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 The 2019 Scottie Round SixWritten and edited by current and former players and coaches including Todd Garrison, Tyler Reid, Olivia Kiser, Rajeev Nair, Garrison Page, Caleb Tamminga, Parker Bannister, Hunter Lindsey, Mason Reid, and Anish Patel (with a special assist by Ramapriya Rangaraju)TOSSUPS1. In Seneca mythology, these figures are known as Djogeon [do-jun], and should be thrown tobacco when heard singing or drumming. Dark elves known as svartalfar may be synonymous with these figures according to Snorri Sturluson, and one named Alberich steals gold from the Rhine maidens in the (*) Ring of the Nibelung. In the Prose Edda, four of these creatures hold up the corners of the world, while a group of them called the Sons of Ivaldi made golden hair for Sif as well as Odin’s spear Gungnir. For 10 points, name these mythological craftsmen, seven of which aided Snow White.ANSWER: dwarves <TG>2. In the epilogue of this work, two soldiers fighting against the Germans in World War II become convinced that their regiment’s laundry-girl is the daughter of this novel’s two main characters. One of those characters in this work dies just after exiting a tram, after which (*) Lara disappears and possibly dies in a gulag. This work’s protagonist Yuri is conscripted into the Red army and made to serve as a medical officer for years. For 10 points, name this work about a namesake physician’s life during the Russian Revolution written by Boris Pasternak. ANSWER: Doctor Zhivago <TG>3. This artist painted “Dead Rabbit with Copper Pot” while attending the Art Students’ League in New York. Two other works titled The Shelton with Sunspots, NY and Radiator Building - Night New York are from this precisionist’s skyscraper period. This painter’s ashes were scattered on top of Cerro Pedernal, which is only a few hours west of (*) Palo Duro Canyon. Works by this painter of Petunias were often featured at the 291 Gallery in New York, which was owned by her photographer husband. For 10 points, name this artist known for her paintings of flowers, animal skulls, and New Mexico landscapes.ANSWER: Georgia Totto O’Keeffe <TG>4. A device named “Himalaya” used to simulate these objects led to their comparison to deep fried ice cream, and if they survive long enough they become extinct. Objects of this type with a period of under 200 years are thought to originate from centaurs and the Kuiper belt, while those with longer periods likely come from the (*) Oort cloud. Heat from the sun causes these objects to emit a gaseous coma, and solar wind produces their characteristic tail. For 10 points, name these small icy objects whose best known example is named for Edmund Halley.ANSWER: comet <RR>5. This group won the Battle of Ivry in a conflict sparked by the Massacre of Wassy. These people founded the city of New Rochelle in what is now New York and placed posters in the king's bedroom during the Affair of the Placards. This group was targeted in a 1627 siege led by Cardinal Richelieu, and (*) Catherine de Medici ordered a massacre of these people on St. Bartholomew’s Day. The Edict of Fontainebleau revoked toleration of this group, which was led by Henry IV prior to his switch to Catholicism. For 10 points, name this group of French Protestants who were granted religious freedoms in the Edict of Nantes.ANSWER: Huguenots [hyoo-guh-nots] [accept French Protestants or French Calvinists until "French" is read; prompt on just "Protestants” or "Calvinists"] <RN>6. According to Pierre Bourdieu, these sociological constructs are differentiated from each other through aesthetic preferences. One work partially titled after these constructs argues that members of these groups imitate other groups through pecuniary emulation. “The history of all hitherto existing society” is defined by these groups’ namesake (*) “struggles” according to Karl Marx, who named two of these groups the proletariat and the bourgeoisie. For 10 points, name these groups of people with similar socioeconomic status, a common example of which is the “working” one.ANSWER: social classes [accept social status or socioeconomic status before “struggles”] [the work in the second sentence is Thorstein Veblen’s The Theory of the Leisure Class] <TR>7. This man recently played a cameo of himself in Always Be My Maybe, with Hello Peril writing the song “I Punched [this man]” for the movie. This man played an FBI agent named Johnny Utah in one movie, and an alien named Klaatu in a sci-fi remake. Marvel and DC are fighting over this actor, with DC wanting to do a sequel to (*) Constantine. This actor voiced Duke Kaboom in Toy Story 4, and has a nice run going with his John Wick franchise. For 10 points, name this actor, who is returning as Ted in Bill & Ted Face the Music, and Neo in The Matrix 4.ANSWER: Keano Charles Reeves <TG>8. One system of this type is unique in having an analytical solution, and contains the Hermite polynomials. That quantum mechanical analogue of this type of system contains evenly spaced energy levels. RLC circuits form classical