Georgia Tech Intramural Tournament
(N'Tr-Priz)! - (Georgia Tech II)
1. When she was 13 years old, she published her first poem in the magazine American Childhood. While still in her teens, she published more than 75 poems in a Chicago newspaper. Her first book of poetry, A Street in Bronzeville, was published in 1945 and earned her wide critical acclaim. Other volumes of work include The Bean Eaters, and a novel, Maud Martha. FTP, who is this recipient of the 1950 Pulitzer prize for her verse collection Annie Allen?
/Gwendolyn Brooks/
2. His father, Ariston, died when he was young. His mother, Preictione, married her uncle, Pyrilampes, and he was raised with them. His real name was Aristocles, and he believed that the soul was immortal and that knowledge was a recollection of the Forms. FTP, who is this philosopher?
/Plato/
3. In 1931, she and Harriet Creighton proved that when two cells of corn are crossed genetically, they also exchange chromosomal material. Later, she began to study what she called "jumping genes" or "transcription genes." FTP, who is this person that won a Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine "for her discovery that genes can move from one spot to another on the chromosomes of a plant and change the future generations of plants" in 1983?
/Barbara McClintock/
4. After invading Greece and N Italy, he captured and sacked Rome in AD 410. He was proclaimed king by his countrymen upon the death of the Roman Emperor Theodosius. FTP, who was this commander of Visigoth auxiliaries under the Roman banner in the 5th cent. AD?
/Alaric I (c370-410)/
5. This man's little talked about community service took many forms, most tangibly his campaign for and creation of Central Park in New York City. He, an anti-slavery Free-Soil party leader and newspaper journalist, was born in the backwoods of Massachusetts at Cumington to a physician. This writer's first work was an Anti-Jefferson lampoon called Embargo, however, he is better known as being a poet. FTP name this 19th Century poet best known for his works, "To a Waterfowl" and "Thanatopsis".
/William Cullen Bryant/
6. His music influenced the composers Jean Philippe Rameau, Johann Sebastian Bach, and George Frideric Handel. Born in Florence, he formed a highly disciplined band of string players, Le Petits Violons, whose playing became a model of French musical style. He also established the French overture and his best known operas include Cadmus and Hermione, Bellerophon, Amadis, Roland, and Armide. FTP who was this favorite musician of King Louis XIV of France who wrote the first significant French operas?
/Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)/
7. He saw print as a "hot" medium, whose "high definition" encourages detachment in the reader and relative isolation. Television is a "cool" medium because its relatively "low definition" engages the viewer actively. He set forth his ideas about communications media in such widely discussed works as The Mechanical Bride: Folklore of Industrial Men, and The Gutenberg Galaxy. FTP, who is this person that coined the term "the global village"?
/Marshall McLuhan/
8. He 1st studied EE, then trained in the Austrian Army in WW1 before taking a doctorate from Berlin in 1922. Moving to London, then Columbia U in the US in 1938, he began his work on nuclear physics. He took a patent out on nuclear fission as an energy source in 1934 and after hearing about Hahn and Meitner's actual fission of uranium, he contacted Einstein and asked him to write Roosevelt about the possibilities of an atomic fission bomb. FTP, identify this Hung.-Amer. physicist who played a key role in the Manhattan Project & the 1st fission reactor at U of Chicago.
/Leo Szilard (1898-1964)/
9. In this novel the main character and her grandfather are forced to leave their home, and roam around the countryside among the beggars after the main character's grandfather loses everything he owns to an obsessive gambler named Daniel Quilp. All along their journey they are helped by many kind people such as Mr. Marton, Mrs. Jarley, and Kit Nubbles; however, even their kindness can not keep the two characters from fading into death. FTP name this novel by Charles Dickens whose main character is Little Nell.
/The Old Curiosity Shop/
10. He was platform chairman of the Democratic Party at the 1964 & 1968 Democratic National Conventions. He served as the Democratic majority whip from 1955-62. He supported Johnson's civil rights proposals despite opposition from his district. FTP, name this Oklahoma Democrat and Speaker of the House from 1971-77.
/Carl Bert Albert (1908- )/
11. She was the daughter of Nereus and Doris. It was prophesied that her son would have more power than his father, so Zeus chose the King of Phthiotis (THEE-oh-tihs) as her husband. Her marriage was celebrated on Mount Pelion and were honored by all the gods except for Eris, who threw an apple of discord into the company. FTP, who is this person, who by Peleus became the mother of Achilles?
