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Packet XIITossupsThis man names a law that governs the transition rate of quantum systems; that law is his “golden rule.” The thermodynamic work needed to add an electron to a metal is this man’s namesake “level.” This physicist often asked his students “how many piano tuners live in Chicago?” as an example of one of his namesake (*) “problems” which involve order of magnitude estimations. With Paul Dirac, this man created a set of statistics that govern this man’s namesake particles, which have half-integer spin and are contrasted with bosons. For 10 points, name this Italian-American physicist who created Chicago’s Pile-1, the first human-made nuclear reactor.ANSWER: Enrico Fermi [accept Fermi level or Fermi’s golden rule or Fermi-Dirac statistics] <MY, Physics>Editor’s Note: There’s roughly 300 piano tuners in ChicagoIn one scene of this play, the protagonist dreams seven years into the future and envisions buying himself a black Chrysler and his wife a Cadillac convertible. This play ends after one character shouts, “These people charge by the hour, you know,” prompting another character to grab her plant that sits on a windowsill. In this play, Willy Harris steals money the protagonist was saving to purchase a (*) liquor store. Joseph Asagai and George Murchison court the college student Beneatha in this play in which the Younger family moves into the Chicago neighborhood of Clybourne Park. For 10 points, name this play written by Lorraine Hansberry.ANSWER: A Raisin in the Sun <SS, American Literature-Drama>William Tubman served as president for 27 years under a party with this name, which is the oldest political party in Liberia. Lord John Russell formed a disastrous ministry that contributed to the demise of another party with this name. An American party with this name fractured into (*) “Cotton” and “Conscience” factions, ending the “Second Party System.” That party with this name elected William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor as president while opposing the Democrats. For 10 points, give this name shared by the American party formed to oppose Andrew Jackson and the British party that opposed the Tories.ANSWER: Whig Party [accept True Whig Party or Liberian Whig Party or Whigs] <DA, Other History>This franchise surrendered its 1979 first round draft pick in order to get Gail Goodrich, who they tried to pair with shooting guard “Pistol” Pete Maravich. This franchise won the Western Conference in 1998 and 1999 under Jerry Sloan after managing to draft John Stockton and Karl Malone in successive years in the 1980s, while its current iteration has been consistently eliminated by James (*) Harden and the Houston Rockets. In 2019, this team signed Bojan Bogdanovic and traded Kyle Korver, Grayson Allen, and Jae Crowder to acquire Mike Conley from Memphis. For 10 points, name this team now led by Donvan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert (GO-BEAR), who play in Salt Lake City.ANSWER: The Utah Jazz [accept New Orleans Jazz before “1998”] <RB, Trash>Cantor’s “Devil’s staircase” function has the uniform version of this property, but not its absolute form, and the popcorn function has this property at exactly every irrational. For a real-valued function f, this property exists at a point c if the limit of f as x approaches c is equal to f of c. The Weierstrass function has this property but not (*) differentiability. The floor function lacks this property at every integer in its domain, while the function one over x has this property at all points except x equals 0. For 10 points, name this property, which applies to functions that can be drawn without picking up the pencil.ANSWER: continuity [or word forms] <HH, Math>The narrator of this novel parenthetically exclaims “if you’re looking for infinity, just close your eyes” in its “Dictionary of Misunderstood Words.” A character in this novel quits his job by telling his boss “Es muss sein!” in reference to Beethoven’s last string quartet, while a painter in this novel declares war on (*) kitsch and wears a bowler hat during sex. That painter, Sabina, is one of many “erotic friends” of Tomas, who begins this novel unsure if he should let Tereza move in with him. For 10 points, name this novel set during the aftermath of the Prague Spring that was written by Milan Kundera.ANSWER: The Unbearable Lightness of Being [or Nesnesitelná lehkost bytí; also accept L'Insoutenable légèreté de l'être because it was first published in French] <JF, European