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2018 National All-Star Academic TournamentRound 11 – Tossups

1. In a novel by this author, Wilfrid and Minna both love the same inhabitant of a Norwegian castle but disagree on the gender of that character, Séraphîta. Ewelina Hanska wrote letters to this author signed “the stranger” in which she praised his portrayal of Marie de Verneuil (vair-NUH-ee) in a romance set in Brittany, but criticized the portrayal of the heartless woman Foedora in another novel. In that novel by him, a man planning to drown himself finds a piece of Levantine shagreen THAT can grant wishes but shrinks over time. In another novel by this author, Madame Vauquer’s (vo-KAY’s) boarding house is where an elderly vermicelli-maker meets the criminal Vautrin (vo-TRAN) and the honest law-student Pierre de Rastignac (ross-teen-YOCK). For 10 points, name this French novelist of The Wild Ass’s Skin and Pere Goriot.ANSWER: Honoré de Balzac<The above question is for the category Literature European and was written by Daoud Jackson>

2. The Supreme Court case Nordlinger v. Hahn held that these policies can help “preserve local neighborhood stability.” A 1990 survey of American economists found that over 93 percent believed that these policies “reduce the quantity and quality” of the supply of a good, a greater consensus than on any other suggested policy. Assar Lindbeck claimed that, “aside from bombing,” these policies were “the most efficient technique… for destroying cities.” These policies are largely enforced due to an official “housing emergency” in a city where over a million units are covered by forms of this policy. For 10 points, name these policies, most notably implemented in New York City, that may lead to excess demand for housing by setting maximum prices that landlords can charge their tenants.ANSWER: rent control [or rent stabilization or rent regulation; prompt on price control]<The above question is for the category Social Science Economics and was written by Travis Tea>

3. This man was targeted by a 300-strong opposition research bureau led by James Edmunds and Zachariah Chandler. A cartoon showed him eating from a “red hot” bowl labeled “My own words and deeds.” This man was the addressee of Abraham Lincoln’s letter stating “If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it.” Later, he advocated that the North and South “clasp hands across the bloody chasm which has so long divided them” in a convention speech, reflecting the view that led him to sign a bail bond for Jefferson Davis. This founding editor of the New York Tribune received forty percent of the popular vote but no electoral votes in his Presidential run, because he died before the Electoral College met. For 10 points, name this 1872 nominee of the anti-Grant Liberal Republican Party.ANSWER: Horace Greeley<The above question is for the category History American (1865-1945) and was written by Penelope Ashe>

4. This denomination summarized the sources of its identity in a resolution known as the “Lambeth Quadrilateral.” This church has a tradition of holding lesser feasts for non-canonized spiritual models, called “divines.” The liturgy of this church was heavily influenced by the Sarum Rite. Edward Pusey (PYOO-zee) was a thinker from this church who lead its “Tractarianism” movement along with a priest who later left this church, John Henry Newman. This denomination, individual churches of which are often characterized as “high-church” and “low-church” depending on their level of traditionalism, uses the Book of Common Prayer for its liturgies. For 10 points, name this Protestant church that separated from Rome when Henry VIII was denied an annulment on his marriage.ANSWER: the Church of England [or Anglicanism; or the Anglican communion; Episcopalianism; or the Episcopal Church]<The above question is for the category RMP Christian/Bible Religion and was written by John Marvin>

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5. In this modern-day country, King Ibrahim Njoya established the idiosyncratic Bamum script. A campaign waged during World War I in this country included two battles fought at Garoua. Social Democratic Front leader John Fru Ndi narrowly lost an 1992 election to this country’s current Christian president, who was surprisingly selected as successor to its first Muslim president. In 1960, that president, Ahmadou Ahidjo, led this country to independence from France, a year before it joined with a southern neighbor which had been a British colony. In 1986, over 1700 people and 3500 cattle were killed in a limnic eruption from Lake Nyos in this country. For 10 points, name this country that was once a German colony and is led by Paul Biya from its capital at Yaoundé (ya-oon-DAY).ANSWER: Cameroon<The above question is for the category History World and was written by Daoud Jackson>

