ringer packet from wisconsin elvis quiz bowl tournament

7/29/2019 Ringer Packet from Wisconsin ELVIS quiz bowl tournament

1/8

RINGER PACKET ELVIS II I - TOSSUPS

1. Although one of the ringleaders in the Senate campaign to discredit Wilson'splan for the League of Nations. he died while on a cross-country trip togain popular support for the US joining the League World Court. For 10paints, who was this Republican president?Answer: Warren G. Harding

2. The Black Dwarf, Old Mortality, Fortunes of Nigel, The Betrothed)Redgauntlet, Guy Mannering, St. Ronan's Well, Fair Maid of Perth. Peveril ofthe Peak and Waverly. For 10 pOints, these novels are by what 19th Centurynovelist?Answer: Sir Walter Scott

3. A catalyst is a substance which speeds up the rate of a chemical reactionwithout itself being changed at the end of the reaction. For 10 pOints,what are additives which slow down reactions called?Answer: inhibitors

4. Like the Fauves in France, they used bold colors and crude fonms to conveyviolent emotion. Leading members included Otto Mueller, Erich Heckel,Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Emil Nolde. For 10 paints, by what name is thisgroup of early 20th Century expressionists known?Answer: Die Brucke or The Bridg e

5. The Strenuous Life, Peacherine, Easy Winners and Maple Leaf were favoritepiano compositions of the early 20th Century. For 10 paints, these ragswere by what master who also wrote the Entertainer?Answer: Scott Joplin

6. Thomas Moore recently made headlines by suggesting that the cholesterolreduction program was ill-considered and might in fact be hanmful. Evenproponents of the program acknowledge that only one kind of cholesterol,known by 3 letters, is particular ly well-linked to arteriosclerosis. For 10pOints, what kind of cholesterol is this?

Answer: LDL7. The Baltic States have been much in the news lately as they strive forindependence. For 10 pOints, which of the 3 Baltic States is the farthestnorth?

Answer: Estonia


2/8

Page 28. The women's 80-meter hurdles and women's javelin throw both debuted in the1932 Olympics in Los Angeles. For 10 paints, name the Amer1can winner ofboth events.

Answer: Mildred "Babe" D1drickson9. Many artists have covered Elvis Presley's songs, with varying degrees ofsuccess. For 10 points, what band in 1981 had a memorable cover version of"Viva Las Vegas" on their debut album, "Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables"?

Answer: Dead Kennedys10. Daniel read the handwriting on the wall at a Chaldean crown prince's feast.For 10 paints, what was the name of this prince?

Answer: Belshazzar11. Gaul is today France. For 10 paints, what modern nation was known toto ancient Romans as Illyr1cum?

Answer: Yugoslavia12. He was the first Earl of Oxford. His term as head of the liberal party wasone of great activity and political reform, but between the Easter Rebell1anin Ireland and the disastrous Gall1poli expedition, he was forced to resignin favor of David Lloyd George. For 10 paints, who was this British PrimeMinister?

Answer: Herbert Henry Asquith13. It seems like everything these days in the movies is a sequel, but sequelsare as old as the Iliad and the Odyssey. For 10 paints, what American wrotea sequel to his Roder1ck Hudson named The Princess Cassamass1ma?

Answer: Henry James14. It was originally a telegraph term, expressed in terms of the number ofevents that take place in one second. For 10 paints, what is this measureof serial-data transmission speed equal to one bit per second?

Answer: ~15. They were originated by a 7th Century monk, who baked scraps of doughfashioned into the shapes of the arms of chl1dren crossed in prayer. It wasnamed for the Latin words for "l1ttle reward" and offered as a prize forchildren who studied their catechisms. For 10 paints, what is this tavern


3/8

standard?Answer: eretzel

16. He was the first president of the English Royal Academy of Fine Arts.Espouser of the Grand Style, he published an 1nfluentual series ofDiscourses. For 10 pOints, who was this most famous English portraitpainter, who painted 'Mrs. Siddons as the Tragic Muse'?Answer: Sir Joshua Reynolds

Page 3

17. As i t concludes, the members of the orchesta get up and walk off. For 10points, what is the quite appropriate nickname of Haydn's Symphony No. 45 in Fsharp mi nor?Answer: Farewell Symphony

18. I t is widely used in alloys such as "German silver". I t is used for platingand as a catalyst for hydrogenation. About half the world's output of thismetal comes from Sudbury, Ontario. For 10 pOints, what is this element withatomic number 28?Answer: Nickel

19. This word for a fast mumbling speech is derived from the Latin form of theprayer 'Our Father' since i t is often so mumbled. For 10 points, what isthis 6-letter word? Answer: patter

20. Odovacar was the last Roman Emperor in the west. In 493 he was murdered byKing Theodoric. For 10 pOints, of what barbarian horde, which put an end tothe Western Roman Empire, was Theodoric king?Answer: Ostrogoths

21. This federal law made it a criminal offense to advocate the violentoverthrow of the government or to belong to any group advocating this. Forten pOints, what was the name of this 1940 law?

