Spring Break Packet by Dave Dixon (3/92) TOSSUPS 1. In February, 1992, obsessive fan Robert Lynn Bardo was convicted for murdering, for ten points, what up-and-coming star of the NBC series, "My Sister Sam"? Rebecca SCHAEFFER 2. One of the most famous patron/artist relationships in history occurred between Madame von Meck and Peter Tchaikovsky, who never met von Meck in person. Von Meck also funded another famous composer, one of the founders of musical impressionism. For ten points, name this French composer of "Afternoon of a Faun." Claude DEBUSSY 3. In the recent film, "Cape Fear," special attention was given to a trilogy of works: "Nexus," "Plexus," and "Sexus." For ten points, name the American author of these works who was famous for his sexually explicit novels, including the banned "Tropic of Cancer." Henry MILLER 4. And you thought blacks in the NHL were rare. Mike Squires of the 1980 Chicago White Sox and Dale Long of the 1958 Chicago Cubs were two of a kind-- that is, they are the only catchers in baseball history to have, for ten points, what genetic predisposition shared by about 10% of the population? LEFTHANDEDNESS 5. He once used the pseudonym, "C.3.3.," meaning "Cell 3, 3rd landing," which was his address at Reading Jail for two years, being imprisoned there for homosexuality. For ten points, name this English author and wit who left prison in 1897 a broken man. Oscar WILDE 6. For ten points, name the lucky explorer who, while rounding the tip of Africa, overshot and ran into modern-day Brazil instead. Pedro CABRAL 7. This composer, born in 1792, worked prolifically during the first part of his career, but he stopped composing altogether when he was 36. After twenty-some years of partying, he picked up the pen again and wrote such hummable ditties as "Inoffensive Prelude" and "Ugh! Green Peas!" For ten points, name this very popular composer, known to Lone Ranger fans everywhere. Gioacchino ROSSINI 8. Not all scientists are enlightened creatures. One glaring example was an Austrian physicist who not only rejected relativity, but also atomic theory "and other such dogma" as being merely mental artifices. For ten points, name this scientist who nevertheless contributed much to science, including the measure of velocity relative to the speed of sound. Ernst MACH 9. For a quick ten points, name the "Flying Finn" who became the youngest person ever to win the gold at the 1992 Winter Olympics. Toni NIEMENIN 10. "Ba-ba-ba-dal-ghar-agh-tak-amm-in-arr-onn-konn-bronn-tonn- er-ronn-tuonn-thunn-tro-varr-houn-awn-skawn-too-hoo-hoor- den-en-thur-nuk!" is just one of several 100 letter words in, for ten points, what famous book by James Joyce? FINNEGANS WAKE 11. It means, "to censor," and is named after an eighteenth- century man who published family versions of Shakespeare and Gibbon's _Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire_. For ten points, what's the term? BOWDLERIZE 12. Sure, everyone knows that Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder have racked up more than their share of Grammies, but the all-time winner needs a trophy case to hold his 29 Grammies. For ten points, name this conductor of the Chicago Symphony. Georg SOLTI (SHOLE-tee) 13. The Velvet Underground sang about a "femme fatale," but this gal beats them all. She allegedly had incestuous relations with her brother Caligula, poisoned one of her husbands and married her uncle, Emperor Claudius I. Then she poisoned him, allowing her son Nero to become emperor, although the ungrateful child later arranged to have her assassinated. For ten points, name her. AGRIPPINA the younger 14. The most recent opera by John Adams is called _The Death of Leon Klinghoffer_, and details, for ten points, the Palestinian hijacking of what cruise ship in 1985? ACHILLE LAURO 15. In 1989 he was proclaimed "Humanist of the Year" by the American Humanist Society, both for his staunch anti- Christianity ("a religion for losers") and for his numerous achievements, including the Goodwill Games. For ten points, name this man who was recently dubbed "Man of the Year" by Time Magazine. Ted TURNER 16. Quickly, for ten points, what's 6 factorial? 720 17. England had its Lady Jane Grey for only nine days back in 1553. In 1991, the Soviet Union had its own version of Queen Grey. For ten points, name the short-termed President of the Soviet Union during the August coup. Gennadi YANAYEV 18. Ceylon changes its name to Sri Lanka, J. Edgar Hoover and Harry S Truman die, Bobby Fischer beats Boris Spassky for the world chess title, George Wallace of Alabama is shot and paralyzed, "The French Connection" wins best picture at the Oscars, and Nixon is re-elected President. For ten points, what year? 1972 19. Much attention recently has been given to a Mexican artist who suffered a debilitating injury when she was 17 and lived with terrible back pain all her life, often incorporating it in her artwork, mainly surrealistic self-portraits. For ten points, name this woman who Andre Breton called, "a ribbon around a bomb." Frida KAHLO 20. One of Spike Lee's most outspoken critics over his latest film, "Malcolm X," is an African-American writer who founded the Black Arts Repertory