Delta Burke 2017

Questions by Chris Borglum, Billy Beyer, Sean Platzer, Peter Torres, and Dallin Kelson

1. Mark Twain’s posthumously published Letters from the Earth are presented as written by this character
to the archangels Michael and Gabriel. Another posthumous Twain work presents this character as Philip
Traum, who befriends Theodor, Nikolaus, and Seppi. Judge Holden in Cormac McCarthy’s novel Blood
Meridian is explicitly associated with this figure. The miserly Tom Walker disappears with this figure in
a story by Washington Irving. For 10 points, Jabez Stone is defended by Senator Daniel Webster in a
story by Stephen Vincent Benet after making a deal with what malevolent figure?
ANSWER: the devil or Satan (prompt on “Old Scratch”)

2. A statistical model called CLIPER is used to predict the motion of these phenomena, whose intensities
can be estimated from satellite pictures using the Dvorak technique. Dropsondes are deployed from
aircraft to measure these phenomena, which often originate from easterly waves and usually form at least
300 miles from the equator in warm ocean waters. The center of these phenomena often have a circular
area called an eye. For 10 points, name these large storms that have included Andrew in 1992 and Katrina
in 2005.
ANSWER: hurricanes [or tropical storms; or tropical cyclones; prompt on partial answer]

3. This figure’s battle cry was “Clarence!” and he owned a lance called Rhongomiant. This owner of the
horse Passelande was the nephew of Aurelius Ambrosius and Constans, who was murdered by his adviser
Vortigern. This man was born in Tintagel to Igraine and the victor at the battle of Menevia. This man’s
sister married Lot and fathered Gawain and Mordred. This son of Uther was taken to Avalon to heal after
being betrayed by his wife Guinevere and his knight Lancelot. This wielder of Excalibur founded the
order of the Knights of the Round Table. For 10 points, name this mythical king of Camelot.
ANSWER: King Arthur

4. This man’s father, Carlo, was a follower of Pasquale Paoli’s movement for independence of his home
island, but later switched sides and allied with the occupying viceroy, Charles Louis de Marbeuf. This
man’s publication of the pamphlet “The Supper at Beaucaire” helped get him a post leading the artillery
at the Siege of Toulon. His artillery experience would aid him after recovering the Pratzen Heights in an
1805 battle against Emperors Francis II and Alexander I. In 1808, this leader made his brother Joseph
king of Spain. FTP identify this Corsican-born victor of the Battle of Austerlitz and first Emperor of
France.
ANSWER: Napoleon Bonaparte

5. Sampson and Laub created an age-graded, life-course theory of this phenomenon, noting that those
who stopped participating in this phenomenon experienced a stabilizing “turning point” like military
service, steady employment, and/or marriage. Robert Merton developed Strain Theory to explain increase
in the rates of this phenomenon after World War II. A 19th-century Italian thinker posited that a
propensity toward this phenomenon was inherited, and could be seen in physical traits like asymmetrical
facial structures and long arms. For 10 points, Cesare Lombroso created the formal study of what general
antisocial behavior, engaged in by thieves, rapists, and murderers?
ANSWER: crime

6. Nanoparticles made of this element can be synthesized using the Turkevich method. The element
tellurium was discovered by Muller in a mineral that also contained this element. Chlorine gas is used to
refine this element in the Miller process. Fritz Haber tried to pay the debts of Germany after World War I
by extracting this element from seawater. This most malleable and ductile metal resembles the mineral
pyrite. For 10 points, name this yellow metal whose symbol is Au.
ANSWER: gold [or Au before mentioned]
7. The Swimming Pool is a series of paper cut-outs made by this artist to decorate the dining room of his
home, joining many cut outs he produced in the 1940s after a cancer diagnosis. Students at the Art
Institute of Chicago burned this artist’s painting The Blue Nude when it was part of the traveling
exhibition of the Armory Show. This artist produced a portrait of his wife Amelie wearing an orange
tunic, her face bisected by the titular Green Stripe. This artist exhibited at the 1905 Autumn Salon where
his work was among those described as having been produced by “wild beasts.” For 10 points, what
French leader of the Fauves painted The Joy of Life and The Dance?
ANSWER: Henri Matisse

