PACKET 2



1. Deriving its name from the Greek for "little king," this mythical creature is hatched from a hen's egg after seven years of incubation by a toad. A large snake or lizard with three to four sets of legs, it turns things to stone with its gaze. The venom of weasels and the crowing of the rooster are fatal to this creature. FTP, name this King of Serpents.

A. basilisk (do not accept cockatrice)

2. From exposure to her father’s alcohol and opium-laced “Life Elixir,” this political figure had visions and spiritualistic trances. Made famous through the success of her spiritual medium roadshows, this women’s suffrage advocate argued before the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives in 1871. FTP, name this first woman to run for president of the United States.

A. Victoria Clafin Woodhull

3. “It is an obvious truth, which has been taken notice of by many writers, that population must always be kept down to the level of the means of subsistence; but no writer that the Author recollects has inquired particularly into the means by which this level is effected.” FTP, name the Thomas Malthus essay from which this quote is taken.

A. An Essay On the Principle of Population, as it Affects the Future Improvement of Society with Remarks on the Speculations of Mr. Godwin, M. Condorcet, and Other Writers. (accept Thomas Malthus on early buzz)

4. Thief and drunkard Uncle Billy, prostitutes Duchess and Mother Shipton, and gambler John Oakhurst are title characters of this work. After “a secret committee had determined to rid the” title “town of all improper persons,” these characters cross paths with an eloping couple, and are stranded in a snowstorm on their way to Sandy Bar. FTP, name this Bret Harte short story.

A. The Outcasts of Poker Flat

5. Charlemagne had a tablecloth made of this substance. After mealtimes, the tablecloth was thrown into the fire, emerging unburnt to the surprise of guests. In modern times, this hydrous magnesium silicate has been found in schools, cars, homes, and manufactured goods. FTP, name this fibrous substance, the prolonged inhalation of which has been linked to numerous cancers.

A. asbestos

6. This city’s name comes from two words meaning “to smoke” and “inlet,” in reference to the steam of geysers. Water from hot springs is used to heat the majority of buildings in this city, which served as the center of Danish Administration from 1801 to 1918. FTP, name the capital city of Iceland.

A. Reykjavik

7. Demand for this special type of inferior good rises as the income of consumers falls, because the income effect on demand for this good outweighs the substitution effect of purchase-switching. FTP, give the economic term that refers to a commodity for which demand increases at higher prices and falls at lower prices.

A. giffen good

8. Very high frequency television antennaes in England and America have different orientations of these types of electromagnetic waves. These light waves parallel to the filter will pass through the filter to be selectively lined up in one direction. FTP, give this term, which also describes sunglasses that reduce the amount of light received by the eye.

A. polarized

9. Still applicable today, this 1799 American act prohibits private citizens from holding unauthorized negotiations with foreign governments. This act is the namesake of a Pennsylvania Quaker who traveled to France in an attempt to resolve the dispute incurred by the XYZ affair. FTP identify this act, which shares its name with the highest mountain in Canada.

A. Logan Act

10. Alcuin, Rabanus, and John Scotus Eriugena were masters of this phase of Christian thought. The result of a ninth-century Carolingian educational revival, this movement used dialectical reasoning to provide a rational support to religious faith. FTP, name this philosophy and theology of Western Christendom in the Middle Ages, whose most famous proponent was Thomas Aquinas.

A. Scholasticism

11. Pencil and paper ready. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, and a peck of pickled peppers equals a quarter bushel of peppers. If a bushel of peppers is equal to eight gallons of peppers, then how many quarts of pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick? [reader: read the question twice and allow answers for ten seconds after completion of second reading]

A. eight

12. “O what can ail thee, knight at arms, alone and palely loitering? The sedge has wither’d from the lake, and no birds sing .... I met a lady in the meads, full beautiful, a fairy’s child; Her hair was long, her foot was light, and her eyes were wild.” FTP, name the Keats ballad from which these lines are taken, a translation of which means “The Lovely Lady Without Pity.”

A. La Belle Dame sans Merci: A Ballad

13. First opening at the Imperial Theater on May 16, 1946, this Broadway musical was based upon a Dorothy and Herbert Fields play. It included songs such as “Doin’ What Comes Nat’rully,” “There’s No Business Like Show Business,” and “You Can’t Get a Man With A Gun.” FTP name this musical about a female sharpshooter of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show.

