Identify the authors of the following works about women for ten points each A The Yellow Wallpaper, a short story Answer Charlotte Perkins GILMAN B Trifles, a one-act play Answer Susan GLASPELL C The Handmaid's Tale Answer Margaret ATWOOD Nathaniel West only wrote four novels in his lifetime. For five points each, name them. Answer THE DAY OF THE LOCUST MISS LONELYHEARTS THE DREAM LIFE OF BALSO SNELL A COOL MILLION West died in a car accident in 1940 while he was travelling to the funeral of his neighbor. Name this literary neighbor, author of The Beautiful and the Damned and Tales of the Jazz Age. Answer F. Scott FITZGERALD It was May 22, 1856. Missourians had just set fire to a town in Kansas. The senator from Massachusetts had delivered a speech two days earlier titled "The Crime against Kansas." A For five points, who gave the speech? Answer Charles SUMNER B For ten points, what senator from South Carolina did Sumner attack in his speech? Answer Andrew Pickens BUTLER C For five points, what nephew of Butler attacked Sumner on the floor of the Senate with a cane? Answer Preston BROOKS d) For ten points, what Kansas town had been burned the day before the incident? Answer LAWRENCE Within the Mediterranean Sea are several smaller "seas." For five points each, name the six seas which you can find between the Strait of Gibraltar and the western end of Crete Answer ALBORAN BALEARIC LIGURIAN TYRRHENIAN ADRIATIC IONIAN Name the President given the name of an alleged lover for ten points, five points if you need his wife's maiden name. A 10 pts. Judith Exner 5 pts. Jacqueline Bouvier Answer John F. KENNEDY B 10 pts. Betsey Walker 5 pts. Martha Wayles Skelton Answer Thomas JEFFERSON C 10 pts. Kay Summersby 5 pts. Marie Geneva Doud Answer Dwight D. EISENHOWER Name the artists of the following unrelated works of art for five points each. Self-portrait. Just kidding. A The Brooklyn Bridge Answer JOSEPH STELLA B Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji Answer HOKUSAI Katsushika C Le Moulin de la Galette Answer Auguste RENOIR d) Death of General Wolfe Answer Benjamin WEST e) School of Athens Answer RAPHAEL f) Spiral Jetty Answer Robert SMITHSON (note: Spiral Jetty is in the Great Salt Lake) Do you know where the lost tribes of Israel are? For five points each, which two tribes were not scattered? Answer JUDAH and BENJAMIN For five points each, which two sons of Joseph were adopted by Jacob as his own? Answer EPHRAIM and MANNASEH For ten points, which sci-fi TV show told the story of the restoration of the lost tribes of Israel in a futuristic setting? Answer BATTLESTAR GALACTICA Here's a question about the development of Maxwell's Equations. For five points, name the law derivable from the law of Biot and Savart which is the magnetostatic analogue to Gauss' Law in electrostatics, and which was first advanced by the scientist for whom the SI unit of current is named. Answer AMPERE'S law For ten points, Maxwell adjusted this equation for non-steady currents by introducing this type of current into the equation. Answer DISPLACEMENT current For fifteen points, Maxwell's equations were cast into their present elegant form by this engineer, who also developed the techniques of the Laplace transform and whose name is often given to the unit step function. Answer Oliver HEAVISIDE For ten points each, given a definition, tell whether it describes an acid or a base, and under which theory of acids and bases it falls. Both parts are necessary to get points. A A molecule or ion which accepts a proton in a proton transfer Answer BRONSTED-LOWRY BASE B An electron pair donor Answer LEWIS BASE Suffer through classical Japanese literature with me. Identify the following works for ten points each. A This work, written about 1000 A.D. by Sei Shonagon was named for the place where she supposedly kept her writing materials. It is a personal view of her life at court, full of wit and satire. Answer THE PILLOW BOOK of Sei Shonagon, or MAKURA NO SOUSHI B Written in the early 13th century, it tells the story of Kamo no Choumei, a monk who abandons his home to live in a small hut. The book comments extensively on the impermanence of things, often through recounting the natural disasters that befell Kyoto while he was there. Answer ACCOUNT OF A HUT TEN FEET SQUARE (accept English equivalents) or HOJOUKI C This long 11th century novel by Murasaki Shikibu recounts the amorous adventures of its title character, who dies partway through. Answer THE TALE OF GENJI or GENJI MONOGATARI James B. Duke, founder of Duke University, made his money in tobacco. Answer the following about him and his company for the stated number of points. A Duke went into cigarette manufacturing because he didn't think he could compete with this blend of pipe tobacco, which was named for what was then the tobacco capital of the U.S. Answer BULL DURHAM B After effectively cornering the U.S. market, Duke's company was broken up by the Department of Justice into four large companies and a number of smaller ones. For five points each, name the four companies which were formed by the dissolution, tobacco's equivalent to the Baby Bells. Answer AMERICAN TOBACCO Company, LIGGETT AND MYERS, R.J. REYNOLDS, P. LORILLARD A major extinction occured about 65 million years ago, marking the boundary between the Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras. For ten points, the extinction occured at the end of what period of geologic history? Answer CRETACEOUS For ten points, a famous father and son team have hypothesized that the extinction was