(Message inbox:1162) Received: from pop-3.iastate.edu (pop-3.iastate.edu [129.186.6.63]) by pop-2.iastate.edu (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id TAA20223 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 1995 19:49:56 -0600 Received: from husc.harvard.edu (root@husc.harvard.edu [140.247.30.45]) by pop-3.iastate.edu (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id TAA25647 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 1995 19:49:54 -0600 Received: from scunix4.harvard.edu by husc.harvard.edu with ESMTP id UAA14431; Sun, 10 Dec 1995 20:49:53 -0500 (EST) Received: by scunix4.harvard.edu id UAA04093; Sun, 10 Dec 1995 20:49:50 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 20:49:49 -0400 (EDT) From: Matt Bruce Subject: 14 To: topquark@iastate.edu In-Reply-To: <9512092128.AA21892@pv7410.vincent.iastate.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Harvard T Party ROUND 14 Questions by MIT Earl Grey Pack Editor: Mark Staloff TOSSUP 1 When he saw Capitol police struggling with a man who had deliberately jostled 92-year-old Senator Strom Thurmond, this former Sacramento police officer and Olympic judo contestant jumped into action, slapping handcuffs on and radioing for help. For ten points, name this now-Republican senator from Colorado. ANSWER: Ben _NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL_ TOSSUP 2 His numbering extends from the 1762 "minuet for piano" to the 1791 "Requiem Mass" with 624 of Mozart's other works in between. For ten points name this man best known for his extensive Mozart catalog. ANSWER: Ludwig Alois Ferdinand Ritter von _KO:CHEL_ TOSSUP 3 Their plastic bodies came in four drab colors. They were made for almost 40 years, and cost approximately a year's salary in their native country. For 10 points, name this extremely light, two-stroke-engine car from the former East Germany that has acquired a cult following. Answer: _TRABANT_ or _TRABI_ TOSSUP 4 His first play, _Eleutheria_, has just recently been published though it was written in 1947. It is a bourgeois comedy about a writer named Victor Krapp, a character who is a precursor of one who appears in a later play entitled _Krapp's Last Tape_. For 10 points, name this Irish playwright better known for _Endgame_. Answer: Samuel Barclay _BECKETT_ TOSSUP 5 Last month he published a book entitled _Not in Our Character_, portraying his country as a bastion of free speech and tolerance. However, he has been called a dangerous man who would destroy his country to retain power, by a compatriot writer, Wole Soyinka, and the writer Ken Saro-Wiwa agreed. FTP name this military leader of Nigeria. Answer: General Sani _ABACHA_ TOSSUP 6 It's not hard to remember who succeeded whom as king of this nation, because all 18 kings since 1513 have strictly alternated between 2 different names. The sequence would have gone back to 1448 if Christian I's son were named Frederik instead of Hans. FTP name this country whose current monarch is Frederik IX's daughter, Margrethe II. Answer: _DENMARK_ TOSSUP 7 His current project language is known as Oberon. Before that, he developed Modula-2. For ten points name this Swiss Computer Scientist who is best known for creating Pascal. ANS: Niklaus _WIRTH_ [pronounced "veert"] TOSSUP 8 He held the record for the most consecutive scoreless innings pitched in the World Series until 1960. He began his career with the Red Sox and ended it with the Boston Bees in 1935. FTP name this ball player who led the American League in slugging percentage and home runs almost every year from 1918 to 1931 as a New York Yankee. Answer: George Herman "Babe" _RUTH_ TOSSUP 9 This reptile grows to about 10 feet in length and 300 pounds. After the young hatch from eggs in April, they live in trees for several months. The adults tend to be very fast and often cannibalistic. For 10 points, name this largest extant lizard species that lives in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia. Answer: _KOMODO DRAGON_, or _VARANUS KOMODOENSIS_ TOSSUP 10 You might not expect this university to seek out an expert on cocoa in the Ghanaian economy, but its newly appointed president wrote his Ph.D. thesis on that subject while at MIT. For 10 points, name the school that will soon be led by Merrill Bateman, and which is the nation's largest church-owned university. Answer: _BRIGHAM YOUNG_ University, or _BYU_ TOSSUP 11 The Banqueters, Wealth, Women at the