From satriani@wam.umd.edu Fri Jan 24 17:57:11 1997 Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 22:51:14 -0500 (EST) From: AP Prince of Eternia To: zuckerma@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu Subject: Maryland B (Name TBA) Bonuses for JCV (fwd) Resent-Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 23:30:21 -0500 (EST) Resent-From: David Zuckerman Resent-To: Trivia Club Hi, Dave. Here are the bonuses as promised. Note: the bonuses are of a thematic nature (as you will see below). Though it would be nice to keep the same order, if you want to junk my theme just get rid of the first sentence in each bonus and order them the way you want. 1997 Juan Carlos Viscarra Memorial Tournament Maryland B (Name TBA) Bonuses by Adam Fine as inspired by Sue Grafton All Bonuses 30 Pts. 1. "A" is for American History. Place the following events of pre-Civil War American history in chronological order for five points each. The events are: Crittenden Compromise defeated; John Brown raids Harpers Ferry; the Dred Scott decision is handed down; the Kansas-Nebraska Act is passed; Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes _Uncle Tom's Cabin_; the nullification crisis occurs. Answers: Nullification (1829), _Uncle Tom's Cabin_ (1852), Kansas-Nebraska (1854), Dred Scott (1857), John Brown (1859), Crittenden (1860) 2. "B" is for Basketball. 30-20-10-5 name the basketball player: 30: Born in 1938, he led Crispus Attucks High School to two state titles and was the Indiana Player of the Year in 1956 as a senior. 20: At the University of Cincinnati, he averaged 33.8 PPG over four seasons, winning three straight College Player of the Year awards. 10: After co-captaining the USA to a gold medal in Rome, he played ten seasons for the Cincinnati Royals, averaging a triple-double for the season. 5: He is known as "The Big O." Answer: Oscar _Robertson_ 3. "C" is for Cubism. Identify the Cubist painter from a pair of works. a. For 5, _Demoiselles d'Avignon_ and _Seated Nude_ Answer: Pablo _Picasso_ b. For 10, _Violin and Jug_ and _The Musician_ Answer: Georges _Braque_ c. For 15, _La Femme en Bleu_, _The City_ Answer: Fernand _Leger_ 4. "D" is for Deaths. Identify these people who have died in the last six weeks. a. For 10 points, a former St. Louis Cardinal, he refused to play for the Phillies, taking his case to the Supreme Court. Though he lost, it resulted in the ultimate defeat of the reserve clause. Answer: Curt _Flood_ b. For 15 points, this entertainer played Harry the Horse in "Guys and Dolls" and produced the TV show "I Spy." Answer: Sheldon _Leonard_ c. For 5 points, this former Senator and Presidential candidate died because of liver problems resulting from bone marrow transplants. Answer: Paul _Tsongas_ 5. "E" is for Economics. Identify the following economics terms on a 5-10-15 basis. a. Bonds issued by companies with low credit ratings which usually pay high interest rates are known by what name? Answer: _Junk bonds_ b. Discretionary payment by a corporation to its shareholders, usually in the form of cash, stock shares, or other property. Answer: _Dividend_ c. This is the colorful term for provisions in the employment contracts of executives guaranteeing substantial severance benefits if they lose their position in a corporate takeover. Answer: _Golden parachute_ 6. "F" is for Fish. Identify these two types of fish from a description for fifteen points each. a. Many fossils of this fleshy, lobe-finned fish have been found, along with living specimens off the coast of South Africa. Answer: _Coelacanth_ b. Belonging to the family Gadidae, it is a saltwater food fish that lives in deep, cold northern waters, such as in the Grand Banks off Newfoundland. Answer: _Cod_ 7. "G" is for George Gershwin. For ten points each: a. Gershwin wrote this song at age nineteen. Sung by Al Jolson, it became the hit of the year 1920. Answer: _"Swanee"_ b. This work, with a book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind and lyrics by brother Ira, won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Answer: _"Of Thee I Sing"_ c. This 1928 orchestral work brought the cacophony of French taxicab horns into the concert hall. Answer: _"An American in Paris"_ 8. "H" is for _Henry IV: Part I_, one of Shakespeare's greatest histories. Answer the following. a. For 5 points, this comic character leads a band of revelers. Answer: _Falstaff_ b. For 10 points, Falstaff's corporal is this lowbred, drunken swaggerer who has the nickname "Knight of the Burning Lamp." Answer: _Bardolph_ c. For 5 points, this is the nickname of young Henry Percy, defeated by Prince Hal at the battle of Shrewsbury. Answer: _Hotspur_ d. For 10 points, Welshman Owen Glendower captured what pretender to Henry IV's throne, causing Hotspur to demand he be ransomed. Answer: Edmund _Mortimer_ 9. "I" is for Islands. Given a latitude and longitude within an island nation, identify it for fifteen points each. If you need its capital, you will earn five points. a. 15: 20 degrees South, 50 degrees East 5: Atananarivo Answer: _Madagascar_ b. 15: 35 