Memphis Bonuses&@@/&&@@TEXTttxtPBtck 1997 OU Route 66 Classic II Packet by Memphis One Identify the following corrosive terms from a descriptiom, 10 points each. 1. This word is used scientifically as another name for Suluric Acid and is derived from a name for ferrous sulfate from which that acid is obtained. It is also used in common parlance to describe anything which is particularly caustic, especially language. Answer: Vitriol 2. This term is applied to any of the numerous organic derivatives of magnesium whose chemical behavior resembles carbanions with the common formula RMgX, in which R is a hydrocarbon radical and X is a halogen atom. They are named for the chemist whose studies of them earned him a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1912. Answer: Grignard Reagents 3. This term is applied to a mixture of cncentrated nitric and hydrocloric acids usually at a mixture of one to three, so-named because in medieval times alchemists used them to dissolve gold, silver, and other "royal" metals. Answer: Aqua Regia Identify the following Russian musicians none of whom were members of the Russian Five from descriptions, 10 points each. 1. This composer prodiced a Piano Concerto and the ballets _Spartacus_ and _Gayane_, the latter of which containing the "Sabre Dance" for which he is most famous. Answer: Aram Khachaturian 2. This composer produced three symphonies in D, E, and A Minor, respectively. He is better known for such works as _Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini_ and _Isle of the Dead_. Answer: Sergei Rachmaninoff 3. This man is famous for the opera _Love for Three Oranges_ as well as such compositions as _Peter and the Wolf_ and the music for the film _Aleksandr Nevsky_. Answer: Sergei Prokofiev Identify the Canterbury Tale from a brief description, 10 points each. 1. Alison, the wife of a rich carpenter named John, is having an affair with a border named Nicholas and is also being courted unsuccessfully by a dandy named Absolom. When the latter interrupts Alison and Nicholas during a tryst one night to ak for a kiss, Alsion sticks her rear end out the window; when he comes back, Nicholas does likewise, only to be singed by a red hot iron. Answer: MIller's Tale 2. A summoner en route to press a false claim from an old woman meets a man in the forest and swears eternal friendship with him. Unfortunately, the man turns out to be the Prince of Darkness, who whisks the summoner off to hell when he harrasses the woman. Answer: Friar's Tale 3. Three drunken louts resolve to find and kill Death when they hear of the demise of a friend. An old man they abuse informs them that Death is waiting for them under a tree; all they find is a bag of gold there, but the old man is proved correct when they murder each other for the gold. Answer: Pardoner's Tale Identify the following African nations from their neighbors,10 points each; if their capitals are needed, you'll only get 5. 10 pts: mali, Niger, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Cote D'Ivoire 5 pts: Duagadougou Answer: Burkina Faso 10 pts: Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, Zaire 5 pts: Kigali Answer: Rwanda 10 pts: Chad, Sudan, Zaire, Congo, Cameroon 5 pts: Bangui Answer: Central African Republic Given a brief description of a hero of a "Blaxploitation" film, name him or her, 10 points each. 1. Played by Richard Roundtree, in his first film this detective is hired to find the kidnapped daughter of a mobster; several more films followed. According to Isaac Hayes, who sang the Oscar-winning theme son, he's also a "complicated man, and no one undestands him but his woman". Answer: John Shaft 2. Played by Ron O'Neal, this character, a.k.a. Youngblood Priest, is a cocaine dealer trying to make enough money to quit the business who battles the machinations of the evil Deputy Commissioner of Police to the music of Curtis Mayfield. Answer: Superfly 3. Played by Tamara Dobson, this woman is a DEA agent combatting the designs of a druglord named Mommy, played by Shelley Winters, with her high-flying karate kicks. Answer: Cleopatra Jones Identify