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2000 PACE National Scholastics Championship Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence 2000 National Scholastics Championship Question Set 2

2000 PACE National Scholastics Championship

Round Prelims Two (2) Reader Room Scorekeeper Team A Team B Code Name Powers Toss Code Name Power Toss Points s Points A1 B1 A2 B2 A3 B3 A4 B4 Sub (CQ/SR) Sub (CQ/SR) Sub (CQ/SR) Sub (CQ/SR)

Team Team Team Team A1 A2 A3 A4 Subtotal Score B1 B2 B3 B4 Subtotal Score Earned Steals Q Earned Steals 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TB1 TB2 TB3 Sum

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Category Quiz Bonus Topics: Round 2 American History: The Library from Congress Current Events: Speeches Not Made at Bob Jones University Fine Arts: How Can I Thank You? Foreign Languages: Non-Standard Units General Knowledge and Trivia: Things in Common Physical Sciences: Resisting Change Religion, Mythology, & Philosophy: Beware the Wrath Social Sciences: International Associations World History: Couldn’t They Come Up With a Better Name for that? World Literature: Who Wants to Marry a Multimillionaire?

Opening Round: Related Tossup-Bonus Section

1. The most common design consists of three or four cups attached to short rods at right angles to a vertical shaft. As the wind blows, it pushes the cups, which turn the shaft, and the number of turns per minute is translated into wind speed by a system of gears. For ten points, what is this common instrument whose name is taken from the Greek for “wind” and “measure”? ANSWER: Anemometer RELATED BONUS: Given the object being studied, name the scientific name for the study of the object. a. The microscopic study of plant and animal tissue. Answer: Histology b. The scientific study of the physical, geographical, chemical, and biological aspects of inland freshwater systems. Answer: Limnology

2 Pope John Paul II announced in May that the closely-guarded “third secret” of this city referred to attempts on his life. For ten points, name this city in Portugal where in 1917 the Virgin Mary supposedly appeared to three children. ANSWER: Fatima [FAH-tee-mah] RELATED BONUS: The pope put two of the three children—Jacinta and Francisco Marto—on the road to sainthood. 10 points each. a. By what name is this process, which implies that the recipients are “blessed” by Heaven, called? ANSWER: beatification [accept equivalents] b. It is the role of this person to try and find explanations for the miracles needed to canonize a saint. ANSWER: Devil’s advocate or Advocatus Diaboli

3. At 6:41 am on May 24, the last Merkava II tank rumbled away from Fatima Crossing, ending 22 years of conflict in the southern part of this country. For ten points, name this country in which Israel had occupied. ANSWER: Lebanon RELATED BONUS: Answer these questions on the conflict in that part of the Middle East, for ten points each. a. Led by Sheik Hasan Nasrallah, this guerrilla organization’s name is translated as “Party of God.” ANSWER: Hezbollah b. This “Islamic Resistance Movement” dedicated to the destruction of Israel for the creation of a Palestinian State still remains at odds with Yassir Arafat and the 1993 peace accord he signed with Israel. ANSWER: Hamas or Harakat al Muqawima al Islammiyya

4. Traveling extensively as a newspaper correspondent, this post-World War I “lost generation” novelist became interested in the social aspects of the times, as seen in his disparaged critique of the Sacco and Vanzetti trial. For ten points, who is this Chicago-born author of the District of Columbia trilogy, Manhattan Transfer, and the U.S.A. trilogy? ANSWER: John Dos Passos RELATED BONUS: Identify the following American men of letters born in Long Branch, New Jersey. a. He created a form of journalism that conveys actual events with the subjective richness and imaginative complexity of the novel, and is famous for The Deer Park, The White Negro, and The Armies of the Night. ANSWER: Norman Mailer b. This poet and critic, known for his poems that search for the significance underlying everyday acts, published a critically acclaimed translation of Dante’s Inferno in 1995, and is the current Poet Laureate of the United States. ANSWER: Robert Pinsky

5. While it was first imagined by Aristotle, this invention was only made practical when John Smeaton fitted an air pump into its design. For ten points, name this apparatus used to transport divers to the depths of the sea. ANSWER: (Diving) bell (accept “bell” after “divers”) RELATED BONUS: Answer these questions on the Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls for ten points each. a. This American demolition expert is sent to blow up a bridge but winds up getting injured before the end of the book. ANSWER: Robert Jordan (either name acceptable) b. This is Pablo's strong-willed wife who aids the guerilla band. ANSWER: Pilar