Answer: Smith Act or Alien Registration Act22. Edgar was the first westerner to visit Chinese communists in their remoteheadquarters in Venan; Hank was a Grand Ole Opry star whose biggest hit was


4/8

Page 4"I'm Mov1n' On"; and Charles Percy was a physic1st who wrote a series ofnovels. Strangers and Brothers. about the English professional classes. Forten pOints. what 1s the common surname?

Answer: Snow23. Variat10ns on a Theme by Frank Bridge, Death in Ven1ce, War Requiem. TheTurn of the Screw. Billy Budd and Peter Grimes. These compositions are all.for ten potnts. the work of what Brit1sh composer?

Answer: (Edward) Benjam1n Britten24. This German chancellor was opposed to World War I. but defended Genmany'srole in it. He is probably best remembered for his statement that theinternational guarantee of Belgian neutrality was "a scrap of paper". For

ten pOints. who was this German statesman who died in 19211Answer: Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg~ Along with Frisch and T1nbergen. he won the 1973 Nobel Prize for Medicine.~ This Austrian zoolog1st is best known for h1s studies of bird behavior andanimal and human aggression. For ten pOints. who is this father of ethologywho wrote King Solomon's Rina and On Aggression?

Answer: Konrad Lorenz


5/8

vi. (20)

12. (25),j (30)

11'. (20)

tI. (30)

RINGER PACKET ELVIS III - BONIAllor part of the territory of three nations are located upon theisland of Borneo. For 5 paints each and 5 paints extra for all, namethem. (Indonesia, M a l a ~ s i a , Brunei)For 5 paints each, given the following Old Testament books. put them inthe order they appear in the ,King JilJlIes b 1 b l e : / I s a 1 a h , ~ o b , Joshua,Judges! First Kings. (Joshua, Judges, First Kings, J o ~ , Isaiah)The Glenn Miller Story was the movie versi,on of Glenn M1l1er's life.For 10 pOints each, who were the subjects of the following moviebiographies:A. Night and Day (Cole Porter)B. Yankee Doodle Dandy (George M. Cohan)C. Song to Remember (Frederic C h o p ~The 19B7 America's Cup is still winding its way through the courts.For 10 pOints each, name the two nations other than Australia that havevied with the U.S. for the America's Cup. (Great Britain: England &Scotland and Canada; if England and Scotland are given as the answers,notify them that we are counting them as one and give an opportunity toname the second)For 5 points each, identify words beginning with 'Z' which are definedas follows:

~ The point in the sky directly overhead (Zenith)~ . An island off the East Coast of Africa (Zanzibar)C. An egg bread that is baked, s11ced and toasted (Zwieback)to. The branch of chem1stry dealing with fermentation (Zymurgy)30-20-10 Identify the composer of the following classical works:A. 'A Hero's Life' and 'Don Juan'B. 'Don QUixote' and 'Salome'C. 'Ti l l Eulensp1egel's Merry Pranks' (Richard Strauss)

~ (30) For 10 pOints each. given the following titles of paintings, name the17th Century spanish painter:

' ~ . (30)

A. Christ driving the traders from the Temple (E1 Greco or DomenicoTheotocopulous)B. Philip IVof Spain in brown and silver (Diego V e 1 a s g u e ~ )C. A peasant boy leaning on a sill; and The Two Trinities (EstebanMurill 0)Every team's got one - an overworked person who memorizes the periodictable. Well here's your turn to sh1ne. For 10 pOints each, performthe mathematic operation upon the atomic numbers of the elements givenand give the name of the element with the atomic number of the result;for example: Hydrogen (1) + He11um (2) = L1th1um (3)A. Lanthanum + Krypton (Neptunium - 57+36=93)


6/8

Page 2B. Californium - Calcium (Platinum - 98-20-78)C. Aluminum x Beryllium (Tellurium - 13x4-52)

(30) 30-20-10 Identify the writer of the following novels:A. The Dream Quest of Unknown KadathB. At the Mountains of MadnessC. The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (H.P. Lovecraft)

~ . (30) For 15 paints each, who was president of the U.S. when each of thefollowing antitrust acts was passed?