Theatre/School and was convicted of illegal possession of weapons during the Newark riots of 1967, a conviction later overturned on appeal. For ten points, name this writer, whose plays include "Dutchman" and the controversial "The Toilet." Leroi JONES or Imamu Amiri BARAKA 21. In 1865, the German chemist Kekule was having a hard time figuring out how to explain the properties of a certain compound. One night, he dreamt about snakes, and one of the snakes was eating its own tail. Kekule awoke with a start, inspired, and successfully described, for ten points, the structure of what hydrocarbon? BENZENE 22. Identify the author of the following poem for ten points: "Freude, schoener Goetterfunken, Tochter aus Elysium, Wir betreten feuertrunken, Himmlische, dein Heiligtum, Deine Zauber binden wieder, Was die Mode streng geteilt, Alle Menschen werden Brueder Wo dein sanfter Fluegel weilt." Friedrich von SCHILLER 23. This world leader had some of the best lines in history. In response to Wilson's Fourteen Points, he said, "The Lord God had only ten." He was adamant against the reunification of Germany after World War I, saying, "I love Germany so much, I want there to be lots of them." For ten points, name this colorful French President and Versailles treaty-signer. Georges CLEMENCEAU 24. It weighed about 185 pounds, was a little bigger than a basketball, and travelled 18,000 miles per hour. It eventually crashed into a street in Wisconsin. For ten points, give the Russian name for this "little traveller" that began orbiting the earth in 1957. SPUTNIK 25. The first test of American government occurred in 1786 when an army veteran and over 1000 farmers and working-class people marched on Boston. A militia payed for by Boston merchants and led by Benjamin Lincoln routed the rebellion and scattered the makeshift army. The leader was pardoned, but died of poverty in 1788. For ten points, name this rebellion. SHAYS' REBELLION 26. For ten points, what is January 31st called on the Vietnamese calendar? TET 27. Phenolphthalein is used as an acid-base indicator in chemistry, turning red in basic solutions and colorless in an acidic solution. For ten points, spell phenolphthalein. P-H-E-N-O-L-P-H-T-H-A-L-E-I-N 28. Nancy Cartwright may not be a household name, but she provides the voice to, for ten points, what real boss TV star? BART SIMPSON 29. This is an abnormality of the lens of the eye in which the lens' curvature is not uniform in all directions, making it impossible for those afflicted to focus on horizontal lines and vertical lines at the same time. For 20 points, name it. ASTIGMATISM END Spring Break Packet by Dave Dixon (3/92) BONUSES 1. (30) For ten points apiece, name the contemporary director of the films given: Drowning by Numbers; The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover; Prospero's Books Peter GREENAWAY Blood Simple; Raising Arizona; Barton Fink Joel (or Ethan) COEN Witness, The Year of Living Dangerously, Dead Poets Society Peter WEIR 2. (20) Physicists are looking for a GUT, a Grand Unified Theory, to bring together all four fundamental forces of nature. So far, only two forces have succumbed to unification. For 20 points, all or nothing, which two? ELECTROMAGNETIC and WEAK 3. (25) Here's a two-parter about "Beauty and the Beast": For ten points for naming one, fifteen for naming both, name the duo who wrote the songs for the Disney version. Howard ASHMAN, Alan MENKEN And for ten more points, name the surrealist poet/director of the original 1946 French version. Jean COCTEAU 4. (25) Buddhism got a great boost when an Indian emperor adopted the religion for his empire, then erecting numerous stelae all around India inscribed with the tenets of the religion. For 25 points, name him. ASOKA (ah-SHO-ka) 5. (20) David Rice Atchison earns a footnote in history for being, reportedly, President of the US for a single day: Sunday, March 3, 1849. His situation came about because the outgoing president's term expired on Saturday and the incoming president refused to take the Oath of Office on the Sabbath. For 10 points each, name the presidents whose terms flanked President Atchison's. James POLK, Zachary TAYLOR 6. (25) His latest book, "PrairyErth" is an exhaustive history of a single county in Kansas, used as a metaphor for America in general. His only previous work was also an analysis of America, except he saw the whole country first-hand, driving 42,500 miles on backroads to produce the best-seller, "Blue Highways." For 25 points, name this author. William Least Heat MOON 7. (30) Happy Days are here again. Name the following actors who starred on the hit 70's TV show, "Happy Days." Ralph Malph Don MOST Potsy Weber Anson WILLIAMS Joanie Cunningham Erin MORAN 8. (25) A Dubious Achievement award for 1991 has got to go to the single worst massacre by gunfire in U.S. History, when a man plowed his pickup into a Luby's Cafeteria in Killeen, Texas, and opened fire, killing 26 people, including himself. For 25 points, name the killer: George HENNARD 9. (20) Lithuania led the way in the recent dissolution of the Soviet Union, mainly due to the feisty prime minister. I'll give you ten points for naming him... Vytautis LANDSBERGIS (vee-TAW-tis lands-BAIR-gis) And another ten for spelling Vytautis Landsbergis' name-- five for first name, five for last name. V-Y-T-A-U-T-I-S L-A-N-D-S-B-E-R-G-I-S 10. (20) Now let's test your world geography knowledge. For ten points each, give the new names of Burma and its capital, Rangoon. MYANMAR, YANGON 11. (20) The Muslim invasion of Europe extended from Spain up into France, but its high-water mark came at a decisive battle where Frankish king Charles Martel pushed back the 60,000 man Muslim army. For ten points apiece: Near what French city did the battle take place? TOURS (or POITIERS) Within ten years, what year was the battle? 