1997 ACF Nationals
Questions by Michigan A & B

1.  Of humble birth, he rose to power via the military.  He 
commanded Roman forces in Thrace and gained a quaestorship in 
Crete, becoming Praetor in 39 AD.  At the time of the death of 
Nero he commanded the Roman legions in Judea, and, after 
initially supporting Galba, had himself declared emperor after 
the murder of Galba's successor, Otho, in opposition to 
Vitellius.  FTP, name this man, founder of the Flavian dynasty, 
who brought order to Rome after the chaos of the Year of the Four 
Emperors.
	Answer: _Vespasian_ OR _Vespanianus_ Augustus OR Titus 
Flavius_Vespasianus_

2.  Plutarch called it "The Leader", the ancient Chinese called 
it "The Heavenly Wolf" , and its current name may come from a 
Sanskrit word meaning "The Shining One".  The alpha star in its 
constellation, it is only 8.7 light-years away, and is the 
nearest star visible to the naked-eye after Alpha-Centauri.  FTP, 
name this star with apparent magnitude of about -1.42, the 
brightest star in the sky, which is also called the "Dog Star".
	Answer:  _Sirius_

3.  Born in Long Branch, N.J., he graduated from Harvard with a 
degree in aeronautical engineering in 1943.  Serving with the 
U.S. army in the Pacific in WW II, he later cofounded the Village 
Voice, and in 1969 he ran unsuccessfully as an independent 
candidate for mayor of New York City.  FTP, name this American 
author of The Deer Park, Ancient Evenings, and Tough Guys Don't 
Dance, who won a Pulitzer prize for his memoir of a 1967 peace 
demonstration, Armies of the Night.
	Answer:  Norman _Mailer_

4.  He actually composed two operas of his own, Undine and 
Aurora, and he changed his third name to Amadeus in honor of 
Mozart.  Author of the novel The Devil's Elixir, he is better 
known for his Gothic horror stories collected in Fantasiestucke, 
or Fantasy Pieces.  These stories were the inspiration for 
Hindemith's Cardillac, Schuman's Kreisleriana, Tchaikovsky's 
Nutcracker, and another famous opera which features the author 
himself recalling past love affairs in a tavern.  FTP, identify 
this man, whose tales were the basis for the opera by Jacques 
Offenbach.
	Answer:  Ernst Theodor Amadeus _Hoffman_ 

5.  Although normally a small man, he underwent a transformation 
during battle which caused an increase in size.  Born with 7 
fingers on each hand, 7 toes on each foot, and 7 pupils in each 
eye, he was the greatest of the knights of the Red Branch.  He 
lost his power after his enemies offered him a meal of dog meat, 
forcing him to violate one of two resolutions: never to refuse a 
meal and never to eat a dog, and was killed at the command of 
Medb {mave} , queen of Connacht.  FTP, identify this hero of The 
Cattle Raid of Cooley, the central character of the Ulster cycle 
of Irish mythology.
	Answer:  _Cu Chulainn_ {koo-kul-un} 

6.  He is included in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations  for his 
oration on the death of Lincoln, "God reigns, and the Government 
at Washington still lives!" He got political mileage out of a few 
weeks spent as a mule driver, but his real inclination was toward 
the classics, being able to  write in Latin and Greek 
simultaneously with a pen in each hand. Involved in the Credit 
Mobilier scandal, he was  elected to both the Senate and the 
Presidency nevertheless.  FTP name this man ,whose presidency was 
marked by struggles with the Stalwarts over political patronage.
 	Answer:  James A. _Garfield_

7. No bondage is involved in the master-slave version of this 
device. Other versions include D, JK, SR, T, and edge-triggered. 
FTP, name this electronic switching circuit reminiscent of 
political promises.
	Answer: _Flip Flop_

8. This versatile author's works include a 1962 biography of the 
Marquis de Sade, as well as several works dealing with the issue 
of aging, such as A Very Easy Death and La Ceremonie des Adieux, 
which deals with the painful last years of the author's famous 
consort.  An affair with Nelson Algren is believed to be the 
basis for the character of Lewis Brogan in The Mandarins.  FTP, 
name this French author of Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter and The 
Second Sex, perhaps best known for her lifelong association with 
Jean-Paul Sartre.
	Answer:  Simone de _Beauvoir_

