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Answer: Rabbi _Hillel_ 3. Black often counters with the the Steinitz Defense or the Morphy Defense (pawn to a6 on the third move), (*) although many players have developed their own variations to block the bishop attack in the 500 years since it was created. FTP, what opening is named for its Spanish inventor? Answer: _Ruy Lopez_ (prompt on: _Spanish_ Game) 4. In the 105th Congress, Ted Kennedy sponsored it in the Senate and Carolyn Maloney sponsored it in the House. It was introduced into every session of Congress between (*) 1923 and 1972, when it passed but was only ratified by 35 states. FTP, Alice Paul penned what failed Amendment? Answer: _Equal Rights Amendment_ 5. It is represented by the equation f' = f(v + or - vD)/(v + or - vS). The + or - in the equation determines whether the (*) frequency is increased (- sign) or decreased (+). FTP, name the wavefront equation that explains sonic booms and the red shift of the Big Bang. Answer: _Doppler_ effect 6. Born to sance conductor Flora Wellman and early free love proponent William Chaney, he described his early working life in the short story The Apostate. (*) His novels include The Star Rover and Martin Eden. FTP, name the adventurous author of The Call of the Wild. Answer: Jack _London_ 7. Attention, Conception, Instinct, Hypnotism, The Automaton Theory, The Mind-Stuff Theory, (*) The Stream of Thought. These are all chapters in what is almost certainly the most important English-language psychology text. FTP, name this 1890 book written by William James. Answer: _Principles of Psychology_ 8. This enzyme is used in the process known as foregut fermentation to digest plants instead of its normal (*) quasi-defensive role. It works by digesting the cell walls of bacteria until the organism ruptures and dies. FTP, name this digestive enzyme commonly found in milk, tears, and saliva. Answer: _lysozyme_ 9. Thus far in 1999, she has won only one title the lightly regarded Hanover Open. However, she has little to prove after a stellar 1998 season that saw her win four (*) titles and redeem herself at the site of collapses in 1993 and 1997 the grass courts of Wimbledon. FTP, name this Czech tennis star. Answer: Jana _Novotna_ 10. Some twenty years later, Jaroslav von Martinitz would again serve as a crown regent. Count William Slawata would go on to serve as chancellor of (*) Bohemia for nearly 25 years. FTP, Hradcany Palace witnessed the august pair land in horse manure after what glass-shattering event that triggered the 30 Years War? Answer: _Defenestration of Prague_ 11. Led to independence by Cheddi Jagan in 1952, it exports bauxite from the port of Bartica. It is probably most familiar to Americans as the site of the murder of California Congressman Leo (*) Ryan and the subsequent Jonestown mass suicide. FTP, name the South American nation with its capital at Georgetown. Answer: Cooperative Republic of _Guyana_ 12. The poem urges rise up and hear the bells / Rise up- for you the flag is flung- for you the bugle trills, / For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths- for you the shores a-crowding, / For you they call, (*) the swaying mass, their eager faces turning. FTP, name this elegiac poem about Abraham Lincoln, by Walt Whitman. Answer: _O Captain! My Captain!_ 13. Al-Hafi, a chess-loving dervish, unintentionally sets him up as Saladins treasurer, while a Knight Templar named Leu von Filnek accidentally rouses the suspicions of the vengeful (*) Patriarch. Using clever tales like the Parable of the Three Rings and formidable research skills, he is able to transcend religious dissension. FTP, name the titular Jewish merchant in a play by Gotthold Ephriam Lessing. Answer: _Nathan the Wise_ or _Nathan der Weise_ 14. First produced by Don Hewitt in 1968, it has finished #1 in three decades and won 63 Emmys. Ed (*) Bradley, Morley Safer, Lesley Stahl, Steve Kroft, and of course, Mike Wallace currently fill its time slot with inane stories. FTP, name this venerable CBS TV magazine. Answer: _60 Minutes_ 15. The algebraic multiplicity of it for a matrix A is the number of times the factor (t-c) occurs in the characteristic polynomial of A. (*) It is defined as the scalar c such that Ax = cx holds for some nonzero vector x. FTP, give the term for this special matrix value. Answer: _eigenvalue_ 16. Five figures, one with her back to the viewer, sit around a small table. The single overhanging light drops shadows around the (*) room. A woman in a white hat pours tea on the right, and the