Elvis Packet 1999 Carleton College Team B Tossups: 1. According to this school of thought, all wealth originates in agriculture. Through trade, wealth is distributed from farmers to other groups. A single direct tax levied on the land should provide the revenue of the state. FTP what is this school that is partial to free trade and laissez-faire economics, a reaction to the restrictive policies of mercantilism, and created by Fran‡ois Quesnay? _Physiocracy_ or _Physiocrats_ 2. The day after the election, the headlines might read: "See Dick run. Run, Dick Run. See Dick win. See Dick and Jane in the White House." Of course, the presidential dog would have to be named Spot if this Democrat is elected in 2000. FTP, who is this baby-boomer politician, first elected to represent Missouri's third district in 1976, possible presidential hopeful, and the current House Democratic Leader? Richard _Gephardt_ 3. Talk about your evil stepmother she was the daughter of Minos and Pasipha‰. When her attempt to seduce her stepson failed, she committed suicide. However, her evil machinations didn't end there, for she left a note accusing her stepson of rape. His father, Theseus, believed the note and had his father take out Hippolytus with a sea monster. FTP name this mythological woman, also the eponymous protagonist in a drama of the story by Racine. _Phaedra_ 4. The trees Avicennia nitida and Rhizophora mangle are from different families, but their growth patterns are so similar that they share a common name. Both trees are found in tropical and sub-tropical coastal areas, where they form dense, almost impenetrable stands. FTP, name these marsh-dwelling trees with aerial root systems, found in both black and red varieties. _mangrove_ 5. Born in Calcutta in 1815, her first work was titled "Annie, My First Success." She focused on capturing personality and inner spirit, rather than creating a precise record of her sitters, a group that included Virginia Woolf's mother. She pioneered techniques of soft-focus, narrow closeup, and harsh focus. FTP name this photographer famous for her portraits of prominent Victorian intellectuals such as Longfellow, Darwin, and Browning. Julia Margaret _ Cameron _ 6. So many people tried to buy the coat off his back that he started a small company to make the coats available. His philosophy is that "People want things that are hard to find." Famous for its verbose, literary catalogs, his company made $65 million this year alone. FTP name this globe-trotting clothing mogul, whose fictional alter-ego was Elaine's boss on Seinfeld. J. __Peterman_ 7. Written by Michael Hirst and directed by Shekhar Kapur, this film won the Max Factor award at the 1998 Venice Film Festival, and garnered Best Actress and Best Breakthrough Artist at the 1999 BFCA awards. Despite lines like, "I have become a virgin," it carries an R rating for violence and sexuality. FTP name this British costume epic starring Joseph Fiennes and Cate Blanchett. _Elizabeth_ 8. Born in 1890, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and became an aviation mechanics instructor. He earned a peacetime Medal of Honor and a National Geographic Society Medal, presented by Calvin Coolidge. These were given to him for piloting the Josephine Ford, a 3-engine Fokker monoplane from Spitsbergen to the North Pole and back again in 1926. However, recent studies of the flight log have suggested that he and his famous partner might have turned back before actually reaching their goal. FTP name this pilot for Richard Byrd on his expedition to the North Pole. Floyd_ Bennett_ 9. She was born in Michigan, May 5, 1968. In 1987, this co-owner of Scratchie Records went to a club called the Avalon and got into a fight with William Patrick Corgan, Jr. Two weeks later, she auditioned and was hired to be the bass and backup vocals in his band. FTP name this third member of the band Smashing Pumpkins. D'Arcy _Brown_ 10. Concentrated largely in Gujarat and Rajasthan and founded by Vardhamana Jnatiputra, this shares elements of Buddhism and Bhramanism, but differs in the religious obligations of its monastic orders (yatis) and laity (sravakas). The Digambara and the Svetambara are the two main sects of, FTP, this religion whose noviolent practices greatly influenced Mohandas Gandhi. _Jainism _ 11. First settled in 1730 by Franciscan missionaries who built three missions in the