Dork Bowl I: Dorkier Than Thou Round by: Justin Hasford (2) QQ He holds five Super Bowl records: Passes attempted in one, Completions in one, Career attempoints, times intercepted in a game, and career times intercepted. He has 35,467 passing yards and 237 touchdown passes in his career, more if you count his two years with the Houston Gamblers of the USFL. FTP, name this longtime Bills quarterback who announced his retirement on Thursday. Answer Jim _Kelly_ QQ It was based on astrological ideas of the day, not the mythology or astronomy that later generations have attached to it. A patriotic hymn to England called I Vow to Thee, My Country, was taken from it. It contains a Mystic, a Magician, a Bringer of Jollity, and a Bringer of War, but it does not contain Pluto or Earth. FTP, can you name this orchestral suite about the solar system by Gustav Holst? Answer The _Planets_ QQ In 1826 he published Theory of Electrodynamic Phenomena. He invented the astatic needle, paving the way for the modern galvanometer. He showed that two parallel conductors carrying currents traveling in the same direction attract each other and repel each other when traveling in the opposite direction. FTP, name this French scientist who has a unit of electric current named for him. Answer Andre Marie _Ampere_ QQ They contain little food reserve and possess a centrosome. They consist of a middle section containing mitochondria to provide energy, a head section containing an acrosome and a haploid nucleus, and a rear section which is essentially a propelling tail. FTP, name this mature mobile reproductive cell of male animals. Answer _sperm_atozoa(n) QQ He discredited the High Churchmen with his best known pamphlet, "The Shortest Way with the Dissenters." Arrested for libel, he wrote "Hymn to the Pillory." He published his last major work of fiction, Roxana, in 17QQ His best known work was based on the adventures of Alexander Selkirk. FTP, who was this author of A Journal of the Plague Year and Robinson Crusoe? Answer Daniel _Defoe_ QQ He was originally written about in The Town Down the River, in a poem in iambic tetrameter. This melancholy New Englander has little insight into his own deficiencies. An inhabitant of Tilbury Town, he longs for more romantic times and finds solace in drinking. FTP, name this title character of a poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson, who "wept that he was ever born." Answer _Miniver Cheevy_ QQ It is believed that it was once part of an ocean bay and that it was closed off to the ocean due to a volcanic eruption. The slow conversion of the lake from saltwater to freshwater allowed its aquatic life to adapt making it the only freshwater body of water in the world to host oceanic life such as sharks and swordfish. FTP, name this largest freshwater lake in Central America. ANSWER LAKE _NICARAGUA_ QQ The Parker Brothers Company is founded, "The Mikado" opens at the Savoy Theatre, Van Gogh paints "The Potato Eaters," and General "Chinese" Gordon is massacred at Khartoum. All of these events occurred in, FTP, what year during which Grover Cleveland first assumed the office of the presidency? ANSWER _1885_ QQ This artist was the subject of a 1923 compilation entitled "The Art Spirit." He counted among his students George Bellows, Rockwell Kent, and Edward Hopper. FTP, name this artist whose works include "Spanish Gypsy" "Young Woman in Black," and who co-founded the Ashcan School. ANSWER ROBERT _HENRI_ QQ Translated by Richard Whitford, it consists of four major parts, including "Which Treats Especially of theSacrament of the Altar" and "Admonitions Useful for a Spiritual Life." FTP, name this book completed circa 1427 thought to have been written by Thomas A Kempis. ANSWER THE _IMITATION OF CHRIST_ QQ Analytical chemists use it to determine the amount of each component to add to produce a particular buffer solution at a desired pH. Biochemists use it to determine the optimum pH for enzyme activity based on the pKa values of the polypeptide's amino acid constituents. FTP, name this widely used equation which states that pH equals pKa plus the log of the concentration of the base divided by the concentration of the acid. ANSWER _HENDERSON-HASSELBACH_ EQUATION QQ Discontent with the Clinton administration and an aversion to illegal immigration in California got him elected in QQ QQ However, this one-time substitute host of the Rush Limbaugh radio show was defeated in 1996 in his re-election bid for the Orange County Congressional seat. FTP, name this former GOP presidential hopeful who was defeated by less than 1000 votes by Loretta Sanchez. ANSWER ROBERT _DORNAN_ QQ Conversations he had with fellow student Mikhail Bakunin influenced his first novel, "Rudin." He later achieved success with the story of Khor and Kalinich in "A Sportsman Sketches." FTP, name this Russian writer more famous for "A Nest of Gentlefolk," "A