sole man spears a bit of food. FTP, name this depiction of hungry peasants by Vincent van Gogh. Answer: The _Potato Eaters_ 17. Led by Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders, the treasures gained from it included the finger of Doubting Thomas and Jesus crown of thorns. A bargain to obtain cheap sea (*) passage resulted in the capture of the Hungarian port of Zara, while lures of greater riches led to another Eastern Orthodox city. FTP, what crusade ended in the sack of Constantinople? Answer: _Fourth_ Crusade 18. Its most recent addition, created by sculptor Mark di Suvero after a Marianne Moore poem, is a 10-ton, 40-foot abstract sculpture thats painted a hideous shade of neon orange. It stands next to the (*) Hirshhorn Museum, a part of the Smithsonian Institutes. FTP, name the area between the Capitol and the Washington Monument. Answer: the _Mall_ in Washington D.C. 19. With John L. OSullivan, he co-founded the New York Morning News. After defending Azariah Flagg from charges of vote fraud, he switched sides and (*) busted the canal ring and even the more infamous Tweed ring. FTP, what Democrat lost the corrupt 1876 election to Rutherford B. Hayes? Answer: Samuel Jones _Tilden_ 20. Hesiod introduces this deity as the son of Erebus and Night. Himeros and Pothos were always at his side, but he wouldnt allow his (*) bride to look at his face. The breaking of that rule led to Psyches death, although hes more associated with another woman. FTP, name the little sidekick of Aphrodite. Answer: _Eros_ (do not accept: _Cupid_ - thats Roman myth [early Hesiod clue -> Greek]) 21. He hit on themes of travel twice: 1879s Travels With a Donkey in the Cevennes and 1888s Tahiti-inspired Songs of Travel. Born a block away from the Royal Botanic Gardens, the beauty of the (*) Edinburgh park inspired him to write A Childs Garden of Verses. FTP, who wrote adventure stories like Kidnapped and Treasure Island? Answer: Robert Louis _Stevenson_ 22. After two weeks of Parliamentary debate, it was decided to get rid of this leaders mausoleum. Unfortunately, the implosion failed twice (*) and amused Communist Party officials held gleeful press conferences ridiculing Prime Minister Ivan Kostov. FTP, name the founder of Bulgarian communism. Answer: Georgi _Dimitrov_ (prompt on: Bulgaria) 23. A process known as ripening, which allows large crystals to absorb smaller ones, is named after this German chemist. His (*) dilution law calculates the degree of disassociation of a weak electrolyte. FTP, name the Nobel Prize winner best known for an eponymous process to create nitric acid. Answer: William _Ostwald_ 24. The movie draws its title from a character devised by musician Prince Buster in response to Jamaican Rude Boys. It focuses on the search for the criminal Rico (*) by Fergie (Rob Schneider) and a futuristic law enforcement officer. FTP, name this 1995 Sly Stallone vehicle. Answer: _Judge Dredd_ 25. I have no a priori objection to the doctrine. I neither affirm nor deny the immortality of man. I see no reason (*) for believing it, but on the other hand, I have no means of disproving it. These lines were written in 1869 by Thomas Huxley. FTP, what equivocating religious term did he so define? Answer: _agnosticism_ or _agnostic_ (accept early: Thomas _Huxley_) 26. He created the sculptural portal for the Chartreuse de Champmol in Dijon, and his tomb for Philip the Bold (*) features a procession of monks, some of whom hold their noses to block the stench as they trudge along. FTP, name the artist whose best known work, also in Dijon, is the large Well of Moses. Answer: Claus _Sluter_ 27. He had a misshapen lip because his drunken father hit him with a hammer, and was banished to the U.S. after taking part in the Kerensky government. He wrote books whose topics ranged from The Influence of Hunger on Human Behavior, on (*) Social Life and Social Organization to Social Mobility to the 4-volume compendium Social and Cultural Dynamics. FTP, name this Russo-American sociologist. Answer: Pitirim Alexandrovitch _Sorokin_ 28. Set in Santa Rosita, its cast was utterly ridiculous. Jerry Lewis, Jack Benny, Buster Keaton, Mickey Rooney, (*) Ethel Merman, Milton Berle, and Spencer Tracy all look $350,000 buried by a convict. FTP, name this repetitively titled 1963 comedy. Answer: _Its a Mad Mad Mad Mad World_ Vanderbilt Quiz Bowl Fall Collegiate Invitational Round 2 Bonuses 1. FTP, name these geographic features of New York State. This row of western lakes touches Auburn and Ithaca. Answer: _Finger_ Lakes This lake on the western corner of the state gave its name to an adult education program. Answer: _Chautauqua_ Lake Not actually part of the Appalachians, this mountain range dominates upstate New York. Answer: _Adirondack_ Mountains 2. Identify these biographically named terms from electricity and magnetism, 5-10-15. 