Round 2



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|ROUND 2 |

|Centennial Tournament 2011 |

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ROUND 2:TOSSUPS**

1) This author’s experience working with the Indian Imperial Police in 1922 led to his essay “Shooting an Elephant.” The Last Man in Europe was the original title for one of his famous books, until the publisher intervened. In this author’s work, his main character manages to have an affair with a dark-haired girl named Julia, despite love being illegal. His antagonism for the Communist faction on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War shaped his political ideology. Born as Eric Blair, for 10 points, name this author of Burmese Days, 1984, and Animal Farm.

ANSWER: George Orwell (accept Eric Blair until mentioning)

2) The National Treasure No.1 of this nation, a gate made out of stone and wood, was burned down by an arsonist in 2008. Its largest airport is located at the site of an amphibious landing of UN troops in Incheon. It is one of the two countries created from the "Hermit Kingdom" at the end of World War II when it gained independence from Japan. For ten points, name this East Asian country located in its namesake Peninsula with capital at Seoul.

ANSWER: South Korea or Republic of Korea (prompt on Korea)

3) He joined Cash Money Records in 1991 at the age of nine with the rapper B.G. as a part of the rap duo The B.G’z. In 1997, he joined the group Hot Boys and helped release their debut album Get It How U Live! Two years later, he released his debut album Tha Block Is Hot. For 10 points, name this New Orleans born rapper famous for albums such as Tha Carter and Tha Carter III with singles such as “Go DJ” and “Lollipop”

ANSWER: Lil Wayne (accept Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr.)

4) His company was a major contributor to the Allied Victory of World War II with the creation and mass production of the B-24 Liberator aircraft. He established the five dollar a day wage in 1914 for his company, which ultimately led to a five-day 8 hour schedule for most of his workers by 1926, setting an industry standard. He once said, "Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black". He turned the company over to his son Edsel in 1918. For 10 points, name this American businessman, the originator of the Model T and visionary for the mass production of automobiles.

ANSWER: Henry Ford

5) In one of his operas, the titular character is submerged into Hell by a statue after refusing to repent for his ill treatment of Elvira. In another of this composer’s operas, Prince Tamino sets off with Papageno to rescue Pamina from the clutches of the sorcerer Sarastro. Born in Salzburg, he and his sister Maria Anna, whom he nicknamed Nannerl, toured Europe as musical prodigies. He married Constanze Weber in 1782 and had six children with her. His work, including the opera, Cosi fan Tutte continues to represent the archetype of Classical music. For ten points name this notable Classical composer of a famous unfinished Requiem , Don Giovanni, and The Magic Flute.

ANSWER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

6) This structure was originally built after the fires of the Nika (“NEE-ka”) Revolt had burned down the prior structure. A mosaic in this building at the current exit (but former Emperor’s entrance) shows the Virgin Mary and Child with Constantine to the viewer’s right offering a model of his city. The architects were Antemios (“an-TEE-mee-os”) of Tralles and Isadorus of Miletos (“MILL-eh-tus”). The invading Ottoman Turks under Mehmet II in 1453 converted the church into a mosque. For 10 points, name this large, domed building whose name means "holy wisdom" that was commissioned by Justinian I in 532, and is located in Istanbul, formerly known as Constantinople.

ANSWER: The Hagia Sophia (Aya Sofya, Sancta Sophia)

7) This basketball franchise was originally owned by Fred and Janet Zollner and was called the Fort Wayne Zollners. They won 3 NBA championship titles in 1989, 1990, and in 2004 with head coaches Chuck Daly and Larry Brown and with players such as Isaiah Thomas, Corliss Williamson, and Chauncey Billups. For 10 points, name this NBA team that plays at the Palace of Auburn Hills in a suburb north of the largest city in Michigan.

ANSWER: Detroit Pistons

8) These entities, first theorized in 1928 by Paul Dirac and discovered and named four years later in a cloud chamber at CalTech by Carl D. Anderson, are currently being used by radiologists for body scans. These particles are utilized to identify areas of metabolic activity, pinpointing infections and cancers. They were the first antimatter particles discovered, and as such annihilate on contact with their more familiar counterparts, which are negatively charged. Name these particles with the same charge as protons, but the same mass as electrons.

