BU pack by Peter Keshavan edited by Chris Morse BONUS 1 FTPE, answer these questions about vision. Most of us know that myopia is the medical term for nearsightedness, but what is the name for farsightedness? A: _HYPEROPIA_ What is the name for the condition of an eye that has two different meridians, causing images to focus in different planes for each meridian? A: _ASTIGMATISM_ Normal vision is expressed as the fraction 20/20, in FTP what kind of notation? A: _SNELLEN_ notation BONUS 2 For 10 points apiece, name the one-hit wonder who composed each work, given an excerpt. 1. [=== PLAY TAPE ===] Answer: Tommaso _ALBINONI_ (the work is "Adagio in D") 2. [=== PLAY TAPE ===] Answer: Paul _DUKAS_ (the work is "The Sorcerer's Apprentice") 3. [=== PLAY TAPE ===] Answer: Joaquin _RODRIGO_ (the work is "Concierto de Aranjuez") BONUS 3 FTPE, give the titles of the Robert Frost poems from which the following quotes are taken. "He says again, 'Good fences make good neighbors.'" A: _MENDING WALL_ "And looked down one as far I could/ Till where it bent in the undergrowth." A: _THE ROAD NOT TAKEN_ "The woods are lovely, dark and deep/ But I have promises to keep." A: _STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING_ BONUS 4 And now a question of a type you've never heard before: Given the works, name the authors. [Hand out books.] You have 30 seconds to examine the three books. The only thing they have in common is that they were purchased at an MIT Library surplus sale. You'll get 10 points per correct answer. (If one of the books has a gray cover with the words "Struktura Vedeckych Revolucii" on it, then point to it and say: "Warning: This is a translation of a work written originally in English.") [Time 30 seconds] Answers (may be given in any order): Set A (Struktura Vedeckych Revolucii, Losing Battles, Sodome et Gomorrhe): Thomas Samuel _KUHN_ Eudora _WELTY_ Marcel _PROUST_ Set B (Reflections in a Golden Eye, Marjorie Morningstar, La Prisonniere): Carson _MCCULLERS_ Herman _WOUK_ Marcel _PROUST_ Set C (Dangling Man, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, Sodome et Gomorrhe): Saul _BELLOW_ Evelyn Arthur Saint John _WAUGH_ Marcel _PROUST_ Set D (The Rise of Silas Lapham, Ben-Hur, Les Mandarins): William Dean _HOWELLS_ Lew _WALLACE_ Simone de _BEAUVOIR_ BONUS 5 The junior senator from Illinois earned a great deal of criticism in August for her visit to a military dictator in Africa. FTPE, name her, the nation she visited, and its ruler. A: Carol _MOSELEY-BRAUN_ _NIGERIA_ Gen. Sani _ABACHA_ BONUS 6 FTPE, supply the missing portions of dialogue from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. 1) Soldier: "What? Ridden on a horse?" Arthur: "Yes!" Soldier: "You're using..." A: _COCONUTS_ 2) Black Knight: "Had enough?" Arthur: "You stupid bastard. You haven't got any (blank) left." A: _ARMS_ 3) Guard with ridiculous French accent: "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of..." A: _ELDERBERRIES_ BONUS 7 FTPE, answer these questions about Auguste Rodin. In 1891, Rodin was commissioned to make a statue of this novelist, but the result was poorly received by the commissioners, who hadn't expected Rodin to sculpt a nude. A: Honore de _BALZAC_ The _Thinker_ was originally sculpted to sit above Rodin's _Gates of Hell_, whose subject matter was supposed to be going on in the Thinker's head. FTP, whom does the _Thinker_ depict? A: _DANTE_ Alighieri In 1884, this city commissioned Rodin to sculpt a monument to honor six burghers, who in 1347 surrendered to the English in order to lift a siege on their city. A: _CALAIS_ BONUS 8 FTPE, answer these geometry questions. What is the geometric name for the shape of a donut? A: _TORUS_ What is the name for the curve which is the path traced by any point on the rim of a wheel rolling along a straight line? A: _CYCLOID_ (Host: Hand out strip of paper, and piece of tape) FTP, construct a Mobius strip, and hand it over. A: The paper should form a loop with a single twist. If properly constructed, you should be able to trace out a line that covers both sides of the strip without taking the pen off the paper. BONUS 9 Antigone is the third installment of Sophocles's Oedipus trilogy. The title character