2000 Eric Hillemann Singles Tournament Questions by Subash Maddipoti Seeding Round A
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H19. Its president for its entire existence was Karl Dalberg. After its members proclaimed secession, Francis II announced his abdication. Nassau and Berg were two of the smaller members, though it would break apart with in seven years, by 1813. FTP, identify this union of German states created by Napoleon in 1806, and named for a German river.Answer: Confederation of the Rhine or Rheinbund H20. His lifelong friend helped him write the play The Tender Husband. Alexander Pope portrayed him as a narcissistic man of letters in “An Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot,” after this man had his tragedy Cato performed at Drury Lane. He is best known for the writings under the pseudonymous Captain Sentry, Sir Andrew Freeport, and Will Honeycomb. FTP, identify this man who edited The Tatler and The Spectator along with Richard Steele. Answer: Joseph Addison H21. Fanciful stories about its invention say Blaise Pascal invented it in the 17th century. The parts to this games have such names as manque, passe, canoes, impair, and pair. In the American version the bank should win five and five-nineteenths percent of all bets. The European version does not have a double zero on the wheel. FTP, identify this casino game, where one can make such bets as odd or even and red or black. Answer: roulette H22. Numerous pieces of evidence about a developed Acheulian industry were found there. Its namesake lake basin served as the place for the accumulation of sixteen total Beds. Among those are the Masek, Ndutu, and Naisiusiu, where a 17,000-year old Homo sapiens skeleton was found. FTP, identify this site that lies in the eastern Serengeti Plains in northern Tanzania, a famous archaeological gorge. Answer: Olduvai Gorge H23. Designed between 1964 and 1971, it is a compiled, structured language built upon ALGOL that simplifies syntax while adding data types and structures such as subranges, enumerated data types, files, records, and sets. In 1984 Borland International produced a low-cost, high-speed compiler for MS-DOS that uses this language. FTP, identify this computer language created by Niklaus Wirth and named for a French mathematician. Answer: Pascal 2000 Eric Hillemann Singles Tournament Questions by Subash MaddipotiSet II1. Small amounts of antiobiotics and riboflavin can be produced by the mold type of this process. Eduard Buchner won a Nobel for demonstrating it in carbohydrates. It includes conversion to an intermediate product, two acetaldehyde molecules, which are produced from pyruvate. FTP, identify this process where glycolysis occurs without oxygen to reach end products of either lactic acid or ethanol. Answer: fermentation or anaerobic respiration
I2. He was chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee in the 1860s. Mckinley appointed him secretary of state but he resigned when war was declared against Spain. Much of his fame came as Hayes’ secretary of the treasury, and as the younger brother of a Civil War general. FTP, identify this namesake of a Silver Purchase Act and Antitrust Act of 1890.Answer: John Sherman I3. Located on the Brazos river, this city’s namesake lake was formed by the 1923 damming of the Bosque River is just west of the city. Originally founded on the site of an Indian village, this seat of McLennan county became the dominant Texas river-bridge crossing on cattle trails. Paul Quinn College, Texas’ first Negro college opened there. FTP, identify this home to Baylor University and the Branch Davidians. Answer: Waco I4. The speaker asks the titular female how could her body help but feel “the strange heart beating where it lies?” and was she “mastered by the brute blood of the air.” Written as a traditional Petrarchian sonnet, with the lines "The broken wall, the burning roof and tower, / And Agamemnon dead," the Trojan War is linked to the titular female. FTP, identify this Yeats poem based on the rape of the title female by Zeus in the form of a bird. Answer: Leda and the Swan I5. One story about it from Acusilaus says that it roamed Sparta and Arcadia later in its life, and that the refusal to sacrifice it to Poseidon greatly angered the god. Eurystheus wanted to sacrifice it to Hera, but it was set loose and later conquered and killed by Theseus. It is said that Pasiphae’s lust for it led to the creation of the Minotaur. FTP, identify this