From satriani@wam.umd.edu Fri Jan 24 17:56:33 1997 Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 16:31:21 -0500 (EST) From: AP Prince of Eternia To: zuckerma@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu Subject: Maryland B (Name TBA) Bonuses for JCV Resent-Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 23:30:10 -0500 (EST) Resent-From: David Zuckerman Resent-To: Trivia Club Hi, Dave. Here are the rest of the bonuses; sorry for being a day late on my promise. I had them written. but the supposed 24-hour computer lab closed at 11 PM last night. See you at NAQT! ---------------------------------------------------------------- Adam "AP" Fine, Class of 1998 ! "I am but mad north- MAQT Secretary and Semi-Guru ! by-northwest; when the Protector and Servant ! wind is southerly, I of Demigoddesses Everywhere ! can tell a hawk from a Member, Joe Satriani Fan Club ! hand-saw." ---------------------------------------------------------------- Note: the bonuses are of a thematic nature (as you will see below). Though it would be nice to keep the same order, if you want to junk my theme just get rid of the first sentence in each bonus and order them the way you want. 1997 Juan Carlos Viscarra Memorial Tournament Maryland B (Name TBA) Bonuses by Adam Fine as inspired by Sue Grafton All Bonuses 30 Pts. 1. "A" is for American History. Place the following events of pre-Civil War American history in chronological order for five points each. The events are: -Crittenden Compromise defeated. -John Brown raids Harpers Ferry. -The Dred Scott decision is handed down. -The Kansas-Nebraska Act is passed. -Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes _Uncle Tom's Cabin_. -The nullification crisis occurs. Answers: Nullification (1829), _Uncle Tom's Cabin_ (1852), Kansas-Nebraska (1854), Dred Scott (1857), John Brown (1859), Crittenden (1860) 2. "B" is for Basketball. 30-20-10-5 name the basketball player: 30: Born in 1938, he led Crispus Attucks High School to two state titles and was the Indiana Player of the Year in 1956 as a senior. 20: At the University of Cincinnati, he averaged 33.8 PPG over four seasons, winning three straight College Player of the Year awards. 10: After co-captaining the USA to a gold medal in Rome, he played ten seasons for the Cincinnati Royals, averaging a triple-double for the season. 5: He is known as "The Big O." Answer: Oscar _Robertson_ 3. "C" is for Cubism. Identify the Cubist painter from a pair of works. a. For 5, _Demoiselles d'Avignon_ and _Seated Nude_ Answer: Pablo _Picasso_ b. For 10, _Violin and Jug_ and _The Musician_ Answer: Georges _Braque_ c. For 15, _La Femme en Bleu_, _The City_ Answer: Fernand _Leger_ 4. "D" is for Deaths. Identify these people who have died in the last six weeks. a. For 10 points, a former St. Louis Cardinal, he refused to play for the Phillies, taking his case to the Supreme Court. Though he lost, it resulted in the ultimate defeat of the reserve clause. Answer: Curt _Flood_ b. For 15 points, this entertainer played Harry the Horse in "Guys and Dolls" and produced the TV show "I Spy." Answer: Sheldon _Leonard_ c. For 5 points, this former Senator and Presidential candidate died because of liver problems resulting from bone marrow transplants. Answer: Paul _Tsongas_ 5. "E" is for Economics. Identify the following economics terms on a 5-10-15 basis. a. Bonds issued by companies with low credit ratings which usually pay high interest rates are known by what name? Answer: _Junk bonds_ b. Discretionary payment by a corporation to its shareholders, usually in the form of cash, stock shares, or other property. Answer: _Dividend_ c. This is the colorful term for provisions in the employment contracts of executives guaranteeing substantial severance benefits if they lose their position in a corporate takeover. Answer: _Golden parachute_ 6. "F" is for Fish. Identify these two types of fish from a description for fifteen points each. a. Many fossils of this fleshy, lobe-finned fish have been found, along with