Month in the Country," and "Fathers and Sons." ANSWER IVAN _TURGENEV_ QQ This actor made his film debut in "The Graduate" in 1967, playing a college student who finds Benjamin Braddock inside his dorm room without permission. After that cameo role, he went on to achieve greater fame and recognition in the 1970s. FTP, name this performer featured in some of that decade's biggest hits, including" American Graffiti," "Jaws," and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," and who won an Oscar for his role in "The Goodbye Girl." ANSWER RICHARD _DREYFUSS_ QQ He attacked the Newtonian theory of light, and he also studied developmental biology and acoustics. Though he was also chief minister of state at Weimar for 10 years, he is best known as an author and playwright. FTP, identify this author of "Elective Affinities," "The Apprenticeship of Wilhelm Meister," and "The Sorrows of Young Werther." ANSWER JOHANN WOLFGANG VON _GOETHE_ QQ The only injury he sustained in battle was due to an Indian arrow, causing him to take only a year of absence from the Civil War. At Mill Springs, he won the Union's first significant victory, and he led the Centre division in the Union charge at Mission Ridge and defeated Confederate General John Bell Hood at the Battles of Franklin and Nashville. FTP, name this brilliant Union general whose disobeyance of orders turned defeat into victory there by earning him the nickname, the "Rock of Chickamauga." ANSWER GEORGE HENRY _THOMAS_ QQ Widely used in ultraviolet or visible spectroscopic analysis, it departs from ideality when the analyzed solution is too concentrated or contains dissociated ions, or when polychromatic radiation or stray light is present. It states that absorbance equals molar absorptivity times path length times concentration. FTP, what is this law of optics named after a German physicist? ANSWER _BEER'S_ LAW QQ Its major goals included the restoration of a balance of power in Europe, compensation for other nations up on one nation's territorial gains, and the principle of legitimacy with respect to each individual nation's rulers. Its representatives included Alexander I of Russia, Castlereagh of Britain, Hardenburgh of Prussia, Talleyrand of France,#QQd Metternich of Austria. FTP, name this body which deliberated from September 1814 until June 1815 after thedefeat of Napoleon. ANSWER _CONGRESS OF VIENNA_ QQ A series of international crises in Europe after 1907 contributed to the outbreak of World War I in 19QQ Thefirst of these occurred in 1908, when Austria allied itself with Germany in order to annex a southern European nation. FTP, name this country, whose October 1908 annexation by Austria infuriated both Russia and Serbia. ANSWER _BOSNIA_ QQ Born in Belgium with the last name Rupelmonde, he was appointed in 1552 as chairman of cosmography inDuisberg, Germany. FTP, name this geographer, the first to describe a collection of maps with the word "atlas," bestknown for his namesake projection, notorious for exaggerating the size of polar regions. ANSWER GERARDUS _MERCATOR_ QQ It has been regarded as a symbol of courage since ancient times, when it was associated with Jupiter. Havingscientific name Aquila Chrysaetos, it can reach a length of one meter and wingspan of two meters and is found inmuch of the Northern Hemisphere. FTP, can you name this bird that has also been used as a symbol of Russia,Austro-Hungary, Germany, and France under the Bonapartes? Answer _golden eagle_After the Union of South Africa became a self-governing dominion within the British Commonwealth in 1910, thiswhite minority of Dutch ancestry maintained control of the government even though blacks numbered about 18million, and maintained apartheid for over 70 years. FTP, by what name were these Dutch-descended South Afric ANSknown? ANSWER AFRIKANERS QQ Some of his paintings were deadened in feeling, including his "The Distribution of Eagles." However, most of hisother paintings involved illustrations of his own sense of virtue. FTP, name this revolution-era French painter, thecourt painter of Napoleon Bonaparte, whose more famous works include "Death of Socrates" and "Oath of theHoratii." ANSWER JACQUES-LOUIS _DAVID_ QQ Despite failing to secure delegates to any of the Democratic National Conventions, this eventual Secretary ofState under Woodrow Wilson continued to receive the Democratic nomination for the presidency. Many of hiscontemporaries derided his style of speech, calling him the "Boy Orator of the Platte," a mile wide but only a footdeep. FTP, name this perennial loser of the presidency and prosecutor in the infamous Scopes Monkey Trial. ANSWER WILLIAM JENNINGS _BRYAN_Boni.