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 The 2019 Scottie Round ThreeWritten and edited by current and former players and coaches including Todd Garrison, Tyler Reid, Olivia Kiser, Rajeev Nair, Garrison Page, Caleb Tamminga, Parker Bannister, Hunter Lindsey, Mason Reid, and Anish Patel (with a special assist by Ramapriya Rangaraju)TOSSUPS1. This man signed a decree which established the University of Tartu in Estonia, and he signed the Treaty of Stolbovo to end the Ingrian War. This man nearly drowned in the Battle of Vittsjo which was part of a conflict ended by the Treaty of Altmark. This victor at the Battle of Rain defeated Count Tilly at the Battle of (*) Breitenfeld, and he was succeeded by his daughter Cristina following his death at the Battle of Lutzen. For 10 points, name this Swedish king, nicknamed the “Lion of the North,” who led his nation’s forces during the Thirty Years War.ANSWER: Gustavus Adolphus <RN>2. Most of these works were inspired by publicity stills from the set of the 1953 film Niagara. The “Gold” one of these paintings was the main draw at a Stable Gallery exhibition in 1962 that brought its artist to prominence. One set of these works were renamed after Dorothy Podber shot them with a revolver, earning her a lifetime ban from (*) The Factory. These works include a diptych with fifty silkscreens made during the year its namesake died. For 10 points, name these works by Andy Warhol featuring the actress formerly known as Norma Jean.ANSWER: paintings of Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol [accept anything mentioning works of art featuring Marilyn Monroe] <TG>3. This man’s birthplace is commemorated by an obelisk in the White River valley of Vermont. This leader wrote a poetic version of Doctrine and Covenants with first line “I will go, I will go, to the home of the Saints.” The Book of Lehi was part of 116 pages that were lost from a translation this man made from (*) golden plates revealed to him by the angel Moroni. For 10 points, name this religious leader who was assassinated in Nauvoo, Illinois after translating the Book of Mormon.ANSWER: Joseph Smith Jr. <TG>4. The protagonist of this author’s novel Georges [zhorzh] is mixed-race, and another novel by this author focuses on a contest to be the first person to grow the title flower. This author of The Black Tulip also wrote a novel about a man whose aliases include Lord Wilmore and Monsieur Zaccone. The third part of a series by this author is usually called (*) The Man in the Iron Mask, while Milady de Winter is one of the chief antagonists of this man’s most famous work. For 10 points, name this French author, who wrote The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers.ANSWER: Alexandre Dumas père <OK>5. A 2018 study showed that treating kidney tissue with modulates of this molecule accelerated recovery rates for injuries commonly associated with transplants. This compound and chlorine are passed through a bed of activated carbon to produce phosgene, and methanol is produced by the hydrogenation of this gas. Because hemoglobin has a (*) higher affinity for this compound than oxygen, inhaling too much can lead to its namesake poisoning. For 10 points, name this diatomic molecule with formula CO.ANSWER: carbon monoxide [accept CO until mentioned] <MR>6. In this novel, the protagonist and his family are creeped out after being given a pamphlet showing Jesus on the cross, and end up using it to line their shoes. That man from this book betrays his wife by giving two pearls to his mistress. In this novel, a former slave to the Hwang family named (*) Olan is cruel to the maid Cuckoo as a way of demonstrating her unhappiness at being displaced by Lotus. For 10 points, name this work about the family of Wang Lung, written by Pearl S. Buck. ANSWER: The Good Earth <TG>7. This person met with Mother Theresa in the Bronx in 1997, and upon her death was buried with rosary beads given to her by the famous nun. A coalition supported by this woman won the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize shortly after her death for its efforts to ban land mines. Henri Paul was driving the (*) Mercedes that crashed, killing this public figure while trying to elude paparazzi. For 10 points, name this former Princess of Wales, whose televised wedding to Prince Charles was viewed by 750 million people.ANSWER: Lady Diana Frances Spencer [or Diana, Princess of Wales; or Princess Di; or Princess Diana] <TG>8. This person was born on the feast day of the patron saint of music, which may have inspired him to compose his Hymn to St. Cecilia. In one work by this composer, thirteen variations are played on a theme that finished with a fugue he called “a race between the instruments.” Not long after premiering an operetta about a (*) lumberjack, this composer of Paul Bunyan was inspired by a George Crabbe poem to compose the opera Peter Grimes. For 10 points, name this English composer of The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra.ANSWER: Sir Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron of Aldeburgh <TG>9. This river’s major fish fauna is the elephant-fish, and a proposed dam on this river named the Grand Inga Dam would produce twice as much power as the Three Gorges Dam. The Lualaba River turns into this river near the Boyoma Falls. The two closest (*) capital cities in the world are across from each other on a widening of this river called the Malebo Pool. For 10 points, Lake Tanganyika is a major source of this river that separates Kinshasa from Brazzaville in two namesake countries.ANSWER: The Congo River <TG>10. John Herschel named two moons of Uranus after characters from this poem that opens with a Latin epigram from Martial. The title event of this poem occurs at Hampton Court, and before it happens, sylphs are instructed to protect the main character even if she “forget her prayers.” (*) Umbriel goes to the Cave of Spleen in this poem, and pours a bag of “sighs, sobs and passions” over Thalestris and the protagonist. This poem ends with the title object becoming a constellation. For 10 points, name this poem revolving around the theft of hair from Belinda, written by Alexander Pope. ANSWER: The Rape of the Lock <OK>11. Helicobacter pylori is one bacteria that causes inflammation that increases the frequency of these instances. Olaparib is a drug being used to fight breast cancer in patients in which one of these events has taken place. One of these events that results in sickle cell anemia is caused by (*) glutamic acid being changed for valine. Types of this event include deletions, insertions, and substitutions, and any agent that increases the amount of these events is called a mutagen. For 10 points, name this type of event which can be defined as a change in the nucleotide sequence of a genetic sequence.ANSWER: DNA mutation <MR>12. This woman called working with Prince a “surreal” experience after collaborating with him on the song “Boy Trouble.” Beyonce joined the audience in giving this artist a standing ovation at the 2019 BET awards, and this performer often plays her (*) “Sasha Flute” during live acts. This rapper and singer followed up her albums Coconut Oil and Big Grrrl Small World with Cuz I Love You, which marked a turning point in her career. For 10 points, name this artist known for body-positivity, whose song “Truth Hurts” has charted worldwide.ANSWER: Lizzo [accept Melissa Jefferson] <TG>13. The Mingo Creek Association advocated for violence during this event, which Albert Gallatin attempted to mediate. This conflict featured a meeting at Braddock’s field and included the Battle of Bower Hill, which saw the burning of tax collector John Neville’s home. This uprising was put down by the (*) Watermelon army, led by Lighthorse Harry Lee, and was sparked by an excise tax proposed by Alexander Hamilton. For 10 points, name this 1791 Western Pennsylvania rebellion against a tax on liquor.ANSWER: Whiskey Rebellion [or Whiskey Insurrection] <RN>14. After this man’s time conducting for the Air Force Band, he worked as a Jazz pianist and bandleader for Frankie Lane. This musician played on the opening riff of Henry Mancini’s Peter Gunn theme, and was known as “little Johnny Love” when he wrote music for the pilot episode of Gilligan’s Island. This former conductor of the (*) Boston Pops holds more academy award nominations than anyone living, and has collaborated on all but one of Stephen Spielberg’s films. For 10 points, name this composer famous for his work on movie scores for films such as Jaws and Star Wars.ANSWER: John Towner Williams <TG>15. The number 1 is the only Pell number that is one of these numbers. The nth of these numbers is the same as the number of unique handshakes possible among n + 1 people. Friedrich Gauss’s “Eureka” theorem states that any integer can be expressed as the sum of three of these numbers. The sum of (*) eight times one of these numbers and 1 will always be an odd perfect square. The third diagonal of Pascal’s triangle is a list of these numbers. For 10 points, name these numbers that form a pattern beginning 1, 3, 6, 10.ANSWER: triangular numbers <TG>16. The lowest rank in the cult of Mithras was named after this animal. One of these animals with three legs guided Japan’s first emperor to the site of his future kingdom, and in the Qur’an, this animal taught Cain how to bury Abel. Apollo turned this animal into its distinctive (*) color after they reported his lover Coronis had been unfaithful, and the Hindu goddess Shani is often depicted riding one of these birds of the Corvus genus. For 10 points, name this bird, two of which named Hugin and Munin are often perched on Odin’s shoulders.ANSWER: raven [accept crow] <MR>17. One of the protagonists in this work murders his mountain-climber lover Alleluia after the other protagonist suggests that she has multiple lovers. Ayesha leads a group in a journey to Mecca in an attempt to heal Mishal’s breast cancer in a storyline from this book. In a speech