area, this city was established in 1838 by five families. They built houses on the north bank of the Colorado river and named this community Waterloo. Named after a native of Virginia, it temporarily lost its status as capital in 1842 due to the threat of Mexican invasion. However, in 1845 the capital returned to, FTP, this city, home of Governor George Bush. _Austin_ 12. The king of Morocco had trouble with mice, and luckily this boy had sent his cat on a ship bound for Morocco . The king of Morocco liked the mouser so much that he bought the feline for a fabulous sum, enabling this boy to go into business, earn lots of money, and hold public office. All this happened because he followed the Bow bells' advice to go back to his master in London, and became, FTP, this thrice-elected Lord Mayor. Dick _Whittington_ 13. In this comedy, the title character wants to become wealthier. Accordingly, he pretends to be ill so that his associates will try to buy his favor. Hoping to be named in his will, one associate disinherits his own son; another offers his wife. Naturally, the plot gets more complicated when the servant Mosca tries to get a bit of something for himself. All double-dealing is revealed in court, however, and everyone is punished according to their station and due in FTP, what play, written in 1606 by Ben Jonson? _Volpone_, or The _Fox_ (accept either) 14. He wrote a record of Norwegian kings from the beginning of the world to 1177, as well as collecting Norwegian sagas and poems. Unfortunately, he didn't find favor with the then-current Norwegian king, H†kon IV, and 1241, H†kon had him killed. Not before, however, Olaf's Saga, and the collection of mythology, poetry advice, and "the sayings of Bragi," known as the Prose Edda was finished by, FTP, this medieval Icelandic poet-historian. Snorri _Sturluson_ 15. During WWI, the only books he carried with him were the Oxford Book of English Verse, La Morte D'Arthur, and an anthology of Greek poetry. After the war, he refused the Victoria Cross and a knighthood, and entered the RAF anonymously as T. E. Shaw. FTP name this author/warrior of The Mint and The Seven Pillars of Wisdom. T.E. _Lawrence_ (_Lawrence of Arabia_) 16.Stendhal said that its beauty made him weak in the knees and took his breath away (literally). Within its pink, green and white 19th Century marble facade, among frescoes by Giotto and a chapel by Brunelleschi, Fermi, Marconi, Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Dante, Machiavelli, Rossini, and Galileo lie buried. FTP name this church, one of the main tourist sites in Florence, whose name means "holy cross" in English. _Santa Croce_ 17. Educated at the University of Pennsylvania, this man was a bitter opponent of the United States' involvement in the Vietnam war. His political writings include American Power and the New Mandarins, and The Fateful Triangle, but it is with his theory of transformational-generative linguistic analysis that he revolutionized his science. FTP name this libertarian socialist, MIT professor, and linguist. Noam _Chomsky_ 18. He invaded Syria and defeated the Syrians at the Plain of Jezreel, the first of 17 successful campaigns in Asia, and eventually extended the borders of his nation to the Euphrates river. He then used his booty to enrich temples, most notably at Al Karnak. FTP name this Egyptian king and conqueror , who, according to whose side you're on, either succeeded peacefully or wrested power from his mother-in-law and protector, Queen Hatshepsut. _Thutmose III_ (_Thutmose the Conqueror_) 19. His novels, according to Ben‚t's, "all present a lonely man trying to find solace in the innate beauty and goodness of a young woman." Influenced by Japanese and Western symbolist poetry, he wrote The Izu Dancer (Izu no odoriko), and (Sembazuru) Thousand Cranes. He committed suicide in 1972. FTP name this author of Snow Country (Yukiguni) who, in 1968, became the first Japanese author to win a Nobel Prize in Literature. Yasunari _ Kawabata _ 20. This soft, silver-white corrosive alkali metal is used in lubricating greases, special glasses, and ceramic glazes. It was discovered in 1817 by J.A. Arfvedson Salts of this element are used to treat manic depression. FTP name this least dense metallic element. _Lithium_ 21. He once played cricket wearing seven waistcoats and a greatcoat in order to lose weight. He responded to the