Wahoo War of the Minds 1997

Round Eight

1.  The king visits the tournament disguised as Ashby de la Zouch, and helps the title character defeat the Templar Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert. Sir Brian goes to the Preceptory of Templestowe, taking Rebecca with him, and she is accused of witchcraft. FTP, identify this 1819 novel, set during the reign of Richard I, in which Cedric, Rowena, Isaac the Jew, and the title character are imprisoned by Normans, the most popular historical romance of Sir Walter Scott.

Answer: Ivanhoe

2.  As Secretary of War, he created the army's general staff, wrote the
Philippine constitution, and drew up the Platt Amendment.  A member of the
Hague's permanent court of arbitration, he also served as President of the
Carnegie Endowment for Internatio
nal Peace and as a delegate to the Washington conference.  FTP, name this
statesman, who negotiated an open door agreement with Japan in 1908 as
Secretary of State, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1912.

Answer: Elihu Root

3.  Also described as Mediterranean vegetation, plants like chamise,
manzanita, and ceanothus (sea-NO-sus),  whose leaves are coated with flammable
resin, are typical of its flora.  It is found in coastal areas between
thirty and forty degrees latitude ch
aracterized by mild, rainy winters and long, hot, dry summers.  Such
environmental stresses prevent trees from growing and result in stands of dense,
spiny shrubs with tough evergreen leaves.  FTP, what is this type of
terrain seen along coastlines in Chi
le, southwestern Africa and Australia, and California?

Answer: chaparral

4.  The founder of the dynasty was the great-great-grandson of Hasmon, lead
ing to the alternative family name.  After Jonathan renewed the alliance
with Rome, he was murdered by the Syrians, and the dynasty ended when his
brother Simon was murdered in 135
 by Ptolemy, his son-in-law.  FTP, identify this Jewish family, which
gained note when Mattathias stood up to Antiochus IV, named when Judah was
called the hammerer.

Answer: the Maccabees

5.  Like Greg Norman, this golfer has a history of coming in second at
major championships.  During the 1996 U.S. Open, he swapped religious stories
even as he was blowing the tournament to Steve Jones.  He finally broke
that streak by winning the 1996 Br
itish Open and cementing his place among golf=D5s elite.  FTP, name this
golfer, who finished second to Tiger Woods in the first 1997 tournament the
day he was named 1996 Golfer of the Year.

Answer: Tom Lehman

6.  This river's source is less than 500 miles from its delta, but its
total length is more than three times that.  This happens because it first
flows west from the Brazilian border to the Colombian border, where it turns
north, before eventually turning
 east, emptying into the Atlantic near Trinidad.  FTP, name this longest
river in Venezuela, which has given its name to a song by Enya.

Answer: Orinoco


7.  The great-grandson of Francis Scott Key, he studied zoology at
Kentucky State College before moving on to Columbia and Cal Tech.  In addition to
creating the first chromosome map, he used observations of =D2white-eyes=D3
to establish sex linkage, and disc
overed crossover.  FTP, name this geneticist, winner of the Nobel Prize in
1933 for his work on fruit flies.

Answer: Thomas Hunt Morgan

8.  He held back Carleton's invasion of New York at Valcour Island, and
was promoted to major general after engagements at Ridgefield and Norwalk. 
In 1777, he relieved the siege of Fort Stanwix, checked Burgoyne at
Freeman's Farm, and was wounded at Bemi
s Heights, whereupon he became military commander of Philadelphia.  FTP,
name this Revolutionary leader, who led the attack on Fort Ticonderoga with
Ethan Allen, but who is better remembered as the commander of West Point
who tried to surrender the fort t
o the British.

Answer: Benedict Arnold

9.  He was born with the last name of Rogers in 1943, but jettisoned it
when he began writing plays.  After Cowboys appeared in 1964, he gained fame
as a member of the New York avant-garde through such works as Icarus=D5s
Mother, Operation Sidewinder, Mad D
og Blues, and The Tooth of Crime.  FTP, identify this American dramatist,
best known for Geography of a Horse Dreamer, True West, Curse of the
Starving Class, and Buried Child.

Answer: Sam Shepard

10.  He served as Kapellmeister to Prince Philip of Hesse for three years,
after which he spent a decade touring Europe and writing operas.  Educated
by his father, a violinist in the ducal palace of San Marco, he was
ordained a priest in 1703, although h
e left the church six years later to teach violin at a girl's school. 
FTP, identify this baroque composer, one of the founders of the sonata and
concerto form who is best known for his masterwork, The Four Seasons.

