Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Jan 12, 98 10:14:00 pm -0500 Return-Path: X-Authentication-Warning: yuma.Princeton.EDU: brucelin owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 22:14:00 -0500 (EST) From: Bruce Lin Reply-To: Bruce Lin To: Jason Arvey cc: escooper@sas.upenn.edu Subject: PB7 questions: Princeton Midnight Tokers Penn Bowl 007 submitted questions, randomized version. Emailed to both Jason Arvey and ESCooper just in case one address doesn't work. Please direct any questions to Bruce Lin, team captain, at brucelin@princeton.edu. Thanks! Team: Princeton Midnight Tokers (Bruce Lin, Ray Marquette, Jeremy Weissman, Aino Wheler) ==================================== TOSSUPS ==================================== Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 2 ==================================== [SOCIAL SCIENCE - PSYCHOLOGY] There are four types of me. The chances that you're going to get me are about 0.8 percent, but possibly up to 15% if one of your parents had me. About one third of all people who get me fully recover, one third relapse ocas sionally, and one third revert to a chronic form of me. I usually show up in the late teens, but my most feared form, the paranoid type, appears later in life. I sometimes cause delusions and hallucination, making my victim hear nonexistant voices. I'm proud of my status as most common reason for admission to a mental hospital. FTP, what uncurable psychological disorder am I? SCHIZOPHRENIA [LITERATURE/PHILOSOPHY - ANCIENT] This man is known to be the author of up to 90 plays, among them _Seven Against Thebes_. FAQTP, name this author of the Oresteia, known as the father of tragedy. AESCHYLUS Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 3 AESCHYLUS [SCIENCE] This alloy of about 64% iron and 36% nickel can have a thermal expansion coefficient of less than 2 x 10^-4 percent per degree Kelvin at room temperature, so it's often used for measurement devices like surveying tapes and watches where insensitivity to temperature changes is critical. For the same reason, it's also used in "shadow masks" in computer monitors and televisons. FTP, name this alloy named for its unchanging nature. _INVAR_ [HISTORY] This British political figure began his career as the Member in Parliament for Caernavon borough. He came to be Chancellor of the Exchequer, and drafted the People's Budget. He ushered in the modern welfare state with the National Insurance Act and was instrumental in stripping power away from the House of Lords. FTP, name this "Welsh Wizard," the British representative at Versailles. Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 4 DAVID LLOYD _GEORGE_ [MISC] The original motive for its use was likely economic; at the times when it was used, parchment was often very expensive. Fortunately for us, the amount of information on these types of old documents can often be doubled by recovering the original script through ultraviolet photography. FTP, identify this type of reused manuscript whose name comes from the Greek words for "again" and "I scrape". PALIMPSEST [FINE ARTS] This man, born Johan Julius Christian, adopted the name Jean as his professional name early in life. He is famous for his tone poems, and among his early works are the Kullervo Symphony, En Saga, and the Karelia Suite. FTP, name this Finnish composer of the work Finlandia. JEAN _SIBELIUS_ Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 5 [RELIGION] Claiming sole mastery of the teachings of Wallace D. Fard, he used the help of such loyal ministers as Wilfred Little to expand his purview from a small building in Michigan to a powerful nationwide organization. He died in 1986 amid allegations of promiscuity and paternity suits. FTP, name this first leader of The Nation of Islam. REV. ELIJAH _MUHAMMAD_ [CURRENT EVENTS] South Africa and Russia are the top two producers, but you might be surprised to hear that, come October, Canada will become one of the world's largest as well. That's when the Lac de Gras mine in the Northwest Territories will begin prod ucing over 500 million dollars of these gems annually. FTP, name this gemstone, often found with the volcanic rock kimberlite. DIAMOND Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 6 [RELIGION] Born October 2, 1869, he married his wife Kasturba at age 13. Over his lifetime, he edited newspapers