Subject: Maryland packet 4 (fwd) Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 20:45:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Gaius Stern To: gaius@server.berkeley.edu CC: David Matthew Levinson ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 06:15:35 -0500 From: Matthew Colvin To: gaius@uclink2.berkeley.edu, mds@stat.ohio-state.edu, redling@utdallas.edu, avp@mvacs.ess.ucla.edu Subject: Maryland packet 4 1997 Maryland Classic Questions by Arthur Fleming 1. He was elected to Congress from Tennessee as a Democrat and in 1827 elected governor. When his wife left him, however, he suddenly resigned and later moved to Texas. After Texas declared its independence from Mexico, he commanded the revolutionary troops and defeated the Mexicans at the battle of San Jacinto. FTP, name this first president of the Republic of Texas. Answer: Sam _Houston_ 2. In 1813 he was engaged by Davy as his assistant at the Royal Institution, and in 1827 he succeeded to Davy's chair of chemistry. He did research in the condensation of gases, the conservation of force, and benzene, which he discovered. In the form of a copper disk rotated between the poles of a permanent magnet, he developed the first dynamo. FTP, name this discoverer of electromagnetic induction. Answer: Michael _Faraday_ 3. Designed by Emery Roth and Minoru Yamasaki, it consists of seven buildings and a shopping concourse which were completed in 1973. Most prominent are the 110-story, rectangular twin towers rising to 1350 feet, second only to the Sears Tower. FTP, name this building complex in lower Manhattan, the target of a 1993 bombing. Answer: _World Trade Center_ 4. From 1704 to 1713 he wrote and published _The Review_ single- handedly, which led him to be known as the father of modern journalism. He defended William II in _The True-born Englishman_, but his 1702 satire _The Shortest Way with the Dissenters_ got him imprisoned at Newgate. FTP, name this author of _Roxana_, _A Journal of the Plague Year_, _Moll Flanders_, and _Robinson Crusoe_. Answer: Daniel _Defoe_ 5. He lived for a time with his model Christien, who appears in the drawing _Sorrow_ and _Sien Posing_. Later, his brother Theo, an art dealer, made it possible for him to meet Gauguin, Toulouse- Lautrec, and Seurat in Paris. These influnces caused him to use brighter colors, as seen in _The Chair and the Pipe_ and _Sunflow- ers_. FTP, who is this Dutch painter of _The Potato Eaters_ and _Starry Night_? Answer: Vincent van _Gogh_ 6. During it, the nuclear membrane disappears, the mitotic spindle begins to form, the DNA condenses into distinct chromosomes consisting of two chromatids held together by a centromere, and a kinetochore forms near the centromere. FTP, what is this first stage of mitosis? Answer: _prophase_ (prompt on mitosis, I guess) 7. His regard for the youth Antinous was recorded by sculptors and architects, and he put down the insurrection of the Hebrew leader Bar Kokba with great severity. Emperor from 117-138, he chose Antoninus Pius as his successor. FTP, name this successor of Trajan who built a protective wall in Britain. Answer: _Hadrian_ 8. The daughter of Abihail, her Hebrew name was Hadassah. She became queen of Persia after the previous queen, Vashti, was repudiated by the king. With the help of her cousin Mordecai, she thwarted the courtier Haman, who plotted to massacre Jews. FTP, name this Biblical woman, wife of Ahasuerus, who is celebrated in the feast of Purim. Answer: _Esther_ 9. On this team, Johnny Grabowski and Pat Collins split time at catcher, Mark Koenig was the shortstop, Joe Dugan was the third baseman, Bob Meusal and Earle Combs were outfielders, Waite Hoyt and Herb Pennock were starting pitchers, and Tony Lazzeri was the second baseman. FTP, name this team, whose "Murderers' Row" also featured Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth. Answer: The 1927 New York _Yankees_ (prompt on New York) 10. Born in Ukraine, he joined the British merchant navy and sailed to many parts of the world, during which time he became a British subject. He portrayed individuals suffering from isolation and moral disintegration in novels such as _Altmayer's Folly_, _Chance_, and _Under Western Eyes_. His real name was Josef Korzeniowsky. FTP, name this author of _The Secret Agent_, _Nostromo_, and _Heart of Darkness_. Answer: Joseph _Conrad_ 11. Sent down from Oxford for refusing to conform to the restored Anglican Church, he joined the Quakers in 1666. He was imprisoned for his writings in 1668, and while in the Tower wrote the most popular of his books, No Cross, No Crown. In 1681 he obtained a grant of land in North America, which he named after his father. FTP, name this founder of the Keystone State. Answer: William _Penn_ 12. Also known as the Moerae, their Roman equivalents were the Parcae, while the Norse equivalents were the Norns. Their names were Clotho, Atropos, and Lachesis. FTP, name this trio of goddesses, who