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From: MX%"jstewart@watson.princeton.edu" 31-JAN-1997 17:46:34.77 To: MX%"jstewart@watson.princeton.edu" CC: Subj: packet Return-Path: Received: from 128.112.112.136 by watson.princeton.edu (MX V4.1 VAX) with SMTP; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 17:46:30 EST Message-ID: <32F2865A.ED5@watson.princeton.edu> Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 18:55:06 -0500 From: jstewart@watson.princeton.edu Organization: Princeton University X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01 (Macintosh; I; PPC) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: jstewart@watson.princeton.edu Subject: packet Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D535744" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="GWU97.txt" 1. Dumas Malone said, "About twenty years ago I promised myself that I would write a big book about [blank] someday." Malone was true to his word, because this is the opening line of his six-volume, 2000 page biography of [blank]. For ten points, who fill the blanks in Dumas Malone's works: [blank] AND THE RIGHTS OF MAN, [BLANK] AND THE ORDEAL OF LIBERTY, and [BLANK] THE VIRGINIAN. ANS: Thomas JEFFERSON 2. A positive one occurs when bees from the beekeeper pollinate the apple trees belonging to an orchard owner next door. A negative one occurs when a factory releases pollution into the surrounding air. What is this situation in economics, which results in a distortion of the socially optimal price-output equilibrium and is also referred to as a "spillover cost" or "spillover benefit"? EXTERNALITY (prompt on "spillover") 3. Twenty publishers rejected this work before Rand McNally finally accepted it. Those first twenty publishers were sorry they had turned the Norwegian author down, because the book made the top ten nonfiction bestseller list in 1950. The book made the top ten again in 1951, when an Oscar winning documentary was made by Thor Hyerdahl. For ten points, what is the name of this book, named after a Polynesian god, which chronicles the crossing of the Pacific in a balsa raft? KON-TIKI 4. This scalar unit of measurement is used in an arbitrary scale usually pegged to a standard reference intensity equal to one picowatt per square meter. The logarithmically derived quantity beta is measured by in this unit which is named to honor the inventor of the telephone. FTP what unit of sound level? Answer: decibel (accept "bel") 5. Records show that he was born Jean Rabin to a Creole native of Haiti in 1785. He was adopted and taken to France when he was eight years old by a French sea captain. He came to America in 1803 and lived in Philadelphia, where he spent much of his free time drawing. This pastime remained only a hobby until 1826 when he published Birds of North America. FTP, name him. John James AUDOBON 6. The line "Flores para los muertos" comes from Tennessee William's A Streetcar Named Desire. However, it also appears in another classic of American drama. For ten points, George says this line to Nick and Martha in what 1962 play written by Edward Albee? WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF 7. His aspirations of being an Olympic boxer never really panned out. He worked as a college volunteer for Robert Kennedy's 1968 Presidential campaign, but the Vietnam War and the nomination caused him to turn to the Republican Party. He chaired Ronald Reagan's reelection campaign before consulting for such candidates as Jack Kemp, Christine Todd Whitman, George Nethercutt, and, much to his regret, Ross Perot. FTP, who is this retired superconsultant whose controversial autobiography, Bare Knuckles and Back Rooms, was conspicuously released on the opening day of the 1996 GOP convention? Ed ROLLINS 8. IBM scientists in Zurich recently made the world's smallest abacus using these objects as the beads. They were discovered at Rice U., and garnered this fall the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. FTP, give either name of Carbon 60. ans: BUCKMINSTERFULLERINE or BUCKY BALLS 9. When Hector was slain, this man went to the tent of Achilles to plead for his son's body. Even though he got Hector's body back, he himself was soon slain by Achilles's son, Neoptolemus. FTP, name this king of Troy. ans: PRIAM 10. Even