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Round 5
Questions by David Levinson (UC-Berkeley) and Louis Gill
1. It and its courtyard occupied almost one- sixth of the old
walled city of Jerusalem. Constructed of wood, it was completed
around 691 on a site which had formerly held temples of King
Solomon and then King Herod. FTP--give the more common name of this
eight- sided mosque named for the Caliph Omar, and known for its
100 foot dome.
The Dome of the Rock
2. It repudiated the Confederate debt, as well as forbidding those
who had broken their oaths to uphold the Constitution from holding
public office without Congressional approval. FTP--name this 1868
Constitutional Amendment associated most often with expanding
suffrage.
The 14th Amendment
3. Andrew Jackson couldn't send him to the moon, so he sent him to
Russia as minister instead. He served in both houses of Congress,
and as Secretary of State under Polk. In 1868, he died at his home
Wheatland. FTP-who is this only US President born in Pennsylvania?
James Buchanan
4. Originally called "Pall-Mall" by the English, it takes its name
from the French for "Disorder". Before the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals became a powerful force, the Queen
played it with with Storks and Hedgehogs. FTP--what is this sport
of Wonderland, now played with mallets and balls?
Croquet
5. Located at the head of the Cook Strait, 275 miles south of
Fairbanks, it was first settled in 1915 as the headquarters of the
Alaskan Railroad. The site of Elmendorf AFB and Fort Richardson, it
received the worst damage from the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake.
FTP--what is this largest Alaskan city?
Anchorage
6. A professor of applied mathematics at Cambridge, with his
colleague Roger Penrose he showed that theoretically our universe
could have evolved from a singularity, as well as raising several
disturbing possibilities, including thermal emissions from Black
Holes. FTP--who is this man who suffers from Lou Gerhig's disease?
Steven Hawking
7. The greatest of these in ancient times was built by the pharaoh
Amenemhet IV near Lake Meoris. Among those who could afford them,
they were popular garden features of the late 18th century. FTP-
name this type of puzzle, the most famous of which was constructed
by Daedelus for King Minos of Crete.
Labyrinth
8. It occured when an American Force under Rear Admiral Frank Jack
Fletcher attempted to engage a Japanese invasion force bound for
Port Moresby, New Guinea. It was the first naval battle in which
the opposing fleets never saw or directly fired upon each other.
FTP--what was this first US victory in the Pacific Theatre during
World War II?
Battle of (the) Coral Sea
9. It was established by Paul Mellon, who named it after the town
where Carl Jung spent his summers, but it has nothing to do with
either banking or psychology. It has nothing to do with Library of
Congress anymore, since they made the first award to Ezra Pound in
1948 for "The Pisan Cantos." Congress disapproved of rewarding a
Nazi sympathizer, and so forced the award to be moved to Yale.
FTP--what is this US poetry prize?
Bollingen Prize
10. Rioting occured in Denmark, Sweden, Ireland and Romania. The
Orleanist monarchy was overturned in February. In March,
revolutionary activity took place in the states of Germany, in the
Hapsburg Empire, and in North and Central Italy. By August of the
next year, the Venetian Republic was defeated by Austria. FTP--
what is the collective year of these uprisings?
(The Revolutions of) 1848
11. One generation of this family sculpted the statue of William
Penn on Philadelphia City Hall. The next generation created the
Sundial in Fairmount Park. The third generation created "stabiles"
and "mobiles," including "Red Petals." What is the common name of
the artists in this artistic family?
Calder
12. Born in Breslau on December 9, 1868, he was a physical chemist.
He also demonstrated the significance of electrode potential in
reduction- oxidation process and in 1918 won the Nobel Prize in
Chemistry. FTP -- name this scientist most famous for his process
to produce ammonia?
Fritz Haber
13. Edgar Wallace's first draft was titled The Eighth Wonder, had
as heroes a group of escaped convicts cast ashore on a deserted
island, and had its climax at the New York Life building. By the
time it was finished, the plot had undergone severe revamping and
the Life building was no longer the tallest in New York. FTP --
name this David O. Selznick film in which it was "beauty killed the
beast."
KING KONG
14. Euclid worked it out, but it was presented to the world at
large in an early 15th century book written by the mathematician
Luca Pacioli (LOO-cuh pay-see-OH-lee) and illustrated by Leonardo
da Vinci. FTP -- name this ratio between A and B such that A is to
B as B is to A+B, approximately equal to 0.618.
GOLDEN MEAN or DIVINE PROPORTION
15. The Alsos special intelligence group had his capture as a
primary objective during the Allied invasion of Germany. Indeed,
he was considered among the scientific community to be the greatest
threat the Reich had to offer. They needn't have worried; he used
his position as head of the uranium project to persuade the
authorities that a bomb program would be impractical. FTP -- name
this winner of the 1932 Nobel in physics for his development of
matrix mechanics and the uncertainty principle.