beast, who Hercules was to capture and remove from Crete for his seventh labor. Answer: Cretan Bull I6. Various types include the Twyman-Green and Fabry-Perot. Another dealing with polished plane is named after Fizeau and Laurent. In astronomy, this device can be used to measure the distances between stars as well as their diameters. It divides a beam of light into a number of beams that travel unequal paths and then reunites them. FTP, identify this device invented in 1881 by Albert Michelson. Answer: interferometer I7. He put down a major Scottish rebellion by dispatching forces under George Monck. He gained his highest post in violation of the Self-Denying Ordinance due to such successes as raising the siege of Gainsborough. Along with Thomas Fairfax this Lieutenant General won decisive victories at Marsten Moor and Naseby. FTP, name this Parliamentarian, whose son Richard succeeded him as Lord Protector of the Realm in 1658. Answer: Oliver Cromwell I8. Not to soon before one of its members left to become a backup singer for Tina Turner, Gette Wattanabe joined the cast, and Jaime Gertz was on for one season as well. This past season included Rebecca de Mornay playing a breast cancer victim, and the addition of Goran Visnic as Luca. FTP, identify this TV show that includes the characters of Mark Green and John Carter, who are played by Anthony Edwards and Noah Wiley. Answer: ER I9. In 1996 this artist set a new personal record with the sale of In the Box for 4 million dollars. She briefly visited Japan, and the influence of Japanese prints can be seen in The Coiffure and Woman Bathing. She focuses on mothers caring for small children in most of her works. FTP, identify this artist, who after meeting Degas, moved to Paris, becoming the most famous American Impressionist. Answer: Mary Cassatt I10. They adopted a motto relating Marxism-Leninism to paving the wary for revolution, and their name was adopted in deference to the nickname of Jose Mariategui. It was originally founded as a political party in 1970 by Comrade Abimael Guzman. They recently claimed credit for a bombing at the University of Ayacucho, after several attacks at some of their bases in the Andes. FTP, identify this Peruvian revolutionary movement also known as Sendero Luminoso. Answer: Shining Path (accept early “Sendero Luminoso”) I11. The character of Mrs. Johnson, a neighbor, was originally left out of the play. Karl Linder is the only white person, while Bobo and Willy Harris are in on the plan for a liquor store, though Willy turns out to be a thief. Joseph Asegai is dating Beneatha, who is courted by George Murchison; while Lena and Walter fight over what to with the insurance money. FTP, identify this play about the Younger family, a famous work of Lorraine Hansberry. Answer: A Raisin in the Sun I12. For the Record denies his involvement in governmental scandal. In his work The Necessity for Choice he warned of a “missile gap” between the Soviets and the U.S. While head of the National Security Council he orchestrated a pro-Pakistan policy for the U.S. and arranged for the SALT talks as well. FTP, identify this co-winner of the 1973 Nobel in Peace, the secretary of state under Nixon and Ford. Answer: Henry Kissinger I13. The main scriptural affirmation of it is found in the writings of St. Paul, particularly in Romans, Chapter 5, Verses 12 through 19. In that passage Paul establishes a parallelism between Adam and Christ. There are no allusions to it in the Gospels or the Old Testament, just the story of Fall from Grace. FTP, identify this Christian doctrine, whereby each human is born with the condition or state of sin. Answer: original sin I14. The first one was discovered was the lac one, which is involved with the lac-protein in E. coli, and the second one related to the ara-c protein. Its first component can exist in an open or closed state. This system contains such structures as an inducer, repressor, and regulator. FTP, identify this complex system that controls gene expression, usually with the help of an operator gene. Answer: operon I15. After listening to the words of Ammonius “Saccas,” he stayed with Ammonius for eleven years. He joined an expedition against Persia in AD 242, an experience that helped him formulate the concept of the Nous, which was central to his philosophy. His student, Porphyry, collected this man’s writings, the Enneads. FTP, name this philosopher considered the founder of Neoplatonism. Answer: Plotinus I16. When