732 AD (accept 722-742) 12. (25) He was one of the famous "Hollywood Ten" writers, producers and directors that protested the Communist hysteria of the late 1940's and early 50's, and was blacklisted for years. He wrote under various pseudonyms until 1963, when he wrote the screenplay for Stanley Kubrick's "Spartacus" under his real name. For 25 points, who is he? Dalton TRUMBO 13. (30) For ten points each, name the lyricist of the following American patriotic songs: "Battle Hymn of the Republic" Julia Ward HOWE "Dixie" Dan EMMETT "America the Beautiful" Katherine Lee BATES 15. (20) Two types of microscopes are specially designed to investigate materials at the atomic level, ie. individual atoms can be resolved. One, the STM, works on the quantum mechanical fact that the electron clouds of the microscope tip and the sample overlap slightly. The other, the AFM, involves dragging a stylus across the surface. For 10 points each, give the full names of the STM and the AFM. SCANNING TUNNELLING MICROSCOPE, ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE 16. (25) Arrange the following federal government officials in the order they appear in the sequence of presidential succession, from first successor to last successor: Secretary of State, Attorney General, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Labor. PRESIDENT PRO TEM, SEC. OF STATE, SEC. OF DEFENSE, ATTY GENERAL, SEC OF LABOR 17. (20) No doubt you'll need a stiff drink after this packet is over, so here's a potent potables bonus. For five points each, identify the drink from its ingredients: vodka, tomato juice, lemon, Worchestershire sauce, Tobasco sauce, salt, pepper, and celery salt BLOODY MARY tequila, orange juice, grenadine TEQUILA SUNRISE whisky, sweet vermouth, angostura bitters MANHATTAN brandy, creme de cacao, cream ALEXANDER HM: and of course, if you add holy water, you get an Alexander Pope. 18. (30) New Age music-- it's not just for elevators anymore. Name these popular New Age artists or groups for ten points each: 1. The brainchild of drummer/composer Chip Davis, whose seventh album in the "Fresh Aire" series won the 1991 New Age Album Grammy. MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER 2. The French synthesist who holds the world record for the largest concert appearance, captivating 1.5 million in Houston in 1986 with music from his albums, including "Rendez-vous" and "Oxygene." Jean-Michel JARRE 3. The Greek-born keyboardist whose best-of compilation, "Reflections of Passion," rocketed to the top of the New Age charts in 1991. YANNI 19. (30) Time again to play Name-That-Supreme-Court-Decision: This 1957 ruling based obscenity decisions on whether a publication appeals to "prurient interests" and lacks any "redeeming social importance." ROTH v. U.S. This case involving alleged reverse discrimination of a white medical student resulted in the ruling allowing a university to admit students on the basis of race if the school's aim is to combat discrimination. BAKKE v. Univ. of California In this case, the Court upheld the World War I Espionage Act. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said that a person who encourages draft resistance during a war is a "clear and present danger." SCHENCK v. U.S. 20. (30) If you're a medical student, you can't get away with saying, "hammer, anvil, stirrup" on a qualifying exam, so, for ten points each, give the proper medical name for the three bones of the middle ear. MALLEUS, INCUS, STAPES 21. (25) For five points each, name the cartoonist who draws: "Funky Winkerbean" John BATIUK the "Maus" graphic novels Art SPIEGELMAN "Zippy the Pinhead" Bill GRIFFITH "Sylvia" Nicole HOLLANDER "Bizarro" Joe PIRARO 22. (30) Arrange the following six WWII battles chronologically for five points each: Stalingrad, Pearl Harbor, Dunkerque, Coral Sea, Battle of the Bulge, Monte Cassino. DUNKERQUE, PEARL HARBOR, CORAL SEA, STALINGRAD, MONTE CASSINO, BATTLE OF THE BULGE 23. (20) Here's the setting: It's 4th century BC Greece, and a mighty warrior is standing over a filthy man sitting in a large barrel. Warrior: Do you lack anything? Filthy man: Yea, that I do: that you stand out of my sun a little. For ten points each, identify the two historical figures in this excerpt from Plutarch's "Lives." ALEXANDER THE GREAT, DIOGENES 24. (25) It was the shortest year in history, by papal decree. For 25 points, within ten years, during what year did Pope Gregory XIII throw out the old, out-of-step Julian calendar, erasing ten days forever? 1582 (accept 1572-1592)