Harvard #4-Bonuses ed. Matt Carter + East Conn questions by Maya Kobersy, Brian Morelli, Matt Warburton, Rajeev Malhotra, and Matt Carter BONUS 1 The FDA has recently approved a new diet pill, the first in 23 years. Answer the following questions about this so-called miracle drug FTP each. A) First, give the commercial name of the new drug, which was not actually taken from a John Updike novel. ANSWER: _Redux_ B) Give the alliterative popular name of the combination of appetite supressants which Redux can now replace. The combination is needed to offset the sleepiness caused by one of the pair. ANSWER: _Fen/Phen_ (Fenfluramine and Phentermine) C) Finally, both Redux and Fenfluramine operate by stimulating the production of this neurotransmitter, which leads to a general sense of well-being and the physical and emotional sensation of being satisfied. ANSWER: _Serotonin_ BONUS 2 Give the following literary chains for 10 pts each, all or nothing. A) Edgar Allan Poe's story about a plague and either a poem by John Donne or a book by John Gunther ANSWER: The _Masque of the Red Death Be Not Proud_ B) A Rachel Carson book about the effects of DDT, and the musical staged in the Mel Brooks movie The Producers. ANSWER: _Silent Springtime for Hitler_ C) A Norman Mailer work based on Gary Gillmore, and a Walt Whitman poem. ANSWER: The _Executioner's Song of Myself_ BONUS 3 Answer the following questions about the French Revolution FTP each. A) Once a prisoner in the Bastille, she was hired to make death masks from the decapitated heads of famous victims of the guillotine. ANSWER: Madame _Tussaud_ (accept Marie _Grosholtz_) B) The victim of a painful and debilitating skin disease, he hid in the sewers and was stabbed in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday. ANSWER: Jean-Paul _Marat_ C) Posing as a god for the cult of the Supreme Being, he headed the Committee of the Public Safety, ordered the beheading of Danton, and was himself later guillotined. ANSWER: Maximilien _Robespierre_ BONUS 4 Given a black and white reproduction of a French painting, identify the artist FTPE. 1) [Show the woman standing in the Jungle] ANSWER: Henri _ROUSSEAU_ 2) [Show the man holding swords] ANSWER: Jacques-Louis _DAVID_ ["DAH-veed"] 3) [Show the women bathing] ANSWER: Jean-Honore _FRAGONARD_ BONUS 5 FTPE, answer these questions about the 1960's TV show, "The Prisoner." A) Who was the lead actor? ANSWER: Patrick _McGoohan_ B) What character did he portray? ANSWER: _Number Six_ C) What was the name of the fictional town/prison? ANSWER: The _Village_ BONUS 6 Given a list of characters, name the title of each of these Verdi operas FFPE. You'll earn 10 points more for all correct. A) Radames, Ramtis, Amnens, Amonasro ANSWER: _Aida_ B) Sparatucile, Count of Monterone, Gilda, Duke of Mantua ANSWER: _Rigoletto_ C) Gastone, Germont, Alfredo, Violetta ANSWER: _La Traviata_ BONUS 7 Identify the US Vice President given his opinion of the office, FTP each. A) Declaring that the vice presidency was the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived, he was the first VP to later attain the presidency. ANSWER: _John Adams_ B) He said, Once there were two brothers. One ran away to sea; the other was elected vice president, and nothing was ever heard of either of them again. ANSWER: Thomas _Marshall_ C) He declared, say the history books, that the vice presidency isn t worth a pitcher of warm spit. ANSWER: John Nance _Garner_ BONUS 8 Identify the following about track and field, 5-10-15. 5) Who was the first black woman to win an Olympic event for the U.S.? ANSWER: Wilma Rudolph 10) At the same games, how many gold medals did she win in all? ANSWER: Three 15) Where, and in what year, were these games held? ANSWER: Rome, 1960 BONUS 9 Given the country, identify its legislative body on a 5-10-15 basis. 5) Russia ANSWER: Duma 10) Israel ANSWER: Knesset 15) Poland ANSWER: Sejm BONUS 10 A positive integer that is equal to the sum of its positive divisors other than itself is known as a perfect number. For example, 6 is a perfect number since 1+2+3 = 6. FTP each, name the next three smallest perfect numbers larger than six. ANSWER: _28_, _496_, and _8128_ BONUS 11 Name the author from his works, 30-20-10. 30) The Water Method Man 20) The 158-Pound Marriage 10) The Hotel New Hampshire ANSWER: John _Irving_ BONUS 12 Identify the country on a 30-20-10 basis. 