(30) Now its time for a literature bonus on the Hardy Boys. For the stated number of points, name the followingthings from that classic series of books. A F5P, This was the name of Frank and Joe Hardy's father. Answer Fenton. B F5P for the first or last name and 10 points for both, what was the name of the Hardy boys' stout friend? Answer Chet Morton. C F5P each, what were the first names of Frank's and Joe's girlfriends. You must specify whose girlfriend each oneis. Answer Frank's: Callie Shaw; Joe's: Iola MortonD. F5P, this was the name of book number 1 in the Hardy Boys series. Answer The Tower Treasure(30) Name the following people associated with the Black Sox scandal of 1919 F5P each. QQ This owner of the White Sox drove them to throw the series with his penny-pinching ways. Answer Charles _Comiskey_ QQ When Comiskey came to him with his suspicions of a fix, this American League president said it was "the bark ofa wounded cur," and refused to investigate. Answer Ban _Johnson_ QQ Even though this great left fielder batted .375 and hit the only home run of the World Series, he admitted beinginvolved with the fix and was banned from baseball. Answer Joe _Jackson_ QQ This pitcher who had won 29 games during the regular season hit the first batter of the first game to signal that thefix was on. Answer Eddie _Cicotte_ QQ This third baseman took no money from the gamblers and hit over .300 for the series, but because he had knownabout the fix he was banned as well. Answer Buck _Weaver_ QQ This Chicago gangland gambler was the mastermind behind the fix. Answer Arnold _Rothstein_(30) Answer the following questions about winners of Nobel Prizes in 1923 from the category and a clue FTP or#QQother clue F5. QQ points: Literature; his tombstone reads "Cast a cold eye/On life, on death./Horseman, pass by!"#QQ points: Irish poet and playwright of such works as Countess Cathleen, The Tower, and Sailing to Byzantium. Answer William Butler Yeats QQ points: Physics, for his work on the elementary charge of electricity and the photoelectric effect.#QQ points: His name is most associated with an oil-drop experiment. Answer Robert Millikan QQ points: Two men won in Physiology, one the director of a laboratory and the other a physician working there. (youmust get both to get any points)#QQ points: They won the prize for the discovery of insulin. Answer Frederick Banting and John Macleod(30) Name the following people from their supposed last words FTP each. QQ points: "I desire to go to hell and not to heaven. In the former place I shall enjoy the company of popes, kings andprinces, while in the latter are only beggars, monks, and apostles." Answer Niccolo Machiavelli QQ points: "See me safe up; for my coming down, let me shift for myself." Answer Sir Thomas More Answer the following concerning electrochemistry for the stated number of points. A F5P, what chemical process occurs at the cathode of any electrochemical cell? ANSWER _REDUCTION_. B FTP, what equation is used to calculate the potential of an electrode when given the standard potential andconcentrations of the oxidized and reduced species? ANSWER _NERNST_ EQUATION. C F15P, the saturated calomel electrode consists of a paste of the chloride salt of what element? ANSWER _MERCURY_Everyone knows that Rhode Island is the smallest state in land area in the United States. But F5P apiece with a fivepoint bonus for all 5, name the next 5 smallest states by land area. ANSWER DELAWARE, CONNECTICUT, NEW JERSEY, NEW HAMPSHIRE, VERMONTIdentify the American president from the following clues, 30-20-QQ QQ He was the first presidential candidate in history to spend a million dollars on his campaign. QQ His Democratic opponent, Winfield Hancock, only spent $335,000 on the campaign. QQ The quote, "I am a Stalwart and Arthur is now president," is associated with his assassination. ANSWER JAMES _GARFIELD_ Identify each of the following Edna Ferber novels after brief descriptions, FTP each. A It is a shifting, glowing pageant of the Mississippi from New Orleans to St. Louis; of cargoes burned to win races#QQd plantationer's fortunes gambled away overnight. ANSWER _SHOW BOAT_. B It tells how a courageous woman in a calico dress on a Midwest farm discovers how large life can be. ANSWER _SO BIG_. C Yancey Cravat and his wife Sabra watch cities grow overnight in the wilderness of Oklahoma. ANSWER _CIMARRON_Identify each of the following pop music artists given the title of a CD F5P each. A "Waking Up the Neighbours" ANSWER BRYAN _ADAMS_. B "Whaler" ANSWER SOPHIE . B _HAWKINS_. C "Music Box" ANSWER MARIAH _CAREY_D. "Tigerlily" ANSWER NATALIE _MERCHANT_E. "Big Yellow Taxi" ANSWER AMY _GRANT_F. "Diva" ANSWER ANNIE _LENNOX_Answer the following questions about the Krebs Cycle for the stated number of points. A Two redox cofactors shuttle electrons from the Krebs Cycle to the electron tr ANSport chain. Both aredinucleotides with adenine moieties. F5P each, give the common abbreviations for each. ANSWER _FAD_ AND _NAD_ (ACC: FADH-TWO AND NADH). B F5P, give another name for the Krebs Cycle. ANSWER _CITRIC ACID CYCLE_ (ACC: TRICARBOXYLIC ACID CYCLE, but not