the following World War II commanders for a description, 10 points each. 1. This general was the last in American History to wear five stars. After serving with Patton in North Africa, he was given command of the Twelfth Army Group for Operation Overlord and directed Patton's charge into Germany, and for his lack of ego and flamboyance he was revered by the soldiers as the "G.I. General" Answer: Omar Bradley 2. In 1939 this man was given command of the Army Air Corps and saw it elevated to a co-equal branch of the Service. famous for his pleasant demeanor, as relflected by hias nickname, he was the first Air Force general to earn a fifth star. Answer: Henry "Hap" Arnold 3. One of the unlikeliest heroes of the War, in in 1942 this man, was eleveated form relative obscurity as adestroyer-commander when he was recommended to replace William Halsey by Halsey himself as the commander the _U.S.S. Enterprise_ and to direct the Battle of Midway, and he would later command the Fifth Fleet in the final days of the war. Answer: Raymond Spruance Given a star, name the constellation, 5 points each. 1. Procyon Answer: Canis Minor 2. Deneb Answer: Cygnus 3. Regulus Answer: Leo 4. Antares Answer: Scorpio 5. Polaris Answer: Ursa Minor 6. Spica Answer: Virgo Name the German author from works, 5 points each. 1. The novels _Siddhartha_ and _Steppenwolf_ Answer: Hermann Hesse 2. The novels _Buddenbrooks_ and _Magic Mountain_ Answer: Thomas Mann 3. The plays _Before Sunrise_ and _The Weavers_ Answer: Gerhardt Hauptmann 4. The novels _Adam, Where art Thou?_ and _Billiards at Half-Past Nine_ Answer: Heinrich Boll 5. The Plays _Mother Courage and her Children_ and _The Good Woman of Szechuan_ Answer: Bertholdt Brecht 6. The novels _The Trial_ and _Amerika_ Answer: Franz Kafka_ Identify the following figures from Mexican History, 10 points each. 1. This man served as a soldier on the side of Francesco Madero during his rebellion and ultimately vied for the presidency of Mexico himself, but was defeated in favor of Venustiano Carrunzano. In revenge for the U.S.'s backing of Carrunzano, he attacked Columbus, New Mexico and massaacred the people there, and a result in 1916 John J. Pershing was sent to capture him, unsuccessfully. Answer: Pancho Villa 2. After fighting for the Royalist Armyagainst Jose Manteros this man switched sides and declared the indepenmdence of Mexico from Spain, ruling himself as "Emperor" from 1822 to 1823 before executed by Santa Anna in 1824. Answer: Augutin Iturbide 3. Known for his integrity and impeccable honesty, this Mexican lawyer was President there from 1861 to his death in 1872; later in life he would be referred to as the "Liberator of Mexico". Answer: Benito Juarez This bonus will test your knowledge of the ancient Flood myths. Given a brief description of a survivor of the deluge, name him. 5 pts: This son of Lamech is warned by the Hebrew God to take himself, his family, and a pair of each living thing into an Ark and to wait out the Flood of forty days and forty nights. Answer: Noah 10 pts: This son of Prometheus and "most pious of men" managed to wait out the flood sent by Zeus by hanging out in the temple of Themis. Later, he and his wife Pyrrha, also a survivor, repopulated the earth by throwing strones opver their shoulders which were changed into men. Answer: Deucalion 15 pts: This Hindu prince heeded the plea of a talking fish to be saved from being eaten. The fish turned out to be Vishnu, and as a result the man was warned about the coming flood in time to build a boat and save his family and the animals; he would later write the first law code. Answer: Manu This bonus will test your knowledge of tyyaxonimc classification. Given an animal, name the order to which each belongs, 5 points each. 1. Alligator Answer: Crocodylia 2. Dog Answer: Carnivora 3. Butterfly Answer: Lepidoptera 4. Whales Answer: Cetacea 5. Bat Answer: Chiroptera 6. You Answer: Primata Answer the following film-related questions, five points each. 1. This actor has appeared in such films as _Prizzi's Honor_, _Big_, _Neccessary Roughness_, and most recently as a crusty general