Boston University B Team Bonii Written by Allyson Mondoux, Jason Gordon, and Debbie Lusetti Contact: Allyson Mondoux, amondoux@bu.edu BONUS 1 Let's see how much you kow about wars of the 17th century. For ten points each, given a short description, name the war. 1) A power struggle between colonists and Indians began in 1675 with the execution of three Wampanoags for the murder of a European. Answer: _KING PHILIP_'s War 2) Two wars between Charles I and Scotland caused by Charles I's unpopular policies toeard the Scottish kirk, it ended in 1640. Answer: _BISHOP'S_ wars 3) War between Louis XIV (14th) and the European Alliance over the balance of power between Bourbon and Hapsburg dynasties. It was the precursor to the War of Spanish Succession. It ended in 1697. Answer: War of the _LEAGUE OF AUGSBURG_ BONUS 2 (AUDIO) You'll hear three excerpts from Prokofiev's _Peter and the Wolf_. Given each excerpt, name the character represented for 5 points and the musical instrument for 5 points. 1. [=== PLAY TAPE ===] Answers: _DUCK_ _OBOE_ 2. [=== PLAY TAPE ===] Answers: _CAT_ _CLARINET_ 3. [=== PLAY TAPE ===] Answers: _GRANDFATHER_ _BASSOON_ BONUS 3 Doesn't everyone love cartoons? I know I do, especially some of the original cartoons from Nickelodeon. For 5 points each, name the first five of these Nick-toons. Answer: _RUGRATS_, _DOUG_, _REN AND STIMPY_, _ROCKO'S MODERN WORLD_, _ AAAH! REAL MONSTERS_ Now that Doug has moved to network television, there's a new toon on the block. For 5 points, name it. Answer: _HEY ARNOLD!_ BONUS 4 30-20-10 Name the writer 30) She was nominated for an Academy Award for her collaboration on the screenplay for "A Star is Born" in 1937, but later was blackballed in Hollywood for her active role in left-wing politics. 20) She was discharged from Vanity Fair in 1920 due to the extreme harshness of her drama reviews. Nine years later she won the O. Henry award for the best short story of the year with "Big Blonde." 10) Well-known for her wit, upon hearing of the death of the taciturn Calvin Coolidge, she asked, "How can they tell?." Answer: Dorothy _PARKER_ BONUS 5 Amino acids are the basic structural units of proteins. For 10 points each, answer the following questions about amino acids and proteins. 1) What is the simplest amino acid, which has a hydrogen as the R-group? Answer: _GLYCINE_ 2) The alpha-carboxyl group of one amino acid is joined to the alpha-amino group of another amino acid by what kind of bond? Answer: _PEPTIDE_ bond (prompt on AMIDE bond) 3) Some proteins contain these types of bonds which are formed by the oxidation of cysteine residues. Answer: _DISULFIDE_ bond BONUS 6 One was the youngest to graduate from the University of Michigan and fantasized of being a master criminal. The other was the youngest to graduate from the University of Chicago and was obsessed with Nietzsche's "superman" theory. Together they committed a gruesome murder with no apparent motive other than intellectual thrill. For 10 points name these two men. Answer: Nathan _LEOPOLD_ and Richard _LOEB_ For an additonal 10 points, name their victim. He was a distant relative of Loeb whose body was found in a drainpipe less than 24 hours after the murder. Answer: Bobby _FRANKS_ Last, name the attorney who defended Leopold and Loeb in their trial. Answer: Clarence _DARROW_ BONUS 7 Now that the Virginia Military Institute has decided to allow women, there are only three all-male colleges left in the U.S. For 10 points each, given the state, name its all-male college. 1. Virginia Answer: _HAMPDEN SYDNEY_ College 2. Indiana Answer: _WABASH_ College 3. Georgia Answer: _MOREHOUSE_ College [Verified at: http://cator.hsc.edu/mens.college/pro/georgeb.html] BONUS 8 30-20-10 name the city 30) First settled by the Gauls around 600 BC at the foot of the Alps, this city is strategically located on vital trade routes between Europe and Southern Italy. Later it became the capital of a Celtic tribe known as the Insubres 20) In 222 BC, the Romans captured Mediolanum, as it was then called. By the year 300 AD it was the residence and administrative center for one of two Emperors of the Western Empire. Constantine the Great declared it the seat of the Vicar of Italy. 10) It is home to the Basilica of Saint Ambrogio, Il Duomo, and La Scala. Answer: _MILAN_, Italy BONUS 9 It is widely considered the best of the early documentary films. Released in 1922, it reveals the characteristic events in the life of one Eskimo and his family. For ten points each, name the film and the film maker who produced it. Answer: _NANOOK OF THE NORTH_, Robert _FLAHERTY_ In the documentary "Unzipped," we see scenes of this fashion designer watching "Nanook of the North." He uses the film as an inspiration for the collection he is working on. For ten points name him. Answer: Isaac _MIZRAHI_ BONUS 10 Name the mythical beasts for ten points each. 1) This monster had the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion. Answer: _GRYPHON_ 2) A purely heraldic beast, this creature is a 2-legged dragon wwhose rear quarters are those of a serpent with a barbed tail. Answer: _WYVEM_ or _WYVERN_ 3) One version of a Norse mythological tale has droppings from the melting rivers taking the form of this