Questions by OU V El Paquito Numero Cinco Packet Five loves to Jive - I Don't Write It, I Just Read It. 1. After World War II this world leader organized the Free Officers, a secret group dedicated to ridding his country of the last vestiges of colonialism. His theory of "Arab Socialism" accepted religion and rejected the idea of the dictatorship of the proletariat. He staged a coup d'etat in 1952 with Muhammad Nagib as nominal leader; he took the premiership from Nagib in 1954. FTP name this man who became President of Egypt in 1956, the same year he nationalized the Suez Canal. Gamal Nasser 2. This poet is famous for saying that T.S. Eliot's work "set poetry back twenty years". His direct diction, use of commonplace themes and focus on the concrete mark a new direction in 20th century poetry. Despite being a practicing physician, he produced a book at least every two years--including Spring and All, In the American Grain, his New Jersey epic Paterson and Pictures from Breughel. FTP name this poet who also produced an imagist work about a red wheel-barrow. William Carlos Williams 3. Daniel took out over 100 U.S. patents, including the modern X-ray lamp and neon lighting; George Edward was a British philosopher, teacher, and critic; Alfred was a U.S. Supreme Court justice from 1799-1804; Thomas was an Irish poet who authored "Irish Melodies" and "Fudge Family in Paris"; Clement wrote "A Visit From Saint Nicholas"; and Mary was a television comedienne from the 1960's until roughly 1980. FTP give the shared last name. Moore 4. This has been a hot topic in the hacker subculture ever since the term was coined by K. Eric Drexler in his book Engines of Creation, where he predicted it would give rise to replicating assemblers. It would allow us to snap together the fundamental building blocks of nature easily, inexpensively, and in almost any arrangement that we desire. FTP name this hypothetical fabrication technology in which objects are designed and built with the individual specification and placement of each separate atom. nanotechnology 5. They were at one time an independent kingdom until conquered by China in the 14th Century AD and then by Japan in the 17th century. They were incorporated into Japan in 1879 and are today one of its prefectures with a population of just over one million. They number a total of over 143 islands and islets and extend from Kyushu southwest to Taiwan. FTP name this island chain whose capital is Naha on the island of Okinawa. Ryukyu Islands 6. Wagner called him "the savior of our modern world of absolute music". His early education was on the flute and guitar, since the piano was rare in the remote mountain region of Dauphine where he was raised. He was producing compositions at the age of 12 and by 1830 had produced his most famous work, as well a Requiem mass and an orchestral fantasia on "The Tempest". Later works include The Trojans, Beatrice and Benedict, Harold in Italy, and Romeo and Juliet. FTP name this composer of Symphonie Fantastique. Hector Berlioz 7. The first president of this organization was Gardiner Greene Hubbard, who was succeeded by Alexander Graham Bell. Founded in 1888 in Washington, D.C., their flag was carried up Mount Everest by the first American expedition and to the moon by the crew of Apollo 11. They have aided in funding such projects as Robert Ballard's search for the Titanic, the excavation of Machu Picchu, and Jane Goodall's research in the Gombe. FTP name the association that partially sponsors exploration projects with funds raised through the sale of their magazine. National Geographic Society 8. He started work in 1854 on the project of laying transatlantic cables. His idea was that electrical current flow was analogous to that of heat flow and, by applying ideas on heat flow, he helped in the problem of transmitting electrical signals over long distances. Earlier in his life, his work with Carnot's cycle led him to the second law of thermodynamics. FTP name this nobleman, born William Thomson in Belfast, Ireland, who has the absolute scale of temperature named after him. Lord Kelvin (accept William Thomson early) 9. He was married to his first wife for three weeks before she left him for three years. She returned to live with him, but died the same year in which he got his disability. After it became impossible for him to work by himself, the poet Andrew Marvell helped him continue as Foreign Secretary until the restoration of Charles II. Critics have disregarded the stated purpose of his best-known work, claiming instead that he wrote it in an attempt to one-up Homer, Virgil, and Dante. FTP name this author of Lycidas, Samson Agonistes, and On His Blindness. John Milton 10. His eloquence in protesting the Chesapeake incident of 1808 led him to be elected without opposition to his state's House of Representatives. He joined the U.S. House in 1811 and became famous as a War Hawk and as a co-author of the Monroe Doctrine. He was second in the election of 1824 and threw his support to Jackson in 1828, even