Game 4



Game 4

1) "Home is the sailor, home from the sea/And the hunter home from the hill" are lines from a poem entitled "Requiem" by what man whose other works include A Child's Garden of Verses and Treasure Island?

Robert Louis Stevenson

Bonus: Identify the following works set at sea, ten points each

The title character, a foretopman, is executed for murder and insubodination in this

posthumously published Herman Melville work Billy Budd

Poem by Edward Lear about two animals who went to sea in a "pea-green boat."

"The Owl and the Pussy-Cat"

Novel by Daniel Defoe about an English sailor shipwrecked on an island.

Robinson Crusoe

2) It is attached to the base of the brain and is controlled by the hypothalamus. For ten points, identify this gland which secretes hormones to influence growth, metabolism, and reproduction.

pituitary gland

Bonus: Identify the enzymes that aid in the human body's digestion from their descriptions for

ten points each.

This enzyme causes the mouth to secrete saliva which converts starch to maltose.

salivary amylase

This enzyme causes the stomach to secrete gastric juices to convert proteins to peptides.

pepsin

This enzyme causes the small intestine to secrete juices which convert lactose to glucose.

lactase

3) "You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold" was a powerful line from his 1896 speech at the Democratic Convention. For ten points name this “Boy Orator of the Plains” who was the opponent of William McKinley in that year’s election.

William Jennings Bryan

Bonus: Given a year and a politician, name his opponent with the highest electoral vote total for five points each, with five more for all correct.

Thomas Jefferson, 1800 Aaron Burr

Herbert Hoover, 1928 Al Smith

Woodrow Wilson, 1912 Theodore Roosevelt

Rutherford B. Hayes, 1876 Samuel J. Tilden

Richard Nixon, 1968 Hubert H. Humphrey

Ronald Reagan, 1984 Walter Mondale

4) This same number of days separated the Dow Jones Industrial Average peak in 1929 and the crash of that year as separated the peak and crash in 1987. How many days was this, equal to the tenth Fibonacci number?

55

Bonus: For five points each, given a stock exchange, give the country in which it is found:

FTSE 100 (pronounced "footsie") UK

Nikei 225 Japan

CAC 40 France

DAX Germany

IBEX 35 Spain

MIB Telematico Italy

5) For a quick ten points, name the female author of Bull from the Sea and The King Must Die, whose surname also names a type of French car.

Mary Renault

Bonus: The King Must Die is a novel concerning Theseus, so answer these questions about him for the stated number of points.

5 points--Of which city was he the king for many years? Athens

10 points--Which woman did he desert after she helped him through the Labyrinth on Crete?

Ariadne

15 points--On what N-initialed island did he desert Ariadne?

Naxos

6) Born in Russia, this choreographer and dancer danced with companies all over the world before he came to America. He directed the Metropolitan Opera Ballet from 1934-37 and is most famous for being director of the New York City Ballet from 1948-82. For ten points, name him.

George Ballanchine

Bonus: Identify these 20th Century dancers and choreographers for ten points each.

The male lead in all of Diaghilev’s ballets, he went insane in 1919. Vaslav Nijinsky

English dancer of the Royal Ballet; Rudolf Nureyev's partner after 1962.

Dame Margot Fontayne

American dancer who influenced modern dance. She founded schools in Berlin, Paris, and Moscow; a scarf caused her unfortunate end. Isadora Duncan

7) He first became famous while at the University of Colorado for completing a Hail Mary touchdown pass to Michael Westbrook to beat Michigan in 1994. Later, though the Pittsburgh Steelers drafted him as a quarterback, Bill Cowher has used him at wide receiver and running back as well. For ten points name this player nicknamed “Slash.”

Kordell Stewart

Bonus: Given the nickname, name the past or present NFL player given the nickname for five

points each

The Minister of Defense Reggie White

The Missile Qadry Ismail

Diesel John Riggins

Night Train Dick Lane

Galloping Ghost Red Grange

Captain Comeback Jim Harbough

8) Wait. On January 8, 1962, the Supreme Court received a letter from Clarence Earl Gideon, thus beginning the landmark case Gideon v. Wainwright. Name the New York Times legal columnist and author of the book Make No Law who chronicled the saga in his book Gideon’s Trumpet.

Anthony Lewis

For ten points each, identify the following Supreme court decisions given the clue

Case which established the doctrine of “clear and present danger”

Schenk v. U.S.

Case which established the principle of judicial review Marbury v. Madison

Case which was the source of “You have the right to remain silent...”

Miranda v. Arizona

9) Thanks in large part to the urging of Talleyrand, the Congress of Vienna decided to re-install the House of Bourbon to the throne in France. For 10 points identify the monarch was was installed.

Louis XVIII

Bonus: Given a European monarch identify the house from which they came, or come, 5 points

each

Henry VIII (of England) Tudor

Franz Josef Hapsburg

Catherine the Great Romanov

Henry VI (of England) Lancaster

Charles I (of England) Stuart

Juan Carlos Bourbon

10) Snatched from Troy by Eros, this youth was a favourite of Zeus. However, when Zeus tried to replace the cup-bearer Hebe with him, Hera threw a fit because Hebe was Hera’s daughter. Zeus thereupon decided to put this boy up in the sky. Name this figure who is a part of the constellation Aquarius.

