Georgia Tech Toss-Ups - 1994 Southeastern/Early Bird

1. Its heaviest isotope is radioactive and can be found in
nuclear weapons.  Its more stable but still uncommon isotope
comprises .014 per cent of its compounds.  For 10 points, what is
this chemical element whose heavier isotopes are tritium and
deuterium? 
     Answer: hydrogen

2. It authorized the president to transfer arms or any other
defense materials for which Congress appropriated money to "the
government of any country whose defense the President deems vital
to the defense of the United States."   For 10 point, identify
this law that was passed in 1941 and allowed the president to
transfer military supplies without payment to Britain in that
vital period before the U.S. entered World War II. 
     Answer: Lend-Lease Act

3. His lesser known poetic works include "On Court-Worm", "On My
First Son", and "Though I am Young and Cannot Tell", but he is
better known for his dramatic works.  For 10 points, identify
this contemporary of Shakespeare, the author of The Alchemist and
Volpone. 
     Answer: Ben Jonson

4. Its early history is obscure,but by about 300 BC it had
received its traditional form: a division of 3000 to 6000 men,
consisting primarily of heavy infantry or hoplites, supported by
light infantry and sometimes cavalry.  It was early divided into
to maniples but these were superceded by cohorts.  For 10 points,
what were these military divisions, the basic combat unit of the
ancient Roman army. 
     Answer: legions

5. They occur naturally in dikes and pipes of kimberlite, 
notably in South Africa, Tanzania, and in Arkansas.  They are
colorless cubic crystals that do not conduct electricity but are
excellent conductors of heat.  For 10 points, what are these gems
formed by an allotrope of carbon, the hardest naturally occurring
items? 
     Answer: diamonds

6. Though he lost his patent protection to Obed Hussey in 1843,
his business continued to grow and prosper without legal
restriction of competition.  In 1831, he had integrated a cutting
bard, a reel, a divider, and a platform on which the grain fell
after being cut into a workable, horse-drawn farming machine. 
For 10 points, identify this businessman and inventor of the
first successful reaper. 
     Answer: Cyrus McCormick

7. In late 1802, he addressed his brothers in the half-letter,
half- will now known as the "Heiligenstadt testament" - in which
he put down his reactions to his impending deafness.  For 10
points, identify this man who despite this affliction produced
the Kreutzer and Moonlight sonatas. 
     Answer: Ludwig von Beethoven

8. Material unique to this Biblical book includes Jesus'
utterances on the end of the world in Chapter 23, the arrangement
of the Sermon on the Mount in Chapter 5, and material relating to
the birth of Christ in Chapter 1.  For 10 points, identify this
Gospel and opening book of the New Testament. 
     Answer: The Gospel According to St. Matthew

9. It is often partially or totally unconscious and is manifested
by efforts at compensation.  For 10 points, what is this term
that was first used by Alfred Adler to describe an individual's
sense that he is not equal in competence to other people and is
inadequate to meet the demands of the environment. 
     Answer: inferiority complex

10. "On either side the river lie/Long fields of barley and of
rye, that clothe the wold and meet the sky..."  So begins part I
of the 1832 poem "The Lady of Shalott".  For 10 points, identify
this British author who penned this poem as well as Idylls of the
King. 
     Answer: Alfred, Lord Tennyson (prompt for more info on Lady
     of Shallot)

11.  After fighting with the Allies in World War I, it entered a
period of political turmoil swinging from a monarchy to a
republic and back with the restoration of the king in 1935.  For
10 points, identify this nation that restored the monarchy again
in 1946 only to drive king Constantine II into exile in 1967. 
     Answer: Greece

12. When Bellerophon attempted to ascend to heaven, he was thrown
from his mount which carried on alone to become the constellation
of the same name.  For 10 points, identify this winged horse of
Greek mythology that was born of sea foam and the blood of the
slaughtered Medusa. 
     Answer: Pegasus

13. In 1866, he published "Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War"
- a an elegiac collection of 72 poems about the Civil War. 
However, he is seldom thought of as a poet.  For 10 points,
identify this 19th century author of The Confidence Man, Redburn,
Omoo, and Moby Dick. 
     Answer: Herman Melville

