East Coast Summer Open Questions by Pitt Alumni & Students
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Questions by Pitt Alumni & Students (Steinhauser, et al) TOSSUPS Early sketches of this work featured mutinies and cannibalism, but the artist elected to instead show the incident during a moment of hope. Of the 19 depicted characters, two are waving rags towards a small figure on the horizon and four are obviously dead. An older man in the left foreground wears a red cloth over his back, and only the head of the African man Jean Charles can be seen. Eugene Delacroix was the model for the prostrate dead man in the foreground, and the painter had spent much time in a morgue studying dead and decaying bodies in preparation for painting this very large depiction of a recent event. For 10 points--name this 1819 painting that shows the few survivors of a shipwreck by Theodore Géricault. Answer: The Raft of the Medusa or Le radeau de la Méduse Secondary motives for the journey which occupies much of this novel's plot include the purchase of false teeth and Dewey Dell's desire to procure an abortion. While trying to ford a swollen river, the protagonist family's team of mules drown, prompting the sale of Jewel's prized horse. Fifteen different narrators provide a range of perspective, including Reverend Whitfield, who originally intends to confess his affair to Anse, and Darl, who is eventually committed to an asylum. Written in stream-of-consciousness, this is--for 10 points--what William Faulkner novel about the Bundren family's drama surrounding the death and burial of mother Addie? Answer: As I Lay Dying This founder and emcee of the Little Gray Book Lectures in Brooklyn began his career as a literary agent representing, among others, Bruce Campbell. A contributor to NPR's "This American Life" and humor editor for the New York Times Sunday Magazine, he declared himself an expert on "matters historical, matters literary, matters cryptozoological, haircuts, and utopia" in his book The Areas of My Expertise. The only regular contributor to "The Daily Show" to receive the permanent title Resident Expert is--for 10 points--what humorist who currently appears alongside Justin Long in Apple Computer ads as the PC guy? Answer: John Hodgman Originally one of the groups that formed the Suebi, these people saw a ten-year-long "rule of the dukes" which followed the death of one of their leaders, Cleph. The last man to rule their namesake kingdom was Desiderius, and a history of this people was written by Paul the Deacon. This people's best-known ruler was the second representative of a dynasty which arose after the rule of Aripert II, while their customary law was collected in Latin by Rothari, one of the first of their rulers to convert to Roman Catholicism. Other rulers of this people include Duke Agilulf and Alboin, who defeated Cunimund of the Gepids and supposedly fashioned his skull into a drinking cup. Their best-known king used the opportunity presented by the iconoclastic controversy to raid papal lands, and it was after defeating this people that Pepin the Short made the Donation of Pepin. Around 568 they established themselves in the duchies of Spoleto and Benevento, and during the rule of Authari moved their capital to Pavia. Charlemagne took the title of king of, for ten points, what Germanic people, whose most famous ruler was Liutprand and who gave their name to a league that opposed Frederick Barbarossa and a region of northern Italy? Answer: Lombards or the Langobards It is responsible for the power of 12 term in the Lennard-Jones potential, as well as for the alignment of neigboring domains which give rise to electromagnetism. Its existence led to the proposal of color charge to explain the existence of the lambda-minus baryon, and its formulator also gives his name to an equation which relates the two-component spinors that are the solutions of the Dirac equation. More famously, another consequence of this statement is the plus 1 term in the denominator of the Fermi-Dirac statistical distribution function, which gives rise to one of its best-known astrophysical consequences, the electron degeneracy pressure which keeps a white dwarf from collapsing into a neutron star. Also responsible for Hund's rules, for ten points, identify this postulate of quantum mechanics which states that bosonic wave functions are symmetric under interchange, while fermionic ones are anti-symmetric, and that therefore, no two fermions can have the same set of quantum numbers. Answer: Pauli exclusion principle He rejects his wife's suggestion that he become a carpet dyer, as he detests the notion of having to bribe officials. In the evening, he surmises that the moon's waning is due to God breaking it into other stars. After noticing in the infirmary that his uniform number, S-854, is faded, he has it restored before marching to the power station with Gang 104, where