6. An example of this practice would be a congressperson getting an item inserted into the federal budget that allocates a certain amount of money to build a ski lift at a resort in his home state. For ten points, what is this shrewd governmental practice of special spending projects sponsored by members of Congress for their home states or districts? ANSWER: Pork Barrel Legislation RELATED BONUS: Name these terms you should have learned in your civics classes for ten points each. a. Laws created to make past actions punishable that were permissible when they occurred. ANSWER: Ex Post Facto b. A legislative act that inflicts punishment on an individual or group for the purpose of suppressing that person or group. ANSWER: Bill of Attainder

7. After watching a Gounod opera, Estanislao del Campo wrote a story featuring the gaucho version of this character, calling it Anastasio the Chicken. For ten points, name this character, a learned man who winds up giving his soul to the devil in a work by Goethe. ANSWER: Dr. Faust(us) RELATED BONUS: The Cleveland Orchestra performed Hector Berlioz’s The Damnation of Faust in reopening the Severance Hall concert auditorium. Name these other Berlioz works. a. His attraction to actress Harriet Smithson inspired him to compose this masterpiece. ANSWER: Symphonie Fantastique (Fantastic Symphony)

Round Two Copyright 2000. Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence. 2000 PACE National Scholastics Championship Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina b. This other Symphony was performed at the dedication of the Bastille column, but the drums corps apparently drowned out the rest of the musicians. ANSWER: Funeral and Triumphant Symphony

8. Pencil and paper ready. Given that log base 10 of two equals 0.3, for ten points, calculate, to one decimal place, the log, base 10 of 25. You have 20 seconds. ANSWER: 1.4 [log 25 = log (100/4) = 2 log 10 - 2 log 2 = 2(1 - 0.3) = 1.4] RELATED BONUS. Logarithms can give you arrhythm...mias. Answer these questions on arrhythmias, 10 points each. a. One symptom of one’s susceptibility to arrhythmias seems to be found in alternations in the morphology of the T-wave taken with this non-invasive recording of the heart’s activity. ANSWER: Electrocardiogram (accept ECG or EKG, but do NOT accept “electrogram”) b. Many Class III antiarrhythmic drugs affect channels transporting this ion, responsible for the repolarization phase of the action potential. ANSWER: Potassium

9. Extending for more than 2,175 miles along the east coast, sections of this mountain range include the Clarke and McPherson ranges, the beautiful Blue Mountains, the Snowy Mountains, and the Grampians. For ten points, name this range home to the sources of the Murrumbidgee, Darling, and Murray rivers, one of whose peaks is Australia’s tallest, Mount Kosciusko. ANSWER: The Great Dividing Range RELATED BONUS: Answer the following questions about Australia for ten points each. a. This major lake of South Australia, the continent’s largest, contains large amounts of salt water. ANSWER: Lake Eyre b. This underground water basin, extending from the Gulf of Carpentaria into the northern part of New South Wales, includes more than 1.7 million square miles of water reserves. ANSWER: The Great Artesian Basin

10. With the aid of Titus Tatius, this son of Numitor and Rhea Silvia ruled the city he founded after he and his brother slayed their tyrannical uncle Amulius. In 715 BC he was transfigured into the war god Quirinus and earlier had led the abduction of the Sabine women. For ten points, who is this brother of Remus and first king of Rome? ANSWER: Romulus RELATED BONUS: Identify these other kings of Rome for ten points each. a. This second king of Rome is credited with establishing the religious traditions of the city including the Vestal Virgins and the cults of Mars and Jupiter. ANSWER: Numa Pompilius b. After his son raped the noblewoman Lucretia, this last king of Rome was driven out in 509 BC by a mob led by Junius Brutus and was forced into exile in Etruria. ANSWER: Tarquinius Superbus or Tarquin the Proud

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Category Quiz

1. First appearing widely in the 19th century, in Japanese it is translated as “human-powered vehicle.” For ten points, name this mode of transportation in which one or two people go to the destination of their choice by a man pulling on the carriage. ANSWER: Ricksha