A. Annie Get Your Gun

14. Languages of this ethnic group include Kurmanji and Sorani. Approximately 25 million strong, its members are Sunni, Shi’ite, Sufi, Alevi, or Yazidi, typically nomadic agrarians arranged into tribal units. Radical groups of guerrilla fighters are still struggling to establish their country and government. FTP, name this ethnic group located in Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria.

A. Kurds or Kurdish

15. In Acts II and III, Grigory pretends to be a resurrection of the murdered Dmitri Ivanovich, and marries Polish noblewoman Marina. With the support of the Polish government, Grigory becomes Tsar after the title murderer dies of guilt. FTP, name this Modest Mussorgsky opera, based upon Nikolai Karamzin's History of the Russian State and an Alexander Pushkin play.

A. Boris Godunov

16. In the history of Israel, it is the period from the 586 B.C. fall of Jerusalem to the 538 B.C. reconstruction of a new Jewish state in Palestine. Thousands of Jews were deported to Mesopotamia by their captors. FTP, give the name of this 70 year period, which also refers to the period in which French kings dictated the move of the papacy to Avignon (ah vee NYOHN).

A. Babylonian Captivity

17. It is guarded by four stone lions who watch for the emperor's return. A Monument to the People's Heroes dominates its center, the Great Hall of the People lies to its east, Democracy wall is to its west, and Chairman Mao Memorial Hall sits in the south of this feature. FTP, name this site of a 1989 massacre, the largest square in the world.

A. Tiananmen Square

18. Approximately 33 miles long, this geographical feature winds northwest through the Sefid Koh Range, varying in width from 3 to 137 meters. It has witnessed numerous invasions, from Alexander the Great, the White Huns, and Aryans. FTP, name this mountain pass through the Hindu Kush mountain range located on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

A. Khyber pass

19. This value of specific atoms or molecules may be calculated by bombarding the molectule’s gas form with electrons of known kinetic energy. It varies with atomic number, due to increases in effective charge across a period and decreases in atomic radius. FTP, give the chemical term for the energy needed to remove an electron from the ground state of a gaseous ion.

A. Ionization energy

20. A British critic wrote that this American artist’s Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket was like “flinging a pot of paint into the public’s face.” Known as the “poet of the Thames,” he was expelled from Westpoint in 1853. FTP, name this artist, most known for “An Arrangement in Gray and Black #1,” a painting of his mother posed against a gray wall.

A. James Abbott McNeill Whistler

BONUSES

1. Answer the following questions about an author and his works for 5 points each, 30 if all correct.

- He worked for Standard Oil of New Jersey for seventeen years, and first became famous for Flit bug spray cartoon advertisements.

A. Theodore Seuss Geisel (accept Dr. Seuss)

- Twenty-seven publishers rejected this book, Seuss’ first, before its publication in 1937.

A. And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street

- Geisel won three Oscars, including one for this work in 1951.

A. Gerald McBoing-Boing

- This work is about two kids on a rainy afternoon and the title character who searches the house for his moss-covered, three-handled, family gredunza.

A. The Cat in the Hat

2. Name the Supreme Court cases given clues, for fifteen points each.

- This 1973 Supreme Court case ruled that state laws prohibiting abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy were unconstitutional violations of a woman’s right to privacy.

A. Roe v. Wade

- In this 1992 case, the Supreme Court maintained the right to abortion established in Roe v. Wade, and simultaneously supported Pennsylvania statutes that restricted a woman’s access to abortion.

A. Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey

3. Identify the works from Claude Debussy’s Children’s Corner from clues, ten points each.

- In this work , a stuffed elephant is told a bedtime story.

A. Jimbo’s Lullaby

- In this piece, a toy plays his pipe while tending sheep.

A. The Little Shepherd

- In this work, a child is bored after practicing Clementi exercises.

A. Dr. Gradus ad Parnassum

4. Everyone loves Sesame Street! For 5 points each, 30 if all correct, name the following Sesame Street characters from clues.

-This learned monster of Monsterpiece Theater has the scientific name Voracious Appetiticus.

A. Cookie Monster (do not prompt on Monster)

-His favorite songs are the theme songs of “Wheel of Fortune,” “Jeopardy,” and “The Price is Right.”

A. Guy Smiley (prompt on Guy or Smiley)

-This character was based on a waiter from a Manhattan tavern.

A. Oscar the Grouch (prompt on the Grouch)

-Named after an actress, this muppet’s favorite songs include “Goody Two Shoes” and “Thank Heaven for Little Girls.”

