She presumed to compare her beauty with the Nereids, or ...



Edited by Lori Currier, Sean Phillips, Jon Pinyan, and Jay Turetzky

Written by Andrew Brantley, Danny Bravman, Lori Currier, Joel Gluskin, Ryan Jacobson,

Alex Jeffrey, Sean Phillips, Jon Pinyan, Matt Schneider, Jay Turetzky, and Matt Weiner

1. It began on November 14, 1864, and lasted until December 22. Conducted in two columns about sixty miles apart, it ended with the surrender of Major General William J. Hardee at its final terminus. When its eponymous general was victorious he telegraphed Lincoln with the news that he had a Christmas gift for him, the city of Savannah. FTP, identify this military maneuver, which cut a swath of destruction through the South.

ANS: Sherman’s March Through Georgia or Sherman’s March to the Sea (Accept equivalents especially if they do not say Sherman before eponymous. Do not accept Mr. Peabody and Sherman)

2. She presumed to compare her beauty with the Nereids, or Sea Nymphs, which caused them to set a sea monster out to ravage the coast of Joppa. In order to appease the nymphs, she and her husband were told to chain their daughter to a rock for the monster to devour. This was where Perseus found that daughter, Andromeda. FTP, name this Ethiopian queen who was made into a W-shaped constellation when she died, so that half of the year she would be turned upside down.

ANS: Queen Cassiopeia

3. None of its three crewmen ever flew in space again. The lunar module pilot’s chance to become commander was cancelled, the command module’s pilot ran for Congress, and the commander had already won a share of TIME’s Man of the Year Award in 1968 for his first trip to the moon. Ken Mattingly, however, who didn’t fly on this flight, did make it to space later, and Fra Mauro was visited a year later by Al Shepard. FTP, name this doomed space flight, turned into a book, Lost Moon, by its commander Jim Lovell.

ANS: Apollo 13

4. This man was born in New York City in 1910, and began to learn the saxophone at the age of 15. A very popular performer, he often took long sabbaticals from his music career, but during the 1930s and 40s, he was one of the most popular bandleaders in the country. A skilled clarinet player, his work Interlude in B-flat was the first example of Third Stream music. FTP, identify this bandleader and musician, who was once married to Lana Turner, and whose hit "Begin the Beguine" has had a rebirth since his death on December 30th of last year.

ANS: Artie Shaw or Arthur Jacob Arshawsky

5. His series of letters between fictional lovers was collected as Heroides. His Tristae and Letters From the Black Sea are pleas to end his state-imposed exile. He also wrote advice on the use of cosmetics in Medicamina Faciei and on romantic escapades in Ars Amatoria. His epic on change in mythology ends with the assumption of Julius Caesar into the heavens. For 10 points, name this Roman poet of Metamorphoses.

ANS: Publius Ovidius Naso

6. This building of circa 2760 B.C. was the first to use dressed stone throughout. It is the focal point of a necropolis at Saqqara for an early Egyptian ruler—King Zoser. The earliest known architect, Imhotep, was charged with its construction. FTP, identify this funerary structure, named for the distinct shape of its sides.

ANS: Step Pyramid (prompt on “pyramid”)

7. This battle was fought off the Southern coast of Spain on October 21, 1805, between the British and a combined French and Spanish fleet. The British ships were outnumbered 33 to 27, but won the engagement by unexpectedly splitting through the enemy line. FTP, identify this Napoleonic battle in which Admiral Horatio Nelson died.

ANS: Battle of Trafalgar

8. NOTE: TWO ANSWERS REQUIRED. PENCIL AND PAPER READY. Population, according to one study, has grown at a rate expressed by three t squared minus sixty-one t plus seventy-six, with the variable t indicating the time in centuries. FTP, identify the two values of t at which there is zero population growth.

ANS: t = 4/3 and 19 (accept equivalents)

9. In this novel, a vision of Aunt Clara appears to an itinerant barley-picker shortly after the death of Lulu’s puppy. An encounter in the town of Weed with a girl in a red dress comes just before the mutilation of a hand and Candy’s threat to lynch Crooks. Deputy Wilts is too late to arrest the man who broke Mrs. Curley’s neck, as George decides to shoot his friend. For 10 points, tell me about the rabbits and name this novel in which Lennie dies, written by John Steinbeck.

ANS: Of Mice and Men

10. In March 2004, the City Council of Aliso Viejo, California almost banned Styrofoam cups because they are made using DHMO, one of several joke names for this substance. The “heavy” form has a weight of just 20 AMUs as opposed to the standard 18. Polar, amphoteric, and unusual in that it expands when freezing, FTP, name this substance of which you should drink 8 glasses per day, and which is liquid at room temperature.

