Wahoo War of the Minds 1997

Round Three


1.  The sequel deals with James Stewart, who is falsely accused of murder,
and with the main character's love for the daughter of James More. 
Although Ebenezer, the main character's miserly uncle, sends him to the
Carolinas, he escapes with Alan Breck when the ship is wrecked, and they witness the murder of Colin Campbell. FTP, identify this 1886 novel, the story of David Balfour, which was followed by Catriona by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Answer: Kidnapped

2.  In 1768, he was defended by John Adams in a customs case involving the
seizure of his sloop Liberty.  President of the Massachusetts Provincial
Congress, he was singled out with Samuel Adams for punishment by Governor
Gage's proclamation of 1775.  FTP , identify this patriot leader, the first governor of Massachusetts, who served as president of the second continental congress, the first signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Answer: John Hancock

3.  He became furious when the Nobel Prize committee overlooked the work
of C. H. Best, his assistant, and split his share of the prize with him. 
Although he was almost 50 years old at the outset of World War II, he joined
an army medical unit, and was k
illed in an air crash in Newfoundland.  FTP, identify this physiologist,
whose research on the islets of Langerhans at the University of Toronto
under J.J. MacLeod led to the discovery of a method of extracting insulin.

Answer: Frederick Banting

4.  The diagrams of the same basic name have almost nothing to do with
this simple economic concept, as they are simple bar charts which isolate
causes of nonconformity in advanced econometrics.  The simpler concept is seen
when you draw a series of two p
eople's indifference curves, as every place where they are tangent is one
of these.  FTP, name these points, which collectively make up the contract
curve, named for an Italian economist.

Answer: Pareto Optima

5.  After accidentally killing his brother, Deliades, he was purified by
Proteus of Argos, whose wife fell in love with him.  When she told Proteus
that he had tried to rape her, he sent him to Iobates with a sealed message
asking for his death.  FTP, ide
ntify this hero, who fought the Solymi, the Amazons, and the Lycians after
he was sent to kill the Chimera, a feat he accomplished with the help of
his horse Pegasus.

Answer: Bellerophon

6.  After being elected to the New York state senate as an Anti-Mason, he
became governor as a Whig.  As a senator, he attacked slavery on the
grounds of a "higher law" than the Constitution, and declared that the issue
would be an "irrepressible conflict
" between the North and South.  FTP, identify this politician, shot by
Lewis Powell in 1865, who acquired the Danish West Indies and Alaska for the
U.S. as secretary of state.

Answer: William Henry Seward

7.  Most of his novels, including The Accident, The Town Beyond the Wall,
The Gates of the Forest, and The Fifth Son, were originally written in
French.  His non-fiction includes Souls on Fire, One Generation After, and A
Jew Today, while The Jews of Sile
nce is an account of anti-Semitism in the Soviet Union.  FTP, name this
Romanian-born writer, a survivor of Auschwitz who won the Nobel Peace Prize
in 1986, best known for Night.

Answer: Elie Wiesel

8.  The parasitic varieties are much larger and include Wuchereria
(woo-cha-REY-ree-a), the filaria, and Dracunculus (drah-CUHN-cu-lus), the Guinea
worm.  Having smooth, cylindrical, and unsegmented bodies, they shed their
outer cuticle four times over th
e course of their lives.  FTP, identify this invertebrate phylum, which
help to recycle organic matter and which include the roundworms.

Answer: Nematoda

9.  Although the Lucanians, Samnites and Bruttians joined with him after
the victory at Heraclea, the senate rejected the peace offer of his
ambassador Cineas.  After winning at Asculum, he went to Sicily, but returned in
275 only to be defeated at Beneve
ntum, whereupon he went back to Greece.  FTP, name this king of Epirus,
who was called to Italy by Tarentum to fight the Romans, and who lost so many
troops in his victories that he exclaimed "Another such victory and we are
lost."

Answer: Pyrrhus

10.  His last play, The Flowering Peach, was a retelling of the story of
Noah, although most of his later works, such as The Big Knife, The Country
Girl, and Night Music, deal with disillusionment in Hollywood.  After the
success of his second play, Parad
ise Lost, he became a Hollywood screenwriter, but returned to New York to
produce Golden Boy.  FTP, identify this dramatist, best known for Rocket to
the Moon, Awake and Sing!, and Waiting for Lefty.

