Philly Experiment III: No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service Preliminary Round 1 Packet by: Swedish Boys Covered in Marmalade Tossups 1. Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, this organization selected Jo Jorgenson as its vice-presidential candidate and best-selling financial author Harry Browne as its candidate for president in the 1996 election. FTP, name this political party which reached its height when Ed Clark won almost one million votes in 1980 and has been mostly recently represented by Andre Marrou. ANS: LIBERTARIAN PARTY 2. Upon this man's death in 1953, Felix Frankfurter is reported to have said that he was finally convinced of the existence of a God. Noted for his legislative skills while in the House of Representatives representing Kentucky and for his administrative abilities during several wartime posts, he was serving as Secretary of the Treasury when appointed Chief Justice in 1946. FTP, name this predecessor to the more respected Earl Warren. ANS: Fred VINSON 3. Written in 1978 as its author was recovering from cancer, it argues that society's symbolic approach to fatal diseases created harmful stigmas and that the most healthy approach toward disease was to face it openly and honestly. Its 1988 sequel made the same argument in light of the AIDS epidemic. Identify this famous essay for ten points, one of the best known works by Susan Sontag. ANS: "ILLNESS AS METAPHOR" 4. This language is believed to have evolved from a dialect used in the communities of Chilmark and West Tilsbury on Martha's Vineyard with influences from a French version brought to America from Laurent Clerc in 1817. FTP, name this language which became institutionalized in this country by the work of Mason Cogswell and Thomas Gallaudet. ANS: AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE (ASL) 5. For most of this century, scholars believed that this poem was the work of Chapman, but today it is definitely considered to be a work by Shakespeare. Often marginalized in criticisms, it is a moving story of a young woman's sorrowful lament at her abandonment by her male friend. FTP, identify this long poem whose strange diction has confounded scholars for years. ANS: "A LOVER'S COMPLAINT" 6. Catherine Mary Bateson has made headlines recently for being a supposed guru to Hillary Rodham Clinton, but Bateson, a highly regarded George Mason professor, first came to the public's attention with her highly praised biography of her mother, in which she revealed her famous mother's bisexuality. FTP, name Bateson's mother, a foremost anthropologist and author of "Coming of Age in Samoa". ANS: Margaret MEAD 7. While isolated in the Haworth parsonage during the Chartist agitations, this author wrote of the tensions between the classes faced by mill owner Gerard Moore in her anti-Luddite novel "Shirley". In another of her novels, Lowood School is based on her unhappy memories at the Clergy Daughters' School at Cowan Bridge. FTP, identify this English author who is better known for her novel about a nanny, "Jane Eyre". ANS: CHARLOTTE BRONTE 8. Those afflicted with this disease lack Barr bodies in their nuclei, are sterile, usually short, and often have webbed skin on their necks. Affecting about one in 5000 phenotypically female babies, it causes girls to fail to develop secondary sexual characteristics or to menstruate when they reach puberty. FTP, identify this syndrome, occuring in women with only one X chromosome. Answer : _Turner's_ syndrome 9. Born in 384 B.C. in the Chalicide peninsula, he was raised by relatives in Atarneus after the death of his father. While at Plato's Academy, he was greatly influenced by the acting headmaster, Eudoxus of Cnidus. FTP, identify this Greek philosopher well known for his writings on virtue contained in a book of ethics edited by his son Nicomachus. ANS: ARISTOTLE 10. Appointed to the Supreme Court of New York in 1885, he held a variety of judicial posts including service on that state's highest court, the Court of Appeals, from 1898-1904. A Democrat, he is perhaps one of the most obscure men to have ever jumped into the national spotlight, earning over 5 million votes in the 1904 Presidential election. FTP, name this political figure who was defeated for the Presidency by Theodore Roosevelt. ANS: Alton PARKER 11. Although born in Lowell, Massachusettes, he often claimed he was born in Baltimore or even St. Petersburg. He did not, however, arrive there until 1842 when his father was commissioned to build the Moscow-St. Petersburg railroad, and it was in Russia that he developed his skill at painting. FTP, identify this distinctive