examples of these systems for current, the resistor in which serves to dissipate energy from the system in a process known as (*) damping. The best-known example of this system is solved by Hooke’s Law and appears as a mass connected to a spring. For 10 points, name these systems that are defined by their ability to experience a restoring force when displaced from rest.ANSWER: harmonic oscillator [accept quantum harmonic oscillator; accept simple harmonic oscillator; prompt on just “oscillator”] <RR>9. In a recent work by Haya Alyan titled for Salt and these objects, a character says about them “I saw how they were lost. You cannot let yourself forget.” Another work’s protagonist says “don’t nobody want one of [these things]. They just want a coal barrel.” That “six-fingered and born in the wrong way” character longed for one of these, and Esperanza wants to know if a better one of these (*) buildings lies in her future in a work by Sandra Cisneros. For 10 points, name these dwellings, one of which is finally obtained by Mr. Biswas, and another which is on Mango Street.ANSWER: houses [prompt on “homes”] <TG>10. This man repelled the French invasion of Ireland at the Battle of Ballinamuck and led the Siege of Seringapatam. During his time as Governor-General of India, he implemented a namesake code that established the Permanent Settlement. This general won a pyrrhic victory at the Battle of (*) Guilford Courthouse before having his supply route cut off in another battle by the Comte de Grasse. For 10 points, name this British general who surrendered following his defeat at the Battle of Yorktown during the American Revolution.ANSWER: Charles Cornwallis <RN>11. In chelation, a dative one of these structures forms between a polydentate ligand and a central atom. When these structures form between amino acids, they are known as peptide bonds, and two sulfur atoms combine to form a particularly strong one.?Head-on overlapping of orbitals on two different atoms yields their stronger (*) “sigma” variety, while laterally overlapping p orbitals create their weaker “phi” type. For 10 points, name these bonds depicted as dashes on Lewis diagrams, which occur between atoms when electrons are shared between them. ANSWER: covalent bonds <RR>12. Policemen in this work chant “tarantara,” while a recurring group of characters approach “with cat-like tread” towards the estate of a man who lied about being an orphan. The protagonist of this work has his indenture complicated after it is revealed he has been born on a (*) leap year. That character, Frederic, must wait 21 birthdays for his love Mabel due to the mishearing of the word “pilot” by his maid Ruth. A highly parodied song in this work claims the singer knows all things “vegetable, animal, and mineral.” For 10 points, name this comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan in which the Major General’s Song appears.ANSWER: The Pirates of Penzance <CT>13. Two lesser known outcomes of this event were the banning of self-castration and settling of the Meletian Schism. Eusebius attended this event and recorded its proceedings both in a letter to the church at Caesarea and in his Life of Constantine. Despite popular belief, this council did not decide on the (*) biblical canon, but it did state that God the Father and God the Son were eternal and co-equal, making the views of Arius a heresy. For 10 points, name this 325 AD council known for a namesake “creed.”ANSWER: First Council of Nicaea <TG>14. This battle began with a Henry Heth ordered assault on McPherson Ridge, and Abner Doubleday took command of the left wing in this battle following the death of John Reynolds. Daniel Sickles violated orders in this battle and later lost his leg defending the Peach Orchard. Daniel Birney led the defense of Devil’s Den in this battle. (*) Little Round Top was secured by a Joshua Chamberlain-led bayonet charge in this battle which saw a disastrous Confederate assault known as Pickett's Charge. For 10 points, name this 1863 battle, the turning point of the Civil War.ANSWER: Battle of Gettysburg <RN>15. This ruler and her lover created a society of drinkers known as the “inimitable livers” and shared three children, including a daughter who became Queen of Mauritania. A statue of this woman was erected in the temple of Venus Genetrix by a man who first met her after she had herself smuggled into his quarters while (*) wrapped in a carpet. This ruler’s sister Arsinoe was killed on the steps of the Temple of Artemis at the order of Marc Antony. For 10 points, name this last ruler of the Ptolemaic Dynasty who may have poisoned herself with her comb instead of being bitten by an asp.ANSWER: Cleopatra VII Philopator <TG>16. A wealthy farmer created by this author has buttons ripped from his coat while attending the Bartholomew Fair in the collection Bracebridge Hall. Another character created by this author buries his horse upside-down out of fear and makes a deal with Old Scratch; that story (*) was penned under the pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon. Along