Tossups – round 1 dennis haskins open 2004 – ut-chattanooga
Questions mostly by Florida’s Michael Napier and Michael Swick with Macon State’s Travis Lightsey, South Carolina’s Joe Stanton, and your genial quizmaster
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Questions mostly by Florida’s Michael Napier and Michael Swick with Macon State’s Travis Lightsey, South Carolina’s Joe Stanton, and your genial quizmaster1. Answer these questions about books by Nathaniel Hawthorne FTP each. (10) This novel begins with Hester Prynne’s release from prison and follows her husband Roger Chillingsworth’s attempt to seek revenge for her betrayal. Answer: The Scarlet Letter (10) Hawthorne first released this collection of short stories with an alliterative name in 1837. Answer: Twice Told Tales (10) This Hawthorne novel is based on a story from his own family line and tells of the Pyncheons. Answer: The House of the Seven Gables 2. Answer the following related biology questions FTPE: This is the current name given to the picture accepted by scientists as the best way to represent the membrane of a cell. Answer: Fluid mosaic model These small organelles are used in protein synthesis and can be found free, or bound to the endoplasmic reticulum. Answer: RibosomesAlso called "suicide sacks" are these enzyme containing vesicles which digest small particles in the cell. Answer: Lysosomes3. Name these Chinese political leaders from their description FTPE. (10) This early leader of the Guomindang was the first president of the provisional government appointed after the fall of the Qing Dynasty. Answer: Sun Yat-sen (10) This last leader of the Republic of China moved the Guomindang to Taiwan after his defeat by the Communists on the mainland.
(10) This first communist leader ruled China from 1949 until his death in 1976. Answer: Mao Zedong
(10) Established in 1899 and located in Washington, this park’s namesake feature is known to Native Americans as Tahoma or "The Great Mountain". Answer: Mt. Rainier National Park (10) The easternmost National Park is this island park near Maine’s border with Canada. Answer: Acadia National Park (10) Near Moab, Utah, this park’s namesake features include the Broken, Delicate, and Double O. Stay on the trails to avoid disturbing the cryptobiotic crust, a living surface layer which prevents the scarce soil from wind erosion. Answer: Arches National Park
a. "The Late Show with David Letterman" Answer: Paul Shaffer b. "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" Answer: Kevin Eubanks c. "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" Answer: Max Weinberg
Politics Answer: Aristotle The Social Contract Answer: Jean Jacques Rousseau Utilitarianism Answer: John Stuart Mill 7. For ten points apiece answer the following questions about Union Generals during the Civil War. a. He was twice named the commander of Union forces in the east, and twice removed. In 1864 he ran against Lincoln for the Presidency. Answer: George B. McClellan b. He replaced McClellan in command of the Army of the Potomac in 1862, but is remembered less for his incompetence than for his distinctive facial hair. Answer: Ambrose Burnside c. He replaced Burnside in command of the Army of the Potomac after the Battle of Fredericksburg. He held that position until five days before the Battle of Gettysburg, when Lincoln replaced him with George Meade. Answer: Joseph Hooker 8. Identify the things determined or discovered by these experiments FTPE: Using a torsion balance, and two large spheres, Cavendish determined this: Answer: Universal Gravitational constantSir James Chadwick used a source of radiation, some paraffin wax and a magnetic field to detect these subatomic particles. Answer: Neutrons Rather than detect the ether, Michelson and Morley actually used their interferometer and light sources to set the experimental basis for this theory. Answer: Special relativity [prompt on relativity or Einstein’s relativity, etc.] 9. 5, 10, 15, given the list of works, name the Russian author of them. For 5, Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov Answer: Fyodor Dostoevsky For 10, The Black Monk, The Seagull, The Cherry Orchard Answer: Anton Chekhov For 15, My Childhood, The Lower Depths, Twenty-Six Men and a Girl Answer: Maksim Gorky
For 15 points, give the equation of a parallel line to this passing thru the point (1,1) Answer: y = 2/3x + 1/3 For a further 15 points, give the equation of a perpendicular line passing thru (1,1) Answer: y = (-3/2)x + 5/2
a. Name the island of Napoleon’s birth… Answer: Corsica. b. Name the island of his death… Answer: St. Helena. c. Name the first island to which he was exiled. Answer: Elba.