14. It was named for a 19th century physicist who first described
it in 1842.  Though his initial work was with sound, it is of
paramount importance in astronomy where it is noticed more in
light.  For 10 points, identify this effect that describes the
change in the observed wavelength of a sound or electromagnetic
wave because of relative motion between the wave source and an
observer. 
     Answer: Doppler effect

15. They are part of the great cordillera extending through the
wester regions of both North and South America and extend for
about 3000 miles in a north-south orientation from northern
Alberta, Canada to central Mexico.  For 10 points, identify this
range of mountains that reaches its highest point at Mt. Elbert,
Colorado. 
     Answer: Rocky Mountains

16. In its use as a mild oath, it is thought to have derived from
the Low German cry of disgust at throwing the lowest possible
dice total.  For 10 points, what is this term associated with a
tie in tennis and twos in dice and on playing cards. 
     Answer: deuce

17. After 3 years at West Point, he spent several months making
maps for the U.S. Geodetic Survey before he went to Paris where
he studied painting with Charles Gelyre.  For 10 points, identify
this 19th century American artist of Portrait of Lady Seymour
Haden who is best known for his portrait of his mother. 
     Answer: James Abbott McNeill Whistler

18. In the 1930's in India, Gaffar Khan led an anti-British
movement in India that had this colorful nickname.  However, it
is more often associated with Italian independence.  For 10
points, what is this colorful historical nickname that is also
applied to the followers of Guisseppe Garibaldi? 
     Answer: red shirts

19. In this novel the rich Dutch coffee planter, Pieter
Peeperkorn, comes to Haus Berghof with Claudia Chauchat. 
Peeperkorn is the novel's sole representative of a robust and
active, rather than lax and decadent life of the senses.  For 10
points, what is this novel centered on Hans Castorp - the most
famous by German novelist Thomas Mann. 
     Answer: The Magic Mountain

20. Through it pass the esophagus, aorta, and inferior vena cava. 
It is involved to a varying degree in quiet breathing and also
contracts during deep breathing and straining.  For 10 points,
what is this thin muscular and fibrous structure dividing the
contents of the chest from those of the abdomen? 
     Answer: diaphragm


21. In a symbolic poem by William Blake, he returns from heaven
and correctes the misrepresentations given to his works on earth.
For 10 points, identify this 17th century English poet whose
works inclde the masque Comus and the poems L'Allegro and Il
Penseroso. 
     Answer: John Milton

22.  The gift most often associated with him was retracted by a
bath in the river Pactolus, which ever after rolled over golden
sands. For 10 points, identify this legendary king of Phrygia who
imprudently asked that every thing he touched be turned to gold. 
     Answer: Midas

23. He emphasized the credo "less is more" and his buildings,
many of them with glass walls within a steel grid became the
standard for modern glass skyscraperes in the 1950's and 1960s. 
For 10 points, identify this last director of the Bauhaus and
designer of the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology. 
     Answer: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

24. While historians have shown that he should share credit with
his predecessor engineer John F. Stevens and Dr William C. Gorgas
among others, his great contribution to the creation of the
panama canal is undeniable.  For 0 points, identify this man who
served as chief engineer of the Panama Canal from 1908 to 1914
and as governor of the Canal Zone from 1914 to 1916. 
     Answer: George Washington Goethals

25.  After his death, his second-in-command, Perdiccas became
virtually regent of the entire empire but was soon murdered by
mutineers in his own army.  For 10 points, identify this
Macedonian general and conqueror of the Persian empire. 
     Answer: Alexander the Great or Alexander III

Georgia Tech Bonuses - 1994 Southeastern/Early Bird

1. Name the country, 30-20-10.
1. It borders the Central African Republic, Uganda, and Zambia.
2. Famous people from this country include Moise Tshombe, Joseph
Kasavubu, Patrice Lumumba, and Joseph-Desire Mobutu.
3. Its capital is Kinshasa and it was formerly known as the
Belgian Congo.
     Answer: Zaire

