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Illinois Masonic Academic Bowl2020 State Tournament

Round 11st Section

Toss-up Questions

Question #1: Social Studies10 points

Under this monarch, a policy was enacted by whichfederal officeholders paid one-sixtieth of their salaryto the crown in return for being able to name theirsuccessors. Shortly before this king was murdered,he sponsored expeditions by Samuel de Champlainthat led to the creation of Quebec City. Thisperson was the first Bourbon king of France. Justafter this person married Margaret of Valois[val-wah], the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacreoccurred. This king gave substantial rights toHuguenots [HYOO-guh-nahts] by issuing the Edictof Nantes [nahnt]. Name this king who might havesaid “Paris is well worth a mass” when he convertedto Catholicism.

Henry IV (Bourbon ofFrance) [or Henry ofNavarre or Henry III ofNavarre or Henry ofBourbon or Henri deNavarre or Henry deBourbon; prompt onHenry]

Question #2: Science10 points

In a famous incident, this person saw a woman andgirl and told them “Don’t be afraid, come here,”and asked them where the nearest phone was beforea truck came by to pick him up. Earlier that day,this person said “Let’s go! Goodbye, until soon,dear friends.” This person was eventually bannedfrom further spaceflights in order to keep him safe,but he died in a plane crash a few weeks later. Thisperson’s only spaceflight lasted 108 minutes andmade a single orbit around Earth, and it was onApril 12, 1961 on Vostok I. Name this cosmonautwho was the first person ever to enter space.

Yuri (Alekseyevich)Gagarin [gah-GAR-in]

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Question #3: Miscellaneous10 points

One of the leagues in this sport faced a recentboycott led by Nicky Spiva [“SPY”-vuh] andHannah Leathers over unequal genderrepresentation. Henry Callahan, who was killed in1982, is the namesake of both an award given tocollege players in this sport and a move in which adefender scores a point. The two main positions inthis sport are handler and cutter; handlers makethe important throws. Types of throws in this sportare called the “scoober” and the “high release flick”.Like football, the goal of this sport is to advanceover the goal line into the end zone. Name thissport overseen by the World Flying Disc Federationthat is played with a frisbee.

ultimate frisbee [prompton frisbee]

Question #4: Literature10 points

In a backstory in this novel, Richard is beaten bypolice and put on trial, leading to his suicide.Elizabeth never told Richard that she was pregnant.In this novel, Brother Elisha [eh-“LIE”-shuh]teaches the Intermediate classes at the Temple ofthe Fire Baptized. One of his students, who turns14 when this novel begins, is the protagonist. Thatcharacter is the son of Richard and Elizabeth andthe stepson of a preacher named Gabriel. Namethis semi-autobiographical novel about JohnGrimes, set in Harlem by James Baldwin.

Go Tell It on theMountain

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Round 11st Section

Toss-up Questions


The worship of this god mentions his six divinesparks, which are his first six emanations. Whilethis god was usually worshiped as a chief god, hewas for a time considered one of the twin sons ofZurvan. The worship of this god includes the liquidhom being poured into a well or stream. Prayers tothis god are said facing fires or the Sun, whichsignify this god’s light and energy. The yasnaceremony is intended to strengthen this god andweaken his rival Angra Mainyu [AYN-gruh“MINE”-yoo]. This god is addressed by someGathas in the Avesta. Name this chief god ofZoroastrianism [zo-roe-AS-tree-uhn-ism].

Ahura Mazda [orHurmuz]


This compound is combined with formaldehyde tomake the most common thermo·setting resin[REZ-in]. A breath test performed after swallowingthis compound tests for Helicobacter pylori[HEL-ih-koh-BAK-tur “pie”-LOR-“eye”] infections.The cycle that produces this substance usesaspartate [uh-SPART-“ate”], and that cycle bothuses and produces arginine [AR-juh-neen] andornithine [OR-nuh-theen]. The conversion ofammonium cyanate [“SIGH”-un-“ate”] into thissubstance was first done by Friedrich Wöhler andwas the first time an organic compound was madefrom inorganic reactants. Name this material thatis excreted in urine.

urea [or carbamide]