though it was theoretically subordinate to the Constitutional Convention, it basically ran the government from 1793 to 1795. Members included Antoine Saint-Just [an-TWAHN sent-zhus], Georges Couthon [zhorzhkoo-TON], Lazare Carnot [la ZAR kar NO], and Bertrand Barrere [ber-TRAN ba-RAIR]. FTP, name this oxymornically-named committee that instituted the reign of terror and whose most famous member was Robespierre. ans: COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY 11. They are formed of alpha and beta subunits that assemble in under the action of GTP. Their dissociation from chromosomes is halted by taxol, such that the spindle never depolymerizes, and cancer (or any mitosis) is halted. FTP, name these major components of the cellular cytoskeleton. ans: MICROTUBULEs 12. He started to play on a quarter-size violin given to him by his father in his native city of Vilna, Russia. He entered Leopold Auer's famous class in St. Petersburg at age 9 and in three years was acclaimed a child prodigy of unexampled gifts. By the time he made his Carnegie Hall debut at the age of 17 he was already well on his way to establishing himself as the preeminent violinist of the 20th century. He gave his last public recital in 1972, fifteen years before his death. For 30 points, name him. Jascha HEIFETZ 13. Heshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shvat, Adar, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tamuz, Av, Elul, and Tishrei. FQTP, what did I just list? JEWISH MONTHS (accept HEBREW MONTHS) 14. Helena loves Bertram, who leaves to attend the King. Helena goes to Paris to try to cure the King's fistula, which has resisted all cures. If she fails, she will be executed; if she succeeds, she may marry any courtier. She succeeds, but Bertram spurns her unless she can obtain his ring, which she does through a ruse. For 10 points, this is the plot of what Shakespeare play. ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL 15. Incident light excites electrons in a crystal into a spin-forbidden state by first passing them through a spin-allowed transition. This leads to population inversion, where more electrons are found the higher energy configuration than in the ground state. Eventually, electrons begin to fall back to the ground state, releasing a photon which is either emitted or excites other electrons to a higher energy state. This roughly describes the action of one type of what device, commonly used, FTP, in scientific research, precision manufacturing, and compact disc players? Answer: laser 16. In 1598 he killed a fellow actor, Gabriel Spenser, in a duel. Fortunately, he escaped the gallows, and it was during the difficult period that followed the trial that his first successful play, Every Man in His Humor, was performed. For ten points, name this British writer buried in Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey whose other works include The Alchemist, The Silent Woman, and Volpone. Ben JONSON 17. It's almost impossible to see fly balls against its white roof. It became the first non Southern stadium ever to host a Superbowl when the Washington Redskins defeated the Buffalo Bills there in 1991. What is the name of this stadium, which serves as the home field of both the Minnesota Vikings and the Minnesota Twins? METRODOME 18. "My tongue, every atom of my blood, form'd from this soil, this air,/ Born here of parents born here from parents the same, and their parents the same,..." These are lines from a lengthy 1881 poem with an egotistical sounding title. FTP, give your "barbaric yawp" and name this poem of Walt Whitman. SONG OF MYSELF 20. During the "Bank War" over the renewal of the Charter for the Bank of the United States, Andrew Jackson mocked this man as a power hungry financier who represented a menace to American democracy. For a quick ten points, who was this Philadelphia President of the National Bank who lost his political battle with Jackson when Congress could not override Jackson's veto and the National Bank Charter was not renewed? Nicholas BIDDLE 21. In 1923, when this colony gained limited self-government, Great Britain retained a veto power over any action the white government took against blacks. After a failed federation with Nyasaland, prime minister Ian Smith met with Harold Wilson