Questions mostly by the CWRU crew with Michael Napier, Michael Swick, and Chris Borglum et al

Questions mostly by the CWRU crew with Michael Napier, Michael Swick, and Chris Borglum et al.

1. Renaissance art is awesome, right? Well, maybe not, but here’s a bonus on Renaissance art anyway. Given

Answer: Raphael

Answer: Leonardo da Vinci [accept either Leonardo or Da Vinci]

Answer: Jan van Eyck [pronounced “Eck” but accept phonetically plausible attempts]

2. For ten points each identify these characters from American literature.

A) This backwood hero of James Fenimore Cooper appeared in The Deerslayer and The Last of the Mohicans as well as several other novels.

Answer: Natty Bumppo (accept first or last name; prompt on Leatherstocking, the Pathfinder, etc.)

B) Edgar Rice Burroughs created this man first appearing in 1912. He was given his trademark yell by Johnny Weissmuller in 1932.

Answer: Tarzan

C) Going by the name Lamont Cranston (or Kent Allard, depending on whether you read the comics or heard the radio show), this dark hero used magician’s tricks, hypnotism, two automatics, and an eerie laugh to defeat his foes. He had his film debut in 1994.

Answer: The Shadow
3. Name the acid-base classification system for ten points each:

A) Acid generates H⁺ in solution, bases generate OH^-?

Answer: Arrhenius

B) Acid accepts an electron pair, bases donate them?

Answer: Lewis

C) Acids donate an H⁺ ion, bases accept an H⁺ ion?

Answer: Bronstedt-Lowry
4. For ten points each, answer the following about easily overlooked conflicts:

A) What nation initially repulsed the USSR but was eventually overwhelmed in the Winter War going from November 1939 to March 1940?

Answer: Finland

B) The 1839 Aroostook war concerned a border dispute between New Brunswick and a US state. Though the militia was summoned no actual fighting occurred. Which state (which gained statehood in 1820) had this conflict with Canada?

Answer: Maine

C) Lasting 72 days and causing nearly 1000 casualties, what was this 1982 war between Britain and Argentina?

Answer: The Falklands War
5. FTPE identify the companies given the candies that they manufacture:

A) Mike and Ike, Hot Tamales, Marshmallow Peeps

Answer: Just Born

B) York Peppermint Patties, Jolly Ranchers, Twizzlers

Answer: Hershey’s

C) Starbursts, Skittles, Snickers

Answer: M&M/Mars, prompt on M&M or Mars
6. I’ll name a religious figure, and you tell me what Protestant denomination she or he is associated with FTPE.

A. Ellen White

Answer: Seventh-Day Adventist

B. George Fox

Answer: Quaker

C. John Wesley

Answer: Methodist

7. Answer the following about the lead-up to the Spanish-American War FSNOP.

A. (5 pts.) The U.S. declared war on Spain soon after this battleship blew up, though many blame a boiler accident.

Answer: USS Maine

B. (10 pts.) This newspaper publisher fanned pro-war sentiment by blaming the Spaniards for the Maine’s destruction, and supposedly told Frederick Remington, “You supply the pictures, and I’ll supply the war.”

Answer: Joseph Pulitzer

C. (15 pts.) This colorful two-word term describes the partisan, outrageous writing in Pulitzer’s newspapers at the time.

Answer: yellow journalism

10) The Light That Failed, Stalky & Co.

5) Captains Courageous, Kim

Answer: Rudyard Kipling

10) Catriona, The Wrong Box

5) Treasure Island, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Answer: Robert Louis Stevenson

10) Quentin Durward, The Talisman

5) Kenilworth, Waverly, Ivanhoe

Answer: Sir Walter Scott

A) sponges

Answer: Porifera

B) flatworms

Answer: Platyhelminthes

C) segmented worms

Answer: Annelida
10. FTPE, identify the locations of these geographic extremes.

A) The lowest elevation in the world, at 35,838 ft below sea level.

Answer: Marianas Trench

B) The lowest land elevation in the world, at 1,330 ft below sea level.

Answer: Dead Sea

C) The country with the lowest ‘highest elevation’ in the world, at a height of 2.4 ft above sea level.

Answer: Maldives Islands
11. Identify the following science fiction writers FTPE.

A) Revolt in 2100, Starship Troopers, Stranger in a Strange Land.

Answer: Robert Heinlein

B) Oceans of Venus, Extraterrestrial Civilizations, The Neutrino: Ghost Particle of the Atom

Answer: Isaac Asimov

C) Ringworld, Mote in God’s Eye, Saturn’s Race

Answer: Larry Niven
12. FTPE, answer the following concerning ancient India.

A) Northern Indian ruler who established the Mauryan empire, lasting from 321 BC to 232 AD.