ANSWER: Positrons (used in PET scans)

9) It was originally called the “Rio Rojo” (“ree-oh roho”) by the Spanish, because of reddish silt emptying at its delta. The headwaters of this body of water are located in Rocky Mountain National Park. Cities near its course include Grand Junction, Moab (“moe-ab”), Page, and Yuma. Name this river that flows through the Glen Canyon Dam , the Hoover Dam., and the Grand Canyon in Arizona.

ANSWER: Colorado River or Rio Colorado

10. This city’s iconic site is the dome of the Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall. Its baseball team is known as the Carp. This city was the destination for Colonel (“ker-nell”) Paul Tibbetts in an aircraft named after his mother, Enola Gay. Name this Japanese city famous for its destruction by the first uranium atomic bomb attack.

ANSWER: Hiroshima

11) In this author’s best known work, we follow the rising fortunes of Wang Lung, his wife O-lan, and numerous children as they move from the village to a city to better their lives. As a prominent activist for the mentally disabled, she wrote a book entitled The Child Who Never Grew. Although she was born in West Virginia to Protestant missionaries, she grew up in Zhenjiang (“zhen-jee-ang”), China during her early years. Known as the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, name this author of the children's book The Big Wave and her best-known novel The Good Earth.

ANSWER: Pearl Buck

12) During his time in office, this president’s son, wife, and vice president all died, and he struggled with alcoholism. He drew serious public criticism after his diplomats issued the Ostend Manifesto, which declared that the U.S. should try to buy Cuba from Spain and declare war on Spain if it refused. He also drew criticism for supporting the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which led to a state of near civil war in the Midwest known as "Bleeding Kansas." For 10 points name the only President born in New Hampshire, the 14th Chief Executive of the United States.

ANSWER: Franklin Pierce

13) This mixture, created by Eagle Drug and Chemical Company, was originally a green tonic. It was first sold by a store in Atlanta, Georgia with claims to cure morphine addiction and impotence, among other diseases. Originally a fountain drink, bottled versions first appeared in 1894. For ten points, name this concoction created by John Pemberton which originally contained both caffeine and cocaine, whose namesake company is still based in Atlanta.

Answer: Coca-Cola or Coke

14)His piece, Golliwogg’s Cake Walk , was the final part of his Children’s Corner Suite, which was written for his daughter, Claude-Emma. A love triangle between a married woman and her brother-in-law comprises the plot of his opera Pelléas (“pel-lay-us”) et (“ay”) Mélisande (“may-lee-sand”), which was based on the play by Maurice Maeterlinck (“may-ter-link”). His composition of a flute solo at the beginning of Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, opens this famous symphonic poem. Name this composer called an impressionist by some, and a bridge between late Romanticism and Modernism by others, who composed Clair de Lune.

ANSWER: Claude Debussy (“de-buss-EE”)

15) In the controversial Cavalier-Smith nomenclature, this kingdom encompasses the Chromista. Sleeping sickness and malaria are caused by organisms in this kingdom. This kingdom includes unicellular eukaryotes (“you-KAR-ee-yots”) that either exist as independent cells, or if they occur in colonies, do not show differentiation into tissues, such as protozoa, algae, and slime molds. Name this kingdom whose etymology comes from Greek for “the first”

ANSWER: Protists (accept Protista) (protozoa is not the name of the kingdom)

16) This singer is godmother to Whitney Houston, and her good friend Cissy Houston sang the operatic whoop in the background of her famous song, "Ain't No Way." Her rendition of “Respect” was a signature song for the Feminist Movement in the 1960s. Name this well-known African American singer, songwriter and pianist, who performed at the inauguration of President Obama, and is often regarded to be the Queen of Soul.

ANSWER: Aretha Franklin

17) He was torn apart by Maenads, his head set to drift on the river Hebris. This man’s singing drowned out the voices of the Sirens, allowing Jason and the crew of the Argo to pass safely toward Colchis. He was born in Thrace, reputedly the son of Calliope, the Muse of epic poetry. In his most famous quest, he travelled to the Underworld, and charmed Charon, Cerberus, and Hades with music from the lyre. He convinced them to release his wife, who had died from snake venom, but breaks the bargain by glancing back at her before she leaves the portals of the Underworld. Name this mythological musician who loses his wife, Eurydice (“you-RID-a-see”), but reunites with her again upon his death.