artists who developed his philosophy in the "The Ten O'Clock Lecture" and whose paintings often had musical titles such as harmonies, symphonies, nocturnes, and arrangments. ANS: James WHISTLER 12. Ansel Adams' "Moonrise Over Hernandez", Jan van Eyck's "The Marriage of Arnofini", Delacroix's "Liberty Leading the People", and the 16 million image Betteman Archive are all in the collection of a company trying to capture the history of human existence in a project some have called a "New Alexandria". FTP, identify this company backed by Bill Gates that is placing visual art on the Internet. ANS: CORBIS 13. In 1979, he was hurt in a severe motorcycle accident which some believed might lead to his permanent paralysis, and the nation watched anxiously for his prognosis. Amazingly, he recovered fully, thanks in part to the support of such friends as Robert Pine, Randi Oakes, and Larry Wilcox. FTP, name this resilient actor, whose career consists now of making psychic network commercials but who was immortalized as Ponch in "CHiPS". ANS: Erik ESTRADA 14. Because there is too little warm weather for trees to regrow their leaves in the spring, this ecosystem is covered with evergreen trees possessing small, waxy needles. Conditions are harsh, and large mammals such as the grizzly bear, moose, and wood bison, which have been exterminated from more temperate southern regions, still roam there. FTP, give the term for this biome, the northern coniferous forest which stretches across North America. Answer : _taiga_ 15. He has written the text for several books of photography by his wife Inge Morath. He began his writing at the University of Michigan in 1945 with the novel _Focus_, an ironical study of racial prejudice, but he is better known for his works such as "After the Fall" in which the character of Maggie is modeled on his first, more famous wife. FTP, identify this palywright of "The Creation of the World and Other Business" and "All My Sons". ANS: Arthur MILLER 16. Emigrating to the United States in 1886, she became notorious for her role in the assassination attempt of Henry Clay Frick of U.S. Steel. Arrested for sedition in 1917, she was deported to her homeland of Russia with which she was very disillusioned. FTP, name this radical anarchist leader who some believe may have encouraged the assassination of William McKinley. ANS: Emma GOLDMAN 17. It cannot be used to determine fields that are not constant along a curve encircling the circuit or for a current which is discontinuous in space. By replacing the current with a displacement current, Maxwell was able to generalize it to match up with the results yielded by the Biot-Savart Law. FTP, identify this law, which uses symmetry to relate the magnetic field summed around a closed curve to the current passing through the curve, named for the French scientist who discovered it. Answer : _Ampere's_ law 18. 1972 was the year of the daschund, 1976 the year of the beaver, 1984 was the year of the eagle, but future scholars will have a hard time defining exactly what 1996 is. FTP, name this undefined blob of joy which, like the preceding animals in their time, serves as the Olympic mascot in Atlanta. ANS: IZZY (note that Whatizzit is the old name and should not be accepted) 19. An unapologetic fascist, she was devestated by her termination, orchestrated by one of her pupils, from her position as a schoolmistress. Ironically enough, that pupil remained her closest friend in her old age. FTP, name this woman who bragged of the "creme de la creme", the title character of a famous work by Muriel Spark. ANS: JEAN BRODIE 20. He was taking a train ride in 1912 when he got to thinking about illusory motion, which prompted him to buy a toy stroboscope. Returning to the laboratory, he used the tachistoscope to study the same concept, finding that when the interval between two flashes of light was correct, a single line appeared, which he called the phi phenomenon. FTP, name this German psychologist, who used the phi phenomenon to show that the mind organizes stimuli in concrete wholes, the founder of the school of Gestalt psychology. Answer : Max _Wertheimer_ Bonuses 1) Let's get the trash out of the way with a "Simpsons" question. Great music has been a hallmark of the show. Answer these questions about the show for 10 points each. a) People may be shocked to learn that this is Homer's favorite song, which Moe removed from the tavern jukebox. A popular anthem among gay men, it is performed by the one- hit wonders The Weather Girls. "IT'S RAINING MEN" b) Homer has this band's name tattooed to his arm, but thinks that "they suck". Another one-hit wonder, they