2012 NHBB Set a Round #5
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2012 NHBB Set A Bowl Round 5 First Quarter BOWL ROUND 5 1. The fourth section of this novel involves the desertion of its protagonist in Mexico City by a man who represents Neal Cassady. That man romances Inez, Camille, and Mary Lou. This novel’s protagonist meets Old Bull Lee and Carlo Marx, who represent William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg. In this novel, Dean Moriarty travels across the country with a character who represents the author, Sal Paradise. For 10 points, identify this Beat Generation novel by Jack Kerouac. ANSWER: On the Road 117-12-66-05101 2. Roger Cotes wrote the preface to this scientist's most famous piece of writing. He expounded upon the nature of colored light in his Opticks. This man related the heat loss for a body to the difference in the temperatures of the body and the surroundings in his Law of Cooling, and he created an inverse square law for universal gravitation. This man, who is the namesake of the SI unit for force. For 10 points, identify this British physicist who was allegedly inspired by a falling apple. ANSWER: Sir Isaac Newton 189-12-66-05102 3. This Russian was declared the “Organizer of Victory” by Karl Radek, and he was sent to Belarus to negotiate the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. A promoter of “permanent revolution,” this man led the Red Army during the Russian Civil War. Lazaro Cardenas welcomed this man to Mexico, where he was assassinated by Ramon Mercador with an ice-pick. For 10 points, name this Russian revolutionary who feuded with Stalin after Lenin’s death. ANSWER: Leon Trotsky 149-12-66-05103 4. One member of this family instituted the Feast of the Transfiguration and proclaimed the innocence of Joan of Arc. That man’s nephew from this family established the center of the University of Rome and commissioned the plans for St. Peter’s Basilica. Those members of this family were Calixtus III and Alexander VI. Another of them had the motto “Caesar or nothing,” and was the basis for Machiavelli’s The Prince. For 10 points, name this Italian family that included Cesare and Lucrezia. ANSWER: Borgia 030-12-66-05104 5. Louis Brandeis advocated for this state’s labor laws with the first "Brandeis Brief" in the Supreme Court case of Muller v. this state. The first permanent European settlement in this state was the fur trading post Fort Astoria. This state was the site of the boundary dispute which led to slogans like “fifty-four forty or fight!” A historical trail to this state begins in Independence, Missouri and ends in the Willamette Valley. For 10 points, identify this Pacific Northwest state with capital at Salem. ANSWER: Oregon 126-12-66-05105 2012 NHBB Set A Bowl Round 5 Page 1 of 10 6. The Rio Protocol governed the border between this country and neighboring Peru, which started a conflict with this country in 1995 over the disputed Condor Cordillera. This country was liberated from Spanish rule at the Battle of Pichincha. This country contains a highland region called La Sierra, which is the location of its highest point, Chimborazo. For 10 points, name this country, the home of Mount Cotapaxi, which also claims the Galapagos islands. ANSWER: Ecuador 194-12-66-05106 7. One schism in this faith was caused by Elias Hicks, who claimed that scripture was subordinate to the "inner light" of God. One leader of this faith signed a peace treaty with the Delaware Indians in his namesake colony in 1683. Other members of this faith include the suffragettes Lucretia Mott and Susan B. Anthony. They are best known for their refusal to swear oaths and principle of non-violence. For 10 points, name this sect of Christianity followed by William Penn. ANSWER: Quakers [or Quakerism; or Religious Society of Friends] 005-12-66-05107 8. Harry Beck created a simplified version of one of these objects for the London Underground. The “T and O” style was common in these during the Middle Ages. Arno Peters criticized another type as promoting Eurocentrism. Martin Waldseemuller produced a famous example that popularized the term “America,” about fifty years before one allowing navigators to plot bearings as straight lines was developed by Gerardus Mercator. For 10 points, name these flat representations of boundaries or routes. ANSWER: maps 121-12-66-05108 9. In this movie, a man named Ugarte carries documents used to escape to Lisbon. A group of Germans in this film singing "Die (VAHKT) Wacht am Rhein" is drowned out by the concurrent singing of "La Marseillaise" ordered by Victor Laszlo. At the end of this movie, Ilsa departs on a plane after provocations from Rick Blaine, who tells Louis that he believes they