1997 Western Invitational TournamentUCSF
UCSF Questions, edited by David Levinson
Tossups
1. On the side of good, its characters include the angels Uriel, Michael and Gabriel. On the side of evil are Belial, Moloch, Beelzebub and, of course, Satan. For ten points, in what twelve-book epic poem did John Milton tell the story of man's expulsion from the Garden of Eden?
Answer:Paradise Lost
2. [dml] Ironically, this Harvard garaduate first gained notereity when he acted as defense counsel for the British in the Boston Massacre case. He later became a leader of the Independence movement, and was a negotiator with Franklin and Jay of the Treaty of Paris of 1783. For ten points name this first vice president of the United States?
Answer:John Adams
3. In the 1970's, a group of Italian animators came up with a clever idea- to make a film consisting of short animated sequences, each drawn to match a piece of classical music. The film, called "Allegro Non Tropo," was quite successful, but the idea was not original. For ten points, what Walt Disney film from the 1940's, starring Mickey Mouse as the Sorcerer's Apprentice, employed the same device to stunning effect?
Answer:Fantasia
4. Genes in this organism are often given whimsical names that correspond roughly to the creature's appearance when these genes are mutated. Typical mutations include "freak," "deformed" "wingless, "bithorax" and "antennapedia," in which this small arthropod's antennae are replaced by legs. For ten points, what is this fruit-loving insect, which was first used as a model genetic organism by Thomas Hunt Morgan?
Answer: Drosophila melanogaster (accept "fruit fly")
5. His brief and troubled life was depicted in the film "Moulon Rouge." Afflicted with a growth defect that rendered him a dwarf, this son of impoverished French noble family spent his days painting the somewhat seedy night life of Paris during the 1890's. Although he sketched many noted personalities, he is best remembered for his poster prints of the cabaret actresses Jean Avril and Madame Eglantine. For ten points, who was this man, who died of alcoholism at age of 36?
Answer: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
6. [dml] This faith was created by Hussein Ali, and its name means Splendor of God. It was built on the foundations of a man called the Bab, meaning door or gate, and it teaches the oneness of mankind, the unity and progressive nature of divine intervention, compulsory education, the harmony of science and religion, and a world order. For ten points, identify this religion which emerged in Iran during the 1800's?
Answer:Baha'i
7. It concerns the actions of Doctor Thomas Stockmann, a medical officer charged with inspecting the public baths on which the prosperity of his native town depends. He finds the water to be contaminated, but when he refuses to be silent, he is declared to be this, for ten points, the title of the 1882 play by Henrik Ibsen that was adapted to film by Satyajit Ray.
Answer: An Enemy of the People
8. "We are stardust, we are golden, and we've gotta get ourselves back to the garden," she said at Woodstock. For ten points, name this Canadian singer-songwriter whose albums include "Mingus," "Blue" and, more recently, "Turbulent Indigo."
Answer: Joni Mitchell
9. He liked the Hollywood sign so much that he had one erected outside of Tirana, the capital of the impoverished Balkan nation that he ruled with an iron fist for over forty years after overthrowing King Zog. However, this Albanian instead ordered the sign to spell his name. For ten points, name this Stalinist dictator who died in 1985.
Answer: Enver Hoxha
10. [dml] He twice ran for mayor of Oakland as a socialist while a newspaper correspondent. This followed a successful career as a janitor and vagrant. For ten points identify this prolific novelist of "Martin Eden", "The Iron Heel", and "The Call of the Wild"?
Answer:Jack London
11. [dml] It began life in the NagÕs Head Tavern on Cateaten Streen to finance bills of credit. Modeled on a similar institution in Amsterdam, it was subscribed to in 1694 at an interest rate of 8 percent under the charter of a limited liability company. It could issue notes on demand to the King who secured them by taxes, in return it could collect a sales tax on beer, ale, and vinegar. For 10 points, what is this financial institution responsible for EnglandÕs national debt, now the countryÕs Central Bank?
Answer:Bank of England
12. [dml] Now a few building at a fork in the road ten miles outside of Alessandria in Italy, on June 14, 1800 many more people were here. While NapoleonÕs troops were mostly out foraging, the Austrians attacked. When Louis Desaix arrived, the tide turned, and though the French are credited with victory, NapoleanÕs first as Head of State, the troop losses were significant. For ten points, name this battle which gave its name to a chicken dish of sauce with eggs, garlic, tomato, crawfish, brandy, and eggs.
Answer:Battle of Marengo
13. [dml] In his ÒOf Human BondageÓ, he argued we were prisoners of religion only if we wanted to be. His father came to Holland from Spain to escape the persecution of the Jews, but he was excommunicated by the Jews, as well as receiving the expected attack from Christians. He established the dictum ÒLove your neighbor and perfect your reasonÓ. To him, God existed everywhere, and could be worshipped by any free man. For 10 points who was this philosopher and lens grinder?
