Philly Experiment III: No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service Preliminary Round 10 Packet by: The Fine Arthurs Tossups 1. The most famous Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox church, he is better known for ordering his son Alexis to be tortured to deathand for his love for alcohol and military technology. During hisrule, he offered to chair the Council of Utrecht, created the tableof ranks, and instituted a beard tax. FTP, name this 7-footer who lived large while czar of Russia from 1682 to 1725. Answer: _Peter I_ or _Peter the Great_ 2. First published under the name Alcofibas Nasier, an anagram of the author's real name, Book I is subtitled "Education of a Giant Humanist" and Book II is subtitled "Birth and Education". Its characters include Maitre Tubalcain Holofernes, Grandgousier, Powerbrain, and a character whose name means "all-thirsty". FTP, name this work by Francois Rabelais. Answer: _Gargantua and Pantagruel_ 3. A lieutenant during the Vietnam War, he is the only member of the Senate with a Congressional Medal of Honor. Though sporting a resolutely bipartisan record, he is currently head of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. FTP, name this former presidential candidate and current Nebraska senator. Answer: Bob _Kerrey_ 4. This organ manufactures plasma proteins like fibrinogen, prothrombin, and albumin, forms erythrocytes in the embryo, and resynthesizes glycogen from some of the lactic acid produced by muscles during glycolysis. FTP, what is this organ that synthesizes bile salts, deaminates amino acids, and detoxifies chemicals like alcohol and barbiturates? Answer: _Liver_ 5. Hera tricked Zeus into approaching this god's mother in his true state, and she was burned to ashes. However, Zeus took him from his mother's charred remains and sewed the child into his own thigh until he reached maturity. FTP, name this god, the son of Semele, whose devotees were Bassarides, Maenads, and Bacchantes. Answer: _Dionysus_ (accept Bacchus, but not Liber) 6. The name's the same: The home of Falcor, the Childlike Empress, and Atreyu in _The Neverending Story_, and a 1940 film with a score by, among others, Ponchielli, Beethoven, Mussorgsky, and Dukas. FTP, give the title of the Disney film featuring dancing elephants and marching water buckets. Answer: _Fantasia_ 7. This author's eccentricities were satirized in Gilbert and Sullivan's _Patience_. During a period of imprisonment, he wrote _De Profundis_ and his _Ballad of Reading Gaol_ [redding jail]. FTP, who was this Irish dramatist of _Lady Windemere's Fan_ and _The Importance of Being Earnest_? Answer: Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills _Wilde_ 8. An architect, painter, and sculptor, this man's designs include the Fountain of the Four Rivers in the Piazza Navona, the Scala Regia in the Vatican, and Santa Maria della Vittoria. His sculpture includes _Rape of Proserpine_, a 1623 _David_, and _Ecstasy of St. Theresa_. FTP, who was this artist who completed the design of St. Peter's Cathedral? Answer: Gianlorenzo _Bernini_ 9. Its inscription is from Leviticus. Originally ordered from Thomas Lester of the Whitechapel Foundry, it was recast by Pass & Stow in 1752 and hung in the wooden steeple of the State House in 1753. FTP, name this object on display in a pavilion behind Independence Hall, which rang for the last time in 1846. Answer: _Liberty Bell_ 10. Renowned for his works of literary criticism, aesthetics, cultural history, and historical methodology, he was also a staunch anti-Fascist and became a Liberal party leader in 1943. His _Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic_, the first part of his _Philosophy of the Spirit_, was a landmark of modern idealism. FTP, name this Italian philosopher. Answer: Benedetto _Croce_ 11. Refinements of this method include the Selberg