Finals Boni by MIT BONUS 1 I got VERY wet at the Major League Soccer Cup, but it was worth it because it was a great game. Answer these questions about it. For five points each give the champion and runner up respectively: Champ: _D.C._ or _United_ Loser: _L.A._ or _Galaxy_ For 10 points, what soccer stud (who the chicks dig) won the MVP? Ans: Marco _ETCHEVERRY_ For a final 10: Who sang the National Anthem? Ans: Alexi _LALAS_ BONUS 2 30-20-10, identify the religious denomination. 30: Although it originated in the United States, today 90% of its adherents are outside the U.S. They include all 59 inhabitants of Pitcairn Island. 20: Its main contribution to American culture has come in the form of breakfast cereal, which originated at the church's Sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan, led by John Harvey Kellogg. 10: Founded by Ellen G. White in 1863, its name comes from its beliefs in Saturday Sabbath and the imminency of the Second Coming of Christ. Answer: _SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISM_ (or _SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST_) BONUS 3 Listen to this musical excerpt and answer the following questions about the work. [play tune] 1. For 10 points, name the composer. Answer: Ralph [pronounced "RAFE"] _VAUGHAN WILLIAMS_ 2. For 10 points each, this work is entitled, what, on a theme by, whom? Answers: _FANTASIA_ on a theme by (or of) Thomas _TALLIS_ BONUS 4 FTP each, answer these questions about the internet and its origins. 1) One of the first "Real-Time" computer systems, it was developed at MIT's Lincoln Laboratory. From it, the Air Force developed the SAGE computers which ran NORAD for many years. Answer: Project _WHIRLWIND 2) The Internet was born at this Boston area think tank, which developed the IMP, or Interface Message Processor, a special computer to handle data between ARPANET sites. This company is known by either the names of its three founders, or by the three-letter abbreviation formed by their initials. For 10 points, give the abbreviation and for ten more name any one of the three founders. Answer: _B B_ & _N_ Founders: Richard _BOLT_ Leo _BERANEK_ Robert _NEWMAN_ BONUS 5 [Hand the team the picture. Note: It is Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.] You have been handed a copy of a painting that hangs in the Art Institute of Chicago. Answer the following questions about it for 10 points each. 1) FTP, which artist painted this work? Answer: Georges _Seurat_ 2) FTP each, what 1984 musical by what composer-lyricist was inspired by this painting? The characters in the musical are people shown in the painting. Answer: _SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE_ by Stephen Joshua _SONDHIEM_ BONUS 6 Given the first line of a novel, name it for 10 points each. 1) "The boy with the fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way towards the lagoon." Answer: _LORD OF THE FLIES_ by William Golding 2) "A squat grey building of only thirty-four stories." Answer: _BRAVE NEW WORLD_ by Aldous Huxley 3) "Amory Blaine inherited from his mother every trait, except the stray inexpressible few, the made him worthwhile." Answer: _THIS SIDE OF PARADISE_ by F. Scott Fitzgerald BONUS 7 For 15 points each, name the battle of the US Civil War from a short description. 1) For 16 hours from dawn until after sundown on May 11, 1964, Union and Confederate troops fought from opposite sides of the same fence in an area forever known as the Bloody Angle. The fighting was so intense that that a two-foot-diameter oak tree was cut in two by rifle fire alone. A: _SPOTSYLVANIA_ Court House 2) This Nov. 30, 1864 battle "combined the grisliest features of Pickett's Charge and Spotsylvania's Bloody Angle." The Confederate Army of Tennessee nominally won, but suffered over 7,000 casualties in an afternoon's fighting, including 6 generals killed and 6 more seriously injured. A: The Battle of _FRANKLIN_ BONUS 8 The Sixth First [sic] Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony took place earlier this month here in our fair city. Answer these questions about the 1996 winners, individuals whose achievements "cannot or should not be reproduced". 