11. (20) For 5 paints each, identify the authors of the following religiousclassics:A. The City of God (St. Augustine)B. Summa Theolog1ca (Thomas Aquinas)C. Tractatus Theolog1co-Pol1t1cus (Benedict Spinoza)D. Summa Contra Gentiles (Thomas Aquinas)

12. (20) For 5 paints each, answer these questions about the greatest televisionprogram ever, Green Acres.A. What was the name of the town where most of the action took place?(Hootervil1e)B. Now say it like Lisa Douglas (Hootersw111e or Hootersvllle)C. What was the name of the character who was the county agent (HankKimball)D. Mr. Haney, the chiseling salesman, was played by what longtimesidekick of Gene Autry (Pat Buttram)

13. (25) L1bya ' s flag is all green. For 5 paints each tell me if the flags ofthe following nations have any green in them:A. Belgium (no)B. Comoros ( ~ } )C. Finland (noD. Iran (YeS)E. Rwanda ~ )

14. (30) For 10 paints each, who won the following Supreme Court cases:A. Marbury vs. Madison (Madison)B. Gideon vs. Wainwright (Gideon)C. United States vs. Nixon (United States)


7/8

Page 315. (30) Presidents usually have dignified and statesmanlike lives, butoccasionally they have encounters with the grisly. For 15 pOints each,identify the U.S. preSidents who had the following gruesomeexper1ences:

A. Just before his inaugeration, he and his wife watched their only sonbe horribly mangled and chopped to bits by a train (Franklin Pierce)B. While this president was searching for the body of a friend who wasseized by body snatchers, he discovered a stolen corpse awaitingdissection by medical students - the corpse of his own fatherl(Benjamin Harrison)

16. (20) For 5 pOints each, identify the composers of the following popularclassical works:A. Military Polonaise in A (Chopin)B. Traumere1 (Schumann)C. None but the lonely Heart (Tchaikovsky)D. Rondo Alla Turca (Mozart)

17. (30) Early Italian painters often painted under pseudonyms. For 10 pOintseach, given an Italian's real name and one of his paintings, give methe better known pseudonym or nickname.A. Antonio Pisano, The Vision of St. Eustace (Pisanello)B. Paolo di Dono, The Battle of San Romano (Uccello)C. Guido d1 Pietro, Christ Glorified in the Court of Heaven(Fra Angelico)~ (30) Bell invented the telephone. For 10 pOints each, who invented the

IV following items:A. Fountain pen (Waterman)B. Stock ticker (Edison)C. Gyroscope (Foucault). ~ (20) Topsy appears in Uncle Tom's Cabin. For 5 pOints each, in what novel' ~ do the following characters appear:

@(20 )

A. Cosette and Marius Pontmercy (les Miserables)B. Professor Hadw1g, Henry lawson, Hans Bjelke (Journey to the Centerof the Earth)C. Porfiry PetrOVich, Sonya Marmeladov (Crime &punishment)D. Paul Baumer, Albert Kropp (All Quiet on the Western Front)Put the following events in French history in chronological order, for20 pOints, al l or nothing. Battle of Waterloo, The Bastl1le isstormed, Haiti declares independence, louis XVI is beheaded.(Bastille, louis XVI beheaded, Haiti, Waterloo)

. . . . .


8/8

30) Page 4For 10 pOints each, name the two Shakespeare plays other than Henry V1n which Henry V appears. (Henry IV Part 1 and Part 2). For 10 morepOints, name the Shakespeare play other than the two parts of Henry IVin which Henry IV appears. (Richard II). ~ (30) For 10 pOints each, identify the theory regarding geological processes:A. This early 19th Century theory held that major changes in the

earth's geological structure occur only in short pr10ds of violentupheaval, separted by long calms (catastrophism)B. Lyell and Hutton's theory, opposed to catastrophism, stating thatthe same geological processes at work today have always existed(uniformitarianism)C. The more recent theory which generalizes uniformitarianism bystating the laws of nature have remained invariant through time(Actual ism)

~ ( 2 5 ) For 5 pOints each, identify the Greek authors of the following:A. Anabasis (Xenophon)B. Nichamachean Ethics (Aristotle)C. History of the Persian Wars (Herodotus)D. History of the Peloponnesian War (Thucydides)E. Organon (Aristotle)

( ~ ( 3 0 ) 30-20-10 Identify the year based on the works of literature or music~ which made their appearances that year:A. The Cricket on the Hearth, by Dickens, and Twenty Years After, by

DumasB. Carmen, by Merimee and Tannhauser, by Richard WagnerC. The Raven, by Poe and Count of Monte CriSCO, by Dumas (1845)

ringer packet from wisconsin elvis quiz bowl tournament

Documents