Route 66 Classic IV Packet by Wichita State B TOSSUPS 1. According to the theories of Freud, it is the sex instinct, and artistic creation is an expression of the sex instinct that has been rechanneled. Jung rejected its sexual basis, believing that the force behind drives to act and create is merely an expression of the general will to live. FTP identify this term, which in psychoanalytical theory is the energy of the id or major portion of the unconscious mind responsible for acts of creation. libido 2. Marisa Tomei is Best Supporting Actress for My Cousin Vinny. Emma Thompson is Best Actress for Howards End. Al Pacino is Best Actor for Scent of a Woman. FTP identify the year in which these awards were given as well as Gene Hackman and Clint Eastwood's awards as Best Supporting Actor and Best Director for the year's Best Picture, Unforgiven. 1992 3. He was an outstanding dramatist, and his style influenced the realistic, or verismo, school of opera in the later 19th century. His own operas include 1863 work Les PÍcheurs de Perles (The Pearl Fishers), the 1867 work La Jolie Fille de Perth (Fair Maid of Perth), and the 1872 work Djamileh. FTP identify this French composer whose other compositions include his 1855 Symphony Number 1 in C, and his most famous opera, Carmen. Georges Bizet 4. The American physicist Carl David Anderson experimentally confirmed its existence in 1932. They form paired with electrons from photons of energies of more than 1 million electron volts are made to strike particles of matter. The reverse of the pairing process, called annihilation, is initiated when it interacts with an electron, destroying each other and producing photons. FTP identify this elementary antimatter particle whose existence was first suggested in 1928 by Paul Dirac. positron (accept antielectron before "antimatter") 5. In 1886 he finished second in the New York City mayoral race, ahead of third place finisher Theodore Roosevelt. Seven years earlier he wrote that "the association of poverty with progress is the great enigma of our times." FTP identify this economist and social critic best known for the 1879 work, Progress and Poverty. Henry George 6. It is made of colored woolen thread worked on canvas or linen cloth 70 meters long by 49.5 centimeters wide. It contains 1512 figures in 72 scenes, with identifying Latin inscriptions. The border is of foliage, fantastic animals, and hunting scenes. FTP identify this needlework panorama which represents the invasion and conquest of England by William the Conqueror. Bayeux Tapestry 7. It is used medically, in doses of 0.2 to 0.6 milligrams, as an agent to cause dilation of blood vessels. Although discovered in 1846, it was not used as an explosive until the Swedish engineer and inventor Alfred Nobel used it in making dynamite in 1866. It is a heavy, oily, colorless or light-yellow liquid, of specific gravity 1.60, with a sweet, burning taste. FTP identify this powerful explosive, derived from glycerin by treatment with a mixture of concentrated sulfuric and nitric acids, with chemical formula C3H5(NO3)3. nitroglycerin or glycerol trinitrate or 1,2,3-trinitroxypropane 8. He was once the Minister of Culture of the nation he now leads, and following the 1979 revolution he was considered to be a moderate. In 1992 he was removed from his minister's post, considered to be too conservative by Nateq-Nouri, the conservative cleric whom he defeated in the presidential election in May 1997. FTP identify this world leader, who during his election was endorsed by his predecessor, Hashemi Rafsanjani, to become President of Iran. Mohammed Khatami 9. It has been used since ancient times for mosaics and other inlaid work, carved ornaments, vases, and other objects. It is also cut cabochon as a gem. It was formerly ground and used as a pigment called ultramarine but has since been replaced by artificial materials. FTP identify this blue rock typically occurring in limestones found in Afghanistan and Argentina and consisting of the blue mineral lazurite and small amounts of calcite, sodalite, and pyrite. Lapis Lazuli 10. The authors appealed to the desire for law and order created by Shays' Rebellion, contending that anarchy would ensue if the government were not centralized. Widely circulated in pamphlet form, they were largely responsible for the ratification of the Constitution by New York State in 1788. FTP identify this series of 85 essays which appeared under the pen name Publius. The Federalist Papers 11. It is an ambitious but not altogether