High School Quizbowl Packet Archive



Darien High School’s DEFT: 2017-2018-952490Written by Skyler Bennett, Brendan Berrigan, Michael Borecki, Thomas Brown, Grace Hand, Maya Nalawade, Sharath Narayan (James Clemens), John Phipps, Riya Krishnan, Sohum Shenoy (Wilmington Charter), Evan Tong, and Julia TongEdited by Michael Borecki and Julia TongSpecial thanks to Harris Bunker (Michigan State) Packet 6 Tossups1. In this novel, the Director is humiliated and forced to resign after a character who reads Shakespeare calls him his father; that character later hangs himself in a lighthouse after calling Lenina Crowne an “impudent strumpet.” The Bokanovsky process is used to sort people into five (*) castes such as beta and gamma in this novel, in which the alpha-plus Bernard Marx is exiled to Iceland by Mustapha Mond after bringing Linda and John the Savage from Malpais, New Mexico to London. For 10 points, name this dystopian novel by Aldous Huxley.ANSWER: Brave New World<J. Tong> 2. Margarita Island is a popular tourist destination in this country where the Catatumbo River is home to a lightning storm for over 260 days of the year. Table-top mountains called tepuis can be found in this country’s Canaima National Park, which is also home to the world’s tallest (*) waterfall. The Llanos plain is drained by the Orinoco River in this country home to Angel Falls. Lake Maracaibo is the center of the oil industry in, for 10 points, what country once led by Hugo Chávez from Caracas?ANSWER: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (or República Bolivariana de Venezuela)<Phipps>3. Georges Lefebvre [LE-FE-VREH] divided this event into “aristocratic,” “bourgeois,” and “popular” phases in its Marxist interpretation. Mary Wollstonecraft wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman in response to this event. Women marched on the royal palace with cannons to protest the price of (*) bread during this event, which included a peasant uprising in the “Great Fear.” Abbe Sieyes [AH-BAY SEE-YIZE] wrote What is the Third Estate? during this event. The Bastille was stormed in, for 10 points, what event that led to the execution of Louis XVI [THE 16th]?ANSWER: French Revolution<Borecki>4. Thalassemia is a genetic disease that results in a dearth of these cells, but their overproduction can lead to polycythemia [POLY-CY-THEME-E-UH]. Duffy antigens are malarial parasite receptors located on the surface of these subjects of the direct Coombs test. The production of these cells is stimulated by the hormone (*) EPO, while a mutation of glutamic acid to valine may cause these nuclei-lacking cells to lose their biconcave shape in sickle-cell anemia. For 10 points, name these hemoglobin-containing cells that transport oxygen throughout the body.ANSWER: red blood cells or erythrocytes (accept either)<Krishnan>5. One of this poet’s most famous works is comprised of four four-word stanzas that complete one sentence. This poet depicted a red fire truck rushing through a city in a poem that inspired Charles Demuth’s painting “I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold.” This poet of “The Great Figure” and the epic poem Paterson wrote a note about eating (*) “plums that were in the icebox” that were “so sweet and so cold.” For 10 points, name this poet of “This Is Just To Say,” who described an object “glazed with rain water, beside the white chickens” in “The Red Wheelbarrow.”ANSWER: William Carlos Williams (accept WCW)<Narayan>6. This god carried a pinecone-topped staff which symbolized fertility called the thyrsus. This deity caused Lycurgus to go insane and kill his son after mistaking him for ivy, and called upon his followers, the maenads, to tear Pentheus apart. Acoetes [A-CO-EH-TEES] was the only one spared after this god turned a (*) crew of pirates into dolphins. This god, whose mother Semele [SEH-MEH-LEE] died after seeing Zeus’s true form, was born after being sewn into Zeus’s thigh. For 10 points, name this Greek god of wine and madness.ANSWER: Dionysus (prompt on “Bacchus” before “Greek” is read)<Hand>7. Stokes’ Theorem governs a form of this operation done on a vector field. Switching the order of “iterated” forms of this operation is allowed by Fubini’s Theorem. When performed without bounds, this operation is (*) “indefinite” and does not require the addition of a constant, while its “definite” forms can be approximated by the Trapezoidal Rule and Riemann Sums. For 10 points, name this