From imorgan@umr.edu Mon Sep 23 12:40:17 1996 Received: from umr.edu (hermes.cc.umr.edu [131.151.1.68]) via ESMTP by hermes.cc.umr.edu (8.7.5/L.4.15) id MAA01341; Mon, 23 Sep 1996 12:37:14 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [131.151.6.163] (imorgan.math.umr.edu [131.151.6.163]) via ESMTP by hermes.cc.umr.edu (8.7.5/R.4.17) id MAA01336; Mon, 23 Sep 1996 12:37:13 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 12:38:36 -0600 To: cbowl@umr.edu X-UIDL: 843502238.006 From: Ilene Morgan Subject: Penn State (NLIT) Status: RO PENN STATE PACK # 1 FOR 1994 NITTANY LION INVITATIONAL Toss-ups 1. A merchant from Marblehead, Massachusetts, he was the fifth youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence. He remained involved in politics, being inaugurated as vice-president in 1813. He died a year later. FTP, name this politician whose name comes to mind as soon as your moderator says the word "redistricting". Elbridge GERRY 2. Wearing a baseball cap in public and driving his own car, he doesn't fit common stereotypes of royalty. He officially opened the Lillehammer Olympics, and his son lit the torch. FTP, name this current king of Norway. HARALD V 3. This book describes the author's 1831-36 voyage around the world, to places like Tahiti, Australia, Brazil, Patagonia, and Chile. The author carefully describes the geology and plant and animal life of the places he visited. Most famous are chapters about Tierra del Fuego and the Galapagos Islands. FTP, name this book by Charles Darwin. The VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE 4. Standing on the shores of Lake Geneva in Lausanne, Switzerland, you can see this town of Alpine Savoy. This French village is better known to Americans because it's given its name to a widely-consumed mineral water. FTP, name it. EVIAN 5. Mikhail Gorbachev, during a trip to the U.S. after leaving office, gave a televised speech from this room of the U.S. Capitol. Francis Pierpont represents West Virginia there, while King Kamehamea represents Hawaii. Most states are represented by two of their famous sons or daughters. FTP, name this room containing sculptures of 95 famous Americans. STATUARY HALL 6. "Joy, shining light of divinity, daughter of Elysium / Fire-inspired we tread thy sanctuary / Your magic reunites those whom stern custom has parted / All people will become brothers under the sway of thy gentle wings". This is a translation of, FTP, the first stanza of what poem by Friedrich Schiler? ODE TO JOY or ODE AN DIE FREUDE 7. He believed in the separation of church and state -- that the civil magistrate should have no power over offenses against religious law, and that taxation should not support religion. This got him into trouble with the Piritans, and he was banished from Massachusetts in 1635. FTP, name this founder of Providence, Rhode Island. Roger WILLIAMS 8. A certain seven-letter word describes a phrase such as "A quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs", which contains every letter of the alphabet. FTP, what is this word? PANGRAM 9. Two twin brothers, one who has grown up in Syracuse and one in Ephesus, get mistaken for each other in this Shakespeare play, as do their servants, who are also twon brothers. The play's title has become a phrase synonymous with a fiasco or totally botched-up operation. FTP, name the play. The COMEDY OF ERRORS 10. In 1944 she became only the third woman ever elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. She also served as president and vice-president of the Genetics Society of America. Most of her research dealt with maize, in which she discovered transposable elements in DNA, instigating the field of molecular genetics. FTP, name this Nobel-prize winning biologist. Barbara McCLINTOCK 11. Attila the Hun wasn't a nice dude. He and his hords subjugated the Ostrogoths, Visigoths, and about anyone else they came across. But do you know exactly when Attila lived? FTP, tell me his death date, within thirty years either way. AD 453 (accept 423-483) 12. This work begins with chapters "Of the state of nature", "Of the State of War", "Of Slavery", "Of Property", and "Of Paternal Power". Originally published in 1690, it was one of the first works to explain the philosophical basis of the constitutional state. FTP, name this work by John Locke. SECOND TREATISE OF GOVERNMENT 13. The original Wright Flyer, Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis, Yeager's Bell X-1 plane, a replica of Sputnik, a