living specimens off the coast of South Africa. Answer: _Coelacanth_ b. Belonging to the family Gadidae, it is a saltwater food fish that lives in deep, cold northern waters, such as in the Grand Banks off Newfoundland. Answer: _Cod_ 7. "G" is for George Gershwin. For ten points each: a. Gershwin wrote this song at age nineteen. Sung by Al Jolson, it became the hit of the year 1920. Answer: _"Swanee"_ b. This work, with a book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind and lyrics by brother Ira, won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Answer: _"Of Thee I Sing"_ c. This 1928 orchestral work brought the cacophony of French taxicab horns into the concert hall. Answer: _"An American in Paris"_ 8. "H" is for _Henry IV: Part I_, one of Shakespeare's greatest histories. Answer the following. a. For 5 points, this comic character leads a band of revelers. Answer: _Falstaff_ b. For 10 points, Falstaff's corporal is this lowbred, drunken swaggerer who has the nickname "Knight of the Burning Lamp." Answer: _Bardolph_ c. For 5 points, this is the nickname of young Henry Percy, defeated by Prince Hal at the battle of Shrewsbury. Answer: _Hotspur_ d. For 10 points, Welshman Owen Glendower captured what pretender to Henry IV's throne, causing Hotspur to demand he be ransomed. Answer: Edmund _Mortimer_ 9. "I" is for Islands. Given a latitude and longitude within an island nation, identify it for fifteen points each. If you need its capital, you will earn five points. a. 15: 20 degrees South, 50 degrees East 5: Atananarivo Answer: _Madagascar_ b. 15: 35 degrees North, 33 degrees East 5: Nicosia Answer: _Cyprus_ 10. "J" is for Jewish heroes. Identify them for ten points each. a. His name means "son of the star." He led the last Jewish revolt against the Romans in 132 CE. Answer: Simon _Bar Kokhba_ b. Three centuries earlier, this third son of Mattathias the Hasmonean led the revolt against the Seleucid king Antiochus Epiphanes. Answer: _Judas Maccabeus_ c. This "Son of the Lion Cub" transformed the illegal Jewish defense force, the Haganah, into the Israeli Defense Force, led by generals Dayan, Yadin, and Allon. Answer: David _Ben-Gurion_ 11. "K" is for Kepler. Answer the following related to the German astronomer for the stated number of points. a. For 5 points, Kepler took over for this astronomer when he died in 1601. Answer: _Tycho_ Brahe (or Tycho _Brahe_) b. For 5 points, his first law states that orbits are which shape? Answer: _Elliptical_ c. Now, for 20 points, or 5 points if within 10%, if Planet X takes 343 years to orbit the Sun, how many Astronomical Units away from the Sun is it? Answer: _49 AU_ (44.1 - 53.9 AU for 5 points) 12. "L" is for Leader. 30-20-10 name the leader. 30: According to the propaganda machine he personally directs, he is William Shakespeare, Leonardo da Vinci, Steven Spielberg, and George S. Patton all rolled into one. 20: Ambassador James Laney said "his personality cult is without peer -- it eclipses Maoism at its height." 10: He still has not assumed his father's formal titles of state president and head of the Communist party in North Korea, as he wants to wait until three years of respectful mourning have passed. Answer: _Kim Jong-IL_ 13. "M" is for Metaphysical poets. Given a pair of works, identify the poet for ten points each. a. "The Anniversaries," "Go and Catch a Falling Star" Answer: John _Donne_ b. "Easter Wings," "The Collar" Answer: George _Herbert_ c. "The Garden," "To His Coy Mistress" Answer: Andrew _Marvell_ 14. "N" is for Nymphs. For five points each (10 points per question), identify both the nymph and the group of nymphs she belongs to from a description. a. Loved by Zeus and Poseidon, she was wedded to Peleus, resulting in her son Achilles. Answers: _Thetis_; _Nereid_ b. Killed by a snake while fleeing the advances of Aristaeus, she was married to Orpheus. Answers: _Eurydice_; _Dryad_ c. She was the lover of Acis, who was crushed beneath a rock by Polyphemus. Answers: _Galatea_; _Nereid_ 15. "O" is for