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WHAQ (Washington High Academic Questionfest) III: Miami Vice Edited by Jacob O’Rourke, David Dennis, Mike Etzkorn, Bradley McLain, Ashwin Ramaswami and Chandler West Written by current and former members of the teams at Washington and Miami Valley; Aleija Rodriguez; Ganon Evans, and Max Shatan Packet 8 Tossups 1. The speaker of this poem dismisses a remark as “stock and store / caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful Disaster / followed fast” and asks a visitor to tell him “what thy lordly name is on the Night’s Plutonian shore.” That same visitor in this poem is implored “is there balm in (*) Gilead [“gill-ee-ad”]?” while he perches on a “bust of Pallas.” This poem’s speaker laments the loss of his beloved Lenore, and this poem begins “once upon a midnight dreary.” For 10 points, name this poem about a bird that caws “nevermore,” written by Edgar Allan Poe. ANSWER: The Raven <American Lit> <Mike Etzkorn> 2. This ruler’s “leatheren” cannon was so light, it could be drawn and served by two men. This monarch nearly drowned in the Battle of Vittsjö [“vitts-yoh”], and he acquired the province of Kexholm in the Treaty of Stolbovo after winning the Ingrian War. This man regained control of Livonia from Poland in the Truce of Altmark. This monarch relied heavily on his chancellor, Axel (*) Oxenstierna. This monarch commanded the army that defeated Count Tilly at the Battle of Breitenfeld before he was killed during a cavalry charge at the Battle of Lützen [“loot-zen”]. For 10 points, name this “Lion of the North,” a king of Sweden during the Thirty Years’ War. ANSWER: Gustavus Adolphus [or Gustav II Adolf; or Gustavus II Adolphus; prompt on Gustavus] <European History> <David Dennis>/<ed. JO> 3. Simone de Beauvoir called this field “the triumph of freedom over facticity” in her book titled after this field “of ambiguity.” Alasdair MacIntyre argued for Aristotle’s version of this field over Aquinas’ in his book After Virtue. A book titled for this field claims that “God is nature is God” and is written in (*) geometric order. Aristotle’s work on this subject promotes the doctrine of the golden mean and is the named for his son Nicomachus. For 10 points, name this field of philosophy that considers right and wrong. ANSWER: Ethics [or the Ethics of Ambiguity; or Virtue Ethics; or Nicomachean Ethics] <Philosophy> <David Dennis>/<ed BM> 4. A generalization of this equation has a tensor with 81 components in three dimensions, which simplifies due to major and minor symmetries. Cauchy [“cow-shee”] generalized this principle to three-dimensional bodies. This equation was first published in 1678 as ut tensio, sic vis. This equation, which contains a constant with units (*) Newtons per meter, ceases to apply past the yield strength. This law is a constitutive equation that relates stress and strain. For 10 points, name this law describing the behavior of springs, expressed mathematically as F equals negative kX. ANSWER: Hooke’s Law <Physics> <David Dennis>/<ed. AR> 5. Art historian Margaret Koster has argued that a woman in this painting was actually dead at the time of its production. Erwin Panofsky suggested this painting had “hidden significance,” citing the presence of a figure of St. Margaret in its background. A cherry tree is visible through a window on this painting’s left, and an orange sits in the windowsill below it. Panofsky also discussed the artist’s (*) signature above a convex mirror in this painting. A single candle lights a chandelier at the top of, for 10 points, what painting depicting a woman in a green dress with her husband, by Jan van Eyck [“Yan van Ike”]? ANSWER: The Arnolfini Wedding [or The Arnolfini Portrait; or The Arnolfini Marriage; accept answers mentioning Arnolfini and the concept of getting married or portrait] <Visual FA> <David Dennis>/<ed. CW> 6. These objects shed enough blood to “float a log,” allowing the Zhou [“joe”] to defeat the Shang [“shahng”] and justifying the doctrine of the Mandate of Heaven. According to the Etymologies of Isidore of Seville [“suh-VILL”], an object of this type, called a biga [“bee-gah”], represented the moon in Roman culture. The woman Cynisca [“sih-nis-kah”] won an Olympic laurel due to her skill at using the quadriga, which is a type of this object. The largest recorded number of these objects in history were used at the Battle of (*) Kadesh [“kah-desh”]. The Hippodrome and the Circus Maximus were popular places for hosting races of these objects. For 10 points, name these two-wheeled transportation devices that were pulled by horses. ANSWER: Chariots [or biga until it is read; or quadriga until it is read] <Misc. History> <Samantha Doepker>/<ed. JO> 7. In one play by this author, Quentin looks back on his disastrous marriage to