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1. He won election in 1974 to the United States House of Representatives from his state’s second congressional district and was
reelected in 1976 and 1978. He was elected senator in the elections of 1980 and is not the longest serving senator in his state’s
history. He served as general chairman of the (*) Democratic National Committee from 1995 to 1997 and serves as chairman of
the Senate Banking Committee. FTP, name this Connecticut senator who announced in January 2010 that he would not seek
reelection.
Answer: Chris Dodd
Bonus: Answer the following about Chris Dodd:
Bonus 1: Dodd was preceded as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration by this man, currently the Senate
Minority Leader.
Answer: Mitch McConnell
Bonus 2: McConnell served with this other Kentucky Senator, who played baseball for 17 years.
Answer: Jim Bunning
Bonus 3: Bunning’s senate seat was filled by this Tea-Party favorite and son of a 2008 Presidential candidate.
Answer: Rand Paul
2. The index type is attributed to variation in the index of refraction of one or more of the ocular media. The nocturnal type is
a condition in which the eye has a greater difficulty seeing in low illumination areas, even though daytime vision is normal.
The (*) degenerative type is characterized by marked fundus changes and is associated with a high refractive error and subnormal
visual acuity after correction. The simple type is characterized by an eye that is too long for its optical power or optically to powerful
for its axial length. Name this eye defect, also called nearsightedness.
Answer: Myopia
Bonus: For ten points each, name these diseases of the eye:
Bonus 1: This disease of the eye occurs when the fluid in the aqueous humor doesn’t drain properly, causing a pressure buildup in the
eye, which can lead to blindness. Name it.
Answer: Glaucoma
Bonus 2: The viral type is associated with an infection of the upper respiratory tract, while the inclusion type occurs in newborns.
Name this discoloring inflammation.
Answer: Conjunctivitis (accept Pink Eye or Madras Eye)
Bonus 3: A symptom of this is night blindness, and many sufferers will lose their side vision. Name this eye disease.
Answer: Tunnel Vision (accept Retinitis pigmentosa)
3. He hosted a radio show while he was stationed in Alaska for the United States Air Force. His first novel, The Orchard
Keeper, was heavily influenced by William Faulkner and was even edited by Faulkner’s editor. Some of his other novels
include Outer Dark, Child of God, and (*) Suttree. He also wrote about his experiences with the Glanton Gang in his novel Blood
Meridian. For ten points, name this American author of No Country for Old Men and The Road.
Answer: Cormac McCarthy
Bonus: For ten points each, name these Faulkner works:
Bonus 1: This short story tells of the death of the titular woman who refuses to pay her taxes because Colonel Sartoris told her years
earlier that she would not have to. At the end of the story the townspeople find the dead body of her lover in the house.
Answer: “A Rose for Emily”
Bonus 2: Benjy Compson has severe mental handicaps, and the second part of this work is told from the perspective of his brother
Quentin who eventually commits suicide.
Answer: The Sound and the Fury
Bonus 3: Faulkner wrote a poetry collection that shares its title with a Nathaniel Hawthorne short-story about Miriam, a painter, and
Hilda, a copyist.
Answer: The Marble Faun
4. A solo cello and English horn back the lead character in Act II, which is soon thereafter ended by the cabaletta “Si,
vendetta, tremenda vendetta.” Earlier, the aria “Pari siamo” points out similarities between two characters. A declaration of
love in 3/8 Andante precedes an appearance by the courtier Borsa and one character’s declaration that he is the poor student
(*) Gualtier Maldé. Other male parts include the court usher, the knight Marullo, the Count Ceprano, and the hired assassin
Sparafucile. With a libretto by Francesco Piave, for ten points, name this 1851 opera based on the play Le Roi S’amuse, which features
the Duke of Mantua and the aria “La donna e mobile” as well as the title court jester.
Answer: Rigoletto
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Bonus: Answer some things about an Italian composer and his work, for ten points each:
Bonus 1: This Bologna-born violinist is known for works like the ballet The Fantastic Toyshop, three suites called Ancient Airs and
Dances, and some Roman Festivals of 1928.
Answer: Ottorino Respighi
Bonus 2: This famous 1924 Respighi work in four movements portrays the titular objects along the Appian Way and near a
catacomb. The third movement is a nocturne which includes real bird sounds.
Answer: Pines of Rome
Bonus 3: This Respighi work includes parts about Tropical Night and Song and Dance and also a part called “Butantan.” It is set in a
snake garden near Sao Paulo in the titular country.
