High School Quizbowl Packet Archive

 PRISON BOWL XQuestions head edited by Luke Tierney, vice head edited by Chloe Levine, and section edited by Luke Tierney, Chloe Levine, Mr. Christopher Chilton, Gilad Avrahami, Sam Brochin, Abishrant Panday, Joshua Kwan, and Daniel Ma. Questions written by Hunter College High School (Luke Tierney, Chloe Levine, Mr. Christopher Chilton, Gilad Avrahami, Sam Brochin, Abishrant Panday, Daniel Ma, David Godovich, Brian Lu, Rachel Yang, Alice Lin, Brian Huang, Jeremy Kim, Cerulean Ozarow, Philip Belin, Pedro Juan Orduz, Ben Chapman, Ada-Marie Gutierrez, and Asher Jaffe).Round 06Tossups1. A finely divided form of this element is used as a catalyst in the hydrogenation of ethene. In the Oxford process, coal and sodium sulfate are used in this element’s refinement. The primary ore of this metal is pentlandite and the radioactive decay of this metal (*) to cobalt-56 forms the characteristic light curves of type Ia (“one a”) supernovae. In the Davisson-Germer experiment, electrons were fired at a crystal of this element, which is purified through the Mond process. For 10 points, name this transition metal with atomic number 28 and symbol Ni. ANSWER: nickel [accept Ni before mentioned] <AP>2. Gorham’s Cave in this territory is believed to be have been one of the last known habitations of Neanderthals, due to its relatively mild climate. The Fortress of Luxembourg was known as this place “of the North” for its fortifications. Barbary (*) macaques were introduced into this city in the 700’s and they remain, the only wild non-human primates in Europe. Either Monte Hacho in Ceuta or Jebel Musa in Morocco is paired with this place as the site of the Pillars of Hercules. Taken from Spain by Britain in 1713, for 10 points, name this British Overseas Territory, whose namesake “Rock” patrols the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea through its namesake strait.ANSWER: Gibraltar <DM>3. One of the primary perpetrators of this event, David Bradford, escaped to West Florida following this movement's failure. He was later pardoned by President John Adams in 1799. Liberty poles were erected during this event to galvanize support, and this event began with an attack on (*) General John Neville’s home of Bower Hill. The Watermelon Army under Light-Horse Harry Lee was instrumental in suppressing this revolt, which included a march on Pittsburgh. Alexander Hamilton proposed the excise tax that caused this event. For 10 points, name this 1791 uprising of farmers in Western Pennsylvania that takes its name from an alcoholic beverage. ANSWER: Whiskey Rebellion [accept obvious equivalents mentioning whiskey] <LT>4. While playing a game on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in 2016, one actor from this TV show was asked by Fallon, “Can you read?”, to which the actor responded, “Can you host?” In one episode of this show, a character is heard singing “Should I Stay or Should I Go” through a walkie talkie. Many viewers of this show were incredibly upset over the death of (*) Barb, a minor character, at the hands of “The Demogorgon.” Millie Bobby Brown’s character on this show makes a bully pee his pants with her telekinesis in another episode; that character is nicknamed Eleven. For 10 points, name this 1980s-inspired Netflix series about the search for Will, a boy that disappeared into the “Upside-Down.”ANSWER: Stranger Things <RY>5. This poet ended the title poem of one collection by describing “the drive / Into the red / Eye, the cauldron of morning.” In another poem, this writer said, “Perfection is terrible, it cannot have children” before noting the “domesticity of these windows.” This poet penned a work which includes the line (*) “Ich, ich, ich, ich” in addition to “The Munich Mannequins,” and in that poem, this writer describes the addressee as “A man in black with a Meinkampf look.” In that poem, this writer tells the addressee, “I have had to kill you,” before declaring, “you bastard, I’m through.” That addressee is “Daddy.” For 10 points, name this writer who wrote about Esther Greenwood in The Bell Jar.ANSWER: Sylvia Plath <CL>6. It’s not agricultural, but Louis XVI appointed Antoine Lavoisier (“lav-WA-zee-air”) to lead a commission relating to this technology. Zeng Gongliang sponsored a work that contained the first instructions for creating this thing, the Wujing Zongyao. The Eleutherian Mills were originally created by the (*) Dupont family to produce this commodity in Delaware. Although it’s not fertilizer, bat guano can be used to process this commodity. Saltpeter is an