Answer: Chandragupta

B) Chandragupta’s grandson, who greatly expanded the Mauryan territory and actively spread Buddhismin his later years.

Answer: Asoka

C) Rising after the fall of the Mauryan empire, known as the “Golden Age of Hindu Culture.” The empire lasted from 320 to 535 AD, when the Huns invaded.

Answer: Gupta Empire
13. Name the image file format from its properties FTPE.

A) This file type sees ubiquitous use as the most popular format for digital photos.

Answer: JPEG or JPG

B) This format features lossless compression using the LZW algorithm, but is limited to 256 colors. Popular for web images and clipart due to the possibility for transparency and animation.

Answer: GIF

C) This format was invented as an alternative to GIF to avoid licensing fees. In its 8-bit form, it is nearly identical to GIF, but also has a 24-bit form, which also allows for alpha channels for 256 levels of opacity.

Answer: PNG
14. Answer the following about Mystery Science Theater 3000 FTPE.

A) For the first four and a half seasons, this character was the man forced to watch really bad movies in a space station orbiting the Earth.

Answer: Joel Robinson (accept either name; do NOT accept Joel Hodgson as he is the actor who played Joel Robinson)

B) For 5 points each, name Joel’s robot buddies that watched the movies with him.

Answer: Crow T. Robot and Tom Servo (accept either Tom or Servo)

C) For 5 points each, name any 2 of the 3 mad scientists that kept Joel and the bots in space for Joel’s tenure on the satellite.

Answer: Dr. Clayton Forrestor, TV’s Frank, and Dr. Erhardt
15. Given the formula, identify the physics law it represents, FTPE.

A) V=IR

B) F=MA

C) F_g=[read: F sub-g equals negative G m-sub-one m-sub-two over r-squared]

Answer: Law of Gravitation
16. Name the Broadway musical from an earlier work on which it was based FTPE.

A) Romeo and Juliet

Answer: West Side Story

B) Pygmalion

Answer: My Fair Lady

C) Madame Butterfly

Answer: Miss Saigon
17. Name the following locations from Norse mythology for ten points each.

A) The world tree that links all of the worlds in Norse mythology

Answer: Yggdrasil

B). The hall of Odin to which fallen heroes were brought.

Answer: Valhalla

C) The home of the gods, linked to Midgard by the Bifrost bridge

Answer: Asgard
18. 30-20-10, name the world figure.

30) Known for his eccentricities, he declared that green was the color of his revolution and proclaimed what he called the “Third Universal Theory.”

20) Officially a colonel, Ronald Reagan bombed his country in 1986 in an attempt to eliminate him. However, in 1999, he released for trial the alleged perpetrators of the bombing of the flight that crashed into Lockerbie, Scotland.

10) He is the current head of state of Libya.

Answer: Col. Muammar Gaddafi or Qaddafi (accept anything where the pronunciation is close)
19. Answer the following about the engine FTPE:

(10) This hypothetical device is the most efficient engine possible.

Answer: Carnot

(10) This German designed the cycle for the internal combustion engine; it is ironically named after him, and not the vehicle it is most seen in.

Answer: Otto

(10) And this German later made improvements on the Otto cycle, and even managed to build a prototype engine.

Answer: Diesel
20. FTPE, name these Truman Capote works.

(10)This “nonfiction novel” is about the brutal November 1959 slaying of the Clutter family by two would-be robbers.

Answer: In Cold Blood

(10)This is the popular story of Holly Golightly, a call girl, free spirit, and adventurer who captivates her neighbor.

Answer: Breakfast at Tiffany’s

(10)Set in a small Southern town in the 1930s, this work tells the story of an orphaned boy and two whimsical old ladies, who one day take up residence in a tree house.

Answer: The Grass Harp
21. Answer the following regarding phase changes in matter.

(10) This is the process by which solid is converted to liquid, due to absorption of heat and increases in kinetic energy and entropy.

Answer: fusion (accept melting)

(10) This phase change is characterized by a substantial increase in kinetic energy which allows molecules to gain enough speed to escape intermolecular forces and transition from the liquid to the gas phase.

Answer: vaporization

(10) This is the process by which solid is converted directly to gas, thereby skipping the liquid phase.

Answer: sublimation
22. Identify the Roman Triumvirate member FTSNOP.

5) This man had a son with Cleopatra, Cessarion, and was generous to the Jewish population for helping in a battle he commanded.

Answer: Gaius Julius Caesar

10) This man paid off most of Caesar’s debts. He also was involved in collecting taxes in Asia, however he felt he was cheated out of his money for that job.

Answer: Marcus Crassus

(15) This man of the second triumvirate later became Pontifus Maximus of Africa.

Answer: Lepidus


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