Tim Redding experimented with it, he was told never to play with it again. It was introduced by Fred Martin, who began teaching it in 1973. Dave Veres has made a career with it, as have Jeff Shaw and Shane Reynolds. However, it strains the elbow and costs velocity for the fastball as evidenced by Hideo Nomo. FTP, identify this pitch, similar in grip to the forkball, named for the way your fingers hold the baseball, forming a V. Answer: split-finger fastball or splitter I17. The hero explains how he utilizes the game of “even and odd” to help his search, which takes one month. Mr. G. notifies us of how the title object is in the possession of Minister D., who can use it to blackmail a lady of renown. A reward of 50,000 francs is offered for the title object, which is finally found in a card rack. FTP, identify this C. Auguste Dupin story about a missing object written by Edgar Allan Poe. Answer: The Purloined Letter I18. One of the armies involved in this battle disembarked at the town of Pevensey and headed toward the site with four to seven thousand troops. The opposing army took up a position on the protected summit of a ridge, because it had no archers or cavalry. As a result, the man first designated heir by Edward the Confessor would become king. FTP, identify this battle in which the earl of Sussex, Harold, was defeated and killed by William the Conqueror in 1066. Answer: Battle of Hastings I19. It is the only work of Charles of Lindus that we know of. Legend has it that its dismantling resulted in more than 900 camels hauling away its scrap. It commemorated the raising of Demetrius Poliorcetes’ year-long siege of the titular locale. This creation took twelve years to build and stood, shielding its eyes with one hand. FTP, identify this Wonder of the World, a bronze 100-foot tall statue. Answer: Colossus of Rhodes I20. His parallel shots of Annie Lee at the seaside shocked this man’s employers when they say his version of Tennyson’s Enoch Arden, After Many Years. Many of his successful movies were inspired by his father, Colonel Jacob Wark, but he would have little success after leaving the Biograph Company. His best known work was inspired by the novel, The Clansmen. FTP, identify this director of Intolerance and The Birth of a Nation. Answer: D. W. Griffith I21. All of them have an incubation period of two to five days and belong to the family Picornaviridae. It is thought to be transmitted to the upper respiratory tract by airborne droplets. This virus has been theorized to be the vector that causes common colds in humans. FTP, identify this organism that shares its name with a member of order Perrisodactyla, a ponderous, hoofed African animal with a horn. Answer: rhinovirus (do not accept “rhinoceros virus”) I22. She acts out the “Lady of Shalott” but her boat overturns. As a young child, she is called “carrots” by her later love, Gilbert Bligh. She is mistakenly sent to Matthew and Matilda, who adopt her as their own. In her adult stories she is of “Ingleside,” “the Island,” and “Windy Poplars” FTP, identify this orphan, a creation of Lucy Maud Montgomery, who is best known as being of “Avonlea” and “Green Gables.” Answer: Anne Shirley I23. He began his career with two seasons in the U.S. Hockey League followed by two seasons in the American Hockey League. Among the teams he played for were the Bruins, Kings, Rangers, and Maple Leafs. He allowed a remarkable five goals in eight games during the 1952 Stanley Cup. FTP, identify this five-time Vezina Trophy winner, a goalie who played most of his career with the Detroit Red Wings. Answer: Terry Sawchuck 2000 Eric Hillemann Singles Tournament Questions by Subash Maddipoti Set J J1. It has only one active volcano, Sanare, and among its main divisions is the Cordillera de la Costa mountain range. Some of its major cities include Maturin and Cumana and the Caroni is its second longest river. The Llanos Plains, occupy a third of the territory of this country, in whose northwest lies Lake Maracaibo. FTP, identify this home to Angel Falls, the Orinoco River, and the city of Caracas. Answer: Venezuela J2. Jacopo Bassano caricatured this artist as a money lender in his Purification of the Temple. He became a Spanish court painter after his portrait of Charles V, which pales in comparison to Man with a Glove. El Greco was one-time student in his studio, where such works as Madonna with the Pesaro family and Christ Crowned with Thorns were created. FTP, identify this