(Message inbox:27) Received: from pop-3.iastate.edu (pop-3.iastate.edu [129.186.6.63]) by pop-2.iastate.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA07398 for ; Thu, 2 May 1996 18:53:47 -0500 (CDT) Received: from dartvax.dartmouth.edu (mailhost.dartmouth.edu [129.170.16.4]) by pop-3.iastate.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA24275 for ; Thu, 2 May 1996 18:53:45 -0500 (CDT) Received: from vixen.Dartmouth.EDU (vixen.dartmouth.edu [129.170.208.15]) by dartvax.dartmouth.edu (8.7.5.1+DND/8.7.3) with SMTP id TAA23963 for ; Thu, 2 May 1996 19:53:43 -0400 (EDT) Message-id: <17921307@vixen.Dartmouth.EDU> Date: 02 May 96 19:53:42 EDT From: College.Bowl@Dartmouth.EDU (College Bowl) Subject: NHAP : St. Lawrence/Columbia Packet To: topquark@iastate.edu New Hampshire Anti-Primary : St. Lawrence/Columbia Tossups Tossups : 1. Near this sparsely populated Greek Island off the west coast of Attica, a battle occurred in which Themistocles decisively defeated Xerxes, one of the great naval battles of history. FTP identify this site of the 480 BC battle. _SALAMIS_ 2. It's biggest boosters were a group known as Young America and the two-word term was coined in 1845 by newspaper man John O' Sullivan. Originally used to refer to the Texas Annexation, it was invoked over the Oregon Question and as a pretense for the Mexican War. FTP identify this famous phrase. A: _"Manifest Destiny"_ 3. Eugene Dubois was the first modern human to discover this ancient member of genus Homo, who probably lived between 2 million and 500,000 years ago. Properly called Homo erectus, FTP, what was the name Dubois gave to his fossil human, who presumably invented neither a programming language nor coffee? A: _Java Man_ (prompt on "Homo erectus") 4. Chas Chandler of the Animals discovered him and put him together with Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell. He had only one top 40 hit with a song he didn't even write, a cover of Bob Dylan's "All Along The Watchtower." FTP name this guitarist, whose radio staples include "Little Wing," and "Purple Haze." Jimi _Hendrix_ 5. "He uttered a triumphant cry : It is Accomplished! And it was as though he had said : Everything has begun." Thus ends this novel, which caused a controversy when it was made into a Motion Picture starring Willem Dafoe with a soundtrack by Peter Gabriel. FTP identify this 1955 Nikos Kazantzakis novel. A: _The Last Temptation of Christ_ 6. In 1921 the "armed part of the (Nazi) movement" which was used primarily to defend the party at meeting halls and on the streets was nicked named the "Storm Troops" by Hitler after a series of vicious brawls. FTP, give either the full German name of this branch of the early Nazi movement or its initials. Sturmabteilung or the _SA_ (do not accept : SS) 7. This St. Lawrence University graduate wore out his welcome in Chicago after much player dissatisfaction. His next stop was the Big Apple, where he became a hero, silencing taunts of "1940" by Rangers haters by leading the Rangers to the 1994 NHL Stanley Cup. He quickly became a goat by jumping ship immediately afterwards. FTP identify this coach, now with the St. Louis Blues. A: Mike _KEENAN_ 8. He dedicated his third symphony to Richard Wagner, and his seventh symphony contains funeral music written upon Wagner's death. He also wrote masses, motets, and a Te Deum. For ten points, name this Austrian composer whose fourth symphony is called the "Romantic." ANTON _BRUCKNER_ 9. He made a 1325 pilgrimage to Mecca and brought so much gold with him that he depressed markets in Cairo. His kingdom was centered at Tomboctou, a major trading center. FTP, identify this best-known of the ancient Mali empire. A: _Mansa Musa_ 10. This plant was originally native to the Peruvian Andes, and was first eaten in Europeans in the 16th century, because it was thought to cure impotence. A tuber and member of the nightshade family, this crop trails only rice, wheatm and corn in total agricultural production. FTP identify this plant, which has posed a spelling problem for an ex-vice-president. _Potato_ 11. Two servants named Curtis and Grumio, engage in a dialogue. For some reason, Baptista will not allow her younger daughter to marry before her ill-tempered older daughter does. Eventually, Katherine's husband turns her into an ideal Elizabethan woman. FTP identify this Shakespearian comedy, the basis for the musical "Kiss