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Invitational Series #53A Packet 9 Tossups

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This man is first mentioned with his brother Valentine on a guest list. While walking with Benvolio on the Verona street, he meets Tybalt, who is angry over uninvited guests attending the (*) Capulet's party. For 10 points—name this character slain in the ensuing duel, a friend of Romeo.

answer: 2.

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overtime periods (prompt on “break a tie” or similar answers)

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While on vacation in Europe, she helped organize relief efforts for victims of the Franco-Prussian War. After the Civil War, this superintendent of nurses helped arrange dignified burial for thousands of POWs at (*) Andersonville. For 10 points—name this founder of the American Red Cross.

answer: 5.

petri dish(es) [PEE-tree]

In soccer's World Cup, 30 minutes divided into two parts. In the NBA, a full five minutes. In the NHL post-season, 20 (*) minutes after an intermission. In the NFL playoffs, 15 minutes of sudden death. For 10 points—these are the rules for what additional periods played to break a tie?

answer: 4.

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They were created and named by an assistant of Robert Koch [“cook”] who modified his mentor's “Plating Method.” The originals were filled with gelatin, but modern ones use a selective medium of amino acids, nutrients, and (*) agar [AH-gur]. For 10 points—name these flat dishes used to culture bacteria.

answer: 3.

Mercutio

(Clarissa Harlowe) “Clara” Barton

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They form an 1,100-mile-long arc from the mainland toward the Kamchatka Peninsula that ends at Attu. The Andreanof [AHN-dray-AH-nuf], Near, Rat, and (*) Fox Islands are found in—for 10 points—what archipelago in the Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska?

answer:

Aleutian Islands

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After editing the western verse collection The Outcroppings in 1865, this man became editor of the Overland Monthly, which printed his two best-known stories. (*) For 10 points—name this author of “The Luck of Roaring Camp” and “The Outcasts of Poker Flat.”

answer: 7.

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aurora borealis (or australis) or Northern Lights or Southern Lights

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This nation had to drop the Vergina Sun from its flag in an agreement to join the UN, since the Sun was seen by Greece as a claim on its province of the same (*) name. For 10 points—name this former Yugoslav republic that may have been the birthplace of Philip II and Alexander the Great.

answer: 9.

(Francis) Bret Harte

After Earth's magnetic fields deflect particles from the solar wind toward the poles, the particles enter the atmosphere, where they excite atoms of nitrogen, oxygen, and other gases, causing ejections of (*) photons that result in—for 10 points—what spectacular polar light show?

answer: 8.

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Republic of Macedonia (accept FYROM or Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)

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This man was exiled to Samos for attempting to overthrow the rulers of Halicarnassus. He began with an account of the Lydian king Croesus [KREE-sus] and ended with the Battle of Plataea [plah-TEE-uh] in founding a new (*) genre of literature. For 10 points—name this Greek called “The Father of History.”

answer:

Herodotus [huh-RAH-duh-tus] (of Halicarnassus)

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10. Pencil and paper ready. Use 22/7 to approximate pi. A disc has an interior circumference of 44 inches and an exterior circumference of 88 inches. The width of the disc is half the difference between its inner and outer diameters. (*) For 10 points—find the width of the disc. answer:

7 inches [Interior diameter = 44/(22/7) = 14, exterior diameter = 88/(22/7) = 28]

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11. This reddish-orange crystal does not react with either matter or anti-matter and, in fact, can generate a plasma from matter-anti-matter reactions that allows space (*) ships to travel faster than light. For 10 points—name this fictional material found in warp engines on Star Trek. answer:

dilithium [dye-LITH-ee-um] (accept dilithium crystals)

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12. This city's population was 48 percent Hispanic in May 2005, when its voters elected its first Hispanic mayor since 1872. In a rematch from 2001, incumbent James Hahn lost to fellow Democrat Antonio (*) Villaraigosa [VEE-yuh-rye-GOH-suh]. For 10 points—name this second most populous city in the U.S. answer:

Los Angeles

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13. This man and his heir-apparent parted ideological ways in 1912 after the latter published his Symbols of Transformation. He held the libido to be entirely (*) sexual, while that former colleague, Carl Jung [yoong], saw multiple sources. For 10 points—name this Austrian founder of psychoanalysis. answer:

Sigmund Freud [froyd]

