From: David A Dorman <dorma001@maroon.tc.umn.edu> (Dave Dorman)
Subject: Re: Deep Bench questions
To: David M Levinson <levin031@tc.umn.edu>

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From: Jeffrey Samuel Bennett <jsbenne@midway.uchicago.edu>
To: David A Dorman <dorma001@maroon.tc.umn.edu>
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 15:58:40 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Re: Deep Bench questions

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Tossups

1.  The protagonist is a simple man, working a simple job in a bakery. The
baker gave Charlie Gordon that job solely out of respect for Charlie's
father, but it's the only environment he knows, so when he participates in
an experiment designed to boost his intelligence to genius levels, he
remains reluctant to leave. FTP, this is a brief synopsis of the opening
of what 1966 novel by Daniel Keyes, whose title refers to a
superintelligent mouse?
A: _FLOWERS_FOR_ALGERNON_ (Prompt on _Charlie_)

2.   In the 9th century, a Taoist chemist warned of its danger in a
specific mixture. In Europe, this whitish crusty mineral was scraped off
the walls and floors of barns and stables. Rumor has it that it's also
been used to diminish the sex drives of sailors and soldiers. FTP, name
this potassium salt, which, when mixed with sulfur and charcoal, makes
gunpowder.
A: _SALTPETER_ (Also accept: KNO3, Potassium nitrate)

3.  Among those who studied it was Edward Westermarck and later Sigmund
Freud.  Westermarck believed that it arose innately from humans, in
contrast to Freud, who believed it had to be imposed culturally. Some
societies such
as the Balinese confine it to lower social classes, and some only use
patrilineal or matrilineal parameters. For ten points, identify this
near-universal anthropological phenomenon, designed to encourage exogamy. 
Answer : _incest_ taboo (accept equivalents)

4.  The subject of a famous Matthew Arnold poem, some scholars, but not
Saxo Grammaticus suggest that his myth is a sign of Christian influence in
Norse legends. The gods amused themselves by throwing things at him, since
they believed they could not harm him. For ten points, name this figure of
Norse myth, god of light and spring, son of Odin and Frigg, killed by
Hodur when Loki discovered he could be harmed by mistletoe. 
Answer : _Balder_

5.  Notoriously clumsy, he often broke equipment and was limited by his
somewhat inept craftsmanship.  However, in 1894 he hired a glassblower
named Everett whose excellent technique provided him with a handmade glass
tube, evacuated of air, with an electrode at either end. One variation of
this tube included a paddlewheel in the middle, which turned, showing that
his discovery had momentum. FTP, name this scientist who, in 1897,
announced the discovery of the electron.
A: _J_oseph _J_ohn _THOMPSON_

6.  Legend has it that it was painted as a reply to an assertion by Sir
Joshua Reynolds? of its impossibility. The subject, Jonathan Buttall,
stands against an autumnal background of green, bronze, and gold. The
subject stands holding a plumed hat in his right hand, whose underside
reflects back on his shimmering monochromatic garb. FTP, name this
non-depressing 1770 painting by Gainesborough.
A: _BLUE_BOY_

7.  Though today much of its legislative power is in the eastern
provinces, it was originally a western party, an outgrowth of the
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation of the 1930's. The closest North
America has to a
large European-style democratic socialist party, it is led by Nova Scotian
Alexa McDonough. For ten points, identify this Canadian political party. 
Answer : _New Democratic Party_ or _NDP_ (Accept: _Nouvelle Parti
Democratique_ or _NPD_)

8.  The child of a WWII veteran and a feminist writer, his education was
obtained in the preparatory schools of New England, where his mother
served as school nurse. He himself was an able wrestler, but it was not
until he
traveled to Austria with his mother that his story "The Pension
Grillparzer" came to fruition. FTP, name this writer with only the
initials "T.S." for a first name, the title character of a novel by John
Irving.
A: T. S. _GARP_

9.  Originally known as Palmerston, it's name changed in 1911. Although it
was known as a port and meat-packing center, half its jobs are
public-sector.  Bombed by the Japanese in 1942, and damaged severely in a
1974 cyclone, it has been rebuilt twice. This city of 70,000 is perhaps
best known today as a staging area for troops on route to East Timor. For
ten points, identify this largest city in the Australia's Northern
Territory, named for a famous British naturalist. 
 Answer : _Darwin_, NT, Australia

