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TOSSUPS BY TIRESIAS (BLIND ROUND) Center of the Known Universe Open 1998
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TOSSUPS BY TIRESIAS (BLIND ROUND) Center of the Known Universe Open 1998 Questions by special guest star Ben Lea 1) So, John Glenn is going back up into space. For 10 points each, identify these people in Glenn's orbit. A) CNN.com had signed on this reporter to cover Glenn's preparation. Unfortunately, those columns have stopped now, since the reporter died in September. ANSWER: John Holliman B) The last time a sitting member of the Senate went into space, it was this Utah Senator whose inability to keep his lunch down earned him the sobriquet "Barfin' Jake". ANSWER: Jake Garn C) This actor portrayed Glenn in The Right Stuff, which probably helped him prepare for his role as Gene Kranz in Apollo 13. ANSWER: Ed Harris 2) So, this question writer heard a radio ad for "Lifeline" which purports to be a Christian-oriented long distance service, offering an "alternative to the Big 3 and their liberal agendas." For 5 points each, prove yourself to be a part of the liberal agenda by identifying which of the Big 3 these people are spokespersons for. A) Michael Jordan ANSWER: MCI B) Paul Reiser ANSWER: AT&T C) Candice Bergen ANSWER: Sprint D) Sam Neill ANSWER: MCI E) Elmer Fudd ANSWER: MCI F) George Jetson ANSWER: Sprint
A) "To be or not to be, that is the question." -- Hamlet ANSWER: Law of the Excluded Middle (A must be either A or not A) B) "If one orbital state is occupied by an electron of spin one-half, the other may be occupied only by an electron of opposite spin, or spin negative one-half." -- Wolfgang Pauli ANSWER: Law of Contradiction (A cannot be both A and not A) C) "I am what I am" Popeye ANSWER: Law of Identity (A is A) 4) 30-20-10, name this American author. 30) He is sometimes referred to as a professional Harvardian, as over one-quarter of his 408 poems relate or refer to Harvard in one way or another. 20) A physician, he published a paper in 1843 called "The Contagiousness of Puerperal Fever", in which he contended that childbed fever was being spread by improperly sterilized doctors. Several poems reflect his medical experiences, including "The Stethoscope Song", as do his three so-called "medicated novels" -- Elsie Venner, The Guardian Angel, and A Mortal Antipathy. 10) He first gained national fame when his appeal to preserve the warship Constitution from destruction at the hands of the US government was published in 1830 in the Boston Daily Advertiser. Public sentiment agreed with him after they read his poem, called "Old Ironsides". ANSWER: Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. 5) There have only been 16 popes named Gregory, so you have a pretty good shot, ultimately. For 5 points each, which Pope Gregory: A) Excommunicated Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II? ANSWER: 9 B) Excommunicated, then forgave, HRE Henry IV? ANSWER: 7 C) Introduced the Gregorian calendar? ANSWER: 13 D) Ended the Babylonian Captivity? ANSWER: 11 E) Was St. Gregory the Great? ANSWER: 1 F) Introduced the Gregorian chant? ANSWER: 1
A) 10 points) Copernicus named it not after a consul of the first Punic War, but as a diminutive form of "ruler", due to the belief that it ruled the affairs of the heavens. 5 points) Leo ANSWER: Regulus B) 10 points) There was an attempt at one point to rename it "Newton", but its old name stuck, coming from the ear of wheat in Ceres' left hand. 5 points) Virgo ANSWER: Spica C) 10 points) Ptolemy named this star in the Syntaxis, and called it "similar to" or "rival of" Mars, presumably in reference to its coloration. 5 points) Scorpio ANSWER: Antares 7) 30-20-10, name this physicist from stuff that was named after him. 30) He suggested a system of electromagnetic units analogous to the MKS system, which is now in use in particle physics and is named after him and Lorenz. 20) In 1894, he suggested replacing differential equations with multiplicative equations, then solving by division and reconverting. This necessitated the introduction of nondifferentiable functions, such as Y(x) = 1 for x>0, Y(x)=0 for x<=0, which is named for him alone. 10) He predicted the existence of a reflecting ionized layer of atmosphere surrounding the earth. Upon the discovery of it, it was briefly named after him and A. E. Kennelly, before adopting the more commonly-used name of ionosphere. ANSWER: Oliver Heaviside 8) For 10 points each, given a definition from Ambrose Bierce's Devil's Dictionary, identify the word. HINT: They all begin with the same letter. A) A trite popular saying, or proverb. So called because it makes its way into a wooden head. ANSWER: Saw B) A body of elderly gentlemen charged with high duties and misdemeanors. ANSWER: Senate C) A dead sinner revised and edited. ANSWER: Saint
