Wichita State University "Freeze Your Buzz Off" February 1, 1997 Questions by Oklahoma Evita 1. Mary Grace, a student as Wellesley, on break and back at her mother's house, is so angered by Ruby Turpin's prejudices and rash judgments of people that she calls her a warthog from hell and violently attacks her. Though Mrs. Turpin is infuriated by Mary Grace, she is at least forced to reconsider her attitudes in--FTP--what Flannery O'Connor short story that shares its name with a Biblical book. Answer: _"Revelation"_ 2. Landscape painting, already developed to some degree, reached forward in tremendous leaps. Water clocks and sundials, the advancement of astronomy, training of government officials in universities, and the testing of officials based on the Confucian system. All of these events--FTP--occurred in which Chinese dynasty which saw the development of paper and lasted from 202 B.C. to 220 A.D.? Answer: _Han_ dynasty 3. The twenty-first is only 1.9 percent of the combined length, the sixth through fifteenth are considered "medium," and the first is both the longest and the most metacentric. FTP name these 24 structures of the human body classified by length and telomere position, of which the most acentric is the Y. Answer: _chromosomes_ 4. This Texas-born actor started out as a movie video director, producing such videos as Barnes and Barnes' "Fish Heads." Moving on to acting and working as half of the L.A. band Mardini Ranch, he landed parts in Near Dark and The Terminator which eventually led to his role as the frightened and quite vocal Marine Hudson in Aliens. FTP--name this actor perhaps most famous for leading roles in Apollo 13 and Twister. Answer: Bill _Paxton_ 5. Named its nation's capital in 1918, it is the site of the national university as well as the Meteorological Institute and Keflavik International Airport. Located on the southeastern shore of the country along Faxafloi Bay, the first permanent settlement here came about A.D. 875 by Norsemen. FTP--name this city of around 83,000 and capital of Iceland. Answer: _Reykjavik_ 7. Among his publications are the works Expanding Universes (1956) and Statistical Thermodynamics (1945). Born in 1887, he taught successively at Stuttgart, Breslau, Zurich, Berlin, Oxford, and Graz. Sharing the 1933 Nobel Prize in physics with Dirac, many of his contributions to quantum theory are contained in his 1928 Collected Papers on Wave Mechanics. FTP--name this Austrian scientists perhaps best noted today for questions about a box and a cat. Answer: Erwin _Schrodinger_ 8. He died only four years after his admission into the painters' guild, yet had already produced works that influenced uses of perspective and light for the next hundred years. Given a nickname that meant "wicked Tom" as a boy, it remains the name he is known by in the art world. FTP--name this artist noted for his frescoes "Expulsion from Eden" and "The Tribute Money" in Florence's Brancacci Chapel and "The Holy Trinity" from the Church of Santa Maria Novella. Answer: _Masaccio_ or _Tomasso de Guidi_ 9. The first day of this battle is sometimes considered separately as the Battle of Albert. The Allied offensive had been planned for some months preceding the battle, but the recent German offensive at Verdun had pressed the issue. Preliminary shelling did little to thin the German lines, contributing to the enormous British losses. FTP--name this 1916 battle which saw 60,000 British casualties on the first day alone. ANSWER: The _Battle of the Somme_ 10. They haven't had a legitimate U.S. hit since 1967 but continue to have success in Europe despite critical disdain. Ronnie Pudding, the writer of their last U.S. hits, left the band in 1967 to do missionary work in Africa, later releasing his solo album, Doesn't Anybody Speak English Here? Their 1992 U.S. tour had problems, but not relative to the 1984 tour, which had numerous cancelled dates and problems with props such as pods that wouldn't open and a miniature model of Stonehenge. FTP--name the band. ANSWER: _Spinal Tap_ 11. She called Woodrow Wilson "the greatest disappointment the world has ever known." Later a member of the IWW and a supporter of the NAACP--rare for a white woman born in Alabama--she joined the Socialist Party of Massachusetts in 1909, 5 years after her graduation from Radcliffe. She wrote that she did not believe that everyone had the power to rise up in the