------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Boni by Occidental College Bonus 1: Identify these geographic features associated with the Sahara Desert, for 10 points each. A: By far the largest body of water in the region, this marshy lake is fed by the Chari-Logone river system. It lies in three countries, two of these being Niger and Nigeria. answer: Lake _Chad_ B: Located mainly in Algeria, these vast eastern and western aeolean regions contain much of the desert's sand, and are anomalous to the rocky plain that comprises most of the Sahara. answer: the _Erg_s C: This highland area of Northern Chad contains the highest peak in the Sahara, Mount Emi Koussi, and the Uranium bearing Aozou Strip. answer: the _Tibesti Massif_ Bonus 2: Dante reserved a special place in the 7th Circle for the violent against art. For 10 points each, answer the following questions. A: The works of these 19th Century artists that included John Everett Millais and Lord Frederick Leighton were frequently savaged, in one case during a protest led by Charles Dickens. answer: _Pre-Raphaelites_ B: In a speech to artistic revolutionaries, Kasimir Malevich once suggested the slashing of this historic painting by Ilya Repin depicting a monarch cradling his recently slain son. It was found badly damaged a day after the speech was delivered. answer: _Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan_ on November 16, 1581. C: A riot by anti-Dadaists resulted in the destruction of this piece by Man Ray, which consisted of an eyeball on the pendulum of a metronome. answer: _Object to be Destroyed_ Bonus 3: "The Falcon of Sir Federigo," "The Rhyme of Sir Christopher," "Scanderbeg," "Torquemada," "Charlemagne," "The Ballad of Carmilhan," and "The Bell of Atri." A: For 10 points--these poems are recited a la Chaucer by a Student, a Landlord, a Spanish Jew, a Theologian, a Poet, a Musician and a Sicilian in what verse collection by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow? answer: _Tales of a Wayside Inn_ B: The largest and most important tale in ~Tales of a Wayside Inn~, this long poem is recited by the Musician. Beginning with Thor's Challenge, it recounts the life, journeys and death of a Norse ruler. answer: The _Saga of King Olaf_ C: The Landlord tells this first and probably most famous tale in the Inn that takes place "On the eighteenth of April in Seventy Five," and tells of a silversmith who warned Concord of a coming invasion. answer: _Paul Revere's Ride_ Bonus 4: Answer these related questions for the number of points stated. A: In June, 2000 Thomas Blanton and R. Frank Cherry walked into an Alabama Courthouse and turned themselves in for bombing a landmark site of civil rights history in 1963. For 10 points--name the building allegedly bombed by these two men. answer: the _Sixteenth Street Baptist Church_ B: For five points, name the city in which the crime was committed. answer: _Birmingham_ C: For 10 points--name the ex-Klansman convicted of the bombing in 1977 who died in prison without disclosing any information about his co-conspirators to investigators. answer: Robert Edward _Chambliss_ D: For five points, this director released a short film, "Four Little Girls," shortly before the FBI reopened the bombing case in May, 2000. answer: Spike _Lee_ Bonus 5: Know thy heresies. Given a system of beliefs, give the name of the heresy for 10 points each. A: Christ is not divine, but had a definite beginning and therefore the father and the son cannot be one person, nor can the son have any knowledge of the father. answer: _Arianism_ B: God and Christ are the epitomal forces of good in the world, but the hiearchy of the church causes corruption and sin, and therefore the church is an evil force. answer: _Albigensianism_ C: Christ was not resurrected, nor did he ascend into heaven, because he was a ghost his whole life who only appeared to exist. Moreover, he could not have truly suffered on the cross for mankind's sins, because he didn't have a body. answer: _Docetism_ Bonus 6: Identify the following somehow similar U.S. Supreme Court Cases given decisions for 10 points each. A: Chief Justice Taney determined that Congress alone had power to suspend a writ of habeas corpus during times of rebellion, a decision ignored by Abraham Lincoln in the incarceration of a Maryland dissenter. answer: _Ex Parte Merryman_ B: A 1944 ruling concluded that the wartime relocation of Japanese-Americans to internment camps was not unconstitutional. answer: _Korematsu