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Packet VIIITossupsIn one novel by this author, the protagonist discovers a man dressed in a leather costume whipping two police officers in the storage room of a bank. In another work by this author, one character exits his isolated room and frightens three tenants who are listening to his (*) sister play the violin. One novel by this author begins with Josef K. being arrested without explanation before he eventually dies “like a dog.” In a novella by this author, the protagonist gets an apple lodged in his back after he transforms into a “monstrous vermin.” For 10 points, name this Czech author of The Trial who wrote about Gregor Samsa in The Metamorphosis. ANSWER: Franz Kafka <JF, European Literature>Andre Rigaud lost the War of Knives in the south of this modern-day country, which first won its independence after the Battle of Vertières [vair-tee-air]. While trying to put down a rebellion in this country, General Charles LeClerc died of yellow fever after being defeated by Jean-Jacques (*) Dessalines [day-sah-LEAN]. C. L. R. James’s book The Black Jacobins describes an event in this country. Toussaint Louverture [two-SANT le OVA-tur] served as the first President of this country, where he led a slave revolt against French rule, causing Napoleon Bonaparte to give up his idea of an empire in the New World. For 10 points, name this Caribbean country with capital at Port-au-Prince. ANSWER: Haiti [or Republic of Haiti, or Re?publique d'Hai?ti, or Repiblik Ayiti] <BW, World History>This organ responds to cholecystokinin [ko?luh?sis?tuh?kai?nun] by releasing inactive enzymes through the ampulla of Vater. This organ secretes ghrelin through its epsilon cells, while centroacinar and acinar cells compose this organ’s exocrine gland. Though it’s not the gallbladder, the sphincter of (*) Oddi regulates the flow of fluids from this organ. This organ is the location of the islets of Langerhans, which regulate blood sugar from its alpha and beta cells. This organ is malfunctional in people with Type 1 diabetes. For 10 points, name this digestive organ that produces glucagon and insulin.ANSWER: pancreas <MY, Biology>A particularly large one of these locations in Manson, Iowa was first discovered during the digging of an exploration oil drill. One of these locations in Arizona was used by NASA to train astronauts for the Apollo missions and was named after Daniel Barringer. One of these objects, formed about 35 million years ago, lies underneath the (*) Chesapeake Bay. Although they cannot be found here, a national monument in Idaho known for its lava fields and is named after these structures “of the moon.” Wizard Island is located on a lake named for one of these locations in Oregon. For 10 points, name these locations commonly formed when a meteor impacts earth. ANSWER: craters [accept Manson Crater, Barringer Crater, Chesapeake Bay Impact Crater, Craters of the Moon National Park, and Crater Lake] <NZ, Geography> In the first movement march of a work by this composer, the folk song "Swansea Town" is played by a solo euphonium. That work’s last movement, the "Fantasia on the Dargason," was later re-used by this composer in the final movement of a suite named for the girl’s school where he worked. In the last movement of another suite by this composer, a door slowly closing on an offstage (*) women’s chorus provides a fade-out effect. This composer set the hymn “I Vow to Thee, My Country” in a movement titled “Jupiter, Bringer of Jollity.” For 10 points, name this British composer of two suites for military band, St. Paul’s Suite, and The Planets. ANSWER: Gustav Holst <KP, Auditory Fine Arts>The protagonist of one novel by this author learns that his gay son Terry has avoided conscription by hitchhiking to a nearby country. In another novel by this author, one character drowns kittens in a bucket of water after witnessing Nyiko and her daughter Gina playing with them. Near the beginning of a novel by this author, the foreman (*) Jacobus finds an unidentified dead body on Mehring’s farm. In a novel by this author, a yellow “bakkie” is briefly borrowed by the title servant of Maureen and Bam Smales. For 10 points, name this South African author of The Conservationist and July’s People. ANSWER: Nadine Gordimer <KR, World Literature>This phenomenon’s namesake coefficient is related to the conductivity of a metal by the Hagens-Ruben relation, and a model named for Lambert describes the “diffuse” form of this