1997 MLK Invitational Questions by Univ. of Memphis (Seth Kendall) =0D 1. In the 1920s this man began robbing banks in Oklahoma after he was unable to get a regular job to support his pregnant wife, and his sympathy for the poor led him to tear up all the mortgages when robbing banks and to throw money out of his getaway car to the homeless. Such activities earned him the nickname "The Robin Hood of Cookson Hills", though he was better known by another nickname, which he loathed. For 10 points name this gangster and bank-robber, whose more famous name referred to his well-groomed personal appearance. Answer: Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd =0D 2. Born in France, this woman spent her teens in New York before returning to Paris in 1927, where she began her literary career with D.H. Lawrence: An Unprofessional Study. While there she studied under psychiatrist Otto Rank, whose influence is seen in such other works as Ladders to Fire, Solar Barque, and Spy in the House of Love. For 10 points name this author, better known for her multi-volume Diaries and for such collections of erotic stories as Delta of Venus. Answer: Anais Nin =0D 3. This Biblical figure first appears after his sister, Tamar, has been raped by their half-brother Amnon, whom he kills to avenge her. As punishment for this crime he is sent into a three-year exile by his father David, and though David later attempts a reconciliation he leads a revolt against him. For 10 points name this man, who is killed by David's general Joab after his hair gets tangled in a tree and whose name was later used by William Faulkner in one of his most famous works. Answer: Absalom =0D 4. This form of radiation consists of high speed particles which are about 86% hydrogen nuclei, 12% helium nuclei, and 2% positrons and electrons. Stars have been known to generate them, as does the sun, but they are mainly emitted by supernovas and pulsars. First discovered in 1911 by Victor Hess, who won the 1936 Nobel Prize for Physics for his discovery, this type of radiation can damage electronic equipment. FTP, what is this which has not yet been observed to enable humans to become invisible, gain elasticity, burst into flame at will, or become a orange-rock covered monster? Answer: Cosmic Rays =0D 5. In A.D. 227 Artavasdes, the last king of this empire, was executed by the Sasanian Persians, who had conquered his kingdom. The empire itself was founded around 250 B.C. by Arsaces, and under his successors it grew from a small state in the what is now northern Iran to encompass most of the Arabian peninsula and Asia Minor ruled from its capitals of Hecatompylos and Ctesiphon. For 10 points name this ancient empire, whose most famous historical exploit was the defeat of Marcus Licinius Crassus at Carrhae in 53 B.C. Answer: Parthian Empire =0D 6. Set during the early years of World War I, this attempts to tell three stories simultaneously: one deals with the strange friendship between the aristocratic French Captain Boeldieu and his German captor Van Rauffenstein; another of the mistrust between Boeldieu and his subordinate Marechal, whom he helps to escape at the cost of his life; and the last of the adventures of Marechal and his companion Rosenthal en route to Switzerland. For 10 points name this film, starring Jean Gabin and Erich Von Stroheim, directed by Jean Renoir, and nominated for an Academy Award in 1937. Answer: La Grande Illusion (The Grand Illusion) =0D 7. After his father is forced by financial mishap to sell the title property to his worst enemy Mr. Wakem, Tom Tulliver forms a partnership with Bob Jakin and is eventually able to buy it back from him. Meanwhile his sister Maggie is pursued by Mr. Wakem's son Phillip and by her cousin's fiance Stephen Guest, and when a scandal causes her to be exiled by the Tulliver family, Maggie attempts to explain things to her brother by swimming out to him while he is boating, and they both die in a storm. This is a summary of, for 10 points, what novel by George Eliot? Answer: The Mill on The Floss =0D 9. At the insistence of King Charles II this woman was raised a Protestant, and her aversion to Catholicism led her to support William of Orange for the throne of England over her Catholic father James II. Set by the Declaration of Right to succeed William in 1702, her own thirteen-year reign was noted for the constant fighting between the Whigs