High School Quizbowl Packet Archive



Darien High School’s DEFT: 2017-2018-952490Written by Skyler Bennett, Brendan Berrigan, Michael Borecki, Thomas Brown, Grace Hand, Maya Nalawade, Sharath Narayan (James Clemens) John Phipps, Riya Krishnan, Sohum Shenoy (Wilmington Charter), Evan Tong, and Julia TongEdited by Michael Borecki and Julia TongSpecial thanks to Harris Bunker (Michigan State)Packet 4Tossups1. John Kelly stated that certain parts of this structure will be transparent, while another idea for this structure involves covering it with solar panels. Executive Order 13767 mandated the construction of this structure, which would be added to 600 miles of (*) fence authorized by George W. Bush. A 20% tariff on imports from a certain country was one proposed way to pay for this structure, which will supposedly be at least 30 feet tall. Enrique Pena Nieto stated Mexico would not pay for, for 10 points, what border object promised by Donald Trump?ANSWER: Donald Trump’s border wall (accept any answer about a wall on the U.S. - Mexico border)<Borecki>2. This element’s hexafluoride is used to separate its most common isotopes. Three atoms of this element are combined with eight atoms of oxygen in one of its common forms. Martin Klaproth first isolated this heaviest naturally-occurring element from (*) pitchblende. “Depleted” types of this actinide found in bullets use its isotope 238, while its “235” isotope can sustain a fission chain reaction. For 10 points name this element with atomic symbol U, often used in nuclear reactors.ANSWER: Uranium (accept U before mentioned)<Borecki>3. One character in this film makes a call as “Susan from Planned Parenthood” after seeing Jason at the mall with Taylor Wedell. A teacher in this film asks the protagonist “did you want to buy some drugs?” after she turns in a calculus quiz. Another character in this film does not get any candy-cane grams, though Glen (*) Coco gets four, and is told that “fetch” is not going to happen. Kevin Gnapoor does the mathlete rap, “Jingle Bell Rock” is danced by the Plastics, and Regina George is hit by a bus in, for 10 points, what comedy starring Lindsay Lohan as Cady Heron?ANSWER: Mean Girls<Borecki>4. Malacoda lies about a bridge which supposedly crosses the sixth bolgia in this work. The narrator of this work is told about how Giovanni Malatesta stabbed his wife Francesca and her lover Paolo, and later finds the head of Ruggieri being gnawed on by Count Ugolino. “Abandon (*) all hope, ye who enter here” is inscribed on a gate in this work, which opens with the narrator encountering a lion, a leopard, and a she-wolf in a forest during Good Friday. For 10 points, name this first part of The Divine Comedy, an epic poem in which Virgil guides Dante through the 9 circles of Hell.ANSWER: Inferno (prompt on The Divine Comedy)<J. Tong>5. The “Great Relief” ended this state’s siege of Fort St. Angelo on Malta. This empire’s Edict of Gulhane began its Tanzimat reforms, while its devshirme recruited young boys to be trained for civil and military service. This empire’s Hayreddin Barbarossa was defeated by Don John of Austria’s (*) Holy League fleet at Lepanto, while Poland’s “Winged Hussars” drove off its 1683 siege of Vienna. The “sick man of Europe” was, for 10 points, what empire ruled by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent from Istanbul?ANSWER: Ottoman Empire<Borecki>6. In one story, this figure appears as a dwarf with an umbrella who then grows to cross the universe in three steps. This deity also protects the boy Prahlada from his murderous demon father Hiranyakashipu [HIH-RUHN-YUHK-SHIH-PU] while in the form of a man-lion. The end of time will be accompanied by (*) Kalki, the last of this husband of Lakshmi’s ten avatars that also include Rama and Krishna. For 10 points, name this Hindu preserver deity who appears alongside Brahma and Shiva as part of the Trimurti.ANSWER: Vishnu (accept Jagannath; prompt on “Vamana” or “Narasimha”)<Narayan>7. In one play by this author, Raina Petkoff marries the “chocolate-cream soldier” Captain Bluntschli, and in another, the title character is disillusioned after Andrew Undershaft’s donation to the Salvation Army is accepted. A character in a play by this author exclaims “not bloody likely!” despite being tutored by a (*) phonetics professor; that professor had bet with Colonel Pickering that he could pass a cockney flower girl off as a duchess. For 10 points, name