ANS: water or dihydrogen monoxide

11. Before becoming a professor of theology at the University of Paris in 1256, he had joined the Dominican order and studied under Albertus Magnus. He proceeded to write Summa Contra Gentiles, in which he attempted to show non-Christians that the beliefs of Christianity were reasonable. His next, and more famous, work contained his five proofs of the existence of God. FTP, identify this Italian saint, whose magnum opus was the Summa Theologica.

ANS: Saint Thomas Aquinas

12. Its legendary founder is Gihanga, but historically, after deposing King Kigeri, it became independent under the Patriotic Front of Grégoire Kayibanda. Territorial and ethnic interests signed an accord in Tanzania, but after a plane crash killed its president, Juvénal Habyarimana, and Cyprien Ntaryama of Burundi, mass killings began between the ruling Hutu and minority Tutsi. For 10 points, name this east African state which suffered a brutal civil war in 1994.

ANS: Republic of Rwanda [or République Rwandaise; or Republika y’u Rwanda]

13. One of its authors scolds a woman for wanting to use the 2003 New York blackout as an excuse for calling up a guy. Of the many excuses women use for justifying their hang-ups on unattained men are “Maybe he wants to take it slow,” Maybe he’s intimidated by me,” and “Maybe he forgot to remember me.” The real reason is, for 10 points, the title of this book by two former writers of Sex & the City.

ANS: He’s Just Not That Into You: The No Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys

14. As one of eleven children, her mother’s deteriorating health greatly influenced her calling in life. As a nurse working on New York’s Lower East Side, she saw the effects of unplanned and unwanted pregnancies, prompting her to engage in activities that violated the Comstock Act of 1873. FTP, identify this early proponent of birth control and founder of Planned Parenthood.

ANS: Margaret Sanger

15. This principle was first noted by its two namesake scientists in 1908. A number of assumptions are necessary for this model to hold: there must be random mating, no gene flow, no mutation, no selection and an infinite population size. Quantitatively it is expressed in the equation p^2 + 2pq + q^2 = 1 [“p squared plus two p q plus q squared equals one”]. For ten points, name this principle of population genetics that states that allele frequencies will become fixed at equilibrium values after just a generation of random mating.

ANS: Hardy Weinberg Principle or Law or Hypothesis

16. The title characters of this play are taken from another play in which they were extremely minor characters. The action takes place largely while they were offstage in the original work. The two are virtually interchangeable fools who are pulled towards their fate with no escape, as the first play dictated what would happen to them. FTP, identify this Tom Stoppard play about two characters from Hamlet.

ANS: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

17. This twentieth century proponent of non-violence was born near Yuma, Arizona, and attended over 65 schools, though never graduated. In 2000, the California legislature voted to celebrate his birthday, March 31st, as a state holiday. He died in 1993 and became famous for his 1965 strike of grape-pickers demanding better wages and working conditions. FTP, identify this labor rights hero who led the National Farm Worker’s Association, which later became the United Farm Workers and scored the first major victory for US migrant workers.

ANS: César Chávez

18. Its “false” version is found thirty-five miles away on Hoste Island. Named after the birthplace of Willem Corneliszoon Schouten, it juts out into the Drake Passage. Although subject to gale winds during half the year, the area around it was considered a safer route than the Strait of Magellan and was popular until the Panama Canal was completed. For 10 points, name this area of Tierra del Fuego traditionally considered the southernmost point of the Americas.

ANS: Cape Horn [or Cabo de Hornos]

19. Lesser known novels by him include Dr. Heidenhoff's Process and Miss Ludington's Sister. His 1897 short story called "The Parable of the Water Tank" was often cited by early American socialists. His most famous work, published in 1888 takes place 112 years later in the year 2000. FTP, name this American author behind the utopian novel, Looking Backward.

ANS: Edward Bellamy

20. Among its applications are helping to determine the direction and velocity of blood flow during an echocardiogram. In another application, wind velocity can be calculated from the reflection of microwaves, producing a namesake radar. Most commonly, it is the explanation for an ambulance siren increasing its pitch as it approaches and decreasing its pitch once it has passed you. FTP, name this apparent change in frequency of a wave when it is moving relative to you.

ANS: Doppler effect or Doppler radar

21. PENCIL AND PAPER READY. John, Ike, and Harry have been hired to paint the four walls of a square bedroom. John can paint 60 square feet in an hour, and Ike and Harry can paint 80 square feet in an hour. The dimensions of the room are 18 feet wide, 15 feet long, and 10 feet high. FTP, how long will the job take?