phenomenon. According to conservation of energy, the sum of this phenomenon’s namesake coefficient and the transmission coefficient must be one. If light exceeds the critical angle, the “total (*) internal” form of this phenomenon can occur, and this phenomenon does not occur for polarized light at Brewster’s angle. For the “specular” form of this phenomenon, the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of this phenomenon. For 10 points, name this phenomenon where light “bounces” off an object. ANSWER: reflection [accept reflectance] <MY, Physics>This leader was succeeded in their highest post by a man whose short tenure earned him the nickname “Tumbledown Dick.” It’s not Neville Chamberlain, but this leader expressed dissatisfaction with a legislative meeting by adjourning it with the declaration “In the name of God, go!” Troops under this man massacred civilians at (*) Wexford and Drogheda while fighting in Ireland. This man served as a cavalry commander under Sir Thomas Fairfax before rising to his highest position, in which he replaced the Rump Parliament with the Barebones Parliament. For 10 points, name this “Lord Protector” who ruled England after defeating Charles I in the English Civil War. ANSWER: Oliver Cromwell <DA, Other History>The quantity theory of money states that this quantity times price level is equal to the product of the money supply and velocity of money. Okun’s law describes an inverse relationship between unemployment and this quantity. This quantity’s namesake “deflator” is the ratio between its (*) nominal and real values. The change in real value of this quantity, calculated as the sum of consumption, investment, government spending, and net exports, is often used as a measure of economic growth. For 10 points, name this quantity, the monetary measure of the market value of all final goods and services produced in a time period. ANSWER: Gross Domestic Product [prompt on total output until “deflator” is read] <MY, Social Science>This holiday’s observance involves five prayer services, the last of which is called the Ne’ilah. The kapparot ritual, which involves swinging either a chicken or a bag of money above one’s head and then donating it to the poor, is sometimes practiced on this holiday’s eve. The Book of Jonah is traditionally read on this holiday, which begins with the recitation of the (*) Kol Nidre. This holiday, which takes place after the Feast of Gedaliah, occurs on the 10th of Tishrei and ends the High Holy Days. Observers of this holiday traditionally wear white to symbolize purity and must spend the day fasting as they seek God’s forgiveness. For 10 points, name this holiday, the Jewish Day of Atonement. ANSWER: Yom Kippur <WY, Religion>The speaker of this poem notes that the “golden sun, the planets,” and the “infinite host of heaven” are “shining on the sad abodes” of its central subject. The speaker of this poem also claims that “All that tread the globe are but a handful to the tribes that slumber in its bosom” before describing “the venerable woods” and “old Ocean’s gray and melancholy waste” as some of the (*) “solemn decorations...of the great tomb of man.” This poem’s addressee is advised to “go not, like the quarry-slave at night,” but “approach thy grave, like one who...lies down to pleasant dreams.” For 10 points, name this “meditation on death” by William Cullen Bryant. ANSWER: “Thanatopsis” <JF, American Literature>They aren’t turtles, but one of these creatures bound himself to Mt. Meru to assist in the churning of the milk sea, and is named Vasuki. Hymir helped one god fish an incredibly large one of these creatures from the sea. Many aboriginal cultures believe that the world was created by one of these creatures embodying (*) rainbows. One of these creatures will fight Thor during Ragnarok, while in Egyptian myth, one of these creatures lives just below the horizon and attacks the sun before each dawn. Apollo killed one of these creatures near Delphi. For 10 points, name these creatures exemplified by Jormungandr, Apep, and Python. ANSWER: snakes [or serpents] <SLD, Mythology>There are this many Eisenstein integers with norm 1, and the smallest non-abelian group has this many elements. Pairs of primes that differ by this number are called “sexy,” and the regular polygon with this many sides has nine diagonals. This is the third (*) triangle number, and this is the largest number such that a regular polygon with this many sides can tessellate the plane. Because this number