Edinburgh Review's harsh criticism of his collection of poems the Hours of Idleness, with English Bards and Scotch Reviewers. Written in heroic couplets, it attacked not only critics, but Wordsworth, Coleridge, Scott, and Southey as well. FTP name this Romantic Poet who also wrote Childe Harold and Don Juan. George_ Gordon_, Lord _Byron_ (accept either underlined part) 22. Succeeded by Umar I, he waged several successful campaigns against Persia and the Byzantine Empire and was Mohammed's most trusted follower. His daughter, Aisha, was the wife of Mohammed, and when Mohammed died, this man was chosen to be his successor. FTP, who was this first Muslim caliph? _Abu Bakr_ 23. Based on works by Raphael and Giorgione, its creator said that its real subject was light. When in was shown at the Salon des Refuses in 1863, it was hard to tell which distressed the viewers more: the rough, unfinished brushwork, or the nude woman who was neither a goddess or an allegorical symbol. FTP, name this painting, exhibited first as "Le Bain," showing two men lounging on the grass with a nude woman, while a second woman washes herself in the background, painted by Manet. _D‚jeuner sur l'Herbe_ or _Luncheon on the Lawn/Grass_ 24. It features 1,512 figures in 72 scenes. Its borders contain foliage, animals, and humorous bits as relief from the narrative above and below. It resides in La Mus‚e de la Reine Mathilde, and was rumored to be made by Mathilda of Flanders, wife of William the Bastard. FTP, what artwork/chronicle of the Norman Invasion did Bishop Odo commission to decorate his cathedral in a town of Northeastern France? _Bayeux Tapestry_ 25. Mark and Arnaz Erdmann, while honeymooning on the island of Sulawesi, in Indonesia, made a most astounding discovery. What they found was identical to what was first spotted by Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer in 1938 in East London, South Africa, and had been spotted only a few times since in regions of the western Indian ocean. FTP, name this reclusive, fish that has remained virtually unchanged for hundreds of millions of years. _Coelacanth_ (accept _Latimeria chalummae_) Bonus and another one, and another one after that 1. Given a play, imitate, as best you can, the last sound heard offstage, for 15 points each. 15- A Doll's House A _door slam_ 15- The Cherry Orchard An _ax chopping_ 2. For 10 points each, answer the following questions about a 1906 diplomatic crisis. 10) In 1906, the European Powers held a conference in this city to settle the dispute over control of Morocco. _Algeciras_ 10) A crisis erupted when the French sent troops to Fees, ostensibly to restore order. In response, the Germans sent a gunboat to this Moroccan port, raising international tensions to a fever pitch. _Agadir_ 10) For a final ten points, what was the name of the German gunboat? _Panther _ 3. 30-20-10. Name the author from works: 30: Love and Freindship (sic), Henry and Eliza, 20: Sanditon, The History of England by a partial, prejudiced, and ignorant historian. 10: Pride and Prejudice Jane _Austen_ 4. Assuming upward sloping supply curves and downward sloping demand curves in the following markets, determine what happens to price in each scenario, for ten points each. Answers should simply be price goes up, price goes down, price stays the same, or indeterminate. 10) Good X is an inferior good. What happens to the price of good X if the income of consumers of good X goes down. _Price Goes Up _ 10) Good Y is a normal good. What happens to the price of good Y if the price of a complementary good goes up? _Price goes Down _ 10) Good Z is an inferior good. What happens to the price of good Z when the income of consumers of good Z decreases, while at the same time the cost of technology used in production of good Z decreases? _Indeterminate_ 5. 30-20-10, Name the British statesman from clues: 30: A published author, some of his books are Peace and Goodwill in Industry (1925), The Classics and the Plain Man (1926), This Torch of Freedom (1935), and Service of Our Lives (1937). 20: Elected to Parliament in 1908 from Bewdley, he rose through the conservative party's ranks, becoming Prime Minister upon the resignation of Andrew Bonar Law. 10: He served as Prime Minister a total of three times, from 1923 to 1924, 1924 to 1929, 1935-1937. He has been criticized for ignoring the German war preparations, and his prot‚g‚, Neville Chamberlain, would take that appeasement strategy to new heights after this man's resignation. Stanley _Baldwin_ 6. 