(Message inbox:1149) Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 20:41:21 -0400 To: topquark@iastate.edu From: Matt Bruce Subject: 1 In-Reply-To: <9512092128.AA21892@pv7410.vincent.iastate.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 part text/plain 12K Press to show content... Harvard University: Second Annual T Party ROUND 1 Questions by: Dartmouth Battery Pack Editor: Matt Bruce TOSSUPS 1) A Flortentine Tragedy, Vera, or the Nihilists, The Duchess of Padua, La Sainte Courtisane, Salomé, An Ideal Husband, A Woman of No Importance, and Lady Windermere's Fan. These are all works by, FTP, what author most famous for his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray? answer: Oscar WILDE 2) This musicianıs movie credits include Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me and Labyrinth. He sings about the Little Drummer Boy on a recent Christmas release. His albums include Aladdin Sane, Station to Station, Hunky Dory, and Scary Monsters. FTP, what British rock star is famous for having one blue eye and one orange? answer: David BOWIE 3) This politician is the only person aside from Hamilton and Franklin to appear on currency without becoming President. He was the sixth chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, and a governor of Ohio. As secretary of the treasury he proposed the national banking system established in 1863. FTP, name him. answer: Salmon P. CHASE 4) It was initiated by Filippo Marinetti in a literary manifesto published in Le Figaro in 1909. A year later, Umberto Boccionia, Giacomo Bella, Carlo Carra, and Gino Severini produced a technical manifesto that applied Marinettiıs ideas to painting. FTP, identify this art movement. answer: FUTURISM 5) It's among the thinnest of America's major papers, but studies show it's the one whose readers devote the most time daily to it. It's based in New York, but has more subscribers in California, and is in fact printed at 17 plants around the U.S. At 1.8 million copies a day, it has the largest circulation of any U.S. newspaper. FTP, name it. answer: WALL STREET JOURNAL 6) This man was an apprentice to a bookbinder when he became interested in science. He attended the lectures of famed chemist Humphrey Davy, and so impressed Davy with his lecture notes that Davy appointed him to be his assistant at the laboratory of the Royal Institution. FTP, name this physicist. answer: Michael FARADAY 7) Call For The Dead, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, The Little Drummer Girl, The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, and The Russia House are all by, FTP, what author? answer: John LECARRÉ 8) When first inaugurated in 1833, it ran from Paris via Strasbourg, Munich, Vienna, Budapest, and Bucharest to the Black Sea, with steamer service on to Constantinople. By 1889, the journey was entirely by rail. FTP, identify this subject or background of much fiction. answer: The ORIENT EXPRESS 9) This sexegenarian actor who hails originally from the Boston area appropriated the hand gesture for which he is best known from a rabinical blessing. Unbeknownst to many, he has released a number of albums with such songs as "Love of the Common People", "Proud Mary", and "Highly Illogical". FTP, name him. answer: LEONARD NIMOY 10) It is the largest park in Rhode Island, lying in two cities, Cranston and Providence. FAQTP what is the name of this park, named for a pioneer fleeing religious persecution? answer: ROGER WILLIAMS PARK 11) Girolamo Fracastoro gave this disease its modern name in what was perhaps the most famous Latin poem of the Renaissance. The Spanish are thought to have brought the disease back to Europe from Hispaniola late in the fifteenth century. FTP, name this disease which is thought to have claimed the lives of Guy de Maupassant and Peter the Great. answer: SYPHILIS 12) The son of a Jewish distiller, this composer heard a rich variety of folk and art music during his Bohemian boyhood. He studied in Vienna, attending the lectures of composer Anton Bruckner. In 1880, shortly before making his conducting debut, he completed his first mature composition, the cantata Das Klagende Lied. FTP, name him. answer: Gustav MAHLER 13) Designed by Joel Scholz, Parrot, Angel Fish, Neptune, Kestral, Hummer, Luna Ultralight, Papillon , and Drachen - Beautiful Evil are all, FAQTP, what? answer: sky delight KITES 15) "It is the assertion of mind over matter, the opus