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Round 12nd Section

Teamwork Questions

Question #7: Literature10 points per part

This character tells Elmire [el-meer] “You are mypeace, my solace, my salvation; on you dependsmy bliss or desolation.”1 Name this title character of a French play who

is the houseguest of Orgon.Tartuffe [tar-toof]

2 This bailiff serves eviction papers to Orgon.Dorine states that this person’s name and hisactions are opposites.

Monsieur Loyal

3 This playwright wrote Tartuffe as well as TheMisanthrope and The School for Wives.

Molière [moh-lee-air] [orJean-Baptiste Poquelin]


The protagonist of this novel tells Adolphe[ay-dolf] to read the first word of any verse of aBible, demonstrating that he can recite the rest ofthe verse.1 Name this novel in which Julien Sorel decides to

become a soldier who seduces women, such asMadame de Renal, instead of becoming a priest.

The Red and the Black[or Le Rouge et le Noir]

2 This author wrote The Red and the Black. Stendhal [or Marie-HenriBeyle]

3 In Stendahl’s novel The Charterhouse of Parma,Fabrizio del Dongo grows up in the castle ofGrianta, which is next to what body of water?

Lake of Como [or Lago diComo]

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Round 12nd Section

Teamwork Questions

Question #9: Mathematics10 points per part

Decimal representations of these numbersterminate or repeat.1 Name these numbers that can all be expressed

as an integer divided by an integer.rational numbers orrationals [prompt on Q]

2 All rational numbers as well as some irrationalnumbers, are this type of number because theyare solutions to a non-zero polynomial withinteger coefficients.

algebraic numbers [acceptalgebraics]

3 Find the only value of x such that both x ande to the x are both algebraic.

x = 0

Question #10: Mathematics10 points per part

The absolute value function is often defined thisway.1 Name this way of defining a function differently

for different parts of the domain.piecewise definition orpiecewise-definedfunction [prompt onhybrid function]

2 This rule is used to approximate an integral bytreating a function as a piecewise function, eachpiece of which is a quadratic.

Simpson’s rule

3 Find the value of k if a continuous function isdefined as kx plus 4 when x is less than 3, and7x minus 2 when x is greater than or equal to 3.

k = 5

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Question #11: Social Studies10 points per part

The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to theConstitution are collectively named for this periodof time.1 Name this era in which the United States

debated how to re-unite with the Confederacyand adjust to the end of slavery.

Reconstruction Era

2 This 1864 bill required that 50% of a state’swhite males take a loyalty oath for the state tobe re-admitted to the Union. It passedCongress but was pocket-vetoed by PresidentLincoln.

Wade-Davis Bill

3 The Wade-Davis Bill was a reaction to thismore lenient plan by President Lincoln. Thisplan became official when Lincoln signed theProclamation of Amnesty and Reconstructionin 1863.

Ten Percent Plan


This U.S. president had spent several years as theCollector of the Port of New York.1 Name this person who became president when

James Garfield was assassinated.Chester Arthur

2 Though Arthur was known for supporting thespoils system, he also supported the 1883 CivilService Reform Act named for this Senator.

George Pendleton [acceptthe Pendleton Act]

3 President Arthur signed a bill prohibiting theuse of this technology on public lands. Thistechnology, which was fairly new at the time,was invented by Lucien Smith and JosephGlidden.

barbed wire [prompt onfences or fencing]

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Question #13: Science10 points per part

This disease often causes acid to erode teeth.

1 Name this eating disorder characterized bybinging and purging.

bulimia[“bull”-EE-mee-uh]nervosa

2 Bulimia can lead to an overactivation of thebody system that controls the balance betweenrenin [REE-nin] and this hormone.

angiotensin[AN-jee-oh-TEN-sin]

3 This drug, commonly sold under the trade name“Prozac”, was the first SSRI antidepressantapproved for treatment of bulimia.

fluoxetine[“flu-OX-uh-teen”](hydrochloride)


This quantity is commonly measured to checkwhether patients are at risk of heart disease andkidney failure.1 Name this quantity that has systolic

[siss-TAH-lik] and diastolic [“die”-uh-STAH-lik]components.

blood pressure [prompton BP]

2 This is the medical term for low blood pressure.It can be caused by pain or dehydration.

hypotension [do notaccept or prompt on“hypertension”; ask for aclear pronunciation orspelling if necessary]