world, though countless teachers and textbooks have held her up as an example of someone who did. FTP--name this woman most famous for her autobiography and her tutelage under Anne Sullivan. ANSWER: Helen _Keller_ 12. "The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold... The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush. The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Asshur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates." FTP--what do these rivers surround according to Genesis 2:10-14? Answer: The _Garden of Eden_ 13. His pamphlet comparing the growth of Catholicism in England to directionless, arbitrary rule so enraged Catholic patrons at court that he was reputed to be in danger of assassination. Notorious as an opportunist, his poetry praising the Cromwell Protectorate in England was directly opposed to his earlier works in support of Charles I. FTP--name this author of "Brittania and Raleigh" and "The Garden" but probably most famous for the carpe diem-themed "To His Coy Mistress." Answer: Andrew _Marvell_ 14. Khrushchev once called him "that vicious cur [who] was always following Eisenhower, snapping at him if he got out of line." Khrushchev had good reason to dislike him, however, as he pushed his own policies ahead of George Kennan's more moderate containment theory. Ho Chi Minh probably didn't like him either, as his unfailing support of Diem was instrumental in forming U.S. policy towards Vietnam. FTP--name this Secretary of State and advocate of brinkmanship whose brother was head of the CIA. Answer: _John Foster Dulles_ (prompt for: Dulles) 15. He taught at Stanford from 1949 until 1968 when he moved to Harvard. His idea of economic equilibrium, that a balanced economy is produced by active forces cancelling each other out, was cited by the Nobel committee as part of the reason he shared the Nobel Economics Prize with British economist Sir John Hicks in 1972. FTP--name this American economist more commonly associated with his idea that perfect government is impossible to achieve. Answer: Kenneth Joseph _Arrow_ 16. Rose Jordan is in the process of getting a divorce from her husband Ted; Lena St. Clair is trying to save her marriage to Harold; Waverly Jong is preparing for her marriage to Rich Schields; and June Woo is trying to deal with the recent death of her mother and the discovery that her half-sisters are still alive in China and want to meet her. All are--FTP--the second generation of what group in a novel by Amy Tan? Answer: _The Joy-Luck Club_ 17. "It is time to rip away the rhetoric and divide on authentic lines," was his praise of political polarization. Relentlessly attacking the news media as "a fraternity of privileged men" and what his boss called the "liberal opposition" and ordered him to attack relentlessly, he is perhaps most famous for his epithet about the "nattering nabobs of negativism." FTP--name him. ANSWER: Spiro _Agnew_ 18. His collected poems were published in 1970 and include thirty-one verses on homesickness. He dropped out of school to educate himself through reading, and in 1911 made a trip to India to study Indian mysticism, some of which profoundly influenced his later work. FTP--name this author who used that experience to write Siddhartha as well as Magister Ludi and Steppenwolf. ANSWER: Herman _Hesse_ 19. He was born in 1854 and died in 1928, but the last decade of his life was his most prolific. During those years he wrote four operas, including "The Makropoulos Case" and "From the House of the Dead" and his choral masterpiece the "Glagolictic Mass." He spent the years 1915-1918 completing his rhapsody for orchestra "Taras Bulba." FTP--name this Czech composer of the Sinfonietta. Answer: Leos _Janacek_ (YAWN-a-check) 22. Joe and Harper Pitt are unhappily married; she's a valium addict and he's secretly gay. Norman "Belize" Arriaga is a drag queen and a hospital nurse; he also takes care of his former lover Prior Walter, abandoned by Louis Ironson in favor of Joe. FTP--these events occur in which cycle of plays that won the 1993 and 1994 Tony awards for author Tony Kushner? Answer: _Angels in America_ (accept either: Millenium Approaches or Perestroika before "cycle") BONI 1. Identify the artists of the following works FTP apiece. A. Broadway Boogie-Woogie ANSWER: Piet _Mondrian_ C. Syndics of the Cloth Guild ANSWER: _Rembrandt_ van Rijn 2. Identify the legal