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2000 National Scholastics Championship

Question Set 6

RTB 4

RTB 10

2000 PACE National Scholastics Championship

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5. This policy aided in the overthrow of Jose Santos Zelaya and the installment of Adolfo Diaz in order to guarantee loans to the Nicaraguan government. For ten points, name this foreign policy of William Howard Taft and Philander C. Knox in which the political stability of a region is “guaranteed” through supplying foreign aid in return.

ANSWER: Dollar Diplomacy

RELATED BONUS: Identify the following items found on the redesigned U.S. bills for ten points each.

a. To the right of the treasury seal is an imprint of the appropriate profiled American figure, which can only be seen when held up to a bright light. What is the name for this type of imprint?

ANSWER: Watermark

b. This feature glows orange when exposed to ultraviolet light.

ANSWER: Security thread

6. In 1923, he received his doctoral degree at age 21 with his thesis research using X-rays. Three years later, his paper on the behavior of an ideal gas got him a job as a full professor of theoretical physics at the University of Rome. For ten points, name this 1938 Nobel laureate in physics known for directing the first known controlled nuclear fission reaction.

ANSWER: Enrico Fermi

RELATED BONUS: For ten points each:

a. IUPAC named a chemical element after Fermi with this atomic number.

ANSWER: 100

b. Along with this 1933 Nobel Physics laureate, Fermi created a set of “statistics” which applies to particles that obey the Pauli Exclusion Principle, such as electrons, protons, and neutrons.

ANSWER: Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac

7. In order to access treasure that her father (the title character) has hidden away in their house which the Governor Fernese has declared become a convent, Abigail becomes a nun. Later her father tries to use her to seduce the governor’s son Lodowick, even though she’s in love with Don Mathias, in order to kill both Mathias and Lodowick. For ten points, name this tragic figure who eventually gets boiled to death in a play by Christopher Marlowe.

ANSWER: The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta

RELATED BONUS: Identify these books featuring Raymond Chandler’s detective Philip Marlowe.

a. In this first Marlowe book, the P.I. tackles a case involving the paralyzed millionaire General Sternwood, his two psychotic daughters, and some blackmail.

ANSWER: The Big Sleep

b. Marlowe tries to help Terry Lennox, a drunkard, escape from murder charges in Mexico.

ANSWER: The Long Goodbye

8. While this culture had no written language, extensive records were kept throughout the empire using knotted strings or quipus (KEY pooz). For ten points, name this tribe of South Americans who were last led by Atahualpa.

ANSWER: Inca(ns)

RELATED BONUS

a. This city was the Incan capital, whose name is loosely translated as “navel of the Earth.”

ANSWER: Cuzco

b. This animal was the preferred beast of burden for Incan farmers.

ANSWER: Llama(s)

9. (Darren) Living from 1834 to 1917, this artist studied under the renowned Jean Dominique Ingres [“AN-gray”] for several years before studying Japanese prints and finally coming into his own. For ten points, name this keen observer of humanity, known for his paintings of racetracks, theatrical subjects, cafes, dance halls, trains, and ballerinas.

ANSWER: Edgar Degas

RELATED BONUS: Identify the following artists.

a. The mother of Madame Gatreau asked this expatriated American to withdraw his painting of her daughter Madame X from the Salon of 1884.

ANSWER: John Singer Sargent

b. This Flemish student of Peter Paul Rubens was court painter to Charles I of England and painted his masterpiece Charles I in Hunting Dress in 1635.

ANSWER: Sir Anthony van Dyck

10. This city’s Arena is the third largest surviving amphitheater and is still used for operatic productions. Notable landmarks include the San Zeno Maggiore church and the Ponte Scaligero, which spans the Adige River. For ten points, name this northern Italian city at the foot of the Lessini Mountains, the hometown of Valentine and Proteus, two Shakespearean gentlemen.

ANSWER: Verona

HANDOUT RELATED BONUS: Verona was one of four mutually supporting city-fortresses known as the Quadrilateral. Answer these quadrilateral questions for ten points each. The second part requires a handout.

a. This is the area of a rectangle with a diagonal of length 10. You have 20 seconds.

ANSWER: 48

b. Distribute HANDOUT: A quadrilateral whose vertices lie in a circle have side lengths as shown in the handout. What is the product of the lengths of the diagonals AC and BD? You have 20 seconds.

ANSWER: 38

[NOTE: Ptolemy’s Theorem states (AB x CD) + (AD x BC) = (AC x BD).]

Allow substitutions if any. THEN distribute handout with Category Quiz topics.

