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Round 3
Questions by Rice University and Dan Beshear
TOSSUPS
1. Born in Dublin in 1751, this man eventually served as a member
of Parliament and an adviser of King George the Fourth. With his
father-in-law, Thomas Linley, he managed the Drury Lane Theater for
a large portion of his life. However, he is best known for his wit
and as the author of several comedies of manners. FTP, who
wasthis creator of Mrs. Malaprop and author of The Rivals and The
School for Scandal?
ANS: Richard Brinsley SHERIDAN
2. When a golden cup was stolen from a dragon's hoard, this man
was forced to perform one final bit of heroism to defend his
kingdom. Though all his servents fled in fear except Wiglaf, he
managed to kill the dragon, though he died in doing so. FTP, name
this hero, most famous for his service to King Hrothgar of Denmark.
ANS: BEOWULF
3. In electrical engineering, this theorem states that any two
terminal circuit consisting of only voltage sources and resistors
can be modeled by a circuit consisting of a single voltage source
in series with a single resistor. FTP, name this useful theorem.
ANS: THEVENIN's theorem
4. Technically only 19 when he died, this composer was actually
76. However, his February 29 birthday meant he celebrated
birthdays only one out of every four years between 1792 and 1868.
At least some of his work is probably recognized by the vast
majority of 1950's television audiences, due to the popularity of
a certain masked man. FTP, who was the composer of such operas as
The Barber of Seville and William Tell?
ANS: Gioacchino ROSSINI
5. Now a lame-duck, this Nobel Prize winner became president of
his country in 1990, but lost to Aleksander Kwasniewski in a recent
election. FTP, name this former Solidarity leader.
ANS: Lech WALESA
6. Highlights of this NASA mission included Walter Schirra
yelling "Yabba Dabba Doo" after successful firing of the service
module engine, as well as fogged windows and unpleasant colds for
the mission members Schirra, Donn F. Eisele and Walter Cunningham.
FTP, name this mission of many firsts, including first live TV
downlink, first manned command-service module mission, and first
successful flight in the Apollo series.
ANS: APOLLO 7
7. After he suggested that a sentence like "Colorless green ideas
sleep furiously." was meaningless, other linguists immediately
began writing poetry to refute his claim. FTP, name this famous
20th-century American linguist and "Nixon White House enemy."
ANS: Noam CHOMSKY
8. The vertex cover problem, the clique problem, minimal graph
coloring, satisfiability, the traveling salesman problem, and the
Hamiltonian cycle problem are, FTP, all in what complexity class
that consist of problems whose solution would lead to a solution of
any problem solveable by a nondeterministic algorithm in polynomial
time?
ANS: NP-COMPLETE (prompt on NP)
9. Yakov Bok, a Russian Jew, sets out from his home in the shtetl
(SHTEH-tel) after his wife leaves him. Accused of the ritual
murder of a Christian girl, the tinker is left to rot in prison,
where he struggles to maintain his sanity and eventually comes to
terms with his identity. FTP, name this novel, winner of the 1967
Pulitzer Prize, written by Bernard Malamud.
ANS: The FIXER
10. Heinrich Hertz discovered this effect during his famous
experiments with electromagnetic radiation. Wilhelm Hallwachs and
later von Lenard performed experiments that confirmed it. FTP,
name this effect that gained Robert Millikan the 1923 Nobel Prize
for his experimental efforts in verifying the theory that led to
Albert Einstein's 1921 Nobel Prize.
ANS: PHOTOELECTRIC effect
11. Born in Philadelphia in 1786, he served as secretary to James
Monroe. Author of History of the Expedition of Captains Lewis and
Clark, he was later instrumental in restoring the credit of the
United States. FTP, who was this opponent of Andrew Jackson and
last president of the Bank of the United States?
ANS: Nicholas BIDDLE
12. On his last voyage, he was carrying a present to the King of
Serendib from his Caliph when he was captured by pirates and sold
into slavery. FTP, name this sailor, whose story is told by
Scheherazade in _The Arabian Nights_.