and the Tories and for the spectacular victory of the Earl of Marlborough during the War of Spanish Succession. For 10 points name this queen, the last Stuart monarch of England. Answer: Anne =0C10. First isolated in 1735 by Georg Brandt, it is a ferromagnetic metal of Group VIII whose chief commercial use is in the making of special alloys such as Alnicos for permanent magnets. This element got its name from a German mining legend which stated that its poisonous compounds were placed in the earth by giants. For 10 points name this element, whose atomic number is 27, which was formerly used in making ceramics and jewelry because of the brilliant blue color made by its compounds. Answer: Cobalt =0D 11. After serving in the Spanish American War this man became a manager of a paint factory in Elyria, Ohio before abruptly moving to Chicago to live with his brother. While working as an advertising copy writer there he met such luminaries as Carl Sandburg and Theodore Dreiser, who encouraged him to publish his own first book, Windy Macpherson's Son, just as he himself would one day encourage Hemingway and Faulkner. For 10 points name this author, whose other works include Marching Man, The Triumph of the Egg, and Winesburg, Ohio . Answer: Sherwood Anderson =0D 12. One legend of his birth states that he sprang from the urine of Zeus, Hermes, and Poseidon, perhaps an omen for the bad luck he would suffer all his life. For example, after ridding the kingdom of Chios of wild beasts, King Oenopion refused to allow him to marry his daughter Merope as he had promised, and blinded him in his sleep instead, and although his eyesight restored by looking at the rising sun, his hunting ability aroused the envy of Artemis, who sent a giant scorpion to do him in. For 10 Points name this mythological hunter, whose constellation is still pursued across the sky by Scorpio. Answer: Orion =0D 13. Near its town hall is the Penang or Amsterdam gate, decorated by grotesque figures of Gog and Magog. This river Chiliwong flows through it. In the 16th century it was called Sunda Kelapa and was the chief port of the Sundanese kingdom of Pajadjaram. After the Dutch seized control of it they named it Batvia. FTP, name this city located on the northwestern coast of Java, capital of Indonesia. Answer: Djakarta =0D 14. Formed in 1967 as the New York Jets, this hockey team moved to Canada in 1972 and became a founding member of the World Hockey Association. Led by player-coach Bobby Hull, it won 3 WHA Championships before joining the NHL in 1979, where it has failed to prosper despite the services of such former members as Teemu Selanne. For 10 points name this hockey team whose current players include Mike Gartner and Jeremy Roenick, which has recently left Canada for the greener pastures of Arizona. Answer: Phoenix Coyotes (accept "Winnepeg Jets" before last clue) =0D 15. The battle plans were simple: the Army of the Potomac would split up, and while a small force under Major General Sedgwick crossed the Rappahannock at Fredericksburg to come from the east,the main force under its new commander Joseph Hooker would come at Lee from the North. Unfortunately for the Union, General Lee saw right through the plans, and while a detachment under Jubal Early held off Sedgwick, Lee was able to utterly defeat Hooker. For 10 Points name this May 3, 1863 battle, where Stonewall Jackson was shot by his own men. Answer: Chancellorsville =0D 16. The painter Oswald Alving returns home from Paris to celebrate the dedication of an orphanage to his father, Captain Alving, and to recover from a mysterious ailment which has been troubling him. While there he meets and falls for the maidservant Regina, but this is ruined when his mother reveals to him that both Regina and his sickness are the results of his father's sleeping around, and in the end he loses both the girl and his sanity. This is a brief synopsis of, for 10 points, what famous play by Henrik Ibsen? Answer: Ghosts =0D 17. The title character will marry anyone who can solve her three riddles, but will kill anyone who tries and fails. Calaf, son of Tamerlaine, solves them, and when she tries to back out of her side of the bargain he offers to release her if she can find out his name, which she does not know, before morning; she does so, but falls in love with him and marries him anyway. This is, for 10 points, a brief summary of what