Greenfield Tournament Bonus Round 10
1. (30 points) Identify this French author from his novels 30-20-10.
1. The Viscount of Bragelonne.
2. Twenty Years After.
3. The Three Musketeers.
Answer: Alexandre Dumas
2. (30 points) Name this President 30-20-10.
1. His political career was backed by wealthy Ohio industrialist Mark Hanna.
2. While serving in the House of Representatives in 1890, he sponsored a protective tariff which was named for him.
3. He was assasinated by Leon Czolgosz in 1901.
Answer: William McKinley
3. Those of you who follow current politics closely are no doubt familiar with many molluscs But this bonus tests your knowledge of molluscs you would encounter while studying biology. For ten points each, identify the following classes within the phylum Mollusca:
1) The class which contains octopi and squids
Answer: Cephalopods
2) The class which contains snails
Answer: Gastropods
3) The class which contains clams and oysters
Answer: Bivalves
4. (30 points) Give the central figures of the following 20th century American novels.
1. The ambulance driver at the center of Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms.
Answer: Frederic Henry
2. The American volunteer guerilla fighter in For Whom the Bell Tolls
Answer: Robert Jordan
3. The focal character of John Updike's "Rabbit" novels.
Answer: Harry Angstrom
5. (30 points) For 10 points each, answer these questions about the Mexican War.
1. What American general, nicknamed "Old Fuss and Feathers," captured Mexico City in 1847?
Answer: Winfield Scott
2. What future President commanded the victory at Buena Vista?
Answer: Zachary Taylor
3. What Mexican general did Taylor face at Buena Vista?
Answer: Santa Anna
6. (30 points) Australia is nearly as large as the contiguous United States, but instead of 48 states, it has only 5. For 5 points each and a 5 point bonus for naming them all, name the 5 states of Australia.
Answer: Queensland, South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania
7. (30 points) In the recent elections two of the races that captured the most media attention were the governor's races. For 15 points each, identify the states which featured the following match-ups.
1. Incumbent Ray Mabus vs. Kirk Fordice
Answer: Mississippi
2. Larry Hopkins vs. Lt. Gov. Brereton Jones
Answer: Kentucky
8. (30 points) 30-20-10 Identify this element.
1. When combimed with the nitrate radical it is used in the manufacture of mirrors.
2. Its compounds with bromine and chlorine are used in photosensitive emulsions.
3. When combined with iodine, it has been used to seed clouds.
Answer: silver
9. For 10 points each, give the authors of the following English poetical works:
1) The Fairy Queen
Answer: Sir Edmund Spenser
2) Crossing the Bar
Answer: Alfred, Lord Tennyson
3) Ode to the West Wind
Answer: Percy Bysshe Shelley
10. (25 points) 10 points for one, 25 points for both, identify the following blues composers from their works.
1. This composers works include "Memphis Blues" and "St. Louis Blues"
Answer: W.C. Handy
2. This "king of ragtime" composed "Maple Leaf Rag" and "The Entertainer"
Answer: Scott Joplin
11. (30 points) Name this American city after the first clue for 30 points, after the second clue for 20, or after the third for 10.
1. Southern Methodist University is located here.
2. It is the second largest city in Texas.
3. It shares its international airport with nearby Fort Worth.
Answer: Dallas
12. (30 points) Place the following events in European history in correct chronological order, for 5 points each. The execution of Charles I of England, the Battle of Lepanto, the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, the Battle of Agincourt, the conquest of Grenada by Spain, the accession of Louis XIV the Sun King of France.
Answer: Agincourt (1415), Grenada (1492), Lepanto (1571), St. Bartholomew's Day (1572), Louis XIV (1638), Charles I (1649)
13. Identify this Enlish poet, 30-20-10:
1) In 1815 he became a medical student, but after earning his certificate, he decided to pursue poetry instead of medeicine. He was soon discovered by the influential editor Leigh Hunt, who published his sonnet "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer."
2) The line "A thing of beauty is a joy forever" appears in his poem Endymion.
3) He is perhaps best known for his great odes, which include "Ode to a Nightingale."
Answer: John Keats
14. (25 points) Identify this artist after one clue for 25 points, after two clues for 10 points.
1. This 15th and 16th century Florentine was probably a pupil of Fra Lippo Lippi. His lesser known works include "Mystical Nativity" and "Primavera".
2. His best known painting is "The Birth of Venus".
Answer: Sandro Botticelli
15. (30 points) Identify this American statesman 30-20-10.
1. He was an early champion of states' rights and nullification.
2. He served as Secretary of War from 1817 to 1825.
3. He served as Vice President from 1825 to 1832. (30 points) Identify this American statesman 25-10.
1. He served as Attorney General from 1961 to 1964.
2. He was assasinated while celebrating his victory in the 1968 California Democratic primary.
Answer: Robert F. Kennedy
16. (Paper and pencil may be necessary) Cookie Monster has seven cookies: (note: there is no need to write these down) an Oreo, a Chips Ahoy, a Nutter Butter, a Fig Newton, a Vanilla Wafer, a Lorna Doone, and a Hydrox. He is going on a picnic, and unfortuantely only has enough room in his basket for three of the seven cookies. For fifteen points, how many different possible sets of three cookies must Cookie choose from?
Answer: 35
Unable to choose from 35 different possible combinations, Cookie becomes frustrated and decides not to go on the picnic at all, but to eat all of the cookies right now. However, he still has a big decision to make--in which order to eat the cookies. For ten more points, in how many different possible orders could he eat his seven delightful delicacies?
Answer: 5040
17. (30 points) Answer the following questions about thermodynamics for 10 points each.
1. How many calories does it take to melt one gram of ice that is at zero degrees Celsius and normal pressure?
Answer: 80 (heat of fusion for water)
2. What name is given to the quantity of heat necessary to raise the temperature of 1 pound of water 1 degree fahrenheit?
Answer: B.T.U. or British thermal unit
3. For 5 points, if a substance is placed under pressure is its freezing point raised or lowered?
Answer: raised
4. For a final 5 points, if a liquid has another substance dissolved in it is its freezing point raised or lowered?
Answer: lowered
18. Identify this historical personage, 30-20-10:
1) He is sometimes known as Shakyamuni. Born into the Kshatriya, or warrior caste, he married his cousin Yasodhara at the age of sixteen.
2) Herman Hesse wrote a famous fictional account of his life, a major turning point of which occurred while he was sitting beneath a pipal tree at Bodh Gaya.
3) He was born Siddhartha Gautama. His fundamental teachings include the Four Noble Truths and the Eight-fold Path.
Answer: the Buddha
19. (25 points) 25-10 Identify this legendary figure.
1. In the course of his voyages in the eastern seas, he discovered a roc's egg, a valley full of diamonds, and another full of dead elephants.
2. A citizen of Baghdad, he undertook seven voyages during which time he killed the Old Man of the Sea who got on his back and would not get off. He is featured in the Arabian Nights.
Answer: Sinbad
20. (30 points) With the publication of Alexandra Ripley's Scarlett, the sequel to Gone With the Wind, speculation has swirled around who will play the lead roles in the inevitable film of the work. But this question will test your knowledge of the performers in the original film. Everyone know Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable played Scarlett and Rhett, but identify the performers of each of the following roles for 10 points each.
1. Ashley Wilkes
Answer: Leslie Howard
2. Melanie Wilkes
Answer: Olivia de Havilland
3. Prissy
Answer: Butterfly McQueen
Answer: Gone with the Wind