Me, Kate." THE _TAMING OF THE SHREW_ 12. The Menger Sponge, Sierpenski's Triangles, the snowflake curve, the fig tree, some Julia sets, and the Mandlebrot set are all members of, FTP, what graphically beautiful mathematic group, known for having patterns of infinite beauty and complexity and to be frequently worn on the shirts of Deadheads? _FRACTALS_ 12. It's underground burial labryinth, Hal Saflieni Hypogeum is a neolithin masterpiece older than the pyramids. Other features include fortifications and auberges built by the knights of St. John. For ten points, this group of islands in the Mediterranean, whose capital is Valetta. _MALTA_ 13. He moved to Chicago in 1932 and first came into fame after the 1938 publication of "Uncle Tom's Children." The Deep South of his youth is chronicled in his "Black Boy." He gained further prominence by creating the character Bigger Thomas in a famous 1940 novel. FTP, name this author of "Native Son." RICHARD _WRIGHT_ 14. A veteran of the Spanish-American War and a territorial governor of Moro province in the Phillipines, he was made a general by Thedore Roosevelt in 1906. On March 15, 1916, he entered Mexico with 15,000 troops to catch Pancho Villa. FTP identify this famous World War I general, nicknamed "Black Jack" John J. _Pershing_ 15. This was one of the may balleets mounted by inpressario Serge Diaghilev. The concept was by Jean Cocteau, the scenery and costumes by Pablo Picasso, and the choreography by Leonid Massine. For ten points, name this 1917 ballet with music by Erik Satie. _PARADE_ 16. This city's public squares contain with statues that celebrate the musical achievements of Rufus Thomas and W. C. Handy. One of this city's landmarks is the Lorraine Motel, which has been converted into the National Civil Rights Museum. For ten points, name this American city which shares its name with an ancient capital of Egypt, known for its main tourist attraction Graceland. _MEMPHIS_, Tennessee 17. Don Hutson, Jerry Kramer, Willie Davis, and "Fuzzy" Thurston are the names of a few of this team's greatest players. FTP name of the team that has won more professional football championships than any other team and is the only NFL team to win three consecutive championships, including the first two Super Bowls. The _GREEN BAY_ / _PACKERS_ 18. For a quick ten points, name the relatively structure located at 1071 Fifth Avenue in New York City, which was originally called the "Museum of Non-Objective Painting" and which was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. SOLOMON R. _GUGGENHEIM_ MUSEUM 19. His theater credits include "Present Laughter," and "On Borrowed Time." Most recently, he revived the Broadway role originated by Zero Mostel in "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum." For ten points, name this funnyman who played the gay partner of Robin Williams in "The Birdcage." NATHAN _LANE_ 20. Don Herbert aka. Mr. Wizard, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Frank Lloyd Wright, Joe McCarthy, Robert Lafollette, Les Aspin, and are all from what state? WISCONSIN 21. She recently recorded her first album in 11 years, "Rising," with her 20-year-old son and his band IMA. FTP name this 62 year-old female singer who kept her husband's "Sgt. Pepper" outfit in a closet before donating it to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. YOKO _ONO_ 22. Many critics saw much of the genuis of H. L. Menken in this contemporary author's "Made in America." This American linguist, though he resides in London, is known as one of the leading English linguists of the second half of the 20th century. For ten points, name this author, better known for his most famous work, "The Mother Tongue." BILL _BRYSON_ 23. Everyone knows that the speed limit of the universe is three times ten to the eighth power meters per second, the speed of light. But some physicists insist that it's at least mathematically possible for some particles to travel faster than that speed. For ten points, name this tiny theoretical particle that must, according to some theories, travel backwards in time. _TACKYON_ ("tacky-on") 24. Of his affair with his secretary, Nicoletta Mantovani, he said, "To hide it or deny it would be a crime." His wife countered, "I just can't recognize him." But many of his fans did as they recently paid $500 per front-row seat to see, for ten points, what Italian tenor perform at the Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut? LUCAINO _PAVAROTTI_ 25. Owned by a United States Senator, this NBA team had a streak of consecutive playoff seasons longer than either that of the Celtics or Lakers. It once played in a place called Mecca Arena and now plays at the Bradley Center. FTP name this team, the first team Kareem Abdul Jabbar played for . The Milwaukee _BUCKS_ New Hampshire Anti-Primary : St. Lawrence/Columbia Boni (30) 1. (30-20-10) Identify the playwright from a list of works. 