caused by a huge dust cloud resulting from an asteroid hitting the Earth. For ten points, give the last name of this father-son duo. Answer ALVAREZ The Alvarezes based their theory on the presence of a thin layer of clay between Mesozoic and Cenozoic sediments which is rich in this element, rare on earth but common in meteorites. For ten points, name the element. Answer IRIDIUM Meteorology wasn't always Willard Scott. For ten points, name the Regent of the Winds, viceroy of the Greek gods. Answer AEOLUS Now, for five points each, give the names the Greeks gave to the North, West, South, and East Winds. Be sure to indicate which name belongs to which wind. Answer North - BOREAS West - ZEPHYR South - NOTUS East - EURUS I'll give you two Shakespearean quotes with blanks. For each quote, supply the one word that fills all of the blanks, the speaker, and the play, five points per part. A A (blank) come to judgment! Yea, a (blank). O wise young judge, how I do honor thee! Answer DANIEL, SHYLOCK, THE MERCHANT OF VENICE B Some are born (blank), some achieve (blank)ness, and some have (blank)ness thrust upon them. Answer GREAT, MALVOLIO, TWELFTH NIGHT For ten points each, what language would you be studying if you consulted the following reference works? A Wheelock's Grammar Answer LATIN B Nelson's Dictionary Answer JAPANESE C Robert-Collins Dictionary Answer FRENCH Identify the following South American liberators for ten points each. A He was a Venezuelan who served with the French in the American Revolution. He failed in an attempt to start a revolt in Venezuela in 1806, but returned in 1810, acting briefly as dictator until he lost British backing.. He died in a Spanish prison in 1816. Answer Francisco Antonio Gabriel MIRANDA B Born in Argentina, he fought for the Spanish from 1789 to 1811. In 1817 he invaded Chile with 4,000 men, and with Bernardo O'Higgins defeated the Spaniards at Chacabuco in 1817. In 1821 he occupied Lima and Callao and became protector of Peru. Answer Jose Francisco de SAN MARTIN C He took Quito in May, 1822, as lieutenant under Bolivar. After Bolivar cleared the Spaniards out of Peru in 1824, this general organized Bolivia and acted in place of Bolivar, defeating the Spanish faction of Peru at Ayachuco in December of 1824. Answer Antonio Jose DE SUCRE Identify the English poets who made the following phrases famous: A for five points, "Sweetness and light" Answer Matthew ARNOLD B for ten points, "Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world" Answer Percy Bysshe SHELLEY C for fifteen points, the terms "sprung rhythm, inscape, and instress" Answer Gerard Manley HOPKINS In "Sweeney Redivivus" he retells the story of "Sweeney Astray," the Irish tale which he translated into English. In "Station Island" he puts into poetry a sequence of dream encounters with familiar ghosts, which the narrator experiences while undertaking a modern version of a pilgrimage. The poem asks questions about the political role of the poet, set against the backdrop of the troubles in Northern Ireland. FTP, name this poet, a winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Answer Seamus HEANEY He now lives in Canada, but in his autobiographical memoir "Running in the Family," this author recounts his family history, on the occasion of a visit to his native Sri Lanka. He himself is of Dutch ancestry, and has become one of the most acclaimed writers in the English language, with works such as "The Collected Works of Billy the Kid" and "In the Skin of a Lion." FTP, name this winner of the Booker Prize for "The English Patient." Answer Michael ONDAATJE In 1935 this author was made principal of the Diepkloof Reformatory school, and was considered the leading authority on penal reform in his country. He toured Scandinavia to do a study of prisons, and it was in Norway that he began to write his most famous novel, set in the rural village of Ixopo where he had taught for three years. FTP, name this South African author of "Too Late the Phalarope," "Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful," and the novel which retells the story of King David and Absalom in the form of Steven and Absalom Kumalo. Answer: Alan PATON He probably comes from Asteroid B-612, seen only once through a telescope by a Turkish astronomer. He wants sheep for his world to eat the baobabs before they overtake the world. And he was able to tell that Drawing Number One was an elephant inside a boa constrictor. FTP, name this fictional character, the creation of Antoine de Saint Exupery. Answer THE LITTLE PRINCE, or LE PETIT PRINCE The 1964 Good Friday Earthquake in this city was the strongest ever recorded in North American history. Located on a triangle of land bounded by the Turnagain and Knik Arms of the Cook Inlet and the Chugach Mountains. Early names for this city included Ship Creek and Woodrow. The home of Elmendorf Air Force Base, its location made it important in air travel, and its airport is known as the "Air Crossroads of the World." FTP, name this city of about 250,000, home to college basketball's Great Alaska Shootout. Answer: ANCHORAGE, Alaska Along with his good friend Josef Hofmann, he was the dominant pianist of his day. He began his concert career rather late in life out of economic necessity, having preferred to conduct and compose instead. Everywhere he went he was dogged by the popularity of his Prelude in C-sharp Minor, which he was requested to play at every turn. FTP, name this Russian pianist and composer, who left a number of recordings before his death in 1941, who you