2000 Chicago Open
Tossups by Andrew Yaphe and Subash Maddipoti - #1
1. After her boyfriend takes her to a "hilarious hall," he abandons her for Nellie and she is escorted to a streetcar by the drunken Freddie. Her brother Jimmie takes a companion to Pete's bar and gets in a fight when he learns that Pete has been sleeping with his sister, of whose death we learn in the final chapter. FTP, identify this short novel, first published in 1893, a work by Stephen Crane which depicts the career of a girl of the streets.
Answer: Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
2. Tallard foolishly put 12,000 of his best troops in the village, which was essential to his line along the plain of Hochstadt. The fighting began along the river Nebel on the morning of August 13, but by evening thirty squadrons of French cavalry had been driven into the Danube, thanks to the offensive led by Prince Eugene of Savoy. FTP, identify this battle of 1704, a major victory for the British under Marlborough in the War of the Spanish Succession.
Answer: the Battle of Blenheim
3. The VIRGO project in France and Italy and the GEO 600 project in England and Germany are both involved in trying to detect one of these. One argument against its existence is that general relativity says that what it mediates is not actually a force at all. Like a photon, it would be massless, uncharged, travelling at the speed of light, and only be emitted by accelerating, massive objects like stars. By definition, this particle would apparently be identical to its antiparticle. FTP, identify this postulated boson that would be the carrier of the gravitational field.
Answer: graviton
4. All together there are 28 living people in this painting. A white dog is on the left, while a white cat stretches out on the bottom center underneath the painter, who depicts himself painting a landscape in this work. To his right a nude stands in profile, clutching a sheet to her breast. Some of the luminaries and friends of the artists that are depicted include Charles Baudelaire and Pierre-Joseph Proudhon. This massive canvas took six weeks to complete between 1854 and 1855. FTP, identify this painting, a supposed allegory of all the influences on Gustave Courbet’s life.
Answer: The Painter’s Studio or The Artist’s Studio
5. His late dramatic poems include The Doom of Devorgoil and Halidon Hill, though he is better known for romances like Harold the Dauntless, The Lord of the Isles, and Rokeby. His early works include translations from German, including the Ballads of Burger and Goethe's Gotz von Berlichingen, but he became famous on his own in 1805 with a work supposedly recited to the Duchess of Buccleuch and the ladies of Newark Castle, The Lay of the Last Minstrel. FTP, name this poet of The Lady of the Lake and Marmion, who in 1814 began publishing some novels, like Old Mortality, The Bride of Lammermoor, and Ivanhoe.
Answer: Sir Walter Scott
6. In response to the disorder caused by this group, the Johnston Bill, also known as the "Bloody Act," was passed, making rioters guilty of treason. On May 17, one of the rebel leaders, James Few, was executed on the field of battle, a day after his 2,000 men were defeated at Alamance Creek by a force led by Governor William Tryon. FTP, identify this group of rebels, led by Herman Husbands, which was dissatisfied with lack of representation for the Piedmont region of North Carolina, leading to its uprising in 1771.
Answer: the Regulators
7. Its biosynthesis in the body begins with the action of a mutase enzyme on a Chorismate molecule converting it to Prephenate. If a dehydrogenase enzyme wins out over the dehydratase enzyme then it will not be synthesized as its* para-hydroxy analog will occur. That alternate pathway leads to the creation of tyrosine, which is very similar in structure to this amino acid, as it is normally converted to tyrosine in the body. FTP, identify this amino acid with an aromatic ring, in which a metabolism error causes phenylketonuria.
Answer: phenylalanine (accept tyrosine up til *)
8. He is represented in art riding on the swan Hansa and wearing the skin of a black antelope. As a stag he mated with Rohita to create the animals, while his consort is the goddess of music, Sarasvati. One of his days lasts two billion years, and when he falls asleep the world as we know it comes to an end. FTP, identify this god, who is also called Prajapati, the member of the Hindu trinity who is responsible for creating the world.
Answer: Brahma
9. He named his first son after his idol, Enzo Francescolli. Wearing the number 21 shirt, he often sets up goals for his club teammates Filippo Inzaghi and Alessandro Del Piero. The son of Algerian immigrants, this soccer star can easily be spotted due to his prominent bald spot. FTP, identify this athlete, who plays club football for Juventus, and was the hero of the 1998 World Cup final, scoring two goals for his winning French team, where he is affectionately called “Zizou” [ZEE-zoo].
Answer: Zinedine Zidane
10. He moved to London in 1589 and became friends with Robert Greene, writing the preface to Greene's Menaphon and The Anatomy of Absurdity. His religious works include Christs Tears over Jerusalem and Pierce Penilesse his Supplication to the Devil, but he is best known for a work that purports to be the life of Jack Wilton. FTP, identify this Elizabethan writer, who collaborated with Marlowe on Dido, Queen of Carthage, and wrote the first picaresque novel in English, The Unfortunate Traveller.