8. This country was the setting for Guillermo Cabrera Infante’s experimental novel Tres Tristes Tigres,
which features a section titled “Some Revelations” which comprises blank pages. Reinaldo Arenas
described government persecution based on his open homosexuality in this country in his autobiography
Before Night Falls. The Latin American Boom author of the novel The Kingdom of This World, Alejo
Carpentier, lived his adult life in this country. A poem from the collection Versos Sencillos has been
adopted as this country’s unofficial national song. For 10 points, “Guantanamera” by Jose Marti describes
a woman from what Caribbean country’s city of Guantanamo?
ANSWER: Cuba

9. One of these presentations referenced the overshadowing of the “solitary inventor, tinkering in his
shop” by “task forces of scientists in laboratories.” That example warned against the “acquisition of
unwarranted influence . . . by the military-industrial complex.” A recent presenter of one of these said he
was leaving the stage “more optimistic about this country than when [he] started.” The first of these was
actually presented as an open letter and warned against the “baneful effects of the spirit of party,” while
also announcing that the presenter wouldn’t seek a third term. For 10 points, what are these speeches
given at the end of the term of an outgoing US chief executive?
ANSWER: presidential farewell addresses or farewell speeches (prompt on “last speech”)

10. A vast plateau to the west of this mountain system and sharing its name includes protected areas like
the Pisgah National Forest and Cloudlands Canyon State Park. A sub-range of this mountain system
includes the Ocoee Supergroup, a geologic region which includes mountains like Mount Guyot and
Clingman’s Dome. The Catskills are a sub-range of this system, while the Adirondacks are the only
prominent mountains in the east that are geologically unrelated. Including sub-ranges from the White
Mountains of New Hampshire to the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains, for 10 points what vast
mountain system runs from Alabama to Maine and includes a namesake trail?
ANSWER: Appalachian Mountains (accept “Appalachians”)

11. This scientist and a German name the instability that may occur when two fluid layers shear against
each other. Along with Joule, this scientist names the change in temperature that occurs when a real gas is
forced through a small aperture. On a temperature scale named for this man, the triple point of water is
approximately 273 degrees. This scientist was knighted for serving as an adviser during the laying of the
first transatlantic telegraph cables. For 10 points, name this scientist who names the SI unit for
temperature.
ANSWER: Lord Kelvin [or William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin]

12. The parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector in the Book of Luke is meant to illustrate the
importance of humility in performing this action, while the parable of the “Friend at Midnight” is meant
to show the importance of persistence in this activity. This action is performed nine times in the Catholic
novena. Martin Luther asked the composer Louis Senfl to write music to help him with this action.
According to Matthew six-five and six, Jesus exhorted his followers to “enter into thy closet” and perform
this action “in secret.” For 10 points, what is this act of offering praise and/or requests to God?
ANSWER: prayer or praying (accept other word forms)
13. The last play written by French author Jean Anouilh [ahh-noo] was subtitled “The Lame King” and
titled for this character. Seneca’s version of this character’s story includes a character named Manto,
daughter of the man who is charged by this character to find the killer of his wife’s previous husband. In
the best-known play about this character, he is relieved to hear that Polybus has died, as he thinks that
negates a prophecy about him which has brought a plague to his city. For 10 points, what father of
Antigone kills his real father Laius and marries his mother Jocasta as depicted in a play by Sophocles?
ANSWER: Oedipus (accept Oedipus Rex or Oedipus the King)