3 In this type of hypotension, sometimes called“postural hypotension”, a person’s bloodpressure drops when they stand up.

orthostatic hypotension[prompt on vasovagalhypotension]

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Round 13rd Section

Toss-up Questions


In this novel, one of the characters discusseslistening to the song “’Twas rank and fame” withRichie Goulding while eating at the Ormond hotel.At the same time in this novel, Blazes Boylan isabout to have an affair with that man’s wife. Theend of this novel is told from the point of view ofthe wife remembering their engagement; it says“His heart was going like mad and yes I said yes Iwill Yes.” That wife, Molly, has many parallels withPenelope from The Odyssey. Name thisstream-of-consciousness novel about Leopold Bloomthat takes place in a single day and was written byJames Joyce.

Ulysses

Question #16: Fine Arts10 points

The second movement of this composer’s PianoQuintet in E-flat Major is labeled “In modo d’unamarcia, Un poco largamente” and is a funeralmarch. That piece influenced Romantic composersto combine a piano with a standard string quartet.This composer’s first symphony has movementsthat were originally titled “Evening” and “MerryPlaymates”. That first symphony, which—like thiscomposer’s fourth symphony—was written in 1841,is nicknamed “Spring”. This composer’s workcontaining 20 short pieces set just before Lent istitled Carnaval. Name this German composerwhose works were often performed by his wifeClara.

Robert Schumann

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Round 13rd Section

Toss-up Questions

Question #17: Mathematics10 points

This word can describe a polynomial whose valuesdon’t change if the variables are swapped. Thisword can also mean a type of group whose elementsrepresent permutations. This word describes amatrix that is equal to its transpose. The relation“less than or equal to” is not an equivalence relationbecause, although it is reflexive and transitive, itdoes not have the property that this word means.Give this word for the property if x equals y, then yequals x.

symmetric or symmetry


A woman born into this wealthy family started theWhitney Museum of American Art in New York.The family member most responsible for thisfamily’s wealth worked for Thomas Gibbons andconvinced Gibbons to sue Aaron Ogden. Thatperson built this family’s fortune through shippingand by owning the New York Central Railroad.This family owned The Breakers in Rhode Islandand Biltmore House in North Carolina. Onemember of this family made designer blue jeans andwas Anderson Cooper’s mother. Name this familywhose patriarch was nicknamed “The Commodore”,which explains the team name of the universitynamed after him in Tennessee.

Vanderbilt family or theVanderbilts

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Round 13rd Section

Toss-up Questions


This number is the principal quantum number ofbarium, cesium, and radon. When a central atomhas this number of ligands [LIG-undz], a moleculecan have either pentagonal pyramidal or octahedralmolecular geometry. When one molecule of glucoseis created in photosynthesis, this many oxygenmolecules are also created. This is the oxidationnumber of the sulfur atom in a sulfate ion. This isthe number of hydrogen atoms in an ethane[ETH-ayn] molecule, and it is the number of carbonatoms in a benzene molecule. Give this atomicnumber of carbon.

(positive) 6


This god was worshiped in the songs and stories ofNarada [NAH-rah-dah]. The joys of worshiping thisgod are described by Prahlada [PRAH-lah-dah] inthe Bhagavata Purana [bah-gah-VAH-tahpur-AH-nah]. This god decapitated Makara theCrocodile when it was attacking Gajendra[guh-JEN-druh] the elephant, who lifted a lotus toget this god’s attention. In Hindu mythology, thisgod rides the eagle Garuda [gah-ROO-dah]. WhenHindu grooms walk around their brides, they invokethe name of this god because of his exemplarymarriage to Lakshmi. Rama and Krishna wereavatars of this god. Name this “preserver” god whois in the Trimurti with Brahma and Shiva.

Vishnu

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Round 14th Section

Teamwork Questions


This protection is given to people who would beprosecuted for their race, religion, nationality,political opinion, or social group.1 Name this protection given to a political

refugee from another country.asylum

2 In the U.S., most asylum cases are heard byCitizenship and Immigration Services, which isoverseen by this Cabinet-level department.

