1. His last name is Javacheff; while working in the Burian Theatre in Prague he fled to Vienna in 1956. His early work was seen as a form of Art Povera, and included Dockside Packages and Iron Curtain-* Wall of Oil Drums. In 1968, he created a suspended 18,000 foot air package over Minneapolis, and has since wrapped the Pont Neuf in Paris and the Reichstag in Berlin. FTP, name this Bulgarian artist. A: Christo 2. In prokaryotes, it begins with the attachment of an formyl-methionine bearing tRNA to the P site *of mRNA. Another tRNA is brought in to the A site, where the ribosome catalyzes formation of a peptide bond and elongation proceeds. For ten points, what is this process by which the nucleotides of the genetic code are used to make proteins? A. Translation 3. He was guarded by the Varangian Guard, a group of Russian soldiers he got when his sister Anna married Vladimir of Kiev, which converted Kievan Rus to Christianity.* He led successful campaigns against Georgia and Armenia. In 1014, he captured an army, completely blinded 99 out of every 100 men, and left the hundredth with one eye, to lead them back to Czar Samuel. FTP, name this Byzantine emperor who destroyed Bulgaria. A: Basil II or Basil the Bulgar Slayer or Bulgaroctonus 4.Chapters Four to Seventeen were serialized in the Atlantic Monthly in 1875; seven years later, urged by his publisher, James Osgood, the author revisited his youthful days on the* river. The first part is a romantic account of life as a riverboat pilot and ends with the author getting his license. The second part deals with the river at the present, and includes the notorious judgement blaming Walter Scott for the Civil War. FTP, name this Mark Twain work. A: Life on the Mississippi 5. In the background, maids are seen busying themselves in a storage chest. At the foot of the bed lies a curled dog *. The subject is reclining and boldly staring at the viewer. In her right hand is grasped a small bouquet. The work is believed to be nothing more than a female nude painting for the private enjoyment of the Duke Guidobaldo II. FTP, name this Titian work. A: Venus of Urbino 6. In Act One, Walther comes to St. Katharine's Church to talk to Eva, and learns that she is to be betrothed the next day to the winner of the* song contest. To win her, Walther needs to join the guild, and he learns from David the rules. His rival for the love of Eva is Beckmesser, who steals his song. However, Hans Sachs helps Walther and he and Eva marry at the end. FTP, name this only comic opera by Richard Wagner. A: Die Miestersingers von Nurnberg or the Mastersings of Nuremberg 7.In 1825 he became the first to isolate Aluminum, although in an impure form, using a chemical process based on potassium amalgam. Professor of physics at Copenhagen since 1806, he was most noted for his 1819 discovery involving a compass. FTP, what Danish physicist discovered the connection between electricity and magnetism when he observed a magnetized needle deflected by a current-carrying wire? Oersted, Hans Christian 8. His recent works, such as In the Beauty of the Lillies, Brazil, and Memories of the Ford Administration, have received neither the critical nor commercial success of his earlier work. Working at the New Yorker after graduating from Harvard,* he soon became a full-time novelist with the books the Centaur, the Coup, and the Witches of Eastwick. FTP, name this creator of Harry Angstrom, the author of Rabbit, Run. A: John Updike 9. Its provisions included the abrogation of Article 11 of the Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo, the mutual cancellation of claims, and fifteen million dollars. Its effects included the fall of *Santa Anna and the construction of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Negotiated by the American minister to Mexico, FTP, name this 1853 purchase that gave the United States southern Arizona and New Mexico? A: Gadsden Purchase 10. Discovery of this phenomenon in 1887 led eventually to the development of the electronic eye, the photomultiplier tube that detects faint light from stars, and an eco-friendly energy souce. Described by the equation V = V(sub i) - phi, it is explained only by quantum, not classical physics. FTP name this effect that won the 1921 Nobel prize for Einstein. _PHOTOELECTRIC_ effect 11. It is hard to wait fifty-one years, nine months, and four days to marry the woman you love. It is perhaps easier when, remaining loyal to your lover in your heart, you have 622 "long-term liaisons."* Florentino Ariza was all set to marry Fermina Daza, but she ditched him for the rich Dr. Juvenal Urbino. Finally, one day, Urbino dies. FTP, name this Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel, set during an outbreak of an infectious disease. A: Love in the Time of Cholera 12. The son of Jahangir and Nur, he was married to Mumtaz Mahal, After his father's death in 1627 he killed all his relatives and named himself "emperor of the world."