14. The Enderun system provided education for boys destined for high government and military positions
in this government. Those boys were conscripted by this government through its devsirme [dev-sheer-
meh] system, in which Christian families gave up sons to convert to Islam and serve the state. That
system populated the elite corps of soldiers of this government, the Janissaries. Called “the sick man of
Europe” as it weakened in the late 19th century, this government ended during World War I with the rise
of the Young Turks. For 10 points, what empire ruled much of Eastern Europe and the Middle East from
its capital at Istanbul?
ANSWER: Ottoman Empire

15. One cartoon citizen of this place is often shown with his dog, K-9, who wears a skirt and four
basketball shoes. Inhabitants of this place call it Malacandra in a book in which this place is visited by a
character named Ransom; that novel is C.S. Lewis’s Out of the Silent Planet. A former Confederate
captain is transported after his apparent death to this planet in a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs
in which John Carter becomes Warlord of this planet. This planet is home to a character who wears a
Roman centurion’s helmet who was foiled by Bugs Bunny in numerous Warner Brothers shorts. For 10
points, the spaceman Marvin represents what fourth planet from the Sun?
ANSWER: Mars

16. Near the end of this poem, the speaker refers to it by stating, “These fragments I have shored against
my ruin.” “Datta,” “Damyata,” and “Dayadhvam,” terms from the Upanishads meaning “giving,”
“control,” and “compassion,” are used in this poem to refer to its theme of spiritual rebirth from the dead
land in its section “What the Thunder Said.” This long poem is dedicated to Ezra Pound, who helped edit
it, before it opens with the line “April is the cruelest month.” For 10 points, what is this modernist poem
by T.S. Eliot?
ANSWER: “The Waste Land”

17. This athlete recently became the “brand ambassador” for a nutrition bar made by a Seattle company,
the CEO of which selected this athlete because its four-letter brand name is contained in the athlete’s
surname. This athlete claimed his Twitter account was hacked in May of 2017 when he tweeted three
smiling emojis following the message “L.A. Clippers.” In a November game, this player became the first
in 33 years to compile over 40 points, five rebounds, and five blocks while also hitting more than one
three-pointer. This seven-foot, three-inch power forward plays for the Latvian national team. For 10
points, what endorser of Zing bars is a star for the New York Knicks?
ANSWER: Kristaps Porzingis

18. In an opera by this composer, the daughter of Goffredo wishes to weep over her fate in the aria
"Lascia [LAH-shah] ch'io [kee-oh] pianga [pee-AHN-gah]." This composer was taught by F. W. Zachow
and was a rival of Giovanni Bononcini. The first organ concertos, one of which was "The Cuckoo and the
Nightingale," were written by this composer. Charles Jennens wrote the libretto to a work by this
composer that contains the air "Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted." The signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-
Chapelle led this composer to write Music for the Royal Fireworks. For 10 points, name this composer
whose "Hallelujah Chorus" is part of his oratorio entitled Messiah.
ANSWER: George Frideric Handel
19. These structures are numbered one through eight in the Palmer notation. A supernumerary one of
these structures is called the mesiodens [MEE-zee-oh-denz]. A rule named for Adolph Schultz concerns
the eruption of these structures. Diphyodont [DIF-ee-uh-dont] animals have two successive sets of these
structures, which are covered by the hardest substance in the human body. These structures, which usually
number thirty-two in adults, are helpful in mastication and have a portion called the crown that is covered
by enamel. For 10 points, name these structures that are located in the mouth, and whose types include
canines, incisors, and molars.
ANSWER: teeth

20. Christopher Jones was the captain of this vessel, which had to take on passengers from the Speedwell,
which twice took on water. The main patrons of this voyage differentiated between themselves and a
group called “The Strangers,” which included John Alden. Fear of the Strangers’ unwillingness to abide
by the leadership of the self-described “Saints” on this vessel led to the drafting of an agreement for self-
government named for this vessel, signatories to which include William Bradford and Miles Standish. For
10 points, an eponymous “compact” was signed on what vessel which brought the Pilgrims to the New
World?
ANSWER: Mayflower
Delta Burke 2017
Round 1 Bonuses