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14. Four of them are named after the Greek words for “new,” “lazy,” “hidden,” and “foreign,” while the heaviest is named after the element from which it forms by alpha decay. (*) For 10 points—what name is given to these six elements, whose lightest member, named after the Sun, is helium? answer:

noble gases or Group 18 elements (prompt on “inert gases” or “Group 0” or “Group 8”)

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15. Its five members were elected by the Council of Five Hundred and the Council of Ancients. It fell after the Coup of 18 Brumaire [broo-MAIR] led by Abbé Sieyès [see-ay-YES]. (*) For 10 points—name this French government replaced by the Consulate under Napoleon in 1799. answer:

(Executive) Directory (or Directoire exécutif; accept Directorate)

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16. The smallest of this country's four provinces is the North-West Frontier, while the largest is Baluchistan [buh-LOO-kuh-stan]. Its Punjab province includes Lahore [luh-HOR], and its Sindh province is the site of (*) Karachi [kuh-RAH-chee]. For 10 points—name this Asian nation with capital Islamabad [is-LAH-muh-bahd]. answer:

Islamic Republic of Pakistan

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17. In early versions of the story, this man is the son of a poor Chinese tailor, and it is a magic ring that he accidentally activates by wringing his hands that grants him his first (*) wish. For 10 points—name this Arabian Nights character, the owner of a wonderful lamp. answer:

Aladdin

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18. Drawings suggest this painting was meant to have columns on either side of the central figure. It was purchased by Francis I and later decorated the bedroom of Napoleon. Today it resides in the (*) Louvre. For 10 points—name this work by Leonardo da Vinci known for its enigmatic smile. answer:

Mona Lisa (or La Gioconda)

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19. Pencil and paper ready. Fred leaves the house at noon, and begins driving south at 45 miles per hour. At 12:10, he realizes that he's left some papers at home, and drives back at 30 miles per hour. (*) For 10 points—at what time does Fred arrive back at the house? answer:

12:25 pm

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20. Founded by Hassan Sabah, they attacked Seljuk rulers from their fortress at Alamut, and their members would remain with killed officials to be martyred. (*) For 10 points—name this offshoot of the Isma'ili [ISS-mah-EE-lee] sect whose name now describes people like Sirhan Sirhan and John Wilkes Booth. answer:

Order of the Assassins (or Hashshashin or Hashishim)

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21. Outside the Temple of Nature it summons animals. At the same time Papageno [pah-pah-JEE-noh] is given chimes, this object is given to Tamino [tah-MEE-noh], an Egyptian prince who has promised to save the Queen of the (*) Night's daughter from Sarastro [suh-RAH-stroh]. For 10 points—name this enchanted instrument of a Mozart opera. answer:

The Magic Flute (or Die Zauberflöte)

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22. This novel's title is misleading, as the title characters' descendants, now led by Ralph W. Sturges, still exist and operate a casino in Uncasville, Connecticut. (*) For 10 points—name this James Fenimore Cooper novel whose title refers to Chingachgook [chin-gotch-guck], the friend of Natty Bumppo. answer:

The Last of the Mohicans

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23. This man spent three years traveling the coast of South America in the 1830s, but the best-known portion of that trip is the five weeks he spent near the (*) Galápagos Islands. For 10 points—name this British biologist whose voyage on the Beagle led to his theory of natural selection. answer:

Charles (Robert) Darwin

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24. “Here I stand. I cannot do otherwise,” said this man at the end of the 1521 Diet of Worms [vurmz]. That meeting branded him a heretic, after Pope Leo X condemned 41 of his (*) 95 Theses. For 10 points—name this German who sparked the Protestant Reformation. answer:

Martin Luther

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1.

For 10 points each—in what present-day country were these American authors born?

A.

Isaac Asimov

answer: B.

Saul Bellow

answer: C.

Russia or Russian Federation Canada

Isaac Bashevis Singer

answer:

Republic of Poland

2.

For 10 points each—name these visual arts related to language:

A.

This eleven-letter term with Greek roots names the art of decorative writing.

answer: B.

calligraphy

This is the practice of embellishing a text with gold or silver foil, ornamental capitals, and miniature drawings. The Book of Kells is a famous example.

answer: C.

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illumination (accept illuminated manuscript)

This is the art of laying out printed material in an aesthetic, practical, and easy-to-read form.

answer:

typesetting (accept typography)

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For 10 points each—name these early African-American civil rights leaders:

A.

This man who emphasized education and self-reliance founded the Tuskegee Institute and wrote the autobiography Up From Slavery.

answer: B.