9.  Supposedly inspired by Elsinore castle, it was finally 
completed in 1973, 18 years after its Danish architect won an 
international competition for its design.  One of the most 
unusual shell structures ever created, its construction had been 
plagued by the unexpected weight of the thousands of curved, 
white tiles that cover its 200 foot high sail- like roofs.  Name, 
FTP, this building, designed by Jorn Utzon, which nonetheless is 
one of the most recognizable features of the city which will host 
the 2000 Olympics.
	Answer: The _Sydney Opera House_

10.  While chief secretary of Ireland from 1799-1801, he helped 
secure the passage of the Act of Union with Great Britain.  As 
British War Secretary, he opposed Napoleon, but had to resign 
after a duel with George Canning, his political rival.  Called 
"the most effective and influential politician in Britain", he 
backed Wellington in war, but committed suicide in 1822.  FTP, 
name this British diplomat who helped secure peace at the 
Congress of Vienna.
	Answer:  Robert Stewart _Castlereagh_

11.  Its author's longest novel, it is set on the western front 
during World War I.  The refusal of German and French armies to 
fight prompts Axis and Allied leaders to hold a conference at 
which they agree to continue the war.  A man known as the 
Corporal, who was born in a stable on Christmas, is the leader of 
the insurrection, and is betrayed by the soldier Polchek and 
thrice denied by another soldier, Pierre.  These events occur, 
FTP, in which religious allegory which won the 1955 Pulitzer 
Fiction Prize for William Faulkner?
	Answer:  A _Fable_

12.  Polymers of this acid are commonly used to make 
biodegradable sutures, and are also used in cosmetics and as food 
preservatives.  Also known as 2-hydroxypropionic acid, in the 
Cori Cycle, it is transported from muscle to the liver to produce 
glucose.  In most organisms it is the eventual product of 
glycolysis under anaerobic conditions.  FTP, name this compound 
which produces the burning sensation in muscle experienced after 
heavy exercise, whose name is similar to that of milk sugar.
	Answer:  _lactic acid_ or _lactate_ (Do not accept lactose, 
accept glycolyic acid before first "and")

13. This musical work was dedicated to Josef Hofmann, written 
with his prodigious abilities in mind, which the composer 
regarded more highly than his own.  Completed in 1909, just in 
time for the composer's first tour of the United States, it was 
first performed at the New Theater in New York, followed by a 
performance with the New York Philharmonic under Gustav Mahler.  
A notoriously difficult piece, recordings of performances by 
Martha Argerich and Vladimir Ashkenazy are particularly well-
known, and Vladimir Horowitz made four recordings of it.  FTP, 
name this musical work, the bane of pianist David Helfgott in the 
Oscar-nominated movie "Shine", which was written by the Russian 
composer of "The Bells".
	Answer: _Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #3_ in D minor 
(Prompt on incomplete answers)

14.  In terms of area, it is dominated by the arid, almost 
unpopulated south, where the Tademait Plateau and Great Eastern 
and Great Western Ergs are the dominant landforms.  The more 
heavily populated north is fertile, and small rivers flow down 
out of the Saharan Atlases.  FTP, name this nation, the only one 
to border both Tunisia and Mali, with capital at Algiers.
	Answer: _Algeria_

15.  Opposition to English sovereignty and growing resentment of 
dependence on English goods resulted in this Native American 
uprising in 1675.  A Pokunoet chief, Metacom, united other New 
England tribes, such as the Nipmucks and Narrangansetts to fight 
the English.  Fourteen months later, twelve frontier towns were 
destroyed, but Metacom had been captured and beheaded, bringing 
and end to the conflict.  FTP, what is this uprising generally 
named for the English name of Metacom?  
	Answer:  _King Philip's War_ (accept _Metacom's Rebellion_ 
on an early buzz)

16.  This general social theory attempts to explain societies in 
terms of how their particular social institutions operate.  Emile 
Durkheim laid its foundations by likening societies to biological 
organisms and distinguishing between healthy and pathological 
forms of social organization.  This school was modernized in the 
1950's through Harvard sociologist Talcott Parsons' development 
of systems theory which treated societies as systems of 
interacting and self-regulating parts.  FTP, name this social 
theory which shares its name with the architectural concept that 
the form of a building should be determined by its intended use.
	Answer:  _functionalism_