given nine days after issuing a (*) ruling on this novel, one leader called this book an attack on the honour of the clergy. Saladin and Gibreel transform into the Devil and Gabriel in this work. For 10 points, name this work that prompted a fatwa to be issued against its author, Salman Rushdie.ANSWER: The Satanic Verses <TG>18. Some have recently argued that social media is a type of this man’s namesake apparatus. This thinker created a heated clear crib with airholes for his child called the “baby tender.” Professors Burris and Castle visit a community founded by (*) T.E. Frazier in a utopian work by this psychologist who is also known for his Pigeon Project. For 10 points, name this author of Walden 2, who used rats and a namesake box to study operant conditioning.ANSWER: Burhus Frederic Skinner <TG>19. This substance’s stress-strain behavior exhibits the Mullins and Payne effects, and its toughness is commonly measured using a Shore durometer. Synthetic variants of this material use butadiene to replace the Hevea brasiliensis derived isoprene subunits. Replacing carbon-hydrogen bonds in this material reduces its susceptibility to (*) plastic deformation, hardening it by crosslinking the constituent molecules in a process known as vulcanization. For 10 points, name this primary component of elastomers formed by refining latex, a material commonly found in car tires and pencil erasers. ANSWER: natural rubber [or India rubber; accept latex; accept Amazonian rubber; accept caucho or caoutchouc] <RR>20. This man led his side’s forces during the Battle of Santa Clara, and his hands were amputated and preserved in formaldehyde after his death for the purpose of identification. This subject of a famous Albert Korda photograph led a futile revolution in the Democratic Republic of the Congo six years after helping depose (*) Fulgencio Bautista. This revolutionary and physician, who authored the Motorcycle Diaries, was captured and executed by U.S. backed forces in Bolivia. For 10 points, name this Argentine-born Marxist revolutionary who assisted Fidel Castro in the Cuban Revolution.ANSWER: Ernesto Che Guevara de la Serna <RN>BONUSES:1. In this novel, two cellmates find an escape by talking about films while in Villa Devoto Prison. For 10 points each:[10] Name this work in which the transgender Molina is shot after taking a message to Valentin’s group of revolutionaries.ANSWER: Kiss of the Spider Woman[10] Kiss of the Spider Woman is by this author whose first work was Betrayed by Rita Hayworth.ANSWER: Manuel Puig[10] Puig is from this country whose other notable authors include Julio Cortazar and Jorge Luis Borges.ANSWER: Argentina [or the Argentine Republic] <TG>2. While Great Britain was once known for having the most powerful navy in the world, it does not have the greatest track record when it comes to passenger liners. For 10 points each:[10] Almost 2,000 people ignored warnings from the German embassy in Washington and boarded this ship that was torpedoed in World War 1. This ship sank in less than 20 minutes due to the large amount of war materials it was carrying to England.ANSWER: RMS Lusitania[10] This multimillionaire was the richest passenger lost when the “unsinkable” Titanic failed to receive a message about an iceberg field before plowing into one at 22 knots. This man shared his name with his grandfather, who made their family fortune in the fur trade.ANSWER: John Jacob Astor IV[10] Formerly known as the SS Bute, this ship went down in the Thames River with a loss of over 600 lives after being hit by a coal-carrying ship called the Bywell Castle.ANSWER: SS Princess Alice <TG>3. If cancer is found in this organ, a hysterectomy may be performed. For 10 points each: [10] Name this organ, connected to the cervix at its lower portion and the fallopian tubes at its upper portion.ANSWER: uterus [or womb][10] This temporary organ forms in the uterus during pregnancy and regulates nutrient exchange. The immunity barrier this organ provides prevents the mother's immune system from attacking the fetus as a foriegn object. ANSWER: placenta [10] The placenta forms after a blastocyst binds to this inner lining of the uterus, otherwise shed during menstruation.ANSWER: endometrium <CT>4. This author was involved in a serious car accident in 1999, which he later incorporated into his Dark Tower series. For 10 points each: [10] Name this American author, who first came to prominence in the 1970s with books such as Carrie and The Shining.ANSWER: Stephen King[10] King is a native of this state, and has set many of his works in the fictional town of Derry in this state. This state is the setting of The Cider House Rules. ANSWER: Maine[10] Among King’s works set in Derry is this novel, which focuses on The Losers’ struggle against Pennywise. The novel was adapted into several movies. ANSWER: It <OK>5. This artistic technique was believed to maximize luminosity, and was most prominent early in the Neo-Impressionist movement. For 10 points each:[10] Name