Game 6



Game 6

1. Minor characters in this Shakespeare play include Sampson, Gregory, Friar Lawrence, and the Apothecary. The action centers around the feud between the Montagues and Capulets in Verona. For ten points name this play, reccently made into a movie starring Claire Danes and Leonardo di Caprio.

Romeo and Juliet

Bonus: For 5 points each and 5 more for all correct, given a quotation name the play in which it is

found

“All the world’s a stage” As You Like It

“So foul and fair a day I have not seen” Macbeth

“Brevity is the soul of wit” Hamlet

“Her infinite variety” Antony and Cleopatra

“O brave new world that has such people in it” The Tempest

2. This book centers on the life of the title character, a hermit. The first three parts concern the hermit’s sayings and include an incident involving a tightrope walker. It is the fourth part, however, which is most famous because it contains the “last supper scene” and the statement “God is Dead.” For 10 points, name this Friedrich Nietzsche novel.

Thus Spake Zarathrustra

Bonus: Answer the following concerning Nietzsche, on a 5-10-15 basis.

5: With what composer of The Ring Cycle did he maintain a long dialogue?

Richard Wagner

10: With what quotation ascribed to Pontius Pilate did he title his autobiography?

Ecce Homo

15: What type of being does he describe in Thus Spake Zarathrustra, which is used in titles of

works by both himself and Shaw Superman (accept Ubermensch and Overman)

3. He wrote in a poem: “Here once the embattled farmer stood / and fired the shot heard round the world.” For ten points name this transcendentalist who wrote the essay “Self-Reliance.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Bonus: Identify these sites of importance to the revolution for 10 points each

The site of the last significant battle of the Revolutionary War, where Lord Cornwallis

surrendered to George Washington Yorktown, Virginia

Pennsylvania area which served as the winter quarters of the American army from 1777-1778

Valley Forge

A major battle was fought here in 1777. In the battle Horatio Gates opposed British

general John Burgoyne Saratoga

4. For a quick ten points, modulator-demodulator is the full name of what device which allows computers to connect via phone lines?

modem

Bonus: Expand the following computer abbreviations for 10 points each.

RAM random access

memory

ROM read-only memory

CPU central processing

unit

5. “They don’t let us out much,” quips Brent Spiner in this movie. “It’s the end of the world as we know it,” is playing as this film opens, which is appropriate because it ends with most cities of the world reduced to smoldering rubble. For ten points name this movie which starred Jeff Goldbloom, Bill Pulman, and Will Smith.

Independence Day (if they answer “ID4,” prompt for more specific)

Bonus: Identify the following movies from this past summer from a description for 5

points each.

Sean Connery and Nicholas Cage star in this adventure about a mission on Alcatraz

The Rock

Meg Ryan and Denzel Washington star in this movie about events surrounding the

presentation of Ryan’s Congressional Medal of Honor for service during Desert

Storm Courage Under Fire

Arnold Schwartzennager stars in this action thriller which premiered at the Olympic

Village Eraser

Disney released this new cartoon based on a classic Victor Hugo novel

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Chris Kirstoferson stars in this movie set in Texas as a murder investigation takes place

Lone Star

Tom Cruise stars in this movie based on an old television series Mission: Impossible

6. Patrick Henry made his “Give me liberty, or give me death!” speech to this governing body in 1775. For ten points name this governing body of Colonial Virginia, which was located in Williamsburg.

House of Burgesses

Bonus: Name the parliament or legislature of each country for 10 points each.

Japan Diet

Israel Knesset

Iceland Althing

7. “Sisters” is the first story of this short-story collection, which also includes the more famous story “Araby.” The work concludes with “The Dead,” which James Joyce, the author of the work, originally planned to publish separately. For ten points name this work which was attacked because it obliquely criticized Ireland’s capital as having a closed society.

Dubliners

Bonus: For ten points each, given a play, name the Irishman who wrote it.

