ACF Regional 1993 Beloit College Toss Ups 1) Question: Though this drop-dead gorgeous man has starred in such films as Memphis Belle, he is most famous for his non-acting abilities, and recent- ly, his public sevice announcements. Often accused of lacking originality, this 25 year old crooner had no deficit in cleverness when explaining that he "forgot" he was carrying a gun into John F Kennedy Airport. For ten points name this performer, who scored a big hit with the soundtrack to When Harry Met Sally. Anwer: Harry CONNICK Jr. 2) Question: The name is the same. It's the name given to the Greenwich Village riots which sparked the gay-rights movement in 1969, and it's the nickname of the Civil War general killed at Chancelorsville. For ten points, what's the name? Answer: STONEWALL 3) Question: Arthur Ashe is known as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, however, he failed to win one of the Grand Slam events; if you need a hint, it's the one also never won by John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors or any other American between the times of Tony Trabert and Michael Chang. For ten points which event am I describing? Answer: The FRENCH OPEN 4) Question: Anyone can tell me that La Paz, Bolivia is the world's highest capital. The lowest is another matter. It is the birthplace of Gary Kasparov and a port in an oil-rich former Soviet republic. For ten points, name this Caspian Sea port, capital of Azerbaijan. Answer: BAKU 5) Question: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is one of the world's most durable myths of the mordern world. For a quick ten points, what man was at least partially responsible for encouraging Shelley to write the story by proposing to his companions that they compete in writing ghost stories? Answer: Lord BYRON 6) Question: When he was only 32, he won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of recoil-free gamma-ray resonance absorption, which states that in certain cases gamma-ray energy may be emitted or absorbed by some excited nuclei without the nucleus exhibiting a recoil. This effect has been used to verify the theory of relativity and to study solid material properties, and today is usually referred to by his name. Name this German physicist who shared the Prize with Richard Hofstadter in 1961. Answer: Rudolph Ludwig MOSSBAUER 7) Question: Two answers required. JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings tells the tale of a group who must join together to stop Sauron and the forces of evil from gaining control over Middle Earth. Within this group there is a pair who wouldn't get along with one another under normal circumstances. Name this dwarf and elf who ended up being best friends. Answer: GIMLI and LEGOLAS 8) Question: This composer who wrote his own vision of the dance "La Valse" in which he depicts the birth, the heyday, and the decadent decline of the Viennese waltz as if in fast motion. But he is best known for his left hand only works and the opera "Bolero". For ten points, name this French composer. Answer: Maurice RAVEL 9) Question: The name's the same: A four-wheeled closed carriage, the dis- crete energy levels of an electron in a magnetic field, the winner of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physics, and the surname of the actor who has starred in "Space 1999." For 10 points, your impossible mission is to give this six-letter word. Answer: LANDAU 10) Question: In 1937, this college began its new "revolutionary " curriculum. This curriculum was developed by Stringfellow Barr and Scott Buchanon of the University of Virginia. The program has been called variously the "New Program" and the "Hundred Great Books Program." For ten points, name this college, originally named King William's School, which runs this famous controversial program. Answer: ST. JOHN'S College 11) Question: As written in Genesis 4:16, this is the place somewhere East of Eden where Cain fled after killing Abel. For ten points, name this perhaps sleepy place. Answer: The Land of NOD 12) Question: Its name comes