Wahoo War of the Minds 1997

Extra questions

2.  His record as the only cadet in West Point history never to earn a
demerit still stands.  In 1857, he served in San Antonio under General David
Twigg, who was in charge of battling Comanches.  Opting for the Confederacy,
this man suffered a defeat at=20
Rich Mountain early in the war.  Frustrated, he transferred to Charleston,
where he was in charge on constructing coastal defenses in the Carolinas
in 1861, and later became Jefferson Davis=D5s personal assistant.  FTP, name
this man, later to gain fame lea
ding the Army of Northern Virginia.

Answer: Robert Edward Lee

3.  In 1809, he took a seat in the House of Lords, two years after the
publication of his first work, Hours of Idleness.  Author of The Bride of
Abydos, Lara, Marino Faliero, and The Siege of Corinth, he died at the battle
of Missalonghi, after which his=20
body was shipped from Greece to his baronial seat at Newstead Abbey.  FTP,
identify this English romantic poet, best known for The Prisoner of
Chillon, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, and Don Juan (JOO-an).

Answer: George Gordon or Lord Byron

4.  His friend Cycnus came to Eridanus to mourn for him and was turned
into a swan.  Buried by his sisters, the Heliades, he was set in the heavens
as Auriga, the charioteer.  FTP, name this son of Clymene and Helius, struck
down by Zeus when he could not
 control the horses of the sun.

Answer: Phaethon

5.  When he was born, the forceps cut into a facial nerve, partially
paralyzing him, and he suffered from rickets as a child.  Kicked out of 14
schools in 11 years, he worked as a bookstore detective, zoo attendant, and
teacher at the American School of S
witzerland before appearing in a soft core porn film, A Party at Kitty and
Stud's, in 1971.  FTP, identify this actor, who had roles in Bananas and
Lords of Flatbush, but who is better known for Over the Top, Tango and Cash,
and Rocky.

Answer: Sylvester Stallone

6.  He worked as a landscape painter in Philadelphia before going to
London in 1786 to study under Benjamin West.  In 1794, he got a British patent
for a double-inclined plane that would make locks obsolete, and he invented
a mill for polishing marble.  F
TP, name this American inventor, who worked in Paris on a submarine
torpedo boat before returning to New York, where, in 1807, he launched the
Clermont, the first successful steamboat.

Answer: Robert Fulton

7.  It ends when Marie Tovesky=D5s husband comes upon her in the fields
with Emil and shoots the two lovers.  When Carl Linstrum hears of this, he
returns to the Nebraska Divide and marries Alexandra Bergson.  FTP, identify
this 1913 novel, whose title was=20
taken from a Whitman poem by Willa Cather.

Answer: O Pioneers!

9.  This man was the first in America to open and own a brewery.  Upon his
arrival in America, he was granted a colony =D2as long as a man can travel
by foot in three days=D3, after which he sent his champion distance
runner, who ran about 150 miles.  Besides
 being a colonial governor, he is well known for his books, such as No
Cross, No Crown, and his Puritanical leanings, for which he was jailed in the
Tower of London.  FTP, name this founder of the City of Brotherly Love.

Answer: William Penn=20

10.  The son of a painter and a pianist, this man entered the conservatory
in 1835 and studied under the Bohemian composer Anton Reicha.  He was
influenced by Palestrina and wrote many sacred and choral works, such as Mass
for St. Cecilia=D5s Day and the we
ll known Ave Maria.  FTP, name this French composer, who is best known for
writing operas like Le Medecin Malgre Lui, Romeo and Juliet, and Faust.

Answer: Charles Gounod



Boni:

1.  FTP each, name these dinosaurs.
1. The first known skull of this most primitive dinosaur was unearthed in
1993 by University of Chicago archaeologist Paul Sereno, who gave it its
name, which means =D2dawn thief=D3.
Answer: Eoraptor lunensis
2. A theropod dinosaur that flourished in western North America during the
Early Cretaceous Period, this was a fast, agile predator with a large
brain=2E  Twice the size of its late relative the velociraptor,  it also walked
and ran on two legs, and attacke
d with large sickle-like talons on the second toe of each foot.=20
Answer: Deinonychus
3. A skeleton of this dinosaur was unearthed in 1874 and mistakenly
classified as a new species called =D2brontosaur=D3, a confusion which took
decades to resolve.  This late Jurassic monster weighed as much as 30 tons, with
a long neck tapering to a slender,
 elongated skull containing peglike teeth.
Answer: Apatosaurus=20

2.  After the death of Muhammad in 632, a succession of caliphs became the
standard-bearers of Islam at it expanded in the Middle East. =20
1.  For five points each, give the names of the first four caliphs who
ruled after Muhammad.
Answers: Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Ali
2.  For a final ten points, give the collective name of these first four
caliphs.
Answer: the Righteously Guided Caliphs

3.  Name the meson given its quark configuration FTP each.
1. up, anti-up
Answer: Pi 0 or Pi naught (Prompt on Pion)
2. charm, anti-charm
Answer: J-Psi
3. strange, anti-down
Answer: K 0 or K naught

4.  Answer these questions about the Canadian Supreme Court FTP each.
1.  Judges must retire at this age.
Answer: 75
2.  By law 3 justices must be from this province.
Answer: Quebec
3.  This is the term used for associate judges.
Answer: puisne judges

5.  Given a pen name of Edward Stratemeyer, name the protagonists of the
books written under that name FTP each.
1.  Laura Lee Hope
Answer: Bobbsey Twins
2.  Victor Appleton
Answer: Tom Swift
3.  Carolyn Keene
Answer: Nancy Drew

6.  Identify the country, 30-20-10.
1. Its longest river is the Vardar.
2. Its eastern border is with Bulgaria.  The Vardar runs into its southern
neighbor.
3. Its capital is Skopje.

Answer: Macedonia

7.  Name the composers from works on a 10-5 basis.
1.  10 points:  Alceste and Paride e Elena
5 points: Orfeo
Answer: Christoph Gluck
2.  10 points: Bastien und Bastienne and The Feigned Simpleton
5 points: =D2Jupiter=D3 Symphony
Answer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
3.  10 points: the St. Paul and Elijah oratorios
5 points:  Italian Symphony
Answer: Felix Mendelssohn

8.  In 1957 a Special Select Committee chose 5 famous members for the U.S.
Senate Hall of Fame.  For five points each and a 5 point bonus for all
correct, name those Senators.
Answers: Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, John Calhoun, Robert La Follette,
Robert Taft

9.  Identify the languages from which the following words are borrowed,
for the stated number of points.
1. 5 points: arcade, concerto, replica
Answer: Italian
2. 15 points: caviar, coffee, tulip
Answer: Turkish
3. 10 points: brandy, landscape, schooner
Answer: Dutch