with “The Devil and Tom Walker,” this author wrote of Katrina VanTassel and the competition for her hand that ends in one character going missing. For 10 points, name this creator of Ichabod Crane and author of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”.ANSWER: Washington Irving <TG>17. If tetrapods are not excluded, this taxon can be considered equivalent to Euteleostomi [you-TELL-ee-oh-sto-mi], and it is further divided into Actinopterygii [act-in-op-TER-ee-ji] and Sarcopterygii [sar-cop-TER-ee-ji], depending on whether a certain feature has a ray or lobe pattern. This class is contrasted with Condrichthyes [con-DRIK-thees], which includes (*) sharks and other cartilaginous fish. A notable member of this class is the “living fossil” known as the Coelecanth, which like its other members possesses a rigid operculim to support its gills. For 10 points, name this class of marine vertebrates that have skeletons primarily composed of a rigid material, usually made of calcium. ANSWER: osteichthyes [or bony fish] <RR>18. The 2nd movement of Tchaikovsky’s 5th symphony features a solo for this instrument that is also used in the introduction to Also Sprach Zarathustra. Beethoven’s introduction of a third of these to the Eroica Symphony began a tradition of referring to the 1st and 3rd of them as the “high” and the 2nd as the “low” form of these brass instruments. Players can change the pitch of this instrument by (*) hand-stopping, or placing their hand inside the bell. For 10 points, most non-English speaking countries, like the Italian corno, do not name this coiled brass instrument after France.ANSWER: French horn [do not accept or prompt on “English horn”] <TG>19. This geographic feature’s three sections are demarcated by the Mangyshlak and Apsheron thresholds. Holding around 40% of the lacustrine water in the world, this body contains the hypersaline Garabogazkol Bay. Its inflows include the Ural (*) and Volga Rivers, and it has a large oil and caviar industry. The capital cities of Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan border this body of water. For 10 points, name this largest lake in the world, falsely labelled as a “sea”.ANSWER: Caspian Sea <AP>20. In one of this author’s books, a young man foolishly crosses a wall to retrieve a fallen star that turns out to be the beautiful Yviane. This author wrote another novel in which the town of Lakesides places annual bets on when a car will sink into the ice and a gold coin is used to put Laura to rest. That same novel sees conman (*) Mr. Wednesday revealed to be Odin. Another work by this writer sees the titular character discover a secret door that leads to the sinister world of the “other mother.” For 10 points, name this author of Stardust, American Gods, and Coraline.ANSWER: Neil Gaiman <CT>BONUSES:1. After participating in one political debate, this woman tweeted that “America does not want to witness a food fight. They want to know how we will put food on their table." For 10 points each: [10] Name this Senator from a west coast state who is currently seeking the Democratic nomination for the Presidential Election of 2020. ANSWER: Kamala Devi Harris[10] Also running for the Democratic nomination is this Senator from New Jersey. Before becoming a senator, this man served as the Mayor of Newark.ANSWER: Cory Anthony Booker[10] In August 2019, this former governor of Colorado dropped out of the race. He recently announced a 2020 Senate run. ANSWER: John Wright Hickenlooper, Jr. <PB>2. Following this battle, Macedonian troops captured the wife and daughters of the Persian emperor. For 10 points each:[10] Name this battle in Southern Anatolia, the second major one in the Macedonian conquest of Asia.ANSWER: Battle of Issus[10] The Macedonians were led by this son of Philip II, who conquered the Persian Empire.ANSWER: Alexander the Great [10] Alexander defeated this last Achaemenid Emperor at Issus. This emperor was killed by his generals after the Battle of Gaugamela.ANSWER: Darius III [prompt on just “Darius”] <AP>3. This author detailed his suicide attempt in the formerly lost play Exorcism. For 10 points each:[10] Name this American playwright of Mourning Becomes Electra. His semi-autobiographical leanings are shown in works like The Iceman Cometh.ANSWER: Eugene Gladstone O’Neill[10] O’Neill’s semi-autobiographical creations also include this work, which portrays Mary’s morphine addiction and Edmund’s diagnosis with tuberculosis.ANSWER: Long Day’s Journey into Night[10] Mary and Edmund are both members of this family, based on O’Neill’s own. This family’s James, Jr., who represents O’Neill’s older brother, also appears in A Moon for the Misbegotten.ANSWER: Tyrone family <TR>4. Within two days of this album’s release, it became the top-selling album of 2019. For 10 points each.