Boston Summer Open Round 9 Questions by Mark Coen et al TOSSUPS 1. Commissioned for $125,000 in 1936, the plans were drawn from memory in two hours when the owner paid the architect a surprise visit. The bedrooms are small, the windows lack screens, and the slate floors make it cold in winter. As art, its 62 foot long reinforced concrete terrace over a stream shows its embrace of nature, as does the main floor's fireplace, whose hearth was hewn from a boulder originally on site. For 10 points, name this Pennsylvania house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright? answer: _Fallingwater_ 2. Italy, Japan, Sweden, Finland, Mexico and Australia competed in the inaugural tournament. They each played three games under NCAA rules, leading to a title game on July 4th. Mexico looked like the favorite after winning games by 54-0 and 89-0 scores, but Japan beat them in the final on an overtime score by tight end Nachi Abe (AH-bay). For 10 points, name this tournament, many of whose players may be found in NFL Europe. answer: _World Cup of American Football_ 3. Honore de Balzac said it was "the novel that Machiavelli would write if he were living banished from Italy in the 19th century." Its most memorable characters may be the hero's beguiling aunt, the Duchess of Sanseverina, and her lover Count Mosca, who both plan to advance the hero's political career while said hero fights in Napoleon's army. For 10 points, name this novel concerning young aristocrat Fabrizio del Dongo, written by Stendhal. answer: The _Charterhouse of Parma_ 4. Its two goals are "to restore American jurisprudence to its Biblical premises" and "to limit the federal government to its Constitutional limits." Founded on Labor Day weekend in 1992, it received recognition as a national party from the Federal Election Commission in 1995. You can get info by calling 1-800-2-VETO-IRS. FTP, name this political party founded by Howard Phillips which hopes to gain New Hampshire Senator Bob Smith as a member. answer: _U.S. Taxpayers_ Party 5. They were largely the inspiration of James Farmer. The first ones began on May 4, 1961, eventually ending short of their goal on May 14 in Birmingham. Robert Kennedy sent 500 U.S. Marshals to Alabama to help maintain order along their routes. It is thought that overall, about a thousand people participated in twelve of these events. For 10 points, name these events that were used to help end segregation in Southern interstate bus terminals. answer: _Freedom Rides_ 6. It contains outstanding national parks such as Jasper, Waterton Lakes and Wood Buffalo. It is believed to have some of the richest oil deposits in the world, notably in the tar beds of the Athabasca River, and its coal beds contain about half of Canada's known reserves. For 10 points, what is this province lying between Saskatchewan and British Columbia? answer: _Alberta_ 7. In the 1800s a soldier named Charles Barbier invented a system called 'night writing.' 'Night writing' had originally been designed so that soldiers could pass instructions along trenches at night without having to talk and give their positions away. The system was too complex for soldiers to master but it was later simplified by a more famous Frenchman, whose name this writing system bears today. For 10 points, name this method of communicating with the vision impaired. answer: _braille_ 8. It was written in response to pagan claims that the sack of Rome by barbarians in 410 was a consequence of the abolition of pagan worship by Christian emperors. The author held that Christianity was all that saved the city from complete destruction and that Rome's fall was the result of internal moral decay. For 10 points, name this philosophical treatise written in the fifth century by St. Augustine. answer: The _City of God_ 9. A market with hundreds of small firms would have an index approaching zero, while a single-firm monopoly would have an index of 10,000. 