Senior Pack #23

2013-2014 Senior Pack #23

ExecutiveDirector:Paul G. Russell Editors: Stephen Finlay, Ian Greig&Jeremy Willard NationalDirector:DanielHill

NationalCo-ordinators : EricNovakovics&Frank Russell Teacher Advisors: Patricia Beecham-Cooper&ChrisZarski

Researchers:

RyanAnning:Toronto ClintonKam: Burnaby

Len Bonifacio:Edmonton Solomon Klein: Toronto

GerryBuccini:St. Albert MichaelLyons : Toronto

Ian Campbell:Winnipeg Brian McKenzie: Pinawa

BillDavis: Upper Cloverdale MattMorrissette : Brandon

Jonathan Fuller: Toronto DavidPenco : Toronto IvanGombos Montreal GaryServiss: Petawawa

Tom Ingram: Winnipeg TomSt. Amand : Sarnia

ElizabethJewlal : London OliviaVipond: Toronto

Brandon Judd: London HarryWang : Toronto ao NationalOffice: 460 Palmerston Blvd.,Toronto, Ontario,Canada, M6G2P1 Tel: 416-534-9966 Fax:416-535-7651 www.reachforthetop.com [email protected] © 2013Reach For The Top Inc. a66

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HOST: Welcome to SCHOOLREACH. I’m quizmaster for this game between [school #1] and [school #2] In this match, we have [player #11 [player #2] [player #3] [player #4] [school #1] pitted against [player #11 [player #2] [player #3] [player #4] of [school #2]

We’ll play three rounds of questions, with a minute break between each round. Now, if the scorekeeper is ready, let’s begin ROUND ONE OF SCHOOLREACH!

40-POINT SNAPSTART TO ROUN1 ONE 1. Aganippe and Parnassus were springs or fountains associated with what group in Greek mythology? A. THE MUSES 2. In astronomy, what is the name of the brightest star in the constellation Lyra? A. VEGA 3. What pop singer had a big hit with ‘tops! I Did It Again!”? A. BRITNEY SPEARS 4. How many legs do arachnids have? A. 8

30-POINT OPEN QUESTION - THE LAW 5. Translate the Latin legal term ‘mens rea’. A. GUThTY MIND 6. In tort law, negligence involves the failure to exercise what with regard to other people? A. CARE (Also accept DUTY OF CARE) 7. When a contract is such that neither party may have recourse to a court for remedy, the contract is said to be what? A. UNENFORCEABLE

40-POINT TEAM QUESTION In this two-pan TEAM QUESTION, whichever team is first to answer correctly the ten-point SCRAMBLE QUESTION in PART ONE, is then eligible for the remaining ten-point questions in PART TWO.

PART ONE: Scramble for ten points. 8. In mathematics, real and imaginary are the two parts that make up what type of number? A. COMPLEX NUMBER

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9. What is [he sum of the two complex numbers 4 + 41and 3 + 71? A. 7+lli 10. Multiply the two complex numbers 4 + 4i and 3 + 71and simplify your result. A. -16+40i

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40-POINT SNAPSTART TO ROUND TWO 29. What is the national airline of Italy? A. ALITALIA 30. Who is the famous singer from Springhill, Nova Scotia? A. ANNE MURRAY 31. What is the name for the water-horse in Celtic folklore believed to haunt the rivers and lochs of Scotland and Ireland? A. KELPIE 32. What 17111 century French playwright wrote the comedies “Tartuffe” and “Le Misanthrope”? A. MOLIERE

40-POINT OPEN QUESTION - LES MISERABLES 33. Who plays the character Jean Valjean in the 2012 film “Les MiseraNes?” A. HUGH JACKMAN 34. Who wrote the novel on which the film is based? A. VICTOR HUGO 35. The musical stage version of “Les Miserables” was first presented in Paris, in what year? A. 1980 36. During what century does the story take place? A. 19TH

WHO AM I? QUESTION 37. This question is worth 40 points if you guess the answer on the first clue and 10 points less with each succeeding clue, until either team answers the question correctly.

40th CLUE A: I was born May 19, 1925, and was shot just 3 months shy of my birthday. WHO AM I? CLUE B: I converted to Islam while serving a 10-year prison sentence for burglary, and became an influential minister. WHO AM I? CLUE C: I shocked many white Americans with my warnings of outbreaks of violence in black ghettos. I appealed to young, militant blacks because I advocated violence in the demand for freedom. WHO AM I?

CLUE D: After my assassination, many editorials criticized me as a racial fanatic, a leader of the lunatic fringe, and a twisted man who turned many true gifts to evil purposes. WHO AM I?

40-POINT OPEN QUESTION - QUOTES Name the author or historical figure credited for each of the following quotes.

38. “Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.” A. ARISTOTLE 39. ‘Politics is the art of the possible.” A. OTTO VON BISMARCK 40. “Caesar or nothing.” A. CESARE BORGIA 41. “Gaul as a whole is divided into three parts.” A. JULIUS CAESAR

40-POINT OPEN QUESTION - IMPERIAL TO METRIC CONVERSIONS Given specific imperial measurements, provide their metric equivalent.

42. Within one decimal place, how many centimetres are in one inch? A. 2.5 43. Within one decimal place, how many kilometres are in one mile? A. 1.6 44. Within one decimal place, how many litres are in one gallon? A. 3.8 45. Within one decimal place, how many kilograms are there in one pound? A. 0.4 or 0.5 (0.4536)

40-POINT OPEN QUESTION - LATIN NAMES FOR ANIMAL GROUPS 46. What is the English name for the animal vulpes vulpes? A. RED FOX 47. What is the English name for the animal bufo bufo? A. (COMMON) TOAD 48. What is the English name for the animal Columba palumbus? A. (COMMON WOOD) PIGEON 49. What is the English name for the animal felis silvestris catus? A. DOMESTIC CAT (or HOUSECAT or CAT)

40-POINT TEAM QUESTION In this two-pm TEAM QUESTION, whichever team is first to answer correctly the ten-point SCRAMBLE QUESTION in PART ONE, is then eligible for the remaining ten-point questions in PART TWO.