unsuccessfully tries to persuade her sister to join her in burying their dead brother, in defiance of the edict issued by the king of Thebes, and then goes ahead and does it herself. FTPE, name Antigone's sister, the brother she buries, and the Theban ruler. A: _ISMENE, POLYNEICES, CREON_ BONUS 10 On September 3, Clinton unliterally extended the southern No-Fly zone in Iraq 60 miles north, bringing it to the southern suburbs of Baghdad. For 15 points each, give the line of latitude which is the northern boundary of this zone, and the southern boundary of the northern no-fly zone. A: _33rd and 36th PARALLELS_, or _33 and 36 DEGREES NORTH_ BONUS 11 FTPE, perform the following conjunctions involving baseball players and geographical features. A Detroit Tigers outfielder, with a mountain range in the western US. A: _RUBEN SIERRA NEVADA_s A Boston Red Sox outfielder who missed most of this past season due to injuries, with the capital of New Zealand. A: _MIKE GREENWELLINGTON_ A famous object of pilgrimage, located at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, with a San Diego Padres first baseman. A: The _WAILING WALLY JOYNER_ BONUS 12 Each of the following questions consists of a pair of definitions, whose words are spelled alike, but pronounced differently. For each, you'll earn the stated number of points for giving me either of the two words. FTP: To become smaller, or the subject of a required class in the first-year of study of law. A: _CONTRACT_ (cun TRACT or CON tract) FTP: To communicate something indirectly by hinting, or a close personal friend. A: _INTIMATE_ (IN ti mayt or IN ti mit) FTP: A control panel, or to alleviate grief. A: _CONSOLE_ (CAHN soll or cun SOLL) BONUS 13 FTPE identify these Mars-exploring spacecraft. In 1969, these ships, numbered 6 and 7, flew by Mars. A: _MARINER_ In 1976, these craft, 1 and 2, landed on the surface of the Red Planet. A: _VIKING_ Next July, this craft will land on Mars, and deploy a small rover. A: Mars _PATHFINDER_ BONUS 14 FTPE, identify the following words from their definitions as given in Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language. "...a harmless drudge that busies himself in tracing the original, and detailing the signification of words." A: _LEXICOGRAPHER_ "A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." A: _OATS_ "...proper (blank) is distinguished, by the generality of the reflections, from a lampoon, which is aimed against a particular person..." A: _SATIRE_ BONUS 15 In each of the following Deep Thoughts by Jack Handy, a word is missing. FTPE, fill in the blank. "I bet one legend that keeps recurring throughout history, in every culture, is the story of (blank)" A: _POPEYE_ "If you go parachuting, and your parachute doesn't open and all your friends are watching, I think a funny gag would be to pretend you were (blank)" A: _SWIMMING_ "When you die, if you get a choice between going to regular heaven or (blank) heaven, choose (blank) heaven. It might be a trick, but if it's not, mmmmmmm, boy." A: _PIE_ BONUS 16 In 1865, at President Lincoln's request, she set up a bureau of records to aid in the search for people missing from the war. FTP, name this woman known for her work for the relief of wounded soldiers, and the first President of the American Red Cross. A: Clara _BARTON_ An eyewitness to the Battle of Solferino in 1859, he organized emergency aid services for the wounded Austrians and French. Three years later, he advocated an international agreement regarding the treatment of the war wounded. FTPE name this founder of the International Red Cross, as well as the 1864 international agreement he is credited with being the Father of. A: Jean-Henri _DUNANT_ The _GENEVA CONVENTION_ BONUS 17 For each of the following pairs of US Cities, tell which Interstate highway you'd use to travel from one to the other. 