Literature>NOTE: TWO ANSWERS ACCEPTABLE.The term for this ceremony indicates an individual becoming subject to the law, as completing this ceremony means one must follow the halakha and may testify in beth dins. At this ceremony the person involved is typically required to perform their first Aliyah, a reading from the weekly portion of the (*) scripture, and after performing this ceremony, they may be required to wear tefillin while reciting their prayers. The right to read the Torah publically is granted at this ceremony performed at 13 years of age for boys and 12 for girls. For 10 points, name this coming-of-age ritual where Jewish children become adults.ANSWER: Bar Mitzvah [or Bat Mitzvah; accept b’nai Mitzvah or b’not Mitzvah] <FW, Religion>Charles Gounod’s arranged his Ave Maria over one piece by this composer who included a French Overture and Italian Concerto in his second "keyboard exercise.” Undulating G major arpeggios begin the first of six solo pieces by this composer which were repopularized by Pablo Casals, and this composer included many double stops in the chaconne of his D minor second violin partita. This composer of the (*) St. Matthew Passion and six cello suites included a canon in every third variation of a set of 30 variations for solo harpsichord, and he included a lengthy harpsichord solo in his fifth Brandenburg Concerto. For 10 points, name this German Baroque composer of the Goldberg Variations and Well Tempered Clavier.ANSWER: Johann Sebastian Bach <NZ/IC, Auditory Fine Arts>After one event, Abraham Cresques depicted this leader sitting on a throne while holding a scepter with a fleur-de-lys in the Catalan Atlas. This leader almost insulted Al-Malik al-Nasir by choosing to pray instead of meeting with him. The architect es-Saheli built the Djinguereber [jin-gue-bear] Mosque for this man, who also commissioned (*) Sankore University. According to legend, on one journey this man devalued money in Egypt and Arabia for over a decade by spending so much gold on a pilgrimage to Mecca. For 10 points, name this emperor of Mali, likely the wealthiest man in the world.ANSWER: Mansa Musa I of Mali <DA, World History>A parody of this painting shows a cleaning woman holding a broom in front of an American flag. This painting's title is based off the distinctive architectural style of a window located on the primary structure in this painting, which is in front of a grove of trees with the spire of a church in the far background. That structure was based off the Dibble House, a location the artist of this painting encountered in Eldon, (*) Iowa. The central figures in this painting wear a colonial apron and overalls and are based off the artist's sister and dentist respectively. A woman stands next to a man holding a pitchfork in, for 10 points, what Grant Wood painting?ANSWER: American Gothic <FW, Visual Fine Arts>A prophecy in this work is fulfilled when the main characters eat the bread they previously used as tables. In this work, the captain Palinurus dozes off and falls into the sea which allows other characters safe passage to the mainland. This work’s main character leaves the Underworld through an ivory gate after the (*) Cumaean Sibyl helped him get there with a golden bough. This poem’s main character kills Turnus after spotting the dead Pallas’s belt, and he earlier becomes romantically involved with the Carthaginian queen Dido. For 10 points, name this epic poem by Virgil about a Trojan prince whose descendants found Rome.ANSWER: The Aeneid <KR, Classical Literature>In Bacteria and Archaea, this molecule is often found in its polycistronic form, and this molecule is recognized by the complex RISC. snRNP’s combine with a precursor to this molecule so that introns can be removed from this molecule. And after a certain process, a (*) 5’ cap and poly-A tail are added to this molecule. This molecule is generated from a namesake polymerase, which is aided by a TATA box. This molecule connects to the A site in ribosomes, where it is read in sets of three, called codons. For 10 points, name this form of single-stranded nucleic acid, which is a product of DNA transcription.ANSWER: messenger ribonucleic acid [accept mRNA, prompt on RNA, do not accept or prompt on any other variants of RNA] <MY, Biology>The National Democratic Party splintered off to oppose this politician in one election, and this politician ran with both Thomas Watson and Arthur Sewall in one election after being nominated by two parties. Later in this man’s career, he ran a newspaper named The Commoner, spoke