Ghetto Warz House Packet 1
GHETTO WARZ HOUSE PACKET 1
WRITTEN BY MIK LARSEN, YOGESH RAUT, MARC SPRARAGEN, LUKE HARDMAN, GRACE CHENG, MICHAEL GORDON, GAREN TORIKIAN
1. (Mik)Like Jesus, his father’s name was Joseph, although he was born in Brookline instead of Bethlehem. In 1935, he enrolled in the London School of Economics, then Princeton, which he stopped attending due to jaundice. His thesis at Harvard, “Why England Slept”, was a best-seller, as well as his second book, a Pulitzer-Prize winner about the lives of famous senators, written while he himself was the Democratic senator from Massachusetts. FTP, name the author of Profiles in Courage, who would go on to be the 35th President.
A: John Fitzgerald Kennedy (or reasonable equivalents)
2. (Scott) First defined by Clausius in 1850, for reversible processes it can be written as d U equals T d S minus p d V. Realizing that p d V equals delta W and t d S equals delta Q and integrating both sides yields its more familiar form. Essentially the conservation of energy law applied to heat, FTP, name this law, which states that the change in internal energy of a system is equal to the head added to the system minus the work done by the system.
Answer: first law of thermodynamics
3. (Yogesh) It was written in 1882 at the suggestion of Alexander William Kinglake, and its prologue is addressed to General Hamley. It makes reference to the “gallant three hundred” men commanded by James Yorke Scarlett. Like a more famous poem by the same author, it describes events that took place on October 25, 1854, during the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War. FTP, name this poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson about a successful odds-defying attack on the Russian cavalry, a more optimistic sequel to his 1854 masterpiece about the ride of the “six hundred” into the “Valley of Death.”
Answer: The Charge of the Heavy Brigade
4. (Yogesh) It was the lovers’ theme in David Lean’s film Brief Encounter, and Marilyn Monroe went to pieces every time she heard it in The Seven Year Itch. The third movement was the basis for Frank Sinatra’s 1945 song “Full Moon and Empty Arms.” The second movement was used in Eric Carmen’s 1976 hit “All By Myself.” The composer was known for his large hands, and one point the pianist is required to cover 9 whole steps with one hand! FTP, name this 1901 composition in C minor by Sergei Rachmaninoff.
A: Piano Concerto No. 2 (accept “Rach 2” or other equivalents)
5. (Marc) Some people credit Cajun-Creole fusion chef Paul Prudhomme with inventing this dish, and other stories of its origin center on towns in Louisiana. Whether braised, roasted, grilled, or barbecued, it presents what its connoisseurs label a “complex, layered taste.” The dish’s recursion was taken to a new level in South Africa, by adding an outermost ostrich layer. FTP, name the chimerical dish, popularized by TV gourmand John Madden and consisting of a turkey stuffed with a duck stuffed with a chicken.
turducken
6. (Scott) He first practiced law before turning to politics in 1973, the first of 7 consecutive elections to the legislature. Working his way up through the government, he was the Minister of Health before being the first Likud member to serve as Mayor of Jerusalem. In October 2003 he took over as Finance Minister when Netanyahu resigned and first stated his agreement to pulling out of Gaza, a policy he will likely continue to follow now that his party, Kadima, won a majority in March elections. FTP, name this man, who on April 14th, 2006, became prime minister of Israel.
A: Ehud Olmert
7. (Grace) The stage name of Colleen Fitzpatrick, it also describes a biological molecule. If one takes over the suggested limit, variable in every individual, it may cause diarrhea, which Robert Cathcart termed the Bowel Tolerance Limit which ranges from 5 grams in healthy individuals to 30 grams in people with AIDS and cancer. Most animals besides humans synthesize their own, which led Linus Pauling to conclude that our failure is a massive genetic defect. First isolated in 1932, name this nutrient with formula C6H8O6, a vitamin known for preventing scurvy.
