Subject: T6: Round 11
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 14:29:19 -0400 (EDT)
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Terrier Tussle 6: February 8, 1997
Round 11: Questions by Penn
BONUS

1. <30 points> The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket is a novel
by an author better known for poems and short stories.  F15PE, name both
the first author AND the man who wrote an 1894 sequel that brings Pym
back to the United States.

Answers: Edgar Allan _POE_ and Jules _VERNE_

2. <20 points> FTPE name these mountain passes.
A. Discovered in 1750 by Thomas Walker, it was named for a son of George II.
Answer: _CUMBERLAND_ Gap

B. This pass, controlled by Pakistan, links the cities of Peshawar, Pakistan,
and Kabul, Afghanistan, by railroad, paved highway, and caravan.
Answer: _KHYBER_ Pass

3. Name the author, 30-20-10.
<30-point clue> She wrote a 1900 Biography of Abraham Lincoln, and a 1939
autobiography All In A Day's Work.
<20-point clue> She wrote on political and corporate corruption for
McClure's and American Magazine.
<10-point clue> Her most famous work was her two-volume History of the
Standard Oil Company.

Answer: Ida Minerva _TARBELL_

4. <20 points> A North Carolina jury has ordered a TV network to pay
$5 million in punitive damages to this business for a hidden camera
report broadcast by the network.  FTPE, name the network, and the
supermarket chain that sued and won.

Answers:
The _AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANY_ or _ABC_
_FOOD LION_

5. Name the saint, 30-20-10.
<30-point clue> He was made bishop of Myra in the early fourth century.
<20-point clue> His tomb was destroyed by Arabs in the sixth century.
In 1043, Constantine IX rebuilt his basilica, but his remains were
later stolen and relocated to Bari, Italy.
<10-point clue> He was canonized as the patron saint of children due to
legends that he would leave money for the dowries of poor village girls
in the night.

Answer: Saint _NICHOLAS_

6. FTPE, name any three of the quarterbacks that, as of 1983, started for
National Football Conference Eastern Division teams.

Answers:
Ron _JAWORSKI_ (Philadelphia Eagles)
Neil _LOMAX_ (St. Louis Cardinals)
Phil _SIMMS (New York Giants)
Joe _THEISMAN_ (Washington Redskins)
Danny _WHITE_ (Dallas Cowboys)

7. <25 points> Name the historical figure, 25-10.
<25 clue> He was known in the east as Yusuf ibn Ayyu.
<10 clue> In 1152 he joined the staff of his uncle Shirkuh, and later
accompanied him to Egypt, where he helped the Fatimid rulers resist
the crusaders.

Answer: _SALADIN_

8. <30 points> On January 15, the CCC reopened its doors to customers,
all of whom had glaucoma and/or twinkies.  The CCC had been operating
illegally for years while the police looked the other way.
1. <20 points> For five points per correct word, plus five more for
all correct, what does CCC stand for?

Answer: _CANNABIS CULTIVATORS CLUB_

2. <10 points> Now for 5 each, name the California city in which the CCC
is located, and the California voter initiative that allowed the club to
operate legally.

Answers: _SAN FRANCISCO_; _PROPOSITION 215_

9. <30 points> Name the operas from their plots F15PE.
A. <15 points> Canci, an actor, kills Selemio and his unfaithful wife
Nedda while playing the role of a clown.

Answer: _I PAGLIACCI_

B. <15 points> Contange and her maid are captured by pirates and sold
into a harem.  Belmonet helps them escape in this Mozart work.

Answer: _ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO_

10. <30 points> A perfect shuttle cuts a deck of cards exactly in half,
alternating cards perfectly.  An outshuffle takes the top half into the
right hand, dropping the first card from the left hand.  An inshuffle
is the exact opposite of an outshuffle.  FTPE,
A. How many perfect outshuffles are needed to return a 52-card deck
to the exact order from which it started?

Answer: _EIGHT_ (8)

B. How many perfect _in_shuffles are needed to do the same?

Answer: _FIFTY-TWO_ (52)

C. Imperfect card shuffling can be modeled as a random sequence of
states in which the conditional distribution of the next state, given
the present state, does not depend on past states.  What term describes
this type of "chain"?

Answer: _MARKOV_ chain

11. <30 points> This nation recently repaid $13.5 billion loaned to it by
the U.S. in 1995.
1. <20 points> FTPE name the nation and its president.

Answers:
 _MEXICO_
Ernesto _ZEDILLO_

2. <10 points> The Citizens' Trade Campaign has alleged that the repayment
was a calculated move to gain support for Clinton's efforts to add, FTP,
what South American nation into NAFTA?

