WILDCAT INVITATIONAL 2003
ROUND 2

TOSSUPS

1. The director appears in this film as a police informer whose information leads to the climax, but his more important contributions involve his revolutionary use of jump cuts and overlapping dialogue. It stars a boxer turned actor named Jean-Paul Belmondo as Michel, a petty street thief who models himself on Humphrey Bogart. When he kills a cop while stealing a car, he hides out in Paris with his American girlfriend, who eventually betrays him. FTP, what is this classic New Wave film directed by Jean-Luc Godard?
	Answer: Breathless (or A bout de souffle) 

2. The “anti” version of this effect occurs when the mechanism involves free radicals. A typical example of the normal version is the production of 2-chloropropane when hydrogen chloride adds to propylene. Partially explained by Moris Selig Kharasch, it states that in addition reactions to unsymmetrical alkenes, the electron-rich component of the reagent adds to the carbon atom with fewer hydrogen atoms bound to it. FTP, what is this rule of chemistry named for the Russian who first stated it?
	Answer: Markovnikov’s rule

3. The second of these events was notable for the conspiracies instigated by several powerful women, including Madame de Longueville and the king’s cousin, La Grande Mademoiselle. Their name was first used by Cardinal de Retz, and derived from a boys’ game that used slings. The first resulted from the Parlement’s protest against war taxation, with nobles joining in the fighting and intriguing with Spain until March 1649. The second resulted from the arrest of Conde by Mazarin, and was eventually put down when Turenne returned to the royalist army. FTP, what were these French revolts marked by street fighting in Paris?
	Answer: the Frondes

4. The title character is filled with superstitious dread after refusing the offices of a priest to a dying woman, and later he is fatally shot when mistaken for an intruder. He feigned interest in the two daughters of his old friend Viola to gradually steal the treasure hidden by his dead partner, the cynical French journalist Decoud. This occurred after the ousting of the dictator Ribiera, which prompted Charles Gould to obsess about saving the silver from his mine. FTP, what is this novel by Joseph Conrad?
	Answer: Nostromo

5. In this river’s first principal section, it flows east from its source in the Beskid Mountains to the San River tributary near Sandomierz. It then turns northward and flows in a great arc to the Narew River, after which it turns sharply northeast to enter the Baltic Sea. Flowing 651 miles, it receives such tributaries as the Pilica, Brda, and Bug Rivers. FTP, what is this river, the longest in Poland?
	Answer: Vistula (or Wisla)

6. This star is accompanied by a very faint, 13th magnitude red companion star. Its apparent magnitude of 0.86 makes it the 14th brightest star in the sky. It lies about 50 light-years from the Earth, making it 80 light-years closer than the Hyades, of which it was previously thought to be a member. The fact that it rises after the Pleiades is the reason for its name, which is Arabic for “the Follower”. FTP, what is this alpha star of the constellation Taurus?
	Answer: Aldebaran

7. The Studio is a mature expression of the late work of this painter, who upon seeing Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon said that it appeared Picasso wanted viewers to drink gasoline. Works like The Port of La Ciotat and View from the Hotel Mistral, L’Estaque come from his period as a Fauve, but he later painted innovative canvases like Houses at L’Estaque and The Portuguese, the latter of which was revolutionary for its inclusion of stenciled letters. He is best known for combining the styles of Cezanne and his close friend and collaborator Picasso to develop a new style. FTP, who was this French developer of Cubism?
	Answer: Georges Braque

8. F.S Flint was the lesser-known co-author of this literary movement’s manifesto. Influenced by the theories of T.E. Hulme, they advocated a free choice of subject matter, often dealing with single, concentrated moments of experience, executed using what they called the “musical phrase”. Including such poets as John Gould Fletcher, Richard Aldington, and Hilda Doolittle, its most characteristic feature was the use of concrete symbolism. FTP, what was this early 20th century poetry movement led by Ezra Pound and Amy Lowell?
	Answer: Imagism

9. As chairman of the Committee on Public Lands he framed his namesake Land Act of 1800 that redefined national policy concerning the public domain. The Northwest Territory’s first delegate to Congress, he served as the first governor of Indiana Territory from 1801-12. In 1836 he earn 36.5 percent of the vote and carried 7 states as the Whig Presidential Candidate. FTP, who was this war hero who won the 1840 election but died after a month in office?
	Answer: William Henry Harrison