Answer: Thomas Nashe
11. As a lawyer in Cincinnati, he became known as a defender of fugitive slaves, and was one of the founders of both the Liberty and Free-Soil parties. After serving one term in the Senate, he returned to Ohio in 1855 as governor, but accepted a post in Lincoln's cabinet from which he worked for passage of the National Banking Act. FTP, identify this politician, who presided over the trial of Jefferson Davis and the impeachment of Andrew Johnson as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Answer: Salmon Portland Chase
12. This chemist discovered that hydrated iron oxide was the cure for arsenic poisoning. He was the first to obtain metallic magnesium and demonstrated its usefulness in pyrotechnic displays. After his work with cacodyl compounds, he patented several inventions including the filter pump and ice calorimeter. His experimenting ended with an explosion that blinded his left eye, but not before his co-discovery of spectrum analysis and the elements cesium and rubidium along with his colleague Gustav Kirchhoff. FTP, name this chemist, perhaps best-known for his eponymous burner.
Answer: Robert Bunsen
13. Charles-Valentin Alkan’s Opus 66 is his transcription of this work for pedal or piano 3 hands, and Mozart attempted to orchestrate it more fully in 1789. The composer was inspired by a letter written to him by the landowner Charles Jennens, and began this three-part work. The first part ends with “His yoke is easy,” while the final section concludes with the “Worthy is the Lamb” chorus. First performed in Dublin in 1742, it usually performed annually at Christmas time. FTP, identify this piece known for its “Hallelujah” chorus, the most famous oratorio of Georg Handel.
Answer: Messiah
14. Echo and Sawmill bays on its eastern shore and Fort Franklin on the west are home to its only major settlements. Discovered sometime before 1800, it lies in the northern Fort Smith region and southeastern Inuvik region. Its namesake river drains this body of water westward through marshes into the Mackenzie River. FTP, identify this fourth largest lake in North America and the largest lake entirely within Canada, a lake that is named for the animals that inhabit its shores.
Answer: Great Bear Lake
15. One of the main characters is taken prisoner by the Chevalier de Rochefort, who turns out to be the stranger he had encountered at Meung. The public executioner at Lille kills Lady de Winter, but not until after she poisons Constance Bonacieux, the seamstress to the queen. The action begins in 1625 when a young man from Gascon travels to Paris to join the title characters. FTP, identify this historical novel of 1844, which features Cardinal Richelieu, some members of the guard of Louis XIII, and D'Artagnan, a work by Alexander Dumas.
Answer: The Three Musketeers
16. After taking the throne of his country at the age of 17, he dismissed Premier Nahas Pasha, but England insisted that Nahas be returned to power in 1942. After World War II, he became increasingly dissolute, separating from Princess Farida and marrying Narriman Sadek in 1951, a year before the coup led by General Neguib forced him to abdicate. FTP, identify this man, who ended up in Monaco after his reign as king of Egypt.
Answer: Farouk I
17. The ligamentum teres and ligamentum venosum lie in the surface umbilical fissure of this organ. It is enclosed in a layer of tissue known as Glisson’s capsule, and all of it is covered by an additional membrane except the superior-posterior surface. The falciform ligament separates its right and left lobes, and it also has a caudate and quadrate lobe. It receives 2/3 of its blood from the portal vein and 1/3 from the hepatic artery, and much of its work is done by Kuppfer cells. FTP, identify this organ that synthesizes blood-clotting factors and secretes bile, the largest organ in the vertebrate body.
Answer: liver
18. Two answers required. One of them was originally named Constantine, and worked as a librarian at the church of Santa Sophia, while the other served as governor of a district of Greece. After they retired to a monastery in Bythinia, these brothers from Thessalonica were sent to convert the Khazars, after which they went to Moravia. FTP, identify these saints, who created the Glagolithic Mass and developed a written alphabet to translate the Bible into Slavic, who are known as the "Apostles to the Slavs."
Answers: Cyril and Methodius
19. In all they numbered 496, all of whom were land owners or proprietors. There is actually a picture of Old Sal, who was one of the “Bad” ones. Martha was termed “Incompetent but not evil,” and the study actually began with Deborah. The work about them began at Vineland School in New Jersey and was termed “A Study in the Heredity of Feeble-Mindedness.” FTP, identify this poster family of eugenics, the subject of an infamous genetic study by Henry Herbert Goddard.
Answer: Kallikak family
20. This novel’s seven books include “The Great Temptation,” “The Valley of Humiliation,” and “Wheat and Tares.” It ends with the epitaph “In their death they were not divided,” a reference to the two central characters. Its setting is a town named for the son of Beorl, St. Ogg, and it is this town that is home to the two title landmarks. Humor is provided by Sister Pullet and Sister Glegg, the aunts of the central characters, while three major participants in this novel’s tragedies are Lucy Deane, her fiancŽ Stephen Guest, and the deformed Philip Wakem. FTP, identify this work centering on Tom and Maggie Tulliver, a novel by George Eliot.