This religion holds that Black people are the true Jews and view Ethiopian king Haile Selassie as a deity. Proponents included Marcus Garvey and Bob Marley; key practices include wearing dreadlocks and smoking marijuana to obtain spiritual enlightenment. Answer: Rastafarianism Meaning "the way of the Gods", this Japanese religion is centered around divine beings called Kami, and has two main shrines located in Ise which are dismantled and rebuilt every 21 years. Answer: Shintoism Founded in the 19th century by Persian mystic Mirza Ali Muhammad, it preaches the unity of all world religions. Answer: Baha’i
10. The title character is a hunchbacked court jester. Answer: Rigoletto 10. This opera about a dying courtesan is based on Alexandre Dumas’s hit novel Camille. Answer: La Traviata 10. An Egyptian woman and her boyfriend are entombed together and die happily ever after. Answer: Aida
a. A Room of One’s Own and Mrs. Dalloway Answer: Virginia Woolf b. A Room With a View and Howard’s End Answer: E. M. Forster b. Giovanni’s Room and Go Tell It On the Mountain Answer: James Baldwin
Psycho
Answer: Janet Leigh Vertigo
Answer: Kim Novak Rear Window, Dial M for Murder, and To Catch a Thief Answer: Grace Kelly Marni and The Birds Answer: Tippi Hedren Notorious and Spellbound Answer: Ingrid Bergman
It was founded officially at Shaw University, but it was triggered when black students from North Carolina A&T refused to leave a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina where they had been denied service. Answer: Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee or SNCC or ”snick” This future NAACP chairman was communications director of SNCC from 1961 to 1965 before election to the Georgia legislature. Though only 28 and thus ineligible, he was nominated for Vice President at the 1968 Democratic Convention. Answer: Julian Bond He became SNCC chair in 1966, but his advocacy of “black power” led to dissent within the ranks. He later emigrated to Guinea and changed this name to Kwame Touré. Answer: Stokely Carmichael
A. With an orbit of around 6 Earth-days, it always faces the same side of the planet around which it rotates, Pluto. Answer: Charon B. The only one of Uranus' five largest satellites relatively untouched by geological upheaval, it was named after a "dusky, melancholy sprite." Answer: Umbriel C. The innermost Galilean satellite, best known for its violent volcanic eruptions, it has a radius and density almost identical to that of Earth's moon. Answer: Io
Nitrate
Answer: N O3 ; minus (or negative) 1 Perchlorate Answer: Cl O4 ; minus (or negative) 1 Sulfite
Answer: S O3 ; minus (or negative) 2 19. Name the characters from William Golding’s "Lord of the Flies" given a description, FTSNOP. (5) The novel’s protagonist, he is elected president of the boys Answer: Ralph (5) The novel’s antagonist, he represents the savage instinct present in humans Answer: Jack (10) He is the only naturally good character, whose goodness is not imposed on him by society Answer: Simon (10) Jack’s lieutenant, this sadistic character is responsible for the murder of Piggy Answer: Roger 20. FTPE, identify the author of the given work on economics. (10) Wealth of Nations Answer: Adam Smith (10) The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money Answer: John Keynes (10) Theory of the Leisure Class Answer: Thorstein Veblen
(10) This largest Caribbean island nation currently exports no products to the U.S. due to an embargo in effect since 1961. Answer: Cuba (10) This nation consisting of two islands is the southernmost in the Caribbean. Answer: Trinidad and Tobago (10) This nation on the South American mainland is the largest to border the Caribbean. Answer: Guyana
30 - "The Passionate Pilgrim" 20 - "Venus and Adonis" 10 - "The Rape of Lucrece" Answer: William Shakespeare
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