High School Quizbowl Packet Archive

 PRISON BOWL XQuestions head edited by Luke Tierney, vice head edited by Chloe Levine, and section edited by Luke Tierney, Chloe Levine, Mr. Christopher Chilton, Gilad Avrahami, Sam Brochin, Abishrant Panday, Joshua Kwan, and Daniel Ma. Questions written by Hunter College High School (Luke Tierney, Chloe Levine, Mr. Christopher Chilton, Gilad Avrahami, Sam Brochin, Abishrant Panday, Daniel Ma, David Godovich, Brian Lu, Rachel Yang, Alice Lin, Brian Huang, Jeremy Kim, Cerulean Ozarow, Philip Belin, Pedro Juan Orduz, Ben Chapman, Ada-Marie Gutierrez, and Asher Jaffe).Round 01Tossups1. After this deity’s son Cycnus (“SIC-nus”) was killed by Heracles, this deity tried to avenge his death, but was stabbed by Heracles in the thigh. This god turned Alectryon into a rooster for not alerting him to the presence of Helios, and he was the defendant in the first murder trial in Greek mythology after killing Halirrhothius (“ha-li-RO-thee-us”). The (*) Spartoi were Theban warriors created from the teeth of a dragon sacred to this deity. This god was stabbed by Diomedes during the Trojan War, and he was caught in a golden net by Hephaestus while having an affair with Aphrodite. For 10 points, name this Greek god of war, often accompanied by Phobos and Deimos.ANSWER: Ares [accept Mars until “Greek mythology” is read] <RY>2. These structures are stacked and connected through helical ramps called Terasaki ramps. Vesicles that move from this organelle to another one are tagged with COPII (“C. O. P. 2”) while those that move back carry the COPI (“C. O. P. 1”) tag. One type of this structure works in the production of steroid hormones and detoxification. Like the Golgi Apparatus, this (*) organelle is made up of flattened membrane disks called cisternae. The general functions of this organelle include the synthesis and export of lipids and proteins. The membranes of this organelle are continuous with the outer nuclear membrane. For 10 points, name this cellular organelle whose “smooth” and “rough” types are differentiated based on ribosomal presence. ANSWER: endoplasmic reticulum [accept rough or smooth endoplasmic reticulum] <AP>3. Thomas E. Watson was this party’s last nominee for President, receiving just over 29,000 votes in 1908. Watson had earlier risen to prominence as this party’s Vice-Presidential nominee during a year in which the nominee for this party did not belong to it. That year was (*) 1896. In its first year and most successful year, this party gained 8% of the vote and carried 5 states under James Weaver on the Omaha Platform of 1892. Agrarianism and free silver were two major tenets of this party. For 10 points, name this late 19th-century political party that derived its name from its attempt to appeal to the people. ANSWER: Populist Party [accept People’s Party until mentioned] <LT> 4. The Borda count is an attempt to ensure fairness in this action, but Arrow’s impossibility theorem states that under certain circumstances this action can never be entirely fair. Jehovah’s Witnesses typically do not engage in this activity based on John 17:14’s assertion that Christians “are not of the world.” The UK, US, and India typically use a (*) plurality system for this activity called “first-past-the-post,” and in the US the 19th amendment established that women have the right to perform this activity. For 10 points, name this activity, used to determine the winners of political offices by public assent.ANSWER: voting [accept elections and clear equivalents] <CC>5. On this man’s second voyage, he failed to replicate the route of Willem Barentsz’s last voyage when he did not pass at Novaya Zemlya. This man sailed on the Hopewell on an early expedition. This man was employed by the Muscovy Company. He died after a winter in (*) James Bay when the crew of his ship Discovery mutinied and set him adrift in the Arctic on a small boat with his son and loyal followers. For 10 points, name this explorer who, while sailing on the Half Moon, claimed New Netherland for the Dutch in 1609, and has a namesake bay in northeastern Canada.ANSWER: Sir Henry Hudson <DM>6. In one of this author’s stories, Doctor Cacophodel is one of eight adventurers in search of “The Great Carbuncle.” In another of his works, Beatrice’s garden work has made her poisonous. In addition to “Rappaccini’s Daughter,” this man wrote a novel in which land stolen from Matthew Maule is home to a house occupied by the (*) Pyncheon