Maryland: "The Brain" - Toss-Ups

MLK Weekend Tournament - January 15-16, 1994

1.  The start of this religion is placed in 1866 when the founder experienced a sudden recovery from a severe accident. In 1879 a group of 16 founded the church with the idea of reinstating  primitive Christianity and its lost element of healing. The church grew steadily and its government was set forth in 1895s Manual of the Mother Church.  Known for its  belief in the cure of disease  through prayer, name FTP, this Boston-based religion founded by Mary  Baker Eddy.    

Answer: Christian Science or Church of Christ, Scientist

2.  Two cowboys arrive at the town of Bridger's Wells.  While in the saloon, news arrives of the murder of a local cowboy.  A posse is hastily assembled and quickly turns into a lynch mob.  After several townsfolk try to stop the lynching, the posse sets out and finds  three men who swear theyUre innocent.  However, the three are lynched, only to discover that the murder report was false.  This outlines what 1940 book, intended to portray the consequences of Naziism, written by Walter Van Tilburg Clark    

Answer: THE OX-BOW INCIDENT

3.  Their end came in 1826 at the Auspicious Incident when they rebelled against Mahumud II and were defeated.  Highly respected for their military prowess, they engineered many palace coups during the 1600s.  Originally staffed by Christian youths who were converted to Islam, they were a powerful political force within the Ottoman state.  FTP, name these elite Turkish soldiers.                                         

Answer: JANISSARIES

4.  This seven-letter word can refer to a garret or an attic, however it usually refers to a type of roof.  The style is named after a French architect who revived the use of such roofs around 1630.  Each of the four sides has two slopes, the lower steeper than the upper. FTP, name this "m"-initialled architectural feature.                                     

Answer: MANSARD (roof)

5.  Examples of this process include complex-formation, precipitation, and oxidation-reduction.  In each of these, the quantity of some part of the sample is determined by adding an exact quantity of another substance with which the original sample reacts.  FTP, name this chemical process used, for example, to determine how much of a base is present in a solution.            Answer: TITRATION

6.  The first verse is RFine little girl she waits for me, Me catch the ship for cross the sea, Me sail the ship all alone, Me never think me make it home.S  First recorded by Richard Berry in 1956, it was completely comprehensible, however its next recording by the  Wailers was difficult to understand and was a hit in the Pacific Northwest.  Name this song, one of the most popular in rock history whose most famous version was recorded by the Kingsmen.                                           

Answer: LOUIE LOUIE

7.  After her father became duke of Suffolk, she was constantly at the royal court. where she was married to Guilford Dudley.  The duke of Northumberland, exerting power over the dying king had her declared as rightful heir to the throne, passing over the kingUs  siblings.  Her ascension to the throne was brief as the rightful heir marched to London and took back her throne.  FTP, name this monarch, superseded by Mary Tudor, and queen for only 9 days.                                                

Answer: Lady JANE GREY

8.  The Christoffel voltage, measuring voltages generated by rotating machinery is an analog of this phenomenon.  Of significance in astrophysics and many of the earth sciences, the magnitude of this effect is given by 2 times the velocity times the angular velocity of the object times the sine of the latitude.  FTP, name this phenomenon affecting ocean currents, ballistics, and hurricanes.                                       

Answer: CORIOLIS effect

9.  ItUs probably "Too True to be Good," but "You Never Can Tell" when "The Man of Destiny" and "The Philanderer" might be "Getting Married."  This "Misalliance" might live in "Geneva" or live on "John BullUs Other Island,"  although it is possible that they could live in "Heartbreak House" and go to the theater to see "FannyUs First Play."  If they did they could also see "The Apple Cart," "Back to the Methusaleh," "Saint Joan," and "Arms and the Man."  All of the works in this question were written by the same playwright.  FTP, name him.                                       

Answer: George Bernard SHAW

10.  A group of figures including straight lines, triangles, spirals, a monkey, and a spider sound like part of a bizarre Rorschach test.  However, one theory holds that they were actually landing strips for aliens visiting South America around one thousand years ago. These figures, and others like them are invisible from ground level, but very obvious from the air.  FTP, name these figures, which predate the Incas and which are found high in the mountains of Peru.                                     Answer: NAZCA LINES

11.  Originally discovered by the Croatian after who it is named, he found that it lies 5 kilometers below the deep oceans, and 70 kilometers under the Andes mountains, with an average depth of  50 kilometers under Europe.  FTP, name this feature which represents the interface between the EarthUs crust and the mantle.      