* He ordered the campaigns to reclaim Afghanistan and central Asia. Imprisoned by his son, Aurangzeb, in 1657, his son had him blinded so he could not see his most famous creation. FTP, name this man who built the Taj Mahal. A: Shah Jahan 13. Located between Borough High Street and King William Street, the first was built between 1176 and 1209, and was a fashionable residence containing many shops and homes.* The sole crossing over the Thames until the 1750's, a new structure was built in the 1820's. In 1968 the McCulloch Corporation bought this, and shipped it to Arizona. FTP, name this structure which never, contrary to rumor, fell down. A: London Bridge 14. The Odintsova sisters are courted by a pair of university graduates to a feudal estate; Arkady marries Katya, while Anna is dumped by her suitor, who becomes a doctor. Arkady's father Nikolai marries the serf girl Fenichka shortly before* Bazarov dies of typhus caught from dissecting the finger of an infected peasant. Bazarov, who argues with Pavel Kirsanov, is seen as an examplar of nihilism. FTP, name this Turgenev novel. A: Fathers and Sons 15. The issue at stake was the right of the Supreme Court to issue a writ of mandamus. Section 13 of the Judiciary Act* of 1789 said that it did, and a man who had been denied appointment as justice of the peace for the District of Columbia wanted the Court to issue one, to force the Secretary of State to deliver the commission. The Supreme Court ruled the Judiciary Act unconstitutional. FTP, name this decision establishing judicial review. A: Marbury vs. Madison 16. Elizabeth Gaskell wrote an early biography of her; she died from complications of pregnancy less than a year after she married Arthur Nicholls, her father's curate at* Haworth. With her sisters, she created Angria, a vast African country, and wrote the novels Shirley and Vilette. Under the pen name Currer Bell she published a book of poems in 1844 that sold two copies. FTP, name this author of Jane Eyre. A: Charlotte Bronte. 17. It was declared illegal in 1936, ten years after it had been publicly denounced by the pope. Led by Leon Daudet and Charles Maurrass,* it had been founded at the end of the nineteenth century to oppose the release of Dreyfus. Their youth movement, the Hucksters of the King, supported royalism and the Catholic Church. FTP, name this conservative French political group. A: Action Francaise 18. Still spoken by the Jacobite and Nestorian Christians, it was in a script derived from the Phoenician alphabet. Superceding Akkadian as the main language of the* Middle East in the sixth century BC, it was the official language of Persia before Alexander the Great conquered it. Both Daniel and Ezra are written in it, and it was the language of the common people of Judea. FTP, name this language spoken by Jesus. A: Aramaic 19. In the first step, a base such as hydroxide removes the acidic alpha carbon, giving the reactive enolate. The now nucleophilic* enolate then attacks an aldehyde at the carbonyl carbon in a nucleophilic addition reaction, giving an intermediate alkoxide. Finally, an additional acid-base reaction removes a proton from water, leaving hydroxide and a beta hydroxyaldehyde. FTP, what is this reaction from organic chemistry? A: Aldol condensation 20.Located on the Churun River, a tributary of the Caroni River, it is 160 miles southeast of Ciudad Bolivar. Discovered in 1935,* it was named for an American adventurer who crash-landed his plane on a nearby mesa two years later. 500 feet wide at the base, its cataract drops over 3200 feet. Located in Venezuela, FTP, name this highest waterfall in the world. A: Angel Falls 1.FTP each, given painters from an art movement, name the movement a. Sir John Everett Millais, William Holman Hunt, Dante Gabriel Rossetti ANSWER: Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood b. Georges Braque, Picasso, Sir Jacob Epstein ANSWER: Cubism c. Francois Boucher, Jean Watteau, William Hogarth ANSWER: Rococo 2. Oh Ball Coach, My Ball Coach! Share our grief over the resignation of Steve Spurrier by answering these questions about his career FTPE. 1. In 1967, Spurrier began ten years with this team, though he mostly sat on the bench behind John Brodie. San Francisco or 49ers 2. In the mid-1980's Spurrier served as head ball coach at this USFL franchise. Tampa Bay or Bandits 3. From 1987-1989 Spurrier coached this ACC school, leading them to the 1989 ACC title. Duke 3. Identify the following analytic techniques for ten points each. A. Named for a British molecular biologist, it is a method for identifying specific DNA sequences that had previously been separated by electrophoresis. Southern Blot B. Similar to a Southern Blot, this is a technique used to identify and locate specific mRNA sequences. Northern Blot C. The last of the "directional" blots of molecular genetics, this is a technique used to identify and locate proteins based on their ability to bind to specific antibodies. Western Blot 4.Give the shared surname from clues 30-20-10. 30. With Mies van der Rohe, Philip collaborated on the Seagram Building and wrote the book the International Style. 