family. In perhaps the most famous work by this man, characters watch a meteor shower from atop a scaffold after Roger Chillingworth leaves his wife because she has committed adultery with Arthur Dimmesdale. For 10 points, name this author who wrote about Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter.ANSWER: Nathaniel Hawthorne <CL>7. In the Deacon process, transition metal oxides are used as a catalyst to isolate the gaseous form of one of these elements. One of these elements has a roughly 50-50 split between its 79 and 81 isotopes’ occurrence in nature. A compound with uranium and (*) 6 atoms of one of these elements is used in enriching uranium and the lightest member of this group was the first discovered to bond with xenon. This group is the only one to have elements that are all three states of matter at room temperature. One of these elements has the highest value of electronegativity. For 10 points, name this group of elements that are one electron short of a full valence shell and include bromine, fluorine, and chlorine. ANSWER: halogens [accept Group 17 or Group 7A] <BC>8. The artist painted himself in this work with a beret peeking over a helmeted man. A shield in this work with 18 names does not include a musician who appears on the painting’s right side. In this work, a man with a top hat holds an extremely long (*) rifle that extends into a hole above a yellow-and-blue flag. An illuminated child holding a drinking horn and a dead chicken on a belt in this work is dressed in all gold. In this painting, the lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburch (“RYE-ten-birch”) stands beside a man in a red sash, who is the leader of a company. For 10 points, name this 1642 painting of a group of soldiers led by Frans Banning Cocq, a work by Rembrandt van Rijn.ANSWER: The Night Watch [or De Nachtwacht; accept The Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq or The Shooting Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch before “Frans Banning Cocq” is read, then prompt] <GA>9. Two characters in this novel discuss the differences between grassy and starchy cow feeds. One character in this novel befriends Varenka but becomes disillusioned after learning Madame Stahl’s illness is fake at a spa in Germany. In this novel, one character is improperly upset after an accident at a horse race, and Stepan, also known as Stiva, is unfaithful to (*) Dolly. Levin eventually marries Kitty in this novel, though she earlier loved Vronsky. The title character of this novel throws herself in front of a train. For 10 points, name this novel named for a Russian woman, a work of Leo Tolstoy.ANSWER: Anna Karenina <AL>10. This man argued that virtue is a better guide than punishment because those who avoid punishment have no sense of shame. One of this man’s followers argued ethical intuitions come from the innate goodness of human beings; that man was Mencius (“MEN-shee-uss”). This man formulated the (*) Silver Rule, which says, do not do unto others which you would not wish done to yourself; it is the inverse of this man’s Golden Rule. Ren, the good feeling that comes with being altruistic was described by, for 10 points, what ancient Chinese author of the Analects?ANSWER: Confucius [accept Kongfuzi or K'ung-fu-tzu or Kongzi] <CC>11. Joseph Knight used a 1772 court decision to accomplish the aims of this movement in Scotland. The Somerset Case accomplished the goal of this movement within the borders of England and Wales. Elijah Parish Lovejoy advocated for this cause in the United States. The (*) Golden Law finally accomplished the goals of this cause in 1888 in Brazil. Pottery manufacturer Josiah Wedgwood and activist William Wilberforce both supported this cause in the United Kingdom. Wedgwood names a medallion that depicts a chained, kneeling black man that was used by this movement. For 10 points, name this political movement that sought to end slavery.ANSWER: abolitionism [prompt on descriptive answers like ending slavery until mentioned] <LT> 12. Four war horses fight for the possession of a standard in this artist’s lost painting The Battle of Anghiari. A self-portrait of this artist with red chalk is located in the Biblioteca Reale. In one painting by this man, a river separates winding paths from icy mountains in the background. A green-clad angel supports the back of the infant Jesus in an work by this artist that uses the (*) sfumato technique. In another work by this artist, a man tipping