1. This scientist discovered the law of corresponding states. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this Dutch scientist whose namesake intermolecular forces include dipole-dipole forces and
dipole-induced dipole forces.
ANSWER: Johannes Diderik van der Waals
[10] Van der Waals names a modification of this law from chemistry, which is a combination of Boyle's
law, Charles' law, and Avogadro's law.
ANSWER: ideal gas law
[10] This scientist's equal area rule is a correction to the van der Waals equation. The distribution of
speeds for gases at certain temperatures is named for this scientist and Boltzmann.
ANSWER: James Clerk Maxwell

2. This phrase originated in the Special Field Orders, Number 15 promulgated by a Union general. For 10
points each:
[10] What five-word phrase referred to land and a work animal that freed slaves believed they’d be given
after the Civil War?
ANSWER: forty acres and a mule
[10] This Union general issued the special order offering land near the coast from South Carolina to
Florida after he made his scorched-earth “March to the Sea.”
ANSWER: William T. Sherman
[10] Union General Oliver O. Howard was the first director of this post-Civil War federal organization
meant to assist newly free citizens with education and assimilation.
ANSWER: Freedmen’s Bureau

3. Jean Cocteau, in his pamphlet “The Cock and the Harlequin,” argued that the French had had enough
of Debussy and this other composer. For 10 points each:
[10] What composer of Gaspard de la Nuit and the ballet Daphnis et Chloe disliked being called an
Impressionist?
ANSWER: Maurice Ravel
[10] Ravel is best known for this orchestral work, which all quiz bowl packets will tell you is played over
an unchanging ostinato rhythm played on the snare drum.
ANSWER: Bolero
[10] Ravel’s Bolero is based on a dance of the same name from this country; Ravel also wrote a
“Rhapsody” titled for this country.
ANSWER: Spain

4. This poet coined the term “Dark Ages” to refer to the period from the fall of Rome till the 12th century.
For 10 points each:
[10] This is what Italian poet of the collection of sonnets called Canzoniere, or “Song Book”?
ANSWER: Petrarch or Francesco Petrarca
[10] Petrarch dedicated his poems in Canzoniere to this love of his life, whom he saw in a church on
Good Friday in 1327.
ANSWER: Laura
[10] Petrarch also wrote this long poem about Scipio’s victory in the Second Punic War, which takes its
title from the continent on which that battle was fought.
ANSWER: Africa
5. The host of this podcast also hosts Talking Dead on AMC. For 10 points each:
[10] Chris Hardwick co-hosts what podcast, the namesake of a network that includes The Indoor Kids and
You Made it Weird.
ANSWER: The Nerdist
[10] This comedian hosts WTF, a podcast that includes interviews with comedians and musicians. He also
had an eponymous show on IFC, and he plays a B-movie director working with female wrestlers on the
Netflix series Glow.
ANSWER: Marc Maron
[10] In 2014, a documentary was made about this podcast, hosted by the creator of Community and Rick
and Morty. Its recurring features include playing Dungeons and Dragons as well as segments like “sports
corner.”
ANSWER: Harmontown

6. Bulgaria and Romania have signed an agreement to build a bridge joining their countries over this
river. For 10 points each:
[10] What European river runs through four European capitals, including Bratislava and Belgrade?
ANSWER: Danube River
[10] The Mathias Church sits on the Danube in this capital city, the name of which comes from the 1873
merger of two cities on opposite sides of its banks.
ANSWER: Budapest
[10] The Danube rises in this large woodland area in Baden-Wurttemburg state in Germany.
ANSWER: Black Forest or Schvarzvald

7. This painter is alleged to have raged, “Damn the nose; there’s no end to it!” in his frustration at
capturing the face of the famous actress Sarah Siddons. For 10 points each:
[10] Who is this painter better known for his portrait of Jonathan Buttall, called “The Blue Boy”?
ANSWER: Thomas Gainsborough
[10] Gainsborough was a painter from this specific country, where he served as a founding member of its
Royal Academy of Arts.
ANSWER: England
[10] Another founding member of the Royal Academy was this artist of the series of paintings titled The
Rake’s Progress and Marriage a la Mode.
ANSWER: William Hogarth

