Technophobia 4: Massive Quizbowl Overdose
Boni by UCLA (Oz Pathare, Patrick Friel)
A. (10) the 14-part Stations of the Cross completed in 1966 and
Easter and the Totem
(5): Barnett Newman and Jackson Pollack
answer: Abstract Expressionism
B. (10) Flock of Sheep and Man with the Hoe
(5) Charles Emile Jacque and Jean-Francois Millet
answer: Barbizon School
C. (10) the 1771 frescoes of the Saragossa cathedral and "The Italian
Comedians"
(5) Francisco de Goya and Antoine Watteau
answer: Rococo
A. Unvoiced labiodental fricative
answer: Fester, Fetus, Phonetics, etc.
B. Bilabial nasal
answer: Monster, Message, Manner etc.
Voiced alveolar stop
answer: Double,
A. First--for 5 points--name this quick-triggered network.
answer: Fox
B. Next--for 10 points--name this year's casualty, a TV adaptation of
Cruel Intentions which Rupert Murdoch reportedly frowned upon because of
scenes involving step-sibling lasciviousness and female equestrian hijinks.
answer: Manchester Prep
C. Finally--for 15 points--name either of the two casualties
from Fall 1997 or Fall 1998: one a present-day sitcom starring
Scott Baio featuring flashbacks to the seventies, the other a
supernatural detective drama produced by Shaun Cassidy about
strange happenings in the entertainment industry in Los Angeles.
answer: Rewind or Hollyweird
A. On the night of May 2, 1863, Robert E. Lee's dynamic subordinate was
mortally wounded by friendly fire. For 5 points each--name both this fallen
Confederate general and the battle at which this event happened.
answer: Thomas (Stonewall) Jackson , Battle of
Chancellorsville
B. For 10 points--which general, Jackson's second in command, was also
wounded, allowing J.E.B. Stuart to take over?
answer: Ambrose A Hill
C. For 10 points--which Union general, having just taken over after the
Union defeat at Fredericksburg, saw this defeat become his only battle as
commander of the Army of the Potomac?
answer: Joseph (Fighting Joe) Hooker
A. (15) Amalienborg Palace, residence of the royal family.
answer: Copenhagen
B. (15) Frauenkirche, the two-towered Gothic Cathedral of our Blessed
Lady
answer: Munich
A. The 1997 prize was awarded to Stanley Prusiner for the discovery of
what infectious objects?
answer: prions
B. The 1998 prize went to Robert Furchgott, Luis Ignarro, and Ferid Murad
for discoveries concerning the cardiovascular signalling properties of what
molecule?
answer: nitric oxide (accept: _NO_)
C. The most recent prize was awarded for "the discovery that proteins have
intrinsic signals that govern their transport and localization in the cell."
Who received this 1999 prize?
answer: Gunter Blobel
A. (15) Levi's landmark "Doctor" commercial, in which an ER-like crew
operates on a patient in sync to the song "Tainted Love"
answer: Spike Jonze
B. (15) The American Cancer Society's landmark "Smoking Fetus"
commercial,
in which-- well, the title is kind of self-explanatory.
answer: David Fincher
A. This is the Rastafarian term for God.
answer: Jah
B. This term, with obvious Old Testament connotations, applies to the
white
power structure that has kept down the black race.
answer: Babylon
C. It is used in the Nyabingi celebration and for various other purposes.
Its
use is supported by Psalms 104:14.
answer: Ganja (prompt on marijuana)
A. (10) the music for the operas Vanessa and Antony and
Cleopatra
answer: Samuel Barber
B. (10) the libretto for Barber's Vanessa and the recent vocal work
Jacob's Prayer
answer: Gian Carlo Menotti
C. (10) The music for the dance works A Descent into the Maelstrom
and In the Upper Room
answer: Philip Glass
A. This anatomist made the first careful analysis of the human body
based on detailed disection, and published the first complete textbook
of human anatomy, "De Humanis Corporis Fabrica."
answer: Vesalius
B. His portraits of Pope Innocent X, Maria Theresa, and Philip IV, for
whom he was the court painter, have a quiet, commanding power.
answer: Diego Velasquez
C. This chief of the Arverni forced Julius Caesar to prolong his campaign
in Gaul; he was captured in 51 BC, taken as captive to Rome and was killed
6 years later.
answer: Vercingetorix
A. For the first time, two NASDAQ stocks are included in the Dow
Jones 30. For 5 points each--name these stocks.
answer: Microsoft and Intel
B. Also, two other companies were added, and four companies were dropped
from the Dow Jones index. For 5 points each--name any four of these six
other companies involved in the recent revision.