ANS: 3.3 hours or 3 hours and 18 minutes

1. For 10 points each, name these Supreme Court cases from the 1960s which affirmed protections of Bill of Rights. [Note to moderator: accept the party names in reverse order in any answer]

a) This 1966 decision found that suspects must be informed of the rights to remain silent and consult an attorney before an interrogation can permissibly occur.

ANS: Miranda v. Arizona

b) The New York Board of Regents’ instruction to begin school days with a “nondenominational” prayer was rejected on establishment grounds in this 1962 ruling.

ANS: Engel v. Vitale [accept either]

c) The pencil-written appeal of a Florida man convicted of burglary led to this 1963 decision establishing a right to a state-funded attorney at all criminal proceedings.

ANS: Gideon v. Wainwright [accept either]

2. FTPE, Name the author of these American short stories.

a) “The Luck of Roaring Camp”

ANS: Bret Harte

b) “Bernice Bobs Her Hair”

ANS: F. Scott Fitzgerald

c) “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”

ANS: Ambrose Bierce

3. Identify the Socratic dialogue or monologue by Plato FTPE.

a) In this work, Socrates, Plato’s elder brothers, Glaucon and Adeimantus, and a few others, attempt to define Justice by executing a thought experiment in which they try to characterize the ideal state.

ANS: The Republic

b) This work describes a dinner party at which the attendees, including Socrates, decide to give speeches praising Love instead of drinking lots of wine, as was usually done.

ANS: The Symposium

c) Plato gave his account of Socrates’ defense speech in this monologue, in which he had to defend himself against charges of heresy and corrupting the youth of Athens.

ANS: The Apology or Apologeia

4. Name these parts of the ear for ten points each.

a) This is the anatomical name for your eardrum.

ANS: tympanum or tympanic membrane

b) This coiled tube of the inner ear converts sound waves to electrical impulses, which it transmits to the auditory nerve.

ANS: cochlea

c) Ten points, all or nothing: name the three bones of the inner ear. You can use either the common or the scientific names.

ANS: hammer, anvil, stirrup or malleus, incus, stapes

5. Given some African countries, indicate the official language that is common to each for 10 points per part.

a) Senegal, Mali, Gabon

ANS: French [or Française]

b) Cape Verde, Angola, Mozambique

ANS: Portuguese

c) Liberia, Kenya, Nigeria

ANS: English

6. PENCIL AND PAPER READY. Time again to do some Roman numeral math. Answer the following questions in roman numerals FTP each. (Note to reader: please spell out the Roman numerals when reading the questions.)

a) What is XL times IX?

ANS: CCCLX

b) What is XXV squared?

ANS: DCXXV

c) What is XXIX plus XIV times VII?

ANS: CXXVII

7. Identify the authors of the following British novels FTPE.

a) Waverly and Ivanhoe

ANS: Sir Walter Scott

b) Moll Flanders and Robinson Crusoe

ANS: Daniel Defoe

c) Tom Jones

ANS: Henry Fielding

8. Identify the following terms relating to the Great Depression, FTPE.

a) The popular term for October 29, 1929, on this day 16.4 millions shares of stock were sold sending the stock market on a downward spiral.

ANS: Black Tuesday

b) This piece of legislation established such benefits as old age pensions, survivor’s benefits, and unemployment benefits.

ANS: Social Security Act

c) This act established a minimum wage of twenty-five cents an hour.

ANS: Fair Labor Standards Act

9. FTPE, answer the following questions about a recent trip to space.

a) The Cassini satellite launched this probe on January 14, 2005 named for a Dutch mathematician.

ANS: Huygens

b) The Huygens probe was able to confirm suspicions scientists have made about this planet.

ANS: Saturn

c) This was the moon of Saturn that the probe visited.

ANS: Titan

10. Given a physical quantity, give the standard SI unit named after physicists FTSNOP.

a) [5] energy.

ANS: Joule

b) [10] pressure.

ANS: Pascal

c) [15] magnetic flux.

ANS: Weber

11. Name these things involved in the start of World War II in Asia for 10 points each.

a) Beginning with an attack on Shenyang in 1931, Japan conquered this northern area under Chinese nationalist control and installed the last emperor of China as puppet ruler.

ANS: Manchuria [or Dongbei; or Manchukuo]

b) At the 1936 Xian Incident, this leader of the Nationalists was taken prisoner and agreed to an armistice with the Communists to form a United Front against Japan.

ANS: Chiang Kai-Shek [or Chiang Chung-Cheng]

c) Open hostilities began in 1937 at this landmark outside of Wanping, where Japanese soldiers shot at a Chinese garrison after being refused entry to the city.