2. (30 points) For 10 points each, give the following terms from
chemistry.
1. What is the term for varying forms of an element with
different atomic weights?
     Answer: isotopes
2. What term is applied to different forms of the same chemical
element?  For example diamond and coal.
     Answer: allotropes
3. What term is used to describe that property of a material
which allows it to be drawn out into a wire?
     Answer: ductility or ductile

3. (30 points) 30-20-10 Identify this writer.
1. The son of a poor cobbler, he left his home in Odense at the
age of 14 and moved to Copenhagen where he worked as an actor.
2. In 1835, he published "Tales Told for Children" which included
"The Tinderbox" and "The Princess and the Pea".
3. His more famous stories include "The Ugly Duckling" and "The
Emperor's New Clothes".
     Answer: Hans Christian Andersen

4. (30 points) Answer the following questions about ailments of
the eye for 10 points each.
1. What is the technical term for nearsightedness?
     Answer: myopia
2. What eye defect, in which the visual image is blurred, results
from an irregularly shaped cornea?
     Answer: astigmatism
3. What eye disturbance is caused by faulty balance between
production and drainage of aqueous humor and results in increased
tension in the eyeball and increasing blurring of vision?
     Answer: glaucoma

5. (30 points) For 10 points apiece, name the President who won
the following battles while serving in the military.
1. El Alamein                                Answer: Dwight
Eisenhower
2. Battle of the Thames                      Answer: William
Henry Harrison
3. Buena Vista                Answer: Zachary Taylor

6. Given the number of a symphony and its composer, give the
nickname for 10 points each.
1. Beethoven's Third                    Answer: Eroica
2. Tchaikovsky's Fifth                  Answer: Pathetique
3. Robert Schumann's First              Answer: Spring

7. (30 points) You will earn your team some bonus points if you
can remember the following facts about the 1850 elegy, "In
Memorium".
1. For 10 points, what British poet wrote "In Memorium"?
     Answer: Alfred, Lord Tennyson
2. For 20 points, who is the subject of Tennyson's elegy?
     Answer: Arthur Henry Hallam

8. (30 points) Identify these medieval popes for 15 points
apiece.
1. This 13th century pope excommunicated Holy Roman Emperor Otto
IV and King John of England.
     Answer: Innocent III
2. This successor to Gregory VII preached the first Crusade.
     Answer: Urban II

9. (30 points) For 15 points each, identify the following terms
from earth science.
1. What term is applied to an arctic biome in which grass and
grasslike plants are dominant and where the soil is subject to
permafrost?
     Answer: tundra
2. This biome lies immediately south of the tundra and is
dominated by coniferous trees?
     Answer: taiga or boreal forest
10. (30 points) Identify the following Egyptian rulers from clues
for 10 points each.
1. This Egyptian monarch's forces were defeated at the battle of
Actium.
     Answer: Cleopatra VII
2. This 13th century BC pharaoh is known as "the Great" and built
the temples at Carnak and Abu Simbel.
     Answer: Rameses II
3. This man is the current president of Egypt.
     Answer: Hosni Mubarak

11. Identify authors of the following "Grade A" works of American
literature for 5 points each.
1. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
     Answer: Mark Twain or Clemens
2. A Separate Peace
     Answer: John Knowles
3. A Farewell to Arms
     Answer: Ernest Hemingway
4. A Fable
     Answer: William Faulkner
5. A View From the Bridge
     Answer: Arthur Miller
6. A Streetcar Named Desire
     Answer: Tennessee Williams

12. (30 points) Identify the following monsters from Greek
mythology for 10 points apiece.
1. This monstrous feline was crushed by Hercules during his first
labor.
     Answer: Nemean lion
2. This monster with 12 feet and 6 heads was one of two that
dwelt in the Straits of Messina.
     Answer: Schylla
3. This fire-breathing monster ravaged Lycia before being slain
by Bellerophon.
     Answer: Chimera

13. (30 points) Give the Italian city with which the following
artists are most associated for 10 points apiece.
1. Titian                               Answer: Venice
2. Sandro Botticelli                    Answer: Florence
3. Donatello                            Answer: Florence