Answer: vitamin C or ascorbic acid
8. (Yogesh) John Jay, Baron Friedrich von Steuben, and a young Alexander Hamilton were injured during this event, and Sir John Temple nearly killed when a mob mistook the phrase “Sir John” for “surgeon.” It began on April 13, 1788, when a medical student brandished a cadaver’s arm at a boy and jokingly told him that it belonged to the boy’s mother. By coincidence, the boy’s mother’s body was missing, and the hospital was soon surrounded by an angry mob. The disturbance spread throughout New York City until Governor Clinton order the military to fire on the crowds, killing five people. FTP, name this event in which members of the medical profession were targeted.
Answer: The Doctors’ Riot
9. (Marc) Founded in 1863 as an offshoot of the Millerite movement, this sect of evangelical Christianity draws on traditional fundamentalist values, including those of temperance, health and educational aid, and the view of Jesus as a “loving disciplinarian.” It has strict dietary rules, most prominently vegetarianism; John Kellogg of cereal fame was one of the sect’s proponents in this area. FTP, identify the denomination, which takes its name from its strong veneration of Saturday as the Sabbath.
A: Seventh Day Adventists
10. (Yogesh)First and last names are the same. The great-grandson replaced Porter Goss as US congressman from Florida in 2004. The grandson served two terms as a US senator from Florida and in 2005 was named chairman of President Bush’s Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform. The original was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as a charter member in 1937. As manager-owner, he led the Philadelphia Athletics to 9 American League pennants and 5 World Series championships and holds the major league records for wins, losses, and number of games managed. FTP, give the first and last names shared by four generations of a prominent family, a shortened form of Cornelius McGillicuddy.
Answer: Connie Mack (accept “Cornelius McGillicuddy” before last clue; prompt on “Mack” or “McGillicuddy”)
11. (Mik)His most famous work served as the inspiration for the Metallica song “One” off And Justice For All, and his last and unfinished work, Night of the Aurochs, tells the story of WWII through Nazi eyes. After writing over thirty scripts under pseudonyms such as Millard Kaufman and Richard Rich – he won an Oscar for The Brave One under the latter name, he was reinstated into the Writers Guild of America due in part to the efforts of Kirk Douglas. FTP, name the screenwriter responsible for Exodus and Spartacus, a blacklisted member of the Hollywood Ten best known as the author of Johnny Got His Gun.
A: DaltonTrumbo
12. (Mik) Defined by the US Geological Survey as a channel, its ocean mouth is defined by Carmanah Point, TatooshIsland, and CapeFlannery. The Olympic Peninsula forms its southern border, and cities on its banks include Port Angeles, Sooke, Artacortes, and Victoria. Named by John Meares after a Greek sailor who sought the Strait of Anion, FTP, name this outlet for Puget Sound that forms part of the US-Canada border in the State of Washington.
A: Strait of Juan de Fuca
13. (Mik) Ye Mingshen, the governor of Guangxi and Guangdong provinces, ordered nonresistance, but the defenders of Guangxu launched a defensive after being bombarded by the American warship Levant. After British and French reinforcements carried the city, combat moved to Pei Tang and then Baijing as the emperor refused to ratify the Treaty of Tientsin. Named after an eponymous ship that was boarded to stop narcotics shipping, FTP, what 1856-60 conflict ended with the destruction of the SummerPalace and forced Western ambassadors on China?
A: The Second Opium War (Accept Arrow War)
14. (Mik) He’s the deity Encolpius offends in Petronius’ Satyricon, and attempts to take advantage of the drunken Lotis in Ovid’s Fasti. The offspring of Aphrodite with either Dionysus or Adonis, statues of him were placed in fields to ensure fertility, or as scarecrows versus either birds or thieves. FTP, name this Greek/Roman protector god who threatens intruders with sodomy in a namesake collection of epigrams, usually depicted with large, erect genitals.
A: Priapus (Mutinus Mutunus)
15. (Luke) They would have broken Sonny James’ record of 16 straight #1s had “Christmas in Dixie” reached the top. Formerly known as Wild Country, this band was formed in the late 1960's by cousins Randy Owen and Teddy Gentry. They reeled off 42 number 1 singles (or 33, as Billboard claims) and have been dominant in country with songs such as "Lady Down on Love", "The Closer You Get", "The Cheap Seats", "Dixieland Delight", "Mountain Music", and "Tennesse River". FTP, name this geographically titled band.
