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BONI -- ROUND 5 CENTER OF THE KNOWN UNIVERSE OPEN/ROLLAPALOOZA 1999
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BONI -- ROUND 5 CENTER OF THE KNOWN UNIVERSE OPEN/ROLLAPALOOZA 1999 1. Now here's a family that ought to be on Springer. FTPE name these children of Jacob: a) He had sex with Bilhah, the maid by whom his dad fathered Dan and Naphtali. The eldest of Jacob's sons by Leah, he talked his brothers out of killing Joseph and into throwing him into a pit instead. Answer: Reuben b) Her rape by Shechem, the son of Hamor, was avenged in a massacre of some of Hamor's subjects. But the prospect of a countermassacre led Jacob to move to Bethel. Answer: Dinah c) The other sons of Jacob had no idea that the guy who held their brother Simeon as a hostage and demanded they return with this kid brother, Jacob's favorite, was really Joseph. Answer: Benjamin 2. Jumpin' Jack Flash may be a gas, gas, gas, but can you identify these gas laws named for their originators FTPE? A. When measured at the same temperature & pressure, the volumes of gases consumed or produced in a reaction are in ratios of small whole numbers answer: Gay-Lussac's law of combining volumes B. The rate of effusion of a gas is inversely proportional to the square root of the molecular weight of the gas. Answer: Graham's law C. The total pressure of a gas is equal to the sum of the partial pressures of its constituent gases answer: Dalton's law of Partial Pressures
30) The NYPL Desk Reference lists two different birth years for this man -- apparently, during the 91st and 92 Congresses he was born in 1918, but by the 93rd, he was 5 five years older. (You know what they say about how public service ages a man...) 20) Before writing his autobiography Go Quietly or Else, he presided over all three Congresses, but resigned fairly early into the 93rd session. 10) That resignation came in the wake of allegations of corruption while he served as Governor of Maryland. He pled no contest to charges of tax evasion. 5) His resignation left the Senate without its presiding officer for a month and a half, until Gerald Ford was sworn in. Answer: Spiro Agnew 4. Given a work that won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, name its author for the stated number of points. 15 points -- The Shipping News Answer: Annie Proulx 10 points -- The Fixer Answer: Bernard Malamud 5 points -- Rabbit Is Rich Answer: John Updike 5. Identify these characters from the Puccini opera La Boheme FTP each. A. This consumptive seamstress searches for love but mostly for life in the Latin Quarter answer: Mimi B. This poor poet falls in love with Mimi answer: Rodolfo C. Marcello is obsessed with this woman, whose musical theme is a waltz that is maddeningly catchy answer: Musetta
A. The legendary Emperor Yu answer: Hsia B. Kublai Khan answer: Yuan C. Shih Huang-ti answer: Ch'in
Answer: Elijah Wood & Sean Astin For an additional 10 points, name the venerable British actor, who goes from Magneto in the upcoming X-Men to Gandalf in Lord of the Rings, star of 1995's Richard III and 1998’s Gods and Monsters. Answer: Ian McKellen 8. As noted literary critics LFO wrote in their epistemological essay “Summer Girls”, “When you take a sip, you buzz like a hornet / Billy Shakespeare wrote a whole bunch of sornets.” For 10 points each, give the number of the Shakespearean sornet given its first line – if you are within 3, either way, you’ll get 5 points. a) “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” Answer: 130 [5 pts. for 127-133] b) “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” Answer: 18 [5 pts. for 15-21] c) “Let me not to the marriage of true minds” Answer: 116 [5 pts. for 113-119] 9. Identify the following about the death of Sydney Carton in A Tale of Two Cities. A. Carton takes the place of this descendant of Evremonde. answer: Charles Darnay B. Both Darnay and Carton are in love with this woman answer: Lucie Manette; accept either C. The plea for clemency by Doctor Manette is overwhelmed by the Revolutionary fervor of this woman. answer: Madame Defarge