from the Greek for "non-drunkenness". Associated with a number of superstitions, included its potency in improving sleep, it is found primarily in Brazil, Uruguay, Sri Lanka, and Siberia. A small amount of manganese gives this semi-precious quartz its purple color. For ten points, name this gem, whose Oriental variety is not actually quartz at all but corundum. Answer: AMETHYST 13) Question: Ragnar Frisch of Norway and Jan Tinbergen of the Netherlands were the first to win this prize, also won by Modigliani, Buchanan, Simon, Kuznets, Myrdal, and Friedman. For ten points, name the prize. Answer: NOBEL Prize in ECONOMICS (or ECONOMIC SCIENCE) 14) Question: All hallucinatory drug demands set aside, toad-licking never really caught on in the United States. But kings in this culture liked to tote around the marine toad Bufo Marinas in their hip pouches for use in case of emergency. For ten points, name this culture which for all intents and pur- poses disappeared around 1000 A.D. and whose cities included Uxmal, Caracol, and Chichen Itza. Answer: MAYA(n) 15) Question: Since assuming office in 1991, Ann Richards has gained national attention for appointing unprecedented numbers of women, minorities, and homosexuals to state posts. In 1988, she gave the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention while serving, for ten points, in what Texas state office? Answer: State TREASURER 16) Question: In a Spanish legend of resistance, this northern city, which is now in ruins, once held up for a number of years against the Roman Empire. The citizens all committed suicide before the Romans could defeat them, thus denying Scipio Aemilianus the right to take them as slaves in 135 B.C. For ten points, name this city, which is also the title of Miguel de Cervantes' first dramatic work? Answer: NUMANTIA or NUMANCIA 17) Question: You may associate the inauguration with January 20th, but if you want to get this one right, you must tell me that it is the evening on which a maiden is to dream of her future husband, and is named for this saint, who was martyred at age 13 after rejecting a well-heeled suitor, and who shares her name with the first name of the actress who played Tabitha's mother in "Bewitched". For ten points, give the name. Answer: The Eve of St. AGNES 18) Question: The closest vote in American political convention history was not for a nomination, but occured in 1924 in a vote to condemn what organization, which had begun again in 1915 under the leadership of William Simmons? Answer: The KU KLUX KLAN 19) Question: Born in 1599, he spent a year in England in 1620 at the request of James I. Thereafter he went to Italy, where he made portraits of the Venetian and Genoese nobility. He then returned to Antwerp and painted pictures such as "The Vision of St. Augustine". For ten points, name this contemporary of Rubens who was made court painter by Charles I of England in 1632. Answer: Sir Anthony VAN DYCK 20) Question: Edgar Kaufmann once received the following telegram: "Kindly refrain all interference with me in my work at this time. Send me what I ask for...There is only one doctor. Be thankful you didn't lose him. Now be good enough to realize the truth of what I say." Kaufmann received this after deciding to hire the sender to design a new office in his shop and the house Fallingwater. For ten points, name this designer of the Grammage Auditorium and Robie House. Answer: Frank Lloyd WRIGHT OVERTIME 21) Question: Take the year that World War II ended. Take the year that the Brooklyn Dodgers won their only World Series. Take the year show trials be- gan in the Soviet Union, which is the year after Sergei Kirov was murdered. And take the year that Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first female governor. For ten points, looking at these numbers, what is the average? Answer: 1940 (1945, 1955, 1935, and 1925 in order in the question) 22) Question: According to John 18:10, there was one slave who suffered parti- cularly bad luck at the hands of Simon Peter during the trial of Jesus. You'll get ten points if you can name this man, who had his ear cut off, just like the kidnapped Getty in the 1970s. Answer: MALCHUS 23) Question: For ten points, in terms of area, what is the largest country in the world? Answer: RUSSIA END ACF Regional 1993 Beloit College Bonus Questions (30) 1) Bonus Question: 30-20-10, name the city. 30 pts: Samuel Colt established his armaments factory here in the ninteenth century. 