concepts from a brief description FTP apiece. A. the concept that a person was forced to do or say something that was against their will or good judgment. Answer: _under duress_ B. the technical term for the disqualification of a juror during a trial, especially for prejudice. Answer: _recusal_ C. the idea that a court should follow precedents established in previous legal matters about a given issue. Answer: _stare decisis_ 3. Everyone knows most of Camus' famous works. Identify these works for the stated number of points. A. For 10 points--this last Camus novel was found unfinished in his briefcase next to his body. Because he did not get to edit it, it is highly autobiographical and more personal than Camus had probably intended. Answer: _The First Man_ B. For 20 points--this early novel is similar to The Stranger in that it discusses a pointless murder committed by an alienated man. In fact, the protagonist's name differs from that of The Stranger's Meursault by only one letter. Answer: _A Happy Death_ 4. How much do you know about the history of Mexico? Answer these questions for 10 points apiece: A. Originally a leader of republican troops in the war to oust Maximillian, he led a successful revolt and in 1877 became dictator, a post he held until 1911. Answer: Porfirio _Diaz_ B. This Indian leader pushed through Mexico's first democratic constitution in 1857 and served as President from 1857-1861 and 1871-1872. Answer: Benito _Juarez_ C. Although this man helped overthrow the Diaz regime in 1911, he soon switched sides and helped the conservatives back to power in 1913. He raided New Mexico in 1916 in retalliation for U.S. recognition of the Carranza presidency. Answer: Pancho _Villa_ 5. Name the album--NOT the artist--from a description for the stated number of points. A. 5 pts--The original idea for this album cover was a collage of newspaper clippings, but that was dropped in favor of a cover with nothing at all except the name of the group. ANSWER: _The White Album_ B. 10 pts--Designed by Andy Warhol, the front cover of this album is also blank except for the band's name, but it also has a large drawing of a yellow banana. On limited edition covers, the banana peel could be pulled back to reveal a pink inside to the banana. ANSWER: _The Velvet Underground and Nico_ C. 15 pts--This album cover was quite different from the norm, as the three 12" singles that make up the album are combined within a film canister, giving the album its name. ANSWER: _Metal Box_ (by Public Image Limited) 6. Given a Greek hero of the Trojan war, for five points apiece tell whether he was killed in battle, died at Troy (not in battle), died coming home, or lived reasonably happily ever after. 1) Menelaus Answer: HAPPILY EVER AFTER 2) Agamemnon Answer: COMING HOME (wife's new lover) 3) Nestor Answer: HAPPILY EVER AFTER 4) Achilles Answer: AT TROY (sniper) 5) Ajax the Greater Answer: AT TROY (suicide) 6) Ajax the Lesser Answer: COMING HOME (shipwreck) 7. Although Bill Clinton's Cabinet has problems, for sheer size of corruption, it's tough to beat the Grant administration. Answer these questions for the stated number of points. A. 5 pts--In 1872, this first Vice-President of Grant was linked to the Credit Mobilier fraud scandal involving the Union Pacific railroad. ANSWER: Schuyler _Colfax_ B. 10 pts--In 1876, this Secretary of War under Grant was found to have taken bribes to sell lucrative Indian trading posts in present-day Oklahoma. He was impeached but resigned before brought to trial. ANSWER: William E. _Belknap_ C. 15 pts--In 1875, Grant's private secretary was dismissed after taking money from the "Whiskey Ring" distillers who wanted to avoid federal whiskey taxes. Name him. ANSWER: Orville _Babcock_ 9. Identify the following physics concepts from descriptions for 10 points apiece: B. This law states that the direction of an induced current is such as to oppose the change giving rise to it. Answer: _Lenz's Law_ C. This principle states that, when a system is in thermodynamic equilibrium, the average energy per molecule is 1/2 kT for each degree of freedom. Answer: _equipartition_ theorem 10. Few paid attention to Bruce Willis's opus Last Man Standing, but it came from distinguished forebears: films directed by Sergio Leone and Akira Kurosawa, and a novel by Dashiell Hammett. First, for five points apiece, name these three preceding works. Answer: _A Fistful