vs. United States_ C: A 1958 decision stated that taking U.S. citizenship away from wartime deserters from the armed forces is unconstitutional, thereby repealing the Nationality Act of 1940. answer: _Tropp vs. Dulles_ Bonus 7: Name these titans and moons of Saturn for 10 points each. A: This Titan of Light and early sun god married his sister Theia. Their sons included Eos, Selene, and Helius. answer: _Hyperion_ B: The father of Atlas, he was quite dismayed by another of his son's theft of fire from the gods. answer: _Iapetus_ C: She tricked her husband Chronus into swallowing a stone instead of her son, Zeus. answer: _Rhea_ Bonus 8: Answer the following about the novel _Look Homeward, Angel_ for the number of points stated. A: For five points, name its author. answer: Thomas _Wolfe_ B: For another five points, name the son of a sculptor whose childhood and education at Pulpit Hill is the main storyline. answer: _Eugene_ Gant C: For 10 points--name either Eugene's hometown or the fictional state in which Wolfe has most of the novel take place, a rough representation of the city of Asheville in North Carolina. answer: _Altamont_ (town) _Catawba_ (state) D: For a final ten, name the elegy by John Milton that inspired the novel with its line "Look homeward Angel, now, and melt with ruth." answer: _Lycidas_ Bonus 9: Name these parts of the brain, for 10 points each. A: Its functions include regulating thirst, controlling weight gain and stimulating the pituitary release of oxytocin and vassopressin. It is the region directly below the Thalamus. answer: _hypothalamus_ B: Its functional centers govern heart rate, digestion and respiration, through its connection with the spinal cord at the lowest part of the brain. answer: _medulla_ oblongata C: This horseshoe-shaped mass of nerve fibers transfers motor impulses to the facial area and connects the medulla to the cerebellum. answer: _pons_ Bonus 10: Given the title of a piece within a larger composition, name the composition for 10 points each. If you are unable to name the composition, name the composer given the composition for 5 points. A: 10 Points: "Sabre Dance" answer or 5 Points: _Gayane_ answer: Aram _Khachaturian_ B: 10 Points: "Vltava" answer or 5 Points: _Ma Vlast_ (or My Homeland) answer: Biedrich _Smetana_ C: 10 Points: "In the Hall of the Mountain King" answer or 5 Points: _Peer Gynt Suite_ answer: Edvard _Grieg_ Bonus 11: Ancient History: Name these Assyrians for 10 points each. A: His rule coincided with the Golden Age of Strength. Known as Pulu to the Hebrews, he ended the rule by terror tradition begun by Assur Nasirpal, first used conscription to build his army and created the world's first postal service. answer: _Tiglathpilesar III_ B: After establishing his capital at Nineveh, he wheeled west to conquer Judea and defeat the Phoenicians. He beseiged Jerusalem at the time of King Hezekiah, but at the last moment, mysteriously withdrew. answer: _Sennacherib_ C: Of less importance to history, legend has it that this last Assyrian king burned down his palace including himself and his harem when Nineveh was beseiged by the Chaldeans, inspiring a work of art by Delacroix. answer: _Sardanapalus_ Bonus 12: Identify the following from optics for 10 points each. A: If the refracted ray is not to be 90 degrees, this law governs the change in direction from the angle of incidence to the angle of refraction when propagating light waves change mediums. answer: _Snell's Law_ B: In a non-isotropic crystal, the formation of two refracted rays from one incident ray is described by this term, which also refers to the difference in index of refraction between the ordinary and extraordinary rays. answer: _birefringence_ C: If a birefringent crystal is placed in an electric field, light whose vibration is in two directions will refract differently. Its birefringence will be proportional to the square of the electric field strength and inversely proportional to the wavelength of the incident ray as described by this effect. answer: _Kerr Effect_ Bonus 13: Answer the following questions about the Gothic Novel for ten points each. A: This 1764 work by Horace Walpole is considered the first true gothic novel. answer: _The Castle of Otranto_ B: Influenced by Radcliffe and Godwin, this author of _Wieland_, _Ormund_ and _Edgar Huntly_ is largely responsible for the development of the Gothic Novel in the United States. answer: Charles Brockden _Brown_ C: This Peacock satire mocks the late Gothic gloom with characters