17.  In 1778 he studied at the Royal Academy.  A friend of 
William Godwin and Thomas Paine, he supported the French 
Revolution, and wrote an unfinished poem about it.  His prophetic 
books portraying his private mythologies include the Book of 
Urizen, The Four Zoas, and Milton and Jerusalem.  FTP, name this 
English poet, illustrator of the Book of Job and Dante's Divine 
Comedy, who is most famous for his Songs of Innocence.
	Answer:  William _Blake_

18. Born in Georgia in 1936, he wrote the autobiographies Off My 
Chest and Out of Bounds.  A member of the National Lacrosse Hall 
of Fame, he was also an All-American halfback while at Syracuse. 
 Though he holds the NFL record with 6.4 yards per carry, he saw 
his career yardage record fall to Walter Payton in 1984.  FTP, 
name this Cleveland Browns great who retired at the peak of his 
football career to pursue acting.
	Answer:  Jim _Brown_

19. This book of the Bible is an anomaly in that it refers to two 
books not accepted as canonical, Enoch and The Assumption of 
Moses.  It also contains one of the few references in the Bible 
to Michael the archangel, and consists of only one chapter.  FTP, 
name this New Testament book written by a half-brother of Jesus, 
which immediately precedes Revelation, and which shares its name 
with the cousin and husband of Sue Bridehead in a Thomas Hardy 
work.
	Answer:  _Jude_

20. An extension of LeChatelier's principle into electromagnetic 
theory, this law was deduced in 1834 by the Estonian physicist 
for whom it is named.  It states that an electric current induced 
by a change in the magnetic field always flows in the direction 
that will produce a field to oppose the change that produced the 
current.  FTP, name this law which will indicate the direction of 
the current induced by a permanent bar magnet pushed and 
withdrawn through a coil of wire. 
	Answer: Lenz's law

21. Other copies of this painting are located in the Royal 
Ontario Museum and in the collection of Elizabeth II.  It is 
important in the history of art because it shows a "contemporary" 
historical event with some historic accuracy, a bold step in the 
1700's.  FTP, name this painting by Benjamin West, the most 
famous work in the National Gallery in Ottawa. 
	Answer:  _"The Death of Wolfe"_

22.  In this geologic period, marine invertebrates continue to 
prosper much as they did in Ordovician times, and fragmentary 
remains of jawless fishes increase in coastal deposits.  The 
earliest land plants, the psilopsids, and the first land animals, 
archaic scorpions, developed.  FTP, name this period lasting from 
430 to 395 million years ago, the third oldest division in the 
Paleozoic era.
	Answer: _Silurian_ Period

23.  A small German group under Admiral Hipper was to ambush a 
part of the British fleet off the coast of England, but the 
British intercepted a radio transmission, and Hipper's ships were 
met by the full strength of the Royal Navy under Jellicoe.  The 
rest of the German fleet, under Admiral Scheer closed in, but 
were forced to turn, twice, by heavy British bombardment.  FTP, 
name this inconclusive battle of WWI, the largest naval battle in 
history.
	Answer: Battle of _Jutland_ OR Battle of the _Skagerrak_

24.  This term was coined in the 16th century to denote the 
religious views espoused in the writings of John Agricola, 
originally a friend and supporter of Martin Luther.  The concept 
was first mentioned by St.  Paul, whose opponents said, "And why 
not do evil, that good may come?" Although bitterly opposed by 
most Catholics and Protestants as contrary to the basic teachings 
of Christianity, it was appropriated by some Calvinist 
Protestants.  FTP, name this belief that the "elect" of saved 
people could do no wrong and were therefore not bound by most 
traditional Christian morals, most often associated with Anne 
Hutchinson.
	Answer:  _antinomianism_

25.  Lying in the southwest corner of the Great Artesian Basin, 
it is believed that it was fresh until about 30,000 years ago, 
when a downfaulting resulted in the drainage to the sea being 
blocked.  Fed by rivers such as the Diamantina and Georgina, it 
only fills completely once or twice a century, so its size varies 
widely, up to a maximum of 3,700 square miles.  FTP, name this 
lake, whose dry bed, at 50 feet below sea level, is the lowest 
point in Australia.
	Answer: Lake _Eyre_

26.  After executing his three brothers, and after having 
imprisoned his father, Shah Jehan, he ascended to the imperial 
throne of India in 1659.  He extended the boundaries of the 
Moghul Empire to their greatest extent, but he could not suppress 
the uprisings of the Sikhs and Hindus, nor could he counter the 
growing influence of European powers in India.  FTP, name this 
last great Moghul emperor, whose empire disintegrated after his 
death in 1707.
	Answer:  _Aurangzeb_

