Auspicious Incident – Packet 14 Questions by Ezequiel Berdichevsky, Paul Litvak, Matt Lafer, Ben Heller

Tossups

1.This man first served with Pompey and Cicero, under Strabo in the Social War, then, as a lieutenant of Sulla. During the proscriptions he killed his brother-in-law Marcus Gratidianus. After a praetorship in 68 BC, he governed Africa for two years and was prosecuted for extortion, but was acquitted. Gaining the support of Caesar and Crassus in the 63 elections, he was defeated, after which he began to champion the cause of the poor and dispossessed. Finally killed near Pistoria in 62, identify this man brought down by his rival Cicero, who, FTP, organized a widespread conspiracy against the Republic. Answer: Lucius Sergius Catalina or Cataline

2.It is classified as an iron-sulfur type reaction center and is structurally similar to those of heliobacteria and green sulfur bacteria. It consists of 11 subunits, two phylloquinones, and 3 Fe4S4 clusters. Subunits D and E support the binding of electron acceptors flavodoxin and ferrodoxin, while subunits A and B comprise the “antenna system” which captures photons, and the electron transport system, which contains the primary electron donor, P700. FTP, name this protein embedded in the thylakoid membrane of all plants, one of two such systems involved in photosynthesis. Answer: photosystem I

3.Otto, the child born to the central couple resembles the objects of their desires. Their marriage is never repaired despite the efforts of the marriage counselor Herr Mittler. After the death of Otto by accidental drowning, one of the lovers starves herself to death, giving all her food to her protégé Nanny. This lover comes to the castle at the behest of the central couple’s daughter, Luciana. Luciana, however, later rebuffs Ottilie after her amorous feelings are revealed. The Captain comes to the castle because he loses his post and he and Charlotte fall in love. Edward, her husband, ultimately also dies after Ottilie. FTP, identify this novel about the quasi-scientific theory of attraction between lovers, written by Goethe. Answer: The Elective Affinities

4.This operation featured a return to the herisson, or hedgehog, strategy that General Jean de Lattre had used with some success early on. The nine fortified positions near this battle’s namesake town were named for the defending Colonel’s lovers. Beatrice saw the first action on March 13, and two days later the 500 men at Gabrielle were decimated by heavy artillery. Although Operation Castor was launched to relieve the immense pressure, the occupation of the airfield near Gabrielle doomed relief efforts for Colonel Castries’ troops and marked the deathblow of Henri Navarre’s campaign to defeat the Viet Minh. FTP identify this nearly two month siege of the French forces by Colonel Vo Nguyen Giap’s forces in 1954. Answer: Dien bien Phu

5.According to Gregory Butler this work was issued during the Michaelmas fair. Its featured aria is a sarabande and the work is divided into two sections with the latter beginning with a French Overture. The Quodlibet in the final movement includes two well-known tunes “Cabbage and beets have driven me away” and “I have so long been away from you.” Thought to have been completed alongside book II of the Well- Temperd Clavier this work was commissioned by Count Keyserlingk, an insomniac, and named for the virtuoso whose play lulled him to sleep. FTP identify work for harpsichord a set of diverse pieces on a similar theme by Johann Sebastian Bach. Answer: Goldberg Variations for Keyboard, BWV 988

6. He wrote about the problems of governmental transition in The Knouto-Germanic Empire and the Social Revolution. At age 22 he translated Hegel’s “Gynmasial Lectures”, marking the first time Hegel had been translated into his native tongue. He opposed Marx on the grounds of the latter’s economic determinism, arguing that “being determines consciousness.” His belief in the inherent corruptibility of the state is expressed in such works as God and the State. After working with Alexander Herzen in London, he joined the First Internationale, but his militant views earned him expulsion by Karl Marx. FTP, identify this Russian theorist who, along with Proudhon is considered to be the founder of anarchism. Answer: Mikhail Bakunin

7.Temperature must be slightly above the boiling point of the material and must stay stable to within a few tenths of a degree. A common detector is the flame ionization type, which has a high sensitivity but destroys the sample being tested. Two types of columns can be used; the packed type, which contains a solid support material coated with a liquid stationary phase, and the more efficient capillary type. The carrier is generally argon, helium or carbon dioxide. FTP, identify this separation technique which involves transportation through a column after the vaporization of the sample. Answer: gas chromatography (acc. Capillary or packed chromatography on early buzz)