30) He, and not Marconi, was the first to broadcast and receive radio waves. 20) His nephew Gustav won the 1925 Nobel Prize in Physics, for an experiment which proved that quantum theory. 10) The SI unit of frequency is named for him. Answer: Heinrich Hertz
A. This man, considered the father of modern geology, formulated the principle of uniformitarianism in his Theory of the Earth. Answer: James _Hutton_ B. He supported Hutton's theories and wrote the monumental Principles of Geology. Answer: Charles _Lyell_ C. His book The Origin of Continents and Oceans posited the theory of continental drift Answer: Alfred _Wegener_
A. Soft Typewriter answer: Claes Oldenburg B. Bird in Space answer: Constantin Brancusi C. Nuclear Energy answer: Henry Moore 13. The '80's were full of one-hit wonders. Given an album that contained a one-hit wonder, name the song FTP each. You will get 5 points each if you need the artist. A10 Too-Rye-Ay A5. Dexy's Midnight Runners answer: Come On Eileen B10. Word of Mouth B5. Toni Basil answer: Mickey C10. White Feathers C5. Kajagoogoo answer: Too Shy 14. Answer the following related questions for the stated number of points. 15) Name the rigid Reconstruction bill passed by the US Congress in 1864 but pocket vetoed by Lincoln, which would have instituted harsh reparation measures against states that returned to the Union after the Civil War. Answer: Wade-Davis Bill 10) Name the transliteration system, since superseded by the Pinyin System, for writing Chinese names in Roman characters. Answer: Wade Giles 5) Name the 1973 Supreme Court case that made Norma McCorvey a household name. Answer: Roe v. Wade
a) Huso huso, it is found in the Caspian Sea, and is highly prized for its caviar. However, it must be killed to get the caviar, and illegal catches now represent 90% of all catches in the Caspian. Answer: Beluga sturgeon b) Either of two species of genus Isurus, it is also highly prized as a food source; the meat from this shark is considered a delicacy, as is the fin in some Asian markets. Answer: Mako c) The only plant on the list is Swietenia macrophylla King, it has been nearly eradicated from Mexico to the Amazon basin, due to European and American demand for furniture from this tree. Answer: Big Leaf Mahogany
A. In 1613, he became tsar, beginning the dynasty. Answer: Michael B. From 1682-89, he ruled jointly with Ivan V, he then reigned on his own until 1725. Answer: Peter I or Peter the Great C. The dauther of Peter I and Catherine, she gained the throne in 1741. She fought against Frederick II of Prussia in the Seven Years' War. Answer: Elizabeth
30) In the Jungle of Cities and Galileo 20) The Caucasian Chalk Circle and The Good Woman of Szechuan 10) Mother Courage and Her Children and The Threepenny Opera Answer: Bertolt Brecht
A. Enyo, Deino, and Pemphredo answer: Graeae B. Eunomia, Dike, and Irene answer: Horae or the Hours C. Euphrosyne, Aglaia, and Thalia answer: the Graces
30) One was a British theologian, archdeacon of Carlisle, and author of Natural Theology, or Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity. 15) The other bought the struggling United Independent Broadcasters in 1928 and turned them into CBS. Answer: William Paley 20. After its official adoption in 1777, the US flag has undergone 26 re-designs, each time because of the addition of one or more new states. Twice, in 1818 and again in 1890, the flag was re-signed to accomodate five new stars. 5 points each, and a 5 point bonus for all correct, name the five states that were symbolized by the new stars in either 1818 or 1890. Answer: 1818 -- Tennessee, Ohio, Louisiana, Indiana, Mississippi 1890 -- North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Washington, Idaho
A. This 1800 oil on canvas by Francisco Goya shows the Duchess of Alba. Answer: Maja Desnuda or Naked Maja B. This 1863 Manet portrait of a courtesan outraged the Paris Salon. Answer: Olympia C. This 1538 painting by Titian inspired both Goya & Manet. The title figure has a garland in her hair. Answer: Venus of Urbino
A. This guy is the son of Gargantua and Badebec. Answer: Pantagruel B. She is the mother of Gargantua answer: Gargamelle C. He is Pantagruel's greatest friend, with whom he fights the Dipsodes and roams the Latin Quarter. Answer: Panurge