contra naturam, a symptom of the youthfulness of humankind, still delighting in the use of the most powerful weapon ever devised by nature: the conscious mind. The afternoon of humanity, in a distant future, may yet evolve a different ideal. In time, even conquest will cease to be the dream." FTP, name the author of and On the Nature of Dreams and speaker of this quote. answer: Carl JUNG 16) She was born in Chicago on October 26, 1947. She married in 1975 and gave birth to her only daughter in 1980. She has been active in the areas of childrenıs rights and educational reform, and more recently, in health care reform. FTP, name Americaıs most influential Wellesley graduate. answer: HILLARY Rodham CLINTON 17) Sreda, Yom ravii, mercoled, Suiyobi, Mittwoch, miercoles and Mercredi are all names in different languages for, FTP, what day of the week? answer: WEDNESDAY 18) He joined Paul Whitemanıs band in 1927 as one of the Rhythm Boys. His easygoing personality made him a box office draw, and he starred in such films as Going My Way and Holiday Inn. FTP, name this crooner, best known for his dreams of a White Christmas. answer: Bing CROSBY 19) A mixture of three parts hydrochloric acid and one part nitric acid, it was known to alchemists for its power to dissolve gold. FTP, what chemicalıs name is Latin for ³royal water²? answer: AQUA REGIA 20) Christian's, Alberto's Cookery, Mike's on the Avenue, Streetcar Sandwiches, Windsor Court Grill Room, Antoines and Brennanıs are all restaurants in what city? answer: NEW ORLEANS 21) Founded in September 1980 by strikers at the Gdansk shipyards, it soon took on a more revolutionary character, pressuring POland to enact democratic reforms, and was outlawed by December 1981. FTP, name this movement led by Lech Walesa. answer: SOLIDARITY (accept ³SOLIDARNOSC²) 22) FAQTP name the first of Ralph Bakshiıs X-rated, feature-length animated cartoons. answer: FRITZ THE CAT Harvard University - Second Annual T Party ROUND 1 Questions by Dartmouth B BONUS 1) (25 points) Although they are listed on the albums under pseudonyms with the last name Wilbury, each of the members of this ensemble had a distinguished career prior to their forming the collective which won the 1988 grammy for best rock performance group. For five points apiece, name the Traveling Wilburys. answer: TOM PETTY, BOB DYLAN, ROY ORBISON, GEORGE HARRISON, JEFF LYNNE 2) (25 points) They shared the 1978 Nobel Prize for Physics for their 1965 detection of low-temperature radio emissions from the entire universe. Working at Bell Labs, they concluded that this background radiation was heat remaining from the Big Bang. Identify these radio astronomers, 10 points for one, 25 for both. answer: Robert WILSON and Arno PENZIAS 3) 30-20-10 name the word. 30: It is akin to the Lithuanian word kenge, which has the same meaning. 20: Red [blank] is the Hudson River location of Bard College. 10: It can follow ³tail² or precede ³worm.² answer: HOOK 4) (25) Identify these 1980s politicians; ten for one, 25 for both. a) Governor of California from 1982 to 1991. b) Mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1990. a) George DEUKMEJIAN b) Ed KOCH 5) (30 points) Entertainers change (or drop) their surnames for a variety of reasons. Given an entertainer's "stage name", give his or her original surname. Each correct answer will earn you ten points. 10 points: Michael Keaton 10 points: John Wayne 10 points: Cher answers: DOUGLAS, MORRISON, SIRKISIAN 6) 30-20-10 name the city. 30 points: Greeks from Corinth founded it in 734 BC. 20 points: It defeated a strong Athenian force that besieged it from 415 to 413 BC. 10 points: It has a namesake in upstate New York. answer: SYRACUSE 5) (30 points) For ten points, in which New Hampshire town is ³Our Town² set? answer: GROVERıS CORNERS Now, for ten points each, identify (by either first or last name) the star-crossed lovers who marry soon before she dies. answer: George GIBBS (accept ³GEORGE²); Emily WEBB (accept ³EMILY²) 6) (25 points) For ten points for one and 25 for both, identify these terms from optics: a) The release of electrons from certain metals or semiconductors by the action of light or other electromagnetic radiation. b) The emission of a flash of light by certain substances when struck by a radioactive ionizing particle. a) PHOTOELECTRIC effect b) SCINTILLATION 7) (25 points) I'll name the woman from the James Bond mythos, you tell me what movie she was in, five points for each movie correctly named plus a bonus 5. Honey Ryder: DR. NO Holly Goodhead : MOONRAKER Pussy Galore: GOLDFINGER Tiffany Case: DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER 8) 30-20-10-5 Name the writer from a list of his works. 