Answer: Clifford Odets

11.  They derived their religious beliefs from the Bogomils of Bulgaria. 
Extreme dualists, they were such ascetics that perfect believers would
starve themselves to death in a ritual called endura, in addition to denying
that Jesus was the physical incar
nation of God.  FTP, identify this sect, who were massacred by Simon de
Montfort at the direction of Innocent III, named for the town in southern
France where they originated.

Answer: Albigensians

12.  Born in Spokane in 1912, his early work included Daffy and the
Dinosaur, Inki and the Minah Bird, and Fast and Furry-Ous.  An Oscar winner for
1951's For Sentimental Reasons, 1965's The Dot and the Line, and
1972's A Christmas Carol, he also did nume
rous television specials, including an adaptation of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. 
FTP, name this director, best known for such works as What's Opera Doc,
Lumber Jack Rabbit, and other cartoons featuring Pepe Le Pew, Wile E. Coyote,
and Bugs Bunny.

Answer: Chuck Jones


14.  The first substantive discussion of it came in a 1744 publication of
J=2E P. Chesaux, though the statement that we know today was put forth in
1826.  It was resolved by the big-bang theory, which stated that the
universe is not infinite or uniform.  FT
P, identify this problem, which posits that stars should be seen in every
direction, and that the whole night sky should be as bright as the sun.

Answer: Olbers' paradox

15.  He was probably the illegitimate son of Stacy de Rokayle, a gentleman
from Oxfordshire, and all that is known of his life comes from notes to a
fifteenth century manuscript of the C-text of his writings.  His poem was
probably written between the ear
ly 1360s and 1387, and shows a familiarity with the Malvern Hills which
suggests that he may have been from the region.  FTP, identify this English
author of the religious dream allegory Piers Plowman.

Answer: William Langland=20

16.  His only equestrian work, General Lynch, was destroyed by a Chilean
revolution, his monument to Balzac was refused, and his most famous work was
vandalized with a chopper.  Gaining fame with his work on the Stock
Exchange in Brussels, his visit to It
aly in 1875 preceded his first freestanding figure, the Bronze Age.  FTP,
identify this sculptor, best known for the Gates of Hell, the Burghers of
Calais, and the Thinker.

Answer: Auguste Rodin

17.  He discovered a method of supercooling water, and showed that liquids
have characteristic boiling points which vary with atmospheric pressure. 
A glassblower in Holland, he worked with alcohol thermometers before his
1714 invention of the first mercu
ry thermometer.  FTP, name this German scientist, whose scale of
temperature uses the melting temperature of a mixture of ice and salt and the
temperature of the human body as reference points.

Answer: Gabriel Fahrenheit

18.  This nation includes the Musandam Peninsula at its northern end,
though the peninsula is not contiguous to the rest of the country.  The Gulf of
Masira forms part of its eastern boundary, and the Dhofar uplands lie to
the southwest.  FTP, name this s
ultanate whose cities include Salalah, Hajmah, and Muscat.

Answer: Oman


19.  Afterwards, King Jerome fled from Cassel and the kingdom of
Westphalia collapsed, along with the grand duchies of Berg and Frankfurt.  Beginning
on October 16, with an inconclusive encounter at Wachau and the defeat of
Marmont at Mockern, 100,000 Rus
sian reinforcements arrived under Bennigsen the next day, and the Allied
attack on the eighteenth was a complete victory.  FTP, identify this battle
of 1813, known as the "Battle of the Nations," which ended with the king of
Saxony being captured and Napo
leon retreating.

Answer: Leipzig

20.  Although the first two generations seem perfectly rational, signs of
decadence appear among the consul's children.  Toni, Christian, and Thomas
lead the family into decline, and the family line comes to an end when
Thomas's son Hanno dies of typhoid=20
at the age of fifteen.  FTP, identify this title family of a 1901 novel,
the story of the gradual dissolution of a prosperous German clan which was
the first work published by Thomas Mann.

Answer: Buddenbrooks




Boni:

1.  Name the following Holy Roman Emperors, FTP each.
1. He was crowned emperor in 962, marking the beginning of the Holy Roman
Empire.
Answer: Otto I or Otto the Great
2. He performed penance before Pope Gregory VII in 1077 at Canossa.
Answer: Henry IV
3. Emperor from 1347 to 1378, he founded the University of Prague.
Answer: Charles IV

2.  Identify the following works by John Locke FTP each.
1.  These 1690 works rejected divine right theories, arguing that
governments that do not respect individual's inalienable rights may be overthrown.
Answer: Two Treatises of Government
2.  This massive work, also published in 1690, posits that the mind is a
tabula rasa.
Answer: Essay Concerning Human Understanding
3.  These works, published between 1689 and 1692, advocated a tolerant
national church, but one that excluded atheists and Roman Catholics.=20
Answer: Letters Concerning Toleration

