Packet from Maryland Death by Michael Starsinic, Matt Colvin, and Adam 
Fine

Tossups:

1.  It's hero admits to having been treated for mental 
problems while in Switzerland, but it is his childlike nature and his 
refusal to take offense at anything that have earned him his nickname.  
His feelings for both Natasha Filippovna and Aglaya Epanchin leads to 
tragedy, and after Natasha is murdered by a jealous suitor, the hero 
relapses into his original condition.  FTP, name this Dostoevsky novel 
whose title is the nickname of Prince Myshkin.
Answer: _THE IDIOT_

2.  
Born in 1440, he invaded Novgorod three times before finally conquering 
it.  In 1497, he introduced a new legal code to the Russian people. For 
ten points, name this leader, Grand Prince of Moscow from 1462 to 1505, 
who called himself the "ruler of all Russia."
Answer: IVAN III (the 
Great)

3.  The full name is virtually the same.  One is a recent hockey 
sensation, a rookie who leads the NHL in goals-against-average.  The 
other is a comic sensation, star of several recent hit movies.  For ten 
points, what is the full name of both the Washington Capitals goaltender 
and the star of "The Mask" and "Dumb and Dumber?"
Answer: JIM CAREY (or 
Carrey, for the comedian)

4.  This element is found in seawater and is 
used in antiknock compounds in gasoline.  Discovered by French chemist 
Antoine-Jerome Balard in 1826, it is a heavy, reddish brown liquid with a 
strong, irritating odor.  For ten points, identify this element, atomic 
number 35.
Answer: BROMINE

5.  When Thomas Gainsborough painted his 
"Mrs. Siddons" in 1785, he did so out of conscious rivalry with this 
other London painter.  FTP, name this first President of the Royal 
Academy who painted "Mrs. Siddons as the Tragic Muse" the previous year.

Answer: Sir Joshua REYNOLDS

6.  Born on Java in 1890 to Dutch parents, 
he moved to Germany at age 20 because of his interest in aviation.  After 
World War I, he emigrated to the United States and designed and built 
transport planes for the Army Air Corps. His T-2 made the first nonstop 
cross-country flight in 1923.  FTP, name this aviation pioneer who 
developed a mechanism that allowed a machine gun to be fired through 
propeller blades, and who designed many of the mono-, bi-, and triplanes 
used by Germany during World War I.
Answer: Anthony Herman Gerard FOKKER


7.  In intrinsic ones, charge is propagated across forbidden energy bands 
due to thermal energy, producing equal numbers of electron and hole 
carriers. Examples include germanium, lead sulfide, and most importantly, 
silicon.  FTP, what is this type of material with a resistivity lower 
than an insulator but higher than a conductor?
Answer: SEMICONDUCTOR

8.  
This city lent its name to the first steamship to cross the Atlantic.  
The terminus of Sherman's March to the Sea, it was one of the few towns 
not destroyed by the Union Army; Sherman said it was too beautiful to 
burn.  FTP, name this Georgia city, founded in 1733 by James Oglethorpe 
as Georgia's first colonial settlement.
Answer: SAVANNAH

9.  Among this 
band's first dates was the Three-Day Trip Festival a Longshoreman's Hall 
in 1966.  First known as Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions, they 
changed their name to the Warlocks, and then to their present name.  For 
ten points, identify this legendary San Francisco band whose members 
include Robert Hunter, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, and Jerry Garcia.
Answer: The 
GRATEFUL DEAD

10.  Visited in 1643 by Tasman and in 1774 by Cook, this 
island group was a British colony between 1874 and 1970.  Tensions flared 
between the native Polynesians and the now more populous Indians, and 
after the election of the first pro-Indian government in 1987, the 
native-backed army staged the first military coup in the South Pacific, 
and the country withdrew from the Commonwealth of Nations.  FTP, name 
this country whose largest island is Viti Levu and whose capital is Suva.