over a salt cellar looks up at a swooning John the Baptist. In that painting by this artist, three windows provide the background for a meal seating thirteen people. For 10 points, name this Renaissance artist of The Last Supper and The Mona Lisa.ANSWER: Leonardo (di ser Piero) da Vinci [prompt on Leonardo] <GA>13. Seven phrases that are purported to have been uttered during this event include the “Word of Relationship” and the “Word of Triumph.” On the way to this event, the central figure was aided by Simon of Cyrene, and his face was wiped by Veronica. Both of those events occurred after the central figure in this event met his (*) mother during a journey prior to this event on which he fell three times. The scourging at the pillar and the other events of the Passion preceded this event. One man allowed this event to take place and famously washed his hands. That was Pontius Pilate. For 10 points, identify this 33 A.D. event in which a man from Nazareth was executed.ANSWER: The Crucifixion of Jesus Christ [accept descriptions and clear equivalents; prompt on The Passion until mentioned] <LT> 14. The first section of this work was published in Mischmasch, and this part of a larger work was famously illustrated by John Tenniel. This work’s protagonist “stood a while and thought” before making a motion to the rhythm “One, two! One, two!” with a (*) “vorpal sword.” That protagonist spends some time by the Tumtum tree. This work, which introduced the word “chortle” to the English language, describes a “manxome foe” even worse than “the frumious Bandersnatch” and opens with the words, “‘Twas brillig.” For 10 points, name this nonsense poem which appears in Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There and was also written by Lewis Carroll.ANSWER: “Jabberwocky” [accept Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There until “stood a while”; afterwards prompt] <CL>15. This composer included sections titled “Birth of the Oceans” and “The Pulse of the Cosmos” in his unfinished Universe Symphony. This composer’s second piano sonata includes a cluster chord played with a 14?-inch-long wooden bar. This man’s second symphony quotes Stephen (*) Foster’s “Camptown Races.” In another of his works, a woodwind quartet becomes increasingly dissonant after a trumpet repeatedly asks “The Perennial Question of Existence.” This composer wrote an arrangement of “My Country, Tis of Thee” in his organ work Variations on “America”. For 10 points, name this composer of the Concord Sonata and Three Places in New England.ANSWER: Charles (Edward) Ives <GA>16. Mark Meadows stated that his position regarding this initiative had not been changed by a meeting with the head of the OMB. Kentucky Senator Rand Paul unsuccessfully attempted to gain access to this bill before its official release by going to the guarded room where its text was being held. (*) Michigan Representative Justin Amash tweeted that this law would be merely the second iteration of the law that it seeks to replace. Significant provisions in this law include the introduction of tax credits to replace direct subsidies and the elimination of the individual mandate. For 10 points, name this proposed 2017 law that would replace an unpopular 2010 healthcare law. ANSWER: American Health Care Act [accept AHCA or Ryancare or Trumpcare or a description answer such as Obamacare Replacement] <LT> 17. The proposed experiment STEP is meant to test a theory about this phenomenon. The particles theorized to explain this phenomenon are spin-2 bosons that travel at the speed of light. The first type of a wave based on this phenomenon was observed in (*) 2016 and was caused by the collision of two black holes. Escape velocity equals the square root of the quantity 2 times the constant for this phenomenon times the mass of the body divided by the radius. Earth’s value for acceleration due to this force is 9.8 meters-per-second-squared. For 10 points, name this fundamental force that is described classically by an inverse square law.ANSWER: gravity [accept word forms such as gravitational force] <BC>18. In one speech, this author lamented, “We pursue modernity in her incessant metamorphoses.” In addition to “In Search of the Present,” this man wrote a book which takes place in Galta and was inspired by Hanuman. This author used Heraclitus’ metaphor about two instruments to title his essay on the theory of poetry, “The (*) Bow and the Lyre.” “The Conquest and Colonialism” and “The Day of the Dead” appear in one collection by him, and one of his poems opens, “willow of crystal, a poplar of water,” has 584 lines, and is based on the Aztec calendar. For 10 points, name this Mexican Nobel Laureate whose works include The Labyrinth of Solitude and “Sunstone.”ANSWER: Octavio Paz Lozano <CL>19. The volume of a cylinder circumscribed around this three-dimensional shape is 1.5 times the volume of the inscribed shape. All similar triangles placed on one of these shapes are congruent, according to Riemann’s (*) non-Euclidean geometry for these shapes. The Banach-Tarski paradox states that one of these shapes can be decomposed and reformed into two of these shapes the same size as the original. The surface area of these shapes is 4 pi r squared. Forming the locus of all points in three-dimensions equidistant to a center, for 10 points, name this shape whose unit form is described by the equation x squared plus y squared plus z squared equals 1.ANSWER: sphere <DM>20. The Scot Simon Fraser made his fortune trading this good. Men who worked in this profession in the Rocky Mountains often attended an annual Rendezvous from 1825-1840. Voyageurs often transported this good after it was harvested by independent (*) coeur de bois (“BWA”). Before they acquired a real estate empire, the Astor family made its original fortune by trading this commodity. Trade in this good formed much of the economy of the early French settlements in North America. Popular examples of this good in the modern day include mink and sable. For 10 points, name this commodity that is acquired by skinning mammals.ANSWER: furs [accept descriptive answers; accept skins until mentioned] <LT> TB. One work by this artist shows a horse leaping over a barrier at Float Jump. In this artist’s painting The Chain Pier, wreckage from a storm washes up on a shore while a suspension bridge stretches across the background. A rainbow arches overhead a cathedral in one painting by this artist, who also featured the (*) Stour River in several images of Dedham Vale. On the left side of one landscape work, this artist painted a red-roofed white cottage near Flatford Mill. For 10 points, name this British landscape artist who painted three horses pulling the title vehicle in his artwork The Hay Wain.ANSWER: John Constable <GA>Bonuses1. Dark clouds overhang a lightning-ravaged tree on the left side of this painting. For 10 points each:[10] Name this painting contrasting the wilderness of the forest to the tranquility of a colonized river valley. A tiny figure with an easel sits at the edge of the wilderness, painting the title scene below.ANSWER: The Oxbow [accept View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm][10] This English-American artist painted the early 19th century Connecticut River Valley in The Oxbow. He glorified the pastoral stage of civilization in his The Course of Empire series.ANSWER: Thomas Cole[10] Cole was a member of this American landscape art movement, which also included the artist of Kindred Spirits, Asher Durand.ANSWER: Hudson River School <GA>2. This king’s name literally means “without pain,” which is ironic given the cruelty for which he was known early in his life. For 10 points each:[10] Name this third Maurya emperor and son of Bindusara. He is famous for his Rock Edicts and namesake pillars. ANSWER: Ashoka [accept Asoka] [10] Ashoka converted to this religion later in life. It was founded by Siddhartha Gautama.ANSWER: Buddhism [anti-prompt on more specific answers][10] This bloody war awoke Ashoka to the horrors of violence and spurred his conversion to Buddhism. It is named for an ancient kingdom on the Bay of Bengal.ANSWER: Kalinga War <LT>3. For 10 points each, name some things about solutions.[10] This law, which explains how gases dissolve across the alveolar-capillary barrier, states that the amount of dissolved gas is directly proportional to its partial pressure. ANSWER: Henry’s law [10] This measure of the concentration of a solution is often used when dealing with colligative properties and is defined as the number of moles of solute per kilogram of solvent. It is often contrasted with molarity. ANSWER: molality[10] This effect occurs when the particles in a colloid or a fine suspension scatter light often causing solutions to appear blue.ANSWER: Tyndall effect <AP>4. In one work by this author, Adso of Melk and William of Baskerville investigate deaths at a Benedictine monastery. For 10 points each:[10] Name this Italian author of The Island of the Day Before and the aforementioned The Name of the Rose.ANSWER: Umberto Eco[10] Another work by Eco is titled for a man with this last name’s Pendulum. The author of Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison System and The History of Sexuality also had this last name.ANSWER: (Paul-)Michel Foucault[10] Eco also wrote a work about a cemetery named for this city. This city is also the capital of the country in which the author of The Joke was born.ANSWER: Prague [accept Praha; accept Prag] <CL>5. For 10 points each, name these things about apples in mythology.