painter of Venus of Urbino, for whom a shade of red is named. Answer: Titian or Tiziano Vecellio J3. The title character first comes to town because he had been accused of stealing in Lantern Yard. His only real friend is Dolly Winthrop. Meanwhile, Nancy Lammeter resents Molly, the dead servant who had a child with Nancy’s husband. Custody of that child, Eppie, is sought by Godfrey Cass, even though she was raised by the title character, whose gold is found at the end. FTP, identify this tale about the Weaver of Raveloe, a novel by George Eliot. Answer: Silas Marner J4. This structure eventually branches into the common peroneal and tibial. It is the principal continuation of all the roots of the solar plexus. After emerging from the lumbar portion of the spine, it runs down through the buttocks and the back of the thigh. People with pain along the course of it often walk with a bent leg and externally rotated hip. FTP, name this largest and thickest nerve of the human body. Answer: sciatic nerve J5. He blasted the national team coach for the Euro 2000 finals loss to France, though the team had several of his AC Milan players on it. Just after accusations of bribery and tax fraud his government collapsed in December of 1994 as he was abandoned by Northern League leader Umberto Bossi. FTP, identify this crook former prime minister of Italy, who once again seems to be headed for the prime ministership. Answer: Silvio Berlusconi J6. He followed a recently widowed mother and her son across the West in Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. Another work was a documentary about the break-up of a rock band entitled The Last Waltz. More famous works include 1977’s New York, New York and 1983’s The King of Comedy, though his best is the one that introduced Travis Bickle. FTP, identify this bushy eyebrowed director of Mean Streats, Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, and Goodfellas. Answer: Martin Scorsese J7. This historical event is the culmination of Leon Uris’ Armageddon. Problems keeping up with the necessary flow of goods induced Edward Guilbert to introduce a new telex system to the U.S. Army. The operation was directed successfully by Lucius Clay, who was military governor of the U.S. zone. FTP, identify this operation that saw the hauling of nearly two million tons of food, coal, and other necessities to a German city in 1948 and 1949. Answer: Berlin airlift J8. He taught himself how to swing, explaining the massive slice. As a boy growing up in Dallas, he shagged balls for money. In 1975 at the Western Open he was struck by lightning, which came after he had already won five of his 6 major championships. Though he was never able to win the Masters, he could never stop talking. FTP, identify this comedic golfer, known as the “Merry Mex.” Answer: Lee Trevino J9. It is asked to “make me thy lyre” and to drive the poet’s thoughts across the universe “like withered leaves, to quicken a new birth.” It is the “dirge / Of the dying year” and a “destroyer and preserver.” It stirs the Mediterranean from “his summer dreams” and cleaves the Atlantic, making the “sapless foliage” of the ocean tremble. FTP, what is this title weather phenomenon of a Percy Shelley ode? Answer: Ode to the West Wind
Answer: Jean-Jacques Rousseau J11. In 1779 he devised a new method of calculating the orbits of comets and played a leading role in the search for a planet between Mars and Jupiter. In addition, he discovered the asteroids Pallas and Vesta and observed his namesake comet in 1815. After Giuseppe Piazzi discovered Ceres and lost track of it, this man rediscovered it. FTP, identify this German whose concerns over why the sky is dark at night led to his namesake paradox. Answer: Wilhelm Olbers J12. Its second emperor was known as Amitochrates, or “destroyer of foes,” though his actual name was Bindusara. After usurping the kingdom of Magadha, its founder established a capital at Pataliputra. Pusyamitra ended their reign with the Singa dynasty, which would wipe out all traces of Buddhism begun under Asoka. FTP, identify this empire in power from 325 to 185 BC, an Indian dynasty founded by Chandragupta. Answer: Mauryan dynasty J13. One place by this name is also known as Aquidneck Island and is the largest island in Narragansett Bay. The other is home to both the oldest Quaker meeting house and synagogue in the U.S. It has its highest point at Jerimoth Hill, a measly 812 feet situated outside the town of Foster. This