called Navajivan, Harijan and Young India. FTP, name this practitioner of brahmcharya, or self-mastery, assassinated in 1948 by a Hindu radic al. MOHANDAS _GANDHI_ [POP CULTURE] A co-founder of the LaFace record label, this versatile composer acquired a reputation as a hitmaker with 1995's soundtrack for the movie Waiting to Exhale. In 1996, Eric Clapton featured his lefthanded guitar on "Change the World." FTP, g ive the name under which Kenneth Edmonds was nominated for eight Grammys in 1998. BABYFACE (accept early buzz of KENNETH _EDMONDS_) [SOCIAL SCIENCE - ANTHROPOLOGY] This Ph.D. graduate of Columbia University was a pioneer in her field of anthropology. Her views came under criticism because of her belief in cultural determinism, which was never Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 7 criticism because of her belief in cultural determinism, which was never fully accepted. An outspoken proponent o f environmental concerns, race relations, sexual morality, and world hunger, she used her celebrity status to influence others. FTP name this scholar, whose most famous work, _Coming of Age In Samoa_ was the first of 23 books based on observation instead of statistics.. MARGARET _MEAD_ [HISTORY] Later in life, this man, who had once already posed as a count, adopted the pen name "Comte de Voilement." A veil was a good idea, for he had achieved infamy earlier in his life, being acquitted of a crime he did, in fact, commit, and letting a nother man stand trial for the same crime. FTP, name this "Major" figure in the Dreyfus case. MAJOR _ESTERHAZY_ [LITERATURE/PHILOSOPHY - NON-WESTERN] Originally a samurai in the service of a lord, this man abandoned that life for one of poetry. He developed a Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 8 of a lord, this man abandoned that life for one of poetry. He developed a new style of Haiku and became known as the greatest of the Haiku poets. FTP, name this 17th century Japan ese author of _The Narrow Road Through the Provinces_ BASHO [FINE ARTS] FAQTP: in the recent film Titanic, this famous work was seen sinking with the ship. Name this Picasso work whose title has a famous double meaning. _LES DEMOISELLES D'AVIGNON_ [POP CULTURE - SPORTS] After coaching Providence College to a Final Four berth in 1987, this charismatic Italian left for a rich contract in the NBA. He returned to college two years later and rebuilt an ailing team into a national power. FTP, name this man, who in 1997 became head coach of the Boston Celtics. Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 9 RICK _PITINO_ [MISC] An astronomical event of THIS kind has been predicted for February 26, 1998. Its effects will be most visible within a 93-mile band covering the Galapagos Islands, but people throughout the Caribbean and northern South America are encouraged to observe it, provided they have a filter. FTP, name this phenomenon which occurs when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun. _SOLAR ECLIPSE_ [RELIGION] Its name means "ocean of wisdom." Some predict it will cause as much controversy as 1988's "The Last Temptation of Christ," and in fact, its screenwriter has already been banned from a temple featured in the film. FTP, name this Martin Scorce se portrait of the early life of the fourteenth Dalai Lama. KUNDUN Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 10 KUNDUN [CURRENT EVENTS] His brother David earned a PhD but wasn't considered the genius of the family. Several years older than David, this man may yet be prosecuted in New Jersey for the killing of advertising executive Thomas Mosser. FTP, name the man suspected of being the Unabomber. THEODORE _KACZYNSKI_ [POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY] The first description of the Germanic ancestors of the modern people of this country were given by the Roman historian Tacitus. About 15% of this country is located in the Arctic circle. Another random fact is that iron ore is its most important mineral resource, and it has a 100% literacy rate. 90% of this country's inhabitants are Lutheran. One of this country's minority groups is the Lapp, also known as the Sami. FTP, name this country just a stone's throw away from Copenhagen, Denmark. SWEDEN Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 11 SWEDEN [SCIENCE - BIOLOGY] Most varieties of this originally North American