Boston Summer Open Round 2 Questions by "Thanatos, the Freshmaker!" TOSSUPS 1. A servant in the house of Mr. Partridge, she is driven out after she is suspected of giving birth to an illegitimate child. Many years later, she re-emerges as Mrs. Waters and seduces the title character, who temporarily believes that he has committed incest after learning her true identity. For 10 points, what Henry Fielding character turns out not to be the mother of Tom Jones but does share her full name with a talk show host? answer: _Jenny Jones_ 2. TWO ANSWERS REQUIRED. When the birr was overvalued in 1997, the nacfa was launched in order to divorce onešs exports from the high tariff rates in the other. The Tigray province of one then produced a map showing large parts of the other nation belonging to it, and, though cousins, Presidents Meles Zenawi and Issaias Afwerki were unable to resolve the conflict peacefully. For 10 points, name these two nations, currently fighting over the town of Badme, one of which was a province of the other until 1993. answer: _Ethiopia_ and _Eritrea_ 3. Count Gian Giorgio Trissino decided to give him a humanist education and a new name. His influences included the Mannerists Sanmicheli and Serlio, along with Sansovino and Cornaro, although he described the Roman theorist Vitruvius as his master and guide. Designer of the Villa Rotonda and inspiration of Thomas Jefferson, this is, for 10 points, what 16th-century Italian architect and author of "The Four Books of Architecture"? answer: Andrea _Palladio_ or Andrea di Pietro della _Gondola_ 4. Thor, in a wrestling match with a cat at the castle of Skrymir, failed to lift more than one leg of the cat from the floor. However, it turns out that lifting that leg had caused earthquakes throughout the world, as it was not a cat that Thor wrestled, but rather this offspring of Loki and Angurbodi. For 10 points, name this inhabitant of the region between Svartheim and Jotunheim. answer: the _Midgard Serpent_ or _Jormungard_ 5. The second-biggest winner was Poland, which demanded and received the province of Teschen. Hungary was awarded about 5,000 square miles in Ruthenia and Southern Slovakia, while Germany was given the right to build a canal between the Oder and Danube rivers, along with about 10,000 square miles of formerly Czech territory. For 10 points, name this diplomatic event of Spetmber 29, 1938, which managed to secure world peace for most of 1939. answer: The _Munich_ Conference 6. Members include oligoclase [o-LIG-o-clase], andesine [AN-de-sine], and labradorite [LA-bra-DOR-ite], all of which are mixtures of albite and anorthite. Microcline is a triclinic version of the most well known member of this group of minerals, which makes up some 60 percent of the Earth's crust. For 10 points, name this group of rock-forming minerals with Mohs hardness of 6. answer: _feldspar_s 7. One type of these has a separate mark in Arabic. Alveolar [al-vee-OL-ar] ones occur in the English "door," and "tush," velar ones in "kick" and "grow," and bilabial ones in "push" and "burp." FTP, identify this phonetic term consisting of a catch, a hold, and a release, of which the glottal variety is not represented in American English. answer: _Stop_ 8. According to Numbers 20, this son of Amram and Jochebed died at the age of 123 on top of Mount Hor, while according to Deuteronomy 10, his death occurred in Moserah. Along with Miriam, he spoke against Moses for marrying a foreigner, but he was merely reproved while Miriam was punished. Consecrated along with his sons to be priests "by a perpetual statute," this is, for 10 points, what Biblical creator of the golden calf and older brother of Moses? answer: _Aaron_ 9. Because of Scotland's high latitude, it occurs very late on summer nights, so you may experience it at 11 PM in mid-July in Edinburgh. It's also been the subject of many a painting, poem, and folk song celebrating the beauty of that magical time between day and night. For 10 points, name this twilight phenomenon, in which a Scottish balladeer went roamin' on the bonnie banks of