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3rd VT High School Invitational Tournament – Round 2

Questions by Ryan “British Royal Navy” Gunderson

1. The Antoine equation gives it in millimeters of mercury, in terms of Celsius temperature. The Cox chart gives it as pounds per foot squared in terms of Fahrenheit temperature. As long as liquid and gaseous phases are present and in equilibrium, this pressure will be constant, regardless of volume. FTP, identify this type of pressure, the type exerted by a gas in the forementioned equilibrium system.

A: vapor pressure

2. One is a conservative state senator from Chesapeake. Another is a former tobacco executive, and the best-known of the three is a former Commonwealth's Attorney for Henrico County. They are running against a group led by the proprietor of a Volvo dealership from Falls Church, and the current Lieutenant Governor. FTP, name this group, which this year consists of Mark Earley, John Hager, and James Gilmore.

A: Virginia Republican gubernatorial ticket (Accept equivalents.)

3. Two of this multi-car NASCAR team's members are the only Chevrolet drivers to have won a race this season. The driver who leads the team is an Indiana native, and has all but one of the wins by a Chevy this season. Another driver is the defending NASCAR champion, while its third member finished third at the Daytona 500, behind his two teammates. FTP, name this team, named for its owner, whose cars are driven by Ricky Craven, Terry Labonte and Jeff Gordon.

A: Hendrick Motorsport

4. Born on October 1, 1924 in Plains, Georgia, he attended the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. He spent six years in the Navy, primarily as a submariner. He later became governor of Georgia, and he currently he does charity work for many organizations, most notably Habitat for Humanity. FTP, name this man who, with Walter Mondale, defeated Gerald Ford in the 1976 Presidential elections.

A: James Earl "Jimmy" Carter

5. The National Rifle Association is founded. Despite the scandals which hounded his administration during his first term, Ulysses S. Grant is reelected to the Presidency. The Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, which today is known as Virginia Tech, is founded. FTP, in what year did all of these events occur?

A: 1872

6. One of France’s greatest dramatic poets, he rose from common birth to become a nobleman, purely through his literary talent. This 17th century French dramatist had a personal friendship with Louis XIV, and with Nicholas Boileau, wrote the official history of his reign. For the most part, his plays, such as Berenice and Athalie, are based on Classical legend, and follow the plot of one person pursuing another, who is in love with still a third. FTP, name this author of Andromaque and Phedre.

A: Jean Racine

7. A $28 billion cash offer by GTE may start a bidding war for this Washington based company reminiscent of the 1980’s. Although this bid is not as high as the $30 billion offered by WorldCom, it may force British Telecom PLC out of the race. Perhaps the stockholders' sentiments, who are now in a position to make a lot of money from their investment, can be summed up with the company's current advertising slogan: "Is this a great time, or what?". FTP, name this company, the title sponsor of the new sports arena in downtown Washington.

A: MCI

8. He lived from 1167 to 1216, and ruled England for the last 17 years of his life. Successor to Richard the Lionheart, he is widely considered to be England’s worst king. He conspired to kill his father, Henry II, and also conspired against his brother Richard while he was away fighting the Crusades. He lost all of England’s French possessions except for Aquitaine, and quarrelled with Pope Innocent III over the appointment of Stephen Langdon as Archbishop of Canterbury. At his death, he left a divided kingdom to his nine year old son, Henry III. FTP, name this English monarch, who was forced to sign the Magna Carta in 1215.

A: King John

9. This Russian is noted for being an amateur lepodopeterist; that is, he collected butterflies. However, he is better known for his writing. which is full of parody, punnery, and hoaxes. This Russian-born author wrote such works as Tyrants Destroyed and Pale Fire, but is most famous for a 1955 novel which became a play and a movie. FTP, identify this author about the antihero Humbert Humbert, the central character in Lolita.

A: Vladimir Nabokov

10. You may need pencil and paper. FTP, find the roots of the polynomial .(Read as: y equals x cubed minus seven x plus six)

A: x = 1, x = 2, x = -3

END OF TOSS-UP ROUND #1

11. This physical law states that the electric flux of a system depends only on the charge in the system. This law is one of the four equations commonly bundled together and called Maxwell's Equations. FTP name the law which mathematically states that the surface integral of the electric field dotted with the outward normal of the surface is directly proportional to the charge enclosed in the surface, and is named for the 19th Century German mathematician and physicist who discovered it.