successful attempt to present three themes simultaneously: a panoramic history of the Salinas Valley around the turn of the century; a melodramatic chronicle of two families in the valley; and a symbolic recreation of the Cain and Abel story. FTP identify the novel featuring the characters Will Hamilton; Cathy Ames; and Aron, Caleb, and Adam Trask; written in 1952 by John Steinbeck. East of Eden 12. His observations on the medusa family of jellyfish led to the realization that the two germ layers found in members of the zoological class Hydrozoa are comparable to the two germ layers that arise in the early embryological stages of higher animals. Returning to England in 1850, he was made a fellow of the Royal Society and became professor of natural history and paleontology at the Royal School of Mines, London. FTP identify this British biologist, best known for his "bulldog" support of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Thomas Henry Huxley 13. It contrasted to the older view that war is a legitimate act of state and the initiation of hostilities is of no concern to neutral nations. Also called the Pact of Paris and, more formally, the Treaty for the Renunciation of War, this multilateral treaty was signed by 15 nations in Paris in 1928, and later almost universally ratified. FTP identify this treaty, sponsored and drafted by the U.S. Secretary of State and the Foreign Minister of France. Kellogg-Briand Pact 14. The scene is the city of Chandrapore on the banks of the Ganges, and India is under British rule. The main characters include Fielding, the headmaster of the Government College; Ronald Heaslop, a British official; Adela Quested, who is engaged to Heaslop; Mrs. Moore, the mother of Heaslop by her first marriage; and Aziz, a Muslim Indian doctor. FTP identify this 1924 novel by E. M. Forster. A Passage to India 15. She was depicted as an attractive woman dressed in work clothes, designed to make the idea of working outside the home attractive and comfortable. With her help, more than 6 million women joined the American workforce during WWII. FTP identify this fictional poster character who was part of the U.S. government's publicity campaign to encourage women to join the workforce. Rosie the Riveter 16. Among the books which have won this award in the 1990s are Number the Stars; Maniac Magee; Shiloh; Missing May; The Giver; Walk Two Moons; The Midwife's Apprentice; and The View from Saturday. FTP identify this award given annually to the author of the book voted the most distinguished contribution to literature for children published in the United States during the preceding year. Newberry Medal 17. His son, Fleance, escapes the assassins of Macbeth, thus fulfilling the prophesies of the three Witches that he and Macbeth had met, despite the fact that Macbeth had him murdered. FTP identify this Shakespearean character, a Scottish general and nobleman whose ghost returns to haunt Macbeth. Banquo 18. Among his best-known works are, 1963's Her Room, and 1967's Spring Fed. Perhaps the most popular painter of his day, he received the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963, and in 1970 he became the first living artist to be accorded an exhibition in the White House. In 1986, 240 previously unknown works, all studies of a woman named Helga, were revealed to the public for the first time. FTP identify this American painter, noted for his interpretations of the people and the austere rural landscapes of Pennsylvania and Maine, as seen in Christina's World. Andrew Wyeth 19. This river is commonly considered to be the longest in its nation at 1,060 miles long, though actually one of its tributaries, the Finlay River, flows 1,610 miles. Its valley is sparsely populated and holds few economic resources. It was explored in 1789 by its namesake explorer, and rises in the Great Slave Lake before turning northwest, ultimately emptying into the Beaufort Sea. FTP identify this river in the Inuvik and Fort Smith regions of the Northwest Territories. Mackenzie River 20. Single-reed cylindrical chanters and drones remain typical of the western Asian and North African varieties of this instrument and of such Eastern European versions as the Bulgarian gaida. Western European types, such as the Spanish gaita gallega and the Breton biniou, developed as double-reed chanters of conical bore, but typically retained cylindrical, single-reed drones. FTP identify this musical instrument in which wind is supplied to one or more reed-sounded pipes from a bag inflated by the