Tossup #07-1 (Josh, NS)
Applied only to mixtures of liquids that are very similar in structure, it relates the boiling points of a solution by taking into account the boiling points of the substances in the solution. For example, the boiling point of a 50-50 mixture would be halfway between the boiling points of the pure substances. For ten points, identify this law of chemistry named after a 19th century French chemist.
ANSWER: Raoult(’s) Law
Related Bonus #07-1:
Identify these gas laws given a description for ten points each.
A. This law states that if a gas is held at a constant pressure, the volume is directly proportional to the absolute temperature.
ANSWER: Charles(’s) Law
B. The rate of effusion of a gas is inversely proportional to the square root of its density.
ANSWER: Graham(’s) Law
Tossup #07-2 (Brandon, RMP)
This movement began in the 18th century in southeastern Poland, opposing rigid legalism and instead making an appeal to emotionalism and anti-intellectualism. For ten points, identify this Jewish sect known for its ultraconservative character and distinctive clothing.
Answer:HasidismorHasidic Judaism
Related Bonus #07-2:
For ten points each, identify these other divisions within Judaism
A. From the Hebrew word for Germany, this movement was comprised of Yiddish-speaking Eastern European Jews.
Answer:Ashkenazi(m)
B. From the Hebrew word for Spain, this movement was comprised of Ladino-speaking Mediterranean Jews
Answer:Sephardi(m)
Tossup #07-3 (Alex, L)
Born in either southern Gaul or northern Italy, he studied the writing of prose during his instruction in rhetoric. He went on to become a lawyer, working with Pliny the Younger to prosecute Marius Priscus. Seeing the death of oratory however, he moved on to the recording of history. For ten points, name this historian, author of the Germania, Historiae, and the Annals.
ANSWER: Tacitus
Related Bonus #07-3:
Answer the following about classical literature for ten points each.
A. This epic poet built his reputation as Rome’s finest such poet based upon his version of The Aeneid, chronicling the tale of the founder of the Roman race.
ANSWER: Virgilor Publius Vergilius Naso
B. This cycle of three plays tells the story of the house of Atreus, how Agamemnon was killed by Clytemnestra, who was in turn killed by her son in retribution, and of this man receiving pardon for his slaying of kin.
ANSWER: The Oresteia
Tossup #07-4 (Jeff, H)
Full name required. He was present at Versailles during the negotiations following World War I, lobbying for self-government for his native country. When his petition was ignored, he joined Comintern and met with Lenin before returning to his home to fight for independence. For ten points, name this man who founded the Indochina Communist Party which became the Vietminh.
ANSWER: Ho Chi Minh or Nguyen Sinh Cung or Nguyen Tat Thanh (Ai Quoc)
Related Bonus #07-4:
Answer these questions related to the Vietnam War for ten points each.
A. American destroyers were attacked in this body of water in 1964, resulting in President Johnson gaining new powers to use the military.
ANSWER: Gulf of Tonkin
B. Time magazine’s Man of the Year for 1965, he led American forces in Vietnam from 1964 to 1968.
ANSWER: William Childs Westmoreland
Tossup #07-5 (ETC, L)
Less mischievous than in folklore, this character only tells the audience how he can prevent milk from being churned into butter, mislead night travelers, and embarrass old ladies. But in the end, he asks forgiveness to anyone he may have offended with his tricks. For ten points, name this famous hobgoblin from the Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
ANSWER: Puck or Robin Goodfellow
Related Bonus #07-5 (PC):
Identify these hockey terms for ten points each.
A. When both teams are at equal strength, shooting the puck from one’s half of the ice to the opposite goal line is known as this.
ANSWER: Icing (the puck)
B. A player cannot precede the puck when entering the attacking zone or else the referees will consider him this.
ANSWER: Off-side(s)
Tossup #07-6 (Alex/Jason, GKT)
During his failing bid for re-election, he considered filing a protest on a technicality, but instead graciously conceded to his opponent’s widow. For ten points, name this former governor of Missouri who has himself been the center of controversy during his confirmation hearings for Attorney General.
Answer:John Ashcroft
Related Bonus #07-6 (Jason):
Did you enjoy the election 2000 quagmire in Florida? Let’s see if you can name these players on Al Gore’s team for ten points each.