important component in this substance. Guy Fawkes was involved in a plot named after this substance to blow up Parliament. For 10 points, name this combustible substance that is used in firearms. ANSWER: gunpowder [accept black powder] <LT>7. One theory believes that this organism was first created using Tripsacum. The MFAC hypothesis is being questioned due to the possible use of this organism in towns such as Aspero and Caral. Discovering its “controlling elements,” Barbara (*) McClintock’s main research was on this organism. Erosion from the planting of this crop hastened the fall of Cahokia. This staple food grows using C4 carbon fixation and is in the polyculture known as the Three Sisters. Domesticated from teosinte (“tee-uh-sint”), for 10 points, name this main staple food of the Pre-Columbian Americas, which grows in cobs.ANSWER: maize [accept corn] <DM>8. A work by one composer from this country features an “interrupted intermezzo” movement and a “Game of Pairs.” That composer also wrote a trio that begins with a military dance from this country, the verbunkos. The traditional cimbalom is scored in the Háry János (“YA-nosh”) Suite by this country’s (*) Zoltán Kodály (“KO-die”). Another composer from this country wrote a series of 19 works inspired by its Roma music. This country is home to the composer of Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta and the piano collection Mikrokosmos. For 10 points, name this native country of Béla Bartók and Franz Liszt, who wrote a series of “Rhapsodies” named for it.ANSWER: Hungary [or Hungarian; accept Magyarország] <GA>9. Two of these things named Matet and Seqtet were used by Ra in Egyptian mythology. One of these things held a piece of wood from Dodona that could speak and prophesy. The dwarf Litr is kicked onto a notably large one of these entities named Hringhorni (“hring-HORN-ee”). In The Epic of Gilgamesh (*), Utnapishtim builds one of these called the Preserver of Life, and Horus won a contest against Set by painting a wooden one of these to look like stone. Charon transported newly dead spirits to the underworld on one of these things. For 10 points, name these modes of transportation, one of which Jason and the Argonauts used, called the Argo.ANSWER: ships [accept boats, ferries, arks, and other equivalents] <RY>10. One character in this work is given a “bowl of sweetened milk” with floating pieces of bread. This work ends with a trolley ride in the countryside, and one character in this work learns that a debt to his employer could have been paid with family savings. That character in this work tries to keep a picture of a woman wearing furs in his room, and his sister has an ardent desire to attend a (*) conservatory for violin and is named Grete. The protagonist of this novella is paralyzed after his father strikes a sensitive spot on his back with an apple. For 10 points, name this novella about the Samsa family and Gregor’s title transformation into a cockroach, by Franz Kafka.ANSWER: The Metamorphosis [accept Die Verwandlung] <RY>11. Operation Mercury was an attempt to capture a place in this modern-day country. That operation consisted of paratrooper landings at the Maleme (“MAH-lee-may”) airfield in this country, and was the first major invasion to use to use primarily airborne forces. The 4th of August government, more famously referred to as the (*) Metaxas Regime, was the target of of the aforementioned German invasion. This country was ruled by the dictatorial Regime of the Colonels following a coup orchestrated by Georgios Papadopoulos. For 10 points, name this Southern European nation with a capital at Athens. ANSWER: Greece [accept Hellenic Republic; accept Hellas] <LT>12. This musician premiered Leonard Bernstein’s Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs on the television show “The World of Jazz.” His band made a landmark performance at the Palomar Ballroom in Los Angeles. This man began his collaboration with Fletcher Henderson soon after first appearing on the (*) radio program Let’s Dance. This musician performed at Chicago “Rhythm Club” concerts with a trio that included pianist Teddy Wilson and drummer Gene Krupa. This musician’s band played an instrumental version of “Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)” at a major 1938 concert in Carnegie Hall. For 10 points, name this “King of Swing,” a jazz musician who played the clarinet.ANSWER: (Benjamin David) “Benny” Goodman <GA>13. Ford Madox Ford described this historical event in his tetralogy Parade’s End. The Wine Press, written by Alfred Noyes, opposed this