though Jackson opposed his states rights policy and was to become a bitter opponent over the issue of nullification. FTP name this South Carolinian, Vice-President under Jackson and John Quincy Adams, often associated with Henry Clay and Daniel Webster. John C. Calhoun 11. He was killed when his transport plane was shot down in World War II. His stage debut was in 1917's Peg O' My Heart. Other plays included Berkeley Square (1929) and The Petrified Forest (1935). He won notice as a film actor in Outward Bound in 1930, and received international acclaim for romantic leads in Of Human Bondage in 1934, The Scarlet Pimpernel in 1935, Romeo and Juliet in 1936, Pygmalion in 1938, and Intermezzo in 1939, which he also produced. FTP name this actor, most famous for playing Ashley Wilkes in Gone With the Wind. Leslie Howard 12. In a normal distribution, three of them usually cover everything, and one should cover two-thirds of the data points. The quantity itself is always positive, even though it can be used negatively. In a Poisson distribution, it is equal to the square root of the mean. For a normal distribution, you can roughly estimate this quantity by dividing the range by four, if you don't feel like actually calculating the square root of the variance. FTP name this statistical quantity designated s or with a lowercase sigma. Standard Deviation 13. Born in the small town of Fajardo, Puerto Rico, this woman was unusually popular, winning special praise for her campaigns to address the health problems of America's young people in the 1990s, whom she called "a generation at risk." In 1979, she joined the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, where her special interest in pediatric AIDS caught the attention of the White House. Name this doctor, the first Latin American to be appointed Surgeon General of the United States. Dr. Antonia Novello 14. In 1829, this man was formally adopted into the Cherokee nation, where he had spent three years as a child. In 1827, he was elected governor of Tennessee. His political career ended in 1861, when he refused to join the Confederacy. Name this man, who, is in first term as President of Texas, had a newly-founded city named in his honor. Sam Houston 15. Einstein first discussed it in 1905, but had it resolved by 1921, the year he was his Nobel Prize. It occurs when two of the same perfectly calibrated objects are separated, and one is sent on a journey. Upon returning, the two are no longer calibrated, an apparent violation of general relativity. FTP name this paradox resolved by the use of acceleration in special relativity. Clock paradox or Twin paradox 16. When he journeyed to England to look after his brother's hardware importing business in 1815, he was already known as the author of Salmagundi and an acclaimed History of New York. He couldn't save the company, but he did make important literary connections with such notables as Sir Walter Scott, who encouraged him to write his best-known work, The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon. FTP name this author of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Washington Irving 17. Everyone knows that Hobbits are found in the Shire, but don't go looking for them on the banks of the Shire River. Its headwaters are in this country, where it runs past Blantyre, the largest city, and Zomba, the capital until 1975. It declared its independence from Britain in 1966, and has been headed by Hastings Kamuzu Banda ever since. FTP name this Southeastern African country with its current capital at Lilongwe. Malawi 18. British residents may not thank this man for introducing an income tax, but Roman Catholics should be grateful for his Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829, which granted them political equality. He repealed the Corn Laws in 1846, allowing for free trade in Great Britain, but this was a reversal of his earlier position and the resulting controversy drove him from office. FTP name this man famous for reorganizing the London Police force, whose constables were thereafter known as "bobbies", and for being the first prime minister of the Conservative party. Sir Robert Peel 19. This British physicist studied the physical sciences under several private tutors, including John Dalton. His first work was in magnetism and electricity. In the paper On the Production of Heat by Voltaic Electricity he described the rate at which heat is produced by an electric current. He is best known for his work in refrigeration with Lord Kelvin and his proof that heat is a form of energy. FTP name him, for whom the SI unit of work is named. James Joule 20. The earliest reference to this people is in an Egyptian tomb, and reports that they inhabited a forest west of the Mountains of the Moon. Homer mentions them in the Iliad, and mosaics in Pompeii depict their huts. Medieval texts depict them flying about in the treetops. Not until 19th century explorers brought back firsthand accounts were they considered human beings. FTP give the general term for the people