A: Gauss' Law

12. Its flag depicts a yellow eagle flying below a yellow sun on a blue-green background. Almost 17 million people inhabit this former Soviet republic which borders the Caspian and Aral Seas. The Karatau Mountains are a prominent feature in the south. Russians constitute 41 percent in this primarily Moslem nation which borders Russia, Uzbekistan, Krygyzstan, and China. FTP, name the nation, the second largest by area of the former Soviet Republics, whose cultural center and capital is at Almaty.

A: Kazakhstan

13. The first turned the waters of the Nile into blood. The third caused an infestation of lice. The fifth brought disease to the Egyptian livestock. FTP, identify this series of Biblical events with the death of the first-born child in all of the Egyptian households, which led to the release of the Hebrews from their slavery in Egypt.

A: ten plagues of Egypt

14. This city is known as the City of Six Flags, because in addition to its state flag, the flags of the the United States, the Confederate States, Spain, France, and Great Britain have flown over it at various points in its history. Home to the America's Young Woman of the Year pageant, it also is the home of Forts Morgan and Gaines. Famous for its Azalea Trail and Bellingrath Gardens, it is at the mouth of the river of the same name. FTP, name this city, Alabama's major port on the Gulf of Mexico.

A: Mobile, Alabama

15. Born in 1573 in London, he apprenticed as a bricklayer with his father, but he was unhappy with the trade, and ran off to join the army. William Camden, his teacher at Westminster School, was a very potent influence on him. This Elizabethan playwright’s best-loved poem is 'To Celia', which begins "Drink to me only with thine eyes." FTP, name this author who wrote such works as The Alchemist and Volpone

A: Ben Jonson

16. You may need pencil and paper. This number is the only three digit number which is both a perfect square and perfect cube. Taking the cube root of the number gives the third digit, while the square root of the number gives the first two digits in reverse order. The third digit of the number equal to the sum of the first two. FTP, give this number, which is the cube of nine.

A: 729

17. The Dutch astronomer for which it was named first theorized its existence in 1968. Though still considered part of the Solar System, it lies far beyound Pluto’s normal orbit. FTP, name this shell of frozen matter, which is thought to be the source of comets.

A: Oort cloud

18. In geology, this law, along with the law of original horizontality, governs the content of sedimentary rock, stating that the newer sediment will be above the older layers of sediment. In wave theory, this principle states that if two waves pass through the same point, the amplitude of the resulting wave at that point is the sum of the amplitudes of the two individual waves. FTP, give the common name of these two principles.

A: superposition

19. This composer wrote the first musical to win the Pulitzer Prize, capturing it in 1932. He was one of the first composers to use themes within classical music forms. He wrote "La La Lucille" in 1919, followed by "Lady Be Good" in 1924. He wrote his most famous work in 1924. FTP, identify this composer, who with his brother Ira wrote "Porgy and Bess" and "Of Thee I Sing," who also composed "An American in Paris" and "Rhapsody in Blue".

A: George Gershwin

20. This aritist was born during the 1390s in Maaseik, in modern-now Belgium. He perfected the technique of painting in oils, and is known for having painted mainly portraits and religious subjects on wooden panels. Only 9 of his paintings are signed, and only 10 are dated. He created works such as "Madonna with Chancellor Rolin" and " The Adoration of the Lamb". FTP, name this Flemish painter, whose masterpiece was "The Arnolfini Wedding."

A: Jan Van Eyck

END OF TOSS-UP ROUND #2

21. During her lifetime, only seven of her poems were published. However, perhaps appropriately, she gained public recognition, having several of her works, most of them known by their first lines, were published after her death. FTP, identify this "Belle of Amherst, " and author of “A Narrow Fellow in the Grass,” and “Because I Could Not Stop for Death.”