The most famous work of this founder of the NAACP and editor of its magazine, The Crisis, is The Souls of Black Folk.

answer: C.

Booker T(aliferro) Washington

W(illiam) E(dward) B(urghardt) DuBois [doo-BOYCE]

This founder of the UNIA organization and the Black Star Line shipping company is most known for his “back-to-Africa” movement.

answer:

Marcus (Mosiah) Garvey

4.

In September 2005 U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton found requiring students to recite it unconstitutional. For 10 points each—

A.

Name this text to which the words “under God” were added in 1954.

answer: B.

Pledge of Allegiance

The suit was filed by this man, who had had a previous suit dismissed by the Supreme Court.

answer: C.

Michael Newdow

That first suit was dismissed because Newdow did not have what legal right to sue, as he had no personal stake in the outcome?

answer:

legal standing

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For 10 points each—which law from physics is usually written symbolically as . . .

A.

P-V equals n-R-T?

answer: B.

ideal gas law (or universal gas or general gas or perfect gas law)

V equals I-R?

answer: C.

Ohm's law

P squared is proportional to a cubed?

answer:

Kepler's third law of planetary motion (accept variants; prompt on partial answers)

6.

For 10 points each—name these Speakers of the House of Representatives:

A.

This Illinois Republican succeeded Newt Gingrich as Speaker in January 1999.

answer: B.

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(John) Dennis (“Denny”) Hastert

This Kentucky native known as the ”Great Compromiser” was Speaker for the 12th through 16th Congresses.

answer: C.

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Henry Clay

This Texas Democrat died in November 1961 after serving as Speaker for ten different Congresses.

answer:

Sam(uel Taliaferro) Rayburn

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For 10 points each—which state quarter features on its reverse . . .

A.

The Wright brothers' Flyer airplane? It's not their home state of Ohio.

answer: B.

North Carolina

A thoroughbred racehorse?

answer: C.

Kentucky

A diamond?

answer:

Arkansas

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8.

For 10 points each—answer these questions about the 1897 novel Dracula:

A.

Who wrote it?

answer: B.

(Abraham) “Bram” Stoker

Bram Stoker set Dracula's castle in what province in the Carpathian Mountains, now a part of Romania?

answer: C.

Transylvania

What London solicitor meets Dracula in the first chapter of the book?

answer:

Jonathan Harker

9.

For 10 points each—in which recent song will you find these words spoken, not sung?

A.

“Uh huh, life's like this. Uh huh, uh huh, that's the way it is.”

answer: B.

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Complicated [by Avril Lavigne]

“The representative from California has the floor.”

answer: C.

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Holiday [by Green Day]

“Don't look at me.”

answer:

Beautiful [by Christina Aguilera]

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10. For 10 points each—name these nations on the Horn of Africa: A.

It occupies much of the horn but has had no coastline since the secession of Eritrea [air-uh-TREE-uh].

answer: B.

This nation, which has been effectively without a government since 1995, nominally controls nearly all the coastline of the Horn.

answer: C.

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Somalia

The Bab el Mandeb [BAB el MAN-dub] strait separates Yemen from this small country bordering Ethiopia and Somalia.

answer:

Republic of Djibouti [jih-BOO-tee]

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11. For 10 points each—name these heavy but stable elements: A.

This element, like actinium below it, is the namesake of a group of elements, the first to have electrons in an f orbital. Its name is unusual in that it does not contain an “I.”

answer: B.

Doctors use the sulfate salt of this element that precedes lanthanum to take X rays of the digestive tract.

answer: C.

lanthanum [LAN-thuh-num] barium [BAIR-ee-um]

Vibrations of an atom of this element that precedes barium are used to keep time in atomic clocks.

answer:

cesium (or caesium)

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12. He was known as the ”Iron Chancellor.” For 10 points each— A.

Name this prime minister of Prussia.

answer: B.

Name any year from Bismarck's tenure as Prussian prime minister.

answer: C.

Otto (Eduard Leopold, Fürst) von Bismarck 1862 to 1890 (accept any answer in that range)

Bismarck was a member of this class of landed aristocrats in Prussia and East Germany.

answer:

Junkers [YOON-kerz]

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13. It follows the rise and fall of politician Willie Stark. For 10 points each— A.

Name this 1946 novel by Robert Penn Warren.

answer: B.

The character of Willie Stark is based on this Louisiana politician known as the Kingfish.

answer: C.