1) This apparently major constituent of the mass of the universe is detected by X-ray emission caused by gravitational disturbances. There are two main types, theoretically, machos and wimps. What's the general term, for five points? A: dark matter 2) This is the collapsed remnant of a star of around a solar mass. About 10,000 times denser than lead, they tend to be about the size of the earth. For 10 points, what type of star is the normal end product of the stellar life cycle? A: white dwarf 3) This is the inner radius of an accretion disk. The magnetic field from the central compact object exerts a pressure on the inward flow of gas that is comparable to the dynamic pressure of the flow. For 15 points, what is this distance? A: Alfven radius
A. This 1817 convention and treaty provided for the bilateral disarmament of the Canadian border. Answer: Rush-Bagot B. This 1842 treaty settled the boundary between Maine and New Brunswick which had started the Aroostook War. Answer: Webster-Ashburton C. Though it was drawn up in Geneva, this 1871 treaty that settled the Alabama claims was named for American city in which it was signed. Answer: Treaty of Washington
A) Der Freischutz Answer: Carl Maria von Weber B) Carnaval for Piano Answer: Robert Schumann C) Symphony #4 in A, "Italian" Answer: Felix Mendelssohn D) Symphony #8 in B, "Unfinished" Answer: Franz Schubert E) Capriccio Espagnole Answer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov F) Symphony #6 in B, "Pathetique" Answer: Pyotr Tchaikovsky 6. 30-20-10, identify this author from a list of works. 30) Hay Fever, in which each member of an English family invites a guest for the weekend, only to spend the entire weekend playing word games only the family understands. 20) Cavalcade, which traces an English family from the Boer War to the end of WWI, with a bit on the Titanic thrown in for good measure. 10) Blithe Spirit, in which a woman returns from the dead to haunt her husband’s new wife. Answer: Noel Coward 7. 30-20-10, identify this military campaign. 30) It really began when an invading force attacked approximately 350,000 non-combatants, slaughtering about 250,000 of them at Toulon sur Arroux. 20) The invading force pursued a rebel band, and laid siege to them at Avaricum, killing 40,000 more. The leader, Vercingetorix and 800 men escaped to Gergovia, where they routed the invaders. Finally, Vercingetorix was captured at the Siege of Alesia. 10) The leader of the invaders, Roman proconsul, Julius Caesar, commented in writing on this campaign at some length. Answer: Gallic Wars (accept logical equivalents)
a) First, this man analyzed the ore yttria and found it to be a composite of silica and some other earth metal; he became the second man to have an element named after him. Answer: Johan Gadolin b) Second, name the Swedish chemist (student of Berzelius) who isolated erbium and terbium from that ore. Answer: Carl Mosander c) Finally, name the fifth element to come from the same ore, this one named after the hometown of its isolator, Georges Urbain. Answer: Lutetium
a) At the age of 9, he became the youngest black belt in US history, as a student at what man’s karate school? Answer: Chuck Norris b) What was the name of the monkeyboy on Land of the Lost? Answer: Chaka c) Paley has re-entered the American consciousness recently, because Rodney Sheppard, the guitarist for this band, was mistakenly identified on a VH1 special as having played Chaka as a youth. Answer: Sugar Ray
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answer: Kenya B. Mandheling answer: Indonesia C. Kona
answer: United States 11. Here are some more economics definitions; give the term FTPE: a) An obligation of the Treasury maturing within one year, bearing no interest but sold at a discount. Answer: T-bill or Treasury Bill b) An issuing of a number of shares for each share of stock currently outstanding Answer: stock split c) Finance and investment company that buys a variety of shares and sells units from the combined portfolio to the public Answer: mutual fund