[10] Name this album which saw all of its songs debut on the Billboard Hot 100. It features a collaboration with the Dixie Chicks on “Soon You’ll Get Better,” and its titular song was praised as a throwback to classic romantic music.ANSWER: Lover[10] Lover is the most recent album from this singer-songwriter that melds pop and country music. Lover broke several records set by her previous album, Reputation.ANSWER: Taylor Swift[10] The lead single on Lover was this song, a collaboration between Swift and Brendon Urie. In August, the heavily-criticized lyric “Hey, kids! Spelling is fun!” was removed from many versions of this song.ANSWER: Me! <TR>5. This artist’s The Descent from the Cross was temporarily removed from its home in an Antwerp Cathedral by Napoleon. For 10 points each:[10] Name this Flemish painter known for his fleshy nudes. He also created the 24-painting Marie de’ Medici Cycle.ANSWER: Peter Paul Rubens[10] Rubens created several paintings titled after these events. Rubens’ most famous painting of these events depicts men battling with a hippopotamus and crocodile.ANSWER: hunts [or hunting][10] Two of Rubens’ hunting scenes include these large cats. They also appear in Rubens’ depiction of the biblical Daniel.ANSWER: lions <TR>6. This value is related to the ratio of sine angles in Snell’s law. For 10 points each:[10] Name this unitless quantity, a ratio of the velocity of light in a vacuum to the velocity of light in a medium.ANSWER: index of refraction [or refractive index][10] This phenomenon occurs when the index of refraction for a wave is dependent on its wavelength.ANSWER: dispersion[10] Dispersion is most clearly seen in these objects, which split white light into individual wavelengths that we perceive as rainbows.ANSWER: prisms <CT>7. This movement began in December 1955 and ended in December 1956. For 10 points each:[10] Name this large scale protest that aimed to cripple a public transportation system in a namesake city in Alabama. ANSWER: Montgomery Bus Boycotts[10] The Montgomery Bus Boycott was started after this African-American woman refused to yield her seat on a bus.ANSWER: Rosa Parks[10] A Montgomery federal court struck down the bus segregation law by citing this constitutional amendment, which guarantees equal protection for all citizens.ANSWER: 14th Amendment <PB>8. Name these men and the lab equipment they are associated with. For 10 points each:[10] This German scientist created his namesake burner to study the color of heated elements.ANSWER: Robert Bunsen[10] Bunsen and this other scientist invented the spectroscope. This man names three laws of spectroscopy as well as two important circuit laws.ANSWER: Gustav Robert Kirchhoff[10] This other implement has Tullgren and separatory versions, and can be used for filtration or catching small arthropods. It is used to channel liquids or loose solids down a narrow tube.ANSWER: funnel <SK>9. This group of people lend their name to a modern state in Germany with its capital at Dresden. For 10 points each:[10] Name this Germanic group that invaded England along with the Angles.ANSWER: Saxons[10] This Anglo-Saxon kingdom unified England in the Middle Ages. Its most well-known ruler was Alfred the Great. ANSWER: Wessex[10] After defeating Guthrum at the Battle of Edington, Alfred the Great signed an agreement that created this restrictive zone in East England.ANSWER: Danelaw <PB>10. This author’s last solo play was The Devil’s Law Case. For 10 points each:[10] Name this Jacobean playwright, who wrote about the corruption of Italian society in The White Devil. ANSWER: John Webster[10] Webster’s other famous tragedy is named for the Duchess of this place. She is eventually murdered on the orders of her brother Ferdinand. ANSWER: Malfi[10] Webster also collaborated on the comedies Westward Ho and Northward Ho. The comedy Eastward Ho was partially written by this other playwright, who also wrote Volpone. ANSWER: Ben Jonson <OK>11. In Norse mythology, the Norns were these types of goddesses that determined the destinies of people. For 10 points each: [10] Atropos, Lachesis, and Clotho are three of this type of goddess. They are known as the Moirai [moy-rye] in Greek mythology.ANSWER: the Fates[10] Another group of three sisters in Greek mythology were the Graeae [GRAY-eye], who shared one eye and one of this other body part between them.ANSWER: tooth[10] The Moirai [moy-rye] and their Roman counterparts, the Parcae [par-sigh], controlled fate via this activity that involves a loom and spindle.ANSWER: weaving [accept spinning; accept answers including doing something with thread] <TG>12. This composer included a piano in all of his works and was heavily influenced by his Polish heritage. For 10 points each:[10] Name this Polish composer of many mazurkas as well as the “Minute Waltz.”ANSWER: Frederic Francois Chopin[10] Among Chopin’s most difficult works are several sets of these “studies,” which are intended to provide practice for certain techniques. Chopin’s works in this genre include ones nicknamed “Black Key” and “Revolutionary.”ANSWER: etudes[10] Chopin gave an appropriately descriptive title to this work, which was played after his death. This work was also used as the third movement of his second piano sonata.ANSWER: Funeral March [or Marche funebre] <TR>13. Answer the following about the world’s most abundant organic compound, for 10 points each.