Department of HomelandSecurity or HomelandSecurity Department orDHS

3 This other Homeland Security agency, whichoften works with USCIS and ICE, oversees theImmigration Inspection Program at ports ofentry.

(US)CBP or USCustoms and BorderProtection


This U.S. cabinet-level department has itsheadquarters in the D.C. neighborhood of FoggyBottom.1 Name this department that oversees foreign

policy, including embassies and ambassadors.State Department [orDepartment of State]

2 The State Department oversees this exchangeprogram for students, teachers, and otherpeople to go to other countries.

Fulbright-Hays Program

3 Embassies are typically headed by ambassadors.This French title is given to a person who leadsan embassy when there is no ambassador.

chargé d’affaires[shar-zheh dah-fair] [orchargée d’affaires[shar-zhay dah-fair]]

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Round 14th Section

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The composition of this material varies, but muchof it is naphthenes [NAF-theens].1 Name this mixture, found in the Earth, that is

mostly crude oil.petroleum oil

2 Another major component of petroleum is thistype of hydrocarbon, in which the number ofhydrogen atoms in each molecule is two morethan twice the number of carbon atoms.

alkane(s) [acceptparaffin(s)]

3 This process creates alkanes and water fromhydrogen and carbon monoxide.

Fischer-Tropsch process


The Le Bel–van ’t Hoff rule determines how manyof these isomers can exist.1 Give the term for any isomers that have the

same molecular formula and sequence of bondedatoms, but different spatial arrangements.

stereo·isomers orstereo·isomerism [prompton spatial isomers orspatial isomerism]

2 Give the two Latin prefixes for stereoisomersused to specify whether functional groups areon the same side of a molecule or opposite sides.

cis and trans [eitherorder]

3 When there are more functional groups, anotation with these two letters is used torepresent the way the groups are oriented.

E-Z notation [either order]

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Round 14th Section

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Question #25: Fine Arts10 points per part

This term is often applied to ornate European artand architecture from the 17th century.1 Name this period of art. What used to be

called the “late” part of this period is nowcalled Rococo [ruh-KOH-koh].

Baroque period

2 This early Baroque artist painted theMartyrdom of St. Matthew and the Calling ofSt. Matthew.

(Michelangelo Merisi da)Caravaggio [accept eitherunderlined name; do notaccept or prompt on“Michelangelo”]

3 This Baroque architect who supportedLouis XIV [14] designed the chapel of LesInvalides [lez awn-vah-leed] and played a majorrole in enlarging the Palace of Versailles[vair-“sigh”].

Jules Hardouin-Mansart[zhool ard-wan mahn-sar]

Question #26: Fine Arts10 points per part

Identify these artists who made famousself-portraits:1 This Impressionist made Self-Portrait with a

Beret in 1886 while living in Giverny[zhiv-air-nee].

(Oscar) Claude Monet

2 This American-born Impressionist paintedwomen in many roles, including herself inPortrait of the Artist.

Mary Cassatt

3 This artist looks relaxed in Self-Portrait with aBlack Dog but has his hands in his hair and hiseyes opened wide in The Desperate Man, whichhe made in the 1840s.

Gustave Courbet[goo-stahv koor-bay]

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Round 14th Section

Teamwork Questions


The protagonist of this novel states “You might aswell advise me to give up my fortune as myargument.” His friend then says “Your fortune, Iam now sorry to inform you, is almost nothing.”1 Name this novel about a family that is almost

destroyed by Squire Thornhill, but saved by Mr.Burchell.

The Vicar of Wakefield

2 This author wrote The Vicar of Wakefield andthe play She Stoops to Conquer.

Oliver Goldsmith

3 In Jane Austen’s Emma, the title character saysof this man, “I know he has read The Vicar ofWakefield.” This character eventually marriesHarriet Smith.

Robert Martin [accepteither]


The protagonist of this novel lives at TiptonGrange with her sister Celia.1 Name this novel named for the fictional town

where it is set. The protagonist of this novelmarries Reverend Edward Casaubon[kuh-SAW-bun] and Will Ladislaw.

Middlemarch

2 This author wrote Middlemarch aboutDorothea Brooke [pause] roughly a decade afterwriting The Mill on the Floss and Silas Marner.