Answer: Baruch Spinoza
14. [dml] Signed on March 26, 1979, for it Sadat received the Nobel Peace Prize, while Egypt received both the Sinai Peninsula and much flack from their Arab "friends". For ten points identify this agreement, named after the President's retreat where it was negotiated, which has kept the peace between Israel and Egypt for almost twenty years.
Answer:Camp David Agreement
15. You are a member of the Fore tribe on New Guinea. You have eaten the corpse of your recently deceased relative. In a few years, you begin to feel queasy; your speech and movement become jerky and awkward, and you begin to laugh uncontrollably. Shortly thereafter, your brain turns into a mushy sponge. For ten points, what prion disease have you contracted?
Answer: kuru
16. Rejection sucks, especially on a national level. Fed up with corruption and incompetence in the capital city of Moroni, the people of Anjouan and Moheli declared independence from the other islands of this archipelago off the coast of Mozambique. They requested to rejoin their former colonial masters the French- but France refused to take them back. By September of 1997, the abortive rebellion had been crushed by government troops from Grand Comore, this nation's main island. For ten points, name this pathetic little country.
Answer: the Comoros
15. The title of this novel alludes to Milton's poem "Samson Agonistes," perhaps in reference to the moral blindness that the author detected in British society during the 1930's. The story concerns the transformation of a brilliant but withdrawn sociologist named Anthony Beavis from a cynical, apathetic observer of society's decay into a crusader for the raising of human consciousness. For ten points, what 1936 book by Aldous Huxley, despite its greater depth and sophistication, was overshadowed by his preceding future-shocker "Brave New World?"
Answer: Eyeless in Gaza
16. Its discoveries about the river-like flow of plasma near the poles of the sun may help to explain the basis for the 11-year solar cycle long observed from Earth. Launched in 1994, this spunky little space probe went into orbit 1.5 million kilometers from the sun in December of 1995 and has since churned out tons of spectacular data from its twelve on-board instruments. For ten points, what European Space Agency satellite shares its acronym with a fashionable district in London?
Answer: SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory)
17. His curious epithet arises from his oath never to bathe until he had unified Norway. When he succeeded in doing so in the middle of the 11th century, he at last washed himself and, from beneath layers of grime, revealed a beautiful head of hair. Unfortunately, when this Viking king attempted to wrest England from the Anglo-Saxons on the eve of the Norman invasion, his flaxen locks could not save him, and he was killed by the forces of Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Stamford Bridge. For ten points, name this once-revolting Viking warrior, whose name means "Fine Hair" in Norse.
Answer: Harald Hardradda
18. The Wall of Flesh. Gimp-suited slaves galore. Beheadings, impalings and disembowelments. A wrestling match at every concert. An enormous worm that swallows audience members whole. And of course, gallons and gallons of slimy mock bodily fluids. Beavis and Butthead would be in heaven if they saw this band, fronted by the titanic, muscle-bound Odorous Orungus and his sidekick the Sexecutioner. For ten points, what band, whose albums include "Scum Dogs of the Universe" and "This Toilet Earth" has successfully sued the state of Georgia for banning it because of its irredeemable vileness.
Answer: GWAR
19. After seeing a demonstration of this invention on the 9th of July, 1851, Queen Victoria wrote in her diary: "It is the most wonderful thing, and the boy who works it does so with the greatest of ease and rapidity. Messages were sent to Manchester, Edinburgh etc. and answers were received in a few seconds- truly marvelous!" Indeed, this early electrical device may be considered the first telecommunications tool. For ten points, what revolutionary contraption had at that point been recently invented by Samuel Morse?
Answer: the telegraph
20. [dml] A ring trough filled with mercury on which floated a massive sandstone slab 16 feet square and a foot thick, four metal plate speculum mirrors on the corners of the slab, and a monochromatic sodium light passed through two slits and lens to generate a point source constitute the equipment of this famous experiment. The light beam was split in two and bounced off the mirrors and then returned to the beam splitting mirror. If the interference pattern that resulted differed based on the angle of the device, there was ether, otherwise there was not. For 10 points name this experiment which showed that ether did not exist.
Answer:Michelson-Morley Experiment
21. Scobie is a highly principled police official in a malarial West African colony. When Scobie is passed up for a promotion, he is forced to borrow money to send his despairing wife away on holiday. During her absence, he falls in love with a young widow shipwrecked off the coast. Unable to distinguish between love, pity and responsibility and feeling hard-pressed to repay his debts without corrupting his honor, Scobie ends his life, disguising his suicide as a heart attack. For ten points, name this tragic 1948 novel by Graham Greene.
Answer: The Heart of the Matter
EXTRA TRASH (22-23)
22. A recent promotion for this film involved full page ads in major newspapers advertising genetically engineered babies; many readers were shocked that one could order customized offspring and complained to editors. The film's name is a riff on the genetic code. For ten points, what new film concerns the struggle of two young scientists against a predictably evil corporation involved in eugenics.
