BONUSES BY PRISONERS OF QUIZ BOWL (Patrick Friel, Howard Lee, Oz Pathare) [Note for the moderator/theme judge (but not for players): All of these questions have something to do with water.] 1. Given a brief description of a painting, identify it FTP. You'll get 5 points if you need the artist and the year of production. 10: The ten foremost figures in this painting, including the two dogs and one monkey, are all facing the left. 5: It was completed by Georges Seurat in 1886. A: SUNDAY AFTERNOON ON THE ISLAND OF THE GRAND JATTE 10: Three boys and a man sit along the starboard side of a small sailboat is it tacks against the breeze. A much larger ship can be seen in the right background. 5: It was painted by Winslow Homer in 1876. A: BREEZING UP 10: The dark background highlights the details of the few object which appear, including a letter and a knife. 5: It was painted by Jacques-Louis David in 1793. A: The DEATH OF MARAT 2. FTP each, identify the following "President's Men" who figured prominently in the Watergate scandal. This Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs, he was one of the chief targets of the investigation. He and Charles Colson were indicted for both the original Watergate break-in and the burglary of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist. A: John d. EHRLICHMAN A one-time aide to Ehrlichman, he was Finance Counsel for the Committee to Reelect the President. He is now a radio talk show host. A: g. Gordon LIDDY A former aide to H.R. Haldeman and Deputy Director of White House Communications, he was also the Deputy Campaign Director of the Committee to Reelect the President. He and John Dean were the most prominent figures to have offered guilty pleas by February of 1974 A: Jeb Stuart MAGRUDER 3. FTP each, identify these geological features which result from glacial action. This is a more or less circular hollow on a mountain side, surrounded with steep slopes or precipices except at the lowest part, from which a stream usually flows. The terms usually refers to such structures when found in the Scottish Highlands. A: CORRIE This is a sharp ascending ridge or "edge" of a mountain. Originally just a French word for ridge or sharp edge, its local use among climbers in the Alps caused it to become a technical term used by climbers throughout the word. A: ARETE This is an accumulation of debris from the mountains carried down and deposited by a glacier. It can also refer to a bed of rubble covered with chippings used to produce suitable growing conditions for alpine plants. A: MORAINE 4. Identify the British literary figure on a 30-20-10 basis. 30: Trained in medicine, he worked at the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital until giving poetry his full attention in 1882. 20: His first book of verse was published in 1873 and he wrote prolifically until his death in 1930. His works include "The Spirit of Man," and he was the chief correspondent and literary exectuor of Gerard Manley Hopkins. 10: His most famous work is the long, five-part philosophical work "The Testament of Beauty." He served as Britain's poet laureate from 1913 to 1930. A: Robert Seymour BRIDGES 5. Identify the following fun facts about John the Baptist FTP each. Who were John the Baptist's parents? (Both answers required) A: ZACHARIAS and ELIZABETH The description of John in Mark 1:6 says that he was clothed in camel's hair and with a girdle of skin about his loins. It also mentions two unusual components of his diet. FTP, name either one if them. A: LOCUSTS or WILD HONEY (prompt on "Honey") Like Thomas More, John wound up beheaded because of his criticism of the king's marital practices. FTP, name the sister-in-law turned wife of King Herod who arranged for John's death. A: HERODIAS 6. Identify these very long rivers FTP each. It flows for 2600 miles from the Tibetan plateau to the South China Sea, but is spanned by only two bridges along this length. A: MEKONG River This river runs 1000 miles and forms much of the Argentina-Brazil border before emptying into the Rio de la Plata. A: URUGUAY River This river, over 2500 miles long, begins in Mongolia and flows north to the Arctic along the boundary between the West Siberian Plain and the Central Siberian Plateau. It empties into the Kara Sea just north of the 70th parallel. A: YENISEY River 7. FTP, name the decisive naval battle of the Persian Wars at which the Athenians defeated a larger Persian fleet off the coast of the battle's namesake island, ten miles west of Athens. A: Batlle of SALAMIS FTP, name the Athenians naval leader who persuaded the Athenians to build up their fleet and who won the battle of Salamis. Ironically, nine years after the battle he was ostracized and he retired to Persia. A: THEMISTOCLES Now, FTP if within 5 years and 5 points if within 10 years, name the year in which the battle of Salamis took place. A: 480 BC; accept 485 to 475 BC (for 10 points); accept 490 to 486 BC or 474 to 470 BC (for 5 points) 8. Identify the word on a 30-20-10 basis. 