Valencia Fall Invitational 2002
Round 11–Questions by CB with science by DePauw Quizbowl and Seth Teitler

1)  A posthumous short story about him depicts his rival Ronnie Harrison married to his widow, Janice.  He had sex with his son Nelson’s wife Prudence, and his affair with Peggy Fosnacht might have led to an illegitimate daughter, Ruth.  In the first novel in which he appears, his walking out on Janice indirectly leads to her drowning their daughter.  FTP name this self-centered character, protagonist of four novels by John Updike, whose real name is Harry Angstrom.
	A.  Rabbit (acc. “Harry Angstrom” before mentioned)

2)  After the Tallmadge Amendment failed to pass the senate, new efforts to introduce the state in question began.  This piece of legislation set the parameters for statehood, but the state in question caused problems by insisting that free blacks could not enter, stalling its admittance to the union till 1821. Counterbalancing the admittance of the namesake state by adding Maine as a free state, FTP this is what piece of legislation named for the “Show Me” state?
	A.  Missouri Compromise

3) Typically found today in the peaks of the midoceanic ridges, where the continental plates are spreading, they have been posited as one potential site for the origin of life.  They are ideal environments for the chemo-litho-auto-trophic hyper-thermophilic archaebacteria, which are thought to be the ancestors of all life on Earth.  FTP what are these hot undersea volcanic vents which belch sulphur?
	A.  hydrothermal vent

4)  He was born at his father’s baronial castle at Roccasecca in 1225 and left the Benedictines to study at the University of Naples when he was 14.  Against his family’s wishes he joined the Dominican order in 1244 and studied under Albertus Magnus.  Fusing Aristotelian thinking with Christian ideas, FTP name this Catholic saint, derisively called “the dumb ox,” who wrote Summa Theologica.
	A.  Thomas Aquinas

5)  First formed around 500 BCE, this religion does not provide adherents with a moral code.  Most followers conform to Confucian morality, and in their own religion strive for makoto, or “sincerity of heart.”  Its two founding deities are Izanagi and Izanami, who birthed the islands on which their followers live.  The pantheon of the kami, FTP, is part of what indigenous religion of Japan?
	A.  Shinto

6)  He was selected by the L.A. Kings in the fourth round of the NHL draft in 1984, but turned away from hockey to pitch.  He led the National League in losses in 1988, his rookie year, but in 1991 won 20 games and took home the first of his two Cy Young Awards.  Currently being courted by the Phillies, FTP name this longtime Atlanta Braves lefty.
	A.  Tom Glavine 

7) The number’s the same.  The smallest side of a right triangle with hypotenuse 145 and a leg length 144.  The number of sides in a regular polygon which Gauss proved could be constructed with a straight edge and compass.  In octal, it is written 21 (two-one), in binary 10001 (one-oh-oh-oh-one), and in hexadecimal 11 (one-one).  It’s also the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs of lengths 8 and 15.  FTP name this next prime number after 13.
	A.  17

8)   One of his first works was Lady Inger of Ostrat, a play set in medieval times.  Many works followed, including Pillars of Society and Brand, but his fame rests on his social dramas, like Rosmersholm and John Gabriel Borkman.  FTP name this “father of modern drama,” playwright of The Wild Duck, Hedda Gabler, and A Doll’s House.
	A.  Henrik Ibsen

9)  When Athenians passed a law outlawing talk of war with the Megarians over the island of Salamis, this man pretended to be mad and read a long poem he wrote urging Athenians to fight; he later constructed the elaborate ruse that gave Athenians the island.  As archon he eliminated debt slavery for citizens, and he likely instituted the boule (boo-leh), or council of 400.  FTP name this good dictator of Athens, often called the “lawgiver.”
	A.  Solon

10)  Freud believed that these were necessary to minimize anxiety and protect the ego, though when relied on too heavily they sap psychic energy.  They include isolation of affect, aim inhibition, and intellectualization.  FTP name these repressive maneuvers one uses to avoid negative feelings, which also include sublimation, reaction formation, and projection.
	A.  defense mechanisms