10.  "Money Honey" in 1953 and "White Christmas" in 1954 brought fame to
this group, led by Clyde McPhatter. It disbanded in 1958 but a new group
with the same sound appeared in 1959. Rudy Lewis replaced Ben E. King,
recording "On Broadway" in 1963, but it was under Johnny Moore that they
recorded "Under the Boardwalk." FTP, name this band.
A: The _DRIFTERS_

11.  Andrew Jackson, after two attorneys general refused to revoke the
Charter of the Second Bank of the United States, turned to this Maryland
native for the task. After a year long nomination, he became, in 1835, the
first Catholic Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, serving from 1836 until
his death in 1864. For ten points, identify this Justice, who despite his
personal anti-slavery views authored the infamous 1857 _Dred Scott v.
Sanford_ decision.
A : Roger Brooke _Taney_ (TAW-ney)

12.  These atomic group does not build electron clouds simply, progressing
through the S and P orbitals in order.  With the availability of the D
orbital starting with period 4, sometimes the lowest energy state comes
from filling higher S and P before lower D shells. This property gives the
name to, FTP, what class of elements, found in the middle of the periodic
table, of which iron, gold and copper are all examples.
A: _TRANSITION_ elements (also "transition metals")

13.  Three different battles in ancient times were fought here, one
between the Romans and Seleucids, another between Greeks and Celts. The
best-known of them, however, occurred in 480 BCE and pitted a small force
under King Leonidas of Sparta against a massive Persian attack. For ten
points, give the name of this oft-fought over narrow pass. 
Answer : _Thermopylae_ Pass

14.  Invented at least 3000 years BCE, it was used by the Egyptians,
Greeks, and Africans as well as by Italian renaissance sculptors. Starting
with a clay or plaster model, one creates a rigid jacket into which is
poured molten
wax. This wax is used to create a plaster mold in which molten bronze is
poured, but as a result, the wax becomes unrecoverable, giving name to,
FTP, what process, commonly used to make statues and bells.
A: _LOST-WAX_ method

15.   Military issues dominated it, but there was much discussion of
political issues such as a post-war international organization. Stalin
expressed his dislike for the London Polish government, and an agreement
was signed
guaranteeing the territorial integrity of the country in which the
conference itself was held. For ten points, identify this November 1943
conference, whose main topic was the opening of the French front, held in
an Iranian capital city. 
Answer : _Tehran_ Conference

16.  Rising in Tsinghai Province, China, it is the 12th longest river in
the world, and 7th longest in Asia. Going through eastern Tibet and then
Yunnan Province, it forms parts of the Burma-Laos and Laos-Thailand
borders. For ten points, identify this river which passes through capitals
Vientiane and Phnom Penh, though it is most often associated with Vietnam. 
Answer : _Mekong_ River

17.  A biography of him is contained in the U.S.A. trilogy of John Dos
Passos.  His mentor J. Laurence Laughlin brought him to the new University
of Chicago where he did his most famous work. Later at Stanford and
Missouri his books such as the controversial "Imperial Germany and the
Industrial Revolution" and "The Instinct of Workmanship" and his work on
the magazine The Dial were notable, but he's best known today for coining
terms such as "conspicuous consumption." FTP identify this economist,
author of "The Theory of the Leisure Class." 
Answer : Thorstein Bunde _Veblen_

18.  First performed at the National Theatre in Prague on October 29th,
1787, its noble characters include Ottavio, Elvira, and Anna in addition
to the lead.  Elvira is his estranged wife, Ottavio the betrothed of Anna,
whom he
molests and whose father Il Commendatore he kills. FTP, name this opera by
Mozart, notable for the inclusion of a guitar serenade and the infamous
Stone Guest.
A: _DON_GIOVANNI_

19.  This novel's title is also the sole word in the final chapter of its
prequel. Told in first-person perspective, it views New York through the
eyes of someone who is both immigrant and native, as a child of Irish
parents looks for work and confronts his internal demons in postwar
America. FTP, name this 1999 work by Frank McCourt, the sequel to
"Angela's Ashes."
A: _'TIS_

20.   Originally from Ionia, he came to Athens as a guest of Pericles. He
was banished for impiety when he postulated that the sun was an
incandescent stone. His cosmology was notable for its notion of "nous" or
"reason," and its accounting for biological changes. FTP name this
pre-Socratic philosopher, notable for insisting on an infinite number of
elements. 
Answer : _Anaxagoras_

21.  The deed of this title character was similar to the account in Judges
of the death of the Canaanite general Sisera, except that the character
slain here was a commander under Nebuchadnezzar, who was wrongly described
in it as an Assyrian king. In a failed attempt to seduce the title
heroine, the general Holofernes gets decapitated, and she then presents
the head to the townspeople of Bethulia. For ten points, identify this
apocryphal Biblical book. 
Answer : Book of _Judith_