Olympics. Identify the most recent gold medalists in the following events for five points each and a five-point bonus for all correct. a. Men's 100 Meter Dash Answer: Donovan _Bailey_ b. Decathlon Answer: Dan _O'Brien_ c. Men's 100 Meter Freestyly Swimming Answer: Alex _Popov_ d. Women's Individual All-Around Gymnastics Answer: Lilia _Podkopayeva_ e. Women's Figure Skating Answer: Oksana _Baiul_ 16. "P" is for Popes. Given their real name and one clue, identify the Pope for fifteen points each. If you need years of reign and an easier clue, you will receive five points. a. 15: Hildebrand; he called reform synods, condemned clerical marriage as well as simony, and banned lay investiture. 5: 1073-1085; he excommunicated Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV twice. Answer: _Gregory VII_ b. 15: Giuliano della Rovere; he returned the Papal States to church control and joined in the Holy League against France. 5: 1503-1513; he was a great patron of the arts, initiating the building of St. Peter's and commissioning the Sistine Chapel. Answer: _Julius II_ 17. "Q" is for Quantum Theory. Answer the following, 5-10-15. a. The wave theory of light failed at frequencies in this range, creating a theoretical problem solved by Max Planck. Answer: _Ultraviolet_ light b. This Frenchman suggested in 1924 that electrons could behave like waves as well as particles. Answer: Louis _de Broglie_ c. Werner Heisenberg produced this quantum theory using mathematical devices. Answer: _Matrix Mechanics_ 18. "R" is for Religion. Identify the faith for fifteen points each. a. Followers deny the divisions of the caste system. They strictly observe the five "K"s: kesha (long hair), kanga (hair comb), kaccha (undergarment), kada (steel bangle), and kirpan (short dagger). Answer: _Sikhism_ b. It emphasizes the spiritual unity of mankind, advocates universal peace, and is imbued with mild Oriental mysticism. It was founded by Mizra Husain Ali in 1863. Answer: _Bahaism_ 19. "S" is for "Star Trek." Answer for the stated number of points. a. For 10 points, name any year in which "Star Trek: The Original Series" was on the air (prior to syndication). Answer: _1966-1969_ b. For 5 points, what is the more dignified term for Star Trek fanatics? Answer: _Trekkers_ c. For 15 points (or 5 points of you are within 25%), how often is a Vulcan sexually active? Answer: Once _every seven years_ (5 yrs. 3 mos. - 8 yrs. 9 months acceptable for 5 points) 20. "T" is for Turgenev. Identify these Ivan Turgenev novels on a 5-10-15 basis. a. This novel features a clash between Bazarov and the aristocratic Kirasarov, the uncle of Bazarov's friend Arkady. Answer: __Fathers and Sons__ b. This novel involves the hero Litvinov, in love with Tanya, who is distracted by an older lover, Irina. The character Potugin makes most of Turgenev's social commentary in the book. Answer: __Smoke__ c. It tells the story of the tragic love affair between Fyodor Lavretskyand Liza Kalitina. Lavretsky is about to marry Liza when his first wife returns to him. Answer: __A Nest of the Gentlefolk__ 21. "U" is for Uncurrent Events? Can you remember when certain events in 1996 took place? Given five events, place them in correct chronological order for five points each and a five-point bonus for all correct. The events are: -Bob Dole leaves the Senate to campaign full-time. -Boris Yeltsin wins a run-off election for President. -Kweisi Mfume takes office as NAACP leader. -Ted Kaczynski seized in Montana. -Two from East Timor win Nobel Peace Prize. Answers: Mfume (February), Kaczynski (April), Dole (May), Yeltsin (July), East Timor (October) 22. "V" is for Viennese musicians. Identify the following composers associated with the Austrian capital off a brief clue for 10 points, or off a work for five. a. 10: Called "Papa" by his disciples, his first brush with Vienna was a commission for a comic opera in 1751. 5: Symphony No. 104, "London" Answer: Franz Joseph _Haydn_ b. 10: Born in Lichtenthal, a suburb of Vienna, his friend Anselm Huttenbrenner kept one of his works in a drawer until 1865. 