Sample Packet UF College Bowl High School Tournament Tossups 1. Scales for measuring this quantity include the Mulliken and Jaffe variations, which rely on average ionization energies, and the standard Pauling scale, which ranges from 0.7 to 4.0. It increases from left to right across periods and decreases in groups as atomic number increases. For ten points, give the name of this periodic property of atoms that measures the attraction an atom has for electrons in a chemical bond. Answer: Electronegativity 2. One of the most distinctive poetic voices of the middle of the 20th century, this Welshman gained notice for such prose as Quite Early One Morning, Adventures in the Skin Trade, and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog. A single play, Under Milk Wood proved his versatility, but since the end of his tragically short life in 1953, he has been best known for another work. For ten points, name the author of "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night." Answer: Dylan Thomas 3. This organization was founded in 1955 on the pretext of the Paris agreement, which let West Germany into NATO. It suppressed uprisings in Czechoslovakia and Hungary, which is why Albania withdrew. East Germany withdrew after 1989. For ten points, name this organization called "nonexistant" after 1991 that was the Soviet front organization for their military occupation of Eastern Europe. Answer: Warsaw Pact 4. Selected fifth overall in the 1998 NBA draft by Warriors, he was immediately traded for Antawn Jamison, a decision that must still haunt Warriors management. 1999's Rookie of the Year, his subsequent acrobatics at the 2000 All-Star Dunk Contest and late game heroics during the regular season has drawn comparisons to Michael Jordan. For ten points, name this athlete, the starting small forward on the Toronto Raptors. Answer: Vince Carter 5. He painted only a handful of works, mainly because of his painting style of applying a multitude of tiny dots of color directly to the canvas, a method known as pointilism. For ten points, name this French artist, most famous for his painting Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grand Jatte. Answer: Georges Seurat 6. The son of Jewish immigrants, this economist's Methodology of Positive Economics created a great controversy on its release. He would later become a columnist for Newsweek and win the 1976 Nobel Prize in Economics. For ten points, name this author of A Monetary History of the United States. Answer: Milton Friedman 7. It was settled by Phoenicians from Tyre as a way station and became a trading post for merchants exchanging eastern manufactured goods for gold, silver, and tin from Africa and Spain. The traditional foundation date is 814 BC, but archaeology confirms no date before 750 BC. For ten points name this city on the Tunisian coast of North Africa, most famous today for warring against the Romans in the Punic Wars. Answer: Carthage 8. It measures approximately 1.0003 for air at STP. For water, it's about 1.33 and for diamond, about 2.42. For ten points, which ratio, commonly referred to as "n," relates the speed of light in a vacuum to that as it passes through a given substance? Answer: Index of refraction 9. His most popular work was the short story collection Story Book, and he is best known today for two of the stories it contains, both based on German folktales. For ten points, name this author of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle." Answer: Washington Irving. 10. He was one of the great composes for the late Baroque and wrote primarily Italian operas and English oratorios. He wrote an opera entitled Giulio Cesare as well as the famous Water Music. For ten points, name this German-born composer perhaps best known for his Messiah. Answer: George Handel 11. Let A be a cylinder of radius R and height H. If the radius of the cylinder doubles and the height is cut in half, then, for ten points, what happens to the volume of the cylinder? Answer: It doubles (or, it's twice as large, etc.) 12. Between 166 and 160 BC, this man produced only 6 plays, the most popular one being Eunachus, although that title may not be as famous as another of his works, Adelphi, Greek for "The Brothers." For ten points, name this Roman comedian, a former slave, who is noted for being one of the earliest known African authors. Answer: Terence (Publius Terentius Afer) 13. He suffered from porphyria, a genetic disease that led to madness, and during the last 10 years of his reign his son ruled as regent. A member of the Hanover family, he was the first monarch of his line to speak English. His Prime Ministers included Lord Rockingham, Lord North and both Pitts. For ten points, name this man, king of England during the American Revolution. Answer: King George III 14. Born in 1900 in Hildesheim, Germany, he was knighted in 1958. After moving to England, he studied at many schools including both Cambridge and Oxford. He shared the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1953 for his lengthy work with metabolic processes. For ten points, name this scientist, famous for the cycle named after him. Answer: Hans Krebs 15. He was born and raised in Pittsburgh, which opened a museum of his works several years ago. He changed many art conventions, printing thousands of copies of his work, and was a strong supporter of Ronald Reagan. He made underground movies like The Chelsea Girls and Flesh, and painted luminaries like Elizabeth Taylor and Marilyn Monroe. For ten points, name this silver wigged artist, most famous for his Campbell's soup cans. Answer: Andy Warhol 16. This noted German sociologist lived from 1864 until 1920. He