22.  In 1900, an electric car for which he designed the wheel motors met
with acclaim at the Paris Expo. As technical director of Daimler in the
1920's, he led the design of the SS and SSK sports cars. In 1931, he began
work on his most famous vehicle, the Type 32 which would become the
Volkswagen Beetle. FTP, name this German engineer whose company is
responsible for the eponymous 914 and 911.
A: Prof. Ferdinand _PORSCHE_

???Every one of her poems can be sung to the theme of "Gilligan's Island."
However, the themes of this Lesbian dealt most often not with light
situation comedy but with the restrictive society of 19th-century America.
FTP, name this native of Amherst, Massachusetts, whose best known work
begins "Because I Could Not Stop for Death."
A: Emily _DICKINSON_

It was begun by Kao-Tsu, who had been an official in the short-lived Sui
Dynasty. Other notable rulers included Tai-Tsung and the empress Wu-Hou.
It was later known for widespread copper coinage, westward expansion of
Chinese power, and innovations in music and the arts, but especially for
the poetry of Tu Fu and Li Po. For ten points, name this Chinese dynasty,
spanning roughly the years 621 to 907. 
Answer : _T'ang Dynasty_

In Arabic, it carries the appellation "Rigil," meaning "foot." Not to be
confused with Rigel as found in Orion, this third-brightest star in the
sky is a trinary system containint a yellow star comparable to our sun, an
orange star of about the same size, and a red dwarf called Proxima. FTP,
name this closest star system to our sun.
A: _ALPHA_CENTAURI_

Boni:
1.  30-20-10 name the compound:
30: On heating, it reduces to carbon and eleven water molecules.
20: It results from the combination of glucose and fructose.
10: It's common table sugar.
A: _SUCROSE_

2.   5-10-15, given a set of episode titles, name the TV show:
5: "The Telltale Head," "The Crepes of Wrath," "Dead Putting Society"
A: The _SIMPSONS_
10: "The Pony Remark," "The Jacket," "The Contest"
A: _SEINFELD_
15: "The Best of Both Worlds," "Redemption," "All Good Things..."
A: _STAR_TREK:_THE_NEXT_GENERATION_

3.  Name these Dickens novels from synopses FTPE:
a. Phillip Pirrip moves to London, meets Estella, and benefits from the
generosity of Abel Magwitch.
A: _GREAT_EXPECTATIONS_
b. Old Martin's relatives, especially Mr. Pecksniff, vie for his
inheritance while his grandson visits America.
A: The Life and Adventures of _MARTIN_CHUZZLEWIT_
c. This novel details the flaws of the British chancery court system in
depicting an ancient lawsuit.
A: _BLEAK_HOUSE_

4.  Identify these Italian renaissance artists who all start with B from
clues, 10-5 each.
a. 10. He designed the cupola of the Cathedral Santa Maria del Fiore in
Florence, which is based on rigid geometric perfection and a structure of
eight "shells."
   5. In the 1420s, he painted the Baptistry and the Piazza della Signoria
with the aid of mirrors, marking the birth of perspective.
A: Filippo _BRUNELLESCHI_
b. 10. He and his brother Gentile probably began their careers as painters
in their father's studio. His brother-in-law Andrea Mantegna was also a
significant painter.
  5.He sculpted many altarpieces, but is known best for his portraits,
such as "Portrait of a Humanist" and 1501's "Portrait of Doge Leonardo
Loredan"
A: _GIOVANNI_BELLINI_ 
c. 10. Rumor has it he took his name from the Tuscan word for "keg," which
was his brother's nickname, or perhaps from the word for "gold-beater."
His real name was dei Filipepi.
  5. He painted religious art, such as a chair-back depicting fortitude,
but is best known for the nudes in "Birth of Venus" and "Primavera."
A: Sandro _BOTTICELLI_

5.  It's king subtraction time!! Given two kings, subtract their numbers.
For instance, Henry the 8th minus Henry the 5th is three. Ten points each
right answer. 
First : English kings. The first English King to be able to call himself
Henry Tudor minus Henry Bolingbroke. 
 A: _3_ (7-4)
Second : French kings. The Louis who was returned to the throne after
Napoleon I was deposed minus the Sun  King.
 A: _4_ (18-14)
Third : Russian tsars. Ivan the Terrible minus Ivan the Red. 
 A: _2_ (4-2)