1. The Literature prize was won by the editors of what journal, "for eagerly publishing research that they could not understand, that the author", Alan Sokal, "said was meaningless, and which claimed that reality does not exist?" Answer: _SOCIAL TEXT_ [If anyone's curious, tell them to look at the Spring/Summer 1996 issue.] 2. The Peace prize was won by what head of state, "for commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Hiroshima with atomic bomb tests in the Pacific?" Answer: Jacques _CHIRAC_ ["shee-RACK"] 3. The Art prize was won by Don Featherstone of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, for what "ornamentally evolutionary invention?" Answer: the plastic lawn _PINK FLAMINGO_ BONUS 9 This summer, after 44 years on the throne, Queen Elizabeth II surpassed her namesake's record to become the second-longest reigning queen in England's history. It'll take another twenty years for her to catch up to Victoria, but there are three kings whose longevity she may also try to beat. FTP each, name these three English kings, two Plantagenet and one Hanoverian, who all reigned longer than Elizabeth II. Answers: _HENRY III_, Plantagenet (56 years, 1216-1272) _EDWARD III_ of Windsor, Plantagenet (50 years, 1327-1377) _GEORGE III_ or _GEORGE WILLIAM FREDERICK_ (60 years, 1760-1820) BONUS 10 For the stated number of points, identify the city from the three-letter code for one of its airports. (5) OKC Answer: _OKLAHOMA CITY_ (10) MCO Answer: _ORLANDO_ (15) SDF Answer: _LOUISVILLE_ BONUS 11 [hand out picture of man and best friend] For 5 points each, name the two characters shown in the picture. Answer: _WALLACE_ and _GROMIT_ (Wallace is the human, and Gromit is the dog.) Wallace and Gromit made their debut in "A Grand Day Out" in 1992. Now for 10 points each, name the two other films they've been in, which won Academy Awards as the best animated films of 1993 and 1995. Answers: The _WRONG TROUSERS_ and A _CLOSE SHAVE_ [Yes, those were the years of the movies; they were awarded in '94 and '96.] BONUS 12 30-20-10, give the word. 30: It's the first word of the text of Tolstoy's _War and Peace_ in the original language. 20: Although this interjection is used almost exclusively at the beginning of a sentence in French, in English it can occur only at the END of a sentence. 10: This two-letter word is probably the most important distinguishing characteristic of Canadian English. Answer: _EH_ [Tolstoy's novel begins with dialogue in French: "Eh bien, mon prince, ..."] BONUS 13 In each of this question's 3 parts, you will be given the meanings of two words that differ by ONE letter, and you'll get 5 points for each correct word. The SAME single-letter difference applies to all three parts! (Moderator: Don't worry about the order in which the two answers are given.) 1. Two 7-letter adjectives: (1) Directed sideways. (2) Following the exact words. Answers: _LATERAL_ and _LITERAL_ 2. Two 7-letter nouns: (1) A party or clique within a larger group. (2) Something made-up or imagined. Answers: _FACTION_ and _FICTION_ 3. Two 8-letter adjectives: (1) Inherent, or remaining or operating within the subject considered. (2) Impending. Answers: _IMMANENT_ and _IMMINENT_ ["Immanent" is pronounced either same as "imminent", or as "im-MANE-ent"] [Accept alternatives in the unlikely event that there are other possibilities that satisfy the constraints.] BONUS 14 30-20-10 Name the scientist (30) Born in Russia in 1895, he received his medical degree in 1921 from the University of Moscow and became the editor of Scripta Universitatis, for which Albert Einstein prepared the mathematics-phsyics section. (20) He practiced psychoanalysis in Palestine until 1940 when he was struck by the idea that Bibical events were rooted in celestial cataclysms, including the parting of the Red Sea and manna falling from the heavens to sustain the Hebrews during the Exodus. (10) In 1950 he published "Worlds