are responsible for the hit "Afternoon Delight". STARLIGHT VOCAL BAND c) Recently, Smithers taped over Burns' victory music to make his attempted capture of Homer's mother seem a little silly. Name the ABBA song which marked this event. "WATERLOO" 2) It was a very busy year at the Supreme Court. Identify the following for 10 points each. a) Perhaps the most significant and historical case of the term, it struck down Colorado's Amendment 2 and stated that governmental bodies could not prevent local ordinances that extend anti-discrimination laws to gay men and lesbians. ROMER v. EVANS b) This Justice did not vote in the Virginia case which opened VMI to women. While no explanation was officially given, it is thought that it was because his son attends VMI. Clarence THOMAS c) Two states have a case under the Court's orginial jurisdiction that is currently being handled before a special master before going to a two-day Court hearing. For five points each, name these two states fighting over a rather small but significant piece of land. NEW YORK and NEW JERSEY 3) Given the author of some social sciences or political texts, name the author for ten points. a) "Problems of Knowledge and Freedom", "American Power and the New Mandarins" Noam CHOMSKY b) "America at 1750: A Social Portrait", "The Age of Reform: From Bryan to FDR" Richard HOFSTADTER c) "The Chilean Revolution" (with Regis Debray) Salvador ALLENDE 4) 30-20-10, name the poet from works. 30: "Massachusetts to Virginia", "The Barefoot Boy" 20: "Lines Inscribed to Friends under Arrest for Treason Against the Slave Power", "The Brewing of Soma" 10: "Maud Muller", "Barbara Fritchie" ANS: John Greenleaf WHITTIER 5) Answer these questions about an interesting figure in American history for ten points each. a) He was a rising star in Democratic circles, but his career was ruined by his hot temper and his actions on February 27, 1859. For ten points, name this Congressman from New York who made headlines for murdering his wife's lover and his use of the "temporary insanity" plea for the first time. Daniel SICKLES b) Name Sickles' victim, Washington D.C.'s district attorney and the son of a famous American poet. Barton KEY c) Sickles later redeemed himself when he lost a leg to a Confederate cannonball in what 1863 Civil War battle? GETTYSBURG 6) Identify the following concerning fungi, FTP each. a) Unlike parasitic and symbiotic varieties, these fungi digest the bodies of dead organisms. _saprobes_ b) They are symbiotic associations between ascomycetes and green algae or cyanobacteria so hardy that they live on rock and volcanic islands. _lichen_ c) Symbiotic associations between fungi and plant roots, the fungus absorbs nutrients and water from the soil and passes it directly into the plant. _mycorrhizae_ 7) Identify the following from medieval literature and thought for 10 points each. a) "God is that, the greater than which cannot be conceived" is attributed to St. Anselm that derives from St. Augustine's "De Doctrina Christiana". Give the common name for this argument for the existence of God. ONTOLOGICAL argument b) His last words were, "I have sinned against my brother the ass" in 1226. St. FRANCIS of Assisi c) Perhaps the earliest novel in existence is "The Tale of Gengi" written approximately in 1000. Name the author of this classic story. Murasaki SHIKIBU 8) On November 27, 1978, a former San Francisco police officer entered City Hall avoiding metal detectors. Answer the following about what happened next for 10 points each. a) Who was the former city supervisor who went on to kill two politicians that afternnon? Dan WHITE b) White killed Harvey Milk, a prominent gay supervisor, and the mayor of San Francisco. Name the mayor for 10 points. George MOSCONE c) White was found guity of manslaughter, not murder. His defense rested on the fact that he blamed an abnormally high blood sugar count for his actions. What snack food lent its name to his famous defense? TWINKIES 9) 30-20-10, name the book of the Bible from quotes. 