A: Emily Dickinson

22. His father, Lord Randolph, was a Conservative leader, Secretary of State for India, and Chancellor of the Exchequer. He was just as accomplished politically, winning election to Parliament in 1900, and first entering the cabinet in 1908. He served as Secretary of State for Home Affairs, and in 1911 he became First Lord of the Admiralty. Between the world wars, he held more posts in the Cabinet, the most notable being Chancellor of the Exchequer. He was reappointed First Lord of the Admiralty in 1939, and in then following year succeeded Neville Chamberlain. FTP, name this man who headed Britain's government from 1940 to 1945, largely responsible for rallying the Allies in their fight against Hitler.

A: Sir Winston Churchill

23. The film series started in 1961, with Joseph Wiseman playing the title character in a timid introduction of the writings of a former spy and officer of the Royal Navy to the screen. Jane Seymour made her debut in the one of the movies in the series, and Tanya Roberts starred with Christopher Walken in a 1985 tale, which was the last one based on a novel. The newest movie in the series will star Jonathan Pryce and Teri Hatcher. FTP name the character whose name denotes the series, who has at times been played by Woody Allen, George Lazenby, Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Tim Dalton and most recently, Pierce Brosnan in Goldeneye and Tomorrow Never Dies.

A: Commander James Bond (Prompt on 007.)

24. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1711, he attended the University of Edinburgh, but he found the study of law distasteful. As a result, he turned to the study of literature and philosophy. From 1734 to 1737, he lived in France, and it was there where he wrote his "A Treatise of Human Nature." He later dismissed it as not accurately reflecting his views. His "Political Discourses," written in 1752, saw him begin his rise to international fame. FTP, name this man who believed that knowledge comes exclusively from experience and observation, and who led the agnostic or skeptical school of philosophy.

A: David Hume

25. She was born in Winchester, Virginia in 1873, and at the age of nine, she moved to Nebraska, where several of her stories take place. One story details the life of a French missionary in the American Southwest and his rise to Archbishop of that region. FTP, name this author of such works as Death Comes for the Archbishop, O Pioneers!, and My Antonia.

A: Willa Cather

26. He founded the Louisiana Military Academy, which later became Louisiana State University. Although born in the North, he had an affection for South, and in 1860 lamented that an agricultural nation had never waged war against and beaten an industrial nation. He made sure that this trend continued, taking command of the western Army after Grant was appointed as commander-in-chief. FTP, name this man, who became famous for burning Atlanta to the ground, and for his subsequent “March to the Sea.”

A: William T. Sherman

27. He started out as an English major at Harvard, until he handed in an essay by Orson Wells and got a "B-" on it. He switched his major to medicine and completed a medical degree. However, instead of practicing medicine, he began writing novels, including "The Great Train Robbery," "Terminal Man," and "Sphere." His hometown, Chicago is the setting for "E.R.," which should be no surprise, since he writes for the show. FTP, name this author of "The Andromeda Strain," "Congo," "Rising Sun," "Disclosure," and "Jurassaic Park."

A: Michael Crichton

28. He had the gall to call the French "cheese-eating surrender monkeys" on national television. Of course, this "blouse wearing poodle walker" probably made up for it by being axed to death three times in one half-hour episode. Long before he came to America and began his career in "the lowest, most degrading work known to man," he was engaged to a blind Shari Bobbins, until she got her sight back and realized that he was the ugliest man in Glasgow. FTP, name this Scottish janitor at Springfield Elementary School, whom, when properly greased, "nary an animal alive can outrun."

A: Groundskeeper Willie

29. In many respects, this document was ahead of its time. Although the hallmark of this governing document was based on an inhumane premise, other aspects of this 1861 document were ahead of their time. It contains the line item veto, about 135 years before it was enacted by the U.S. Congress. Also, this document stipulated the president be elected to one six-year term, in many respects, putting him above politics. FTP, name this document, whose preamble stated that each state "was acting in its sovereign and independent character," which governed the American South from 1861 to 1865.

A: Confederate Constitution (Accept equivalents.)