6. In a play by this writer, a character says “there are limits to what a mule or an ass will stand; but Man will suffer himself to be degraded.” This author wrote a play about a Christian slave who helps an animal with a wounded paw, which then spares him in a gladiatorial execution. This man endowed the creation of a phonetic alphabet for English, in which only that play, Androcles and the Lion, has been published. “Don Juan in Hell” is an irregular third act to his play in which the Jewish anarchist Mendoza and Jack Tanner are left in charge of Ann Whitefield. In a play by this man, the professor of phonetics Henry Higgins tries to teach working-class Eliza Doolittle to pass for a wealthy, cultured person. For 10 points, name this playwright of Man and Superman and Pygmalion.ANSWER: George Bernard Shaw<The above question is for the category Literature British Non-Shakespeare and was written by John Marvin>

7. This is the final letter of the names of the point groups that contain xenon hexafluoride and the eclipsed conformation of ferrocene. Several equivalents of an amino acid symbolized by this letter bind nickel beads in a common IMAC technique for protein purification. That amino acid symbolized by this letter appears with aspartate and serine in the catalytic triad of proteases such as chymotrypsin, and it contains an imidazole side chain. An element denoted by this letter displays the largest kinetic isotope effect. Shaking a sample with heavy water can cause certain peaks to disappear in the NMR spectroscopy of an element denoted by this letter. This letter denotes a thermodynamic variable equal to internal energy plus the product of pressure and volume. For 10 points, give this letter that symbolizes enthalpy and the lightest element.ANSWER: H<The above question is for the category Science Chemistry and was written by Ewan MacAulay>

8. The movement following this one begins with the calm French horn solo (read slowly) “long F, G, A-flat, long B-flat” answered by flutes’ falling seventh chords. At the start of this movement’s coda, the massive dissonant chord (read slowly) “A-flat, D-flat, long G suspended to F, over C” slowly subsides, then returns to ffff (quadruple forte) in spasmodic blows in 3/4. In this movement, quick triplets in trumpets clash against a euphonium (yoo-FOH-nee-um) solo over steady string quarter notes. This movement shares its unusual meter with the polar opposite final movement, which uses an offstage chorus. This movement starts with a 39-bar crescendo (kruh-SHEN-doh) tam-tam roll and a percussive ostinato of col legno (coal LEN-yo) strings playing straight G’s in 5/4. This movement by Holst was the temp track against which John Williams composed some of the ominous music in Star Wars. For 10 points, name this first movement of The Planets, subtitled “the Bringer of War.”ANSWER: “Mars, the Bringer of War” [accept the first movement of The Planets until “first” is read]<The above question is for the category Arts Music and was written by Ophir Lifshitz>


9. The order to “speed deliver” the creation of this object was supposedly given by Kevin Chmielewski (km-yell-EFF-skee), and a memo warned Reginald Allen that this object would be “scrutinized” by the media despite being a “legal purchase.” This object’s creation required floor support to handle its roughly 600 to 800 pound weight. Christine Todd Whitman pointed out that this device was superfluous, since a similar facility already existed in the building, and a project architect proposed using “white noise” instead to save money. In April 2018, the GAO ruled that the creation of this 40,000 dollar device violated federal spending laws. At the behest of Scott Pruitt, the EPA has supposedly spent thousands on, for 10 points, what device that is meant to protect against eavesdropping?ANSWER: soundproof telephone booth [accept descriptive equivalents like soundproof box; prompt on telephone booth]<The above question is for the category Current Events US and was written by Mike Cheyne>

10. A profile related to this effect is given by the double integral of the electron momentum density. This effect can be seen graphically by its namesake “plateau” preceding the point of maximum energy, called this effect’s “edge.” An effect opposite of this one causes distortions in the energy levels of the CMBR during movement through the gas surrounding galaxy clusters in the Sunyaev–Zel’dovich effect. The differential cross sections of both this effect and its low energy analog named for Thomson can be found via the Klein–Nishina formula. The quantity h over mc times one minus cosine theta gives the namesake wavelength shift from this effect. For 10 points, name this effect in which a photon loses energy after colliding with an electron.ANSWER: Compton scattering [or Compton effect]<The above question is for the category Science Physics and was written by Tim Morrison>

11. This was the homeland of a man who emigrated to Italy and invented the trumpet, Tyrsenus. While serving a monarch of this land, a hero defeated the evil vineyard owner Syleus, journeyed to Ephesus to defeat the ape-like Cercopes, and performed the burial of Icarus. After the king of this place, Tmolus, was gored to death by a bull, this place came under the rulership of a queen who forced her servants to dress in women’s clothing and assist her with spinning wool. Heracles was indentured to Omphale (OM-fuh-lee) in this land, where Candaules contrived to have Gyges see the queen naked. For 10 points, name this realm in Asia Minor where the very wealthy Croesus ruled.ANSWER: Lydia [do not accept or prompt on “Libya”]<The above question is for the category RMP Greek/Roman Myth and was written by Penelope Ashe>