performer, either through a blowpipe or by a bellows, most commonly associated with Scotsmen in kilts. Bagpipe 21. It was originally published as two separate works: Letter from a Region in My Mind in the New Yorker and A Letter to My Nephew in the Progressive. The essays were retitled Down at the Cross and My Dungeon Shook: Letter to My Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. FTP identify this essay collection, the first portion of which is an analysis of the limitations of the Christianity that the author, James Baldwin, practiced in childhood. The Fire Next Time 22. With the full support of the Polish Roman Catholic church, it quickly became a political force sufficiently powerful to menace the Polish Communist government by backing protests and strikes. By early 1981, it claimed to have 10 million members, but it was weakened when Communist Party leader General Wojciech Jaruzelski declared martial law and imprisoned nearly all its leaders. FTP identify this independent trade union most associated with Lech Walesa. Solidarity 23. His summons by King Noble the Lion to answer accusations by Isengrim the Wolf and other animals forms the nucleus and starting point of the loosely connected tales of which he is the title figure. The tales were translated into English from Flemish by William Caxton, but are most associated with the French. FTP identify this celebrated hero of the medieval beast epics, which were very popular on the continent during the Middle Ages. Reynard the Fox 24. Some of them are used only to provide a work space underground or underwater and are removed once the construction project is complete, while others are designed to become part of the foundation. These are sunk deep into the ground until they reach bedrock, then are filled with concrete. FTP identify this term for a hollow cylindrical or square tube used as a foundation, or to provide a working space for construction projects below ground or underwater. caisson 25. Associated with the Leiden University Observatory, he, along with his colleagues, proved the rotation of the Milky Way in the 1920s; they also worked out the mass of the galaxy and the distance of its center from the sun. He proposed in 1950 that a cloud of cometary material surrounds the solar system at an enormous distance, a concept now generally accepted. FTP identify this Dutch astronomer noted for his contributions to comet theory and for whom the outer cometary shell of our Solar System is named. Jan Hendrik Oort Bonuses 1. Eleanor of Aquitaine was famous as being the wife of two kings and the mother of two kings, 5 for one, 10 for two, 20 for three, or 30 for all four, identify those four kings. Louis VII of France; Henry II of England; Richard I or Richard the Lion-hearted of England; John of England 2. Identify these Shakespearean characters for the stated number of points. a. (5) In Othello, he is the supreme villain. His commitment to evil is so absolute as to defy rational explanation. Iago b. (10) In A Midsummer Night's Dream, he is an Athenian youth who is rejected by Hermia but favored over Lysander by her father; Puck's magic ultimately turns his love from Hermia to Helena. Demetrius c. (15) Shakespeare erroneously gave him the title "Earl of March" in part one of Henry IV, and depicts him conspiring with Owen Glendower and Henry Hotspur against the king. Sir Edmund de Mortimer 3. Given the description of a current hardback work of fiction on the New York Times Bestsellers list, identify the book for ten points or five if you need the author. a. (10) John Clark, heading an international task force, investigates terrorist incidents in Switzerland, Germany, and Spain. (5) Tom Clancy Rainbow Six B. (10) Dr. Kay Scarpetta battles an old enemy, a serial killer who has escaped and is resuming her crimes. (5) Patricia Cornwell Point of Origin c. (10) The life of a young woman growing up in Kyoto who has to reinvent herself after WWII begins. (5) Arthur Golden Memoirs of a Geisha 4. Identify the mathematicians from a description, FTPE. a. He collaborated with his Cambridge pupil, the British mathematician and philosopher Bertrand Russell, to write the three-volume Principia Mathematica, one of the world's greatest works on logic and mathematics. Alfred North Whitehead b. This Hungarian-American mathematician developed the branch of mathematics known as the game theory. John von Neumann c. At the turn of the 20th century, he proposed 23 mathematical problems for investigation. Most have since been solved. David Hilbert 