in _Independence Day_. Name him. Answer: Robert Loggia 2. This actor recently appeared in _Mightly Aphrodite_ and the bomb _last Action Hero_; he is better known for his memorable roles in _Name of the Rose_ and his Academy Award-winning performance in _Amadeus_. Answer: F. Murray Abraham 3. The many films of this actress include _Dangerous Liasons_, _Witches of Eastwick_, _Batman Returns_, and most recently _One Fine Day_ Answer: Michelle Pfieffer 4. This actor has starred in such films as _Glengarry Glen Ross_, _Heat_, and all three _Godfather_ films. Answer: Al Pacino 5. This director has worked on such films as _The Untoucahables_, _Casualties of War_, and the recent _Mission: Impossible_, though he is perhaps best known for _Carrie_. Answer: Broan Depalma 6. In what 1983 film, directed by Brian Depalma, did Robert Loggia, F. Murray Abraham, Michelle Pfieffer, and Al Pacino all star? Answer: _Scarface_ In A.D. 451 Attila the Hun was finally stopped by a Roman force in a cataclysmic battle in Southern France. Answer the following questions about it, 10 points each. 1. Name this battle. Answer: Catalaunian Fields (accept Troyes) 2. Name the Roman general who was able to defeat the Huns at Catalaunian Fields. Answer: Flanius Aetius 3. Aetius was assisted at Catalaunian Fields by Theodoric I, king of the barbarian tribe then ruling in Spain. Name them. Answer: Visigoths Name the anthropologist from works, 5 points each. 1. _There Eyes were Watching God_ Answer: Zora Neale Hurston 2. _Argonauts of the Western Pacific_ Answer: Bronislaw Malinowski 3. _Chrysanthmum and the Sword_ Answer: Ruth Benedict 4. _The Mind of Primitive Man_ Answer: Franz Boas 5. _The Raw and the Cooked_ Answer: Claude Levi-Strauss 6. _Coming of Age in Samoa_ Answer: Margaret Meade Name the William Shakespeare play from lines spoken in it, 10 points each; if you need another clue, you'll only get 5 points. 10 pts: "No, 'tis not so deep as a well, nor o wide as a church-door, but 'tis enough, 'twill serve. Ask for me tomorrow and you will find me a grave man." 5 pts: The line is spoken by Mercutio to his best friend before dying at the hand of Tybalt, tthough Tybalt himself would soon be killed by the man to whom the quote is spoken. Answer: _Romeo and Juliet_ 10 pts: "Let me have men about me that are fat, sleek-headed and such as sleep-anights. Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look: he thinks too much; such men are dangerous." 5 pts: The title character speaks this of one of the men who will soon assasinate him. Answer: _Julius Caesar 10 pts: "Once more unto the breach, dear firends, once more; or close the wall up with our English dead." 5 pts: The title character of this play speaks this line before storming Harfleur during the Hundred Year's War. Answer: _Henry V_ Name the American Statesman from clues, 30-20-10. 30 pts: After an unsuccessful run for nomination of the Democratic party in 1844 this man ran as a candidate for the Free-Soil Party in 1848 but was defeated by Zachary Taylor. 20 pts: From 1821-1828 this man served as Senator from New York and for three months during 1829 as governor of that state, before resigning to serve as Secretary of State for Andrew Jackson until 1831. 10 pts: he would then serve from 1833-1837 as Vice-President to Jackson, and would succeeed him as the eight President of the U.S. in 1836. Answer: Martin Van Buren Identify the following particles from description, 10 points each. 1. Theoretically, these hypothetical particles constantly emit light as they travel through space due to the Cherenkov radiation, because they are supposedly faster than light and cannot exist speed less than or equal to light. Answer: Tachyons 2. These components of subatomic particles have niether mass nor charge. They are the messengers of the strong force and bind quarks and neutrons of stable mass together. Answer: Gluons 3. These particles are members of a class of heavy element particles which include protons, neutrons, and hyperons. They are calssified by their behavior as fermionic hadrons, and are tought to be composed of three quarks. Answer: Baryons Idenfify these figures from Egyptian History for the stated number of points. 