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TOSSUP 1: A fusion of the elements of tragedy and romantic comedy, this play is the last of
Shakespeare’s late romances. Symbols prominent in the work include a game of chess, the
main character’s books, and the titular event. The play opens with a ship of characters
including Antonio and Alonso traveling to Italy on the way back from the wedding of Alonso’s
daughter. For ten points, Name this Shakespeare work which is set on an island and features
the characters Prospero and Miranda.

ANSWER: The Tempest

BONUS: Answer these questions about the Korean War.

a. For five points, at the outbreak of the war, this general was appointed supreme commander,
but he was replaced in 1951 due to his criticism of US policy.

ANSWER: Douglas MacArthur

b. For ten points, the Americans made a daring landing at this site behind North Korean lines on
September 15, 1950 to reverse the tide of the war.

ANSWER: Inchon

c. For fifteen points, this village, located on the 38th parallel, was where a 1953 armistice was
signed that “ended” the war.

ANSWER: Panmunjom

TOSSUP 2: He used war and intrigue for personal gain, ending his career with defeat to the
same Moors of whom he served as a soldier of fortune. He served the Moors only because
he’d been exiled for suspected treachery despite great success in the service of Sancho II and
Alfonso VI of Castile. For ten points, name this 11th century Spanish warrior, whose real name
was Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar.

ANSWER: El Cid (accept Diaz if buzz before that point in question)

BONUS: Given a number tell me the square root.

a. 784

ANSWER: 28

b. 196

ANSWER: 14

c. 484

ANSWER: 22

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TOSSUP 3: "I had to go. A spirit in my feet said 'Go,' and I went." These are the words of this
famous photographer, reliving the inspiration to attempt to document the entire Civil War in still
images. Hiring a crew of five, he set out on his mission, working from a traveling darkroom of
sorts. For ten points, name this man who shocked America with images of the dead from the
Battle of Antietam.

ANSWER: Matthew Brady

BONUS: Name these holy cities of Islam from a description.

a. For ten points, the long form of this city’s Arabic name is “City of the Prophet of Allah” and it is
where Muhammad was buried. It became the seat of his movement after the Hejira, which
means withdrawal.

ANSWER: Medina

b. For the remaining twenty points, name any two of the three cities in Iraq that are holy to Shiite
Muslims. Think of the news when they say the phrase “holy city of…..”

ANSWER: Najaf, Karbala, or Kufa

TOSSUP 4: You can find this mountain in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains. The
summit was first reached by a team lead by Nicholas B Clinch, who was assisted by the United
States Navy in 1966. For ten points, at 16,860 feet, name the highest peak in Antarctica.

ANSWER: Vinson Massif (ACCEPT: St. Vincent Massif)

BONUS: Answer the following questions from British literature.

a. For five points, He “died” in the story “The Final Problem” but Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was
forced to bring him back due to popular outcry.

ANSWER: Sherlock Holmes

b. For ten points: Holmes’ arch-nemesis, this man went down the same cliff with Holmes

ANSWER: Professor James Moriarity

c. For fifteen points: also appearing in the Sherlock Holmes tales was this woman who
maintained Holmes’ residence at 221B Baker Street

ANSWER: Mrs. Hudson

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TOSSUP 5: Among the things this man is famous for are the discovery of benzene and
revolutionizing the field of electrolysis. He invented the first electric motor. He found that current
would be generated if a magnet was moved through a coil of wire, thus discovering
electromagnetic induction. His picture is on the back of a twenty-pound British note, and his
name is ascribed to the SI unit of capacitance. For ten points, name this physicist.

ANSWER: Michael Faraday

BONUS: Given the achievement in sports, tell who accomplished it for ten points each.
a. He was the first person to run a mile in less than four minutes.

Answer: Roger BANISTER

b. He has hit more home runs in the world than any other player.

Answer: Sadaharu OH (Note: He hit 868 in the Japanese Leagues)

c. She was the first woman to swim across the English Channel.