Answer: MOHOROVICIC DISCONTINUITY or MOHO DISCONTINUITY or MOHO

12.  Deriving from the Italian for "to sound," it originally denoted a composition played by instruments, as opposed to that was sung.  Most frequently, it now refers to a piece for one to four instruments, with 3 or 4 rhythmically contrasting movements.  During the Baroque, it became the most important form of chamber music, but its definition began to blur during the 18th century.  FTP, name this musical form of which Beethoven wrote 32 for piano, including his famous "Moonlight."              

Answer: SONATA

13.  One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, it is surrounded by three major gulfs on the northeast, east and south.  A mountainous island, it is located between the shelves of the Asian and Australian continents.  Name this island also known as Bahasa Indonesia  Sulawesi which lies directly east of Borneo and whose 4 peninsulas make its shape one of the worlds strangest.  

  Answer: CELEBES

14.  In this groupUs religious rites, the consecration of the pickax and the sacrifice of sugar play a prominent part.  Said to descend from seven Muslim tribes, they they were assimilated into Hinduism at an early period.  It was not until the 1830s that a serious  attempt was made to eradicate their 300-year old stranglehold on the highways of India. FTP, name this group of professional assassins and worshippers of Kali.                   

Answer: THUGS or THUGGEES

15.  As finally negotiated, it fell into four parts, one of which concerned limits on the production of the Backfire bomber.  It also established a series of limits on MIRV-equipped launchers and gave both sides freedom to move to seaborne deterrent forces while placing no limit on the number of submarine launch vehicles.  FTP, name this treaty signed by President Carter and Brezhnev in 1979 which was never ratified by the US Senate.                                                   

Answer: SALT II (Note:  SALT I is not acceptable, SALT - ask for more info) or STRATEGIC ARMS LIMITATION TREATY II

16.  A member of the rose family, it is, commercially, the second most important of the worldUs deciduous fruit trees.  In Italy, the world's largest producer, popular varieties include the Curato and the Williams Bon Chretien.  Other types include the Buerre Bosc and the Winter Nellis.  FTP, mane this elongated fruits whose most famous variety is the Bartlett.

Answer: PEAR (S)

           

17.  His standard was the nine tails of the yak and he united the various tribes of his native land.  Often claimed to be thefounder of his nation, he established the Yasa standing army at the conference of the Coroltay in 1206.  FTP, name this man who united tribes such as the Charites, Augers, and Marichites to form the Mongolian nation.                                         Answer: GENGHIS KHAN

18.  Lester Cole, John Howard Lawson, Albert Maltz, Samuel Ornitz, Adrian Scott, Herbert Bilberman, Alvah Bessie, Ring Lardner, Dalton Trumbo, and Edward Dmytryk.  In 1947, in the mist of HUAC invesitgations, these writers,directors, and producers were fired and systematically blacklisted by Hollywood studios.  FTP, give the name commonly used to refered to these individuals.

Answer: the HOLLYWOOD TEN or the TEN

19.  A widow falls in love with a young naval officer.  Her 13 year old son, a member in a group of youths, watches this affair

take place through a peephole.  His gang, rejecting the the adult world, tricks the sailor and kills him in the name of objectivity.  FTP, name this work by Yukio Mishima.

Answer: THE SAILOR WHO FELL FROM GRACE WITH THE SEA

20.  The current flag of Russia is based on the flag of this nation.  Peter the Great visited this nation as a youth and was

impressed by its navy.  FTP, name this country which is most famous for a product that originated from Turkey, the tulip.

Answer: The NETHERLANDS (HOLLAND)

21. Unlike those toothless animals with which it is sometimes confused, they have 20 cylindrical rootless teeth that grow continually throughout their lifetimes.  The females give birth to single offspring which dig their own burrows at six months.  Their scientific name is Orycteropus afer and they constiute the order Tubilidentata.  For 10 points, identify these creatures found from Egypt to the Cape of Good Hope who feed entirely on termites and ants.