plant grow four to six feet tall, with leaves that can be up to two feet long. In addition to its agricultural importance, the plant is important in the history of biology because analysis of the disease "mosaic" in these plants was crucial in the understanding of viruses. FTP, name this plant, the collective name of many species all of the genus Nicotiana. _TOBACCO_ PLANT [FINE ARTS] This artistic principle was discovered in ancient Greece, appearing first in the Kritios Boy. It can also be seen in such works as Polykleitos' Doryphorus, and results in increased realism. FTP, name this principle, also known as weight-shift. CONTRAPPOSTO Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 12 [LITERATURE/PHILOSOPHY - PHILOSOPHY] Sometimes that illicit affair you had with your student gets you in trouble. For this philosopher, it meant castration. But perhaps this was a good thing - after all, he joined a monastery and became a prolific Christian logician. At last, after writing S_ic et Non_ and _Theologia_, he was able to reunite with his one-time student, Heloise, as abbot of the Paraclete nuns, to which she belonged. FTP, what philosopher believed that man's intention, not necessarily his deed, was what counted with God? PETER _ABELARD_ [HISTORY - NON-WESTERN] Begun when the boy emperor Shunzhi (SHRUN-JRR) took the throne, this dynasty was at one point one of its empire's most powerful. Like the Yuan dynasty which ended over 200 years earlier, its rulers were conquering nomads from the north. FTP, name this Chinese dynasty which ended in 1912. QING or CH'ING; do not accept {QIN or CH'IN} Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 13 [FINE ARTS] The Battle of Issus is a supreme example of this art form, which is often used a type of home decoration. It is characterized by the use of smolti and tesserae. FTP, name this kind of art, of which famous examples can be found in San Vitale in Ravenna. MOSAIC [SCIENCE - CHEMISTRY] Although the concept is over a hundred years old, recent technological advances were prompted by California's zero emissions vehicle legislation. The type being developed by Vancouver's Ballard Power Systems uses a polymer "proton exchange membrane" to separate hydrogen and oxygen flows. FTP, name these energy conversion devices whose electrochemical reactions promise far higher efficiencies than internal combustion engines. FUEL CELLS Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 14 [POP CULTURE] Until making an overnight sensation of the German band Trio, this company's most famous advertising campaign featured a concept called "Fahrvenugen." FTP, name this automaker notorious in the 1960s for its Bug and Bus. VOLKSWAGEN [HISTORY - ANCIENT] Although today it is located under the Iraqi city of Tall Al-Warka, its walls were said to have been built by Gilgamesh himself. Sited northwest of Ur, it was another major centre in ancient Mesopotamia. FTP, give the name for the Sumerian city-state which dates as far back as about 4500 BC. ERECH aka URUK [SCIENCE - PHYSICS] You're in a car with the windows rolled up. It's your birthday, and you have a balloon from your birthday party at McDonaldland. Suddenly, the driver sees a deer, and swerves to the left, going 60. FTP, Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 15 Suddenly, the driver sees a deer, and swerves to the left, going 60. FTP, which direction does the balloon lean toward as you're swerving - left, right, o r up? LEFT [PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY] You're out taking a walk one day, and you pass by a caiman, an ocelot, a sloth, and an armadillo. Next, you notice how rainy the month of January has been. You think about your trips down the Maroni and Oyapock rivers, and your back packing trips in the Tumac-Humac mountains. Alluvial deposits have made a nice savannah near your home in the capital of your great country. As you head back to Cayenne, you realize that you've spent the day enjoying the Creole population, despite the French regulations concerning boating in the Atlantic ocean. FTP, what South American country are you in? _FRENCH GUIANA_ [LITERATURE/PHILOSOPHY - THEATRE] One of the oldest forms of theater in Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 16 [LITERATURE/PHILOSOPHY - THEATRE] One of the oldest forms of theater in the world, this very stylized form