3.  Answer these questions about NBA Milestones reached during the 1996-97
season, FTP each.
1.  Who became the 24th player in history to score 20,000 points, only to
have the commemorative basketball fall off its stand and hit him in the
head?
Answer: Patrick Ewing
2.  What two players, FTP each, reached the 10,000 rebound plateau?
Answer: Karl Malone and Dennis Rodman

4.  Identify the following Italian scientists for the stated number of
points.
1.  5 points:  In 1800, he invented the first battery, using disks of zinc
and silver.
Answer: Aleesandro Volta
2.  10 points:  In 1811, he proposed a law stating that equal volumes of
different gases have the same number of molecules at the same temperature
and pressure.
Answer: Amedeo Avogadro
3.  15 points:  He used Avogadro's law to calculate atomic weights of
atoms in molecules belonging to volatile compounds in 1858.
Answer: Stanislao Cannizaro

5.  Identify the following poems by John Milton from quotes, on a 10-5
basis.
1.  10 points:  "Come, and trip it as ye go / On the light fantastic toe"
5 points:  "These delights if thou canst give, / Mirth, with thee I mean
to live."
Answer: L'Allegro
2.  10 points:  "Thousands at his bidding speed / And post o'er land and
ocean without rest"
5 points:  "They also serve who only stand and wait"
Answer: Sonnet 16 or When I Consider How My Light Is Spent or On His
Blindness
3.  10 points:  "Look homeward angel now, and melt with ruth"
5 points:  "Yet once more, O ye laurels, and once more / Ye myrtles brown,
with ivy never sere, / I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude"
Answer: Lycidas

6.  Answer these questions about the Cold War, FTP each.
1.  This $400 million program sent aid to Greece and Turkey.
Answer: Truman Plan
2.  In 1947, this financier said, "Let us not be deceived.  We are today
in the midst of a cold war," popularizing the expression.
Answer: Bernard Baruch
3.  In 1947 George Marshall announced the development of the Marshall Plan
in a speech given at this university.
Answer: Harvard University

7.  Identify the following concerning a German composer FTP each.
1.  The composer of 10 operas, the best remembered of which is Undine, he
changed one of his names from Wilhelm to Amadeus in tribute to Mozart.
Answer: Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann
2.  Although Hoffmann was a composer, it was his strange essays and tales
which inspired his fellow composers.  FTP, name the French composer whose
greatest opera was The Tales of Hoffmann.
Answer: Jacques Offenbach
3.  One of Hoffmann's characters was the Kapellmeister Kriesler, who
inspired this composer's Kreisleriana.
Answer: Robert Schumann

8.  Identify the following Supreme Court cases of the nineteenth century
from descriptions, FTP each.
1.  The court ruled a state law unconstitutional for the first time in
this 1810 decision.
Answer: Fletcher v. Peck
2.  The court decided that the federal government, and not state
governments, had to respect the Bill of Rights in this 1833 decision.
Answer: Barron v. Baltimore
3.  The court ruled that military commissions could only try civilians in
the theater of war in this 1966 case.
Answer: Ex Parte Milligan

9.  Identify the playwrights from works on a 10-5 basis.
1.  10 points:  A Lesson from Aloes and The Road to Mecca
5 points:  Sizwe Bansi is Dead
Answer: Athol Fugard
2.  10 points:  Jumpers and Arcadia
5 points:  Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Answer: Tom Stoppard
3.  10 points:  The Condemned of Altona and Dirty Hands
5 points:  No Exit
Answer: Jean-Paul Sartre

10.  Identify the following dinosaurs for the stated number of points.
1.  5 points:  This herbivore had two rows of bony plates running down its
back, and had four spikes on its tail for self defense.
Answer: Stegosaurus
2.  10 points:  This bipedal herbivore, named for a lizard, had handlike
limbs with spikes for self defense.
Answer: Iguanadon
3.  15 points:  This early carnivorous dinosaur had a spiny fin on its
back resembling a sail, that may have helped to regulate body temperature.
Answer: Dimetrodon