20 pts: It also became known as the "Silk Capital of the World" around the turn of the century. 10 pts: Located at the falls of the Passaic River, Alexander Hamilton thought that it should have been the United States' first great industrial center. Answer: PATTERSON, New Jersey (30) 2) Bonus Question: 30-20-10, name the performer. 30 pts: She first sang backup vocals in the song, "Games Without Frontiers", on Peter Gabriel's 1977 album. 20 pts: Pat Benetar recorded a cover version of her song, "Wuthering Heights". 10 pts: She rejoined Gabriel to sing a duet, "Don't Give Up" for his album, So; and she shares a Presidential last name. Answer: Kate BUSH (20) 3) Bonus Question: You'll earn five points for naming each author when given the title of a short story anthology they have written. 1. Last Defender of Camelot Answer: Roger ZELAZNY 2. A Medicine for Melancholy Answer: Ray BRADBURY 3. Wilderness Tips Answer: Margaret ATWOOD 4. The Patchwork Girl Answer: Larry NIVEN (30) 4) Bonus Question: Given the following martial arts, you give the country of origin: 1. Panjac Silat (pon JOCK see LOT) answer: INDONESIA 2. Judo answer: JAPAN 3. Tai Chi (Tie Chee) answer: CHINA 4. Mui Thai (Mooey Tie) answer: THAILAND 5. Savate (sa VAT) answer: FRANCE 6. And for 5 extra points, which two of these are kickboxing? answer: MUI THAI and SAVATE (25) 5) Bonus Question: The aboriginal tribes in Australia have used a long tube hollowed out by insects as an instrument for many years. For fifteen points, name this reverberating, booming instrument. answer: DIDJERIDU (did JERRY do) And for another ten points, spell didjeridu. answer: D-I-D-J-E-R-I-D-U (30) 6) Bonus Question: Phosphates, nitrates, and carbon dioxide are all environmental problems when they get into ground water, or occur in excess. But, for five points apiece, match the following elements with the conditions that decide in which compound the element is found in the soil: 1. Phosphorus, Nitrogen, and Carbon. . . with. . . the rate of photosynthesis, the pH of the soil, and the humidity of the soil. answer: N - HUMIDITY, PHOSPHORUS - pH, C - rate of PHOTOSYNTHESIS 2. And for fifteen more points, name the three ions in which nitrogen can be found in the soil: answer: AMMONIUM, NITRATE, NITRITE (30) 7) Bonus Question: For five points apiece I'll name a literary work and you name the author. For an additional ten points, place the works in chrono- logical order. The Gambler, Heart of Darkness, West-Easterly Divan, and Fathers and Sons. Answers: West-Easterly Divan- Johann Wolfgang von GOETHE Fathers And Sons- Ivan TURGENEV The Gambler- Fyodor DOSTOYEVSKY Heart of Darkness- Jospeh CONRAD (in order) (20) 8) Bonus Question: Ok, boys and girls, get out your best Peter Lorre with a Mexican accent voice, it's time for Ren & Stimpy questions for 5 pts apiece: 1. What is the name of the toy often advertised before the cartoons? answer: LOG 2. What kind of helmet does Stimpy don as Dr. Stupid? answer: a STUPOMITRON helmet 3. What is the name of the flatulent super hero that provides the boys with their breakfast when they run out of his product? answer: POWDERED TOAST MAN 4. Who is the creator of Ren & Stimpy who was sort of given the boot a short time ago? answer: John KRICFALUSI (Prompt for more if John K. is given). (25) 9) Bonus question: An anarchist as well as a peacemaker, this Impression- ist helped to establish the revolutionary Impressionist exhibitions and exhibited at all eight. Born in the West Indies, in 1855 he went to Paris and studied with Corot. His works include "Lower Norwood, snow scene", "Red Roofs", and "Bather in the Woods". For 25 points, name him; if you cannot, you will get a short clue for 10 points. Bonus 10 point clue: his surname is very similar to that of a famous conquistador. Answer: Camille PISSARRO (30) 10) Bonus Question: 30-20-10, name the author. 