Answer: Gertrude EDERLE

TOSSUP 6: In 1997, judge Linda Lau heard the words, “I did something that I had no right to do,
morally or legally. It was wrong and I am sorry.” This defendant promised, “It will not happen
again.” This Seattle schoolteacher gave birth to two children of her then- 13-year-old student.
For ten points, name this convict, recently released after serving her seven-year sentence.

ANSWER: Mary Kay Latourneau

BONUS: For five points each, name the island or island group, and for another five, name the
ruling country.
a. These 18 islands lie almost exactly between Iceland and Norway. In their native language,
their collective name means “sheep islands.”

ANSWER: Faroe Islands and Denmark

b. This triangular island in the south Pacific lost all but 111 of its inhabitants in the late
nineteenth century, but tourism has built its population and has threatened to destroy its
Polynesian heritage.

ANSWER: Easter Island and Chile

c. Birthplace of Napoleon and home to 260,000 inhabitants, this mountainous island sits
strategically in the Mediterranean Sea north of Sardinia.

ANSWER: Corsica and France (or the French Republic)

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TOSSUP 7: Because of this belief, you may see priests and nuns carrying brooms with them to
sweep their paths to avoid accidentally harming insects. In addition to insects, one may not
harm any animal life or even most forms of plant life. Literally Sanskrit for avoidance for injury,
name for ten points this Jainist principle of respect for life and nonviolence.

ANSWER: Ahimsa

BONUS: The Tournament Director loves a good Italian unification bonus. Answer the following
questions for ten points each.
a. What is the name of the newspaper founded in 1847 by Camillo di Cavour which also shared
its name with the unification movement? It is Italian for resurgence.

ANSWER: Il Risorgimento

b. Cavour had ideological differences with Giuseppe Mazzini who is known for starting a society
and a journal of this name:

ANSWER: Young Italy

c. Before Young Italy came this secret group of “coal burners” formed around Napoleonic times.

ANSWER: the Carbonari

TOSSUP 8: He was the first basketball player to lead the nation in scoring for three consecutive
years, win a gold medal in the Olympics (1960), and to be named the NBA MVP. He played at
Cincinnati in college and played for the Cincinnati Royals and Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA. He
is the only player in NBA history to average a triple double for a season, which happened in
1961-62. For ten points, name the player nicknamed the Big O.

ANSWER: Oscar Robertson

BONUS: Given a characteristic member, give the name of the order of insects for 10 points
each.
a. Beetle

ANSWER: Coleoptera

b. Cockroach

ANSWER: Dictyoptera
c. Fly

ANSWER: Diptera

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TOSSUP 9: This literary work is set in Japan in the early 11th century. Kiritsubo, a lower
member of the Japanese court gives birth to a son, the titular character. Her son was so
favored by the emperor that he was brought to the court to be raised in his company. Figuring
prominently in the work are the themes of love, lust, and interaction with the opposite sex.
Name this work by Murasaki Shikibu, widely acknowledged as the world’s first novel.

ANSWER: The Tale of Genji

BONUS: How much do you know about diamonds? Answer the following questions about the
precious stones.
a. For ten points, What is the rating given to diamonds on Mohs’ Scale of Hardness?

ANSWER: Ten

b. For five points each, name the 4 c’s of diamonds

ANSWER: Cut, Clarity, Color, and Carat

TOSSUP 10: Located near both Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds, this colony was financed and
organized by Sir Walter Raleigh, who received a charter from Queen Elizabeth I of England.
John White was the governor of the colony, and his granddaughter, Virginia Dare, is believed to
be the first English settler born to English parents. For ten points, identify this colony, founded
in 1586-87 which disappeared without a trace while Governor White was back in England
procuring supplies.

