Wahoo War of the Minds 1997

Round Five


1.  His work in cultural morphology posited the existence of at least
eight cultures, such as the Magian, Apollonian, and Faustian, which are
isolated, self-contained units each lasting for a thousand years.  He published
Man and Technics in 1932, but is=20
best known for a book he finished after World War I.  FTP, name this man,
who wanted to begin a "Copernican revolution" in historiography in his
masterwork, The Decline of the West.

Answer: Oswald Spengler

2.  In quantum mechanics, the position operator does not do this with the
momentum operator, although the spin operator does it with both.  Algebraic
groups in which any two elements do this are called Abelian.  Real numbers
do this under multiplication a
nd addition, but not under division or subtraction.  FTP, what are two
elements A and B said to do if AB equals BA?

Answer: commute=20

3.  He was born in Emesa with the name Varius Avitus Bassianus, but took
the name of the Phoenician sun god of whom he was a high priest.  After
being proclaimed emperor, he defeated Macrinus on the Syrian border, but his
reign ended after four years when
 he was assassinated by the praetorian guard.  FTP, identify this Roman
emperor, ruler from 218 to 222 who is remembered for his bizarre perversions
and his devotion to the God Elagabal.

Answer: Heliogabalus

4.  The main portion of these are hymns to Uma, the dawn, Varuna and
Mitra, the sky gods, and other deities like Aditi and Agni, who are generally
honored as bright and benevolent.  The Atharva is a collection of spells and
popular songs, while the Sama a
nd Yajur are intended for different classes of priests.  FTP, what are
these scriptures, a collection of ancient Hindu writings of which the most
famous is the Rig?

Answer: the Vedas (accept Rig Veda on early buzz)

5.  It was developed as a musical form by Vorisek, a Bohemian composer,
who published the first one in 1822.  However, it did not become popular
until Schubert took the term and applied it to eight of his compositions,
distinctive for their irregular rhyt
hm, sharp accent, and folk melodies.  FTP, name this type of extended song
form, whose most famous examples are the four written by Chopin, and whose
name suggests an improvisation or a film about Chopin and George Sand.

Answer: impromptu

6.  He represented Hull in parliament from 1659 until he died in 1678, at
which time his housekeeper, Mary Palmer, claimed that they had been
married.   He vehemently opposed Charles II, satirizing his government in
=D2Clarindon=D5s House-Warming=D3 and The Las
t Instructions to a Painter, though he is better known for his earlier
political verse, such as =D2An Horatian Ode upon Cromwell=D5s return from
Ireland.=D3  FTP, identify this metaphysical poet of =D2Upon Appleton House,=D3
=D2The Garden,=D3 and =D2To His Coy Mistress.=D3


Answer: Andrew Marvell=20

7.  It began as a reaction to John Eliot's conversions of the Cape Cod
Indians.  Following white attacks on the Narragansett stronghold near
Kingston, the Indians burned Deerfield, but the conflict ended the next year with
the deaths of Chief Canonchet an
d the war's namesake.  FTP, identify this war of 1675 and 1676, in which
the Wampanoag Indians, headed by the son of Massasoit, formed a league of
New England Indians to fight the British.

Answer: King Philip's war

8.  It begins with an examination of how the priest kings of Diana's Grove
chose a new leader, an episode in which the author saw hints of a story of
from the Aeneid.  Such similarities to other rites and rituals are
described through out time and the ent
ire world in fourteen volumes, much of which is now regarded as simplistic
or otherwise discredited. FTP, identify this seminal work on ritual,
written by James Frazer.

Answer: The Golden Bough

9.  While an undergraduate at MIT, he invented the spectroheliograph, and
in 1908 he discovered that lines in sunspot spectra are split.  With Walter
Adams, he discovered that the polarity of magnetic fields of sunspots
reverses every 23 years.  FTP, iden
tify this astronomer, who persuaded Charles Yerkes to fund a 40 meter
refracting telescope at the University of Chicago, and who went on to bring
about the Mount Wilson and Mount Palomar observatories.

Answer: George Ellery Hale

10.  He appeared with the Chicago Symphony at the age of fourteen, and
later earned a living performing in nightclubs under the name of Walter
Busterkeys.  Making his film debut in 1949=D5s East of Java, his only starring
role, in Yours Sincerely, did not g
o well, and he turned to television.  FTP, identify this entertainer, best
known for his piano-shaped swimming pools, candelabra, and flamboyant
attire, who died of AIDS in 1987.