A. This man started off one protest rally by saying, “We have come to a fork in the road. We must not take the fork.” His brain must be as fuzzy as those ballots he earlier denounced.
Answer:Reverend Jesse LouisJackson, Sr.
B. This lead Gore attorney told a thrilled Al he was working pro-bono. Why not – he should be loaded if he succeeds in bringing down the Microsoft empire.
Answer:David Boies
Tossup #07-7 (Anand, FA)
His orchestral works include Metamorphosen, a study for 23 solo strings, as well as the tone poem Tod und Verklärung, (Death and Transfiguration). For ten points, name this influential German composer whose works include the opera Der Rosenkavalierand the tone poem Thus Spake Zarathustra.
ANSWER: Richard Georg Strauss
Related Bonus #07-7 (ETC)
For 10 points each, answer these questions regarding Richard Strauss’ operas.
A. In 1905, Strauss composed this opera based on a German translation of an Oscar Wilde play.
Answer: Salome
B. On many of his operas such as Der Rosenkavalier, Strauss worked with this Austrian poet’s libretti.
Answer: Hugo von Hoffmanstahl
Tossup #07-8 (ETC, FA)
The only independent landscape that survives from its creator, this painting shows a dark gray sky hovering over the city with the cathedral positioned to the left of the Alcazar Palace as opposed to the correct position from the observer’s perspective. For ten points, name this painting of the longtime residing city of El Greco.
ANSWER: View of Toledo by Domenikos Theotokoupoulos (El Greco)
Related Bonus #07-8 (SS/GEOG):
Answer these questions on Madrid, Spain, for ten points each.
A. The Villanueva building and the Cason del Buen Retiro house one tenth of the total holdings of this world-famous Madrid museum.
ANSWER: Paseo del Prado
B. During the Fiesta de San Isidro, many people go to the red brick and ceramic tile stadium at the Plaza Monumental de las Ventas to watch the best matches of the season in this sport.
ANSWER: Bullfight(ing)
Tossup #07-9 (ETC, NS)
Types A, and E are transmitted through contaminated food or water while B, C, and D are transmitted through bodily fluids like blood or semen. For ten points, name this class of virus that causes inflammation of the liver.
ANSWER: Hepatitis
Related Bonus #07-9
Answer these questions on the immune system for ten points each.
A. T-lymphocytes are so named because they mature and differentiate in this organ.
ANSWER: Thymus
B. This complex of 20 non-specific proteins circulating in the blood is involved in lysis of foreign or infected cells, phagocytosis of the debris, and the inflammation of surrounding tissue.
ANSWER: Complement
Tossup #07-10 (Jeff, H)
Cardinal de Richelieu believed many of its clauses were dangerous to the well-being of the State. Annulled by de Richelieu in the Peace of Ales in 1629 and revoked by King Louis XIV in 1685, it gave religious and civil freedom to Protestants, but also limited expansion of Protestant worship in France. For ten points, name this law, whose revocation caused the immigration of hundreds of thousands of Huguenots.
ANSWER: Edict of Nantes
Related Bonus #07-10:
Answer these questions about French leaders for ten points each.
A. The first Carolingian king of the Franks, he was the son of Charles Martel and the father of Charlemagne.
ANSWER: Pepin the Short or Pepin III
B. This Charles was king of France at the end of the 100 years’ War.
ANSWER: Charles VII
Category Quiz Bonuses
American History: Civil Disobedience
American Literature: Ice, Ice Baby
Fine Arts: Museums
Geography: The Rock
Mathematics: The Power of Mathematics
Physical Sciences: Do You Use Protection?
Popular Culture: Really Big Europeans
Religion, Mythology, Philosophy: Rituals
World Literature: Novels
World History: Success! Success!
Category Quiz Bonuses
American History: Civil Disobedience
American Literature: Ice, Ice Baby
Fine Arts: Museums
Geography: The Rock
Mathematics: The Power of Mathematics
Physical Sciences: Do You Use Protection?
Popular Culture: Really Big Europeans
Religion, Mythology, Philosophy: Rituals
World Literature: Novels
World History: Success! Success!