Answer: FIJI

11.  He is buried next to Charles Dickens in Westminster 
Abbey, and is commemorated by a monument sculpted by Roubiliac.  FTP, 
name this composer whose works include Coronation Anthems, and the Water 
Music.
Answer: George Frederick HANDEL

12.  The heroine of this work is 
a young woman of mixed Scottish and Indian blood who elopes with an 
Indian named Alessandro, who is killed as a result of harassment by 
whites.  FTP, name this 1884 book by Helen Hunt Jackson.
Answer: RAMONA


13.  In one of the most astounding financial failures ever, this man 
singlehandedly brought down a 233-year-old London investment firm. For 
ten points, give the name of the 28-year-old trader who lost $1 billion 
trading derivatives in Singapore.
Answer: Nicholas LEESON

14.  Upon 
hearing that King John and his army intended to pass through this town at 
great expense to the townspeople, the men of this city acted as if they 
were insane, causing the king to bypass it.  Irving nicknamed New York 
City this in his _Salmagundi Papers_.  FTP, name this Nottinghamshire 
town that shares its name with the home town of Batman.
Answer: GOTHAM


15.  Born in England, he moved to the United States in 1905, and became 
the conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra four years later.  
Between 1912 and 1938, he was conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, 
before being succeeded by Eugene Ormandy.  In the Warner Brothers cartoon 
"Long-Haired Hare", Bugs Bunny impersonates him, and the stunned 
musicians can only whisper the conductor's name as Bugs enters in 
disguise.  FTP, name this conductor, who led the Philadelphia Orchestra 
in the music for Disney's "Fantasia".
Answer: Leopold STOKOWSKI

16.  
Medina Sedonia's orders were to sail from Lisbon in the 29th of May, and 
pick up an army under Alexander Farnese in the Netherlands.  He never 
made it, since on August 8th, 1588, sixty-three out of his 130 ships were 
destroyed. FTP, name this fleet assembled by King Philip II.
Answer: 
SPANISH ARMADA

17.  This 18-hour miniseries was just as ambitious as 
Herman Wouk's lengthy novel about the events from the 1939 Nazi invasion 
of Poland to the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941.  For ten points, what 
was the title of this 1983 miniseries, starring Robert Mitchum as Victor 
"Pug" Henry.
Answer: "THE WINDS OF WAR"

18.  His most famous discovery 
came out of a study of radiation equations which improbably suggested 
that for extremely short wavelengths, the energy released approaches 
infinity.  Despite the success that Einstein had using his theory to 
explain the photoelectric effect, he was not convinced his theory was 
correct.  FTP name this Nobel Prize winning physicist who successfully 
described blackbody radiation using his theory of quanta.
Answer: Max 
PLANCK

19.  One of the four Ends of Man in Hinduism, it is a sacred law 
of moral order, duty, and conduct befitting one's class.  In Buddhism, it 
is the law of Buddha, the doctrine of the Four Noble Truths.  FTP, name 
this word, featured in the title of a Jack Kerouac work.
Answer: DHARMA


20.  It's detractors nicknamed it the Do-Nothing party because of it 
attempted neutrality on most issues, and its conspicuous silence on the 
issue of slavery.  Formed from former Whigs and Know-Nothings, its 
one-and-only vice presidential candidate was Edward Everett.  FTP, 
identify this party which captured Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee in 
the election of 1860 with its presidential candidate John Bell.
Answer: 
CONSTITUTIONAL UNION Party

21.  Born in Seville in 1599, he was 
apprenticed at 11 to Francisco de Herrera.  Introduced to the court, his 
equestrian portrait of King Phillip IV won him recognition.  For ten 
points, identify this Spanish Baroque painter, famous for _Coronation of 
the Virgin_ and _Las Meninas_.
Answer: Diego VELAZQUEZ

22.  This word 
was the name of a demon in Piers Plowman, but its current sense is 
considerably less negative.  FTP, name this word defined as "a shabbily 
clothed, dirty child", from the Middle English for "tattered mitten".

Answer: RAGAMUFFIN

23.  Osei Tutu founds the Asante empire.  Peter the 
Great becomes czar. The war between France and the League of Augsburg is 
joined by England and the Netherlands.  William and Mary become joint 
rulers of England. For ten points, in what year did all of these events 
occur, the year in which the English Bill of Rights was passed.
Answer: 
1689

24.  In Norse mythology, it was one of the Nine Worlds, lying in 
the northwest where the ocean reaches the edge of the universe.  For ten 
points, name this world, home of the giants.
Answer: JOTUNHEIM

 Bonuses:


1. (30) It wouldn't be a Matt Colvin packet without a little mythology, 
now would it?  Identify this mythological figure from clues, 30-20-10. 

