TOSSUPS – ROUND 6DENNIS HASKINS OPEN 1999 -- UT-CHATTANOOGA
Questions mostly by Lee University
1.From the start the Soviet Union strongly opposed it while the various countries of Eastern Europe denounced or ignored it. Its governing body, the Economic Cooperation Administration, functioned until 1951, when its activities were transferred to the Mutual Security Agency. Over its short lifespan over twelve billion dollars was dispersed. FTP, identify this economic aid program, designed to foster economic recovery in Europe after World War II. Answer: _Marshall Plan_
2.In addition to his award-winning work, he studied osmosis and investigated properties of toxins and antitoxins. His eponymous equation defines the relationship between Gibbs free energy and activation energy for a reaction. For 10 points--name this winner of the 1903 Nobel in chemistry for his theory of electrolytic dissociation and the accompanying theory of acids and bases.
Answer:Svante August Arrhenius
3.Modern scholars believe they came from Caphtor, which may be identified with Crete. Their skirmishes with the Danites mark their first appearance as aggressive enemies, a trend which continued until their empire was incorporated into the Jewish empire under Solomon. Their five princes ruled the cities of Gaza, Ashdod, Askelon, Gath, and Ekron. For ten points, identify these highly civilized inhabitants of the coastal region of Palestine, routed repeatedly in battle by King David and, according to 1 Samuel, for whom Goliath served as a representative.
Answer:Philistines
4.After spending five years in the tea business, he studied for the bar exam, but found that he preferred writing. He was a close friend of Charles Dickens, travelling with Dickens, writing plays for Dickens to act in, and publishing his two greatest novels in journals edited by Dickens. In fact,. these two novels have led many critics to consider him as the originator of detective fiction. For ten point name this author of The Moonstone and The Woman In White.
Answer: (WILLIAM) WILKIE COLLINS
5.At 6' 3" and 225 pounds, he was a consensus All American at Pittsburgh in 1960 and was the Bears' #1 pick in the NFL draft. He was named Rookie of the Year in 1961, played with the Bears for six years before going to the Eagles and, then, the Cowboys. In 1988, he became the first tight end enshrined in the Football Hall of Fame. You may know him better since his new nice-guy approach has gotten him into the news even though it hasn't gotten his new team many wins. FTP, name this current head coach of the New Orleans Saints.
Answer:Mike DITKA
6.At the command of his king, he was taken in a swan-drawn boat to Antwerp where he fought for and married Elsa of Brabant, on the condition that she never ask his name or his origin. When she broke the vow, he disappeared. For ten points name this son of the Percival who served as the subject of a Wagner opera.
Answer:LOHENGRIN
7.In October 1780, nine hundred frontiersmen trapped a thousand loyalist militia under the command of Major Patrick Ferguson on a low, isolated ridge. While the Americans suffered 28 dead and 62 wounded, they killed, wounded or captured the entire enemy force. This halted Cornwallis' advance into North Carolina and forced Cornwallis to retreat south. For ten points, name the South Carolina military battle.
Answer:KINGS MOUNTAIN
8.A self-education woman, she founded a semi-monthly periodical named "The Lily," which discussed matter of interest to women. A campaigner against sexual discrimination and an advocate of temperance and women's suffrage as well as dress reform, she lectured in full trousers gathered at the ankle beneath a short skirt For ten points, name this woman, the namesake of the garment she wore.
Answer:AMELIA JENKS BLOOMER
9.While considered a great twentieth century novelist, he produced almost exclusively non-fiction in the last 46 years of his life. He collaborated with Benjamin Britten on the opera "Billy Budd," writing the libretto for that opera. He also wrote such collections of essays as Arbinger Harvest and Aspects of the Novel. For ten points name this author of Howard's End and Room with a View.
Answer:E(dward) M(organ) FORSTER
10.He began painting at age 17 and studied abroad in Paris by age 22, thanks to a state grant. His next 20 years were spent in Paris and Berlin. Influenced by the loss of his sister and mother to tuberculosis, his work often reflects the anxiety and trauma of childhood. Indeed, his 1892 exhibit was so shocking that it was closed by Berlin authorities. FTP name this Norwegian painter of Between Clock and Bed, The Sick Child, and The Scream.
Answer:EDVARD MUNCH [pronounced “Moonk” but accept “Munch”]
11.Here, you can experience the grandeur of the stately Otestaga Resort Hotel and its classic Leatherstocking Golf Course. You can spend the evening visiting the critically acclaimed Glimmerglass Opera or spend part of your day on a journey back in time at The Farmer's Museum. However, this town became truly noteworthy in 1939 when 25 immortals were officially enshrined in what can be considered Mecca for all baseball fans. FTP, name this upstate New York town.
Answer:COOPERSTOWN
12.This play was a winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and was recreated for the big screen by director James Foley in 1992. This comedy is about a small time real estate salesman trying to make a living by pushing plots of land on reluctant buyers. For ten points, name this 1984 David Mamet play.