5 pts: This legendary king ruled circa 3100 B.C.E. and was supposedly the first king of upper and lower Egypt; he also founded the city of Memphis, which was named for him. Answer: Menes (accept Narmer) 10 pts: During the almost seventy year reign of this man The Hittites were defeated at Kadesh in 1286 B.C. and the temple at karnak was founded. It was this Pharoah that supposedly enslaved the Hebrews during Moses's time. Answer: Ramses II (prompt on "Ramses") 15 pts: Ruling around the fifteenth century B.C., this Pharoah succeeded his aunt Hatshepsut and crushed the Syrian revolt at Meggido in 1469. It was during his reign that the obelisk now known as Cleopatra's Needle was set up. Answer": Thutmose III (prompt on "Thutmose" Given a list of characters name the novel by Ernest Hemingway in which each appears, 10 points each. 1. Lady Brett Ashley, Mike Cambell, Jake Barnes Answer: _Sun Also Rises_ 2. Pilar, Pablo, Robert Jordan Answer: _For Whom the Bell Tolls_ 3. Frederi, Catherine Berkely Answer: _A Farewell to Arms_ Identify these figures from Norse mythology, 10 points each. 1. This ancient Jotun held a spring whose waters contained wisdom, for a drink of which Odin traded his right eye. Although beheaded by the Vanir, his animated head continued to act as Odin's counsellor. Answer: Mimir 2. This God, originally one of the Vanir, joined the Aesir as the god of the Sea and sailing, and he was the father of Frey and Freyr. Answer: Njord 3. This blind god ruled over the night and Darkness and was tricked by Loki into killing his brother, Balder. Answer: Hodur (accept Hoth, Hod, anything which sounds similar) Identify the organic compound from a description, 10 points each. 1. Also known as Olefins, these compounds are any of a number which contain an unsaturated hydrocarbon containing one or more pairs of carbon atoms linked by a double bond. Answer: Alkene 2. These compounds are obtained from alcohols by dehydrogenization and are characterised by the presence of a carbonyl group in which at least one of the two remaining bonds is to a hydrogen atoms, with the common formula RCHO. Answer: Aldehyde 3. These compounds are any of a class of compounds that react with water to produce alcohols and organic and inorganic acids, and are most commonly derived frrom carboxylic acids. Answer: Ester Given artists who were prominent members of it, name the American artistic movement, 10 points each. 1. Jaspar Johns, Michael Hamilton, Ray Liechtensthien, Andy Warhol Answer: Pop Art 2. John Sloan, Robert Henri, William Glickers, George Bellows Answer: Ashcan School 3. Asher Durand, Thomas Cole, John Trumball, Frederic Churney Answer: Hudson River School Given a brief plot summary name the Edgar Allen Poe story described, 10 points each. 1. An animal lover becomes an alcoholic and murders his beloved pet Pluto. He finds another animal which looks just like him, who proceeeds to drive him mad, and when he kills his wife the animal helpds lead police to the corpse. Answer: _The Black Cat_ 2. A Prince named Prospero attempts to keep himself and hs court free from a mysterious illness ravaging the countryside by holing up in his castle and throwing huge parties; unfortunately, this plan is unsuccessful. Answer: _Masque of the Red Death_ This bonus will test your knowledge of languges and liguistics. Answer the follwing questions pertaining to them, 10 points each. 1. This term, derived from the Sanskrit word for "noble", was originally applied to the common tongue from which many modern languages are derived. Due to the negative connotation it soon acquired, it was replaced by the term "Indo-European" in the 1950's, though it is still used to describe linguistic patterns in India. Answer: Aryan 2. This system explains the commonality of languages by describing how consonants are "shifted" as languages disseminate. Answer: Grimm's law 3. (Note: two answers required) First adopted by a British diplomat and modified by a Cambridge professor, this system of converting Chinese ideograms into Latin letters is largely supplanted by the PinYin system. Answer: Wade-Giles Romanisation Though most regard seven as a lucky number, in the National Hockey League the number to have is, or was, apparently nine. For 10 points name the following legendary players wearing that number fro 10 points apiece. 