ANS: SINBAD
13. Last name's the same: a Ontario-born artist known for the
painting Jack Pines and inspiration of the Group of Seven, and a
British scientist who won the 1906 Nobel Prize in Physics for his
work on the conduction of electricity in gases. FTP, give the last
name shared by this famous Canadian painter and this discover of
the electron.
ANS: THOMSON (Tom and Sir Joseph J.)
14. This philosopher was drawn both to the scientific method
exemplified by Isaac Newton annd the humanistic ideals of Cicero
and Seneca. He rejected the emphasis Hobbes and Descartes placed
on the powers of reason. FTP, name this 18th-century Scottish
philosopher best known for A Treatise of Human Nature.
ANS: David HUME
15. This person wrote what could be considered the first computer
program, a plan on how to use Babbage's Analytical Engine to
calculate Bernoulli numbers. FTP, name this 19th century British
mathematician and daughter of "the Princess of Parallelograms," Ann
Milbank, and Lord Byron.
ANS: Ada LOVELACE (ACC: Ada Byron, Countess of Lovelace)
16. Born in 1646, this mathematician was the first to use the term
"coordinate" in a mathematical sense. In his Acta Eruditorum, he
outlines a general method for finding maxima and minima of
functions and constructing tangents to curves. In his
philosophical system, influenced by Spinoza, the universe was made
up of individual percipient beings called monads. FTP, name this
mathematician and philosopher famous for a feud with Isaac Newton
over the discovery of calculus.
ANS: Gottfried Wilhelm LEIBNITZ
17. The name is the same: a movie about Southern anti-Semitism, and
the name given to the executive understanding between the
governments of Japan and the United States in 1907 by which the
United States limited the number of Japanese immigrants and Japan
saved itself the embarrassment of having its nationals barred. FTP-
-what is the common name?
Gentleman's Agreement
18. A composer and lyricist, he had two hit songs in World War II,
"Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition" and "The Ballad of Rodger
Young". In 1948 he wrote "On a Slow Boat to China", and in 1952 the
score for the movie Hans Christian Anderson. His 1961 play How to
Succeed in Business Without Really Trying won a Pulitzer for Drama.
FTP--name this man best known for the 1950 play Guys and Dolls?
Frank Loesser
19. He was nicknamed "Old Ironpants" after leading his B-17 unit
through heavy fire on daylight raids in World War II. At 37 he
became the Air Force's youngest general. From China he directed
B-29 raids on Japanese munitions factories. In 1948 he organized
the Berlin Airlift. He proposed bombing Vietnam back to the Stone
Age in the early 1960s, making him ideal as George Wallace's
running mate in 1968. Who is this member of the Aviation Hall of
Fame?
Curtis Emerson Lemay
20. One of his books is entitled Nobody Knows My Name, but you
should know this author. Born in Harlem in 1924 to a domestic
servant, in 1927 his mother married a religious fanatic. Three of
his books deal with the religious experience. Who wrote The Amen
Corner, Blues for Mister Charlie, and Go Tell it on the Mountain?
James Baldwin
21. Though 95% of this country's 3.5 million inhabitatants are
Catholic, they recently voted by a 7,520 vote margin to lift its
ban on divorce. FTP, name this country.
ANS: IRELAND BONI:
1. For 5 points apiece, name 6 of the plays by Shakespeare which
have titles beginning with the letter "T." Don't count the word
"the" at the beginning of a title or the "third" part of Henry VI.
Titus Andonicus
(The) Two Gentlemen of Verona,
Taming of the Shrew
Twelfth Night,
Trolius and Cressida
Timon of Athens
(The) Tempest
Two Noble Kinsmen
2. For 5 points apiece, give the author of each these short
stories.