(a) This is the best known conformal projection, useful to sailors because all angles can be accurately drawn as straight lines. However, it skews size so badly that Greenland appears as large as South America. Answer: Mercator projection (b) This is the most widely used equal area projection; it gets size right but badly distorts shape. Answer: Mollweide projection (c) In 1988 the National Geographic Society adopted this compromise projection for its standard world map. Answer: Robinson projection
30) As "Rosetta Stone", "Because a Little Bug Went Ka-Choo" 20) As Theo LeSieg, "I Wish that I Had Duck Feet" and "Ten Apples Up on Top" 10) As his most familiar pseudonym, "You're Only Old Once!" and "Yertle the Turtle" Answer: Theodore Geisel (or Dr. Seuss)
A. Given that he coined the term 'sociology,' this author of The Course of Positive Philosophy could be called the first sociologist. answer: Auguste Comte B. He examined The Rules of Sociological Method as well as Suicide. answer: Emile Durkheim C. This semiotician's sociological examinations include Mythologies and The Empire of Signs. answer: Roland Barthes 15. Identify these odd things found in cells FTP each. A. These 'holes' allow for the storage of substances and allow for excretion answer: _vacuoles_ B. These cylindircal organelles don't show up - except when they organize microtubules to form the spindle during cell division answer: _centrioles_ C. These organelles contain various digestive enzymes. Sometimes they rupture & destroy the cell answer: _lysosomes_ 16. Given a description, name the tale by Nathaniel Hawthorne FTP each. A. Parson Hooper wears this spooky thing answer: The _Minister's Black Veil_ B. A scientist wants to see if people would make the same stupid mistakes all over again answer: _Dr. Heidegger's Experiment_ C. Georgiana Aylmer is perfect - except for one thing - according to her husband answer: The _Birthmark_
In this 1905 case the Court voided a New York law limiting the work day to ten hours, arguing that the law violated workers' freedom of contract. Answer Lochner V. New York In this 1908 case, the court upheld a state law limiting the work day to ten hours for women, largely on the basis of sociological data regarding the effects of long work hours on the health and morals of women. Answer Muller V. Oregon In this 1917 case, the court accepted a ten hour work day for both men and women, but voided the state's minimum wage law, again citing workers' freedom of contract. Answer Bunting V. Oregon
a) First, 5 points for one, 15 for both, at whose wedding did Eris throw the apple of discontent? Answer: Thetis and Peleus b) 5 points each, name the three goddesses that fought over the apple in question. Answer: Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena
a) Netherlands Answer: Beatrix b) Norway Answer: Harald V c) Monaco Answer: Rainier III d) Spain Answer: Juan Carlos I e) Denmark Answer: Margrethe II f) Luxembourg Answer: Jean
1) This reactor type needs a U-235 enrichment to between 2 and 4%. Its water cooled, moderated and reflected. It's most notable for cruciform control rods and in-core boiling. The control rods are inserted from the bottom of the core in an effort to flatten the axial flux profile. There is only a primary coolant loop. Also, this type of reactor is manufactured exclusively by GE. Answer: boiling water reactor or BWR 2) This reactor type also needs a U-235 enrichment of 2-4%. Also water cooled, moderated, and reflected it uses control rod clusters which are usually fully removed from the top of the core during power runs. Water is not boiled in the core but in steam generators. There are primary and secondary coolant loops. This type of reactor is manufactured by Westinghouse, ABB/Combustion Engineering, and other vendors around the world. Answer: pressurized water reactor or PWR 3) This type of reactor utilizes a mixed uranium and plutonium oxide fuel, with 10-20 weight percent plutonium. Hexagonal pin bundles are typical, as is the liquid sodium coolant. There is no neutron moderation. A uranium-238 blanket is another typical feature present to create new fuel for use in later cycles. Examples are EBR-I and II and the Superphenix in France. Answer: liquid metal fast breeder reactor or LMFBR