Ganymede

Bonus: Name the three mammalian zodiac symbols, ten points each. (Humans and half-humans

don't count).

Taurus, Ares, Leo

11) At age 11, he was apprenticed to Francisco Herrera the elder and then left him to paint at Pacheco's studio for five years. His early paintings like Christ and the Pilgrims of Emmaus already showed vigor and strong naturalistic tendencies. At 25 he was made the court painter and painted portraits like Philip IV, Olvares, and his famed Los Borrachos (The Drunkards). He then visited Italy where he painted one of his most famous works Pope Innocent X. For ten points, name this painter of The Maid of Honors.

Diego Velázquez

Bonus: Name the artist on a 10-5 basis.

10-- He created the Peacock Room (at the Freer in Washington DC)

5 -- “Arrangement in Grey and Black #1: The Artist’s Mother” James A. M. Whistler

10-- The Birds in Space series

5-- He co-founded Cubism with Picasso Georges Braque

10-- He had his garden at Giverney

5-- His painting “Impression: Sunrise” named a movment Claude Monet

12) "I appear this evening as a thief and robber. I stole this head, these limbs, this body from my master and ran off with them," he once said in a speech. He published The North Star, a weekly abolitionist newspaper and joined the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society in 1841 as a guest lecturer. For ten points name this famous African-American abolitionist.

Frederick Douglass

Bonus: 30-20-10. Tell us the year in which the following events all occurred.

30--"Stonewall" Jackson dies

20--Battle of Gettysburg

10--Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation

1863

13) "When we abolish the slavery of half of humanity, together with the whole system of hypocrisy that it implies, then the 'division' of humanity will reveal its genuine significance and the human couple will find its true form." Name this female French author of Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter and The Second Sex.

Simone de Beauvoir

Bonus: 30-20-10. Identify the playwright from the works.

30: Watch on the Rhine

20: The Children's Hour

10: Little Foxes

Lillian Hellman

14) This band of the 1960s had numerous influences upon its work ranging from the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzche to flamenco guitar. It also recorded a cover of a Kurt Weill song in its first album. Name this band whose songs include “Love Street,” “Waiting for the Sun,” “Break on Thorugh” and whose most recognizable sounds came from Ray Manzarek’s organ and Jim Morrison’s poetry.

Doors

Bonus. It's time for a bonus on drugs. For ten points each, name the following

Extract used as both a cough remedy and a painkiller. codeine

Its genus is Cannabis; its species varies. marijuana

Use of this drug, injected intravenously, was highlighted (no pun intended) in the book (and

movie) Trainspotting. heroin

15) A critic of middle-class American life, he is most famous for his books about a social climbing real estate agent and an immoral preacher. He was the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature as well as the first person to decline a Pulitzer Prize for Literature. For ten points name this author of Elmer Gantry, Arrowsmith, and Babbit.

Sinclair Lewis

Bonus: 30-20-10. Name the author from her works.

30--Dust Tracks on a Road

20--Mules and Men

10--Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston

16) A derivative of SGML, this language is used to write World Wide Web pages. For ten points identify this 4 letter abbreviation.

HTML (accept Hyper-Text Mark-up Language)

Bonus: For ten points each, expand the following internet acronyms

CGI common gateway interface

TCP/IP transmission control protocol/

internet protocol

URL uniform resource locater or

universal resource locater

17) This mountain range contains Europe’s steepest waterfall Le Grande Cascade, as well as much of Andorra. For ten points name this mountain range that runs between France and Spain.

Pyrenees

Bonus: For five points each, list the languages spoken in the Pyrenees as recognized by linguists.

Basque (accept Eskara), Spanish (accept Castilian), French, Catalan, Aranes, Aragonese

18) An author of numerous adventure novels, including The Man in the Iron Mask and The Count of Monte Cristo. Name this French author who also created the slogan"All for one and one for all" in his most famous novel The Three Musketeers.

Alexandre Dumas, père

Bonus. Answer the following about this classic for five points each, with five more for all correct

Who is the central character of the novel? D'Artagnan

Name each of the 3 musketeers. Athos, Porthos, Aramis

What Cardinal is D’Artagnan’s nemesis Richlieu

19) On the feastday of this patron saint of England, Catalonians, Velencians, and Mallorcans exchange roses and books in honor of love and Cervantes. For ten points name this saint who slew the dragon.

St. George's Day

Bonus. Give the patron saint for each country, ten points each.

Wales St. David

Scotland St. Andrew

Ireland St. Patrick

20) This man’s courage and cleverness were evident at birth. At a very young age, he was kidnapped by pirates; still he managed to survive, win them over with his charm while living among them, and later send troops to kill them. Name this Roman, who defeated Pompey at Pharsalus and then became Dictator for Life.

Julius Caesar

Bonus. Identify the following concerning the Ancient Roman Empire, for five points each.

The two at the ends of the Appian Way Rome and Brundisium

The important port city near Rome, to the west. Ostia

Virgins who kept a flame burning continually in their Forum temple.

Vestal virgins

Emperor who wanted to make his horse a senator Caligula

One of the best things the Romans found in Spain, this metal's symbol is Ag.

silver

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