is well known for his beliefs that modern bureaucracies are destructive to human vitality and freedom. In opposition to Marx, he postulated that wealth, prestige, and power are the keys to a person's social position. For ten points, name this political scientist who believed that the "Protestant work ethic" drove industrial development in Europe. Answer: Max Weber 17. Their name is Latin for poison and their effects on the body can be just as serious. Among their classifications are pico, toga, adeno, and retro. Ranging in size from 20-300 nanometers, they are composed of a nucleic acid, a protein coat, and occasionally a membranous envelope. For ten points, name these vectors of human infection that may or may not be considered living. Answer: Viruses 18. This organization was set up on April 6, 1793, and was made up of 12 members, elected by the National Convention for a period of one month, with possibility of reelection. Originally dominated by Georges Danton, after September 1793 it was dominated by Couthon, Saint-Just, and Robespierre. After Robespierre's execution in July 1794, it waned in importance. For ten points, name this ironically titled French organization that started the Reign of Terror. Answer: Committee of Public Safety 19. Let A and B be two points on a curve. Let C be the slope of the secant line connecting the two points. If point B approaches point A, then, for ten points, what does the value of the slope of the line approach? Answer: The derivative of the function at the point A 20. Lydia's elopement with Wickham brings Lady Catherine de Brough to visit the family. Elizabeth dislikes her nephew, because he was mean to Charles Bingley, who is going to marry her sister Jane. Eventually, after Elizabeth decides that she would like to be the mistress of Pemberley, she decides that marrying Fitzwilliam Darcy wouldn't be so bad. For ten points, name this Jane Austen novel that deals with Elizabeth Bennett. Answer: Pride and Prejudice 21. A graduate of Yale, his accomplishments have garnered infamy rather than acclaim. Some of his exploits include stealing the love of Jacqueline Bouvier, sinking a Greenpeace boat, and operating a germ warfare factory. For ten points, name this man, "Springfield's most famous 106 year old," who owns the local nuclear power plant. Answer: Mr. Charles Montgomery Burns 22. Its name loosely means "Chosen of the Palace," the title given to the Moghul Emperor Shah Jehan's favorite wife who died in 1631 while giving birth to her fourteenth child. A mausoleum on the outskirts of Agra, it is probably the best known monument in India. For ten points, name this building which some consider to be the most beautiful because of its white marbles and symmetrical garden. Answer: Taj Mahal 23. His nickname can be roughly translated as "Pigpen" or "Sloppy Tom", and he died before his 27th birthday, but in his short life he revolutionized Western art with "The Expulsion from Paradise" and a never before seen sense of linear perspective. For ten points name this Florentine painter of "The Tribute Money." Answer: Masaccio (Tommaso di ser Giovanni di Mone) Sample Packet UF College Bowl High School Tournament Bonus Questions 1. Name the artist from a controversial work on a 10-5 basis. 10: Nocturne in Black and Gold - The Falling Rocket 5: Arrangement in Gray and Black No.1 Answer: James Whistler 10: Olympia 5: A Bar at the Folies Bergere Answer: Edouard Manet 10: The Nude Maja 5: The Third of May 1808 Answer: Francisco Goya 2. Given an animal or animals, give the phylum to which it belongs. Five points each plus a bonus five for all correct. A. Sponge Answer: Porifera B. Jellyfish, corals Answer: Cnidaria C. Flatworms Answer: Platyhelminthes D. Oysters, snails Answer: Mollusca E. Lobster, spider Answer: Arthropoda 3. Given a Major League Soccer team nickname, name the city in which it is located. A. Mutiny Answer: Tampa Bay B. United Answer: Washington D.C. C. Galaxy Answer: Los Angeles 4. Winning the Nobel Prize is an honor that anyone can be proud of, and the winner of 1999's prize is no exception. A. For ten points, name this German, raised "between the Holy Ghost and Hitler's photograph" in the free city of Danzig. Answer: Gunter Grass B. Now name the three novels in The Danzig Trilogy that earned Grass recognition and admiration, and that little Nobel Prize thing. You will receive ten points for one, fifteen for two, and twenty for all three. Answers: The Tin Drum, Cat and Mouse, Dog Years 5. Pencil and paper ready. Let y = 2 tan (3x - 2). Answer the following questions about its graph for ten points each. A. What is its amplitude? Answer: 2 B. What is its period? Answer: Pi / 3 C. What is its phase shift? Answer: 2/3 6. Answer the following questions about opera, Egypt, and World War II, for ten points each. A. This Verdi opera is set in ancient Egypt in the time of the pharoahs. Answer: Aida B. Aida premiered in 1871 to celebrate the opening of what engineering marvel? Answer: Suez Canal C. This German general, nicknamed the Desert Fox, had a plan to capture the Suez Canal. It was code- named Aida. Answer: Erwin Rommel 7. Cells are not completely self-contained entities; they interact with the environment. Identify each of the following cellular transport mechanisms for ten points each. A. This is the general term for the process in which the cell membrane invaginates, forming a vesicle that contains extracellular material. Answer: Endocytosis B. In this process, almost the reverse of endocytosis, a vesicle within the cell fuses with the cell membrane and releases its contents to the outside. Answer: Exocytosis C. This term refers to the endocytosis of fluids. Answer: Pinocytosis 8. Given a brief description, name the character from Toy Story 2 for the stated number of points. 