of Dollars_ (Leone), _Yojimbo_ (Kurosawa), _Red Harvest_ (Hammett) Second, Clint Eastwood's character famously had no name, but five for one, fifteen for two, name the lone antiheroes of the other works. Answer: the _Continental Op_ (Kurosawa), _John Smith_ (Hammett) 11. Identify these astronomy terms from descriptions for 10 points apiece: A. Because the sun is a member of this class of stars in the spectrum sequence, they are also referred to as solar stars. Answer: Class _G_ Stars B. This 2nd-century A.D. work compiled by Ptolemy was the first known star catalog, listing just over 1000 stars and their locations. Answer: _The Almagest_ C. This type of variable star is the only type whose variations are thought to be caused by external rather than internal forces. Answer: _eclipsing_ variable stars 12. Name the composer 30-20-10. A. His advocacy of the use of native music in classical composition was not well-received by music critics, and his government did not grant him a pension until 1874 to support his work. B. His works include the symphonic pieces "Landsighting" and "Heart Wounds" and ten books of Lyric Pieces. C. His most famous work was written in 1875 as incidental music for Ibsen's drama Peer Gynt. Answer: Edvard _Grieg_ 13. Identify this historical figure 30-20-10: A. His advice to the Spartans during the Peloponnesian War was to purchase a navy from the Persians and cut off the Athenian supply of grain. They eventually did, but not before running him out of the city for having several affairs with married women. B. He next went to Persia, where he advised the Persians to raise the price of their ships. The Persians also took his advice, and then ran him out of the kingdom for having affairs with several women in the royal family. C. The original commander of the Athenian expedition to Syracuse, he is at least as famous, however, for what he may have done to all the statues of Hermes in the city of Athens one night. Answer: _Alcibiades_ 15. Identify the capitals of these nations for five points apiece: A. Western Samoa Answer: _Apia_ B. Tuvalu Answer: _Funafuti_ C. Tahiti Answer: _Papeete_ D. Papua New Guinea Answer: _Port Moresby_ E. Madagascar Answer: _Antananarivo_ (Tananarive) F. Sri Lanka Answer: _Colombo_ 16. Identify the authors from the title of their autobiography for 15 points, 5 if you need the title of a more famous work: 15) Goodbye to All That 5) I, Claudius Answer: Robert _Graves_ 15) Son of a Servant Woman 5) Miss Julie Answer: August _Strindberg_ 17. Identify the man 30-20-10. A. His original last name was Scriabin, and he was a nephew of the famous composer of that name. B. His adopted name meant "hammer" in his native language; Trotsky once referred to him as "mediocrity incarnate" C. As Foreign Minister under Stalin, he signed the Non-Agression Pact with German Minister von Ribbentrop. Answer: Viacheslav _Molotov_ 18. Identify these chemical principles for 10 points apiece: A. The total change in enthalpy for a reaction is the sum of the changes in enthalpy for each intermediate process of the reaction. Answer: _Hess's Law_ B. If a chemical reaction at equilibrium is disturbed, the reaction rate will shift in such a way as to move back towards equilibrium. Answer: _LeChatelier's Principle_ C. If the temperature is held constant in a closed system, the pressure of a gas varies inversely as the volume. Answer: _Boyle's Law_ 19. Identify the saints from a brief description for 10 points apiece: B. He founded the first monastery in the West at Monte Cassino in the sixth century. Answer: Saint _Benedict_ C. This is the collective terms for the baby boys murdered on orders of Herod in the days after Jesus' birth. Answer: _The Holy Innocents_ 20. Identify the American authors of the following plays for 10 points apiece: A. 'night, Mother Answer: Marsha _Norman_ B. The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds Answer: Paul _Zindel_ C. Master Class Answer: Terence _McNally_ 21. Minor-league hockey, it would seem, is sprouting up in some unlikely places. Given some cities with minor-league hockey teams, name the league they are all in FTP apiece. A. Austin, Albuquerque, and Colorado Springs Answer: _Western Professional Hockey League_ or _WPHL_ B. Wichita, Oklahoma City, and Huntsville Answer: _Central Hockey League_ or _CHL_ C. Omaha, Kansas City, and Houston Answer: _International Hockey League_ or _IHL_