to gain full independence, but since Smith would not allow black participation in government, the British declined. Smith declared independence, anyway, and thus started a 14-year guerrilla rebellion led by Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe. FTP, name this African colony that, in 1980, became Zimbabwe. ans: SOUTHERN RHODESIA (prompt on RHODESIA) 22. It was the first musical on Broadway with an all-Black cast (a cast that Gershwin then largely used for PORGY AND BESS). It's name is a double misnomer: there are four acts and over a dozen saints. FQTP, name this opera by Vergil Thompson and Gertrude Stein. ans: FOUR SAINTS IN THREE ACTS. 23. They were officially the committee of Union and Progress, and one of their main goals was westernization. Their strategy was to detach the army from loyalty to Sultan Abdul Hamid II, which they accomplished through intense propaganda. Led by Enver Bey, they proclaimed the 1876 constitution restored and marched on Constantinople. FTP, name this nubile group that led to a general weakness in Turkey in the early 20th century. ans : YOUNG TURKS 24. The theme was written by Alan Silvestri, but its other music was less original. Song included "Mrs. Robinson," "Hound Dog," "Walk Right In," "Respect," "Volunteers," "Turn, Turn, Turn," "It Keeps You Runnin'," "On the Road Again," and "Sweet Home Alabama." FTP, name this Oscar- winning film directed by Robert Zemekis. ans: FORREST GUMP 25. Getting to him takes doing: First you should threaten Helios until you get the golden cup. Use the cup as a boat to sail west on the river Oceanus. Then kill Eurytion and the two-headed dog Orthus. Finally, you are face-to-face with this monster. That is, if Hercules hadn't already beaten you to the punch. FTP, name this monster killed by Hercules as one of his 12 labors. ans: GERYON 26. His academic works had, well, boring titles. After reading the "Reason" series (REASON IN SOCIETY, REASON IN COMMON SENSE, REASON IN ART, REASON IN SCIENCE, REASON IN RELIGION, and THE LIFE OF REASON) you still have the "Realm" series to go (REALMS OF BEING, THE REALM OF ESSENCE, THE REALM OF TRUTH, THE REALM OF MATTER, and, THE REALM OF SPIRIT . . . you get the picture). However, his personal works have racier titles, like LUCIFER, DIALOGUES IN LIMBO, and THE LAST PURITAN. FTP, name this Spanish-born American philosopher. ans: George SANTAYANA 27. They dominated their neighbors for 400 years in part because they had the bronzeworking technology to make crossbow locks. They used their crossbows to extend control into modern Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia in the south and Korea in the north. They also kicked the forerunners of the Huns, the Hsiung-nu, into the Gobi. FTP, name this dynasty whose end at the hands of peasant revolts brought an end to China's great "Imperial Age." ans: HAN 28. Heinrich Heine wrote a poem about one, and Franz Schubert set the poem to music. In THE DEVIL'S ELIXIRS by E.T.A. Hoffmann it represents the demonic side of personality. And it's an alter ego in Poe's "William Wilson." FTP, what is this word that comes from combining the German words for "goer" or "walker" and "double." ans: DOPPELGANGER 29. His entry on Richard Nixon's enemy list includes the lines "Coming on fast. Emerging as a leading black anti-Nixon spokesman. Has known weakness for white females." This man has made news throughout the years since his election to the House in 1964 for his outspokenly liberal views, from his criticism of the Vietnam War, SDI, and trickle-down economics to his more recent lambasting of Janet Reno for the incident at Waco. For ten points, who is this Detroit Congressman, senior member of the Congressional Black Caucus and ranking Democrat on the House Government Operations Committee? John CONYERS 30. FQTP, Reaction formation, sublimation, repression, regression, projection, rationalization, and denial are a few of the processes which \ are known to psychologists as what? DEFENSE MECHANISMS Bonus Q 1. 30-20-10: given a work, identify the twentieth-century literatus. 