Tossups – round 1 dennis haskins open 2004 – ut-chattanooga
Questions mostly by the CWRU crew with Michael Napier, Michael Swick, and Chris Borglum et al
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Questions mostly by the CWRU crew with Michael Napier, Michael Swick, and Chris Borglum et al.1. At the top of this work is a set of cabinets, the doors slightly parted. To the right is an open door with a message on it, a message that also appears on the floor accompanied by arrows. In the center of the picture there stands a washer and dryer, with the dryer door open and also having a message written on it and an arrow pointing into the dryer. A box of detergent sits on the washer, and a cat looks into the open door of the dryer. Adjacent to the washer is a dog standing in the corner thinking “Oh please, Oh please…” For ten points what is the message on the door, floor, and dryer in this classic cartoon from Gary Larson? Answer: Cat Fud 2. First created in 1958, these small devices are composed of three parts: a source, drain, and gate. The two different varieties, n-type and p-type are created by inserting impurities into silicon surfaces. These devices act as switches, allowing current to flow only when the correct voltage is applied to them. For ten points what are these computer components that are extremely tightly packed on silicon chips? Answer: Transistors 3. Born Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, this figure was a commander under the Castilian king in 1065. He was the hero in the struggle to liberate Toledo from the Moslems. After a conflict with his king he entered the Moors service. He served the Muslim rulers of Saragossa while preparing to seize control of the Moorish kingdom of Valencia, accomplishing that in 1094. He ruled it until his death, but it again fell under Muslim control afterward. For 10 points, name this somewhat exaggerated Spanish Hero. Answer: El Cid 4. Rebecca proved extremely useful when she played the piano for you. She only did so for Chris because Jill could play the piano on her own. However, Jill wasn’t able to open locked doors until she met Barry who informed her that she was the master of unlocking said doors. However, the conclusion to both scenarios was exactly the same: Albert Wesker betrayed the STARS team to the Umbrella Corporation. FTP, name this horror game from Capcom. Answer: Resident Evil (accept STARS before it is read) 5. This ancient group of people last from approximately 3100 BC to 2000 BC in the middle eastern region. They had established complex irrigation and canal networks which would eventually allow them to construct city-states such as Eridu, Nippur, Lagash, Kish, and Ur. They were conquered briefly by the Akkad kingdom in 2340 but recovered to be conquered by Hammurabi of Babylon in at abou 1800 BC. For ten points what was this early Mesopotamian civilization known for its cuneiform writing? Answer: Sumerians 6. A colorless flammable liquid with a sweet odor, it evaporates easily into air. It is one of the top 20 chemicals in terms of production volume in the US, which is then used to synthesize various plastics and polymers, among other things. Chemically, it has an interesting property of having unsaturated carbons, yet is relatively unreactive. This can be attributed to resonance and electron delocalization around its six carbon ring. For ten points, what is the name of this aromatic compound with the chemical formula C6H6? Answer: benzene 7. This man rose to military fame in the Franco-Prussian war, and as general in World War I, was forced to direct the retreat of the German Army on the Western Front to his namesake line. Elected the second president of the German Republic, after failing to stop the rise of the Nazi party, he appointed Adolph Hitler as chancellor. FTP who was this man that shares his name with the Zeppelin that exploded over Lakehurst, NJ? Answer: Paul von Hindenburg 8. After Mozart, he is perhaps the best know child prodigy ever to writer music. However, unlike Mozart, he was able to write music of a higher quality at approximately the same age, such as his Octet in E-Flat major. FTP, name this composer that founded the Leipzig Conservatory of Music, composer of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Answer: Felix Mendelssohn 9. This novel has a sequel, Closing Time, published in 1994. The protagonist is haunted by the memory of the death of Snowden, who died in his arms. His squadron’s mess officer, Milo Minderbinder, makes a fortune on the black market, while his squadron leader, Major Major, will only see people in his office when he’s not there. FTP this describes what 1961 novel by Joseph Heller? Answer: Catch-22 10. He was only a minor god in the Vedas, associated with the then powerful Indra. He became highly revered through his efforts in the Mahabharata and the Ramayana through his avatars Rama and Krishna. Buddha is also one of his ten avatars, the last of which is expected to save the world from destruction. FTP, name this god, second member of the Hindu trimurti, the preserver. Answer: Vishnu 11. Cells found in this type of organism contain defined organelles, and most importantly, a nucleus. They can be multi-celled or single celled, and each cell is several orders of magnitude greater in volume than in other cells. FTP, what is the term for any organism that is not a bacteria or virus? Answer: eukaryote 12. In the course of this the reader encounters a faked death, a falsified tale of smallpox, a deadly feud between two southern families, an English duke, the lost dauphin heir to the French throne, and an rescue plan that adds more trouble to the rescue then there ever was to start with. For ten points, name this frequently banned book that follows the exploits of the good friend of Tom Sawyer. Answer: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 13. Consisting of