on the Chautauqua circuit, and clashed with (*) Clarence Darrow during the Scopes Trial. This man proclaimed in one speech that “You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns,” and twice lost the presidential election to William McKinley. For 10 points, name this populist Democrat who delivered the “Cross of Gold” speech.ANSWER: William Jennings Bryan <BW, American History>In one work, this philosopher argued that inequality in wealth only occurred after the introduction of currency, and added a “sufficiency restriction” to his theory that humans own all products of their labor. Earlier in that work, this philosopher argued for “legitimate” slavery as an extension of the state of (*) war, when an unjustified aggressor attempts to violate another’s natural rights. This philosopher’s arguments for the natural rights of “life, liberty, and property” were influential among the American Founding Fathers. Legitimate governments uphold a social contract according to, for 10 points, what author of Two Treatises of Government?ANSWER: John Locke <MB, Philosophy>A slipper is thrown during a battle in this ballet, breaking a spell on the title character. After one character in this ballet presents the main character with a crown, she recognizes that character as Herr Drosselmeyer’s nephew. Dances representing chocolate and coffee are performed in this ballet which contains the Trepak character dance. The title character stabs the (*) Mouse King at the end of Act I of this ballet which also features a dance that popularized the use of the celesta. The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy is in, for 10 points, what Tchaikovsky ballet in which Clara’s Christmas toy comes to life?ANSWER: The Nutcracker [or Shchelkunchik] <KP, Other Fine Arts>One competitor at this event dismissed previous sexual assault allegations as "gossip" during a post-victory interview. NBC commentator Joshua Ramo sparked outrage after a remark about the benefits resulting from one country's former occupation of the host country of this event. The Oswald Commission decided to ban athletes representing (*) Russia from this event after the discovery of systematic doping. During this event’s opening ceremonies, Mike Pence sat with Kim yo Jang as North and South Korea marched under a unified flag. For 10 points, name this winter sporting event which was held in Pyeongchang.ANSWER: 2018 Winter Olympic Games [or 2018 Winter Olympics or 2018 Olympics; accept Pyeongchang Olympics until read] <FW, Current Events>This god ordered insects to chew on a conch shell in order to construct a trumpet. This god was sometimes identified by his calendar name “One Reed,” and legendarily either sailed away on a raft made of snakes or set himself on fire after being tricked into breaking his celibacy. A rival of this god defeated him in the form of a (*) jaguar, and that rival was usually depicted as a “smoking mirror.” This god ventured down to the underworld with his dog-faced brother Xolotl [Sho-lote-ul], and later sprinkled blood on jade bones to create humanity. A prediction that this god will return from the east led to Hernan Cortés being mistaken for him. For 10 points, name this plumed serpent god of Aztec mythology.ANSWER: Quetzalcoatl [Ket-zahl-koh-ahtul; be generous with the pronunciation; prompt on Feathered Serpent or Plumed Serpent] <DK, Mythology>In one play, a character leaves many love poems in one of these locations because he wishes for “every eye” to witness the “virtue” of the woman he loves. In another play, a messenger reports that an army is approaching while disguised as one of these locations -- fulfilling a prophecy that one of them will (*) “come to Dunsinane.” A character who lives in one of these locations delivers a monologue describing the “seven ages” of man that begins with the line, “All the world’s a stage.” Birnam is an example of one of these locations in Macbeth. For 10 points, name these natural locations, one of which in Arden serves as the main setting for Shakespeare’s play As You Like It.ANSWER: forests [or woods or other clear knowledge equivalents; prompt on trees] <JF, Non-American Anglophone Literature>The anarchist Luigi Lucheni used a sharpened needle file to assassinate one ruler with this name. A recurring security breach involving a ruler with this name saw Michael Fagan twice break in to Buckingham Palace. The “Miracle in the House of Brandenburg” occurred after the death of a (*) Russian ruler with this name, who refused to execute a single person during her