30 pts: _Whoroscope_ and _Not I_ 20 pts: _The Unnamable_ and _Watt_ 10 pts: _Krapp's Last Tape_ and _Endgame_ Answer: Samuel BECKETT 2. Identify these Rossini operas FTPE a) This opera tells the story of a famous Swiss hero who fights against the evil Gessler. GUILLAIME TELL (accept WILLIAM TELL) b) This opera concerns a crusader who falsely believes that his love, Amenaide, is a spy for the Turks TANCREDI c) This opera tells the tale of a Babylonian queen who unwittingly falls in love with her own son Arsace and in end receives the fatal blow Arsace intended for her treacherous lover Assur. SEMIRAMIDE 3. While most Protestant faith only acknowledge two sacraments, the Catholic and Orthodox Churches believe in seven. FFPA, name any 6 of the 7. BAPTISM, CONFESSION, EUCHARIST, CONFIRMATION, ORDINATION, MARRIAGE, and LAST RITES (accept equivalents) 4. Identify the market system described, ten points each. a. There are many sellers and one buyer. An example is the diamond market, where DeBeer's is the primary buyer. MONOPSONY b. There are a few sellers and many buyers. Sellers produce very similar products at similar costs, trying to win buyers through heavy advertising and brand identification. An example is the American automotive industry. OLIGOPOLY c. There is only one seller and only one buyer. Game Theory specializes in analyzing this sort of market. BI-LATERAL MONOPOLY 5. Answer these questions concerning Hinduism a) FFPA name the members of the Hindu Triad. BRAMHA, SHIVA, AND VISHNU Now, FFPA, give me the common epithets of b) Bramha c) Shiva d)Vishnu correctly matched to the god. BRAMHA THE CREATOR, SHIVA THE DESTROYER, VISHNU THE PRESERVER 6.Yumm! It's preservative time. For 15 points each, identify the preservative described. 1. This polysubstituted aromatic is a free radical scavenger, preventing the decomposition of fats. Answer: BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) 2. This molecule is an eight-coordinating chelate (key-late) which binds to transition metal ions, especially iron, effectively limiting bacterial growth. Answer: EDTA (ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid) 7. For five points each, identify the Shakespeare play from which the following titles are taken: 1. The Sound and the Fury Answer: Macbeth 2. The Dogs of War Answer: Julius Caesar 3. Something Wicked this Way Comes Answer: Macbeth 4. The Winter of Our Discontent Answer: Richard III 8.30-20-10) Identify the source from which the following lines are taken 30. "Wide areas, for instance, were affected by violent earthquakes; there were more frequent eclipses of the sun than had ever been recorded 20. "Never before had so many cities been captured and then devastated, whether by foreign armies, or by the Hellenic Powers themselves." 10. "What made war inevitable was the growth of Athenian power and the fear which this caused in Sparta." answer: Thucydides' _History of the Peloponnesian War_ 9. Four of Jupiter's moons are collectively called the Galilean Satellites. FTP apiece, which of the Galilean satellites is: a) The closest to Jupiter? ans: IO b) The smallest at about 1/2 the mass of Io. ans: EUROPA c) Ganymede is the largest moon in the solar system, and we've already named Io and Europa. What Galilean satellite is left? ans: CALLISTO 10. FFPA, given the leader, name the crusade. a) St. Louis of France ans: 7 b) PETER THE HERMIT ANS: 1 c) Walther the Penniless ans: 1 d) Richard the Lionhearted. ans: 3 11. FTP apiece, answer these questions about Lord Nelson. a) Nelson won the Battle of Trafalgar by thrusting his ships between the front of one French ship and the back on another. In this way, the full banks of Nelson's cannons could shoot lengthwise through the French ships. What is this naval tactic of shooting a broadside at the stern or bow of a ship called? ans: RAKING b) Nelson's greatest strategic victory is arguably this 1789 battle in which he defeated the fleet under Brueys. ans: Battle of the NILE c) Nelson carried on an open relationship with the lady born Emma Lyon. By what married name was Emma known? ans: Lady HAMILTON 12. FTP apiece, given the country or nation, name the capitol. Or, if you are chicken, you can choose to give the country when given the capitol for a mere five points apiece. Choose now. country: Mauritania capitol: NUAKCHOTT nation: Wales capitol: CARDIFF country: Laos capitol: VIENTIEN 13. Identify the following about the Russian Revolution. a) FTP, in 1905, a series of strikes led the Romanovs to allow the formation