3rd Annual Washington University 
Gateway Invitational Tournament
Tossups – Round 6
			
Packet by University of Missouri - Rolla Umlaut

1. He was told he would receive the object of his quest if he would yoke two fire breathing bulls, plow a field with them, sow the teeth of a dragon in the field and then promptly kill the army that would sprout from the field.  He had a mythological dreamteam with him on his quest including Castor and Pollux, but he would only acheive his goal with the help of the sorceress Medea.  For ten points, name this seeker of the Golden  Fleece.

	Jason

2. This 20th century painter was once enlightened by the sight of doggy doody on the sidwalk and philosophied "This is what life is like."  His works are disturbing and often grotesque, and include "Three Studies at the Base of a Crucifixion,"and a series of paintings that follow work from Diego Velazquez's portrait of Pope Innocent X.  For ten points, name the artist of the famous Pope in the electric chair.

	Francis Bacon

3. Its borders include the Taiwan and Luzon straits, the Sulu, Java, and Philippine seas, the Gulfs of Thailand and Tonkin, and the islands of Borneo, the Phillipines, and the Malay Peninsula.  For ten points, name this largest of the world's seas.

	The South China Sea

4. Earlier this month he appeared at a New York "Inner Circle" Dinner dressed completely in drag.  He even performed his own rendition of "Happy Birthday, Mr. President", while dressed as such. For ten points, name this man who also poses as the Mayor of New York City.

	Rudolph Giuliani (jew-lee-on-ee)

5. The author's life on a coffee plantation from 1914 to 1931 is the subject for this autobiographical novel set in Kenya.  In 1931, the depression led the author to return to her native Copenhagen.  For ten points, name this novel turned 1985 Best Picture by Isak Dinesen.

	Out of Africa

6. Before the age of twenty he bought the New Lanark Mills from a certain Mr. Dale.  Employing various liberal reforms he turned New Lanark into a model factory town which inspired him to try to convince Parliament to accept his plans to make parallelogram filled factory towns called Villages of Cooperation.  Frustrated with Parliament, who, for ten points, moved to a site on the Wabash River in Indiana and started the commune called New Harmony.

	Robert Owen

7. Covering three generations of the title family, this trilogy tells of Soames' financial success, failure with his wife Irene, and remarriage to a French woman.  Composed of the books "The Man of Property," "In Chancery," and "To Let,"  it satires the materialism of the Victorian upper class.  For ten points, name this trilogy with two interludes by John Galsworthy.

	The Forsyte Saga

8. This force is one of the four fundamental interactions, and occurs between leptons and in the decay of hadrons.It is responsible for nuclear decay. For ten points, name this force, transmitted by intermediate vector bosons.

	The Weak Nuclear Force 		Accept: Weak Interaction or Weak Force

9. In mammals, the diaphragm seperates the thorax from the abdomen. For ten points, spell diaphragm.

	DIAPHRAGM

10. The Treaty of Troyes was a landmark event in his life as it arranged his marriage and put him in line for a new job.  Although he would never assume that new job, namely King of France, but he and Katherine of Valois's son would claim it.  For ten points, name this king of England whose claims to the marriage and French throne stemmed from the St. Crispin's Day, 1415 battle of Agincourt.

	Henry V

11. Residing in Arlen, Texas, he and his wife have only one son, allegedly due to a narrow urethra.  His hero is Willie Nelson, and he takes great pride in selling propane and propane accessories.  For ten points, name this star of a new FOX animated sitcom.

	Hank Hill 			Prompt on: King of the Hill

12. During the early fourth century, the Roman persecutions of the Christians produced certain "traditores" or those who buckled under pressure and denied their faith.  When the persecutions passed, two men with the same name led a faction of the church which demanded traditores be rebaptized before re-joining the church.  For ten points, name this heretical Christian sect that was named after these two men and not the winner of the 1939 Best Actor Oscar.

	Donatism

13. It's easy to get this philosopher and his works confused with other people and works.  For example, the Bible says "Love thy neighbor as yourself," but he said "Love your neighbor and perfect your reason."  Maugham wrote On Human Bondage, but he wrote an essay called "Of Human Bondage".  For ten points, name this pantheist philospher who shared his given first name with Jeremiah's scribe, and changed his name to Benedict after being excommunicated by the Dutch Jewish community.

	Baruch and/or Benedict Spinoza

14. "I've made up my mind, and I don't expect to ever look back."  With this statement, this football player angered Bill Parcells and New York Jets fans by removing himself from the NFL draft.  For ten points, name this Tennessee quarterback. 

	Peyton Manning

15. He earned a silver medal in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, but unless his second-chance appeal is accepted, he'll never earn a silver star or similar decorations.  For ten points, name this two time World Heavyweight boxing champion who called it quits after only three days of Marine boot camp at the Paris Island training center.