reign. Another queen with this name declared “I have the heart and stomach of a man” in the Tilbury Speech, which she gave to rally troops about to fight the Spanish Armada. For 10 points, give this name of the current queen of the United Kingdom.ANSWER: Elizabeth [accept Empress Elisabeth of Austria, Elizabeth of Russia, or Elizabeth I/II of the UK] <DA, European History>Though it’s not zinc, this element is present in Lucas’ reagent, while each monomer of neoprene contains one atom of this element. Two atoms of this element bind to a carbonyl in the compound phosgene, and this element also forms an oxide that is present in bleach. This element is attached to a vinyl group in the plastic (*) PVC, and this element is bound to hydrogen in stomach acid. This element is also found with fluorine and carbon in ozone-depleting CFCs and is commonly used to disinfect swimming pools. For 10 points, name this second lightest halogen which is bound to sodium in table salt. ANSWER chlorine [or Cl] <MY, Chemistry>TB. To gain support for this event, Joseph Plunkett forged the “Castle Document,” warning of arrests and village raids. A position at St. Stephen’s Green proved unsafe in this event after enemy forces occupied a nearby hotel. A ship feigning Norwegian nationality, the Libau, was intercepted prior to this event, after which (*) Roger Casement was hanged for his involvement. During this event, a Proclamation of the Republic was read in front of the General Post Office, and the political party Sinn Fein [“shin feign”] rose to prominence following this event. For 10 points, name this failed 1916 Irish uprising, named for the Christian holiday on which it started.ANSWER: Easter Rising [or Easter Rebellion or ?irí Amach na Cásca] <SR, European History>BonusesFor 10 points each, answer the following about Italian imperialism during the leadup to World War II:[10] Italy engaged in imperialism as part of this man’s efforts to create a “New Roman Empire.” This fascist dictator rose to power following the 1922 March on Rome.ANSWER: Benito Mussolini[10] In 1939, Italy invaded this small Balkan nation located across the Adriatic, aiming to secure its port at Vlor?.ANSWER: Kingdom of Albania[10] The Italian invasion of Albania forced this self-proclaimed monarch of the Kingdom of Albania into exile. While serving as president, this man eliminated serfdom in Albania.ANSWER: King Zog I [accept Ahmet Zogu or Ahmer Muhtar Zogolli] <DA, European History>The name of this state comes from the Shoshone Indian word for “Gem of the Mountains,” which gives this state its nickname of “The Gem State.” For 10 points each:[10] Name this U.S. State whose city of Coeur d’Alene [CORE-duh-LANE] is near many famous ski resorts.ANSWER: Idaho[10] Along with Nampa and Meridian, this capital of Idaho makes up the metropolitan area known as Treasure Valley. A namesake “state university’s” football team in this city plays on a field iconic for its blue turf. ANSWER: Boise[10] The Idaho Potato Museum is located in Blackfoot, about 25 miles north of this city named for a Shoshone chief.ANSWER: City of Pocatello <AK, Geography>This statement is justified by the speaker accusing its subject of “breeding lilacs out of the dead land” and “mixing memory with desire.” For 10 points each:[10] Give this five-word phrase that begins T.S. Eliot’s long poem “The Waste Land.”ANSWER: “April is the cruelest month”[10] The General Prologue to this work opens by describing “April with his shouers soote [showers sweet].” This work consists of many stories told by characters such as the Miller, the Knight, and the Wife of Bath, and it was written by Geoffrey Chaucer.ANSWER: The Canterbury Tales [or Tales of Caunterbury][10] This poet declares that “it is not enough that yearly, down this hill, / April / comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers” in her poem “Spring.” She also wrote “my candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night” in the poem “First Fig.”ANSWER: Edna St. Vincent Millay <RZ, Non-American Anglophone Literature>In this sculpture, one of the central figures savagely restrains the other, his fingers leaving a lifelike indentation in the marble of her thigh. For 10 points each:[10] Name this Baroque marble sculpture, which depicts the abduction of the title goddess by Pluto.ANSWER: The Rape Of Proserpina[10] The Rape Of Proserpina was sculpted by this seventeenth-century Baroque artist of Apollo and Daphne, who depicted an angel plunging a spear towards a swooning nun in another work.ANSWER: Gian Lorenzo