Answer: The Mill on the Floss
21. General Francois Canrobert’s troops were able to take this site, despite state of the art defenses built by military engineer Colonel Eduard Totleben. When the oncoming loss became apparent, on September 11 the losing side blew up the fortifications, sank their ships in the harbor, and evacuated. This decision was made after the French had taken Malakhov, a key position at the southeast end of the city. Thus, Lord Raglan was able to defeat the troops of Prince Menshikov and take this city after a full year. FTP, identify this site of a famous siege during the Crimean War that inspired a series of “Sketches” by Tolstoy.
Answer: Sevastopol
2000 Chicago Open
Bonuses by Andrew and Subash - #1
1. Identify these genetic terms FTP each.
A. The allele that occurs most frequently in a population, or the one that is arbitrarily designated as normal is referred to by this two-word phrase.
Answer: wild type
B. This is the term that identifies the situation in which expression of one gene or gene pair masks or otherwise influences the expression of another gene or gene pair.
Answer: epistasis
C. In hybridization studies this is the name given to the cell type that forms when cells from different organisms fuse together.
Answer: heterokaryon
2. Identify these American novelists, FTP each.
A. This author of Praisesong for the Widow may be best known for her 1959 autobiography, Brown Girl, Brownstones.
Answer: Paule Marshall
B. Her novels include The Narrows and Country Place, but she is best remembered for her 1946 work The Street.
Answer: Ann Petry
C. Her works include Mama Day, Linden Hills, and 1982's The Women of Brewster Place.
Answer: Gloria Naylor
3. Identify these men who did stuff in Texas in 1836, FTP each.
A. The previous year, he led a group of colonists that seized Anahuac, but Santa Anna settled his hash at the Alamo, where he was commander of the garrison.
Answer: William B. Travis
B. After the massacre at the Alamo, Santa Anna swept south and on March 27 massacred the defenders of the Goliad, who were commanded by this man.
Answer: James Fannin
C. The provisional government named this man commander of the army on March 4, and he led the Texans to victory at San Jacinto.
Answer: Sam Houston
4. Answer these questions about a famous philosopher, FTP each.
A. This son of the personal physician to Amyntas II received his famous nickname because he was born at Stagira.
Answer: Aristotle
B. In 335 B.C., Aristotle founded this school of philosophy outside Athens. It took its name from the covered court in the school's garden.
Answer: the Peripatetic School (from peripatos)
C. Aristotle left several works on this subject. One, which seems to be a summary of his lectures, was edited by Eudemus of Rhodes, while the better known one, a work in ten books, was edited by his son.
Answer: Ethics (the Eudemian and Nichomachean Ethics)
5. Identify the following chemistry laws FTP each.
A. This law states that when any two elements, A and B, combine to form more than one compound, the different weights of B that unite with a fixed weight of A bear a small whole-number ratio to each other.
Answer: Law of Multiple Proportions
B. The rate of diffusion or effusion of a gas is inversely proportional to the square root of its molecular mass.
Answer: Graham’s law
C. In 1865 English chemist J.R. Newlands made this generalization that, if the chemical elements are arranged according to increasing atomic weight, those with similar physical and chemical properties occur after each interval of seven elements.
Answer: law of octaves
6. Identify these works by Robert Louis Stevenson, FTP each.
A. David Balfour befriends Alan Breck after his uncle puts him on a ship headed for the Carolinas in this 1886 novel.
Answer: Kidnapped
B. Subtitled "A Winter's Tale," the title character of this 1889 novel fights for the Stuarts in the 1745 rebellion, and eventually both he and his brother die in the Adirondacks.
Answer: The Master of Ballantrae
C. This collection of 64 poems for children was published in 1885.
Answer: A Child's Garden of Verses
7. Identify these Roman emperors, FTP each.
A. This Spaniard came to power in 117 and spent most of his time consolidating the territorial gains made by his predecessor.
Answer: Hadrian
B. Born at Leptis Magna, he founded a new dynasty in 193, and spent most of the eighteen years of his rule trying to subdue the north of Britain.
Answer: Septimius Severus
C. When Valentinian I died in 375, this teenager became emperor of the West, and became ruler of the East as well three years later. He didn't last too long, though, as Magnus Maximus overthrew him in 383.
Answer: Gratian
8. Identify these associates of Sigmund Freud FTP each.
A. This man referred the hysteria patient, Bertha Pappenheim, aka Anna O., to Freud.
Answer: Joseph Breuer
B. It was under this Frenchman, at the University of Paris in 1885, that Freud first learned hypnosis. His namesake disease is the destruction of ligaments via the atrophying of the dorsal columns of the spinal cord.
Answer: Jean-Martin Charcot
C. This Austrian was a student of Freud at Vienna, but he would be expelled from the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society after his 1924 publication The Trauma of Birth.
Answer: Otto Rank
9. Answer these questions about a mythical Mesopotamian, FTP each.
A. He ruled his city for 126 years and was succeeded by his son Urlugal and his grandson Utulkalamma.
Answer: Gilgamesh