Handout for Opening Round Bonus 10b

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| |AB = 4 |

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| |CD = 7 |

| |AD = 2 |

Handout for Opening Round Bonus 10b

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| |AB = 4 |

| |BC = 5 |

| |CD = 7 |

| |AD = 2 |

Category Quiz

1. A couple of former Texas Rangers are now herding cattle as the main characters of – for ten points – what Larry McMurtry novel made into a popular CBS miniseries?

ANSWER: Lonesome Dove

2. She studied architecture and urban planning before being a member of the first coeducational class at Princeton University in 1974; this past month, she gave the baccalaureate commencement address. For ten points, name this American philanthropist who in 1977 married King Hussein of Jordan.

ANSWER: Queen Noor al Hussein (née Lisa Najeeb Halaby)

3. This two-word Latin phrase is used widely in biomedical research as tissues are cultured onto Petri dishes and incubated. For ten points, what phrase describes research involving cells that grow on tissue culture plates, or in procedures involving artificial insemination.

AWSWER: in vitro

4. The Gelfond-Schneider Theorem establishes some criteria for these numbers while the degree can be measured using the Liouville-Roth constant. For ten points, name this family of number which include as members e and pi.

ANSWER: Transcendental

5. A 1983 Federal Reserve report rephrased it as “Small-denomination currency undervalued at the mint tends to disappear from circulation, while large-denomination currency usually circulates at premium.” For 10 points—name this economic “law” often stated as “Bad money drives out good.”

ANSWER: Gresham’s Law

6. By 1422, nine years after its founding, it had nearly 200,000 people. A century later, it became Europe’s first city with a Jewish ghetto. For 10 points—what Italian city conquered by Napoleon in 1797 is home to the Lido beach and the Bridge of Sighs?

ANSWER: Venice

7. (Chris) He first made his reputation as a trader in Panama. Later he served under Pizarro in the conquest of the Incan empire where he captured Cuzco. Jealous of Pizarro's success he sought a commission to conquer Ecuador but was instead sent to the southeastern US. For ten points, name this first European to see the Mississippi river.

Answer: Hernando de Soto

8. His appellation came from the Greek for "defection", and his fitting last words were "Thou hast conquered, O Galilean". A nephew of Constantine the Great, he waged war against Persia during his reign from 361 to 363. For ten points, who was this Roman emperor best remembered for reviving paganism for the

final time?

Answer: Julian The Apostate or Flavius Claudius Julianus Apostata

Allow substitutions if any before beginning the Stretch Round.

Category Quiz Bonuses

American History: The End of the Road

Once an important route during the early 1800’s, the advent of the steamboat resulted in decline of its use. For fifteen points, name this former Indian trail that connects Nashville to Mississippi.

ANSWER: Natchez Trace Parkway

Biological Sciences: Membranes

Serving vital roles in nutrition, respiration, and excretion, this vascular organ consists of the amnionic and chorionic membranes. For fifteen points, what eight-letter word describes this membrane that surrounds the fetus in a mammalian maternal host?

ANSWER: Placenta

Current Events: A Line in the Sand

Negotiators from both countries have not been able to resolve a border that had supposedly been established in a 1902 treaty between Italy and Menelik II. For fifteen points all or nothing, what two countries are currently embroiled in a conflict over the proper boundary line in the region known as Badme?

ANSWER: Eritrea and Ethiopia

Fine Arts: A bunch of show offs

The name for this group of artists was attributed to Gustav Hartlamb for a 1925 exhibition of German painters George Grosz, Otto Dix, and George Schrimpf. For 15 points, name this loose group of Expressionist artists that included Max Beckmann.

ANSWER: New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit)

Foreign Languages and Word Origins: Bad to the Bone

This Arabic-derived word can also be used to discuss the surgical treatment of bone fractures and settings. For fifteen points, name this word that most people associate with a field of mathematics.

ANSWER: Algebra

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Mathematics: Row, Row, Row Your Boat

The main floor of an auditorium has 26 rows of seats labeled from A to Z. For fifteen points, how many total seats are in the auditorium if the front row has 10 seats and if each row has 2 more seats than the row in front of it?

ANSWER: 910

Popular Culture: TV Shows and movies don’t mix.

The 18th episode of this TV series included a special “appearance” by Jason Alexander as “Sexual Harris” in a spoof of the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings. For fifteen points, name this television show running between 1991 to 1995 featuring the family of Ed Sinclair, a flannel-shirt-wearing reptile.

ANSWER: “Dinosaurs”

[ETC was very disappointed that the current Disney movie had nothing to do with the old show.]

