Cavalier Classic 1996

Round 3

Tossups:

1) His fIrst speech in Parliament was a passionate defense of workers who wrecked machinery that threatened their jobs.
Public scandals, including an alleged affair with his half-sister Augusta Leigh, drove him from England in 1816. FIP, name
this writer of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, "She Walks in Beauty," and Don Juan (Don JEW -an).

Answer: George Gordon, Lord _B yron_

2) The Eddas describe him as beautiful, but he appears to have be related to the dwarfs, and he often acted as an agent for
them with the Aesir. The husband of Sigyn, it was probably in his capacity of fIre god that he destroyed the hair of Sif.
FIP, identify this Norse deity, the father ofFenrir and Hel who is best known as the trickster god.

3) Their name came from a legendary Irish heroine, and they sometimes dressed as women to surprise their enemies. In
1877, ten of them were executed for murder during labor conflicts in Pennsylvania. FIP, identify this secret society, usually
consisting of Irish immigrants, which represented the interests of poor coal miners.

Answer: _Molly Maguires_

4) A nonmetallic, nearly black crystalline solid used in medicine, dye manufacture and photography, this element sublimes to
a deep violet vapor at room temperature. Never found uncombined in nature, it has been extracted from saltpeter deposits and,
more recently, ,seaweed. FTP, name this halogen, a common antiseptic with atomic number 53.

5) From 1899 to 1930, he made fIve unsuccessful attempts to win the America's Cup. In 1871 he opened the fIrst of his
grocery stores in Scotland. In 1890 he entered the tea business, establishing a brand that bears his name. FTP, name this
merchant.

Answer: Sir Thomas _Lipton_

6) She was not actually a princess, since status in her society was transmitted through the mother, and her father reportedly
had over 100 children. When she was kidnapped in 1612, he refused to pay the ransom. Instead, she became a Christian,
changed her name to Rebecca, and married an Englishman. FTP, name this wife of John Rolfe, subject of a recent Disney
film.

7) He dates the superfIcial Sally Hayes but is most attracted to Jane Gallagher, whom he believes has been seduced by his
macho roommate, Stradlater. Haunted by the memory of a schoolmate's suicide and his brother Allie's death, he seeks
redemption in the innocence of his young sister Phoebe. FTP, name this hater of phonies, the main character of J. D.
Salinger's Catcher in the Rye.

Answer: Holden _CaulfIeld_

8) This organization began in the late 12th century with its headquarters in Visby, Sweden, and its last meeting occurred in
Lubeck in 1669. At its height in the late 14th century, it included over 160 cities and towns, including Novgorod, Krakow,
and Hamburg. FIP, name this league of Northern European traders.

Answer: _Hanseatic_ League

9) Composed in part of Merkel cells, this organ is associated with diseases like discoid lupus erythematosus and impetigo.
Its two sections are linked by papilli, and are composed also of keratinocytes, elastic fIbres , and collagen. FTP, name this
largest organ of the body, consisting of the dermis and epidermis.
10) Under the Waitangi Treaty of 1840, this people surrendered their land to the British Empire. In the 1990s, they
challenged the treaty, claiming 70% of their nation's land and exclusive fishing rights in its northern waters. FfP, name this
Polynesian people which today forms about 10 percent of New Zealand's population.

11) He is a crippled beggar and gambler, she is his drug-addicted mistress. The two of them live in Charleston, South
Carolina on Catfish Row. FfP, identify this pair, featured in a novel by DuBose Heyward and a George Gershwin opera
known for such songs as "Summertime".

Answer: _Porgy and Bess_

12) Born in Glasgow, he became president of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in 1911. Along with
Rayleigh, he isolated argon in 1894. He went on to discover other noble gases such as helium, neon, krypton, and xenon.
FfP, name this scientist, winner of the 1904 Nobel Prize in chemistry.

Answer: William _Ramsay_

13) He played a suicidal Congressman with an overbearing wife in the shortlived series The Powers That Be, Meg Ryan's
brother in Sleepless in Seattle, and Watergate conspirator John Dean in Nixon. His current character was created when an
agent observed his striking resemblance to Kelsey Grammer. FfP, name the actor who plays Dr. Niles Crane on Frasier.