operation that finds the area under a curve, the inverse of differentiation.ANSWER: integration (or integral; accept line integral before “indefinite”)<Borecki>8. This man wrote a play in which Tuzenbach is killed by Solyony in a duel over Irina, and another in which the title character attempts to shoot Yelena’s lover, Astrov Serebryakov. Konstantin Treplev shoots the title bird and commits suicide after the actress Nina leaves him for Trigorin in a play by this author. The servant (*) Firs is boarded up at the end of one of his plays, which sees Madame Ranevskaya sells her estate to Lopakhin, who then cuts down the title trees. For 10 points, name this Russian playwright of Three Sisters, The Seagull, and The Cherry Orchard.ANSWER: Anton Chekhov<J. Tong>9. One church in this city depicts the ten martyrs of the twentieth century, while another church’s “Warrant Design” is in the shape of a Latin cross. That building’s 365-foot dome has a continuous colonnade with a niche in every fourth opening. A Norman-Foster designed skyscraper in this city has bands of light and dark glass, is known as the (*) Gherkin, and is at 30 St. Mary’s Axe. This city’s tallest building is a 95-story glass skyscraper designed by Renzo Piano, the Shard. For 10 points, name this city where Christopher Wren rebuilt St. Paul’s Cathedral after a “great” 1666 fire.ANSWER: London, England<Borecki>10. In one speech, this man states that “we have petitioned; and our petitions have been scorned” and argues “destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country,” while arguing for a 16-to-1 weight ratio. This man, who resigned as Secretary of State after the sinking of the (*) Lusitania, died four days after being examined by Clarence Darrow in the Scopes Trial. For 10 points, name this Democratic politician and supporter of free silver, who stated “you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold” while running for president in 1896.ANSWER: William Jennings Bryan<Borecki>HALFTIME11. This experiment used x-rays as its radiation source to ionize air, while its namesake substance in this experiment was chosen because of its low vapor pressure. This experiment’s setup allowed for an electric field to be produced in between two horizontal metal plates. Terminal velocity had to be reached for this experiment to use (*) Stoke’s Law to calculate the drag on a charged particle. For 10 points, name this experiment performed by Millikan and Fletcher to determine the size and charge of an electron.ANSWER: Millikan oil drop experiment <Krishnan>12. This book warns against being overly generous because it may result in resource exhaustion and higher taxes. This book also warns against using mercenaries and encourages using the power of the church for military conquest. This follow up to Discourses on Livy says it is good to be both (*) “a lion and a fox.” This book praises Cesare Borgia and states that “if you cannot be both,” it is “better to be feared than loved.” For 10 points, name this treatise of political philosophy by Niccolo Machiavelli.ANSWER: The Prince<Borecki>13. Sudhir Venkatesh studied this city’s Black Gangster Disciples in Gang Leader for a Day. Charles Drouet meets Caroline Meeber in this city in a Theodore Dreiser novel. The “murder castle” was run by H.H. Holmes in this setting of (*) Devil in the White City. Stanislovas is eaten by rats and the Lithuanian immigrant Jurgis Rudkus works at a meatpacking plant in this city in Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle. The 1893 World’s Fair was hosted by, and the Willis tower is in, for 10 points, what Illinois city?ANSWER: Chicago, Illinois (do not prompt on Illinois)<Borecki>14. Colloidal particles of this element are attached to antibodies to stain in one form of electron microscopy, and this element that is purified in the Miller process is alloyed with silver in electrum. This element has the highest ductility and (*) malleability of the transition metals. Geiger and Marsden shot alpha particles through a foil of this element in an experiment that led to the discovery of the atomic nucleus under Ernest Rutherford. For 10 points, name this precious metal with chemical symbol Au.ANSWER: Gold<Narayan/Bennett>15. A Mongol invasion of this region was repelled at the Battle of Cheoin [Cho-in]. The jungin were subservient to the aristocratic yangban class in this region, the site of the three kingdoms of Goguryeo [GO-GUR-I-IO], Baekje [PECK-JAY], and