High School Quizbowl Packet Archive



Packet XIVTossupsThe speaker of a poem by this author tells the addressee “little we see in Nature that is ours” before noting that they “are out of tune” with the sea and the winds. The speaker of another poem by this author imagines “some Hermit's cave” after looking at many “hedge-rows.” This poet described some objects (*) “tossing their heads in sprightly dance” and states that they constantly “flash upon that inward eye which is the bliss of solitude.” In another poem, this author recalls that “Five years have past” since he last saw the title location by the river Wye. For 10 points, name this poet of “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” and “Tintern Abbey.” ANSWER: William Wordsworth <JF, Non-American Anglophone Literature>This word describes scattering processes, like Rayleigh scattering, that preserve the energy level of particles. This word also describes a region below the yield strength on a stress-strain curve, which has a linear relationship. Young’s modulus is also referred to by this adjective for tensile strains while a (*) collision described by this word has a coefficient of restitution of one. Collisions described by this adjective conserve both kinetic energy and momentum. For 10 points, name this adjective commonly used to describe rubber bands that maintain their shape after being stretched.ANSWER: elastic [accept elastic scattering or elastic modulus or elastic collisions] <MY, Physics>This empire collapsed after a battle where this empire tried to send a stampede of cattle to crush invaders, but the resulting sound of gunfire caused the cattle to stampede back at them. Morocco’s Judar Pasha invaded this empire during the Battle of Tondibi. The Dendi Kingdom was founded in this empire’s remnants. This empire was founded by (*) Sunni Ali, and originated on the banks of the Niger River. For 10 points, name this West African Empire ruled by Askia Muhammad from its capital of Gao, the successor of the Mali Empire.ANSWER: Songhai Empire <KP, World History>In Islam, one form of this action that uses sand or dust is called Tayammum, while another form of this action that must be performed before Salat is called Wudu. In Judaism, this action can be performed using a Mikveh, and a full-body form of this action is called Tvilah. A form of this action called Abhisheka is often done to a deity’s Murthi, or statue, by using (*) milk in Hindu tradition, and is often performed near the Ganges. For 10 points, name this action that responds to one’s unpurified state by cleaning the body, often performed using water. ANSWER: Ablution [or Bathing, Washing; prompt on Purification or Cleaning] <KP, Religion>At the end of this novel, a character who kidnapped the daughter of a village elder to marry her is promoted to be Cleanser of the Altar. One character in this novel erases his name from the Book of Life and Death and urinates on five pillars that turn out to be a hand. The main characters of this novel drop some (*) scriptures in the water that they had just received at Vulture Peak. In this novel, a character who carries a nine-toothed-rake, Pigsy, accompanies Sandy and Xuanzang on a quest. For 10 points, name this classical Chinese novel in which Sun Wukong accompanies a monk on a pilgrimage to India.ANSWER: Journey to the West [accept Xī Yóu Jì; accept Monkey] <KR, Classical Literature> In this city’s Crown Fountain, water pours out between sets of lips projected on two towering LED screens. Falzur Rahman Khan designed the 100-story John Hancock Center in this city, the home of Frank Gehry’s Pritzker Pavilion. This city’s Marina City consists of two circular 65-story towers including 19-story parking garages. A home in this city merges two rectangles called the major and minor “vessels” and is notable for its cantilevered roofs. The Robie House is an example of (*) Prairie School architecture in this city, the site of a red-arched Alexander Calder sculpture titled Flamingo. For 10 points what Illinois city contains Anish Kapoor’s Cloud Gate, better known as the “Bean,” in its Millenium Park, as well as the Willis Tower?ANSWER: Chicago <FW/MB, Other Fine Arts>Some organisms store malic acid at night and release it by day in order to conduct this process. Those organisms use crassulacean acid metabolism as an alternate method of fixing carbon in the first stage of this process. This process produces one molecule of (*) G3P, and one