30 - In Roman times, a sculpture of this man was exhibited in the palace 
of the Emperor Titus and according to Pliny, surpassed all other works of 
art ever made. 
20 - His story is told by Arctinus in the Iliupersis 
(Illee-ew-PURSE-iss), and also by Bacchylides (Back-EYE-luh-deez) and 
Sophocles.  However, the most familiar version of his death is found in 
the second book of the Aeneid. 
10 - From the island of Tenedos 
(Ten-AY-dos) came two great serpents that killed him and his two sons as 
a punishment for his hostile attitude towards the Trojan horse.
Answer:  
LAOCOON (lay-ock-oh-on)

2. (30) Identify the following seemingly 
unconnected things, ftp each.
1.  Collective security agency created at 
the Congress of Vienna and led by Prussia, Russia, and Austria.
Answer: 
HOLY ALLIANCE
2.  The innermost part of the Jewish Temple, where only the 
High Priest could enter, and then only once a year on Yom Kippur, the Day 
of Atonement.  The Latin term is "sanctum sanctorum".
Answer: HOLIEST OF 
HOLIES or Holy of Holies
3.  Multidenominational church in Jerusalem, 
officially called the Church of the Resurrection, built on what is 
traditionally regarded as the tomb of Jesus.
Answer: Church of the HOLY 
SEPULCHRE

3. (30)  April 15 may be tax day, but it is also the first day 
of Passover!  Answer these questions about this important Jewish holiday 
for the stated number of points.
1. For five points, how many days does 
Passover last?
Answer: 8 DAYS 
2. For ten points, ceremony usually 
performed on the first two nights of Passover:  - SEDER 
3. For 15 
points, name of the prayer book used specially for   Passover.
Answer: 
HAGGADAH

4. (30) Place the following scientific and technological 
advances in chronological order from earliest to latest, 5 points for 
each in the correct position:  Soft contact lens, test tube baby, 
nuclear-powered naval ships, the interferometer, the brassiere, electric 
battery.
Answer:  electric battery (1770), interferometer (1881), bra 
(1914), nuclear ships (1960), test tube baby (1978), contact lens (1985).


5. (30) Identify the authors of the following recent _Star Wars_ novels, 
FTP each.
1. _The Crystal Star_
Answer: Vonda McINTYRE 
2. _The Truce at 
Bakura_
Answer: Kathy TYERS
3. _Champions of the Force_
Answer: Kevin J. 
ANDERSON

6. (25)  Three men and two women have won figure skating's 
World Championship four or more times.  For five points each, name them. 
Hint: there are 3 Americans, a Canadian, and a West German.
Answer:  
Hayes JENKINS, Carol HEISS, Scott HAMILTON, Katarina WITT, Kurt BROWNING


7. (30) Name the following architects, 10 each: 
1.  The first 
professional architect in the united states, he planned the Bank of the 
United States and the Baltimore Cathedral, both in the Classical Revival 
style.
Answer:  Benjamin LATROBE 
2.  While Latrobe was at work in 
Pennsylvania and Maryland, this architect created the Massachusetts 
General Hospital and the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.
Answer:  
Charles BULFINCH 
3.  Among this twentieth-century architect's works are 
the Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell, the JFK Memorial Library in 
Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the Smithsonian's National Gallery's East 
Wing.
Answer:  I(eou) M(ing) PEI

8. (30) I'm a little tired of asking 
for the nickname of the airplane given its official designation, so I 
won't do that here.  Instead, I'll ask what the following letters stand 
for in the US Air Force's official designations, FFP each.  For example, 
if I said "F", as in F-4 Phantom, you would answer "fighter". 
1.  X

Answer: EXPERIMENTAL
2.  R
Answer: RECONNAISSANCE
3.  U
Answer: UTILITY

4.  T
TRAINER
5.  K
Answer: TANKER
6.  C
Answer: CARGO (or 
Transportation) Note: Accept close equivalents for all.

9. (30)  A 
majority of Presidents have held law degrees.  Some, however, have had 
stranger professions.  Answer these questions about occupations of the 
Presidents for the stated number of points. 
1. For ten points, what 
president might have been called "mad as a hatter" more than most, 
because he had been a haberdasher.
Answer: Harry TRUMAN 
2. For ten 
points, this later nineteenth century president was a tailor - and trust 
me, it's not Zachary!
Answer: Andrew JOHNSON 
3. For a final ten points, 
this president was a better engineer than he was a manager of the 
economy.
Answer: Herbert HOOVER

10. (30) Identify the originators of the 
following philosophical quotes, 10 each: 
1.  "The state is not 
abolished, it withers away."
Answer:  Friedrich ENGELS 
2.  "If God did 
not exist, it would be necessary to invent him."
Answer:  VOLTAIRE 
3.  
"The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of 
morals and legislation."
Answer:  Jeremy BENTHAM

11. 30-20-10 Name the 
author.
30 - _Felix Holt the Radical_, _Romola_
20 - _Daniel Deronda_, 
_The Mill on the Floss_ 
10 - _Silas Marner_, _Middlemarch_
Answer: 
George ELIOT (or Mary Ann Evans)