Silla. Admiral Yi Sun-Shin developed the (*) turtle ship after Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s first invasion of this region. The Hall of Worthies, which developed the Hangul alphabet, was established by this region’s ruler Sejong the Great. For 10 points, name this region once ruled by the Joseon dynasty from Seoul.ANSWER: Korea (prompt on “Joseon” Dynasty; do not accept or prompt on “North Korea” or “South Korea”)<Borecki>16. This holiday is the setting of a story in which John Horner is nearly framed for a crime James Ryder commits by hiding a gem in a goose. In addition to “The Blue Carbuncle,” a scene set during this holiday sees the March sisters donate their breakfast to the Hummel family. Mr. (*) Fezziwig hosts a ball on this holiday, on which a turkey is donated to the Cratchit family by Ebenezer Scrooge. For 10 points, Charles Dickens wrote a “carol” about what December holiday?ANSWER: Christmas <J. Tong>17. After the title character of this show is given the suggestion to ask other kids to sign his cast as a method of gaining friends, he sings “Waving Through a Window.” Heidi and Cynthia, parents in this musical, sing a duet questioning if anybody has a map to communicate with (*) teenagers. Zoe Murphy grieves over the suicide of her brother Connor by singing “Requiem” for him in this musical, where Ben Platt writes letters to himself as the socially awkward title character. For 10 points, name this Pasek and Paul show that won “Best Musical” at the 2017 Tony Awards.ANSWER: Dear Evan Hansen<Bennett>18. This character predicts her death after turning up a diamond and a spade in the “Card Aria.” This character claims she will dance the Seguidilla [SE-GEE-DEE-YA] at her friend Lilia Pastia’s inn as she seduces a soldier, and eventually finds herself attracted to a character who sings the Toreador Song, (*) Escamillo [ES-CA-MEE-YO]. This character claims that “love is a rebellious bird” before throwing a rose to a lover while singing the “Habanera”; that man eventually stabs her at a bullfight. For 10 points, name this character who seduces Don Jose in a Georges Bizet opera.ANSWER: Carmen<J. Tong>19. The Alcmaeonid family allegedly signaled the losers of this battle with a shield. The strategoi Callimachus died during this battle where the cavalry of Datis and Artaphernes were still on their ships and unable to help. Although his side was waiting for reinforcements away celebrating (*) Carneia, Miltiades ordered an attack during his day of command at this battle. An Athenian army defeated an invading Persian force under Darius I in, for 10 points, what battle that led Pheidippides to run 26.2 miles?ANSWER: Battle of Marathon<Borecki>20. One section of this text speaks of being “forgiving and merciful” to those who “repent” and who “establish prayer.” Another verse in that section says to grant protection to those who seek it, but immediately follows the “sword verse.” That section begins with a “declaration of dissociation” from those who “had made a treaty among the polytheists,” instead of the traditional (*) “bismillah.” Someone who has memorized this entire text is called a hafiz. This text is broken up into Suras and serves as the basis for Sharia law. For 10 points, name this sacred text of Islam.ANSWER: al-Quran (or Koran)<Borecki>TIEBREAK: ONLY PROCEED IF THE GAME IS TIED21. After characters find objects such as “a stone / as small as the world” at a beach, this poet concludes that “its always ourselves we find in the sea.” In addition to maggie and milly and molly and may, this poet asked “how do you like your blueeyed boy / Mister Death” in Buffalo Bill’s. This poet described a man who refuses to kiss a (*) flag as “more brave than me:more blond than you,” and wrote about a place where “up so floating many bells down.” For 10 points, name this grammatically unconventional poet of i sing of Olaf glad and big and anyone lived in a pretty how town.ANSWER: e. e. cummings<J. Tong>BONUSES1. One of these works was written to be performed on black keys only, while another was inspired by the November Uprising. For 10 points each--A. Name these types of works, meant to be exercises or “studies,” which include “Wrong Note,” “Winter Wind,” and “Revolutionary.”ANSWER: etudes (accept but DO NOT REVEAL Chopin’s etudes)B. This composer of the Revolutionary Etude included “Raindrop” in a collection of 24 preludes. He was inspired by a dog chasing its tale to write the “Minute