unfinished opera by Puccini, which contains the famous aria "Nessun Dorma"? Answer: Turandot =0D 18. After studying medicine and physical sciences this man entered the University of Copenhagen, where he earned his doctorate in 1799. Though he made significant discoveries in chemistry, such as isolating metallic Aluminum and proving that not all gasses were equally compressible, he is best remembered for his 1819 discovery that an electric current will deflect a compass needle. For 10 points name this discoverer of the electromagnetic theory after whom the physical unit of magnetic strength is named. Answer: Hans Christian Oersted =0C19. After an incubation period of about five weeks the first symptoms of this disease, which include aches, sore throat, and fatigue, appear, and other symptoms, which include fever, swollen glands, and weakness, soon follow. Caused by the Epstein-Barr Virus, this sickness often causes liver inflammation and hepatitis and in rare cases can result in a fatal enlargement of the spleen. For 10 points name this disease for which there is currently no treatment available, the bane of deep kissers. Answer: Infectious Mononucleosis or mono =0D 20. This military organization, whose name descends from the Turkish for "New Army" came into existence in the 14th century during the reign of the Ottoman Sultan Murad II. It originally consisted of Christian prisoners from the Balkans who either volunteered or were forced into accepting Islam and military service who were forbidden to marry so their loyalty to the Sultan would be undivided, though this rule was later relaxed. For 10 points name this elite cadre of the Ottoman Army which was destroyed after taking part in an uprising in 1826. Answer: Janissary (accept Janissaries) =0D 21. After earning a master's degree at age 18 this man was hired as a laboratory assistant at the Sorbonne, where he began studying crystals with his elder brother Jacques, leading to the discovery of piezoelectricity. Later, his studies of magnetism led to his discovery that certain materials lose their ferromagnetism beyond a certain temperature, the "point" which bears his name. For 10 points name this physicist, whose work on radioactivity earned him Nobel Prize in 1903, which he shared with Antoine Becquerel and his wife, Marie. Answer: Pierre Curie =0D 22. Though there are conflicting legends about his parentage, it is generally accepted that he was the son of Cronus and Philyra. One of Mythology's greatest teachers, his students include Peleus, Ascelepius, Jason, Achilles, and Heracles, the latter of whom accidently bringing about his death by wounding him with a poisoned arrow. For 10 points name this benevolent centaur, who was transformed into the constellation Sagittarius after his death. Answer: Chiron =0D 23. This people were originally an agricultural tribe from Dacia before an invasion by the Huns in A.D. 376 forced them to become nomadic. After spending many years harassing the frontiers of the Romans, whose forces under the Emperor Valens they defeated in 378, they eventually settled in Spain, where they founded a kingdom which lasted until their expulsion by the Moors in 711. For 10 points name this ancient barbarian tribe, whose greatest exploit was a sack of Rome led by their king Alaric in 410. Answer: Visigoths =0D 24. Included in the territory of this country are the islands of Socastra, the Brothers, Kamoran, and Berim. Though it is comparatively rich in such mineral resources as iron, coal, oil, and uranium, the main exports of this Near Eastern nation are agricultural products such as coffee, which was first discovered there. For 10 points name this nation bordered by Saudi Arabia and Oman, which existed as the separate states of Sana and Aden until 1990. Answer: Yemen =0D Incited by the Communist rhetoric of Vakulinchuk, a group of sailors mutiny when the ship's doctor allows meat which contains maggots to be served for their dinner, and in the riot Vakulinchuk himself is killed. Their home port of Odessa supports their rebellion, and in response the residents are massacred by cossacks, while the sailors themselves prepare to do battle with a fleet of ships sent to subdue the, though in the end the ships refuse to fire. This is a brief summary of, for 10 points, what 1925 Sergei Eisenstein film? Answer: Battleship Potemkin (accept Potemkin =0D First isolated in 1783 by Juan Jose