is two times the smallest Mersenne prime, it is also the smallest perfect number. For 10 points, give this integer, the number of faces on a cube.ANSWER: 6 <HH, Math>This song’s artists bought the beat for this song for $30 from a Dutch teenager named YoungKio. This song’s music video shows a man falling into a patch of grass next to a boy playing with a basketball, before the boy calls for his mom. In this song’s music video, Vince Staples asks one of the title characters if he is from Compton after (*) losing a drag race before both title characters crash a bingo hall. This song’s artists In March 2019, Billboard controversially removed this song from their hot country songs chart. For 10 points, what song by Billy Ray Cyrus and Lil’ Nas X, where Cyrus quips that he will “take my horse to” the title location.ANSWER: “Old Town Road” [accept “Old Town Road - Remix” or any answer that references a remix of “Old Town Road”] <AK, Trash>The main figure of this painting was used to personify “Truth” in another painting by the same artist titled Calumny of Apelles. The central figure in this painting is standing in the physically impossible pudica stance. The emblem of the dynasty that commissioned this painting appears in its background in the form of a grove of (*) orange trees. At the left of this painting, the nymph Chloris is held by the wind god Zephyr, while at the right of this painting, a pink cloak is held out to the nude central figure by the Hora of Spring. For 10 points, name this Sandro Botticelli painting which shows a Roman goddess of love rising from the ocean on a seashell. ANSWER: The Birth of Venus [or Nascita di Venere] <FW, Visual Fine Arts>This character is moved by a story told by a blind poet called “The Shaper” in a John Gardner novel that explains his backstory. This character is described as a “shadow-stalker” in a scene in which he kills and eats a sleeping sentry. In response to this character’s death, (*) Hrothgar’s advisor Aeschere is killed by this character’s mother. This “descendant of Cain” has his arm ripped off and hung in the mead hall Heorot in a fight with a Geatish hero. For 10 points, name this monster who terrorizes the Danes until he is slain by Beowulf. ANSWER: Grendel <DA, Classical Literature>A member of this family was killed by a premature explosion during a bombing raid on Mimoyecques as part of Operation Aphrodite. Another member of this family claimed that “The Dream Shall Never Die” after unsuccessfully challenging Jimmy (*) Carter for the 1980 Democratic nomination and saw his political aspirations damaged after Mary Jo Kopechne died in a car accident on Chappaquiddick Island. After a victory speech at the Ambassador Hotel, another member of this family was killed by Sirhan Sirhan in 1968. For 10 points, name this family, whose most prominent member was elected President in 1960 and later assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. ANSWER: Kennedy family [accept Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., Edward “Ted” Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, or John F. Kennedy] <DA, American History>In a film from this director, two characters go to the Argosy bookstore to investigate the history of the McKittrick Hotel. Those characters later go to an old mission after one describes their dream of a bell. In another film by this director, Leonard, a henchman of Philip Vandamm, causes one character to be arrested for drunk driving, after which he sees (*) Lester Townshend's death at the United Nations In that film, Roger Thornhill is mistaken for George Kaplan and chased by a crop duster, leading to a climactic chase above Mount Rushmore. For 10 points, name this director of the films Vertigo and North by Northwest.ANSWER Alfred Hitchcock <FW, Other Fine Arts>A Perkin triangle may be used in the “vacuum” form of this process, and one can calculate the number of theoretical plates needed to perform one form of this process by using the Fenske equation. One variant of this process sometimes employ Raschig rings and is used in refineries to purify oil; that is its (*) “fractional” type. Seawater is often desalinated through this process which is governed by Raoult’s law. A solution of 96% ethanol and 4% water cannot be separated via this process since that solution is an azeotrope. For 10 points, name this laboratory technique, in which mixtures are separated by boiling point.ANSWER: distillation [accept specific types of distillation like vacuum distillation