enzyme involved in this process is thought to be the most abundant protein on Earth. Carbon dioxide is fixed onto RuBP by the enzyme RuBisCO in this process which generates one molecule of glucose. For 10 points, name these series of light-independent reactions that occur in the chloroplast during photosynthesis. ANSWER: Calvin-Benson-Bassham Cycle [accept reductive pentose phosphate cycle or C3 cycle; prompt on photosynthesis; prompt on dark reactions or light-independent reactions before mention] <SR, Biology>In one play by this author, a character reacts with horror after seeing the box of poison she used to murder a man sitting atop his displayed corpse. One character in a play by this author quotes Swinburne and refills a whiskey bottle with water after he takes a drink so his alcoholic father doesn’t notice. Christine kills herself after confessing that she murdered her husband (*) Ezra Mannon in this author’s retelling of the Oresteia. Another play by this author ends after Mary descends a staircase holding her wedding dress while the rest of the Tyrone family looks on. For 10 points, name this playwright of Mourning Becomes Electra and Long Day’s Journey into Night.ANSWER: Eugene (Gladstone) O’Neill <KR/MM, American Literature>The Chaffee Laws of 1866 were intended to regulate and protect individuals in this event. Samuel Brannan made a fortune due to being one of the first people to publicize this event. This event began on a tract of land known by its owner as “New Helvetia,” and travelers heading to this event were known as “argonauts.” James (*) Marshall was responsible for initiating this event, and Levi Strauss profited in this event through his manufacture of blue jeans. A discovery at Sutter's Mill kicked off, for 10 points what event where settlers known as “forty niners” flocked to a certain western state in search of a precious metal.ANSWER: 1849 California Gold Rush [or Gold Rush of 1849 before “‘forty niners’”; or the discovery of gold in California; or any clear equivalents; prompt on just Gold Rush ] <FW, American History>Ludwig Wittgenstein opened his Philosophical Investigations with this philosopher's account of language acquisition by observing his elders. In one work, after studying the Neoplatonists, this philosopher defined evil as the privation of good. This philosopher gave an account of his (*) theft of some pears in his youth in an autobiography which also recounts his time as a Manichaean and his re-conversion to Christianity. This philosopher expounded upon his theories of a “just war” and discussed original sin in his work City of God. For 10 points, name this Christian philosopher and bishop of Hippo who wrote Confessions. ANSWER: St. Augustine of Hippo [accept Augustinus] <JS, Philosophy>This country’s military used the term “motti” to describe groups of encircled enemy troops. Troops from this country were accused of attacking the village of Mainila as part of a false flag operation, leading to a declaration of war four days later. This country’s troops took defensive positions along the (*) Mannerheim Line in that conflict, and used effective guerrilla warfare north of Lake Ladoga. A man from this country famous for having over five hundred confirmed kills as a sniper was named Simo H?yh?, but better known by the nickname the “White Death.” For 10 points, name this country who fought the Winter War from 1939-1940 against the Soviet Union.ANSWER: Republic of Finland [or Suomi] <BW, European History>The second one of these works by Alexander Borodin has a well-known Notturno third movement, and Bartok’s fourth work of this type makes use of his distinctive “snap” pizzicato. The Joke is a piece in this genre by a composer who dedicated six of these works to Count Erd?dy. Count (*) Razumovsky commissioned three of these works by Ludwig van Beethoven, who included the “Grosse Fugue” in the finale of his 13th work in this genre. The national anthem “God save the Emperor Francis” was used in a Haydn piece in this genre nicknamed Emperor, and Haydn was called the “Father” of these works. For 10 points, name these chamber works for two violins, viola, and cello.ANSWER: string quartet <KP, Auditory Fine Arts>In one myth, this figure visits the Shadow People in an attempt to bring back his dead wife, but he embraces her a day too early, making it impossible for people to return from the dead. This figure is said to have tried to stay awake all night by using small