5 pts. This codependent dinosaur proclaims quite pathetically at the beginning of the movie, "My arms are too small to hit fire and the jump button at the same time!" Answer: Rex 10 pts. The inclusion of this Avian character is largely considered an inside joke for Linux users, whose symbol is the Penguin. Answer: Squeaky 15 pts. Voiced by Kelsey Grammer, this member of Woody's Round-Up appears for the majority of the movie in his original mint-condition box. Answer: Stinky Pete 9. When given the plot from the Mozart opera, name it for ten points each. A. Set in a Turkish pasha's love nest, this opera deals with love and foreign cultures. Answer: The Abduction from the Harem (or Seraglio) B. This literally means, "all women are loose" and is about a bet between three men over which of them can seduce the other's women. Answer: Cosi fan Tutte C. Set in Egypt, it is a darkly humorous tale with Masonic undertones, and includes such characters as Papageno and the Queen of the Night. Answer: Der Zauberflote or The Magic Flute 10. There are three common types of radiation - two discovered by Ernst Rutherford, the third by Paul Villard. Identify the type given a brief description for ten points each. A. These radioactive rays are negatively charged particles produced by changes occurring within the nuclei of radioactive atoms. Answer: Beta rays B. These are particles carrying two fundamental units of positive charge and have the same mass as helium atoms. Answer: Alpha rays C. This form of electromagnetic radiation has an extremely high penetrating power. It is unaffected by an electric field. Answer: Gamma rays 11. Answer the following questions about Dean Acheson for ten points each. A. Acheson served for two years as private secretary to this first Jewish Supreme Court justice. Answer: Louis Brandeis B. Acheson served four years as Secretary of State to this President. Answer: Harry Truman C. Acheson supported US non-recognition of this country in 1949, which was followed until Richard Nixon's trip there in 1972. Answer: China 12. Give the playwrights of the following Greek plays for ten points each. A. The Clouds, Lysistrata Answer: Aristophanes B. Antigone, Oedipus Rex Answer: Sophocles C. Seven Against Thebes, The Persians Answer: Aeschylus 13. Name the artist from clues 30-20-10 30: He was the court painter of the Napoleonic era and painted the Coronation of Napoleon as Emperor. 20: He founded the Neoclassical school and painted the Oath of the Horatii. 10: One of his most famous paintings is the Death of Marat. Answer: Jacques-Louis David 14. Muscle tissue consists of bundles of specialized contractile fibers held together by connective tissues. Identify each of the following types of muscles from short descriptions for ten points each. A. Innervated by the somatic nervous system, this striated muscle type is responsible for voluntary movements. Answer: Skeletal muscle B. Like skeletal muscle, this type is also striated but is generally less nucleated. It is found only in the heart. Answer: Cardiac muscle C. This muscle type is not striated and is innervated by the autonomic nervous system. It can be found in the digestive tract, bladder, uterus, and blood vessel walls. Answer: Smooth muscle 15. Given a European Monarch, name his royal house for 10 points each. A. Henry IV of France Answer: Bourbon B. Henry IV of the Holy Roman Empire Answer: Hohenstaufen C. Henry IV of England Answer: Lancaster 16. Name the composer from clues 30-20-10 30: With his brother, Ira, he wrote for many Hollywood films before his 1937 death. 20: His black opera, Porgy and Bess, is regarded as the first American opera. 10: His most famous work is Rhapsody in Blue. Answer: George Gershwin 17. Identify the authors associated with the state of Florida for fifteen points each: A. This author of Their Eyes Were Watching God was born in Eatonville, Florida. Answer: Zora Neale Hurston B. This author, famous for The Yearling, reflects an appreciation for the land and people of North and Central Florida. Answer: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings 18. The 1912 presidential election was one of the most exciting of modern times. Answer the following questions about it for ten points each. A. This man, the incumbent President and GOP nominee, finished third. Answer: William Howard Taft B. This former president and Progressive Party nominee came in second. Answer: Theodore Roosevelt C. He was Governor of New Jersey, the Democratic nominee, and the winner of the election. Answer: Woodrow Wilson 19. Name the author based on works, 30-20-10. 30: One Man's Meat, The Points of My Compass 20: Stuart Little 10: Charlotte's Web Answer: E.B. White 20. Given two albums, name the Brit-Pop band for the stated number of points. For 5 points, Definitely Maybe and What's the Story, Morning Glory Answer: Oasis For 10 points, A Northern Soul and Urban Hymns Answer: The Verve For 15 points, Park Life, 13 Answer: Blur 21. For the following physical states, give the name of the change of state from the first listed state to the second in each case. A. Solid to Gas Answer: Sublimation B. Gas to Liquid Answer: Condensation C. Gas to Solid Answer: Deposition 22. Name the Jane Austen novel from descriptions, 30-20-10. 30: The meddling heroine encourages Harriet Smith to marry Mr. Elton instead of Robert Martin. 20: Later the title heroine meddles with the courtship of Jane Fairfax and Frank Churchill, another failure. 10: Eventually the young Miss Woodhouse marries Knightly. The movie Clueless was based on this novel. Answer: Emma