10 points each, answer the following about Indian geography. A. Name the mountain range which runs near the eastern and western coasts of southern India. _Ghat_s B. Name the largest cities found on the east coast and the west coast of India, identifying which is which. _West-Bombay; East-Calcutta_ 7. Given a quarterback, name the element that corresponds to the number on his jersey. For example, if I were to give you Elvis Grbac, you would say Sodium, (atomic number 11 = Grbac's Jersey #11) Numbers are for the 1998 playing season. Points on a 10-5 basis, 10 with the player, 5 if you need the number. 10 - Troy Aikman 5 - #8 _Oxygen_ or _O_ 10 - Jim Druckenmiller 5 -#14 _Silicon_ or _Si_ 10 - Dave Brown 5 - #17 _Chlorine_ or _Cl_ 8. Given a passage from the first pages of a well-known children's book, state the title for 10 points each. A. "In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines lived twelve little girls in two straight lines." _Madeline_ B. "The night Max wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one kind . . ." _Where the Wild Things Are_ C. "I went to sleep with gum in my mouth and now there's gum in my hair and when I got out of bed this morning I tripped on the skateboard and dropped my sweater in the sink . . ." _Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day_ 9. Given the source of a geological period s name, provide the name for the stated number of points. For 5, This period, which is often split up into two periods in America, was named after the extensive coal deposits associated with it. __Carboniferous__ Period For 10, Massive limestone strata from this period are found in the French-Swiss mountain range from which its name comes. _Jurassic_ Period Now, 5 for one, 15 for both, name the two geological periods after the Cambrian, both of which were named after ancient Welsh tribes. _Ordovician_ and _Silurian_ Periods 10. Given a character from a Wallace and Gromit Film, state the title of the film, 10 pts. each: Preston: _"A Close Shave" _ Feathers McGraw: _"The Wrong Trousers"_ Wendolene: "A _Close Shave"_ 11.The seven liberal arts studied in a Classical Medieval education were divided into two parts, each part having a name indicative of the number of arts in its group. Name those two divisions for 5 points each: _quadrivium, trivium_ For 5 points each, name any 4 of the 7 liberal arts studied in the quadrivium and trivium: ANS: _Grammar, Rhetoric, Logic, Arithmetic, Geometry, Music, Astronomy_ 12. 30-20-10, name the substance. 30- Hot rods inject it into their engines to gain momentary bursts of extra horsepower, since it lowers combustion temperatures when it reacts with oxygen. 20- It was discovered in 1772 by Joseph Priestly. 10- It is the propellant in whipped cream, and has been used as a anesthetic. It is also known as laughing gas. _Nitrous oxide_ or _N20_ (prompt on laughing gas) 13. Given the Romantic poet, state whether he committed: suicide, incest, both, or neither, 5 pts. each: Blake _ neither _ Byron: _incest_ Keats: _neither_ Chatterton: _suicide _ Shelley: _neither_ Wordsworth: _neither_, (although he did live with his sister for a very long time, and she accompanied him and his bride on their honeymoon) 14. Identify the following relating to Chinese history, on a 10/5 basis. 10: He got his start as a stable manager in the state of Lu, and later became the leader of the state. 5: He is also known for his _Analects_, probably compiled a century after his 479 BC death. _Confucius_ (K'ung fu-tzu, K'ung Fu-tse, etc. etc. etc.) 10: He is known for having ordered the burning of all books in ancient China; a copy of Confucius' Analects was concealed in a wall, and so survived. 5: He was buried in a most impressive tomb after his 3rd-century-BC death. _Shih Huang-ti_ of the Qin dynasty (ch'in, chin, &c.) 15. Given the Evangelist, state his allegorical symbol from the Book of Revelation, as interpreted by St. Jerome: Matthew: _ Angel_ (Winged Man) Mark: _Lion_ (Usually winged) Luke: _Bull_ (Usually winged as well) John: _Eagle_ (Of course it has wings) 16. 