5 This Scotsmans law of induction describes the electric flux and magnetic fields caused by electromagnetic waves. Answer: James Clerk _Maxwell_ 10 This law, discovered by a Russo-Italian physicist, lets scientists determine the direction of an induced current in a loop. Answer: (Heinrich Friedrich Emil) _Lenzs_ law 15 Named for an Englishman, these vectors symbolized by a bold capital S describes the rate of energy transport per unit area. Answer: (John Henry) _Poynting_ vector 3. Know thy Greek pottery. Ten points per part. Literally wine carrier, this two-handled storage container originally held only spirits. Answer: _amphora_ This drinking cup has two handles and a very large, shallow bowl. Answer: _kylix_ Often used to mix wine and water, it has a large, deep bowl and broad body. Answer: _krater_ 4. Name these early African kingdoms FTP each. Frumentius converted this kingdom in northern Ethiopia, noted for its obelisks, to Christianity in the 4th century. Answer: _Axum_ This empire on the Mali River, broken up in the 11th century, gave its name to a present day West African nation. (hint: its not Mali) Answer: _Ghana_ Empire This empire, in current-day northwestern Nigeria, was converted to Islam in the late 7th century. Answer: _Songhai_ Empire 5. Answer these related philosophy questions FTP each. This Danish philosopher collapsed while carrying the last issue of his magazine, The Instant, to the printer. He died soon after. Answer: Sren _Kierkegaard_ This process, by which an individual must take responsibility for achieving religious self-identity through free choice, is the cornerstone of Kierkegaards mystic view of Christianity. Answer: _leap of faith_ In Fear and Trembling, he analyzes the ethical suspension of this Biblical patriarch as the prototypical leap of faith. Answer: _Abraham_ 6. Name these characters from Arabian Nights FTP each. The Valley of the Diamonds is but one site of the adventures of this sailor. Answer: _Sinbad_ With the help of his slave, Morgiana, this woodcutter avenges the death of his brother Cassim by killing the forty thieves. Answer: _Ali Baba_ This Baghdad native was a true bastard he set an elaborate feast for a beggar and intentionally left every dish empty of food. Answer: _Barmecide_ 7. 5, 10, 15 name these things related to human sense. 5 These are grouped on the papillae of the tongue, and humans have nearly 10,000. Answer: _taste buds_ 10 These prominent external structures are what we commonly think of as ears but they do little more than channel sound. Answer: ear _pinae_ 15 These sensitive, quickly adapting mechanosensors in the skin account for humans sense of touch. Answer: _Meissners corpuscles_ 8. Answer these questions about Pokmon FTP each. Whos the main human character of the Game Boy version? Answer: _Ash_ Ketchum Whats the name of the water Pokmon? Answer: _Squirtle_ The most popular, and arguably most versatile of the Pokmon, he is first accessible in Viridian Forest. Answer: _Pikachu_ 9. FTP each: This French group of poets Coppe-ed (pronounce: copied) their name from their journal itself inspired by the home of the Muses. Answer: _Parnassians_ (accept: _Parnassus_) This authors ideals art for arts sake informed the group aesthetic. Answer: Thophile _Gautier_ This Parnassian won the first Nobel Prize in literature for his poems La Justice and Le Bonheur. Answer: Ren Franois Armand _Sully-Prudhomme_ 10. FTP each, name a prominent American anthropologist and two of his students from their books: The Mind of Primitive Man Answer: Franz _Boas_ Configurations of Culture Growth Answer: Alfred Louis _Kroeber_ Patterns of Culture and The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture Answer: Ruth Fulton _Benedict_ 11. For five points per answer and a bonus five for getting them in correct order, list the top five purebred dogs responsible for fatal bite wounds in the U.S. over the past 15 years. Answers: (American) _pit bull_ terrier _Rottweiler_ _German shepherd_ Siberian _husky_ Alaskan _malamute_ 12. Answer these questions about an Asura, a titan of Hindu myth, FTP each. From this god, the destroyer and one of the three principals, the titan received the power to resurrect the dead. Answer: _Siva_ or _Shiva_ Born of an incarnation of Sivas