or fractional distillation] <MY, Chemistry>This empire suffered from revolts of irregular troops known as the Celali Rebellions. The marriage of one leader of this empire to Roxelana marked the beginning of a hundred-year period during which women held significant political influence over this empire. This empire reformed its millet system during a period of modernization known as the (*) Tanzimat, and this empire underwent further Westernization during its Tulip period. In this empire, the Auspicious Incident resulted in a revolt of Janissaries after Sultan Mahmud II attempted to break them up in 1826. For 10 points, name this Muslim empire that conquered Constantinople in 1453. ANSWER: Ottoman Empire <DA, European History>TB. This man claimed that certain children were having an inferiority complex bred into them in the 1959 documentary The Hate that Hate Produced. The NYPD placed this person under police surveillance following the beating of Hinton Johnson. A speech by this man speculated that 1964 may be the year of the title concept in (*) “The Ballot or the Bullet”, and this person founded the Organization of Afro-American Unity. This man described the assassination of John F. Kennedy as “chickens coming home to roost,” and this man converted to Sunni Islam after leaving the Nation of Islam. For 10 points, name this civil rights leader who was assassinated in February 1965.ANSWER: Malcolm X [accept Malcolm Little or el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz; prompt on Malcolm] <SR, American History>BonusesDuring the Great Recession, one of America’s largest car companies filed for bankruptcy. For 10 points each:[10] Name that company, whose current brands include Buick, Cadillac, and Chevrolet. Along with Ford and Fiat Chrysler, this company makes up the “Big 3” American automakers.ANSWER: General Motors [or GM][10] GM was provided 9 billion dollars under this Bush administration bailout program. It ended in 2014 after the U.S. Treasury sold its remaining holdings of Ally Financial.ANSWER: Troubled Asset Relief Program [or TARP; prompt on Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008; prompt on answers mentioning bank bailouts or equivalent][10] A 2012 Wall Street Journal op-ed criticized the bailout, claiming that “President Obama did not bail out the auto industry. He bailed out” this union, which represents workers at each of the Big 3 automakers.ANSWER: United Automobile Workers [or UAW; accept The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America] <SR, American History>In one poem by this author, God states that if he gives mankind “rest,” they “would adore my gifts instead of me.” For 10 points each:[10] Name this poet of “The Pulley” whose collection The Temple includes many poems shaped like the objects they discuss, such as “The Altar” and “Easter Wings.”ANSWER: George Herbert[10] Herbert was one of the metaphysical poets alongside John Donne, who wrote this collection of nineteen poems which includes lines such as “Batter my heart, three-personed God” and “Death, be not proud.”ANSWER: Holy Sonnets[10] Another metaphysical poet was this man who described “Time’s wingèd chariot” approaching in his poem “To His Coy Mistress.”ANSWER: Andrew Marvell <MM, Non-American Anglophone Literature>This quantity is related to the potential of an electrochemical cell by a factor of negative nF. For 10 points each:[10] Name this thermodynamic quantity, defined as H minus T times S, which represents the maximum amount of useful work that can be done by a system.ANSWER: Gibbs free energy[10] The value of Gibbs free energy for a reaction can determine whether or not it has this thermodynamic property, meaning the reaction can occur without constant energy input.ANSWER: spontaneous [accept spontaneity or similar word forms][10] For reactions under non-standard conditions, the difference between the standard and actual Gibbs free energy is RT times the natural logarithm of this quantity. This quantity approaches the equilibrium constant as the reaction progresses.ANSWER: reaction quotient [prompt on Q] <MY, Chemistry>In this country, Octave Maus formed a successor group to L’Essor after James Ensor’s The Oyster Eater was rejected from a salon. For 10 points each:[10] Name this home country of the group Les XX (les vingt).ANSWER: Kingdom of Belgium[10] Belgium was also the home of this Surrealist artist, whose The Treachery of Images depicts a pipe right above the line “This is not a pipe.” He used an apple to