30. Born in Illinois in 1911, he spent time a radio announcer and B-movie actor, starring in such films as "Bedtime for Bonzo". He later embarked in a career in politics. Although anti-communist, he used his position as President of the Screen Actors Guild to clear the names of those wrongly accused of being communists. In 1966, he was elected Governor of California and was reelected in 1970. He unsuccessfully ran for for his party’s Presidential nomination on two ocassions, losing to Richard Nixon in 1968, and narrowly being defeated by Gerald Ford in 1976. FTP, name this politician, who succeeded in winning the 1980 and 1984 Presidential elections, becoming the fortieth President of the United States.

A: Ronald Reagan

END OF BONUS ROUND

Team Round Categories

1) English Monarchs 2) Lucky Number Seven 3) Units of Measure

Category 1: English Monarchs - Given a monarch of England, name the house from which he or she comes.

1. Elizabeth II A: Windsor

2. John A: Plantagenet

3. William the Conqueror A: Normandy

4. Richard III A: York

5. Anne A: Stuart

6. George III A: Hanover

7. Henry III A: Plantagenet

8. Victoria A: Hanover or Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

9. George VI A: Windsor

10. Henry V A: Lancaster

11. Henry I A: Norman

Category 2: Lucky Number Seven - Identify each of these phrases which are related to the number seven.

1. Sloth, Greed, and Gluttony, to name a few.

A: Seven Deadly Sins

2. These diminutive miners would not have been nearly as popular if they were called Demure, Cantankerous, Ninny, Shaman, Lethargic, Allergic, and Gay.

A: Seven Dwarfs

3. Because their song "Cumbersome" was first played off of a demo tape on WJRR in Orlando, this unsigned and relatively unknown band found themselves near-superstars in the Orlando area. They soon made it big, landing opening spots for Live, Matthew Sweet, and the Toadies.

A: Seven Mary Three

4. In one of this summer's most popular movies, Harrison Ford spend much of his time in the cargo hold of one of these.

A: Boeing 747-400

5. When the Moors invaded Spain, it was rumored that fleeing Spanish royalty and their subjects sailed to the island of Antilla, where each of the seven priests they brought built a city. During the age of exploration, several Portuguese and Spanish explorers were commisioned to find them, but nobody ever did.

A: The Seven Cities Of Gold (Accept The Seven Cities of Cibola.)

6. At about $13,000 apiece, it's the most expensive business franchise in America that fits in this category.

A: 7-11 Convenience Stores

7. Their main marketing man used to be Spot - a red dot who ran around and did cool things during their commercials.

A: 7-up

8. The only king in Great Britain's House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

A: Edward VII

9. They began in 1946 as the Syracuse Nationals in the now defunct NBL.

A: Philadelphia 76ers (Accept either answer.)

10 In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

A: 7th Amendment to the United States Constitution

11. An inexperienced general from Virginia started this, when in 1754, he was trapped in Fort Neccesity and more than one-third of his men were killed or wounded.

A: The Seven Years War

Category 3: Units of Measure - Identify each of the following units of measure from the given clues.

1. 8,192 binary digits of data.

A: kilobyte

2. 1 coulomb per second.

A: Ampere

3. The unit of electrical resistence, which represents the physical property of a conductor that offers a resistance which permits 1 ampere to flow at 1 volt of pressure.

A: Ohm

4. The power generated when one Joule of work is expended in one second

A: watt

5. The power needed to lift 550 pounds one foot in one second.

A: horsepower

6. Approximately 6,076.1 feet, also equivalent to 1 knot hour.

A: international nautical mile

7. 43,560 square feet, or one-six hundred fortieth of a square mile

A: acre

8. In common practice, the billing of electrical energy is expressed in terms of this measure, equivalent to 3.6 million joules.

A: kilowatt-hour

9 21.8 inches long, this unit was used to measure Noah's Ark.

A: cubit

10. The unit equivalent to the mass of 1 cubic centimeter of water at 4 degrees Celcius.

A: gram

11. This amount of woood is equal to the amount of wood contained in a piece of wood that is 12 inches by 12 inches by one inch.