1. This legendary Montreal Canadiens Right Wing is known as "The Rocket" to distinguish him from his brother, who also played for Montreal under the number 16. To date he is the only player to reach fifty goals in fifty games. Answer: Maurice Richard 2. Number nine has been retired from both the Chicao Blackhawks and the Phoenix Coyotes for this man, who played with both teams. His brother Dennis also played for Chicago, and his son Brett is currently a superstar for the St. Louis Blues. Answer: Bobby Hull 3. In his 32 professional seasons this man has earned the second highest point totals behind Wayne Gretzky. As with Hull, two teams have retired his number: the Hartford Whalers, on which he played his last few seasons with his sons mark and Jeff, and the Detroit Redwings, where earned most of his points. Answer: Gordie Howe Identify the following important Naval battles from World History from description, 5-10-15. 5 pts: In this 1571 battle the Ottoman turks under Ali Pasha were decisively defeated by the forces of the Christian Holy League. Answer: Lepanto 10 pts: In this 1805 battle the combined forces of the French and Spanish were defeated off the coast of Spain by the British under Admiral Horatio Nelson, who died there. Answer: Trafalgar 15: In this 1916 battle the British under Admiral John Jellicoe and the Germans under Admioral Wilhelm Scheer technically fought to a draw, though Scheer's withdrawal enabled the British to claim victory. Answer: Jutland (Jyland; accept also Skagerrak) Given the year and the reason they won, name the following Nobel Prize winners in Physiology and Medicine, 10 points each. 1. In 1906 this man shared a prize with d Santiago Ramon Y Cajal for his work on the stucture of the nervous system. Answer: Camillo Golgi 2. In 1930 this man won one for his discovery of human blood groups. Answer: Karl Landsteiner 3. In 1945 the prize was awarded jointly to Sir Ernst Boris Chain, Lord Howard Walter Florey, and this man for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases. Answer: Sir Alexander Fleming Given a brief list or works, identify the French authors who wrote them, 10 points each; if you more works, you'll only get five points. 10 pts: _Thais_, _The Crime of Sylvester Bonhard_ 5 pts: _The Gods Are Athirst_, _Penguin Island_ Answer: Anatole France 10 pts: _A Sentimental Education_, _Salammbo_ 5 pts: _Madame Bovary_ Answer: Gustave Flaubert 10 pts: _Droll Stories from the Abbeys of Touraine_, _Les Chouans_ 5 pts: _Cousin Bette_, _Pere Goriot_ Answer: Honore de Balzac Given a Canadian province, name its capital, 5 points each. 1. Saskatchewan Answer: Regina 2. Winnepeg Answer: Manitoba 3. Charlottetown Answer: Prince Edward Island 4. Victoria Answer: British Columbia 5. Frederickton Answer: New Brunswick 6. Edmonton Answer: Alberta Identify the following women from the Bible from clues, 10 points each. 1. When king Ahasuerus, or Xerxes, of Persian tires of his wife Vashti because of her disobedience, he asks to wed this Hadassah, daughter or Mordecai, and gives her this name, a derivative of the Akkadian word for star. As his wife she is able to save the Jews from destruction by the Vizier Haman, and the king grants the Jews the right to defend themselves. Answer: Esther 2. This wife of Lappidoth sits under a tree between Bethel and Ramah and delivers judgement for her fellow Hebrews. When she instructs Barak, the son of Abinoam, to lead the forces of Napthali and Zebulon against the Canaanites, she is asked to acvcompany, and she helps the Hebrews defeats the enemy at Mount Tabor. Answer: Deborah 3. A story in the Apochrypha relates that when the Hebrews refuse to help Nebuchadrezzar in his war against the Medes, he sent his general Holofernes to destroy the city of Bethulia. 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