Answer: Brazilian Impressions
5. The organizer of this event stated, during the aftermath, “And let it be known for all time to come that if anyone raises his
hand to strike the State, then certain death is his lot.” Herbert von Bose, Edgar Jung, and Erich (*) Klausener were all executed
during this event, while their boss was arrested and released after several days. Upon his release, Vice-Chancellor von Papen’s
criticism of the regime was silenced. The target of this event was held at Stadelheim Prison, where he was executed by Michael
Lippert after refusing to commit suicide. For 10 points, name this purge of the SA in which Ernst Rohm was killed.
Answer: Night of the Long Knives (Accept Operation Hummingbird OR Rohm Putsch)
Bonus: For ten points each, name these Nazi leaders:
Bonus 1: He served as Reich Minister of Propaganda from 1933 to 1945 and was the chief architect of Kristallnacht.
Answer: Paul Joseph Goebbels
Bonus 2: He was Hitler’s chief architect before becoming Minister of Armaments and War Production.
Answer: Albert Speer
Bonus 3: He resigned as Chief of the General Staff before World War II, and would have become head of state if the Staufenburg plot
against Hitler had succeeded.
Answer: Ludwig Beck
6. Although it is not Amalthea, its name was proposed by Camille Flammarion. It was discovered in 1846 by William Lassel.
It has a crust of frozen nitrogen over an icy mantle and a rocky core, and has a tenuous nitrogen atmosphere. This atmosphere
is created by the (*) geysers on its geologically active surface. It is unique among all moons of the solar system in that it has a
retrograde orbit, and it is also in synchronous orbit around Neptune. For ten points, name this moon, the seventh-largest in the solar
system and the largest of Neptune.
Answer: Triton
Bonus: Name these other moons, for ten points each:
Bonus 1: This largest moon in the solar system orbits Jupiter.
Answer: Ganymede
Bonus 2: This moon of Mars is the smallest moon in the solar system.
Answer: Deimos
Bonus 3: This is the second largest moon of Saturn, and it may have a ring system of its own.
Answer: Rhea
7. One character’s father is upset that the Loch Ness Monster continually attempts to borrow three dollars and fifty cents
from him. One of the teachers is dating Mr. Slave, who continually exclaims “Jesus Christ!” and (*) Al Gore is a recurring
character who searches for a creature known as Manbearpig. For ten points, name this Comedy Central show created by Matt and Trey
which centers on the actions of Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflofski, Kenny McCormick, and Eric Cartman, four fourth grade boys in the
titular Colorado town.
Answer: South Park
Bonus: For ten points each, name these shows that no longer air on Comedy Central:
Bonus 1: In this cartoon, Dick Cheney had trouble speaking, and his father was Darth Vader. Its namesake believed that Kim Jong Il
looked like a cat and surrounded himself by other cronies including “Lil’ Condy” and “Lil’ Rummy”.
Answer: Lil’ Bush
Bonus 2: The namesake of this show has two gay neighbors, and was Ned’s girlfriend in School of Rock. In the show, Officer Jay
McPherson is dating the titular character’s sister Laura.
Answer: The Sarah Silverman Program
Bonus 3: Charlie Murphy was often featured on this show, which included skits about Rick James, Prince, and one entitled “The
Racial Draft.” It’s namesake comedian is famous for talking about the “purple stuff” from an old Sunny Delight commercial.
Answer: Chappelle’s Show
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8. He wrote the line “the Dutchmen, too, / kneel before his lordship” in a poem mocking a shogun. He also wrote a poem
concerning a banana tree that he planted by a hut that his disciples built for him. While studying under his mentor (*) Todo
Yoshitada, he assumed the pen name Sobo. He wrote a log of his journey through the northern provinces of Honshu in The Narrow
Road to the Interior in 1694. For ten points, name this Japanese poet and pioneer of the haiku style.
Answer: Matsuo Basho or Matsuo Kinsaku or Matsuo Munefusa
Bonus: For ten points each, answer these other questions about a famous writer of haikus:
Bonus 1: He wrote over 4000 haikus which were published in Haiku: This Other World. However, he is more famous for a work in
which Bigger Thomas kills Mary Dalton.
Answer: Richard Wright
Bonus 2: Bigger Thomas and Mary Dalton appear in this work, which also features characters such as Jan Erlone and Jack Harding.
Answer: Native Son
Bonus 3: Wright is also well-known for this autobiography which ends with his moving from the South to Chicago and becoming
involved with the Communist party.