involves actors that are storytellers, presenting a sort of visual metaphor. There are five types of plays in this form of theater. There's the god play, the wig play, the present-day and the mad-woman play, the fighting play, and the demon play. FTP, name this form of theatre in which a standard program contains three plays from different categories, and achieves Japanese artistic unity _NOH_ DRAMA ==================================== BONUSES ==================================== [POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY] Answer the following questions for the stated number of points. A. [5] This country is officially a constitutional sovereign socialist Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 17 A. [5] This country is officially a constitutional sovereign socialist secular democratic republic, containing 32 political units. Covering more than two percent of the Earth's land surface, it is the world's 7th largest country by size. INDIA (or Bharat) B. [15] Everybody knows that India borders Nepal, China, and Pakistan but, F5P each, what other three countries border India? BHUTAN, MYANMAR, BANGLADESH C. [10] Now, can you name the Indian state that contains the cities Nagpur, Ahmadnagar, and Bombay? MAHARASHTRA [SOCIAL SCIENCE - LAW] Name these Supreme Court cases for the stated number of points and I'll love you forever. Or at least I'll give you some points. Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 18 some points. A. [5] This John Marshall case reaffirmed the idea of implied powers of Congress in the constitution. It allowed Congress to incorporate a national bank. MCCULLOCH v. MARYLAND B. [10] This is the case of 1988 where constructing a road near Native American ceremonial ground was allowed, even though an expert witness said that the action would cause serious and irreparable damage to the practice of their religion. The burden of proof was placed on the Native Americans, and they lost. _LYNG_ v. NORTHWEST _INDIAN CEMETERY_ PROTECTIVE _ASSOCIATION_ C. [15] This case involves a church that was practicing the Santeria religion, which involves cooking and eating animals after cutting their carotid arteries. The Supreme Court ruled that the city's laws were intended to forbid the practice of the religion, and violated the Free Exercise Clause of the first amendment, and that the city's interest in Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 19 Exercise Clause of the first amendment, and that the city's interest in public health and prevention of cruelty to animals was not uniformly applied. CHURCH OF THE _LUKUMI BABALU AYE_, INC. AND ERNEST PICHARDO, PETITIONERS V. CITY OF_HIALEAH_ [POP CULTURE] 30-20-10, name the artist 30: This soulful singer is the only artist in Grammy history to take home Record of the Year honors in consecutive years. 20: She was recognized in 1972 for "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face". 10: Her 1973 winner Killing Me Softly with His Song was remade by The Fugees in 1995. ROBERTA _FLACK_ Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 20 [SCIENCE - MISC] Given a description, name these terms from materials science FTP each. A. Metals are ductile because these linear defects in their crystal structure allow atoms to slip past each other. They are represented by the displacement of the crystal by half an atomic plane. DISLOCATIONS B. Most materials, when stretched in one direction. contract in the perpendicular directions. The contraction is measured by this ratio of perpendicular strain to parallel strain, named after a French mathematician, and identified by the Greek letter nu. _POISSON_'S RATIO C. Composites like concrete exhibit uniform properties in all directions, but fibre composites like wood often have markedly different physical properties depending on direction. What is the name for this inequality? Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 21 ANISOTROPY [CURRENT EVENTS] 30-20-10, name the French man. 30: He was budget minister under President Valery Giscard d'Estaing of France in 1978. 20: However, during World War II, he had a less lofty role: secretary-general of Bordeaux under the Vichy regime, the number two civil servant in the region. 