Clyde. answer: _gloaming_ or _gloamin'_ (prompt on "twilight" on an early buzz) 10. A solider has been sentenced to death for threatening to eat his commanding officer. The method of execution resembles a giant sewing machine, which will slowly prick him to death while writing the phrase "obey thy superiors" across his body. However, when the soldier vomits into his gag, the machine malfunctions, and the commandant kills himself in a fit of suicidal angst. This is the plot of, for 10 points, what short story by Franz Kafka? answer: _In the Penal Colony_ 11. When this man retired in 1980, he was the NBAšs fifth all-time leading rebounder. Drafted by the St. Louis Hawks in 1964, he played for Atlanta and Phoenix before joining the Celtics in 1972. He finished his career in Seattle before becoming head coach of the Clippers from 1980-83. For 10 points, name this man, recently appointed as the third head coach of the Charlotte Hornets. answer: Paul Theron _Silas_ 12. Although he lived until 1964, long enough to see the independence of his native country, he never played an active role in politics after March 1901, when he was captured by the forces of General Frederick Funston. For 10 points, name this Filipino statesman, proclaimed president by the Malolos Convention of 1899, whose guerilla war against the United States was far bloodier than the Spanish-American war which immediately preceded it. answer: Emilio _Aguinaldo_ 13. New World types belong to the family Theraphosidae [the-ra-FOS-i-day], and include the genera Avicularia [ah-VIK-you-LAR-ee-ah] and Brachypelma [BRACK-ee-PELL-mah]. European types, however, belong to a different family and are members of the genus _Lycosa_ (ly-KOH-sah). For 10 points, name these invertebrates whose pink-toe, rose-hair, and red-knee varieties are often kept as pets even though their Old World cousins inspired a lively Italian folk dance. answer: _tarantula_s (prompt on "tarantella") 14. The story is told by Mr. Willing as a biography of his deceased friend. The title character's letters reveal that his family forced him to leave his true love, Mary Monahan, to marry the more suitable Catherine Bosworth. In his later years, though, he tries to balance his enjoyment of D.H. Lawrence and bootleg whisky with an admiration for Mussolini and the hope that his children will marry other Boston aristocrats. For 10 points, name this 1937 novel by John P. Marquand. answer: The _Late George Apley_ 15. A bus from Marconi Airport will take you downtown to the Piazza 20 September, just minutes from the Viale dell'Indipendenza and the Piazza Maggiore. Nearby is the Pinacoteca [pin-AH-co-TAY-ka] Natzionale, which exhibits paintings by Giotto, Raphael, and others commissioned by the Bentivoglio [ben-tah-VO-glee-oh] family during the 13th and 14th centuries. You are in, for 10 points, what capital of Emiglia-Romana province which is NOT the headquarters of Oscar Meyer? answer: _Bologna_ (scowl at anyone who answers "baloney") 16. Five years after receiving a Ph.D. from Heidelberg, this philosopher and social worker fled from Nazi Germany to Paris. Seven years later, she relocated to New York, where she wrote extensively on political philosophy and worked to restore lost artifacts of European Jewish culture and history. For 10 points, what author of "Eichmann in Jerusalem" coined the phrase, "the banality of evil"? answer: Hannah _Arendt_ 17. The opening chapter states that it occurred on February 4, 1882, but no definite explanation is given of its cause, which was probably either kidney failure or intestinal cancer. On a more abstract level, the title really refers to the previous forty years in the life of the title character, whose last words are that "death is no more." For 10 points, identify this terminal event in the meaningless existence of a Russian bureaucrat, the subject of a novella by Leo Tolstoy. answer: The _Death of Ivan Il'ich_ (Smert' Ivana Ilšicha) 18. In ichthyology [ICK-thee-ALL-oh-gee], it's a genus of shore-dwellers in the family Syngnathidae (sing-NATH-ih-dee), all of which have tubular snouts and