Team B______
Almost Dewey State Invitational
Saturday, March 01, 2008
HS Varsity - Packet 11
This match will feature 20 tossups with a bonus going to the team that correctly answers the tossup. Buzz in and answer correctly early to receive power (15 points) for your response. However, avoid incorrectly interrupting the moderator as this will cost you 5 points.
1. [SE]
The retro variety of this American Scientist's most famous discovery have long terminal repeats, LTRs, and LINEs and SINES perform similar functions to this discovery. Studying how chromosomes change during reproduction in maize, she noticed insertions, deletions and translocations caused by mobile genetic elements that led to a change in the color of corn kernels and accounted for 50 percent of the maize genome. FTP, name this 1983 Nobel Prize winner who discovered transposons, also called "jumping genes."
Barbara McClintock
Bonus: [cbs]
Given a brief description of the beast or monster that was killed or captured by Heracles during the course of his twelve labours, give the name, FTPPA. Remember that a specific name is needed, not just the type of beast.
1.This beast of the waters had poisonous breath and multiple heads; killing it was Heracles’s 2nd labour. / _Lernaean Hydra_ (prompt on either Lernaean or Hydra)
2.This creature’s hide was so thick that no weapon could penetrate it, and it used that advantage to terrorize the region that it is named after. Heracles needed to take its skin for his 1st labour. / _Nemean Lion_ (prompt on Nemean or Lion)
3.This guardian of the gates of the underworld was not killed, but rather captured by Heracles as part of his final labour. / _Cerberus_ or _Kerberos_
2. [NM]
An earlier version of this opera was composed by Ferdinando Paer, and its title bared the name of the original work of Jean Nicolas Bouilly, on which it was based. The opera opens with a duet between Marcellina and Jacquino, with Marcellina wishing she was united with the title character. In Act Two the duet “O, namenlose Freude” is performed after Florestan is saved. FTP, Lenore disguises herself as the title character to rescue her imprisoned husband in what opera, the only one Beethoven ever composed?
Fidelio
Bonus: [SE]
Answer the following about a certain astronomical item FTPE:
1.Also called "The Hunter", the equatorial position of this constellation, with a signature belt, means it is visible around the world. / Orion
2.This beta star of Orion is not only its brightest star, but also the sixth brightest star in the sky. / Rigel
3.This name of this third-brightest star in Orion comes from the latin for “female warrior”, and is also known as the Amazon star. / Bellatrix
3. [ktb]
Evolving his own musical language, he used an augmented fourth as his distinguishing mark and as the basis for the system of harmonic axes that he created. It has been argued that he, rather than Schoenberg, was the true revolutionary of the early 20th century, due to his use of rhythms based on a binary measure or irregular groups* of 5, 7, 9, 11 or more beats. He uses such a unique "Bulgarian" Rhythm in his fifth quartet, or Mikrokosmos but is better known for ballets such as The Wooden Prince and The Miraculous Mandarin. FTP, name this Hungarian composer of the opera Bluebeard's Castle.
Bela Bartok
Bonus: [AMW]
Australia, more than just a convict colony, answer some stuff for ten points each.
1.This novel involves an heiress and a priest. Traveling to Sydney aboard the same ship, their mutual love of cards brings them together, culminating when the heroine bets that she can transport a glass church into the outback / Oscar and Lucinda
2.This novelist wrote “Oscar And Lucinda”, as well as “Bliss” and Theft: A Love Story”. / Peter Carey
3.This other Carey work presents itself as hastily written scraps of paper written by the protagonist Ned Kelly. It is based on the true story of a famous Victorian outlaw. / True History of the Kelly Gang
The above bonus is not verified!
4. [Chi]Henry Billings Brown spoke for the majority in this case by arguing that the U.S. Constitution was powerless to redress a group’s “social inferiority,” a proposition with which Justice Harlan disagreed, claiming that “arbitrary separation” cannot be justified on legal grounds. The incident in question took place in a railway car in Louisiana and involved a man who was only 1/8ths black. FTP, identify this 1896 court case that codified the segregationist doctrine of “Separate but Equal.”