obscure the face of a man wearing a bowler hat in The Son of Man.ANSWER: Rene Magritte[10] Magritte’s patron Edward James commissioned this other Magritte painting, in which a train is emerging from a fireplace.ANSWER: Time Transfixed [or La durée poignairdée] <DA, Visual Fine Arts>In one work, this philosopher noted that “when the people are being beat with a stick, they are not much happier if it is called ‘the People’s Stick.’” For 10 points each:[10] Name this Russian philosopher who advocated for the ownership of the means of production by the producers themselves. This man wrote the unfinished work God and the State.ANSWER: Mikhail Bakunin[10] Bakunin founded the “collectivist” view of this political philosophy, which argues for the abolition of the state. Pierre-Joseph Proudhon is considered the father of this ideology.ANSWER: anarchism [accept word forms, accept collectivist anarchism][10] Many anarchists, such as anarcho-communists and social anarchists, also believe in the abolition of this concept, which titles a Proudhoun work asking What is [this concept]? Proudhoun answers that [this concept] of private ownership “is theft!”ANSWER: property [or propriété] <DA, Philosophy>During this god’s funeral, Thor kicks Litr the dwarf into a fire and the giantess Hyrrokkin assists the Aesir. For 10 points each:[10] Name god, whose body is burnt upon his ship Hringhorni while his wife Nanna dies of grief.ANSWER: Baldr [or Baldur][10] Baldr’s death was caused by this Norse trickster god, who persuaded Hodr into throwing a mistletoe spear at Baldr’s chest.ANSWER: Loki [do not accept or prompt on “Utgarda-Loki”][10] After Baldr’s funeral, Hel strikes a deal with Frigg, promising to bring Baldr from the dead if all living things perform this action. The giantess Thokk refuses to perform this action, thus damning Baldr until Ragnarok.ANSWER: weeping [accept clear-knowledge equivalents] <DK, Mythology>President Trump used many slogans on the campaign trail in 2016. For 10 points each:[10] This phrase, the central slogan of his campaign, was featured on red and white hats and was derived from an old Reagan slogan.ANSWER: Make America Great Again [prompt on “MAGA”][10] This other ecological phrase, earlier used by both Ronald Reagan and Nancy Pelosi, indicates an intention to move away from Washington bureaucracy.ANSWER: Drain the Swamp[10] Trump was not the first person to use the aforementioned slogan on the campaign trail. In 2000, this Reform Party candidate and co-founder of The American Conservative highlighted the failure of both parties to drain the swamp.ANSWER: Patrick Buchanan [or Pat Buchanan] <SR, Current Events>[Emphasize] Month and year required. At the beginning of this month, Wilhelm II delivered a “blank check” promise to support one of his allies. For 10 points each:[10] Name this month titling a “crisis” in which diplomats like Sergey Sazanov attempted to prevent the outbreak of a major war. During this crisis, one country was given 48 hours to comply with an ultimatum.ANSWER: July 1914 [prompt on July; prompt on July Crisis][10] The July Crisis ended with the beginning of this global conflict, which lasted from 1914 to 1918.ANSWER: World War One [accept the First World War or the Great War or clear-knowledge equivalents][10] During the opening of World War I, Germany used the Schlieffen Plan, which called for an invasion of this nation led by King Albert I. The “Big Bertha” howitzer was used to destroy Forts Pontisse and Loncin in this country.ANSWER: Kingdom of Belgium <DA, European History>The title character of one of this author’s plays sings “And you’ll be marching with the band / In step, responding to command” in the “Song of the Great Capitulation.” For 10 points each:[10] Name this playwright of Mother Courage and Her Children, a key figure in the “epic theater” movement.ANSWER: Bertolt Brecht [or Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht][10] This theatrical technique, which often involves strange lighting choices or characters changing costume on stage, is central to “epic theater.” This technique is intended to force the audience to treat the play as an educational or analytical tool rather than pure entertainment.ANSWER: distancing effect [or alienation effect; or estrangement effect; or defamiliarization effect; or distantiation; or Verfremdungseffekt; or V-effekt][10] Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle was based on a 14th century play from this country, the setting of his play The