ANSWER: Orpheus

18) In 2009, a robotic spacecraft called LCROSS (“el-cross”) crashed on its surface near its southern pole and detected 100 kilograms of water in the ensuing plume. It has one percent of the strength of the magnetic field relative to the Earth. The core of this entity is mostly inactive, but surface features indicate a volcanic past. Thanks to the Apollo program, it is the first and only celestial object other than the Earth that a human has set foot on. Name this earth-orbiting satellite that is not, in fact, made of cheese.

ANSWER: The Moon (accept Luna)

19) Famous paintings in this museum include Napoleon in his Study by David, Laocoon (“la-OH-coe-ON”)by El Greco, and Watson and the Shark by Copley. The core collection comes from the Mellon, Kress, and Widener families. The original building of this museum was designed by John Russell Pope in 1938. The museum features the only da Vinci in the Western hemisphere and the largest Calder mobile in the world. The East Building was designed by I. M. Pei in 1968. Name this art museum, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

ANSWER: National Gallery of Art

20) As governor of Massachusetts, his prompt response to the Boston Police Strike of 1919 gained national attention. His initiative advocating world peace was named for his Secretary of State and the French foreign minister. This initiative was called the Kellog-Briand pact. When Dorothy Parker, poet and satirist, learned of his death, she said "How can they tell?" Known for his taciturn speaking style, he became the 30th president with the untimely death of Warren Harding.

ANSWER: Calvin Coolidge

TIE BREAKERS:

21) The sum of the first n consecutive odd integers results in this function of n. In carpentry, the steel one of these is used to make right angles. This shape was once used as an infantry formation to defend against cavalry charges. It has the largest area of any other quadrilateral with the same perimeter. For ten points, name this equilateral four sided figure that has perpendicular diagonals.

Answer: Square (Do not accept rectangle or quadrilateral)

22) In Moses and Monotheism, he postulates that Moses was actually an Ancient Egyptian, and that generational guilt over Moses’s death drives Jews to monotheism. His patient Anna O., who suffered from hysteria induced by repression of childhood memories of molestation, coined the term “talking cure” to describe his method of psychologic therapy. He developed the concepts of free association and infantile sexuality, coining terms such as the Oedipus (“EDI-puss”) Complex. His first major influential work, The Interpretation of Dreams, was published in 1899. He established the concepts of the id, ego, superego, and discussed the various defense mechanisms of the mind. For ten points, name this Austrian psychologist and originator of psychoanalysis.

ANSWER: Sigmund Freud (“froyd”)

BONUS: Round 2

1. For 10 points, name these wonders of the Ancient World

a)This wonder is the oldest and only one to remain intact today.

ANSWER: Great Pyramid of Giza, or Cheops, or Khufu (prompt on pyramid)

b) This statue of the Greek sun god Helios (“hee-lee-os”) reportedly straddled the harbor.

ANSWER: Colossus of Rhodes

c) This smallest of the wonders is the only one to have been moved from its original location by order of Caligula.

ANSWER: Statue of Zeus at Olympia

2. For ten points each, name these events that took place during the French Revolution:

a) This oath was signed on June 20th, 1789 when members of the Third Estate were locked out of the Estates-General.

ANSWER:Tennis Court Oath.

b) Following the Tennis Court Oath, the storming of this fortress and prison allowed the revolting people to gain weapons, ammunition, and gunpowder.

ANSWER:The Bastille. (“bas-TEE-ya” or “Bas-teel”)

c) In order to erase memories of the Revolution, Napoleon Bonaparte ordered the construction of the statue of this animal at the former site of the Bastille.

ANSWER: Elephant

3. . Answer these questions about blood components.

a) These small irregularly shaped cell fragments without nuclei are involved in hemostasis and clot formation.

ANSWER: platelets

b) Platelets are derived from this large multi-nucleated precursor most often found in the bone marrow.

ANSWER: megakaryocyte

c) These type of white blood cells come in B and T cell types

ANSWER: lymphocyte

4. Name these Knights of the Round Table.

a) This son of Sir Lancelot and Elaine was one of only three knights to find the Holy Grail, and he encountered Castle Anthrax in the Monty Python rendition.

ANSWER: Sir Galahad

b) His mother was either Morgan Le Fay or Morgause (“morg-ow-ss”). He betrayed Arthur and then they both died during the ensuing battle of Camlann

ANSWER: Sir Mordred

c) King Arthur’s nephew and an inveterate womanizer, in the Vulgate cycle he accidentally killed many of the other Knights of the Round Table.

