2000 Michigan MLK Tournament
Texas A&M Maroon Packet
Questions by:	Chris Romero, Chris Sewell, Grant Gavranovic, and Dave McCaughrin

Toss-ups

1.
He articulated the theoretical foundations for a new literature in his important essay "From the Unconscious Life of the Soul" in which he stressed a move away from naturalism.  Over the next three decades, however, he turned to a more realistic presentation of life in Children of the Age and The Growth of the Soil.  However, his most famous work remains his first novel about a man searching for something to eat.  FTP identify this Norwegian author of Hunger.
Answer:	Knut Hamsun

2.
Recorded in Chapter 17 of Matthew, this feast may have originated as a substitute for the pagan feast of Aphrodite called Vartavarh.  On this day, the pope uses new wine or presses a bunch of ripe grapes into the chalice.  FTP, identify this feast, observed on August 6 to commemorate the manifestation of the Divine glory of Christ on Mount Thabor.  
Answer:	Feast of the Transfiguration of Christ

3.
This city of a half million inhabitants was occupied by Frenchman Joseph-Simon Gallieni in 1880 and became the capital of French Sudan in 1908.  Located approximately 400 miles down the Niger River from Timbuktu, name - for ten points - this capital of a large landlocked West African nation.
Answer:	Bamako

4.
In December 1999, the New York Times ran an obituary for this man, but he is certainly not dead.  He walked off his Fox News Channel show in November 1999 because editors would not let him show a picture of a fetus.  Nevertheless, his web site is alive, claiming over twenty million hits per month.  For ten points, name this Internet "citizen-reporter" who became famous when he broke the Lewinsky scandal.
Answer:	Matt Drudge

5.
Troy is in flames, Greek generals sacrifice Hector's sister and fling his son from the walls.  Priam and Hector are already dead and their widows Hecuba and Andromache are to be slaves.  FTP Identify this tragedy, a rebuke by Euripides for the Greek slaughter of the people of Melos. 
Answer:	Trojan Women

6.
Beginning with Pohang on the Southeast coast and west around Taegu, the Naktong River coincided with most of its track.  The Allied troops under Walker halted the communist advance, yielding Pohang but holding the enemy short of Taegu.  FTP, identify this line, from which the Allies rallied to meet McArthur who landed at Inchon to take Seoul.
Answer:	Pusan Perimeter

7.
It was founded in 1932 when Godtfred Kirk Christiansen began selling stepladders and ironing boards.  In Latin, its name means "I study" or  "I put together," while in Danish, its name means "play well."  For ten points, name this Danish corporation whose product lines include Technic and Duplo.
Answer:	Lego

8.
This artist idolized Charlie Parker and Max Roach, and the crowns that often appear in his art may be tributes to them.  His works ranged from mixed media pastiches to collections of found objects scrawled with English or Spanish words.  FTP, name this graffiti artist, born in Puerto Rico, raised in Haiti, and brought to the U.S. by Andy Warhol, who died of a heroin overdose at age 28.
Answer:	Jean-Michel Basquiat

9.
He was appointed Andrew Jackson's second Attorney General in 1831, but when Jackson attempted to make him Secretary of the Treasury in 1833, he became the first presidential cabinet nominee to be rejected by the Senate.  Three years later, he became John Marshall's successor on the Supreme Court.  For ten points, name this controversial chief justice most remembered for writing the majority opinion in the 1857 Dred Scott decision. 
Answer:	Roger B. Taney 

10.
According to monetarists, it can be calculated by multiplying the money supply and its velocity.  It can also be calculated as the sum of all consumer spending, government spending, net foreign spending, and business capital investment minus depreciation.  It is numerically equal to aggregate demand, and can be calculated in nominal or real form.  For ten points, name this measure of economic production, most often defined as the market value of all final goods and services produced in a nation in a given year.
Answer:	Gross Domestic Product (GDP); prompt on early answer of aggregate demand