Bernini [that work is The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa][10] Bernini’s other works include one of these structures “of the Four Rivers” which stands in Rome’s Piazza Navona. Depictions of four river gods surround an obelisk rising out of its basin.ANSWER: fountain <WY, Visual Fine Arts>These two figures travel to Xibalba in order to avenge the deaths of their father and uncle. For 10 points each:[10] Name these two protagonists of the Popul Vuh, who defeat a bird-demon named Seven-Macaw.ANSWER: the Hero Twins [prompt on twins; accept Hunahpu and Xbalanque][10] The Hero Twins are important figures in the mythology of this Mesoamerican civilization. A false rumor claimed that this civilization’s calendar predicted the end of the world in 2012.ANSWER: Maya Civilization [or the K’iche’ People][10] The Hero Twins defeat the Lords of Death in a “sacred” game involving these general objects, which were typically made of solid rubber and weighed up to 9 pounds.ANSWER: balls <SR, Mythology>For 10 points each, answer the following about a certain candidate in the Election of 1912:[10] This politician, who finished second, remains the only third-party candidate to finish better than third in the popular vote. This “Bull Moose” had earlier served as president following the assassination of William McKinley.ANSWER: Theodore Roosevelt [or Teddy Roosevelt; Prompt on Roosevelt; Prompt on TR][10] A key part of Roosevelt’s campaign was this central policy known by a two-word phrase, in contrast to the “New Freedom” policy of Woodrow Wilson. This policy involved the federal government taking an active role in promoting social justice.ANSWER: New Nationalism[10] In addition to women’s suffrage and instituting primaries, New Nationalism also called for this electoral reform. This reform was achieved through the ratification of the 17th Amendment, and took the place of a job previously performed by state legislatures.ANSWER: Direct Election of Senators [accept clear equivalents] <SR, American History>Ten of the twelve cranial nerves emerge from this structure. For 10 points each:[10] Name this region of the brain that contains the medulla oblongata, pons, and midbrain. This structure is responsible for many basic processes such as heart rate and breathing.ANSWER: brain stem[10] This structure is sometimes included as part of the brainstem, but is more often considered part of the limbic system. This structure acts as a bridge between the nervous and endocrine systems, and is largely responsible for maintaining homeostasis.ANSWER: hypothalamus [prompt on diencephalon; do not accept or prompt on “thalamus”][10] Inputs from the sensory organs pass through this structure before passing through the brainstem. This structure and the brain form the central nervous system.ANSWER: spinal cord [prompt on spine] <SR, Biology>Richard Strauss adapted this composer’s opera Idomeneo for its 150th anniversary, replacing much of the score with his own. For 10 points each:[10] Name this Classical composer from Salzburg who wrote the operas Cosi Fan Tutte and Don Giovanni. This composer’s symphonic works include the Jupiter Symphony and the “Great” G Minor Symphony.ANSWER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart[10] This Mozart opera noted for its Masonic themes features Tamino trying to play the title enchanted instrument.ANSWER: The Magic Flute [or Die Zauberfl?te][10] This aria in The Magic Flute requires a coloratura soprano to hit a very high F6. In this aria, the Queen of the Night tries to persuade Pamina to kill her rival Sarastro.ANSWER: “Der Holle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen” [accept Hell’s vengeance boils in my heart] <KP, Other Fine Arts>The title character of this story attempts to scalp a man with a case-knife used for slicing bacon. For 10 points each:[10] Name this story in which Bill and Sam pay Ebenezer Dorset $250 to take back his child, whom they had just kidnapped the previous day.ANSWER: “The Ransom of Red Chief”[10] This American short story writer of “The Ransom of Red Chief” wrote about the ironic, useless Christmas presents exchanged between Jim and Della Young in “The Gift of the Magi.”ANSWER: O. Henry [or William Sydney Porter][10] In this other O. Henry story, the elderly artist Behrman finally creates his masterpiece after painting the title object on a wall to save Johnsy’s life after she claimed she would die from pneumonia once the title object fell.ANSWER: “The Last Leaf” <KR, American Literature>These substances are called heterogeneous