1. The Open Boat ANS: Stephen CRANE
2. The Enormous Radio ANS: John CHEEVER
3. The Catbird Seat ANS: James THURBER
4. The Lottery ANS: Shirley JACKSON
5. Bartleby the Scrivener ANS: Herman MELVILEE
6. The Secret of Macarger's ANS: Ambrose BIERCE
Gulch
3. Time Magazine called their recent divorce announcement "The
Remains of the Marriage."
A. First, for five points apiece -- name this British actor and
actress who are divorcing after five years of marriage.
Emma THOMPSON and Kenneth BRANAGH
B. Though they cited long periods apart as the reason for the
split, some have suspected that Thompson is involved with her much
younger co-star of her new movie, Sense and Sensibility. For 10
points -- name him.
Greg WISE
C. One person who has defended Thompson is the director of Sense
and Sensibility. FTP -- name this Taiwanese-American director most
noted for Eat Drink Man Woman.
Ang LEE
4. For five points a piece, name the authors of these well known
philosophical works.
1. Beyond Good and Evil
2. The Phaedo
3. Pragmatism
4. Critique of Pure Reason
5. On Liberty
6. Discourse on the Origin of Inequality
Answers: 1. Fredrich NIETZCHE
2. PLATO
3. William JAMES
4. Immanuel KANT
5. John Stuart MILL
6. Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU
5. Identify the following terms from cell biology beginning with
the letter 'C' for the stated number of points.
(5 points) 1. Organelle of animal cells that is made up of two
orthogonally arranged cylinders each with nine microtubule triplets
composing the wall.
ANS: CENTRIOLE
(10 points) 2. The region in eukaryote chromosomes where daughter
chromatids are joined together.
ANS: CENTROMERE
(15 points) 3. Organism that is not subdivided into cells but has
many nuclei within a mass of cytoplasm (a syncytium), as for
example some fungi and algae, and the acellular slime mould
Physarum.
ANS: COENOCYTE
6. Under the new peace treaty negotiated in Dayton, Ohio,
leaders in the Bosnian conflict indicted for war crimes
are banned from political office. These two men are,
therefore, barred from politics. For fifteen points each,
name both the political and military leaders of the
Bosnian Serbs.
ANS: Radovan KARADZIC and Ratko MLADIC
7. For 5 points each, name these characters from these
characters from the TV show _The Simpsons_.
1. local nuclear power plant owner
2. Bart's best friend
3. Springfield's mayor
4. tavern owner
5. police chief
6. Kwik-E-Mart clerk
ANS:
1. Charles Montgomery BURNS
2. MILHOUSE Van Houten
3. Diamond Joe QUIMBY
4. MOE
5. Chief CLANCY Wiggum
6. APU Nahasapeemapetilan
8. Identify this historical figure from clues, 30-20-10
30. Although he grew up as a ward of Pericles, the
great statesman was unable to provide much guidance, which
may have led to his actions.
20. This politician was a great friend and admirer of
Socrates, but his behavior strengthened the prosecution's
case against the philosopher.
10. Best known for switching sides during the Peloponnesian
War, this man was the ancient Greek equivalent of Benedict
Arnold.
ANS: ALCIBIADES (AL-si-BYE-ud-deez)
9. Name the historical figure, 30-20-10.
30 points: Born in 1767, he served as secretary to the United
States minister to Russia when he was only 14 years old.
20 points: In 1814, he was one of the commissioners who
negotiated peace with Great Britain at Ghent. He also
served as Secretary of State under President James Monroe.
10 points: He was chosen as President by the House of
Representatives when the election failed to return a
majority.
ANS: John Quincy Adams
10. Answer these questions about Biblical firsts for the stated
number of points.
For 5 points, Jesus' first miracle was performed here.
ANS: CANA
For 10 points, who was the first of the 12 Apostles to be
killed?
ANS: JAMES
For 15 points, who was the first and only female judge of
Israel?
ANS: DEBORAH
11. You may all know that the top quark has been discovered,
but did you read past the headlines. Answer the following
questions related to the top quark for ten points each.
1. To the nearest 20 GeV, what is the mass energy of the
top quark?