Answer: David Hyde _Pierce_=20

14) Taken into service by a wealthy family she first has an affair with their oldest son and then marries his brother. When he
dies, she abandons her children, moves to London, and goes through a series of men before being transported to Virginia.
FfP, name this heroine, born in Newgate prison and featured in a Daniel Defoe novel and a 1996 film of the same name.

Answer: _Moll Flanders_

15) Great Britain's third-largest political party is fairly moderate; the Russian party led by Vladimir Zhirinovsky is heavily
right-wing and xenophobic; Japan's dominant party since World War II has been plagued by corruption. FfP, what two-word
phrase, common to the English names of all of these very different parties, did American Republicans of the 1980s frequently
use to insult their opponents?

Answer: _Liberal Democratic or _Liberal Democrats_

16) He was the son-in-law of Servius Tullius, whom he murdered to gain the throne. Following the disgrace of his son
Sextus, he was overthrown in 510 B.C. Although he made several efforts to regain power, he could never capture Rome
again. FfP, name this last Roman king.

Answer: Lucius _Tarquinius Superbus_ (the Proud)

17) Pencil and paper ready. Jamie can answer ten tedious math questions every thirty minutes. Christie can answer fIfteen
such questions in the same time, but Mike would take an hour and a half to answer that many. Now, if Jamie, Christie, and
Mike split the work on a set of sixty questions, how long, FfP, should it take them to finish?

Answer: _one hour_

18) In 1880 he married a divorced American and honeymooned at an abandoned silver mine in California. In 1888 he went to
the South Seas and died 6 years later in Samoa. It was on Samoa that he wrote Catriona, a sequel to Kidnapped. FfP, name
this author of Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Answer: R. L. _Stevenson_
19) It was founded by Vikings around the year 900 and is located at the mouth of the River Shannon. With a population of
56,000, it is the third largest city in the Republic of Ireland. FTP, identify this city, which in the 19th century gave its name
to a form of humerous verse.

Answer: _Limerick_

20) Some of his plays are The Condemned of Altona, The Devil and the Good Lord, and The Respectful Prostitute. Born in
1905, his novels, such as Troubled Sleep and Nausea, reflect the philosophical analysis contained in his massive treatise,
Being and Nothingness. FTP, name this French existentialist, the long time lover of Simone de Beauvoir best known for No
Exit.

Answer: Jean-Paul_Sartre_
Cavalier Classic 1996
Boni for round three :

1) Identify the biologists, FrP each.

a) This Dutch scientist discovered microorganisms with his microscope.
b) He introduced the modem system of classification in 1735.
c) His theory of dominant and recessive genes was published to little notice in 1865.

Answers : Anton van _Leeuwenhoek_; Carolus _Linnaeus_; Gregor _MendeL

2) Name these historical and literary practitioners of passive resistance FrP each.
a) Rather than flattering her father, King Lear, she responded to his love test by saying "Nothing".
b) This Lord Chancellor of England refused to express any opinion about Henry the Eighth's divorce from Catherine of
Aragon. The king denied his right to remain silent and had him executed.
c) A clerical worker on Wall Street, this Melville anti-hero responded to all orders by saying, "I would prefer not to."

3) Name the countries where the following monarchs reign FrP each.
a) Carl XVI Gustaf
b) Beatrix Wilhelmina
c) Hassan II

4) For five points each and a five point bonus for all correct. give the SI unit for the following quantities:
a) Power
b) Current
c) Capacitance
d) Magnetic Flux
e) Luminous Intensity

Answers: _ Wate; _Ampere_; _Farad_; _Webec _Candela_

5) Name the American novelists who created the following characters for the stated number of points.
5) Tom Joad
10) Robert Jordan
15) Alexandra Bergson

Answers: John _Steinbeck_; Ernest _Hemingway_; Willa _Cathec

6) Identify the following events of the 1840s, FrP each.

a) This work, published in 1848, begins by saying "A specter is haunting Europe."
b) He invented the sowing machine in 1846.
c) With money left to the United States in a British will, it was founded in Washington, D .C.