Ans: _Glengarry Glen Ross_
13.He was ordained a priest in 1779, became abbot of Saint-Denis, was appointed agent general of French clergy, and eventually was named bishop of Autun. He served as minister of foreign affairs from 1797 to 1807, opposed Napoleon's Russian and Spanish policies, and helped to restore the Bourbons to power. In the early 1830s he was an ambassador to Great Britain, helping to bring about good relations between the countries. FTP, name this French statesman who represented France at the Congress of Vienna.
Answer:Charles Maurice De Talleyrand-Périgord
14.A high speed killer standing just under three feet tall, its name means "swift robber." While a 1971 discovery of a protoceratops skeleton found entangled with this carnivore proved that dinosaurs fought with one another, this creature didn't become very well-known until a 1993 Spielberg film. For ten points, name this small dinosaur with a bad attitude.
Answer:VELOCIRAPTOR
15.It tells of two major events in the life of a Geatish hero -- the second when he fights a dragon in a combat in which both were mortally wounded and the first when he kills the monster Grendel, It survives to us in a 10th century manuscript, though it is generally believed to have been written in the 8th century. FTP identify this most important poem of Old English, the first major poem in a European vernacular language.
Answer: Beowulf
16.As a specialist in reconnaissance, he became a hero in the defense of Mafeking during the Boer War. Returning home he found that his military manual was being used in the schools to teach initiative and self-reliance. In 1910 he resigned his commission to devote his time fully to training Britain's youth physically and militarily. FTP name this former major general who formed both the Girl Guides and the Boy Scouts.
Answer:ROBERT BADEN-POWELL
17.Organisms in this kingdom lack a well-defined, membrane bound nucleus. The majority of this kingdom is comprised of bacteria and blue-green algae. FTP, name this prokaryotic kingdom.
ANSWER: Monera
18.When far enough from the center of the Sun, this is called the Solar Wind. The inner part lies on top of the chromosphere, and is about 40,000 kilometers deep. The outer part stretches for millions of kilometers, keeping temperatures of one million Kelvin even 2 million kilometers out. For 10 points what part of the sun shares its name with a cheap Mexican beer?
answer: corona
19.He earned acclaim in the 1960s for such works as The Garden Party and The Memorandum, but most of his plays were banned in his native country shortly therefter. He founded the human rights organization Charter 77 in 1977 and led the opposition group civic forum in 1989. He was elected president of his country in '89, resigned in '92, and was re-elected in '93. For ten points name this man who has served as president of both Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic.
Answer:VACLAV HAVEL
20.An Olympian goddess, she was thought of as the kindest and mildest of the gods. Both public and private worship of her were widespread; she represented personal and communal security and happiness. FTP, identify this Greek goddess, associated with the Roman goddess Vesta, the goddess of the hearth.
Answer: _Hestia_
21.Born in Brockton, New York, he was trained as a cabinet maker and a building contractor but went into manufacturing after patenting some of his innovations in another field. He founded a town just outside of Chicago as a community for his workers, but in 1894 a violent workers strike erupted when his company lowered wages without lowering rents. For ten points, name this inventor of the folding upper berth and the railroad sleeping car.
Answer:GEORGE PULLMAN
22.The current version of his story was created by Silvio Fiorillo around 1600. In a fit of jealousy, he strangles his infant son. His wife then tries to bludgeon him, but he beats her to death and leaves the bodies in the street. He is eventually arrested, but he escapes with a golden key and begins an allegorical journey where he triumphs over Ennui, Death, Disease, and the Devil. For ten points name this hook nosed, hunchbacked puppet.
Answer:PUNCH
BONI – ROUND 6DENNIS HASKINS OPEN 1999 -- UT-CHATTANOOGA
Questions mostly by Lee University
1.30-20-10 Name the actor.
30. Born June 1st, 1937 in Memphis, he receiving a rank of #31 in October 1997s list of "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time." This was no doubt influenced by the "Silver Berlin Bear" and the Golden Globe Awards he won in 1990
20. Despite such acclaim, he has yet to win an Oscar, although he’s been nominated for performances in (among others) Street Smart and The Shawshank Redemption. His directorial debut was the movie Bopha! starring Danny Glover.
10. While 1999 looks promising, his best year was arguably 1989 with Driving Miss Daisy, Glory, and Lean On Me.
Answer : Morgan Freeman
2.Given a list of characters, name the American literary work FTP each:
1. Colonel Korn, Hungry Joe, Major Major, Yossarian
Answer:CATCH-22
2. Jim O'Connor, Tom Wingfield, Laura Wingfield
Answer:THE GLASS MENAGERIE
3. Owl Eyes, Chester McKee, George Wilson, Daisy Buchanan
Answer:THE GREAT GATSBY
3.Name the author on a 30-20-10 basis from the clues provded.
30) An editor for the journal Punch, he first became known for such plays as Mr. Pim Passes By, Wurzel-
Flummery, and The Dover Road.
20) His works for children included a dramatic adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind In The Willows
and an collection of stories called A Treasury of Children.
10) His most renowned works were two books of verse and two collections of short stories based upon his
son and the boy's stuffed toys.
Answer:A(LAN) A(LEXANDER) MILNE
4.For ten points each, answer the following questions about Seward's Icebox, also known as Alaska.