spun, measured, and cut the thread of life. Answer: _Fates_ 13. He fought on the side of the Guelphs but was banished from Florence and died in Ravenna in 1321. Through his works, including _La vita nuova_, he established Tuscan as the literary language of Italy. FTP, name this author, whose beloved was Beatrice Porti- nari, and who wrote _The Divine Comedy_. Answer: _Dante_ Alighieri 14. Newton's second law of motion can be rewritten as delta p equals F times delta t, which gives rise to this quantity. Symbolized by capital J, it is equal to the change in momentum during a given time interval. FTP, what is this quantity, which can be calculated as average force times time? Answer: _impulse_ 15. This city's landmarks include the Ringstrasse, the Schonbrunn palace, St. Peter's Church, and the Hofburg, the imperial resi- dence. Lying on the Danube, it was besieged by the Turks in 1529 and 1683 and was the residence of the Holy Roman Emperors. FTP, name this city, home to such luminaries as Mozart and Freud, the largest city in Austria? Answer: _Vienna_ or _Wien_ 16. Barrelhouse is the owner of a saloon in Harlem. MacDuffy is the personnel manager at the Liberty Paint Factory. Ras the Exhorter is a black separatist. And Brother Jack is the leader of a religious group known as the Brotherhood. FTP, these characters all influence the unnamed title character in what 1952 Ralph Ellison novel? Answer: _Invisible Man_ 17. He married a great-granddaughter of Martha Washington and led the U.S. marines who captured John Brown at Harpers Ferry in 1859. In 1861, he resigned from the U.S. Army and succeeded Joseph Johnston in command of the Army of Northern Virginia. FTP, who was this winner of the battle of Chancellorsville, who surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse? Answer: Robert E. _Lee_ 18. His collaboration with the German physicist Wilhelm Weber in research on electric and magnetic phenomena led to the invention of the electric telegraph. The inventor of the heliotrope, he published _Theoria motus corporum celestium_ and calculated the orbit of Ceres based on only a few observations. FTP, name this discoverer of the method of least squares, the greatest mathemati- cian of the 19th century. Answer: Carl Friedrich _Gauss_ 19. The cities of Jinja, Kisumu, and Mwanza all lie on this lake which is at an elevation of 3720 feet. Situated between the Ruwenzori Mountains and the Masai Steppe, the largest city on this lake is Kampala. FTP, name this lake shared by Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya, the largest lake in Africa. Answer: Lake _Victoria_ 20. His most famous creations, including Messie, La Pucelle, and Viotti, are signed with a Maltese cross and the initials A. S. enclosed in a double circle. Apprenticed as a youth to Nicola Amati, he was assisted by his sons Francesco and Omobono, working from his shop in Cremona. FTP, name this great Italian violin maker. Answer: Antonio _Stradivari_ (accept Stradivarius) 1997 Maryland Classic Questions by Arthur Fleming 1. Given a French play, name its author FTP each. 1. _The Imaginary Invalid_ Answer: Jean Baptiste Poquelin _Moliere_ 2. _Cyrano de Bergerac_ Answer: Edmond _Rostand_ 3. _Le Roi s'amuse_ Answer: Victor _Hugo_ 2. Identify the following relating to the 2nd Punic War for the stated number of points. 1. 5 pts: This man crossed the Alps into Italy and won a few battles, but he could not take Rome because of a lack of support from Carthage. Answer: _Hannibal_ 2. 10 pts: This 216 BC battle was Hannibal's greatest victory and one of the greatest victories in history. Answer: _Cannae_ 3. 15 pts: Hannibal was finally defeated by Scipio Africanus Major in 202 BC at this site in Africa. Answer: _Zama_ 3. For the stated number of points, answer the following concerning the works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. 1. 5 pts: What is the English title of the string serenade _Eine kleine Nachtmusik_, also the title of a Stephen Sondheim musical? Answer: A _Little Night Music_ 2. 10 pts: This is the astronomical nickname of Mozart's 41st and final symphony. Answer: _Jupiter_ 3. 15 pts: Two Mozart works carry the name of this Salzburg family: one a suite in D major, the other his 35th symphony, also in D major. Answer: _Haffner_ 4. Answer the following related astronomical questions for the stated number of points. 1. 5 pts: A planet is said to exhibit this type of motion if its direction of rotation is opposite the direction of its revolution about the Sun. Answer: _retrogade_ rotation 2. For 5 points each, identify the 3 planets that exhibit retrograde rotation. Answer: _Venus_, _Uranus_, _Pluto_ 3. 10 pts: This moon of Neptune is the largest moon in the solar system that has a retrograde orbit. Answer: _Triton_ 5. Given the highest peak in a U.S. state, name the state FTP each. 1. Mount Hood Answer: _Oregon_ 2. Mount Katahdin Answer: _Maine_ 3. Mount Elbert Answer: _Colorado_ 6. 