8. This book includes the advice "If you meet your anti-self, don’t shake hands! You would both vanish in
a great flash of light.” For 10 points each:
[10] Name this 1988 book by Stephen Hawking subtitled "From the Big Bang to Black Holes."
ANSWER: A Brief History of Time
[10] A Brief History of Time begins with an anecdote in which an elderly lady believes that the world rests
on the back of one of these animals, and that it's these animals "all the way down."
ANSWER: turtles [or tortoises]
[10] Stephen Hawking suffers from this motor neuron disease, which is also known as Lou Gehrig's
disease. Awareness for this disease was increased in 2014 by the Ice Bucket Challenge.
ANSWER: ALS [or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis]

9. Kikuyu activists rebelled against British authority in this movement in the 1950s. For 10 points each:
[10] What alliteratively named uprising mostly petered out after the capture of rebel leader Dedan
Kimathi in 1956?
ANSWER: Mau Mau Rebellion
[10] The Mau Mau rebellion took place in this East African nation with capital Nairobi.
ANSWER: Kenya [cont’d]
[10] This first president of post-colonial Kenya was imprisoned for eight years for involvement with the
Mau Mau uprising, though historians debate how involved he was in its leadership.
ANSWER: Jomo Kenyatta

10. This poet was the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize, doing so in 1950. For 10 points each:
[10] What author won that award for her long poem Annie Allen?
ANSWER: Gwendolyn Brooks
[10] Brooks is better known for this short lyric, in which the seven pool players “at the Golden Shovel”
speak in first person plural about how they “sing sin” and “thin gin.”
ANSWER: “We Real Cool”
[10] In “We Real Cool,” the speakers say they “jazz” this month, which Brooks says critics often took as
a sexual reference, while she just meant they enjoyed this summer month.
ANSWER: June

11. These items and actions were first required by Gobind Singh to symbolize the purity of a member of
the Khalsa. For 10 points each:
[10] What numerical group of items includes not cutting one’s hair and using a brush called a kangha.
ANSWER: Five K’s
[10] The Five K’s are part of this syncretic faith of India that venerates the Adi Granth as the last guru.
ANSWER: Sikhism
[10] One of the Five K’s is the Kirpan, which is this type of item meant to allow members of the Khalsa
to protect themselves or defend the innocent.
ANSWER: dagger (prompt on “knife”)

12. Alfred North Whitehead contended that European philosophy was a series of footnotes to this thinker.
For 10 points each:
[10] What man transcribed the dialogues of his teacher Socrates with his students?
ANSWER: Plato
[10] In Plato’s Republic, Socrates considers the Ring of Gyges, which he argues could lead a just man to
do unjust things because it confers this quality.
ANSWER: invisibility
[10] Plato details Socrates’s death from drinking hemlock after presenting arguments for the immortality
of the soul in this dialogue.
ANSWER: Phaedo

13. Answer the following about a biological lab technique called PCR, for 10 points each.
[10] The "P" in PCR stands for this word, an example of which is the enzyme Taq.
ANSWER: polymerase
[10] PCR, or polymerase chain reaction, often uses the bivalent cations of this alkaline earth metal, which
is also found in the center of a molecule of chlorophyll.
ANSWER: magnesium [or Mg]
[10] In addition to developing PCR, the scientist Kary Mullis is known for believing that AIDS is NOT
caused by this retrovirus, whose major genes include gag, pol, and env.
ANSWER: HIV [or human immunodeficiency virus]
14. The unusual British verb “mafficking” came from joy at the lifting of the siege of the city of Mafeking
in this conflict. For 10 points each:
[10] The botched Jameson Raid helped lead to the second of what conflicts between the British and Dutch
settlers in a colonial outpost?
ANSWER: Boer War(s)
[10] The Boer Wars took place in what is now this country.
ANSWER: South Africa
[10] This military leader took command of British forces in the Second Boer War in 1900. Previously, he
had won the battle of Omdurman in Sudan, and years later his face graced British recruiting posters in
World War I.
ANSWER: Lord Herbert Kitchener