10: His current trial began in Bordeaux last fall; he is being tried for crimes against humanity, for his role in shipping French Jews to the Nazis during World War II. MAURICE _PAPON_ [MISCELLANEOUS] Identify the titles of these classic video games from Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 22 [MISCELLANEOUS] Identify the titles of these classic video games from abbreviated descriptions by author J. C. Herz FTP each. Hint: they were all first released in the 1980s and Herz claims all were "popular with girls" A. "[She] was the Gloria Steinem of videogames. She could do everything her male counterpart could do, backward, forward, sideways and wearing a jaunty pink bow. She used the hear-me-roar feminist honorific" _MS. PAC-MAN_ B. "It's a curiously nonconfrontational game. None of the obstacles ... have anything, personally, against you. They just happen to be deadly. And you just happen to be in the stupid position of dashing through highway traffic and crossing a river with no idea how to swim" _FROGGER_ C. "Essentially [this game] is about coping. It's about imposing order on chaos. It's about detritus raining down on your head, trash falling into messy piles and piling up until it finally suffocates you" Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 23 _TETRIS_ [FINE ARTS] 30-20-10. Name the composer from his works. 30: The Philosopher Symphony (#22) 20: The Creation 10: The Surprise Symphony (#94) FRANZ JOSEPH _HAYDN_ [SCIENCE - CHEMISTRY] Identify these chemicals found in animals FTP each. A. In bioluminescence, an oxidizable organic molecule is oxidized by molecular oxygen. The process is catalyzed by this Biblically-named enzyme. Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 24 LUCIFERASE B. Also known as "visual purple", this chromoprotein important in night vision bleaches when exposed to bright light and returns to its ordinary purple-red colour after a period of darkness. RHODOPSIN C. This skeletal-muscle-relaxant alkaloid, used today in general anaesthesia, is infamous for being obtained from the so-called "arrow poison frog" CURARE [HISTORY] Our neighbours to the north are known for their back bacon, hockey, and ... rebellions? Answer the following questions on famous rebels for fifteen points each. A. This Scotland-born newspaper publisher, politician, and eventual mayor Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 25 A. This Scotland-born newspaper publisher, politician, and eventual mayor of Toronto led an ill-fated rebellion in Upper Canada in 1837. After being pardoned in 1849, he became a member of parliament, and his almost identically-named grandson would eventually become a Canadian Prime Minister. WILLIAM LYON _MACKENZIE_ B. This leader's Red River Rebellion of 1869 is now seen as the event that caused the formation of the province of Manitoba, and despite being pursued by Canadian forces for executing a Canadian, he became a member of Parliament in 1873. However, he was hanged in 1885 after his second rebellion - the one which now bears his him. LOUIS _RIEL_ [LITERATURE/PHILOSOPHY] Identify the novel from the first line, ten points each: A. "124 was spiteful." Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 26 A. "124 was spiteful." BELOVED (Toni Morrison) B. "It was a pleasure to burn." FAHRENHEIT 451 (Ray Bradbury) C. "In the country of Westphalia, in the castle of the most noble Baron of Thund er-ten-Tronckh, lived a youth whom Nature had endowed with a most sweet disposit ion." CANDIDE (Voltaire) [POP CULTURE] What ever happened to two-sport athlete, cultural icon and sometime commercial star Bo Jackson? You don't need to know, but you can pick up thirty points by answering some questions about what Bo knew. A. F5P each, name the professional football and baseball teams with which Bo rose to stardom. Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 27 Bo rose to stardom. LOS ANGELES RAIDERS and KANSAS CITY ROYALS (either team or city) B. For another ten points, name the university at which Bo excelled during his college days. AUBURN C. For a final ten, name the football team which drafted Bo #1 overall in 1985 but failed to sign him. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS [SCIENCE - BIOLOGY] 30-20-10, name the disease. 30: Between 300-500 million people were estimated to have been infected with this disease in 1997, and 2-4 million were estimated to have died from it, despite an announcement in the 1960's from the World Health Organization that the disease was on the brink of eradication. Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 28 Organization that the disease was on the brink of eradication. 20: 90% of the single-celled organisms that cause the disease are now resistant to choloroquine, the drug most frequently used to treat the disease. 10: Worse, gains earlier in the century have been reversed thanks to increased immunity of the disease's vector to insecticides like DDT. MALARIA [LITERATURE/PHILOSOPHY - POETRY] 30-20-10, name the poet given his works. 30: "Lycidas" 20: "Areopagitica" 10: "Paradise Lost" JOHN _MILTON_ Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 29 JOHN _MILTON_ [HISTORY] "Go west, young man!" Answer these questions about Western expansion for 10 points each. A. Name the man who coined the term, "manifest destiny." JOHN _O'SULLIVAN_ B. FTP, give the cities located at the beginning and end of the Oregon Trail, all or nothing. Independence, MO, and Astoria, OR C. This pass in Colorado is named after an infamous group of travelers, who, after getting caught in the pass and starving, turned to cannibalism. _DONNER_ PASS Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 30 [FINE ARTS] 30 points, 10 points each. Name the styles or schools from the artists given. A. Raoul Dufy, Andr^? Derain, Henri Matisse _FAUVE_S , also accept FAUVIST(E)S B. Kurt Schwitters, Jean (Hans) Arp, Marcel Duchamp _DADA_, also DADAIST(E)S C. Ernst Macke, Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky DIE _BLAUE REITER, or the _BLUE RIDER_ [FINE ARTS] 30-20-10. Name the architect from his works. 30: Santo Spirito, Florence Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 31 20: Pazzi Chapel (in Santa Croce, Florence) 10: Ospidale degli Innocenti (Hospital of the Innocents) FILIPPO _BRUNELLESCHI_ [POP CULTURE] In 1967 and 1968, Katharine Hepburn won consecutive best actress Oscars, the first woman to accomplish the feat. A. F15P, name the actor who, 30 years earlier, won best actor Oscars in two consecutive years. SPENCER _TRACY_, for Captains Courageous and Boys Town. B. F5P each, name the actor who duplicated Tracy's feat and the two movies for which he won. TOM _HANKS_, _PHILADELPHIA_, _FORREST GUMP_ Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 32 [MISC] 30 points, 10 points each: In 1853-1854, a war occurred that involved Britain, Russia, France, and the Ottoman Turks. The dispute took place in the Black Sea area, and inspired a famous poem. A. Name the war THE _CRIMEAN_ WAR B. Name the famous brigade THE _LIGHT_ BRIGADE C. At what battle did their charge occur? THE BATTLE OF _BALAKLAVA_ [LITERATURE/PHILOSOPHY - PHILOSOPHY] I'll give you the name of two famous works by philosophers that have been "Spoonerized" by having their first Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 33 works by philosophers that have been "Spoonerized" by having their first initials switched, you give me the philosopher. Ten points each. A. Phepublic, Raedo PLATO B. Ance Homo, Ectichrist FRIEDRICH _NIETZSCHE_ C. Quardinatio, Odlibet JOHN DUNS SCOTUS [RELIGION, NON-WESTERN] F15P each , name the following sacred texts of the Buddhist religion: A. Often regarded as the primary text, it contains, in three parts, the rules of monasticism and philosophical commentaries on the teachings of Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 34 rules of monasticism and philosophical commentaries on the teachings of the Buddha. THE _TRIPITAKA_ B. A general term for the vast body of teachings believed to have been given by Gautama himself. SUTRAS [CURRENT EVENTS] Answer the following questions about someone in the news recently for the stated number of points. A. [5] This 1993 Nobel Laureate is best known for her novels, including _Jazz_ and _Tar Baby_. TONI _MORRISON_ B. [10] At which major university does Morrison hold a full-time teaching position? Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 35 position? _PRINCETON_ C. [15] Give the intentionally ironic title of Morrison's latest novel, published in 1998. PARADISE [PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY] I'll bet you've seen that snazzy game show, "Where In The World is Carmen Sandiego?". Well, this time, Carmen and her band of desperate drop-outs have just stolen 30 points and the questions for the rest of the game! It's your job to tell me the city where Carmen has taken the points and the questions, for fifteen points each. A. Carmen took a boat south from the southern tip of Spain, and landed just 17 miles away, in a bay off the Strait of Gibraltar. If you hurry, you can catch her in that city's Caspah, which has been converted into a museum of Moroccan art. But don't fall down the chalky limestone hill. Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 36 TANGIER B. Rats! She just escaped! Now she took a plane to Arizona! She travelled south of Phoenix, to just north of the 32nd parallel, passing Casa Grande, the Saguaro National Monument, and the Santa Cruz River. She wanted to visit High Chapporal. TUCSON [FINE ARTS] 30-20-10. Name the artist from his works. 30: The Death of Sardanopolous 20: Paganini 10: Liberty Leading the People EUGENE _DELACROIX_ Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 37 [HISTORY - ANCIENT] 30 points, 10 points each: From 431-404 BC, a war was fought between two leading Greek city states. Name: A. The war _PELOPONNESIAN_ WAR B. The city-states ATHENS AND SPARTA C. The historian who wrote about the war THUCYDIDES [LITERATURE/PHILOSOPHY - THEATRE] We all know that Aristophanes wrote some scath ing plays. FTP each, can you tell me which Aristophanes play I'm talking about? Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 38 A. This play is an attack on education, and Socrates acts like a Sophist who makes wrong arguments sound correct. THE _CLOUDS_ B. This play is about a sex strike at the Acropolis. It's okay because it's a comedy, and because of its anti-war message. LYSISTRATA C. This play is Aristophanes's most escapist play. The main character is fed up with bureaucracy, and builds a utopian city between heaven and earth with the help of his friends. THE _BIRDS_ [SOCIAL SCIENCE - ECONOMICS] Let's talk market structures for ten points each. Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 39 A. This market structure requires extremely high barriers to entry with no product differentiation, and can be "natural" if average costs generally decreases with increasing quantity produced. MONOPOLY B. In this market structure, collusion is most successful, there's a lot of product differentiation, and the barriers to entry aren't as quite as high as in a monopoly. OLIGOPOLY C. There is only one buyer, often supplied by only one supplier, in this structure. MONOPSONY [RELIGION, JUDEO-CHRISTIO-ISLAMIC] For five points each and a bonus of five for all correct, list the pillars of Islam. Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 40 five for all correct, list the pillars of Islam. THE GIVING OF _ALMS_, PRAYER, HEARTFELT AND FREQUENT _PROFESSION OF FAITH_, FAST ING, HAJJ (accept "pilgrimage" for the last; naturally, accept equivalents) [SCIENCE - PHYSICS] OK, Einstein, tell me what you know about 20th century physics FTP each. A. What is the difference between a particle's mass and the sum of the masses of its constituent particles? MASS DEFECT B. What family of subatomic particles is composed of an even number of quarks and antiquarks, and include pions and kaons? Even though they are unstable, they helped to uncover the charmed and bottom quarks. MESONS C. This phenomenon is described as the directionally selective penetration Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 41 C. This phenomenon is described as the directionally selective penetration of crystalline solids by a beam of atoms. Penetration is greatest in directions parallel to crystallographic axes. This effect may one day prove useful in the production of semiconductors. CHANNELLING [HISTORY] Given the peace treaty, name the war, for 10 points each. A. Aix-la-Chapelle WAR OF AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION B. Webster-Ashburton AROOSTOOK WAR C. Ghent WAR OF 1812 Message 26/109 From Bruce Lin Page 42 WAR OF 1812 [RELIGION] Paper and pencil may be useful. For five points each, rank the following religious affiliations 1 to 6 from highest American plus Canadian membership to lowest, according to the 1990 census: Seventh-day Adventists, Southern Baptist Convention , the Eastern Orthodox Church in America, the Episcopal Church, Jehovah's Witnesses, Roman Catholics. (high to low): Roman Catholics, Southern Baptist Convention, Episcopal Church, Eastern Orthodox Church in America, Jehovah's Witnesses, Seventh-day Adventists.