flight backup of the Pioneer 10 probe, a model of Skylab, the command module of Apollo 11. All these artifacts now reside in, FTP, which Washington museum? Smithsonian's National AIR AND SPACE Museum 14. This river begins just west of the Great Divide, in Wyoming, and flows past such towns as Jackson, Wyoming and Twin Falls, Idaho. It forms part of the Idaho-Oregon border before joining the Columbia River near Kennewick, Washington. FTP, name this river of the Western United States. SNAKE 15. Made in Alexandria before the birth of Jesus, supposedly by seventy-two scholars, this was probably the first translation of the Old Testament from Hebrew into Greek. FTP, name it. SEPTUAGINT 16. In his youth, he played soccer and volleyball, but gave that up to pursue opera singing. When he ceased his athletic pursuits, he continued eating the same amount, so gained a lot of weight, which has caused health problems. FTP, name this Italian tenor who has appeared more than once with David Letterman. Luciano PAVAROTTI 17. He appeared as a holodeck creation with full evil personality intact. That's somewhat strange since a novel by Star Trek writer Nicholas Meyer claims he was a mild-mannered math teacher whose maliciousness was the product of someone else's cocaine-influenced imagination. FTP, name this Conan Doyle character who with his true love at his side got his own spaceship to fly the galaxy. Professor James MORIARTY 18. No mortal eyes have ever seen this mysterious river of Greek mythology. Phaethon fell into it after his escapade with the chariot of the Sun forced Zeus to strike him down. His sisters the Heliades then mourned for him on its bank, turning into poplar trees. FTP, name this river, which has a celestial counterpart in the constellation containing the bright star Achernar. ERIDANUS 19. The Gambler, The Nun and the Radio, The Killers, My Old Man, The Undefeated, The Snows of Kilimanjaro, and The Old Man and the Sea are all stories written by, FTP, whom? Ernest HEMINGWAY 20. In mathematics, a perfect number is an integer greater than one that is equal to the sum of its proper divisors. FTP, if you multiply together the first two perfect numbers, what is your product? 168 (= 6x28) 21. "Independence is their object ... the West Indies must follow them ... Ireland would be reduced to itself, and soon would be a poor island indeed ... Consequently this country has but one sensible, one great line to follow ... make peace without submitting to terms that ... must annihilate this Empire." FTP, who wrote these words to Lord North in 1779? King GEORGE III Bonuses 1. (30-20-10) Name this dude. a. Named after a great American statesman, he graduated from Amherst College in 1879 and later became president of Standard Oil. b. When he died he left his entire fortune in the care of Amherst for the purpose of supporting research on William Shakespeare. c. The western hemisphere's largest collection of Shakespeare works bears his name. Henry Clay FOLGER 2. (30) Name the authors of the following popular-level science books, ten points each. A clue: none of them is Carl Sagan. a. Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher; and The Youngest Science: Notes of a Medicine Watcher Ans. Lewis THOMAS b. Bully for Brontosaurus, The Mismeasure of Man, The Panda's Thumb Ans. Stephen Jay GOULD c. The Firmament of Time, The Immense Journey, The Unexpected Universe Ans. Loren EISELEY 3. (30) You may know most African capital cities, but can you identify the following African countries from a list of three cities that are not the capital? Ten points each. a. Mombasa, Nakuru, Kisumu KENYA b. Ibadan, Enugu, Oshogbo NIGERIA c. Omdurman, Kassala, Al Ubayyid SUDAN 4. (25) Five points each or 25 if all correct, name the painters of each of the following Renaissance paintings. a. The Garden of Earthly Delights BOSCH b. The Birth of Venus BOTTICELLI c. Saint Francis in Ecstasy BELLINI d. The Virgin and Child in the Church VAN EYCK 5. (20) During the reign of this king, the Anglo-Saxon chronicle was begun. After some early defeats by the Danes, he built a larger and more mobile army, eventually forcing the Danes to settle north of the Danelaw. For 20 points, name this king who ruled England from 871 to 899. ALFRED the Great 6. (30-20-10) Name the goddess from Greek mythology. a. She's often seen as the crone or dark aspect of the Wiccan triple goddess. b. She was identified as the underworld counterpart to the goddesses Artemis (on Earth) and Selene (in