Answer: Liberace

12.  He retired from politics in 1925, but returned after the war to serve
as the first president of the Constituent Assembly.  Born in 1860, he was
minister of justice when the humiliating defeat at Caporetto catapulted him
into the spotlight.  FTP, name
 this statesman, whose perceived failure to win concessions at the Paris
Peace Conference caused his decline, an Italian prime minister and member of
the big Four who shares his name with a city in Florida.

Answer: Vittorio Orlando


13.  In order to leave Spain, King Philip II required him to go on a
pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and he died in Greece on the return trip.  Becoming
professor of surgery at Padua at the age of 24, he performed dissections
himself and published his results in
 1543=D5s Seven Books on the Structure of the Human Body.  FTP, identify
this pioneering anatomist, the court physician to Charles V who made Galen
obsolete.

Answer: Andreas Vesalius (accept Andries van Wesel)

14.  Because Ino was jealous of Nephele, the wife of Athamas, she
convinced the Boeotian women to dry out the wheat.  This prompted a false Delphic
oracle which stated that Phrixus and Helle, the children of Nephele, would
have to be sacrificed.  FTP, the
y were saved by the intervention of what creature, sent by Hermes, which
took Phrixus to Colchis and which was returned to Iolcus by the Argonauts?

Answer: the Golden Fleece

15.  The source of the play was probably Barnabe Rich=D5s Apolonius and
Silla.  Although Will Kemp was supposed to play the fool, the part of Feste
was rewritten for Robert Armin, and he is given three of Shakespeare=D5s
best songs.  FTP, name this play, whos
e subplot features the bumblings of Sir Andrew Aguecheek and Sir Toby
Belch, while the main actions concerns the loves of Sebastian, Olivia, Viola,
and the Duke of Illyria, Orsino.

Answer: Twelfth Night

16.  His earliest known painting, of Saint Praxetis mopping up the Blood
of the Martyrs, dates from 1655.  His early period also includes The
Procuress, Christ in the House of Martha and Mary, and Diana and her Companions,
though he is better known for la
te works like The Astronomer and Allegory of Faith.  FTP, name this Dutch
master, best known for the View of Delft, and subject of a recent
exhibition at the National Gallery.

Answer: Jan Vermeer

17.  After serving with Parry on four Royal Navy attempts to reach the
North Pole in the 1820s, he and his uncle undertook a mission, financed by a
distiller, to explore the Arctic.  This resulted in his 1831 discovery of
the north magnetic pole, but he r
eturned to the Navy three years later, and was commissioned to make a
magnetic survey of Great Britain.  FTP, name this explorer, who discovered
Victoria Land, named Mount Erebus, and gave his name to several parts of
Antarctica, including a sea and an ic
e shelf.

Answer: James Clark Ross

18.  Though primarily a mainland nation, it includes the islands Saaremaa
and Hiiumaa.  More than half of its border with Russia consists of Lakes
Pskov and Peipus.  FTP, name this former Soviet republic, which borders only
Russia and Latvia and whose cap
ital is Talinn.

Answer: Estonia

19.  It converts vitamin D to its active form, increases the number of
osteoclasts, and increases the reabsorption of magnesium and calcium ions in
the kidney tubules.  It does all this in opposition to calcitonin, in order
to maintain normal levels of ca
lcium in the blood.  FTP, identify this hormone, which is secreted by a
pair of glands located behind the thyroid.

Answer: parathyroid hormone

20.  Before leaving America, his The Maid of The Oaks was staged.  Upon
returning to England, he wrote the libretto for William Jackson=D5s The Lord
of the Manor, though his literary fame rests on 1786=D5s The Heiress.  FTP,
name this author, a character in S
haw=D5s The Devil=D5s Disciple who was forced to go back to England in
1777 after his disastrous defeat at the battle of Saratoga.