1.) Suddenly Last Summer, Sweet Bird Of Youth 2.) The Night Of The Iguana, Orpheus Descending 3.) A Streetcar Named Desire Tennessee _Williams_ (25) 2. FTP, name the Chinese-American human rights activist who was jailed last summer for attempting to enter China illegally. A: Harry WU For 15 points, Wu was trying to enter China from which neighboring country? A: KAZAKHSTAN (30) 3. Identify the following three pairs of mythological figures. You'll get five points for each of the figures you correctly name. a. In Greek mythology, Zeus was the son of these two Titans. A: CRONOS and RHEA b. In Egyptian mythology, this fertitlity goddess and this underworld god are both brother and sister and husband and wife. A: ISIS and OSIRIS c. In Norse mythology, these two people will repopulate the world after Ragnarok. A: LIF and LIFTHRASIR (30) 4. Name all the twentieth century authors who wrote each of the following books, on a 10-5 basis. 10 : "The Soft Machine" 5: "Naked Lunch": William S. BURROUGHS 10 : "Barbary Shore" 5 : "An American Dream" Norman MAILER 10 : "Sometimes A Great Notion" 5: "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" Ken KESEY (25) 5. Name this person after one clue for one 20 points and after two clues for ten points. 25 : In 1969 he wrote the unorthodox book Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth. 10 : He is best known for his invention of the Geodesic Dome. R. Buckminster _Fuller_ (20) 6. For 10 points each, identify any one US Vice-President who fits the given conditions. There may or may not be more than one right answer, a. Any Vice-President to serve under two presidents. A: George CLINTON (Jefferson/Madison) or John CALHOUN (J.Q.Adams/Jackson) b. Any Vice-President named Johnson who did not later become Preisdent. A: RICHARD JOHNSON (Van Buren : prompt on "Johnson," obviously) (20) 7. For ten points name the author, who with the publication of his first book in 1984, who not only won Science-Fiction's Triple Crown (The Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick awards) but also launched the style known as Cyberpunk. For an additional ten points name the book that won the Triple Crown. A: William _Gibson_, _Neuromancer_ (30) 8. OK pre-meds, here's your chance to shine. Answer these biology questions for 10 points apiece: 1) This is the cellular organelle at which assembly of amino acids into polypeptide chains occurs in all living systems. _RIBOSOME_s 2) This is the term for the type of mutation that involves a change in a single amino acid, and is believed to be the most common type of mutation. _POINT MUTATION_ 3) This is the name of the reaction in which formaldehyde generates a mixture of sugars in solutions containing calcium hydroxide, which was first oberved by Butlerov in 1861, and is believed by many to be one possible solution to the inevitable food shortage on earth. _FORMOSE_ REACTION (25) 9. How well do you know your alternative rock? Given the important major label debut by an alternative group, name the group, for 5 points each. "Nothing's Shocking" A: JANE'S ADDICTION "Pretty Hate Machine" A: NINE INCH NAILS "Louder Than Love" A: SOUNDGARDEN "Dirty" A: SONIC YOUTH "Dookie" A: GREEN DAY (25) 10. For five points each, identify when and where author Ernest Hemingway killed himself. You'll get 5 points each for the town, state, day, month, and year. _KETCHUM, IDAHO on JULY 2, 1961_ (30) 11. Answer these questions about the Dreyfus affair for the stated number of points: First, for 5 points, his journalist's passion for justice merged with egotistical showmanship in his polemic, "J'accuse." A: Emile _ZOLA_ Second, for 10, this officer was the fake hero and the real traitor. A: Major Ferdinand _ESTERHAZY_ Third, for 15, another officer, a music lover and a friend of Mahler, who uncovered his innocence. A: Colonel Georges _PIQUART_ (30) 12. FTP each identify these works of Igor