Fred). C F15P, name the compound which begins the Krebs Cycle by accepting an acetyl group from coenzyme A. ANSWER _OXALOACETATE_ (ACC: OXALOACETIC ACID)Pencils and paper ready for a probability bonus. A bag is full of lottery balls, each with a number from 1 to QQ Thenumber of balls in the bag with a certain number equals that number; i.e. there are six balls with number 6. FTP each,expressed as a fraction in lowest terms,A What is the probability of randomly choosing a number 8 ball from the bag? ANSWER 4/QQ B What is the probability of randomly choosing a number 9 ball from the bag? ANSWER 3/QQ C Without replacement, what is the probability of first choosing a number 5 ball and then choosing a number 11 ballfrom the bag? ANSWER 5/396Identify each of the following Shakespearean plays from quotes FTP each or from the speaker of the quote F5P each. A 10: "I will be master of what is mine own. She is my goods, my chattels; she is my house, My household stuff, myfield, my barn, My horse, my ox, my ass, my anything."5: Petruchio ANSWER THE _TAMING OF THE SHREW_. B 10: "Is he not approved in the height a villian, that hath slandered, scorned, dishonored my kinswoman? O! that Iwere a man. I would eat his heart in the marketplace."5: Beatrice ANSWER _MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING_. C 10: Then will two at once woo; That must needs be sport alone; And those things do best please me That befallpreposterously.5: Puck ANSWER A _MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM_Time for a rare geology bonus. F5P each, name the six geometric classifications of mineral crystals. ANSWER HEXAGONAL, CUBIC (ACC: ISOMETRIC), MONOCLINIC, ORTHORHOMBIC, TETRAGONAL,TRICLINICGiven a 20th century time period, name the British prime minister of that period FTP each. If you need another clue,you get 5 points each. A 10: 1929-19355: First prime minister of the Labor Party. ANSWER (James) RAMSAY _MACDONALD_. B 10: 1935-19375: His stance against Edward VIII's marriage to an American led to Edward's abdication. ANSWER STANLEY _BALDWIN_. C 10: 1937-1940#QQ: Failed to deliver "peace in our time." ANSWER NEVILLE _CHAMBERLAIN_F5P each, identify each of the following wars of Louis XIV given brief descriptions. A Lasting from 1667-1668, it began with a French invasion of the Spanish Netherlands and ended with the Treaty ofAix-la-Chapelle. ANSWER WAR OF _DEVOLUTION_. B In this war from 1672 to 1678, Louis XIV defeated William of Orange and annexed much of Holland. ANSWER THE _DUTCH WAR_. D. This was the longest and hardest-fought of Louis' wars, ending with the Treaty of Utrecht in 17QQ ANSWER WAR OF THE _SPANISH SUCCESSION_For the stated number of points, Answer the following about "The Devil and Daniel Webster."A F5P, identify the author. ANSWER STEPHEN VINCENT _BENET_. B FTP, by what name did the devil go during the trial? ANSWER _SCRATCH_. B F15P, all or nothing, name the item and the owner of the item over which Webster and the Devil were quarreling. ANSWER THE _SOUL_ OF _JABEZ STONE_The solution of Schroedinger's equation for various physical systems yields discrete energy levels indexed by apositive integer n. For each of the following conditions, identify the power of n for the described energy level, FTPapiece. A A particle trapped in an infinite, one-dimensional well. ANSWER SQUARED (N 2). B A one-dimensional harmonic oscillator. ANSWER LINEAR (N 1). C The hydrogen atom with no angular momentum. ANSWER INVERSE SQUARE (N -2)(30) Name the artist from works on a 30-20-10-5 basis. QQ points: The Three Crosses QQ points: Self Portrait of the Painter in Old Age QQ points: The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp#QQ points: Night Watch Answer Rembrandt van Rijn(30) For the stated number of points Answer the following questions about Norse mythology.For 5 points: This is the final battle of Norse mythology, where the giants led by Loki and the gods led by Odin willdestroy each other and the world. Answer RagnarokFor 10 points: This was a giant who turned himself into a dragon to protect the gold he obtained by killing his father. He was slain by Siegfried. Answer FafnirFor 15 points: These parallels of the Greek Fates were represented as a giantess, an elf and a dwarf who controlledthe destiny of men and gods. Answer the Norns(30) Identify the poet from poems on a 30-20-10 basis. QQ points: The Masque of Anarchy, The Sensitive Plant QQ points: Ode to Liberty, Mont Blanc QQ points: Ozymandias, Prometheus Unbound Answer Percy Bysshe Shelley Answer the following questions about the United States Senate FTP each. A After Bob Dole retired from the Senate in 1996, what GOP Senator took his position as Senate Majority Leader? ANSWER TRENT _LOTT_. B Identify the state which Trent Lott represents in the Senate. ANSWER _MISSISSIPPI_. C Identify the position held by Lott in the Senate prior to Dole's resignation. ANSWER _MAJORITY WHIP_