Answer: aardvark(s)

Maryland: "The Brain" - Bonuses

MLK Weekend Tournament - January 15-16, 1994

1. (30) WE all know what the term monopoly means (perhaps from playing the game) but can you identify these similar terms from microeconomics.  Identify the terms for 5 points each and a

bonus of  5 for all correct.

a.  It is market in which there are two firms selling a product. This condition is one of the classic examples studied in game

theory.

Answer: DUOPOLY

b.  It is the condition of one buyer and many sellers.

Answer: MONOPSONY

c. It is the condition where the market is controlled by few

sellers.                                                

Answer: OLIGOPOLY

d.  Often there is an oligopoly is formed by the collusion of

many firms.  One such example of this collusion is OPEC. Name such a collusion.

Answer: CARTEL

e.  This is a condition close to perfect competition but because

each firm produces a differentiated product, they each face a

downward sloping demand curve.  An example of this condition is

the personal computer industry.

Answer: MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION

2.   (25)  In Greek myths, everyone is related.  For the stated number of points, identify the following relatives from Greek myths.

5 pts - This king of Corinth was punished for his actions on Earth by being forced to roll a boulder up a steep hill, only to see it come slipping down before it reached the top                Answer: SISYPHUS

5 pts -  A grandson of Sisyphus, he was given a golden bridle by Athena which allowed him to ride Pegasus and kill the Chimera      Answer: BELLEROPHON

15 pts - A cousin of Bellerophon, this Greek Dr. Doolittle could understand the language of animals after snakes cleaned his ears.       Answer: MELAMPUS

3.  30-20-10.  Give the common last name.

30 - One man with this surname was an American psychologist

famed for his distorted room which appears to be rectangular to

the eye but is not.

20 - Oaks, was famed for his involvement in the Credit Mobilier scandal

10 - There is a famous NASA research facility in Moffit

Field, California as well as a department store chain by this name.

Answer: AMES

4. (30) There may be too much blood on television but some parts of the human body receive no blood supply at all.  For ten points apiece, identify the following.

a.  It receives nutrients from the aqueous humor and because it is isolated from the blood supply this part of the eye is often

transplanted since antibodies cannot reach it and destroy it.     Answer: CORNEA

b.  This part of the eye is important for accomodation rather than bending as commonly thought.  It is suspended by a membrane known as the zonula.

Answer: LENS

c.  It is a good thing that this part of the inner ear is isolated from the blood supply.  It is so sensitive to vibrations that were it not isolated from the pulse, we would be deafened.  Name this structure which consists of rows of very fine hairs joined to nerve cells.

Answer: ORGAN OF CORTI

5.  (30)  TV executives just canUt seem to get too much of a good thing.  As soon as a show becomes successful, one thing becomes certain - spin-offs are right around the corner.  Given the spun-off show, name the original show from it which it came for five points each.

a.  Frasier                             CHEERS

b.  Mayberry R.F.D.                     THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW

c.  Benson                              SOAP

d.  Enos                                THE DUKES OF HAZZARD

e.  Green Acres                         PETTICOAT JUNCTION

f.  Fish                                BARNEY MILLER

6.  (30)  The California gold rush jump-started American dreams for a two-ocean empire.  See how much you know about this event by answering the following questions for the stated number of points.

For 5 points where was gold first found in California?

Answer: SUTTER'S MILL

For 10 pts, when Sutter first arrived in California, he founded the colony of New Switzerland with the permission of the Mexican government.  What city now stands at the site of that colony?

Answer: Sacremento

For 15 pts, what was the name of the carpenter who actually found the fateful flakes of gold on Jan. 24, 1848                        Answer: John MARSHALL

7.  (30)  Classical music is asked all the time in academic competitions - so now its time for something different.  Name the following jazz musicians from their descriptions for ten points each.

a.  Born Eleanore Fagan, she was considered the outstanding jazz singer of her time.  Before dying of a heroin addiction, she published her autobiography "Lady Sings the Blues," which was later made into a 1972 movie                        

Answer: Billie HOLIDAY

b.  He is considered one of the best improvisers in jazz history and the father of bebop.  A virtuoso saxophonist, his style influenced every facet of modern jazz with such songs as "Confirmation" and "Donna Lee."           

Answer: Charlie PARKER

c.  He claimed to have invented jazz, but his fame seems to rest more on his pretensions than his achievements.  The subject of a recent Broadway play, this pianist's bragging seems to have done more for his fame than any recordings that he ever made.         