5: "Winterreise" Answer: Franz _Schubert_ c. 10: The second of fourteen children, he became director of the Vienna Opera in 1897, supported by the critic Hanslick. 5: "Symphony of a Thousand" Answer: Gustav _Mahler_ 23. "W" is for Wright, as in Frank Lloyd. Answer these questions about the great architect for the stated number of points. a. He was a student of which architect, for ten points, who said "form follows function?" Answer: Louis _Sullivan_ b. For fifteen points, Wright's home in Scottsdale, Arizona was known by what name, after a great Welsh bard? Answer: _Taliesin West_ c. For five points, what 1959 building designed by Wright is in the shape of an inverted spiral? Answer: _Guggenheim Museum_ 24. "X" is (of course) for X-rays. For ten points each: a. This man discovered X-rays in 1895. Answer: Wilhelm _Roentgen_ b. For five points each, X-rays that have very high and very low frequencies are known by what two names? Answer: _Hard_ Radiation and _Soft Radiation c. Using this X-ray technique, a pattern of regularly spaced dots shows up on a photgraphic plate, and can determine why substances have certain properties. Answer: _Crystallography_ 25. "Y" is for Year. 30-20-10 identify the year: 30: Percy Shelley publishes _Prometheus Unbound_. The Venus de Milo statue is found on Melos by a Greek peasant. 20: Liberia is founded by the Washington Colonization Society. George III dies at age 81. 10: James Monroe wins a near-unanimous electoral vote for the presidency. The Missouri Compromise is passed. Answer: _1820_ 26. "Z" is for "Zoo Story." Answer for the stated number of points. a. For five points, who wrote the one-act play? Answer: Edward _Albee_ b. For ten points each, name the only two characters in "The Zoo Story." Answers: _Peter_ and _Jerry_ c. For a final five points, where does "The Zoo Story" take place? Answer: _Central Park_ 27. "Zero" is for the Smashing Pumpkins! Answer the following about Brian Goldenberg's favorite band. a. For five points each, name the three remaining permanent members of the Smashing Pumpkins. Answers: Billy _Corgan_, _D'Arcy_, James _Iha_ b. For ten points, the video for which song won Best Video at the 1996 MTV Video Music Awards? Answer: _"Tonight, Tonight"_ c. For five points, what numerical song is nominated for a Record of the Year Grammy? Answer: _"1979"_ 28. "1" is for 1st Amendment Supreme Court cases. Identify for the stated number of points. a. For 15 points, the Court ruled in this 1957 case that obscene material was not protected by the 1st Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and press. Answer: _Roth v. U.S._ b. For 10 points, the Court ruled in 1962 that public school officials could not require students to recite a prayer at the start of the day, citing it as a state attempt to establish religion. Answer: _Engel v. Vitale_ c. For 5 points, the Court sustained the Espionage Act of 1917, maintaining that freedom of speech could be constrained if the words used create a "clear and present danger." Answer: _Schenck v. U.S._ 29. "2" is for _2 Years Before the Mast_. Answer these questions about the sea narrative for ten points each. a. Name the author, who wrote _Two Years Before the Mast_ when he was sailor. Answer: Richard Henry _Dana_ Jr. b. In 1859 Dana added a final chapter, describing a second trip to what state? Answer: _California_ c. _Two Years Before the Mast_ influenced two famous authors. For five points each, name the authors of _Billy Budd_ and _Lord Jim_. Answers: Herman _Melville_ and Joseph _Conrad_ 30. "3" is for 3-letter acronyms. Given the acronym, identify the full name for five points each. a. IMF Answer: _International Monetary Fund_ b. OAU Answer: _Organization of African Unity_ c. WTO Answer: _World Trade Organization_ d. PLO Answer: _Palestine Liberation Organization_ e. FCC Answer: _Federal Communications Commission_ f. ACF Answer: _Academic Competition Foundation_ ----------------------------------------------------------------------