1997 Maryland High School Invitational Tournament



1997 Maryland High School Invitational Tournament

Round 5

Letter Round

10 points if correct, 10 points off for an incorrect answer.

All answers begin with the letter “B”

1. He was the Romanian-born sculptor of _Bird in Space_. Constantin Brancusi

2. It is element number 56, with symbol Ba. Barium

3. He composed the _St. Matthew Passion_ and _Brandenburg Concertos_. J. S. Bach

4. He is the Nobel-winning author of _Herzog_ and _Humboldt’s Gift_. Saul Bellow

5. It was first completely translated into English by John Wycliffe. Bible

6. He was the Roman god of wine, known in Greek as Dionysus. Bacchus

7. Unsuccessful 1884 presidential candidate dubbed “The Plumed Knight” James G. Blaine

8. Celebrated on July 14th, it is a French national holiday. Bastille Day

x. She wrote _Dragon Seed_ and _The Good Earth_. Pearl S. Buck

Untimed Individual Round

Correct answers are worth 20 points. There is no penalty for an incorrect answer.

Team 1

1. VISUAL: RAG IT OR NOEL

Rearrange these letters to form what 19th century wagon route between beginning in Independence, Missouri which was made famous by a 1980s computer game.

Answer: _Oregon Trail_

2. VISUAL: crossbow, CROSSBILL, crosshatch

Which of these is a type of finch found in Europe, Asia and North America which has overlapping tips of the upper and lower beak?

3. Deimos, Charon, Europa - Place these moons in order based on increasing distance from the sun.

Answer; Deimos, Europa, Charon

4. LIBERIA, SENEGAL, NIGERIA -- Which of these countries has its capital at Monrovia?

Answer: _Liberia_

5. The island of Hispanola in the Caribbean Sea is one of the few containing exactly two distinct countries. Name the two countries with capitals at Port-au-Prince and Santo Domingo.

Answers: _Haiti_and _Dominican Republic_

6. "As the twig is bent the tree inclines" philosophized which ancient Roman writer of the _Aeneid_?

Answer: _Virgil_

Team 2

1. VISUAL – BATHING AND HICKS DO NOT MIX

Hidden within this phrase is what man who led the Salt March and practiced nonviolence in India?

Answer: Mohandas _Gandhi_

2. serrate, secularize, SEGUE

Which of these “s” words means “to proceed to what follows without pause”?

3. Titan, Phobos, Io - Place these moons in order based on increasing distance from the sun.

Answer: Phobos, Io, Titan

4. LENA, LOIRE, RHINE -- Which of these rivers runs at least partly through Russia?

Answer: _LENA_

5. The capital of modern-day Turkey was changed from Istanbul to this city in 1923. Name that city, and also name the capital of the Byzantine empire and center of the Eastern church, the former name of Istanbul since the 4th century AD.

Answers: _Ankara_ and _Constantinople_

6. "Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person" taught which recently deceased nun and Nobel Peace Prize winner, who was originally born in Albania?

Answer: _Mother Theresa_

Category Round

10 points if correct, 10 points off for an incorrect answer.

Vice-Presidents

Name the Vice-President who served under each of these presidents.

1. Ronald Reagan George Bush

2. James A. Garfield Chester Arthur

3. John Quincy Adams John C. Calhoun

4. John F. Kennedy Lyndon Johnson

5. James Earl Carter Walter Mondale

6. George Bush Dan Quayle

7.James K. Polk George Dallas

8. Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge

9. Calvin Coolidge Charles Dawes

10. James Buchanan John Breckinridge

x. John Adams Thomas Jefferson

Timed Individual Round

Correct answers are worth 20 points. There is no penalty for an incorrect answer. If a team answers all eight questions, it will receive a 25-point bonus.

Each team has 80 seconds to answer their eight questions.

Team 1

1. He appeared in such stories as _The Valley of Fear_, and _The Sign of the Four_ after his first appearance in _A Study in Scarlet_. Who is this detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle?

Answer: Sherlock _Holmes_

2. Penfold Hearts is the brand of golf ball he used, and Aston-Martin was the make of his original car, although he now drives a BMW. Who is this suave spy created by Ian Fleming who is agent 007?

Answer: James _Bond_

3. In return for 15 million dollars the US was ceded Texas, California, Utah, and other parts of the southwest as terms of what 1848 treaty that ended the Mexican war?

Answer: _Guadalupe-Hidalgo_

4. 5a. (A cone is shown, with height 12)

Read: What is this volume of the cone if the circumference of the base is 10 pi?

Answer: _100*pi_ or _100 pi_

5. Except for apes and men, primates of suborder Anthropoidea are known by this name. What is this animal whose types include capuchins, howlers, colobuses, and rhesuses?

Answer: _Monkey_

6. Choice: Which is not a B vitamin? Niacin, Thiamine, _Ascorbic Acid_

7. Because it is situated on a sliver of land between Lake Ponchartrain and the Mississippi river, it is called the crescent city. What is this home of Preservation Hall and the French Quarter, located in Louisiana?