8.His first works were a series of Latin verses on Prince Henry’s death and he was soon appointed public orator at Trinity College. Outlandish Proverbs is a collection of pithy sayings in translation, while his guide for a country parson was published posthumously. In fact, upon his death he sent his works to Nicholas Ferrar with instructions to either burn or publish them. A volume subtitled “Sacred Poems and Ejaculations” was promptly released, it contained such works as “The Elixir,” “The Agony,” “The Pulley” and the famous pattern poems “The Altar” and “Easter Wings.” FTP identify this Metaphysical poet best known for his collection The Temple. Answer: George Herbert

9.Ephraim Bowen left the most famous chronicle of its final hours. Chasing after the Hannah, which was captained by Benjamin Lindsey, it ran aground at Namquit Point. John Brown formulated a plan to destroy it and end its career as a patrol boat looking for smugglers. Captain Whipple tried to arrest its crew, but they resisted. Joseph Bucklin shot its captain, William Dudingston, who was moved to Pawtuxet before this ship was set on fire. For 10 points, name this ship that was destroyed by colonists off the coast of Rhode Island on June 10, 1772. Answer: Gaspee

10.It is customary to eat dates prior the this holiday’s prayers, as fasting is prohibited. On it, two Rakas are said, followed by six Takbeers and the special Khutba, or sermon. Greetings declaring the day Mubarak, or blessed, are spoken. One of the holidays by this name falls on the 10th day of Dhul-Hijjah, while the other falls on the first day of Shawaal, the first month of the calendar. The name itself means something that is habitual, and thus there is one called “Al Fitr” while another is called “Al Adha” FTP, identify the shared name of these Islamic holidays, one marking the end of the year, and the other marking the end of Ramadan. Answer: Eid (pronounced Eed)

11.The action begins when the Duchess of Berwick convinces the title character to go through her husband’s belongings, finding a number of suspicious checks. After a rash mistake, she accepts an invitation to potential adultery, but she is persuaded to not abandon her husband and child. Thus, she rebuffs Lord Darlington. When she returns, evidence of her impropriety remains, and the woman who dissuaded her, being her mother, sacrifices her recently regained social status for that of her daughter. In the end, Lord Augustus Lorton decides to marry the title character’s mother, despite her reputation. The title object drops to the ground, and is not used to strike Mrs. Erlynne. FTP, identify this play about an object used to alleviate heat, written by Oscar Wilde. Answer: Lady Windermere’s Fan

12.This perturbation is responsible for the frequency of the 21-centimeter line because it produces a triplet and a singlet state in the ground state of hydrogen. Arising from the magnetic dipoles of both the orbital electron and nucleic proton, it is the result of spin-spin coupling. FTP, what is this energy perturbation that is about ten to the negative fourth times smaller than that of the fine splitting? Answer: Hyperfine splitting

13.He had numerous battles with King Cisupala, defeated the Crane demon Baku, and founded the city of Dvaraka. His wives include Rukmini and Radha. Though he was marked for death from birth, he was exchanged for Yasoda and Nanda’s son and along with his older brother, Balarama, escaped to avoid the wrath of a King. Also known for sucking Putana dry of her poisonous milk, this dark skinned son of Vasudeva and Vasuki danced on the serpent Kaliya’s head and memorably guided the actions of a certain Pandava brother at the battle of Kuruksetra. FTP identify this 8th avatar of Vishnu and charioteer of Arjuna. Answer: Krishna

14.Jean-Baptiste Colbert’s brother Charles negotiated the treaty which became necessary when, with the blessing of Leopold I, forces under Francois Crequy and Marshall Turenne initiated (*) this conflict. Indirectly precipitated by a marriage contract included in the Peace of the Pyrenees that renounced Philip IV’s daughter’s claim to the throne, the conflict featured the Prince de Conde’s invasion of Franche Comte and the formation of a Triple Alliance. It began when Maria Therese’s husband invoked an old Brabantian law that provided for property to pass to the children of a first marriage thus spurning Charles II’s claim to the throne in, FTP, what war that saw France try to annex the Spanish Netherlands beg inning in1667 and ending one year later with the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. Answer: War of Devolution (accept Aix-la-Chapelle before the star)