and Fausto Elhuyar, this element was detected earlier by Carl Wilhelm Scheele in the compound which bears his name. Obtained industrially by means of the Goldshmidt Process,in combination with carbon it forms a substance measuring 9.5 on the Mohs scale, and it is mainly used commercially to harden steel and in the alloy pertinium, which is used in automobiles. For 10 points name this metal, atomic number 74, also used in lighting filaments, due to its melting point,the highest of all known elements. Answer: Tungsten =0D Brick is a former star football player who has become an alcoholic following the death of his friend and quarterback, Skipper. Returning home with his sexually repressed wife his father's birthday party, Brick and his father, Big Daddy, confront each other with two powerful truths: that the reason Brick drinks is because he suspects that he might have been in love with Skipper, and that Big Daddy's "spastic colon" is, in fact, cancer. This is a description of, for 10 points, what intense play by Tennessee Williams? Answer: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof =0CIn 1983 this band released its first album Kill 'Em All shortly after firing their original lead guitarist Dave Mustaine in favor of Kirk Hammett. The albums Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets followed before the death of bassist Cliff Burton, whom they replaced with Jason Newsted to record And Justice for All and a fifth self-titled album=2E For 10 points name this band, whose other members include James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich and whose most recent album is Load. Answer: Metallica =0D Lying in the southern entrance of the Bay of Naples opposite the Sorrento Peninsula, this island is about 4 miles long, 2 miles wide, and at its highest peak, Monte Solaro, rises to a height of 1932 feet. Though its economy is augmented by fishing and such agricultural products as citrus fruits, wine grapes, and olives, its main revenue is gained from tourists drawn to such attractions as the excavations of Roman Ruins, which include the 800 step "Phoenician Stairs", and the famous Blue Grotto. For 10 points identify this island, known to historians as the resort home of the Emperor Tiberius. Answer: Capri =0D Among this English poet's later works include the plays Osorio and Zapolyta and the literary criticism Biographia Literaria. An addiction to opium marked such earlier works as "Christabel", and the poem "Dejection: An Ode", was inspired by an unsuccessful love affair with Sara Hutchinson. For 10 points name this poet, better known for collaborating with William Wordsworth on Lyrical Ballads and for his own works, such as Kubla Khan and Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Answer: Samuel Taylor Coleridge =0D Consisting of about twenty species from the family Sphyraenidae, these fish are mostly found in tropical regions, though some inhabit more temperate areas. Ranging from about 4-6 feet in length, they have long bodies, two dorsal fins, and long, pointed jaws, and feed on other fish such as mullets, grunts, and anchovies. For 10 points name these carnivorous fish, whose name is used as the title of a song by Heart. Answer: Barracuda=0C1997 MLK Invitational Questions by Univ. of Memphis (Seth Kendall) =0D 1. Given a brief description of a chemical element, name it, 10 points each; if you need its atomic number, you'll only get 5. Note: all of these elements have something in common. 10 pts: In 1939 this element was first discovered by Marguerite Perey during an examination of the decay of Actinium-227. The heaviest metal of the alkali group, it exists only in small amounts, and less than 30 grams of it exist in the Earth's crust. 5 pts: Its atomic number is 87 Answer: Francium 10 pts: The existence of this element was predicted by Mendeleyev fifteen years before its discovery by Clemens Winkler in 1886. A member of Group IVa, it does not occur naturally and must be synthesized from minerals such as argyrodite for commercial use in transistors and photocells. 5 pts: Its atomic number is 32 Answer: Germanium 10 pts: This element was first discovered in 1944 by Glenn Seaborg, Ralph James, Leon Morgan, and Albert Ghiorso, who obtained it from the decay of plutonium. Its most commons isotope, 241, is used commercially in fuel gauges and distance-sensing devices, which employ its gamma radiation. 