the stated number of points. 15 points) One attack was to come from the south and New York City; it never got there. A second was to attack from the west and the Mohawk River. This man led that force they besieged Fort Stanwix on August 3, but were frightened by a rumor and ran back to Canada. ANSWER: Barry St. Leger 5 points) The third force was swooping south from Canada, led by John Burgoyne. On July 6, they captured this fort on the northern bank of Lake George. ANSWER: Ticonderoga 10 points) Burgoyne's men were then defeated in a raid on Bennington, and halted near Saratoga Springs. There, outflanked and outnumbered at Freeman's Farm and Bemis Heights, Burgoyne surrendered to this American general. ANSWER: Horatio Gates 10) For the stated number of points, answer these questions about the geography of everyone's favorite African country, Burkina Faso. (Did you know it means "Land of the Upright Men" in Swahili?) 5 points) The country's main rivers are the Black, White, and Red tributaries of this river. ANSWER: Volta 10 points) 6 countries border Burkina Faso. For 10 points, name any three. ANSWER: Benin, Togo, Niger, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali 15 points) Southwestern Burkina Faso is dominated by this escarpment, rising sharply to roughly 500 feet above sea level. ANSWER: Banfora Escarpment
30) His first novel was The Shifting of Fire, and he collaborated with Jack London on Romance. 20) His Parade's End tetralogy, consisting of Some Do Not, No More Parades, A Man Could Stand Up, and Last Post, came in at #57 on Modern Library's top 100 novels 20th century English language novels. 10) The Good Soldier came in at #30. ANSWER: Ford Madox Ford (or Ford Hermann Hueffer, if somebody's being pretentious)
Magi" in the ouevre. For the stated number of points, name the painter who's done an "Adoration of the Magi" given other works. 10 points) "Judith and Holofernes" and "The Madonna of the Pomegranate" ANSWER: Sandro Botticelli 5 points) "Hay Wain" and "Garden of Earthly Delights" ANSWER: Hieronymus Bosch 10 points) "Madonna and Child" and "Adam and Eve Expelled from Paradise" ANSWER: Masaccio 5 points) "St. Anne with the Virgin and Child" and "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" ANSWER: Albrecht Durer 13) So, how many Paraguayan rulers can you name? Hope it's at least three... For the stated number of points: 10 points) This Spanish explorer was shipwrecked in 1528 and enslaved. Escaping to Mexico, his reports of the Pueblo Indians gave rise to the myth of the Seven Cities of Cibola. For his work, he was awarded governorship of a region of Paraguay, but we remember him today as having the funniest name of all the conquistadors. ANSWER: Alvar Cabeza de Vaca (yep, that's Spanish for "cow head") 5 points) Military ruler and virtual dictator of Paraguay from 1954 until he was deposed in 1989, he cooperated with Brazil in the construction of the Itaipu Dam, which brought huge sums of money into Paraguay (i.e., to him). His presidency was the longest period of unbroken rule in Latin America in the 20th century. ANSWER: Alfredo Stroessner 15 points) Stroessner's overthrow came at the hands of this man, his top military advisor, who faked a broken leg in order to miss the staff meeting at which he was to be fired from the military staff. He announced that democracy had returned to Paraguay, and declared elections, which he then summarily won with 74 % of the vote. ANSWER: Andres Rodriguez
5 points) Die Fledermaus ANSWER: Johann Strauss the Younger 10 points) Der Freischutz ANSWER: Carl Maria von Weber 15 points) Hans Heiling ANSWER: Heinrich August Marschner 15) Given a Greek play, name its playwright, 5 points each. A) Wasps ANSWER: Aristophanes B) Hippolytus ANSWER: Euripides C) Dyscolus ANSWER: Menander D) Prometheus Bound ANSWER: Aeschylus E) Philoctetes ANSWER: Sophocles F) Iphigenia in Tauris ANSWER: Euripides