ANS: Marco Polo Bridge [or Luguoqiao]

12. Name these Russian authors for 10 points each.

a) Called “the greatest of all novelists” by Virginia Woolf, he wrote pleasingly short works such as The Death of Ivan Ilych and notoriously long ones such as War and Peace.

ANS: Lev “Leo” Nikolayevich, Graf Tolstoy

b) Descended from a black slave in the service of Peter the Great, this founder of Russian poetry created the long narrative poems Yevgeny Onegin, Boris Gudonov, and The Prisoner of the Caucasus.

ANS: Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin

c) He chronicled the lives of peasants in Sportsman’s Sketches, Rudin, and Fathers and Sons.

ANS: Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev

13. Answer the following about The Sims, for 10 each.

a) This recent Sims game, subtitled “Sims in the City,” is all about social climbing in the big city.

ANS: Urbz: Sims in the City

b) This expansion pack allows you to make your Sims arrange and carry out romantic rendezvous.

ANS: The Sims: Hot Date Expansion Pack

c) It may not feature Kid n’ Play, but this expansion pack allows your Sims to throw rockin’ shindigs.

ANS: The Sims: House Party Expansion Pack

14. The earth has many layers. FTPE:

a) Between 30 kilometers and 2900 kilometers below sea level is this iron and magnesium-heavy region, split into upper and lower portions.

ANS: mantle

b) Many of the elements in the mantle are above their standard melting points, but remain solid due to this, the weight of the layers of rock above.

ANS: lithostatic pressure or overburden pressure

c) The break between the crust and mantle is referred to as this discontinuity, for its discoverer

ANS: Mohorovicic (accept Moho)

15. Given the deities representing the sun and moon, identify the mythology, FTP each.

a) Malina and Igaluk

ANS: Inuit or Eskimo

b) Huitzilopochtli [WEE-tsee-loh-POCH-tlee] and Coyolxauhqui [coh-yohl-SHAW-kee]

ANS: Aztec

c) Amaterasu and Tsuki-yomi

ANS: Shinto or Japanese

16. Identify the following about border disputes between the United States and Canada FTPE.

a) This 1842 treaty ended the “Aroostock War” over the boundary between Maine and New Brunswick.

ANS: Webster-Ashburton Treaty

b) Americans wanted the Oregon Territory to extend north to this line “or fight!”

ANS: 54°40’ or Fifty-four forty

c) The border between the two countries is set at this line west of the Great Lakes.

ANS: 49°N or the 49th Parallel

17. Answer the following questions FTPE:

a) This man’s law stated that equal volumes of gas at the same temperature and principle contain the same number of molecules.

ANS: Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo Avogadro di Quaregna e Cerreto

b) As a result, Avogadro’s name is now attached to the number of molecules in this quantity.

ANS: mole

c) Give Avogadro’s number.

ANS: 6.02* 10^23 per mole

18. PENCIL AND PAPER READY. FTP each, determine the probability of each of these events happening with a single throw of five standard dice.

a) Each of the dice reveals an even number.

ANS: 1/32 (accept equivalents)

b) All of the dice land on one.

ANS: 1/7776 (accept equivalents)

c) The sum of the five dice is even.

ANS: one-half (accept equivalents

19. Answer the following about land battles of the Persian War FTPE.

a) This battle was fought in 490 B.C., near a city slightly closer than 26.2 miles from Athens. The Athenians under Miltiades won the battle and turned the Persians back from invading Greece.

ANS: Battle of Marathon

b) 10 years later, Darius' son Xerxes again invaded Greece. The first battle of this new invasion was fought at this mountain pass, whose name means “Hot Gates”.

ANS: Battle of Thermopylae

c) Xerxes decided to retreat, but allowed his general Mardonius to stay and fight the Greeks. Thus, this last battle of the Persian Wars occurred in which Mardonius was killed.

ANS: Battle of Plataea

20. Ten points each, name the 20th century sculptors.

a) Inspired by Mondrian, he put painting into motion in sculptures he called “four-dimensional drawings” but others called “mobiles.”

ANS: Alexander Calder

b) This Rumanian Modernist simplified forms into basic elemental shapes exemplified in his Bird in Space.

ANS: Constantin Brancusi

c) Not just a sculptor, he created Dadaist “readymades” such as a bicycle wheel mounted on a stool.

ANS: Marcel Duchamp

21. Identify the works of Edna Ferber FTPE.

a) This 1926 novel spans 40 years on the Cotton Blossom. Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein made it into a musical featuring the song “Ol Man River.”

ANS: Showboat

b) This 1952 novel tells of Bick Benedict, a rancher, and Jett Rink who strikes oil in West Texas.

ANS: Giant

c) This 1924 novel won the Pulitzer Prize details the challenges of Selina Peake DeJong in Chicago.

ANS: So Big

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