ANSWER: Roanoke colony

BONUS: Give the band that created the following albums for ten points each.
a. American Idiot

ANSWER: Green Day

b. Around the Sun

ANSWER: R.E.M.

c. Pressure Chief

ANSWER: Cake

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BRAVE Falcon Tournament 2004

Round 10
Letter T
* Denotes multi-word answer required

1. This gauge measures the revolutions per minute at which an engine runs. --Tachometer

2. This term refers to the “blank slate” that John Locke believed the infant mind to be.* --
Tabula Rasa

3. This Final Fantasy game for the PlayStation offered an experience similar to board war
gaming. --Final Fantasy Tactics

4. This poet, hailing from Swansea, Wales wrote the collection “In Country Sleep” that includes
the pathos-evoking “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night.” -- Dylan Thomas

5. This act, passed by the Congress over Franklin Roosevelt’s veto, banned “closed shops” and
otherwise restricted union power*. -- Taft-Hartley act

6. Located on northern Formosa, this city is the capital of the Republic of China. -- Taipei (do
not accept Taiwan)

7. This is the northernmost biome in which trees can survive, and typically contains coniferous
forests, as well as bogs. -- Taiga (do not accept Tundra, on which trees cannot grow)

8. Written by Jack Norworth in 1908, it was famously sung for many summers by Harry Carey.*
-- “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”

9. His Nutcracker Suite is a Christmas favorite. -- Peter Ilytch Tchaikovsky

10. A restrictor-plate super speedway track in Alabama, it currently hosts the Aarons 499 and
EA Sports 500 in NASCAR’s Nextel Cup -- Talladega Motor Speedway

11. This Japanese shogunate (1603-1867) moved established the government at Yedo and
ushered in a new era of peace. -- Tokugawa

12. Consisting of the Mishna and Gemara, it codified Jewish rabbinical law. -- Talmud

13. It describes a line that passes through the same point as a curve with the same direction,
as well as the quotient of the sine and cosine of a given angle. -- Tangent

14. For offering up his son Pelops as an offering for the gods, he was condemned to stand in a
pool of water near a branch of fruit, but was unable to reach either. -- Tantalus

15. This atoll in the Gilberts was the scene of the first major amphibious landings by the US
Marines in the Pacific Theater of World War II, in November 1943. -- Tarawa

16. This famous admonition from Ronald Reagan to Mikhail Gorbachev is thought to be a factor
in the 1989 fall of Communism.* -- “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall”

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17. Launched by NASA in 1962, this was the first communications satellite. -- Telstar I

18. Enclosing the hippocampus and the amygdala, this lobe of the brain seems to be primarily
involved in speech and memory. -- Temporal lobe

19. He insisted that “Crossing the Bar” end every anthology of his poetry. He is also the author
of “The Charge of the Light Brigade” and “The Lady of Shallot.” -- Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron
Tennyson (accept Alfred, Lord Tennyson)

20. He lives with his Aunt Polly and gets trapped in a cave with Becky, before finding Injun Joe’s
treasure.* -- Tom Sawyer

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LIGHTNING 1: What puppet-filled musical, based on an apartment complex and featuring Gary
Coleman as the super, won the Best Musical Tony in 2004?

ANSWER: Avenue Q

LIGHTNING 2: What is the space between neurons called?

ANSWER: a synapse

LIGHTNING 3: This is the architectural style of the 1920s and 30s that is exemplified in the
Chrysler Building.

ANSWER: Art Deco

LIGHTNING 4: This River is the only European river to flow west to east, emptying into the
Black Sea, and is the second longest behind the Volga.

ANSWER: The Danube River

LIGHTNING 5: Name the Russian tsar who freed the serfs in 1861.

ANSWER: Alexander II

LIGHTNING 6: What term refers to the tendency of historians to judge and interpret the past by
the standards of modern times?

ANSWER: presentism

LIGHTNING 7: This is the term for a speech or poem in praise of a hero in the Greek society,
originally sung after the procession of a victor in games.

ANSWER: Encomium

LIGHTNING 8: American colonial author of such titles as The History of the Dividing Line,
Journey to the Land of Eden and A Progress to the Mines.

ANSWER: William Byrd

LIGHTNING 9: Thankfully, last year’s mad cow scare seems to have calmed down, but do you
know what the full name of the disease is?

ANSWER: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (PROMPT: BSE)

LIGHTNING 10: Who served as George Washington’s Secretary of War?