Stravinsky. a. The first of his three great ballets, from1910, the Folkine was choreographer. THE _FIREBIRD_ b. Marking the beginning of his neoclassic phase, this work recomposes music of Pergolsei and has been transcribed for cello and piano as Suite Italienne. _PULCINELLA_ c. Comissioned for the 50th Anniversary of the Boston Symphony Orchetsra in 1930, it sets religious texts in three movements. _SYMPHONY OF PSALMS_ (30) 13. For ten points name the troubled German-born writer who wrote many influential works, among them "Und Goldmund" and "Demian." A: Hermann HESSE b. For an additional ten points name the Hesse novel in which Harry Haller desires to commit suicide at age 50, but discovers jazz instead. A: "STEPPENWOLF" c. For another ten points, name the Hesse novel of one man's search for truth in ancient India. A: "SIDDHARTA" (25) 14. Before Pierce Brosnan only four men had played James Bond. All of them have been in at least two movies except one. Name him and the movie for 25 points. _George Lazenby_ in _On Her Majesty's Secret Service_ (30) 15. Identify the state on a 30-20-10 basis. 30 : This state was the home state of many of the Confederate Generals, including Johnston and Forrest as well as the admirals of both the Union and Confederate Navys, David Farragut and Matther Maury, respectively. 20 : It was the home state of 1860 Presidential candidate John Bell. 10 : It was the last state to secede from the Union, and was also the first to be admitted back into the Union. _TENNESSEE_ (25) 16. First, for 10 points, this scientist, better known for the heating device named for him, was a co-discoverer of cesium and rubidium. A: Robert Wilhelm _BUNSEN_ Now, for 15 points, Bunsen co-discovered cesium and rubidium with this man, with whom he also developed the spectroscope. A: Gustav Robert _KIRCHHOFF_ (30) 17. Identify the author from clues 30-20-10 30) He published 5 books under a psuedonym from 1977-1984, when his identity was discovered by a Washington DC store clerk. 20) This best-selling author's first three books published under that pseudonym were "Rage," "The Long Walk," and "Roadwork." 10) The 4th and 5th book published under this pseudonym, Richard Bachman, were "The Running Man," and "Thinner." STEPHEN _KING_ (30) 18. The University of Kentucky Wildcats recently won the 1996 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship, for five points apiece name the previous 6 champoins in reverse chronological order starting with 1995. 1995 _UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES_ (or _UCLA_) 1994 UNIVERSITY OF _ARKANSAS_ 1993 UNIVERSITY OF _NORTH CAROLINA_ AT CHAPEL HILL (or _UNC_) 1992 _DUKE_ UNIVERSITY 1991 _DUKE_ UNIVERSITY 1990 UNIVERSITY OF _NEVADA AT LAS VEGAS_ (or _UNLV_) (20) 19. For the stated number of points, answer these questions about flags. 5 pts) Tell me the flag that is incorporated into more flags than any other. _UNION JACK_ or _FLAG OF GREAT BRITAIN_ 5 pts) Tell me the only world flag that is not rectangular. _NEPAL_ 10 pts) Tell me the name of the island nation that has Big Dipper incorporated in its flag. _AUSTRALIA_ (25) 20. Identify the composers of the following symphonies from their nicknames The Titan (#1) GUSTAV _MAHLER_ The Inextinguishable (# 4) CARL _NIELSON_ The Linz (#36) _W. A. MOTZART_ The Rhenish (#3) ROBERT _SCHUMANN_ The Classical (#1) SERGE _PROKOFEIV_ (30) 21. For ten points apiece, answer the following questions about planets of our solar system. 1) Jupiter has the Great Red Spot : this planet has the Great Dark Spot. _NEPTUNE_ 2) All of the planets appear to have a solid iron core but this one. _MARS_ 3) This planet is believed by scientists to have the chemical composition most like the sun. _JUPITER_ (30) 22. Identify the composer from works 30-20-10 30) "The Opera," "Samson and Dalila" 20) five piano concertos including number five, "The Egyptian" 10) "Carnival of the Animals" CAMILLE _SAINT-SAENS_ (30) 23. Answer these questions about East Africa FTP each. 1) This East African capital city's name translates into English as "The City of Peace." _DAR ES SALAAM_ 2) Known for hunting lions and the occasional human, this East African tribe can be found in the forests of Northeastern Tanzania and Southwestern Kenya. _MASAI_ ("muh-si") 3) The East African triumverate of leaders of the 1960s was made up of Obote from Uganda, Nyrele from Tanzania, and this man. JOMO _KENYATTA_