15.In his later thought, he divided philosophy into negative, which developed the idea of God by reason, and positive, which proved the reality of the idea. This work stemmed from this philosopher’s attempt to relate the history of God in The Ages of the World. His separation of human reason into dark impulse and the power of good can be found in Of Human Freedom. His early work while at Tubingen was an explication of the nature of the Absolute, like “On the Possibility and Form of Philosophy In General.” In his philosophy of nature, he argued that art was the uniting of the natural and spiritual spheres. In this way, he united his thought of Fichte’s concept of Ego. FTP, identify this German romantic philosopher, most famous for his System of Transcendental Idealism. Answer: Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling

16.This island chain is linked at Cape Nao to the mainland Baetic mountain range. Divided into two sub- chains, the western chain, also called the Pitiusas, includes the islands of Cabrera and Formentera. The first settlers were of the prehistoric talayotic civilization, and the Carthaginians, Vandals, and Moors successively held them afterwards, while the Treaty of Utrecht ceded the island of Minorca to the British until 1802. Now a province of Spain, with capital of Palma, this is, FTP, what island group located in the Meditteranean Sea off the coast of Spain and including the islands of Mallorca and Ibiza? Answer: Balearic Islands

17.As a child she has a nightmare about a gorilla, and she compares herself to a dandelion because it is so ordinary. After her husband is laid off, she works for Mrs. Burns-Cooper, who condescends to her, and when she takes her daughter to Santa Claus, she is outraged when Santa will not see her daughter. Her husband does not gain entry to the Foxy Cats Club, and she is hurt when he dances with a red-haired woman and ignores her. She does not blame her mother for liking her sister Helen better, assuming that she does so because of Helen’s lighter skin. Her marriage to the grocery clerk Paul Philips is sexually dysfunctional, and she spends much of her time trying to clean their dirty tenement. FTP, identify this novel about a repressed black woman in Chicago, written by Gwendolyn Brooks. Answer: Maud Martha

18.Flamingos get their pink color from eating the Spirulina genus of this group of organisms. Fossilized mounds of them are often mistaken for amphibian eggs and are called stromatolites. They lack flagella, but some species, such as Oscillatoria are capable of locomotion through a still-unknown process. Containing specialized cells called heterocysts, these cells are vital in their role as nitrogen fixaters. Most closely related to chloroplasts before their conversion to endosymbiotes, name, FTP, this group of prokaryotic organisms also called blue-green algae. Answer: cyanobacteria (or blue-green algae before it is mentioned).

19.This event resulted in a namesake 20 year conflict that would not be resolved until the ascension of AlfonsoV. It was instigated as the result of a conspiracy that included Byantine emperor Michael VIII and John of Procida, whose Hohenstaufen sympathies led him to support the future King’s claims to the throne vis-à-vis marriage to Constance. After several soldiers were killed at Santo Spirito the violence spread outward and soon 2,000 Frenchmen lay dead. Eventually Peter III of Aragon claimed rule and landed his forces at Trapani and together with the peasants from Palermo proceeded to engage the Angevin citizens and soldiers in battle. FTP identify this bloody rebellion that takes its name from the island on which it took place and the fact that it broke out on Easter Monday in 1282. Answer: Sicilian Vespers

20.His Entry of the Crusaders into Constantinople was a mural painted for the Museum at Versailles and echoed earlier historical works like Execution of the Doge Marino Faliero and The Battle of Nancy. His interest in lithography culminated in his illustration of a French edition of Faust. A great admirer of British artists and writers his Bride of Abydos and The Abduction of Rebecca reflect this interest. Earlier portraits of friends like George Sand and Frederic Chopin contrast sharply with paintings like The Barque of Dante and his Morocco inspired works like Arabs Skirmishing in the Mountains and Women of Algiers. FTP identify this painter, rumored to be the son of Talleyrand, whose best known works include Death of Sardanapalus, Massacre at Chios, and Liberty Leading the People. Answer: Eugene Delacroix