[10] This molecule is constructed from repeating chains of glucose and forms the majority of the cell wall in plants. ANSWER: cellulose[10] This material is made from the cellulose in wood pulp.ANSWER: paper[10] Cellulosic materials are used to make these sources of energy. First generation types such as vegetable oils are produced from sugars and starches, while second generation types are taken from waste or wood products.ANSWER: biofuels <SK>14. Mystery and miracle plays can be hard to keep straight. For 10 points each: [10] Mystery plays are primarily stories from the Bible, while miracle plays focus on the lives of these canonized figures.ANSWER: saints[10] This religion is a mixing of the orishas of the Yoruba people with the saints of the Catholic Church. It originated in Cuba and is translated as “The Way of the Saints.”ANSWER: Santeria [or La Regla de Ocha; or La Religion Lecumi; or The Order of Lucumi][10] Saints are called “sants” in this religion, in which they are expected to adhere to the principles of the Guru Granth Sahib.ANSWER: Sikhism [or Sikhi] <TG>15. In a departure from his most famous work, this man wrote the screenplay for the 1978 movie Superman. For 10 points each: [10] Name this author, whose work about the Mafia brought organized crime families into the popular consciousness.ANSWER: Mario Puzo[10] Puzo’s most famous work is this series, which was adapted into a movie trilogy by Francis Ford Coppola. ANSWER: The Godfather[10] The Godfather centers on this family with patriarch Vito and brothers Sonny, Fredo and Michael. ANSWER: Corleone <OK>16. Much of this man’s early life is a mystery, and various scholars theorize he had a Catalan, Portuguese, or Greek origin. For 10 points each:[10] Name this explorer who was twice denied by John II of Portugal before receiving funding from Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain for his 1492 journey to the Americas.ANSWER: Christopher Columbus[10] Columbus gained the title Admiral of the Ocean Sea in an agreement called the “Capitulations of” this place. This municipality in Granada is a sister city to a southwestern US city with the same name.ANSWER: Santa Fe[10] Although Columbus’ exact place of birth is unknown, it is generally agreed that he was born somewhere in this Republic on the northwest Italian coast.ANSWER: Genoa <TR>17. Answer some questions about some architectural creations. For 10 points each:[10] This future age furniture was developed by Finnish architect Eero Saarinen. This furniture piece was meant to be made of a single material and sits on a single pedestal leg rather than the traditional four.ANSWER: Tulip Chair[10] This city features a park with the mosaic dragon “el drac” as well as a cathedral that has been under construction since 1882. This city is home to the famous imaginations of Spaniard Antoni Gaudí.ANSWER: Barcelona[10] This simplest variety of vault was utilized throughout Europe and is essentially a series of repeated arches over a set distance. ANSWER: barrel vault <CT>18. Recently, fires raging in Brazil have contributed to this process, with an increase for four consecutive months over last year. For 10 points each:[10] Name this process by which trees are removed from an area, which is then converted to other uses.ANSWER: deforestation [10] Deforestation has put animals like the Black Spider Monkey on this list of animals at risk of extinction. This classification is more serious than “threatened.”ANSWER: endangered[10] Deforestation can cause a decrease in this measure, which describes the amount of variety that exists in an ecosystem.ANSWER: biodiversity <TG>19. One custom in which these objects are used to display social status is the potlatch. For 10 points each:[10] Name these things, which title a work discussing reciprocity by Marcel Mauss. One example of an “exchange” of these things is the Kula ring.ANSWER: gifts [accept presents][10] The Kula ring was discussed extensively in this anthropological work. It focuses on the Trobriand Islands, a part of Papua New Guinea located in this book’s namesake ocean.ANSWER: Argonauts of the Western Pacific[10] Argonauts of the Western Pacific was written by this Polish anthropologist, who continued to study the Trobriand Islands in works like Coral Gardens and Their Magic.ANSWER: Bronis?aw Malinowski <TR>20. This author’s first published work was a limerick about William Jennings Bryan’s loss in the presidential election of 1896. For 10 points each:[10] Name this author, who wrote of a drowning Odysseus at the end of his incomplete poem The Cantos.ANSWER: Ezra Weston Loomis Pound[10] Tradition tells us that this Chinese poet drowned while trying to embrace the moon. Pound’s translations of some of this poet’s Cathay brought him to the attention of the west.ANSWER: Li Bai [or Li Bo; accept Taibai][10] T. S. Eliot dedicated this poem to Ezra Pound. It includes the line “I will show you fear in a handful of dust.”ANSWER: The Waste Land <TG> ................
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