degrees North, 33 degrees East 5: Nicosia Answer: _Cyprus_ 10. "J" is for Jewish heroes. Identify them for ten points each. a. His name means "son of the star." He led the last Jewish revolt against the Romans in 132 CE. Answer: Simon _Bar Kokhba_ b. Three centuries earlier, this third son of Mattathias the Hasmonean led the revolt against the Seleucid king Antiochus Epiphanes. Answer: _Judas Maccabeus_ c. This "Son of the Lion Cub" transformed the illegal Jewish defense force, the Haganah, into the Israeli Defense Force, led by generals Dayan, Yadin, and Allon. Answer: David _Ben-Gurion_ 11. "K" is for Kepler. Answer the following related to the German astronomer for the stated number of points. a. For 5 points, Kepler took over for this astronomer when he died in 1601. Answer: _Tycho_ Brahe (or Tycho _Brahe_) b. For 5 points, his first law states that orbits are which shape? Answer: _Elliptical_ c. Now, for 20 points, or 5 points if within 10%, if Planet X takes 343 years to orbit the Sun, how many Astronomical Units away from the Sun is it? Answer: _49 AU_ (44.1 - 53.9 AU for 5 points) 12. "L" is for Leader. 30-20-10 name the leader. 30: According to the propaganda machine he personally directs, he is William Shakespeare, Leonardo da Vinci, Steven Spielberg, and George S. Patton all rolled into one. 20: Ambassador James Laney said "his personality cult is without peer -- it eclipses Maoism at its height." 10: He still has not assumed his father's formal titles of state president and head of the Communist party in North Korea, as he wants to wait until three years of respectful mourning have passed. Answer: _Kim Jong-IL_ 13. "M" is for Metaphysical poets. Given a pair of works, identify the poet for ten points each. a. "The Anniversaries," "Go and Catch a Falling Star" Answer: John _Donne_ b. "Easter Wings," "The Collar" Answer: George _Herbert_ c. "The Garden," "To His Coy Mistress" Answer: Andrew _Marvell_ 14. "N" is for Nymphs. For five points each (10 points per question), identify both the nymph and the group of nymphs she belongs to from a description. a. Loved by Zeus and Poseidon, she was wedded to Peleus, resulting in her son Achilles. Answers: _Thetis_; _Nereid_ b. Killed by a snake while fleeing the advances of Aristaeus, she was married to Orpheus. Answers: _Eurydice_; _Dryad_ c. She was the lover of Acis, who was crushed beneath a rock by Polyphemus. Answers: _Galatea_; _Nereid_ 15. "O" is for Olympics. Identify the most recent gold medalists in the following events for five points each and a five-point bonus for all correct. a. Men's 100 Meter Dash Answer: Donovan _Bailey_ b. Decathlon Answer: Dan _O'Brien_ c. Men's 100 Meter Freestyly Swimming Answer: Alex _Popov_ d. Women's Individual All-Around Gymnastics Answer: Lilia _Podkopayeva_ e. Women's Figure Skating Answer: Oksana _Baiul_ 16. "P" is for Popes. Given their real name and one clue, identify the Pope for fifteen points each. If you need years of reign and an easier clue, you will receive five points. a. 15: Hildebrand; he called reform synods, condemned clerical marriage as well as simony, and banned lay investiture. 5: 1073-1085; he excommunicated Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV twice. Answer: _Gregory VII_ b. 15: Giuliano della Rovere; he returned the Papal States to church control and joined in the Holy League against France. 5: 1503-1513; he was a great patron of the arts, initiating the building of St. Peter's and commissioning the Sistine Chapel. Answer: _Julius II_ 17. "Q" is for Quantum Theory. Answer the following, 5-10-15. a. The wave theory of light failed at frequencies in this range, creating a theoretical problem solved by Max Planck. Answer: _Ultraviolet_ light b. This Frenchman suggested in 1924 that electrons could behave like waves as well as particles. Answer: Louis _de Broglie_ c. Werner Heisenberg produced this quantum theory using mathematical devices. Answer: _Matrix Mechanics_ 18. "R" is for Religion. Identify the faith for fifteen points each. a. Followers deny the divisions of the caste system. They strictly observe the five "K"s: kesha (long hair), kanga (hair comb), kaccha (undergarment), kada (steel bangle), and kirpan (short dagger). Answer: _Sikhism_ b. It emphasizes the spiritual unity of mankind, advocates universal peace, and is imbued with mild Oriental mysticism. It was founded by Mizra Husain Ali in 1863. Answer: _Bahaism_ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave, I've just been told that the computer lab I am working at is closing in less than ten minutes. So I'm sorry but this is all I can send you for now. I will send you the last 12 bonuses Friday morning (and I will re-send the rest of the bonuses). ---------------------------------------------------------------- Adam "AP" Fine, Class of 1998 ! "I am but mad north- MAQT Secretary and Semi-Guru ! by-northwest; when the Protector and Servant ! wind is southerly, I of Demigoddesses Everywhere ! can tell a hawk from a Member, Joe Satriani Fan Club ! hand-saw." ----------------------------------------------------------------