Answer: _New Orleans_

8. “Mad, bad, and dangerous to know.” So Caroline Lamb described what poet, who died fighting for Greek independence, and whose writings include _Manfred_ and _Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage_?

Answer: George Gordon, Lord _Byron_

Team 2

1. A children’s story by Carlo Collodi, it became a full-length animated film in 1943 and a live-action film starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas in 1996. What is this story of a puppet come to life?

Answer: The Adventures of _Pinocchio_

2. His parents, Amanda and Sarek, were played by Jane Wyatt and mark Lenard. Who is this scientific officer of the original Star Trek series, a Vulcan played by Leonard Nimoy?

Answer: Mr. _Spock_

3. Concluded several weeks before the battle of New Orleans, it didn’t resolve the issue of impressment but it did cause the English to retreat from American land. What is this 1814 treaty concluding the war of 1812?

Answer: _Ghent_

4. 5b. log base 2 (ln (e^4))

Read: Simplify the expression.

Answer: _2_

5. The young of the members of the herring family, they get their name from the large island near which they were originally caught. What are these fish, oiled, canned, and usually very tightly packed?

Answer: _Sardines_

6. Choice: Which is equivalent to 4840 square yards? Hectare, _Acre_, Square Mile

7. Founded as a Swiss settlement in 1839 by John Sutter, its population exploded when gold was discovered nearby in 1848. Name this city on the American river, the capital of California.

Answer: _Sacramento_

8. According to him, classics are “the only oracles which are not decayed.” Who is this American, who spent a night in jail rather than pay a poll tax, and whose writings include _Civil Disobedience_?

Answer: Henry David _Thoreau_

Grab Bag Round

A correct answer is worth 20 points. 20 points will be deducted for an incorrect answer.

1. Gordon Scott, Christopher Lambert, and Olympic swimmer Johnny Weissmuller are some of the actors to portray what character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, and known as the “King of the Jungle”?

Answer: _Tarzan_

2. Named after the river near which it was first observed, it killed hundreds in central Africa in 1995-6. What is this highly contagious virus which results in massive bleeding from all body orifices, the inspiration for movies such as _Outbreak_?

Answer: _Ebola_

3. The working title of this movie was "Scary Movie." In its sequel, Jada Pinkett will be killed while watching the movie "Stab," made from the book written by reporter Gale Weathers. Name this Wes Craven movie which featured Neve Campbell.

Answer: _Scream_

4. He served as governor of New York from 1942 to 1954, but this man is better known as the Republican who lost to FDR in 1944. Name this man who also lost the presidency in 1948, despite a Chicago newspaper headline reading that he defeated Truman.

Answer: Thomas Edmund _Dewey_

5. Tossup: If a student receives scores of 84, 93, and 90 on three different tests, what is his average score on the three tests?

Answer: _89_

6. Built under the supervision of Phidias and designed by Ictinus and Callicrates, identify the Greek Doric temple constructed during the ascendancy of Pericles, located on the Athenian Acropolis.

Answer: _Parthenon_

7. Defeated by the English at the battle of Methven in 1306, he renewed his determination to free Scotland after watching a spider make a web. What Scottish king came back to beat the English at Bannockburn in 1314?

Answer: _Robert the Bruce_

8. An author of many children's books such as _Socks_ and _Ribsy_, what woman writer is responsible for _The Mouse and the Motorcycyle_, and the Newberry-winning _Dear Mr. Henshaw_?

Answer: Beverly _Cleary_

9. Under what pen name did the eighteenth century satirist Francois Marie Arouet write works such as _Zadig_ and his most famous book, _Candide_?

Answer: _Voltaire_

10. Within its walls is the famous Great Bell, the world’s largest. What triangular citadel in Moscow, located to the west of Red Square, has served as the seat of Russian and Soviet governments?

Answer: The _Kremlin_

11. Later abandoned by his own men, in 1609 he had reached present-day Albany via the river that bears his name. Who is this English explorer, who tried to find the Northwest Passage in his ship, the "Half Moon"?

Answer: Henry _Hudson_

12. He was a "blameless and upright" man from the land of Uz; when God and Satan tested him, his children and wife were killed, his wealth and herds taken from him, and he was physically afflicted. Name this man who, after all of this happened to him, only asked God, “Why”?

Answer: _Job_

13. The only non-metal that is a liquid at room temperature is what halogen extracted from seawater and salt deposits, a corrosive reddish-brown element with atomic number 35 and symbol Br?

Answer: _Bromine_

14. "Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now" appeared in 1993, the year in which she read her poem "I Shall Not Be Moved" at Clinton’s inauguration. Who is this author of "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?

Answer: Maya _Angelou_

15. Huguenots were allowed the same civil and social rights as Catholics under what law, passed by Henri IV in 1598 but revoked by Louis XIV in 1685?

Answer: _Edict of Nantes_

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