he puts in a long day of masonry. Despite the hardships, his discovery of a piece of steel, getting double rations, receiving some goods from Tsezar, and purchase of tobacco cause him to reflect that it was almost a good day. For 10 points--name this Soviet gulag prisoner, the title character of an Alexander Solzhenitsyn novella. Answer: Ivan Denisovich Shukhov (accept either underlined part) Its formulator allowed for a society to defy it provided that there was a "gradual and constant" increase in capital. Originally conceived as a criticism of the Poor Laws, its creator cited the recent work of Thomas Malthus as proof of this "pernicious tendency." Karl Marx held that it was based on erroneous assumptions that the price of commodities was determined by labor input, and later argued that it proved that the proletariat would always remain the lowest social class under captialism. Based on earlier propositions that differentiated between natural and market prices, it assumes that labor is easily available and interchangable. Popularized by Ferdinand Lassalle, this is--for 10 points--what theory that asserts competition will drive the price of labor to subsistence levels, first argued by David Ricardo? Answer: Iron Law of Wages Along with Cornell, it is one of two institutions to receive Land, Sea, Sun, and Space grant status. Founded in 1856 as an Episcopal primary school, it did not become a public institution until 1929, and it adopted its current name in 1961. Due to its location in the Willamette Valley, it is well known for a variety of agricultural and oceanographic progams. Among its most distinguished alumni is Linus Pauling, who studied here before moving to Caltech. Its basketball teams play in Gill Colliseum and its football squad in Reser Stadium. Recent athletic alumni of this Pac-10 school include Brent Barry, T.J. Houshmandzadeh, Steven Jackson, A.C. Green, and Gary Payton. For 10 points--name this school located in Corvallis, whose Beavers fight the rival Ducks in an annual "Civil War." Answer: Oregon State University (prompt on "OSU") As his career progressed, this artist attached more importance to the bases of his works, and early works in cast bronze like The Prayer gave way to more abstract, carved designs, as with the wooden Adam and Eve. A planned temple in India that was to house his works never materialized, though he did complete a World War I memorial that includes The Table of Silence and The Endless Column. A fascination with ancient Cycladic art led to works in limestone and marble such as The Kiss and Sleeping Muse, and he frequently depicted animals in works like Flying Turtle and Maiastra. For 10 points--name this Romanian-born sculptor of several works entitled Bird in Flight. Answer: Constantin Brancusi It concludes with the line, "strike up, pipers" and a festive dance by the onstage characters. The play's plot is driven by the arrival of a company of soldiers, including a prince of Aragon and his half-brother, with whom the prince had been fighting. That "bastard" Don John has his associate Borachio sleep with Margaret, which results in mistaken identity and a false accusation of infidelity towards Leonato's daughter. Don John's scheme is uncovered by the constable Dogberry, and Hero's good name is restored. For 10 points--name this Shakespeare comedy set in Messina that ends with the twin betrothals of Hero to Claudio and Beatrice to Benedick. Answer: Much Ado About Nothing One piece of legislation fulfilling this function was passed together with the Communications Act and the Labor Disputes Join Resolution on June 19, 1934 and included a 50% tax on some transfers to discourage speculators. Under the Thomas Amendment to the AAA, Franklin Roosevelt authorized this action on December 21, 1933, though a more famous act which authorized it was passed in response to the "Crime of '73." Another law authorizing it was passed with support from the Farmers' Alliance and the Omnibus states and garnered Eastern support when Western legislators threatened to vote against the McKinley tariff. That act, repealed just three years later, authorized the monthly acquisition of four and a half million ounces, while an earlier act of this type was passed over the veto of Rutherford Hayes and authorized a coinage ratio of 16 to 1. For ten points, identify this type of legislation of which the most famous examples are the 1890 Sherman Act and the 1878 Bland-Allison Act and which authorized the buying of a certain type of metal for coinage. Answer: Silver Purchase Act (accept anything mentioning silver and purchase) Among the experiments currently studying this phenomenon are the EBEX and BLAST experiments, and its existence places an upper bound of about 40 electron-volts on the neutrino mass. It exhibits both the Sachs-Wolfe and the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effects, and it its power spectrum contains acoustic