may know better as composer of "Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini" Answer Sergei RACHMANINOFF William Macbeth, a New York art gallery owner, was convinced that better things were being produced than what was being shown at the National Academy, so with the help of his friend Arthur Davies he organized an exhibition of contemporary American painters in 1908. The artists displayed included Robert Henri, George Luks, John Sloan, William Glackens, Everett Shinn, Ernest Lawson, Maurice Predergast, and Davies. FTP, this exhibition introduced what school of American realist painting? Answer THE ASHCAN SCHOOL or THE EIGHT (accept EIGHT AMERICAN PAINTERS before the FTP prompt) We. . . Having undertaken for the Glory of God, and Advancement of the Christian Faith, and the Honour of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the notrhter Parts of Virginia; do by these Presents, solemnly and mutually in the Presence of God and one of another, convenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our better Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid. FTP, this statement comes from what document, signed in November 1620 somewhere off the coast of Cape Cod. Answer MAYFLOWER COMPACT He inherited only the small principality of Ferghana, but this descendent of Tamerlane and Chingis Khan quickly rose to military dominance in Afghanistan, utilizing traditional horse-mounted archers as well as new gunpowder weapons and tactics adapted from the Ottoman Turks. His greatest military victory was at the 1526 battle of Paripat, in which he crushed the Muslim sultanate of Delhi and solidified his control over northern India. FTP, identify this founder of the Mughal Empire. Answer BABUR or BABAR It was said that this man was Humphry Davy's greatest discovery. He developed the basic vocabulary of electrochemistry, introducing the terms anode, cathode, ion, electrolyte, and electrolysis. His is probably best known for his work in physics, however. In 1821 he produced the first electric motor. FTP, name this scientist, for whom the SI unit of capacitance is named. Answer Michael FARADAY This two-word term describes the type of allopatric speciation by which Darwin's finches evolved in the Galapagos Islands. It is defined as the emergence of numerous species from a common ancestor introduced to an environment presenting a diversity of new opportunities and problems. Thus, Darwin's finches exhibit a variety of beaks specialized for different types of food. FTP, give this term, which sounds as though it may be describing a cause of mutation. Answer ADAPTIVE RADIATION In 1790, Jeremy Bentham created a plan for this type of building which he named the Panopticon. The Panopticon was never built during his lifetime, but the design served as the prototype for many later structures of this kind. American designs include the Pennsylvania System, the Auburn System, the radial cruciform, and the telephone pole, each designed to maximize lines of sight or to isolate the residents. FTP, name this type of building, famous examples of which include The Tombs, Sing Sing, and Alcatraz Answer PRISONS, or JAILS Published in 1980, in the aftermath of the energy crises of the 1970's, this short economic book claimed that slow growth in the United States economy was a result of political and social forces which created a system in which necessary redistributions of wealth could not take place. FTP, name this Lester Thurow work, in which he claims that American society resembles a game in which losses equal winnings. Answer: _The Zero-Sum Society_ The action of this novel probably takes place in the real-life towns of Manhasset and Great Neck. Characters include Meyer Wolfsheim, who allegedly fixed the 1919 World Series, and Jordan Baker, a semi-professional golfer. The eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg also figure prominently in this story of frustrated desire. FTP, name this novel, narrated by Nick Carraway, and written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Answer: _The Great Gatsby_ It was July 30, 1864. Grant's army lay in siege around the town of Petersburg. A week earlier, the 48th Pennsylvania, a regiment which had many coal miners, had begun work on a tunnel 511 feet long, extending under Confederate lines, and into which they placed 4 tons of gunpowder. The hole resulting from the explosion meaured 170 feet long by 60 feet wide by 30 feet deep, more than enough room for the Yanks to breakthrough, but bad Union leadership allowed the Confederates just enough time to regroup. FTP, name this infamous battle, aptly named for its most prominent feature. Answer: Battle of the _Crater_ Of them, Capaneus, Eteocles, Hippomedon, Parthenopaeus, Tydeus lay dead and unburied. Polyneices had been buried at the price of his sister Antigone's life. Only Adrastus remained alive to plead for the assistance of Theseus, King of Athens, in convincing Creon to allow the five unburied warriors to be put to rest. FTP, name this group of men, whose story is told in Euripides' play "The Suppliants" as well as in a play by Aeschylus. Answer the SEVEN AGAINST THEBES. (prompt on an early ring with "The Suppliants") Write down the sequence 0, 3, 6, 12, 24. Add 4 to each term, and then divide each term by 10. Interestingly, these results correspond to the semimajor axes of the planets. FTP, what is the name of this "law," dismissed by many scientists as being merely a coincidence, which purports to account for distances between planets? Answer _Bode's_ Law or _Titius-Bode_ Law