30: "I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys" 20: "I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon" 10: "Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it"; this book is considered to be the most overtly sexual in the Bible. ANS: SONG OF SONGS or SONG OF SOLOMON 10) Given the plot or some information about the history of the work, identify the play for 15 points each. a) Giovanni and Annabella realize their passion for each other, but it is an incestous passion doomed from the start. Giovanni eventaully kills Annabella and he is later killed as well. "TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE" b) The entire world is turning into wild beasts, but only one man has so far avoided a similar fate. But at the end of this Absurdist masterpiece, even the last human succumbs to his animal transformation. "RHINOCEROS" 11) Give the following terms from fluid mechanics, FTP each. a) The poise is named for this French physicist, whose law provides the pressure drop over a given length of a circular tube. _Poiseuille_ b) This dimensionless number characterizes the flow of a fluid. If it is less than 2000, the flow will be laminar; if greater than 3000, the flow will be turbulent. _Reynolds_ number c) The fact that the pressure of a fluid drops when its speed increases is known as this effect. _Venturi_ effect 12) Answer the following about Queen Elizabeth I for the stated number of points. a) For 5 points, within two years, when was she born? 1533 b) Her motto was "Semper eadem". For 10 points, what is the English translation of this? "EVER THE SAME" (accept equivalents) c) For 15 points, identify her personal secretary who was perhaps her closest confident and advisor during her reign. Robert CECIL 13) Answer the following about the workings of DreamWorks, the powerful entertainment group, for 10 points each. a) The music division's first release was a disappointing album by George Michael. What was the name of this major bust? "OLDER" b) DreamWorks has signed a husband-wife team to do a new talk show. Name the members of this couple for five points each. Maury POVICH and Connie CHUNG c) For five points each, name the two big names behind DreamWorks besides Steven Spielberg. Jeffrey KATZENBERG and David GEFFEN 14) Given the real name, identify the person for 10 points. If you need another clue, you get 5 points. 10: Charles Edouard Jeanneret 5: A famous French architect who revolutionized thinking about the function of buildings and homes. LE CORBUSIER 10: John Kingsley 5: Playwright and author known for his works such as "What the Butler Saw" and "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg" Joe ORTON 10: Karen Blixen 5: Danish author of such works as "Shadows on the Grass" Isak DINESEN 15) In response to such works as "Black Athena", this professor of Classics at Wellsley College has written a controversial book attempting to debunk some of the more extreme claims of the Afrocentrist movement. For 15 points, name this author and for another 15, name her critically acclaimed and critized work. ANS: Mary LEFKOWITZ, "NOT OUT OF AFRICA" 16) Identify the composers from works on a 10-5 basis. 10) _Saint Francis_, a ballet, and the _Symphonia Serena_ 5) _Mathis der Maler_ Paul _Hindemith_ 10) _Tapiola_ and _Kullervo_ 5) _The Swan of Tuonela_ Jean _Sibelius_ 10) _Dance Symphony_ and _The Second Hurricane_ 5) _Billy the Kid_ Aaron _Copland_ 17) Those wacky FBI files include some interesting tidbits. For ten points each, given a description uncensored in publicly available documents, name the person described. a) He "indulged in the wearing of all sorts of exotic dress" and said that the Beatles laid the "groundwork" for the turbulence of the 1960s'. Elvis PRESLEY b) He was accused of running a religious cult at his training center Taliesin West in Arizona. Frank Lloyd WRIGHT c) His wife "can't even remain on key" and the song "John Sinclair" was "lacking his usual standards". John LENNON 18) For five points each and a bonus five for all, name the governors of the following states: a) Ohio a) George VOINOVICH b) Pennsylvania b) Tom RIDGE c) Louisiana c) Mike FOSTER d) Vermont d) Howard DEAN e) Arizona e) Fife SYMINGTON 19) Identify the following terms from economics, FTP each. a) Milk is considered to be this type of good, whose demand increases as consumer income increases. _normal_ good b) This situation arises when one firm can serve a market more cheaply than two or more firms can. _natural monopoly_ c) This is the change in total utility which derives from a change of one unit in the consumption of a good. _marginal_ utility 20) Identify the following relating to vision, for the stated number of points. 5, 5) For five points each, identify the two photopigments, one of which accounts for rod vision, the other of which accounts for cone vision. _rhodopsin_; _iodopsin_ 5, 5) The trichromatic theory of color vision is today also known by the names of these two nineteenth century scientists, one British and one German, who presented it and expanded on it in 1802 and the 1850s, respectively. Thomas _Young_; Hermann von _Helmholtz_ 10) This alternative to the trichromatic theory was proposed by Ewald Hering in the 1870s to explain afterimages. _opponent-process_ theory