oscillations that are a vestige of the photon-baryon plasma of the early universe; the first peak has implications for the shape of the universe, while the second determines baryonic density, while its anisotropy is the result of scattering from surfaces as well as interactions with gravitational potentials on the way to the observer. Predicted by Gamow, Alpher, and Herman, its fluctuations were mapped by the WMAP and COBE probes, and it was discovered by Penzias and Wilson. Propagating freely since about 300,000 years after the Big Bang, for ten points, identify this echo of the Big Bang which has the shape of a black body spectrum with a peak at 2.725 Kelvin. Answer: Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation While in high school, this author published his first work, When Sue Wears Red. He drifted for much of his early adulthood -- dropping out of Columbia, working as a sailor, and working briefly for Carter G. Woodson. Though he wrote novels such as Not Without Laughter, the plays Mulatto and Don't You Want to be Free, and a series of stories about Jesse B. Semple, he is best-known for collections of poetry. Works like The Weary Blues and Fine Clothes to the Jew exemplified his "jazz poetry," while The Panther and the Lash spoke of his struggles with the Black Power movement. For 10 points--name this author of Montage of a Dream Deferred and The Negro Speaks of Rivers, the leading poet of the Harlem Renaissance. Answer: (James) Langston Hughes One alternative to models including it are the so-called technicolor models, while another alternative model is that of the top quark condensate. Some proposed methods of its detection have involved the examination of the tau lepton signature as well as looking at top quark pair decays in the D-Zero experiment, and recent analysis of the D-Zero data by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley Labs has yielded a more precise lower bound on its mass, about 117 GeV. Its namesake interaction spontaneously breaks the electroweak gauge symmetry, and its baseline vacuum expectation value is around 245 giga-electron volts. Resulting in the acquisition of mass by the other particles in the Standard Model as a result of interaction with it, for 10 points, identify this carrier of a scalar field, predicted in 1964 by a namesake scientist, a boson that will be searched for by the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Answer: Higgs field (accept early "Higgs boson") Oral tradition holds that this man was actually the son of his sister Kasey by a jinni, and he took his name in order to ridicule the daughters of his opponent, who claimed that he "would not be." One of this man's advisors was the Moroccan scholar el-Mehrili, and his pilgrimage to Mecca was chronicled by Mahmud Kati, while another chronicler of this man's empire, Sadi, claimed that it extended to the salt mines of Teghaza and southwest as far as Bendugu. His military exploits included the conquering of the Fulani in Senegal and a war against his lieutenant, the Karta of Kabi, and in 1538, towards the end of his life, this man was recalled by his son Ismail to Gao, the capital of his empire, though he had been overthrown by his son Musa ten years earlier. For ten points, identify this West African ruler, who usurped the throne of the Songhai empire following the death of Sunni Ali Ber. Answer: Muhammad I Askia (accept either order) or Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr Ture A 6.5 mile deep trench that shares its name with them parallels the course of this chain of islands, which include the stratovolcanoes Prevo Peak and Ketoi. The northernmost members of this island group are Shumshu and Atlasov, and its southernmost point is the Habomai Rocks. A chain of volcanic peaks rising from a namesake oceanic trench, the Krusentern and Bussole Straits divide the chain into three main groups, which form a natural dividing line between the Sea of Okhotsk from the Pacific Ocean. The Ekaterina Strait separates its largest and most populous member, Iturup, from Kunashir, which is separated by the Nemuro Strait from Hokkaido. For 10 points--name this island group which has been the subject of a long-running dispute between Japan and Russia. Answer: Kurile Islands or Chishima or Kuriru For some, it commemorates the battle that killed Narakasura, and celebrants make and apply fake blood to their foreheads. Others associate it with the return of the King of Ayodhya, while a few celebrate it in honor of King Bali. The first day is a popular shopping day at the many melas, or fairs, that open for it, while the fifth and final day is devoted to siblings. The third, namesake day always has a new moon, and is often marked by large firework displays in honor of Lakshmi's incarnation. For 10 points--name this major holiday of the Hindu new year, often called a festival of lights. Answer: Diwali or Deepavaliu One of this