sticks to keep his eyes open, which he did in the hopes of being the first to receive a new name from the (*) Great Spirit. According to one story, this figure’s eyeball became the star Arcturus when he lost it while juggling. In some traditions, he is said to have created humankind by kicking a ball of mud. For 10 points, name this analogue of Raven, a Native American trickster god who takes a canine form.ANSWER: Coyote <WY, Mythology>The Castner-Kellner process uses this method to synthesize sodium, and this process was used by Humphry Davy to isolate potassium. The Hall-Heroult process performs this technique on a molten bath of bauxite to form aluminium and this process is described by two laws named for Faraday. This process requires a salt bridge to function, and the (*) Nernst equation describes this process at non-standard conditions. In this process, oxidation occurs at the anode, while reduction occurs at the cathode. This process can be used to separate water into hydrogen and oxygen gas. For 10 points, name this process, in which an electric current is used to break apart molecules.ANSWER: electrolysis [accept electrolytic cell, prompt on galvanic cell] <MY, Chemistry>Sir Mortimer Wheeler proposed a now-discredited theory that this civilization collapsed due to an invasion of Aryans. One artwork created by this civilization is a bronze statue of a young girl with bangles standing in a confident pose, and is titled “Dancing Girl”. This civilization built the world’s first public sanitation systems, which included the “Great (*) Bath” in one of its cities. This civilization’s Pashupati seal may be an early depiction of the Hindu god Shiva. This civilization built cities like Harappa and Mohenjo-daro. For 10 points, name this early South Asian civilization based around a namesake river in Pakistan.ANSWER: Indus River Valley Civilization <DA, Other History>In one episode of this television show, a Senegalese character helps write a song to teach his classmates about the countries of Africa. Characters in this show frequent a restaurant called “The Sugar Bowl.” One character on this show is obsessed with the show Mary Moo Cow, and ignores a do-not-enter sign because she “can’t read.” (*) Third grade students in this show attend Lakewood Elementary, and are taught by Mr. Ratburn. Characters on this show include D.W., the protagonist’s younger sister, and Buster, the protagonist’s best friend. For 10 points, name this PBS Kids show about an anthropomorphic aardvark and based off of a book series by Marc Brown.ANSWER: Arthur <SR, Trash>This country controls both the Juan Fernandez archipelago and Robinson Crusoe Island. The Ahu Tongariki and Ahu Akivi statues lie on an island governed by this country where one can hike along the Rano Kau Volcano. The largest earthquake ever recorded was off this country’s city of Valdivia, while the oldest continuously running Spanish language newspaper in the world is based out of its city of (*) Valparaiso [VAL-pah-rah-EE-so]. The northern part of this country, Antofagasta, is mostly covered by the Atacama desert. Moai statues were built by the Rapa Nui people on this country’s Easter Island. For 10 points, name this South American country with capital Santiago.ANSWER: Republic of Chile [or Republica de Chile] <AK, World Geography>This man’s design of the Laurentian Library is considered to be an early example of Mannerist architecture. A marble sculpture by this artist depicts a figure twisting away from the viewer while trying to free himself from his chains. One of this artist’s sculptures was placed outside the Palazzo Vecchio after it was deemed too heavy to lift onto the roof of a cathedral, while his (*) Rebellious Slave and Dying Slave sculptures were designed for the tomb of Pope Julius II. Another sculpture by this artist shows a naked man armed with a sling. For 10 points, name this artist who sculpted a marble David and painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.ANSWER: Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni <DA, Visual Fine Arts>One character in a play by this author notes that God made the world in six days but a tailor can’t make him a decent pair of trousers in three months. In another play by this author, one character mentions the works of “Puncher and Wattmann” and uses the phrase “quaquaquaqua” during an incoherent monologue that ends after his hat is taken off. (*) Nagg and Nell live in dust bins in a play