1. In what year was Alaska admitted as the 49th state?1959
2. What is the northern-most ice-free harbor in North America, also called the Trans-Atlantic pipeline
terminal?VALDEZ
3. In what national park is Mt. McKinley located?DENALI NATIONAL PARK
5. Identify the religious order of the Catholic Church for each of these notable members associated with it FTPE:
1. Thomas AquinasDOMINICAN
2. Bernard of ClairveauxCISTERCIAN
3. The Venerable BedeBENEDICTINE
6.Do you know your constants? Given a constant, identify it, for the given number of points
5: 6.02 times 10 to the 23rd
A: Avogadro’s number
10: 8.314 Joules per mole Kelvin
A: (Universal) Gas Constant
15: 6.672e-11 m3/kg s2
A: Gravitational constant
7. With few exceptions, the major characters in Thomas Hardy's novels end unhappily. Wonder why there aren’t more operas based on ‘em. Given a description of the fate of the title character, name the Hardy novel FTPE:
1. The main character leaves town before his daughter's real father arrives, and he dies alone in the house of a man he had scorned years before.
Answer:THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE
2. After the death of his wife and her lover, he goes blind from years of studying without proper light.
Answer:RETURN OF THE NATIVE
3. After the murder/suicide of his children, he returns to his 1st wife only for her to abandon him on his deathbed.
Answer:JUDE THE OBSCURE
8.Identify the blues legend from the description given, ten points each.
1.In 1965 this former Memphis disk jockey’s album Live at the Regal crossed over to the pop charts. He’s won numerous Grammys, among them one in 1970 for his song "The Thrill Is Gone," one in 1992 for the album Blues Summit, and a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award in 1987.
Answer: (Riley) B.B. KING
2.Born in Rolling Fork, MS, under the name McKinley Morganfield, he was discovered by Alan Lomax and John Work and became a staple of the rhythm and blues circuit in the 1950. His 1971 and 1972 albums, the latter one being called London Sessions, both won Grammy Awards.
Answer:MUDDY WATERS
3. A coronet soloist at the World's Columbian Exhibition in Chicago in 1893, from 1900 to 1902 he taught music at the Agricultural and Mechanical College in Huntsville, AL, but turned to composition in 1907. His first published song, “ Memphis Blues,” brought blues into the arena of popular music.
Answer:W(illiam) C(hristopher) HANDY
9.Sure you know their names, but do you know their history? FTPE name the current Supreme Court Justice based upon resume items before their appointment to the highest court in the land.
1. Harvard Law grad; spent a year as a clerk for Justice Arthur Goldberg. Taught law at Harvard; served as a special prosecutor during Watergate. Appointed to the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston.
Answer:STEPHEN BREYER
2. Six years practicing corporate law;taught at the Virginia and Chicago Law Schools. Had several jobs in the Justice Department. Appointed by Reagan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Answer:ANTONIN SCALIA
3. Educated at Stanford and Harvard. Private practice, first in San Francisco then in Sacramento, taught law at the University of the Pacific. Named in 1975 by Ford to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
Answer:ANTHONY KENNEDY
10.Identify the scientist, 30-20-10.
30:He was an assistant to Sir Humphry Davy, and developed the first dynamo.
20:He did research in electrolysis, formulating the law named for him.
10:This Englishman remains best known for his work in electromagnetism, and his discovery of electromagnetic induction stemmed a vast development of electrical machinery for industry.
Answer: Michael _Faraday_
11.Identify the historical figure, 30-20-10.
30:He embarked on a European tour from 1697 to 1698, travelling partly incognito, to form a grand alliance against the Ottoman Empire and to acquire the techniques necessary to modernize his nations armed forces.
20:In 1700 he began the Northern War against Charles XII of Sweden; when it ended in 1721 he had gained by conquest the Baltic republics of Ingermanland, Karelia, and Livonia.
10:This Russian czar, ruler from 1682 to 1725, is the major figure in the development of imperial Russia, largely responsible for the Europeanization of that country.
Answer: _Peter the Great_ or _Peter I_; prompt on “Peter”
12. On Dec. 28, 1998, the NFL had their version of Black Monday -- five NFL coaches lost their jobs in a single day. First, F5PE, name the five coaches who got the sack one day after the last game of the regular season.
Ray RHODES (Philadelphia)Dom CAPERS (Carolina)
Ted MARCHIBRODA (Baltimore)Dave WANNSTEDT (Chicago)
Denis ERICKSON (Seattle)
2. Now for another five, name the NFL coach who survived Black Monday but soon thereafter, on the heels of his first losing season there, resigned his position as coach of the Kansas City Chiefs.
Marty SCHOTTENHEIMER
13.Unable to think of an original place to meet, the warring powers of Europe seem to pick Paris for the site to sign treaties. Given the year of the signing, name the war that the treaty ended, for five points each and a five point bonus for all correct
1. 1856CRIMEAN WAR
2. 1783AMERICANREVOLUTION or REVOLUTIONARY WAR
3. 1763SEVEN YEARS' WAR (accept FRENCH-AND-INDIAN WAR )
4. 1814THE NAPOLEONIC WARS (or a reasonable version)