11.  Identify the following novels by William Makepeace Thackeray, for the
stated number of points.
1.  5 points:  This 1847 novel, considered his masterpiece,  traces the
lives of Ameila Sedley and Becky Sharp.
Answer: Vanity Fair=20
2.  10 points:  Widely considered the finest Victorian historical novel,
this 1852 work tells the story of a soldier in the War of the Spanish
Succession who retires to Virginia after the plot to restore the Old Pretender
fails.
Answer: The History of Henry Esmond
3.  15 points:  A bildungsroman often compared to David Copperfield, the
title character of this 1850 novel goes to Oxbridge, writes a novel, and
marries Laura Bell.
Answer: The History of Pendennis

12.  Identify the following from the history of the women's rights
movement, for the stated number of points.
1.  5 points each:  Name the two women who founded the National Woman
Suffrage Association in 1869.
Answer: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
2.  10 points:  In 1893, this island nation became the first country in
the world to give the vote to women.
Answer: New Zealand
3.  10 points:  This organization was founded in 1920 to help educate
women, and did not admit men until 1974.
Answer: League of Women Voters

13.  Pencil and paper ready. Consider a system of three charged masses,
each with charge Q and mass M, lying in a coordinate plane. One is situated
at the origin x =3D 0, y =3D 0; the second is at x =3D 3, y =3D 0, and the
third is at x =3D 0, y =3D 3.
1.  What is the x-coordinate of the center of mass of the system?
Answer: x =3D 1/3
2.  What is the magnitude of the electric dipole moment with respect to
the origin?
Answer: p =3D 3Q root 2 ("three Q root two" or three times Q times the
square root of two)
3.  What is the moment of inertia of the system, with respect to the
origin?
Answer: I =3D 18M (eighteen times M)

14.  Identify the following works by Sigmund Freud FTP each.
1.  Freud delayed the publication of this book, which introduced the
Oedipal complex, so that it would appear in 1900.
Answer: The Interpretation of Dreams or Die Traumdeutung
2.  In this 1920 work, Freud first postulated the existence of a death
instinct to explain repetition complexes.
Answer: Beyond the Pleasure Principle or Jenseits des Lustprinzips
3.  This 1927 work is a polemic against religious faith.
Answer: The Future of an Illusion or Die Zukunft einer Illusion

15.  30-20-10-5, identify the artist.
1.  He produced drawings of parables, including The Big Fish Eat Little
Fish and enjoyed the patronage of Cardinal Granvella, chief counselor to
Margaret of Parma.
2.  Van Mander's biography, published in 1604, is a source of information
on his life; Hunters in the Snow is part of his series of paintings The
Months.
3.  He painted proverbs like The Blind Leading the Blind, and is regarded
as the greatest Netherlandish painter of the 16th Century.
4.  His sons Jan and Pieter the Younger were artists in their own right.
Answer: Pieter Brueghel the Elder (accept Brueghel after reading 5 point
clue)

16.  Identify the following concerning a mystical Jewish sect FTP each.
1.  This movement originated in eighteenth century Poland after Shabbethai
Tzvi was shown to be a false messiah.  It taught that devotion is more
important than learning, emphasizing inward reflection and meditation.
Answer: Hasidism
2.  Hasidism was founded by Israel ben Eliezer, who was known by this
name, literally meaning "Master of the Good Name."
Answer: Baal Shem Tov
3.  This is the Hasidic term for the inner devotion with which good works
are carried out.
Answer: kavanah

17.  Identify the following works by William Faulkner FTP each.
1.  This 1948 novel is the story of Lucas Beauchamp, a black man who is
acquitted after being unjustly accused of murder.
Answer: Intruder in the Dust
2.  This 1954 allegory resets the story of Jesus in World War I.
Answer: A Fable
3.  Although it sounds like a book about chess, this 1949 work is a
collection of detective stories.
Answer: Knight's Gambit

18.  For the stated number of points, name the following=20
skin conditions caused by staphylococcal infections.
1.  5 points:  This is the common name for infections of the sebaceous
glands.                             =20
Answer: Acne
2.  10 points:  It is the infection of a hair follicle.                   
                     Answer: Boil (accept faruncle)
3.  15 points:  A coalesced mass of interconnected boils.                
Answer: Carbuncle

19.  Name the American state on a 30-20-10 basis.
1.  It contains the Scotts Bluff and Homestead National Monuments.
2.  The North Platte meets the South Platte in this state.
3.  It borders both Iowa and Colorado.

Answer: Nebraska

20.  Given the year and play, name the man who won the Tony for Best Actor
FTP each.
1. 1995, Hamlet
Answer: Ralph Fiennes
2. 1992, Conversations with My Father
Answer: Judd Hirsch
3. 1987, Fences
Answer: James Earl Jones