12. This man signed the secret Treaty of Dovydiškės (DOH-vee-DISH-kays), sparking a coup by his uncle that resulted in this man arresting and killing Kęstutis (kass-TOO-tiss) under the pretense of negotiations. Like Oleg II of Ryazan (r’yuh-ZAHN), this ally of Mamai never arrived to aid the Golden Horde at the Battle of Kulikovo. Disputes over Samogitia led this monarch to fight the Gollub War and the Hunger War with the help of his cousin Vytautas (VEE-tau-tiss) the Great. This man concluded the Peace of Thorn after defeating Grandmaster Ulrich von Jungingen (OOL-rick von YOUNG-ing-in) of the Teutonic Knights at the Battle of Grunwald. The Union of Krewo arranged for this king to convert to Catholicism and marry Queen Jadwiga (YAD-vee-gah). For 10 points, name this king who first united Poland and Lithuania and founded a namesake dynasty.ANSWER: Jogaila (yo-GUY-lah) [or Jagiełło (yog-YEH-woh); or Władysław II Jagiełło]<The above question is for the category History European 1400-1914 and was written by Nitin Rao>


13. An unusual mosque in Nishapur, Iran is named for its use of this material. Though he almost exclusively works with other media, Tadao Ando designed a truncated conical museum of this material’s culture in Kansai (CON-sigh). Peter Zumthor’s austere Bruder Klaus Chapel is made of this material, polished on the outside and rough on the inside, and multiple examples of Orthodox churches built primarily out of this material can be found on an island in Lake Onega called Kizhi (KEE-zhih). Many buildings in North America, especially churches, are constructed in a style named for its use of this material, an example of which can be seen in the background of a painting showing a pitchfork-holding man. For 10 points, name this material which is used to create “carpenter gothic” buildings.ANSWER: wood [or synonyms such as lumber or timber; or specific types of wood]<The above question is for the category Arts Architecture and was written by John Marvin>

14. People whose official jobs were to attend these events were equipped with a centone (ken-TOH-nay), or patchwork quilt, and acetum, a vinegar-based substance. When these events occurred, a siphonarius played a key role, as did a group collectively known as the Spartoli, many of whom carried hooks and picks to destroy things during them. These events were the original reason why Augustus founded the Vigiles. Crassus formed a group that only responded to these events if paid a great deal. One of these events led to the first Roman persecution of Christians, who were blamed for starting it. The emperor Nero probably did not actually fiddle during, for 10 points, what kind of event devastated Rome in 64 AD?ANSWER: fires<The above question is for the category History European to 1400 and was written by Mike Cheyne>

15. An activity in this play is described as “the refuge we take when the unreality of the world weighs too heavy on our tiny heads.” A character in this play tells another about a schoolmate of his who accidentally killed both his parents and describes a telegram which mentioned that someone “swerved, to avoid a porcupine” before a car accident. After a few drinks, a character in this play threatens another with a gun, which fires only an umbrella. At the end of this play, a main character reveals that he “killed” off his fictitious son because his wife broke their rule and mentioned him to others. For 10 points, name this play about the couples Honey and Nick meeting Martha and George, by Edward Albee.ANSWER: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?<The above question is for the category Literature American and was written by John Marvin>

16. A man reads a book while half-sitting on a table with one leg on the floor at the far right of this painting, in front of a blackboard. When this painting wasn’t accepted for the Exposition Universelle (ex-po-zee-SHAWN oo-nee-vair-SELL), its artist and his patron opened the Pavilion of Realism nearby. Champfleury (shom-flurr-EE), Proudhon (proo-DON), and Baudelaire (bohd-LAIR) are depicted standing around in the right half of this scene, and a guitar, an orthodox Jew, and a skull are in the crowded left side. A cat lays sprawled and a child looks on as a man at the center of this painting adds details to a landscape, ignoring the nude model standing behind him. For 10 points, name this painting by Gustave Courbet (koor-BAY) that depicts his workplace.ANSWER: The Painter’s Studio: A real allegory summing up seven years of my artistic and moral life [or the Artist’s Studio; or L’Atelier du peintre. Allégorie réelle déterminant une phase de sept années de ma vie artistique et morale]<The above question is for the category Arts Painting and was written by John Marvin>