groups whose members, usually under 4 and a half feet tall, subsist as hunter-gatherers in Africa's equatorial forests. Pygmies 21. Born in 1805, this Dane left his superstitious mother and poor father at age 14 for Copenhagen where he failed at acting, but ended up attending Copenhagen University. After college though, he began writing and producing plays and novels; his first novel, The Improvisatore, or Life in Italy was well received by the critics. FTP name this author of The Little Match Girl, The Snow Queen, and The Emperor's New Clothes. Hans Christian Andersen 22. In 1846, she married her cousin, Francisco de Asis de Borbon. He was widely believed to be impotent, which perhaps explained why she lived mainly in separation from him. However, her capricious nature and scandalous reports of her behavior caused her to be deposed in 1868, and later exiled. FTP name this Spanish queen, not to be confused with the former "Catholic queen", who shares her name. Isabella II 23. This businessman was born in Mt. Kisco, New York. His father was a well-to-do lawyer and investor who required two hours of reading for every hour of television watching when he was young. He enrolled in Denison University, as a pre-med student, but quickly found his true interests ran to English literature and the theater. His first taste of the entertainment industry was with a summer job as a page at NBC studios in New York, and went on to work for CBS, ABC, and Paramount Pictures. FTP identify this entertainment executive, the Chairman and CEO of the Walt Disney Company. Michael D. Eisner 24. Sarah invented and successfully sold a preparation for straightening kinky hair and built her business into largest African-American owned firm in U.S. in the early 20th century. Mickey was a professional boxer from 1919 until the mid 1930's and held world welterweight and middleweight titles. John was a British chemist who invented the friction match. Alice is a poet and novelist, and has often written about blacks in the American south, and Herschel was a halfback at the University of Georgia and later in the USFL. FTP give the shared last name. Walker 25. These animals live only in forests along the coast of Brazilian. They are related to Marmosets, have reddish fur and have long claws to dig under tree bark to catch insects. FTP name this "king of the jungle", scientifically name Leonopithicus rosalie. Golden Lion Tamarin 26. Born in Portland ME in 1947, he graduated from the University of Maine in 1970. He published his first novel in 1974 and has since written over a dozen novels in the horror fiction genre. His focus tends to not be on vampires or werewolves themselves, but on people faced with these horrors and how they cope. FTP name this author who once wrote under the pen name Richard Bachman. Stephen King Bonuses 1. In July 1998, Random House published a list of the top 100 English language novels of the 20th century. Answer these questions about it for the stated number of points. a. (5) The book at the top of the list Ulysses b. (5) The 100th book on the list The Magnificent Ambersons c. (10) The author who appears four times on the list Joseph Conrad d. (10) The only book to appear in the top 5 on the Random House list and in the top 5 on a list compiled by Radcliffe publishing students and also released in July 1998. The Great Gatsby 2. Each of Maxwell's equations is named for another scientist. FTP name the scientist given a description, in words, of the meaning of his equation. a. An electric current produces magnetic field lines in closed circles perpendicular to its direction of motion. Ampere b. Magnetic field lines always close in on themselves; thus, there are no magnetic monopoles. Gauss 3. A changing magnetic flux through a closed loop produces an electric field within that loop. Faraday 3. Identify the man, 30-20-10. (30) His career as a grocer ended when he injured himself with a barrel of chicory. Later, he lied about being a citizen of Indiana to obtain a divorce from his Russian wife. (20) He found his second wife, Sophia, though a newspaper ad for a woman who spoke Classical Greek. He was impressed by her ability to recite The Iliad, one of his favorite works from childhood, from memory. (10) He used his knowledge of that work to choose a site for his excavations at Hissarlik in 1870. Heinrich Schliemann 4. On December 4, 1956, Elvis Presley was by himself in Sun studios playing Blueberry Hill. Before the day ended, he was joined by three of Sun's other biggest stars, and the group recorded a version of Down by the Riverside. FTP each, name the other three members of the "Million Dollar Quartet", individually famous for Blue Suede Shoes, Folsom Prison Blues, and Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On. Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins 5. I will proclaim to the world the deeds of Gilgamesh. You will proclaim to the world these characters from the epic of Gilgamesh FTPE. a. This hairy strongman was created by the goddess Aruru to be Gilgamesh's equal and companion. Enkidu b. She tries to seduce Gilgamesh, then sends the Bull of Heaven after his sorry carcass when he rejects her. Ishtar c. The counterpart of the biblical Noah, he survived the great flood with his family, and the "seed of all animals". The gods granted him eternal life for his trouble. Utnapishtim 6. Nazis are bad. We don't like them. That doesn't mean you don't need to know about them, however. FTPE name the following. a. He actually wrote Mein Kampf, Hitler just dictated it to him. He lived by himself in Spandau for 21 years until his death. Rudolf Hess b. Known as "the Angel of Death", this man was infamous for his experiments on prisoners, especially twins and dwarves. Josef Mengele c. Hitler was arrested for his part in the Beer Hall Putsch, but this man, his accomplice, went unpunished. He was also Germany's chief strategist during WWI. Erich Ludendorff 7. Ostriches are one of six related orders of flightless land birds. FTP identify the term ornithologists and poultry farmers give these orders. ratites Now for five points apiece, given the geographical range of a ratite, give its common name. a. New Guinea jungles cassowary b. South American plains rhea c. Australian plains emu d. New Zealand forests kiwi 8. Name the artist 30-20-10 (30) The Stoning of St. Stephen; David and Saul; Bathsheba in the Bath (20) The Blinding of Samson; Jewish Bride; Saskia as Flora (10) The Anatomy Lesson of Doctor Tulp, The Night Watch Rembrandt van Rijn 9. Identify the Shakespearean title characters for the stated. a. Palamon and Arcite are the title characters in this collaboration with John Fletcher The Two Noble Kinsmen b. For five each, name the Two Gentlemen of Verona Valentine and Proteus c. For five each, name the three Merry Wives of Windsor Mistresses Ford, Page, and Quickly 10. Name the historic Henrys for the stated number of points. a. (5) This prince of Portugal founded a naval school and led over fifty expeditions before enrolling at Wichita State. Prince Henry the Navigator b. (10) This Henry became leader of Protestant forces in France after the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre. Crowned in 1589, he was assassinated in 1610. Henry of Navarre or Henry IV c. (15) The leader of Catholic forces in the French Civil War from 1560-1563, he later formed an alliance of Catholics, called the Holy League, to wage war against the Hugenots. Henry of Guise 11. You think you had an unhappy childhood? Identify the following things that were wrong with Johannes Kepler FTPE aside from running sores, having a witch for an aunt, and stuff like that. a. This unsightly and painful condition is caused by burrowing mites. It is contagious and spread by contact. It can occur in man, dogs, cats, horses, sheep, cattle and other animals. Infestations can affect people from all socioeconomic levels without regard to age, sex, race or standards of personal hygiene. Scabies or the mange b. Too bad Kepler isn't alive today, or he may have gotten a Radial Keratotomy to fix this problem. Or, if he wanted to avoid surgery and was willing to spread the cure over a period of time, he could have tried Orthokeratology. Myopia or nearsighted or shortsighted c. This virus that altered the course of history, felling paupers and kings, soldiers and tribesmen, untold millions, and almost Kepler. Now, scientists are grappling with a unique and confounding question: Should the last, locked-up remnants of it be destroyed? Name this virus which may be the first species that man has ever intentionally rendered extinct. Smallpox 12. Given a list of characters, identify the author that created them FTP each. a. Father Fauchelvent, Captain Phoebus, Monsieur Thenardier Victor Hugo b. Basil Hallward, Algernon Moncrieff, Lord Henry Wotton Oscar Wilde c. Tom Bombadil, Aragom, Thorin Oakenshield J. R. R. Tolkein 13. Identify the chemical element, 30-20-10. (30) Its electronic properties have been studied more than any other solid, since it can easily be produced in near-crystalline perfection. Its properties was among those first predicted by Mendeleyev. (20) It was discovered by Clemens A. Winkler in 1886. He isolated it from the mineral argyrodite. The element forms organic compounds, including tetraethyl- and tetraphenyl- derivatives. (10) It has atomic number 32, and is in group 4a. It was the first material used in transistors due to its ability to pass an electric current in only one direction. Germanium 14. The Sixties were a great decade for movie musicals. FTP each, name any three of the four screen adaptations of Broadway musicals which won the Oscar for Best Picture. Three of: West Side Story ('61), My Fair Lady ('64), The Sound of Music ('65), and Oliver! ('68) 15. "By this point, you may be wondering exactly how a computer processes data." This line from Sarah's MIS textbook introduces different cycles that drive the processor. FTPE name the cycles from descriptions. a. The four processing steps performed by the control unit: fetch, decode, execute, and store. Machine