three major goals, its implementation resulted in a dramatic increase level of government involvement in the economy. With a Democratic majority in Congress, within a period of only 100 days, the main components of this huge plan were approved. FTP, what was the name of this plan of national recovery, the platform on which Franklin Roosevelt successfully ran in the election of 1932? Answer: New Deal 14. This book describes the system of free enterprise, and considers it the most efficient and dynamic economic system ever created. However, it also regards this system as afflicted with flaws that will destroy it through increasingly severe periods of inflation and depression. According to the book, the most serious flaw in the free enterprise system is that it accumulates more and more wealth while becoming less and less capable of utilizing this wealth wisely. For 10 points, name this book, the life’s work of Karl Marx. Answer: Das Kapital (Accept Capital) 15. Born in Cody, Wyoming, he studied in New York City under Thomas Hart Benton and worked on the Work Projects Administration Federal Art Project. He was deeply influenced by the surrealism, but charted his own path as an abstract expressionist. FTP name this painter, famous for the action-painting style in which he dripped paint from sticks or trowels onto huge canvasses stretched on the floor. Answer: Jackson Pollock 16. Born into slavery in Maryland in 1820, this historical figure managed to escape to Philadelphia in 1849. Her fame spread quickly, as a $40,000 bounty (“Wanted: Dead or Alive”) was placed on her head by the 1850’s. During the Civil War, she became the first woman in U.S. Military history to lead a unit into combat. For ten points, name this “conductor” in the “Underground Railroad,” personally escorting as many as 300 slaves to freedom and the first African American woman to be honored on a U.S. postage stamp. Answer: Harriet Tubman 17. Born in Canterbury in 1564, he studied at Cambridge University and performed secret service work for the English government. Most well-known as a playwright, his works included Tamburlaine the Great and Edward II. His non-dramatic poems included the unfinished Hero and Leander; translations of the Roman poets Lucan and Ovid; and the pastoral lyric “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love.” For 10 points, name this Elizabethan writer of tragedy most famous for The Jew of Malta and The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus. Answer: Christopher Marlowe 18. Unlike normal dealings with the x and y variables, saying that one of these is bigger than another one has no meaning; after all, they are essentially points in a plane. It is extremely easy to convert them into polar notation as all you need to do is take the absolute value of the number times the quanitity of cosine of theta plus i times sin theta, where theta equals the inverse tangent of y over x. FTP, name these numbers which contain both a real part and an imaginary part. Answer: Complex numbers (do NOT accept imaginary numbers; imaginary numbers contain only an imaginary part.) 19. Its highest point is Timms Hill at 1,951 feet above sea level with the lowest point being located on the border with Lake Michigan. The impression that it is generally a cold area is pretty accurate, especially noting that the average temperature goes from 82 to 5 degrees F. Bordered by Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois and Iowa, FTP, name this state with its capitol at Madison. Answer: Wisconsin 20. This quantity is positive when it is done by the system on the surroundings, but is negative when it is done to the system by the surroundings. Assuming adiabatic conditions, it simply equal to the integral of the heat capacity at constant volume with respect to the change in temperature, or simply the change in internal energy. For ten points, identify this thermodynamic quantity, which is defined as force multiplied by distance in classical mechanics. Answer: work 21. He was born on July 30, 1947, in Thal, Austria. He came to the United States to attend The University of Wisconsin, majoring in business and economics. After graduating, he invested in real estate and a mail order bodybuilding equipment company, making him a millionaire before the age 22. Although his first acting venture Hercules in New York is not too well known, in later years, he became much more popular, starring in movies like Conan the Barbarian, True Lies, and the Terminator series. For ten points, identify California’s current governor as of 2003. Answer: Arnold Schwarzenegger 22. Clay is a normal lawyer working at the Office of the Public Defender. However, he is soon assigned a case in which a client is given a drug called Tarvan. The case balloons into a lawsuit against one of the most powerful pharmaceutical companies in the world. FTP, name this newest John Grisham novel about a lawsuit that involves, as Webster says, “a wrongful act which does not involve a breach of contract and for which the injured party can recover damages in a civil action.” Answer: King of Torts 23. It is a solemn ordinance or degree of a head of state, relating to a matter of primary importance and carrying the weight of fundamental law. One famous instance of it was the 1438 one that limited papal authority in France. For 10 points name this ruling device, most famously used by Charles VI of Austria in 1713 to ensure the succession of his daughter Maria Theresa. Answer: Pragmatic Sanction BONI – ROUND 9 DENNIS HASKINS OPEN 2004 – UT-CHATTANOOGA Directory: 1287 1287 -> France’s Deployed Troops: Antilles (Source) 1287 -> Cover story the Glass Closet Latasha Byears' off-the-bench 'dirty work' helped the Los Angeles Sparks win two wnba championships. Then a sexual assault allegation ended her career Download 411.13 Kb. 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