Plessy v. Ferguson (prompt on Ferguson)
Bonus: [aap]
FTPE, identify the following parts of the nervous system.
1.A division of the peripheral nervous system, it is the system that innervates the striated muscles, which are under voluntary control. / Somatic Nervous System
2.A division of the autonomic nervous system, it is activated when one becomes excited or frightened. / Sympathetic Nervous System
3.In addition to the brain and spinal cord, this part of the eye is sometimes considered a part of the central nervous system. It contains the rods and cones. / Retina
5. [ktb]
This man’s uncle wrote the poem “Captain Khrabov” mocking the newly popular Romantic Movement, and was fond of light poetry, writing epistles and epigrams based on the works of Horace, Catullus, and Tibullus. His nephew wrote a poem titled “The Bronze Horseman”, generally considered one of the seminal works of Russian poetry, about an equestrian statue of Peter the Great, but is better remembered for his dramas and verse novels. FTP, name this man, often called the father of modern Russian literature, who wrote “The Golden Cockerel”, “The Queen Of Spades” and “Eugene Onegin”.
Alexander Pushkin
Bonus: [ktb]
Called Jugenstil or Youth Style in Germany, Modernista in Spain, and Style Moderne in France...
1.Name this movement of the late 19th Century that was influenced by Beardsley's "Yellow Book" and is exemplified in the glass work of Louis Tiffany. / Art Nouveau
2.This architect created many Art Nouveau works including the Parque Guell (Gwell), Casa Mila, and the yet unfinished Basilica of the Sagrada Familia, all in Barcelona, Spain. / Antonio Gaudi
3.Aubrey Beardsley illustrated Oscar Wilde's book about this Biblical figure, who is seen kissing the severed head of John the Baptist in one illustration. / Salome
6. [ktb]
He painted the ceiling of Whitehall Palace for Charles I in 1634 and after his marriage to Helene Fourment in 1630, he painted The Garden of Love, The Three Graces, and the Judgement of Paris.* Name this Flemish painter and diplomat, known for his distinctly Baroque style and striking nudes, who painted The Raising of the Cross in 1610.
Peter Paul Rubens
Bonus: [PB]
Given the names of several languages, give the main family of which they are a part, FTPE:
1.Spanish, Portuguese, French / Romance Languages
2.Lithuanian, Latvian / Baltic Languages
3.Georgian, Chechen, Kabardian / Caucasian Languages
7. [cbs]
The French occupied this area in 1923 after Germany failed to pay its Versailles Treaty reparations. During World War II, the Morgenthau Plan proposed stripping this area of its industry and moving trade workers out of the zone, which was to be internationalized. Later, the Allies surrounded it, creating a namesake pocket, FTP, around what heavily industrialized region of Germany located in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia that contains the cities of Dortmund and Munster?
Ruhr Area/Valley
Bonus: [SE]
FTPE, answer the following about looking inside the body.
1.A computed tomography or CT scan consists of a series of images, taken at different angles, using this type of radiation that Wilhelm Roentgen discovered is 1895. / X-ray radiation or x-rays
2.In a PET scan, the subject is injected with a radioactive isotope, which decays and releases this particle. The collision of this particle with its antiparticle, an electron, is recorded to indicate the location of blood flow. / positron
3.This type of scan uses a high-powered magnet to induce atoms in the body to emit radiowaves, the frequencies of which are analyzed to produce an image. The "functional" type can be used to detect blood-flow changes to different areas of the brain. / (nuclear) magnetic resonance imaging (accept "MRI" or "NMR" or "NMRI")
8. [NM]
Calculation:
Alex and Whitney are preparing for their Complex Analysis midterm. If Whitney doesn’t study at all, she will score a 42. If Alex doesn’t study at all, he will score a 77. For each hour she studies, Whitney will add 10 points to her score, whereas Alex will add only 5 points for every hour he studies. If Alex and Whitney earn the same score on the exam, how many hours did they study combined?