Answer: _CHILE_

12. <20 points> Name these units of measurement FTPE.
A. <10 points> This unit is equal to the distance between the sun and the
earth.
Answer: _ASTRONOMICAL UNIT_ or _AU_

B. <10 points> Used in evolutionary biology, this unit is equal to a rate
of change by a factor of E every million years, where E is a base of
natural logarithms.
Answer: _DARWIN_

13. <30 points> Name the drink from the description F15PE.
A. <15 points> The fermented juice of the blue agave.
Answer: _TEQUILA_
B. <15 points> White wine mixed with sugar syrup or mistelle.
Answer: _VERMOUTH_

14. <25 points> Answer these questions about medieval military
organizations for the stated point value.
A. <10 points> FTP, this organization became a military order similar to
the Knights Templar in 1198.

Answer: Order of the _TEUTONIC_ Knights

B. <15 points> F15P, this man was the Teutonic Knights' grand master from
1210 to 1239, when the order began to carve out the military-monastic
state of Prussia.

Answer: Hermann von _SALZA_

15. Identify the term, 30-20-10.
<30-point clue> The word is derived from the Portuguese word for a
charm, talisman, or amulet.
<20-point clue> Portuguese sailors coined the term in the 15th century
when they observed the veneration that West-Coast Africans had for such
objects worn on their persons.
<10-point clue> Today the term is used in psychiatry to refer to the
inordinate or pathological fascination a person may have for an
inanimate object.

Answer: _FETISH_

16. <30 points> Answer these questions about the English morality play
Everyman.
1. <10 points> FTP, who tells Everyman of his impending demise?
Answer: _DEATH_

2. <20 points> FTPE, name the two characters who help Everyman repent,
regain his faith, vex the devil, and finally step calmly into his grave.
Answers:
_KNOWLEDGE_ and _GOOD DEEDS_

17. <25 points> Name the country from the clues, 25-10.
<25-point clue> Its southern coastline extends only 120 miles.
It has no natural harbors.  Cotonou is an artificial port made
accessible to ships by two artificial jetties built out onto the
shallow coastal waters.
<10-point clue> It is bordered on the east by Nigeria, on the north by
Niger and Burkina Faso, and on the west by Togo.

Answer: _BENIN_

18. <30 points> In the history of the papacy, there has been only one
pope from England, hailing from Hertfordshire.  His papacy lasted from
1154 to 1159.  FTPE, give his papal name, his papal number, and his
given name.

Answers:
_ADRIAN_
_IV_ (Fourth)
_NICHOLAS_ or _BREAKSPEAR_

19. <30 points> Holy hair-raisers, batman!  Given a method of extermination,
used against a member of the dynamic duo, identify the villan from the TV
series who employd it, FTPE.
A. Drilling a hole through Robin's skull with a hand-crank.
Answer: The _RIDDLER_

B. Feeding Robin to a giant clam.
Answer: The _JOKER_

C. Sealing Batman in an urn and subjecting him to Chinese water torture
until the onset of insanity.
Answer: _KING TUT_

20. <25 points> Given the names of some Greek mythological figures,
identify the group to which they belong.  For example, if I said Zeus,
Hera, and Apollo, you would say "Olympians."

A. F5P, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa.
Answer: _GORGONS_

B. FTP, Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia.
Answer: _GRACES_

C. FTP, Alecto, Tisiphone, and Megaer.
Answer: _FURIES_

21. <30 points> FTPE, give the brand names of these antidepressants
given their clinical names.
A. Fluoxetine
Answer: _PROZAC_
B. Bupropion
Answer: _WELLBUTRIN_
C. Sertraline
Answer: _ZOLOFT_

22. <30 points> F5PE, name IN ORDER the wives of King Henry VIII.
Be careful, because a miss stops you.

Answers:
_KATHERINE OF ARAGON_
_ANNE BOLEYN_
_JANE SEYMOUR_
_ANNE OF CLEVES_
_KATHERINE HOWARD_
_KATHERINE PARR_

23. <30 points> There are four national flags composed entirely of the
two colors yellow and blue.  FTPE name any three of them.

Answers:
_KAZAKHSTAN_
_PALAU_
_SWEDEN_
_UKRAINE_

24. <20 points> FTPE, name the cameraman whom Dennis Rodman allegedly
kicked in the groin, and the team the Bulls were playing when the
incident took place.