6.  Name these people appointed by the president who told us that ketchup
was a vegetable, FTPE.
a.  He was Reagan's first chief of staff, and became Treasury Secretary in
1985. He would later be secretary of state in the Bush administration. 
 A : James _Baker_ III
b.  He was Reagan's first Attorney General, later replaced by Edwin Meese. 
 A: William French _Smith_
c.  This African-American, nicknamed "Silent Sam," lasted Reagan's entire
tenure in office as head of Housing and Urban Development, later a subject
of scandal. 
 A: Samuel _Pierce_

7.  FTPE, identify the amino acid.
a. This amino acid forms the disulfide bridges responsible for curling
hair.
A: _CYSTINE_
b. This amino acid, found in beans, featured heavily in "Jurassic Park."
A: _LYSINE_
c. Finally, this sulfur-containing amino acid's RNA codon also serves as
the "start" codon.
A: _METHIONINE_

8.  30-20-10 name the novel from clues.
30: A floating island maintains its empire by landing on its enemies, in
an allegory concerning the author's home country of Ireland.
20: A race of noble horses considers the extermination of the wild Yahoos.
10: The title character is shipwrecked in a land where everything is
one-twelfth normal size.
A: _GULLIVER'S_TRAVELS_ by Jonathan Swift

9.  30-20-10, name the celestial body:
30: Located in the constellation of Kasterborus, its long-lived
inhabitants derive their power from a black hole.
20: These inhabitants, the Time Lords, channel their power through the Eye
of Harmony to power their TARDIS space-time craft.
10: The Doctor, star of the BBC's Doctor Who, hails from there.
A: _GALLIFREY_

10.  Identify these existentialist philosophers FTP each. 
a. Perhaps the best known purveyor of existentialism, he wrote plays like
"Dirty Hands" and nonfiction works such as "Being and Nothingness." 
 A: Jean-Paul _Sartre_
b He wrote the play "Le Monde Casse," to which was attached his
philosophical essay "On the Ontological Mystery" 
 A : Gabriel-Honore _Marcel_
c. More associated with phenomenology than existentialism, he was a
Marxist like Sartre but in his work "Humanism and Terror" bitterly
attacked Soviet-style communism and by extension Sartre. His most
important work of philosophy was "The Structure of Behavior." 
 A: Maurice _Merleau_-Ponty

11.  Given the name of a disputed zone, name the two countries with
conflicting claims to it, five points per country. 
a. Aozou Strip
 A: _Chad_, _Libya_
b. Ogaden Desert
 A: _Ethiopia_, _Somalia_
c. Nagorno-Karabakh
 A: _Armenia_, _Azerbaijan_

12.  Name these elements of the Theory of Relativity FTPE:
a. This principle states that forces resulting from Newtonian reactions
are indistinguishable from forces resulting from the curvature of space.
A: The Principle of _EQUIVALENCE_
b. These calculations, originally used as an attempt to save the theory of
ether, translate one frame of reference to another.
A: The _LORENTZ_ Transformations
c. This phenomenon seems to extend the half-life of cosmic rays as a
consequence of their high velocity.
A: _TIME_DILATION_

13.  30-20-10 name the author from works:
30: _Set_This_House_On_Fire_, for which he won the Prix de Rome
20: _The_Confessions_of_Nat_Turner_, and _Lie_Down_in_Darkness_, which
relates his struggle with depression
10: _Sophie's_Choice_ and _A_Tidewater_Morning_
A: William _STYRON_

14.  For the stated number of points, identify these entities who clashed
with Rome in ancient times. 
a.  For 5, this city-state was Rome's adversary during the Punic Wars. 
 A: _Carthage_
b.  For 10, kings of this Asia Minor kingdom were often a bother, and the
best known ones were named Mithradates. Pompey and Caesar both fought
against this kindgom often. 
 A: _Pontus_
c.  For 15, this empire grew out of a satrapy of the Achaemenian Persian
Empire and a Seleucid province, it begun when Arsaces I revolted and set
up an empire near the Caspian Sea. They were decimated by Trajan's
conquests. 
A: _Parthia_n Emprie

15.  Given a highest mountain in a U.S. state and its elevation in feel
above sea level, identify the state, for the stated number of points. 
a. 5 : Mount Hood, 11,239
Answer: Oregon
b. 5 : Mount Mitchell, 6,684
Answer: North Carolina
c. 10 : Mount Marcy, 5,344
Answer: New York
d. 10 : Humphreys Peak, 12,633
Answer: Arizona