[10] Athena gave the golden apples of Hesperides to this Greek goddess, who later gifted the apples to Hippomenes so he could use them to win the hand of Atalanta.ANSWER: Aphrodite [do not accept “Venus”][10] When this goddess, the provider of the apples that helped maintain the youth and immortality of the Norse gods, was kidnapped by a giant, Loki transformed her into a nut in order to carry her back to Asgard easily.ANSWER: Idunn[10] After this legendary man was mortally wounded in the Battle of Camlann by his son, he went to Avalon, which translates into “isle of apple trees,” to recover. ANSWER: King Arthur <RY>6. Michele di Lando led an uprising of wool workers in this city in the 14th century known as the Ciompi (“CHOME-pee”). For 10 points each:[10] Name this city on the Arno River that is home to the Uffizi Gallery. ANSWER: Florence [accept Firenze][10] This other Tuscan city is traditionally a major rival of Florence. A famous medieval saint named Catherine came from this city, and it has hosted the palio horse race in its piazza for several centuries.ANSWER: Siena [10] Both Florence and Siena were rocked by this cataclysmic plague in the 14th century. It is believed to have been transmitted by fleas carried by rats.ANSWER: Black Death [prompt on bubonic plague and similar answers] <LT>7. If you don’t know what to name your movie, just give it the first name of the protagonist. Real creative, Hollywood. For 10 points each, name these things pertaining to 2016 movies that did just that.[10] This Disney movie begins with Grandma Tala telling a group of children about the demigod Maui, who is voiced by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.ANSWER: Moana[10] In Sully, Tom Hanks plays the title pilot, who has to prove that his solution of ditching his commercial plane on this river was the only way to save the plane and its passengers.ANSWER: The Hudson River[10] This actress played Jacqueline Kennedy in Jackie, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.ANSWER: Natalie Portman [accept Neta-Lee Hershlag] <RY>8. This process occurs in the chloroplasts of plants. For 10 points each:[10] Name this process in which plants turn carbon dioxide and water into glucose, which includes the light-dependent and light-independent reactions.ANSWER: photosynthesis[10] The Calvin cycle performs this action in photosynthesis, in which carbon dioxide is converted into organic compounds. The common variety attaches carbon dioxide and water onto RuBP (“r u b p”) to form 2 PGA molecules.ANSWER: carbon fixation [accept carbon assimilation; prompt on fixation or assimilation][10] This type of carbon fixation, adapted for arid climates, begins with CO2 attaching to PEP in mesophyll cells, creating malate. The malate is then transported to bundle-sheath cells, where CO2 separates off of it to perform the Calvin cycle.ANSWER: C4 carbon fixation <DM>9. Many islands in the Caribbean are still governed by foreign powers. For 10 points each:[10] Name this US commonwealth with capital at San Juan. It includes the El Yunque (“JOON-kay”) rainforest.ANSWER: Puerto Rico [accept P.R.][10] This island group west of Jamaica is a territory of the United Kingdom. It is one of the largest banking centers in the world due to its lack of income taxes, corporate taxes, and capital gains taxes.ANSWER: Cayman Islands[10] This island in the Netherlands Antilles is a constituent country of the Netherlands. It’s the “A” of the ABC islands and is the westernmost of the Lesser Antilles.ANSWER: Aruba <DM>10. This author wrote about Elizabeth Bates and her husband Walter in the short story “Odour of Chrysanthemums.” For 10 points each:[10] Identify this British author probably better known for his works about the Brangwen family, which include The Rainbow. He also wrote Sons and Lovers.ANSWER: David Herbert Richards “D.H.” Lawrence[10] Lawrence also wrote this novel in which the paralyzed Clifford is emotionally neglectful of his wife Constance. This novel’s sexually explicit descriptions have caused it to be banned often.ANSWER: Lady Chatterley’s Lover[10] This character, who works as a gamekeeper, is the title romantic interest of Constance in Lady Chatterley’s Lover.ANSWER: Oliver Mellors [accept either] <CL>11. The founder of this sect is sometimes referred to as the “Man from Onion Valley”. For 10 points each:[10] Name this sect of Buddhism that is often called the “Way of Virtue” or the Yellow Hat School. It was founded by Je Tsongkhapa in the 14th and 15th century, and is the newest school in its region. ANSWER: Gelug School [prompt on Tibetan Buddhism, but do not reveal if this is not mentioned][10] The Gelug School is the most recent development in this region’s Buddhist practice. This region was annexed under the Seventeen Points Agreement by a neighboring power, and it contains Potala Palace. ANSWER: Tibet[10] The current holder of this office is the exiled Tenzin Gyatso. This official is the highest ranking person in the Gelug School, and served as Tibet’s head of state until China’s conquest of the region. ANSWER: Dalai Lama <LT> 12. These facilities formed an integral part of Operation Reinhard. For 10 points each:[10] Name this general type of facility in which the Nazi government placed elements of society they deemed undesirable, such as Gypsies, Jews, homosexuals, and political dissidents.ANSWER: concentration camps [accept more specific answers such as labor camps or extermination camps][10] This concentration camp complex in modern-day Poland had major offshoots at Birkenau and Monowitz. It is generally considered to be the deadliest of the concentration camps. ANSWER: Auschwitz [10] This SS officer and longest-serving commandant of Auschwitz pioneered the use of Zyklon B as a method of execution after overseeing experiments on Russian prisoners of war.ANSWER: Rudolf H?ss <LT>13. The librettist for this composer’s breakout opera Il pirata, named Felice Romani, also wrote a libretto for Rossini’s Il turco in Italia. For 10 points each:[10] Name this opera composer of La sonnambula who died at the age of 33. His opera about a druid princess, Norma, includes the aria “Casta diva.”ANSWER: Vincenzo (Salvatore Carmelo Francesco) Bellini[10] Bellini was a leading composer in this style of opera music, which features the use of messa di voce and is Italian for “beautiful singing.”ANSWER: bel canto [prompt on bellezze del canto; prompt on bell’arte del canto][10] The character Norma sings in this vocal range, the highest in SATB four-part harmony.ANSWER: soprano [do not accept or prompt on “mezzo-soprano”] <GA>14. This was the last major battle in the North during the Revolutionary War. For 10 points each:[10] Name this June 1778 battle at which Charles Lee was relieved of command after his troops were forced to retreat. George Washington managed to prevent defeat, but the British were able to escape and continue to their ships.ANSWER: Battle of Monmouth Courthouse[10] At Monmouth, this woman is said to have brought water out to the American soldiers, hence her nickname. She took her husband’s place at his cannon after he collapsed.ANSWER: Molly Pitcher [accept Mary Ludwig Hays; prompt on partial][10] The Battle of Monmouth took place in this state. This state was the site of the 1776 Battle of Trenton. ANSWER: New Jersey <DM>15. MODERATOR NOTE: Read the third bonus part slowly.This force comes in static, sliding, rolling, and fluid types. For 10 points each:[10] Identify this force which opposes motion.ANSWER: friction[10] The maximum force of static friction is calculated by multiplying the normal force by the coefficient of static friction, which is represented by this letter with the subscript s. This letter is also used in the symbol for micrograms.ANSWER: lowercase mu [accept mi; do not accept or prompt on “uppercase mu” or “M”][10] If a weight is stationary on an inclined plane of angle 45 degrees, this is the value by which one must divide the weight in order to calculate the magnitude of the force of static friction acting on the weight.ANSWER: root 2 [accept radical 2; accept equivalents; accept 1.414] <CL>16. This author wrote the autobiographical essay Sun and Steel. For 10 points each:[10] Identify this Japanese author who described Shigekuni Honda in his series of four novels including Spring Snow, Runaway