ANSWER: Sir Gawain (“ga-WANE”)

5. For ten points each, name these parts of the nervous system.

a) In contrast with the central nervous system, this system includes sensory and motor neurons, relaying information towards and away from the CNS, respectively.

ANSWER: Peripheral nervous system (prompt for PNS)

b) The peripheral nervous system can be divided into two subsystems: the somatic nervous system, which controls voluntary muscles, and this nervous system, which controls generally involuntary movements such as sweating, heart rate, digestion, and breathing.

ANSWER: Autonomic nervous system (accept Visceral nervous system ; prompt for ANS; not for parasympathetic nor sympathetic)

c) These are the connecting fibers between the left and right cerebral hemispheres that facilitate communication between the two sides.

ANSWER: Corpus callosum (accept colossal commissure)

6.. For ten points each, answer these questions about Hollywood stars.

a) Name the actor who made his major film debut in the Outsiders, and was the star of Top Gun and War of the Worlds

ANSWER: Tom Cruise

b) Tom Cruise was featured on this 2008 film about filming a Vietnam War movie that went awry.

ANSWER: Tropic Thunder

c) This man plays the drug addicted comedian in Tropic Thunder.

ANSWER: Jack Black

7. Answer the following questions about amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

a) This amendment, in 1933, repeals the Eighteenth Amendment which had instituted Prohibition.

ANSWER: Twenty-First Amendment

b) This amendment, passed in 1971, moved the official voting age from 21 to 18.

ANSWER: Twenty-Sixth Amendment

c) This amendment was passed in direct response to the Supreme Court ruling in Pollock versus Farmer’s Loan and Trust Company which would have funneled large amounts of national government revenue to the states.

ANSWER: Sixteenth Amendment

8. For 10 points each, name these French Monarchs:

a) Known as “the Sun King,” he brought the idea of absolute monarchy to its highest point during his reign from 1643 to 1715.

ANSWER: Louis XIV ( the fourteenth) , prompt for number

b)Richard the Lionheart, Frederick Barbarossa of the Holy Roman Empire and this French monarch participated in the Third Crusade:

ANSWER: Phillip II (the second), prompt for number

c) He formed an alliance with Suleiman the Magnificent and opposed Henry the Eighth of England and Charles the Fifth, the Holy Roman Emperor.

ANSWER:Francis I (prompt for number)

9. Answer these questions about acids and bases.

a)What is the H3O+ ion called?

ANSWER: The hydronium ion

b) Do ionic oxides exhibit acidic or basic behavior when dissolved in water?

ANSWER: basic behavior

c) During the titration of phosphoric acid and sodium hydroxide, the major species at the second equilibrium include water, sodium ion, and this chemical anion.

ANSWER: hydrogen phosphate (or HPO4-2)

10. Answer these questions about some American states. For ten points each,

a)This southwestern state is home to the Grand Canyon and Phoenix.

ANSWER: Arizona

b)This state has the highest population density of any U.S. state. Its current governor is Republican Chris Christie.

ANSWER: New Jersey

c)This colony and later state was founded by the Puritan Thomas Hooker in 1636.

ANSWER: Connecticut

11. Answer these questions about Cambodia

a) This is the largest city and capital of Cambodia

ANSWER: Phnom Penh

b) The large lake which dominates the center of the country, Tonle Sap, drains into this river at Phnom Penh.

ANSWER: Mekong (“may-kong”) River

c) The international airport in this city is the gateway to the ruins of Angkor Wat.

ANSWER: Siem Reap (“see-em ree-up”)

12. Name the following about Roman battles.

a) In 31BC, this naval battle resulted in the defeat of Marc Antony and Cleopatra VII by Octavian

ANSWER: Actium

b) Brutus was defeated and he committed suicide after two battles here against the combined forces of Marc Antony and Octavian.

ANSWER: Philippi

c) Constantine I and saw a vision of the Christian God before defeating this claimant to the throne at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge.

ANSWER: Maxentius (Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius Augustus)

13. A magician, a drunk servant, and an innocent maid come together in this work.

a) In this play, the former Duke of Milan summons a storm to force his brother's ship to crash on his island

ANSWER: The Tempest

b) The sorcerer Prospero who is the former Duke of Milan keeps this monster as his slave.

ANSWER: Caliban (“cal-ee-ban”)

c) Caliban believed this drunken butler to be a god because he gave Caliban wine.