27.  This was the first cyclic metabolic pathway to be 
discovered.  The amino acid arginine is hydrolyzed to ornithine 
and the nitrogenous product for which this cycle is named.  The 
remainder of the cycle leads to the re-formation of arginine from 
ornithine.  FTP, name this cycle, proposed in 1932 by Hans Krebs 
and Kurt Henseleit, whose namesake product was first synthesized 
in a lab by Friedrich Wohler.
	Answer:  _urea cycle_

28.  The son was born in Australia, but traveled to the father's 
native England to pursue graduate studies.  He later succeeded 
Ernest Rutherford at both Victoria University in Manchester and 
at the Cavendish at Cambridge, but is better known for work done 
as a student in collaboration with his father.  FTP, give the 
surname of this father and son pair, who were awarded the 1915 
Nobel prize in Physics for their work in X-ray crystallography.
	Answer: _Bragg_  (William and Lawrence)
  
29.  He studied philosophy under Henri Bergson in Paris, and also 
studied law in Athens.  An avid traveler, he worked for UNESCO in 
Paris, and died during a trip to China.  His Odyssey was a sequel 
to Homer's epic, and he produced translations of Goethe's Faust 
and Dante's Divine Comedy into modern Greek.  FTP, name this 
Greek author best known for novels like Freedom and Death, The 
Greek Passion, Zorba the Greek, and The Last Temptation of 
Christ.
	Answer: Nikos _Kazantzakis_

30.  Born in 1894, he was accidently blinded in one eye by his 
older brother at the age of six.  He attended Ohio State, and 
worked in Paris for the state department and as a reporter before 
heading to New York.  In 1927, he met Harold Ross who hired him 
to help edit and write "Talk of the Town" sketches for, the New 
Yorker.  Much of his works are compilations of his stories and 
cartoons for the New Yorker and other magazines.  For ten points, 
identify this author of My Life and Hard Times, The Thirteen 
Clocks and My World and Welcome to It, which gave us his most 
memorable character, the indomitable Walter Mitty.
	Answer: James Grover _Thurber_

1997 ACF Nationals
Questions by Michigan A & B

1. Name the following greats of Japanese cinema for the stated 
number of points:
1.  For 5 points, this 1954 Kurosawa film tells of a farming 
village under siege from bandits and their protector, Kambei.  
	Answer:  the _"Seven Samurai"_
2.  FTP, this 1976 film's Japanese name is "Ai No Corrida", and 
is based on a true story of a geisha, a gangster, and their 
sexual obsession with each other .
	Answer: _"In the Realm of the Senses"_
3.  For 15 points, give the name of the film by Kenji Mizoguchi 
which tells the story of a 16th century potter named Genjuro, his 
brother-in-law Tobei, and the ghostly Lady Wakasa.  
	Answer:  _"Ugetsu Monogatari"_  (can also accept simply 
_"Ugetsu"_)

2. Time to see what you know about America's failed experiment, 
the temperance movement.  Identify these anti-alcohol 
organizations, for the designated number of points.
 1. For 5 point, this group, headquartered in Evanston, Illinois, 
is the oldest surviving temperance organization and was dedicated 
to moral persuasion of its members' husbands to stay out of 
saloons.  Carrie Nation was a member.
 	Answer:  The _Women's  Christian  Temperance Union_
( also accept _WCTU_)
2. FTP, this group was the political branch of the temperance 
movement, and it managed to get 2.2% of the electorate for its 
presidential candidate in 1888, John St. John.
 	Answer:  The _Prohibition Party_
3. For fifteen points, it was founded in 1895 to curb liquor 
traffic by obtaining  local and state dry laws under the 
leadership of Methodist Bishop James Cannon.
 	Answer:  The _Anti-Saloon League_

3. Name the following American poets, FTP each:
A.  This U.S. poet born in Pittsburgh, set many of his works in 
modern times, but his sources are mainly from the Bible and 
classical texts.  Name this poet of Tamar and Other Poems and 
Medea.
	Answer:  Robinson _Jeffers_
B.  Born in Rye, N.Y., he wrote the lyrics for One Touch of 
Venus, a musical comedy.  He is best known for the works Hard 
Lines and You Can't Get There From Here.
	Answer:  Ogden _Nash_
C.  Born in Saginaw, Michigan, his first book of verse appeared 
in 1941.
He wrote Open House, The Far Field, and won a Pulitzer for The 
Waking.
	Answer:  Theodore _Roethke_