14. Identify the following characters from Shakespeare's Othello
for the stated number of points.
1. For 5 points, who is the villian?                   Answer: Iago
2. For 5 points, who is the wife of Othello?      Answer: Desdemona
3. For 10 points, who is Iago's wife?             Answer: Emilia
4. For 10 points, Othello aroused the emnity of Iago by naming
what man his chief lieutenant?                         Answer: Cassio
     

15. (30 points) Pencil and paper ready for a physics bonus.  You
are employing a simple machine to lift a 150 newton object to a
height of 5 meters.  If you employ a force of 120 newtons in
order to move the object:
1. What is the mechanical advantage of your system?
     Answer: 1.25
2. How much work was performed in moving the object to the height
of five meters?
     Answer: 750 joules

16. (30 points) Identify these colonial founders for 10 pointseach.
1. In 1633, Dutch settlers under this man's leadership founded
the first cities in Connecticutt.
     Answer: Thomas Hooker
2. Maryland was first settled in 1634 by this man, a son of the
first Lord Baltimore.
     Answer: Leonard Calvert
3. This Pilgrim leader was governor of the Plymouth colony almost
continually from 1621 to 1656.
     Answer: William Bradford

17. Identify the countries of which the following countries are
capitals for 5 points each.
1. Helsinki                   Answer: Finland
2. Monrovia                   Answer: Liberia
3. Manama                     Answer: Bahrain
4. Mogadishu                  Answer: Somalia
5. Warsaw                     Answer: Poland
6. Gaborone                   Answer: Botswana

18. For 10 points apiece, answer the following questions about
people who have recently died.
1. Called by Robert Kennedy "one of the heroic figures of our
time," this man was the leader of the United Farm Workers.
     Answer: Cesar Chavez
2. George Mickelson, the Republican governor of what state, was
killed April 19 when a plane he was on crashed near Dubuque,
Iowa?
     Answer: South Dakota
3. Oliver Tambo, who died of a stroke on April 24, was the leader
of what anti-Apartheid organization in South Africa?
     Answer: African National Congress or ANC

19. (30 points) For 5 points each, tell what the following
biological abbreviations stand for.
1. DNA              Answer: deoxyribonucleic acid
2. ATP              Answer: adenosine triphosphate
3. GTP              Answer: guanosine triphosphate
4. LH               Answer: luteinizing hormone
5. FSH              Answer: follicle-stimulating hormone
6. ADH              Answer: anti-diuretic hormone

20. (30 points) 30-20-10 Identify this Nobel prize winning author
from works.
1. The Red Lily, The Wickerwork Woman
2. The Crime of Sylvester Bonnard and The Revolt of the Angels
3. The Gods are Athirst and Penguin Island
     Answer: Anatole France

21. Identify the following explorers for 10 points each.
1. In the sevice of Peter the Great, he explored the Siberian
coast north to the arctic and discovered Alaska.
     Answer: Vitus Bering
2. This Dutch navigator discovered New Zealand in 1642.
     Answer: Abel Tasman
3. This early 16th century Portuguese navigator's discovery of
the Brazilian coast in the year 1500 is now disputed.
     Answer: Pedro Cabral

22. (30 points) For 10 points each, identify the early 20th
century artists of the following.
1. Sleeping Gypsy        Answer: Henri Rousseau
2. The Blue Rider        Answer: Wassily Kandinsky
3. The Kiss (painting)   Answer: Gustav Klimt

23. (30 points) World War II conferences almost always had in
attendence Roosevelt and Churchill and usually another odd
leader.  For 10 points each, identify the third leader present at
the following World War II conferences.
1. Tehran      Answer: Josef Stalin
2. Cairo       Answer: Chiang Kai-Shek
3. Yalta       Answer: Josef Stalin

24. (30 points) 30-20-10 Identify this composer from works.
1. Edgar and Levilli
2. Manon Lescaux and The Girl of the Golden West
3. La Boheme and Madame Butterfly
     Answer: Giacomo Puccini

25. Identify the 20th century novels in which you would find the
following characters.
1. Adrian Leverkuhn Answer: Doctor Faustus
2. Milo Minderbinder     Answer: Catch-22 or Closing Time
3. Adam Trask       Answer: East of Eden