Answer: Antonio Vivaldi

11.  He resisted the Manichaeans and Pelasgians (pah-LAY-juhns), gaining a
reputation for orthodoxy which was strengthened by his pronouncement
against Eutyches (you-TIE-keys).  Probably born in Tuscany, he argued for his
doctrine of the Incarnation at th
e Council of Chalcedon.  FTP, identify this sainted Pope, who convinced
the Huns and Vandals not to destroy Rome, a Latin Father nicknamed =D2the
Great.=D3

Answer: Leo I

12.  In 1983, after a long illness, he and his wife took their lives in a
double suicide.  Born in Hungary, he became a Zionist as a reporter in
Palestine; a Communist, he was arrested as a spy during the Spanish Civil War
and sentenced to death.  FTP, na
me this novelist, a critic of modern science in Janus and The Ghost in the
Machine who is best remembered for his satire of totalitarianism, Darkness
at Noon.

Answer: Arthur Koestler


14.  His concern over the cost of gold can be seen in his The High Price
of Bullion, while his Proposals for an Economical and Secure Currency
outline his quantity theory of money.  In 1815, James Mill persuaded him to
develop his Essay on the Low Price o
f Corn on the Profits of Stock into his most important work, a theory of
value which explains the ratio of wages to profits.  FTP, identify this
English economist, a wealthy Jewish stockbroker best remembered for his
Principles of Political Economy and Ta
xation. =20

Answer: David Ricardo

15.  Known as Sothis to the ancient Egyptians, who held it responsible for
the Nile=D5s floods, its dimmer companion, first observed in 1850, was the
first white dwarf to be discovered.  The bright component of this binary
star is 23 times as luminous as th
e Sun, and is about 8.6 light years distant.  FTP, name this star whose
heliacal rising in the humid summer months gave rise to the expression =D2dog
days=D3.

Answer: Sirius or Alpha Canis Majoris

16.  He was at work on the cathedral in Spoleto when he died in 1469.  The
influence of Masaccio can be seen on his early frescoes, such as The
Relaxation of the Carmelite Rule, though his first dated painting, the Tarquinia
Madonna, shows a Flemish influ
ence.  FTP, identify this monk, famed for kidnapping Lucrezia Buti, and
immortalized in a dramatic monologue by Robert Browning.

Answer: Fra Filippo Lippi

17.  Along with his queen, Mary Kazimiera, he pursued a policy of
tolerance to non-Catholics.  After victories against the Cossacks and Tartars, he
defeated the Turks in Moldavia, leading to his election in 1674 as king. 
FTP, name this Polish leader, who
 allied with Emperor Leopold I to defeat the Turks at the gates of Vienna.

Answer: John III or John Sobieski

18.  He did amateur work such as Last Hustle to Brooklyn before entering
NYU=D5s film school, where he won a student Academy Award for his graduation
film, Joe=D5s Bed-Stuy Barbershop.  In 1986, She=D5s Gotta Have It
established him as a talent, and he became f
amous two years later with School Daze.  FTP, identify this filmmaker,
best known for Jungle Fever, Get on the Bus, and Do the Right Thing.

Answer: Spike Lee


19.  He published his first book of poems, Tower of Ivory, in 1917, and in
the 1920s published four more collections of verse, including The Pot of
Earth and Streets in the Moon.  Author of verse plays such as Panic and
Nobodaddy, he wrote The Fall of the
 City and Air Raid for radio before returning to verse with The Trojan
Horse and Herakles.  FTP, name this author of Conquistador, the librarian of
Congress during World War II who is best remembered for 1958=D5s J.B.

Answer: Archibald MacLeish
=20
20.  After he went blind, he committed suicide because he could no longer
read.  Along with calculating a value for the tilt of the Earth's axis, he
made the first map of the world based on longitude and latitude, and
discovered a way to separate primes a
nd composites.  FTP, name this ancient Greek scientist, the chief
librarian at Alexandria who made the first accurate calculation of the Earth's
circumference.

