1996 Maryland High School Invitational Tournament Round 3 Letter Round 10 points if correct, 10 points off for an incorrect answer All answers begin with the letter "O" 1. Irish/Chilean patriot and dictator of Chile from 1817-1823 Answer: Bernardo _O'Higgins_ 2. The Southern author of _Wise Blood_ and _A Good Man is Hard to Find_ Answer: Flannery _O'Connor_ 3. American painter of _Red Poppies_ and _Cow's Skull_ Answer: Georgia _O'Keeffe_ 4. The densest element, whose symbol is "Os" Answer: _Osmium_ 5. Composer of _Carmina Burana_ Answer: Carl _Orff_ 6. Group of islands off the coast of Scotland Answer: _Orkneys_ 7.The transfer of a solvent like water through a semi-permeable membrane Answer: _Osmosis_ 8. Theodoric the Great was a ruler of these people Answer: _Ostrogoths_ or _East Goths_ Untimed Individual Round Correct answers are worth 20 points. There is no penalty for an incorrect answer. Team 1 1. VISUAL: ORDERLY WART BAG Rearrange the phrase to name the Arizona politician who was defeated by Lyndon Johnson in 1964. Answer: Barry _Goldwater_ 2. VISUAL: MAGELAN, Verrazano, Joliet Which of these explorers' names is misspelled? 3. Cal Ripken, Barry Larkin, WADE BOGGS Which of these major leaguers is not a shortstop? 4. What two men won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine along with Maurice Wilkins for their discovery of the DNA double helix? Answers: James _Watson_ and Francis _Crick_ 5. Titan, Charon, Phobos Arrange these moons of the solar system from closest to farthest from the sun. Answer: Phobos, Titan, Charon 6. "We have stood apart, studiously neutral." This was said in a 1915 message to Congress by what president, later a key figure at the Versailles Conference? Answer: Thomas Woodrow _Wilson_ Team 2 1. VISUAL: HAVE JOG ORDER Rearrange the phrase to identify the longtime director of the FBI who died in 1972. Answer: J. Edgar _Hoover_ 2. VISUAL: Marquette, PEZARRO, Bering Which of these explorers' names is misspelled? 3. Johnny Bench, TY COBB, Yogi Berra Which of these Hall of Fame baseball players was not a catcher? 4. What German won the first Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of X rays, and which Danish physicist won in 1922 for his nuclear model of the atom? Answers: Wilhelm Conrad _Roentgen_ (rent-ginn) and Neils _Bohr_ 5. Ceres, Ganymede, Earth Arrange these object in the Solar system from largest to smallest diameter. Answer: Earth, Ganymede, Ceres 6. "Our Federal Union: it must be preserved." This nationalist remark was made not by Lincoln, but by what two-term Democratic president at a toast in 1830? Answer: Andrew _Jackson_ Category Round 10 points if correct, 10 points off for an incorrect answer Secretaries of State Many Secretaries of State are almost as well-known as the Presidents they serve. Given a list of Secretaries of State, give the President. 1. John Quincy Adams Answer: James MONROE 2. William Rogers, Henry Kissinger Answer: Richard NIXON 3. Christian Herter, John Foster Dulles Answer: Dwight EISENHOWER 4. Warren Christopher Answer: Bill CLINTON 5. Alexander Haig, George Shultz Answer: Ronald REAGAN 6. Lawrence Eagleburger, James Baker Answer: George Bush 7. Thomas Jefferson Answer: George WASHINGTON 8. Cyrus Vance, Ed Muskie Answer: James CARTER 9. James Madison Answer: Thomas JEFFERSON 10. William Seward Answer: Abraham LINCOLN or Andrew JOHNSON Timed Round Correct answers are worth 20 points. There is no penalty for an incorrect answer. If a team answers all eight questions, it will receive a 25 point bonus. Each team has 80 seconds to answer their eight questions. Team 1 1.What youth from classical mythology was so infatuated with himself that he turned into a flower which is today a relative of the daffodil family? Answer: NARCISSUS 2.Lourdes is the new daughter of what "Material Girl", singer, and movie star? Answer: MADONNA 3._The Brandenburg Concertos_ were six works for varying instrumental ensembles by what German composer? Answer: Johann.Sebastian BACH 4.Choice: Which of the following is an Inert Gas? NEON, Oxygen, Chlorine 5. What 1966 court case established a rule that suspects must be informed of their rights? Answer: MIRANDA v. ARIZONA 6. _A Raisin in the Sun_ is a play by what American dramatist? Answer: Lorraine HANSBERRY 7. VISUAL: MATH QUESTION 9! / (6 !