/Thetis/
12. At first he followed the German Gothic tradition of linear unrest and vehemence, but his style gradually gave way to greater breadth and simplicity, and following a trip to Italy, he started to achieve a classic art of great expressiveness. Influenced also by the Reformation, he painted a number of famous religious works and self-portraits, but he is particularly renowned for his numerous woodcuts and engravings depicting Apocalyptic visions, allegories, the Passion of Christ, and the life of the virgin. FTP name this famous German painter and engraver born in 1471.
/Albrecht Durer/
13. Bukovina, Dobruja, Walachia, and Banat are among the 6 land regions of this country. Cities in the country include Timisoara, Cluj-Napoca, Brasov, Iasa, and Constanta. Its flag is comprised of 3 vertical stripes of blue, yellow, and red in that order. FTP name this country whose other land regions are Moldavia and Transylvania.
/Romania/
14. Love Can Build a Bridge, My Life-In Spite of Myself, 10 Feet Tall and Bulletproof, and Rhinestone Cowboy are new books by some of the people in this industry. They are usually more well known however for such titles as Why Not Me, The Tips of My Fingers, Country Club, and Turn Around, Look at Me. Naomi Judd, Roy Clark, Travis Tritt, and Glen Campbell are known for what type of music?
/Country Music/
15. In this story a doctor and devoted man of science nourishes his beautiful daughter, Beatrice, on poisons so that she, invulnerable, may aid him in his experiments with dangerous plants. All is fine until a young man named, Giovanni Guasconti, moves to Padua to study at the university. Giovanni and Beatrice soon fall in love, and Giovanni wants very much to take Beatrice away from the vile garden. In an attempt to kill the poison Giovanni gives Beatrice an antidote which not only kills the poison but Beatrice. FTP name this short story by Hawthorne.
/"Rapaccini's Daughter"/
16. Scandal of adultery ruined his career. B in Co. Wicklow in 1846, he grad. from Cambridge and was elected to Commons in 1875. He united the Home Rule Party and made it powerful by blocking legislation until Irish demands were met. He visited the US in 1879 and raised money for the Land League and after 6 months in jail, returned to Commons and almost got Irish home rule. FTP, who was this "uncrowned king of Ireland" whose 1889 affair with the wife of Capt. William O'Shea ended his career?
/Charles Parnell (1846-1891)/
17. Born 1859 in Paris, he studied and taught physics at the University of Paris. His early work involved research on the magnetic properties of metals. The temperature at which such properties suddenly change became known as a point named after him. In 1880, he and his brother Jacques published a paper about their discovery of the piezoelectric properties of crystals. FTP name this man who has a unit to measure radioactivity named after him and helped discover radium and polonium.
/Pierre Curie (1859-1906)/
18. A religious hypocrite and impostor, he uses religious cant to play on the credulity of a wealthy man, Orgon, who befriends him. This rogue not only tricks Orgon into giving him money, but he manages to break Orgon's daughter's marriage plans, to seduce Orgon's wife, and to almost get Orgon evicted off his own estate. FTP name this character who is eventually foiled and put in jail, whose name is also the name of the Moliere play he appears in.
/Tartuffe/
19. Under this, 4 delegates from each town were sent to a general assembly and a gov. was elected by them for a 1 yr. term. If the gov. refused to call an assembly, the voters had the right to. The assembly also had an upper house which had veto power over the deputies. FTP, identify this 1639 agreement which was the 1st successful written const. of modern times, in the colony of Connecticut.
/Fundamental Orders of Conn. (1639)/
20. From 1948 to 1959 he taught literature at Cornell U. In 1959, he moved to Switzerland where he remained for the rest of his life. This writer's skill at chess and his knowledge of lepidopterology figure in much of his work. His works include King, Queen, Knave, Invitation to a Beheading, Laughter in the Dark, and his "oblique biography" of himself, the novel Look at the Harlequins! FTP name this Russian-born novelist of Pale Fire and Lolita.
/Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977)/
Question 21 Tie - Breaker on the very last page
BONUSES
1. (30) On a 30-20-10 basis given works name the writer.
30pts: "Ode to Spring" and "The Bard"
20pts: "The Fatal Sisters" and "Ode on the Death of a Favorite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes"
10pts: "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"
/Thomas Gray/
2. (30) Identify these colonial wars given their European names for ten points each:
- War of the League of Augsburg - /King William's War (1689-1697)/
- War of the Spanish Succession - /Queen Anne's War (1702-1713)/
- War of the Austrian Succession - /King George's War (1740-1748)/
3. (30) Identify these famous physicists for ten points each:
- This Indian physicist's Nobel didn't come until 53 years after his work, which was on studying physical processes of importance to stellar structure & evolution, including the prediction of white dwarf stars.