11.
Early versions of this object were complex, unreliable, and dangerous - like dipping a material treated with potassium chlorate and sugar into a bottle of sulfuric acid.  Later, the white phosphorus that was used to make them caused “phossy jaw” in workers and was banned.  FTP, name this common object whose “safety” variety, invented by J.E. Lundstrom, only ignites when struck on the red phosphorus strip on the box.
Answer:	match

12.
The protagonist of this novel is executed at the end for the killing of a girl he met at a collar-producing factory in upper New York State.  Roberta Alden had come back to see him after she found out she was pregnant, but since he has become enamored of Sondra Finchley Clyde decides to murder his old girl on Big Moose Lake.  FTP identify this 1925 work based on the infamous Gillete murder case, written by Theodore Dreiser.
Answer:	An American Tragedy

13.
First appearing in the book, The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit in a time of high papal extravagance, she went to Rome to be with her lover, Folda.  She was ordained a priest only to be exposed as she went into labor during a ceremonial procession.  FTP identify this legendary woman fabled to have succeeded Leo IV to the papacy in 855.
Answer:	Pope Joan

14.
The instability of the dying star causes the ejection of a significant part of the star's mass in an expanding shell.  The stellar core remains extremely hot, emits high energetic radiation and shines.  FTP, identify the term used to refer to the visible shining remnant gas shell, examples of which include the Dumbbell Nebula, Ring Nebula, and Owl Nebula.
Answer:	Planetary Nebula

15.
Its creator was inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 1993 for his sponsorship of the largest perpetual amateur hockey tournament in the world.  It began in 1950 and has been in more than 2,600 newspapers in 75 countries.  FTP, name this comic strip, originally called  "Lil Folks," whose creator announced that he was retiring the strip this year. 
Answer:	Peanuts

16.
On December 28, 1989, he was elected chairman of the Federal Assembly, and by 1992, he had become the leader of Slovakia's Social Democrats before dying that same year.  His political career began in the underground anti-Nazi movement during World War II and continued with his rise through the communist ranks.  FTP, Identify this revolutionary and leader of the Prague Spring Movement of 1968. 
Answer:	Alexander Dubcek

17.
He began his literary career under the pseudonym Cleophil in 1692, and his first play, The Old Bachelour, was declared brilliant by John Dryden.  His most popular play during his lifetime was The Mourning Bride.  For ten points, name this English playwright instrumental in establishing the comedy of manners, who is today best remembered for his 1700 play Way of the World.
Answer:	William Congreve

18.
Though bauxite is nearly the only plentiful mineral resource, this nation has seen economic expansion since the 1968 institution of the New Economic Mechanism.  It is also home to Europe’s largest natural lake, Lake Balaton.  FTP, name this nation with its capital on the Danube, home to a language related to Finnish, called Magyar.
Answer:	Hungary

19.
On November 27, 1978, Dan White shot and killed Harvey Milk and George Moscone.  Caught, he quickly confessed to the premeditated killings.  When examined by a psychiatrist, he showed no signs of psychosis and could appreciate the wrongfulness of his action.  However, White’s odd legal strategy succeeded, and he was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter as opposed to murder.  FTP name his strategy, based on his consumption and the effects of a snack food.  
Answer:	Twinkie Defense	(prompt on an early buzz of White)

20.
First developed by students of Weierstrauss, von Dyck, and Planck and later adapted by Fehlberg into its most popular form, this method reduces the overhead of Taylor series methods by eliminating the need to differentiate the original equation.  FTP, identify this method, the most popular numerical solver of ordinary differential equations.
Answer:	Runge-Kutta

21.
Originally, from Ashland, Kentucky, they moved to Nashville in 1979 to begin a career in the music industry.  By 1985, they had two platinum albums, a Grammy, and six number-one hits only to disband 5 years later.  FTP, name this country music mother/daughter duo whose hits include "Grandpa" and "Love Can Build a Bridge"
Answer:	The Judds

22.
Taken from the Latin for to compel, this word designates a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements.  It also names a valley and county in Utah and a creek in Oklahoma.  FTP, identify this word generally used to refer to short-access memory for storing frequently used instructions.  
Answer:	cache