1) Vienna no 2) Rhodes yes 3) Belgrade yes 4) Malta no 5) Tunis no 6) Constantinople yes
30) Arguably, this man had as much influence on the young Charlie Steinhice as anybody who'd been dead 20 years before Charlie was born can. He not only made the publication of the Dictionary of American Biography possible, thereby insuring that Charlie would be able to make a career as a reference librarian, but he also founded Lookout Mountain Park in Chattanooga. 20) At the age of 11, he was a printer's apprentice in Knoxville, TN, rising through the ranks to become compositor in 1872. Six years later, he borrowed $250, and purchased the Chattanooga Times, which he ran successfully until the panic of 1893, which wiped away most of his fortune. 10) Freedom being just another word for nothing left to lose, he moved to New York and bought the struggling New York Times. In order to beat Pulitzer and Hearst, he shied away from yellow journalism, choosing instead to publish "all the news that's fit to print." ANSWER: Adolph Ochs 18) For 10 points each, identify these important works in southern history. 1) Origins of the New South 1877-1913 (1951) ANSWER: C. Vann Woodward 2) The Mind of the South (1941) ANSWER: W. J. Cash 3) The Emergence of the New South 1913-1945 (1967) ANSWER: George Brown Tindall 19) For the stated number of points, identify these members of the luckiest family in mythological history, the house of Atreus. 5 points) One of Atreus' sons, he managed to avoid the worst parts of the family curse -- after all, he got to return to Sparta with his wife Helen. ANSWER: Menelaus 5 points) Atreus' granddaughter, she convinced her brother to murder their mother and her lover Aegisthus (who was Atreus' grandson), in retribution for the murder of their father. ANSWER: Electra 5 points) Atreus' brother, he fought for control of Mycenae, killed Atreus' son Plisthenes, and eventually ate his own son in a stew after Atreus arranged for the killing of his own nephew. ANSWER: Thyestes 15 points) OK, impress me. Name the step-brother Atreus and Thyestes killed that started the whole thing. ANSWER: Chrysippus 20) Generally speaking, taxonomists divide the true butterflies (Papilionoidea) into about six families. 10 points each, name any three of those families. ANSWER: Pieridae, Papilionidae, Lycaenidae, Riodinidae, Libytheidae, and Nymphalidae TOSSUPS BY PEW (BLIND ROUND) CENTER OF THE KNOWN UNIVERSE OPEN 1998 Questions by Robert Trent 1. It is a blue-white star (spectral type B7 V) of 1.35 magnitude. This star also gives its name to a local group dwarf elliptical galaxy. Also called Kabeleced, HR 3982, & Alpha Leonis, it is the brightest star in Leo. FTP, name it. Answer: Regulus 2. This estate is described as ancient & beautiful, between the rose garden & the sea in Cornwall. On the night of a huge party, Captain Searle's steamer sinks in its bay, leading to the unfolding of the mystery of the first Mrs. de Winter, Rebecca. FTP, name this manse created by Daphne du Maurier. Answer: Manderley 3. In 1832 as a 2nd lieutenant, he was one of Black Hawk's personal escorts from Wisconsin to Missouri. In 1835, he established the plantation of Brierfield near Vicksburg. He served Pierce as Secretary of War, but is best remembered for his presidency of the Confederacy. FTP, name him. Answer: Jefferson Davis 4. Currently people in Russia are hoarding dollars & spending rubles to get rid of them. However, Elizabeth I's master of the mint would tell them that bad money drives out good. FTP, name this law of economics. Answer: Gresham's law 5. One of his first great misdeeds was coveting & then taking the vineyard of Naboth. His treachery earned the disdain of Elijah, who foretold bad things for him & his wife Jezebel. FTP, name this Biblical king. Answer: Ahab 6. These are any particle that has integer spin measured in the units of h-bar (spin=0, 1, 2...). They are associated with the force fields, carrier particles, & include mesons. FTP, name this class of particles that do not follow the Pauli Exclusion principle & are often paired with fermions. Answer: bosons 7. One of those who tries to examine its curse is a daguerrotypist who fancies