in Collision" detailing the notion that Venus was actually a comet expelled from Jupiter, which, despite being roundly debunked by the astronomy community, secured him a place in the hearts of crackpots and catastrophists everywhere. Answer: Immanuel _VELIKOVSKY_ BONUS 15 "If you want to get techno 'bout it, ____________ couldn't wear my jock." This witty rejoinder was offered by a boxer, of course, after he lost his bid to tie another boxer for the most wins by a heavyweight without a loss. FTPE give: 1) The author of the quote. Answer: Larry _HOLMES_ 2) The person whose jock-wearing skills are rumored to be sub-par. Answer: Rocky _MARCIANO_ 3) Marciano's career record. Answer: _49-0_ BONUS 16 Investigators believe that Ted Kaczynski was influenced by a particular novel in which a group of anarchists in London, led by a man named Verloc, plot to blow up a well-known symbol of modern science. 1. For 10 points each, give the title of this 1907 novel, and also its well- known author, whose last name was sometimes used as an alias by Kaczynski. Answers: The _SECRET AGENT_ by Joseph _CONRAD_ (or Teodor Josef Konrad _KORZENIOWSKI_) 2. For 10 more points, name the so-called "idol of science", built in 1675, that the anarchists plotted to blow up in Conrad's _The Secret Agent_. Answer: the Royal _GREENWICH OBSERVATORY_ BONUS 17 Name these Algerian political organizations for 10 points each. You may give either the English or the French name, or the commonly used 3-letter French abbreviation. 1. It led the war for independence in the 1950s and has been the ruling party ever since. Answer: _FLN_ or _NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT_ or _FRONT_ de _LIBERATION NATIONAL_ 2. This party won the first round of parliamentary elections in December, 1991, but was prevented from taking office after the FLN government cancelled the second round. In the ensuing civil war, its leaders have repeatedly condemned the violence from both sides. Answer: _FIS_ or _ISLAMIC SALVATION FRONT_ or _FRONT ISLAMIQUE_ de _SALVATION_ 3. In 1992, this organization ordered all foreigners to leave Algeria or be killed. It has claimed responsibility for most of the recent assassinations of foreigners, government members and journalists. Answer: _GIA_ or _ARMED ISLAMIC GROUP_ or _GROUPE ISLAMIQUE ARME_ BONUS 18 Answer the following science questions for 15 points apiece. 1. This scientific device consists of two small masses at different elevations that are supported at opposite ends of a beam which is suspended from a wire. For 15 points, name this device used to measure gravitational acceleration. Answer: _TORSION BALANCE_ 2. For 15 points, name the Hungarian physicist who first devised the torsion balance in 1902. Answer: Lorant von _EOTVOS_ BONUS 19 30-20-10 Name the American scientist. 30) Her friendship with Dorothy Freeman spans the 12 years leading up to her death in 1964. Their letters have recently been published, shedding much insight into her personal light and their mutual love for the coast of Maine. 20) It seems ironic that she was dying of cancer while she was writing her best known work, a best-seller published in 1962. 10) An earlier best-seller of hers is _The Sea Around Us_. Answer: Rachel _CARSON_ BONUS 20 Now that Tupac Shakur is dead, it's time to reminisce about his short but surprisingly productive film career. Given the name for a Tupac character, name the movie. 1. Lucky Answer: _POETIC JUSTICE_ 2. Birdie Answer: _ABOVE THE RIM_ 3. Bishop Answer: _JUICE_ BONUS 21 Defects in crystal structures lend a good deal of its strength to a metal. For ten points, what is the name of the most common type of one-dimensional defect, the most important of all defects structurally. Ans: _Dislocation_ For ten points, there are two types of dislocations, one is formed by the insertion of an extra half-plane in the crystal. Name it. Ans: _Edge_ dislocation FTP, name the other type which is formed by atoms bonding to the atom adjacent to the one it would be boding to in a perfect crystal. Ans: _Screw_ dislocation