this art technique in which an image is formed from many distinctly colored dots.ANSWER: pointillism[10] A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte is one of the pointillist works of this French painter.ANSWER: Georges Seurat[10] Seurat worked closely with this other French pointillist. He depicted an art critic holding a flower and top hat in Portrait of Felix Feneon.ANSWER: Paul Signac <TR>6. This past July, New Zealand held its first “buy-back” of these things. For 10 points each. [10] New Zealand paid out close to 300,000 dollars for over 200 banned parts for these things.ANSWER: guns [accept firearms; prompt on “weapons”][10] New Zealand’s parliament passed a bill banning most semi-automatic weapons after a gunman entered two of this type of building on March 15, killing 51 people and wounding dozens more.ANSWER: mosques [accept masjid; accept cami; prompt on “muslim place of worship” or similar][10] That shooting took place in this city on the edge of the Canterbury Plains on the South Island.ANSWER: Christchurch [or Otautahi] <TG>7. Answer the following questions about hardness, for 10 points each.[10] This chemical process occurs when a fat and sodium hydroxide are reacted to form hard soap. This process can alternately use potassium hydroxide to yield soft soaps, and can also be seen in certain fire extinguishers.ANSWER: saponification[10] This scale is used to determine the hardness of various minerals and was developed by a German geologist for which it gets its name.ANSWER: Mohs scale[10] This mineral has a value of one on the mohs scale, meaning its hardness is 1500 times weaker than a diamond, which has a value of 10 on the scale.ANSWER: talc <CT>8. This king apocryphally tried to stop the tides and hung his crown on a crucifix when he failed. For 10 points each: [10] Name this King of England, the son of Sweyn Forkbeard. ANSWER: Canute the Great [or Cnut][10] Canute was born a king of this non-Swiss country whose flag is a white cross on a red field.ANSWER: The Kingdom of Denmark[10] Danish rule over England ended with the reign of a man of this name nicknamed “the Confessor.” Other English kings with this name include the son of Henry VIII and a king nicknamed “Longshanks.”ANSWER: Edward <OK>9. This god was the patron of the city of Tenochtitlan, where many sacrifices were performed in his name. For 10 points each: [10] Name this sun god, who is variously described as being the brother of Quetzalcoatl or the son of Coatlicue. ANSWER: Huitzilopochtli[10] The name Huitzilopochtli [WEE-sih-loh-POTCH-lee] refers to this animal. The ruby-throated variety of these animals is native to most of the Eastern United States. ANSWER: hummingbird[10] Huitzilopochtli was a god of these people, who also worshipped Tlaloc and practiced human sacrifice.ANSWER: Aztec <OK> 10. These circuit components are commonly used with 555 timer integrated circuit chips to create an oscillating pattern. For 10 points each:[10] Name these electrical circuit components whose strength can be increased by placing a dielectric between its plates.ANSWER: capacitor[10] These are the SI units used to measure electrical capacitance.ANSWER: farads[10] Capacitors store this quantity, which is measured in coulombs.ANSWER: charge <CW>11. Contrary to popular belief, this structure is not visible from the Moon. For 10 points each:[10] Name this structure, originally built as a defense against the nomadic Xiongnu [shee-ONG-noo].ANSWER: Great Wall of China [10] Construction on the wall was started by this first emperor of China, who was buried with the Terracotta Army. ANSWER: Qin Shi Huangdi [accept Ying Zheng or Zhao Zheng or King Zheng of Qin][10] Another large public works project of Qin Shi Huangdi was a large one of these waterways. The “Grand” one of these things connects the Yellow and Yangtze rivers.ANSWER: canal <OK> 12. This author wrote the serial “City of Death” for the TV show Doctor Who in 1979. For 10 points each:[10] Name this British author, who also wrote Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul.ANSWER: Douglas Adams[10] Adams’ most famous work is this series, which begins with Arthur Dent escaping the destruction of the Earth by a Vogon fleet. ANSWER: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy[10] Another character in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is this robot, who claims to be 50,000 times more intelligent than a human. He inspires a ship computer he is connected with to commit suicide. ANSWER: Marvin the Paranoid Android <OK>13. One character in this movie exclaims “What a lovely day!” and is later told that he will “ride eternal, shiny and chrome.” For 10 points each:[10] Name this 2015 film, which features Nicholas Hoult as Nux and Charlize Theron as Furiosa. ANSWER: Mad Max: Fury Road[10] The Mad Max franchise began with the movie Mad Max in 1979, which featured this actor as the titular character. He has also played Martin Riggs in the Lethal Weapon series.ANSWER: Mel Gibson[10] Mad