of this legislative body--Russia's first. ans: DUMA b) Two provisional governments were formed before the Bolsheviks took total control. FTP apiece, name the two heads of these governments. ans: Prince LVOV and KERENSKY 14. Sacco and Vanzetti. a) FFPA, what were Sacco and Vanzetti's first names? ans: NICOLA and BARTOLOMEO b) FTP, in what Mass. town did the shoe factory robbery and subsequent murders take place? ans: South BRAINTREE c) FTP, who finally acquitted Sacco and Vanzetti ans: DUKAKIS 15. Ah, you have to love those sagas. FTP apiece, answer these questions about the most famous of all the saga cycles. a) FTP, give the name of this Gaelic saga cycle which contains the figures, Dierdre, Finnabair, Madb, Cathbad the Druid, and Briciu Poison-Tongue. ans: ULSTER cycle. b) Name the greatest hero of the ULSTER CYCLE. ans: CU CHULAINN c) The most important tale from the cycle is the cattle raid of ...what? ans: COOLEY 16. The largest sports organization is the IOC. First, FTP, who heads the IOC? Juan Antonio SAMARANCH The Olympics and soccer have the largest international organizations. The third largest international sports organization is the FIDE. FTP, what sport does the FIDE cover? answer: CHESS 17. 30 pts. - Name these characters from the Aeneid a) 5 pts. This Queen of Carthage fell in love with Aeneas DIDO b) 10 pts. This son of Aeneas was also known as Iulus ASCANIUS c) 15 pts. This helmsman of Aeneas falls off the ship and washes up on the Italian shore. PALINURUS 18. Identify the poet from his works, 30-20-10 30 pts. "A Masque of Reason" and "A Masque of Mercy" 20 pts. "Out, Out--" and "Fire and Ice" 10 pts. "Mending Wall" and "The Road Not Taken" ROBERT FROST 19. 30 pts. - Name these types of sin recognized by the Catholic Church a) 5 pts. - This is the sin that all men inherit from Adam and Eve. ORIGINAL SIN b) 10 pts. - This form of sin leads directly to damnation without any chance of redemption after death. MORTAL SIN c) 15 pts. - This form is sin is punished in purgatory until the person is redeemed. VENIAL SIN 20. Identify the composer from his works 30-20-10 30pts. - Les Noces and The Symphony of Psalms 20pts. - Oedipus Rex 10pts. - Petrushka and The Firebird IGOR STRAVINSKY 21. Answer the following questions about the emperor Charlemagne (a) [5 for each part] twas the season: on Christmas Day the Pope gave Charlemagne a nice gift - he made him emperor. For five points each, name the Pope who crowned him at the Vatican and the year it took place POPE LEO III and 800 A.D. (b) FTP, identify the capital city he founded in 793. AACHEN (C) FTP, name the emperor who succeeded him in 814. LOUIS the Pious 22. Recently solved structures of the TCR co-crystallized with MHC made the covers of science and Immunology Today. FFP per word: 1. What does "TCR" stand for? ans: T CELL RECEPTOR 2. What does MHC stand for? ans: MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY CLASS 23. Given the opera, name the composer FTP each. 1. BEAUTIFUL GALATHEA, and THE JOLLY ROBBERS. ans: SUPPE 2. DON PASQUALE ans: DONIZETTI 3. RUSLAN AND LUDMILA ans: GLINKA 24. Given events from English history, you give the century FTP apiece. 1. Thomas a Becket murdered. ans: 1100s. 2. The South Sea Bubble ruins speculators. ans: 1700s 3. What later became known as "The Wars of the Roses" begin. ans: 1400s 25. Given films, you name the director from 1920's films FTP apiece. 1. GREED. ans: Erich VON STROHEIM 2. TEN DAYS THE SHOOK THE WORLD ans: Sergei EISENSTEIN 3. NANOOK OF THE NORTH ans: Robert J. FLAHERTY 26. 30-20-10 name the saint. 1. He was born to Xantus, prince of Cereticu in the sixth century, AD. 2. He was brought up by a priest and became an ascetic on the Isle of Wight. Legend has it that the waters of Bath owe their warmth to him. 3. He told the Welsh to wear leeks in their hair so that they could recognize each other in battle against the Saxons. The Welsh wear leeks in their hair on his day, even now. ans: DAVID 28. Identify the scientist (30 - 20 - 10) 30) Reportedly he died of a ruptured bladder after being too polite to leave the dinner table. 20) He was the last of the great astronomers to make observations without the aide of a telescope. 10) His follower, Johannes Kepler, used his data to devise his 3 Laws of Planetary Motion. Tycho BRAHE