30: It is the beast mentioned in Job 41:1 20: From the name of this enormous aquatic beast, it became the name applied to enormous ships. 10: A third meaning is a man of vast power and enormous wealth. We assume this is the idea Thomas Hobbes had in mind when he used it. A: LEVIATHAN 9. Given a clever rhyming lyric from a popular 70s tune, name the song FTP. You might not ever get rich, but it sure beats diggin' a ditch A: CAR WASH The history book on the shelf is always repeating itself A: WATERLOO Sign up for the big band or sit in the grandstand when your team and others meet A: IN THE NAVY 10. Given an anecdote from the history of mathematics, identify the mathematician to whom it applies for 15 points. You'll get 5 points if you need more clues. 15: At the age of 19, he entered a problem contest sponsored by the Paris Academy. The problem involved the masting of ships, and he managed to take honorable mention in that contest. He managed to recoup this loss by winning the contest twelve times in subsequent years. 5: The year of that first contest was 1727. The young man was from Switzerland, a country with no large, masted ship. A: Leonhard EULER 15: While crossing a bridge, the fundamental formulas governing an important mathematical set came to him and he promptly carved them into a stone on the bridge. 5: The year was 1843, the man was Irish, and the set was the quaternion numbers. A: William Rowan HAMILTON 11. Identify these islands nations given some information about their national languages. Ten points each. This nation's language has the distinction of being an Arabic language written in the Roman script. A: MALTA This nation has two official languages: one European and one native. The native language is of the Austro-Tai family, which is strange, as all of the other major Austro-Tai languages, including Javanese and Tagalog, are spoken a few thousand miles away. A: MADAGASCAR The chief language in this country has only one close relative, and these two languages, though spoken by some 200 million people, have at best very weak ties to any other languages. The aboriginal language of this nation has no known relatives. A: JAPAN (its close relative is Korean) 12. Identify the 20th century author from works on a 30-20-10 basis. 30: Spring Snow 20: The Sound of Waves 10: The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea A: Yukio MISHIMA 13. Identify these European lakes FTP each. This is the largest lake located entirely within Europe A: Lake LADOGA The largest lake in Central Europe, it is a Hungarian tourist spot A: Lake BALATON This is the Swiss lake on which you can find Zurich A: Lake ZURICH 14. Identify the composers of the music of the following operas and ballets for 5 points each. Swan Lake A: Peter TCHAIKOVSKY Billy Budd A: Benjamin BRITTEN Dying Swan A: Charles Camille SAINT-SAENS Appalachian Spring A: Aaron COPLAND The Pearl Fishers A: Georges BIZET Einstein on the Beach A: Philip GLASS 15. Fish, fish, fish! Answer the following FTP each. There are, historically, four classes of fish, but one of them is now extinct. Its members had jaws, paired fins, and ossified skeletons, and they are known mostly through Devonian age fossils. Name this extinct class. A: PLACODERMs or PLACODERMI The rarest of the three extant classes is that of the jawless fish, including lampreys and hagfishes. FTP, name the class to which these fish belong. A: AGNATHA As you probably know, the other two classes of fish are the bony fish and the cartilaginous fish, and we won't be asking you their scientific names. Instead, earn your final 10 points by identifying the smallest species of fish, whose average length is only half an inch. A: Philippine GOBY 16. Identify these pre-Socratic philosophers FTP each. This politician and astronomer is credited for having correctly predicted a solar eclipse in 585 BC. He is considered the first to have theorized that everything was composed of water, although it could be argued that he was the first Greek to theorize about anything of philosophical importance. A: THALES of Miletus Also from Miletus, this philsopher