WUHSAC VI



WUHSAC VI

Round 9 (Championship Round)

Editors: Lori Currier, Joel Gluskin, Jon Pinyan, Sean Phillips, Jay Turetzky

Writers: Lori Currier, Steve Frappier, Joel Gluskin, Brad Houston, Ryan Jacobson, Jon Pinyan, Sean Phillips, Matt Schneider, Jay Turetzky

Tossups

1. This rite is not obligatory for insane people, slaves, women traveling alone, and people with monetary restraints. It is to be performed during the last month of the lunar calendar, Dhu-al-Hijah. When Malcolm X completed it in 1964, after leaving the Nation of Islam, his views on racism began to change. FTP, identify this one of the Five Pillars of Islam, in which the worshipper makes a pilgrimage to Mecca.

ANS: Hajj

2. Based on the Oscar Wilde play of the same name, it is set in Jerusalem in 30 A.D. Knowing that her stepfather is enamored of her, the title character agrees to dance for him if he will grant her whatever she desires. She then performs the “Dance of the Seven Veils.” FTP, identify this play in which the price for the title character’s dance is the head of Jachanaan, or John the Baptist.

ANS: Salome

3. He was twenty-one before he learned English. Orphaned at the age of eleven, he spent twenty years at sea, serving in the French and British merchant navies. In 1890 he spent six months as the captain of a Congo River steamer, an experience that would become the basis of his most well-known work. FTP, identify this Polish-born English author of such novels as Typhoon, Lord Jim, and Heart of Darkness.

ANS: Joseph Conrad

4. This man, born Prince Ras Tafari Makonnen, became emperor of his country in 1930. He was exiled to England from 1935 to 1941, when Italy took over, but he returned, and ruled until 1974, when he was deposed. He was murdered a few months later, and his body was placed in a makeshift grave beneath a lavatory. FTP, name this emperor of Ethiopia, known as the Lion of Judaea.

ANS: Haile Sellassie

5. Pencil and Paper Ready; you will have 10 seconds to complete the following math problem. You have a paint can that is a right circular cylinder. The height of the can is eight inches, and the diameter of the base of the can is also eight inches. In terms of cubic inches and pi, FTP, what is the volume of this can of paint?

ANS: 128 PI cubic inches (Note to reader: volume of a right circular cylinder is equal to pi times radius squared times height)

6. Its subtitle is Principles of Political Right and in the conclusion, the author notes that due to the vast array of issues which must be addressed to strengthen his arguments, he probably should “have kept to a more limited sphere” of subject matter. Its author discusses the general will as a tool for uniting for the common good and the submission of individuals to the government to inform democracy. FTP, name this writing by Jean Jacque Rousseau.

ANS: The Social Contract

7. His bitter memoir, El Pez En El Agua, focused on his run for Presidency of Peru in 1990, where he lost to Alberto Fujimori. In 1962, he released The Time of the Hero, his debut as a novelist. His doctoral dissertation involved into a famous biography of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. FTP, name this author, whose other works include The Green House and The War of the End of the World.

ANS: Mario Vargas Llosa

8. A false rumor that ammunition was running low caused the fleet commander at this battle to signal his ships to break off “so the men could have breakfast.” In truth, the battle was already won, as the American warships greatly outclassed their Spanish counterparts. FTP, identify this battle of the Spanish American War in which the Asiatic fleet under Commodore Dewey beat back the Spanish fleet in the Philippines.

ANS: Battle of Manila Bay

9. Among this brilliant but quirky chemist’s experiences according to his 1998 autobiography are voyages on the astral plane and an encounter with a talking, extraterrestrial raccoon. He conceptualized his greatest discovery in 1983 and by the Nineties it had changed the way that genetics could be studied. FTP name this recipient of the 1993 Nobel Prize for chemistry, renowned for his invention of the polymerase chain reaction.

ANS: Kary Mullis

10. While the justices did not fully agree on the constitutional principles decided this case, the majority found “zones of privacy” in the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 9th Amendments. Justice Goldberg found this privacy in the 9th Amendment, specifically. FTP, name this 1965 Supreme Court decision in which the Supreme Court invalidated a Connecticut statute criminalizing the use of contraceptives as violating protected privacy rights of married couples.