17. This number is the only value of p for which the normed space L p is also an inner product space. If any two points in a topological space can be separated by neighborhoods, the space is T sub this number, which means the space is Hausdorff. The smallest finite field has this number of elements, which is also the size of the smallest nontrivial group. The power set of X is denoted by raising this number to the X. A commonly taught example of proof by contradiction is to show that the square root of this number is irrational. This number is the Euler characteristic of a sphere, and for any convex polyhedron, it equals the number of vertices minus the number of edges plus the number of faces. For 10 points, give the number of points needed to uniquely define a line. ANSWER: two [or 2]<The above question is for the category Science Math and was written by Nick Collins>

18. Armenian examples of these objects unusually have steps on top for shelving and are surrounded by a ritual curtain. In Eastern Orthodox churches, these objects are covered by a katastarkion, which is never removed and is considered its “baptismal garment,” and under that covering on these objects is an antimins, a decorated piece of cloth with a relic sewn into it. Before Vatican II, these objects were built with special compartments to hold consecrated stones. After Vatican II, examples of these objects attached or adjacent to a wall are not sufficient for the new liturgy, which demands that priests stand opposite these objects, facing the congregation. For 10 points, name these ritual edifices which represent the dining surface in the Eucharistic rite.ANSWER: altars [prompt on tables]<The above question is for the category RMP Christian/Bible Religion and was written by John Marvin>

19. An observation that this phenomenon occurs with constant probability through time led Leigh Van Valen to propose the Red Queen hypothesis. Raup and Sepkoski proposed that the rate of this phenomenon fluctuates in 26-million-year cycles. Demographic stochasticity or mutational meltdown can increase the risk of this phenomenon below the minimum viable population size. This phenomenon was incorrectly thought to have occurred in Lazarus taxa. A rapid rise in the rate of this phenomenon over its background rate is caused by factors like habitat destruction. “Mass” events with high rates of this phenomenon occurred at the end of the Permian and Cretaceous periods. Moas and passenger pigeons suffered, for 10 points, what fate in which a species no longer has any surviving individuals?ANSWER: extinction<The above question is for the category Science Biology and was written by Shan Kothari>

20. In a story from this collection, Sugar McNutts falls off his chair laughing at a story his teacher makes up about Benvenuto Cellini. In another story from this collection, a young boy stares into the face of Christ after nipping his heel on a piece of glass which a priest had broken from a bell-tower window. In that story from this book, Reverend Hartmann shows a newspaper employee his bleeding fist with which he had punched a window with “the strength of god” after seeing a naked Kate Swift praying. In another story, Swift falls in love with her former pupil George Willard, who is told many stories working for title town’s newspaper in this book. For 10 points, “The Book of the Grotesque” and “Hands” are found in what collection, set in a small town by Sherwood Anderson?ANSWER: Winesburg, Ohio<The above question is for the category Literature American and was written by Daoud Jackson>


Extra. A subset of this larger group was nicknamed “the Grumblers” as they were openly allowed to complain; members of that subset were required to be at least 5 feet, 10 inches. Another subset of this group, the “Gods,” was told “those are only bullets, not turds” at Eylau (EYE-lao). Soon after this group’s creation, a full squadron of Mamelukes was created, which eventually became part of the Old Guard. A graph by Charles Joseph Minard showed the rapidly declining size of this group during the retreat from a failed operation. The “bravest of the brave” of this group’s commanders was Marshal Ney. For 10 points, name or describe this French force that was decimated during a failed 1812 invasion of Russia.ANSWER: Grande Armée [or Napoleon’s army; or Napoleon Bonaparte’s army; prompt on French army]<The above question is for the category History European 1400-1914 and was written by Mike Cheyne>


2018 National All-Star Academic TournamentRound 11 – Bonuses

1. As President Pro Tempore of the City Council, Wilson Frost was set to become this city’s first black mayor on the death of the incumbent but was literally locked out of the office because he was denied the keys. For 10 points each:[10] Name this city whose local politics were covered by journalists Mike Royko and David Axelrod. This city’s first female mayor, Jane Byrne, lived in the Cabrini-Green housing project for three weeks as a publicity stunt.ANSWER: Chicago[10] Mike Royko’s Boss is a scathing biography about this longtime Chicago mayor, whose death prompted the Frost incident. This mayor shouted profanity at Senator Abe Ribicoff after being accused of using “Gestapo tactics” during the 1968 DNC.ANSWER: Richard Joseph Daley [do not accept “Richard Michael Daley”][10] Jane Byrne and Daley’s son were defeated by this first black mayor of Chicago in the 1983 primary. This man’s “sunrise” campaign buttons inspired the design for Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign buttons.ANSWER: Harold Washington [Harold Lee Washington]<The above question is for the category History American (1945-present) and was written by Nitin Rao>