primordial cow, who later licks the salty ice into the form of the first man. Answer: _AUDUMBLA_ BONUS 11 Are you afraid of this bonus? Maybe you should be. For ten points each, given a phobia, identify the source of it. 1) triskaidekaphobia Answer: the number _13_ 2) dermatophobia Answer: _SKIN_ 3) peniaphobia Answer: _POVERTY_ (accept equivalents) BONUS 12 Answer these questions about Pulitzer Prizes in Fiction FTPE. 1) Booth Tarkington won in 1919 for The Magnificent Ambersons. But he won again in 1922 for what novel? Answer: _ALICE ADAMS_ 2) This 1975 winner by Michael Shaara was the basis for the epic film Gettysburg. Answer: The _KILLER ANGELS_ 3) Margaret Mitchell's only major work, Gone With the Wind, won the award in what year? Answer: _1937_ BONUS 13 In a game on September 27th, the Baltimore Orioles second baseman spat in the face of the home plate umpire. For ten points each, name the player, the umpire, and the team the Orioles beat that night. A: _R_oberto _ALOMAR_, _J_ohn _HIRCSHBECK_, _TORONTO_ or _BLUE JAYS_ BONUS 14 30-20-10 name the man. 30) He wrote 1970's _Decent and Indecent: Our Personal and Political Behavior_. 20) He was tried for conspiring to subvert the draft law during the Vietnam era and participated in anti-nuclear campaigns. 10) He is best known for his 1946 book on child rearing. Answer: DR. BENJAMIN _SPOCK_ BONUS 15 FTP each, answer these questions about recent happenings with Ben and Jerry's ice cream. 1. He officially resigned last month after spending 19 months as the president and chief executive of Ben and Jerry's. FTP name him. Answer: Robert _HOLLAND_ Junior 2. The latest Ben and Jerry's flavor is a combination of vanilla ice cream, strawberries, and chocolate-covered shortbread. It was the winner of the Great Britain Flavour Competition. FTP give its name, which rhymes with the title of a patriotic English song. Answer: _COOL BRITANNIA_ 3. Ben and Jerry's sorbet combination of raspberries, blueberries, and blackberries is named for a comic strip. For ten points, name it. Answer: _DOONESBERRY_ BONUS 16 For ten points each, name the god or goddess of love in each mythology given. 1) Egyptian Answer: _HATHOR_ 2) Norse Answer: _FRIGG_ or _FRIIA_ 3) Celtic Answer: _BRANWEN_ BONUS 17 30-20-10 Name the poet from the excerpts 30) The force that through the green fuse drives the flower Drives my green age; that blasts the roots of trees Is my destroyer. 20) And the sabbath rang slowly In the pebbles of the holy streams. 10) Do not go gentle into that good night; Old age should burn and rave at close of day. Answer: Dylan _THOMAS_ BONUS 18 In a surprising move, a cult leader in Japan last Friday finally claimed responsibility for the sarin gas attack in the Tokyo subway in 1995. For ten points each, name this self-styled messiah and his cult. Answers: Shoko _ASAHARA_ (or Chizuo _MATSUMOTO_) and _AUM SHINRIKYO_ (or _AUM SUPREME TRUTH_ or equivalent) Asahara claimed responsibility during courtroom questioning of what "enforcer" for Aum Shinrikyo, who shares his last name with the senior U.S. Senator from Hawaii? Answer: Yoshihiro _INOUE_ (or _INOUYE_) BONUS 19 30-20-10 name the year. 30) Spanish ruler Francisco Franco dies and King Juan Carlos becomes head of state. 20) The Khmer Rouge seize power in Cambodia. 10) The Vietnam War ends as Saigon falls. Answer: _1975_ BONUS 20 For ten points each, given the original name of an actor, give me their stage name. 1) Betty Joan Perske Answer: _LAUREN BACALL_ 2) Issur Danielovitch Answer: _KIRK DOUGLAS_ 3) Michael Douglas Answer: _MICHAEL KEATON_ BONUS 21 For the property of radioactivity described, give the corresponding unit after the description for 15 or after the abbreviation for 5. for 15) The activity of a radioactive source in decays per second. for 5) Bq Answer: _BEQUERELS_ for 15) The energy deposited in an object by the radiation. for 5) Gy Answer: _GRAY_ BONUS 22 Have you ever heard of the city of Intercourse or the Jonny Appleseed Festival. They're both in Pennsylvania. OK, that was your warm-up, so given the odd town names and event or place, name the state they are found in for ten points each. 1) The towns of Fingerville, Coward, and Due West. Home of the Chitlin Strut and Hell Hole Swamp Festival Days. Answer: _SOUTH CAROLINA_ 2) The towns of Butman, Hell, and Climax. Home of the Norwegian Pumpkin Rolling Festival and the Henry Ford Museum. Answer: _MICHIGAN_ 3) The towns of Cool, Rough and Ready, and Scarface. Home of the Barbie Doll Hall of Fame. Answer: _CALIFORNIA_ BONUS 23 Born in 1934 in northern Ontario in a time when multiple births were not so common, the Dionne quintuplets quickly became a tourist attraction. For 5 points each and a five point bonus for all 5 correct, name the Dionne quints. Answer: _EMILIE_, _MARIE_, _YVONNE_, _CECILE_, _ANNETTE_ BONUS 24 Given a list of countries, identify the common currency name, 10 points each. 1) Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, India Answer: _RUPEE_ 2) Sudan, Jordan, Libya Answer: _DINAR_ 3) Zimbabwe, Namibia, Brunei, Guyana, Fiji Answer: _DOLLAR_ BONUS 25 For 5 points each, name the 6 African countries that are crossed by the Equator. Answer: _GABON_, _CONGO_, _ZAIRE_, _UGANDA_, _KENYA_, _SOMALIA_ _____