20. James Weldon was the first black admitted to the Florida Bar and wrote God's Trombones and the Autobiography of an ex-Colored Man. 10. Andrew was a Senator from Tennessee and succeeded Abraham Lincoln as President. A: Johnson 5.Name these Willa Cather works from clues FTPE. 1. One of the first novels to deal with immigrant themes, Alexandra Bergson builds a successful farm on the prairie. O Pioneers! 2. Narrated by Jim Burden, it tells the story of the Shimerda family, immigrants from Bohemia who live in the Nebraska prairie. My Antonia 3. Set in 19th century New Mexico, it charts the mission work of the Catholic priest Jean Latour. Death Comes for the Archbishop 6. English poets. Clues. TPE. 1. A Jesuit and a disciple of Walter Pater, his works include the Sonnets and the Wreck of the Deutschland. Gerard Manley Hopkins 2. A professor of classics at Cambridge, his works include The Name and Nature of Poetry and Terence, this is stupid stuff, which comes from A Shropshire Lad. A.E. Housman. 3. One of the leading mid-century rebels against Victorian mores, his works include Bothewell, Chastelard, and Atalanta in Calydon. Algernon Swinburne 7. Name the African leaders from clues FTPE. 1. Succeeding Anwar Sadat in 1981, he has since kept Egypt as a generally loyal American ally. Hosni Mubarak 2. His views on the spread of the AIDS virus have gotten this South African leader into trouble. Thabo Mbeki 3. This Zimbabwean leader has his country on the brink of civil war due to his illegal expropriation of white farmlands. Robert Mugabe. 8. For each of the following molecules, provide the geometric shape predicted by VSEPR theory, ten points each. A. carbon tetrachloride (C Cl4) Tetrahedral B. water (H2O) Bent C. ammonia (NH3) Trigonal pyramidal 9. Name these Supreme Court justices from clues FTPE. 1. Succeeding John Marshall as Chief Justice, he wrote the opinion in Dred Scott stating that slaves had no rights under the Constitution. Roger Taney 2. He began an eponymous brief that brought social and economic facts to bear on judicial decisions, and was the first Jewish justice on the Court. Louis Brandeis 3. Resigning as Chief Justice to chair the Bicentennial Committee, he helped lead the Court back to sanity after the excesses of the Warren years. Warren Burger 10. Answer these questions about contemporary American writers FTPE. 1. Only recently living up to his huge potential, he has written Goodbye, Columbus, The Great American Novel, American Pastoral, and Operation Shylock. Philip Roth. 2. Though born and living in Canada, his American novels include the Adventures of Augie March, Henderson the Rain King, and Humboldt's Gift. Saul Bellow 3. Saul Bellow's latest novel, it deals with a conservative scholar based on Allan Bloom coming to terms with AIDS. Ravelstein 11.Name these British Revolutionary War generals from clues FTPE. 1. The commander of British forces in Boston in 1775, he sent out the expedition to Lexington and Concord. Thomas Gage 2. Known as "Gentleman Johnny" he was a playwright and surrendered a British army at Saratoga in fall 1777. John Burgoyne 3. Later viceroy of India, he was unable to destroy American opposition in the Carolinas and ended up surrendering at Yorktown. Charles Cornwallis 12. Name these 17th century French writers from clues FTPE. 1. The author of the Pedant Tricked and the Death of Agrippina, he was a skilled duelist and had a famously long nose. Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac 2. Patronized by Richielieu, he wrote Medee, Le Cid, Horace, Cinna, and Polyeucte. Pierre Corneille 3. Succeeding Corneille as the "man" on the French stage, he wrote Andromaque, Les Plaideurs, Iphigenie en Aulide, and Phedre. Jean Racine 13. Answer these questions about the Koumiantag FTPE. 1. The Koumaintag is the main political party of what island nation? Taiwan 2. From 1949-1976, this warlord led Taiwan and the Koumaintag after being unceremoniously ejected from mainland China. Chiang Kai-shek 3. In the late 1950's, Taiwan used control of these two islands to shell mainland China.This led John Foster Dulles to threaten to go to the brink of war for their sake. Name either. Quemoy or Matsu 14. Given the definition of how to construct a topological space from a square, name it for ten points each. For example. If a set of edges is connected with a twist, a Mobius strip results Connect one set of edges, connect the other set of edges _Torus_ Connect one set of edges with a twist, connect the other set of edges with a twist _Projective Plane_ or P2 Connect one set of edges, connect the other set of edges with a twist _Klein bottle_ 15. Name the following about a literary magazine FTPE. 1. A daily paper from March 1, 1711, to December 6, 1712, its goal was to "enliven morality with wit, and to temper with morality." the Spectator 2. The author of Cato and The Campaign, he was an enemy of Pope and the guiding light of the Spectator. Joseph Addison 3. The first editor of the Tatler, under the pseudonym of Isaac Bickerstaff, he associated with Addison on the Spectator. Richard Steele