by this author that centers on the wheelchair-bound Hamm and his servant Clov. This author used a single tree on the set of a play featuring the patient Vladimir and Estragon. For 10 points, name this playwright of Endgame and Waiting for Godot.ANSWER: Samuel (Barclay) Beckett <JF + MM, European Literature>In most programming languages, the return address is repeatedly added to this sort of data structure during recursive calls. Two frame pointers define the location of this data structure in memory. Depth (*) first search is typically done by adding unchecked neighbors of a vertex to one of these data structures. Unlike queues, last-in-first-out is a key feature of this data structure. This data structure makes use of push and pop commands to store data. For 10 points, identify this data structure whose overflow lends its name to a development community website. ANSWER: stacks <SLD/IC, Computer Science>BonusesThis leader was deposed during Operation Just Cause before being convicted in the United States on drug trafficking charges. For 10 points each:[10] Name this leader, the de facto ruler of Panama between 1983 to 1989. This man took power after the death of military dictator Omar Torrijos, and helped supply arms to Nicaraguan rebels on behalf of the United States during the Iran-Contra Affair.ANSWER: Manuel Noriega [or Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno][10] Noriega’s predecessor, Omar Torrijos, signed two treaties with the United States to transfer control of this Atlantic-to-Pacific waterway back to Panama.ANSWER: Panama Canal [or Canal de Panamá][10] Torrijos signed those two treaties with this U.S. President. This president ended American support for the dictatorship of Anastasio Somoza in Nicaragua, and had the U.S. boycott the 1980 Olympics after the U.S.S.R. invaded Afghanistan.ANSWER: Jimmy Carter [or James Earl Carter] <SR, World History>This composer created a work often played at graduations that contains the tune “Land of Hope and Glory” in its trio section. For 10 points each:[10] This English composer of the Pomp and Circumstance Marches who was also inspired by his relationship with Augustus Jaeger to create the “Nimrod” movement of his Enigma Variations.ANSWER: Edward Elgar[10] Elgar composed a famous concerto in E minor for this instrument that languished in relative obscurity until a 1965 recording by Jacqueline Du Pre brought her to international recognition. Another famous player of this low-pitched string instrument is Yo-Yo Ma.ANSWER: violoncello[10] Inspired by his Catholic faith, Elgar also composed this work for voices and orchestra to a text by Cardinal Newman. It relates the journey of a pious man’s soul after he dies, and ends with him being judged and sent to purgatory.ANSWER: The Dream of Gerontius <KP, Auditory Fine Arts>This team won the 2010, 2012, and 2014 World Series in what was known as the “even year magic.” For 10 points each:[10] Name this MLB Team currently managed by Bruce Bochy. Notable players on this team include Brandon Crawford and Madison Bumgarner.ANSWER: San Francisco Giants[10] Madison Bumgarner often feuds with this former Dodgers right fielder, who now plays for the Cleveland Indians. This slugger, who fled from Cuba to the United States on a makeshift raft, is famous for often licking his bat.ANSWER: Yasiel Puig [10] Giants fans often take kayaks out to this section of San Francisco Bay, behind the right field wall of Oracle Park, to catch “splash hits.” It was nicknamed for a Giants Hall of Famer.ANSWER: McCovey Cove [accept China Basin] <DK, Trash>This playwright described the racial tension between the brothers Morris and Zachariah in the play Blood Knot. For 10 points each:[10] Name this playwright who described Hally’s release of racism toward his servants Sam and Willie in his play “Master Harold”...and the Boys.ANSWER: Athol Fugard [or Harold Athol Lanigan Fugard][10] Fugard was a playwright from this country who, along with authors like Alan Paton, fought against its policy of apartheid.ANSWER: Republic of South Africa [or RSA][10] In Master Harold and the Boys, Hally and Sam reminisce about the past and remember when Sam made one of these objects for Hally. In a novel by a different author, Hassan is beaten and raped by Assef after refusing to give him one of these objects.ANSWER: kites [accept The Kite Runner (by Khaled Hosseini)] <KR, World Literature>This region is separated from the outer core by the D-double