a single dorsal fin. In neurobiology, it's a mammalian brain structure that seems to be important in turning novel experiences into memories. For 10 points, give the shared name that indicates that this portion of the brain has a shape resembling that of a sea horse. answer: _hippocampus_ 19. Women's PC Maggie Habib is a lapsed Muslim who enjoys "getting rat-faced" at Christmas. Trinidad-born Constable Gladstone blames the decline of civility on refrigerator magnets. Kevin Goody keeps Mars bars under his constable's helmet, while CID Inspector Grim delivers tirades against hoity-toitying and fannying about. These characters staff the Gasforth police station in, for 10 points, what Ben Elton BBC comedy starring Rowan Atkinson as Inspector Raymond Fowler? answer: The _Thin Blue Line_ 20. One of this man's works was inspired by two plays by Frank Wedekind -- 1895's "Earth Spirit," and 1904's "Pandora's Box" -- which share a particular tragic femme fatale. Another of his works was inspired by a Georg Buchner story about a poor working man who murders his lover and commits suicide while their child plays nearby. For 10 points, name this Austrian composer and student of Schoenberg who created the famous operas described above: "Lulu" and "Wozzeck." [VOTE-seck] answer: Alban _Berg_ 21. Born Thomas Austin in Detroit, he earned an engineering degree from Yale in 1925. However, he inherited his uncle's fortune and surname, and soon purchased the Boston business he would own and dominate until his death in 1976. Today, his favorite park's address is on a street that bears his name. For 10 points, name this sportsman and longtime patriarch of the Boston Red Sox. answer: Thomas Austin "Tom" _Yawkey_ Boston Summer Open Round 2 Questions by "Thanatos, the Freshmaker!" BONUSES 1. If you are a true knowledge whore, you may have actually tried to memorize the names of some Mesoamerican gods and goddesses. We'll do you a favor: given the name of a god or goddess, simply identify its principal domain, for 10 points each: A. Tlaloc answer: _rain_ (accept equivalents, like water) B. Huitzilopochtli [WHEAT-zee-lo-POSCHT-lee]; either of two answers. answer: the _sun_, or _war_ C. Coatlicue answer: _earth_ 2. Given the European soccer championship, name the team which won it, 5-10-15. A. For 5 points, the European Cup, or "Champions' League." answer: _Man_chester _U_nited (accept "evil") B. For 10 points, the British F.A. Cup answer: _Man_chester _U_nited (accept "evil," unless you already told the team it was acceptable for the last answer) C. For 15 points, the UEFA Cup answer: _Parma_ 3. FDR appointed nine justices to the Supreme Court, more than any other U.S. president of the twentieth century. A. For 10 points, what Alabama senator, who would remain on the bench until 1971, was FDR's first Supreme Court appointee? answer: Hugo L. _Black_ B. For 5 points for one, or 15 for both, who were the only two justices to remain on the Supreme Court for the entire Roosevelt administration? answer: Harlan Fiske _Stone_; Owen _Roberts_ C. For 5 points, who is the only president to have appointed more Supreme Court justices than Roosevelt? answer: George _Washington_ 4. Xylem, phloem, both, or neither? For 10 points each, which of the above: A. Arises from vascular cambium? answer: _both_ B. Is associated with companion cells? answer: _phloem_ C. Makes up the guard cells in leaf tissue? answer: _neither_ 5. Given a case of murder most foul, name the fictional sleuth who solved it. If you need the name of the author, you will receive 5 points. A. For 10 points, ~The Five Red Herrings~ For 5 points: Dorothy Sayers answer: Lord Peter _Wimsey_ B. For 10 points: ~The Mystery of Marie Roget~ For 5 points: Edgar Allan Poe answer: C. Auguste _Dupin_ C. For 10 points: ~The Case of Pietr-le-Letton~ For 5 points: Georges _Simenon_ answer: Inspector _Maigret_ 6. Given a brief description of a problem, identify the term from economics that best describes it for 10 points each: A. Though the addition of one more cow to the field causes all cows grazing on the field to be less