Waltz.”ANSWER: Frederic Chopin (pronounced “SHOW-PAHN”)C. Chopin was a composer from this Eastern European country, the inspiration for his mazurkas and polonaises.ANSWER: Poland<J. Tong>2. The title character of this short story is replaced by a panther after his death. For 10 points each-A. Name this short story, in which the title character is neglected after moving to a circus, where he is able to continue to fast.ANSWER: A Hunger ArtistB. “A Hunger Artist” is a short story by this German author, who wrote about Gregor Samsa’s transformation into a giant beetle in The Metamorphosis.ANSWER: Franz KafkaC. Gregor’s father throws some of these fruits at him in The Metamorphosis. John Chapman legendarily planted many trees for this fruit in the United States.ANSWER: apples<J. Tong>3. Many Latin American countries contain volcanoes. For 10 points each, name some:A. The active volcanoes of Cotopaxi and Pichincha, which overlooks Quito, as well as the inactive volcano Chimborazo, are in this South American country north of Peru.ANSWER: Republic of Ecuador (or República del Ecuador, or Ikwadur)B. The Arenal Volcano is in this Central American country better known for the Monteverde Cloud Forest and its many national parks.ANSWER: Republic of Costa Rica (or República de Costa Rica)C. This country’s Paricutin Volcano supposedly rose from a Michoacán cornfield in 1943. Its other volcanos include Popocatépetl [PO-PO-CA-TEH-PETAL] and Iztaccíhuatl [EES-TACK-SIH-HUA-TEL].ANSWER: Mexico (or United Mexican States or United States of Mexico or Estados Unidos Mexicanos)<Phipps>4. This work was originally intended as a translation of Ephraim Chambers’ “Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences.” For 10 points each--A. Identify this reference work, the first volume of which was published in 1751.ANSWER: Diderot’s Encyclopedia (or Encyclopedie; or A Systematic Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts, and Trades)B. Diderot’s Encyclopedia was a broader part of this 18th-century intellectual movement. Immanuel Kant called this movement “man’s emergence from his self-imposed immaturity.”ANSWER: Age of Enlightenment (or Age of Reason)C. These Enlightenment gatherings of writers, philosophers, and other intellectuals were often run by women such as Marie-Therese Geoffrin.ANSWER: Salons<Borecki>5. Chloroauric [CHLOR-O-AUR-IC] acid is formed by reacting this substance with a metal that is purified in the Wohlwill process. For 10 points each:A. Name this mixture of two species that is able to dissolve “noble metals” such as platinum.ANSWER: aqua regiaB. Aqua regia is formed by combining nitric acid with this other strong acid. This acid’s neutralization with sodium hydroxide produces table salt, and it is found in the stomach as gastric acid.ANSWER: hydrochloric acid (accept HCl)C. Hydrochloric acid is often used to “pickle,” or remove rust from, this iron alloy produced by the Bessemer process and often used to support buildings.ANSWER: steel<Narayan>6. For 10 points each, give the following about the European migrant crisis:A. Most European migrants are refugees fleeing the ongoing civil war between Bashar al-Assad’s government and various rebel groups, as well as the Islamic State, in this country.ANSWER: Syrian Arab RepublicB. This country put a fence on its borders with Croatia and Serbia to prevent the entrance of refugees. Prime Minister Viktor Orban has tried to shut down a George Soros-founded university in this country.ANSWER: Hungary (or Hungarian Republic)C. A refugee camp known as the “jungle” was shut down by authorities in this city in October 2016. Several refugees tried to get to England from this French city through the Chunnel.ANSWER: Calais, France<Borecki>7. This theory leads to mass-energy equivalence, which can be stated as E = mc2 [squared]. For 10 points each--A. Identify this Albert Einstein theory proposed a decade before a “general” counterpart, which states that the laws of physics are uniform in non-accelerating frames of reference.ANSWER: theory of special relativity (prompt on relativity; do not accept general relativity)B. One consequence of Special Relativity is this phenomenon where differences in gravity or relative velocity may cause some people to age less.ANSWER: time dilationC. This “factor” in Special Relativity indicates the length contraction and time dilation for an object given the relative velocity, proper time, coordinate time, and the speed of