16.  Given the caudillo, or miltary strongman of the 20th Century, name
the Latin American country he dominated, for the stated number of points. 
5: Victoriano Huerta
 A: _Mexico_
5 : Anastasio Somoza
A: _Nicaragua_
10 : Getulio Vargas
A: _Brazil_
10 : Laureano Gomez
 A: _Colombia_

17.  Identify these crucial cases involved in developing the right to
privacy, for the stated number of points. 
For 5 : This case used the right of privacy to establish a limited right
to a legal abortion. 
 A: _Roe_ v. Wade
For 10 : Most often called the predecessor to _Roe_, this 1965 decision
overturned a law restricting access to birth control for married couples
in a New England state. 
 A: _Griswold_ v. Connecticut
For 15, this 1968 case extending _Griswold_ to unmarried couples struck
down a Massachusetts law regulating contraception. 
 A: _Eisenstadt_ v. Baird

18.  Identify these common personality evaluation tests, FTP each. 
a. The question writer is classified as an ENTP under this four-category
system of personality classification, very popular among college students,
named for its two formulators. 
 A: _Myers-Briggs_ Personality Test
b. As originally published consists of nine clinical scales (or sets of
items), each scale having been found in practice to discriminate a
particular clinical group, such as people suffering from schizophrenia,
depression, or paranoia. Developed at Minnesota, it was the first so
called "inventory" test.
 A: _Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory_ or _MMPI_
c. Harder to quantify than an inventory test and yet more concrete than a
Rorschach blot test, it asks a subject to make up a story based on
pictured cards and thoughts and feelings of characters in the stories.  It
was developed in the 1940s by Henry Murray at Harvard. 
Answer: _Thematic Appreciation Test_ or _TAT_

19.  Identify these terms from Islam, FTP each. 
a. Merely the name of a leader of prayer among the Sunni, among the Shiite
this term is one of high reverence, one of the legendary leaders. 
Answer: _Imam_
b. Meaning "straight path," it is the term usually applied to a strict
regime of Islamic law, though it is not used that way in the Qur'an. 
Answer: _Shari'a_
 c. This term refers to the ablution that involves bathing in ritually
pure water following such an event as childbirth or sexual intercourse. 
Answer: _ghusl_

20.  Answer these questions about Perseus, FTSNOP.
Perseus was the offspring of a god and a mortal woman. For five points
each, name them.
 A: _Zeus_ and _Danae_
(10) His maternal grandfather cast him into sea in a chest after hearing a
prophecy that his grandson would kill him someday. 
 A: _Acrisius_
(10) He washed up on the island Seriphus, whose king desired Danae, and
tricked Perseus into promising to bring back the head of the Gorgon
Medusa. 
 A: _Polydectes_

21.  Given a musical instrument, name the key to which it most commonly
transposes 5-5-10-10:
(5) a. Clarinet
A: _Bb_ 
(5) b. Alto saxophone
A: _Eb_
(10) c. Trumpet
A: _Bb_
(10) d. Guitar
A: _C_ an octave higher (do not accept NONE)

22.  Given an abbreviation for a New Deal-era government agency, tell what
it stood for, FTP each. 
(10) NRA 
 _National Recovery Administration_
(10) CCC
 _Civilian Conservation Corps_
(10) WPA
 _Works Progress Association_

23.  FFPE, name the brightest star in each of the following
constellations. Note that just saying "Alpha [constellation]" is not
enough.
a. Scorpio
A: _ANTARES_
b. Cygnus
A: _DENEB_
c. Aquila
A: _ALTAIR_
d. Orion
A: _BETELGEUSE_ or _RIGEL_ (Betelgeuse is variable)
e. Ursa Minor
A: _POLARIS_
f. Perseus
A: _ALGOL_

24. Gregorian chants and other classical music of the church was written
using a system of six modes, each inversions of the major scale. FFPE,
name them.
A: _IONIAN_, _DORIAN_, _PHRYGIAN_, _LYDIAN_, _MIXOLYDIAN_, _AEOLIAN_
( Do not accept locrian, which was recognized but not used)

25.  Given a list of Arthurian tales, name the author FTPE
a. _Lancelot,_or_the_Knight_of_the_Cart_ and
_Percival,_or_the_Count_of_the_Grail_
A: Chretien _DE_TROYES_
b. _Le_Mort_d'Arthur_
A: Sir Thomas MALLORY_
??c. _Sir_Gawain_and_the_Green_Knight_
A: _UNKNOWN_ or the _GAWAIN_AUTHOR_


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