5 pts: Its atomic number is 95 Answer: Americium =0D 2. In 1894 a Jewish captain in the French army named Dreyfus was accused of espionage in a much-celebrated court case. Answer the following questions about the so-called "Dreyfus Affair", 10 points each. 1. To what notorious French penal colony was Dreyfus sent after his conviction? Answer: Devil's Island 2. Eventually another officer confessed to the crime and to framing Dreyfus. Name this man, whose name is also that of the patrons of Haydn. Answer: C.F. Esterhazy 3. Emile Zola denounced the conviction of Dreyfus in his famous pamphlet "J'Accuse". In whose newspaper "The Aurora" did Zola publish "J'Accuse"? Answer: Georges Clemanceau =0D 4. Often the Pulitzer Prize for fiction will be awarded to a work later judged to be an author's best. Occasionally, however, this is not the case. Given a work for which an author won and the year, identify the author, 10 points each; if you need a better-known work that didn't win, you'll only get 5. 10 pts: This author won one in 1963 for The Reivers 5 pts: He didn't win one for The Sound and the Fury Answer: William Faulkner 10 pts: This author won in 1973 for The Optimist's Daughter 5 pts: She didn't get one for The Robber Bridegroom Answer: Eudora Welty 10 pts: This author one in 1943 for Dragon's Teeth 5 pts: He didn't get one for The Jungle Answer: Upton Sinclair =0D 5. Given a librettist with whom each man consistently worked, identify the composer, 10 points each; if you need an opera they composed together, you'll only get 5. 10 pts: Francesco Maria Paive 5 pts: La Traviata Answer: Guisseppe Verdi 10 pts: Hugo von Hofmannsthal 5 pts: Der Rosenkavalier Answer: Richard Wagner 10 pts: Lorenzo da Ponte 5 pts: Don Giovanni Answer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart =0D 6. Given a brief description of the following battles from the war of 1812, identify it on a 5-10-15 basis . 1. This January 8, 1815 engagement, fought after peace had been concluded with the Treaty of Ghent, was a great victory for American forces under Major General Andrew Jackson over the British under General Edward Pakenham. For five points, name it. Answer: Battle of New Orleans 2. In this September 10, 1813 battle Master Commandant Oliver hazard Perry joined forces with General William Henry Harrison to defeat a combined British-Native American force under General Henry Proctor and chief Tecumseh, who died there. For 10 points, name it. Answer: Battle of the Thames cont'd next page 3. Though the British and Americans both lost about 800 men in this engagement, American forces under Major General Jacob Brown and Brigadier General Winfield Scott scored a tactical victory over the British under canadian General George Prevost. fought in Western New York on July 25, 1814. Answer: Lundy's Lane =0D 7. This bonus will test your knowledge about the brain. For 10 points, identify the following things about the brain. 1. Externally, the brain has many raised ridges that twist and turn, and make it look like coral. Identify them. Answer: Gyrus (gyri) 2. The grooves between each of the gyri also have a name. Identify these. Answer: Sulcis (sulci) 3. The tenth cranial nerve is possibly the most familiar of all the cranial nerves. Name this nerve, which travels from the brain and innervates many of the involuntary organs. Hint: it is named for the wandering path it takes to get to where it is going. Answer: Vagus =0D 8. In the early Christian church there were many matters about which practitioners of the faith disagreed violently enough to fight about it; the side which won became Orthodox, while that which lost became heretical. For 10 points each answer the following questions about these heresies of the Early Christian Church. 1. This heresy, named for the Bishop of Carthage who advocated it, refused to acknowledge the ordination of any priest who had cooperated with the Persecution of Diocletian, and particularly of traitors, Christians who gave up their Bible to be burned by the Romans. It was declared heretical in 412. Answer: Donatism 2. This heresy, named for the patriarch of Constantinople who preached it, taught that Mary was the mother of only the human side of Christ, and was therefore not the "Mother of God". It was officially declared anathema in 431. Answer: Nestorianism 3. This heresy, named for the Byzantine priest who propounded it, taught that Jesus was "created", and thus the subordinate of God, who was wholly divine. The first Council of Nicaea was called to anathematize it in 326. Answer: Arianism =0D 9. This bonus will test your knowledge of the Russian author Nikolai Gogol. For 10 pts. each, identify the Gogol work from a brief description. 