11)  In Austria, it was called Sezessionstil; in Spain, Modernista; in Germany Jugendstil, and in Italy, Stile Floreale.  The movement was much inspired by Japanese prints and emphasized dynamic, twisting and curving lines and shapes.  Worked in by Louis Comfort Tiffany and Aubrey Beardsley, FTP this is what turn-of-the-century design and art movement whose name literally means “new art”?
	A.  Art Nouveau

12) The measurements which led to the formulation of this law were carried out using a torsion balance similar to the one used later by Cavendish to study gravity.  Like gravity, this law describes a one over r squared central force.  Unlike gravity the force the force can be repulsive if the involved charges are of opposite sign.  FTP name this law which gives the electrostatic force between two point charges.
	A.  Coulomb’s law

13)  Today the Page Museum, part of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, sits next to this famous site.  For thousands of years before white settlement, native people used substances found there for glue and caulking of tents and canoes.  First excavated in 1901, it proved to be a most abundant source of fossils of mastodons, camels and sabre-tooth tigers.  FTP name this site into which Bugs Bunny often tricked foes.
	A.  La Brea Tar Pits
14)  It was commissioned by the Director of the Imperial St. Petersburg Theatre and by the choreographer Marius Petipa.  Based on a tale by E.T.A. Hoffmann, the title object is broken by playing boys, but when Clara climbs out of bed to see it, it is back together again, and she witnesses a pitched battle between the tin soldiers and the mice.  Featuring “The Dance of the Toy Flutes,” FTP this is what ballet by Tchaikovsky that also includes “The Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy”?
	A.  The Nutcracker

15)  Written by Tom Taylor, the title character is Asa Trenchard, an unsophisticated American who visits his family overseas.  At its most famous production, the famous English actress Laura Keene played Flora Trenchard, E.A. Emerson played Lord Dundreary, who uttered the line “you sockdologizing old mantrap” just before the production had to halt for the night.  That night was April 14, 1865, and FTP what was this play being performed at Ford’s Theater when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated?
	A.  Our American Cousin

16)  After serving as a unit’s chaplain in WWI, this man was made spiritual director of the seminary at Bergamo, where he worked to help the poor and working class.  He made archbishop in 1925 ans spent most of the 1930s in Greece and Turkey before becoming papal nuncio to Pius XII in 1944.  As pope he advocated social reform and invited protestant leaders to the Vatican for the first time.  FTP name this reform-minded pope who called the Second Vatican Council.
	A.  John XXIII (23rd)

17) Its electron configuration is (Kr) 5s2 4d10 5p3.  It is used in semiconductor technology for making infrared detectors, diodes and Hall-effect devices.  It can also be used to increase the strength of lead, and is found in such materials as paints, ceramic enamels, glass, and pottery.  FTP name this element, number 51 on the periodic table, with symbol Sb.
	A.  antimony

18)  Before his death in 1979, he wrote over 8,000 pages of what he called The Exegesis, detailing a hallucinatory and spiritual experience he had in 1974 in which he saw a beam of pink light enter his mind, an experience he fictionalized in the novel VALIS.  His recurrent drug use formed the basis for A Scanner Darkly, one of his few non-sci-fi works.  FTP who is this author of The Three Stigmata of Palmer Erdritch and the Hugo-Award winning The Man in the High Castle?
	A.  Philip K. Dick

19)  The invasion began on February 19, 1945, when the 4th and 5th marine divisions of the Fifth Amphibious Corps landed on the southeast shore.  The island was critical to U.S. strategy, as it housed Japanese radar, and more importantly had an excellent landing strip which the Japanese used for fighters, and the U.S. needed for refueling B-29s.  Tiny and only 700 miles south of Tokyo, FTP name this island where Mt. Suribachi provided the setting for perhaps the most famous American battle photograph.
	A.  Iwo Jima