Good Person of Szechwan.ANSWER: People’s Republic of China [or Zhōngguó] <JF, European Literature>The 10th version of this operating system introduced the digital assistant Cortana. For 10 points each:[10] Name this operating system, whose first version was created by Microsoft in 1985. Older examples of this operating system include its XP and Vista versions.ANSWER: Windows [accept Windows 10; accept Windows XP; accept Windows Vista][10] Because defining pathways in Windows is difficult, many people use this popular, open-source family of OS’s instead. This operating system was created by Linus Torvalds in 1991, and its logo is a penguin. ANSWER: Linux [or Linux kernel; do not accept or prompt on “kernel”][10] This version control system, also created by Linus Torvalds, stores code in ‘repos’, which are commonly stored a website known as its namesake “hub”. ANSWER: Git [accept GitHub] <SLD, Computer Science>The founder of this empire is referred to as Sandrokottos in Greek sources. For 10 points each:[10] Name this South Asian empire whose rules included Bindusara and Ashoka.ANSWER: Maurya Empire [or Mauryan Empire][10] Early in its history, the Maurya Empire won a war against this ruler, an Alexandrian general and founder of a Hellenistic Empire based out of Antioch.ANSWER: Seleucus I Nikator [prompt on Seleucus][10] This founder of the Mauryan Empire and grandfather of Ashoka fasted to death after witnessing a 12 year famine.ANSWER: Chandragupta Maurya <SR, Other History>For 10 points each, answer the following about people you might meet in fictional and metaphorical supermarkets.[10] In “A Supermarket in California,” Allen Ginsberg asks this man “which way does your beard point tonight?” The speaker of a notably long poem by this man claims that he is “large” and “contains multitudes.”ANSWER: Walt Whitman [or Walter Whitman] (the poem is “Song of Myself”)[10] In Norman Mailer’s article “Superman Comes to the Supermarket,” Mailer attends a convention that nominates people for this position. Whitman eulogized a holder of this political position in his poem “O Captain! My Captain!”ANSWER: President of the United States of America [or American President; prompt on just President; accept clear knowledge equivalents][10] This novel ends after the protagonist, his fourth wife, and their son, Wilder, travel to a supermarket. Earlier in this novel, the protagonist befriends Murray Jay Siskind, a man who compares that supermarket to the Tibetan afterlife.ANSWER: White Noise (by Don Delillo) <RZ, American Literature>A leap in which the left leg nearly touches the head in an extreme attitude [at-ee-TYOOD] and the arms are in fifth position is named after this ballet. For 10 points each:[10] Name this ballet in which Prince Ivan receives a magic feather from the title creature, whom he later summons in order to rescue thirteen princesses from Koschei [kuh-shey] the Immortal.ANSWER: The Firebird [accept L'Oiseau de feu][10] This Russian-born composer of Petrushka wrote The Firebird and depicted a virgin girl partaking in a sacrificial dance in his ballet The Rite of Spring.ANSWER: Igor Stravinsky[10] In this section of The Firebird, Koschei and his guards are made to dance uncontrollably by the Firebird until they are sound asleep.ANSWER: Infernal Dance of All Koschei’s Subjects [accept Danse Infernal; accept Infernal Dance of King Koschei] <DK, Auditory Fine Arts>Answer some questions about Wicca, for 10 points each:[10] Wicca is a form of the neo-type of this kind of religion. In ancient times, these kinds of religions were defined by polytheistic idol worship, which was contrasted with Christianity.ANSWER: paganism[10] A common symbol of Wicca is the pentacle, which is a five pointed type of this shape inscribed in a circle. A six pointed type of this shape is found on the flag of Israel and is named for King David.ANSWER: star[10] Gerald Garner, who founded a major branch of Wicca, was a close associate to this British occultist. This occultist was inspired by Rabelais to found the Abbey of Thelema with the slogan “do what thou wilt.” This occultist claimed to have been contacted by the mysterious voice Aiwass, after which he wrote The Book of the Law.ANSWER: Aleister Crowley <BM, Religion>In this film, Phil Coulson is stabbed and killed by the main antagonist Loki, a moment that serves as a unifying cause for the title team. For 10 points each:[10] Name this 2012 action film centering on a team of superheroes including Thor, Captain America, and