/Subramanyan Chandrasekhar (1983)/
- This Austrian physicist won his Nobel for his discovery of cosmic rays. He shares his surname with the personal secretary of Adolf Hitler.
/Victor Hess (1936)/
- This Nobel prize winner was offered a job as a gas station mechanic after fixing a broken car with ease one afternoon. He preferred to remain at Chicago and today has the 100th element named for him.
/Enrico Fermi (1938)/
4. (30) 10-5 Name that river
10 - It carries more water than any other river
5 - It is the world's second longest river
/Amazon/
10 - Its delta is the largest in Africa
5 - It is also the name of an African country which became independent from France on August 3, 1960
/Niger/
10 - It is second in the amount of water carried, several major rivers including the Aruwimi, Lomami, and Ubangi empty into this river
5 - It is the fifth longest river in the world
/Congo (also known as Zaire)/
5. (30) 30-20-10-5 Name the writer:
30 - This author's novels include Dragon Seed, Imperial Woman, The Living Reed, All Men are Brothers and Mandala.
20 - This writer wrote five novels with an American setting under the pseudonym John Sedges.
10 - The Spirit and The Flesh were biographies of the parents of this writer, who were American missionaries. This writer was awarded the 1932 Pulitzer Prize.
5 - She wrote The Good Earth
/Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973)/
6. (30) Give the ruling house of each of the following French monarchs for five points each:
A. Louis Phillipe (1830-1848) - /Orleans/
B. Charles IX (1560-1574) - /Valois/
C. Henry I (1031-1060) - /The Capets/
D. Louis V (the Sluggard, 986-987) - /Carolingians/
E. Charles X (1824-1830) - /Bourbons/
F. Louis XI (the Cruel, 1461-1483) - /Valois/
7. Answer the following questions about Vasily Kandinsky on a 5-10-15 basis
5 - For 5 pts, this Russian painter cofounded what association of artists in Munich whose aim was demonstrating how the "inner desire of the artist expresses itself in different ways"
/Blaue Reiters/
10 - For ten points, name his friend and cofounder of the Blaue Reiters
/Franz Marc/
15 - And for fifteen points, name his basic course on the theory of form that was published while he taught at Bauhas
/Point and Line to Plane/
8. (30) Name the following elements based on a mythological character for ten points each given the discoverer and year, five points for a description of the mythological character
(10) - Discovered by Berzelius in 1803
(5) - The Norse god of Thunder
/Thorium/
(10) - Discovered by Ekeberg in 1802
(5) - Named for the person tortured by being placed in water up to his chin
/Tantalum/
(10) -
(5) - The Norse god of beauty
/Vanadium/
9. (30) For five points each, name the following religious movements found primarily in the United States given a member associated with that movement:
Charles Russell - /Jehovah's Witnesses/
Ann Lee - /Shakers/
George Fox - /Quakers/
Joseph Smith - /Mormons/
Mary Baker Eddy - /Christian Science/
L. Ron Hubbard - /Scientology/
10. (30) Answer these questions on a 10-5 basis first given a lesser known work first, and a better known one for 5pts if needed.
10 - A Night in Arcadie
5 - Awakening
/Kate Chopin/
10 - South Under Moon
5 - The Yearling
/Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings/
10 - Delta Wedding
5 - The Optimist's Daughter
/Eudora Welty/
11. (30) As you all know, DNA is the backbone of all life processes and heredity. So
let's see how well you know your DNA:
- For five points each, name the two Purina bases in DNA
/Guanine and Adenine/
- Also for five points each, name the two pyrimidine bases in DNA
/Cytosine and Thymine/
- And for a final ten points, all or nothing, all three winners 1962
Medicine/Physiology Nobel Prize for the discovery of DNA
/Watson, Crick, and Wilkins/
12. (30) Name the following characters from the Iliad for ten points each:
- Calchas declared that he would have to return Chryseis in order to end the pestilence that plagued the Greeks
/Agamemnon/
- Agamemnon took this female from Achilles in order to replace Chryseis, which
led Achilles to sit out the war for a time
/Briseis/
- While Achilles sat out the war, this "dear friend" took his place in battle
by wearing his armor, but was eventually killed by Hector
/Patroclus/
13. (30) It's now time for a Beavis and Butthead bonus! Just kidding. Actually, it's now time for a Star Trek geography bonus! Answer the following questions about geography given clues from Star Trek on a 10-5 basis:
A. 10 pt. clue: It is the desert on Earth established as Captain Christopher Pike's birthplace.
5 pt. clue: It is also the largest desert in the U.S.