author's works following a 1927 visit to Russia prompted allegations that he had plagiarized Sinclair Lewis' wife, and he later caused a minor scandal when he slapped Lewis at a party. After his first novel sold poorly, he edited women's magazines, but the success of Jennie Gerhardt let him take up full-time writing. Several autobiographical works include A Traveller at Forty and A Hoosier Holiday, and he also wrote several plays such as The Hand of the Potter. He is best known for his natural realist novels, however, including the "trilogy of desire" about Frank Cowperwood. For 10 points--name this author of An American Tragedy and Sister Carrie. Answer: Theodore (Herman Albert) Dreiser Hostilities were officially declared over after the surrender of the Corbeta garrison on South Thule, and this conflict also saw a neighbor of one of the participants maintain a full alert due to the dispute over territory in the Beagle Channel. The other side in this conflict was allowed full use of the Ascension Island base, and this conflict began with Operation Rosario on April 2, which was answered by Admiral Sandy Woodward's Operations Corporate and Paraquat, ending this conflict 74 days later. Major events included amphibious landings at San Carlos Water, the Battle for Goose Green, the sinkings of both the Sheffield and the General Belgrano, and the recapture of Port Stanley. For 10 points--name this 1982 conflict in which British forces retook control of the namesake islands from Argentina. Answer: Falklands War or Falkland Islands War This molecule was banned from generic sales in the U.S. following a link to the autoimmune illness EMS. It is still used clinically, however, as the improper metabolism of this precursor of niacin, seratonin, and melanin has been linked to depression and schizophrenia. Like methionine, this amino acid is represented by only one RNA codon, UGG. It is the only one whose catabolism is both ketogenic and glucogenic, because the breakdown of its two aromatic rings gives rise to two pathways. For 10 points--name this amino acid with an indole ring side chain that, contrary to popular belief, is not really responsible for Thanksgiving sleepiness. Answer: tryptophan She was selected by her father Zeus to mediate the dispute between Persephone and Aphrodite over Adonis. Her union with Apollo produced two sons--Linus, the first teacher of Hercules, and Orpheus. With a name meaning "beautifully-voiced," she is usually depicted holding both a stylus and wax tablets or scrolls, and often wears a golden crown to signify her place of honor among her eight sisters. This eldest daughter of Mnemosyne [NEM-oh-syen] is sometimes associated with general eloquence, but her more common patronage was invoked by Homer. For 10 points--name this eldest and chief muse who represents epic poetry. Answer: Calliope Though he is often counted as part of the Pragmatist School of thought, he preferred to call his philosophy "instrumentalist" and his theories of human thought "transactional." His early works include How We Think, Reconstruction in Philosophy, and The Quest for Certainty. He took on metaphysics in Experience and Nature, religion in A Common Faith, and aesthetics in Art as Experience. The Public and Its Problems was his response to Walter Lippmann's critique of democracy, and he wrote several works about progressive education methods. For 10 points--name this American philosopher and author of Democracy and Education. Answer: John Dewey Based on a play of the same title by Victorien Sardou, it opens after the escape of political prisoner Cesare Angelotti. Set in June 1800 in Rome, erroneous news about the Battle of Marengo sparks the "Te Deum" celebration. Angelotti is pursued by police chief Scarpia, but the painter Cavaradossi is captured and tortured for information. After the "Vissi d'arte" aria, Cavaradossi's lover offers herself to Scarpia in exchange for clemency, but she instead stabs Scarpia. Cavaradossi is executed anyway, and the titular character kills herself by jumping from a castle wall. For 10 points--name this opera by Giacomo Puccini about the tragedy of the title opera singer. Answer: Tosca Though its original name is unknown, it was later called "Preah Pisnulok," and its modern name means "city temple." Designed to represent Mount Meru, it is surrounded by a wide moat, covered with elaborate bas-relief sculptures, and has towers shaped like lotus buds. It was originally dedicated to Vishnu, possibly as a funerary site for Suryavarman II, but by the 15th century it had been converted to Theraveda Buddhist use. It is also the only real structure depicted on a modern national flag. The pinnacle of Khmer architecture, this is--for 10 points--what grandiose temple located in Cambodia? Answer: Angkor Wat or Angkor Vat BONUSES It was created during the Northern Crusades when Albert of Buxhöveden was granted a fiefdom over the area and founded both Riga and its namesake knightly order. For 10 points each: [10] Name this state that controlled portions of modern-day Estonia and Latvia. Answer: Livonian Confederation [10] The Livonian Knights were later joined with this order that controlled Livonia until the Livonian War of 1561. Answer: Teutonic Knights [10] This king of Poland and Lithuania fought the Livonian war against Ivan the Terrible, eventually winning the cession of Polotsk and Livonia under the treaty of Yam Zapolsky. Answer: Stephen (or Istvan) Bathory