4. Name the biblical character found in the book of Joshua from 
description, FTP each:
A.  Only he and Joshua provided favorable reports among the 12 
spies sent into Canaan.
	Answer: Caleb
B.  This man's stealing of valuables from Jericho led to the 
Israelites being routed at Ai.  He and his entire family were 
swallowed up by the earth as punishment.
	Answer: Achan
C.  This prostitute aided Israelite spies and was spared when the 
Israelites attacked Jericho.
	Answer: Rahab

5. Prove your ability to defend your home against U.N. aggression 
by answering the following questions about the manufacture of 
explosives according to the U.S. Army Improvised Munitions 
Handbook.
1. FTP, identify the reactive compound contained in the 
fertilizer used in making fertilizer-fuel explosives.  
	Answer: _Ammonium Nitrate_
2. To increase the yield of your fertilizer bombs, you can add a 
bronzing powder made from this element and commonly available at 
paint stores. FTP, name this element. 
	Answer: _Aluminum_
3. You can produce red or white powder propellant for your small 
caliber weapons by mixing rust, white sugar, water, and what, 
FTP,  granulated compound?  
	Answer: _Potassium Nitrate_

6.  The River Danube rises in Germany, and flows into the Black 
Sea on the border between Romania and Ukraine.  In between, it 
passes through or borders 6 other nations.  For 5 points each, 
name them.
	Answer: _Austria_, _Slovakia_, _Hungary_, _Croatia_, 
_Yugoslavia_, _Bulgaria_

7.   Answer these questions about the Carolingian empire of the 
Franks FTP each:
A.  This mayor of the palace, son of Charles Martel, and father 
of Charlemagne became king of the Franks in 751 and founded the 
Carolingian dynasty.
	Answer:  _Pepin the Short_
B.  This son of Charlemagne, named for his religious virtue, 
succeeded Charlemagne as Emperor in 814.  Deposed by Lothar I in 
833, he was restored the next year and died in 840.
	Answer:  _Louis the Pious_
C.  In 843, the Frankish Empire was divided amongst Charlemagne's 
grandsons in a treaty made in this city, now in modern day 
France.
	Answer:  _Verdun_

8.  Identify these major figures of Indian literature FTP each:
A.  Considered the greatest Bengali novelist, this 19th century 
author's semi-historical novels were inspired by Sir Walter 
Scott, and include Anandamath (Abbey of Bliss) and Durgesnandini 
(The Chieftain's Daughter).  He also published an influential 
political newspaper, "Bangadarshan".
	Answer: Bankam Chandra _Chatterjee_
B.  The death of his wife, son, and daughter inspired some of the 
finest poetry of this Bengali, including "Gitanjali", and his 
poem "Jana Gana Mana" became India's national anthem.  Awarded 
knighthood in 1915, he surrendered it as a protest against the 
Amritsar Massacre.
	Answer: Rabindranath _Tagore_
C.  This legendary sage of the 16th century B.C. is alleged to 
have dictated the Mahabarata to his scribe Ganesha, the elephant 
god.
	Answer: _Vyasa_ 

9.  Name the following philosophers, FTP each:
A.  This French philosopher saw the world as a struggle between 
man's life force and the material.  Winner of the 1927 Nobel 
Prize in Literature, his works include Time and Free Will and 
Laughter.
	Answer:  Henri _Bergson_
B.  This German philosopher is famed as the founder of the 
Phenomenological movement.  His most famous works include Ideas: 
General Introduction to Pure Phenomenology and Cartesian 
Meditations.
	Answer:  Edmund _Husserl_
C.  This 20th century Indian philosopher was adopted by Annie 
Besant, who proclaimed him as a new messiah, a claim he later 
renounced.  Author of The Urgency of Change and The Awakening of 
Intelligence, he may be best known today as an influence on the 
musical group Live {lyve} .
	Answer: Jiddu _Krishnamurti_