Category Quiz Tossups
Tossup #7-11 (Jason, H)
The tide in this war turned with a British victory at Louisburg and marked by disasters such as a blunder at Fort Necessity and a fiasco at Duquesne, where General Edward Braddock was killed. For ten points, name this war that ended in America 1760, but went on as the Seven Years War until 1763 in Europe, India, and the Caribbean.
Answer:French and Indian War (accept Seven Years War early)
Tossup #7-12 (ETC, NS)
Technically it is known as Cranial Nerve 2 rather than a peripheral nerve that emanates from the spinal cord. At the chiasma, the nerves cross and sort themselves to innervate the tectum to confer spatial information. For ten points, name this sensory nerve tract that receives input from cone and rod cells in the eye.
ANSWER: Optic nerve [accept Cranial Nerve 2 on early buzz; accept olfactory nerve before “2”; do not accept “opthalmic nerve”]
Tossup #7-13 (Jason, NS)
Usually as x approaches c as a limit, a rational function f of x divided by g of x may approach an indeterminate form. However, one can apply this calculus rule to determine the derivative if both functions are differentiable. For ten points, name this rule that states that, for the appropriate conditions, the limit of a quotient of functions is equal to the limit of the quotient of their derivatives.
Answer:L’Hopital’s Rule
Tossup #7-14 (Jason, L)
Winkle, Snodgrass, and Tupman are members of a club who decide to travel to distant places from London and report back to the club on their findings. The villain the travelers must contend with time and again is Alfred Winkle. For fifteen points, name this novel by Charles Dickens.
Answer: ThePickwick Papers
Tossup #7-15 (Whaples, GKT)
Columbia University researchers William Ryan and Walter Pittman speculated in their 1997 book Noah's Flood 'that when the glaciers melted about 7000 years ago, the Mediterranean Sea overflowed into what was then a large freshwater lake. Last September, a team lead by the Titanic’s discoverer, Robert Ballard, found evidence of artifacts including carved wooden beams and stone tools 300 feet below the surface of, for ten points, what sea, twelve miles off the coast of Turkey?
Answer: Black Sea
Tossup #7-16 (PC)
Identified by Country America as one of the top 10 new stars of 1998, her debut album went gold with a number one hit with “The Fool.” For ten points, name this country artist who won Song of the Year with the title track with her 2000 album I Hope You Dance.
Answer: Lee Ann Womack
Tossup #7-17 (ETC 3, WH)
Except for statutes involving homicide, he reformed the entire legislative code to make it more “humane” from the code created by Draco. For ten points, name this ancient statesman considered by many to be one of the Seven Wise Men of Athens as well as that city’s first poet.
ANSWER: Solon
Tossup #7-18 (ETC 3, RMP)
It was said that whoever could take Balmung the sword out of the Branstock tree was destined to win in battle. So of nine of the Volsung princes attempted to remove the sword, only this youngest prince was successful. For ten points, name this hero who used Balmung to kill Fafnir.
ANSWER: Sigmund
Category Quiz Bonuses
American History: Civil Disobedience
(Jason/ETC)The plaintiff, a 22-year-old draftsman, was locked up in a jail in Oakland when he was visited by Ernest Besig who offered the ACLU’s assistance in his legal defense. For ten points, name this recent recipient of the Medal of Honor who refused to be incarcerated in a Japanese internment camp, the plaintiff in a Supreme Court case.
Answer: Fred Korematsu
American Literature: Ice, Ice Baby
In this book, everyone wants to get their hands on ice-9, which, as a solid at room temperature, proves to be deadly. For fifteen points, name this 1963 book set in a post-apocalyptic Caribbean by Kurt Vonnegut.
Answer: Cat’s Cradle
Fine Arts: Museums
For fifteen points, what New York museum located on Fifth Avenue across from Central Park is known for its distinctive spiral ramp as designed by Frank Lloyd Wright?
Answer: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Geography: The Rock
(Whaples) It is a steep rock about 430 feet high near Sankt Goar, rising perpendicularly from the right back of the Rhine River. For fifteen points, name this rock whose celebrated echo gave rise to the legend of a beautiful siren whose bewitching song lured mariners to their death as in the story by Heinrich Heine.