Answer: microstate or ministate (do not accept micronation) [5] The newest microstate is what territory that recently voted to sever its ties with Serbia? Answer: Montenegro or Crna Gorna [10] This majority-Armenian enclave declared its independence from Azerbaijan in 1991. Answer: Nagorno-Karabakh [10] South Ossetia and Abkhazia are both microstates that have effectively broken away from control by this former Soviet republic. Answer: Georgia For 10 points each--name these literary works that feature prostitutes: [10] A notable incident in this novel is the encounter with the prostitute Sunny, who insists on being paid $10. After the protagonist only pays $5, Maurice assaults him and Sunny takes the extra cash. Answer: The Catcher in the Rye [10] This George Bernard Shaw play deals with a young woman, Vivie, and her discovery that her mother had attained her social status and wealth through running a brothel. Answer: Mrs. Warren's Profession [10] The title character of this novella by Stephen Crane turns to prostitution to try to support herself in the slums of New York. Answer: Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
Answer: Septuagint [10] Four books with this title are sometimes included in deuterocanonical lists, though only the first two tell the story of Jewish revolt against Seleucid persecution. Answer: Maccabees [10] This book tells the story of how the titular heroine decapitates Holofernes, a general about to lead an attack on the Jews. Answer: Judith Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) is an electron-analogue of nuclear magnetic resonance that detects species such as free radicals. For 10 points each: [10] EPR can be used to find this quantum constant that relates the magnetic dipole moment to the angular momentum of the quantum state. For free electrons, it is about 2.002. Answer: Landé g-factor (accept gyromagnetic ratio) [10] This effect is crucial to EPR spectroscopy, as the application of an external magnetic field results in an energy difference between parallel and antiparallel alignment of electron spins. Answer: Zeeman effect [10] One crucial assumption of EPR is that the ratio of populations between the higher and the lower level induced by Zeeman splitting follows this distribution; that is, it is proportional to the negative exponent of the energy gap between the levels divided by kT (note: "kT" should just be pronounced "kay-tee"). Answer: Boltzmann distribution For 10 points each--given an incident with Loki and another goddess of the Aesir, name that goddess: [10] After Loki cut off this goddess' beautiful golden hair, he had dwarves weave a wig of spun gold for her, lest he face the wrath of her husband Loki. Answer: Sif [10] Loki rescued this goddess and her magical apples from the giant Thiazi by turning her into a nut. Answer: Idun (accept Iduna or Idunnor or Ithun or Ioun) [10] Loki had Thor impersonate this goddess so as to infiltrate the lair of the giant Thrym and retrieve Thor's hammer. Answer: Freya or Freyja For 10 points each--name these sections of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales: [10] Based on a French fabliau, it is the story of how the old carpenter John is tricked by Nicholas into suspending three tubs from his attic in preparation for a second Flood; Nicholas merely wants to sleep with John's wife Alison. Answer: The Miller's Tale [10] This is the story of a young schoolboy murdered by a group of Jews after singing a hymn to the Virgin Mary; his dead body continues the song. It has been much-criticized in recent times for its anti-Semitic overtones. Answer: The Prioress' Tale [10] Following a sermon against gluttony, gambling, and greed, this story tells of a group of three friends who seek to kill Death. After finding some coins, one of the friends is killed by the other two, though those two die from drinking wine poisoned by the first. Answer: The Pardoner's Tale In 1979, an African nation's name was changed to honor the ancient capital site of the Mwene Mutapa empire. For 10 points each: [10] Name that nation, which in 1982 also changed the name of its captial from Salisbury to Harare. Answer: Republic of Zimbabwe (accept Zimbabwe-Rhodesia; prompt on "Rhodesia" or "Southern Rhodesia") [10] Prior to its renaming, Rhodesia was led by this man, who unilaterally declared Rhodesian independence in 1965. He oversaw the minority