5 hours (4 for Whitney, 1 for Alex)
Bonus: [aap]
Given a quotation, identify the English Romantic poem FTPE:
1.“Did he smile his work to see? / Did he who made the lamb make thee?” / The Tyger
2.“The trumpet of a prophecy! O Wind, / If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?" / Ode to the West Wind
3.“ Much have I traveled in the realms of gold, / And many goodly states and kingdoms seen; / Round many western islands have I been / Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold.” / On First Looking Into Chapman’s Homer
9. [aap]
They were divided into 2 tribes, the Silingi and the Hasdingi, but it’s their collective name that is best known and that is thought to denote the region of southern Spain in which they lived before invading Northern Africa under King Geiseric. * Possibly originating in present-day Scandinavia, they migrated to Poland before attacks by the Huns drove them westward where they conquered Gaul before settling in Iberia under King Gunderic. FTP, identify this East Germanic tribe that sacked Rome in 455 and from whose name we derive an English word for willful destruction.
Vandals
Bonus: [cbs]
FTPE, answer these questions about the Mighty Handful, also known as The Mighty Five of Russian composers:
1.This man was the founder and leader of the group form its formation in 1856, and was the composer of Islamey: An Oriental Fantasy. / Mily Alexeyovich Balakirev
2.While also a notable chemist, this composer of In the Steppes of Central Asia is best known for his unfinished opera, Prince Igor. / Alexander Borodin
3.When Mussorgsky died, this man went on to revise many of his works including Boris Godunov, which few accepted, and St. John’s Night on the Bare Mountain- the more commonly heard version now. / Nicolay Rimsky-Korsakov
10. [ktb]
As a boy, this writer was taken away from his home by his grandmother Natsu, a woman prone to violent outbursts that he often alluded to in his works. He was originally interested in writing Waka poetry, and only turned to prose when he submitted “The Forest In Full Bloom” for his school’s literary magazine. After a brief stint as an official in the Finance Ministry, he retired and devoted himself completely to writing, turning out “The Temple of The Golden Pavilion” within ten years. FTP, name this author of “Spring Snow” and “The Temple Of Dawn”, both works in his Sea of Fertility trilogy, who, on November 25, 1970, committed ritual suicide by seppuku.
Yukio Mishima
Bonus: [cbs]
Answer these questions about Roman deities, FTPE:
1.This god of Roman mythology is somewhat peculiar in that there is no Greek equivalent. Name this god who is most often portrayed as a man with two faces, one in front and one in back. / Janus
2.This Roman god did have a Greek equivalent, although it wasn’t nearly as important as the Roman one. Although he was originally associated with agriculture, as Romans turned to war, so did this god’s focus. / Mars
3.Originally an independent Italian deity, this Roman god is most often associated with the lives of women, especially marriage and childbirth. / Juno
11. [ktb]
In a 1948 interview, he explained that he leaves his poems with a sense of emotional ambiguity so as to leave the reader to determine a personal meaning for his works. He writes "O thin men of Haddam, why do you imagine golden birds" in "Thirteen Ways of Looking* at a Blackbird" and describes a woman who feels "the need of some imperishable bliss" in "Sunday Morning." FTP, name this American poet of "Anecdote of the Jar" and "The Emperor of Ice Cream."
Wallace Stevens
Bonus: [cbs]
Answer these questions about evolutionary processes FTPE.
1.Two modes of this process include dispersal and vicariance, which split populations and allow for new species to arise. / Allopatric Speciation (prompt on speciation)
2.Allopatric speciation leads to species that experience this phenomenon. Mechanisms of this process include both pre and post zygotic barriers such as behavioral, gametic, and reduced hybrid viability. / Reproductive Isolation
3.To observe relative genetic distances between species, researchers bring together species in this process. Reproductive isolation vastly increases in this process. / Sympatric Speciation or Sympatry (Prompt on Speciation)
12. [HK]
Common types of these are ammonia, hydrogen, ruby, and rubidium. Their existence was first proposed in 1952 by Russians Nikolay Basov and Alexander Prokhorov. They are widely used as high frequency precision devices, such as atomic clocks. These devices that produce coherent electromagnetic waves in all ranges, not just in their original microwaves. However, types that produce visible light -- once called optical ones of these -- are now known as lasers. FTP, identify these devices, whose name is an acronym for Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.