10. This god was sometimes associated with the baboon, and one myth of his birth holds that he sprung forth from Seth’s head. When Tefnut deserted to Nubia in a dispute with Re, this god was sent to convince her to return. His worship was centered in Hermopolis, and as a lunar deity always had a lunar crescent inscribed on his head, which in his most famous form took the form of an ibis head. FTP, who was this Egyptian god of wisdom?
	Answer: Thoth or Djeheuty

11. Some of their controversial nature stemmed from the phrase ab omni culpa et poena associated with them. The first absolute, or plenary, one was granted in association with the First Crusade by Urban II, and soon thereafter a 40-day one was granted for the building of the great church at Cluny. The Council of Trent abolished them and the quaestors who granted them, in part due to the objections of Martin Luther. Famously issued by Tetzel, FTP, what were these remissions of punishment for sins?
	Answer: indulgences

12. Among this scientist’s more important papers were “Graphical Methods in the Thermodynamics of Fluids” and “On the Equilibrium of Heterogeneous Substances”. He addressed the concentration of components in solutions with his adsorption isotherm. The first recipient of a doctorate in engineering in the United States, his formula P plus F equals C plus 2 is known as his phase rule, but he is better known for the formula H minus TS. FTP, who is this namesake of a type of free energy?
	Answer: Josiah Gibbs

13. This author’s long correspondence with the young girl Jenny Dacquin was published after his death as Letters to an Unknown Girl. He claimed that his first collection of plays, The Theater of Clara Gazul, was actually translated from works by a Spanish actress, the first of a series of literary hoaxes that included his collection of ballads about murder and vampires entitled La Guzla. He established his mastery of the short story with tales of revenge like Colomba and Mateo Falcone. FTP, who was this French author of the novella Carmen?
	Answer: Prosper Merimee

14. Dugald Stewart and Adam Ferguson were leaders of this school of philosophy, which was adopted as the official philosophy of France from 1816 to 1870. Its principal ideas were buttressed in a famous 1925 “defense” written by G.E. Moore, who is considered by many to be their 20th century successor. This school was formed as a reaction to the emphasis on idea by Descartes, Berkeley, and Hume by its leader, Thomas Reid. FTP, what was this school of Scottish philosophers who sought to champion the perceptions of the average person?
	Answer: Scottish Common Sense School

15. The aftermath of this war saw Venetia ceded to Italy as part of the Treaty of Prague. Caused by demands to abolish the German Confederation, it saw initial skirmishing at Custozza. Later, Benedek’s forces were defeated at Koniggratz by Moltke in the major battle of the war, which hastened Bismarck’s plans for German unification. FTP, what was this June-August 1866 war named for its length?
	Answer: Seven Weeks War (or Austro-Prussian War)

16. At the top of this bone, leverage is provided to muscles by its greater and lesser trochanters. Its body is almost cylindrical and slightly curved, and is strengthened by a prominent longitudinal ridge known as the linea aspera. Its lower extremity features a deep notch called the intercondyloid fossa amidst two long eminences known as the condyles, which are separated from each other by a shallow depression called the patellar surface, which connects to the patella. FTP, what is this longest and strongest bone of the human body, found in the upper leg?
	Answer: femur

17. The author discusses the role of imagination in the history of medicine in Volume III, Book III, entitled "The Magnetisers". The first volume includes discussions on the influence of politics and religion on facial hair, the popular admiration for great thieves, and such economics disasters as the Mississippi and South Sea Bubbles, all classified under the heading "National Delusions", while Volume II, "Peculiar Follies", concerns the Crusades,  haunted houses, and witch hunts. FTP, what is this classic 1841 text by Charles MacKay about mass hysteria?
	Answer: Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

18. The opera opens with a prologue in which wits, romantics, and low-brows who are arguing about the best form of entertainment are chased from the stage by ten announcers, who introduce the opera. In it, the jester Truffaldino tries to make the Prince of Clubs laugh to cure his melancholy. The Prince instead laughs at a pratfall of Fata Morgana, who in revenge curses him to be unhappy until he is loved by Ninetta, which he finds in the third of the three title objects. Based on a work by Gozzi,  FTP, what is this farcical opera by Sergei Prokofiev?
	Answer: The Love for Three Oranges (Ljubov k trem Apelsinam)

19. After 250 BC, this state took over policing the seas against pirates from Egypt, but saw its independence ended in 43 BC by the sacking of Cassius. Around 407 BC its three city-states, Camirus, Lindus, and Ialysus, merged to form a single state that thrived due to its excellent location for trade. The unsuccessful siege led by Demetrius I Poliorcetes inspired the construction of its most famous landmark by Chares of Lindus. FTP, what was this island nation off the coast of Turkey known for its colossus?
	Answer: Rhodes