event, and Siegfried Sassoon wrote of it in Counter-Attack. The poem “Strange Meeting” describes this event, as does one which describes “an (*) ecstasy of fumbling.” A novel about this event was followed by The Road Back and features Katczinsky, Kemmerich, and Müller, along with the protagonist Paul B?umer. That novel is by Erich Maria Remarque. For 10 points, name this war, the subject of Wilfred Owen’s Dulce et Decorum Est and of All Quiet on the Western Front, which began in 1914.ANSWER: World War I [accept the First World War; accept the Great War; generously accept specific World War I battles until “war”] <CL>14. This man, like his father, told the Philistine king that his wife was his sister. His name comes from the Hebrew word for “he laughs.” This man is unique among the patriarchs of the Abrahamic religions for not having concubines. His twin sons were born when he was sixty, despite beliefs that his wife was (*) barren. This man’s half-brother’s descendants are the Ishmaelites. Judaism and Islam recognize this man as a prophet, while Christians see him as an Old Testament parallel to Christ. This man married Rebekah, and fathered the twins Esau and Jacob. For 10 points, name this second son of Abraham, who was to be sacrificed by his father.ANSWER: Isaac <AG>15. Frederic Bastiat wrote about the “seen and unseen” in this system in his parable of the broken window. Jurgen Habermas published a book about “legitimacy problems” in the “late” version of this system, and Jameson wrote about its “cultural logic.” Imperialism was called “the highest form” of this system by (*) Vladimir Lenin. Max Weber wrote that this system developed in Europe because of the Protestant emphasis on work in his book The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of this system. For 10 points, name this economic system which can be “laissez-faire” and which is based on private ownership of the means of production.ANSWER: capitalism <CC>16. This country’s exiled socialist president, Juan Torres, was murdered on the orders of Argentine Jorge Videla in Buenos Aires as part of Operation Condor. Torres was overthrown by Hugo Banzer, who went on to rule as a dictator for much of the 1970s in this country. It's not Peru, but the Battle of (*) Ayacucho helped spur this nation’s declaration of independence.This nation lost its port of Antofagasta and all of its coastline to Chile following the War of the Pacific. This country’s current president is Evo Morales. For 10 points, name this South American country which has its legal capital at Sucre and seat of government at La Paz. ANSWER: Bolivia <LT>17. This scientist classified cubic equations into 72 species, but missed six other types. A law named for this man states that the rate of temperature change of a body is proportional to the difference in temperatures between the body and its surroundings. This scientist names a type of (*) fluid where shear stress has a linear relationship with motion. This scientist’s version of Kepler’s 3rd law includes a factor of four pi squared over the universal gravitation constant. This scientist’s second law states force equals mass times acceleration. For 10 points, name this scientist who discovered calculus with Leibniz and developed three laws of motion.ANSWER: Sir Isaac Newton <BC>18. In one work, this character meets Motherth and Captain Sole and is eventually killed by an iceberg in Antarctica. This character laments having to “mete and dole / Unequal laws unto a savage race” in one poem. In another work, this character is discovered by a princess washing clothes at the seashore, (*) Nausicaa. This character’s dog dies after recognizing him and is named Argos, and after passing between Scylla and Charybdis, he eventually returns to his wife Penelope and son Telemachus. For 10 points, name this Greek hero, the namesake of an epic poem by Homer.ANSWER: Odysseus [accept Ulysses] <AL/CL>19. One work this artist painted near the end of his first period is still used as an object of veneration in Syros. That work, inspired partially by Eastern Orthodox iconography, is the Dormition of the Virgin. One of this man’s paintings, which was known as Profane Love until 1908, depicts a man in a bright blue robe in the foreground as a part of a scene from the Book of Revelation. That painting is the (*) Opening of the Fifth Seal. The priest Andrés Nú?ez (“NOON-yez”) is shown reading on the far right in one of his most famous works. This practitioner of Mannerism is famous for his View of Toledo. For 10 points, name this Cretan painter of The Burial of the Count of