Horses, The Temple of Dawn, and The Decay of the Angel. That is the Sea of Fertility tetralogy.ANSWER: Yukio Mishima [accept either underlined portion; accept Kimitake Hiraoka][10] In this Mishima novel, Mizoguchi is surprised to find Father Dosen with a geisha, but befriends the clubfooted Kashiwagi before eventually burning down the title structure.ANSWER: The Temple of the Golden Pavilion [accept Kinkaku-ji][10] In another work, Mishima wrote about the Confessions of one of these accessories. A poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar is named for one of these objects which “grins and lies.”ANSWER: mask <CL>17. Modest Mussorgsky originally wrote Pictures at an Exhibition for solo piano. Answer some questions about its subsequent orchestration, for 10 points each.[10] This composer was commissioned by Serge Koussevitzky to fully orchestrate Pictures at an Exhibition. He also wrote Gaspard de la Nuit (“NWEE”) and Boléro.ANSWER: (Joseph) Maurice Ravel[10] Ravel’s orchestration of this recurring section gives the main theme to a solo trumpet. This section serves as an interlude between movements, and it illustrates the composer’s walk between different artworks at the exhibition.ANSWER: “Promenade”[10] It’s not a sousaphone, but Ravel features one of these instruments in the movement Byd?o to represent the slow movement of an ox cart. This instrument’s smaller cousin, the euphonium, is often utilized instead due to its higher range.ANSWER: tuba <GA>18. One contemporary example of these texts is split into sections with the prefixes “macro,” “micro,” and “pro,” and uses British English despite being published in the United States. For 10 points each:[10] What name is given to these reference works which attempt to summarize large fields of knowledge? The Britannica type of these works was famously sold door-to-door.ANSWER: encyclopedias[10] This editor, along with his partner Jean le Rond d’Alembert (“doll-em-BEAR”), organized writers like Voltaire and Rousseau to create an influential French-language encyclopedia in the 18th century.ANSWER: Denis Diderot (“DI-duh-row”)[10] The collaborative encyclopedia Wikipedia takes its prefix from a word for “quick” in this language. In the Encyclopedia Britannica, an article on this language can be found in volume 5 of the Micropedia, which goes from “Freon” to “Holderlin.”ANSWER: Hawaiian <CC>19. In this poem, the author relates, “They send me to eat in the kitchen when company comes.” For 10 points each:[10] Name this poem in which the narrator says, “I am the darker brother,” but “Tomorrow, I’ll be at the table… Nobody’ll dare say to me, ‘Eat in the kitchen’ then.”ANSWER: “I, Too” [accept “I, Too, Sing America”][10] “I, Too” was written by this African-American poet of the Harlem Renaissance. In his poem “Mother to Son,” the narrator says, “Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.”ANSWER: Langston Hughes[10] In Hughes’ poem “Harlem,” he asks, “What happens to [this thing]?... Does it stink like rotten meat?... Maybe it sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode?” ANSWER: a dream deferred [prompt on partial] <RY>20. Two popular libraries for this language are called React and Angular. For 10 points each:[10] Name this untyped programming language often used alongside HTML and CSS in web development whose files are stored with a .js (“dot J S”) extension. ANSWER: JavaScript [do not accept or prompt on Java][10] JavaScript belongs to this programming paradigm that contains data in the form of attributes and code in the form of procedures. ANSWER: object oriented [10] These entities are used to execute a specific block of code multiple times. In JavaScript, these entities can be handled efficiently with a switch statement. ANSWER: loops <AP>TB. The title character of this work encounters Utnapishtim, the only survivor of a flood. For 10 points each:[10] Identify this Mesopotamian epic about a king of Uruk who befriends Enkidu and defeats Humbaba.ANSWER: The Epic of Gilgamesh[10] This goddess sends the Bull of Heaven to Gilgamesh as a punishment for his rejection of her. She is also the Akkadian goddess of fertility, war, sex, love, and power.ANSWER: Ishtar[10] In The Epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh’s mother asks this sun god for protection. This deity shares a name with the candle used to light all other candles on a menorah.ANSWER: Shamash <CL> ................
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