23.
Born in the province of Baetica in Spain, his ancestors were Italian but may have well intermarried with natives.  His father served as a commander in Vespasian's war against the Jews before becoming governor of Syria and then Asia.  Serving as a legionary tribune, the emperor Domitian allowed him to hold a consulship.  FTP, identify this man made emperor in 98 A.D. following the assassination of Domitian and the death of his successor Nerva. 
Answer:	Trajan

24.
He kept an Occult Diary between 1896 and 1908 in which he tells of his relationship with his third wife, Harriet Bosse.  In addition to the occult, he was interested in alchemy and the works of the philosopher Swedenborg.  FTP, name this pessimistic playwright of The Father, The Red Room, and Miss Julie.
Answer:	Johan August Strindberg

25.
He ranks twelfth on the all-time strikeout list with 2,855 in 17 years.  He led the American League in strikeouts in 1959 and 1960 while playing for the Detroit Tigers, and led the National League in 1967 with the Philadelphia Phillies.  On June 21, 1964, he threw the eighth perfect game in Major League history.  For ten points, name this athlete-turned-politician who won election to the Senate from Kentucky.
Answer:	Jim Bunning

26.
President Clinton recently pardoned Freddie Meeks on the federal charges of mutiny in relation to this incident.  The worst domestic loss during World War II, 320 were killed when a ship containing artillery in San Francisco exploded on July 17, 1944.  The next day, approximately half of the black survivors refused to return to work due to the unsafe working conditions.  FTP, identify this tragic WWII incident, named for the seaside locale it occurred at. 
Answer:	Freddie Meeks

27.
Famous for his wise, true, and generous judgments, this king ruled Ireland for forty years in the third century.  During his reign, he used a gold cup given to him by the sea-god Manannan Mac Lir to distinguish falsehood from truth.  FTP, identify this grandson of Conn of the Hundred Battles under whose rule Tara flourished. 
Answer:	Cormac Mac Airt

28.
Using high-speed laser flashes to illuminate the motion of atoms, an Egyptian scientist Ahmed Zewail from Caltech was awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his development of, FTP, what revolutionary technique for monitoring chemical reactions.
Answer:	Femtochemistry

Bonuses

1.
FTSNOP, identify the following concerning Current Events.

(5)	In late 1999, this nation experienced both a major aviation disaster and the inauguration of its 47th president when its 46th president became the first Peronist party member to step down without going directly to jail or exile
Answer:	Argentina

(10)	Name the Argentine president of the last ten years who was constitutionally barred from seeking a third consecutive term in 1999.
Answer:	Carlos Saul Menem

(15)	Name the Radical Party candidate who won the 1999 election promising a low-key administration, campaigning with such slogans as "People say I'm boring."
Answer:	Fernando De la Rua 

2.
Identify the English poem for 15 each, 5 points if you need the author.

(15)	Full of this whim was thoughtful Madeline:/The music, yearning like a God in pain,/ She scarcely heard: her maiden eyes divine,/Fix'd on the floor, saw many a sweeping train/Pass by--she heeded not at all: in vain
(5)	John Keats
Answer:	"Eve of St. Agnes"

(15)	If I were a dead leaf thou mightest bear; / If I were a swift cloud to fly with thee; / A wave to pant beneath thy power, and share / The impulse of thy strength, only less free / 
Than thou, O uncontrollable! if even, /  I were as in my boyhood, and could be
(5)	Percy Bysshe Shelley
Answer:	"Ode to the West Wind"

3.
Identify the world city, 30-20-10
(30)	It is located at approximately 10o N latitude and 67o W longitude at an elevation of 3025 feet.
(20)	This city lies in a narrow valley about seven miles inland from La Guaira.  It is the location of the Miraflores Plaza, location of its nation’s executive officers
(10)	Tens of thousands in this city and its suburbs were killed in flooding and mudslides in December 1999.
Answer:	Caracas

4.
FTPE, name these losing Presidential candidates 
 
(10)	This 1808 Federalist candidate had been a member of the U.S. delegation in the XYZ affair and was well known for refusing the French agents' request for a gift by saying, "No!  No!  Not a sixpence!"  He lost in 1804 to Jefferson.
Answer:	Charles Pinckney

