes to Culver-Stockton College and works out in my town. Another went to Northwestern, and owns his own web company, while another is a computer major at Georgia. One of the girls is a Mormon, while the other is half Filipino and half black. Their names include David, Jamie, and Melissa. FTP, their stories in New Orleans make up another installment of what MTV show?.

Answer: The Real World
G10. He established a fourth class, the thetes, who were generally without property; and he ended the dominancy of the eupatridae, or aristocracy. He first came to prominence after a public recital of a poem calling for Athenians to fight against their Megaran neighbors for possession of Salamis. In addition he canceled all debts, as did his friend and successor, Peisistratus. FTP, name this man, who upon becoming archon in 594 BC repealed the laws of Draco.

Answer: Solon

G11. His downfall came while trying to suppress the revolt of Mesha, king of Moab. This son of King Omri met his death while trying to recover Ramoth-Gilead. His murder of Naboth greatly angered Elijah, but he was cursed from the time he married the daughter of Ethbaal. FTP, identify this husband of Jezebel, the seventh king of Israel.

Answer: Ahab


G12. The two novels Gertrud and Rosshalde preceded his first major work. He attacked the youth educational system with Beneath the Well, which followed his first novel, Peter Camenzind. Take it from me, his best novel is his last and longest, Magister Ludi, or The Glass Bead Game. FTP, identify this author of Demian, Der Steppenwolf, and Siddhartha.

Answer: Hermann Hesse


G13. This river receives glacial melt from the Zaskar and Astor Rivers. Some of its tributaries include the Jhelum and Chenab. It enters its most fertile region after passing under the Lansdowne Bridge at Sukkur, and it becomes navigable only after a junction with the Kabul River. Emptying into the Arabian Sea near the city of Tatta, FTP, name this river that flows through Kashmir and Punjab before entering Pakistan.

Answer: Indus River


G14. He wears jeans with Linus embroidered on the back pocket, and prepares for games by tending flowers in his garden. He first impressed scouts while on a rookie team in Great Falls, Montana, but he would be traded for Delino Deshields in 1993. In his native country he is known as El Duro, or “the Hard One.” A one-time Expo, he now plays with his brother. FTP, identify this Cy Young-winning pitcher for the Boston Red Sox.

Answer: Pedro Martinez (prompt on just last name)


G15. This value for a rigid body is the sum of the its values for all the particles within that body. It has direction so it has a moment about any point in the plane. The product of force and the time interval, or impulse, is equal to the change in this quantity. FTP, identify this value often measured with respect to elastic and inelastic collisions, a value calculated as the product of a particle’s mass and velocity.

Answer: momentum


G16. Despite a counterattack by Dumanoir this engagement was decided when the forces of Colingwood crushed the enemy’s rear. As a result of this battle, the ability to reinforce from Cadiz to Naples was lost to the French. It was a devastating defeat for the forces of Villeneuve, despite mortally wounding the opposing commander of the Victory. FTP, name this naval battle fought off the southern coast of Spain, an 1805 victory for Horatio Nelson.

Answer: Battle of Trafalgar


G17. The second movement, a march, represents a parade of pilgrims. The third is grotesque sort of rustic dance interrupted by a serenade, and the work ends with an orgy of brigands. Upon its performance, the composer was gifted 20,000 francs by the man who had commissioned it. FTP, identify this 1834 concerto commissioned by Paganini and written by Hector Berlioz, who was inspired by a work of Lord Byron’s.

Answer: Harold in Italy


G18. His poems can be found in A Book for Boys and Girls and also recommended is the novel The Life and Death of Mr. Badman. His well-known works include the allegory The Holy War and the autobiography Grace Abounding. However, his magnum opus came after his release from prison under order of Charles II. FTP, identify this 17th century minister and preacher who told of Christian in The Pilgrim’s Progress.

Answer: John Bunyan
G19. In Christianity it was adpted in the 3rd century by Eastern Christian monks. It reached its definitive form through the preaching of Alan de la Roche, who organized cofraternities of it at Cologne. In Russia they use a vertitza and in Romania, a matanie. Its parts can include a meditation, the Gloria Patri, the Lord’s Prayer, and 15 decades of Hail Marys. FTP, name this religious exercise in which prayers are recited and counted on a string of beads.

Answer: rosary


G20. Banamarama reunited and won a European video contest with a remake of one of this band’s songs. “You’re So Fine” and “Chick Like You” are two of the songs sung by the male members of this band, many of whose hits have been covered by Erasure. An Australian reporter follows them on tour in their namesake movie. FTP, identify this band with such songs as “SOS,” “Mama Mia,” “Fernando,” “Take a Chance on Me,” and “Dancing Queen.”

Answer: ABBA


G21. Its lateral surface has a shallow cavity known as the glenoid. Overhanging the glenoid is a beaklike projection known as the coracoid process. Its posterior surface is crossed by a ridge that divides it into the supraspinous and infraspinous fossae, and Its acromion process articulates with the clavicle in front FTP, identify this bone that also articulates with the humerus and is commonly known as the shoulder blade.

Answer: scapula (accept early “shoulder blade”)





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