12. (30)  Given the Nobel Prize winner 
for Literature, name the winning team of the World Series for that 
particular year for ten points each. If you need the year, you will 
recieve five points. 
a. 10:  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
5:  1970
Answer: 
Baltimore ORIOLES
b. 10:  Saul Bellow
5:  1976
Answer: Cincinnati REDS
c. 
10:  Toni Morrison
5:  1993
Answer: Toronto BLUE JAYS

13. (30) Name 
these periods of geological time, 10 each. 
1.  Trilobites proliferated 
during this period 500 million years ago, which preceded the Ordovician 
period.
Answer:  CAMBRIAN 
2.  Ancient birds and modern fish evolved in 
this last period before the Cenozoic era.
Answer:  CRETACAEOUS 
3.  
Ammonites and finbacked reptiles like Dimetrodon had their heyday during 
this period just before the Triassic.
Answer:  PERMIAN

14. 30-20-10 
identify the country: 
30:  It has a population of 17 million, and 
recently signed a multi-billion dollar oil deal with Chevron.  
20:  Over 
one million miles in area, this Asian country borders the Caspian Sea.  

10:  A former Soviet Republic, its capital is Almaty (Alma-Ata).
Answer: 
KAZAKHSTAN

15. 30-20-10 name the author: 
30:  Born in 1788, he was 
educated at Harrow and Trinity College.  His first collection of poems, 
_Hours of Idleness_, was bitterly attacked in the _Edinburgh Review_. 

20:  Also known as George Gordon, he published the first two cantos of 
his famous work _Childe Harold's Pilgrimage_ in March 1812. 
10:  Known 
for his scandalous lifestyle, he joined the Greek fight for independence 
in 1821, dying of a fever three years later.
Answer: Lord BYRON

16. (30) 
Given a date, location, and the two commanders, name these civil war 
battles, 10 each. 
1.  This series of battles took place in Tennessee and 
Georgia from November 23-27, 1863, with George Thomas and U.S. Grant 
fighting against Confederate commander Braxton Bragg.
Answer:  The 
CHATTANOOGA Campaign 
2.  Robert E. Lee engaged George Meade and Grant in 
Virginia from June 1-3, 1864.
Answer:  COLD HARBOR 
3.  Robert E. Lee met 
George McClellan on the 17th of September, 1862 in Maryland.
Answer:  
ANTIETAM

17. (30)  Identify the artist from lesser works for 15 points 
each.    You will receive five points if you need the artist's more 
famous works. 
a. 15:  _Intervention of the Sabines_, _Madame de 
Verninac_.     
5:  _Oath of the Horatii_, _Death of Marat_.
Answer: 
Jacques-Louis DAVID 
b. 15:  _St. Francis Borgia Exorcising a Dying 
Impenitent_, _Portrait of the Countess of Chinchon_.     
5:  _Saturn 
Devouring His Children_, _The Third of May, 1808_.
Answer: Francisco GOYA


18. (30) Identify the following terms from biology, 10 each. 
1.  Some 
bacteria and yeast reproduce by this method.
Answer: BUDDING or BUDS 
2.  
A stage in the development of an embryo after the early phase of cell 
division when the cells form a hollow ball.
Answer:  BLASTULA 
3.  Common 
name for a member of the order Hemiptera.
Answer:  BUG

19. (30) Name 
these important figures from the world of dance, 10   each: 
1.  This 
director of the Royal Danish Ballet is noted for his precise dramatic 
style in such works as "Swan Lake" and "Giselle".
Answer:  Erik BRUHN 
2.  
During the '40s, she created the first American ballets, "Rodeo" and 
"Fall River Legend", and employed ballet in musicals like "Oklahoma!".

Answer:  Agnes DE MILLE 
3.  An austere, technical style was the mark of 
this choreographer famous for "Archaic Hours" and "Appalachian Spring".

Answer:  Martha GRAHAM

20. (25)  New Jersey has the most people per 
square mile.  For five points each and a five point bonus for the correct 
order, identify the next four most densely populated states.
Answer: 
RHODE ISLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, CONNECTICUT, MARYLAND

21. (30)  Did you 
know how many words you can spell with chemical element symbols?  Given a 
list of elements, use their symbols to create words for ten points each. 

a. argon, iron
Answer: FEAR 
b. potassium, actinium, tin
Answer: SNACK 

c.  oxygen, copper, sulfur, chromium
Answer: CROCUS