1. Apparently, the Macbeth curse started right from the beginning, as the boy actor playing Lady Macbeth died and Shakespeare himself had to step into the role in the show’s opening run. For the stated number of points, name these other actors tied up with the Macbeth curse. 5 points) In a 1937 production at the Old Vic, this 30-year-old prodigy’s career nearly came to an abrupt end when a weight crashed near him during rehearsals. Would have been a pity – I loved him in those Polaroid commercials, and as Zeus in Clash of the Titans. Answer: Laurence Olivier 5 points) In a 1953 outdoor production in Bermuda, this future spokesman for Bud Light burned his groin (OWEEE OWEEE OWEEE) from tights that had been pre-soaked in kerosene. Answer: Charlton Heston 10 points) In a 1934 production, this actor, best known for playing Ebenezer Scrooge, was an understudy who stepped in when the lead went mute onstage, and summarily developed a fever and had to be replaced himself. Answer: Alastair Sim 10 points) In 1775, this grand dame of the stage was nearly ravaged by an unruly crowd after her portrayal of Lady Macbeth – good thing she survived; Joshua Reynolds would have had to paint someone else as the tragic muse. Answer: Sarah Siddons 2. When encountering a solution, you should note several things. Note these FTP each. A. This is the number of equivalents of solute per liter of solution. Answer: normality or normal B. According to this law, you can determine the vapor pressure of the pure substance if you know the vapor pressure of the solution and the mole fraction of that substance in the solution answer: Raoult's Law C. This is the scattering of light at large angles by colloidal solutions answer: Tyndall effect
30) He emerges as the antagonist in Harry Turtledove's Guns of the South, running for President of the Confederacy against Robert E. Lee after the South's victory. 20) Perhaps his most famous exploit during the war was the slaughter of black Union troops at Fort Pillow. 10) After the war, he served as the Grand Wizard of the newly re-organized Ku Klux Klan, but resigned in 1869 in protest of its tactics. Answer: Nathan Bedford Forrest
A. She finds him on her island of Ogygia and bids him welcome. answer: Calypso B. She is displeased with Oddyseus & his men's presence on Aeaea. answer: Circe C. This princess finds him near the river in Phaecia answer: Nausicaa
30) In his diaries, Bishop Berkeley reminded himself "To be eternally banishing Metaphysics &c & recalling Men to" this. 20) Thomas Reid, in An Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of this, felt that it represented a particularly sticky problem - if its truths were self-evident, they could not be denied, but if they were self-evident, how could they be made evident when denied? 10) Thomas Paine, on the other hand, wrote a pamphlet of this title in 1776. Answer: Common Sense 6. Just in case you were trying to determine some information about electrons in the atom, identify these laws or principles FTP each. A. It states that no two electrons in any one atom may have all four quantum numbers the same. Answer: Pauli Exclusion Principle B. It states that electrons entering a subshell containing more than one orbital will be spread out over the available orbitals with their spins in the same direction. Answer: Hund's Rule C. However, the better one can determine a particle's speed or momentum, the less accurate would our measurement of its position be, or vice versa, according to this. Answer: Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle 7. Given a work of economic import by a British man, name him FTP each. A. Essay on the Principle of Population (1798) answer: Thomas Malthus B. Principles of Political Economy and Taxation (1814) answer: David Ricardo C. The General theory of Employment, Interest, and Money (1936) answer: John Maynard Keynes