light.ANSWER: Lorentz Factor<Borecki>8. One character in this film loses two fingers when a real bullet is used in the bullet-catch trick. For 10 points each--A. Name this film about rival magicians performing versions of the “transported man” trick. David Bowie plays Nikola Tesla, who builds a machine for Robert Angier, in this film.ANSWER: The PrestigeB. This man served as director, screenwriter, and producer for The Prestige. This director of Inception and The Dark Knight Rises is known for the ambiguous endings to his films.ANSWER: Christopher NolanC. This most recent Christopher Nolan film follows Mr. Dawson, George, and Peter as they take their boat to evacuate soldiers from the title city.ANSWER: Dunkirk<Nalawade/Borecki>9. The Superdome was used as a shelter for this event but had to be evacuated after losing power. For 10 points each--A. Name this 2005 category 4 storm that significantly damaged much of New Orleans.ANSWER: Hurricane KatrinaB. Michael Brown, the head of this U.S. disaster relief agency, was told “you're doing a heck of a job” by George W. Bush, but resigned after he was unable to supply the Superdome with food or water following Katrina.ANSWER: Federal Emergency Management Agency (or FEMA)C. During the Katrina benefit concert, this man went off-script to controversially state “George Bush doesn't care about black people.”ANSWER: Kanye West<Borecki>10. In a John Gardner novel, this monster is told about Scyld Shiefling by a blind poet named “The Shaper.” For 10 points each--A. Name this descendent of Cain who loses an arm while battling a hero in the mead hall Heorot in an epic poem.ANSWER: GrendelB. This Geatish hero kills Grendel to help King Hrothgar reclaim Heorot, and later battles Grendel’s mother underwater. This hero dies after Wiglaf helps him battle a dragon.ANSWER: BeowulfC. Beowulf was notably translated by this Irish poet of “Death of a Naturalist” and “Mid-Term Break.”ANSWER: Seamus Heaney<J. Tong>11. This figure helps a man who is beaten by robbers and left for dead on the side of the road. For 10 points each--A. Name this figure who Jesus uses as an example of how to love one’s neighbor. This figure names a term for a helpful individual, as well as laws protecting such individuals from being sued.ANSWER: Good SamaritanB. The parable of the Good Samaritan is told in this Gospel in between Mark and John.ANSWER: LukeC. Another parable found in Luke sees Jesus compare the “Kingdom of God” to one of these miniscule objects that grows into a large tree that “birds of the sky” may lodge in.ANSWER: mustard seed (prompt on “mustard tree” or “mustard plant”)<Borecki>12. Answer some questions about something you probably didn’t get last night, sleep. For 10 points each:A. Dreams often occur during this type of sleep, where the body is temporarily paralyzed and the eyes move erratically back and forth. It occurs about 90 minutes into sleep.ANSWER: rapid eye movement (accept REM sleep or paradoxical sleep)B. This organ’s suprachiasmatic nucleus controls circadian rhythms to regulate sleep cycles. This organ also secretes neurohormones to trigger activity of the pituitary gland.ANSWER: hypothalamusC. Exposure to this external stimulus can limit secretion of melatonin and prevent sleep. Artificial forms of this stimulus can be emitted by phone, tablet, and computer screens.ANSWER: light (accept more specific answers such as sunlight or blue light)<Narayan>13. For 10 points each, name some early explorers:A. Rustichello da Pisa wrote a travelogue about this man’s journey to China, where he lived in the court of Kublai Khan.ANSWER: Marco PoloB. This Chinese explorer visited Hormuz and Mecca and brought a giraffe back from Africa during his seven voyages for the Yongle Emperor.ANSWER: Zheng He (or Ma He)C. This Moroccan author of The Travels spent thirty years visiting the Arab world as well as India, Malacca, and China.ANSWER: Muhammad Ibn Battuta (or Abu Abdallah Muhammad bin Abdallah al-Lawati al-Tanji bin Battuta)<Borecki>14. Amanda discovers that this character has been visiting museums and the local zoo instead of taking typing classes at Rubicam’s Business College. For 10 points each--A. Name this character who is nicknamed “blue roses” by a man she gifts a broken glass unicorn to, Jim.ANSWER: Laura Wingfield (prompt on Wingfield)B. Laura appears in this American playwright’s The Glass Menagerie. This playwright wrote about Stanley, who rapes Stella’s sister Blanche, in A