Answer: GATTACA
23. "hoo mooz" The significance of an uncle's final utterance was explored in a documentary about Paul's family on the popular TV sitcom, "Mad About You." For ten points what is the name of this documentary, which is also Paul's surname.
Answer: Buckman
EXTRA MUSIC (24-26)
24. When his musical pursuits failed to pay the bills, this composer moonlighted as a plumber. One of his more famous works is "Einstein on the Beach", which debuted in 1976. For ten points name this minimalist whose other works include "Akenhaton" and "Songs of Liquid Days."
Answer: Philip Glass
25. She got her start as one of George Balanchine's baby ballerinas in Swan Lake. and spent most of her career trying to conform to his image of the "ideal ballerina." She became a prima ballerina with the American Ballet Theatre and a favorite partner of Baryshnikov both on and off stage. In popular culture she was probably better known for her tell-all book which exposed the horrors committed to her by Balanchine, Baryshnikov, and herself, including drug abuse and starvation. For ten points name this author of the book Dancing on My Grave.
Answer: Gelsie Kirkland
26. Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bosle are two of the most famous contributors to this "art form"- their voices have been heard in numerous Hindi films; however, their faces have never appeared on screen. Evidently the pretty actresses who mouth the words of the songs can't do the job nearly as well as these studio professionals. For ten points, these golden throats participate in which dubious musical process, more closely associated with Milli Vanilli?
Answer: lip synching or dubbing
EXTRA SCIENCE (27-31)
27. Of luck. Breast. Of genius. Master. Back. Butterfly. These are all words or phrases which may be coupled with this word, which may also refer to a condition arising from a nasty brain aneurysm. For ten points, what is this five letter word which goes differently for different folks?
Answer: stroke
28. Many people think that rats cause the bubonic plague, but they are mere carriers unwittingly in my vicious grasp. I am intracellular, invasive and nasty. I am a bacterium. If you meet me in France, you will have caught "la peste." For ten points, who am I?
Answer: Yersinia pestis
29. Two words seem to be scaring away potential customers: anal leakage. Although developed in the 70's, this Proctor and Gamble product faced an uphill battle for FDA approval due to lingering concerns about safety. When finally introduced to the market in 1996 this food additive fared poorly despite its claims for guilt-free eating. For ten points, name the controversial fat substitute.
Answer: Olestra
DUPLICATE
30. A recent analysis of his famous illustrations of early embryos has revealed that he was negligent or perhaps deceitful in his depiction of the similarities between developing chickens, fish, salamanders, rabbits and humans. Despite their completely different appearances at a particular stage of development, he drew the embryos in a way that made them seem practically identical, perhaps to illustrate the evolutionary similarity between all vertebrates. For ten points, identify this 19th century German, considered the father of embryology.
Answer: Ernst Haeckel
31. Using the unique DNA found in these subcellular structures, researchers at UC Berkeley were able to trace every current population of human beings to one female ancestor living in Africa some 280,000 years ago, corroborating the ÒEveÓ hypothesis. These organelles are believed to have arisen from prokaryotic organisms that burrowed into the earliest eukaryotic cells and developed a symbiotic relationship. For ten points, identify these structures, whose primary function is to generate energy-rich ATP.
Answer: Mitochondria
Bonuses
1. For ten points each, answer the following questions concerning Richard Feynman and his works.
1. One of his well-known tutorials, this explanation of Murray Gell-Mann's theory of quarks was originally presented in a lecture series to nonscientists at UCLA.
Answer: Q.E.D.
2. Breaking into these objects was Feynman's hobby as a young researcher at Los Alamos; he relied on the assumption that their owners rarely changed the "parameters of operation" since the time of the objects' shipping.
Answer: safes
3. The title of this, his most popular book, draws from an incident in which he requested his tea with both lemon and milk. What an odd character!
Answer: "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman"
2. [dml] BONUS Identify these Italian cities, both sometimes considered the home to the Òfirst universityÓ for 15 points each.
1. This Sicilian city gained its position under Robert Guiscard and the Normans. Its ÒRule of HealthÓ were medical precepts, written in 2500 verses, which formed the basis of all European medical teaching for 400 years.
Answer:Salerno
2. Irnerius, who rediscovered JustinianÕs laws and Gratian who compiled the ÒDecretumÓ, a law text book, made this cityÕs university home of the law. Foreign students grouped into nations and built their own residence halls, by the fourteenth century there were students from 14 countries in this republican city under the protection of the Holy Roman Emporer.
Answer:Bologna
3. This is a question about Lev's travels through Europe. Lev was in Europe this summer, and saw lots and lots of beautiful, historical buildings. Given a description of the building, identify the name of the building and the architect for five points each.