Packet Submitted for Occidental Quiz Bowl by Wesley Mathews Questions written for Technophobia 5 Tossup 1: Physics If a current is run through beryllium, zinc, or cadmium in the presence of a transverse magnetic field, a positive EMF will be measured across the sample. This demonstrates that charge conduction in these occurs via the propagation of positively charged holes, whereas in most metals, charge is carried by electrons and the EMF is negative. For 10 points--what is this effect used to determine the nature of charge carriers in semiconductors? answer: The _Hall Effect_ Tossup 2: Ancient History He favored provincials over Italians and the army over the Senate, a policy which his son would carry even further by extending Roman citizenship to the provinces. A citizen of Leptis Magna, he worked his way into a consulship, and became governor of Upper Pannonia in AD 190. His successful march on Rome after the death of Publius Pertinax led to the purging of the Praetorian Guard and institution of martial law. His reign was characterized by extensive judicial reform and building projects that included the Hippodrome. For 10 points--name this emperor from 193 to 211, who in his last years co-ruled with his sons Geta and Caracalla. answer: Lucius _Septimius Severus_ Pertinax Tossup 3: World Literature His own war experience in the Royal Air Force provided some inspiration for his short story "The Full Belly," which appears with "The Night The Prowler" in the collection ~The Cockatoos~. Although born in London, his novels distinctly reflect the ascent from savagery of another country, the first of these being ~Happy Valley~ and ~The Tree of Man~. For 10 points--name this author of ~Night on Bald Mountain~, ~The Vivisector~ and ~Riders in the Chariot~, Australia's only recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature. answer: Patrick Victor _White_ Tossup 4: Geography The rapid construction of this city's only major attraction came after a quarrel with John Paul II over the planned height of the Our Lady of Peace Basilica's 489 foot dome. Located at approximately 7 degrees north and 5 degrees west, it lies south of the Lac de Kossou between the Nzi and Bandama Rivers. Because it was the home of longtime president Felix Houphouet-Boigny, it, rather than its twin capital to the south, became its nation's economic growth center. For ten points, name this location of the largest Christian church in the world, and capital de jure of Cote d'Ivoire. answer: _Yamoussoukro_ Tossup 5: Fine Arts (Renaissance Painting) Originally part of the altarpiece of San Francesco de Macci in Florence, this painting's title figure stands on a pedestal holding the infant Christ, flanked by Saint Francis of Assisi, two cherubs and John the Evangelist. The pedestal is decorated by two winged sculptures that gave the work its name when Vasari mistook them for some particular creatures of Greek myth. For 10 points--name this 1517 work by Andrea del Sarto, which has absolutely nothing to do with smelly, human-faced vultures. answer: _Madonna of the Harpies_ Tossup 6: Religion (?) She once danced before Yahweh at a wedding, and it is for this reason the soles of her feet and hands were spared by the Dogs of Jezreel after her defenestration at the command of Jehu. The daughter of Prince Ethbaal of Tyre, she persuaded her husband to introduce worship of the god Baal Melkart to Israel, thus angering the prophets Elijah and Elisha. For 10 points--name this wife of King Ahab. answer: _Jezebel_ Tossup 7: Astronomy For the mass of the Sun it is about two miles and for you it is about 10 to the negative twenty-third centimeters. To find it for any object, multiply the universal gravitational constant by the product of the mass and two, and divide by the speed of light, squared. It is the radius below which the attraction between the particles of a star must cause it to collapse irreversibly under its own gravity. For 10 points--name this quantity, the radius of the event horizon of a singularity, named for a German astrophysicist who predicted the occurrence of black holes. answer: _Schwarzschild_ Radius (prompt on "event horizon") Tossup 8: European History He modelled himself after his grandfather, who had been canonized after dying on crusade in North Africa. His grandfather would have approved of his expulsion of the Jews, but might have frowned at his other exploits. To finance his ongoing wars with England, he borrowed large sums from the Knights Templar, and when he defaulted, he abolished the order and had its leaders tortured to death. His earlier arrest of the bishop of Pamiers sparked a quarrel with Pope Boniface VIII, whom he attempted to arrest for heresy. Later he pressured Clement V to come to France, beginning the "Babylonian Captivity" at Avignon. For 10 points--name this son of Saint Louis IX who first called the Estates General to explain his fights with the papacy. answer: _Philip IV_, or _Philip the Fair_ Tossup 9: Fine Arts (Music) His career almost ended in 1872 when his pupils turned against him for his musical despotism and he took a post as a railway clerk. Although he resumed directorship of the Free School a few years later, he spent his last decades in retirement, a far fall from the time in which he composed the music for ~King Lear~. His vacations to the Caucasus produced the ~Islamey Fantasia~ and the symphonic poem ~Tamara~, but he is probably better remembered as the mentor of four other brilliant composers. For ten points, name this leader of the Mighty Five and composer of the Russia Symphony. answer: Mily Alekseyevich _Balakirev_ Tossup 10: Geography Visitors to this country might visit the intriguing cities of Monkey River, Orange Walk or Go to Hell Camp. Also of interest to tourists are the ruins at Altun Ha and Lubantun, nestled in the Cockscomb Range which is the backbone of the country. Naturalists climb Victoria Peak, the highest point, or explore the second largest reef in the world, which stretches from the mouth of the Sartsun to Chetumal Bay in the north. For ten points, name this English-speaking nation on the Gulf of Honduras whose capital is Belmopan. answer: _Belize_ Tossup 11: English Literature The subject of a