ANS: Griswold v. Connecticut

11. Both sides of this 1842 treaty believed they had won a great concession, as both sides obtained maps showing that the other side had a legitimate claim to the entire disputed area. The compromise gave the United States more land, but gave Britain the route for the road they wanted to build from Halifax to Quebec. FTP, identify this treaty that ended the Aroostock War and defined the northern border of Maine.

ANS: the Webster-Ashburton Treaty

12. Initially, the letters in this epistolary novel are written to God, but when the letter-writer becomes disillusioned, she writes to her long-lost sister Nettie instead. Nettie also contributes letters, telling her sister about her life in Africa with a missionary family. FTP, identify this novel that tells of how Celie learned to stand up for herself, written by Alice Walker.

ANS: The Color Purple

13. For hydrogen, it is at 7040 Pascals and 13.80 degrees Kelvin, while for water, it is at 612 Pascals and 273.16 degrees Kelvin. There is no formula that can be used to calculate it since you would need to find three unique values of density that give you the same temperature and pressure. FTP, name this term found in physics and chemistry, the only temperature and pressure at which solid, liquid, and gas phases can coexist.

ANS: Triple Point

14. Many often confuse this building for the Kremlin, and while they sit adjacent to each other, the two look nothing alike. The building was constructed by the orders of Ivan the Terrible, just as Moscow was gaining prominence. FTP, name this mid-16th-century cathedral in the Byzantine (biz-un-teen) style, known architecturally for its towering onion domes -- and in the video game Tetris as part of the opening screen shot.

ANS: The Cathedral of Saint Basil

15. He once denied Henry Kissinger’s request for Saturday Night Live tickets because Kissinger authorized the Christmas bombing of Cambodia. He has been a prominent figure in SNL over the years though he once quit when the “Weekend Update” job was given to Norm McDonald. A political humorist, this is, FTP, what writer-actor responsible for the character of Stuart Smalley and the book Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot and Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right?

ANS: Al Franken

16. Occurring to Calvin Pickering on January 16, 2004, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., called it "a finger in the eye to all those seeking fairness and bipartisanship in the judicial nominations process." Since this appointment was made, Pickering stays in office until the next Congress is seated in January 2005. FTP, name this type of appointment, made by a President in order to bypass Congress most famously done to make John Rutledge the second Chief Justice of the United States.

ANS: Recess Appointment

17. Born circa 995 A.D., this man’s courtiers claimed that “he could command the tides of the sea to go back.” Victorious at the Battle of Ashingdon, he later conquered all of England. Later, his kingdom would include Denmark and Norway. FTP, name this Viking who was known with the epithet, “the great”.

ANS: Canute (DO NOT accept Hardecanute)

18. He was born on August 30, 1871 in New Zealand. It was there he did his first research, involving the magnetic properties of iron when exposed to high-frequency oscillations. He worked with J.J. Thomson at Cambridge University; however, he was more famous for looking at electron scattering, which led to the discovery of the nucleus. FTP, name this chemist who won the Nobel Prize in 1908.

ANS: Ernest Rutherford

19. This area of South America has been known over the course of its history for its penal colonies, including Kourou, Saint-Laurent, and Devils Island. Not properly called an independent country, this area is instead an overseas department of France. FTP, identify this region, located on the northeastern coast of South America, with a capital city at Cayenne.

ANS: French Guiana

20. She is the Rhythm Dominatrix of the Rock Bottom Remainders, a band whose members also include Matt Groening, Dave Berry, and Stephen King. She is also the author of two children’s books: The Moon Lady and The Chinese Siamese Cat, but she is better known for the stories of four Chinese women and their American-born daughters. FTP, identify this author of The Joy Luck Club.

ANS: Amy Tan

21. This type of plant belongs to division Anthophyta and can be divided into 2 classes: monocots and dicots. All plants in this division produce fruit in order to protect seeds. FTP, identify the scientific name for this type of plant which, as opposed to gymnosperms, produces flowers in order to attract insects and other animals to pollinate them.