this playwright of Major Barbara and Arms and the Man, who wrote about Henry Higgins and Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion.ANSWER: George Bernard Shaw<J. Tong>8. This man made a speech stating “I have given my life to this struggle of the African people,” and mentioning “an ideal I hope to live for.” That speech was due to this man’s involvement in Umkhonto We Sizwe, the “Spear of the Nation.” This founder of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission stated “I am (*) prepared to die” at the Rivonia Trial and spent 18 years on Robben Island before he was released from prison by F.W. De Klerk. For 10 points, name this civil rights leader and first black President of South Africa.ANSWER: Nelson Mandela<Borecki>9. This composer featured two oboes and strings in “The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba,” and depicted hammers in “The Harmonious Blacksmith.” This composer included an “Alla Hornpipe” section in the D minor second suite of a work premiered on a royal (*) barge on the Thames, Water Music. The soprano solo “I know that my redeemer liveth” features in an oratorio by this composer that includes the line “and he shall reign forever and ever.” For 10 points, name this composer, whose Hallelujah Chorus is included in his oratorio Messiah.ANSWER: George Frederick Handel<J. Tong>10. MSH4 and MSH5 [SPELL OUT] proteins stabilize Holliday junctions as yeasts undergo this process, which may be described by the coefficient of coincidence. The formation of the synaptonemal [SY-NAP-TO-NEE-MAL] complex may occur during pachynema in this process. Improper formation of a tetrad during crossing (*) over in this process can lead to nondisjunction. Human gametes have only 23 chromosomes because of the two rounds of division in this process. For 10 points, name this type of cell division that produces four haploid cells, as opposed to mitosis.ANSWER: meiosis (accept prophase I until “human gametes;” accept “synapsis” or “crossing over” until mentioned; prompt on “oogenesis” or “spermatogenesis” or “cell cycle”)<Narayan>HALFTIME11. This artist depicted his wife as the Virgin Mary with a hole through her chest and an egg above her head. Another of his paintings depicts a stony figure near a man crying into a pool. Bricks and a fish float in the air in this artist’s depiction of the (*) “Disintegration” of his most famous painting. That painting by this artist of The Madonna of Port Lligat and Metamorphosis of Narcissus depicts a lone tree and ants crawling over a melting clock. For 10 points, name this surrealist artist of The Persistence of Memory.ANSWER: Salvador Dali i Domenech<Borecki>12. In the lead-up to this holiday, the Ashkenazi recite the akedah, chatanu, and techinah prayers as their Selichot. Names are written into the book of life on this holiday, during which many people throw bread crumbs in water as part of the tashlich ritual. The 10-day Yamim Noraim (*) begins with this holiday on the first of Tishrei. Honey-dipped apples are normally eaten on this holiday. For 10 points, name this Jewish holiday on which the shofar is blown to commemorate the new year.ANSWER: Rosh Hashanah (prompt on “Jewish New Year”)<Nalawade>13. Pope Sixtus IV tacitly supported a failed coup in this city, after which he placed it under interdict. Vieri de Cerchi [V-AIR-EE DAY CHAIR-CHEE] and Corso Donati led competing “white” and “black” factions of the Guelphs [GWELPHS] in this city where the Ciompi [CHOMPY] wool workers revolted. Girolamo (*) Savonarola led many Bonfires of the Vanities in this city where the Pazzi conspiracy targeted a banking family headed by Lorenzo the Magnificent. For 10 points, name this central Italian city-state ruled by the Medici family.ANSWER: Florence, Italy<Borecki>14. Sophie Germain verified one of this man’s theorems for odd primes less than 100. That theorem by this man, whose namesake numbers start with 3, 5, 17, and 257, was implied by the Taniyama-Shimura conjecture and proven by Andrew Wiles in 1994. One theorem by this man states “A raised to the power P, where P is prime, is congruent to (*) A modulo P.” an + bn ≠ cn [A to the n plus b to the n does not equal c to the n] for any integer n greater than 2 in his “last theorem.” For 10 points, name this French mathematician with a namesake “little” theorem.ANSWER: Pierre de Fermat<Borecki>15. The protagonist of this novel is given a green bullet earpiece after tearing