Lucian dialogue and a Moral Essay by Pope, another author has him at the center of his high society until he begs for help after wasting his fortune throwing lavish parties. Denied by his former patrons, he invites them to one last banquet, but insults them in a particular manner while screaming "uncover, dogs, and lap!" He then takes to a cave, his only companions being his servant Flavius, the philosopher Apemantus and Alcibiades. For 10 points--name this Athenian misanthrope who offers his fig tree to the senate upon which to hang themselves as a refuge from the plague in a play by Middleton and Shakespeare. answer: _Timon_ Tossup 12: Mythology Probably adopted from the Hittite pantheon, this deity's first manifestations were as a goddess of wheat and grain, and the storehouse gates were her first emblem. Her Sumerian evolution brought her to the sphere of contradictory elements, notably fire and fire-quenching and fair play and enmity. This daughter of Enlil forms an astral triad with Shamash and Sin in Akkadian lore, but is primarily associated with the city of Erech, a center for prostitutes and courtisans. For 10 points--name this Mesopotamian goddess of fertility and bodily love. answer: _Ishtar_ (accept: _Inanna_) Tossup 13: Current Events During the Frank Rizzo years, he was a radio journalist known as the voice of the voiceless. More recent events, however, include protests over his punitive detention for writing _Live from Death Row_. Born with the name Wesley Cook, he ascended rapidly to the rank of minister of information in the Black Panther Party. Controversy still surrounds the drivers licence application of a third man held by officer Daniel Faulkner on the night of his murder, but--for 10 points--what anti-police brutality spokesperson is sentenced to die for the murder of a Philadelphia policeman in December, 1981? answer: Mumia _Abu-Jamal_ Tossup 14: Sports He developed chronic encephalopathy in 1984 from his long, successful career. Convicted of violating the Selective Service Act for religious reasons, he was stripped of his title and barred from the ring in 1967, returning one year before the Supreme Court overturned the conviction only to lose a 15 round decision to the world champ. After recovering against Frazier in 1974, he faced a new champion in Kinshasa. For 10 points--name this boxer who, after defeating George Foreman, defended his title of World Heavyweight Champion no less than nine times before losing out to Spinks in 1978. answer: _Muhammad Ali_ (Cassius Marcellus _Clay_) Tossup 15: Biology Occuring mainly in the Diamantina drainage basin, the microlepidatus species posesses the ability to stand erect on its sharp tail to frighten off its enemies. This curse of Brisbane City Parks is now milked to diagnose and treat lupus, though one variety of genus ~Oxyuranus~ delivers enough miolysin and neurotoxins in one attack to kill 60 humans, a venom 50 times as toxic as the common Indian cobra. For 10 points--name this reptile with Cape York. Papuan, and the most lethal Fierce Snake varieties, which lays eggs unlike Australia's other dangerous snakes. answer: _taipan_ Tossup 16: World History Early rulers of its Sakalava period included Radama I who welcomed colonization, and his widow Ranavalona, who had many Christians thrown from a cliff into the Indian Ocean. The Franco-Merina war left the French control of the port of Diego Suarez, but with the arrival of Gallieni, they soon retook the island. A 1958 revolution by the PSD overthrew the French, and leadership passed from Philibert Tsiranana to Ramanantsoa, and finally to Didier Ratsiraka. For 10 points--this is the history of what country whose more familiar figures include Claude Simon and Captain Kidd? answer: _Madagascar_ or _Malagasy Republic_ Tossup 17: American Literature Some scholars believe its title comes from the Latin for "To wail loudly." The author is reminded of the funeral of his beloved after passing through an "alley Titanic," where he sees a vision of Astarte. Over the wishes of Psyche, he decides to join the vision in the constellation Leo only to be stopped by the door of a tomb which bears the title inscription. For 10 points--name this work by Edgar Allen Poe, which takes place down by the dark tarn of Auber in the ghoul-haunted woodland of Weir. answer: _Ulalume_ Tossup 18: General Knowledge (?) A result of the collaboration of August Wynn and the Great Southwestern Corps, it was sold successively to Penn Central Railroad, Bally Manufacturing, Wesray and Time Warner. Its first offices were in Arlington, Houston, and Saint Louis. Despite controversy over the use of one of its symbols, it spread out of the south in the mid 1960's to Jackson, New Jersey. For 10 points--name this corporation known also for a venture in Valencia, California whose inventions include the Flashback, Viper, Goliath and Superman rides. answer: _Six Flags_ (do not accept Magic Mountain, or any other venture) Tossup 19: Earth Science Evidence for the most recent of these anomalies is the pleistocene Brunhes-Matuyama chron which can be detected in 700,000 year old basalts near mid ocean ridges. Thought to result from magnetic feedback generated by opposing electric currents at the center of the spinning earth, they are predicted because for every solution to the core dynamo equation that yields a field of normal polarity, there exists a solution that yeilds a field of reversed polarity. For ten points, name these paleomagnetic "blips" that allow for the tracking of tectonic plates. answer: _geomagnetic_ field _reversals_ or equivalent Tossup 20: North American Literature Like Stephen Crane, he was sent to Bulgaria to cover the Balkan Wars, but like Ernest Hemingway, he wrote for the Toronto Star. Continuing his wartime experiences, he drove an ambulance during World War I, an experience recounted in _Rhymes of a Red Cross Man_. However, his literary career had begun at a higher latitude in the 1890's with the publication of _Songs of a Sourdough_, and it is with this period he is primarily associated. For 10 points--name this author of _The Trail of '98_ whose ballads of the far north earned him the nickname "The Canadian Kipling." answer: Robert William _Service_