5. Answer these questions about genetics, for the stated number of points. a. (5) Identify the American biologist and geneticist, who discovered how genes are transmitted through the action of chromosomes, confirming Mendel's laws of heredity and laying the foundation for modern experimental genetics. Thomas Hunt Morgan b. (10) Morgan was a professor at what Ivy League university when he made this discovery. Columbia c. (15) This student of Morgan conducted his own research in genetics, primarily by experimental breeding of the fruit fly Drosophila. For this work he received the 1946 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. Herman Joseph Muller 6. It's October, and that means that another World Series will soon be upon us. Identify the players involved in the following infamous events of World Series history FTPE. a. This second baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates hit a home run in the bottom of the ninth in Came 7 of the 1960 World Series to beat the New York Yankees; he is the last person to end game 7 via a home run. Bill Mazeroski b. This catcher for the Boston Red Sox created one of baseball's enduring moments in the 1975 World Series with a twelfth-inning, body English home run off the Reds' Pat Darcy to end the now fabled Game Six. Carlton Fisk c. This St. Louis +Cardinals' pitcher was simply awesome in game One of the 1968 Series, striking out 17 Tigers, a World Series record. Bob Gibson 7. Phil Gouldin's 1992 book, Classical Music: The 50 Greatest Composers and Their 1,000 Greatest Works, ranks the top 50 composers of all time. The top 9 were all either Germans or Austrians. Five points for 4, 10 for 5, 15 for 6, 20 for 7, 25 for 8, or 30 for all 9, identify these nine composers (in any order). J. S. Bach; Mozart; Beethoven; Wagner; Haydn; Brahms; Schubert; Schumann; Handel 8. Identify the psychologists from works FTPE. a. Walden Two B.F. Skinner b. Behaviorism John Watson c. Toward A Psychology of Being Abraham Maslow 9. Identify the artists of the following works FTPE. a. Gates of Paradise Lorenzo Ghiberti b. The Temptation of St. Anthony Hieronymus Bosch c. Peasant Wedding Pieter Bruegel the Elder 10. Identify the dinosaurs, from a brief description FTPE. a. This was the first known bird, the remains of which were found in the 19th century in lithographic stone (a limestone of the Jurassic period) in Bavaria. Archaeoptyrx b. This small, probably meat-eating, dinosaur lived in Southern Mongolia in the late Cretaceous Period. A member of the suborder Theropoda, it grew to a length of up to 9 feet. It walked upright, balancing itself with its heavy tail, and had long, powerful forelimbs. Its name is Latin for "egg plunderer." Oviraptor c. This genus of plated ornithischian (ore-neh-this-kee-en), or bird-hipped, dinosaurs lived during the late Jurassic Period. Its profile is a familiar dinosaur image, with a row of 17 large, triangular, alternating plates running down the highly arched spine. The body was about 20 feet long and 8 feet high at the hips. Stegosaurus 11. Identify the authors of the following works FTPE. The moderator will not reveal the answers until the completion of the bonus. a. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Anne Bronte (or Acton Bell) b. The Professor Charlotte Bronte (or Currer Bell) c. Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte (or Ellis Bell) 12. Identify the chemist, 30-20-10. (30) Among his writings are Elements of Chemical Philosophy (1812) and Elements of Agricultural Chemistry (1813). (20) In the field of applied science, he invented a safety lamp for miners in 1815. In 1823 he suggested a method of preventing the corrosion of the copper bottoms of ships by means of zinc and iron sheathing. He was knighted in 1812 and raised to a baronetcy in 1818. (10) In 1798 he began experiments on the medicinal properties of gases, during which he discovered the anesthetic effects of nitrous oxide (laughing gas). He was the first to isolate the elements potassium, sodium, calcium, and boron. Sir Humphrey Davy 13. Identify the Russian, 30-20-10. (30) Born in 1872, he studied law in Saint Petersburg, and was dissuaded from becoming a composer by Rimskv-Korsakov. He soon joined a circle of writers and painters, and edited the progressive art journal Mir Iskusstva (The World of Art). (20) Among the many musical scores he commissioned were Stravinsky's The Firebird, Petrushka, The Rite of Spring, Les Noces, and Apollon musagËte, as well as Ravel's Daphnis et ChloÈ. (10) In 1909, in collaboration