PART ONE: Scramble for ten points.

50. What celebrated European leader was born on the Mediterranean island of Corsica? A. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

51. On what island did Napoleon spend his final days as a British prisoner? A. ST. HELENA 52. What Mediterranean island did Napoleon briefly rule during his first exile? A. ELBA 53. What other Mediterranean island did Napoleon conquer while enroute to Egypt in 1798? A. MALTA

20-POINT OPEN QUESTION - CANADIAN ATHLETES 54. In what sport did Louis Cyr become a legend? A. WEIGHTLWTING 55. In the early 2O° century, what sport was associated with London, Ontario native George “Mooney” Gibson? A. BASEBALL

40-POINT SNAPOUT TO END THE ROUND 56. What kind of falcon is the fastest flying bird? A. PEREGRINE (FALCON) 57. What adjective means “pertaining to bishops” or “church government by bishops”? A. EPISCOPAL 58. What is the chemical formula of stannic oxide? A. SnO’ 59. In Judaism, what is the Hebrew name for the Pentateuch? A. TORAH

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40-POINT SNAPSTART TO ROUND THREE 60. Which English poet published the blank verse epic trilogy “The Torchbearers” in 1922? A. ALFRED NOYES 61. What is the highest mountain in the British Isles? A. BEN NEVIS 62. Used as a pigment, what mineral is principally a source of the metal mercury? A. CINNABAR 63. The official dressmaker to Queen Elizabeth over a period of 38 years, died at the age of 93 in March, 2003. What was his name? A. (SIR) HARDY AMIES

30-POINT OPEN QUESTION - WORLD HISTORY 64. Which Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec empire in 1521 and secured Mexico for Spain? A. HERNAN CORTES 65. Who was the sixth wife of Henry Vifi of England? A. CATHERINE PARR 66. Emperor of Northern India from 1556, who is generally considered the greatest of the Mogul emperors and was known by the title “Guardian of Mankind”?

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PART ONE: Scramble for ten points. 67. Which famous Danish physicist received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922? A. NWLS BOHR

PART TWO: The remaining questions deal with NIELS BOHR. SCORE TEN POINTS FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER.

68. With which peer of his did Bohr have a number of public, good-natured arguments about Quantum Mechanics? A. ALBERT EThSTEIX

69. What I940s scientific project was Bohr a part of, working with the British team of physicists? A. MANHATTAN PROJECT 70. In September 1941, which German physicist visited Bohr and discussed nuclear energy, nuclear morality and the war? A. WERNER HEISENBERG

30-POINT OPEN QUESTION - MYTHOLOGY AND SPIRITUALITY 71. What is the name of the giant, legendary bird-of-prey in Persian and Arabic mythology? A. ROC 72. What is the Scottish word for a spectral soul or spirit? A. WRAITH 73. Although modernly understood as “living dead,” in different kinds of witchcraft folklore what is the name of a dead person reanimated as a slave by a sorcerer? A. ZOMBIE

40-POINT WHAT AM I? QUESTION 74. This question is worth 40 points if you guess the answer on the first clue and 10 points less with each succeeding clue, until either team answers the question correctly.

CLUE A: I was created in 1944 and became fully effective in 1960. WHAT AM!? CLUE B: I was a customs union agreed to by three small countries. WHAT AM I? CLUE C: I was the precursor of the European Community. WHAT AM I? CLUE D: I am the acronym for the union of Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg. WHAT AM I? A. I AM BENELUX

© REACH FOR THE TOP 2013/2014 SENIOR SCHOOLREACH PACK #23 Page 6 of 7 100-POINT SNAPOUT TO END THE GAME 75. In hockey, how many minutes are served in a minor penalty? A. TWO 76. What nationality was explorer Ferdinand Magellan? A. PORTUGUESE 77. In “The Simpsons,” how did Groundkeeper Willie famously describe the French? A. CHEESE-EATING SURRENDER MONKEYS 78. What planet takes 248 years to orbit the sun? A. PLUTO 79. In the metric system, if the prefix for “thousand” is kilo, what is the prefix for “million”? A. MEGA 80. What is the name of ugly spirits in Cornish faery folklore that guard buried treasure among old ruins and graves? A. SPRIGGAN 81. Who was the only British monarch to be abducted and held for ransom? A. RICHARD I (THE LION-HEART) 82. What 20 century composer wrote such eclectic pieces as “Three Pieces in the Shape of a Pear” and “Gymnopedie”? A. ERIKSATW 83. What is the name of the meeting point of all of the medians of a triangle? A. CENTROID 84. Translate the Latin legal term ‘actus reus’. A. GUILTY ACT 85. What extremely tall mountain is also called Chomolungma? A. MT. EVEREST 86. Whose painting, entitled “The Persistence of Memory”, depicts melting watches? A. SALVADOR DALI’S

END OF GAME

TIE-BREAKERS IF NECESSARY

I. Which celebrated French mathematician didn’t learn any formal math until the age of fifteen? A. EVARISTE GALOIS 2. What is the name for fox spirits in Japanese folklore known for their magical abilities and wisdom? A. KITSUNE 3. What is the proper name for the parasitic animal whose Latin name is Pulex irritans? A. THE FLEA 4. Who wrote the non-fiction best-seller “How To Win Friends and Influence People”? A. DALE CARNEGIE