1800 is said to be high and is approximated by a market in which the top 4 firms have a market share of about 50%. The moderate range begins at about 1000. For 10 points, name this measure of market concentration determined by adding the squares of the individual market shares of all competing firms. answer: _Herfindahl-Hirschman Index_ or _HHI_ 10. The statue of Stalin at his tomb gave the author the idea to give this book's main character smooth hands. One influence for the character was Juan Vicente Gomez, dictator in Venezuela when the author lived in Caracas. The book has six chapters, each one paragraph long; the last chapter is one long sentence. The narrative bounces from minor characters to the unnamed dictator, who suffers from a buzzing in his ears. For 10 points, name this 1975 book which was also influenced by Gustavo Pinilla in Columbia, the home of author Gabriel Garcia Marquez. answer: _Autumn of the Patriarch_ 11. The first says that the moon rotates uniformly about its own axis once in the same time it takes to revolve around the Earth. The second states that the moon is tilted at a constant angle to the ecliptic. The third posits that the ascending node of the lunar orbit always coincides with the descending node of the lunar equator. These are, for 10 points, what lunar laws formulated in 1693 and named for the Italian astronomer who devised them? answer: _Cassini's_ Laws 12. The boyar ones were held from the 10th to the 17th centuries, while the city ones were held from 1785 to 1917. The first state one was formed in 1906, based on part of the October Manifesto. Four were held from 1906 to 1917, with the fourth forming a provisional government that accepted the abdication of Czar Nicholas II. For 10 points, name this body that today, along with the State Assembly, makes up the legislature of Russia. answer: Gosudarstvennaya _Duma_ 13. Allowed to marry Lord Walton's daughter, Arturo finds that the widow of Charles I is captive in Walton's fortress. He uses his fiancee's wedding dress to sneak the queen out. Elvira, thinking her true love gone, goes mad. Her former suitor and her uncle swear to avenge her. Arturo returns to Elvira but is captured. Before he's executed, word comes that the Stuarts have lost and all political prisoners are to go free. This is the plot to, for 10 points, what opera by Vincenzo Bellini? answer: _I Puritani_ 14. Native American lore often categorizes this figure as the creator, but also as a messenger, culture hero, fool, and transformer. In human form he can meet and talk to the animal of the same name. Crow and other Plains tribes credit him as creator, both of things and names of things. Chelan myth puts him at the head of all animals, while Pacific Northwest tribes mostly use him as a messenger. Mainly he is a trickster, both justly and not. For 10 points, what figure apparently also has the power to play hockey in Phoenix? answer: _Coyote_ 15. A ward of Pericles and a pupil of Socrates, he aided Agis the First of Sparta before fleeing to Persia in 413. Recalled to Athens, he won a brilliant naval victory in 410 and recovered Byzantium in 408, but he was blamed unjustly for the Athenian defeat of Notium in 406 and Lysander had him killed. For 10 points, name the Athenian general who led the Sicilian campaign before being falsely accused of sacrilege. answer: _Alcibiades_ 16. Although he was best known by another profession this man was an accomplished writer; his works include "The Hoax of the Spirit Lover" and "Imprisoned with the Pharoahs," the latter of which was ghostwritten by H.P. Lovecraft. In his early days he called himself "Eric the Great" and "The King of Cards." It was not until reading "Memoirs of Robert Houdin" [HOW-din] that he adopted the name he is known as today. For 10 points, name this lock picker, escape artist, and magician. answer: Harry _Houdini_ or Ehrich _Weiss_ 17. They can be synthesized from Friedel-Crafts acylations, by ozonolysis of alkenes, or from oxidations of secondary alcohols. Ylides can be added to them via the Wittig reaction and hydrazones can be formed via the Wolff-Kishner reaction. For 10 points, name this class of compounds which can tautomerize into the enol form and is often associated with aldehydes. answer: _ketones_ 18. "Rise up - for you the flag is hung - for you the bugle trills, For you bouquets and ribboned wreaths - for you the shores a-crowding, For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning; Here Captain! dear father! This arm beneath your head! It is some dream that on the deck, You've fallen cold and dead." These lines come from, for 10 points, what poem by Walt Whitman? answer: _O Captain! My Captain!