A. Prairie Dawn

5. Give the biology terms from clues for the stated number of points.

- Also known as hemolytic anemia, this occurs when a mother’s body produces antibodies that trigger the destruction of the baby's red blood cells.

A. Rh incompatibility

- This immunization is given to an Rh-negative mother after delivery of an Rh-positive baby, and “blocks the formation of high levels of the abnormal anti-Rh antibody.”

A. RhoGam

- This toxin is a result of heme catabolism; excessive amounts of it may lead to jaundice.

A. bilirubin

6. Name the figures of the 1848-1914 Italian nationalist movement from clues, for ten points each.

- From Genoa, this revolutionary of the Risorgimento rallied Italian nationalists through the Young Italy organization and "the Party of Action" campaign.

A. Giuseppe Mazzini

- This man led the Red Shirts into Naples in August 1860, and he later he ceded political leadership to King Victor Emmanuel.

A. Guiseppe Garibaldi

- He was appointed Prime Minister of Piedmont by King Victor Emmanuel II, and secured an alliance with Napoleon III of France in 1858.

A. Count Camillo di Cavour

7. Answer the following mathematical questions for fifteen points each.

-This mathematical term first came into use in 1975. It refers to “any curve or surface that is independent of scale” and maintains self-similarity.

A. fractals (prompt on fractional dimension)

- This man originated the term “fractal.”

A. Benoit Mandelbrot

8. Answer the following questions about the Incans, for ten points each.

- Census data, harvest size, and historical events were recorded on this, a cord of knotted strings.

A. quipu

- This city was the capital of the Incan empire.

A. Cuzco

- Give the name of the Incan sun god.

A. Inti

9. For ten points each, name the Goethe works.

- This dramatic poem about a conjuror who sells his soul to the devil was published in two parts -- the first in 1808, the second posthumously.

A. The Tragedy of Faust

-In this work, Goethe wrote of his love for Charlotte Buff.

A. Leiden des jungen Werthers or The Sorrows of Young Werther

- A poem about this leader of the elves was set to music by Franz Schubert in 1816.

A. Erl King

10. For 15 points each, name the related religious texts given clues.

- The chapters of this work are entitled “Chapters of Coming Forth by Day.” Over time, these chapters were grouped into three “Recensions,” based upon the location of corresponding hieroglyphics.

A. Egyptian Book of the Dead (prompt on Book of the Dead)

- This text, subtitled, “the Great Liberation Through Hearing in the Bardo,” was composed by eighth century Buddhist teacher Padmasambhava.

A. Tibetan Book of the Dead (prompt on Book of the Dead)

11. Answer the following questions about an ancient empire for ten points each.

- After the decline of Ghana, the Mandingo people established this empire of West Africa.

A. Mali

- This was the capital city of Mali.

A. Timbuktu

- This ruler of Mali made a pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324 and “spread upon Cairo the flood of his generosity.”

A. Mansa Musa

12. 30-20-10 Name the author from clues.

For 30 - A Jewish girl sent to the Catholic school at the Blessed Sacrament Convent, this author was expelled for stating that “the Immaculate Conception was really spontaneous combustion.”

For 20 - A prominent member of the Algonquin Round Table, this writer for Vogue and Vanity Fair’s works include Enough Rope (1926), Sunset Gun (1928), Death and Taxes (1931), and Collected Poems: Not So Deep as a Well (1936).

For 10 - Founder of the Anti-Nazi League, she derived inspiration for her works from mortician’s journals. She is most known for her frequent sarcastic comment: “You might as well live.”

A. Dorothy Parker

13. It’s physics time! Answer the following questions about vectors for ten points each.

- Multiplying a vector by a vector results in either a vector product or this type of product.

A. dot or scalar

- This is the cross or vector product result of the multiplication of two parallel or antiparallel vectors.

A. zero

- When the minimum angle between two vectors is this number of degrees, the magnitude of their resultant vector product is maximum. [reader: may read this twice]

A. ninety

14. Given quotes from the Spanish American War, name the person who said them, for ten points each.

- “Please remain. You furnish the pictures, I'll furnish the war.”

A. William Randolph Hearst

-“You may fire when ready, Gridley.”

A. Commodore George Dewey

- “Take up the White Man’s burden—

Send forth the best ye breed—

Go, bind your sons to exile

To serve your captives’ need.”