Werner Von HEISENBERG
16. Its first performance featured two live horses, symbolizing
day and night, a touch that was quickly dropped. The action is
fantastic enough as it is, with the hero being captured by demons
and eventually defeating the evil sorceror by smashing the egg
containing his soul. FTP -- name this ballet whose score elevated
to fame the then-unknown Igor Stravinsky.
THE FIREBIRD
17. In 1939, Professor Paul Taylor of the University of California
published An American Exodus: A Record of Human Erosion to great
acclaim. The most significant part of the book, though, was his
wife's contribution, a result of her work with the Farm Security
Administration. FTP -- name his wife, known for photographs of
Depression-era migrant workers.
Dorothea LANGE
18. He made the village where he retired a center for watchmaking
and often endorsed their products in his letters. He also
sponsored the construction of a theater and, surprisingly, a
church. FTP -- name this enricher of the village of Ferney whose
civic-mindedness perhaps illustrated the famous conclusion of one
of his characters, "We must cultivate our garden."
VOLTAIRE or Francois-Marie AROUET
19. Land forces were commanded by Sir Harold Alexander. He was
opposed by Albert Kesselring. There was resistance at the landing
site and on the plains of Catania, but on the whole, Operation
Husky unfolded swiftly. FTP -- name the island whose invasion
turned into a race between Montgomery and Patton for Messina.
SICILY
20. Numbers 6 specifies that "All the days of his separation shall
he eat nothing that is made of the wine tree .... There shall no
razor come upon his head." These are among the requirements
apparently followed by Samuel, Samson, and John the Baptist, though
only Samson is specifically called a member of this order. FTP --
name the order sounding like a native of Jesus' hometown.
NAZIRITE (do not accept Nazarene or Nazorean)
21. The main supplier recently acquired distribution rights in 15
more countries, a sweet deal for the U.S. since we are the only
country where vaccinium macrocarpon (vak-SIN-ee-uhm MAK-roh-CAR-
puhn) is grown. They were often used in the American navy to
combat scurvy. FTP -- name this fruit which undergoes a seasonal
boom every Thanksgiving.
CRANBERRY
BONUSES
1. For 5 points apiece plus five for all five--identify the
authors of the original works that might have spawned these
literary "sequels." For example, if I said "1985," you would
answer George Orwell, who wrote "1984."
1. The Moon Sets, Too
Ernest HEMINGWAY (for "The Sun Also Rises")
2. Lunch at Saks' Fifth Avanue
Truman CAPOTE (for "Breakfast at Tiffany's")
3. An Expressway to Pakistan
E.M. _FORSTER_ (for "A Passage to India")
4. While We Sat Living (actually more of a prequel)
William FAULKNER (for "As I Lay Dying")
5. The Buried
James JOYCE (for "The Dead")
2. Though he had seven wives, it seems Zeus just couldn't be
satisfied, and therefore went to great lengths to attract certain
young maidens he had an interest in. Given the maiden, for ten
points apiece, tell into what the promiscuous Greek God transformed
himself in order to seduce her.
a) Leda /Swan/
b) Danae /Shower of Gold/
c) Europa /White Bull/
3. ACF guru Don Windham has not yet been immortalized in an opera,
but it is probably only a matter of time. Who composed the
following operas about other Dons? Ten Points apiece.
a) Don Carlos /Giuseppe Verdi/
b) Don Giovanni /Wolfgang Mozart/
c) Don Pasquale /Gaetano Donizetti/
4. During WWII Operation Barbarossa was of course the invasion of
Russia. For ten points each--what country was the intent of each of
these operations:
a) Operation Sea Lion
GREAT BRITAIN or UNITED KINGDOM (accept equivalents)
b) Operation Autumn Fog
FRANCE or BELGIUM
c) Operation Overlord
FRANCE
5. For 10 points apiece -- identify the following first winners of
prestigious awards.
1. The first winner of the Nobel Physics Prize,
ROENTGEN
2. The first winner of the Best Picture Oscar and only silent film
to do so, it shares its name with a Danielle Steel novel and a NBC
sitcom.
WINGS
3. The first performer to win a Grammy for Best Album, he is also
noted for "Moon River" and the theme for The Pink Panther
Henry MANCINI
6. For the stated number of points, identify the following about
the year 1839.
(5) Charles Darwin published this book, having yet to commit to
natural selection
VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE
(10) The Treaty of London joined Britain, Austria, Prussia, and
Russia to defeat this famously-named Egyptian viceroy
MUHAMMAD ALI
(15) In his treatise "What is Property?" this French socialist
famously answered his own question with "Property is theft."
Pierre PROUDHON
7. Answer the following about the art of found objects for the
stated number of points.
(5) Found objects mounted on a flat surface make up this type of
composition invented by Picasso and Braque and infamous among
schoolkids everywhere.
COLLAGE
(10) As opposed to the collage, this is a freestanding
construction made of linked found objects.
ASSEMBLAGE
(15) Two answers required. Ready-made art, consisting of a single
manufactured object displayed as art, was pioneered by this Dadaist
whose most controversial ready-made consisted of a urinal. Name
him and the work, 5 for one answer, 15 for both.