A: Alabama
16. (Scott) First developed by Xerox in 1970, Digital Equipment and Intel jumped on board in 1980, leading to the first specification and leading to it being accepted as an official standard in 1983. Covered by the IEEE (I-triple E) standard 802.3, it beat out its primary competitor despite having risks of collision and no priority system. The most common implementation of a CSMA/CD protocol, FTP, name this protocol, used by 85 percent of local area networks.
A: Ethernet
17. (Mik) Philopeomen and Flamininus. Eumenes and Sertorius. Pelopidas and Marcellus. Timoleon and Aemilius Paulus. Cimon and Lucullus. Crassus and Nicias. Solon and Poplicola. Themistocles and Camillus. Lysander and Sulla. Pyrrhus and Marius. Aratus, Artaxerxes, Galba, and Otho are the only unpaired books in, FTP, what massive set of comparative biographies, the master-work of Plutarch?
A: The Parallel Lives of Plutarch (prompt on Lives)
18. (Scott) Work on it kept being interrupted by deaths: first Arnolfo di Cambio’s in 1302 only 6 years after he begun, then Giotto’s 3 years after he started work, then the plague of 1348, which led to a new design. By 1375 it was finally ready for use, though it was not consecrated until 1436. Finishing the façade was more problematic: it was not until almost 1886 that the familiar white and green marble front was finally completed. Also known as Santa Maria del Fiore, it is most famous for its massive dome, designed by Brunelleschi, FTP, name this cathedral, the most well-known in Florence.
Answer: Duomo(accept Santa Maria del Fiore before mention)
19. (Michael) First observed in 1923, it occurred when a graphite target was fired at by x-rays, which deflected them, causing them to pass through a series of slits and a spectrophonometer, which allowed the namesake scientist, using an ionization chamber, to measure the wavelengths of the rays. Occurring with photons of energies between .5 and 3.5 Mega-Electron Volts, FTP, name this phenomenon, the increase in wavelength when X-ray photons interact with electrons of a given material.
A: Compton Scattering (or the Compton effect)
20. (Mik) They were named after the grandfather of their first ruler, who inherited the governorship of Persis from his father Papag, a Zoroastrian priest named Ardashir who rebelled and destroyed the Parthian empire of Artabanus IV. His son Shapur I conquered as far as Transoxiana and the Silk Road, and successors presided over two golden ages as rivals to the Eastern Roman Empire. FTP, name this dynasty of the Second Persian Empire, whose last ruler, Yazdegerd III, had his empire overrun by Muslim conquerors in 651 AD.
A: The Sassanid (Sassanian) Dynasty or Empire
21. (Mik) The Huainanzi came from the Huang-Lao texts of the Han Dynasty, and Zhang Daoling’s revelations led to the formation of the Tianshi sect in the 2nd century AD. The Taipingjing from the Warring States Period serves as the appendix to the main text, consisting of almost 1500 separate pieces, separated into 3 dong: Zhen, Yuan, and Shen. That text, the Daozang, FTP, is the central canon for what general term for Chinese folk religion, based on the Dao de Jing of Lao-Tzu?
A: Daoism(Taoism)
BONI
(NOTE: modify based on results of Italian election)(accurate as of 4/11)
1. (Scott) Italy is still debating theirhotly contested election. FTSNOP:
A FTPE, name the incumbent and his party, which he founded in 1993.
Answer: Silvio Berlusconi, Forza Italia (accept Go Italy with much muttering)
B. FFPE, name Berlusconi’s challenger, an economics professor who hopes to repeat his 1996 defeat of Berlusconi, and the coalition he leads whose largest members include the Left Democrat, the Daisy, and the Communist Refoundation parties.