prime layer. For 10 points each:[10] Name this liquid magma region below the crust that contains 84% of the Earth’s volume.ANSWER: mantle[10] The upper layer of the mantle is mostly made of peridotite, which is composed of this green mineral and pyroxene. This magnesium-rich mineral makes up 90% of the rock dunite.ANSWER: olivine[10] The mantle is separated from the crust by this boundary, named for a Croatian seismologist. P-waves accelerate when passing through this layer.ANSWER: Mohorovi?i? discontinuity [prompt on partial answer] <MY, Earth Science>During one of this explorer’s voyages, he reached a standoff with Governor José Castro after being ordered to leave California. For 10 points each:[10] Name this explorer, who hired Kit Carson as a guide for many of his expeditions in the American West.ANSWER: John C. Frémont[10] Frémont participated in this conflict during the Mexican-American War, which resulted in the temporary formation of a new republic in California. It was named for a symbol used by the rebels to indicate their independence.ANSWER: Bear Flag Revolt[10] Frémont served as the first presidential nominee of this party in 1856. Four years later, this party would find success with a ticket of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin.ANSWER: Republican Party <DA, American History>A god from this country abandoned his wife in the Underworld and later created the first humans by washing out his eyes. For 10 points each:[10] Name this country in which Kami such as Izanagi and Amaterasu are worshipped by adherents of Shintoism.ANSWER: Japan [Accept Nippon-Koku or Nihon-Koku][10] This Shinto storm god caused his sister Amaterasu to flee to a cave after he threw a skinless horse at her loom. He is better known for slaying the eight-headed serpent Orochi.ANSWER: Susanoo-no-Mikoto[10] Inari, the Kami of food, receives help from his spirit servants called kitsune, which take the form of this animal. These animals could supposedly transform into humans, and were often regarded as tricksters.ANSWER: foxes <DK, Mythology>The “high-performance liquid” variant of this process uses pumps to create a pressure gradient. For 10 points each:[10] Name this laboratory technique used to separate mixtures based on particle speed. Common types of this technique are the “paper” and “column” variants.ANSWER: chromatography [accept more specific forms][10] This quantity represents the ratio of the distance traveled by the solute to the distance traveled by the solvent. This quantity is often described as the speed of an analyte.ANSWER: retention factor [accept retardation factor; accept Rf] [10] In this form of chromatography, the stationary phase adsorption factor like silica gel spread over glass, and the mobile phase is pulled across by capillary action.ANSWER: thin-layer chromatography [accept TLC] <MY, Chemistry>This author asked “what do I know?” in a skeptical work entitled “An Apology for Raymond Sebond.” For 10 points each:[10] Name this author who in another work lambasted Europeans for giving the “title of barbarism to everything that is not in use in [their] own country” while discussing a certain practice of a Brazilian tribe.ANSWER: Michel de Montaigne [or Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, Lord of Montaigne][10] Shakespeare paraphrased some lines from that aforementioned Montaigne essay, “Of Cannibals,” into some of Gonzalo’s speeches in this play, in which a storm conjured up by Prospero shipwrecks his usurping brother Antonio.ANSWER: The Tempest[10] This author lectured on Montaigne and Shakespeare in his seven part lecture series Representative Men. This author wrote that “foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds” in his essay “Self-Reliance.”ANSWER: Ralph Waldo Emerson <JF, European Literature>For 10 points each, answer the following about conflicts within the Byzantine Empire:[10] These riots by chariot-racing factions started from the Hippodrome after the Blues and the Greens united against Emperor Justinian I, and were put down by Justinian’s general Belisaurius.ANSWER: Nika riots[10] The Byzantine Empire nearly ended during an early 7th century war with this empire, at the time led by Khosrow II. This empire was based in the same region as the earlier Achaemenid Empire.ANSWER: Sasanian Empire [or Neo-Persian Empire or Empire of the Iranians; accept “Sassanid” in place of Sasanian][10] In order to help the Byzatine Empire against the