Answer: John Burgoyne=20




Boni:

1.  Identify the following concerning a Greek dramatist FTP each.
1.  He was a priest of Asclepius who defeated Aeschylus with his first
tragedy, written at the age of 27.
Answer: Sophocles
2.  This Sophocles tragedy concerns the return of the title character's
brother to Argos and the murder of their mother.
Answer: Electra
3.  In this tragedy, the title character goes mad and attacks a ram that
he mistakes for Odysseus.
Answer: Ajax

2.  Identify the following twentieth century physicists FTP each.
1.  The second woman ever to receive a doctorate in physics in Vienna, she
left Berlin in 1938, spending the rest of her career in Stockholm. =20
Answer: Lise Meitner
2.  Meitner worked with this man at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute.  It is
now recognized that he stole the credit for her work on uranium bombardment,
which won him the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1944.
Answer: Otto Hahn
3.  Along with this man, her nephew, Meitner interpreted the production of
barium from uranium bombardment to produce a theory of nuclear fission, a
term they coined.
Answer: Otto Frisch

3.  Identify the following concerning John the Baptist FTP each.
1.  His parents were Elizabeth, a relative of the Virgin Mary, and this
priest from Jerusalem.
Answer: Zechariah
2.  He was imprisoned for denouncing Herod Antipas, who had married this
woman, his own niece.
Answer: Herodias
3.  This daughter of Herodias requested John the Baptist's head on a
platter.
Answer: Salome

4.  Answer these questions concerning John Smoltz FTP each.
1.  John Smoltz was owned in 1996 by this catcher, who hit three home runs
off him in two starts.  It seems like Smoltz is the only target for this
fading star, the 1987 National League rookie of the year.
Answer: Benito Santiago
2.  Smoltz lost his only start against this Marlin who led the National
League in ERA. =20
Answer: Kevin Brown
3.  Smoltz hit a three-run homer to win a game off this crafty
left-hander, who tied Pedro Martinez for the Expos lead in wins.
Answer: Jeff Fassero

5.  Identify the Jane Austen novels from characters on a 10-5 basis.
1.  10 points:  Mrs. Allen and Henry Tilney
5 points:  Catherine Morland
Answer: Northanger Abbey
2.  10 points:  Aunt Norris and Mary Crawford
5 points:  Fanny Price
Answer: Mansfield Park
3.  10 points:  Lucy Steele and John Willoughby
5 points:  Elinor Dashwood
Answer: Sense and Sensibility

6.  Identify the following people, places and things associated with the
Napoleonic Wars FTP each.
1.  In 1806, Napoleon created this league of German states as a successor
to the Holy Roman Empire.
Answer: Confederation of the Rhine
2.  The Treaty of Tilsit was a consequence of this June 14, 1807 battle in
which Napoleon defeated a large Russian force in eastern Prussia.
Answer: Friedland
3.  In 1809, Napoleon annexed the Papal States and was excommunicated by
this Pope, who was subsequently arrested.
Answer: Pius VII

7.  FTP each, name these silicates.
1.  Containing magnesium, iron, or both in addition to silicon oxide,
these silica-rich rocks are believed to be the most abundant constituent of the
earth=D5s upper mantle, and also occur in lunar basalt and meteorites. 
The name derives from their yellow-
green color; the gem-quality iron-free variety is known as peridot.
Answer: olivines
2.  Resulting from the substitution of aluminum for silicon in quartz and
other silicates, they are the most common class of mineral in the earth=D5s
crust, and are the major component in nearly all igneous rocks.
Answer: feldspars
3.  Hydrated aluminosilicates that contain alkali and alkaline-earth
metals, their structure is much more open than that of the feldspars, with
polyhedral cavities connected by tunnels.  They are noted for their ion-exchange
properties and reversible dehy
dration.
Answer: zeolites

8.  Identify the following regarding the Jackson administration FTP each.
1.  This man served as senator from Tennessee from 1818 to 1829, when he
joined Jackson's Cabinet.  He resigned in 1831 when Washington society
refused to accept his wife. =20
Answer: John Eaton
2.  What Cabinet position did Eaton hold?
Answer: Secretary of War
3.  What future major-party Presidential candidate succeeded Eaton as
Secretary of War?
Answer: Lewis Cass