cycle b. The first two steps of the machine cycle, fetch and decode, in which instructions are obtained and translated. Instruction cycle c. The last two steps of the machine cycle, execute and store, which produce processing results. Execution cycle 16. Ah, committees, everyone loves them and the U.S. Congress has a lot of them. a. For 5 points each, name the three types of committees wholly within in the House or the Senate, distinguished by their relative permanence. Standing Select or Special Ad hoc Now, given a committee name, tell if it is Standing, Select or Ad hoc, for 5 points each. b. Small Business Committee Standing c. Senate Committee on Aging Select d. House Rules Committee Standing 17. Identify the following artists that Stephen refuses to acknowledge as artists FTPE. a. This guy decided that he could win the respect of the art community by plastic-wrapping large objects or buildings, like the Reichstag. He calls it "working art", we call it "stupid" and a "big waste of time". The fact that he is rich and famous and we are not just makes us angrier. Javacheff Christo b. A practitioner of Gestural Abstract Expressionism (one of many schools of modern painting defined as "slinging paint around at random and hoping it sells"), this man's canvases consist of nothing more than jagged stripes of black on a white background, suggesting a profound lack of imagination further evidenced by his naming several of them things like "Painting". Franz Kline c. His "art" is based on the square, the straight line, and the rectangle. He said "the significant thing is feeling", so he could paint shapes not related to objects in the visible world. He was very good at it; his art is so not like visible objects (except squares) it's amazing. If he were to have titled his oeuvres things like, "A Bunch of Multicolored Squares That Any Third-grader Could Arrange with Equal Artistic Merit", that would have been one thing, but they're called "Suprematist Composition: Aeroplane Flying", and other unrelated ideas. Kazimir Malevich 18. FTP each, identify the following historical figures whose names begin with the letter S. a. Established first recorded empire at Akkad in 2331 B.C. Sargon I b. Son of Sargon II, he rebuilt Nineveh, destroyed Babylon, and made an appearance in a poem by Byron. Sennacherib c. He suppressed the Fatimids, reunited Egypt with the Abbasid caliphate, and nearly went to war with Nur ad-Din, the ruler of Syria, before dying at the age of 55. All this and fighting of crusaders too. Saladin 19. Name the literary character from clues FTP each, five if you need the book in which they appear. a. (10) He is a holy and ascetic church elder, much loved by his flock. When he dies, the people expect a miracle, but instead his body begins to decay almost immediately. (5) The Brothers Karamozov Father Zossima b. (10) Described as handsome, clever, and rich; she is also a snob and an incurable gossip, with a passion for playing matchmaker and running other people's lives in general. (5) She is the title character in a novel by Austen. Emma Woodhouse c. (10) A huge hare, he rules the warren of Efrafa with an iron paw before he is defeated by Bigwig. (5) Watership Down General Woundwort 20. Identify the following characters from Norse mythology involved with Ragnarok, FTP each. a. The great serpent who will be killed by Thor, but drown him in its poison. Jormungand b. The hound of Hell who will slay and be slain by Tyr. Garin c. The member of the Aesir who will slay and be slain by Loki. Heimdall 21. Identify the following bays, given the places bordering them, FTP each. a. Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, and the Northwest Territories Hudson Bay b. New Brunswick, Nova Scotia Bay of Fundy c. the states of Veracruz and Tabasco, Isthmus of Tehuantepec Bay of Campeche 22. Name the twin sons of Leda and elder brothers of Helen of Troy for five points each. Castor and Pollux (accept Polyduces) b. FTP name the 1997 movie featuring Castor and Pollux Troy as terrorists. Face/Off c. For a final TEN POINTS, name the director of Face/Off, as well as Hard Boiled and The Killer. John Woo 23. Given the length of a planet's year in earth-days, name the planet, FTP each. a. 225 days Venus b. 4,333 days Jupiter c. 60,190 days Neptune 24. Identify the river from clues, 30-20-10. (30) Its headwaters begin about one hundred miles east of Ulan Bator, and it forms a national boundary further downstream. (20) It drains into the Tatar strait, across from the north end of Sakhalin. (10) The boundary it forms is between Manchuria and Siberia. Amur River 25. Identify the terms from the sport of archery, FTP apiece. a. A bow utilizing a cable system with an eccentric pulley at each limb tip. Compound bow b. The odd-colored feather positioned at a right angle to the nock. Cock or Index feather c. This type of spiral or extra-large fletching, usually used for wind shearing, allows normal arrow flight for fifty or sixty yards, then causes a dramatic reduction in speed due to drag. Flu-flu