Bonuses

1.FTPE answer the following questions about a French author: 1.This 19th century French author took his pseudonym from Johann Winckelmann’s birthplace, and is most famous for his novel The Red and the Black. Answer: Stendhal also accept Marie Henri Beyle but look visibly annoyed if they say it 2.This is Stendhal’s first novel, an 1827 psychological study of an impotent young man. Answer: Armance 3.An attack on the French bourgeoisie, the first part of this novel was published as The Green Huntsman. It concerns a French soldier who gets expelled from the Ecole Polytechnique and later falls in love with Mademoiselle de Chasteller. Answer: Lucien Leuwen

2.Answer the following about a conflict that occurred outside of Peking FTPE: 1.On the night of July 7, 1937, a small Japanese force near the namesake structure demanded entry into a tiny walled city in order to search for their soldiers, they refused and shots were fired. Answer: Marco Polo Bridge Incident 2.This was the name of the city near the Marco Polo Bridge that served as the site of the events catapulting Japan and China into WWII. Answer: Wan-p’ing 3.Much of the anti-Japanese movement that was sparked by the Marco Polo Bridge Incident had been festering since the 1931 establishment of this puppet state in the Northeast Provinces of China. Answer: Manchukuo

3.Answer the following about a composer FTPE: 1.A student of Salieri and Czerny, this piano virtuoso is famous for Dance of Death as well as his Hungarian Rhapsodies. Answer: Franz Liszt 2.This is Liszt’s first work, a symphonic poem based on Lenau’s Faust. He composed a second part of the piece in 1881. Answer: First Mephisto Waltz 3.Some of the most difficult piano music ever composed, this set of 12 pieces includes the Wild Hunt, Evening Harmony, and the Chasse Neighe. Answer: Transcendental Etudes or Transcendental Studies

4.Answer the following about engines, on a 5-10-15 basis. (5) The most efficient possible engine is this type, which consists of an adiabatic compression, followed by an isothermal expansion, an adiabatic expansion, and an isothermal compression. Answer: Carnot engine (10) The first practical engine to use a liquid fuel was this, a four-stroke engine consisting of an intake, compression, power, and ejection stroke. Answer: Otto engine (15) In this engine the gases never leave the engine, and an external heat source causes an increase in pressure within the engine, but no explosions occur. This quiet and efficient operation is used in submarines. Answer: Stirling engine

5.FTPE identify these works which described the poor social conditions of the proletariat: 1.This 1845 work of Friedrich Engels contains such sections as “The Attitude of the Bourgeoisie Towards the Proletariat”, and a section on the effects of Irish immigration. Answer: The Condition of the Working Class in England 2.This fictionalized 1933 account by George Orwell discusses his experiences in two European capitals, first as a restaurant worker and later as a vagrant eating “tea and two slices.” Answer: Down and Out In Paris and London 3.Containing such chapter titles as “Johnny Upright” and “Frying Pan Alley and a Glimpse of Inferno” this is a 1903 first hand description of life among the derelicts of London written by Jack London. Answer: The People of the Abyss

6.Identify these prime ministers FTPE: 1.This Liberal had affairs with all the hostesses at the Almack social club early in his life, a three-time foreign minister during the 1830s and 1840s he became Premier in 1855 where he vigorously prosecuted the War with Russia. Answer: Lord Palmerston, or Henry John Temple 2.This chancellor of the exchequer under Shelburne became first lord of the Treasury and was confirmed as Prime Minister in 1784. After the Irish rebellion he proposed a legislative union followed by Catholic emancipation ans was eventually reelected in 1804. Answer: William Pitt the Younger 3.Anoted rival of Lloyd George, this man’s premiership was notable for the introduction of age old pensions, suffragette troubles, the Parliament Act of 1911, and the declaration of War. Answer: Herbert Henry Asquith

7.Answer the following about the production of sulfuric acid, FTPE: (10) In this most common method of production, a mixture of gases is cleaned by electrostatic precipitation and passed over the catalyst vanadium oxide, which forms sulfur trioxide. This combines with water to yield sulfuric acid. Answer: contact process (5/5) F5PE, these two gases are the initial reactants in the contact method for producing sulfuric acid. Answer: oxygen and sulfur dioxide (or O2 and SO2, or combination thereof) (10) This alternate method of sulfuric acid production involves reaction of sulfur dioxide with nitric oxide in a device known as a Glover tower, and passing this mixture into a second chamber where it is mixed with water and condenses on the walls. The waste then exists through the Gay-Lussac tower. Answer: lead chamber process