9.  Identify the following works by Nathaniel Hawthorne, for the stated
number of points.
1.  5 points:  In this 1851 novel, the title building is built by Colonel
Pynchon, whose family is cursed by Matthew Maule.
Answer: The House of the Seven Gables
2.  10 points:  This collection of 25 stories includes Young Goodman Brown
and Rappacini's Daughter.
Answer: Mosses from an Old Manse
3.  15 points:  In this novel, unfinished at Hawthorne's death, the title
character prepares an elixir of life for his granddaughter, Pansie, that
kills Colonel Dabney when he drinks too much of it.
Answer: The Dolliver Romance

11.  Identify the following concerning a type of hormone FTP each.
1.  This is the name for hormones secreted by the anterior pituitary gland
that stimulate reproductive activity in the testes or ovaries.
Answer: gonadotrophin or gonadotrophic hormones
2.  This type of gonadotrophin is produced by the placenta; the presence
of it in urine indicates pregnancy.
Answer: chorionic or human chorionic
3.  Abbreviated FSH, this hormone stimulates structures that produce ova
in women and the formation of sperm in men.
Answer: follicle-stimulating hormone

13.  Identify the following concerning a contemporary American novelist
FTP each.
1.  His short stories, collected in Slow Learner, include Low-Lands and
The Secret Integration.
Answer: Thomas Pynchon
2.  This Pynchon novel tells the story of Benny Profane, an alligator
hunter, and Herbert Stencil, who is obsessed with a mysterious woman.
Answer: V.
3.  This short novel centers on Oedipa Mass, who tries to decipher the
meaning of Tristero.
Answer: The Crying of Lot 49

14.  Answer the following questions concerning a famous painting, FTP
each.
1.  Living from 1444 to 1514, this architect, who was considered the
greatest exponent of the High Renaissance style, began the reconstruction of
Rome's St. Peter's cathedral in 1506.
Answer: Donato Bramante
2.  Another of Bramante's works, to be found in the Vatican Stanze, is a
majestic setting for what famous Raphael painting?
Answer: The School of Athens
3.  Raphael paid Bramante tribute by using the architect's likeness in The
School of Athens as the portrait of what classical figure?
Answer: Euclid

15.  Identify the following Attorney Generals from the 1830's on a 10-5
basis.
1.  10 points:  He served Jackson as attorney general from 1831 to 1833,
when the President moved him to the Treasury department, as he needed a
Secretary of the Treasury tractable enough to move government money into pet
banks.
5 points:  As Chief Justice, this Marylander handed down the Dred Scott
decision.
Answer: Roger Taney
2.  10 points:  He succeeded Taney as Jackson's attorney general, and
continued in the post into the Van Buren administration.  In December 1864,
Grant removed him from command of the Army of the James for his failure to
take Fort Fisher.
5 points:  On May 1, 1862, he commanded the Union land forces taking New
Orleans, and is credited with originating the idea that captured slaves were
"contraband of war."
Answer: Ben Butler
3.  10 points:  William Henry Harrison's only attorney general, he was, on
the eve of the Civil War, a senator from Kentucky.
5 points:  His compromise plan to save the Union was defeated by one vote
in the Senate in March 1861.
Answer: John Crittenden

16.  Identify the following algebraic terms FTP each.
1.  It refers to a function which satisfies Laplace's equation.
Answer: harmonic
2.  It refers to a polynomial of degree 2.
Answer: quadratic
3.  It refers to a polynomial for which each term has the same degree.
Answer: homogeneous

17.  Given a country, name its capital for the stated number of points.
1.  5 points: Cyprus
Answer: Nicosia
2.  10 points: Ghana
Answer: Accra
3.  15 points: Aruba
Answer: Oranjestad

19.  Identify the following regarding the historic emigration of 14,000
Boers from Cape Colony to the African interior FTP each.
1.  What is this event commonly known as?
Answer: The Great Trek
2.  In what year did the Great Trek begin?  You will receive five points
for being within five years.
Answer: 1835 (give five points if answer given is 1830 to 1840)
3.  At the end of the Great Trek, the Boers, in 1839, established what
Afrikaaner republic?
Answer: Natal

20.  For five points each, and five more for all correct, identify these
ions.
1. CNO=D0 ("C N O minus")
Answer: cyanate
2. O22=D0 ("O two two minus")
Answer: peroxide
3. SO32=D0 ("S O three two minus")
Answer: sulfite
4. SCN=D0 ("S C N minus")
Answer: thiocyanate
5. NO3=D0 ("N O three minus")
Answer: nitrate