Answer: Jelly Roll MORTON

8.  (30)  30-20-10  Time to get physical - name the subatomic particle after the first clue for 30 points, the second for 20, and the third for 10

30 - These particles are the principle component of cosmic rays found at sea level due to their high penetration of the EarthUs atmosphere

20 - One of 6 leptons, it has the same charge as the electron, but is 207 times more massive

10 - Yudawa Hideki won a Nobel Prize for predicting the existence of these particles.                                                Answer: MUON(S)

9. (30)  College teams often have bizarre nicknames - just to stand out in the crowd.  For 5 points apiece, give the nicknames of the following colleges and universities.

a.  Michigan State        SPARTANS

b.  Indiana State    SCYAMORES

c.  Akron ZIPS

d.  Coastal Carolina           CHAUNTICLEERS

e.  Xavier               MUSKETEERS

f.  UC - Santa Cruz               BANANA SLUGS

10.  (30)  This bonus will test how well you were paying attention when your Comparative Literature professor spent 10 minutes on epics.  On a 10-5 basis identify the following epics.

a.  10 - It was composed in 300 BC by the poet Valmiki, and consists of 24,000 couplets.

5 -  The shorter of the two great epics of India, its story spread throughout southeast Asian legends                      

Answer: RAMAYANA

b.  10  Named for the dwelling place of the poemUs chief characters, it tells of the creation of the world and includes a mill which produces salt, meal, and gold

5 - It was compiled and written by Elias Lonrott and Longfellow's "The Song of Hiawatha" shows its influence.                        Answer: KALEVALA

c.  10 - It was translated into English in 1849 by Lady Charlotte Guest 1849, who supplied the current title.

5 - It is a collection of 11 medieval Welsh tales including "The Four Branches," from which it takes its name.               

Answer: MABINOGION

11.  (30)  Did you take a criminology class to boost your GPA and then skip it all semester.  Well, have no fear, it probably wouldnUt have helped anyway.  Name these real and fictional detectives for the stated number of points.

For 5 pts - Created by Edgar Allen Poe, this French detective appears in both "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Purloined Letter."                                                 Answer: C. Auguste DUPIN

For 10 pts - He worked for the Union as a spy during the Civil War and later was responsible for the breaking up the Molly Maguires        

Answer: Allen PINKERTON

For 15 pts -  A convicted thief himself, he offered his services to Napoleon and founded a new police department.  He later is credited with founding the prototype of the modern detective agency.                              

Answer: Francois-Eugene VIDOCQ

12.  (30)  A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.  Identify the following botanical terms, for 5 points each.  As an additional hint, the answers are in alphabetical order.

a.  Plants that complete their life in two years, flowering and fruiting the second year.

Answer: BIENNIAL

b.  One of the tiny, clustered flowers that make up the head of a composite flower, like the center of a daisy            

Answer: FLORET

c.  The female, seed-bearing part of the flower         

Answer: PISTIL

d. A root-like, underground stem producing shoots above, and roots below.  Also known as a rootstock.                      

Answer: RHIZOME

e.  A slender stem lying on the surface of the ground that sends out roots and leaves, as in strawberry plants              

Answer: RUNNER

f.  An oblong outgrowth of an underground stem.  A potato is an example      

Answer: TUBER

13.   (30)  The most important Christian holiday is, of course, Easter.  However, there are many other scattered throughout the year.  For five points apiece, place the following holidays in chronological order, beginning your list at January 1.  The holidays are:

Shrove Tuesday, Epiphany, Palm Sunday, Pentecost, Assumption Day, Candlemas Day

Answer: EPIPHANY, CANDLEMAS, SHROVE TUESDAY, PALM SUNDAY, PENTECOST, ASSUMPTION DAY

14.  (30)  I'm sure you all are familiar with famous firsts, literary and otherwise.  But, for five points apiece, can you name the people associated with the following "lasts".

a.  The British poet who composed "My Last Duchess"                Answer: Robert BROWNING

b.  The oft-quoted Harvard philosopher who wrote "The Last Puritan"     

Answer: George SANTAYANA

c.  The oft-quoted English novelist of "The Last Days of Pompeii"

Answer: Edward BULWER-LYTTON

d.  The lyricist who wrote "The Last Time I Saw Paris" with Jerome Kern

Answer: Oscar HAMMERSTEIN

e.  The title character in James Fenimore Cooper's "Last of the Mohicans"    

Answer: CHINGACHGOOK

f. The director who won and Academy Award for "The Last Emperor".