ANSWER: Henry Knox

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LIGHTNING 1: Fictional band with hits like “I need more allowance” and “Killer Tofu”

ANSWER: the Beets

LIGHTNING 2: What is the strong central root of many plants called?

ANSWER: a taproot

LIGHTNING 3: Which Romanian sculpted “Le Basier” and “Bird in Space”?

ANSWER: Constantin Brancusi

LIGHTNING 4: This bay is part of the Indian Ocean and sees the Irrawaddy, Ganges and
Brahmaputra rivers flow into it. It lies between India on the west and Burma on the east.

ANSWER: Bay of Bengal

LIGHTNING 5: Name the military director of the Manhattan Project.

ANSWER: General Leslie Groves

LIGHTNING 6: Which pharaoh built the Great Pyramid?

ANSWER: Khufu

LIGHTNING 7: His novel Advise and Consent, published in 1959, was a Pulitzer Prize winning
piece about the workings of the U.S. Senate.

ANSWER: Allen [Stuart] Drury

LIGHTNING 8: Named for a Greek poetess, this is a four-lined verse form of classic lyrical
poetry with the fourth line being an Adonic.

ANSWER: Sapphic

LIGHTNING 9: Five days ago this Asian nation, whose king is Jigme Singye Wangchuk, began
a nationwide ban on tobacco sales.

ANSWER: Bhutan

LIGHTNING 10: Who is the current United States Secretary of the Interior?

ANSWER: Gale Norton

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Grab Bag

1. It all began when Russia refused to withdraw from Manchuria in 1904, leading to battles like
Port Arthur and Yalu River. Eventually Russia was defeated and was forced to cede control in
Manchuria and Korea in a treaty negotiated by Teddy Roosevelt. What is this war that was
ended by the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?

Russo-Japanese War

2. This American sitcom ran form October 15, 1951 to May 6, 1957 and was based on a radio
show called My Favorite Husband. Some of the classic moments include Vita-meata-vega-min,
Candy making, and Grape stomping. Name this sitcom starting Lucille Ball.

I Love Lucy

3. While two of his sons later became popes, this man had quite a reputation of his own. He
became known as the Savior of Florence after he hanged members of the Pazzi Conspiracy in
1478. He was patron to artists like Da Vinci, Donatello, and Boticelli, and worked on keeping a
balance of power in Northern Italy, like his grandfather, Cosomo di Medici.

Lorenzo the Magnificent (di Medici)

4. This concept is the focus of modernist artist Piet Mondrian. It is made up of the play between
colors, line, and shape. Name this concept that is roughly the arrangement of formal elements
within a piece of art.

Composition

5. This quarterback, drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1995, won a trip to the Pro Bowl in
2001 at quarterback. However, he has also spent time at running back, wide receiver, and
punter, earning him as early as his rookie year the nickname “Slash.” Name this member of the
Baltimore Ravens.

Kordell Stewart

6. This organization is characterized by the order and reactions of amino acids in a protein. It
can be in parallel or anti-parallel forms, unlike its helical counterpart. Name this secondary
structure of a protein named for its stretched and waving appearance.

Beta Pleated Sheet

7. This anthropologist questioned the notion that ‘civilised’ societies are necessarily superior to
‘primitive’ societies and anthropologist wrote ‘Coming of Age in Samoa’. Who was this woman,
who said ‘Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the
world’?

Margaret Mead

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8. This park was named after a river which the Minnetaree tribe called the “Mi tsi a da zi.” In
1872 the national park was established making it the world first national park, a place where one
might go to see Old Faithful.

Yellowstone National Park

9. A nerdish florist finds his chance for success in life and love when he discovers a bloodthirsty
plant and names it Aubrey II. This show’s movie version, released in 1986, starred Rick Moranis
and Steve Martin. Name this 1960 musical whose famous line is “Feed me, Seymour!”

Little Shop of Horrors

10. Haile Sellassie is considered by this religion to be the living God. Guidance on how to live is
provided by Kebra Nagast, the Holy Piby and the Bible, and the ideal state to attain is one of
being ‘irie’. What is this faith to which Bob Marley belonged?

Rastafari OR Rastafarianism

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