2013 NHB Set B Bowl Round 7 First Quarter BOWL ROUND 7 1. During a major event at this city, troops entered the Kerkoporta, and massive cannons designed by Orban were used. Following an event at this city, fleeing scholars resettled in Italy, transmitting Greek, Arabic, and Latin texts which fueled the Renaissance. Constantine XI died defending this city. For 10 points, name this city whose 1453 fall to Ottomans marked the end of the Byzantine Empire. ANSWER: Constantinople [prompt on Istanbul; prompt on Byzantium] 019-13-89-07101 2. A story about this body of water claims that a seven year famine occurred because of the neglect of the god Khnemu. This waterway overseen by the god Hapi flowed through the lands of a dynasty started by Menes. Set threw a sealed chest into this river that contained Osiris. For 10 points, name this river whose annual flooding allowed for the growth of civilization in Egypt. ANSWER: Nile River 023-13-89-07102 3. This scientist was employed as an assistant to Thomas Willis and Robert Boyle. Young’s modulus describes systems subject to a law named for him. That namesake law can calculate the restoring force on a spring. He made a contribution to biological vocabulary while studying cork under a microscope. For 10 points, name this English scientist who coined the term "cell." ANSWER: Robert Hooke 014-13-89-07103 4. Roger Casement wrote a report about abuses in this colony, which was partially governed by the brutal Force Publique (poo-BLEEK). The International African Association was a cover for the colonization of this region. Inhabitants of this colony had their hands cut off for failing to meet rubber production quotas. For 10 points, identify this African colony controlled by King Leopold II. ANSWER: the Congo Free State [or Belgian Congo] 233-13-89-07104 5. A member of this family introduced the "Rambler" as the head of the American Motors Corporation and made the ill-advised comment that he was "brainwashed" into supporting the Vietnam War. This is the family of Michigan Governor George and a Governor of Massachusetts who described having "binders full of women." For 10 points, name this family of 2012 Republican Presidential nominee Mitt. ANSWER: Romney 052-13-89-07105 6. This man gave the "Where was George?" speech at the 1988 Democratic National Convention. He challenged Jimmy Carter for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1980, over ten years after leaving the scene of an accident in which Mary Jo Kopechne (kuh-PECK-nee) drowned off of Chappaquiddick Island. For 10 points, name this Massachusetts senator whose brothers were assassinated in 1963 and 1968. ANSWER: Edward "Ted" Kennedy [or Edward Kennedy; prompt on Kennedy] 030-13-89-07106 2013 NHB Set B Bowl Round 7 Page 1 of 10 7. This team invented the T-formation for the 1940 NFL championship game, in which they defeated Washington 73 to 0 behind quarterback Sid Luckman and coach George Halas. This team recorded the "Super Bowl Shuffle" in the year that they went 18-1 under Mike Ditka. For 10 points, name this NFL team that comprised the "Monsters of the Midway" in Chicago. ANSWER: Chicago Bears [or Chicago until it is read] 019-13-89-07107 8. A 1994 Morgan Stanley paper compared Ireland to this animal because of its high growth rate. Earlier, the rapid industrialization of Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, and Hong Kong led to them being called the "Asian" type of this animal. For 10 points, a Sri Lankan group pushing for an independent Tamil state took its name from what large, striped cat native to Southeast Asia? ANSWER: tigers [or Celtic Tiger; or East Asian Tigers; or Tamil Tigers; or Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam] 121-13-89-07108 9. This city's resident Leo Frank was driven to its suburbs to be lynched. It was the home of the first television "superstation." In this city, Jacob's Pharmacy was the first place where the public could buy a drink invented by resident John Pemberton, and the 1996 Olympics were marred by a bomb attack. For 10 points, name this Southern city, where TBS, CNN, and Coca-Cola were founded. ANSWER: Atlanta 104-13-89-07109 10. Robert Stuart found this route's South Pass, which was neglected until it was rediscovered by Thomas Fitzpatrick and Jedediah Smith. The first group credited with using this route was led by John Bartleson and John Bidwell. This route started in Independence, Missouri, and ended in the Willamette Valley. For 10 points, name this nineteenth century route to a territory in the Pacific Northwest. ANSWER: Oregon Trail 023-13-89-07110 2013 NHB Set B Bowl Round 7 Page 2 of 10 2013 NHB Set B Bowl Round 7 Second Quarter 1. This author of the "Dear