modified Thales' view. He claimed that all living things arose from the water and that men evolved from fish. He believed there was a single primal substance and a natural law which maintained balance. He was also an early cartographer. A: ANAXIMANDER Living roughly 50 years after Anaximander, this philsopher is famous for his theory that everything was in a state of flux. He rejected water as the primary substance, and instead suggested fire. A: HERACLITUS 17. Well, by now you've probably seen Titanic 46 times, so you're in the mood for a question about some other major disasters involving ships. Identify the following FTP each: In July of 1956, an Italian liner and a Swedish liner collided off the coast of Nantucket, resulting in the loss of 51 lives. FTP, name either one of these ships. A: ANDREA DORIA or STOCKHOLM In December of 1987, a Philippine ferry collided with an oil tanker, resulting in the loss of over 3000 lives. FTP, name either one of the ships. A: DONA PAZ or VICTOR Call it the Titanic sequel. Just five and a half months after Kate, Leo, and the gang went down with the Titanic, 1000 people died when this Japanese steamer went down. A: KICHE MARU 18. Identify the work of literature on a 30-20-10 basis 30: In the sequel to this book, the main character travels to China and returns to England via Siberia and Russia. 20: In the third book of the trilogy, published in 1720, the author offers moral essays and the book can be considered an allegory for his life. Part of the effort was for the author to defend himself from fellow Puritans who disapproved of fiction. 10: The book was partially based on the shipwreck of Alexander Selkirk, and it was written by Daniel Defoe in 1719. A: The Life and Strange Suprising Adventures of ROBINSON CRUSOE 19. Answer the following questions about the history of US Men's Olympic swimming team. Mark Spitz is famous for having won 7 gold medals at the 1972 Summer Games. 3 of this medals were for relays. FTP, name two of the four individual events in which Spitz won a gold. Be specific about distances, as you won't be prompted. A: 100 meter FREESTYLE; 200 meter FREESTYLE; 100 meter BUTTERFLY; 200 meter BUTTERFLY (Note: Two answers are required; no partial credit) Another great figure from the history of swimming is John Weissmuller. FTP, identify the year in which he won two individual golds. A: 1924 Finally, only three American men won individual swimming golds in Atlanta. FTP name any one of them. A: Jeff ROUSE or Tom DOLAN or Brad BRIDGEWATER 20. Identify the French authors of the following works of literature for the stated number of points. For 5: 20,000 Leagues under the Sea A: Jules VERNE For 10: Penguin Island A: Anatole FRANCE (Jacques Anatole Francois THIBAULT) For 15: The Bridge on the River Kwai A: Pierre BOULLE 21. Identify the following ships from the history of exploration FTP each Although Magellan did not make it all the way around the globe, this ship, which left Seville in 1519, and many of its crew did. A: VICTORIA It was in this ship that Drake conducted his circumnavigation of the globe from 1577 to 1580. A: GOLDEN HIND In 1610, Henry Hudson sailed from London in this ship. He eventually entered what is now known as the Hudson Strait, and later in the winter was sent adrift by a mutinous crew. A: DISCOVERY 22. Answer the following about Glenn Seaborg FTP each Seaborg had a part in the synthesis of all of the elements with atomic number 94 through 105. Name the Calfornia radiation laboratory at which he worked. A: LAWRENCE Radiation Laboratory With whom did Seaborg synthesize plutonium in 1940? They shared the Nobel in 1951. A: Edwin m. MCMILLAN Element 106 was named for Seaborg, but IUPAC would not allow an element to be named for a living scientist. Element 106 is now known as what? A: RUTHERFORDIUM 23. Given an advertising slogan for a bottled water, identify the product FTP. What it means to be from Maine A: POLAND SPRING Hungry for life. Thirsty for... A: NAYA The Art of Refreshment A: PERRIER 24. Answer the following questions about water for the stated number of points: For 5 points, to the nearest whole number, what is the atomic weight of a water molecule? A: 18 For 5 points, "heavy water" is usually heavy because of the presence of this isotope of hydrogen. A: DEUTERIUM For 5 points, what is the pH of pure water? A: 7 Hard water is water containing ions of two metallic elements. For 5 points, name either one of them. A: CALCIUM or MAGNESIUM FTP, at what Celsius temperature does water acheieve its maximum density? A: 4 degrees