ANSWER: Stephano

14. For ten points each, name these men important to the foundations of modern calculus.

a) This author of Philosphiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica in 1687 also built the first practical reflecting telescope.

ANSWER: Isaac Newton

b) One of Newton's contemporaries, a proponent of Rationalism, created his own notation for calculus, like dy/dx ( dee why dee ex).

ANSWER: Gottfried Liebniz (“libe-nitz”)

c) This man's namesake rule for evaluating limits with indeterminate forms suggests differentiating the numerator and denominator separately.

ANSWER: Guillaume de l'Hôpital (pronounced lopeetal)

15. For ten points each, name several characteristics about volcanoes.

a) This is the term for the area surrounding the Pacific Ocean which is a hotbed for earthquakes more than 400 volcanoes.

ANSWER: Ring of Fire

b) This type of volcano, which does not suddenly explode, is characterized by a broad and gradual incline, which allows lava to flow for long distances from the vent.

ANSWER: Shield Volcanoes

c) When a volcano collapses after an eruption, this landform results, as seen at Crater Lake in Oregon or at Yellowstone National Park.

ANSWER: Caldera (call- DER-ah)

16. For Ten Points, answer these questions about Lewis Carroll’s works:

a) This character in Alice in Wonderland is known for asking the riddle “Why is a raven

like a writing desk?” at the tea party. His insanity may be explained by mercury poisoning.

ANSWER: the Mad Hatter

b) This nonsense poem, found in Through the Looking Glass, talks about the slaying of a

monster, which mentions “the Jubjub bird” and “the frumious Bandersnatch”.

ANSWER: Jabberwocky

c) In Jabberwocky, the titular beast was slain by this sort of weapon, known in several modern role playing games to possess the power of instant decapitation.

ANSWER: vorpal sword

17. For 10 points, name these American minor parties.

a) Eugene V. Debs ran for President as this party’s candidate 5 times between 1900 and 1920, the last time from a prison cell.

ANSWER: Socialist Party of America

b) This Protestant party, opposed to immigration and Catholicism was active between 1845 and 1860.

ANSWER: Know Nothing Party or American Party or Native American Party

c) This party broke away from the Democratic Party to support segregation and gained influence in the South, nominating Strom Thurmond for president in 1948.

ANSWER: Dixiecrats or States' Rights Democratic Party

18. For ten points, answer these questions about composers and their works.

a) He is known for his Brandenburg Concertos, the Goldberg Variations, and The Well-Tempered Clavier.

ANSWER: Johann Sebastian Bach (prompt for Bach accepting J.S. or Johann Sebastian)

b) This member of the Mighty Handful composed works such as Prince Igor and In the Steppes of Central Asia.

ANSWER: Alexander Borodin

c) This early 20th-century British composer is best known for his nine-part composition, The Planets

ANSWER: Gustav Holst

19. Answer these questions about Jane Austen works.

a) This novel follows Miss Elizabeth Bennet through her life with her sisters, and eventually her marriage to Mr. Darcy.

ANSWER: Pride and Prejudice

b) After Elizabeth refuses a proposal of marriage to her cousin Mr. Collins, he marries this friend of hers, whose father is Sir William.

ANSWER: Charlotte Lucas or Lucas

c) Jane Austen also wrote this novel about Catherine Morland and her trip to Bath and subsequent courtship with Henry Tilney.

ANSWER: Northanger Abbey

20. Answer these question about a musical work.

a) The modern Compact Disc holds 74 minutes of music, a length allegedly picked by Sony executive Norio Ohga so that it could contain in a single playing what Beethoven composition, a monumental combination of chorus and orchestra.

ANSWER: The Ninth Symphony

b) The “Ode to Joy” text for Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony comes from a poem by what German poet?

ANSWER: Friedrich Schiller

c) In the opening notes of the third movement of his New World Symphony, this composer borrows elements from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.

ANSWER: Antonin Dvořák (“dvor-zhak”)

EXTRA:

21. Name these groups of mythological women.

a) These three Greek sisters had snakes for hair and their gaze turned people into stone. Medusa was the only mortal among the three.

ANSWER: gorgons

b) They are the fates of Norse mythology. Their names are Urd, Verdandi, and Skuld.

ANSWER: norns

c) They are the celestial nymphs of Hindu and Buddhist mythology.

ANSWER: apsaras

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