1. His first novel was Soldier's Pay. 2. This American was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949, which came between the publications of Intruder in the Dust and Requiem for a Nun. 3. Born in New Albany, Mississippi, his major novels are suffused with with the decay and anguish of the South since the Civil War. Answer: William FAULKNER (30) 11) Bonus Question: For ten points apiece answer these questions about U.S. Presidents. 1. What state has given birth to the most Presidents? Answer: VIRGINIA 2. The first president who was never a British subject? Answer: Martin VAN BUREN 3. The state that has had the most presidents elected while they were legal residents of it. Answer: NEW YORK (30) 12) Bonus Question: 30-20-10, name the government official. 1. He believed that he could unseat Roosevelt in 1936, due to his strong support in the South. 2. He aided Nixon in the 1960 campaign with sensitive information about John Kennedy. 3. He never arrested a single person in his 48 years at the FBI. Answer: J. Edgar HOOVER (30) 13) Bonus Question: You'll get ten points piece for naming the sucessors to these French kings. 1. Henry IV Answer- LOUIS XIII 2. Charles IX Answer- HENRY III 3. Louis XII Answer- FRANCIS I (30) 14) Given the year and the name, tell me which Nobel Prize (physics, chemistry, medecine/physiology, economics, peace, or literature) that person won, for five points apiece. To help you, note that there will be one from each category. 1. Sir Frederick Banting, 1923 Answer- MEDECINE/PHYSIOLOGY 2. Linus Pauling, 1962 Answer- PEACE 3. Heinrich Boll, 1972 Answer- LITERATURE 4. James Tobin, 1981 Answer- ECONOMICS 5. Otto Hahn, 1944 Answer- CHEMISTRY 6. Charles Townes, 1964 Answer- PHYSICS (30) 15) Bonus Question: You'll get ten points apiece for naming the second place winners in the following Presidential election years. 1. 1804 and 1808 Answer-Charles PINCKNEY 2. 1944 Answer-Thomas DEWEY 3. 1860 Answer-John BRECKENRIDGE (30) 16) Bonus Question: The German Empire of antiquity was far more expansive than modern Germany. For five points a piece, give the modern name and country of these former German Cities. 1. Brelau Answer- WROCTAW, POLAND 2. Konigsburg Answer- KALININGRAD, RUSSIA 3. Lemburg Answer- LVOV or LVIV, UKRAINE (25) 17) Bonus Question: I'll give you the name of a Robot, for five points each you'll tell me the movie or TV show in which it appeared. 1. Tweeky Answer- BUCK RODGERS in the 25th Century 2. Lucifer Answer- BATTLESTAR GALACTICA 3. Robbie Answer- The INVISIBLE BOY, FORBIDDEN PLANET, or LOST IN SPACE 4. r2d2 Answer- STAR WARS, etc. 5. Eddie Answer- HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE to the Galaxy, etc. (20) 18) Bonus Question: You'll get ten points each for solving the two parts to this math string problem about Tabbs, Gobbs, and Pibbs: There are 87 Tabbs. All 34 Gobbs and 49 Pibbs are Tabbs. If exactly 9 Tabbs are both Gobbs and Pibbs then: 1. How many Gobbs are not Pibbs? Answer-25 2. How many Tabbs are neither Pibbs nor Gobbs? Answer- 4 (20) 19) Bonus Question: 20-10, name the man. 1. He co-edited Ecodefense: A field guide to monkeywrenching with Bill Haywood. 2. He is the unofficial leader of the radically environmentalist "dis"organization "Earth First!" answer: Dave FOREMAN (30) 20) Bonus Question: Born in 1940, author Sue Grafton has recently won the Edgar, which is named after whom for 5 points? answer: Edgar Allan POE For what genre for 5 points? answer: MYSTERY (prompt for more if fiction is given) For which of her alphabetic mysteries for 10 pts? answer: C IS FOR COUNTERFEIT EXTRA (20) 21) Bonus Question: For 10 easy points, name the substance mined near the Pacific coast of Chile that is used in munitions. answer: GUANO And for another ten, name the desert in Chile where rain has supposedly never been recorded. answer: ATACAMA END