20. The titular line in this story is spoken by the proprietor of Red Sammy's Famous Barbeque during a discourse on the changing times. The central family is taking its children John Wesley and June Star on vacation, despite the protagonist's argument that they should go to east Tennessee instead of Florida. Tragedy strikes when the protagonist's cat Pitty Sing causes Bailey to crash the car, leading to a confrontation with a criminal called The Misfit that leads the Grandmother to realize the error of her ways. FTP, what is this story by Flannery O'Connor? 
Answer: A Good Man is Hard to Find 

WILDCAT INVITATIONAL 2003
ROUND 2

BONUSES

1. FTPE, name these existentialist thinkers.
1. (10 points) Many trace the origins of existentialism to this 19th century author of Either/Or.
	Answer: Soren Kierkegaard
2. (10 points) A leader of the Generation of ’98, this author of Mist, a Tragicomic Novel put forward his ideas on the absurdity of life in works like The Tragic Sense of Life and The Agony of Christianity.
	Answer: Miguel de Unamuno
3. (10 points) This French guy espoused what he called “Christian existentialism” in works like Being and Having, The Mystery of Being, and Creative Fidelity.
	Answer: Gabriel Marcel

2. Answer the following about Napoleon’s 1812 campaign against Russia.
1. (10 points) It occurred during the rule of this czar, the grandson of Catherine the Great whose mysterious death at Taganrog in 1825 sparked the Decembrist uprising.
	Answer: Alexander I
2. (10 points) On September 7, 1812, Napoleon killed General Bagration and 40,000 troops of Commander-in-Chief Mikhail Kutuzov in this battle, but the heroics of General Barclay prevented greater losses, and deterred Napoleon from advancing on Moscow.
	Answer: Borodino
3. (10 points) In November 1812 Napoleon was forced to flee this city due to the battle of the same name, in which Kutuzov won a great victory over Davout and Ney.
	Answer: Smolensk

3. FTPE, name the following about Langston Hughes.
1. (10 points) In this poem, Hughes follows his teacher’s instruction to write a page about himself that is true. After describing aspects of his life, Hughes concludes by observing that he and his instructor are part of each other whether they like it or not.
	Answer: Theme for English B
2. (10 points) Also called “A Dream Deferred”, in this 11-line poem, Hughes discusses some possible results of deferred dreams, finally asking “Does it explode?”
	Answer: Harlem
3. (10 points) Hughes wrote a number of stories about this comic character, a slow-witted man who regularly outsmarts his antagonists.
	Answer: Jesse B. Simple

4. FTPE, name the following compounds.
1. (10 points) The archetypal aromatic hydrocarbon, this compound with formula C6 H6 can be regarded as a resonance hybrid of Kekule and Dewar structures.
	Answer: benzene
2. (10 points) Extracted from crude oil and used for manufacturing TNT, this compound with formula CH3 C6 H5 is derived from benzene by replacing a hydrogen with a methyl group, hence its alternate name methylbenzene.
	Answer: toluene
3. (10 points) When two methyl groups are substituted on the benzene ring, these three isomeric compounds are produced. What is the name for these compounds also known as dimethylbenzenes?
	Answer: xylenes

5. Name these economists from one aspect of their work F15P, or from better-known facts FTP.
1. (15 points) His "Q ratio" gives the market value of a firm's assets divided by their replacement value.
(10 points) Also known for his "portfolio theory" for investment security, he won the Nobel Prize in 1981.
	Answer: James Tobin
2. (15 points) His "U-curve" describes the initial increase and eventual decrease in income inequality in developing economies.
(10 points) Also known for his development of Gross National Product, he won the Nobel in 1971.
	Answer: Simon Kuznets

6. Name these members of the Grant administration, FTPE.
1. (10 points) One of the last scandals of Grant’s administration concerned this Secretary of War who resigned in 1876 for taking bribes from Indian traders on western reservations.
	Answer: William Worth Belknap
2. (10 points) Most of the accomplishments of the administration were due to this secretary of state from 1869-77.
	Answer: Hamilton Fish
3. (10 points) As Speaker of the House from 1863-69, this politician opposed Andrew Johnson’s policies. Grant’s first vice-president, he was ruined by his role in the Credit Mobilier scandal.
	Answer: Schuyler Colfax