Answer: Black Boy
9. The metropolitan area is its country’s largest, and it is the largest city in its state, whose capital is located at Xalapa. People
from the city are known as Jarochos, and the city itself has commonly been called Four Times Heroic City. In 1519, Hernan
Cortes (*) founded this city and originally said that it was a “Rich Town of the True Cross.” Because of the shape of its naturally
beautiful harbor, this Mexican city has been fought over throughout history. FTP name this Mexican sea port on the Gulf of Mexico
that is linked to Mexico city over 100 miles away via railways.
Answer: Veracruz
Bonus: Answer these questions about Mexico and Mexican geography, for ten points each:
Bonus 1: This Mexican state, the largest in Mexico, is also the name of a breed of small dogs.
Answer: Chihuahua
Bonus 2: Forming the Sea of Cortes, this Mexican peninsula contains the name of a U.S. state in its name.
Answer: Baja California
Bonus 3: This man is the current president of Mexico.
Answer: Felipe Calderon
10. This man was the first to traverse the Northwest Passage through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. His first experience is
the polar regions came in 1897 when he served as first mate in the Belgian Antarctic Expedition. He is the first man to (*)
reach both the North and South Poles and led the first confirmed expedition to reach the North Pole. He renamed the Antarctic
Plateau after the first king of Norway, King Haakon VII, after it won its independence from Sweden. Name this Norwegian, the first
leader of a successful expedition to the South Pole.
Answer: Roald Amundsen
Bonus: Answer the following about some famous explorers, for ten points each:
Bonus 1: Name this American explorer, the first to claim to have reached the North Pole.
Answer: Robert Peary
Bonus 2: Name this Anglo-Irish explorer famous for his Nimrod Expedition and the Imperial Trans-Atlantic Expedition.
Answer: Ernest Shackleton
Bonus 3: Shackleton’s adventures were chronicled in this book by Victoria McKernan, based on the journal kept by a “crewmember.”
Answer: Shackleton’s Stowaway
11. Emilio Segré asserted that Enrico Fermi suggested this concept to its discoverer at a seminar in the University of Chicago.
That discoverer, who won the 1960 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for it, was Willard Libby. Data from this (*) method is usually
given in years before 1950, from which it can be converted to calendar dates. It was first demonstrated on wood from an ancient
Egyptian barge, whose age was known from historical documents. It is performed by measuring the quantity of a certain isotope in
organic remains, often ones in archaeological sites. For ten points, name this dating method named after the element with atomic
number 6.
Answer: Radiocarbon dating or carbon 14 dating
Bonus: Name these discoverers of scientific entities.
Bonus 1: Jupiter’s four largest moons are named for this man, who was the first to see them through the telescope he greatly
improved upon.
Answer: Galileo Galilei (Accept either or both)
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Bonus 2: This man discovered the neutron, for which he won the 1935 Nobel Prize in physics.
Answer: James Chadwick
Bonus 3: This man proved the existence of isotopes, which won him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1921.
Answer: Frederick Soddy
12. His King Jesus was followed nearly twenty years later with a work that argues that the mythological worship of many gods
was actually the worship of a single goddess under many names. In addition to The White Goddess, this man’s autobiography
Good-bye to All That describes his disillusionment with post-World War I Europe, especially his inability to live peacefully
with technology. However, this author is best known for his historical novels, which include (*) The Story of Marie Powell: Wife
to Mr. Milton, Count Belisarius, and one written as an autobiography of the fourth emperor of Rome. For ten points, identify this
English translator, poet, and novelist of I, Claudius.
Answer: Robert Graves
Bonus: Identify these other historical novelists who are better known for their fictional works for ten points each.
Bonus 1: The co-author of The Life of Mary Baker G. Eddy and the History of Christian Science with Georgine Milmine, this woman
is known for such novels as The Troll Garden, One of Ours, and O Pioneers!.
Answer: Willa Cather
Bonus 2: This woman is not as well known for The Infernal World of Branwell Brontë as she is for a work that opens with the lines
"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again," entitled Rebecca.
Answer: Daphne du Maurier
Bonus 3: Daphne du Maurier was born in this city, home to some needles that you CANNOT CLIMB.
Answer: London
13. It appeared after the mid-15th century, and was possibly first produced by Flemish makers who supplied wind
instruments to the court of Burgundy. The first reliable depiction of this instrument occurred just before 1490 in the Italian
church painting (*) Olivier de la Marche's Mèmoires. The 16th-and 17th-century version was designed as an instrument of medium
sonority, and the composer Mersenne stated that it should not be sounded in imitation of the trumpet. Also called the “sackbut” in
English antiquity, for ten points, name this slide brass instrument.