Orgaz.ANSWER: El Greco [accept Doménikos Theotokópoulos] <LT>20. It’s not n, but Wilson’s theorem uses this letter in its representation. One half of a quantity denoted by this letter is multiplied by the inradius to to find the area of a triangle. Fermat’s Little Theorem states that any integer a, taken to a power (*) denoted by this letter, will equal a mod this letter. Mersenne names a set of numbers defined as being 1 less than 2 to a power denoted by this letter. A quantity denoted by this letter can be found for a rectangle by doubling the sum of the length and width. For 10 points, name this letter, which is the first letter in the word meaning a number that is divisible by only 1 and itself.ANSWER: p <DM>TB. This man famously said, “Touch one of my men, and forget about the rule of law” following an electoral defeat. The Carabineros police forces were often loyal enforcers of this man during his tenure. The 2012 film No is a fictional portrayal of a real effort to replace this man in a (*) 1988 plebiscite. Patricio Aylwin succeeded this man as president of his country. The “Miracle” of this man’s country refers to an economic boom that this man’s “Chicago Boys” orchestrated. This man replaced a leader who nationalized the copper industry. For 10 points, identify this Chilean leader who overthrew the Marxist Salvador Allende in a 1973 US-supported coup. ANSWER: General Augusto Jose Ramon Pinochet Ugarte [accept either underlined] <LT> Bonuses1. Stages on Life’s Way is generally seen as a continuation of the ideas explored in this book. For 10 points each:[10] Name this philosophical work that seeks to contrast two different methods of living, the aesthetic and the ethical. It was written under the pseudonym Victor Eremita and notably contains a section called “The Seducer’s Diary”. ANSWER: Either/Or [accept Enten-Eller][10] This Danish existentialist author of Either/Or is also known for creating the concept of the knight of faith in his book Fear and Trembling. ANSWER: Soren Aabye Kierkegaard [10] This woman is believed by some to be the person Isaac represents in Fear and Trembling, and is clearly the source of the issues Kierkegaard addresses in Repetition. She and Kierkegaard were engaged for some time before he ended their relationship in 1841. ANSWER: Regine Olsen [accept Regine Schlegel] <LT>2. For 10 points each, identify the home countries of some Spanish language authors.[10] This country is home to the poet behind “The Heights of Macchu Picchu,” part of the Canto General [hen-ur-ALL], and Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair, Pablo Neruda. Its capital is Santiago.ANSWER: Republic of Chile[10] This country is home to Manuel Puig, who wrote The Kiss of the Spider Woman, and Julio Cortázar, who included “House Taken Over” in Blow-up and Other Stories and also wrote Hopscotch.ANSWER: Argentina [or the Argentine Republic][10] Miguel ?ngel (“AHN-hell”) Asturias, author of El Se?or Presidente and Men of Maize, also wrote about the legends of this nation, his home country, in one work.ANSWER: Republic of Guatemala <CL>3. In one work by this artist, his friend ?mile Zola is being read a manuscript by a biographer, Paul Alexis. For 10 points each:[10] Name this artist who depicted a woman being unveiled by her servant in his painting The Modern Olympia. He also painted The Card Players.ANSWER: Paul Cézanne[10] Cézanne’s final artistic period included the creation of many artworks of this type, which include Pyramid of Skulls. In other works of this type, Cézanne painted baskets, pitchers and fruit sitting on tables.ANSWER: still lifes [prompt on description][10] Cézanne also created this large-scale painting which portrays the title people relaxing next to a river. Two trees bend toward each other in this painting to create a triangular shape.ANSWER: The Bathers [accept The Big Bathers or The Large Bathers; accept Les Grandes Baigneuses] <GA>4. According to the stage directions for this play, at one point, some Tragedians “impossibly” hide in barrels. For 10 points each:[10] Name this play, an absurdist tragicomedy about the fate of two minor characters from a Shakespeare work.ANSWER: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead[10] Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is a work by this writer, who was born in Czechoslovakia. Other works by this playwright include The Real Thing and Arcadia.ANSWER: Tom Stoppard [accept Tomá? Straussler][10] In Arcadia, this real life poet behind “The Prisoner of Chillon” is an unseen presence in Thomasina Coverly’s house. Bernard theorizes