ANS: 175 GeV (ACC: 155 to 195 GeV)
2. For five points each, due to its instability, the top
quark rapidly breaks down into what two particles?
ANS: W boson and BOTTOM quark
3. For five points each, what two major organizations
collaborated on the effort, each named after a major
collider site?
ANS: FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY and
COLLIDER DETECTOR AT FERMILAB
ACC: FNAL and CDF
12. We've all heard Don McLean sing "Bye, bye, Miss American Pie,
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry" and so forth.
The last line in the chorus refers to "the day the music died."
For five points each:
Identify the three men killed in the plane crash that day.
Buddy HOLLY, Ritchie VALENS, and Lloyd JENNINGS
(accept: The Big Bopper)
Identify the year, month, and day the music died.
1959, FEBRUARY, 3RD
13. Okay, let's be honest. Dan is not is in the Christmas spirit.
But for ten points each, identify one of the composers of each of
the following Christmas carols.
Joy to the World G. F. HANDEL
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing! Felix MENDELSSOHN
Silent Night Franz GRUBER or Joseph MOHR
14. Identify the author from works, 30-20-10.
(30) Old New York, The Old Maid
(20) The Gods Arrive, The Buccaneers (unfinished)
(10) The Touchstone, The Age of Innocence
Edith Newbold Jones-WHARTON
15. The U.S. Supreme Court's 1994-95 session began on 03 Oct 1994
and ended on 29 Jun 1995, with the court issuing the fewest
decisions since the 1955-56 term. For five points per correct
answer:
Within 10, how many decisions were handed down?
82 (accept: 72 to 92, inclusive)
Which two justices were most likely to agree? They did so in 90%
of all cases.
Clarence THOMAS and Antonin SCALIA
Which two justices were most likely to disagree? They did so in
89% of all split decisions.
Clarence THOMAS and John Paul STEVENS
Which justice most often the swing vote? He was in the majority in
81% of all 5-4 decisions.
Anthony KENNEDY
16. Since 1832, there have been 12 occasions where a third party
garnered more than 2 percent of the vote. In 1860, however, there
was also a "fourth party" involved in the election. We all know
Abraham Lincoln won that election with 180 Electoral votes. FTP
each, name the other three candidates receiving Electoral votes.
Stephen DOUGLAS, John BRECKINRIDGE, and John BELL
17. Identify the composers from works, 10 points apiece:
A. Turandot
Giaccomo _Puccini_
B. Farewell Symhony
Franz Josef _Haydn_
C. Hungarian Rhapsodies
Franz _Liszt_
18. Name the authors of the following morbid works for 5 points
apiece:
A. The Dance of Death August STRINDBERG
B. Death in the Afternoon Ernest HEMINGWAY
C. Death by Water Thomas Stearns ELIOT
D. Death Be Not Proud John GUNTHER or John DONNE
E. Death Comes for the Archbishop Willa CATHER
F. A Death in the Family JAMES AGEE
19. Given the founder of a religion, name it for 10 points apiece:
A. Guru Nanak SIKHism
B. Lao Tsu or Lao Tse TAOism
C. Mahakasyapa ZEN Buddhism
(do not accept: Buddhism)
20. And now for a question that any ten-year-old could get thirty
points on. Let's see what facts about dinosaurs you remember from
your youth.
1. There are two major groups of dinosaurs based on hip
structure. For five points each, name these groups,
whose colloquial names are the "bird-hipped" and
"lizard-hipped" dinosaurs.
ANS: SAURISCHIA, ORNITHISCHIA
2. Among the ornithischians are the "duck-billed" dinosaurs
like Maiasaura and Edmontosaurus and the armored dinosaurs,
such as Stegosaurus and Ankylosaurus. For five points each,
name these two subgroups.
ANS: THYREOPHORANS, HADROSAURS
3. Finally, for 10 points, what subgroup contains
Tyrannosaurus Rex, Dilophosaurus, and--according
to many scientists, modern birds?
ANS: THEROPODA
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