Phoebe. Nevertheless, Clifford gets linked to murder near Maule's Well, but the end of Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon leads to a happy ending for Hepzibah & Holgrave. FTP, name this titular domicile of a Hawthorne novel. Answer: The House of the Seven Gables 8. He was the daimyo of Mikawa & supported the ascension of Nobunaga. When Hideyoshi took control of Edo, he again lent his support. However, at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, he was able to seize power as the undisputed shogun of Japan. FTP, name him. Answer: Tokugawa Ieyasu; accept Ieyasu 9. The one on the left stands looking to her right, with one hand against the wall, her face in shadow. The next looks directly outward, with her right arm behind her head & her lower body draped in white. The next has both arms above her head & the same drapery. The two on the right have much more distorted faces, & their nude bodies are much more depicted as cubes. FTP, name this 1907 painting by Picasso. Answer: Les Demoiselles d'Avignon 10. This range lies near the Rif Range. The rivers Moulouya & the Sebou flow near it. The tallest mountain in the range is Jebel Toubkal, which is the highest mountain in North Africa. FTP, name this Moroccan mountain range. Answer: Atlas 11. In 1611, he joined the order of the Minims & devoted himself to scholarship. He defended Galileo & Descartes, & had Descartes, Fermat, & others meet at his monastic cell. He stated that if n = 2 to the p - 1 is prime, then p is prime. The series of prime numbers in this formula is named for him. FTP, name this French mathematician. Answer: Marin Mersenne 12. Because Mr. Whitaker & Stella-Ronda done separated. Because Mama & Papa-Daddy done drove me crazy. Because Uncle Rondo can kiss my foot, & because China Grove, Mississippi just don't suit me. Because I hope I get a postcard. These are the reasons that the narrator has in a short story by Eudora Welty. FTP, name it. Answer: Why I Live at the P.O. 13. His Canada Act led to representative institutions for English- and French-speaking Canada. He also established the colonization of Australia, & proposed toleration of Catholics. He is remembered for his tenure as Prime Minister after the loss of the American colonies. FTP, name him. Answer: William Pitt the Younger
Plato. Answer: The Republic 15. Of all the Major Leaguers in the playoffs this year, Jay Powell of the Astros, Felix Heredia of the Cubs, Moises Alou of the Astros, & Kevin Brown of the Padres all won the World Series last year before being jettisoned by - FTP - what team? Answer: Florida Marlins (accept either part) 16. In 1951 this scientist started work at King's College & began to investigate the crystal structure of DNA. Her colleague at King's College was Maurice Wilkins, who believed she was there only to assist and augment his research. As a result, her x-ray crystallographs proving DNA's double helix structure were ignored. FTP, name this scientist. Answer: Rosalind Franklin 17. To a willowy brook with fantastic garlands did she come of crow-flowers, nettles, daisies, and long purples. This after her final utterances about plants - pansies for thoughts & rosemary for remembrance. FTP, name this drowned daughter of Polonius in Hamlet. Answer: Ophelia 18. This battle is often linked with Platea. Greek fire & hand-to-hand combat among sailors led to Xerxes' fleet being defeated in 480 BC by Themistocles. FTP, name this naval battle. Answer: Salamis 19. It begins with an allegro con brio with twin oboes as counterpoints. It then becomes a marcia funebre. Its finale is presto. This composition in E flat major was originally dedicated to Napoleon. FTP, name this symphony of Beethoven. Answer: Eroica or Third Symphony 20. These sisters live near the Well of Urd (oord) at the foot of Yggdrasil. They see what is, what was, & what will be. Their names are Erd, Skuld, & Verdandi. FTP, name this group of Norse fates. Answer: The Norns (acc: their names if answered before any are mentioned) BONI CENTER OF THE KNOWN UNIVERSE OPEN 1998 BLIND ROUND Questions by Robert Trent B1. Identify these battles fought by Tecumseh FTP each. A. This Oct. 1813 battle saw Tecumseh killed in battle as a brigadier-general ally of the British in the War of 1812. Answer: Battle of the Thames B. Tecumseh