1. This short story is in first person and records the daily humiliations of a minor government official named Poprischin as he gradually loses his sanity. Answer: Diary of a Madman 2. In this play Ivan Hlestakov is given royal treatment by prominent citizens of a small town, who mistake him for someone else. Answer: The Government Inspector or The Inspector General 3. This novella tells of a proud cossack and his two sons, Andrea and Ostap, and their adventures during a siege of a Polish village. It was later made into a movie starring Yul Brenner and Anthony Curtis. Answer: Taras Bulba =0D 10. In A.D. 9 three Roman legions were ambushed by German tribesmen near the Rhine river and were totally destroyed, a disaster so great that the Emperor Augustus declared its anniversary a day of mourning for the rest of his reign. For 10 points apiece: 1. What was the name of this massacre? Answer: Teutoburg Forest (Teutoburg Wald) 2. The Romans were led into the trap at Teutoburg forest by what chieftain, who treacherously betrayed the Romans after offering to serve as a guide for the expedition? Answer: Arminius 3. Who was the leader of the Roman legions in this ill-fated expedition? Answer: Lucius Quinctilius Verus =0D 11. This bonus will test your knowledge of taxonomic classifications. Given an animal, identify the order to which it belongs, 5 points each. 1. Hamster Answer: Rodentia 2. Grizzly Bear Answer: Carnivora 3. Monarch Butterfly Answer: Lepidoptera 4. African Elephant Answer: Proboscidae 5. Grasshopper Answer: Orthoptera 6. You (not ewe) Answer: Primata =0C12. Given a list of characters, name the work of Charles Dickens in which they appear, 5 points each. 1. Lady Dedlock, Esther Summerson, John Jarndyce Answer: Bleak House 2. Quilp, Sampson Brass, Nellie Trent Answer: The Old Curiosity Shop 3.Stephen Blackpool, James Harthouse, Thomas Gradgrind Answer: Hard Times 4. John Jasper,Rosa Bud, Helena Landless Answer: Mystery of Edwin Drood 5. Dr. Mannette, Miss Pross, Sydney Carton Answer: A Tale of Two Cities 6. Montague Tigg, Seth Pecksniff, Mary Graham Answer: Martin Chuzzlewit =0D 13. Answer the following film-related questions, five points each 1. This actress has appeared in such films as Annie Hall, Looking for Mr. Goodbar, and Reds, as well as such recent films as First Wives Club Answer: Diane Keaton 2. This actor has starred in such recent films as Alien Nation , Misery, The Program, and Eraser, and is to appear in Copland. Answer: James Caan 3. This actor put in memorable performances in Apocalypse Now, Colors, and Falling Down, and has recently appeared in Something to Talk About and Phenomenon Answer: Robert Duvall 4. This actor recently starred in Glengarry Glen Ross, Carlito's Way, City hall, and Heat, though he is best remembered for such films as Serpico and Scarface. Answer: Al Pacino 5. This legendary actor has appeared in such films as The Wild One, A Streetcar named Desire, Last Tango in Paris, and Apocalypse Now, and most recently in Island of Dr. Moreau. Answer: Marlon Brando 6. Finally, in what 1972 film directed by Francis Ford Coppolla did Diane Keaton, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Al Pacino, and Marlon Brando star? Answer: The Godfather =0D 14. For this bonus you will be given the capitals of two South American nations. Your task will be to identify the capital of the nation which lies between the two nations, for 10 points apiece. 1. Lima and Asuncion Answer: La Paz (accept Sucre) 2. Paramaribo and Caracas Answer: Georgetown 3. Montevideo and Santiago Answer: Buenos Aires =0D 15. Given songs from a Beatles Album, identify it, 10 points each. 1. "Happiness is a Warm Gun", "Dear Prudence", "Rocky Raccoon" Answer: Untitled (commonly known as White Album 2. "Taxman", "Yellow Submarine", "Eleanor Rigby" Answer: Revolver 3. "Come Together", "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window", "Here Comes the Sun" Answer: Abbey Road =0D 16. Identify the following planets from moons that orbit them, 10 points each. 1. Iapetus; Promethus; Epimetheus Answer: saturn 2. Metis; Amalthea; Callisto Answer: Jupiter 3. Desdemona; Cressida; Portia Answer: Uranus =0C17. Think you know Roman history? How about those who wrote about it? Given a brief description identify the ancient historian, 5 points each. 1. This Roman wrote the 140-volume Ab urbe Condita, of which only 35 volumes survive. Answer: Livy (Titus Livius) 2. This Roman is chiefly remembered for his History of the Jugurthine War and History of the Catilinean Conspiracy. Answer: Sallust (Gaius Sallustius Crispus) 3. Among the works of the Roman are Histories, The Germans, and The Annals Answer: Tacitus (Publius Cornelius Tacitus) 4. This Roman wrote Lives of the Twelve Caesars Answer: Suetonius (Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus) 5. This Englishman is most famous for his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Answer: Edward Gibbon 6. This German wrote History of the Roman Empire, and was the recipient of the 1902 Nobel Prize Answer: Theodor Mommsen =0D 18. To oust his brother Eteocles from the throne of Thebes, Polynices gathered together six kings and assaulted to the city. For five points each, identify the six others of the Seven Against Thebes. Answer: Tyndareus, Adrastus, Hipomedon, Amphiarus, Capaneus, Parthenopaeus =0D 19. Identify the American author from works, 30-20-10. 30 pts: The novel Focus and the play The Archbishop's Ceiling 20 pts: The plays The American Clock and After the Fall 10 pt: The screenplay for the film The Misfits and the play All My Sons 5 pts: The plays The Crucible and Death of a Salesman Answer: Arthur Miller =0D 20. A number of scientific constants are known by the name of the men who first proposed them. Given the numerical value of such an eponymous constant, name it , 10 points each. 1. 1.097373177x10 to the negative seventh power inverse meters. Answer: Rydberg Constant 2. 6.6260755 x10 to the negative thirty-fourth power joule-second Answer: Planck's Constant 3. 1.380662x10 to the negative twenty-third power joule/Kelvins Answer: Boltzman's Constant =0D 21. Identify the 20th century French playwright from works, 10 points each. 1. The Holy Terrors, The Infernal Machine, Orpheus Answer: Jean Cocteau 2. Thieves Carnival, Becket, Antigone Answer: Jean Anouilh 3. Deathwatch, The Maids, The Balcony Answer: Jean Genet =0D 22. Name the economist from works, 5 points each. 1. General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money Answer: John Maynard Keynes 2. Foundations of Economic Analysis Answer: Paul Samuelson 3. The Affluent Society Answer: John Kenneth Galbraith 4. A Monetary History of the United States Answer: Milton Friedman 5. Principles of Political Economy and Taxation Answer: David Ricardo 6. Theory of the Leisure Class Answer: Thorsten Veblen =0C23. For 5 points each, given a description, name the George Bernard Shaw Play 1. It shares its name with an Aesop fable and is concerned with a group of Christians about to be slaughtered in the Colosseum. Answer:Androcles and the Lion 2. This play was made into a film starring Claude Rains and Vivien Liegh, and one of its characters is the Egyptian maidservant Phtatateeta(tat-ah-teet-ah) whose name almost nobody can pronounce. Answer: Caesar and Cleopatra 3. Its title is taken form the opening line of the Aeneid, and it tells of how to determine whether a soldier has been in combat by looking in his side-arm holster. Answer: Arms and the Man 4. Its title character is a member of the Salvation Army who is dismayed to learn that her father is a wealthy arms manufacturer. Answer: Major Barbara 5. It's about prostitution. Answer: Mrs. Warren's Profession 6.)It features the play-within-a-play Don Juan in Hell, and one of its characters, appropriately enough, is Friedreich Nietszche. Answer:Man and Superman =0D Given a chemical element's atomic number, identify the scientist after whom is was named, 5 points each. 1. 102 Answer: Alfred Nobel 2. 99 Answer: Albert Einstein 3. 103 Answer: Ernest Rutherford 4. 96 Answer: Marie Curie 5. 100 Answer: Enrico Fermi 6. 