pages out of a bible. That character in this novel agrees to memorize the Book of Ecclesiastes at the behest of Granger, who leads a group of outcasts. In this novel, Faber leaves for St. Louis after the release of a (*) Mechanical Hound, one of which is killed by a flamethrower along with Captain Beatty. Clarisse McClellan disappears and Mildred overdoses on sleeping pills in, for 10 points, what novel in which Guy Montag burns books as a fireman?ANSWER: Fahrenheit 451<J. Tong>16. A newspaper owner allegedly told a reporter in this region “you furnish the pictures and I’ll furnish the war.” “Butcher” Valeriano Weyler was accused of killing residents of concentration camps on this island. James Buchanan wrote the Ostend Manifesto about the purchase of this (*) island. The Platt and Teller amendments governed U.S. relations with this country after the Spanish-American War, which included the Battle of San Juan Hill near Santiago on this island. For 10 points, name this country where the U.S.S. Maine exploded in Havana.ANSWER: Cuba (prompt on Caribbean before “island”)<Borecki>17. A master constraint for one type of this force is calculated by integrating the square of the Hamiltonian constraints, while a 2012 study measured the speed of this force to be equal to the speed of light. The theory of General Relativity states that this force, the source of the three-body problem, is caused by the (*) curvature of space-time. Big G times the product of the masses divided by the square of the distance is the strength of, for 10 points, what weakest fundamental force, which causes an acceleration of 9.8 meters per second on Earth?ANSWER: gravity (accept loop quantum gravity)<Borecki>18. This philosopher wrote “history repeats itself first as tragedy, then as farce” in an essay that expresses his view of historical materialism. He coined the term “commodity fetishism” in a work that argued that the “exchange value” of an object is determined by the labor needed to produce it. This author wrote “from each (*) according to his ability, to each according to his needs” and “the history of all hitherto society is the history of class struggle” while advocating for the proletariat to overthrow the bourgeoisie. For 10 points, name this author of Das Kapital and The Communist Manifesto.ANSWER: Karl Marx<Borecki>19. This character is unable to save Paul Kratides [KRA-TI-DEES] from a charcoal-filled room and uses a wax bust of himself to trap the airgun-shooting Sebastian Moran. Basil Rathbone notably portrayed this character, who remarks that “heroes don’t exist” before confronting a villain at a deserted pool in a television adaptation. This character, who uses his name to unlock (*) “the woman’s” phone in that series, fakes his death at the Reichenbach Falls after wrestling his nemesis James Moriarty. For 10 points, name this detective assisted by John Watson and created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.ANSWER: Sherlock Holmes<J. Tong>20. In one story, a trail of puffed rice left by Mrs. Das leads these creatures to attack her illegitimate child Bobby. These creatures inhabit the vanara kingdom of Kishkindha under the rule of Vali and Sugriva in an epic where one of them transports a mountain to save Prince Lakshmana, the Ramayana. (*) Hanuman may have inspired one of these animals who wields a magical staff and accompanies Xuanzang, Sandy, and Pigsy on a quest to India in Journey to the West. Sun Wukong is the king of, for 10 points, what primates?ANSWER: monkeys (anti-prompt (ask for less specific) on more specific answers such as “chimpanzees” or “apes”)<Narayan>TIEBREAK: ONLY PROCEED IF THE GAME IS TIED21. This organ's parenchyma cells produce glucokinase, a catalyst for aerobic respiration. This organ’s Ito cells store Vitamin A beneath its endothelial lining, and it also contains large amounts of peroxisomes. This organ is the site of gluconeogenesis, while (*) jaundice results from this organ being unable to metabolize bilirubin. This organ is also responsible for the production of urea from protein catabolism. Bile is produced by, for 10 points, what organ that develops cirrhosis from alcohol abuse?ANSWER: liver<Krishnan>Bonuses1. One figure in this sculpture covers his face with his hand, while another clutches a large key in his hand. For 10 points each--A. Name this sculpture that depicts six men with ropes around their necks, all of whom were to be executed as part of the