and the Linnik Large types. A 19th century astronomer named Kulik spent twenty years constructing one of all the integers up to 100 million. FTP, what is this prime-number finding method, named after a third-century BC Alexandrian mathematician? Answer: _Sieve of Eratosthenes_ 12. An enemy of slavery, this American novelist wrote on social problems in works like _The Southern Struggle for Pure Government_ and _The Silent South_. He also attacked the corruption of New Orleans before the Civil War in his _Dr. Sevier_. FTP, who is this author of _The Grandissimes_ and _Old Creole Days_? Answer: George Washington _Cable_ 13. Theodore and Paschal in 687, Anastasius in 855, Novatian in 251, Christopher from 903 to 904, St. Hippolytus from 217 to 235, Clement III from 1080 to 1100, and John XXIII from 1410 to 1415, among others. FTP, these men all "served" in what position, in which one's election was later declared uncanonical and in opposition to a legitimately chosen pontiff? Answer: _antipope_ 14. Born on the same day as fellow first baseman Frank Thomas, he is the last non-Dodger to win NL rookie of the Year. In 1994, he was second in the NL in batting average, and he led the league in total bases, runs scored, slugging percentage, and RBIs. FTP, name this 1994 NL MVP, the Houston Astros' first baseman. Answer: Jeff _Bagwell_ 15. A professor of physics at Breslau, Heidelberg, and Berlin, he co-discovered cesium and rubidium and explained the Fraunhofer lines in the solar spectrum. FTP, name this formulator of a pair of laws governing electric circuits and partner of Robert Bunsen. Answer: Gustav Robert _Kirchoff_ 16. He composed the _Kaisermarch_ to celebrate the German victory in the Franco-Prussian War and the _March of Homage_ to honor King Ludwig of Bavaria, but he is better known for his treatise _Oper und Drama_ and his opera _Rienzi_. FTP, name this German composer and founder of a theater at Bayreuth [BYE-royt]. Answer: Wilhelm Richard _Wagner_ 17. _Departmental Ditties_, _Recessional_, _The Light that Failed_, _Plain Tales from the Hills_, _The Phantom Rickshaw_, _Soldiers Three_, "Mandalay", and _Just So Stories_. FTP, these works were all written by what winner of the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature? Answer: Rudyard _Kipling_ 18. His son was a senator from Illinois from 1970 to 1981 and a two-time candidate for governor, and his grandfather was U.S. vice president from 1893 to 1897. FTP, name this governor of Illinois from 1949 to 1953 and Democratic presidential candidate in 1952 and 1956. Answer: Adlai Ewing _Stevenson_ 19. Located on the White River, this city is the second- most populous state capital in the U.S. Fort Benjamin Harrison lies to the northeast, and the city is home to the Riley Towers, Butler University, and Market Square Arena. FTP, name this Hoosier city. Answer: _Indianapolis_, Indiana 20. Studying the relations among bright-line spectra of different elements, he derived the atomic numbers from the frequencies of vibration of X rays emitted by each element. He thus concluded that atomic number is equal to the charge on the nucleus. FTP, name this English physicist, who was killed in 1915 during the Gallipoli campaign. Answer: Henry Gwyn Jeffreys _Moseley_ Bonuses 1. FTP each, answer the following concerning Julius Caesar. 