A. Rudyard Kipling

15. Answer the following questions about robotic literature for fifteen points each.

- The first major literary work about robots was Karel Capek’s play R.U.R., which stands for this.

A. Rossum’s Universal Robots

- This author of the science fiction work, I, Robot.outlined the three Fundamental laws of robots.

A. Isaac Asimov

16. Answer the following current-events questions for ten points each.

- In the Summer of 2002, two British pilots plan to reach outer space in this hot-air balloon, which is almost as high as the Empire State building.

A. QinetiQ

- One of two pilots was piloted the first to hot-air balloon over Mr. Everest. Name him.

A. Andy Elson

- This businessman is the other pilot of the balloon.

A. Colin Prescot

17. Name the related instruments from clues, for ten points each.

- It was first built around 1400. When a key is pressed, a vertical brass strip (tangent) is lifted toward a pair of strings.

A. clavichord

- This instrument which reached its peak in the period of Bach and Handel, had keys in line with its strings.

A. harpsichord

- About 1709, Bartolommeo Cristofori built the first one of these instruments. Hammer mechanisms allowed players to play both softly and loudly.

A. Cristofori Pianofortes

18. For ten points each, name the American rivers given a college located near their banks.

- Harvard University

A. Charles river

- Dartmouth

A. Connecticut river

- Washington University in St. Louis

A. Mississippi river

19. From descriptions, identify the structure elucidation methods for ten points each.

- This method of structure elucidation separates gases based on molecular polarity.

A. gas chromatography

- This method is the measurement of molecular vibration frequency and light spectra absorption.

A. Infrared spectroscopy

- This type of spectroscopy utilizes Lambert Beer’s Law in the analysis of electronic transitions.

A. Ultra-Violet-Visible spectroscopy

20. Given a description of a work of art, name the work 30-20-10.

For 30 - Placed on the altar of Santa Maria della Vittoria, religious figures rise above worshipers in a pool of golden rays.

For 20- This work combines sculpture, painting, and architecture. It depicts a saint as an angel pierces her heart with a golden arrow.

For 10- This Bernini work recreates the title saint's mystical vision, as mentioned in her Bull of canonization. The title saint was canonized in 1622, and her feast day October 15.

A. The Ecstasy of St. Theresa

Tie Breaker Tossups

T1. The hero of this work is staff officer Vorotyntsev, who attempts to overcome the failings of superior army officers. This work detailing the Russian invasion of East Prussia exposes the Russian army leaders’ lack of organization, incompetence, and cowardice. FTP, name this Solzhenitsyn work, whose title reflects the date of the battle of Tannenberg.

A. August 1914

T2. On September 11, the Food and Drug Administration recommended the drug Zevalin, an agent of this type of treatment. Zevalin combines antibody with yttrium-90 in order to treat non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. FTP, name this innovative treatment, which delivers radiation directly to tumor cells.

A. radioimmunotherapy

T3. Weighing 15 pounds at birth, this student of opera and ballet is more famous for his reverse body lift maneuver. The move so intimidated his opponents that many allowed themselves to be pinned by him rather than risk injury. FTP, name this athlete who dominated Greco-Roman super-heavyweight wrestling, until losing at the Sydney Olympics.

A. Aleksander Kareline

Tiebreaker Bonuses

B1. 30-20-10 Name the religious texts.

For 30- These papyrus books were discovered in a jar outside the Egyptian town of Nag Hammadi in 1945.

For 20- Among the 52 these texts which comprise this work are the Apocalypse of Paul,

the Gospel of Thomas, and the Gospel of Philip, and the Secret Book of James.

For 10- Around 180 A.D. Iraneus Bishop of Lyons attempted to destroy these “blasphemous gospels.”

A. Gnostic Gospels

B2. Identify the needs of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs given a description, for ten points each.

-These needs of survival, such as the need to feel secure, and the need to satisfy hunger, are spurred primarily by biological drives.

A. fundamental

- These needs, such as the need to gain acceptance, competence, approval, and recognition, are the second level of Maslow’s Hierarchy.

A. psychological

- This need to fulfill one’s potential is at the top of Maslow’s hierarchy.

A. self-actualization

B3. Name the works of Kazuo Ishiguro for 15 points each.

- Winner of the 1989 Booker Prize, this novel’s present time setting is the 1956 Suez Crisis.

A. The Remains of the Day

- Ishiguro's first novel, this work deals with a widow in post-war Japan who relates her life in Nagasaki.

A. A Pale View of Hills

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