15. This bird was associated with Athena. For 10 points each:
[10] What avian was meant to represent Athena’s wisdom?
ANSWER: owl
[10] In Jewish folklore this first wife of Adam was described as a “screech owl”; she was cast out because
she wouldn’t submit to Adam’s dominion.
ANSWER: Lilith
[10] A minor Greek figure named Ascalaphus was turned into an owl by this daughter of Demeter
because he tattled on her eating fruit while in Hades.
ANSWER: Persephone

16. This eponymous dramatic principle suggests that any stage props or story elements introduced in a
play should be relevant to the plot. For 10 points each:
[10] What writer gives his name to an object that, if seen hanging on a wall, should eventually be fired?
ANSWER: Chekhov’s gun (or Chekhov’s rifle)
[10] Anton Chekhov wrote this 1901 play in which Natasha slowly begins to bully the titular girls, Olga,
Masha, and Irina.
ANSWER: Three Sisters or Tri Sestry from Ivan)
[10] Besides writing plays, Chekhov wrote many works in this fictional genre, including “The Bet” and
“The Lady with the Pet Dog.”
ANSWER: short stories

17. Brouwer's theorem named for these points can be proved using the hairy ball theorem. FTPE:
[10] Name these points that are where f of x equals x.
ANSWER: fixed points [or fixpoints; or invariant points]
[10] Kakutani's fixed point theorem was used in this man's 1950 paper "Equilibrium points in n-person
games." His struggle with schizophrenia was detailed in the book A Beautiful Mind.
ANSWER: John Forbes Nash Jr.
[10] The only Nash equilibrium solution in this game is for both individuals to confess.
ANSWER: prisoner's dilemma
18. One of these people, Thorkell the Tall, entered the service Aethelred the Unready to fight another one
of these people, Sven Forkbeard, during an invasion of England. For 10 points each:
[10] Name these northern European raiders who attacked England in their longships and at one point
instituted Danelaw.
ANSWER: Vikings
[10] Sven Forkbeard seized the English throne along with this Danish prince and son of his who ruled the
North Sea Empire.
ANSWER: Cnut the Great [or Canute]
[10] Cnut married a woman from this region in northern France that was given by Charles the Simple to
Rollo after the Vikings raided via waterways. Its name is derived from an alternate name for the Vikings.
ANSWER: Normandy

19. This novel focuses on the US soldier Paul Berlin as he and his squad search for one of its AWOL
members. For 10 points each:
[10] What novel by Tim O’Brien sees Berlin fantasize about chasing the title figure through Iran all the
way to Paris?
ANSWER: Going after Cacciato
[10] Tim O’Brien is better known for this novel comprising linked short stories about Jimmy Cross and
his squad, featuring titles like “The Sweetheart of Song Tra Bong” and the title story?
ANSWER: The Things They Carried
[10] Both Going after Cacciato and The Things They Carried describe this war, in which O’Brien served
in 1969 and ’70.
ANSWER: Vietnam War

20. Michel Foucault comments on this painting in the opening pages of The Order of Things. For 10
points each:
[10] Identify this painting of the daughter of King Philip IV of Spain with her retinue by Diego
Velasquez.
ANSWER: Las Meninas
[10] Using Las Meninas, Foucault coined this French term with its root in the ancient Greek word for
knowledge; it represents all a priori knowledge assumed by various peoples in various times.
ANSWER: Episteme
[10] The episteme has been compared to the idea of paradigms as articulated in this philosopher’s book
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.
ANSWER: Thomas Kuhn