_ 19. In 1653 he married Caterina Bolones, who would bear him eleven children, and in the same year he was admitted master painter to the guild of St. Luke. Apart from a few portraits, _The Allegory of Faith_, _The Procuress_, _Christ in the House of Martha and Mary_, and two views of Delft, his birthplace, he confined himself to the interiors of his own house. For 10 points, name this Dutch painter best known for _Woman Holding a Balance_ and _The Letter_. answer: Jan _Vermeer_ 20. At 16,076 feet, it is the highest peak in its range. Neighboring mountains include Mt. Shinn and Mt. Gardiner, both of which are over 15,000 feet high. Summer climbing sees temperatures rarely over -20 degrees Fahrenheit, but little snow. Named for a Georgia Congressman, it was first summited in 1966, the last of the seven continents' highest points to be conquered. For 10 points, name this mountain located 600 miles from the South Pole, Antarctica's highest peak. answer: Mount _Vinson_ Massif 21. Of the phosphate-bearing crystals, these are the most abundant. With a general formula of Ca5(PO4)3- ["C-A-5, P-O-4, minus 3"], they also bond with fluorine, chlorine or a hydroxide group. Generally they are in a hexagonal crystal system. They are brittle and usually green or brown, but occasionally blue, red or colorless. For 10 points, name this crystal which should not be confused with one's desire for food. answer: _apatite_ Boston Summer Open Round 9 Questions by Mark Coen et al BONUSES 1. 30-20-10. Name the physicist given clues. A. After World War I, he collaborated with Carl Jung in investigation of the subconscious origins of scientific creativity and the parallels between analytical psychology and quantum physics. B. In 1931, he suggested the simultaneous production of an uncharged particle of low mass during beta decay. C. He won the 1945 Nobel Prize for the concept that no two electrons may share like quantum numbers. answer: Wolfgang _Pauli_ 2. Name these figures from the First Crusade for 10 points each: A. This Pope gave the speech at a public session of the Council of Clermont which started the crusade. answer: _Urban_ the _Second_ B. He tried to talk Bohemond the First into returning Antioch to Alexius but failed. He also refused the crusader crown of Jerusalem, which went to Godfrey of Bouillon. He was one of the few nobles not to take a principality for himself from the crusade. answer: _Raymond_ of Toulouse C. As the crusade was technically a pilgrimage, the various nobles who hoped to lead it were rebuffed in favor of this cleric, whom Urban named as its papal legate, a role which gave him little actual control. answer: Bishop _Adhemar_ 3. When Andre Agassi won the French Open on June 6, 1999, he became only the fifth man to win all four Grand Slam events in his career. The last time this happened was in the 1960s. For 10 points each, name any three of the four men who share Agassi's accomplishment. answer: Don _Budge_ Roy _Emerson_ Rod _Laver_ Fred _Perry_ 4. Name the Egyptian deity from a description for 10 points each: A. This goddess protected cats and their care-givers and was usually represented in cat form. She was often worshipped as a consort of Ptah. answer: _Bast_ B. Son of Shu and Tefnut and the brother and husband of Nuit, he was the god of the earth. Represented by the goose, he often appeared with black or green skin. answer: _Geb_ or _Seb_ C. The god of wisdom and consort of Ma'at, goddess of truth. He fathered 8 kids, including Amen [AH-men]. He was often depicted with the head of an ibis, carrying a pen and scrolls to record events. answer: _Thoth_ or _Tahuti_ 5. Given ending lines from a Poe story, name the story for 10 points each: A. "Against the new masonry I re-erected the old rampart of bones. For the half of a century no mortal has disturbed them. In pace requiescat!" answer: The _Cask of Amontillado_ B. "It was in the companionship and sympathy of a devoted wife, that Ellison thought to find, and found, an exemption from the ordinary cares of Humanity, with a far greater amount of positive happiness than ever glowed in the rapt day-dreams of De Stael." answer: The _Landscape Garden_ C. "But of late, it is a rare thing that I sleep soundly at night. There is a countenance which haunts me, turn as I will. There is an hysterical laugh which will forever ring within my ears." answer: The _Oblong Box_ 6. Identify these related things for 10 points each: A. Completed in 1763, this octagonal site in Paris was once named for Louis XV. Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, and thousands of others lost their heads to the guillotine there. You would currently find the Obelisk of Luxor there. answer: Place de la _Concorde_ B. The Aletsch glacier and several other glaciers, run into each other at this location in Switzerland. answer: Place de la _Concorde Suisse_ or _Concordia Platz_ C. This essayist and 1999 Pulitzer Prize winner wrote a book on the Swiss military entitled _Place de la Concorde Suisse_? answer: John _McPhee_ 7. Given a character and a play, tell me what noble title the character held and for what land for 5 points per answer. For example, if I said Don Pedro in Much Ado About Nothing, you'd reply Prince of Aragon. A. Orsino in Twelfth Night. answer: _Duke_ of _Illyria_ B. Solinus in The Comedy of Errors. answer: _Duke_ of _Ephesus_ C. Bollingbroke in Richard II. answer: _Duke_ of _Hereford_ 8. Given the rough definition of a word that cannot be literally translated into English, name it for 10 points each: A. This German word denotes a sadness or weariness which makes life unbearable. In literary tradition, it is most often suffered by young people of wealthy parentage. answer: _Weltschmerz_ [VELT-schmairtz] B. This Swedish word is a sympathetic expression of someone in pain or at the bad end of something, sort of a combo of "ouch" and "sorry". It's a popular word put on kitschy Swedish crap. answer: _Uffda_ [OOF-da] C. This Italian word, literally meaning "little envelope," is used to describe a cash bribe made to further business goals. answer: _Bustarella_ 9. For 10 points each, name artists of these altarpieces: A. San Zeno Altarpiece. answer: Andrea _Mantegna_ B. Castelfranco Altarpiece. answer: _Giorgione_ C. The Elevation of the Cross, found in Antwerp Cathedral. answer: Peter Paul _Reubens_ 10. Identify these unrelated things from the headline news of a week ago for 10 points each: A. Japan began importing this precious item for the first time in over a decade. answer: _ivory_ B. Desi Bouterse, convicted in absentia on cocaine charges, used to be the dictator of this South American country. answer: _Suriname_ C. 695 students in California will have to retake this test after Federal Express mysteriously lost their answer sheets. answer: _Scholastic Aptitude Test_ or _SAT_ 11. Name these men who studied the psychology of learning, 5-10-15. A. For 5 points, this Greek "armchair theorist" laid out in _De Anima_ the three laws which account for the manner in which associations are made in the mind: the laws of Contiguity, Similarity and Contrast. answer: _Aristotle_ B. For 10 points, he worked out the principles of second- and third-order conditioning, trace reflex, delayed reflex, reinforcement and inhibition of reflex. answer: Ivan _Pavlov_ C. For 15 points, this man worked with William James at Harvard, using problem boxes or mazes to determine how cats and dogs learn. His three major laws are those of Readiness, Exercise and Effect. answer: Richard Lee _Thorndike_ 12. The end of the NBA season usually means a game of coaching musical chairs. Name these coaches or teams on a 5-10-5-10 basis. A. For 5 points, this man will try to bring harmony to the Lakers. answer: Phil _Jackson_ B. For 10 points, this notoriously gawky former Laker and Knick had been interim coach of the Lakers before Jackson's hiring. answer: Kurt _Rambis_ C. For 5 points, after failing to lure Isiah Thomas to the sidelines, this club has given the reins to Garfield Heard. One can only hope Heard fares better than Jim Lynam and Bernie Bickerstaff did. answer: _Washington_ _Wizards_ D. For 10 points, this former point guard was an All-Star a decade ago with the Atlanta Hawks. He's left TNT to succeed Chuck Daly in Orlando. answer: Glenn "Doc" _Rivers_ 13. We all know that Mary and Joseph were the parents of Jesus. For 10 points per answer: A. According to early Christian documents, who are