that this character killed Ezra Chater in a duel.ANSWER: Lord Byron [accept either underlined portion for George Gordon Byron; accept either underlined portion for George Gordon Noel; accept Sixth Baron Byron] <CL>5. This structure is located on the ?le de la Cité (“see-TAY”). For 10 points each:[10] Name this Gothic Parisian cathedral that was built from 1163 to 1345. This church is famous for its iconic rose windows and for the fact that was among the first buildings to be built using flying buttresses. ANSWER: Notre Dame de Paris[10] This king who ordered Notre Dame’s construction was also Eleanor of Aquitaine’s first husband, and he oversaw the founding of the University of Paris. He was succeeded by his son Philip II. ANSWER: Louis VII [accept Louis the Young; prompt on Louis][10] Louis VII belonged to this dynasty. It began when its founder, Hugh, was elected following the death of the last Carolingian king, Louis V. ANSWER: Capetian Dynasty <LT> 6. Plagioclase is a triclinic variety of these while a cubic one of them is pyrite. For 10 points each:[10] Name these entities that consist of a repeated, highly ordered collection of atoms or molecules and form a lattice. ANSWER: crystals[10] This cycle, named after its two developers, is used to calculate the lattice enthalpy of crystalline solids. The second namesake helped to weaponize chlorine gas. ANSWER: Born-Haber cycle[10] This other type of solid lacks the long range order found in crystals. Gels, thin films, and glass all fall into this category of solids. ANSWER: amorphous solids <AP>7. This country suffered the Flagstaff Rebellion of Hone Heke (“HO-nay HEH-kay”) in the 1840s. For 10 points each:[10] Name this Oceanic nation that has been the site of many conflicts between European and the native Maori. ANSWER: New Zealand[10] This 1840 treaty between English settlers and the Maori established British rule over New Zealand. William Hobson became the First Governor of New Zealand following this treaty.ANSWER: Treaty of Waitangi[10] New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English belongs to this current ruling political party. It was founded in 1936, and was notably the party of controversial former Prime Minister Robert Muldoon.ANSWER: New Zealand National Party <LT>8. These rocks are formed as cooled magma or lava. For 10 points each:[10] Name this type of rock, contrasted with metamorphic and sedimentary. Its name means “of fire.”ANSWER: igneous rock[10] This type of igneous rock is formed underground from magma, as opposed to volcanic igneous rock.ANSWER: plutonic rock or intrusive igneous rock [accept either][10] These formations of igneous rock occur in fractures of existing rock and cut across rock layers.ANSWER: dikes <DM>9. The Alps are in Central Europe, but many other mountain ranges have been called the Alps as well. For 10 points each:[10] This largest island in the world contains four major ranges called “Alps.” This place with capital at Nuuk is an autonomous constituent country of Denmark and contains the only permanent ice sheet outside of Antarctica.ANSWER: Greenland[10] The southern portion of this mountain range is also known as the Transylvanian Alps. This range stretches in an arc from Serbia to the Czech Republic, separating Transylvania from the rest of Romania.ANSWER: Carpathian Mountains [or Carpathians][10] The Julian Alps connect the Alps to this other “Alps” range along the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea. It goes through the Balkans from southern Slovenia to northern Albania.ANSWER: Dinaric Alps [accept Dinarides] <DM>10. Throughout much of his career, this man played with an instrument made by a Venetian luthier dating from 1733. For 10 points each:[10] Name this professional cellist who may be best known for his recordings of Bach’s Cello Suites. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963, and he played his final concert in Jerusalem ten years later.ANSWER: Pablo Casals [or Pau Casals i Defilló][10] Casals was a native of the Catalonian region of this country, although he vowed never to return after escaping the regime of Francisco Franco. One of Casals’ major compositions was a sardana, a dance from this country.ANSWER: Spain [or Espa?a][10] Throughout his lifetime, Casals performed all five of Beethoven’s cello works in this form. Works in this form typically begin with an exposition section.ANSWER: sonata [begrudgingly accept sonata allegro form] <GA>11. This economist and Anna Schwartz wrote A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960. For 10 points each:[10] Name this