if they are in a different phase of matter than the reactants. For 10 points each,[10] Name these substances that lower the activation energy for a reaction, thereby increasing the reaction rate. They can function by providing an alternate reaction pathway or stabilizing the transition state.ANSWER: catalysts[10] This expensive metal is often found in catalytic converters. This element is coordinated to two chlorine atoms and two ammonia molecules in a common chemotherapy medication.ANSWER: platinum [that chemotherapy drug is cisplatin][10] In car engines, platinum functions by converting this toxic gas into a more stable compound. This gas is produced in incomplete combustion reactions and it has a higher binding affinity than oxygen in the blood.ANSWER: carbon monoxide [or CO] <MY, Chemistry>This author wrote a poem whose speaker who describes the vice “Ennui” before telling the addressee, “you know him… hypocrite reader, -- my likeness, -- my brother!” For 10 points each:[10] Name this Symbolist poet who opens his most famous collection with his poem “To the Reader.” That collection by this author also contains the poem “The Albatross” in its section “Spleen and Ideal.”ANSWER: Charles (Pierre) Baudelaire[10] Another poem collected in the “Spleen and Ideal” section of Baudelaire’s collection The Flowers of Evil addresses one of these creatures who, “like the stab of the knife, entered [the speaker’s] plaintive heart.” Jonathan Harker and Quincey Morris kill one of these creatures named Dracula in a novel by Bram Stoker.ANSWER: a vampire[10] The speaker of this Baudelaire poem collected in The Flowers of Evil witnesses the “homesick” title creature shout toward the sky, “Rain, when will you fall? Thunder, when will you roll?” The speaker of this poem compares renovations in Paris to the downfall of Troy after stating, “Andromache, I think of you!”ANSWER: “The Swan” [or “Le Cynge”] <JF/MM, European Literature>For 10 points each, answer the following about the latter-stages in the life cycle of a Sun-like star:[10] After hydrogen fusion in the core ceases, the star is in this stage of its life. In this stage, the outer layers of the yellow dwarf expand and cool into one of these stars exemplified by Aldebaran. ANSWER: red giant stage [prompt on giant][10] In Sun-like stars, the fusion of this element occurs very rapidly for a brief time at the end of the red-giant stage, causing a namesake ‘flash.’ Hydrogen fusion creates this element via the proton-proton chain.ANSWER: helium [or He][10] Eventually, the Sun’s core will contract into a white dwarf instead of a black hole because of the degeneracy pressure of these particles. These negatively-charged fermions are found in atoms along with protons and neutrons. ANSWER: electrons <SR, Astronomy>For 10 points each, answer the following about remakes of Country Roads by John Denver:[10] The Toots and the Maytals covered the song in this genre, replacing “West Virginia” with “West Jamaica.” Bob Marley primarily worked in this genre.ANSWER: Reggae[10] The trailer for a 2018 game in this Bethesda series featured a cover of Country Roads following several nuclear detonations.ANSWER: Fallout [accept Fallout 76][10] A cover of Country Roads also plays during the opening credits of “Whisper of The Heart,” an animated film produced by this Japanese animation company.ANSWER: Studio Ghibli <SLD, Trash>Worshippers take off their shoes before entering these buildings, which contain murthis of gods like Shiva or Agni. For 10 points each:[10] Name these structures, the places of worship for the dominant religion of India.ANSWER: Hindu temples [or Mandirs; prompt on temples][10] Description Acceptable. The Sanskrit word Parikrama refers to this action, which is done around paths called Pradakshina. This action is done to the murthis in a Hindu temple in a clockwise fashion.ANSWER: Circumambulation [accept clear knowledge equivalents like walking around it or rotating around it] [10] This is a general term for a Hindu rituals worshipping a god, usually performed in a temple or at home. Notable examples include ones named after Durga and Laxmi.ANSWER: Puja [or Pooja] <KP, Religion>In August 2012, this British monarch’s skeleton was discovered underneath a parking lot. For 10 points each:[10] Name that monarch who was violently killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field.ANSWER: Richard III [prompt on Richard][10] Richard III was a member of this royal house, represented by a white rose, during the Wars of the Roses.ANSWER: House of