(10)	This 1916 Republican candidate resigned from the Supreme Court in order to run for President and was defeated by Woodrow Wilson.  Nevertheless, he would later serve as secretary of state and was re-appointed to the Supreme Court as chief justice in 1930.  
Answer:	Charles Evans Hughes

(10)	This 1940 Republican candidate was an Indiana utility company executive known for his "One World" concept of international cooperation. 
Answer:	Wendell Willkie

5.
Identify the following concerning Asian architecture, 5-10-15

(5)	This temple complex in NW Cambodia is the foremost example of the art and architecture of Khmer Empire.
Answer:	Angkor Wat

(10)	This prominent Shinto temple put Nagano, Japan on the map before it hosted the 1998 Winter Olympics.
Answer:	Zenkoji

(15)	Founded in the 15th century by the Turkish general Ulugh Khan Jahan, this so-called “mosque city” at the confluence of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers is architecturally advanced for its time period.
Answer:	Bagerhat

6.
Identify the following concerning American Literature FTSNOP.

(10)	She attended New York Public School and claimed that she was the inspiration for Nora in Dashiell Hammett's Thin Man.  She was a longtime supporter of leftist causes, and in 1976's Scoundrel Time detailed her troubles during the 1950s. 
Answer:	Lillian Hellman 

(5)	This Hellman play focuses on the accusations made by a girl against a pair of schoolteachers
Answer:	The Children’s Hour

(15)	Hellman's 1941 play about a German refugee in the US wanted by the Nazis. 
Answer:	Watch on the Rhine

7.
Identify the following regarding the Texas A&M Bonfire Tragedy, FTPE

(10)	In which Texas town is the main Texas A&M campus located?
Answer:	College Station

(10)	A large portion of the bonfire construction crew belongs to which campus organization.  The organization traces its roots to the University's history as a military institution and is currently the largest ROTC program in the nation. 
Answer:	Corps of Cadets

(10)	Student construction heads of bonfire are referred to by what term, so named because of the distinguishing headgear they wear on site. 
Answer:	Red Pots

8.
Provide the titles of the following works of literature in the original language, FTPE. 
(moderator:	accept reasonable pronunciations)

(10)	Esquivel’s “Like Water for Chocolate”
Answer:	“Como Agua Para Chocolate”

(10)	Grass’s “The Tin Drum”
Answer:	“Die Blechtrommel” <dee blesh-tro-mel or dee bleck-tro-mel>

(10)	Sartre’s “No Exit”
Answer:	“Huis Clos” <wee clô>

9.
Identify the AIDS cocktail drugs, FTPE

(10)	Also known by its trade name Retrovir, this first drug approved for the treatment of HIV is a nucleoside analog, one of a class of drugs that stops HIV from infecting uninfected cells.
Answer:	AZT

(10)	Like AZT nucleoside analog, this drug is trade-named Epivir or lamivudine.  Used alone the drug's affects quickly wear off.  In combination with two anti-HIV drugs, however, it can prevent the virus from becoming resistant. 
Answer:	3TC

(10)	Nucleoside analogs like AZT or 3TC are most often used in cocktails with this class of drugs.  The class blocks a part of HIV, preventing the virus from making replicable copies of itself, and has been shown to reduce the amount of HIV in the blood and increase T4 cell counts. 
Answer:	Reverse Protease Inhibitors	(prompt on RPI)

10.
From the given descriptions, identify the Olympic Athletes, FTPE

(10)	Known as the Russian Rocket, this swimmer holds the world record in both the 50 and 100 m freestyle. 
Answer:	Alexsandr Popov

(10)	Considered a hero by Popov "because he's been at the top for so long," this Ukrainian Field star currently holds the world record of 6.14 meters in his event. 
Answer:	Sergei Bubka

(10)	Nicknamed the "Russian Bear," this man is undoubtedly the most famous athlete ever in weightlifting.
Answer:	Vasily Alexeyev