productive, the cow's owner still has it graze there because the majority of the other cows do not belong to him and thus his production still increases. answer: Tragedy of the _Commons_ (or "problem of the commons") (prompt on "negative externality") B. Drivers from the suburbs of a city which receives no state or federal funding use the city's streets just as much as do the residents of the city, even though the suburbians pay no any city taxes. answer: _Free-rider_ problem C. Airlines charge cheaper fares when you stay over a Saturday, because wealthy business travelers are unlikely to do this. answer: Second-degree _price discrimination_ (Do not accept other degrees, though team does not have to name the degree. Accept "discriminatory pricing," but no other answers are acceptable.) 7. 30-20-10-5. Name the landscape painter. Note that while this question works like a traditional 30-20-10-5, the answers to each part are different! The moderator WILL read the answer after each part. A. (30 points) This one-time Fauvist turned by 1908 to landscapes of grays, whites, and deep blues, examples of which include "Maisons." answer: Maurice de _Vlaminck_ B. (20 points) This painter of "Marsh in the Woods," "Waterfall," and "Windmill at Wijk bij Duurstede" is considered the greatest of Dutch landscape painters. answer: Jacob (Isaakszoon) van _Ruisdael_ C. (10 points) This Englishman's works include "The Shipwreck" and "Rain, Steam, and Speed--the Great Western Railway." answer: J(oseph) M(allord) W(illiam) _Turner_ D. (5 points) Works by this seascape artist include "High Cliff, Coast of Maine 1894." answer: Winslow _Homer_ 8. A recent scandal forced the entire European Comission, the executive body of the EU, to resign. For 10 points per answer, name: A. The French commissioner, a former prime minister, who had put her family dentist on the EU payroll without any real job. answer: Edith _Cresson_ B. Both the outgoing president, from Luxembourg, and the incoming president, a former Italian prime minister. answer: Jacques _Santer_ and Romano _Prodi_ 9. A well-known Native American author committed suicide in April 1997, after a failed marriage and allegations of family violence. For 10 points each: A. Name this novelist and founder of Dartmouth's Native American Studies program. answer: Michael _Dorris_ B. Michael Dorris won the National Book Critics' Award for this account of raising his adopted son, who was permanently disabled by fetal alcohol syndrome. answer: The _Broken Cord_ C. Dorris was married to this author of "Love Medicine", "The Beet Queen", and "Tales of Burning Love." answer: Louise _Erdrich_ 10. For the stated number of points, name these homicidal Goths, none of whom are believed to have worn trenchcoats. A. For 5 points, in A.D. 410, this leader of the Visigoths became the first barbarian to sack Rome in nearly 800 years. answer: _Alaric_ B. For 10 points, known as "the Last of the Goths," this Spanish king was conquered by a Moorish invasion in A.D. 711. answer: _Roderick_ C. For 15 points, defeated and killed in A.D. 553, this Ostrogothic king led a bloody defense of Italy against the reconquest of Justinian. answer: _Totila_ 11. His film score credits have included _Beetlejuice_, _Edward Scissorhands_, _Mission Impossible_, _Batman_, and _Batman Returns_. A. For 10 points, name this prolific 46-year-old Texas-born composer. answer: Danny _Elfman_ B. For 10 more points, name Danny Elfman's former band, whose albums included "Only a Lad" and "Dead Man's Party". answer: (The Mystic Knights of the) _Oingo Boingo_ C. EITHER, for 5 points, name the 1999 UPN animated series which features an Elfman score, OR, for 10 points, name the score itself. answer: _Dilbert_ (5 points), OR "The _Dilbert Zone_" (10 points) 12. 