Tossups – round 1 dennis haskins open 2002 ut-chattanooga
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BONI – ROUND 6 DENNIS HASKINS OPEN 2002 -- UT-CHATTANOOGA1. Does Hell have a bureaucracy? If so, then FTP name these Nazis who might have jobs in it: a) One of Hitler’s longest-serving deputies was this unassuming-looking chief of the SS. Answer: Heinrich Himmler b) As Germany’s Foreign Minister, this man concluded such deals as the 1939 non-aggression pact with Russia. Answer: Joachim von Ribbentrop c) Hitler’s Minister of Propaganda, he and his wife also committed suicide in the bunker with Hitler, first poisoning their six children with strychnine-laced chocolate. Answer: Joseph Goebbels [pronounced GRR-bulls, but accept any reasonable pronunciations] 2. FTPE name the 19th century French artists of the following works: a) “Bathing at Asnieres,” “Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte,” and “The Bathers” Answer: Georges Seurat b) “Luncheon of the Boating Party,” “Le Moulin de la Galette,” and “The Bathers.” No, not the same “The Bathers.” Answer: Pierre Auguste Renoir c) “Card Players,” “House of the Hanged Man,” and – you guessed it – “The Bathers” Answer: Paul Cezanne
[30] He did work on the theory of errors of observation and on the curvature of surfaces. [20] He proved a circle could only be divided into n parts with a compass and straightedge only if n is the product of distinct Fermat primes and a non-negative power of 2. [10] A child prodigy and the author of Disquisitiones Arithmeticae., he also gave six proofs to the law of quadratic reciprocity and four different proofs of the fundamental theorem of algebra. Answer: Carl Friedrich Gauss
a) The House of Mirth and Ethan Frome Answer: Edith Wharton b) The Red Badge of Courage and “The Blue Hotel” Answer: Stephen Crane c) Sister Carrie and An American Tragedy Answer: Theodore Dreiser
a) While a Vitamin D shortage is more likely to cause osteomalacia in adults, it often causes this in children. Answer: rickets b) Alcoholism, as well as a niacin deficiency, can lead to this disease which causes mouth sores and chronic diarrhea. Answer: pellagra c) While a deficiency of riboflavin or folic acid can also lead to forms of anemia, pernicious anemia is most closely linked with a deficiency of this vitamin. Answer: B12 or cyanocobalamin
a) It holds that there are no universal values, leaving free choice as the essence of a person, but adds that it leads to a constant state of anxiety over one’s responsibility. Proponents of this school included Sartre and Heidegger. Answer: existentialism b) A tenet of the 19th century utilitarians as well as the ancient Cyrenaics and Epicureans, it holds that pleasure is the highest or the only good in life and that the pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of pain should be our first priority. Answer: hedonism c) Perhaps best advanced by Aquinas, this movement used highly analytical logical and linguistic methods to reconcile Christian dogma with the empiricism of Aristotle and show that faith and reason are separate but compatible. Answer: scholasticism; accept Thomism, which is one subset of it. 7. Can you tell the Wilson brothers apart? Given a film, tell whether it features Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, both or neither, five points each. Answer: Owen b. Charlie’s Angels Answer: Luke c. House on Haunted Hill Answer: none (Bridgitte Wilson starred in this; Owen Wilson was in “The Haunting”) d. Armageddon Answer: Owen Answer: none (it does feature Owen and Luke’s brother, Andrew) f. The Royal Tenenbaums Answer: both 8. Name these signers of The Declaration of Independence FTPE. This Connecticut representative saved the Constitutional Convention by proposing a bicameral legislature to reconcile small states and large states. Answer: Roger Sherman This man’s famous horse ride back to Philadelphia to break his delegation’s tie and make Delaware the first state to declare independence is featured on that state’s new quarter. Answer: Caesar Rodney Though he didn’t get his wish of being the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, at least this Massachusetts native got to be the first person to sign the Declaration. Answer: John Hancock
The simplest aromatic compound, it has the formula C6H6 A. Benzene This class of compounds has a hydroxyl group attached to an aromatic ring. A. Phenol (prompt on hydroxybenzene) This compound has a methyl group replaced one of the hydrogens of benzene. A. Toluene (prompt on methylbenzene)
a) A Sentimental Education and Madame Bovary Answer: Gustave Flaubert b) Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship and The Sorrows of Young Werther [which is not about a caramel candy] Answer: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [pronounced Gerta, but accept reasonable attempts] c) The Decameron Answer: Giovanni Boccaccio
a) 10 pts.: #5 and #18 5 pts.: Terry and Bobby Answer: Labonte b) 10 pts.: #1 and #2 5 pts.: Kenny and Rusty Answer: Wallace c) 10 pts.: #22 and #99 5 pts.: Jeff and Ward Answer: Burton 12. Given a description of a Thomas Hardy title character, name them, FTPE. A. A young man from Marygreen who dreams of studying at Christminster but becomes a stone mason instead. He is raised by his Aunt Drusilla and marries Arabella Donn. Answer: Jude the Obscure (accept Jude Fawley) B. When the novel opens, Michael Henchard is a disconsolate twenty-one year old hay trusser who, in a drunken rage, sells his wife and daughter at a county fair. Eighteen years later, he has risen to become the most accomplished corn merchant in the title location. Answer: The Mayor of Casterbridge C. The protagonist is a beautiful, loyal young woman living with her impoverished family in the village of Marlott. She discovers she is a descendent of the powerful title family and goes to work for them. Answer: Tess of the D’Urbervilles (also accept Tess Durbeyfield)
Answers: Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial) 14. Arrr, scurvy dogs, name these pirates FTPE. Born Edward Teach, this pirate based in North Carolina buried silver bars on an island near New Hampshire which have never been found. |