Answer: Eratosthenes of Cyrene




Boni:

2.  Identify the following concerning a certain minnesinger FTP each.
1.  After he asked the Pope for forgiveness for sinning with a goddess, he
was told that he would no sooner be forgiven than the Pope's staff would
produce leaves.  Three days later, the staff blossomed.
Answer: Tannhauser
2.  In Wagner's opera Tannhauser, the poet returns from this city, where
he has been with the goddess, to the court of Thuringia.
Answer: Venusberg
3.  When Elizabeth falls in love with him, this friend of Tannhauser, the
author of Parzival, advises him to enter the singing contest to win her
hand in marriage.
Answer: Wolfram von Eschenbach

3.  Answer these questions about the legendary founding of the Roman
Republic FTP each.
1.  This legendary Roman led the forces that overthrew Tarquinius
Superbus, the last king of Rome, after his son Sextus raped Lucretia.
Answer: Lucius Junius Brutus
2.  This Etruscan King attacked the city with a powerful force after the
fall of Tarquinius Superbus, but was defeated at the battle of the Sublican
Bridge.
Answer: Lars Porsena
3.  This legendary Roman led the troops that defended the Sublican bridge
against Porsena=D5s forces.  After the bridge was cut down, he jumped into
the river and died.
Answer: Horatius Cocles

4.  For the stated number of points, identify these astronomical
menageries=2E
1.  5 points:  Enveloping the solar system at a radius of about one
light-year, and roughly equal to it in age, this entity is believed to be the
source of many of the comets we observe.
Answer: Oort cloud=20
2.  10 points:  Closer than the Oort cloud, this shell at the outer
reaches of the solar system, named for a Dutch-American astronomer, is also
considered a possible comet source, and may include as many as 100 million
objects.
Answer: Kuiper belt
3.  5 points each:  The vast majority of the solar system=D5s asteroids
have orbital periods between one-fourth and one-half that of Jupiter.  Apart
from these =D2main-belt=D3 asteroids, there are four groups of =D2outer
belt=D3 asteroids, each named after one of t
heir members, and one group of =D2inner-belt=D3 asteroids.  For five
points each, name any three of these five groups.
Answers: Cybeles, Thules, Hildas, Trojans (outer), or Hungarias (inner)

5.  Answer the questions about James Joyce's Ulysses FTP each.
1.  On what month and day do the events of Ulysses occur?
Answer: June 16, 1904
2.  What is the name of Leopold Bloom's dead son, whom he believes to have
refound in Stephen Daedalus for a time?
Answer: Rudy
3.  Who is the sardonic Irish medical student with whom Stephen lives?
Answer: Buck Mulligan

6.  FTP apiece, name these men given a description of their role in a
Crusade.
1.  In the Sixth Crusade, this Holy Roman Emperor actually negotiated the
peaceful cession of Jerusalem to the Crusaders, but because he was
excommunicated, it did not count.
Answer: Francis II
2.  This leader of the Seventh Crusade lost at the battle of al-Mansurah,
and was ransomed back to his home country for a great deal of gold.
Answer: Saint Louis IX=20
3.  This leader of the First Crusade became the first king of the Latin
Kingdom of Jerusalem following the Crusaders victory.
Answer: Godfrey of Bouillon

7.  Admit it.  You read the Weekly World News.  FTP each, name the
following Weekly World News columnists.
1.  America's Sexiest Psychic answers questions like "Can you cast a spell
so I won't be a Peeping Tom?"=20
Answer: Serena Sabak
2.  His rants have recently been collected into a book: Let's Pave the
Stupid Rainforests and Give the Teachers Guns=20
Answer: Ed Anger
3.  This advice columnist often helps letter-writers with such problems as
"Mom's poodle won't stop humping my leg" by calling them a "pinhead."=20
Answer: Dotti Primrose (also accept Dear Dotti)

8.  Identify the American architects FTP each.
1.  This Cleveland born architect designed the Seagram building and
Lincoln Center in New York City.
Answer: Philip Johnson
2.  He designed the Supreme Court building, though he is better remembered
as the architect of the first skyscraper, the Woolworth building.
Answer: Cass Gilbert
3.  This "father of modernism" designed the Gage building and stock
exchange, and is best known for experimental office buildings and skyscrapers.
Answer: Louis Sullivan

9.  FTP each, identify these types of plant hormones.
1.  First observed by Johannes van Overbeek, who found he could stimulate
the growth of plant embryos by adding coconut milk, these modified forms of
adenine can also act as anti-aging hormones.  The most common of them is
zeatin, and they derive their na
me from the fact that they stimulate cell division.
Answer: cytokinins
2.  In 1926, E. Kurosawa discovered that the mutant growth of =D2foolish
seedling disease=D3 was caused by a certain fungus.  Its genus yielded the
modern name for these chemicals which stimulate cell elongation and
division.
Answer: gibberellins
3.  Not all plant hormones stimulate growth.  This one, produced in the
terminal bud, inhibits cell division and directs leaf primordia to develop
into the scales that will protect the dormant bud during winter.
Answer: abscisic acid