Religion, Mythology, and Philosophy: Drawing Water

By giving water from her pitcher to the servants and the camels, this woman made a very favorable impression on her uncle Abraham. For fifteen points, name this Biblical matriarch who would marry Isaac.

ANSWER: Rebekah

World History: Trials of the Century

Sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island, Emile Zola's article "J'accuse" was instrumental in swaying public opinion and gaining his release. For fifteen points, name the Jewish French army captain falsely convicted for betraying French secrets in the late 19th century.

Answer: Alfred Dreyfus

World Literature: Alumni of St. Xavier (and it’s not Anthony)

His teacher, a Tibetan lama would help pay for his education to St. Xavier when it was discovered this street boy of Lahore was the child of an Irish soldier. For fifteen points, name this character of Rudyard Kipling.

ANSWER: Kimball O’Hara

Stretch Round: Unrelated Tossups and Bonuses

1. Mr. and Mrs. Hall rent him a room at the Coach and Horses Inn, but he forgets to pay the bill. Marvel the Tramp helms him move out to find other lodgings, but after being shot at by a villager, he seeks refuge with former classmate Dr. Kemp. For ten points, name this title character who, in experiments with the reflection of light, found a way to make his cells transparent to the eye.

ANSWER: Griffin or The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells

(Chris) BONUS: Two Dutchmen shared the 1999 Nobel Prize in physics. For 10 points each--

a. Their work allows calculation of the mass of –which of the six known quarks?

ANSWER: Top quark

b. The top quark was first observed in 1995 at the Fermilab in –which American state?

ANSWER: Illinois

c. The Prize-winning theory also discusses—what still-unobserved boson theorized by an Edinburgh professor?

ANSWER: Higgs boson

2. The refusal to allow this outspoken conservative to speak at the 1992 convention made headlines, and he even explored the possibility of running against Bill Clinton in 1996 but withdrew. For ten points, name this Democrat who passed away of familial amyloidosis having served eight years as governor of Pennsylvania.

ANSWER: Robert P. Casey

(Chris) BONUS: In April, Britain held talks with war veterans trying to seize white-owned farms, which they say are on land stolen from natives during the colonial era.

a. For ten, in what country is the seizure of land taking place?

Answer: Zimbabwe

b. For another ten, what current President of Zimbabwe has stated he supports the actions of the war veterans?

Answer: Robert Mugabe

c. What British foreign secretary held these talks?

Answer: Robin Cook

3. This language consists of 10 consonants and 5 vowels, but the language did not exist in print until the early 1800’s. For ten points, name this Polynesian language, declared in 1987 as one of two official languages of New Zealand.

ANSWER: Maori

BONUS: It probably wouldn’t be an academic tournament without some question on The Canterbury Tales, so identify the pilgrim who told each story for ten points each.

Thanks to a stash of gold near a tree, three young men find Death.

ANSWER: Pardoner

Chanticleer the rooster is abducted by a fox, but finds a way to escape by striking up a conversation with him.

ANSWER: Nun’s Priest

Palamon and Arcite prays for the gods to intervene in their pursuit of Emelye.

ANSWER: Knight

4. From 1964 to 1969, this anthropologist served as curator of ethnology at the American Museum of Natural History. The author of 23 books, including Culture and Commitment and A Rap on Race, which she co-authored with James Baldwin—for 10 points—name this woman best known for her seminal and controversial Coming of Age in Samoa.

ANSWER: Margaret Mead

(Chris) BONUS: Identify the bodies of water surrounding Australia for ten points each.

a. This sea lies northwest of Darwin and is bounded on the west by the Cartier and Ashmore islands and to the north by its namesake island.

Answer: Timor Sea

b. Lying between Australia on the west and New Zealand on the east, this sea's name resembles a southern Australian island.

Answer: Tasman Sea

c. This strait lies between Tasmania and the Australia mainland.

Answer: Bass Strait

5. Designed by Argentinian-born architect Cesar Pelli, this structure completed in 1997 remains controversial for its 73.6-meter high pinnacles make this set of buildings taller than Chicago’s Sears Tower, even though the Tower’s roof is actually higher from the ground. For ten points, name these twin towers, arguably the tallest skyscrapers in the world and designed to house the headquarters of the national petroleum company of Malaysia.

ANSWER: Petronas Twin Towers

(Chris) BONUS: Within a couple of hours, two million people accessed the Simon and Schuster web site to download the first novel placed exclusively online by a bestselling author. For 15 points each:

a. First, name this author who is recovering from a June 1999 accident in Lovell, Maine.