Chicago School economist who was noted for his advocacy of free-market viewpoints. His most famous work is Free to Choose, and he formulated the idea of monetarism. ANSWER: Milton Friedman[10] This other free market economist and famous adherent of the Austrian School criticized socialism in The Road to Serfdom and The Fatal Conceit.ANSWER: Friedrich August von Hayek[10] Hayek did most of his work at this non-Austrian city at its namesake School of Economics. The Thames (“TEMS”) River runs through this city.ANSWER: London <LT>12. This settlement experienced the Starving Time during the winter of 1609-1610 due to delayed food shipments and incessant Indian attacks. For 10 points each:[10] Name this first permanent British settlement in North America. It takes its name from Elizabeth I’s successor. ANSWER: Jamestown [prompt on Virginia][10] This 1676 rebellion was launched by English settlers in Virginia. It successfully captured and burned Jamestown before its namesake leader died of dysentery. ANSWER: Bacon’s Rebellion[10] Bacon’s Rebellion sought to oust this 76 year-old governor, who was replaced after he harshly crushed the rebellion and punished its perpetrators.ANSWER: Sir William Berkeley <LT>13. This repetitive region of nucleotides occurs at the end of each chromosome. For 10 points each:[10] This region contains the sequence TTAGGG in vertebrates. It shortens as the cell duplicates and leave s a small fragment behind, eventually disappearing. TERT reverses the shortening of this region.ANSWER: telomeres[10] Telomerase is present in 90 percent of these cells, which is why they can surpass the Hayflick limit. Brain tumors are typically made of these cells.ANSWER: cancer cells[10] The collection of this line of cells raised questions about patients’ rights, and it comes from the cancer cells of an African-American woman. These first examples of “immortal cells” can proliferate easily and quickly due to the telomerase present in them.ANSWER: HeLa (“HAY-lah”) cells [accept Henrietta Lacks cells] <DM>14. This man was part of the first group to fly over the North Pole. For 10 points each:[10] Name this Norwegian explorer who led the first successful journey through the Northwest Passage. He is more famous for competing with Robert Falcon Scott in his most famous exploratory achievement.ANSWER: Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen[10] Amundsen’s most famous expedition was the first to reach the South Pole, which lies on this southernmost continent. It is almost entirely covered in ice.ANSWER: Antarctica[10] Amundsen’s South Pole expedition sailed to Antarctica on this ship. More famously, Fridtjof Nansen froze this ship into the Arctic ice in an attempt to have ocean currents drag it to the North Pole.ANSWER: Fram <DM>15. According to many scholars, this play is a member of the “rural trilogy.” For 10 points each:[10] Name this play in which Adela hangs herself because she believes her mother has shot Pepe “el Romano.” This play also features Adela’s sisters, like Angustias, but does not have any male characters.ANSWER: The House of Bernarda Alba [accept La Casa de Bernarda Alba; prompt on a drama of women in the villages of Spain; prompt on drama de mujeres en los pueblos de Espa?a][10] The House of Bernarda Alba is a work of this Spanish writer. He also wrote about Leonardo Felix and the Groom killing each other after the former runs off with the bride in the play Blood Wedding.ANSWER: Federico Garcia Lorca [prompt on partial][10] The first play by Garcia Lorca is named for the Evil Spell of this type of animal. Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote about one of these animals in “The Artist of the Beautiful” and another of them is featured at the end of an Eric Carle book.ANSWER: butterfly [accept mariposa] <CL>16. One early artist of this movement’s British branch is Richard Hamilton, who created the collage Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing? For 10 points each:[10] Name this 20th century art movement, which produced works depicting Campbell’s soup cans and Marilyn Monroe.ANSWER: pop art[10] Jasper Johns, an American proponent of pop art, used newsprint as a canvas for this painting. This work consists of 7 red stripes, 6 white stripes, and only 48 stars.ANSWER: Flag [do not accept any answer that is not the exact title of the work][10] Johns reputedly had a relationship with this other pop artist, who created “combines” using trash he found around New York City. In one work by this man, Monogram, an Angora goat sticks its head out of a tire. ANSWER: (Milton Ernest) “Robert” Rauschenberg <GA>17. For 10 points each, answer some questions about a certain metafictional author.