fought valiantly in this August 1794 battle under Blue Jacket, but the defeat by Wayne & the Treaty of Greenville stirred him to fight white encroachment even more. Answer: Battle of Fallen Timbers C. This Nov. 1811 battle was led more by Tenskwataweh, but William Henry Harrison's repulsion of the Indians was regarded as a personal defeat for Tecumseh. Answer: Battle of Tippecanoe B2. The title female characters in operas often find amazing ways to die. Given the manner of death, name the opera FTP each. If you need a composer, you'll get 5 pts. each. A1. She jumps from the prison tower of Castel Sant'Angelo after killing the corrupt Scarpia. A2. Giacomo Puccini Answer: Tosca B1. Trying to see Escamillo, she is stabbed by the lover she dumps by throwing the ring he gave her in his face. B2. Georges Bizet Answer: Carmen C1. She is buried alive in a tomb under the Temple of Vulcan with her lover Rhadames. C2. Guiseppe Verdi Answer: Aida B3. Answer these questions about the Biblical Noah FTP each. A. All or nothing, name his three sons. Answer: Ham, Shem, & Japheth B. This son of Methuselah was Noah's father. Answer: Lamech C. Noah curses this son of Ham. Answer: Canaan B4. Identify these enzyme-secreting parts of the body FTP each. A. Along with the so-called salivary glands, these glands in the cheek area produce amylase. Answer: parotids B. The glands of Lieberkuhn lie in this tract of the alimentary canal & produce several enzymes. Answer: small intestine (acc: duodenum) C. Amylase is also produced in this gland that is both exocrine in having ducts for this enzyme & endocrine for its hormone products like glucagon. Answer: pancreas B5. Name the authors of these works of magical realism , 5-10-15: A. 5 pts.: This Colombian may be the most highly regarded novelist of the form for such works as One Hundred Years of Solitude & Chronicle of a Death Foretold. Answer: Gabriel Garcia Marquez B. 10 pts. This author's recent Aphrodite may be even more magically realist than her In the House of Spirits. Answer: Isabelle Allende C. 15 pts.: The Old Gringo has this Mexican talk about Ambrose Bierce. Aura and Chac Mool may be his most noted magical realist works. Answer: Carlos Fuentes
A. Dismissal of this finance minister who had called the Estates-General helped cause the storming of the Bastille. Answer: Jacques Necker B. This Montagnard leader became nominal French leader in 1792, but was executed by the Committee of Public Safety in 1794. Answer: George Jacques Danton C. This Jacobin leader was the head of the Committee during the Reign of Terror. He was executed in 1794 as well. Answer: Maximilian Robespierre B7. Name these items from Jewish tradition for the stated number of points. A. For 5, Wednesday began this Day of Atonement with sacrifices with chickens at the Wailing Wall. Answer: Yom Kippur B. For 10, a blood sacrifice is often made by this man of skill, piety and expertise who kills food-animals according to tradition. Answer: shochet C. For 5, an animal killed by a shochet & prepared according to Jewish dietary law is thus termed what? Answer: kosher D. For 10, hogs, pigs, shellfish, & the like are not kosher, & are called what? Answer: trayf
A. Is This Desire? Answer: PJ Harvey B. The Love Movement Answer: A Tribe Called Quest C. Taming the Tiger Answer: Joni Mitchell (acc: Joni or God) B9. Now, who left this phenyl-magnesium bromide here? Answer these questions about this substance FTPE: A. Phenylmagnesium bromide is an example of a class of organic reagents named for their French formulator. What is the class of reagent? Answer: Grignard reagents B. In solution, it can act like either an acid or a base at times, meaning that it is also an example of what term? Answer: amphoteric C. It is also used in achieving the speciation of this element once known for making one 'mad as a hatter.' Answer: mercury
