a. Notium and Arginusae
answer: Peloponnesian War
b. Calais and Agincourt
answer: Hundred Years War
c. Blenheim, Gibraltar, and Oudenarde
answer: War of Spanish Succession
For five points, a Maclaurin series is a member of what broader family of series?
answer: Taylor Series
For ten points, what is the derivative of arctan(x) [pronounced "arctangent of x"] with respect to x?
answer: 1/(1+x2)
For fifteen points, Newton originally called the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus "The Method of" what?
answer: Fluxions (Accept fluxional method)
Name the Composer given the pieces on a 10-5 basis.
10: Kindertotenlieder (Songs of Dead Children)
5: Songs of a Wayfarer
answer: Gustav Mahler
10: Verklärte Nacht
5: Moses und Aron
answer: Arnold Schoenberg
10: The Childhood of Christ
5: Symphonie Fantastique
answer: Hector Berlioz
Given the name of a dance work, name the original choreographer on a 5-10-15 basis.
5: Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk
Savion Glover
10: Appalachian Spring
Martha Graham
15: Creation of the World
Alvin Ailey
Given the name of an Economic Text, name its author, for 10 points each
a. "An Essay on the Principle of Population"
answer: Thomas Malthus
b. "The Principals of Political Economy and Taxation"
answer: David Ricardo
c. "The Theory of the Leisure Class"
answer: Thorsten Veblen
Do you come from the Land Down Under? Probably you don't, but these recording artists do. Name these Australian recording artists given a description for 10 points each.
a. A long time cast member of the Australian soap "Neighbours," this recording artist reached #3 in 1988 with her cover of "The Loco-Motion."
answer: Kylie Minogue
b. Also a member of the "Neighbours" cast, this waif captured the hearts of many Americans in 1998 with her album "Left of the Middle," featuring the songs "Wishing I Was There" and a cover of an Ednaswap tune.
answer: Natalie Imbruglia
c. KROQ in L.A. played this punk band's "Prisoner of Society" quite a bit upon the American release of its self titled album in 1999.
answer: The Living End
For the stated number of points, answer the following questions related to World War 2:
5) What was the code name for Germany's invasion of the USSR?
answer: Barbarossa
10) The battle of Stalingrad was the turning point of the war on the eastern front. Stalingrad is situated on the juncture of--for 5 points each--what two rivers?
answer: Volga and Don
15) Name the German general who surrendered the Sixth German Army at Stalingrad after Goering failed to deliver the promised air support and Hitler refused to allow withdrawal.
answer: Friedrick Paulus
For the stated number of points, answer the following questions about Joseph Heller's classic novel, Catch 22
5) He dies on the mission over Avignon, revealing to Yossarian his "terrible secret" and prompting Yossarrian to later ask the question, "Where are the ______s of yesteryear"?
answer: Snowden
5) He is the chief mess officer, who buys eggs in Malta at 5 cents apiece and sells them in Pisa for 4 cents apiece and still makes a profit.
answer: Milo Minderbinder
10) He is the august-looking major, to whom everyone is afraid to speak. His first name is unknown and his only words in the book are: "Give them eat."
answer: Major de Coverley
10) What was the original title of Catch-22?
answer: Catch-18
a. 1974
answer: Winner: West Germany (prompt on Germany), loser: Holland
b. 1934
answer: Winner: Italy, loser: Czechoslovakia
c. 1950
answer: Winner: Uruguay, loser: Brazil
The following two scientists won the Nobel prize in 1936, and 1937 respectively. Given the name of the scientist, for 15 points each give the discovery for which he won the Nobel Prize:
a. Carl David Anderson
answer: discovery of the positron
b. James Chadwick
answer: discovery of the neutron
Name the novel from characters for ten points apiece; five points if you need the author:
10-Colonel Kurtz, Captain Willard
5-Joseph Conrad
answer: Heart of Darkness
10-Anse, Vardaman, Addie, Darl and Cash
5-William Faulkner
answer: As I Lay Dying
10-Emil, Franz and Demi
5-Louisa May Alcott
answer: Little Men
Given the first line of a Shakespeare play for ten points. Five if you need the speaker.