ANSWER: Stephen King

b. Second, name the novel that was released online on March 14.

ANSWER: Riding the Bullet

6. Resembling a similar celebration in Judaism, it originally occurred once every 50 years, but was later reduced to once every quarter-century. Sometimes, by declaration it coincides with special events, as it did in both 1929 and 1965. For ten points, name this period of celebration symbolized by the opening of the Holy Doors at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.

ANSWER: Jubilee or Holy Year

BONUS: Last year for Christmas, everyone in Thomas Chuck and his colleagues’ lab got the book Predictions for the Next Millennium from the supervisor. Identify the following people based on their quotes from that book for ten points each.

a. “Less fanaticism, more compassion for children, more solidarity with victims of illness and injustice,” was all this Romanian-born Nobel peace-prize laureate and Auschwitz survivor wrote on his card.

ANSWER: Elie Wiesel

b. Serving a 40-year term for drug trafficking, he insists that mankind will discover the power of prayer “to conquer all the objectives of any kind” from health to world peace.

ANSWER: General Manuel Noriega

c. Among the many who believe “the U.S. will have its first female president” is this pilot whose F-16 was shot down over Bosnia in 1995 before being rescued after six days behind enemy lines.

ANSWER: Captain Scott O’Grady

7. One example of this type of material is the slimy soap left on the bottom of a soap dish in your bathroom. The type used in electronic applications works on the principle of polarized light to create various shades of color. For ten points, name this material that is used for laptop computers and digital wristwatches.

ANSWER: Liquid Crystal(s) (prompt on “LCD” since a material is requested)

BONUS: Last Monday saw history as the tenth ever unassisted triple play in major league baseball history occurred. Answer these questions on this event for ten points each.

a. This Oakland Athletics second baseman is credited with the unassisted triple play.

ANSWER: Randy Velarde

b. For ten points each, name any two of the three Yankees Velarde placed out with his triple play.

ANSWERS [2 needed]: Tino Martinez, Jorge Posada, Shane Spenser

8. A former mayor of Cologne, he was also a staunch anti-Communist and extremely pro-West. Even during World War II, he made sure to demonstrate that he was against the fuhrer. For 10 points, for whom did such anti-Nazi feelings prove to be a boon, as he later would become the first leader of the Federal Republic of Germany?

Answer: Konrad Adenauer

(Samer) BONUS: Name these diseases carried by mosquitoes, 10 points each.

a. Several genera of mosquitoes, including Anopheles [uh-NAH-fuh-leez] carry the protozoans of genus Plasmodium [plahz-MOH-dee-um] that cause this disease.

ANSWER: malaria

b. St. Louis, West Nile, and Japanese are strains of the virus that causes this disease.

ANSWER: encephalitis or encephalitides

c. Carried by mosquitoes of genus Aedes [EYE-dayz], this hemorrhagic fever, though rarely fatal, is incompletely capacitating, with extreme joint pain and stiffness.

ANSWER: dengue [DEHN-gay] or breakbone or dandy fever

9. Lisa Stansfield joins this vocalist on the last track “The Longer We Make Love” on his new album Staying Power. For ten points, this is the newest release of what singer following up with his multiplatinum record The Icon Is Love, who after 40 years in the music industry is known as “The Maestro of Love”?

ANSWER: Barry White

BONUS: Against a red background, a tree diagonally separates the ten similarly dressed women into one corner and two struggling figures in the other corner. For ten points each:

a. One of the two figures in the upper right hand corner is this patriarch of the Jewish people who after the struggle would be called Israel.

ANSWER: Jacob

b. The women in the lower left corner are from this region of France.

ANSWER: Bretagne

c. This painting is Vision after the Sermon, Jacob Wrestling an Angel, created by which painter?

ANSWER: Paul GauguinGo to .

10. (AH Berkeley) A sponsor of a small colony at Ferryland in his Province of Avalon, Newfoundland, he was determined by 1629 to obtain lands in a friendlier climate. His request for a large colonial grant with unprecedented powers, located north of the Potomac River, was agreed to by Charles I, but he died almost two months before the charter for Maryland was officially granted. For ten points, name this man, whose title comes from a rather large city near the Chesapeake Bay.

ANSWER: George Calvert, or the first Lord Baltimore

BONUS: Given the bible story, identify the book in the bible where it is found for ten points each.

a. Holy Spirit Descends on Disciples at Pentecost

ANSWER: Acts of the Apostles

b. Samson and Delilah’s Love Affair

ANSWER: Judges

c. Aaron’s Rod buds/flowers

ANSWER: Numbers

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