/Mojave Desert/
B. 10 pt. clue: In the Classic Trek episode of "Turnabout Intruder" (the 79th & last episode of Classic Trek), the Enterprise conducts a rescue mission here. As part of a gag, The Next Generation's 80th episode had the Enterprise diverted from an archaeological dig here.
5 pt. clue: It is a planet named for the 1957 winner of the literature Nobel Prize.
/Camus (Camus II)/
C. 10 pt. clue: This U.S. state's motto is the same as the name of the Starfleet vessel (NCC-2000) which served as the testbed for the unsuccessful Transwarp Development Project and had Hikaru Sulu as captain.
5 pt. clue: the motto/ship name is Excelsior
/New York/
14. (30) Given stadium songs played at Braves games and the year the song was released, name the singer(s) for 5 points each:
- Glory Days, 1984
/Bruce Springsteen/
- Centerfield, 1985
/John Fogerty/
- Twist and Shout, 1963
/The Beatles/
- Shout, 1959
/The Isley Brothers/
- Rock and Roll, Part II, 1972
/Gary Glitter/
- That's What I Like About You, 1980
/The Romantics/
15. (30) Answer these questions on the Boston Massacre on a 5-10-15 basis:
5 - The exact year of the massacre - /(March 5) 1770/
10 - Commander of the British regulars that fired - /Thomas Preston/
15 - The 3 Americans (5 pts. each) that defended Preston & his men
/John Adams, Josiah Quincy, & Robert Auchmuty/
16. (30) Oliver Goldsmith is said to be a writer with one poem, one novel, and one play.
For 5pts name his poem: - /"The Deserted Village"/
For 5pts name his novel: - /The Vicar of Wakefield/
For 5pts name his play: - /She Stoops to Conquer/
For 15pts name the often forgotten epistolary novel in which Lien Chi Altangi, a Chinese philosopher, reports to his friends in the east after visiting England:
/The Citizen of the World/
17. (30) Given a major economic work, give the author for five points each:
The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money - /JM Keynes/
The New Industrial State - /JK Galbraith/
The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation - /Ricardo/
Principles of Political Economy, with Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy - /JS Mill/
A Monetary History of the United States - /M Friedman/
Principals of Economics - /A Marshall/
18. (30) For 5 points each, given an opera name the composer and the author of the work of the same name on which the opera was based:
- The Barber of Seville
/Rossini (or Giovanni Paisiello) and Beaumarchais/
- Thais
Massenet and Anatole France
- The Queen of Spades
/Tchaikovsky and Aleksandr Pushkin/
19. (30) For 10pts each after being given a tragic heroine from a play or novel give her method for committing suicide.
10pts Hedda Gabler in Ibsen's Hedda Gabler: - pistol shot (shooting)
10pts Emma Bovary in Flaubert's Madame Bovary: - arsenic or poisoning
10pts Eustacia Vye in Hardy's Return of the Native: - drowning
20. (30) Science Bonus:
5 - First for five points, the theory of it was independently proposed in 1963 by 2 physicists, Murray Gell- Man of Cal Tech and George Zweig of CERN of Switzerland.
/Quarks/
5 - Name the author and work from which the name "Quark" originates.
/James Joyce and Finnegan's Wake/
For 5 points name 2 of the other 4 quarks besides UP. For 10 points name all of the other 4.
/Down, Strange, Charmed, and Bottom/
10 - In 1974, the J/Psi particle was discovered requiring the postulation of this quark.
/Charmed/
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21. Early in his life he went into service for the wife of Prince Lionel, where he met many influential people such as the King's son, John of Gaunt, who became his patron. Later, he joined the army, and he was captured during a French invasion, but he was ransomed a year later by King Edward III. This French captivity influenced some of his early poetical works such as, Book of the Duchess and Romaunt of the Rose. FTP name this great Middle English writer better known for his works, The House of Fame, Anelida and Arcite, Palamon and Arcite, Legend of Good Women, Parliament of Fowls, and Troilus and Criseyde.
/Jeffery Chaucer/