30) It was taken over in 1517 by the Ottomans after they conquered Egypt. 20) In 1911 Italy invaded and took over from the Ottoman Empire, and ruled there until 1943. 10) It became an independent constitutional monarchy in 1951, but in 1969 the monarchy was overthrown by a military coup led by Col. Khadhaffi. ANSWER: _Libya_ BONUS 13 Identify the following from Indian current events FTPE. A) The current prime minister ANSWER: Deve _Gowda_ B) The ruling political party which won the elections but could not form a government. ANSWER: _Bharata Janaka_ Party (accept BJP) C) The former prime minister, recently accused of forgery ANSWER: Narasima _Rao_ BONUS 14 Given a set of clues, identify the following 3 countries, FTP apiece. 1) It is south of Libya, east of Niger, west of Sudan, and north of Cameroon. Answer: _CHAD_ 2) It is north of Italy, east of France, south of Germany, and west of Austria. Answer: _SWITZERLAND_ 3) It is east of Isreal, north of Saudi Arabia, south of Syria, and west of Iraq. Answer: _JORDAN_ BONUS 15 The ongoing bull market for equities is one of the longest on record in American history and has created more than its share of heroes. FTP apiece, identify each of the following investors whose public observations can move markets. 1) Born in Hungary, he began a fabulously successful hedge fund with Jimmy Rogers in the 1970's. Now running the Quantum fund without Rogers, the sheer influence he wields in currency markets frightens even Central Bankers. Answer: George _SOROS_ 2) Author of the best selling _One Up on Wall Street_, he acheieved fame as the manager of the enormous Fidelity Magellan Fund. Answer: Peter _LYNCH_ 3) Perhaps the only well known Wall Street money manager to ever have starred in a panty hose commercial, her switch to a bear roiled the U.S. stock market in July of 1996. Answer: Elaine _GARZARELLI_ BONUS 16 FTPE, name the three flavors of neutrino. ANSWERS: _Tau_ or tauon, _Mu_ or Muon, _Electron_ BONUS 17 Given the translated title of a modern Spanish poem, identify the poet, FTPE A) "The Little Mute Boy" ANSWER: Federico _Garcia Lorca_ B) "Sonatina" ANSWER: Ruben Dario (da-REE-o) C) "Ode to the Moon of the Sea" ANSWER: Pablo _Neruda_ or Neftali Ricardo _REYES_ Basoalto BONUS 18 For 15 points apiece, answer the following 2 questions about the Law of Demand. 1) A decline in the price of a commodity increases the real income of a consumer enabling him to purchase larger quantities. What is term for this phenomenon? Answer: _INCOME EFFECT_ 2) A lower price increases the relative attractiveness of a product and makes the consumer willing to buy more of it. Answer: _SUBSTITUTION EFFECT_ BONUS 19 FTPE, name the three NFL teams that beat the Buffalo Bills in the four consecutive years that they made it to the Superbowl. ANSWERS: NY Giants, Washington Redskins, Dallas Cowboys BONUS 20 Given the title of a work of literature, identify the work from which the title was taken FTP each. A) _Far From the Madding Crowd_ ANSWER: _"Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"_ B) _The Sound and the Fury_ ANSWER: _Macbeth_ C) "Arms and the Man" ANSWER: The _Aeneid_ BONUS 21 How much do you know about the French and Indian War? First, FTP name the commander of the French forces in America in 1755. ANSWER: Baron _de Dieskau_ Next, FTPE name any two of the three French ships that were delayed in reaching the Great Banks before the war had started. ANSWERS: The _Lys_, _Alcide_, and _Actif_ BONUS 22 It's time for the Kevin Bacon Game! Given the name of an actor, tell me the film he appeared in with Kevin Bacon, FTPE. A) Gary Sinise ANSWER: _Apollo 13_ B) David Strathairn ANSWER: _The River Wild_ C) John Lithgow ANSWER: _Footloose_ BONUS 23 FTPE, name the only three cities ever to host the Winter Olympics twice. ANSWER: _St. Moritz_, Switzerland; _Lake Placid_, NY; _Innsbruck_, Austria BONUS 24 Answer the following about New York and Ireland in the news, FTPE: A) What is the name of the current New York governor? ANSWER: George _Pataki_ B) Who is the current President of Ireland? ANSWER: Mary _Robinson_ C) These two figures have been in the news together because of a proposal that would require New York schools to teach about which historical event? ANSWER: the _Great Potato Famine_