surrender of a French city.ANSWER: The Burghers of CalaisB. The sculptor of The Burghers of Calais also depicted this Dante-inspired figure, who sits on a rock and rests his chin on his hand.ANSWER: The ThinkerC. This French artist included The Thinker in his The Gates of Hell, which depicted a man holding up a crouching woman in I am Beautiful.ANSWER: Francois Auguste Rene Rodin<Borecki>2. This disorder results from a mutation in synthesis of the CFTR membrane protein, which regulates passage of chloride ions across epithelial membranes. For 10 points each:A. Name this autosomal recessive disorder that often leads to the accumulation of bacteria-rich mucus. It can be diagnosed via a sweat test.ANSWER: cystic fibrosis (accept CF)B. The mucus buildup from cystic fibrosis takes place in the pancreas and this set of organs. These organs contain sacs called alveoli, which are used for the transfer of oxygen and carbon dioxide.ANSWER: lungsC. Infertility is common in males with cystic fibrosis due to the congenital absence of this structure. These reproductive structures connect the epididymis to the seminal vesicles, and are cut during a vasectomy.ANSWER: vas deferens (accept vasa deferentia or ductus deferens)<Narayan>3. This man caused a diplomatic incident by stating “Vive le Quebec libre,” or “long live free Quebec,” while in Montreal for Expo ‘67. For 10 points each--A. Name this President of France, who signed the Evian accords to end the Algerian War of Independence.ANSWER: Charles de GaulleB. Charles de Gaulle led a constitutional change to form this current French system of government, a dual-executive system with both a President and Prime Minister.ANSWER: French Fifth RepublicC. De Gaulle also withdrew France from this military alliance of the United States, Canada, and Western European countries. It initially opposed the Warsaw Pact.ANSWER: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (or NATO)<Borecki>4. This satirical essay offers a plan that would “greatly lessen the number of papists.” For 10 points each-A. Identify this satirical essay in which poor Irish parents are advised to sell their children to the rich as food.ANSWER: A Modest ProposalB. This Irish author of “A Modest Proposal” also created the Houyhnhnms [HOY-NIMS], a race of talking horses who dominate the humanlike Yahoos, in another novel.ANSWER: Jonathan SwiftC. This surgeon, who visits the land of the Houyhnhnms, also encounters the tiny Lilliputians and the giant Brobdingnags on his travels.ANSWER: Lemuel Gulliver<J. Tong>5. In this opera, the writer Rodolfo is forced to burn his play for warmth, and later sings “Che gelida manina” to Mimi. For 10 points each-A. Name this opera featuring poor students living in Paris’s Latin Quarter. Mimi dies of tuberculosis at the end of this opera.ANSWER: La BohemeB. La Boheme is an opera by this Italian composer, who also featured the aria “Nessum dorma,” which is sung by Prince Calaf, in Turandot. ANSWER: Giacomo PucciniC. In another Puccini opera, this Japanese character sings “Un Bel Di” while waiting for her lover Pinkerton. and commits suicide when she realizes that he has already married the American Kate.ANSWER: Madame Butterfly (accept Cio-Cio San)<J. Tong>6. An electron is placed in an electric field. For 10 points each--A. The force on the electron is equal to this quantity times the field strength. For an electron, it is equal to 1.602 x 10-19 [TIMES TEN TO THE NEGATIVE EIGHTEENTH] coulombs.ANSWER: chargeB. A negatively charged particle placed between two negatively-charged plates will move in this manner, around an axis directly in between the two plates, for perpetuity.ANSWER: simple harmonic motion (or simple harmonic oscillation)C. Simple harmonic oscillation is more commonly depicted by the movement of these devices used in clocks. They consist of a mass swinging back and forth on a string.ANSWER: pendulum<Borecki>7. For 10 points each, give the following about data structures:A. These structures similar to matrices contain elements of the same type and are accessed using square brackets in Java.ANSWER: arraysB. Associative arrays can be created by these types of functions used to map search keys to indexes in their namesake type of table.ANSWER: hash functions (accept hash table)C. Cryptographic hash functions can be used to verify these sets of characters used to log in to accounts. Since only the hash is stored, these objects cannot be retrieved