Answer: Trombone (accept sackbut early)
Bonus: For ten points each, given a musician, name the instrument that the musician is most well known for playing:
Bonus 1: Itzhak Perlman.
Answer: Violin
Bonus 2: John Coltrane.
Answer: Saxophone
Bonus 3: Benny Goodman.
Answer: Clarinet
14. Consequential incidents that occurred during these events include the marriage between Telamon and Hesione, the death
of Pholus, and the freeing of Theseus, but not Pirithous. Cacus’s trickery stalled the resolution of one, while the help of (*)
Iolaus was employed for another. Rerouting the Alpheus and Peneus rivers, sailing to Erytheia in a golden cup, and slaying Eurytion
and Orthrus helped complete three more of these. The completion of the fourth, which resulted in the return of the Erymanthian Boar,
scared Eurystheus into hiding in a jar. Stealing the apples of the Hesperides was yet another one of, for ten points, which set of
mythical tasks, completed by a Greek hero?
Answer: Twelve Labors of Heracles (accept twelve Labors of Hercules before Greek)
Bonus: For ten points each, answer the following questions about the love life of Heracles:
Bonus 1: Megara, Heracles’ first wife, was killed when this Greek goddess caused Hercules to go mad and to beat her to death.
Answer: Hera (do not accept Juno)
Bonus 2: This king of Thebes rewarded Heracles for killing a lion which was eating his cattle by sending to Hercules each of his fifty
daughters to be impregnated.
Answer: Thespius
Bonus 3: When Heracles fell in love with Princess Iole, this second wife of his sent him a poisoned shirt which caused his death.
Answer: Deianira
15. He lobbied for a bill to avenge the mistreatment of Irish-American soldiers captured at Queensland Heights, and he also
dealt with the punishment of Irish soldiers who were a part of St. Patrick’s Battalion, a rebellious group of Americans in the
Mexican American War. He commanded US forces during the War of 1812 at Lundy’s Lane and was also responsible for leading
American forces at Cerro Gordo in addition to the organizing the amphibious assault on Veracruz. Outside of his military efforts, he
is well known for losing presidential elections to Franklin Pierce and James Garfield. FTP, name this mastermind of the Anaconda
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Plan nicknamed “Old Fuss n’ Feathers.”
Answer: Winfield Scott
Bonus: Given a position, name that member of George Washington’s Cabinet:
Bonus 1: Secretary of War.
Answer: Henry Knox
Bonus 2: Secretary of the Treasury.
Answer: Alexander Hamilton
Bonus 3: Postmaster General and ancestor of the man who helped define the borders of Florida.
Answer: Timothy Pickering
16. This man depicted the titular woman killing an Assyrian general while her maid, Abra, looks on. He also painted Judas
kissing the titular man who is being taken by Roman soldiers clad in black armor. This artist of (*) Judith Beheading
Holofernes and The Taking of Christ put his signature on only one of his paintings, which depicts Salome waiting with a golden platter
next to Herodias who is shocked by the action. In addition to The Beheading of St. John the Baptist, he showed a boy dealing cards to
another boy who is cheating by using cards from behind his back. He is most famous for a painting in which the titular man is being
chosen by Jesus while sitting among tax collectors. FTP – name this artist of The Cardsharps and The Calling of St. Matthew.
Answer: Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Bonus: Caravaggio is also known for his paintings regarding Roman mythology including this one in which a Roman god eats grapes.
For ten points each:
Bonus 1: Name that painting, depicting a more youthful but frail Roman god of wine.
Answer: Young Sick Bacchus
Bonus 2: This other artist and court painter to Charles V depicted that same Roman god in his Bacchus and Ariadne.
Answer: Titian
Bonus 3: This Spanish artist painted Triumph of Bacchus as well as a portrait of Juan de Parejas.
Answer: Diego Velazquez
17. This river begins at the convergence of the Madison, Jefferson, and Gallatin rivers in Montana and flows through its own
basin afterwards. The headwaters are in southwestern Montana in the Rocky Mountains. The confluence of this river and the
(*) Mississippi is ringed by Camp Dubois which is now part of the Lewis and Clark State Memorial Park in Illinois. FTP name this
river, which is the fourth largest river in the world when combined with the Mississippi.
Answer: Missouri River
Bonus: Identify the following American rivers, for ten points each:
Bonus 1: This river dammed by the Grand Coulee Dam makes up the northern border of Oregon and is the longest in the Pacific
Northwest.
Answer: Columbia River
Bonus 2: This River joins the Mississippi after passing through Shreveport.