Turks, Pope Urban II launched the first one of these wars in 1095. These nine religious wars ostensibly sought to take back the Holy Land.ANSWER: Crusades <SR, Other History>In one of this musician’s albums, he included the songs “Kathy’s Waltz” and “Strange Meadow Lark”. For 10 points:[10] Name this jazz pianist whose album “Time Out” is characterized by odd time signatures, such as the 5/4 jazz standard “Take Five”.ANSWER: Dave Brubeck[10] This song in “Time Out” has a beat structure that alternates between 2 + 2 + 2 + 3 and 3 + 3 + 3, and its title is inspired by a certain Mozart piano sonata.ANSWER: Blue Rondo alla Turk[10] Take Five was originally composed for this instrument. This instrument was played by Joe Morello in the Brubeck Quartet, and other famous jazz performers of this instrument include Max Roach and Buddy Rich. ANSWER: Drums <KP, Other Fine Arts>In June 2019, this city’s Chembarambakkam reservoir dried up due to a lack of monsoon rains, a phenomenon exacerbated by climate change. For 10 points each:[10] Identify this capital of Tamil Nadu, where residents of slums often cannot afford the water brought in by truck or train.ANSWER: Chennai (prompt on Madras)[10] Chennai is the sixth-most-populous city in this country led by Narendra Modi. In addition to Chennai, this country’s capital of New Delhi is also facing drought-related violence.ANSWER: Republic of India[10] This legislative capital of South Africa faced a significant water crisis in 2018, when it announced the approach of a “Day Zero” when residents would no longer receive water from municipal reserves.ANSWER: Cape Town <MB, Current Events>At the end of this play, Miss Prism admits to accidentally leaving a handbag containing a baby in Victoria Station. For 10 points each:[10] Name this comedic play in which Algernon Moncrieff and Jack Worthing both adopt the same name in order to win the hearts of Cecily Cardew and Gwendolen Fairfax.ANSWER: The Importance of Being Earnest[10] The Importance of Being Earnest was written by this Irish-born playwright who also wrote the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray.ANSWER: Oscar Wilde [or Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde][10] After Algernon learns that Jack uses the name Ernest when in the city, he states that he always suspected Jack was an expert of this practice. Performing this practice means avoiding responsibilities by claiming to have an appointment with a fictional person.ANSWER: Bunburying [accept word forms like Bunburyist] <FW, Non-American Anglophone Literature>This man was forced to flee from Jerusalem after his son Absalom rebelled against him. For 10 points each:[10] Name this second king of Israel who succeeded Saul and notably slew Goliath by slinging him with a stone. ANSWER: David[10] David ordered Uriah the Hittite to be placed in the front lines of battle and killed so that he could marry this woman, Uriah’s wife. She is commonly depicted bathing in art.ANSWER: Bathsheba[10] After David sinned and married the widowed Bathsheba, this prophet came to David to hear him repent. He earlier forbid David from building a temple, prophesying that one of his sons would build it.ANSWER: Nathan <KP, Religion>This rival of Thomas Gainsborough served as the first president of the Royal Academy of the Arts. For 10 points each:[10] Name this artist who depicted a Drury Lane actress in Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse. In another painting, he depicted Colonel Acland and Lord Sydney firing bows.ANSWER: Joshua Reynolds[10] Sarah Siddons was best known for playing this Shakespeare character. John Singer Sargent painted Ellen Terry in her role as this character. ANSWER: Lady Macbeth [do not accept or prompt on “Macbeth”][10] Reynolds’s work The Age of Innocence can be found at the Tate museum in this largest city in the UK.ANSWER: London <DA, Visual Fine Arts>For 10 points each, answer the following about figures in the Scientific Revolution:[10] The Scientific Revolution is often said to have begun with the publication of On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres by this astronomer and proponent of heliocentrism.ANSWER: Nicolaus Copernicus[10] This British physicist and mathematician developed calculus separately from Leibniz and used it for proofs in his Principia Mathematica, which states his laws of motion and universal gravitation.ANSWER: Isaac Newton[10] Newton served as President of this organization