11.
Identify the following on German Unification, FTPE.

(10)	Established in 1834, the German states, excluding Austria, formed this customs union that abolished the tariff between states and promoted German Unity
Answer:	Zollverein

(10)	In 1864, Bismarck went to war with Denmark over these two duchies.  Austria allied with Prussia to prevent Prussia from annexing them.
Answer:	Schleswig and Holstein

(10)	Eventually, Austria and Prussia fought the Seven Years’ War, ending with this Prussian victory.
Answer:	Sadowa (Koniggratz) 

12.
FTSNOP identify the following concerning Geology

(5)	Noted as the last portion of the "Age of Dinosaurs" this period of the Mesozoic Era, it is from this era which we may trace the first fossils of insects, mammals, and flowering plants. 
Answer:	Cretaceous

(10)	Beginning 510 million years ago, it was during this period that most of the world's land was a part of Gondwana.  It is perhaps best known for the presence of diverse marine invertebrates such as trilobites and brachiopods. 
Answer:	Ordovician

(15)	The Ordovician was the second period of the Paleozoic era, preceded only by the Cambrian period.  In any order, list the other four Paleozoic periods all or nothing. 
Answer:	Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian

13.
Identify the following current House members, FTPE

(10)	Elected in 1970, this Republican from the Seventh district of Texas, is Chairman of the Ways and Means committee.
Answer:	Bill Archer

(10)	The second most senior member of the house, this ranking Democrat on the Judiciary committee if from the 14th district of Michigan.
Answer:	John Conyers, Jr. 

(10)	The senior member of the Florida House delegation from the 10th district, this republican chairs the Appropriations committee. 
Answer:	C. W. Bill Young 

14.
Identify the following U.S. Rivers, FTPE

(10)	Once called the “Dardanelles of the New World,” it connects Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie
Answer:	Detroit River

(10)	Formed at the confluence of the Alabama and Tombigee Rivers, it flows into similarly named Bay.
Answer:	Mobile River

(10)	Formed at the confluence of the White and Black rivers, it passes through Mesa and Tucson before emptying into the Gila River. 
Answer:	Salt River

15.
Identify the following women anthropologists, F15PE.

(15)	Daughter of another anthropologist, she was an ethnographic dance anthropologist and head of dance at Bryn Mawr College.  She studied the dance of the Kwakiutl in British Columbia and wrote about her theories of percussion in relation to dance in The Dance Observer.
Answer:	Franziska Boas

(15)	A research assistant to W.E.B. DuBois, she was best known for her studies of Afro-Latin culture and society, specifically concentrating on how African cultural elements of music and dance were incorporated into Cuban culture. 
Answer:	Ellen Irene Diggs

16.
Identify the artist, 30-20-10 

(30)	From 1959 to 1985, he released 14 albums and wrote songs for artists such as Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash.
(20)	He published cartoons on a regular basis in Playboy Magazine beginning in 1956.  Perhaps his best-known album was the 1969 release "A Boy Named Sue"
(10)	Two more of his albums were Freakin at the Freaker's Ball and Where the Sidewalk Ends.
Answer:	Shel Silverstein

17.
Identify the following concerning pre-Socratic Philosophy, FTPE

(10)	His great work "On Nature," written in the Ionian dialect, is the oldest monument of Greek prose.  From his gloomy view of life, he is often called "the Weeping Philosopher."
Answer:	Heraclitus

(10)	Known as "The Laughing Philosopher," He maintained the impossibility of dividing things ad infinitum.
Answer:	Democritus

(10)	Teacher of Democritus and the founder of Atomism, very little is known of the life of this philosopher as all of his work appears to have been incorporated in the collected works of Democritus. 
Answer:	Leucippus

18.
Identify each of the following about African History, 5-10-15

(5)	Born in 1307, this ruler is remembered for leaving a realm of riches and building the Great Mosque at Timbuktu.
Answer:	Mansa Musa

(10)	On a pilgrimage to Mecca, Mansu Musa's forces captured this Niger River Kingdom that included the cities Timbuktu and Gao. 
Answer:	Songhai Ali