York[10] This other figure during the Wars of the Roses gained his nickname for deposing two monarchs and switching sides during the wars. He was killed after leading Lancastrian forces at the Battle of Barnet.ANSWER: Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick [accept either underlined portion; prompt on Kingmaker] <SR, Other History>This experiment was documented in The Lucifer Effect, which describes how moral people can become corrupted. For 10 points each:[10] Name this study conducted by Philip Zimbardo where participants were sorted into “guards” and “inmates” at a namesake university in California.ANSWER: Stanford Prison Experiment[10] In the Stanford Prison Experiment, Prisoner No. 416 protested the treatment of the prisoners by performing this action, causing him to be locked in solitary confinement. This action was often used by imprisoned IRA members such as Bobby Sands.ANSWER: hunger strike [accept reasonable equivalents such as descriptions of refusing to eat][10] One notable participant in the experiment was this guard, given the nickname of a famous actor, who actively encouraged other guards to become harsher towards the inmates.ANSWER: John Wayne [accept Dave Eshelman] <MY, Social Science>When these devices are placed in series with an inductor, the amount of current flowing through the circuit oscillates over time. For 10 points each:[10] Name these devices that store electrical energy. These devices often use a set of parallel plates to store charge and have their strength measured in Farads.ANSWER: capacitors[10] The capacitance is defined as the charge on the object divided by this quantity. This quantity is transverse to both the electric and magnetic field in the Hall effect.ANSWER: voltage difference [accept electric potential; accept scalar potential][10] For a parallel plate capacitor, the capacitance is inversely proportional to this quantity. This is because the potential difference in a parallel plate capacitor is directly proportional to this geometric quantity.ANSWER: the distance between the plates [accept clear knowledge equivalents] <SLD/IC, Physics>In the sixth entry of one of this author’s collections, he wrote, “Who watches the watchmen?” For 10 points each:[10] Name this Roman poet who is mostly remembered for a series of 16 poems questioning Roman morals and values.ANSWER: Juvenal [or Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis][10] Juvenal mainly wrote works in this genre, which titles his most famous collection. Modern examples of this genre include the faux news website The Onion.ANSWER: satire [accept The Satires][10] This author modeled his poem London on Juvenal’s Satire III and The Vanity of Human Wishes on Satire X. This English author also was the subject of a biography titled for his Life that was written by James Boswell.ANSWER: Dr. Samuel Johnson <SR, Classical Literature>This man’s method of composition was dubbed serialism by René Leibowitz and Humphrey Searle. For 10 points each:[10] Name this composer who developed the twelve-tone system and utilized “Sprechstimme” in his piece Pierrot Lunaire . ANSWER: Arnold Schoenberg[10] Schoenberg founded this school of music, which included composers such as Alben Berg and Anton Webern. It was founded in the same city as an earlier school that included Beethoven, Mozart, and Haydn.ANSWER: Second Viennese School[10] Schoenberg’s first prominent work was this one-movement string sextet, which was based on a Richard Dehmel poem about a woman revealing to her lover that she is pregnant with another man’s child.ANSWER: Verkl?rte Nacht [or Transfigured Night] <SR, Auditory Fine Arts>One tumultuous period in this country started after Francisco I Madero challenged the results of a rigged election under the plan of San Luis Potosí. For 10 points each:[10] Name this country that exiled its longtime president Porfirio Diaz during its 1910 to 1920 “revolution.”ANSWER: Mexico [or the United Mexican States][10] During the Ten Tragic Days, Madero and his Vice President José María Pino Suárez were arrested and assassinated by this general. This general led Mexico for 17 months before himself being exiled.ANSWER: Victoriano Huerta [or José Victoriano Huerta Márquez][10] Following the end of the Huerta dictatorship, the current Mexican Constitution was adopted in this year. The Zimmermann Telegram was sent to Mexico in January of this year, after which the United States entered World War I.ANSWER: 1917 <SR, World History> ................
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