founded in 1660 by the Gresham College Group of 12, which included Robert Boyle and Christopher Wren. It still publishes a scientific journal titled for its “Philosophical Transactions.”ANSWER: The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge <MB, European History>This structure’s veins contain lignin in order to protect it from degradation by microorganisms. For 10 points each:[10] Name this organ unique to vascular plants and which are the primary sites of photosynthesis. Deciduous plants shed these structures every autumn, while coniferous plants have needles instead of these structures.ANSWER: leaves[10] This layer of the leaf is made up of parenchyma tissue, and contains spongy and palisade cells. Photosynthesis mostly occurs in this layer.ANSWER: mesophyll layer[10] The outside of the leaf contains these openings that allow for gas exchange with the outside environment. These pores are bordered by guard cells.ANSWER: stomata [or stoma or stomatal aperture; do not accept or prompt on “stroma”] <SR, Biology>NOTE TO MODERATOR: Preview the answerline instructions to Part 2 of 3 before reading.This author bemoans the absence of her lover in a poem whose speaker wishes to be with him “like two turtles” roosting “within one house.” For 10 points each:[10] Name this Puritan colonial poet who proclaimed her love for her husband Simon in poems entitled “Another” and “To My Dear and Loving Husband.”ANSWER: Anne Bradstreet [or Anne Dudley][10] The speaker of one of Bradstreet’s poems is “wakened...with thund’ring noise and piteous shrieks of dreadful voice” during this event. This event caused Bradstreet to pen the lines, “The world no longer let me love, my hope and treasure lies above” in a poem entitled “Verses upon [this event].”ANSWER: the burning of her house [accept “Verses upon the Burning of Our House”; accept clear knowledge equivalents like “her house was on fire” or “her house was burning down”; grudgingly accept “all of her stuff was on fire” or equivalents because it’s technically true; prompt on fire with “What was on fire?” and burning with “What was burning?”; prompt on “the destruction of her house” with “How was it being destroyed?”][10] The speaker asks Bradstreet, “moved you not, restless, waiting for [your husband]?” in this author’s poem “Homage to Mistress Bradstreet.” This poet wrote that “life, friends, is boring” in a poem from his collection The Dream Songs.ANSWER: John Berryman [or John Allyn McAlpin Berryman; or John Allyn Smith, Jr.] <DK, American Literature>In The Gift, Marcel Mauss contrasted this system with gimwali, a form of barter. For 10 points each:[10] Name this system of gift-giving found throughout the Trobriand Islands of Papua New Guinea. This system of exchanging shell armbands and necklaces was shown to be linked to a complex political hierarchy by another anthropologist.ANSWER: Kula [accept Kula exchange or Kula ring][10] Kula was described in a work titled after the “Argonauts” of this ocean. The Trobriand Islands are located in the Solomon Sea, an inlet of this largest ocean, and Thor Heyerdahl sailed across this ocean on the raft Kon-Tiki to study Polynesian migration across it.ANWER: Pacific Ocean [or the Western Pacific][10] Kula was described by this Polish anthropologist and author of Argonauts of the Western Pacific. In Sex and Repression in Savage Society, this anthropologist argued that psychosexual development is not the same in all cultures.ANSWER: Bronis?aw Kasper Malinowski <SR, Social Science>This interaction was shown to violate P-symmetry by Chien-Shiung Wu. For 10 points each:[10] Name this fundamental interaction that is responsible for radioactive decay and fission. Of the four fundamental interactions, this interaction and the strong interaction are the only ones to have a finite range.ANSWER: weak interaction [or weak force or weak nuclear force][10] These two particles are the gauge bosons which mediate the weak interaction. One of them is named after the weak interaction, and the other for having zero electric charge.ANSWER: W boson and Z boson [accept W+and W- for “W”][10] The W and Z bosons are the gauge bosons of the weak interaction, meaning they play an analogous role to these particles, the gauge bosons of electromagnetism. These particles are the quanta of light and have an energy proportional to their frequency.ANSWER: photons <SR, Physics> ................
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