white government before an agreement on black African majority rule was crafted in 1979. Answer: Ian Smith [10] Though Robert Mugabe was elected prime minister in 1980, this Methodist minister was installed as first president of Zimbabwe. A 1982 law forbade making jokes about his name. Answer: Canaan Banana This Romanian-born French playwright was one of the foremost advocates of the theater of the absurd. For 10 points each: [10] Name this dramatist of plays like Hunger and Thirst and The Bald Soprano. Answer: Eugene Ionesco [10] In this Ionesco play, Berenger watches all his friends turn into the title animal; it is generally considered a reflection on the rise of European fascism and modern conformity. Answer: Rhinoceros [10] In this play, an Old Man and an Old Woman greet many invisible guests and scramble to bring many of the title objects onstage while awaiting an Orator. The Orator turns out to be deaf and dumb. Answer: The Chairs or Les Chaises Found only in plants and algae, this class of organelles is believed to be the product of endosymbiosis. For 10 points each: [10] Name these types of organelles, varieties of which carry out photosynthesis, terpene synthesis, pigment production, and starch storage. Answer: plastids (do not accept "chloroplasts") [10] Algal chloroplasts contain pyrenoid structures which are crucial for the fixation of what gas, used by chloroplasts? Answer: carbon dioxide or CO2 [10] These starch-storing plastids, often found in the root cap, may be crucial to gravitropism through the formation of statoliths. Answer: amyloplasts
Answer: Fear and Trembling or Frygt og Baeven [10] This work describes the stages of life of the Aesthete in the form of aphorisms and a later, ethical stage in letter form. Answer: Either/Or or Enten-Eller [10] This excerpt from Kierkegaard's review of the novel Two Ages has been widely published in English. It describes Kierkegaard's contemporaries as lacking passion, reflection, and understanding, and as being incapable of escaping the listless state. Answer: The Present Age For the stated number of points--name these works by Georg Friederich Handel: [5] This oratorio featuring the "Hallelujah Chorus" is perhaps his most famous work: Answer: Messiah [5] This three-movement orchestral suite was composed for a trip by King George I down the Thames. Answer: Water Music [10] The first performance of this work, written to celebrate the end of the War of Austrian Succession, was interrupted when a pavillion caught fire during the title event. Answer: Music for the Royal Fireworks [10] Originally composed for the coronation of George II, this anthem has been played during the coronation of every British monarch since. Answer: Zadok the Priest Before turning to novels, this author edited the women's magazine Paula and wrote plays like El Embajador. For 10 points each-- [10] Name this South American-born author of Daughter of Fortune and Portrait in Sepia. Answer: Isabel Allende (Llona) [10] Allende's first novel, it is the magical realist tale about the family of Clara del Valle, Esteban Trueba, and their family as told through their journals. Answer: The House of the Spirits or La Casa de los Spiritus [10] In 2005 Allende wrote a novel dealing with the childhood and formation of this masked folk hero of California. Answer: Zorro (accept Zorro: A Novel) Its outbreak hampered the defense of Armenia against Vologeses IV. For ten points each: [10] Identify this 2nd Century C.E. pandemic, probably either measles or smallpox, named for the Roman dynasty that included emperors Lucius Verius and Marcus Aurelius, both of whom likely died from it. Answer: Antonine Plague (accept Antoninus) [10] The outbreak of the Antonine plague is mentioned in the Methodus Medendi of this famous Greek physician. Answer: Galen or Claudius Galenus [10] The outbreak of the plague occurred shortly before the eruption of this conflict, a major revolt of client tribes along the upper Rhine and Danube that lasted from 167 to 174 C.E. Answer: Macromannic War
[10] This quantity is the measure of how much the phase velocity of electromagnetic radiation is slowed in a particular material. Answer: refractive index or index of refraction [10] This is the property of an anisotropic medium in which different polarizations of light propagate at different speeds. Answer: birefringence or double refraction [10] Birefringence may be induced in some materials by the application of an electric field, a phenomenon known by this name. Answer: Kerr effect