2. Its name is supposedly derived from an American Indian word meaning “we make ourselves known.” For ten points, name this international service organization headquartered in Indianapolis with origins in Detroit whose collegiate counterpart is known as Circle K and high school counterpart is Key Club International. ANSWER: Kiwanis International

3. It began when oil reserves under the supervision of the navy were transferred to the department of the interior. The secretary of the interior then proceeded to lease some of these lands to Mammoth Oil and Pan American Petroleum in return for "no-interest loans" and cash gifts. This act led to the conviction of Albert Fall in, for ten points, what scandal of the Harding administration. Answer: Teapot Dome Scandal or Elk Hills Scandal or The Oil Reserves Scandal

4. Pencil and paper ready. What is the integral of cosine of x from x = 0 to x = 3 pi? You have 15 seconds. ANSWER: 0 [the areas above and below the x axis are equal and therefore cancel]

5. When its creator's choice of mascot was attacked he responded, "they have never seen an angry penguin charging at them in excess of 100 miles per hour." Its distributions include Slackware, Caldera, Debian, and Red Hat. For ten points, name this open source operating system created by Linus Torvalds based on Unix. Answer: Linux

6. With eighteen months of shooting in New Zealand and another eighteen of post-production, it will be the largest movie production ever in the southern hemisphere. It will come out in three installments, one each year beginning with Christmas 2001. For ten points, name this epic directed by Peter Jackson, starring Liv Tyler as Arwen, and Elijah Wood as Frodo. Answer: Lord of the Rings (the movie series)

7. He convinced Hod to throw the mistletoe dart that killed Baldur. For this act, he was chained to three rocks with a venomous snake above his head. On the day of Ragnorok though, the chains will break and he will fight Heimdall to their mutual destruction. For ten points, name this god the trickster of Norse mythology. Answer: Loki

8. Fern and Henry make up one subplot. A second concerns a sac of 514 spider eggs, while a third concerns Templeton the rat’s visit to the fair. For 10 points—name this E.B. White classic where Wilbur is kept from being turned into pork chops by the writings of the title arachnid. ANSWER: Charlotte’s Web

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Category Quiz Bonuses

American History: The Library from Congress First and last name required: A one-time schoolteacher, she obtained Congressional funds to organize the first official library housed in the Executive Mansion. For fifteen points, name this First Lady who died after developing pneumonia caught during the inauguration of her husband’s successor Franklin Pierce. ANSWER: Abigail Fillmore

Current Events: Speeches Not Made at Bob Jones University His popularity is plunging since making a speech before a religious group, calling Japan “a divine country centered on the Emperor.” For fifteen points, name this politician responsible for the gaffe, Japan’s current prime minister. ANSWER: Yoshiro Mori

Fine Arts: How Can I Thank You? This composer dedicated his second piano concerto to his psychiatrist. For fifteen points, name the composer of the monumental Piano Concerto No. 3 made popular in the movie Shine. Sergey Vasilyevich Rachmaninov

Foreign Languages: Non-Standard Units This word is defined as the time it takes for light to travel one centimeter, approximately 3.3357 times ten to the negative eleven seconds. For fifteen points, name this five-letter word, which in normal usage, people tend to extend its duration in the phrase, “Be back in a (blank).” Answer: jiffy

General Knowledge and Trivia: Things in Common For fifteen points, cat’s paw, fisherman’s bend, and sheepshank are three types of what type of closed non-self-intersecting curve for which the overhand or “granny” is the simplest? ANSWER: knot

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Physical Sciences: Resisting Change For a uniform disk it is mass times radius squared. For a ring it is mass times radius squared all divided by two. For a uniform sphere it is two fifths times the mass times radius squared. For fifteen points, identify this physical quantity defined as the resistance of an object to change in rotational speed. ANSWER: Moment of Inertia

Religion, Mythology, & Philosophy: Beware the Wrath This deity was good and gentle to those who honored him, but he brought madness and destruction upon those who spurned him or the questionable rituals of his cult. For fifteen points, name this deity who showed mortals how to cultivate grapes, the Greek god of wine and vegetation. ANSWER: Dionysus

Social Sciences: International Associations It was created in the Uruguay Round of 1986 to 1994. While its predecessor only regulated trade in material goods, its scope also includes services and intellectual property. For 10 points, identify this Geneva-based organization, the target of violent protests at its 1999 summit in Seattle. ANSWER: World Trade Organization