A: board-foot

1. The Episcopal Church has recently been in the news. Answer these questions about it for 10 points each.

a. The Episcopal Church recently held its triennial convention. In what city did it hold this convention, the same city where the Church was founded in 1789?

A: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

b. With what other Christian denomination did the Episcopal Church vote to strentghten ties?

A: Lutheranism

c .What current Bishop of Chicago did the convention select to succeed Presiding Bishop Edmond Browning?

A: Frank Griswold

2. Given a storyline, identify the dramatic comic strip for 10 points each.

a. Nurse Becka Hanson treats a woman who watches over babies for baby merchants. She has just discovered that the "mother" is merely a caretaker.

A: Rex Morgan, M.D.

b. The unscrupulous Judge Allen Fulton has declared his candidacy for governor, much to the consternation of Alexa Bennett and Cameron.

A: Mary Worth

c. Sam Driver foils a plot to kill the title character's wife and currently is being held hostage by the assasin, who is collecting her money.

A: Judge Parker

3. 30-20-10, name the author from works.

(30) The Fist of God, The Devil's Alternative

(20) The Dogs of War, The Odessa File

(10) The Day of the Jackal

A: Frederick Forsyth

4. Given a work, identify the Russian composer for 10 points each.

a. Flight of the Bumblebee A: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

b. Night on Bare Mountain A: Modest Mussorgsky

c. Prisoner of Caucasus, and Captain's Daughter A: Cesar Cui

5. Name these baseball teams from descriptions for 10 points each.

a. First, the team with the smallest payroll in baseball. It is managed by Gene Lamont and came within a weekend of winning the National League Central.

A: Pittsburgh Pirates (Either answer acceptable.)

b. Second, the team which spent an astounding $80 million last winter and brought in former Pirates skipper Jim Leyland, to manage it.

A: Florida Marlins (Either answer is acceptable.)

c. Third, the team which will move to the AL entral to accomodate the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the AL East.

A: Detroit Tigers (Either answer is acceptable.)

6. Mitosis is the process by which cells produce copies of themselves with the exact number of chromosomes as the parent cell. For ten points each, identify the mitotic stage based on a description.

a. The chromosomes have been attatched to the spindle fibers and are aligned at the central plane of the spindle.

A: metaphase

b. The nucleoli disappear, the nuclear membrane disintegrates, and the mitotic spindle forms.

A: prophase

c. The nuclear envelope forms around both groups of chromosomes, the nucleoli reform, and the spindle disappears.

A: telophase

7. Identify these beat authors from clues for 10 points each.

a. Born in Lowell Massachusetts to a French-Canadian family, early works such as Maggie Cassidy took material from this locale. However, his most famous work involved his travels On the Road with Neal Cassidy.

A: Jack Kerouac

b. One of his mourners posted a copy of his poem “Howl” to an anti-censorship mailing list, appropriate considering that “Howl was at the center of an censorship debate during the mid-1950’s.

A: Allen Ginsberg

c. In various segments of his life, he was a heroin addict, a murderer, and a practicing homosexual. His best know works include The Wild Boys and Naked Lucnh.

A: William S. Burroughs

8. Name the composer from works, 30-20-10.

(30) Xerxes; Arrival of the Queen Sheba

(20) Water Music; Music for the Royal Fireworks

(10) The Messiah

A: George Frideric Handel

9. Identify each of these people or things associated with the Contras for 10 points each.

a. The group led by Daniel Ortega which held control of Nicaragua in the 1980s and against which the Contras were fighting.

A: Sandinistas

b. The regime ousted by the Sandanistas in 1979, named for the man who led it and who was assasinated in 1980.

A: Somoza regime

c. For each of five summers from 1982-6, this man from New Mexico introduced amendments into budget resolutions to limit the aid given by the United States to the Nicaraguan Contras.

A: David Boland

10. 30-20-10, name the poet from clues.

(30) With Robert Southey, this man planned the Pantisocracy on the banks of the Susquehanna River.

(20) He wrote” Christabel,” and with William Wordsworth, he wrote Lyrical Ballads.

(10) His two best known poems are “Kubla Khan” and “Rime of the Ancient Mariner.”

A: Samuel Coleridge

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