20)  Two feet long, it is made of uru, and was forged by Brokk and Sidni.  A symbol of fertility as well as strength, a replica of it was placed on the lap of the bride in old Scandinavian weddings.  Odin gave it six enchantments, including the ability to open portals to other dimensions and to summon lightning.  FTP name this hammer, the great weapon of Thor.
	A.  mjolnir (zhol-neer)
Valencia Fall Invitational 2002–Round 11 Boni

1) Identify these German novels from a brief description FTPE.
A.  Paul Balmer dies at the end of this novel about WWI.
	A.  All Quiet on the Western Front
B.  This novel narrated by various members of the Faehmel family has a title referring to games of pool and was written by Heinich Boll.
	A.  Billiards at Half Past Nine
C.  Hans Castorp visits his cousin in a sanitarium and stays for seven years.
	A.  The Magic Mountain

2) Provide the year of these noteworthy U.S. presidential elections FTPE.
A.  In this year Rutherford B. Hayes beat Samuel Tilden despite Tilden’s popular vote majority.
	A.  1876
B.  In this year Teddy Roosevelt damaged William Taft’s chances by running as an independent.
	A.  1912
C.  In this year James Polk became the first “dark horse” candidate to be elected.
	A.  1844

3) Provide these weather terms from definitions FTPE.
A. This is the temperature at which water vapor in the air begins to liquify.
	A.  dew point
B.  This type of line on a weather map connects areas of equal temperature.
	A.  isotherm
C.  The opposite of a trough, this is an elongated area of relatively high pressure.
	A.  ridge

4) Name that clef FTPE.
A.  This clef is also called the F clef because the two dots in the clef symbol lie above and below the horizontal line associated with the note F below middle C.
	A.  bass clef
B.  The note middle C is placed in the middle of the staff on this clef.
	A.  alto clef
C.  This clef is actually a stylized letter G.  The inner curve of the clef symbol marks the horizontal line associated with the note G above middle C.
	A.  treble clef

5) Let’s see what’s cooking at midseason in the NFL.  FTPE:
A.  This is the only team remaining with just one loss.
	A. Green Bay or Packers
B.  Though they have two losses, this NFC South team is the only other to have seven wins.
	A.  Tampa Bay or Bucs
C.  This is the only team with just one win, earned last Sunday in a rout of the Texans.
	A.  Cincinnati or Bengals

6) Identify these popular historians FTPE.
A.  This man’s books, like The Best and the Brightest and The Fifties, provide middle-brow analysis of recent American events.
	A.  David Halberstam
B.  This Chicago-based historian has written many oral histories and sociological texts based on interviews, like Working and the WWII history The Good War.
	A.  Studs Terkel
C.  This former Librarian of Congress wrote the great brain bowl books The Discoverers, The Creators, and The Seekers.
	A.  Daniel Boorstin

7) Answer the following about a certain Russkie FSNOP.
A.  (10 pts.)  This Russian count wrote many fictional works, including Sevastopol Sketches and Resurrection.
	A.  Leo Tolstoy
B.  (5 pts.)  What Tolstoy novel’s heroine throws herself in front of a train at the end of the work?
	A.  Anna Karenina
C.  (15 pts.)  This Tolstoy title character only confronts the big questions of existence when he learns he is dying of cancer.
	A.  Ivan Ilyich (the novel is The Death of Ivan Ilyich)

8) Let’s talk bond–bond chemistry, that is.  FTPE:
A.  The charge that results when the electrons in a covalent bond is assigned to the more electronegative atom, it is the charge an atom would possess if the bonding were ionic.
	A.  oxidation number or state
B.  In double and triple bonds, this type of bond is formed from the sideways overlap of p orbitals.
	A.  pi bond
C.  This type of bond holds metals and non-metals together.
	A.  ionic bond