Answers:
Eugene _AMOS_
_MINNESOTA_ or _TIMBERWOLVES_

25. <30 points> FTPE give the surnames of these artists.
A. Michelangelo
Answer: _BUONAROTTI_

B. Raphael
Answer: _SANTI_ (or SANZIO)

C. Rembrandt
Answer: Harmenszoon _VAN RIJN_

26. <25 points> Identify the following from William McKinley's
"front porch" presidential campaign of 1896.
A. <10 points> FTP, from what city did he campaign?
Answer: _CANTON_, Ohio

B. <15 points> F15P, what industrialist and political broker was his
biggest backer?
Answer: Mark _HANNA_

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Terrier Tussle 6:  February 8, 1997
Round 11: Questions by Penn
TOSSUPS

1. "Raymond, why don't you pass the time by playing a little Solitaire?"
That verbal trigger turned a Congressional Medal of Honor winner into the
brainwashed servant of The Queen of Diamonds, in the employ of Communist
China.  Based on a book by Richard Condon, FTP, what was this film
starring Angela Lansbury, Janet Leigh, and Frank Sinatra?

Answer: The _MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE_

2. There are three species:  The common, white-winged, and hairy-legged.
They lack a tail membrane used by their closest relatives, so they spend
more time on the ground than in the air.  A substance in their saliva
prevents the coagulation of blood, helping them fend off the blood of
birds and herd animals.  FTP, name these flying mammals.

Answer: _VAMPIRE BATS_
(prompt on "Bats")

3. He was "elegantly drunk, lovingly and pugnaciously drunk," throughout
his years at Terwellinger College, and though he curbed his drinking to
some degree while at Mizpah Theological Seminary in the state of Winnemac,
he was still an adulterer and atheist.  FTP, name this hypocritical preacher,
the title character of a novel by Sinclair Lewis.

Answer: _ELMER GANTRY_

4. From 1987 to 1993, he was a member, and then chair, of the Arkansas
Highway Commission.  He came to Washington as federal highway
commissioner, working under Federico Pena, the man whom he would
succeed.  FTP, who was confirmed as Secretary of Transportation on
February 6?

Answer: Rodney _SLATER_

5. The hysteria that led to the Salem Witch Trials may have been due to
poisoning by fungi of the genus Claviceps.  The most prevalent form
infects rye grain, and humans who eat that contaminated grain can
experience convulsions and hallucinations.  FTP, name this fungus from
which LSD-25 is derived.

Answer: _ERGOT_ (accept Ergotism early)

6. The chaplain in Joseph Heller's Catch-22 belonged to this group, an
offshoot of the 16th century Protestant Reformation.  FTP, name this
sect, characterized by Adult Baptisms, whose members are also known as
rebaptizers.

Answer: _ANABAPTISTS_

7. "Starring", "Also", "Not to mentions", and "plus" are the way that
this show's opening credits introduce its stars, accompanied by a punched
up version of Beethoven's Ode to Joy.  FTP, what NBC sitcom stars Nestor
Campbell, Judd Nelson, and Brooke Shields?

Answer: _SUDDENLY SUSAN_

8. By the end of his rule, he had become so addicted to sleeping pills
that he had to beg them from his staff.  He was a mere remnant of the man
who had crushed dissent in Czechoslovakia and pursued a coexistence
policy with the west.  FTP, what Soviet leader was succeeded by Yuri
Andropov?

Answer: Leonid Ilich _BREZHNEV_

9. His lovers, Jeanne Duval, Marie Daubrun, and Appolonie-Aglae Sabatier
were, respectively, the inspirations for his poem cycles "Black Venus";
"Green-Eyed Venus"; and "White Venus".  An inspiration to the Symbolists,
he was tried and found guilty of obscenity and blasphemy after the 1857
publication of "The Flowers of Evil."  FTP, name him.

Answer: Charles _BAUDELAIRE_

10. It stands 47 and 1/2 inches tall, is 16 feet long, and only 4 inches
wide.  Yet competitors are able to spend up to two minutes on it walking,
running, jumping, turning, sitting, lying, or otherwise being dexterous.
FTP, identify this apparatus of women's gymnastics.

Answer: _BALANCE BEAM_

11. South of San Francisco, it includes San Mateo, Foster City, Redwood
City, Palo Alto, Los Altos, Fremont, Santa Clara, and San Jose.  FTP,
what industrial area gained its colloquial name from its previously high
concentration of computer chip manufacturing?

Answer: _SILICON VALLEY_

12. Born July 24, 1860, in the tiny Moravian town of Ivanice, he later
became one of the most fashionable decorative artists in Paris at the turn
of the century, known for such works as La Tosca, Ivy, Laurel, and
Gismonda.  FTP, what Art Nouveau member was noted for his posters of
Sarah Bernhardt?

Answer: Alphonse Marie _MUCHA_

13. In Much Ado About Nothing, Benedick offered to go fetch a hair off
of this man's beard rather than face Beatrice - a difficult task, because
this man existed only in legend.  Bishop Otto of Freising in 1145 was
the first to record accounts of his heroic struggles against the Muslims.
FTP, name this Christian priest-king who ruled in Asia or Africa.