Answer: Michelangelo Buonarroti [5] This man crafted the main altar and designed the piazza and colonnades of St. Peter's Square. Several of his sculptures are in the basilica, including the tomb of Urban VIII. Answer: Gianlorenzo Bernini [10] This architect designed one of the square's fountains, as well as the nave, portico, and facade of the structure. Answer: Carlo Maderno [10] The original design for St. Peter's was conceived by this architect, appointed to the project by Pope Julius II. Answer: Donato Bramante The city of Hopkinsville, Kentucky contains a park that commemorates this event. For ten points each: [10] Identify this forced migration of the Cherokee nation from the southeastern U.S. to Oklahoma. Answer: Trail of Tears [10] President Van Buren appointed this general and future presidential candidate to oversee the forcible removal of the Cherokee. Answer: Winfield Scott [10] This man, elected chief of the Cherokee in 1931, opposed the Treaty of New Echota, but had no choice in 1836 except to lead his people on the Trail of Tears. Answer: John Ross (or Tsan-Usdi)
[10] Name this bodily fluid which flows through a namesake capillary system. Answer: lymph [10] This inflammatory disease of the lymph nodes, first observed in Japan in 1967, is one of the leading causes of acquired heart disease in children and involves swelling of the cervical lymph nodes, reddening of the palms of the hands, and damage to coronary arteries. Answer: Kawasaki syndrome [10] Most bodily lymph, except that from the head and chest, is collected and drained into the regular circulatory system through this duct. Answer: thoracic duct (accept duct of Pecquet or Van Hoorne's canal) Once a large saltwater lake, this famously shrinking body of water straddles the boundary between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. For ten points each: [10] Identify this so-called "sea" whose main sources of inflowing water are the Syr Darya and the Amu Darya. Answer: Aral Sea [10] This sandy region of Central Asia runs from the Amu Darya to the Caspian Sea, and a smaller region near the Aral Sea is also known by this name. Answer: Karakum Desert (or Garagum) [10] Between the Aral Sea and the Amu Darya lies this plateau, which drops steeply into the Aral Sea on its western side. Answer: Ustyurt or Ustirt Plateau
Answer: Las Meninas or The Maids of Honor [10] A small convex mirror in the rear center of this Jan Van Eyck painting may show both him and another witness to the title event. Answer: The Arnolfini Wedding or Arnolfini Betrothal or Arnolfini Portrait (accept reasonable equivalents) [10] This artist's "Painter's Studio" shows him working in a very large room surrounded by nude women, children, guitarists, rural French laborers, a cat, and a beagle. Answer: Gustave Courbet For 10 points each--answer the following about a particular type of volcano: [10] Sometimes called a plug volcano, this is a steep-sided mound formed from viscous magma. The basic building block of stratovolcanoes, examples include Mount St. Helens, Lassen Peak, and Mount Merapi. Answer: lava dome [10] Lava domes have felsic lava, meaning they contain a large percentage of this basic mineral type. Answer: silicates [10] The eruption and collapse of a lava dome creates this large volume of hot gas, ash, and rock that forms a gravity current down the side of the dome, devastating everything in its path. Answer: pyroclastic flow
Answer: Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test [10] Named for the New Zealand political scientist who discovered it, this effect is the continued rise in average IQ scores in most of the world. Answer: Flynn Effect [10] Believing the Stanford-Binet test was inadequate, this psychologist divided the concept of intelligence into verbal and performance areas. He also introduced three intelligence scales for development levels. Answer: David Wechsler For 5 points for one, 10 for two, 20 for three, and 30 for all four answers--name these stage musicals that feature cross-dressing: [5] An out-of-work soprano is convinced by her friend Toddy to pose as a man in order to become Paris' most famous female impersonator. Answer: Victor/Victoria [5] Angel is a spirited drag queen in New York City who tries to convince his friends that they are living with and not dying from AIDS. Answer: Rent [5] Chronicling the early life of George O'Dowd, aka Boy George, this production that featured the music of Culture Club proved to be a gigantic flop in 2003. Answer: Taboo [5] Unemployed musicians Joe and Jerry hide out as members of a female band to escape the mob in this stage adaptation of the film Some Like It Hot, named for the character Marilyn Monroe had played. Answer: Sugar For 5 points for one, 10 for two, 20 for three, and 30 for all four answers--name these planets seen in Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith: [5] The action begins with a space battle above this capital planet of the Republic. Answer: Coruscant [5] Yoda helps the native Wookiees of this world defeat a droid army invasion. Answer: Kashyyyk [CASH-ick or cash-EEK] [5] General Grievous is defeated by Obi-Wan Kenobi on this planet with many large sinkholes. Answer: Utapau [OOT-ah-pow] [5] The climactic duel between Obi-Wan and Anakin occurs on this volcanic planet. Answer: Mustafar |