if forgotten.ANSWER: passwords<Borecki>8. The 1956 nationalization of this structure led to Egypt’s invasion by Israel, the U.K., and France in a namesake “crisis.” For 10 points each--A. Name this waterway connecting the Mediterranean and Red seas.ANSWER: Suez CanalB. This Egyptian President and successor of Muhammad Naguib ordered the nationalization of the Suez Canal after the U.S. revoked funding for the Aswan High Dam.ANSWER: Gamal Abdel NasserC. This first Prime Minister of Israel led the country’s invasion of Egypt during the Suez Crisis.ANSWER: David Ben-Gurion (accept David Grun)<Borecki>9. In a poem by this author, Evgeniy curses a statue of Peter the Great after the flooding of the Neva river destroys Parasha’s house. For 10 points each-A. Name this author of “The Bronze Horseman” and Boris Godunov.ANSWER: Alexander PushkinB. In another Pushkin poem, this titular “superfluous man” and socialite rejects Tatiana and dances with Olga at Tatiana’s name day celebration, infuriating the poet Vladimir Lensky.ANSWER: Eugene Onegin (pronounced “O-nyay-gin” but accept pronunciation as spelled)C. Lensky’s anger leads him to challenge Onegin to one of these events, in which Zaretsky served as a second. Ultimately, Onegin shoots and kills Lensky while participating in one of these events.ANSWER: a duel<J. Tong>10. This entity’s existence was proven after the analysis of seismic waves during a 1960 earthquake in Chile. For 10 points each--A. Name this layer of the Mantle below the lithosphere, responsible for tectonic plate movements. It is the main source of magma.ANSWER: asthenosphereB. The asthenosphere layer was first proposed by Joseph Barrell, who proposed that these rocks were formed by the work of ice, wind, and water. They are contrasted with igneous and metamorphic rocks.ANSWER: sedimentary rocksC. Barrell believed that smaller particles of sediment must have been broken down by this process, a chemical example of which is acid rain decomposing limestone.ANSWER: weathering<Bennett>11. For 10 points each-- answer the following about the Instagram account of amateur photographer Angus King:A. Many of King’s photographs are set around this state, which he represents as a Senator alongside Republican Susan Collins.ANSWER: MaineB. King’s Instagram depicts this senator on an Armed Services Committee trip to Saudi Arabia, as well as just before this senator’s vote against the “Skinny Repeal” during his return from brain surgery.ANSWER: John McCainC. The “Skinny Repeal” was an attempt to repeal this healthcare law passed in 2010.ANSWER: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (or ACA; accept Obamacare)<Borecki>12. This film character knocks out Apollo Creed in round fifteen of their rematch to win the heavyweight title. For 10 points each--A. Name this “Italian Stallion,” a boxer who is friends with Paulie, marries Adrian, and has great training montages.ANSWER: Rocky Balboa (accept either)B. Rocky Balboa is portrayed by this actor, who starred in The Expendables as Barney Ross and First Blood as John Rambo.ANSWER: Sylvester StalloneC. Rocky’s training montages often depict him running the steps in front of the entrance to this building, where a bronze statue of him now stands. If he went inside he might see The Gross Clinic, which is housed in this building.ANSWER: Philadelphia Museum of Art<Borecki>13. As Governor-General of India, this man defeated Tipu Sultan in the Third Anglo-Mysore War. For 10 points each--A. Name this British general who won the Battles of Camden and Guilford Courthouse during his southern campaign in the American Revolution.ANSWER: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess CornwallisB. Cornwallis was eventually forced to surrender to a combined French-American force in Virginia at this final major battle of the American Revolution.ANSWER: Battle of Yorktown (or Siege of Yorktown)C. The Siege of Yorktown was made possible by the Comte de Grasse’s defeat of a British fleet under Thomas Graves at this battle named for a body of water near Yorktown.ANSWER: Battle of the Chesapeake (accept Battle of the Virginia Capes)<Borecki>14. Characters in this play include the alcoholic actor James, who regrets performing only one financially successful role, and Edward, who has tuberculosis. For 10 points each-A. Name this play which depicts the struggles of the Tyrone family.ANSWER: Long Day’s Journey Into NightB. This author wrote Long Day’s Journey