10.  Answer the following questions about U.S.-Cuban relations 
FTP each:
A.  Congress" declaration of war against Spain on April 20, 1898 
contained this provision which declared that the United States 
had no intention of exercising sovereignty over Cuba.
	Answer:  _Teller Amendment_
B.  Fearing the imperial designs of Germany, Congress passed this 
amendment to an army appropriations bill in 1901.  It gave the 
U.S. the right to intervene in Cuba to "maintain order", to lease 
land for naval bases and barred Cuba from making treaties that 
would give another nation power over its affairs.
	Answer:  _Platt Amendment_
C.  In 1934, the U.S. signed a treaty with Cuba abrogating the 
Platt Amendment as part of this policy formulated by Hoover and 
Roosevelt to refrain from intervention in Latin America.
	Answer:  _Good Neighbor_ Policy

11.  Answer the following general questions about biochemistry, 
for the stated number of points:
A.  For 5 points each, identify the general class of biological 
macromolecule which can be detected by the following techniques: 
1) Northern blotting				Answer: RNA
2) Southern blotting				Answer: DNA
3) Western blotting.				Answer: proteins
B.  For 5 points each, name the type of enzymes which relieve DNA 
supercoiling prior to DNA replication, and the type of enzymes 
which separate the parent strands prior to replication.
	Answer: _topoisomerases_; _helicases_
C.  For 5, DNA is synthesized in the 3' to 5' (read: 3 prime to 5 
prime) direction in short pieces called what?
	Answer:  _Okazaki fragments_ 

12.  Identify the 17th century painters for the stated number of 
points:
A.  5: "The Water Seller of Seville" and "The Surrender of Breda" 
are works by this man, Philip IV's court painter.
	Answer:  Diego _Velazquez_
B.  10:  This Frenchman, named "First Painter" by Louis XIII, had 
a deep interest in matters religious and mythological, as seen in 
"The Death of Germanicus" and "The Adoration of the Golden Calf". 
 	Answer:  Nicolas _Poussin_
C.  15:  This French Caravaggist is known for his scientific 
scrutiny of the effects of candlelight, as seen in his paintings, 
"Joseph the Carpenter" and "St. Irene Mourning St. Sebastian".
	Answer:  Georges de _la Tour_ 

13.  Name the following men from French history, FTP each:
A.  This French marshal fought at Waterloo, and was sent by the 
Bourbons to stop Napoleon's return to Paris at the beginning of 
Napoleon's 100 days.  Napoleon called him the bravest of the 
brave at Friedland (1807).
	Answer:  Michel _Ney_
B.  Upon becoming controller general, he reformed the Taille and 
terminated the financier's plunder of the treasury.  He was the 
French Minister of Finance to Louis XIV.
	Answer:  Jean Baptiste _Colbert_
C.  In his account of the king's finances, he disguised a large 
deficit to encourage French participation in the American 
Revolution.  He was the finance minister under Louis XVI of 
France.
	Answer:  Jacques _Necker_

14. Name the following English literary works.  15 points awarded 
on the first clue, 5 on the second.
A.  15:  In this novel, Higgs, the narrator, discovers a country, 
whose name identifies the book.  The country's inhabitants 
worship the goddess Ypgrun.
5: This Samuel Butler work describes a society where the sick are 
imprisoned and criminals are hospitalized, and  is an anagram for 
"nowhere".
	Answer:  Erewhon
B.  15:  In this poem, this wife of Collatinus is revered as the 
most chaste woman in all of Rome.  She is raped by Sextus 
Tarquinius, the king's son. 
5: This poem of Shakespeare was based on Ovid's tale of this 
woman.
	Answer:  The _Rape of Lucrece_

15.  Given a description, name the psychiatrist FTP each:
A.  This Swiss psychiatrist's autobiography is Memories, Dreams, 
Reflections (1961).  He is best known for his concepts of 
introversion and extroversion.
	Answer: Carl _Jung_
B.  Considered one of the founders of the anti-psychiatry 
movement, this Scotsman believed that mental illness was an 
individual experience within a specific social context, 
especially the family context.  Thus, mental illness was a valid 
response to a particular experience.  His works The Divided Self 
(1959) and Sanity, Madness, and the Family (1964) espoused this 
radical views on mental illness and influenced family therapy.
	Answer:  Ronald D. _Laing_
C.  A contemporary of Ronald Laing, this Hungarian-American 
criticized the diagnosis and treatment of schizophrenia.  In his 
The Myth of Mental Illness, published in 1961, he developed the 
view that psychologists were agents of social control who labeled 
people who did not conform to society's norms as insane and used 
their power to have them committed unjustly to mental 
institutions.
	Answer:  Thomas _Szasz_