30: Glory; Pale Fire 20: Many short stories, including ³The Razor.² 10: Speak, Memory 5: Lolita answer: Vladimir NABOKOV 9) 30-20-10 name the peninsula. 30: It was once a British tin mining center. 20: Its towns include Penzance and Land's End. 10: Its Celtic language has suffered the same fate as Manx: extinction. answer: CORNWALL 10) (25 points) How well do you know Chinese dynasties? 5 points each, 5 extra for all correct. A) This dynasty is the oldest known, ruling from c. 1994 B.C. to c. 1523 B.C. answer: HSIA (Shaw or Shee-ah) B) If you go to China, youıll hear people call themselves people of this dynasty, ruling from 202B.C. to 220 A.D. answer: HAN C) This dynasty ruling from 1368 A.D. to 1644 A.D. is famous for its vases. answer: MING D) This dynasty ruled from 1271 A.D. to 1368 A.D. and consisted of Mongol emperors. Kublai Khan made Peking the capital of this empire. answer: YUAN 11) (25 points) First, for five points apiece, identify the colleges whose menıs basketball teams reached the 1995 NCAA Final Four. answer: _University of California, Los Angeles; University of ARKANSAS; University of NORTH CAROLINA; OKLAHOMA STATE University For a final five points, in what city was the event held? answer: SEATTLE 12) (25 points) Them countries with wacky red flags, 5 points each. A) This countryıs flag has a red background with a large solid yellow star in the middle. answer: VIETNAM B) This Asian nationıs flag consists of two horizontal stripes of equal width, the top being red and the bottom white. answer: INDONESIA C) This flag also has two horizontal stripes of equal width, except here the top is white and bottom red. answer: POLAND D) This countyı flag has a red background, a small white star in the center, and a white crescent to the left of the star. answer: TURKEY E) This protectorate has a solid red background with a navy recentangle in the upper-left hand corner, with the Southern cross represented by white stars in the navy rectangle. answer: WESTERN SAMOA 13) (25 points) Ten points for one, 25 for both, given the dog from show business, name its breed: Lassie. answer: COLLIE Scooby-Doo. answer: GREAT DANE 14) 30-20-10 name the author from a list of works. 30: Letting Go 20: Goodbye, Columbus 10: Portnoy's Complaint answer: Phillip ROTH 15) (20 points) For 10 points each name the first two presidents to veto bills with the words ³civil rights² in the title of the bill. answer: REAGAN and BUSH 16) (25 points) How well do you know the muses? 5 points each and 25 for all correct. A) The muse of History answer: CLIO B) The muse of heroic poetry answer: CALLIOPE C) The muse of comedy and idyllic poetry answer: THALIA D) The muse of music and lyric poetry answer: EUTERPE 17) (25 points) The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in Voting Rights Act cases involving three Congressional districts in one state and one in another. For ten points for one or 25 for both, name the two states involved. answer: TEXAS and NORTH CAROLINA 18) (30 points) For 5 points each give the common names of the 3 bones in the middle ear whose movement leads to the detection of sound. answer: HAMMER, ANVIL, STIRRUP Now for 5 points each give their scientific names answer: INCUS, MALLEUS, STAPES 19) (25 points) For five points each plus a bonus five for all correct, name the four cases of the German language; hint: Latin has each of the four as well. NOMINATIVE; ACCUSATIVE; DATIVE; GENITIVE 20) (25 points) For ten points for one or 25 for both, identify these musical terms: A) A piece of music designed to improve a particular technical skill of an individual performer. answer: ETUDE B) A street song, to be sung while strolling through town. answer: PASSACAGLIA 21) (30) The title character pines after a married woman, whose old- money husband is himself having an affair with the wife of a gas station attendant. A) For five points identify the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. answer: THE GREAT GATSBY B) For five points apiece, give the full names of the characters referred to in the lead-in. answer: Jay GATSBY (accept ³JAY GATZ²), DAISY BUCHANAN, TOM BUCHANAN, MYRTLE WILSON, GEORGE WILSON