9) Identify these operas FTPE.
A.  Set in Peking, in this opera Prince Calaf answers the three riddles of the title character to gain her hand in marriage.
	A.  Turandot
B.  In this opera the title character is placed alive in a tomb with Radames, her love, who has been condemned by Amneris.
	A.  Aida
C.  All ends well in this Bedrich Smetana opera, as Jenik wins the hand of Marenka, the title character who was brokered to marry another.
	A.  The Bartered Bride

10) Provide the derivatives with respect to x of the following FTPE.
	A.  1/3x3 + 4x2 + 13		A.  x2 + 8x 
	B.  X 3/2 + x ½ + 6		B.  (3/2)x1/2 + (½)x-1/2 
	C.  tan (x)			C.  sec2x
11) Identify these European explorers FTPE.
A.  In 1513 this Spaniard saw the shores of the Pacific by making a land crossing from his Atlantic landing.
	A.  Vasco Nunez de Balboa
B.  This Portuguese sailor was the first European to round the Cape of Good Hope, which he called the Cape of Storms.
	A.  Bartolomeu Dias
C.  This Frenchman navigated the length of the Mississippi, claiming the area called Louisiana for France.
	A.  Robert LaSalle

12) 30-20-10 Name the poet from lines.
A.  “Go to the western gate, Luke Havergal”
B.  “(Blank) loved the Medici,/Albeit he had never seen one;/He would have sinned incessantly/Could he have been one.”
C.  “And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,/Went home and put a bullet through his head.”
	A.  Edwin Arlington Robinson

13) Greek philosophers FTPE.
A.  This thinker from Samos proposed a heliocentric theory 1,900 years before Copernicus.
	A.  Aristarchus
B.  This Ionian explained eclipses and proposed that the sun was a burning rock.
	A.  Anaxagoras
C.  This Milesian left no writings and is best known for his theory that water is the primary substance of all things.
	A.  Thales

14) Given a year and the reason for winning, name the physics Nobel laureate FTPE.
A.  1909, with Karl Braun, for discoveries in wireless telegraphy.
	A.  Guglielmo Marconi
B.  1901, for discovery of x-rays
	A.  Wilhelm Roentgen
C.  1918, for the discovery of quantum energy
	A.  Max Planck  

15) Identify these monsters from Greek myth FTPE.
A.  Slain by Bellerophon, it had the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon.
	A.  Chimaera
B.  This daughter of Poseidon was struck by a thunderbolt by Zeus and turned into a vortex that swallows ships.
	A.  Charybdis
C.  Often paired with Charybdis, it has six heads each with a triple row of teeth.
	A.  Scylla

16) Identify these economists FTPE.
A.  This utilitarian thinker wrote Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation; it’s cool to know his corpse is preserved in a glass case.
	A.  Jeremy Bentham
B.  This guy’s Essay on the Principles of Population forgot to take into account technological advances in agriculture while predicting we’d all starve.
	A.  Thomas Malthus
C.  This author’s Theory of the Leisure Class coined the term “conspicuous consumption.”
	A.  Thorstein Veblen

17) Tell who wrote the following plays FTPE.
	A.  The Birthday Party		A.  Harold Pinter
	B.  The Ghost Sonata			A.  August Strindberg
	C.  Our Town				A.  Thornton Wilder

18) I’ll name an English monarch and you tell me who followed him/her FFPE with a bonus five for getting them all.
A.  Stephen		A.  Henry II
B.  Henry V		A.  Henry VI
C.  Mary I		A.  Elizabeth I
D.  James I		A.  Charles I
E.  George VI		A.  Elizabeth II

19) Answer the following about the periodic table FSNOP.
A.  (5 pts.)   What element is directly above lithium?		A.  hydrogen
B.  (10 pts)   What element is directly below boron?			A.  aluminum
C.  (15 pts)   Finally, what element is two spots below calcium?	A.  barium

20) Identify the directors of these foreign films FTPE.
A.  The 400 Blows		A.  Francois Truffaut
B.  8 ½			A.  Federico Fellini
C.  The Seventh Seal		A.  Ingmar Bergman