7. Name the following about the 16th century vogue for sonnets.
1. (10 points) Although your question writer prefers Thomas Wyatt’s work, this contemporary also wrote early English sonnets, and introduced blank verse to English with his translations of the Aeneid. He was executed soon after his cousin, Catherine Howard.
	Answer: Henry Howard, earl of Surrey
2. (10 points) This sonnet sequence by Philip Sidney concerns his love for Penelope Devereux.
	Answer: Astrophel and Stella
3. (10 points) Spenser’s contribution was this collection of 89 sonnets and four short lyrics concerning his wooing of Elizabeth Boyle.
	Answer: Amoretti

8. FTPE, name these parts of the brain and brain stem.
1. (10 points) Cranial nerves 6-12 leave the brain from this region, an extension within the skull of the upper end of the spinal cord forming the lowest part of the brainstem. It is the major pathway for nerve impulses to enter and leave the skull.
	Answer: medulla oblongata (or myelencephalon)
2. (10 points) This part of the brainstem links the medulla oblongata and the thalamus, and contains numerous nerve tracts between the cerebral cortex and the spinal cord.
	Answer: pons Varolii
3. (10 points) Emerging from the front surface of the pons is this fifth cranial nerve, the largest in the body, which controls the muscles involved in chewing and relays information from the front half of the head.
	Answer: trigeminal nerve

9. Artist, FTPE.
1. (10 points) Works by this artist include Christ as the Man of Sorrows, St. Jerome in His Study, and The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
	Answer: Albrecht Durer
2. (10 points) In this Durer engraving, the winged figure symbolizes both the dangers and satisfactions of an intellectual life. A man is seen in deep thought, while the title is seen on a sign carried by a flying creature.
	Answer: Melancholia I
3. (10 points) Lizards and skulls litter the path of the armored figure on horseback, who is unconcerned by the threat posed by the figure trying to block his path or by the creature with an animal’s head and single horn behind him.
	Answer: Knight, Death, and (the) Devil

10. Stuff about Heimdall, 5-10-15.
1. (5 points) Often called Asbru due to the fact that all the Aesir took part in its construction, this is the rainbow bridge guarded by Heimdall.
	Answer: Bifrost
2. (10 points) Hidden beneath the third root of Yggdrasil, this horn will be used by Heimdall to announce Ragnarok.
	Answer: Gjall or Gjallerhorn
3. (15 points) Heimdall with kill Loki at Ragnarok using this sword.
	Answer: Hofund

11. FTPE, answer the following about all the fussin' and a feudin' that followed the death of Charlemagne. 
1. (10 points) This 1842 oath between Charles the Bald and Louis the German solidified their alliance against Lothair. To be understood, they each made their oath in the language of the other's followers, and Louis' is considered the oldest surviving example of French. 
Answer: Oath of Strasbourg 
2. (10 points) This 843 treaty saw the empire divided between Charles the Bald, Lothair, and Louis the German. 
Answer: Verdun 
3. (10 points) This 870 treaty superceded Verdun, and saw Lothair's land re-divided between Charles and Louis. 
Answer: Mersen 

12. Name these parts of India, FTPE.
1. (10 points) This capital of Maharashtra state is located on Salsette Island, and is the largest city in India.
	Answer: Bombay or Mombai
2. (10 points) Lucknow is the capital of this northern state, the most populous in India.
	Answer: Uttar Pradesh
3. (10 points) Also known as the Great Indian Desert, this extensive desert is found in northwest India and east Pakistan.
	Answer: Thar Desert

13. FTPE, name these South African authors.
1. (10 points) Dostoyevsky is the main character of his historical novel The Master of Petersburg, while Foe retells the Robinson Crusoe story. He is probably best known for Life & Times of Michael K and Disgrace.
	Answer: John Michael Coetzee
2. (10 points) Before her untimely death at age 49, this woman was recognized as one of the great African novelists for works like When Rain Clouds Gather, Maru, and Serowe: The Village of the Rain-Wind.
	Answer: Bessie Head
3. (10 points) This author won the Nobel Prize for novels like July’s People and Burger’s Daughter.
	Answer: Nadine Gordimer