George Eliot [or MaryAnn Evans]

3 In Middlemarch, Nicholas Bulstrode has thisjob. He spends much of the novel trying tosuppress information about his past.

banker

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Round 15th Section

Toss-up Questions

Question #29: Mathematics10 points

When this operation is applied to different elementsof an orthonormal basis, the result is 0, but whenit’s applied to identical elements of an orthonormalbasis, the result is 1. Performing this operation onidentical inputs and then taking the square root isthe same as taking the norm. Matrix multiplicationis equivalent to performing this operation on eachrow of the first matrix with each column of thesecond matrix. If this operation gives a result of 0,then at least one of the inputs is 0 or the inputs areperpendicular. Name this operation that iscalculated by multiplying correspondingcomponents of vectors and adding the results.

dot product [accept scalarproduct; acceptEuclidean innerproduct; accept dotting]


One poem by this writer states “Toil conquered all,remorseless toil” and “Before all, worship theGods.” That poem, which is influenced by thispoet’s contemporary Varro [VAR-oh], begins byasking what makes the cornfield smile and is aboutagriculture. In another work by this writer, a queenkills herself by falling on her lover’s sword while ona funeral pyre. This writer had that queen predictendless hate between her people and the Trojans.This author wrote that work about the son ofAnchises [an-KY-seez] and the founding of Rome.Name this Roman poet of the Georgics and theAeneid.

Virgil [or PubliusVergilius Maro]

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Round 15th Section

Toss-up Questions


This device is not an interferometer but has laserand fiber optic types that use the Sagnac[sahn-yahk] effect. The vibrating structure andCoriolis vibratory types of this device are used inmany portable electronic devices. These objects areoften combined with accelerometers in inertialnavigation systems to track motion. The movingparts of this object have simple relationships to itsEuler [OY-lur] angles. This device has gimbals anda spinning rotor. Name this device that is used todemonstrate the conservation of angularmomentum and has axes that can move around.

gyroscopes


The poet Ebenezer Elliott wrote a book of hymnsand a book of rhymes about these policies, whichhe hated. An organization that opposed thesepolicies was part of the Manchester School and wasstarted by John Bright and Richard Cobden. HenryHunt spoke out against these policies in an eventthat turned into the Peterloo Massacre. DavidRicardo opposed these laws, which no longer exist,based on his theory of comparative advantage.These laws were repealed by Robert Peel near thebeginning of the Great Famine in Ireland. Namethese tariffs and trade restrictions on food andgrain in 19th-century Great Britain.

Corn Laws [prompt ontariffs]

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Round 1Extra Section

Toss-up Questions

Extra Question #1: Mathematics10 points

The claim that there are infinitely many of thesenumbers is the simplest specific consequence ofPolignac’s [poh-lin-yahk’z] conjecture. Though it isnot known whether there are infinitely many ofthese numbers, a related theorem by Yitang Zhang[yee-tahng zahng] could lead to a proof that thereare. The sum of the reciprocals of these numbersconverges to Brun’s constant. All of these numbersexcept the first can be expressed as “6n plus orminus 1”, where n is a whole number and the “plusor minus” gives both parts of the pair of thesenumbers. 5 is the only number that’s a member oftwo different pairs of these numbers, since 3 and 5are prime, and 5 and 7 are prime. Name these pairsof prime numbers that differ by 2.

twin primes [acceptprime twins; propmt ontwins; do not prompt on“prime(s)” or “primenumber(s)”]

Extra Question #2: Literature10 points

In one novel by this writer, the protagonistimagines James Fulton walking with his mahoganycane when he was Dean of the Institute. Thatcharacter does so in this author’s novel when shesees that all of her predecessors at 125 Walker havebeen Empiricists, which she is not. In another novelby this writer, many of the characters try to keepaway from a son of a blacksmith who is now apatroller. This author included many anachronismsin that novel, including a 12-story building and thetitle system, which is used by runaway slaves.Name this current American novelist who wroteThe Intuitionist and The Underground Railroad.