Answer: _PRESTER JOHN_ (or PRESBYTER JOHN or JOHN THE ELDER)

14. Because Martin Gelinas recorded his second career hat trick and Pavel
Bure added four assists, this man still has exactly 999 career victories
in the NHL.  FTP, name this former Pittsburgh Penguin head coach and
current Detroit Red Wing.

Answer: Scotty _BOWMAN_

15. This type of drama was a brief, burlesque comedy presented after a
tragic trilogy at the festivals honoring Dionysus.  Myths were enacted
in an earthy, ribald spirit, with the chorus dressed in animal skins
and tails, to represent the figures after which the genre was named.
FTP, name this type of play whose only known example is Euripides'
Cyclops.

Answer: _SATYR_ Play

16. In a 1945 paper, he proved that governments must take into account
unknown productivity information to apply tax rates correctly.  In the
1960s, James Mirrlees improved on his work, proposing that governments
adopt tax systems that encourage productive workers to work harder.
FTP, name this first Canadian Nobel Laureate in Economics.

Answer: William _VICKREY_

17. Consisting of over 90,000 couplets, this poem relates the turbulent
history of the ancient kingdom of Kurukshetra.  Book 6 of this Sanskrit
epic contains Krishna's teachings in the Bhagavad Gita.  FTP, name this
Hindu text whose title translates as "Great Epic of the Bharata
Dynasty."

Answer: _MAHABHARATA_

18. The first and last sets of stripes are called guard bars; they mean
nothing, but bracket the actual information.  The second pair of stripes
are a category-type number, and the second-to-last pair are a secret
check digit that prevents counterfeit or tampering.  The rest of the
stripes translate to inventory number.  FTP, name this code scanned
at checkout counters.

Answer: _UNIVERSAL PRODUCT CODE_ or _UPC_

19. Although he held appointed offices as ambassador to France under
Nixon and as director of Johnson's War on Poverty, he was largely
a failure at attaining elected office, most notably as running mate
in 1972 of George McGovern.  FTP, what JFK brother-in-law was the
first director of the Peace Corps?

Answer: Sargent Robert _SHRIVER_, Junior

20. In many biochemical reactions, hormones arriving at target cells will
alter the concentration of this nucleotide which then activitates the
enzymes of the reaction, which is why it is often called "the second
messenger." Earl Sutherland won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Medicine for
isolating, FTP, what regulator of cell activities, derived from ATP?

Answer: _CYCLIC AMP_ (or CYCLIC ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE)

21. Until the rise of Alexandria, scholarship flourished in this city
northeast of Cairo. The priesthood was influential in this center of
the ancient cult of Ra the sun god.  FTP, name this original site of
Cleopatra's Needles.

Answer: _HELIOPOLIS_

22. Originally built as the centerpiece of the 1924 British Empire
Exhibition, it opened on April 28, 1923.  Despite its exciting history,
plans have been made to replace this Central London landmark.  FTP,
what home of English sports was originally known as Empire Stadium?

Answer: _WEMBLEY_ Stadium

23. This type of learning first involves the pairing of two unrelated
stimuli, one that already elicits a response, and one that does not.
Once the unrelated stimulus is conditioned, it is used to condition a
third response.  FTP, name this variant of classical conditioning.

Answer: _SECOND-ORDER_ conditioning (or HIGHER-ORDER conditioning)

24. In some accounts, his strength waxes and wanes with the sun.  In the
best-known story, he decapitates his foe, but the foe picks up the head
and rides away, which sets up another encounter a year later.  This
subject of an anonymous 15th century poet was, FTP, which Arthurian
opponent of the Green Knight?

Answer: Sir _GAWAIN_

25. This petroleum producing nation is separated from the mainland by the
Dragon's Mouth, the Serpent's Mouth, and the Gulf of Paria.  FTP, what
nation off the coast of Venezuela has its capital at Port-of-Spain, on
the larger of its two main islands?

Answer: The Republic of _TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO_

26. It is a collection of five judicial opinions, discussing whether a
group of people trapped in a cave were justified in eating one of their
number in order to survive.  FTP, name this hypothetical situation,
presented by Lon Fuller in a Harvard Law Review article.

Answer: The Case of the _SPELUNCEAN_ Explorers

27. On February 5, James Dippel performed this operation on Tabib, one of
less than 500 Sumatran tigers left in the world.  He performs it every
day, even on 277-pounders, though never before on a cat.  Dippel is a
dentist, called in to provide, FTP, what excruciating surgery?

Answer: A _ROOT CANAL_

28. Be a "creature unlike any other."  Never accept a Saturday night
date after Wednesday.  Do not let him see your apartment until at least
the third date.  And above all, never violate, FTP, what dating commands
set forth by Ellen Fein and Sherrie Schneider?

Answer: The _RULES_