2. This researcher confused female beewolves by manipulating the visual landmarks they used to find their burrows. For 10 points each:[10] Name this biologist who proposed four questions in the analysis of animal behavior. He shared a Nobel with Karl von Frisch and Konrad Lorenz.ANSWER: Nikolaas Tinbergen [or Niko Tinbergen][10] Lorenz discovered the “critical period” during which the newly-hatched greylag species of these birds imprinted on the first appropriate moving stimulus they saw, such as his wading boots.ANSWER: geese [or goose; do not accept “ducks”][10] Egg rolling in greylag geese is an example of this instinctive behavioral phenomenon described by Tinbergen and Lorenz in which an organism performs an invariant behavior in response to a sign stimulus or releaser.ANSWER: fixed action pattern [or FAP; or modal action pattern] <The above question is for the category Science Biology and was written by Joelle Smart>

3. Allegories of Pity and Terror flank the title woman of this painting, who is holding a dagger and a cup. For 10 points each:[10] Name this 1784 painting that depicts a Shakespearean actress as Melpomene (mel-PAH-muh-nee), sitting on a wide throne and wearing a brown-gold dress, looking upward solemnly.ANSWER: Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse[10] Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse is by this painter, the founder and first president of the Royal Academy. He also painted Colonel Acland and Lord Sydney: The Archers.ANSWER: Sir Joshua Reynolds[10] In his lectures to the Royal Academy, Reynolds put forth this vision for art, referred to by a two-word phrase. It emphasizes generalizing to ideal forms, using visual metaphor and overt symbolism for noble virtues, and following after classic Renaissance art.ANSWER: Grand Style [or Grand Manner; or Great Style]<The above question is for the category Arts Painting and was written by John Marvin>


4. This poem says that the dead ask themselves “What do I remember / that was shaped / as this thing is shaped?” For 10 points each:[10] Name this poem which describes its title plant, which grows in the underworld, as “like a buttercup / upon its branching stem.” In this poem, the author says “all women are not Helen, / I know that, / but have Helen in their hearts.”ANSWER: “Asphodel, That Greeny Flower”[10] “Asphodel, That Greeny Flower” was written by this American poet, who also wrote an epic about his hometown of Paterson.ANSWER: William Carlos Williams[10] This Williams poem describes its title object, on which “so much depends,” as “glazed with rain / water / beside the white / chickens.”ANSWER: “The Red Wheelbarrow”<The above question is for the category Literature American and was written by John Marvin>

5. Answer the following about the Shih Tzu breed of dog, for 10 points each:[10] The Shih Tzu was probably developed in China from the breed of Apso named for this Asian city. This city is home to the Potala Palace, which was once the seat of a spiritual leader.ANSWER: Lhasa[10] The Shih Tzu is currently known in China by a name referencing this one of China’s Four Beauties. This princess of Yue (y’WEH) was captured by King Fuchai of Wu, who was induced to make several poor decisions by her beauty.ANSWER: Xi Shi (shee shurr) [or Xi Yiguang][10] When they were first imported into Britain, Lady Brownrigg named the Shih Tzu for these flowers. A book by Ruth Benedict about Japan was titled for this flower and “the sword.”ANSWER: chrysanthemum<The above question is for the category History World and was written by Daoud Jackson>

6. The roots of the Ibadi sect predate the Sunni–Shi’a separation. For 10 points each:[10] Name the only country that is majority Ibadi. Its sultan rules from its capital of Muscat.ANSWER: Sultanate of Oman [accept Salṭanat ʻUmān][10] Ibadis are also a large part of the population on this country’s largest island of Djerba (JER-buh), home to a substantial, ancient Jewish minority as well. That island borders the Gulf of Gabès on this country’s Mediterranean shore.ANSWER: Republic of Tunisia [or al-Jumhūrīya at-Tūnisīya][10] This inland region of Algeria is populated by Ibadi Muslims, who primarily live in five major walled-city oases (oh-AY-seez) called qsur (k-SIR), the largest of which is Ghardaïa (gar-da-EE-ya). ANSWER: M’zab valley<The above question is for the category Geography World and was written by John Marvin>