The Rivals Richard Sheridan

The Quare Fellow Brendan Behan

She Stoops to Conquer Oliver Goldsmith

8. Quoholeth supposedly wrote this book of the Bible which contains the quotations “The sun also riseth and the sun also goeth down,” “For everything there is a season,” and “All is vanity.” For ten points name this book of the Bible, some of whose words Pete Seeger adapted into the song “Turn, Turn, Turn.”

Ecclesiastes

Bonus: For 5 points each, name the religion or the religious sect from its description.

Religion founded by Siddhartha Gautama which teaches us to strive for Nirvana

Buddhism

Christians in Egypt who circumcise male infants and observe certain Mosaic dietary laws

Copts or Coptic Christians

Ascetic religion founded in the 6th century BC by a Hindu reformer

Jainism

Religion founded by Joseph Smith and otherwise known as the Church of the Jesus

Christ of Latter-Day Saints Mormonism

The first monotheistic religion Judaism

Religion founded by Guru Nanak in the Punjab Sikhism

9. Allan Amaeche’s plunge into the end zone in overtime propelled this team to victory over the New York Giants in the first overtime NFL championship game. For ten points name this team which over the years featured players such as Lenny Moore, Earl Morall, John Mackey, and Johnny Unitas.

Baltimore Colts (accept Indianapolis Colts)

Bonus: Identify the original home city of the following teams, for 5 points each

Los Angeles Lakers Minneapolis

Washington Redskins Boston

Arizona Cardinals Chicago

Atlanta Braves Boston

Oakland Athletics Philadelphia

Phoenix Coyotes Winnipeg

10. Pencil and Paper ready. It takes one faucet 4 minutes to fill a sink with water and it takes a second faucet 2 minutes to fill the same sink with water. If both are run at the same time how long would it take the sink to fill?

1 minute 20 seconds or 1 and 1/3 minutes or 4/3 minutes or 80 seconds

Bonus: For five points each, give the probobility of the following occurrences with a five

point bonus for all correct, answers must be in lowest terms.

example: heads comes up on the flip of a coin is 1 to 2 is 1 in 2

An ace is drawn from a normal deck of cards 1 in 13

Another ace is selected as the next card from the same deck 1 in 17

Still another ace is selected 1 in 25

The last ace is the next card selected 1 in 49

The next card drawn is a two 1 in 12

11. Early in his career he was a strong supporter of states’ rights, however as the economy of his state became more industrialized, he began to support national interests. He gained fame for battling against nullification and for negotiating an 1842 treaty with Lord Ashburton. For ten points name this Massachusetts Senator who is a character in a Stephen Vincent Benet work.

Daniel Webster

Bonus: For five points each identify the following men connected with the election of 1824, with

5 more for all correct.

He won a plurality of the popular votes in the election Andrew Jackson

This man dropped out in order to seek the Vice Presidency John Calhoun

This man was elected President John Quincy Adams

This man struck the so-called “Corrupt Bargain” with John Q. Adams

Henry Clay

This man was the Democratic-Republicans’ nominee William H. Crawford

12. A devout Catholic, this Flemish artist created many religious works such as “Raising of the Cross” and “The Descent From the Cross.” For ten points name this artist most famous for voluptuous nudes in such paintings as “The Judgement of Paris” and “The History of Marie de Medicis.”

Peter Paul Rubens

Bonus: For 5 points each with 5 more for all correct, identify these other artists of

revolutions given a work

“The Spirit of 76" Archibald Willard

“Washington Crossing the Delaware” Lutze

“Raft of the Medusa” Theodore Gericault

“Liberty Leading the People” Eugene Delacroix

“The Minute Man” Daniel Chester French

13. This Andalusian city has inscribed on its walls, “Hercules built me; Caesar surrounded me with walls and towers, the King Saint took me.” For ten points name this town, the outgoing port for several New World explorers and home of the 1992 World Expo, which is Spain’s fourth-largest city.