16. Given a topological description, name the type set described, 
FTP each:
1. Every open cover has a finite subcover.
	Answer: _Compact_
2. Every point in the set has a neighborhood which is also 
contained in the set.
	Answer: _Open_
3. A path connected set in which every closed loop can be 
continuously deformed to a point while staying in the set.  
	Answer: _Simply Connected_ (Wrong: "Connected")

17. Name the following jazz singers who first hit it big in the 
1940's, for 15 points each:
1.  He started out as a trumpeter and band leader.  His 1945 
album "Mr. B and the Band" helped define the "bop" sound in jazz. 
 After his band disbanded, he became a ballad singer, and had a 
big hit with "At Long Last Love."  He was nominated for a Grammy 
award in 1987 for his vocal album with Benny Carter.
	Answer:  Billy _Eckstine_
2. She sang with big bands in Chicago in the 1930's, but got her 
big break singing with Gene Krupa during the 1940's.  She also 
hooked up with Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman, producing hits 
well into the 1950's with albums such as "Drummer Man" (with Gene 
Krupa) and the single "You'd be so Nice to Come Home to." 
	Answer:  Anita _O'Day_

18. Given a description, name the class of sub-atomic particles 
being described, for the stated number of points.
1. 10 pts: These particles don't experience the strong nuclear 
force. 
Examples are the electron and the neutrino.
	Answer: _Lepton_s
2. 5 pts: These particles are made up of quarks, and therefore do 
experience the strong force.
	Answer: _Hadron_s
3. 15 pts: Particles in this subclass of the hadrons are composed 
of three quarks each.
	Answer: _Baryon_s

19. Name the American author based on clues, 30-20-10
30: Since her death in 1947, none of her works has been filmed or 
televised, due to a stipulation in her will forbidding 
adaptation, which was inspired by the butchery of her novel "A 
Lost Lady" as a silent film.
 20: She won the Pulitzer prize for fiction in 1923 for "One of 
Ours" 10: Although she was born in Virginia, her family settled 
in Red Cloud, Nebraska, which inspired her tales of the frontier.
	Answer:  Willa _Cather_

20. International hockey of the early 1980's was dominated by the 
Soviet Union with its vaunted KLM line, regarded by many to be 
the greatest 5-man combination ever to play hockey.  Two of the 
five are currently in the NHL playing on the same team, and 
another won the Calder Trophy in 1990 at the age of 32.  For 5 
points each for the first two, and 10 points each for the last 
two, name any 4 of the 5 members of the KLM line.  
	Answer: Vladimir _Krutov_, Igor _Larionov_, Sergei 
_Makarov_, Vyacheslav_Fetisov_, Alexei _Kasatonov_

21.  Identify these terms from economics all beginning with the 
letter "p" FTP each: 
A.  Named for the British scholar who propounded it, it states 
that work expands to fill the time available for its completion.
	Answer:  _Parkinson's Law_
B.  This is a system of forced labor based on worker debt.  An 
example would be an employer forcing employees to buy goods at 
inflated prices from employer-owned stores, thereby incurring 
debt on the part of the workers and compelling them to continue 
working for their employer.
	Answer:  _peonage_
C.  This is defined as incorporating features into a product that 
will go out of favor quickly, thereby inducing a consumer to buy 
a new version of the product., such as placing sweeping tailfins 
on an automobile.
	Answer:  _planned obsolescence_

22.  Identify the following meteorological winds, FTP each:
A.  This is the hot, wet southerly wind which arises in the 
Sahara, crosses the Mediterranean Sea, and ends in Europe.
	Answer:  Sirocco
B.  This is the cold north wind found in Italy.
	Answer:  Tramontane
C.  This strong north wind is found in Europe's Alps.
	Answer:  Bise

23. Convexity is a beautiful thing (to a mathematician). Answer 
the following questions about convex analysis, FTP each.
1. What rule states that for a convex function, any line segment 
joining two points on the graph of the function lies on or above 
the graph of the function?  
	Answer: _Jensen_'s Rule
2. A twice-differentiable function is said to be strictly convex 
if its Hessian matrix enjoys what property?
	Answer: _Positive definite_ness  (NOT positive semi-
definite!)
3. If a function is not convex but has convex level sets, it is 
said to enjoy this approximate form of convexity.  
	Answer: _Quasi_convexity