state’s principal rivers include the Pawcatuck and the Blackstone. FTP, identify this state where the Gaspee was burned, founded in 1636 by Roger Williams. Answer: Rhode Island J14. He edited the Unitarian journal Old and New, and introduced a group of loosely related characters in The Ingham Papers and His Level Best. He was named after his uncle, a famous orator, and got his start writing for the Boston Daily Advertiser, his father’s newspaper. The novels East and West and In His Name were reminiscent of the patriotism of his grandfather, a spy captured by the British. FTP, identify this author of “The Man Without a Country.” Answer: Edward Everett Hale J15. Large quantities of this compound are converted to its amine and alcohol derivatives for use in dyestuff intermediates and synthetic resins. It is still the principal raw material for making phthalic anhydride. FTP, name this simplest of the polyaromatic hydrocarbons, a compound with formula C-10 H-8 consisting of two fused benzene rings and often used in moth balls. Answer: naphthalene J16. This divine son of Zurvan was symbolized by a winged disc. To rid the world of Azhi Dahaka, he sent his son Atar, who was successful in confining the dragon. In some versions of his story, he is the father of Spenta and Angra Mainyu and is also known as Ormazd. As leader of the Amesha Spentas, or Heavenly Host, he battles the forces of Ahriman, his evil son. FTP, identify this supreme god of Zoroastrianism. Answer: Ahura Mazda J17. Their original two members were previously part of El Riot and the Rebels. Their first single “Steal Your Heart Away” didn’t do diddly, but the second single, “Go Now” did. Their three major albums are On the Threshold of a Dream, Days of Future Passed, and Every Good Boy Deserves Favour. Formed in 1964 in Birmingham, England, FTP, identify this band responsible for “Once Upon a Time” and “Nights in White Satin.” Answer: The Moody Blues J18. Von Zieten’s corps prevented an early loss in this battle, allowing for later reinforcements and eventual victory. When the four main French attacks had all failed by 6 PM, they were forced to withstand the onslaught of Karl von Bulow’s troops. When Grouchy [grow-shee] and Ney failed to attack, 45,000 Prussians under Gebhard von Blucher were able to turn the tide. FTP, identify this 1815 victory for the Duke of Wellington, Napoleon’s final defeat. Answer: Battle of Waterloo J19. The two main types are endotrophic, which involves invasion, and ectotrophic, which involves the formation of a mantle. It is vital to the growth of citrus trees, orchids, and pines. The link is usually achieved by the branched, tubular filaments known as hyphae. FTP, name this symbiotic association between a fungus and the roots of higher plants. Answer: mycorrhiza J20. The composer arranged a concert suite of about two-thirds of the score, in which form it is usually heard. It begins with the title character witnessing his mother shot to death and his immediate revenge upon the gunman. Following an arrest and jailbreak, he dies in an ambush. FTP, identify this 1938 ballet by Aaron Copland inspired by the life of one William Bonney. Answer: Billy the Kid J21. Victor serves as a guide in Gregoria, while Tim Gray, the Rawlinses, and Roland Major all live in the same city. The narrator’s female acquaintances include the Mexican girl Terry and the waitress Rita Bettencourt. Remi Bonceur is an old friend of the narrator’s as is Carlo Marx. The story centers on the adventures of the reckless womanizer Dean Moriarty and the narrator, Sal Paradise. FTP, name this 1957 novel by Jack Kerouac. Answer: On The Road J22. A more closer interpretation of its “advocacy” clause was made in Yates V. U.S. after it had been easily upheld in Dennis v. U.S. This statue became a common tool of prosecutors following World War II. It made it a criminal offense to advocate violent overthrow of the government. Formally known as the Alien Registration Act, FTP, identify this U.S. measure passed into law in 1940. Answer: Smith Act J23. Following his resignation as prime minister, he was elected president of the Chamber of Deputies, but resigned to protest opposition fraud. He came to power following the crisis arising from his county’s defeat at the Battle of Capporetto. FTP, identify this man who served as Italian prime minister during the concluding years of World War I and who shares his name with a Florida city. 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