Seville (accept Sevilla)

Bonus: For 10 points each identify the explorer from the description

The man who subdued the Incas Francisco Pizzaro

The Florentine for whom the Americas were later named Amerigo Vespucci

The man whose fleet first circumnavigated the globe Ferdinand Magellan

14. He, subject of an essay by Albert Camus, had to continually repeat the same action, rolling a boulder up a hill and then watching it roll back down. For ten points name this King of Corinth whose name has come to refer to any mindlessly repeated action.

Sisyphus

Bonus: For ten points each, identify the following connected with the Underworld

The three-headed dog who guarded the entrance to it Cerberus

The Greek names of the king and queen (five each) Hades and Persophone

The man condemned to be eternally tempted with water to drink and grapes to eat, just beyond

his reach Tantalus

15. It was founded in 1970 by John W. Gardner and grew rapidly to a current total of almost 300,000 members. Its goal is to do away with corruption in government, mainly through reforming the way campaigns are financed. For ten points name this public interest group which is now headed by Ann McBride.

Common Cause

Bonus: For 10 points each name the three people to be Speaker of the House immediately prior

to Newt Gingrich

Jim Wright, Tom Foley, and Thomas (Tip) O’Neill

16. He was greatly assisted in his work by the efforts of Rosalyn Franklin, however he did not share his 1962 Nobel Prize for Physiology with her. Instead, he shared it with M. H.F. Wilkins, and F.H. C. Crick. For ten points name this author of The Double Helix.

James Dewey Watson

Bonus: For five points each, identify the organelle from its function

protein synthesis ribosomes

transport in and out of cells vesicles

cellular respiration mitochondria

photosynthesis chloroplasts

pumping out water contractile vacuoles

(accept water vacuoles)

cell movement cilia (accept flagella)

17. His play The Matchmaker became the basis for the musical “Hello Dolly.” His book Theophilus North became a movie. However, this American author is most famous for his chronicles of the Antribus family and of Grover’s Corner, New Hampshire. For ten points, name this author of The Skin of Our Teeth and Our Town.

Thornton Wilder

Bonus: 30-20-10 Name the author

30: His pseudonym was Deidrich Knickerbocker

20: He wrote The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

10: He wrote Rip Van Winkle

Washington Irving

18. His grandfather was a German-Jewish assimilationist philospher, and his sister Fanny was an excellent pianist. He was a conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus orchestra, in which capacity he revived interest in Bach. He is known for the “Hebrides Overture” as well as the Scottish and Italian symphonies. For 10 points name this composer best known for the overture to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

Felix Mendelsohn Bartholdi

Bonus: Giuseppi Verdi was another composer who wrote music for the works of

Shakespeare, specifically operas. For 10 points each name the three operas

he wrote based on Shakespeare’s works

Otello, Falstaff, Macbeth

19. Late in his life, he turned to lecturing on religion, collecting his Gifford Lectures on that subject in 1902 in The Varieties of Religious Experience. He first gained fame, however, for his doctrine of Pragmatism, promulgated in The Principles of Psychology. For ten points name this philosopher whose brother Henry was a well-known author.

William James

Bonus: 30-20-10 Identify the psyschologist

30: He wrote Beyond Freedom and Dignity

20: He wrote the Utopian novel Walden II

10: He is best known for a box he created to test the inclinations of rats

B.F. Skinner

20. For ten points, what Frenchman, who lived from 1758 to 1794, claimed that his philosophy was based upon Rousseau’s idea and orchestrated the Reign of Terror in which he died?

Maximilien Robespierre

Bonus: For 5 points each name these famous Charles from European history

19th century author of The Pickwick Papers Charles Dickens

The heir apparent to the throne of England Charles, Prince of Whales

(accept Charles III)

Grandfather of Charlemagne Charles Martel

He travelled to the Galapagos Islands Charles Darwin

Leader of the Free French Resistance Charles de Gaulle

Swedish king who was a major adversary of Peter the Great Charles XII

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