answer: Home Depot, SBC Communications (both added),
Sears Roebuck, and Co., Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.,
Chevron, Union Carbide (all dropped)
A. The Diary of Anne Frank
answer: Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
B. The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail
answer: Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
C. You Can't Take It With You
answer: George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
(Author option: 10 points each)
A. John McCain
answer: Faith of My Fathers
B. Pat Buchanan
answer: A Republic, Not an Empire
C. George W. Bush
answer: A Charge to Keep
(Book option: 5 points each)
A. Faith of My Fathers
answer: John McCain
B. A Republic, Not an Empire
answer: Pat Buchanan
C. A Charge to Keep
answer: George W. Bush
A. Aeneas
answer: Venus
B. Hercules
answer: Alcmene
C. the Emperor Tiberius
answer: Livia Drusilla
A. Anfernee Hardaway
answer: Phoenix or Suns
B. Scottie Pippen
answer: Portland or Trail Blazers
C. Mookie Blaylock
answer: Golden State or Warriors
D. Ron Mercer
answer: Denver or Nuggets
E. Antonio Davis
answer: Toronto or Raptors
F. Stacy Augmon
answer: Portland or Trail Blazers
A. (5) The Siren
answer: Joan Collins
B. (5) Egghead
answer: Vincent Price
C. (10) The Bookworm
answer: Roddy McDowall
D. (10) Mr. Freeze
answer: Otto Preminger
A. In what year did the battle of Marathon take place, within 2 years?
answer: 490 BC (accept 488-492 BC)
B. What Greek historian from Halicarnassus wrote about Marathon in the
6th book of The Histories?
answer: Herodotus
C. According to Herodotus, what herald, commonly associated with the
famous 26 mile run from Marathon to Athens, actually ran an even more
impressive 150 miles from Athens to Sparta?
answer: Phidippides or Philippides
A. In this 1961 case, the Court ruled, although the case originally
involved pornography, free speech and, yes, Don King, that evidence obtained
through illegal search and seizure is inadmissible in court.
answer: Mapp v Ohio (prompt on partial answer)
B. In this 1963 case, the Court ruled that free legal counseling must be
provided to indigent persons accused of felonies.
answer: Gideon v Wainwright (prompt on partial answer)
C. In this 1964 precursor to Roe v Wade, the Court ruled that a ban on the
use of contraceptives and on medical advice concerning them was
unconstitutional and thereby reinforced the notion of privacy as a
constitutional right.
answer: Griswold v Connecticut
A. Local Anaesthetic and The Call of the Toad
B. The Rat and Cat and Mouse
C. The Tin Drum
answer: Gunter Grass
A. It can give birth up to 2 times per year and twins are common;
it belongs to the subfamily Callitrichinae and its brightly colored
golden lion type is endangered.
answer: Marmoset
B. These agile leapers and runners are actually able to use simple
tools and can draw and paint. They live in the forests of Honduras
and Argentina and belong to the famile Cebidae.
answer: Capuchin
C. These leaf-eaters are among the largest monkeys and it is believed
that their long periods of dormancy are necessary to detoxify the large
number of harmful chemicals they eat. Their trumpet-like bony voice box is
accomodated by an enlarged jaw and throat.
answer: Howler Monkey
A. After Saladin, Sultan of Egypt, captured Jerusalem, Philip II of France
and Richard I of England, joined with Frederick I against him and ultimately
gained a three-year truce and access to Jerusalem.
answer: Third Crusade
B. Lasting from 1248-54, this crusade saw Louis IX of France take the
Egyptian seaport of Damietta but be captured near Cairo.
answer: Seventh Crusade
C. Launched by Pope Innocent III, the Crusaders met in Venice and sacked
Constantinople in 1204.
answer: Fourth Crusade
A. The Prime Minister is backing Frank Dobson, who is being strongly
challenged by maverick Ken Livingstone.
B. The leading Conservative candidate is multimillionare and
international best-selling author Jeffrey Archer.
C. Also vying for the Labour nomination is the Academy Award winning
former actress and current member of Parliament, Glenda Jackson.
answer: Mayor of London
answer: Los Alamos, Lawrence-Livermore, and Sandia
National Labs
A. For 5 points--name the main character in a series of children's fantasy
books which account for 3 of the 4 best sellers on Amazon.com
answer: Harry Potter
B. For 10 points--name the author of the Harry Potter books.
answer: J. K. Rowling
C. For 5 points each--name the three books in the series. All titles
begin with "Harry Potter and the...", so you can leave that out. Please use
the U.S. titles.
answer: Chamber of Secrets. Sorcerer's Stone,
Prisoner of Azkaban
A. Given a sequence in a metric space, this is a point such that for any
positive epsilon, all but finitely many of the points in the sequence are
within epsilon of the point.
answer: Limit point or point of Convergence
B. This is a sequence in which for any positive epsilon, all but finitely
many of the points in the sequence are within epsilon of each other.
answer: Cauchy sequence
C. A space has this property if each Cauchy sequence has a limit point.
answer: Completeness
(10) Tivoli Gardens, site of one of the world's oldest amusement parks.
(5) Tycho Brahe Planetarium
(10) Lenbachhaus, the museum home of a friend to members of Der blaue
Reiter.
(5) Olympic Park
(10) Several innovative music videos, such as the Beastie Boys'
"Sabotage" and Fat Boy Slim's "Praise You"
(5) His recent debut film, "Being John Malkovich"
(10) Several innovative music videos, such as Madonna's "Express
Yourself" and "Vogue", and Aerosmith's "Jamie's Got a Gun"
(5) His most recent film, "Fight Club"
(5) Adagio for Strings
(5) Amahl and the Night Visitors
(5) the opera Einstein on the Beach
(Portland traded him to Houston, who cut him, and Portland then re-signed
him)