5) Called by Cicero "the father of history", he wrote History of the Persian Wars Answer: Herodotus 10) He served with the Greeks under the Persian Prince Cyrus in the war against Cyrus' father. His exploits allowed him to write "The Expedition of Cyrus" from a first-hand account. Answer: Xenophon 15) Greek ambassador to the Indian court of Chandragupta, he wrote Indica, from which Arrian and Strabo drew extensively. Answer: Megasthenes
30) Her The Wonderful Adventures of Nils is still considered a children's classic, 90 years after it was written. 20) Perhaps more famous is her The Story of Gosta Berling, which garnered her international fame with its publication in 1891. 10) Firsts she holds are the first woman member of the Swedish Academy, first Swede to win the Nobel Prize in Lit, and first woman to win the Nobel Lit Prize. Answer: Selma Lagerlof:
A) (5) Who shot Mr. Burns? Answer: Maggie Simpson B) (10) What’s Krusty the Klown’s real name? Answer: Herschel Krustofsky C) (15) What is Apu’s last name? Please, for the love of Vishnu, answer slowly. Answer: Nahasapeemapetilon
5) 94 Answer: Surprise 10) 45 Answer: Farewell 15) 100 Answer: Military 12. Identify these reform-minded journalists FTPE. This Tennessee writer documented more than five thousand lynchings in a book published in the UK as United States Atrocities and in the US as Southern Horrors. Answer: Ida B. Wells; accept Barnett This Danish-born New Yorker declared that "the line between pauperism and honest poverty is the clothes-line" in his book How the Other Half Lives. Answer: Jacob Riis You might think of public apathy toward Bill Clinton's indiscretions when you read this writer's statement from the book Drift and Mastery: "In literal truth the politician is attacked for displaying the morality of his constituents." Answer: Walter Lippmann 13. Identify the following about the Big Dipper. A. For 5 points, the Big Dipper is part of this constellation. answer: Ursa Minor or Little Bear B. For another 5, two stars point directly to this star. answer: Polaris or the North Star C. FTP each, what two stars in the Big Dipper always point toward Polaris? answer: Merak and Dubhe 14. 30-20-10, name the author from a list of works. 30) The Stonemason, a play in five acts 20) Suttree and Outer Dark 10) All the Pretty Horses Answer: Cormac McCarthy
15. Name these pioneering biologists FTPE: (a) Greek-born American anatomist who developed a test for cervical cancer Answer: George Papanicolau (b) Norwegian bacteriologist who discovered the bacteria responsible for leprosy Answer: A. G. H. Hansen (c) Italian anatomist whose work centered on the female reproductive tract; a structure therein is named for him. Answer: Gabriel Fallopius 16. Ben's favorite quote of all time is still the possibly apochryphal Mark Twain statement about Jane Austen -- "It's a shame they let her die of natural causes." For 5 points each, correctly identify the Austen novel from a main character. a) Elizabeth Bennet Answer: Pride and Prejudice b) Fanny Price Answer: Mansfield Park c) Catherine Morland Answer: Northanger Abbey d) Emma Woodhouse Answer: Emma e) Elinor Dashwood Answer: Sense and Sensibility f) Anne Elliot Answer: Persuasion 17. Answer the following about the career of British soldier Charles George Gordon FTP each. A. Gordon first achieved notice for his exploits in this 1853-56 war between Russia and the allied forces of Britain, Turkey, and France. Answer: Crimean War B. Gordon earned the monicker "Chinese Gordon" for commanding Chinese armies that fought against psuedo-Protestant rebels in this Chinese Civil War. Answer: Taiping Rebellion C. Gordon died at this battle, at which the so-called Madhi attempted to end British control in Africa south of Egypt. Answer: Khartoum
30) Nicholas was chairman of DeBeers from 1984-85; his father Harry was an MP in South Africa, and an outspoken critic of apartheid. 20) Harry's father Ernest founded the Anglo-American Corporation of South Africa with JP Morgan; at the time of his death in 1957, he controlled roughly 95% of the world's supply of diamonds. 10) Robert was unrelated to the diamond family - he made his name in New Mexico as the director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1943-45. Answer: Oppenheimer
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