30-20-10, name the British author. 1. Known for his lectures on Shakespeare, he and Robert Southey planned to found a utopian community in the U.S., but the plan did not materialize. 2. His _Biographia Literaria_ borrows from German idealist philosophers and at times borders on plagiarism. His last great poem was _Dejection: An Ode_. 3. His most famous poems are _Kubla Khan_ and _The Rime of the Ancient Mariner_. Answer: Samuel Taylor _Coleridge_ 7. Name these apostles FTP each. 1. Give the full name of Jesus' betrayer. Answer: _Judas Iscariot_ 2. The brother of Peter, he is the patron saint of Russia and Scotland. He was martyred on an X-shaped cross. Answer: _Andrew_ 3. Also called Lebbaeus or Thaddeus, he is the author of the penultimate book of the Bible, an epistle that has a close literary relationship with Second Peter. Answer: _Jude_ 8. Find the areas of the described figures FTP each. 1. A circle with diameter 8 (give 5 seconds) Answer: _16 pi_ 2. An equilateral triangle with sides of length 6 (20 seconds) Answer: _9 sqrt(3)_ (9 times the square root of 3) 3. A rhombus with diagonals of length 6 and 10 (15 seconds) Answer: _30_ 9. Given an act, identify the U.S President at the time of its passing FTP each. 1. Fugitive Slave Act Answer: Millard _Fillmore_ 2. Alien and Sedition Acts Answer: _John Adams_ 3. Taft-Hartley Act Answer: Harry _Truman_ 10. Given the villain, identify the James Bond film in which he appears FTP each. 1. Kamal Khan Answer: _Octopussy_ 2. Alec Trevelyan, formerly 006 Answer: _GoldenEye_ 3. Emilio Largo Answer: _Thunderball_ (reluctantly accept Never Say Never Again) 11. Arrange these Russian czars in order from earliest to latest period of reign, 5 points each or 30 for all 5. They are: Catherine II, Peter I, Alexander II, Nicholas II, Elizabeth Answer: Peter I, Elizabeth, Catherine II, Alexander II, Nicholas II 12. Name these American novelists from works on a 10-5 basis. 1. 10 pts: _The Blithedale Romance_ 5 pts: _The House of the Seven Gables_ Answer: Nathaniel _Hawthorne_ 2. 10 pts: _The Water-Witch_ 5 pts: _The Last of the Mohicans_ Answer: James Fenimore _Cooper_ 3. 10 pts: _Dubin's Lives_ 5 pts: _The Natural_ Answer: Bernard _Malamud_ 13. Answer the following concerning hydrogen for the stated number of points. 1. 5 pts: Who discovered it in 1766? Answer: Henry _Cavendish_ 2. For 5 points each, name the three isotopes of hydrogen. Answer: _protium_, _deuterium_, _tritium_ 3. 10 pts: Hydrogen's principal industrial use is in the synthesis of what compound via the Haber process? Answer: _ammonia_ 14. Given the war, name the treaty which ended it FTP each. 1. War of 1812 Answer: Treaty of _Ghent_ 2. War of the Spanish Succession Answer: Peace of _Utrecht_ 3. Russo-Japanese War Answer: Treaty of _Portsmouth_ 15. Name the American painters of the following FTP each. 1. _Arrangement in Gray and Black: The Artist's Mother_ Answer: James Abbott McNeill _Whistler_ 2. _Cow's Skull, Red, White, and Blue_ Answer: Georgia _O'Keefe_ 3. _Nighthawks_ Answer: Edward _Hopper_ 16. FTP each, name the authors of these philosophical works. 1. _Nicomachean Ethics_ Answer: _Aristotle_ 2. _Critique of Pure Reason_ Answer: Immanuel _Kant_ 3. _The Sense of Beauty_ Answer: George _Santayana_ 17. FTP each, name these Watergate people. 1. This North Carolina senator was the chairman of the Senate committee that investigated the break-in. Answer: Sam _Ervin_ 2. This man, the special prosecutor appointed to investigate the affair, was fired by Nixon when he requested tapes of Oval Office conversations. Answer: Archibald _Cox_ 3. In televised hearings in 1973, John Dean testified that high- ranking members of the Nixon adminstration, including this Attorney General, had known about the break-in. Answer: John _Mitchell_ 18. Name these glands FTP each. 1. Located in the brain, it regulates body temperature, blood pressure, heartbeat, metabolism of fats and carbohydrates, and blood-sugar level. Answer: _hypothalamus_ 2. Located in the upper chest under the breastbone, it is essential to the development of the body's immune system from the fetal stage. Lymphocytes are processed here. Answer: _thymus_ 3. Among the hormones produced by its anterior lobe include human growth hormone, ACTH, and thyrotropic hormone. Its posterior lobe produces oxytocin. Answer: _pituitary_ 19. 30-20-10, name the author from works. 1. _The Princess Cassamassima_ and _The Aspern Papers_ 2. _The Golden Bowl_ and _The Wings of the Dove_ 3. _The Portrait of a Lady_ Answer: Henry _James_ 20. Did you keep up with the changes in the President's cabinet at the beginning of his second term? For 5 points per correct answer, given the cabinet position, name the previous holder and the current holder of that position. 1. Secretary of State Answer: Warren _Christopher_ and Madeleine _Albright_ 2. Secretary of Commerce Answer: Mickey _Cantor_ and William _Daley_ 3. Secretary of Defense Answer: William _Perry_ and William _Cohen_