Tossups – round 1 dennis haskins open 2002 ut-chattanooga
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Answer: Turing machine17. The U.S. branch was established in 1880 by Commissioner George Railton, though later the English founder’s daughter, Evangeline, took over. Soldiers sign the “Articles of War” and are not required to wear the uniform, while Adherents do not sign and cannot wear the uniform. Officers have the status of ordained ministers and work for it full time. FTP what is this philanthropic religious group founded by General William Booth, noted for its street missions and for red buckets in shopping malls? Answer: the Salvation Army 18. Tactically speaking, it failed; all the territory won in this campaign, including the former imperial capital of Hue [HWAY] were reversed within a matter of weeks. But the fact that those gains were made at all meant a political and psychological victory for Communist forces, which had the element of surprise because they attacked on a major holiday. FTP name this January 1968 offensive which dramatically weakened U.S. resolve in the Vietnam War. Answer: the Tet Offensive 19. Like the mitochondrion, it is a double-membrane-bound organelle with its own DNA, which it contains in the stroma. It contains grana, which are stacks of thylakoids, or individual membranes on which the process of photosynthesis actually occurs. Found only in plants and certain protists, FTP, name these chlorophyll-bearing organelles. Answer: chloroplasts 20. His works include Cathleen Ni Houlihan, a nationalist prose drama with Maud Gonne as the lead, On Baile’s Strand, and Purgatory. A Vision is an elaborate attempt in prose to explain the mythology, symbolism, and philosophy used in much of his work. With Lady Isabella Augusta Gregory, he helped found what became in 1904 the famous Abbey Theatre. FTP name this Irish author whose widely anthologized poems include “September 1913,” “The Wild Swans at Coole,” and “Sailing to Byzantium.”Answer: William Butler Yeats21. These ‘kreoboroi”, or “eaters of flesh” crushed the Atlanteans and occupied Gorgon and the greater part of Libya under their leader Myrine. Following the abduction of Antiope, they invaded Attica, but their most notable military operation occurred when they rallied to the defense of Troy under their warrior queen Penthesileia. FTP, name these practitioners of infanticide who ‘moved all strength into shoulder and arm” by burning away a breast . Answer: Amazons22. In 1853, he was sent to join Tseng Kuo-fan's army to fight against the Taipings. He became a viceroy of Fukien and Kansu provinces, but returned home to fight Nien rebels and Muslim invaders into Hunan province. FTP, name this Chinese general who apparently liked lightly-battered chicken pieces fries & served in a spicy sauce. Answer: General Tso T'sung-t'ang 23. The Law of Pragnanz was posited by this theory’s three founders, and states that of any array of geometrical organizations, the existing ones will be most stable. This law is fundamental to another of this theory’s principles, which shows that when subjects are shown a geometrical shape with a missing part, subjects will mentally complete the shape. This is a general description of, FTP, what psychological theory founded by Wertheimer, Koffka, and Kohler, poorly summed up by the phrase “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts”? Answer: Gestalt theory 24. Born in 1980 in Syosset, NY, she led Christ the King High School to a national championship her senior year, averaging over 16 points, 7 assists, and 8 steals per game. Her freshman year in college was cut short by an ACL injury, but she recovered in time to start every game in the 1999-2000 season. This season, as a starter in the backcourt alongside Diana Taurasi, she was the preseason Big East Player of the Year, as well as the leading vote-getter on the AP’s preseason All-American team. FTP, name this guard who led Connecticut to the 2002 NCAA women’s basketball championship. Answer: Sue Bird TOSSUPS – PLAYOFF 2 or ROUND 9 DENNIS HASKINS OPEN 2002 -- UT-CHATTANOOGA1. Many of his most acclaimed works dealt with the events of his day. His first success was Heroic Stanzas, on the death of Oliver Cromwell, followed by Astrea Redux (a celebration of the Restoration) and Annus Mirabilis (on the eventful year of 1666.) MacFlecknoe lampooned Thomas Shadwell, his eventual successor as Poet Laureate. FTP name the first official Poet Laureate, who also wrtoe the plays All for Love and Marriage a la Mode. Answer: John Dryden
Answer: the Eight; accept Ash Can School before it is mentioned; accept Armory Show before “1908”. 3. He fled France in 1791, but later became king. His reign began the Restoration, and was marked by such events as the rise of the Ultraroyalists, the Hundred Days, and two treaties of Paris to close the Napoleonic wars. He gained the throne largely through the efforts of Talleyrand, and he was succeeded by Charles X. FTP, name this Bourbon king whose brother was beheaded in 1793. Answer: Louis XVIII (Louis the 18th) 4. This geographical formation’s features include the great horst of Ruwenzori, the Dead Sea, and lakes Rudolf and Tanganyika. It formed in the Pleistocene Epoch when the African continental shield was compressed, and it extends from the mouth of the Zambezi River northward through East Africa to the Red Sea. FTP, name this succession of valleys, an enormous depression that accounts for more than 3,000 miles of the earth's circumference. Answer: Great Rift Valley (accept “ East African Rift” Valley) 5. The ancient Greeks noticed at death that this part of the intestine was always empty of food, and thus it has its current Latinized meaning of this term. But this was ultimately an empty argument because the food passed into the ileum as the muscles contracted. FTP identify this middle segment, which along with the duodenum and ileum makes up the small intestine. Answer: jejunum 6. Her last name is Reichardt, which was revealed when she sued the school board over the dress code. Her father calls her a "rare gem," and with José Peterson forms a baseball team in her own neighborhood that competes with