Streetcar Named Desire.ANSWER: Tennessee WilliamsC. In this play by Williams, Gooper and Mae conspire to receive Big Daddy’s inheritance once he dies from colon cancer, which the family pretends is a “spastic colon.”ANSWER: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof<J. Tong>15. These institutions are required to report crimes on their property by the 1990 Clery Act. For 10 points each--A. Name these institutions that operate federal work-study programs as part of financial aid.ANSWER: colleges and universities (accept either)B. Many universities, including MIT, Harvard, and Berkeley, now offer these types of courses open to the general public through sites such as edX [ED-EX].ANSWER: Massively Open Online Courses (or MOOCs; prompt on “online courses”)C. David Malan teaches this Harvard introduction to computer science that has had over 1,000,000 enrollments on edX.ANSWER: Computer Science 50 (or CS 50)<Borecki>16. This work is housed in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome, where it is illuminated by a secret window. For 10 points each--A. Name this sculpture that depicts an angel about to stab a swooning nun with a spear.ANSWER: The Ecstasy of Saint TeresaB. The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa is by this artist of the Fountain of Four Rivers, in which river gods of the Danube, Nile, Ganges, and Rio de la Plata surround an obelisk.ANSWER: Gian Lorenzo BerniniC. Bernini belonged to this 17th-century artistic movement that emphasized exaggerated drama and vivid detail. It was followed by Rococo, which is often known as the “late” version of this style.ANSWER: baroque<Borecki>17. For 10 points each, give the following about probabilities:A. The odds of two events of this type both occurring is the product of the two probabilities, since the outcomes of these events do not affect each other.ANSWER: independent events (accept word forms)B. This law states that as the number of trials approaches infinity, the results of an experiment will converge towards the expected value.ANSWER: Law of Large Numbers (or LLN)C. This probability theorem states that the probability of A given B is equal to the probability of B given A, times the probability of A, divided by the probability of B.ANSWER: Bayes’ theorem<Borecki>18. These conflicts began after a 1450 to 1454 famine was blamed on the wrath of the gods. For 10 points each--A. Name these conflicts between Cholula, Texcoco, and other cities for the purpose of obtaining sacrifices.ANSWER: Flowery WarsB. Texcoco and Tlacopan were cities of this empire that participated in Flower Wars, which ended after it was conquered by Hernan Cortes.ANSWER: Aztec EmpireC. Cortes besieged and destroyed this Aztec capital during his conquest of the empire. The ruins of this city on Lake Texcoco can be found underneath Mexico City.ANSWER: Mexico-Tenochtitlan<Borecki>19. In this novel, Mary Garth refuses to destroy one of Featherstone’s wills, and John Raffles attempts to blackmail Bulstrode by exposing his past as a shady pawnbroker. For 10 points each-A. Name this novel, in which Dorothea Brooke marries Will Ladislaw after the death of her husband, Edward Casaubon.ANSWER: Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial LifeB. Middlemarch is a novel by this author, who also wrote about a “weaver of Raveloe” who finds redemption by raising the orphaned girl Eppie in Silas Marner.ANSWER: George Eliot (or Mary Ann Evans)C. In Eliot’s novel The Mill on the Floss, the siblings Tom and Maggie die in this manner after being caught in a flood.ANSWER: Drowning<J. Tong>20. Jane Jacobs wrote about the “Death and Life” of these entities. For 10 points each--A. Name these entities, theoretical examples of which include Le Corbusier’s “Radiant” one and Ebenezer Howard’s “Garden” one. Real-life examples include Boston.ANSWER: cities (or Great American Cities, do not accept or prompt on “towns”)B. Jacobs staunchly opposed Robert Moses, who advocated for a six-lane highway above 30th street in this U.S. city. The destruction of this city’s Penn Station eroded support for the plan.ANSWER: New York CityC. Jacobs was an avid supporter of this Manhattan neighborhood where the Stonewall riots took place at a gay bar. Moses wanted to build a road through this neighborhood’s Washington Square Park.ANSWER: Greenwich Village (or The Village)<Borecki> ................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.

Google Online Preview   Download