World History: Couldn’t They Come Up With a Better Name for that? It developed from British attempts to circumvent the Peace of Utrecht, which limited British trade with Spanish colonies in America. The crew of a Spanish coast guard ship seized a British smuggler in command of the brig Rebecca and proceeded to cut his ear off. For fifteen points, identify this war, which was named after the aforementioned amputated sensory organ. ANSWER: The War of Jenkins’s Ear

World Literature: Who Wants to Marry a Multimillionaire? One of his more obscure plays, The Millionairess (1936) centers around the failing marriage of Alastair Fitzfassenden (a tennis and boxing champion) and Epifania, as both of them engage in various trysts. For fifteen points, name this prolific playwright whose plays are celebrated each summer in a festival at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. ANSWER: George Bernard Shaw

Stretch Round: Unrelated Tossups and Bonuses

1. Due to their states' different rules, John Sweeney, the owner of Sweeney's Citgo in Lake Zurich, Illinois will receive 1.8 million dollars, and George Kassab, the owner of Mr. K's Party Shop in Utica, Michigan will only receive $2000 for selling the winning tickets. For ten points, name this multistate lottery also held in Georgia, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia, which recently doled out a jackpot of 362 million dollars. ANSWER: The Big Game BONUS: GKT Given the phobia, state what is feared, 10 points each. [HN: accept equivalents] a. theophobia ANSWER: God b. cynophobia ANSWER: dogs c. kakorrhaphiophobia [kaa-KOH-raa-fee-oh...] ANSWER: failure or defeat

2. More than 50 years after it won the 1937 Pulitzer Prize, its sequel (written by Alexandra Ripley) allowed the heroine to finally get her husband back, though it took having his baby and moving to Ireland to do it. For 10 points—name this classic novel of the antebellum South by Margaret Mitchell. ANSWER: Gone With the Wind BONUS: BS Name these terms related to bone fractures, 10 points each. a. This term is given to any fracture that is in communication with the environment. By definition, it includes any fracture that is treated surgically. ANSWER: open or compound fracture b. Fractures are often associated with this condition in which a bone is removed from a joint. ANSWER: dislocation or luxation [accept word forms] c. A “hip fracture” most commonly involves a fracture of this bone. ANSWER: femur

3. His first work was published in 1870, dealing with the specific heats of gases, followed a few years later by a paper on the thermal conductivity of crystals. He also investigated other areas such as electrical and other characteristics of quartz and the modification of the planes of polarised light by electromagnetic influences. For ten points – name this scientist best known for discovering the presence of waves that could develop film, which he called “X-rays.” ANSWER: Wilhelm Roentgen BONUS: For ten points each, identify the literary works from their opening lines. a. “Of man’s first disobedience, and the fruit of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste brought death into the world.” ANSWER: Paradise Lost by John Milton (1608-1674) b. “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” ANSWER: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy c. “On an evening in the latter part of May a middle-aged man was walking homeward from Shaston to the village of Marlott, in the adjoining vale of Blakemore, or Blackmoor.” ANSWER: Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

4. Born in 1835 in Dunfermline, his family settled near Pittsburgh during the depression of 1848. He worked as a secretary for Thomas Scott during the Civil War. His works include Round the World and Triumphant Democracy. He founded the company that one day became U.S. Steel. FTP, name this man whose accumulated fortune was used over the years to fund scientific research and build public libraries. ANSWER: Andrew Carnegie BONUS: Express the following trigonometric formulae in terms of only simple powers of sines and cosines. You’ll get 30 seconds for each part. a. 1 plus tangent squared A ANSWER: Cosine A to the minus 2 or One over cosine squared A [ (cos A)-2 ] b. cosine of the quantity A minus B ANSWER: cos A cos B + sin A sin B c. tangent of one half of A minus B [tan ½(A-B)] ANSWER: [sin A – sin B] / [cos A + cos B]