	Riddick Bowe

16. WIMPS, MACHOs, black holes, brown dwarves, and neutrinos are all explanations put forth to explain this phenomenon. These explanations are needed because visual observations of our universe indicate that up to 90% percent of all matter cannot be readily accounted for. For ten points, name this theoretical type of matter.

	Dark Matter 		Accept: Missing Mass   or     Hidden Matter

17. Lakes Oulujarvi, Pielinen and Inari, the Tornio River, Mount Haltia, The Hell's Chasm, Seitseminen National Park, The Aland Islands, and the Gulf of Bothnia all are geographic features of, for ten points, what country that, according to Monty Python, is "so close to Russia, so far from Japan?"

	Republic of Finland 		Accept: Suomi    or     Suomen Tasavalta

18. Even odds, jumbo shrimp, pretty ugly, idiot savant, larger half, freezer burn, conservative liberal, and sweet sorrow are all example of, For ten points, this word which is a figure of speech that combines two contradictory words.

	Oxymoron

19. Called the most famous novelist between Lawrence Sterne and Jane Austen, this Irish son of an Anglican clergyman failed after 2 years of medical school at Edinburgh and subsequently roamed Europe on foot, playing the flute.  After meeting a bookseller, his first novel The Citizen of the World was liked by Samuel Johnson, giving him instant success.  For ten points, name this novelist and playwright of The Good Natured Man, She Stoops to Conquer,and The Vicar of Wakefield.

	Oliver Wendell Goldsmith

20. Its second generation design weighs 1.5 tons, contains 512 processors, and is scheduled to debut on May 3.  The first generation version of it had a record of 1 victory, 3 losses, and 1 draw.  For ten points, give either name for the IBM masterpiece which will have another chance to seek revenge against Grand Master Garry Kasparov.

	Deep Blue 			Accept: Deeper Blue

21. He is credited with breaking President Clinton's fall and saving him from a more serious injury, which is surprising for someone nicknamed "the Shark."  For ten points, name the golf pro who was hosting Clinton at his home when the president fell earlier this month.

	Greg Norman

22. The last name's the same:  a German-Jewish architect of synagogues and the Einstein Tower Observatory, and the German composer of romantic works such as the orartorios "St. Paul" and "Elija", the Italian and Scottish symphonies, and some famous incidental music.  For ten points, name this composer of the music to "A Midsummer Night's Dream."

	Felix or Erich Mendelssohn

23. From 1961 to 1963, he served as ambassador to India, but he is more famous as a economist and author.  He has written for Fortune magazine and also authored 1951's American Capitalism and 1955's The Great Crash: 1929.  For ten points, name this economist who also produced 1967's The New Industrial State and 1958's The Affluent Society.

	John Kenneth Galbraith

24. The Chicago Bulls set the single season win record last year with 72 wins and they also went on to be crowned the post-season champions.  At the same time, this hockey team set the single season win record at 62, but was defeated by the Colorado Avalanche in their conference championship.  For ten points, name this original NHL franchise based in Michigan.

	Detroit Red Wings

25. Although no one has acheived sustained, controlled nuclear fusion yet, it hasn't been because of a lack of effort.  Most ideas for acheiving fusion center around a toroidal-shaped reactor with a funny Russian name.  For ten points, give this name.

	Tokamak

26. His middle name is derived from the name of a group of heretics of the Middle Ages.  For generations, his ancestry was composed of ministers and clergymen, which led to his occupation as a Unitarian Minister.  For ten points, name this essayist of "The Over-Soul" and leader of the Transcendentalist movement.

	Ralph Waldo Emerson

27. He was so impressed by Calanus, that he asked the Hindu holy man to join him on his travels.  At Susa, Calanus fell sick and chose to immolate himself.  The ascetic's horrified companion protested, but Calanus is said to have replied "we will meet again at Babylon."  For ten points, name this Greek who probably also had fond feelings for his wife Roxana, mother Olympias, horse Bucephalus, and father Phillip of Macedon.

	Alexander the Great

28. The real name is of this 41 year old is Chizuo (She-zoo-oh) Matsumoto. He's currently facing 17 charges ranging from murder to illegal drug production, in Japan's trial of the century.  He'll have to find new lawyers, because the old ones recently resigned after he threatened them.    For ten points, name the leader of the doomsday cult that is allegedly responsible for the March 1995 nerve gas attack in Tokyo's subway system.

	Shoko Asahara

29. As founder of the People's Progressive Party, he helped lead his country to independence from British colonial rule in 1966. His presidential election victories in 1957 and 1961 were nullified by C.I.A. supported forces, but he was finally successfully elected in 1992.  For ten points, name this president of Guyana, who died March 6 in a Washington medical center.

	Cheddi Jagan (Jah-gon)

30. This city is surronded by Interstate 95 and the Penobscot River.  Roger Miller in "King of the Road" was in the "third box car midnight train, destination", For ten points, name this home of Stephen King.

	Bangor, Maine