Answers: the _Communist Manifesto_; Elias _Howe_; the _Smithsonian Institution_

7) FTP each, name the scientific law from its description.

a) The product of the index of refraction and the sine of the angle of incidence is constant as a light ray crosses the boundary
between two surfaces.
b) If the pressure remains constant. the volume occupied by a fixed amount of gas is directly proportional to its absolute
temperature.
c) In a large, random-mating population, the proportion of dominant and recessive genes present tends to remain constant
from generation to generation unless outside forces act to change it.

Answers: _Snell's_law; _Charles'_law or _Gay-Lussac's_law; _Hardy-Weinber~ principle

8) FIP each, identify these characters from Arthur Miller's play The Crucible.
a) The play's protaganist, a farmer who dislikes the local minister, finds himself and his wife Elizabeth accused of witchcraft.
b) Proctor's femme fatale is this manipulative orphan, his ex-lover and ringleader of the accusers.
c) This litigious farmer refuses to enter a plea and is instead crushed by heavy stones. His last words are "More weight."

Answers: John _Proctoc _Abigail_ Williams; Giles _Corey_

9) Given the dynasties coming before and after it, identify the Chinese dynasty, FIP each.
a) Shang and Chin
b) Yuan and Manchu
c) Sui and Sung

10) Given items from a television show that are in the Smithsonian, name the show, for five points each and a bonus five
for all correct.
a) Matt Dillon's hat
b) A Detroit Tigers baseball cap
c) A gold dress and a Toledo Mudhens pennant
d) Clarabell's seltzer bottle
e) A rubber duck and a trash can

11) Identify the conic section, 30-20-10.

30) Its standard parametric form is (a times secant phi, b times tangent phi).
20) Its eccentricity is always greater than one.
10) Its equation is x squared over a squared minus y squared over b squared equals one.

Answer: _hyperbola_

12) Identify the nineteenth century inventors of the following FIP each.
a) Barbed wire
b) Revolver
c) Fountain pen

Answers: Joseph _Glidden_; Samuel_Cole; Lewis _ Waterman_

13) Identify the Renaissance painters from works on a 10-5 basis.

10) Madonna of the Meadow and Madonna of Foligno
5) The School of Athens
10) Madonna Benois and Madonna Litta
5) MonaLisa
10) Madonna ofFrari and the Gypsy Madonna
5) Rape of Europa

Answers: _RaphaeC; _Leonardo_ da Vinci; _Titian_

14) Translate "Good Luck" into each of the following languages, FTP each.
a) French
b) Spanish
c) German

15) Six books of the Old Testament begin with the letter J. FFP each, identify these books.
16) Identify the state where the following National Parks are located FfP each.
a) Acadia
b) Isle Royale
c) Theodore Roosevelt

17) Identify the year in which the following Olympic events occurred FIP each.
a) Jim Thorpe won the gold in both the decatholon and pentathalon.
b) Tommy Smith and John Carlos were expelled from the U.S. Olympic team for the black power salute they made in a
medal ceremony
c) Eric Heiden won all 5 of the men's speed skating events.

18) Given members of defunct rock bands, name the bands, on a 10-5 basis.
10) Jerry Harrison and Chris Frantz
5) David Byrne
10) Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce
5) Morrissey
10) Steve Jones and Paul Cook
5) Johnny Rotten

19) Answer the following questions about Nigeria FfP each.

a) Along with Benin and Niger, this country shares a land border with Nigeria.
b) This was the name of the lbo-led state that tried to gain independence from Nigeria during a 1967-1970 war.
c) This West African empire, centered in present-day Mali, controlled the Hausa areas of north em Nigeria in the 15th and 16th
centuries.

20) Identify the French poet from works, 30-20-10.

30) Illuminations
20) The Drunken Boat
10) A Season in Hell

Answer : Arthur _Rimbaud_