8.FTPE answer these questions about a British novelist: 1.Her first book was a collection of short stories called Encounters, and her last novel was Eva Trout, but she is better known for her novel The House in Paris Answer: Elizabeth Bowen 2.This novel by Elizabeth Bowen describes the reaction of Anna and Thomas when they discover the diary of Thomas’ half sister, Portia Quayne. Answer: The Death of the Heart 3.Set during the time of troubles in Ireland, this novel details the lives of Sir Richard Naylor and Lady Myra as well as their niece Lois Farquar. Answer: The Last September

9.Identify the following about some Latin American leaders FTPE: 1.This member of the Colorado Party was elected as president of Paraguay in 1950, though he tried to strengthen the power of the military police he was eventually overthrown in 1954. Answer: Frederico Chavez 2.This General deposed Chavez and was “elected” as President ; his 35 year tenure saw the construction of the Itaipu Dam and Paraguay’s participation in Operation Condor. Answer: Alfredo Stroessner 3.Stroessner was eventually deposed by this junior officer who ousted him in a 1989 military coup and subsequently became president from 1990-1993. Answer: Andres Rodriguez

10.FTPE identify these about Aristotle, who loved to write philosophy in the nude: 1.Aristotle’s logic treatises, including the Categories, On Interpretation, and the Prior and Posterior Analytics all make up this larger collection, meaning “tool” in Greek. Answer: Organon 2.This central concept of Aristotle’s ethics is the happiness or flourishing of humankind that occurs when a human works to realize her or his own function. Answer: eudaimonia 3.The doctrine of eudaimonia is described fully in the 10th chapter of this treatise on ethics which is a revision of the Eudemian Ethics. Answer: Nichomachean Ethics

11.Answer the following about the works of the playwright Georg Buchner FTPE: 1.In this satire the title characters,-- one the prince of Popo, the other the princess of Pipi—are brought together by the clown Valerio. Answer: Leonce and Lena 2.This pessimistic work, Buchner’s first, tells the story of the French Revolution through the title character’s eyes as he realizes the fury he has unleashed. Answer: Danton’s Death or Danton’s Tod 3.Before he wrote the greatest novel ever, Lenz about Reinhold Lenz, Buchner made his name with this little ditty about an imbecilic soldier who murders his cheating wife. Answer: Woyzeck (accept Wozzeck but explain that this is the name of the opera, not the play)

12.Identify the following about the war between the Aesir and the Vanir FTPE: 1.Though this wisest of the gods was decapitated after he was taken as a hostage by the Vanir Odin preserved the head in herbs and got all wise by listening to it. Answer: Mimir 2.The war between the Vanir and the Aesir was exacerbated after this greedy goddess who loved gold was captured by the latter group and burned to death three times. Answer: Gullveig 3.Though eventually killed by the dwarves Fjalar and Galar to make the mead of poetry, his birth resulted from the peace ritual that ended the war wherein the two races mingled their saliva in the same vessel to create him. Answer: Kvasir

13.Answer these questions about meiosis, FTPE: (10) During prophase of meiosis I, homologous chromosomes pair together to form structures called this. Answer: bivalents (10) This is the first sub-stage of prophase, in which the chromosomes first become visible as fine threads but have not yet paired to become bivalents. Answer: leptotene stage (10) These repeated sequences of genes found at the end of chromosomes assist in the pairing of homologous chromosomes and in crossing over during prophase. Answer: telomeres

14.Identify these modern sculptors FTPE: 1.Born in L.A., his namesake Garden Museum is in Long Island N.Y. Best known for the sculptural gardens for the John Hancock Building and the fountain at the Ford Pavilion, his Japanese heritage truly shines through in works like Kouros and Bird C(MU). Answer: Isamu Noguchi 2.This Indiana born artist’s works were influenced by the wrought-iron works of his mentor Julio Gonzalez and include his Albany and his Zig series in which he used paint to emphasize certain spatial relationships, but it is his Cubi works in stainless steel that are probably best known. Answer: David Smith 3.He called his drawings and watercolors “Colossal Monuments” and created a series of “happenings” that involved sound and movement, but this Swede is best known for his soft sculptures and his giant reproductions of everyday items such as his “Clothespin” and his “Colossal Ashtray.” Answer: Claes Oldenburg