Answer: Lorelei
Mathematics: The Power of Mathematics
The quantities log base ten of 2 equals 0.301, log of 3 equals 0.477, and log of 7 equals 0.845. For fifteen points, what is the value of log of 0.21? Give your answer to three decimal places. You have 60 seconds.
Answer: -0.678[= log 3 + log 7 - 2]
Physical Sciences: Do You Use Protection?
(Jason Sn) Recognized in 1732 by Hermann Boerhaave, it was not until 1756, when its namesake scientist discussed it in A Tract About Some Qualities of Common Water, who noticed that water droplets last longer on a hot plate at certain higher temperatures. For fifteen points, name this effect that allows stunts such as firewalking and dipping wet hands into molten lead to be performed safely due to the fact that the water forms a thin vapor of protection over the feet or hands.
ANSWER: Leidenfrost Effect
Popular Culture: Really Big Europeans
He amassed over 2000 Grand Prix points on the 1999-2000 FIS World Cup tour. For fifteen points, name this dominating 5-foot-7 Austrian skier.
Answer: Hermann Maier
Religion, Mythology, Philosophy: Rituals
The completion of this ritual is commemorated by the three-day Festival of Eid al-Fitr starting in the month of Shawwal. For fifteen points, name this Pillar of Islam as prescribed in the Koran (2:183-185) that takes place during the ninth month of the Islamic calendar.
Answer: Sawm or Fasting (Prompt on “Ramadan”)
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World Literature: Novels
This novel centers around the Ibo tribe in west Africa. The main character, Okonkwo, is plagued by issues varying from the White Man taking over his village to his son’s personality development. For 15 points, name this award-winning novel by Chinua Achebe.
Answer: Things Fall Apart
World History: Success! Success!
(Jason) DISTRIBUTE HANDOUT Please match the items in Columns A, B, and C as appropriate. Column A: 1689-1697, 1702-1713, 1740-1748; Column B: Austrian Succession, League of Augsberg, Spanish Succession; Column C: Anne, George, William. You have 30 seconds.
Answers: 1689-William-League of Augsberg; 1702-Anne-Spanish Succession; 1740-George-Austrian Succession
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Category Quiz (World History)
Stretch Round
Tossup #7-19 (Alex, SS)
Earning a medical degree from the University of Heidelberg in 1856, he went on to teach physiology at Heidelberg, where he began to separate the discipline of psychology from philosophy, instead stressing the importance of experiment as opposed to rational analysis. FOR TEN POINTS, name this man regarded as the founder of experimental psychology.
ANSWER: Wilhelm Wundt
Related Bonus:
Answer these questions about conditioning for fifteen points each.
A. A pioneer in the development of the concept of operant conditioning, this psychologist used experiments involving cats and “puzzle boxes” along with measurements of the speed of the cat solving the “puzzle” during repeated trials.
ANSWER: Edward Thorndike
B. In B.F. Skinner’s refinement of Thorndike’s experiment, what term is given to the pellet of food delivered once the rat activates the device in the “Skinner Box?”
ANSWER: Reinforcer of Conditioning
Tossup #7-20 (Anand, L)
After being forced to live with her uncaring aunt Mrs. Reed, she later goes on to Lowood School before becoming a governess at Thornfield Hall. FOR TEN POINTS, name this novel where the main character falls in love with her already-married employer Edward Rochester.
Answer: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Related Bonus:
For 15 points each, given a description of a character from Jane Eyre, name the character.
A. This minister of Morton proposes to Jane and offers to take her to India. They later find out they’re cousins.
Answer: St. John Rivers
B. This insane half-Creole woman was legally married to Mr. Rochester and kept in a locked room on the third floor of Thornfield Hall.
Answer: Bertha Mason
Tossup #7-21 (Brandon, NS)
It was first described in 1908 when scientists noted that after an earthquake, certain seismic waves reached the detecting stations sooner than others. The boundary is marked by a change in the earth's density. FOR TEN POINTS, identify this boundary, named for a Croatian scientist, which separates the crust and mantle.
Answer: Mohorovicic discontinuity or theMoho
Related Bonus (ETC, GKT)
Identify the following locations of devastating earthquakes for ten points each.
a. Over 700 people are confirmed dead in this 7.5-scale earthquake that hit this country on January 13, 2001.