Boss letter" and the "Saucy Jacky postcard" wrote a letter that ends "Catch me when you can, Mister Lusk" and begins "From Hell." The Whitechapel Vigilance Committee believed that this person had specialized surgical knowledge. For 10 points, name this killer of at least five prostitutes in London in 1888, whose identity was never confirmed. ANSWER: Jack the Ripper BONUS: The graphic novel From Hell identifies the Ripper as William Gull, the "physician-in-ordinary" to what Empress of India and subject of the first Diamond Jubilee? ANSWER: Queen Victoria 019-13-89-07101 2. This man was part of the "Blood Brothers" with Radu the Handsome, who converted to Islam and fought against this man. He created a gruesome "forest" at Tirgoviste (tur-GO-vish-tuh) that scared a Janissary regiment into retreating. He was known by a name derived from his father's membership in the Order of the Dragon. For 10 points, name this Romanian ruler who put his enemies on stakes. ANSWER: Vlad the Impaler [or Vlad Tepes; or Vlad III; or Vlad Dracula ; prompt on Vlad; do not accept "Vlad Dracul"] BONUS: German legends about Vlad the Impaler comprise a significant fraction of the "incunabula," which is the term for objects of what kind produced before 1501? ANSWER: printed books 019-13-89-07102 3. This colony's Two Penny Act led to a showdown over back payment to clergy known as the Parson's Cause. In 1786, this state, at the urging of George Wythe and George Mason, passed a "Statute for Religious Freedom" that disestablished the Anglican Church and protected all belief groups. For 10 points, name this state where that law, a model for the First Amendment, was written by Thomas Jefferson. ANSWER: Virginia BONUS: Thomas Jefferson's self-designed grave monument mentions three accomplishments: authoring the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, founding the University of Virginia, and what? ANSWER: writing the Declaration of Independence [or obvious equivalent phrasings] 019-13-89-07103 4. This person was granted command of an army with John II of Alencon. She claimed to have received visions from Saints Margaret, Catherine, and Michael starting at age twelve. Bishop Chaucen conducted her trial, which resulted in her being burned at the stake. For 10 points, name this French military leader against the English, who was known as the "Maid of Orleans." ANSWER: Joan of Arc [or Jeanne d'Arc; prompt on Joan; prompt on Jeanne] BONUS: The events of Joan's trial are depicted in Saint Joan, one of the "Three Plays for Puritans" by what author of Pygmalion? ANSWER: George Bernard Shaw 186-13-89-07104 2013 NHB Set B Bowl Round 7 Page 3 of 10 5. A Russian man at the Inner Station fawns upon this novel's main antagonist, who had written "Exterminate all the brutes" in a tract about the natives while he worked for the Company. This novel is mostly a frame narrative delivered aboard the Nellie by Marlow. For 10 points, name this novel in which Kurtz practices imperialism in the Congo, written by Joseph Conrad. ANSWER: Heart of Darkness BONUS. In Conrad's books The Mirror of the Sea and The Arrow of Gold, the author describes smuggling guns to what country, where the Carlist movement opposed the succession of Isabella II? ANSWER: Kingdom of Spain [or Reino de España] 190-13-89-07105 6. This composer dedicated "The Little Brook" to Joseph Goebbels in an attempt to gain Nazi cooperation for the extension of his copyrights, though he later criticized the regime in the opera Peace Day. The "sunrise" fanfare from one of his tone poems was used to great effect in the film 2001. For 10 points, name this composer of Also Sprach Zarathustra. ANSWER: Richard Strauss BONUS: Strauss wrote a "hymn" used as the theme for what event, which included Jesse Owens winning four gold medals? ANSWER: 1936 Summer Olympics [or Berlin Olympics; prompt on Olympics] 019-13-89-07106 7. In one painting, this artist showed a scene from the Phaedo in which a man is preparing to drink hemlock. In another panting, this artist depicted an episode from Livy in which a father holds up three swords while his sons swear to fight the Curiatii. For 10 points, name this French artist of The Death of Socrates and The Oath of the Horatii. ANSWER: Jacques-Louis David BONUS: David also depicted what leader in several paintings, including paintings of him "crossing the Alps" and his "Coronation?" ANSWER: Napoleon Bonaparte [or Napoleon I] 186-13-89-07107 8. The 1918 instance of this event was known as the "coupon" one, and the effects of the Boer War on the 1900 example caused it to be called the "khaki" one. Participation in these events was expanded by the elimination of "rotten boroughs" in the Great Reform Bill.