like Diggory Deathshead and Mister Toobad and is concerned with the loss of Scythrop Glowry of both of his lovers. answer: _Nightmare Abbey_ Bonus 14: Like geochemistry? Too bad, you're getting it anyway. Given three ores for an element, name the element sought for 10 points each. A: Corundum, Bauxite, and Kaolinite answer: _aluminum_ B: Annabergite, Millerite and Garnierite answer: _nickel_ C: Ferberite, Scheelite, and Wolframite answer: _tungsten_ Bonus 15: For 10 points each, given two cities, identify the river on which they both lie. A: Macapa and Manaus answer: The _Amazon_ B: Mandalay and Henzada answer: The _Irrawaddy_ (Accept Burmese Ayeyarwady) C: Ljubljana and Zagreb answer: The _Zava_ (pron. Sava) Bonus 16: 30-20-10-5 name the historical figure. 30: Along with Michael the Brave who lived at a later time, this grandson of Mircea the Old was called a national hero in his principality for his sometimes successful rebellions against Sultan Mehemet II. 20: This voivode of the house of Besarab converted to Catholicism, becoming the first ruler of Walachia to break with the Eastern Orthodox Church. He then began to crusade under his father's symbol, that of a crucified dragon. 10: While his time in the Janissary Corps taught him most of his bloody battle tactics, his innovations include the construction of "forests" of his victims; victims that he executed in a particularly gruesome way. 5: Although he probably never drank his victims' blood, his obsession with the stake as a method of execution came to be used against him by a certain Irish visitor some 4 and a half centuries later. answer: _Vlad III_ or _Vlad the Impaler_ (or _Vlad Tsepesh_) (If they say Vlad Dracula, prompt for more information since there were several Vlads of the Order of the Dragon) Bonus 17: For 10 points each, identify the following related to U.S. westward expansion, for 10 points each. A: The phrase "manifest destiny" was coined by this man in 1845 to predict the overspreading of the North American continent by Americans. answer: John L. _O'Sullivan_ B: This 1846 piece of legislation by a Pennsylvania Democrat would have prohibited slavery in any new territory gained from Mexico had it passed both houses of congress. answer: The _Wilmot Proviso_ C: The idea that the distinctive history of the United States is due to its legacy of westward movement, known as the frontier thesis, is attributed to an 1893 essay by this Wisconsin-born historian. answer: Frederick Jackson _Turner_ Bonus 18: Answer the following questions about the origin of baseball for 10 points each. A: Tradition awards this man with the creation of the sport in Cooperstown, New York in 1839. answer: Abner _Doubleday_ B: This British sport that uses a pentagon rather than a diamond and positions such as bowler and backstop is thought to be the the most likely ancestor of baseball. answer: _rounders_ C: This man's innovations include setting the distance between bases at 90 feet and introducing a hard ball by forbidding the hitting of runners with a thrown ball. He is known for his role as chairman in a defining 1845 conference. answer: Alexander Joy _Cartwright_ Bonus 19: On October 12, 2000, a destroyer was suicide-bombed on its way from the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf. For 10 points each, answer these questions. A: Give the name of this United States Ship answer: the USS _Cole_ B: The Cole was approaching Aden Harbor in this country when a small craft loaded with explosives ploughed into it and blew up. answer: _Yemen_ C: This president of Yemen has suggested that the explosion was caused by technical problems, but has nonetheless pledged to punish any organization found to be responsible. answer: Ali Abdullah _Saleh_ Bonus 20: For this World History bonus I bring you: Thailand. Name these Siamese kings for 10 points each. A: He came to power in 1782, succeeding the warrior Taksin, moving his capital from Thonburi to Bangkok, crossing the river that bears his name, which means Great Lord. He established the dynasty that reigns still today. answer: _Chao Phraya_ Chakri (prompt on _Rama I_) B: He opened trade with Europe and made an attempt at westernization, but gave up when opposed. It is his court we see in the story of _Anna and the King_. answer: _Mongkut_ (prompt on Rama IV) C: Continuing westernization into the 20th century in spite of opposition, this monarch abolished slavery and opened Siam's first university in Bangkok. answer: _Chulalongkorn_ (prompt on Rama V)