10--"Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour draws on apace"
5-Theseus
answer: A Midsummer Night's Dream
10-"Hence! home, you idle creatures, get you home: Is this a holiday"
5-Flavius, a tribune
answer: Julius Caesar
10-"I'll pheeze you in faith."
5-Sly
answer: Taming of the Shrew
Given the name of the fictional detective, name the author. Five points each, thirty for all five.
1. Nancy Drew
answer: Carolyn Keene (yeah, we know that there never really was a Carolyn Keene)
2. Auguste Dupin
answer: Edgar Allan Poe
3. Perry Mason
answer: Earle Stanley Gardner
4. Philip Marlowe
answer: Raymond Chandler
5. Sam Spade
answer: Dashiell Hammett
Unfortunately, the Yankees just won another World Series. Answer these questions about teams who have knocked the hated Bronx Bombers out of the playoffs.
10-This team was the most recent to eliminate the Yankees from the playoffs, beating them in the 1997 ALCS.
answer: Cleveland Indians (responses of Cleveland and Indians also acceptable)
10-This team beat the Damn Yankees in 1995's Division Series with a fantastic game 5 last-at-bat win.
answer: Seattle Mariners (responses of Seattle and Mariners also acceptable)
10-When the Mariners won the 1995 series, Ken Griffey Jr. scored the winning run from first on a double. As he crossed the plate, what future superstar congratulated him on their terrific defeat of the most despicable team (in the humble opinion of the writer of the question) in all of sports?
answer: Alex Rodriguez (accept "A-Rod")
Let's play the Geography game. Each answer starts with the last letter of the previous answer. Assume the most recent answer was Panama, so the next answer will begin with A.
10-Located on the western part of the Balkan Peninsula, its capital is Tirana.
answer: Albania
10-Completely landlocked, this country shares its largest border with Pakistan. It also borders Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan.
answer: Afghanistan
10-It has three main river systems: Kosi, Gandaki and Karnali. It is also the home of the world's highest peak in Mount Everest.
answer: Nepal
You say you want a revolution? Given a period of revolution, name the planet:
For five points: 88 days
answer: Mercury
For ten points: 687 days
answer: Mars
For fifteen points: 11.9 years
answer: Jupiter
For 10 points each--identify these heroes of the Finnish "Kalevala."
a. His mother, Ilmatar, was pregnant with him for 30 years and after he was born he floated for 8 more years on the ocean. He is the greatest bard and enchanter in the world and the main hero of the "Kalevala".
answer: Vainnamoinen
b. A rascal and adventurer, he is is the greatest skier in Lapland and catches the devil on skis. He dies and is chopped up into pieces but is later resurrected by his mother.
answer: Lemminkainen
c. He is the greatest smith of Finnish mythology, forger of the magical mill Sampo.
answer: Ilmarien
Believe it or not, the following afflict different members of the Berkeley Quiz Bowl team. Given a phobia, name that which is feared for the stated number of points.
For five points: pedophobia
answer: children (accept kids)
For ten points: pornophobia
answer: prostitutes (accept whores, hookers, harlots, etc.)
For fifteen points: cacophobia
answer: ugliness (accept unpleasantness)
On May 14, 2000 Russia announced to the world that one of its nuclear submarines had sunk to the bottom of the ocean. Answer the following about the Kursk for ten points apiece:
In what sea did the Kursk sink?
answer: Barents Sea
Divers from what country first opened the hatch of the crippled submarine?
answer: Norway
Within five, give the number of crewman believed to have died on the Kursk.
answer: 118 (accept 113-123)
For 15 points each--identify the following physics phenomena or laws:
a. This phenomenon occurs when a charged particle gives off energy as it moves through a transparent medium faster than the speed of light in that medium. The radiation emitted is usually in the visible and UV region of the spectrum.
answer: Cherenkov Radiation (accept Cherenkov Effect)
b. An orbit synchronized with the sidereal rotation of the Earth (1 equals 23 h, 56, min, 4 s) with an inclination and eccentricity of zero.
answer: Geostationary orbit (accept Clarke orbit)