Marcel DUCHAMP and FOUNTAIN
8. For five points each and bonus five for all correct -- rank the
following fictional detectives in order by number of _novels_ (not
including short stories) they appeared in, greatest to least. The
five are: Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, Chesterton's Father Brown,
Christie's Hercule Poirot, Hammett's Sam Spade, and Stout's Nero
Wolfe.
WOLFE (29), POIROT (24), HOLMES (4), SPADE (1), BROWN (0)
9. Name the following movie musicals FTP given songs, for 5 points
given the stars.
(10) A Couple of Swells, Stepping Out with My Baby, When I Lost
You
(5) Fred Astaire, Judy Garland
EASTER PARADE
(10) Just You Wait, I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face, I Could
Have Danced All Night
(5) Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison
MY FAIR LADY
(10) Aloha Oe, I Can't Help Falling in Love, Rock-a-Hula Baby
(5) Elvis Presley
BLUE HAWAII
10. A physicist studying a stable particle finds it has a blue
down quark as one of its three components. From this information,
he is able to deduce the type of the other two quarks.
(10) What type of particle is it?
PROTON
(20) 4 parts, 5 points per part: what are the full type of the
other two quarks?
RED UP and GREEN UP
11. Chairman Mao liked to keep his people on their toes. FTP
apiece -- name the following Maoist iniatives.
1. Starting in 1956, this program encouraged intellectuals to
criticize the administration. It was shut down a year later.
The HUNDRED FLOWERS
2. It lasted from 1966-1969 and was initially a response to the
play "The Dismissal of Hai Jui." In the course of it, state
chairman Liu Shao-Chi and party secretary Teng Hsiao-Ping were
exposed as reactionaries and dismissed.
The Great Proletariat CULTURAL REVOLUTION
3. It lasted from 1952-1957, during which industrial production
doubled, education became available throughout China, and 97% of
the land was reformed into agricultural collectives.
The FIRST FIVE-YEAR PLAN
12. Name the legal terms are described the following (for ten
points apiece):
a) Evidence that is considered to be sufficient in law to establish
that a certain fact is true. It can be translated as "On the face
of it".
Prima Facie
b) A writ issued by a court in the name of the state ordering a
corporation, officer, or inferior court to perform an official act
or duty incumbent upon its office and clearly required of it by
law.
(Writ of) Mandamus
c) The failure of a public officer to perform a duty that is
legally required of him in his official capacity.
Nonfeasance (do not accept malfeasance)
13. Identify the organization 30-20-10.
(30) The only company still bearing this name is owned by British
Petroleum.
(20) About it Henry Demarest Lloyd wrote Wealth Against
Commonwealth.
(10) Henry Flagler cofounded it and Ida Tarbell wrote a famous
history of it.
The STANDARD OIL Company
14. 30-20-10 name the poet.
(30) His first work was "The Embargo", a satiric poem of 244 lines
in heroic couplets, written in response to the Embargo Act of 1807.
More remarkable is that he was only 13 years old when he wrote it.
(20) After wasting himself in law school, he penned "The Yellow
Violet" and "To a Waterfowl".
(10) He wrote "Thanatopsis"
/William Cullen BRYANT
15. La Plata was a Spanish Viceroyalty that included Argentina,
Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Given the modern countries, (for
ten points apiece) tell me the name of the Spanish Viceroyalty
which once contained them:
a) Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador
New Granada
b) Mexico, the Western United States, and Central America
New Spain
c) Peru and Chile
Peru
16. In Aztec myth, Quetzalcoatl is represnted as a plumed serpant.
Likewise, in many other mythologies, gods are often represented by
animals. In Egyptian myth, identify the animal that represents the
following deities:
a) Thoth Ibis
b) Amon Ram
c) Horus Hawk or Falcon
17. 15 each, name the philosopher from clues given.
1. This philosopher lived from 205 - 270, and incorporated
into his philosophy not only teachings from the Stoics and
Aristotle, but some of the superstitions that abounded in his day,
trying to give those superstitions philosophical justification.
PLOTINUS
2. This philosopher, living from 490-430 B.C., author of On
Nature, introduced himself in the following way. "I, an immortal
god, no longer subject to death, walk around among you all, honored
fittingly with garland crowns and flowery leis."
EMPEDOCLES
18. Name the novel from characters 30-20-10.
(30) Joe Bell; Mr. Yunioshi
(20) Madame Sapphia Spanella; Jose Ybarra-Jaegar; Rusty Trawler
(10) Mag Wildwood; Holly Golightly
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S
19. Name the composer from works 30-20-10.
(30) Solemn Mass in D, To the Distant Beloved
(20) Waldstein Sonata, Coriolan Overture
(10) Pastorale, Eroica, and Chorale Symphonies
20. College sports time: 5 points apiece + 5 points for all
correct, give the name of the following college athletic teams,
e.g., OU = Sooners:
University of New Mexico LOBOS
University of Idaho VANDALS
Long Beach State 49ERS
Creighton University BLUEJAYS
University of Missouri-Kansas City KANGAROOS
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