7. This thinker argued that the family was the “central reactionary germ cell” for the reproduction of authoritarianism in a book that got him expelled from the International Psychoanalytic Association. For 10 points each:[10] Name this author of The Mass Psychology of Fascism who argued that neuroses are caused by “orgastic impotence” and the suppression of sexual desire in The Sexual Revolution.ANSWER: Wilhelm Reich[10] Reich’s lectures helped shape a form of therapy developed by Fritz and Laura Perls named after this German word. A school named after this word explained patterns of perception through the law of Prägnanz (PRAYG-nonts) and included Max Wertheimer and Wolfgang Köhler.ANSWER: Gestalt (guh-SHTALT)[10] Reich’s Character Analysis influenced the work of this psychoanalyst, who clashed with Melanie Klein over child psychology and enumerated ten defense mechanisms. A dream she had before she turned two appeared in her father’s The Interpretation of Dreams.ANSWER: Anna Freud (AH-nah FROYD) [prompt on Freud]<The above question is for the category Social Science Psychology and was written by Shan Kothari>

8. John Wansbrough founded a “revisionist” scholarly movement that argues that this book could not have been entirely written until at least a century after the traditional date. For 10 points each:[10] Name this scripture, first revealed by an angel in a cave and later compiled under Uthman. Most Muslims believe that this text is uncreated, and thus co-eternal with God.ANSWER: Qur’an [or al-Qur’ān; or the Koran][10] Almost every surah of the Qur’an begins with this phrase, usually translated “In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.” It is numbered as the first ayah of the Qur’an, but is otherwise not numbered.ANSWER: basmala [or bismillah][10] This surah is the only one not to begin with the basmala, which along with its length suggests that it was originally connected to the surah preceding it, al-Anfal. It refers to a controversial figure named Uzair and contains the “Sword Verse.”ANSWER: Sūrat Al-Tawbah [or Al-Bara’ah; or The Repentance; or The Repudiation; or surah 9; or the ninth surah]<The above question is for the category RMP Non-Christian/Bible Religion and was written by John Marvin>

9. Northrop Frye argued that this genre was characterized by a movement from pistis to gnosis, or false belief to awareness, in a chapter from The Anatomy of Criticism on “The Mythos of Spring.” For 10 points each:[10] Name this genre, which Aristotle proposed was derived from the phallic processions of Dionysus. Its varieties include satire and farce.ANSWER: comedy[10] This author of Dyskolos was the foremost representative of Athenian New Comedy.ANSWER: Menander[10] This French philosopher wrote that the methods of comedy are repetition, inversion, and reciprocal interference in his essay collection Laughter. This author of Matter and Memory was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for some reason.ANSWER: Henri Bergson [or Henri-Louis Bergson]<The above question is for the category Literature European and was written by Shan Kothari>


10. The probability that a randomly chosen integer between one and n has no repeated prime factors approaches the reciprocal of this number as n tends to infinity. For 10 points each:[10] Give this number that equals the Riemann zeta function evaluated at two.ANSWER: pi-squared over six [or equivalents like one-sixth pi-squared; prompt on the Riemann zeta function of two][10] That result follows by manipulations involving this mathematician’s namesake function, which outputs zero for numbers with repeated prime factors and plus one or minus one otherwise. ANSWER: August Ferdinand Möbius [accept Möbius function][10] Six over pi squared is also the asymptotic probability that two randomly chosen numbers have this property, meaning their greatest common divisor is one.ANSWER: coprime [or relatively prime; or mutually prime; do not accept or prompt on “prime”]<The above question is for the category Science Math and was written by Tim Morrison>

11. This scholar is credited with inventing the question mark. For 10 points each:[10] Name this Master of the Palace School of Aachen who according to Einhard was “the most learned man anywhere to be found.” This abbot’s letters to Hygbald provide an account of the Lindisfarne Raid.ANSWER: Alcuin of York [or Ealhwine; or Alhwin; or Alchoin; or Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus][10] Alcuin was a leader of this period of rebirth of scholarly activity in the court of Charlemagne. This period names a miniscule script developed during it.ANSWER: Carolingian Renaissance[10] After the defeat of Desiderius, this Benedictine abbot of Monte Cassino spent some time in Charlemagne’s court. This scholar’s contribution to the Carolingian Renaissance was the Historia Langobardorum.ANSWER: Paul the Deacon [or Paulus Diaconus; or Warnefridus; or Barnefridus; or Winfridus]<The above question is for the category History European to 1400 and was written by Nitin Rao>