the team of a friend she insists on calling Chuck. FTP, name this girl whose best friend Marcie always calls her "Sir." Answer: Peppermint Patty 7. Many historians believe Associate Justice John Catron wrote much of the decision, but it was officially written by Chief Justice Roger Taney. The case involved the estate of John Emerson, who had moved to Illinois and the Wisconsin Territory in the 1830’s. The plaintiff unsuccessfully argued that since slavery was prohibited in Wisconsin by the Missouri Compromise, he should no longer be in bondage. FTP name this damaging 1857 Supreme Court decision. Answer: Dred Scott v. San(d)ford 8. As a member of the papal diplomatic service, he risked the wrath of Pius XII by secretly helping to save some non-converting Jews from the Holocaust. Upon the death of Pius XII, he was picked as a compromise choice because it was assumed that his advanced age would limit his impact. FTP name this pope, who from 1958 to 1963 instituted major reforms within the Catholic Church, especially through the Second Vatican Council. Answer: John XXIII (if someone actually dredges up the name Angelo Roncalli, take it but grimace) 9. He retired from the navy at 27 with a small pension, and he tried working in engineering, real estate, art, and photography. But at age 32, his short story “Life-line” was published by the magazine Astounding Science Fiction, starting his new career. His books from the 1940s include Rocket Ship Galileo and Sixth Column, but he is most famous for later works. FTP, name this author of The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Starship Troopers, and Stranger in a Strange Land. Answer: Robert Heinlein 10. In Q.E.D. theory, it is the exchange boson which carries the electromagnetic force. It has a spin of one and a mass of zero. One is emitted from an atom when an electron falls from a higher orbital to a lower one, and according to quantum theory, its energy is equal to its frequency times Planck’s constant. FTP name this elementary particle, the quantum of light. Answer: Photon 11. Pencil and paper ready. Find the sum after eight days. Freda, the free-range chicken, lays three eggs on the first day, five eggs on the second day, seven eggs on the third day, and nine eggs on the fourth day. According to this pattern, you can find the sum after the nth term by finding n times the average of the first and last terms. Since this is an arithmetic sequence, Freda lays seventeen eggs on the eighth day. FTP, assuming none were eaten in the meantime, how many eggs in all do you have on the eighth day? Answer: eighty eggs 12. Despite his successful claims of land for Spain, this man was beheaded by a jealous governor with the helpful conniving of Francisco Pizarro. Earlier he and 190 men, guarded by dogs trained to attack natives, had hacked their way west through 100 miles of underbrush, at the end of which trip he waded fully armed into the Pacific. FTP who was this man, the first European to see the Pacific from the Americas? Answer: Vasco Nunez de Balboa 13. Usually, a catalyst made of solid iron oxide mixed with potassium and aluminum oxide is used to drive it, meaning that it can take place at a temperature of about 400 degrees C and 250 atmospheres of pressure. Its equilibrium constant is about 1 million at room temperature, but decreases drastically with temperature, and it won its creator won the 1918 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. FTP name this ammonia-creating process. Answer: Haber (or Haber-Bosch) process 14. The brewery that Bob and Doug McKenzie visit in Strange Brew has this name. The more famous literary one is based on Kronberg Castle which sits on the island of Zealand in the Danish city with a similar name. Home to Claudius and Gertrude, FTP what is this castle in which much of the action of Hamlet takes place? Answer: Elsinore 15. On August 7, 1942, Marines from the U.S. 1st Division landed with little resistance and established a beachhead. The next day, however, the First Battle of Savo Sound weakened their naval support. The two squadrons of Marine flyers operating from Henderson Field caused havoc while the Japanese tried to drive the Marines off the island, and bitter hand-to-hand fighting continued there till February 1943. FTP name the largest of the Solomon Islands, site of the first large-scale invasion by U.S. forces of a Japanese-held island. Answer: Guadalcanal 16. The protagonist has safely brought home the ship Phaoron after its captain has died, so the ship’s owner, Monsieur Morrell, makes him the new captain. Three jealous men conspire against him, however, leading to his imprisonment under false charges. There he is tutored by the Abbe Faria, and when he escapes, he amasses a fortune and a noble title and uses it to get revenge. So goes, FTP, the plot of what novel featuring Edmond Dantes? Answer: The Count of Monte Cristo17. She starred with Jason Priestley in a music video for Roy Orbison’s “I Drove All Night,” and has also appeared in “The Hot Spot,” “Dark City,” “The Rocketeer,” “Pollack,” and “Requiem for a Dream.” Her first role was as a little girl who danced in Sergio Leone’s “Once Upon a Time In America.” FTP, name this actress, who for 2001 won both the Golden Globe and the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for “A Beautiful Mind.” Answer: Jennifer Connelly 18. As the piano accompanist to the Hungarian violinist Edward Remenyi, this composer met many influential musicians, including Robert Schumann. Schumann promoted his work strongly, and after Schumann’s death the young composer became close to Schumann’s wife, Clara. Known for the Academic Festival Overture, FTP, who is this composer of A German Requiem and third ‘B’ of classical music? Answer: Johannes Brahms
Answer: Olbers’ Paradox 20. The most well known depiction of one has the face of Khafre. First mentioned in Greek literature by Hesiod, he describes them as male and having wings, like earlier Asian versions. The most well known one was sent by Hera to Thebes, but then started bugging people with a riddle. FTP what is this lion-bodied creature, whose best-known depictions guards the Pyramids at Giza? |