24.  Given a state of Germany, name that state's capital, 5 
points each.
1. Bavaria
	Answer: _Munich_ or _Muenchen_
2. Schleswig-Holstein
	Answer: _Kiel_
3. Saxony
	Answer: _Dresden_
4. Brandenburg
	Answer: _Potsdam_
5. Baden-Wuerttenburg
	Answer: _Stuttgart_
6. Lower Saxony
	Answer: _Hannover_

25.  Name the painter from works, 30-20-10:
A.  The Cafe au Lait, The Louvre from Pont Neuf
B.   Crystal Palace, London, The Hermitage at Pontoise
C.  Place du Theatre Francaise, The Red Roofs, View of a Village 
in
Winter
	Answer: Camille _Pissarro_

26.  Given an event in western history, name the Dynasty which 
ruled China at that time, 5 points each, and a bonus 5 for all 
correct.
1. Michelangelo paints the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
	Answer: _Ming_
2. Hannibal defeats Romans under Quintus Fabius at Cannae.
	Answer: _Chin_ or _Qin_  (pronounced the same)
3. Muhammad dies.
	Answer: _Tang_
4. Edmund Halley published Newton's _Principia_ 
	Answer: _Ching_ or _Manchu_ 
5. The 10th Crusade fails yet again to establish any lasting 
Christian state in the Levant.
	Answer: _Yuan_

27.  Name the famous American, 30-20-10:
30.  A delegate to the first Hague peace conference, he lectured 
on naval history at the Naval War College in Newport, and became 
its president.  
20.  His ideas greatly influenced Teddy Roosevelt.  Graduating 
from the Naval Academy in 1859, he later served in the Civil and 
Spanish-American Wars.
10.  He is most famous for his two works, The influence of Sea 
Power upon the French Revolution and The Influence of Sea Power 
upon History.
	Answer:  Alfred Thayer _Mahan_

28. Name the work of art from the clues, 30-20-10:
30:  Included in the exacting details portrayed in this work are 
42 different plant species, and an angel who plays the chord C-G-
E on a portable organ.  
20:  This work also includes portraits of its donors, Joos Vijd 
(yoos veed) and Elisabeth Borluut, as well as a rendition of St. 
Livinus, the patron saint of the city the work was painted for.
10:  Among this polyptych's panels are a painting of a statue of 
St. John, and one called "the Just Judges", which were stolen in 
the 1930's.
	Answer:  the _Ghent Alterpiece_  (also accept _Adoration of 
the Mystic Lamb Alterpiece_)

1.	Name the saints, given a description, for the stated number of 
points each:

29.  Given some short stories, name the author, FFP each, with a 
bonus 5 for all correct:
A.  "Hills Like White Elephants", "A Clean Well-Lighted Place"
	Answer: Ernest _Hemingway_
B.  "A Lady with a Dog"; "Ward Number 6"; "An Anonymous Story"
	Answer: Anton _Chekhov_
C.  "For Esme"With Love and Squalor"; "A Perfect Day for 
Bananafish"
	Answer: J.D. _Salinger_
D.  "The Shadow Line"; "The Secret Sharer"
	Answer: Joseph _Conrad_
E.  "The Rich Boy"; "Absolution"
	Answer: F. Scott _Fitzgerald_

30. Answer these questions about third parties in the U.S. for 
the stated number of points:
A.  (5 points)  This party was organized in 1876 to campaign for 
an expanded supply of paper money.  It elected fourteen members 
to Congress in 1878, one of whom, James Weaver, would be the 
party's presidential candidate in 1880.
	Answer: _Greenback_ Party
B.  (10 points)  Formed in 1968 by followers of Gov. George 
Wallace of Alabama, this party ran Wallace as its presidential 
candidate in 1968, winning five southern states and 13 percent of 
the popular vote.  The party split in 1969 and by 1976, Wallace 
had returned to the Democrats. 
	Answer:  _American Independent_ Party
C.  (15 points)  Founded in Albany, New York in 1840, this 
abolitionist party ran James Birney as a presidential candidate, 
but received only 7,000 votes.  After gaining the backing of 
abolitionists such as Salmon P. Chase, Birney received 62,000 
votes in 1844, and it was a key party in many local races.  It 
split in 1848, with many supporters going on to for the Free Soil 
Party.
	Answer:  _Liberty_ Party