Iron Man.ANSWER: Marvel’s The Avengers[10] This producer of Firefly and Buffy the Vampire Slayer directed The Avengers, as well as its sequel Age of Ultron.ANSWER: Joss Whedon[10] TWO ANSWERS REQUIRED. Although not present in the first movie, these two bug-themed superheroes were founding members of the Avengers in the original comics.ANSWER: Ant-Man and the Wasp [accept in any order; accept Giant Man and the Wasp; prompt if only one name is given] <MY, Trash>The Meselson-Stahl experiment showed that this process is semiconservative, meaning each output of this process was half-new and half-old. For 10 points each:[10] Name this biological process that creates a new copy of a cell’s genome, which occurs during the S-phase of interphase.ANSWER: DNA replication [accept DNA synthesis][10] The number of times DNA replication can occur is limited by these repetitive sequences found on the ends of chromosomes. The shortening of these structures is responsible for aging.ANSWER: telomeres[10] These cells notably do not have telomeres shortened, making them functionally immortal. These cells were first taken from the cancer cells of the African-American woman for which they were named.ANSWER: HeLa cells [accept Henrietta Lacks cells] <MY, Biology>This dynasty expanded to its northernmost point after the Jurchen tribes were conquered by King Sejong the Great. For 10 points each:[10] Name this dynasty, which lasted from 1392 to 1897 and was founded by Taejo.ANSWER: Kingdom of Great Joseon [or Joseon dynasty or Chos?n dynasty or Chosun dynasty][10] The Joseon dynasty was the last to be located on this peninsula, where it overthrew the Goryeo dynasty, which lends its name to this region.ANSWER: Korea [or the Korean Peninsula; accept Hanguk][10] The Joseon dynasty implemented a variant of this religion as the state religion and actively discouraged the practice of Buddhism. This set of beliefs was replaced with ideologies such as the “Three Principles of the People” in the Republic of China.ANSWER: Confucianism [or Ruism] <SR, World History>These objects are often carved from cypress, and “brightening” and “clouding” are ways of tilting these objects to express emotions. For 10 points each:[10] Name these objects integral for a form of theater created by Kanami and Zeami in Japan.ANSWER: masks[10] Expressive masks were a key feature in this style of Japanese theater which usually have kyōgen performed between two of these plays.ANSWER: Noh[10] A style of puppet theater in Japan called bunraku was mainly spearheaded by the plays of this author of The Love Suicides at Amijima and The Love Suicides at Sonezaki.ANSWER: Chikamatsu Monzaemon [or Sugimori Nobumori] <KR, World Literature>This artist’s 1938 American Photographs was the first solo photography exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art. For 10 points each:[10] Name this photographer who provided pictures of white sharecroppers in the American South, taken for the Farm Security Administration, to James Agee’s book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men.ANSWER: Walker Evans[10] Another photograph taken for the FSA was this Dorothea Lange portrait of Florence Owens Thompson and her children, who are hiding their faces from the camera. This photo’s caption mistakenly stated Thompson sold her car’s tires for food.ANSWER: Migrant Mother[10] “Migrant Mother” and Let Us Now Praise Famous Men were published during this economic downturn of the 1930s, during which Lange photographed bread lines served by the “white angel.”ANSWER: Great Depression [accept Dust Bowl] <MB, Other Fine Arts>This quantity is equal to the cross product of the location a force is applied with the applied force. For 10 points each:[10] Name this rotational analogue of force.ANSWER: torque [or moment of force][10] This quantity is equal to torque divided by angular acceleration for a rigid body. This quantity is equal to one-half of the mass times the square of the radius for a cylinder rolling on its axis, and this quantity can be determined by the parallel axis theorem.ANSWER: moment of inertia [accept rotational inertia][10] Because the moment of inertia depends on the axis of rotation, it is often depicted as one of these mathematical objects. Other examples of these objects include one formulated by Cauchy to describe stress and a “metric” example used in general relativity.ANSWER: rank-2 tensors [prompt on matrix] <SLD, Physics> ................
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