the sky). c. She was the goddess of the dark of the Moon and of crossways, which were thought to be ghostly places of black magic; and of evil deeds. HECATE 7. (30) Jules Verne novels. For ten points each, in which novel would you find: a. A voyage of discovery in Africa by three Englishmen, as told from the notes of Dr. Ferguson? FIVE WEEKS IN (A) BALLOON b. A German scientist's obsession with an old account of a great adventure left by the Icelandic explorer Arne Saknusemm? JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH c. An accurate portrayal of the effects of zero gravity, but for the wrong reason, during a trip that took exactly ninety-seven hours and twenty minutes? FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON 8. (30) I'll give you three groups of college nicknames, and for ten points each you tell me the only NCAA Division 1 conference in which you would find teams with all those nicknames. a. Cavaliers, Seminoles, Yellow Jackets, Demon Deacons Ans. ATLANTIC COAST Conf. or ACC b. Lumberjacks, Grizzlies, Broncos, Vandals Ans. BIG SKY Conf. c. Aztecs, Miners, Lobos, Rainbow Warriors Ans. WESTERN ATHLETIC Conf. or WAC ("Whack") 9. (25) An English horn represents this bird in a composition by Jean Sibelius. It's a creature from Finnish mythology, a bird that swims eternally in a dark and dismal sea. For 25 points, identify this legend after which Sibelius titled one of his symphonic poems. The SWAN OF TUONELA 10. (30) Given a list of satellites, name the planet to which they belong. a. Tethys, Rhea, Mimas, Dione SATURN b. Miranda, Desdemona, Juliet, Puck URANUS c. Amalthea, Ananke, Carme, Elara JUPITER 11. (30) Ten points each, name the following "Promethean" authors. a. Wrote Prometheus Bound and Prometheus the Fire-Bringer Ans. AESCHYLUS b. Person besides Aeschylus to write a work called Prometheus Unbound. Ans. PERCY Bysshe SHELLEY c. Wrote a book subtitled The Modern Prometheus Ans. MARY SHELLEY 12. (25) Men and sportsmen of the year. First, for fifteen points, name all four of Time Magazine's 1993 Men of the Year. Yassir ARAFAT, Yitzhak RABIN, Nelson MANDELA, F.W. DE KLERK Now, for ten points, name Sports Illustrated's 1993 Sportsman of the Year. Don SHULA 13. (30) Given a secretary of state of the United States, name the president he served under. a. James Madison Thomas JEFFERSON b. Henry Clay John QUINCY ADAMS c. John F. Dulles Dwight EISENHOWER 14. (30-20-10) Name the state. a. Part of the Louisiana Purchase, famous natives include Woodie Guthrie, Mickey Mantle, and Wiley Post. b. Unusually named towns include Muskogee, Enid, Bartlesville, and Shawnee. c. Beginning 1828 it became home to the "Five Civilized Tribes". OKLAHOMA 15. (20) For ten points each, identify the musical term by a brief definition. a. Playing a violin by plucking its strings, instead of with a bow. Ans. PIZZICATO ("peet-zee-ca-to") b. A piece in which one theme returns multiple times; if A represents the main theme and B and C alternate themes, one with the format A-B-A-C-A Ans. RONDO 16. (20) For the following chemistry bonus, write down the photosynthesis reaction that makes glucose: 6CO + 6H O -----> C H O + 6O 2 2 6 12 6 2 Answer the following questions about the reaction, stated number of points. a. Five points. If you have 24 grams of water and 44 grams of carbon dioxide, which is the limiting reagent? Ans. CARBON DIOXIDE or CO2 (one mole of it, >1 mole water) b. Fifteen points. In this case, how many moles of glucose are produced? Ans. 1/6 17. (25) Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri, the four slaveholding states that remained loyal to the union, not surprisingly had the four lowest percentages of slaves in their populations. But for 5 points each, and five extra if they're in descending order, name the four states which in 1861 had the highest percentage of slaves in their total population. SOUTH CAROLINA, MISSISSIPPI, GEORGIA, LOUISIANA 18. (25) Name the author of each of the following French plays. Five points each, 25 if all correct. a. The Bourgeois Gentleman MOLIERE b. Carmen MERIMEE c. Tartuffe MOLIERE d. Le Cid or El Cid CORNEILLE 19. (30) In addition to their team jerseys, certain distinguished riders in the Tour de France bicycle race get to wear special jerseys denoting their status in the race. For ten points each, what do each of the following colored jersies symbolize: a. Yellow Overall tour LEADER b. Green Best SPRINTER c. Red polka dots King of the MOUNTAINS or best CLIMBER or CLIMBING