Answer: Red River
Bonus 3: The city of Indianapolis lies along this Indiana river, a tributary of the Wabash.
Answer: White River
18. It originated with the studies of Archimedes on levers. When the net force on a system is zero, this entity measured from
any point in space will be the same. It depends on three quantities: the (*) force applied, the length of the arm connecting the axis
to the point of force application, and the angle between the two. Direction of this can be determined by using the right hand grip rule.
Name this tendency of a force to rotate an object about an axis, fulcrum or pivot, measured in dimensions of force times distance.
Answer: Torque
Bonus: For ten points each, answer these questions about forces:
Bonus 1: It is conserved in a system where there is no net external torque, and it is the rotational analog of linear momentum. Name
this conserved vector quantity.
Answer: Angular Momentum
Bonus 2: The atmospheric kind can be regarded as an inefficiency requiring expense of additional energy during launched of the
space object. Name this, referring to forces that oppose the motion of a solid object through a fluid.
Answer: Drag
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Bonus 3: The power of a rocket or aircraft engine is this times forward speed. A fixed-wing aircraft generates this when air is pushed
in the direction opposite to flight.
Answer: Thrust
19. The protagonist provokes her neighbor to become infatuated with her after whimsically sending him a valentine with the
words “Marry me.” One character has a better case in making suit to the central character, even though he has impregnated a
local poor girl by the name of Fanny Robin. Later, that man, (*) Sergeant Troy, is supposed to be drowned after Fanny dies in
childbirth. At the end of the novel, Mr. Boldwood kills Troy after he ruins Boldwood’s proposition of marriage to the central
character. For ten points, identify this Thomas Hardy work in which Bathsheba Everdene eventually marries Gabriel Oak.
Answer: Far from the Madding Crowd
Bonus: Identify these other Thomas Hardy novels for ten points each:
Bonus 1: The protagonist, Mr. Fawley, is a village stonemason in Wessex who yearns to be a scholar at “Christminster” and
eventually falls in love with his cousin, Sue Bridehead.
Answer: Jude the Obscure
Bonus 2: At the beginning of this novel, the protagonist Michael Henchard drunkenly sells his wife and daughter to a sailor for five
guineas.
Answer: The Mayor of Casterbridge
Bonus 3: This man in The Mayor of Casterbridge becomes the Mayor and is Michael Henchard’s total opposite.
Answer: Donald Farfrae (Accept either or both)
20. On the second day, a riot broke out, and after 36 hours, one of the people began to act crazy. They wore ill-fitting smocks
and stock caps, rendering them uncomfortable. At the beginning, (*) twelve of the twenty-four primary participants were arrested
by the Palo Alto police for the crime of armed robbery. Two of the people were upset enough by the process to quit the experiment
early, and the experiment was stopped after only six days by objections of Christina Maslach. Name this study of the psychological
effects of becoming a prisoner or prison guard.
Answer: Stanford Prison Experiment
Bonus: Answer the following about the Stanford Prison Experiment, for ten points each:
Bonus 1: The experiment was conducted by a team of researchers led by this psychology professor at Stanford. Name him.
Answer: Philip Zimbardo
Bonus 2: Zimbardo founded The Shyness Clinic in this city located in California. It has the same name as a city in New Jersey, with a
certain “Wizard” from this locale.
Answer: Menlo Park
Bonus 3: Zimbardo found renewed interest in the experiment when a scandal at this prison occurred. Name this Iraqi prison meaning
“Place of Ravens”.
Answer: Baghdad Central Prison (Also accept Abu Ghraib Prison)
TB. An area in this region created by volcanoes 65 million years ago with step-like rock formations is known as this area’s
namesake “traps.” This area’s boundaries are made up by the Eastern and Western (*) Ghats and this region is bisected by the
Satpura and Vindhya Ranges. To the north of this region lies a region containing the city of Lahore, the Gangetic Plain. Containing
the cities of Solapur and Hyderabad, for ten points, name this large Indian plateau deriving its name from the Sanskrit for “South.”
Answer: Deccan Plateau
Bonus: Answer the following about Indian cities, for ten points each:
Bonus 1: Formerly known as Bombay, name this Indian city on the eastern coast of the Arabian Sea.
Answer: Mumbai (Prompt on Bombay)
Bonus 2: This city in the extreme north of India is known for a site considered to be the holiest in the Sikh religion.
Answer: Amritsar
Bonus 3: That holiest place in Sikhism is this temple noted for it’s extravagant outside design of the namesake material.
Answer: Golden Temple at Amritsar