1. In 53 B.C. Caesar put down a revolt of central Gaul led by what man? Answer: _Vercingetorix_ [ver-sen-GET-er-iks] 2. After crossing the Rubicon, Caesar marched on Rome, and on the way defeated Pompey at this 48 B.C. battle. Answer: _Pharsala_ or _Pharsalus_ 3. Name any two of his three wives. Answer: _Calpurnia_, _Cornelia_, _Pompeia_ 2. It's time for Anatomy with Quincy, M.E.! Identify the following parts of the brain that Jack Klugman and Sam inspect during an autopsy FTP each. 1. The anterior dorsal portion of the hindbrain, this structure is concerned with balance, equilibrium, and muscular coordination. Answer: _Cerebellum_ 2. Sam dissects this part of the brainstem that synthesizes hormones stored in the posterior pituitary. It is also the most important control center for visceral and emotional responses of the body. Answer: _Hypothalamus_ 3. Quincy, realizing that the victim often knew what he wanted to say, but could not express it according to the accepted rules of grammar, postulates that this area of the brain, named after a French anthropologist, may have been injured. Answer: _Broca's_ area 3. 30-20-10, name the author from works. 1. _The Dunne Family_ and _Olive and Mary Anne_ 2. _No Star is Lost_ and _Judgement Day_ 3. _My Days of Anger_ and _Young Lonigan_ Answer: James Thomas _Farrell_ 4. Answer the following concerning the June 25 bombing of an American military housing complex in Saudi Arabia FTP each. 1. Name the town in which the complex is located. Answer: _Dhahran_ 2. The truck bomb exploded outside the perimeter fence surrounding the Khobar Towers, a high-rise apartment complex at what air base? Answer: King _Abdul Aziz_ air base 3. FTP if exact, or for 5 points if within 2, how many Americans were killed in the bombing? Answer: _23_ 5. Identify the following artists who have the same first name from some of their paintings FTP each. 1. _Christ in the Carpenter's Shop_ and _Ophelia_ Answer: John Everett _Millais_ 2. _Watson and the Shark_ and _Death of Major Peirson_ Answer: John Singleton _Copley_ 3. _View on the Stour_ and _The Haywain_ Answer: John _Constable_ 6. This summer, the NBA noted the tenth anniversary of the 1986 draft, best known for its drug problems and flops. Only five players taken in the first round of the 1986 draft were on NBA rosters on June 26, 1986. Name them for five points each, 30 for all 5. Answer: Brad _Daugherty_, Ron _Harper_, Chuck _Person_, Arvydas _Sabonis_, John _Salley_ 7. Name the following members of the new Israeli cabinet given their post FTP each. 1. Foreign Minister Answer: David _Levy_ 2. Defense Minister Answer: Yitzhak _Mordechai_ 3. Religious Affairs Minister Answer: Benjamin _Netanyahu_ 8. For the stated number of points, answer the following concerning the Koran. 1. 5 pts: The Koran was revealed to Muhammed by what angel? Answer: _Gabriel_ 2. 10 pts: Give the name of the 114 divisions of the Koran which roughly correspond to chapters. Answer: _sura_s 3. 15 pts: The canonical text of the Koran was established in 652 under which caliph? Answer: _Uthman_ 9. Identify these Nobel Prize winners in literature from a depressing work FTP each, five if you need another work and the year they won the prize. 1. 10 pts: _The Long Valley_ 5 pts: _In Dubious Battle_, won in 1962 Answer: John Ernst _Steinbeck_ 2. 10 pts: _Happy Valley_ 5 pts: _Voss_, 1973 Answer: Patrick Victor Martindale _White_ 3. 10 pts: _Dry Valley_ 5 pts: "The Gentleman from San Francisco", 1933 Answer: Ivan Alekseyevich _Bunin_ 10. Given a law from American history, name the year it was passed. 10 points if exact or 5 points if within two. 1. Quebec Act Answer: _1774_ 2. Kansas-Nebraska Act Answer: _1854_ 3. Norris-LaGuardia Act Answer: _1932_ 11. For the stated number of points, given a chemical formula, give the name of the compound. 1. 5 pts: CHCl3 Answer: _chloroform_ 2. 10 pts: CH3COCH3 Answer: _acetone_ (accept dimethyl ketone or 2-propanone) 3. 5 pts: C2H2 Answer: _acetylene_ (accept ethyne) 4. 10 pts: HClO4 Answer: _perchloric acid_ (accept hydrogen perchlorate) 12. For the stated number of points, identify the following people associated with "Filegate", the scandal involving the Clinton administration's mishandling of FBI files. 1. 5 pts: Name the former head of the White House personnel security office who was lambasted by Democrats and Republicans for his ineptness in handling the files. Answer: Craig _Livingstone_ 2. 