Tossups – round 1 dennis haskins open 2002 ut-chattanooga
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Answer: BlackbeardHis base was in Barataria Bay outside New Orleans, and he helped Andrew Jackson defeat the British in 1815. Answer: Jean Lafitte Perhaps America’s most famous pirate, he obtained a privateer’s license to capture Blackbeard, but when he failed, he just became a pirate himself, mostly preying on other pirates. Answer: William (“Captain”) Kidd 15. Answer the following about our friends, the tides, FTPE. This type of tide produces the largest daily difference between high and low tide, resulting from the period when the sun and moon combine their effects. Answer: spring tide During the first and third quarters of the moon, the sun and moon are at right angles and offset each other, leading to this smallest tidal range. Answer: neap tide This bay records the highest tides on Earth. Answer: Bay of Fundy
FTP, what was the name of Moses' older sister, who watched his tiny ark as it floated down the Nile? Answer: Miriam Give the names of Jacob's two wives FFP each. Answer: Rachel and Leah FTP, who was the daughter of Jethro whom Moses married? Answer: Zipporah 17. Answer the following on thermal physics FTPE. 10) This hypothetical construct is a perfect absorber and a perfect emitter. A box with a tiny hole is a good approximation of one. Answer: blackbody 10) This man adopted the quantum hypothesis, introducing his namesake constant, when he formulated the correct equation for the spectrum of a blackbody. Answer: Max Planck 10) According to the Stefan-Boltzmann law, the total radiant energy emitted by a blackbody is proportional to what power of the blackbody temperature? Answer: 4 18. Thornton Wilder won three Pulitzers, convenient for those of us writing 3-part boni. FTPE name these winning works: a) The 1927 Wilder novel that examines the lives of five people who die when a bridge collapses in 18th century Peru. Answer: The Bridge of San Luis Rey b) The 1938 play which uses simplicity in presenting small town America through the courtship of George Gibbs and Emily Webb in Grover’s Corners’ NH, Answer: Our Town c) The 1942 play in which the stories of Adam and Eve, Cain, Lilith, and others are all reexperienced in the suburban New Jersey home of George Antrobus. Answer: The Skin of Our Teeth
Because of their closely cropped hair, the opposite of the flowing locks of the Cavaliers, this was the nickname given to the Parliamentarians. Answer: Roundheads This was the name given to Oliver Cromwell’s army which won decisively at Naseby. Answer: New Model Army This was the title Cromwell took for himself as leader of England. Answer: Lord Protector
a) “Jelly Roll” Morton, “Fats” Waller, Art Tatum, and Dave Brubeck Answer: piano b) Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, and Dizzy Gillespie Answer: trumpet c) Ornette Coleman, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, and Charlie Parker Answer: saxophone [do not accept “alto sax” or “tenor sax”, as the list included two of each]
[10] 1 + (1/2) + (1/4) + (1/8) +…+(1/(2^n)) Answer: 2 [10] sin2 Answer: 0 [10] 1 + (1/2) +(1/6)+(1/24)+(1/120)+…+(1/n!) read “1 divided by n factorial Answer: e
BONI – ROUND 7 DENNIS HASKINS OPEN 2002 -- UT-CHATTANOOGA1. As of Tuesday (4/9) Barry Bonds was still 7th on the career home runs list, but at the rate he’s going he may have moved up a notch by tournament time. Given the total homers and teams played for, name the top 6 (for now) F5PE: a) 755; Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves and Milwaukee Brewers Answer: Henry “Hank” Aaron b) 714; Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, and Boston Braves Answer: George Herman “Babe” Ruth c) 660; New York/San Francisco Giants and New York Mets. By the way, he’s Bonds’ godfather. Answer: Willie Mays d) 586; Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles, L.A. Dodgers, California Angels, Cleveland Indians. This year he’s managing the Montreal Expos. Answer: Frank Robinson [prompt on Robinson] e) 583; Oakland Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals Answer: Mark McGwire f) 573; Washington Senators and Minnesota Twins Answer: Harmon Killebrew 2. FTPE answer these questions about genetics: a) Also called the binomial law or distribution, this principle states that in an infinitely large, randomly mating population, in the absence of selection, migration, and mutation, the frequencies of alleles and genotypes do not change from generation to generation. Answer: Hardy-Weinberg law or equilibrium or distribution b) Let’s assume that black fur is a dominant trait over white fur in guinea pigs. If two heterozygous guinea pigs mate, what percentage of their offspring would be expected to have white fur? Answer: 25% or ¼ (accept equivalents) c) Not to be confused with genetic drift, this is the alteration in a population of the frequencies of alleles of particular genes resulting from interbreeding with organisms from another population having different frequencies. Answer: gene flow
(A) “The Lady with the Pet Dog” Answer: Anton Chekhov (B) “The Necklace” Answer: Guy de Maupassant (C) “The Nose” and “The Overcoat” Answer: Nikolai Gogol
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