1) Bismark (ND) to Billings (MT) A: _94_ 2) Vidor (TX) to Lake Charles (LA) A: _10_ 3) Greensboro (NC) to Nashville (TN) A: _55_ BONUS 18 30-20-10, identify the philosophical term. For 30: For Kant, it is the "logic of illusion", the process of flawed reasoning which attempts to determine objects such as the soul, the world, and God, which lie beyond the limits of experience. For 20: For Hegel, it describes both the relation between premises and conclusions in an argument, and the process of historical development in reality. For 10: The term comes from the Greek for "argument." In Marxist thought, it means evolution by means of contradictions, and is used specifically in relation to materialism. A: _DIALECTIC_ or _DIALECTICAL_ or _DIALEKTIK_ [German] BONUS 19 This is the Official Mark Coen Memorial Canadian Football Bonus. FTP, what city is home to the two-word Rough Riders? A: _OTTAWA_ FTP, what do the one-word Roughriders call home? A: _SASKATCHEWAN_ FTP, by what name is the CFL championship known? A: _GREY CUP_ BONUS 20 FTPE, identify the following breeds of dogs. Snoopy is supposedly one of these, although he sure doesn't look like one. A: _BEAGLE_ These dogs look like greyhounds, and like them, have been used as race dogs. Their name sounds like that of a song advising the listener to "go forward." A: _WHIPPET_ This spotted dog breed is named for the region of Yugoslavia from which it is believed to originate. A: _DALMATIAN_ BONUS 21 (Host: Pronounce NARAL "Nay-rall" and then spell it out) NARAL is a political action group founded in 1969. FTP, name its current president. A: Kate _MICHELMAN_ FTP, all or nothing, expand the acronym "NARAL." A: _NATIONAL ABORTION AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ACTION LEAGUE_ Prior to 1973, the organization had the same acronym, but a different name. FTP, all or nothing, how was the acronym expanded then? A: _NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE REPEAL OF ABORTION LAWS_ BONUS 22 In 1926, he won acquittal for a black family that had fought a mob trying to expel them from their home. In 1907, he secured the aquittal of labor leader Bill Haywood. And in 1894, he defended Eugene Debs on a contempt of court charge. FTP, name him. A: Clarence _DARROW_ Clarence Darrow is better known for his role in the Scopes Monkey Trial, of course. F5PE, give the month and year of the trial. A: _JULY 1925_ FTP, give the city and state in which the trial took place. A: _DAYTON, TENNESSEE_ BONUS 23 FTPE, answer these questions about Sikhism and food. The most important religious center for Sikhs is the Harmandir ["HAH-ree-man-deer"] Sahib, which is located in Amritsar, India. FTP, translate Harmandir Sahib into English. A: _GOLDEN TEMPLE_ FTP, name the crop from which tofu is made. A: _SOY_ or _SOYA_ Beans The Golden Temple is located in the Indian state which has the highest concentration of Sikhs. FTP, name this state. A: _PUNJAB_ BONUS 24 1. In the movie MASH, the theme song had words, while the TV show featured the same song as an instrumental. FTP name this song. A: _SUICIDE IS PAINLESS_ 2. Now FTP identify the social scientist whose comprehensive 1897 study of suicide listed three types: altruistic, egoistic, and "anomic", which results from the breakdown of social standards. A: Emile _DURKHEIM_ 3. Prior to 1973, euthanasia and assisted suicide were illegal in this European country, but in that year a court set a precedent practically legalizing it. Both supporters and opponents of these practices point to this country as an example. A: The _NETHERLANDS_ or _HOLLAND_ BONUS 25 FTPE, name the first three ingredients in the PowerBar which is the only thing eaten since breakfast by this packet's author, who knows he won't get to work on it all week, and wants to get the damn thing finished, and doesn't really expect that the 25th bonus will be needed anyway, so he's pulling one final bonus out of his ass so he can email the packet, and go home. A: _HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, OAT BRAN, MALTODEXTRIN_ BONUS 26 FTPE, answer these questions about the Pyramids of Egypt. FTP, at what town outside Cairo are the most famous pyramids, including the Great Pyramid as well as the Sphinx, located? A: _GIZA_ While looking at the Giza pyramids, who famously said, "From the top of these pyramids, 40 centuries are looking at us"? A: _NAPOLEON_ Bonaparte Only in 1954 was this discovered near the south side of the Great Pyramid. It is believed to have been used to carry the body of Khufu before he was buried in the pyramid. FTP identify this vessel A: The _SUN BOAT_