Max director George Miller also directed this 2006 animated film, with Elijah Wood as the voice of the dancing penguin Mumble. ANSWER: Happy Feet <OK>14. This musician joined the Miles Davis Quintet shortly after being fired from the Duke Ellington Orchestra. For 10 points each:[10] Name this famous saxophonist whose notable albums include Giant Steps and My Favorite Things.ANSWER: John William Coltrane[10] Coltrane and Davis were known for this music genre born in New Orleans from ragtime and blues.ANSWER: jazz [10] Coltrane played in this man’s quartet at Carnegie Hall. This jazz pianist was a mentor to Coltrane and is one of only five jazz musicians to have been on the cover of Time magazine.ANSWER: Thelonious Sphere Monk <TG>15. One of the functions of this institution is to “conduct the nation’s monetary policy to promote maximum employment, stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates in the U.S. economy.” For 10 points each:[10] Name this national banking system of the U.S. that came into existence in 1913 with the passage of its namesake act.ANSWER: The Federal Reserve System [accept The Fed][10] This man was appointed chairman of the Fed by President Ronald Reagan in 1987 and served under four presidents before stepping down in 2006.ANSWER: Alan Greenspan[10] This economics professor succeeded Greenspan and served as chairman of the Fed until 2014. In 2009, he was named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” for his actions during the Great Recession.ANSWER: Benjamin Bernanke <TG>16. Scrimshaw refers to carvings in either bone or this material, and was often made by whalers. For 10 points each:[10] Name this material, largely composed of dentine, which can be harvested from animals such as narwhals and walruses. ANSWER: ivory[10] The most common source of ivory is these animals, whose closest extant relatives are manatees and sea cows. ANSWER: elephant[10] Elephant ivory comes from their tusks, which are elongated types of this tooth. In contrast to animals such as warthogs and walruses, elephant tusks are not canines. ANSWER: incisor teeth <OK>17. Great Britain may have a poor record transporting passengers, but the U.S. is no slouch when it comes to unforced disasters. For 10 points each:[10] On March 28, 1979, disaster was narrowly averted after a partial meltdown of this facility’s number 2 reactor in Middletown, Pennsylvania. ANSWER: Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station[10] An unlicensed third mate was piloting this ship while its captain was sleeping off a bender when it ran into a reef in Prince William Sound, dumping 11 million gallons of crude oil into the water.ANSWER: the Exxon Valdez <TG>[10] The USIA tried to blame this disaster on anarchists, but were found liable after a tank of the namesake substance burst in Boston, crushing and burying 21 people.ANSWER: Boston Molassacre [or Great Boston Molasses Flood; or Great Molasses Flood; or Boston Molasses Disaster] <TG>18. This novel was adapted into a 1905 play in London that ran for over 2,000 performances. For 10 points each:[10] Name this 1903 novel, in which Percy Blakeney rescues people from the guillotine during the Reign of Terror. Blakeney is symbolized by the title flower. ANSWER: The Scarlet Pimpernel[10] The Scarlet Pimpernel is a book by this author, who formed the Women of England’s Active Service League during World War I.ANSWER: Baroness Emma Orczy[10] Orczy was originally from this country. Other authors from this country include 2002 Nobel Laureate Imre Kertész.ANSWER: Hungary <OK>19. Answer some questions about new religious movements that led to many deaths, for 10 points each.[10] This founder of the People’s Temple organized a mass murder-suicide by directing his followers to drink grape Flavor Aid that was laced with cyanide.ANSWER: Jim Jones[10] Following the passage of the comet Hale-Bopp, this group led by Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles participated in a mass ritual suicide. They believed a spacecraft would follow the comet and take them to another level of existence.ANSWER: Heaven’s Gate[10] David Koresh and his followers were based at the Mount Carmel Center, which was located outside of this Texas city. This city is the namesake of the 51-day siege on that compound that resulted in 86 deaths.ANSWER: Waco <TR>20. This composer was tutored by Rimsky-Korsakov, and admired him so much that he dedicated his Symphony in E-flat to him. For 10 points each:[10] Name this composer of ballets such as The Rite of Spring and The Firebird.ANSWER: Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky[10] This other famous ballet by Stravinsky featured a love triangle between a ballerina, a moor, and the title character, all of whom were puppets.ANSWER: Petrushka[10] Stravinsky collaborated on many of his works with this founder of the Ballet Russe.ANSWER: Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev <TG> ................
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