10.  Name the conferences FTP each.
1.  At this January 1943 meeting, Roosevelt and Churchill gave Eisenhower
supreme command in North Africa.
Answer: Casablanca
2.  This November 1943 conference was the first where Roosevelt,
Churchill, and Stalin met.
Answer: Teheran
3.  At this February 1945 meeting, the three leaders discussed plans for
the final assault against Germany.
Answer: Yalta

11.  FTP each, name the following mountain ranges.
1.  The eastern continuation of the Alps, this crescent-shaped range
extends about 900 miles from the Danube Gap in Slovakia to the Iron Gate in
Romania.
Answer: Carpathian mountains
2.  Extending for 80 miles between the Gudbrands valley and the Jostedals
Glacier, with its tallest peaks at Glitter Mountain and Galdho Mountain,
this highest range in Scandinavia was the setting for Ibsen's Peer Gynt.
Answer: Jotunheim mountains
3.  This range extending across the border between southwestern County
Tipperary and southeastern County Limerick has peaks formed of sandstone, and
bears strong evidence of glaciation.
Answer: Galty or Galtee Mountains

12.  Identify the following figures from the Seven Against Thebes FTP
each.
1.  This one of the seven was sent ahead to demand that the city
surrender.  Athena refused to save his life after she saw him eating the brains of
an enemy soldier.
Answer: Tydeus
2.  This brother of Eteocles fled to Argos after being banished from the
city and married the daughter of King Adrastus.
Answer: Polynices
3.  This seer predicted that only Adrastus would survive the campaign, and
was himself swallowed up by the earth.
Answer: Amphiaraus

13.  Name the labor acts FTP each.
1.  This 1932 law prevented the use of injunctions against unions in most
circumstances.
Answer: Norris-LaGuardia or Anti-Injunction Act
2.  This 1935 law established a national board to oversee collective
bargaining negotiations.
Answer: Wagner-Connery or National Labor Relations Act
3.  This 1943 law outlawed strikes in government-owned production plants.
Answer: Smith-Connally or War Labor Dispute Act

14.  Name the Ben Jonson plays from plot descriptions FTP each.
1.  Subtle and Dull Common take advantage of a variety of foolish and vain
customers before Lovewit returns.
Answer: The Alchemist
2.  Morose marries a silent woman, only to find that she is neither of
these things.
Answer: Epicene
3.  A Venetian nobleman seeks to acquire wealth by feigning mortal
illness.
Answer: Volpone =20

15.  Charles Darwin was the major impetus for the theory of evolution, but
he did have some assistance.  FTP each, given a description of a scientist
who played a role in the theory of natural selection, name him.
1.  This British scientist came up with the idea of evolution separately
from Darwin while studying in Malaya.  He published his paper concurrently
with Darwin in 1858.
Answer: Alfred Russel Wallace
2.  This British Geologist described his principle of uniformitarianism in
Principles of Geology.  Later in life, he presented Darwin=D5s ideas to
the scientific community.
Answer: Sir Charles Lyell
3.  This British botanist presented Darwin=D5s ideas with Lyell.  On his
own, he is known for Genera plantarum, a comprehensive study of the Plant
Kingdom.
Answer: Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker

16.  Name the saints, FTP each.
1.  This Roman centurion in Diocletian's army was shot for being a
Christian.
Answer: Sebastian
2.  This saint, who is said to have hit Arius in the face, is the patron
saint of pawnbrokers.
Answer: Nicholas
3.  It was believed that good health could be gained by celebrating this
saint, who was martyred in Sicily in 303.
Answer: Vitus

17.  Identify the following concerning an American novelist FTP each.
1.  After writing editorials under Walter Lippmann for the New York World,
he became managing editor of the New Yorker in 1931, a job he left to
become a Hollywood screenwriter.
Answer: James M. Cain
2.  This 1934 James Cain novel tells the story of Frank Chambers and Cora
Papadakis, lovers who kill Cora's husband.  The story ends ironically when
Cora dies in a car accident and Frank is convicted of murder for her
accidental death.
Answer: The Postman Always Rings Twice
3.  In this 1936 novel by James Cain, a married woman and a man plot her
husband's death in an insurance scheme.
Answer: Double Indemnity

20.  Identify the following novels by Gustave Flaubert for the stated
number of points.
1.  5 points:  Considered Flaubert's masterpiece, the title character of
this 1856 work has two affairs, but is still unhappy and kills herself.
Answer: Madame Bovary
2.  10 points:  Set during the Second Empire, this novel tells the story
of Frederic Moreau.
Answer: Sentimental Education or L=D5Education Sentimentale
3.  15 points:  This 1862 work is set in ancient Carthage.
Answer: Salammbo