12. In the last movement of this piece, a solo tenor trombone passage with many glissandos is meant to represent a staggering drunk person. For 10 points each:[10] Name this piece that includes a mandolin solo in the third movement “October Harvest Festival.” This piece’s first movement, “Circuses,” opens with fanfares from three buccine (boo-CHEE-nay) that are usually replaced with trumpets in modern orchestras.ANSWER: Roman Festivals [or Festivals of Rome; or Feste Romane][10] Roman Festivals is the third in a trilogy of pieces about Rome, including Pines of Rome and Fountains of Rome, by this Italian composer.ANSWER: Ottorino Respighi (ress-PEEG-ee)[10] In “The Pines of the Janiculum” from Pines of Rome, Respighi specified that a phonograph recording of one of these animals be played as the movement ends. A Handel organ concerto in F major is titled for a cuckoo and one of these animals.ANSWER: nightingale [prompt on bird]<The above question is for the category Arts Music and was written by Young Lee>


13. The first of these wars involved an early form of chemical warfare when wells were poisoned at the Siege of Kirrha. For 10 points each:[10] Name these wars fought between the Amphictyonic (am-fik-tee-ON-ick) League and its enemies over disputes relating to the shrine of Apollo. The first Pythian Games were held to celebrate the end of the first of these wars.ANSWER: Sacred Wars [accept First Sacred War or Cirraean War because all the clues are about that one specifically][10] Most of the Sacred Wars arose over violations of this city’s sovereignty. Much of this city’s wealth came from pilgrims traveling to visit its Oracle, properly known as the Pythia. ANSWER: Delphi[10] This monarch intervened in the Third Sacred War and acquired Thessaly after the Battle of Crocus Field. This king obtained hegemony of Greece in the Fourth Sacred War, which ended with his victory at the Battle of Chaeronea (KAIR-oh-NAY-uh).ANSWER: Philip II of Macedon [prompt on Philip]<The above question is for the category History European to 1400 and was written by Nitin Rao>

14. This supposedly-nocturnal creature wanders from camp to camp, eating the wooden parts of unattended tools. For 10 points each:[10] Identify this dog-like creature, named for its similarity in appearance to the tools it consumes, with a wedge-shaped head and a long, thin body.ANSWER: the Axehandle Hound[10] The Axehandle Hound is a “fearsome critter” along with the Hidebehind and the Hugag, originating in “tall tales” told to pass time and mess with newcomers, and is part of the folklore of these people. These people cut down trees and process them into usable timber, sometimes handling transport to sawmills.ANSWER: lumberjacks [or loggers; or lumberers][10] The consummate guide to lumberjack folklore is Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods by William Thomas Cox, the first State Forester of this state. A Swedish immigrant in this state “discovered” the Kensington Runestone, which is inscribed with a questionable account of Vikings visiting this state in the fourteenth century.ANSWER: Minnesota<The above question is for the category RMP Non-Greek/Roman Myth and was written by John Marvin>

15. Objects in this group include Barnacle Bill, Pooh Bear, and Stimpy. For 10 points each:[10] Name these objects found on Mars.ANSWER: rocks[10] Those rocks were analyzed by this rover. Silicon Graphics developed control software allowing Earth-based operators to operate this rover from within a virtual reality environment.ANSWER: Sojourner[10] Sojourner was sent to Mars by NASA with this lander. This lander performed the first airbag-mediated touchdown and was to be the first in the aborted MESUR series.ANSWER: Mars Pathfinder<The above question is for the category Science Astronomy and was written by Fred Morlan>


16. The “negatively rational” process by which the second of these concepts overtakes the first is described with the term aufhebung (OWF-hay-boong), or “sublation.” For 10 points each:[10] Identify this opposing pair of terms that often describes the first two stages of G. W. F. Hegel’s (HAY-gull’s) dialectic. This pair of terms was actually first used by Johann Fichte (FICK-tuh), who described their union as a “synthesis.”ANSWER: thesis and antithesis[10] Hegel’s dialectic built upon the four antinomies identified in this book, which Hegel critiqued for its refusal to see those contradictions as inherent to the world itself. This book uses a number of transcendental arguments to counter empiricist skepticism.ANSWER: Critique of Pure Reason [or Immanuel Kant’s First Critique; or Kritik der reinen Vernunft][10] In Soren Kierkegaard’s Either/Or, this character uses Hegel’s term aufhebung to describe the effect of marriage on romantic passion. Victor Eremita discovers a bunch of letters this man sent to the seducer “A” to persuade him of the value of the ethical stage.ANSWER: Judge Wilhelm [or Assessor Wilhelm; or Judge William]<The above question is for the category RMP Philosophy and was written by Shan Kothari>