* 3!) Evaluate the expression. Answer: 84 8. What American woman served as superintendent of women nurses in the army, and devoted her life to prison reform and care of the insane in state asylums? Answer: Dorothea DIX Team 2 1.Who is the Greek goddess who came out of the head of her father Zeus and is considered the goddess of Wisdom? Answer: ATHENA 2.Brandon Thomas was this actress's new son. Name the actress who plays Casey Jean on the television show, "Baywatch" and recently filed for divorce from her husband. Answer: Pamela Anderson LEE or Pamela ANDERSON 3._Julius Caeser_ and _Xerxes_ are opera by what German-born English composer of _Water Music_? Answer: George Friederic HANDEL 4.Choice: Which of the following is a measure of resistance? Ampere, Farad, OHM 5.What 1896 Supreme Court Case established a constitutional foundation for the "separate-but-equal" doctrine that was later overturned in 1954? Answer: PLESSY v. FERGUSON 6. What Natchez, Mississippi native moved to Chicago in 1934 and wrote works like _Black Boy_ and _Native Son_? Answer: Richard Nathaniel _Wright_ 7. VISUAL: MATH QUESTION (Trapezoid with height 3, and bases of length 6 and 10) What is the area of the trapezoid? Answer: 24 8.What American psychologist and author of _Walden II_is known for his box for observing animal stimulus-response behavior? Answer: Burrhus Frederic SKINNER Grab Bag Round A correct answer is worth 20 points. 20 points will be deducted for an incorrect answer. 1. "Eight to Seven" and "His Fradulency" are some of the nicknames of what American president who defeated Samuel Tilden in the disputed 1876 election? Answer: Rutherford Birchard _Hayes_ 2. _The 42nd Paralell_, _1919_, and _The Big Money_ are the three parts of what American author's _USA_ trilogy? Answer: John Roderigo _Dos Passos_ 3. The correct Japanese term is _seppuku_, and traditionally it involved cutting open one's stomach with a dagger before one's head was struck off by another samurai's sword. Name this ritual suicide of the Japanese samurai since the 12th century. Answer: _Hara-kiri_ 4. If an angle x is forty degrees, then for a quick twenty points, what does sin squared x plus cos squared x equal? Answer: _1_ 5. 24 operas, 68 string quartets, and 104 symphonies are among this composer's credits. Name this Austrian composer of the "London Symphonies" as well as the oratorios _The Creation_ and _The Seasons_. Answer: Franz Joseph _Haydn_ 6. Frederick Muhlenburg may be an unfamiliar name, but he was the first holder of what what post whose other holders include Champ Clark, Sam Rayburn, and James Polk? Answer: _Speaker of the House_ 7. Jonathan Oldstlye, Geoffrey Crayon, and Diedrich Knickerbocker are some of the pseudonyms used by what author of "Rip van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"? Answer: Washington _Irving_ 8. Bounded by a double membrane and often called the "powerhouse" of the cell, in which organelle does aerobic respiration take place? Answer: _mitochondrion_ 9. This man has jammed with rock legends Peter Noone, John Sebastian, and Richie Havens; he has played baseball with Steve Carlton, basketball with Clyde Drexler, and football with Bubba Smith. Name this character portrayed by Ed O'Neill in the Fox TV series "Married...With Children." Answer: Al _Bundy_ 10. A son of Aethelwulf and brother of Aethelred, what king rid Wessex of the Danes in 871 and was nicknamed the "Great"? Answer: _Alfred_ 11. Seyfert, elliptical, barred spiral, and irregular II are all types of what astronomical objects that include the Andromeda and Milky Way? Answer: _galaxy_ 12.Pauline's Passion and Punishment_ is one of the early works of what female author of _Eight Cousins_, _Flower Fables_, and _Little Women_? Answer: Lousia May Alcott 13. In 1842, this man ensured his place in history by acting as a guide for a lieutenant of the Army Topographical Engineers and surveying the South Pass to the Rocky Mountains. Who was this famous explorer, the guide of John C. Fremont? Answer: Christopher "Kit" Houston _Carson_ 14. In a given system, no two electrons may have the same set of quantum numbers. Name this simple statement of atomic chemistry first discovered by Wolfgang Pauli. Answer: Pauli _Exclusion_ Principle 15. Beauty is truth and truth beauty; That is all ye know in life, and all ye need to know. These lines describing the perfection and timeless of art come from what famous ode by John Keats. Answer: _Ode on a Grecian Urn_