10 points: A group of male and female liberal Reform Rabbis from the United States drew the anger of Orthodox Jews when they prayed together at this site, FTP, the "last remnant of ancient Second Temple of Jerusalem:" the _Wailing Wall_(accept _western wall_) For another 10 points: The group of liberal Rabbis were in Jerusalem for the May 17 general election for prime minister, an election beset by problems such as a break-in of the United States polling firm run by this man, an advisor of Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign: Stanley _Greenberg _ For a final 10 points: Greenberg and James Carville were recently hired to advance the campaign of this Labor Party leader, Benjamin Netanyahu's challenger for the seat of prime minister: Ehud _Barak_ 17. A. For 5 points--what name is given to the philosophy, often dubbed "distinctly American," in which the truth of a proposition is measured by its correspondence with experimental results and practical outcomes? _Pragmatism_ or _Pragmatic philosophy_ B. For 10 points--what author of Photometric Researches is regarded as one of the founders of Pragmatism? Charles Sanders _ Peirce_ [pronounced "Purse"] C. For 15 points--what contemporary philosopher and author of Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature argued along pragmatic lines that theories are ultimately justified by their instrumentality, in his 1982 book, Consequences of Pragmatism? Richard _Rorty_ 18. Identify the Russian author from titles of works, on a 15-10-5 basis: A. (15) Lenin in Zurich (10) August, 1914 (5) The Gulag Archipelago Aleksandr _Solzhenitsyn_ B. (15) Zhenia's Childhood (10) My Sister-Life (5) Dr. Zhivago Boris _Pasternak_ 19. Pop Culture (TV): For 10 points each--identify these Emmy-winners from year, show, and a line from their acceptance speech: A. This 1975 winner for Rhoda said "I'd like to thank my analyst." Valerie _Harper_ B. This 1982 winner for Family Ties said "I feel four feet tall!" Michael J. _Fox_ C. This 1991 winner for Cheers said "I'd like to thank my husband, Parker, for giving me the big one for the last eight years." Kirstie _Alley_ 20. Name the opera from characters, 30-20-10 30: Bartolo, Berta, Basilio 20: Count Almaviva, Rosina 10:Figaro The _Barber of Seville_ by Rossini (Il _Barbiere di Siviglia_) 21. 10 points: In the phylum Arthropoda, this class is composed of creepy crawlies characterized by four pairs of segmented legs and a body that is divided into two regions, the cephalothorax and the abdomen: _Arachnids_ 10 points: Although they begin with six legs, they grow an extra pair of legs as a nymph. These little guys, Trombicula irritans, are usually found in backyards in the summer, and are the larva form of mites: _Chiggers_ 10 points: although it sounds like it could be hardback or paperback, this bibliographic organ is a modified gill, made up of several folds that allow arachnids to breathe: _Book Lung_ 22. Answer the question about Greek lawgivers, 10 points each: In 621 BC, he codified Athenian law and curtailed the arbitrary power of the nobility, giving hoplites the vote. _Draco_ In 594 BC he revised Draco's laws and added a fourth class to Athenian society, the thetes, allowing them to participate in public assemblies. _Solon_ Solon also created a new council of 400 that assumed many of the legislative duties of this court, named after a low hill west of the Acropolis where it convened, a court that gained the power to officials and citizens for "moral offenses and acts contrary to the well-being of the community." _Aeropagus_ 23. Given a list of paintings and art movements, match them correctly, 5 pts each, bonus 5 for all correct: The Third of May, Goya Still Life with Score by Eric Satie, Braque Red Room (Harmony in Red), Matisse Wheatfield and Cypress Trees, Van Gogh Spirit of the Dead Watching, Matisse The movements: Symbolism Romanticism Postimpressionism Cubism Fauvism Answers: Romanticism - The Third of May Postimpressionism - Wheatfield and Cypress Trees Fauvism - Red Room Symbolism - Spirit of the Dead Watching Cubism - Still Life with Score by Eric Satie 24. This E-greeting company sued Microsoft in December for developing software that filtered its e-greetings into the trash (15 points): _Blue Mountain_ This is the e-mail software that contains the filter, currently being tested by Microsoft (15 points): _Outlook Express_ 5.0 25. Name the country from its geographical features, 30-20-10: 30: Rivers: Kemiojoki, Torino, Oulu 20: Mountains: Mount Haltia 10: Islands: the Ahvenanmaa archipelago (the Aland Islands) Finland