30-20-10. Name the literary work. A. The main characters are the Duke of Blangis, the Bishop of X, Durcet, and Curval. Other characters include their wives, four old women, eight boys, eight girls, and eighteen assorted servants; in all, only sixteen characters survive until the end of the novel. B. Its narrative consists mostly of stories told by the old women, interrupted occasionally by a catalogue of "passions," most of which involve really nasty ways of killing people. C. Written from the Bastille, this unfinished novel is the first major work of the Marquis de Sade. answer: The _120 Days of Sodom_ 13. Steven Smith of Boston University recently announced the serendipitous discovery of atoms which had been ejected from the tenuous atmosphere of an astronomical object. For 10 points per answer: A. Name both this object and the chemical element with atomic mass 22.99 that Smith found to have been ejected from it. answer: the _Moon_, _sodium_ or _Na_ B. It turns out that the amount of sodium Smith observed in November 1998 was anomalously high because what meteor shower had caused a greatly increased rate of atom ejection from the Moon? answer: _Leonid_(s) meteor shower 14. For 10 points each, identify the following about everybodyšs least favorite neighbors in the thirteenth century, the Mongols. A. In 1206, this grandson of Genghis Khan conquered Russia and established the Empire of the Golden Horde. answer: _Batu_ Khan B. Founded by Hulagu, another grandson of Genghis, this Mongol dynasty ruled Persia from 1256 to 1349. answer: The _Il-Khans_ or _Ilkhanids_ C. Under the command of Baybars, this military group dealt the Mongols their first serious setback at the battle of Ain Jalut in 1260. answer: The _Mamlukes_ (prompt on Egyptians) 15. Given the second-largest city by population in a country, identify the country's capital for 10 points each. For example, given Almaty, you'd say Akmola. Got it? [Akmola is the capital of Kazakhstan.] A. Maracaibo answer: _Caracas_, Venezuela B. Plovdiv answer: _Sofia_, Bulgaria C. Santiago answer: _Havana_, Cuba (note, Valparaiso Chile is smaller than Santiago) 16. 30-20-10. Identify the physical phenomenon. A. The clothoid, or Cornu spiral, is a tool used in the computation of intensities resulting from it. B. The "near-field" kind is dubbed Fresnel [freh-NELL], while the "far-field" type is dubbed Fraunhofer. C. It is defined as the spreading of waves around obstacles. answer: _diffraction_ 17. For 10 points each, identify these elements of the Islamic faith: A. The record of the traditions and sayings of the Prophet Muhammad, second in importance among Muslims only to the Qur'an. answer: _Hadith_ B. The body of social and legal practice, whose name comes from the Arabic for "habitual practice." answer: _sunna_h C. The body of fundamental Islamic law, whose name means literally "the path leading to the watering place." answer: _Shari'ah_ 18. It is a 13-letter German title which in the 18th century was synonymous with the English title of music director. For 10 points each: A. Give this title. answer: _kapellmeister_ B. Name the Italian opera composer who became kapellmeister at the Austrian imperial court in 1788 and held the position for 36 years. answer: Antonio _Salieri_ C. Franz Xaver Suessmayr, the kapellmeister from Vienna's National Theater, is perhaps most famous for completing what work of Mozart? answer: _Requiem_ or _K626_ 19. For 10 points apiece, name these historical figures who make cameo appearances in the works of Shakespeare. A. This cynical statesman is the one true friend of Timon of Athens. answer: _Alcibiades_ B. She is the principal villain in ~Henry VI Part I,~ in which she is known as La Pucelle. answer: St. _Joan_ of Arc C. One of Macbethšs many victims, this Scottish general was an ancestor of the House of Stuart. answer: _Banquo_ 20. A group of poorly known, very small bacteria have been implicated in many human diseases. For 10 points each: A. What 12-letter name, reflecting their small size, is given to these microorganisms? answer: _nanobacteria_ B. Nanobacteria are suspected of causing some kidney stones, because they build shells around themselves that are rich in what element? answer: _calcium_ C. Nanobacterial infection may also worsen a genetic urinary-system condition called PKD. For 10 points, all or nothing, expand the acronym "PKD." answer: _polycystic kidney disease_