10 pts: Many of the files were discovered on two computer discs belonging to this man, who worked under Craig Livingstone? Answer: Anthony _Marceca_ 3. 15 pts: Name the Pennsylvania representative who chairs the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, which has been investigating the scandal. Answer: William F. _Clinger_, Jr. 13. FTP each, identify the following figures associated with the Harlem Renaissance. 1. Born in Jamaica, he is known for poems on racial themes such as _Harlem Shadows_, and for the novels _Banjo_ and _Banana Bottom_. Answer: Claude _McKay_ 2. He wrote _Black Thunder_, a tragic account of the slave insurrection led by Gabriel Prosser in Richmond in 1800, and the novel _God Sends Sunday_, the basis for the play _St. Louis Woman_. Answer: Arna _Bontemps_ 3. Associated for a time with the Harlem Renaissance, she interpreted African-American folk tales in such collections as _Tell My Horse_ and _Mules and Men_. Answer: Zora Neale _Hurston_ 14. FTP each, name the following figures of modern Asian history. 1. A founder of the French Communist Party, after the Geneva Conference of 1954 he became the first president of North Vietnam, serving in that position until 1969. Answer: _Ho_ Chi Minh 2. He was chosen to lead the Congress Party after the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi in 1991 and became prime minister the same year. Answer: Pamulaparti Venkata Narasimha _Rao_ 3. He was king of Cambodia from 1941 to 1955, but he abdicated in favor of his father and became premier. In 1970, he was deposed by Lon Nol, but he returned as king under a new constitution in 1993. Answer: Norodom _Sihanouk_ 15. For the stated number of points, identify the following musical terms associated with the violin. 1. 5 pts: This term indicates that the strings should be plucked. Answer: _pizzicato_ 2. 10 pts: This is the term for the end of the bow which is held by the hand. Answer: _frog_ 3. 15 pts: A separated, detached style of bowing, it is often abbreviated sp. in musical scores. Answer: _spiccato_ 16. Identify these types of foliated rock FTP each. 1. The lowest grade of foliated rock and usually dark grey to black, it is produced by the metamorphism of shales or by volcanic ash deposits. Answer: _slate_ 2. Of slightly higher grade than slate but not possessing schistosity, this rock has a somewhat glossy sheen from crystals of mica and chlorite. Answer: _phyllite_ 3. This coarse-grained rock does not split along the foliation and has coarse bands of segregated light and dark minerals throughout the rock. It is often the high grade equivalent of schist. Answer: _gneiss_ (nice) 17. Given works by a medieval philosopher, name the author FTP each. 1. _Opus majus_, _Opus minor_ Answer: _Roger Bacon_ 2. _Sic et non_ Answer: Peter _Abelard_ 3. _Sentences_ Answer: Peter _Lombard_ 18. For the stated number of points, answer the following concerning the first World Series. 1. 5 pts: In what year was it held? Answer: _1903_ 2. For 5 points each, name the two cities represented by the teams in the Series. Answer: _Boston_ and _Pittsburgh_ 3. 5 pts: How many games did the series take? Answer: _8_ 4. 10 pts: Name either Boston's or Pittsburgh's manager during the Series. Answer: Jimmy _Collins_ (Boston), Fred _Clarke_ (Pittsburgh) 19. Given a particle, name any person credited with discovering it, FTP each. 1. neutron Answer: James _Chadwick_ 2. positron Answer: Carl David _Anderson_ 3. muon neutrino Answer: Leon _Lederman_, Melvin _Schwartz_, or Jack _Steinberger_ 20. Given some rulers, name the ruling house to which they belonged, for the stated number of points. 1. 5 pts: Edward IV, Edward V, and Richard III of England Answer: _York_ 2. 10 pts: Louis II, Louis III, and Odo of France Answer: _Carolingian_ 3. 15 pts: Charles IV, Wenceslaus, and Sigismund of the Holy Roman Empire Answer: _Luxemburg_