A. A man meets his exact double, who has the same name. Answer: William Wilson B. The first of these title creatures is killed by the narrator, but another one with a mark like a white noose around its neck returns to reveal his crimes. Answer: The Black Cat C. This object contains the dead body of a Mrs. Wyatt, whose phantasm seems to haunt the ship from Charleston. Answer: The Oblong Box B11. Given the year & a synopsis of what was decided, name the Supreme Court case or face Charlie's wrath! A. This 1963 case from Florida guaranteed counsel to all defendants. Answer: Gideon v. Wainwright B. This 1961 case revolved around an illegal search & seizure at a single mother's home in Cleveland. The evidence obtained was inadmissible. Answer: Mapp v. Ohio C. Though Robert Fulton's name doesn't appear in its name, this 1824 case about his monopoly of interstate commerce made interstate concerns federal ones. Answer: Gibbons v. Ogden B12. Given a building, name the English architect who designed it FTP each. A. Strawberry Hill Answer: Horace Walpole B. St. Paul's Cathedral, London Answer: Sir Christopher Wren C. The Queen's House, Greenwich, 1635 Answer: Inigo Jones B13. Some physical laws didn't make as much sense until quantum theory came along. Given a law named for its formulator(s) name it FTP each. A. The specific heat of all elements is the same on a per atom basis Answer: Dulong & Petit B. The volume of an enclosed gas is directly proportional to its temperature. Answer: Charles’; accept Gay-Lussac’s C. Pressure is uniform over a static fluid. Answer: Pascal
A. Daniel Deronda Answer: George Eliot or Mary Evans B. Goblin Market Answer: Christina Rossetti C. Aurora Leigh Answer: Elizabeth Barrett Browning; accept Barrett Browning B15. Given a description of a phoneme, give me the English letter that best approximates it FTP each. A. voiced affricate Answer: J B. lateral liquid Answer: L C. voiceless bilabial stop Answer: P B16. Given some information, name the pharaoh FTP each. A. This pharaoh was noted for the trading expedition to the land of Punt & became pharaoh while acting as regent for Thutmose III. Answer: Hatshepsut B. This pharaoh of the New Kingdom established a new capital at Tel Al-Amarna to establish a monotheistic religion. He was married to Nefertiti. Answer: Akhenaton (prompt on Amenhotep IV) C. He succeeded Seti I is thought to be the Pharaoh who opposed Moses. Answer: Ramses II B17. Name these works of Freud FTP each. A. This 1900 work details how humans unconsciously perform condensation, displacement, distortion, and wish fulfillment while asleep. Answer: The Interpretation of Dreams or Die Traumdeutung B. This 1939 work analyzes the spread of Judeo-Christianity & Islam as a subordination to Father figures. Answer: Moses & Monotheism or Der Mann Moses und die monotheistische religion C. First published in 1912, this collection of essays shows the links between mythic prohibitions & rituals & everyday neurotic behavior. Answer: Totem & Taboo or Der Totem und Tabu B18. Name the authors of the following novels that treat the existential situation - or at least the French variety - on a 10-5 basis. 1A. The Fall 1B. The Plague Answer: Albert Camus 2A. The Blood of Others 2B. The Mandarins Answer: Simone de Beauvoir 3A. Troubled Sleep 3B. Nausea Answer: Jean-Paul Sartre
A. An elongate or oval hill of glacial drift, commonly glacial till, deposited by glacier ice and having its long axis parallel to the direction of ice. Answer: drumlin B. The fraction of the fertile soil organic matter that remains after most of the added plant and animal residues have decomposed. It is usually dark, & contains mor, mull, & moder. Answer: humus C. This is the type of soil in which a mixture of clay, sand, & silt abound in varying percentages. Answer: loam
A. This river flows through the valley, even flooding it in 1997. It even has a moraine-formed lake named for it as well. Answer: Merced B. The largest of these plants in Wawona is named Giant Grizzly. Answer: Giant Sequoia C. This 4800-foot tall bit of granite rises above the valley floor, but is actually the youngest plutonic rock in the area. Answer: Half Dome Directory: archive -> cotku98 archive -> Gary C. Kessler cotku98 -> Tossups center of the known universe open 1998 Combined packet of Tennessee I and utc blue archive -> PriceWaterhouseCoopers Archive 148 linear feet in 98 record cartons and 4 flat boxes. Biography/History archive -> In this issue archive -> United states archive -> - archive -> The Tropical Rainfall Potential (TRaP) Technique. Part 1: Description and Examples Abstract archive -> United states archive -> Prediction from Weeks to Decades Download 0.61 Mb. Share with your friends:
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