All the King's Men Huey (Pierce) Long

The central character of All the King's Men is this journalist who covers Stark's gubernatorial campaign.

answer:

Jack Burden (prompt on “Jack”)

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14. For 10 points each—give these philosophical terms that end in I-C or I-C-S: A.

This is the philosophical study of art and beauty

answer: B.

This word refers to the study of the structure and principles of reasoning.

answer: C.

aesthetics (accept word forms for all parts) logic

This word, which names a famous treatise by Aristotle, refers to the art of effective speech or writing.

answer:

rhetoric

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15. The first practical one was built by Theodore Maiman. For 10 points each— A.

Name these devices that produce intense beams of light used to read compact discs and DVDs.

answer: B.

Lasers are also used to create these plane images with three dimensions seen on many credit cards.

answer: C.

lasers holograms (accept word forms; prompt on “holograph” or “holography”)

Laser light exhibits this phenomenon, in which all the photons in the beam remain in phase over relatively long distances.

answer:

coherence (accept word forms; do not accept “cohesion”)

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16. In September 2005 it held its first parliamentary elections since 1969. For 10 points each— A.

Name this nation with its capital at Kabul [kah-BOOL].

answer: B.

Members of this movement which governed Afghanistan until 2001 threatened to disrupt the elections.

answer: C.

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Taliban (or Taleban; accept neo-Taliban)

This President of Afghanistan had sworn to avenge his assassinated father by deposing the Taliban.

answer:

Hamid Karzai [haw-MID kar-ZYE]

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17. For 10 points each—give the traditional British, not American, spelling of these words: A.

Color

answer: B.

Meter, as a unit of length

answer: C.

C-O-L-O-U-R M-E-T-R-E

Medieval

answer:

M-E-D-I-A-E-V-A-L

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18. For 10 points each—in which taxonomic order would one find . . . A.

Gorillas?

answer: B.

Beavers?

answer: C.

primates or Primates (do not accept “Primata”) rodents or Rodentiae (do not accept “Rodentia”)

Dolphins?

answer:

cetaceans [see-TAY-shuns] or Cetacea

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19. For 10 points each—on which TV series did Jimmy Smits play . . . A.

Representative Matthew Santos?

answer: B.

Detective Bobby Simone [sih-MOHN]?

answer: C.

The West Wing NYPD Blue

Lawyer Victor Sifuentes [sih-FWEN-tays]?

answer:

L.A. Law

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20. Need to measure something but don't have a ruler? Improvise! For 10 points each—in inches . . . A.

Exactly how wide is a standard letter-sized sheet of paper?

answer: B.

Within an inch, how long is the long side of U.S. paper currency?

answer: C.

8.5 inches 6.125 inches (accept 5.125 to 7.125; accept six and an 1/8 inches)

Within a quarter-inch, how wide are standard business cards in the U.S.?

answer:

3.5 inches (accept 3.25 to 3.75)

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21. For 10 points each—name these cities by the Willamette [wil-LAM-ett] River: A.

This is the most populous city of Oregon.

answer: B.

This state capital is 40 miles south of Portland.

answer: C.

Portland Salem

The flagship campus of the University of Oregon is in this city.

answer:

Eugene

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22. For 10 points each—name these kinds of angles studied in geometry: A.

Any angle whose measure is between 90 and 180 degrees

answer: B.

Either of the two pairs of equal angles formed by two intersecting lines

answer: C.

obtuse angle vertical angles

An angle whose vertex is the middle of a circle and whose sides pass through the circle, thereby subtending an arc.

answer:

central angle

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23. For 10 points each—name these Argonauts who accompanied Jason on the quest for the Golden Fleece: A.

This great horseman was the twin brother of the boxer Pollux. They are represented by the constellation Gemini.

answer: B.

The lyre of this mythic musician distracted the crew from the Sirens.

answer: C.

Castor (accept Castore) Orpheus

This hero's beautiful, young friend Hylas mysteriously disappeared during the voyage.

answer:

Heracles or Hercules

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24. For 10 points each—answer these questions about Texas' 1836 war of independence from Mexico: A.

All 183 Texan defenders were killed in the taking of what fortified mission in San Antonio with a name meaning “Cottonwood”?

answer: B.

The attackers at the Alamo were led by what general and president of Mexico?

answer: C.

Alamo Antonio López de Santa Anna

Six weeks later Mexican forces were defeated, and Santa Anna himself was captured, at what battle on a namesake river near modern Houston?

answer:

Battle of San Jacinto [juh-SIN-toh] or [hah-SEEN-toh]

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