will have a beautiful friendship. For 10 points, name this film starring Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart, who meet again in a Moroccan city. ANSWER: Casablanca 192-12-66-05109 10. In the Reagan administration, the holder of this position divided the electorate into "liberals and Americans" and stated his job didn't matter because the Second Coming was at hand. Besides James Watt, its occupants have included Richard Ballinger, who feuded with Gifford Pinchot, and Albert Fall, who was implicated in the Teapot Dome Scandal. For 10 points, name this Cabinet position held in Obama's first term by Ken Salazar, who oversees the Bureau of Land Management and the National Park Service. ANSWER: Secretary of the Interior 080-12-66-05110 2012 NHBB Set A Bowl Round 5 Page 2 of 10 2012 NHBB Set A Bowl Round 5 Second Quarter 1. This non-American political figure proposed the Clean Air Act to address the Kyoto Protocol and withdrew his country from that agreement in late 2011. In the May 2011 federal election, his Conservative party won a majority, while Michael Ignatieff's Liberal party won only 34 seats. For 10 points, name this political figure who has served as Canada's prime minister since the 2006 election. ANSWER: Stephen Harper [10] This party, which finished second in 2011 federal election voting, was led by Jack Layton until his August 2011 death. ANSWER: New Democratic Party [or NDP; or Nouveau Parti democratique] 194-12-66-05101 2. This leader was victorious over Baibars at Damietta. This ruler was captured at the Battle of Fariskur while attempting to conquer Egypt, and another of his campaigns took place in Tunis, where he died from typhoid fever. This man was the brother of Robert of Artois, and he led the Seventh and Eighth Crusades. For 10 points, identify this man who ruled from 1226 to 1270, the only French king to be canonized. ANSWER: Louis IX [or Saint Louis; prompt on Louis] BONUS. What granddaughter of Eleanor of Aquitaine negotiated an end to the Albigensian Crusade and ruled France as regent during the absences of her son Louis IX? ANSWER: Blanche of Castile 189-12-66-05102 3. Daniel Chester French's statue of Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial includes this symbol in the arms of Lincoln's chair. These objects were carried by lictors, who accompanied praetors and consuls. Consisting of a bundle of sticks with an axehead tied in, they symbolized imperium in ancient Rome. For 10 points, name this symbol of power that lent its name to an authoritarian philosophy espoused by Benito Mussolini. ANSWER: the fasces BONUS. What other Roman office was charged with representing the common people, and had extensive powers to veto or to physically obstruct Senate meetings? ANSWER: plebeian tribune [or tribunus plebis] 080-12-66-05103 4. After losing his virginity to a prostitute, this man purportedly said that his chosen game was more fun. This man defeated Donald Byrne at age 13 in the "game of the century." In 1972, this man defeated Boris Spassky in Reykjavik; he got into trouble later for rematching Spassky in Yugoslavia and for proclaiming "It's time to start randomly killing Jews." For 10 points, name this legendary American chess player. ANSWER: Robert James "Bobby" Fischer BONUS: What Russian grandmaster lost to IBM's computer Deep Blue in 1997? ANSWER: Garry Kasparov 080-12-66-05104 2012 NHBB Set A Bowl Round 5 Page 3 of 10 5. Frank Hamer pursued these people after they attacked Texas's Eastham prison to free their compatriots Raymond Hamilton and Henry Methvin. Photos that this pair left behind in Joplin, Missouri captured the public imagination and led police to accuse one of being a “cigar-smoking gun moll.” In May 1934, they were killed in a shootout with police in Louisiana. For 10 points, name this male-female duo that went on a Depression-era crime spree. ANSWER: Bonnie and Clyde [or Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Chestnut Barrow; order of names is not important, but do not accept or prompt on the name of only one of the pair] BONUS. Another popular criminal of the era was this man, known as “public enemy number one,” who was killed by FBI agents at the Biograph Theater in Chicago in 1934. ANSWER: John Herbert Dillinger, Jr. 019-12-66-05105 6. This ruler died during the Siege of Szigetvar (SIG-et-vahr), and his conflicts with Tahmasp I ultimately led to the Peace of Amasya. This ruler supported John Zapolya's ascendancy to the Hungarian throne, and this man defeated Louis II at the Battle of (MO-hotch) Mohacs. This man tried and failed twice in besieging Vienna, and he was the son of Selim the Grim. For 10 points, identify this Ottoman sultan whose epithet is indicative of his great status.