Answer: Bernardo Bertolucci

15.  (30)  Let's see how familiar you are with a deck.  Identify the following card games from a brief description of their standard form for ten points each.

a.  The game is played with two decks (with jokers) with jokers and deuces wild.  The object of play is to form melds, combinations of three or more cards of the same rank.  A meld of seven or more shares its name with the name of the game.           Answer: CANASTA

b.  The game is played with 32 cards, ace through seven in each suit.  The object of the game is to win 3 of the 5 tricks played in a round, with trump determined by a randomly selected card.  During the 1890s, this was the most popular family game in the US   Answer: EUCHRE

c.  This is one of the most popular forms of solitaire and is sometimes called Canfield.  Seven columns are dealt, the first with one upturned card, the second with one up and one down, etc.  The object is to remove all of the cards onto Aces.                Answer: KLONDIKE

16.  (30)  Time for a bonus on Chinese dynasties - but with a twist.  I'll name a world event, and you have to name the Chinese dynasty in power at the time.  For example, if I said the birth of Christ, you would say Han.  10 points for each correct answer.

a.  Columbus discovers the New World MING

b.  American Revolution begins    CH'ING or MANCHU

c.  Magna Carta signed                YUAN or MONGOL

17.  (30)  Shakespeare was definitely in touch with modern times - crossdressers make frequent appearances in his plays.  You will receive ten points if you can identify the following cross-dressers from the names they take as a disguise, and 5 points if you need the play

a. 10 pts - Balthazar, Doctor of Laws 5 pts -  The Merchant of Venice        

Answer: PORTIA

b. 10 pts - Ganymede 5 pts - As You Like It                

Answer: ROSALIND

c. 10 pts - Cesario 5 pts -  Twelvth Night                 

Answer: VIOLA

18.  (30)  Identify the following wars from the history of South America, for ten points apiece.

a.  This bloody civil war was fought between Liberals and Conservatives for control of the Colombian government.  It, like the Thirty Years and the Seven Weeks War, was named for how long it lasted.                               

Answer: War of a THOUSAND DAYS

b.  This conflict from 1879-1884 was fought between Chile, Bolivia, and Peru over a number of issues, including possession of part of the Atacama Desert with its rich store of bird guano.

Answer:  War of the PACIFIC

c.  This 1932-35 war between Bolivia and Paraguay stemmed from an attempt by Bolivia to regain a seaport after its losses in the War of the Pacific.  It shares its name with both the disputed region and a canyon that names a national monument in New Mexico containing some of the richest Pueblo ruins in North America.      Answer: CHACO War (Chaco Canyon in NM)

            

19. (30)  Let's test your knowledge of astronomy

a.  FTP, name the plot formed by plotting total energy output of a star (or its absolute magnitude) against its stellar temperature.

Answer: HERTZSPRUNG-RUSSELL

b.  Most stars lie on a narrow strip along the Hertzsprung Russell Diagram.  FTP, identify the two-word name for this strip.

Answer: MAIN SEQUENCE

c.  But there are stars that do not lie along the Main Sequence. One type that lie below the line are these type stars that are much smaller and more dense than are sun.  For 10 points name these stars.

Answer: WHITE DWARFS

20.  (30)  Let's play that old bonus game - name compacting.  Each of the following answers consists of two names that share a common part mashed together.  For instance, if I asked for the sports anchor and former Miss America who was also the first President of the US, you would say Phyllis George Washington.  For ten points each, identify the following compactions linked by a theme.

a.  Title character of a Conrad novel who was also a member of the Legion of Superheroes at this year's Masters tournament and also runs this tournament.

Answer: LORD JIM DENDY

b.  Another member of the Legion of Superheroes who teaches at U Tennessee who is also a English artist and writer known for founding the Vorticist movement of the 1910s.

Answer: DON WINDHAM (WYNDHAM) LEWIS

c.  The half-brother of Philip II who commanded the allied forces at the battle of Lepanto and the coach/alumni of the University of Maryland Academic Team who helped found ACF.

Answer: DON JOHN NAM

(Note:  Do you know how hard it is to find anything that meshes with Ramesh? or Kannappan?)