101 Answer: Dmitri Mendeleev =0D For assistance in the war against the allied Greek city states, Trojan King Priam had the help of several non-Trojan allies. Given a brief description of three of these, identify the ally, 10 points each. 1. This Ethiopian prince, the son of Eos and Tithonus, came to Troy's aid after the death of Hector and killed Archilochus, son of aged Pylian king Nestor. Challenged to single combat by Nestor, he declined to fight him but was killed by Achilles, who acted as Nestor's champion. Answer: Memnon 2. This Lycian prince, son of Zeus and Europa, was the mightiest warrior on the Trojan side besides Hector; he was finally slain by Patroclus. Answer: Sarpedon 3. When this Thracian king heard a prophecy stating that Troy would never fall if his horses drank from the river Xanthus, he rushed to the aid of the Trojans but was ambushed and murdered by Diomedes and Odysseus before his horses could drink. Answer: Rhesus =0D German director Fritz Lang was one of the most influential directors of film history. Answer the following questions about his work on a 5-10-15 basis. 5 pts: His most famous work, this film is set in the future and features a maniacal robot out to incite a riot among the working class of a model city run by John Frederson. Answer: Metropolis 10 pts: This film starred Peter Lorre as a child-murderer fond of whistling "Peer Gynt". Answer: M 15 pts: This mad scientist and would-be world conqueror was the subject of three Lang films, in which he is described as a "Gambler", leaves his "Testament", and has a "Thousand Faces". Answer: Dr. Mabuse =0D To help him combat evil, the God Thor assembled a team of Marvel super-heroes. Answer the following questions about this team for the stated number of points. 1. First, name each of the four other members Thor assembled, five points for each correct answer. Answer: Iron Man, Hulk, Ant-Man, Wasp 2. For an additional five points, against what menace did Thor, Hulk, Ant Man, Wasp, and Iron Man fight? Answer: Loki 3.For a final five points, what was the name by which this team would be known? Answer: Avengers =0CHow much do you know about bays? Given a description of a Bay, identify it, 10 points each. 1. Originally named Stingray harbor by captain Cook, this is an inlet of the Tasmanian Sea which is about 5 miles across and one mile wide. It is also famous among Star Trek fans as the ship in which Khan Noonien Singh was found. Answer: Botany Bay 2. This wide inlet of the North Atlantic Sea covers an area of about 86,000 square Miles. Bordered to the east by France and the south by Spain, it is fed by the Loire and Garonne rivers. Answer: Bay of Biscay 3. A shallow inlet of the North East Indian Ocean, it covers about 839,000 square miles. It is bordered by Bangladesh to the North, Sri lanka to the West, and Burma to the east, it is fed by the Irawaddy and Ganges rivers. Answer: Bay of Bengal =0D Given a brief description of his reign, identify the English monarch, 10 points each. 1. During the reign of this king, which lasted from 1727 to 1760, the War of Austrian Succession was fought and the Seven Year's War begun. Also, the rebellion of the Pretender Charles Stuart was crushed at the Battle of Culloden. Answer: George II 2. Reigning from 1660 to 1685, this monarch had to contend with such calamities as the Anglo-Dutch War and the Great Fire of London. The Navigation Acts were also passed during his rule. Answer: Charles II 3. Reigning from 1377 to 1399, this unfortunate son of the Black Prince first had to deal with the Peasant's Revolt and later with the rebellion of Henry Bolingbroke, who eventually managed to usurp the throne as Henry VII and possibly murdered the deposed king. Answer: Richard II =0D Had Bill Clinton been defeated in his bid for re-election, it seems unlikely that he would have attempted to regain the White House as a member of another party than the one to whom he belonged when he took office. Nevertheless, a few former presidents have attempted to do that very thing . Given the second party and year a president tried to regain the Oval Office, name him, 10 points each; if you need the year and party o which he belonged when he first took office, you'll only get 5. 10 pts: This man unsuccessfully ran as a member of the Free Soil party in 1848. 5 pts: He took office as a democrat in 1836. Answer: Martin Van Buren 10 pts: This man unsuccessfully ran as a member of the Progressive Party in 1912 5 pts: In 1901 he took office as a Republican upon the death in office of his predecessor, and was re-elected as a member of that party in 1904. Answer: Theodore Roosevelt 10 pts: This man unsuccessfully ran as a member of the American party in 1856. 5 pts: In 1850 he took office as a Whig upon the death in office of his predecessor. Answer: Millard Fillmore=0C