[10] This 20th century American author wrote wartime books such as Going After Cacciato and If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home. ANSWER: Tim O’Brien [accept William Timothy O’Brien][10] Going After Cacciato is mentioned in the story “Notes” of this other book by O’Brien. This collection follows Lieutenant Jimmy Cross, who is burdened by his unrequited love for Martha, and other soldiers in the Vietnam War.ANSWER: The Things They Carried[10] One story in The Things They Carried is titled for someone of this profession of whom Curt Lemon is terrified. In a Frank Norris book, McTeague has this profession and falls in love with Trina Sieppe while working on her teeth.ANSWER: army dentist [prompt on army doctor] <AL/CL>18. Current holders of this position include Elena Kagan, a graduate of Hunter College High School. For 10 points each:[10] Name this position for which Neil Gorsuch was nominated on February 1. Other current holders of this position are Sonia Sotomayor, Samuel Alito, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.ANSWER: Supreme Court Justice [or Associate Justice of the Supreme Court; take judge for Justice; prompt on anything relating to courts or the judiciary or judicial system or being a judge; do not accept or prompt on “Chief Justice”][10] After the 2016 death of Antonin Scalia, then-President Obama nominated this man for Supreme Court Justice. Mitch McConnell and other Senate Republicans refused to consider the nomination of this Court of Appeals judge.ANSWER: Merrick (Brian) Garland[10] Neil Gorsuch is known for his broad interpretations of religious freedom, as evidenced by a concurrence he wrote in response to a 2013 ruling that this craft store did not have to partly cover the cost of its employees’ contraception.ANSWER: Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. <CL>19. This principle can be demonstrated using a Newton’s cradle. For 10 points each:[10] Identify this law which states that a certain quantity which can be calculated as the product of mass and velocity will be constant within a closed system.ANSWER: law of conservation of linear momentum [prompt on conservation of momentum; do not accept or prompt on “conservation of angular momentum”][10] The conservation of linear momentum can be used to derive this equation which states that the maximum change in velocity for the object is equal to exhaust velocity times the natural logarithm of the ratio of initial to final mass.ANSWER: Tsiolkovsky (“tsal-koff-ski”) rocket equation [accept ideal rocket equation; prompt on Tsiolkovsky equation][10] Exhaust velocity in the Tsiolkovsky rocket equation can be replaced with gravity times the specific type of this quantity, which is the regular type of this quantity per unit propellant consumed. It equals change in momentum.ANSWER: impulse [accept J; accept Imp] <CL>20. Although some accounts state that this man’s father was Poseidon, others say it was Glaucus. For 10 points each:[10] Name this Ancient Greek hero from Corinth who slew the Solymi and, more famously, the Chimaera. ANSWER: Bellerophon [accept Bellerophontes][10] Athena helped Bellerophon capture this winged horse by giving him a golden bridle while he slept in a temple. According to some accounts, this creature was born from the head of Medusa along with his brother Chrysaor. ANSWER: Pegasus [10] This specific creature led to Bellerophon’s downfall by biting Pegasus as Bellerophon tried to use his mount to reach Mount Olympus. Socrates was often equated with this animal. ANSWER: gadfly [prompt on fly] <LT>TB. This man wrote the wedding march for Jean Cocteau’s ballet The Wedding Party on the Eiffel Tower as part of a collaboration with his group. For 10 points each:[10] Name this prominent member of Les Six and composer of a surrealist ballet titled The Ox on the Roof. This man’s work The Creation of the World draws from African folk mythology.ANSWER: Darius Milhaud[10] A solo of this instrument begins Milhaud’s The Creation of the World, and Nigel Wood arranged Rhapsody in Blue for a quartet of this instrument. “Blue Seven” and “St. Thomas” are songs in an album titled this single reed instrument’s Colossus. ANSWER: saxophone[10] This alto saxophonist pioneered bebop along with Dizzy Gillespie, and the title of his jazz work “Ornithology” references his popular nickname, “Yardbird.”ANSWER: (Charles) “Charlie” Parker, Jr. <GA> ................
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