Answer: Romano Prodiand the Union(l’Unione)
2.(Mik)Name these Caribbean islands from clues, FTPE:
1. First colonized in 1635, its capital was almost completely destroyed by the eruption on Mount Pelee in 1902.
A: Martinique
2. Named after a Spanish church by Columbus in 1493, it’s far more flat than many Caribbean islands, including the other island, slightly later in the alphabet, with which it formed a nation in 1981. Capital at St. John’s.
A: Antigua
3. Slightly south of Cuba, they were originally linked with Jamaica until being divided into separate territories in 1962. They’re named after the neo-Taino word for crocodile.
A: Cayman Islands (or Cayman)
3. (Mik) Name the following murdered civil rights activists, FTPE:
1. After being rejected from the University of Mississippi Law School in 1954 on racial grounds, this NAACP leader led the campaign to desegregate that school. Byron de la Beckwith, who murdered him in 1963, was not convicted until 1994.
A: Medgar Evers
2. This head of the South African Students’ Organization and Black People’s Convention was arrested in the aftermath of the Soweto riots and died in police custody in 1977. He was memorialized in a song by Peter Gabriel.
A: Stephen Bantu Biko
3. This co-founder of the Black Panthers was murdered by a drug dealer in Oakland in 1989, after being convicted of mismanaging funds for Black Panther operations during that decade.
A: Huey Percy Newton
4. (Scott) How much do you know about your REALLY early childhood? Answer these questions regarding embryology, FTPE:
A. At this stage, the embryo consists of a hollow ball of cells containing a fluid-filled interior.
Answer: blastula
B. Following the blastula, the blastopore appears indicating this stage in which germ layers are formed.
Answer: gastrula
C. This stage is marked by the development of the neural tube and primitive spinal cord.
Answer: neurula
5. (Michael) They say that both Notre Dame and pot have something in common: They both get smoked in a bowl. FTPE, answer these questions about Notre Dame’s bowl-losing streak.
1. Notre Dame’s most recent bowl loss was to what team in the 2006 Fiesta Bowl?
A: The OhioStateUniversity
2. As of the end of the last bowl season, Notre Dame tied with West Virginia for the title of longest bowl losing streak at this many losses.
A; 8
3. Who was the head football coach at Notre Dame when their streak began at the 1995 Fiesta Bowl?
A: Lou Holtz
6. (Mik)Name the Puccini operas given short descriptions FTPE:
1. An opera singer tries to rescue her painter boyfriend after he tries to safeguard a political prisoner in Napoleonic-War Italy; she kills the chief of police, the painter gets the firing squad, and she jumps off a castle.
A: Tosca
2. The Prince of Persia tries and fails to answer the title character’s three riddles; the Prince of Tartary answers them right, but we never see if she manages to guess his real name in the original work.
A: Turandot
3. The title character sways between the affections of the debauched Tigrana and faithful Fidelia; when Tigrana betrays him for money, he rebukes her, then she stabs Fidelia to death.
A: Edgar
7. (Mik) Name the following people involved in the Investiture Controversy, FTPE:
1. This pope from 1073-1085 declared in the dictatus papae that religious appointments could only be made within the church, and his quarrel with HRE Henry IV resulted in the incident at Canossa and the pope’s death while fleeing unfriendly forces in Rome.
A: Pope Gregory VII (Hildebrand)
2. William the Conqueror had flown papal flags when invading England, but his appointees failed to comply with papal commands, and this author of the Monologion and Proslogion was forced to retire to an abbey by Henry I of England.
A: St. Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury
3. This Duke of Swabia originally allied with Henry IV, but was elected antiking after his excommunication and attempted to usurp the throne for three years before being defeated and killed in 1080.
A: Rudolf von Rheinfeld
8. (Scott) Name these fathers of quantum physics, FTPE.
A. Quantum physics can be traced to this man, who in 1900 suggested that energy may be quantized.
Answer: Max Planck
B. This man created his namesake equation describing the relativistic electron, as well as bra-ket notation and his delta function.
Answer: Paul Dirac
C. After working on the Manhattan Project, this man broke ground in quantum electrodynamics with his integrals that swept infinities “under the rug.”