with a group of Russian dancers that included Vaslav Nijinsky, he established the Ballets Russes, and is largely credited with reviving ballet as a serious art form. Sergei Diaghilev (di-og-yil-yif) 14. Given a definition, identify the scientific term or concept that starts with the letter "T" FTPE. a. In engineering and mechanics, a twisting effort applied to an object that tends to make the object turn about its axis of rotation. torque B. This branch of mathematics, formerly known as analysis situs, is concerned with those properties of geometric figures that are invariant under continuous transformations. topology C. This is a device that converts an input energy into an output energy. transducer 15. Identify the American anthropologists from works, for the stated number of points. a. (5) Coming of Age in Samoa; Growing Up in New Guinea Margaret Mead b. (10) Patterns of Culture; The Chrysanthemum and the Sword Ruth Benedict c. (15) North American Indians of the Plains; The American Indian Clark Wissler 16. Identify the composer from operas, 30-20-10. (30) La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus), Artamene (20) Alceste, Paride ed Elena (Paris and Helen) (10) IphigÈnie en Aulide (Iphigenia in Aulis), Orfeo ed Euridice Christoph Gluck 17. Identify the economist, 30-20-10. (30) In 1938 he was engaged by the Carnegie Corporation to study the status of blacks in the U.S. The book that resulted from his investigations, An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and American Democracy, written with Richard Sterner and Arnold Rose, was a widely influential analysis of the conflict between American ideals and practice. (20) His 10-year study of economic and social conditions in South Asia resulted in the monumental 1968 book, Asian Drama: An Inquiry into the Poverty of Nations. (10) This Swedish economist shared the 1974 Nobel Prize in economics with Friedrich von Hayek, and his wife Alva shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982. Gunnar Myrdal 18. Answer these questions about the Harlem Renaissance, for the stated number of points. a. (5) Of the journals of the era serving as a springboard for black writers, the most well-known is this journal of the NAACP, edited by W. E. B. du Bois. Crisis b. (10) This 1928 novel by Claude McKay was the first commercially successful novel by a black writer. Home to Harlem c. (15) The Harlem Renaissance was formally recognized as a movement with the publication of the anthology The New Negro: An Interpretation, written by this main, the chair of the philosophy department at Howard University from 1918 to 1953. Alain Locke 19 Identify the writers of the following Greek plays for five points each. a. Prometheus Bound Aeschylus b. Oedipus Rex Sophocles c. The Cyclops Euripedes d. The Frogs Aristophones e. Medea Euripedes f. Ajax Sophocles 20. Identify the African country from cities other than its capital or largest city, for the stated number of points. a. (5) Alexandria, Giza Egypt b. (10) Marrakech, Fez Morocco c. (15) Ibadan, Ogbomosho Nigeria 21. Identify the year, 30-20-10. (30) J. P. Morgan buys out Andrew Carnegie to create U.S. Steel. (20) The Platt Amendment is adopted by Congress. (10) William McKinley is assassinated, and Theodore Roosevelt becomes president. 1901 22. Identify the Christian heresies from a description, FTP each. a. This heresy of the 4th century denied the full divinity of Jesus Christ and was condemned in 325 at the first ecumenical council at Nicaea. Arianism b. This heresy is described as any movement against the religious use of images, most famously the one that disturbed the Byzantine Empire in the 8th and 9th centuries, when Emperor Leo III, the Isaurian, promulgated a decree forbidding the veneration of images. Iconoclasm c. The followers of this heretic movement, the single most important heresy within the Christian church during the Middle Ages, were named after a town in southern France, a major center of the movement. Albegenses or Albegenseans 23. Identify the diseases that are named for a person, given a brief description FTPE. a. A chronic disorder resulting from insufficiency of the adrenal glands. Addison's Disease b. A progressive degenerative disease of the brain characterized by confusion,, loss of memory, disorientation, restlessness, speech disturbances, inability to carry out purposeful movements, and hallucinations, Alzheimer's Disease c. The less severe form of two types of cancer that arise in the lymphatic system. Hodgkin's Disease or Lymphoma