Mary's human parents? answer: St. _Anne_, _Joachim_ B. What pope, in his bull Ineffabilis Deus, made belief in Mary's Immaculate Conception required belief for all Catholics? answer: Pope _Pius IX_ ("the Ninth") 14. Out of the 206 bones in the human body, there is only one that is not connected to any other bone. For 10 points each: A. Name it. answer: _hyoid_ B. The hyoid is connected to several muscles, but serves as the main anchor for this muscular organ. answer: the _tongue_ C. At the ends of the hyoid bone are the greater and lesser of these horny protuberances which help connect the bone to various muscles. answer: _cornua_ 15. This fighting unit's leader was an Ohio native who started out in the Confederate army in Missouri. For 10 points each: A. Name this outfit named for its leader, which became regular CSA troops in August 1862, best known for its sack of Lawrence, Kansas on August 21 1863. answer: _Quantrill's_ Raiders B. In October 1863, Quantrill's Raiders surprised a group of Union soldiers in this other Kansas city, killing 90 soldiers. answer: _Baxter Springs_ C. Four sons of this family, who ganged up with Frank and Jesse James after the war, served with the Raiders. answer: The _Younger_ Brothers 16. Name the African rivers from descriptions for 10 points each: A. Rising in the Drakensberg Mountains, it runs 1400 miles westward to the Atlantic and forms most of the border between South Africa and Namibia. answer: _Orange_ B. Seven hundred miles long, it flows out of the Cristal Range and runs northwest into the Atlantic. It is the chief river of Gabon. answer: _Ogooue_ [oh-GO-wa] C. A tributary of the Niger, it starts in the Adamawa Mountains in Cameroon. The Mayo-Kebbi River joins its system to that of Lake Chad during the rainy season. Its name sounds similar to that of a sex toy used to train vaginal muscles. answer: _Benue_ [ban-WAH] 17. Name these terms regarding faults in the earth's crust for 10 points each: A. This is the angle of inclination of the fault plane from the horizontal plane. answer: _dip_ B. This is the actual line along which the fault runs, in relation to the horizontal plane. answer: _strike_ C. Depressed, fault-bounded blocks of crust are known as these. The Ottawa and Rhine valleys consist of several multi-kilometer examples. answer: _graben_ 18. Identify the about the play _Hippolytus_ for 10 points each: A. Its author. answer: _Euripedes_ B. The title character is devoted to the worship of this goddess which requires that he remain celibate. She eventually establishes a cult in his honor. answer: _Artemis_ C. Aphrodite forced this woman, Hippolytus's stepmother, to fall in love with her stepson. It eventually drove her to suicide. Eugene O'Neill and Seneca would later retell her story. answer: _Phaedra_ 19. Answer these following about Aragon for 10 points each: A. From 1076 to 1134, Aragon formed a union with what French region? answer: _Navarre_ B. Conquered by Peter III in 1282, it was ceded by James II in 1295 in return for the unified crown of Aragon. What island, reclaimed by Peter IV in 1377, was ruled by Spain or associated rulers until the 19th century? answer: _Sicily_ C. Even after Spain unified, Aragon maintained an autonomous parliment and administration until their constitutional rights were abrogated by what king? answer: _Philip V_ 20. Kabbalah: it's not just for Madonna anymore. Answer these questions about this mystical Judaic study for 10 points each: A. The ten of these, which are considered "divine numbers" or "intermediate emanations." help define the relationship between God and man. When combined with the letters of the Hebrew alphabet, the Kabbalah says they help reveal the nature of God. answer: _Sefirot_ B. Dating to the 12th century, this work states that the sefirot were instrumental in the creation of the universe. It also introduces the transmigration of souls and some mystical symbolism to Judaism. answer: _Book of Brightness_ or Sefer-ha-_Bahir_ C. A collection of prior thought and new ideas by Moses de Leon, it helped to bring together several lines of Kaballah. In order to make the work seem more steeped in tradition, de Leon credited it to second century rabbi Simon ben Yohei. answer: _Book of Splendour_ or Sefer-ha-_Zohar_