(15)	In Gao, Mansa Musa commissioned this poet and architect from Grenada to build the Sankore Mosque a structure that stands to this day.
Answer:	Abu Ishaq as-Sahili

19.
FTPE, identify these three composers who each wrote music inspired by Romeo and Juliet

(10)	The 1936 ballet, “Romeo and Juliet,” Russian
Answer:	Sergei Prokofiev 

(10)	The 1869 “Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture,” Russian
Answer:	Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky 

(10)	The 1838-39 choral symphony, “Romeo and Juliet,” French
Answer:	Hector Berlioz 

20.
Identify the following concerning physics, FTPE

(15)	His Theorem states that any linear electrical circuit configuration across two terminals can be simplified to a circuit, containing a single voltage source and resistor, which exhibits the same behavior as the original circuit under identical conditions. 
Answer:	Thevenin

(15)	The analog of the Thevenin equivalent, this equivalent allows transformation to a current source and single resistor.
Answer:	Norton

21.
Identify the world leader, 30-20-10

(30)	In response to an Amnesty International complaint, the Forces of Freedom in the Democratic Republic of Congo pointed out his Korean trained Fifth Brigade was guilty of worse offenses.
(20)	Born in 1924 and largely self-educated, he entered national politics in 1960 as Publicity Secretary under Joshua Nkomo (en-co-mo).  Like Nkomo, he was arrested for his opposition to Rhodesian White Rule.
(10)	He served as Zimbabwe’s first Prime Minister from 1980-87 and was its first popularly elected president in 1990.  He was reelected in 1996.
Answer:	Robert Gabriel Mugabe

22.
Identify the Henry James novel from its characters, FTPE

(10)	Lambert Stretcher, Mrs. Newsom, Madame de Vionnet
Answer:	The Ambassadors

(10)	Christopher Newman, Claire de Centre, the dBellegarde Family
Answer:	The American

(10)	Isabel Archer, Gilbert Osmond, Madame Merle
Answer:	Portrait of a Lady

23.
Identify each of the following beginning with the letter "A" from Roman Mythology, FTPE.

(10)	The son of Capys, and a cousin of King Priam of Troy.  Venus who bore him a son, Aeneas, loved him. 
Answer:	Anchises 

(10)	The Roman personification of the southwestern wind.  
Answer:	Africus

(10)	A minor Roman goddess of abundance, prosperity, and good fortune.  Her attribute is a cornucopia with which she distributes grain and money.  After the Roman occupation of France, she remained in French folklore as Lady Hobunde.    
Answer:	Abundantia

24.	
This 1997 book is supposed to have unlocked the mysteries of the bible by using "equidistant letter sequences" to explain events that are happening in our own time.  

(10)	First, name it.
Answer: 	The Bible Code
(10)	Who is the author of The Bible Code?
Answer:	Michael Drosnin

(10)	The Bible Code is based on the work of what professor at Hebrew University.
Answer: 	Eliyahu Rips

26.
Identify the following people connected with the development of atomic weapons, on a 5-10-15 basis.

(5)	This Berkeley scientist directed the US's Manhattan Project during World War II.
Answer:	J. Robert Oppenheimer

(10)	Stalin's chief of secret police, he had final say over the Soviet Union's program to match the US until his arrest and death in 1953.
Answer: 	Lavrenti Beria

(15)	This physicist was scientific leader of the Soviet program under Beria.  He now has an element named for him.
Answer:	Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov

25.
Given a clue, name the French novel for fifteen points.  You'll get five if you need a second.

(15)	Lesser-known female characters in this work are Arsinoe who tries to wed the story's protagonist, and the very sincere Eliante.
(5)	In this comedy by Moliere, Alceste woos Celimene.
Answer: 	Le Misanthrope

(15)	The family quarrel between the two main lovers' in this work starts when a fight breaks out between the Don Diegue and the Count.
(5)	Set in Seville, this Pierre Corneille tragedy revolves around the undying love between Rodrigue and Chimene.
Answer: 	Le Cid