14. FTPE, answer the following about quantum mechanics.
1. (10 points) Symbolized psi, this function is a mathematical expression concerning the coordinates of a particle in space. The square of its absolute value gives the probability of finding a particle near a given point, giving rise to the idea of atomic orbitals.
	Answer: wave function
2. (10 points) The wave function appears in this equation, whose time-independent version states that the Laplace operator of the wave function plus 8 pi squared m times E minus U times the wave function over h squared equals zero.
	Answer: Schrodinger's wave equation
3. (10 points) Particularly useful in calculations of tunneling, this technique for approximating the wave function uses an asymptotic series with ascending powers of Planck's constant, where the first term is derived from Newtonian mechanics.
	Answer: semiclassical approximation (accept Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin approximation)

15. FTPE, name these random composers.
1. (10 points) His book Style and Idea expounds many of the ideas seen in compositions like In Memoriam, Dylan Thomas and Transfigured Night.
	Answer: Arnold Schoenberg
2. (10 points) This dude is almost exclusively known for his Trumpet Voluntary, also known as the Prince of Denmark’s March, although it is sometimes attributed to Purcell.
	Answer: Jeremiah Clarke
3. (10 points) This composer of the oratorio Ruth considered Les beatitudes to be his masterpiece, but he is better known for the Symphony in D minor. Instructor of a generation of French composers as professor of organ at the Conservatory, he died from complications after he was hit by a bus.
	Answer: Cesar Franck

16. Chinese dynasties, FTPE.
1. (10 points) According to tradition, this was the first dynasty, lasting from the 21st-16th centuries BC. Reputedly founded by Yu the Great, no evidence authenticating it has yet been discovered.
	Answer: Hsia or Xia
2. (10 points) Wang Mang established this short-lived dynasty lasting from 9-25 AD.
	Answer: Hsin or Xin
3. (10 points) Lasting from 581-618, this dynasty founded by Yang Chien was important for establishing a strong central government used by later dynasties.
	Answer: Sui

17. 30-20-10, name the work of literature.
1. (30 points) Featuring numerous Germanic puns and the recurring image of the Divine Spirit, this work reaches a spiritual climax in the three chapters entitled “The Everlasting Nay”, “The Centre of Indifference”, and “The Everlasting Yea”.
(20 points) The central figure is the idealistic Professor Diogenes Teufelsdrockh.
(10 points) Purporting to be a commentary on the philosophy of clothes, it was written by Thomas Carlyle.
	Answer: Sartor Resartus

18. FTSNOP, answer the following about a pair of brothers who did some preachin’.
1. (5 points/5 points) Natives of Thessalonica, Macedonia, these two brothers are known as the “apostles of the Slavs” for their work converting the Khazars and other Slavic peoples. Name them, F5PE.
	Answer: Saint Cyril, Saint Methodius
2. (10 points) Cyril is said to have developed a new script to aid in the dissemination of Christianity, although debate still exists as to whether he developed Cyrillic or this other closely related alphabet used by Roman Catholic Slavs.
	Answer: Glagolitic
3. (10 points) Cyril and Methodius’ advocacy of the Slavic language to disseminate Christianity was opposed by the archbishop of Salzburg, leading them to be called to Rome by this great saint and pope from 858-867 known for his forceful pontificate and mastery of papal theory.
	Answer: Pope Saint Nicholas I or Saint Nicholas

19. FTPE, name the following concerning the theory that the dinosaurs were killed by a big rock.
1. (10 points) This is the name for the transition period between the Cretaceous and Tertiary periods of geologic time during which the dinosaurs became extinct.
	Answer: K/T Boundary
2. (10 points) The theory that the impact of an asteroid killed the dinosaurs was put forward by this Nobel Prize winning physicist and his geologist son Walter.
	Answer: Luis Alvarez
3. (10 points) The asteroid impact site is generally accepted to be this crater found in the northern Yucatan region of Mexico.
	Answer: Chicxulub

20. FTPE, answer the following about an ancient philosopher.
1. (10 points) Called the inventor of dialectic by Aristotle, this thinker opposed the ideas of the Pythagoreans, most notably in his formulation of such paradoxes at the moving rows, arrow, stadium, and Achilles and the tortoise.
	Answer: Zeno of Elea
2. (10 points) Zeno’s paradoxes were intended to defend the ideas of this man, his teacher, who expressed belief in what he called “the One” in his great two-part poem consisting of “The Way of Truth” and “The Way of Seeming”.
	Answer: Parmenides of Elea
3. (10 points) One of Zeno’s most famous formulations is this paradox also known as the heap, in which he argued that if one of the namesake objects makes no sound when dropped but 1,000 do make a sound when dropped, then 1,000 nothings have combined to make up something.
	Answer: millet seed paradox