anger and the river Ganges, this Asura kicked the major deities from their homes. Siva eventually beheaded him. Answer: _Jalandhara_ Jalandhara was created while Siva meditated on a gift he had given to this ancient Vedic rain god. Answer: _Indra_ 13. FTP each, name the composers of these works dealing with children. He wrote Kindertotenlieder (Songs on the Death of Children) after the passing of his son. Answer: Gustav _Mahler_ His piano work Kinderszenen (Scenes of Childhood) is based on the stories of Hoffmann character Kapellmeister Kreisler. Answer: Robert _Schumann_ He wrote a five volume instructional book entitled Music fr Kinder. Answer: Carl _Orff_ 14. Identify these parts of the Ellingham diagram FTP each. The diagram shows whether this simple, toxic carbon compound can be used to reduce a metal oxide. Answer: _carbon monoxide_ or _CO_ This free energy function is plotted as a function of temperature. Answer: _Gibbs_ function (or _Gibbs_ free energy) For the overall reduction to take place, the Gibbs free energy must be less than this number. Answer: _0_ 15. Answer these questions about environmental legislation of the 1970s FTP each. EPA Administrator William Ruckelshaus banned DDT in 1972, 10 years after the publishing of this book. Answer: The _Silent Spring_ Passed in 1973, it protected 231 types of animals. Answer: _Endangered Species_ Act This western rebellion had as its object a return of federal western lands to the states. Answer: _Sagebrush_ Rebellion 16. This bonus will reward a diverse musical taste. 5-10-15. 5 Trent Reznor heads this industrial group. Answer: _Nine Inch Nails_ 10 Cecil Bustamente Campbell created this type of music in 1952. Groups like Operation Ivy and Rancid are responsible for its current fusion with punk. Answer: _ska_ 15 Bobby Pulido won a Crossover award for his song Donde Estas in this musical genre. Answer: _Tejano_ 17. FTP each, name the three books in James Jones WWII trilogy. Answers: _From Here to Eternity_, _Thin Red Line_, _Whistle_ 18. Name these scientifically important events of the 1630s, 5-10-15. 5 This Massachusetts institution opened its doors in 36. Answer: _Harvard_ College 10 A year, later Rene Descartes published this defense of reasonable science. Answer: _Discourse on_ the _method_ of rightly conducting reason and seeking truth in the sciences 15 Pierre de Fermat discovered a pair of this type of friendly number, in which the divisors of one number add up to the other. It was the first found since Greek times. Answer: _amicable_ numbers (prompt on: _Fermat pairs_) 19. FTP each: He is the President of France. Answer: Jacques _Chirac_ This is his political party. Answer: _Rally for the Republic_ or __ (prompt on: _RPR_) Chiracs successor as mayor of Paris, this Rally politician is in serious trouble in a corruption scandal. Answer: Jean _Tiberi_ 20. 5, 10, 15, name these opponents of Napoleon. 5 This Brit worked with Blcher to win the field at Waterloo. Answer: Gen. Arthur Wellesley, 1st duke of _Wellington_ 10 This Prussian commander had perhaps the only military mind equivalent to that of the French general. Answer: Gen. Karl von _Clausewitz_ 15 This fat, one-eyed Russian lost at Austerlitz and Borodino, but later harassed the Grande Arme out of Russia. Answer: Gen. Mikhail Ilarionovich _Kutusov_ 21. FTP each, identify these pieces by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. This serenade was named for Elise, the daughter of his patron. Answer: _Haffner_ Serenade or Serenade _# 7_ Only four of the original five movements of this serenade sequence, his most famous, survive today. Answer: _Eine kleine Nachtmusik_ or _A Little Night Music_ Count von Welsegg attempted to claim this piece, but it was finished by Mozarts students and recognized as his final masterpiece. Answer: _Requiem_ Mass 22. FTP, answer these questions about the Andes. This is the most inland of the three major branches of the Andes. Answer: Cordillera de los Andes _Oriental_ This large lake is located west of La Paz in the Cordillera de los Andes Oriental. Answer: Lake _Titicaca_ Following the Desaguadero River south from Lake Titicaca leads to this large lake in the Cordillera de los Frailes. Answer: Lake de _Poop_ 23. FTP, given a little-known head coach, name the tradition-rich college football team he leads. Paul Hackett Answer: University of _Southern California_ Trojans Butch Davis Answer: _Miami_ (Fl) Hurricanes Nick Saban Answer: _Michigan State_ 24. Give the HTML tag needed to get each of the following onto a web page FTP each. Rule lines Answer: _