ANS: Angiosperms

Bonii

1. Name the general movement or "-ism" most associated with these artists:

a) Mark Rothko, Helen Frankenthaler, Lee Krasner

ANS: Abstract Expressionism, or AbEx (Do not prompt on partial answers, do not accept "Action Painting")

b) Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony Van Dyck (Dike), Rembrandt

ANS: Baroque (Accept Northern Baroque, do not accept specific countries + Baroque, such as “Dutch Baroque”)

c) Delacroix (de-la-kwah), Goya, Turner

ANS: Romanticism, or the Romantic Movement

2. Given a holiday we celebrate here in America, name the corresponding holiday on the Jewish calendar F15PE. Note: They may not be celebrated at the same time.

a) Independence Day

ANS: Yom Ha’Atzmaut

b) Arbor Day

ANS: Tu Bishvat

3. Some authors are camera shy, to say the least. Name these reclusive writers from the clues given, FTPE.

a) He authored Gravity’s Rainbow and The Crying of Lot 49.

ANS: Thomas Pynchon

b) This fiction writer retreated to New Hampshire after his huge success of 1951, The Catcher in the Rye.

ANS: J.D. Salinger

c) This novelist lived the last thirty years of his life as a recluse in a pre-civil war mansion in Oxford, Mississippi.

ANS: William Faulkner

4. Answer the following about a swinging pendulum FTSNOP.

a) (5 pts) This man first used the pendulum in 1851 to demonstrate the rotation of the earth.

ANS: Jean Foucault

b) (10 pts) Pendulums undergo this type of motion since the force that tries to restore the pendulum to its rest position is proportional to the pendulum’s displacement.

ANS: Simple Harmonic Motion

c) (15 pts) The Foucault Pendulum was displayed in this museum until 1998, when it was removed for the Star Spangled Banner restoration project.

ANS: Smithsonian National Museum of American History

5. We will play 20 seconds of the beginning of a one-hit wonder from the 1980’s, you name the title FFPE and the artist FFPE.

a) ANS: 867-5309 (Prompt on Jenny) and Tommy Tutone

b) ANS: Come On Eileen and Dexy’s Midnight Runners

c) ANS: Take on Me and A-Ha

6. Answer the following about The Faerie Queen FTPE.

a) It was written by this author.

ANS: Edmund Spenser

b) The hero of the first book is this figure, a representation of St. George.

ANS: the Red Crosse Knight

c) Spenser gave this name to the great queen that represented Queen Elizabeth.

ANS: Gloriana

7. Given a mineral, identify the number that represents it on the Mohs hardness scale, FTPE.

a) Talc

ANS: 1

b) Fluorite

ANS: 4

c) Corundum

ANS: 9

8. Only three major party presidential candidates have ever lost more than one presidential election to the same person. Name them FTPE.

ANS: Adlai E. Stevenson, William J. Bryan, Charles Coatsworth Pinckney

Note: Stevenson lost to Eisenhower, Bryan to McKinley, Pinckney to Jefferson

9. FTSNOP, identify the following people from the works of Hesiod.

a) (5 pts) This first woman was created by the gods to punish mankind. Her name means “All-Gift”, though she was anything but.

ANS: Pandora

b) (10 pts) Zeus decided to punish men because this Titan stole fire from the gods to give to them. His name means “Forethought”

ANS: Prometheus

c) (15 pts) When it was foretold that this woman would bear a son who would overthrow Zeus, he swallowed her. He soon complained of a headache, so Hephaestus cracked his head open with a hammer, and Athena emerged. This woman’s name means “cunning”.

ANS: Metis

10. FTSNOP, answer the following questions about George W. Bush’s State of the Union Address given on January 20, 2004.

a) (5 pts) Democrats cheered when Bush announced that sections of this act, passed after 9/11, will expire soon.

ANS: USA Patriot Act

b) (5 pts for both) The official Democratic response to the speech was given by these two people; Minority Leaders of the House and Senate

ANS: Tom Daschle and Nancy Pelosi

c) (10 pts) The Democrats also gave a Spanish-language response. This man, a former Clinton Cabinet Secretary and current New Mexico governor, gave the speech.

ANS: Bill Richardson

d) (10 pts) This man, the Commerce Secretary, was the one Cabinet secretary who stayed home this year.

ANS: Don Evans

11. F15PE, name the British-East Indian conflict.

a) This mutiny occurred in 1857, when Indian soldiers in the British army rebelled against having to use cartridges covered in animal fat. The name of the revolt comes from the term for the Indian soldiers.

ANS: Sepoy Mutiny or Sepoy Rebellion

b) This massacre occurred in 1919, when sepoys fired on a crowd of Indians, killing hundreds, in order to teach them a lesson and prevent future mutinies.