17. In one of this author’s stories, Wong Jiazhi (j’yah-JURR) poses as a married woman in order to seduce the collaborator Mr. Yee, whom she plans to assassinate. For 10 points each:[10] Name this Chinese author of Lust, Caution and Love in a Fallen City.ANSWER: Eileen Chang [or Zhang Ailing][10] Chang wrote a study of this Classical Chinese novel by Cao Xueqin (TSAO shway-CHEEN) that centers on a boy who is born with a stone in his mouth.ANSWER: Dream of the Red Chamber [or The Story of the Stone; or Hong Lou Meng][10] Jia Baoyu (j’yah bao-YEW), the protagonist of Dream of the Red Chamber, shows his idleness by reading this philosophical text, named for its Daoist author who sits dreaming of a butterfly.ANSWER: Zhuangzi (jwong-tzuh)<The above question is for the category Literature World and was written by Daoud Jackson>

18. This equation reduces to the Hagen–Poiseuille (pwah-ZUH-ee) equation under laminar flow. For 10 points each:[10] Name this equation that describes major head loss during fluid flow in a pipe. ANSWER: Darcy’s equation [or Darcy–Weisbach equation; do not accept or prompt on “Darcy’s law”][10] The Darcy friction factor can be calculated as 64 divided by this value for laminar flow. This value is defined as the ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces experienced by a fluid.ANSWER: Reynolds number[10] Henry Darcy also names a law commonly used to model these things in hydrogeology. The law states that the groundwater flow rate equals product of permeability, area, and pressure drop all divided by product of viscosity and length for constant elevation.ANSWER: aquifer<The above question is for the category Science Physics and was written by Paul Lee>


19. This ballet’s heroine is bitten by a snake that is hidden in a flower basket given to her by Gamzatti. For 10 points each:[10] Name this ballet choreographed by Marius Petipa to music by Ludwig Minkus. The title performer, Nikiya, swears her love to Solor but dies in his arms.ANSWER: La Bayadère (bah-yah-DAIR) [or The Temple Dancer][10] After Nikiya dies, Solor smokes opium and sees heavenly shades who repeatedly take this ballet position in which the dancer stands on one leg with the other leg held straight behind in the air. ANSWER: arabesque[10] The heavenly shades in La Bayadère traditionally wear this color. In Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, Odette is a swan of this color.ANSWER: white<The above question is for the category Arts Ballet/Dance and was written by Daoud Jackson>

20. The speaker of this poem exclaims, “Yet dearly I love you, and would be lov’d fain, But am betroth’d unto your enemy.” For 10 points each:[10] Name this poem in which the speaker declares “I, / Except you enthrall me, never shall be free, / Nor ever chaste, except you ravish me.”ANSWER: “Batter my heart, Three Person’d God” [or Holy Sonnet XIV; accept Divine Sonnet or Divine Meditation for “Holy Sonnet”][10] “Batter my Heart, Three Person’d God” is one of the Holy Sonnets by this metaphysical poet, who also wrote “Death Be Not Proud.”ANSWER: John Donne (dun)[10] In this other Holy Sonnet, the speaker asks that God “pour new seas in mine eyes… And burn me O Lord, with a fiery zeal / Of thee and thy house, which doth in eating heal.”ANSWER: “I am a little world made cunningly” [or Holy Sonnet V; accept Divine Sonnet or Divine Meditation for “Holy Sonnet”]<The above question is for the category Literature British Non-Shakespeare and was written by John Marvin>

Extra. This epithet was held by a king otherwise known as the “fighter” until he grew older. For 10 points each:[10] Name this rather unfortunate epithet held by the French king Louis VI, as well as Charles, a Carolingian king much maligned for purchasing peace from raiders attacking Paris in 886.ANSWER: the fat [accept Louis the Fat; accept Charles the Fat][10] Charles the Fat paid these people to stop attacking Paris and instead attack the rebellious Burgundy. These Norse seafarers were noted for their vicious skills in battling.ANSWER: Vikings[10] Despite his name, Louis the Fat of France was a well-regarded king, who was ably served by this biographer and adviser, an abbot from Saint-Denis (san-duh-NEE) who authored The Deeds of Louis the Fat and popularized Gothic architecture.ANSWER: Abbot Suger (soo-JAIR) [accept phonetic pronunciations]<The above question is for the category History European to 1400 and was written by Mike Cheyne>


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