Maggie and her subsequent suicide. Another play by this author, set in the Red Hook District, centers on Eddie Carbone’s obsession with his niece Catherine. This author of A View from the Bridge drew inspiration from his marriage to (*) Marilyn Monroe for After the Fall. In another play by this author, Happy and Biff learn of their father’s death in a car crash for insurance money. For 10 points, name this American playwright who wrote about Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman. ANSWER: Arthur Miller [or Arthur Asher Miller] <American Lit> <Max Shatan>/<ed. ME> 8. In 1962, she became the youngest and first female recipient of the Cecil B. Demille Award at the Golden Globes. That same year, she won the Grammy for Album of the Year for her concert recorded at Carnegie Hall. One song from that performance was featured in a 1954 remake of a film she starred in as Esther Blodgett, an aspiring actress who marries the alcoholic actor Norman Maine. That film, A Star is Born, came fifteen years after the one that gave her a signature tune, (*) “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” For 10 points, name this singer and actress best known for her performance as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. ANSWER: Judy Garland [or Frances Ethel Gumm] <Trash> <Sean Phillips> 9. The Zoroastrian term for this concept is Frashokereti, and it is facilitated by the Saoshyant [“Sow-shy-ahnt”]. This concept is referenced in Ezekiel as a war between Gog and Magog. In the Islamic version of this concept, a bridge thinner than a hair called the Siraat must be crossed at this time. Eschatology is the theological study of this future event. In Christianity, this event is brought about when (*) Gabriel blows a trumpet and four horsemen appear with the opening of the seven seals, according to the Book of Revelation. For 10 points, name this event that will mark the end of time. ANSWER: apocalypse [or armageddon; or end of the world; or end of days; or Day of Judgment] <Religion> <David Dennis>/<ed. AR> 10. A Garrett Hardin essay concerning this “as an Ethical Concept” argues that providing food for poor countries will result in greater harm than good. The failure of some populations to reach this quantity can be explained by the Allee effect. This variable appears in the denominator of the Verhulst equation of (*) logistic growth. Populations that are r-selected will grow until this value is reached, may temporarily overshoot it, and then experience a bust. For 10 points, name this value, often denoted “K,” that represents the maximum population an environment can support. ANSWER: carrying capacity [or K before it is read] <Biology> <David Dennis>/<ed. AR> 11. This river’s 4000 Islands are downstream from the city of Pakse, and phosphine gas may be the cause of mysterious Naga fireballs that rise from it. This river drains the Khorat Plateau via the Mun and Chi rivers, and its upper portion is made unnavigable by the Khone [“koh-nay”] Falls. In the Hengduan Mountains of (*) Yunnan Province, this river flows parallel to the Salween and Yangtze [“yant-see”], and it is home to a species of giant catfish. This river flows through Vientiane and Phnom Penh [“fenom pen”]. For 10 points, name this river that empties into the South China Sea in southern Vietnam. ANSWER: Mekong River [or any of the near infinite local names for it if anyone decides to show off] <Geography> <John John Groger>/<ed BM> 12. One creature from this country’s folklore is a dog that eats tools. In addition to that animal, another figure from this country’s folklore is a man said to be able to shoot a pig’s tail off after drinking a gallon of whiskey. In addition to the Axehandle Hound and Mike Fink, this country is home to stories about a man who died of exhaustion after (*) digging a tunnel through a mountain. Another figure from this country’s folklore is a Swedenborgian missionary who planted his namesake fruit wherever he went. For 10 points, name this home country of John Henry and Johnny Appleseed. ANSWER: United States of America [or the United States; or the U.S.] <Mythology> <Brad McLain> 13. The priest Kru-no-slav Draganovic [“dra-GAN-oh-vich”] was authorized by this leader to help resettle criminals in his country. Several of his Montonero [“mon-toh-nair-oh”] supporters were massacred after going to meet him at Ezeiza [“uh-zay-zah”] Airport. This leader invited former fascists, including the Croatian Ante Pavelic [“PAH-veh-lich”], Josef Mengele [“MEN-guh-luh”] and Adolf Eichmann [“ike-mann”], to settle in his country after World War II. Many of this leader’s working class followers were known as the (*) des⸱ca⸱mi⸱sa⸱dos, or the “shirtless ones.” This leader was succeeded by his third wife Isabel, while his popular second wife died of cancer at the age of 33.