Ecclesia, Peace, Knights, Babylonians, Lysistrata, Wasps, Birds, Clouds, and Frogs are all comedies by, for ten points, what Greek who lived from about 450 BC to 388 BC? Answer: _ARISTOPHANES_ TOSSUP 12 It is believed to have originated in 1883 by Lucas under the name of M. Claus. Made of wood or plastic, it can still be found in toy stores. It requires two raised to the nth power minus one moves to solve, where n is the number of disks. FTP what is this game with different sized disks and three pegs named after an Asian capital? Answer: _TOWERS OF HANOI_ TOSSUP 13 The last name's the same. The author of The Go-Between and My Sister's Keeper, the birth name of Vivien Leigh, an American expressionist painter known for scenes of Maine, a British associationist philosopher, and a New Jersey Representative who sponsored the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947. FTP give the common surname. Answer: _HARTLEY_ (L.P., Vivien, Marsden, David, and Fred) TOSSUP 14 They often painted slum life and outcasts because they were picturesque, not socially important. They were active from 1908 until WWI and were inspired largely by Robert Henri and the Group of Eight. It included other artists such as Glackens, Sloan, Bellows, and Hopper. FTP name this group associated with Philadelphia and New York City. Answer: the _ASH-CAN_ school TOSSUP 15 It was a warm January 15 in 1919. A low rumble came from the Purity Distilling Company. Shortly after noon, there were 21 people dead, 150 people injured, and many trapped horses in Boston's North End. For 10 points, 2 million gallons of what rum precursor ran down the streets wreaking havoc? Answer: _MOLASSES_ TOSSUP 16 MGM chopped this picture down to 10 reels from the original 42 for its general release. It was screened only once in its entirety on Jan 12, 1924 and ran for 9 hours. For 10 points, name this film, an adaptation of Frank Norris's novel McTeague, directed by Erich von Stroheim. Answer: _GREED_ TOSSUP 17 In a Far Side cartoon, there was a Caveman Spelling Bee. While one caveman was given a simple 4 letter word, the next caveman in line figured he'd get a word like australopithecus ["Austra-low-PITH-i-cus"]. For 10 points, spell australopithecus. Answer: _A-U-S-T-R-A-L-O-P-I-T-H-E-C-U-S_ TOSSUP 18 Born in Australia in 1935, he came to the US in 1964 to be an editorial cartoonist for the Denver Post. He moved on to the Washington Star in 1975 and now has his work syndicated in about 500 newspapers. FTP name this well-known cartoonist who often draws Punk the Penguin, a character that makes witty comments in the corner of the cartoon. A: Patrick _OLIPHANT_ TOSSUP 19 He was born Charles T. Aldrich Jr. and was in line for the role of Fred Mertz on "I Love Lucy." He played Mayor LaTrivia on "Fibber McGee and Molly" and was on shows like "Our Miss Brooks" and "Dennis the Menace". For 10 points, name this actor who is best known as the foil to Lucille Ball from series like "The Lucy Show" and "Here's Lucy." Answer: Gale _GORDON_ TOSSUP 20 It's the dispersion of electromagnetic radiation by particles that have a radius less than about 1/10 the wavelength. Because the angle is inversely proportional to the fourth power of the wavelength, it's the primary cause of the blue color of the sunlit sky. FTP what is this process named for an English lord? Answer: _RAYLEIGH SCATTERING_ TOSSUP 21 He studied under Hermann von Helmholtz and began his studies of electromagnetic theory with James Clerk Maxwell. When he was a professor, he produced electromagnetic waves in the laboratory and measured their length and velocity. For 10 points name this scientist who has lent his name to the SI unit of frequency. Answer: Heinrich _HERTZ_ TOSSUP 22 He joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1943 and flew 59 missions during World War II and 90 missions during the Korean War. Of the seven astronauts selected for Project Mercury space-flight training, he was the oldest. FTP name this current Senator, elected in 1974, who was the first US astronaut to orbit the Earth. Answer: John _GLENN_ Junior TOSSUP 23 This German philosopher was one of the major proponents of existentialism in the 20th century. He began studing religion while a novice with the Jesuits before succumbing to the university life. Name this philosopher, the author of "What is Metaphysics?" and his magnum opus "Being and Time." Answer: Martin _HEIDEGGER_ Second Harvard T Party ROUND 14 Questions by MIT Earl Grey BONUS QUESTIONS BONUS 1 (30) Since the tournament director is a Harvard math major, a Tom Lehrer question is appropriate. For 10 points each, given three lines of a Tom Lehrer song, answer with the line that follows them. 1. If you visit American city, You will find it very pretty. Just two things of which you must beware: Answer: _DON'T DRINK THE WATER AND DON'T BREATHE THE AIR_ 2. Sleep, baby, sleep, in peace may you slumber, No danger lurks, your sleep to encumber, We've got the missiles, peace to determine, Answer: And _ONE OF THE FINGERS ON THE BUTTON WILL BE GERMAN_ 3. Oh, the Protestants hate the Catholics, And the Catholics hate the Protestants, And the Hindus hate the Moslems, Answer: _AND EVERYBODY HATES THE JEWS_ BONUS 2 (30) Answer these questions in British labor history for the stated number of points. 5 - From 1811-1816, industrial workers suffering from unemployment in the north of England took to smashing labor-saving machines. In the name of what mythical general did they carry out their attacks? Ned _LUDD_ 10 - What machine, crucial to the textile industry, was singled out for attack by the Luddites? Water or Power _FRAME_ 15 - In the 1830's agricultural workers in the south of England began a similar movement, torching haystacks and smashing threshing machines. What was the name of their mythincal leader? _CAPTAIN SWING_ BONUS 3 (30 points) 30-20-10 name the historical figure from quotes. 30 - "Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees; and both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people." 20 - "I have heard something said about allegiance to the South. I know no South, no North, no East, no West, to which I owe an allegiance." 10 - "I would rather be right than be president." Answer: Henry _CLAY_ BONUS 4 (30 points) 30-20-10 Name the author from the works. 30 - The unfinished novel "Sanditon" begun in 1817 20 - The unfinished novel "The Watsons" begun in 1804 10 - Northanger Abbey published in 1817 Answer: Jane _AUSTEN_ BONUS 5 (30) Name these avatars of Vishnu for 10 points each. And, no, Jejjala is not an answer to any of these. 1. The 4th avatar, a man-lion. The current Indian prime minister shares one of his names with him. Answer: _NARASIMHA_ (The Indian PM is P.V. Narasimha Rao.) 2. The 7th avatar, the king of Ayodhya ["eye-OHD-ya"] Answer: _RAMA_ 3. The 8th avatar, his name is Sanskrit for "black", and he appears in the Bhagavad-Gita. Answer: _KRISHNA_ BONUS 6 (30) The most popular movie over the Thanksgiving weekend was the Disney flick "Toy Story", the first full-length totally computer-animated film. Answer these questions about "Toy Story" for the stated number of points. A. For ten points apiece, name the two actors who played the voices of Buzz Lightyear and Woody the pull-string Cowboy. ANSWER: Tim _ALLEN_ (Buzz), Tom _HANKS_ (Woody) B. For a final ten points, what northern California computer animation company created the movie for Disney? ANSWER: _PIXAR_ Animation Studios BONUS 7 (30 points) For 10 points each, given a state capital, name the element which shares its symbol with the state's postal abbreviation. a) Jefferson City Answer: _MOLYBDENUM_ b) Harrisburg Answer: _PROTACTINIUM_ c) Columbia Answer: _SCANDIUM_ BONUS 8 (30) London, 1917. The mathematician G.H. Hardy visits Srinivasa Ramanujan in hospital. Hardy casually metions the number of the taxicab he has just taken, "not a particularly interesting number". Ramanujan points out that it is the smallest number that can be expressed as a sum of two cubes in two different ways. 1. For 10 points, what is this number? Answer: _1729_ 2. For 10 points each, give 1729 as a sum of two cubes in both possible ways. Express your answers in the form "X cubed plus Y cubed", where X and Y are whole numbers. Answers: _10_ cubed plus _9_ cubed _12_ cubed plus _1_ cubed BONUS 9 (30) Sir John Falstaff is one of the most enduring and well-known characters in all of the world's literature. For ten points each, name the three Shakespearean plays in which Falstaff appears. ANSWER: _HENRY IV, PART 1_; _HENRY IV, PART 2_; _THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR_ BONUS 10 (30) For ten points each, given a year and a phrase, name the Supreme Court case from that year that is most closely associated with the phrase. A. 1962, "One man, one vote" ANSWER: _BAKER V. CARR_ B. 1973, "the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value" ANSWER: _MILLER V. CALIFORNIA_ C. 1919, "Clear and present danger" ANSWER: _SCHENK V._ _U_nited _S_tates BONUS 11 (30) For ten points each, identify the following firsts in the history of space exploration. A. The first U.S. artificial satellite. ANSWER: _EXPLORER 1_ B. The first weather satellite. ANSWER: _TIROS 1_ C. The first space probe to travel into interstellar space. ANSWER: _PIONEER 10_ BONUS 12 (30) For the given number of points, name the state in which the following American Civil War battles took place. For 5 points: Antietam Answer: _MARYLAND_ For 10 points: Chickamauga Answer: _GEORGIA_ For 15 points: Jenkin's Ferry and Prairie Grove Answer: _ARKANSAS_ BONUS 13 (30 points) Given the category from the 1995 Tony awards, name the recipient and the play or musical for 5 points each. a) Leading actress in a musical Answers: Glenn _CLOSE_ _SUNSET BOULEVARD_ b) Leading actor in a musical Answers: Matthew _BRODERICK_ _HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING_ c) Leading actor in a play Answers: Ralph _FIENNES_ _HAMLET_ BONUS 14 (30) Answer the following questions about the Salem Witch trials for the stated number of points. First, for 10 points, in what year did the trials take place? ANS: _1692_ Second, Salem has split up since the trials. For 20 points, name the town where almost all the witches came from, and was the site for most of the trials. ANS: _DANVERS_ BONUS 15 (30) 30-20-10 Name the baseball player. 30: He began his career with the Cleveland Spiders and ended it with the Boston Braves after a 22-year career. 20: His real first and middle names were Denton True. 10: His all-time record 511 wins led the award given each year to the best pitcher in each league to be named after him. A: Cy _YOUNG_ BONUS 16 (30) Identify the famous naval battles FTP each. 1) Octavian and Agrippa lead a 400-ship Roman fleet that destroys an equal Egyptian fleet under Cleopatra and Marc Antony in this decisive 31 BC battle. A: _ACTIUM_ 2) A 106-ship Japanese fleet under Togo crushes 29 Russian ships of the Baltic fleet. A: _TSUSHIMA_ Strait 3) A US force of 169 warships fights 64 Japanese vessels off the coast of the Philippines to eliminate the last major Japanese naval force of the war. A: _LEYTE GULF_ BONUS 17 (25) Many of the large states in the USA are west of the Mississippi River. For 10 points, what is the largest state east of the Mississippi? Answer: _GEORGIA_ What is Georgia's rank in size amongst the US states? 15 points for exact. 5 points if within 2. Answer: _21_st (accept 19th, 20th, 22nd or 23rd for 5 points) BONUS 18 (30) In 1995 the Atlanta Braves became the first baseball franchise to win world series in three different cities. You'll earn 5 points for each city and 10 points for each year of the Braves' other series victories. Answers: _BOSTON_ in 19_14_ _MILWAUKEE_ in 19_57_ BONUS 19 (30) On Sept. 23, 1779, an important naval victory was won by Capt. John Paul Jones off the east coast of England. First for 5 points, name Jones' ship which was involved in this 3-and-a-half hour duel. Answer: _BONHOMME RICHARD_ For 10 points, name the British ship he defeated, and later took over after the Bonhomme Richard sank. Answer: _SERAPIS_ For 15 points, name the British Captain of the Serapis. Answer: Richard _PEARSON_ BONUS 20 (30 points) 30-20-10 Name the artist from works. 30 - The Allegory of Painting, The Geographer 20 - A Woman Holding a Balance, The Lacemaker 10 - View of Delft, The Concert Answer: Jan _VERMEER_ BONUS 21 (30) For 10 points each answer the following related questions. a) Give the FULL NAME of the actor who is the son of George C. Scott and Colleen Dewhurst who played Steve Dunne in "Singles". Answer: _CAMPBELL SCOTT_ b) Give the FULL NAME of the actor who played Jack Crawford in "The Silence of the Lambs" and Bart Marcus in "The Hunt for Red October". Answer: _SCOTT GLENN_ c) Give the FULL NAME of the singer-actor who played La Boeuf in "True Grit" but is better known for the song "Rhinestone Cowboy" Answer: _GLEN CAMPBELL_ BONUS 22 (20) For 5 points each, given a job description for a government Ministry in George Orwell's "1984", name it. a) News, education and fine arts Answer: _TRUTH_ or _MINITRUE_ b) War Answer: _PEACE_ or _MINIPAX_ c) Law and Order Answer: _LOVE_ or _MINILUV_ d) Economic Affairs Answer: _PLENTY_ or _MINIPLENTY_ BONUS 23 (30) Given the name of an underworld figure, give his nickname for 10 points each. a) Thomas Moran Answer: _BUTTERFINGERS_ b) Charles Floyd Answer: _PRETTY BOY_ c) Lester Gillis Answer: _BABY FACE_