ANS: Massacre at Amritsar

12. I’ll describe a ruling made by the Supreme Court, you give me the full name of the case FTPE.

a) Presidents do not have absolute immunity, but executive privilege is approved in this Watergate case.

ANS: United States v. Nixon

b) All indigent defendants, not just those facing capital charges, have the right to an attorney

ANS: Gideon v. Wainwright

c) After the Court decided to halt the death penalty in Furman v. Georgia, this was the case where the new bifurcated trial procedure was accepted and the death penalty was reinstated.

ANS: Gregg v. Georgia

13. Given a work of classical music that appeared on the CD for Fantasia, name the composer FTPE.

a) Ave Maria

ANS: Franz Schubert

b) The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

ANS: Paul Dukas

c) Night on Bald Mountain

ANS: Modest Mussorgsky

14. Pencil and Paper Ready. You have gone to the racetrack and see the following odds on horses to win. Horse 1 = 1/10, Horse 2 = 2/5, Horse 3 = 3/10, Horse 4 = 1/20, Horse 5 = 3/20. Answer the following questions. You will have 10 seconds for each part.

a) What are the ODDS that Horse 1 wins?

ANS: 11:1 (Note: This is 11 to 1, Do NOT Accept 1/10)

b) Given that Horse 1 loses, what is the probability Horse 2 wins?

ANS: 4/9

c) Given that Horses 1,3 lose, what are the ODDS Horse 4 wins?

ANS: 13:1 (Note: This is 13 to 1, Do NOT Accept 1/12)

15. Given a brief description, name the type of inheritance.

a) In this type of inheritance, the heterozygote’s phenotype is halfway between those of the two homozygotes. An example is when the cross of a flower homozygous for white petals with a red homozygote yields pink heterozygous offspring.

ANS: Incomplete Dominance

b) This is when the heterozygote displays both homozygous phenotypes concurrently, such as when the cross of a rabbit homozygous for white fur with one homozygous for brown fur results in rabbits that are both brown and white.

ANS: Codominance or Codominant Alleles

c) Traits that are inherited as a result of a gene or genes on the X or Y chromosome display this type of inheritance.

ANS: Sex-Linked

16. FTSNOP, Name the element from the origin of its name.

a) (5 points) This element is named after an city in California.

ANS: Berkelium

b) (5 points each) Two answers required. Which two elements were named after the same town in Sweden?

ANS: Ytterbium and Yttrium

c) (15 points) This element is named for a region in Europe.

ANS: Scandium

17. Identify the following things related to transcendentalism FTPE.

a) This Transcendentalist magazine was published from 1840-1844.

ANS: The Dial

b) One of the editors of The Dial, she and her husband died when their ship sank off of New York.

ANS: Margaret Fuller

c) Another of Dial editor, he is also known for poetry such as “Concord Hymn.”

ANS: Ralph Waldo Emerson

18. F15PE, identify the following terms having to do with Austrian history.

a) This German expression for “union” was used by Hitler to describe his takeover of Austria in 1938.

ANS: Anschluss

b) This decree with a two-word title was issued by Charles VI, the Archduke of Austria and Holy Roman Emperor in 1724, declaring his eldest daughter, Maria Theresa, to be his heir to the throne of Austria.

ANS: the Pragmatic Sanction

19. F15PE, answer the following about a famous Japanese novel.

a) The title character in this novel is the son of Kiritsubo. The son is brought to the emperors court where he is raised and becomes a master of speech, manners, poetry, and music.

ANS: The Tale of Genji

b) This is the author of The Tale of Genji.

ANS: Murasaki Shikibu

20. Given the name of a European nation’s highest point, identify that nation FTPE.

a) Ben Nevis

ANS: Great Britain or United Kingdom (Prompt on Scotland)

b) Serra da Estrela

ANS: Portugal

c) Mont Blanc

ANS: France

21. Identify the treaty from clues FTPE.

a) Signed in 1819, this treaty ceded Florida to the United States and set the boundary of American and Spanish territory in the West.

ANS: Adams-Onìs Treaty

b) This 1817 agreement severely limited American and British armament on the Great Lakes

ANS: Rush-Bagot Agreement

c) This treaty ending the Mexican War also entailed the ceding of large tracts of land to the United States.

ANS: Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

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