Into Night as well as a play in which characters in Harry Hope’s bar fantasize about “pipe dreams,” The Iceman Cometh.ANSWER: Eugene O’NeillC. In Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Mary Tyrone hides her addiction to this powerful painkiller. Other characters addicted to this drug include Mrs. Dubose from To Kill a Mockingbird.ANSWER: Morphine<J. Tong>15. This ruler led a journey that included 12,000 slaves and at least 80 camels assigned with carrying gold, leading to massive inflation in Cairo and Medina. For 10 points each--A. Name this ruler of a West African empire who undertook a legendary hajj.ANSWER: Mansa MusaB. Mansa Musa ruled this empire from Timbuktu. It shares its name with a country with capital Bamako.ANSWER: MaliC. This uncle of Mansa Musa founded the Mali Empire after winning the Battle of Kirina.ANSWER: Sundiata Keita (accept either)<Borecki>16. For 10 points each, answer the following about production possibility curves:A. This is the cost of switching from one point to another on the curve, as some goods must be forsaken to obtain others. It is better defined as what is given up by choosing one of many mutually exclusive options.ANSWER: opportunity costB. If opportunity costs are constant, the PPC takes this shape from the x-axis to the y-axis. It assumes resources are directly interchangeable in the production of the two goods.ANSWER: linear (accept straight line; grudgingly accept diagonal; prompt on “line”)C. Outward growth of the PPC can occur from an increase in factors of production, which include labor, capital, and this resource on which goods are produced, in factories or on farms.ANSWER: land (accept equivalents)<Borecki>17. The van’t Hoff factor is used to determine the effect of a solute on these concentration-dependent properties. For 10 points each--A. Name these properties, examples of which include osmotic pressure and freezing point depression.ANSWER: colligative propertiesB. One colligative property involves the elevation of this temperature point, which is 100 degrees Celsius or 212 degrees Fahrenheit for water.ANSWER: boiling pointC. The lowering of vapor pressure, another colligative property, can be found through this law, which states that the partial vapor pressure above a solution equals the vapor pressure of a pure solute or solvent times its mole fraction.ANSWER: Raoult’s Law<Narayan>18. Gideon defeated the Midianites while serving as one of these Israelite leaders. For 10 points each--A. Name these twelve individuals who are cyclically chosen by God to save the Israeli people in a namesake biblical book following Joshua’s conquest of Canaan.ANSWER: Judges (or Book of Judges)B. This biblical judge kills 1,000 Philistines with a donkey’s jawbone and tears down a temple to Dagon after regrowing his hair, the source of his immense strength.ANSWER: SamsonC. Another Philistine army was defeated by this King of Israel, when as a boy he kills Goliath with his sling.ANSWER: David<Borecki>19. Toru Odaka attempts to find one of these animals for his wife Kumiko in The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. For 10 points each-A. Name these animals. A “Practical” book of these animals by T.S. Eliot, which featured Old Deuteronomy and Griselda, was adapted into an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical.ANSWER: catsB. Characters such as Nakata and Toru, who find lost cats, appear in this Japanese author’s Kafka on the Shore and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.ANSWER: Haruki MurakamiC. This cat comments “we’re all mad here” and confounds the King and Queen of Hearts after making its body, except its head, disappear. This cat can become invisible, leaving only a distinctive grin.ANSWER: The Cheshire Cat<J. Tong>20. For 10 points each, name the following Middle Eastern countries:A. This country is separated from Egypt and Israel by the Gulf of Aqaba. It is also home to the Islamic holy sites of Mecca and Medina. ANSWER: Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaB. This country’s city of Basra is on the Shatt-al-Arab, while its city of Mosul is near the ancient city of Nineveh.ANSWER: Republic of IraqC. This country's city of Madaba is known for its Byzantine map depicting the Holy Land. The city of Aqaba is also in this “Hashemite Kingdom.”ANSWER: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan<Hand> ................
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