Colson Whitehead

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Extra Question #3: Fine Arts10 points

Claude Vatin [vah-tan] claimed that this personcreated the Dancers of Delphi [DEL-fy], which isalso known as the Acanthus Column. One work bythis artist depicts a naked goddess holding a bathtowel to her side and was built for the Temple atKnidos [“NIGH-dose”]. That work, like manyothers by this artist, was destroyed and re-createdbased on depictions of it. An extant work by thisartist has a baby god resting on the arm of anothergod, though the larger god’s other arm is nowmissing. Name this Attic sculptor who worked inAthens and created Hermes [HUR-meez] and theInfant Dionysus [“die”-oh-NY-suss].

Praxiteles[prak-SIT-uh-leez]

Extra Question #4: Science10 points

This species used to be classified in the genus[JEE-nuss] Pithecanthropus[PITH-uh-KAN-throh-puss], which is no longerused. Recent findings in Saudi Arabia suggest thatthis species went extinct because it was too lazy toadapt to a changing environment. Most evidencepoints to this species being the first to control fire.Homo heidelbergensis [“hide”-ul-burg-EN-siss] usedto be classified as a subspecies of this species, andthere is some debate as to whether or not thisspecies is the same as Homo ergaster. Peking Manand Java Man are famous examples of this species.Name this hominin whose name reflects the factthat they walked upright.

Homo erectus [prompt onJava Man]

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Extra Question #5: Social Studies10 points

This country’s Pueblo Viejo [PWEB-lohvee-AY-hoh] is one of the most productive goldmines in the world. Next to this country’s town ofNeyba is the very salty Lake Enriquillo[en-ree-KEE-yoh]. This country’s capital used to beSantiago de los Caballeros [sahn-tee-AH-goh daylohss kah-by-YAIR-ohss]. Its current capital has aColonial Zone that includes the Ozama Fortressbuilt in 1502 and the Basilica Cathedral of SantaMaría la Menor, started in 1512. Many baseballplayers have come from this country’s city of SanPedro de Macorís. This country is about 100 mileswest of Puerto Rico. Name this country whosecapital is Santo Domingo and that sharesHispaniola with Haiti.

Dominican Republic [orRepública Dominicana]

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Extra Question #6: Literature10 points per part

In this novel, Penny wants to kill a bear named“Old Slewfoot”.1 Name this novel about Penny’s son Jody

Baxter, who takes care of a deer named Flag.The Yearling

2 The Yearling is by this author who later wrotethe fantasy book The Secret River.

Marjorie (Kinnan)Rawlings [accept eitherunderlined name]

3 Pa talks about why he did not shoot a deer inthe woods in a chapter from one of thisauthor’s Little House on the Prairie series.

Laura Ingalls Wilder[accept either underlinedname]

Extra Question #7: Literature10 points per part

In this novel, Julie and Steve are almost arrestedfor being in an interracial marriage.1 Name this novel whose title vehicle is the

Cotton Blossom.Show Boat

2 This author had many of her works turned intomusicals, including Saratoga Trunk, The RoyalFamily, Giant, and Showboat.

Edna Ferber

3 This writer, who like Ferber was a member ofthe Algonquin Round Table, wrote a sarcasticreview of Ferber’s Ice Palace. This author ofthe story “Big Blonde” and collection Here Lieswas known for her biting wit.

Dorothy Parker [orDorothy Rothschild]

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Extra Question #8: Science10 points per part

This phenomenon is not possible in classicalmechanics but can happen in quantum mechanics.1 Name this phenomenon in which a particle

passes through a barrier even though it doesnot have enough energy to do so.

quantum tunneling

2 Tuneling explains this type of radioactive decay,in which a particle with two protons and twoneutrons is emitted.

alpha decay

3 This Soviet-American physicist used tunnelingto explain alpha decay. The “factor” named forthis person helps determine the likelihood ofnuclear fusion.

George Gamow [orGeorgiy AntonovichGamov]

Extra Question #9: Science10 points per part

This force deflects to the right in the northernhemisphere and to the left in the southernhemisphere.1 Name this fictitious force in rotating reference

frames.Coriolis force or Corioliseffect

2 The magnitude of the Coriolis effect is found bymultiplying this number times velocity timesangular velocity times the sine of latitude.

2

3 This parameter equals the ratio of inertial forceto Coriolis force. This number is large in atornado.

Rossby number [orRossby parameter orKibel number]

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