15.FTPE answer these questions about Jainism: 1.This is the term for perfected human beings who appear from time to time and embody the faith. Mahavira is the most famous one. Answer: Tirthankara 2.The legendary history of the Jain is this book about the 24 Tirthankaras, which claims Krishna is a cousin of the 22nd Tirthankara, Arishtanemi. Answer: Deeds of the 63 Illustrious Men also accept Universal History 3.Liberation from this world is prevented by accumulation of this kind of matter that attaches to the soul. Answer: karman

16.Answer the following about Andrew Jackson’s advisors 5-5-10-10: 1.5:Though he removed less than one-fifth of all federal office holders Jackson’s “rotation of office” became a notorious example of this policy given its name by a senator from New York named William Marcy. Answer: spoils system 2.5: One less obvious outcome of the spoils system was the prominent rise of this informal group of advisers to Jackson, a group that included men like William Lewis and Duff Green. Answer: Kitchen Cabinet 3.10: This journalist was and member of the Kitchen Cabinet established the Washington Globe in 1830 and, although he was a slaveholder, later supported Van Buren as a Free Soil Candidate. Answer: Francis Preston Blair 4.10: Editor of the Argus of Western America this man helped draft many of Jackson’s papers, advised him during the Bank controversy, and was later appointed U.S. Postmaster General where he became a business manager for Samuel Morse and promoted the spread of the telegraph. Answer: Amos Kendall

17.Answer the following about a novel FTPE: 1.A major subplot in this 1857 work involves the scandalous flirtation between Signora Vesey-Neroni and the bishop’s chaplain, Mr. Slope, this ruins the latter’s chance for marrying Ms. Bold or taking over as Dean. Answer: Barchester Towers 2.This man is brought in by the Whig government to take over the diocese of Archdeacon Grantly in Barchester Towers. Answer: Doctor Proudie 3.Mrs. Proudie, the Doctor’s domineering wife, stirs the pot when she supports Mr. Quiverful over Mr. Harding as the future warden of this hospital. Answer: Hiram’s Hospital

18.FTPE answer some questions about a technique in economics and operations research: 1.First used by George Bernard Dantzig, this is a general mathematical technique for finding maximum values of production at minimum cost while dealing with constraints. Answer: linear programming 2.This mathematician invented linear programming, but he is better known for his work in automata theory, the discovery of the merge sort, and his minimax themrem. Answer: John Von Neumann 3.This Russian is a pioneer of linear programming with works like The Mathematical Method of Production Planning and Organization, and he won the Nobel Prize with Koopmans in 1975. Answer: Leonid Kantorovich

19.Answer the following about a certain functional group, FTPE: (10) This common functional group consists of a carbonyl group linked to two other carbon atoms or to hydrocarbon radicals. Answer: ketone (10) Ketones are generally formed by oxidizing an alcohol of this type in the presence of a strong oxiziding agent such as potassium dichromate Answer: secondary alcohol (10) In the Claisen condensation, an ester and an ester enolate react to form this type of ketone-containing compound. Answer: beta ketoester (prompt on ketoester)

20.Answer these questions about the geography of China, FTSNOP: (5) Originating in the Rup-sa pass in the highlands of Tibet, this major river of southern Asia flows through Yunan province in China before forming the Myanmar-Laos border and bordering such ports as Phnom Penh and Vinh Long. Answer: Mekong river (10) This large province, located east of the Gulf of Tonkin and south of the Lizhou Peninsula, is the second largest island in China’s possession and has its capital at Haikou. Answer: Hainan (15) This great expanse in the northwest corner of China, sometimes called Chinese Turkistan, is mainly populated by Turkic-speaking Muslims. Its Tarim basin is a major site of Chinese nuclear testing and its capital is at Urumchi. Answer: Sinkiang or Xinjiang