5.. “And set you at your threshold down/ Townsman of a stiller town.” “So set, before its echoes fade,/ The fleet foot on the sill of shade.” “And early though the laurel grows/ It withers quicker than the rose.” For ten points, from what A.E. Houseman poem were these lines taken, bemoaning the premature demise of an athlete? ANSWER: “To an Athlete Dying Young” BONUS: Given a goalie, name the NHL team for which he played for ten points each. a. Ed Belfour ANSWER: Dallas Stars (either acceptable) b. Brian Boucher [boo-SHAY] ANSWER: Philadelphia Flyers c. Sean Burke ANSWER: Phoenix Coyotes

6. An average adult does this 15 to 20 times a day, but a child does it more frequently. According to Henri Bergson, who wrote a book analyzing this bodily function, the highest form is boffo. For ten points, name this activity unique to humans, but often related to hyenas. Answer: laugh or laughing or laughter BONUS: Given the college, name the town in which the main campus can be found for ten points each. a. Dartmouth College Answer: Hanover, New Hampshire b. Carleton College Answer: Northfield, Minnesota c. Stephen F. Austin University ANSWER: Nacogdoches, Texas

7. In Irish myth, he is known as Rigr, but he is best known in Norse Mythology, where he is said to be the son of 9 mothers. He never sleeps, can see in the dark and can hear the sound of sheep wool growing. For ten points, name this watchman of Bifrost (The Rainbow Bridge) and sounder of the Gjall horn at Ragnarok. ANSWER: Heimdall(r) BONUS: Name these works of Leonardo da Vinci for the stated number of points. a. One of Leonardo’s early works features Mary and the baby Jesus being honored and adored by the three Wise Men, known collectively by what four-letter name? ANSWER: Magi b. Leonardo used this medium – a dry pigment tempered in an emulsion (usually egg yolks) and thinned with water – to create the painting of The Last Supper. ANSWER: Tempura c. For fifteen points, the portrait of Cecilia Gallarini shows her as a lady holding this species of weasel. ANSWER: Ermine

8. In the last 30 years, the prevalence of this disorder in the US has risen from 1 in 10 000 children to 1 in 500 children, a rise some people attribute in part to the widespread use of vaccines. Once ascribed to bad parenting ... For 10 points—name this disorder, whose name comes from the Greek for “self.” ANSWER: autism [accept word forms] BONUS: For ten points each identify the court cases pertaining to the rights of the accused. a. The plaintiff's death sentence was overturned since he was tried in a military tribunal. The ruling states that civilians may not be tried in a military court where civil courts are active. Answer: ex parte Milligan b. A rape conviction based on a confession was overturned when it was ruled in this 1966 case that a suspect could not be questioned until he is informed of his Fifth Amendment rights. Answer: Miranda vs. Arizona c. In this 1981 case it was ruled that evidence obtained by police could still be admissible if obtained in "good faith," even though the warrant used to obtain it was later ruled invalid. Answer: U.S. vs. Leon

9. His days with the ABA’s San Diego Conquistadores came after his careers with the Harlem Globetrotters and Philadelphia Warriors and after he helped the Los Angeles Lakers win 33 straight games en route to the 1972 NBA championship. For 10 points—name this basketball great who died in October 1999. ANSWER: Wilt Chamberlain BONUS: Identify these terms from material science for ten points each. a. This term describes the ability for a material to be made into wires. ANSWER: Ductile (Ductility) b. Copper, silver, and gold demonstrate this quality of being easily cut by the smooth cut of a knife. ANSWER: Sectile (Sectility) c. Silicates show this property of having little resistance to breakage and consequently separates into fragments when hit by a hammer or cut by a knife. ANSWER: Brittle

10. As Stalin moved toward establishing his unchallenged authority, he adopted the program of the defeated Left Bolsheviks, initiating the first of these, designed to end the New Economic Policy of Lenin, eliminate capitalism, and create a socialist economy. For ten points, name these strategic plans of the Soviet Union designed to promote the rapid development of industry and to collectivize agriculture. ANSWER: Five Year Plans or Gosplan BONUS: For 10 points name each of the following poems from quotes by Walt Whitman: a. A child said "What is the grass?" fetching it to me with full hands; How could I answer the child? I do not know what it is any more than he. Answer: Song of Myself b. What is the count of the scores or hundreds of years between us? Whatever it is, it avails not - distance avails not, and place avails not, I too lived, Answer: Crossing Brooklyn Ferry c. When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide and measure them. When sitting I heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause Answer: When I heard the Learn'd Astronomer