LHASA Packet 3

Edited by: Tasis Gemmill-Nexon, Aadi Karthik, Elsa Kinnear, Anish Kodali, Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, Freddie
O'Hara, Geoffrey Wu
Written by: Aalok Bhattacharya, Aatreyo Bhattacharyya, Sarah Kim, Keshav Kumar, Grant Maiorana, Veena
Nambi, Isabelle Papa, Arjun Pradhan, Akul Rana, Vishal Sareddy, Rosa Xia, Mason Yu, Will Yu

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1. In one episode in this TV show, a character tells a story about his mother, sister, and some female scorpions
to pass the Bechdel test. A character in this show sells a gun to the assassin Krombopulos Michael to get
money for video games. During one episode in this show, a character escapes from a Russian prison with the
help of Jaguar before going to see (*) Dr. Wong. In the premiere of this show’s third season, a character claims
“Nine more seasons until I get that Szechuan sauce” during a nonsensical rant. In one episode of this season, a
character turns himself into a pickle to avoid going to therapy with his daughter Beth. For 10 points, name this Adult
Swim TV show featuring the title mad scientist and his grandson.
ANSWER: Rick and Morty
<Kumar, Trash> <ed. Wu>

Lumberjack Jesse Jackson declared himself the mayor of one of these locations in Seattle. For 10 points each:
[H] Name these locations. A group of people led by Walter Waters lived in one of these locations.
ANSWER: Hoovervilles [prompt on cities or shantytowns or slums or equivalents]
[M] Waters led this group of World War I veterans. This group was broken up by Douglas MacArthur after
marching to Washington D.C. to demand cash benefits.
ANSWER: Bonus Army [or Bonus Expeditionary Force or BEF]
[E] Hoovervilles were predominant during this 1930s era of U.S. history. This massive economic downturn began
after the stock markets crashed on Black Tuesday.
ANSWER: Great Depression
<Sareddy, American History> <ed. Wu>

2. Two of these objects swap positions every four years in an example of a co-orbital system. One of these
objects is the most reflective body in the solar system with an albedo of 1.38. Another one of these objects
maintains the Encke gap by “shepherding.” The unexpected increase in tidal heating on one of these objects
results in “tiger stripes,” which are centers for (*) cryovolcanism. The only known satellite with a dense
atmosphere is one of these objects, and the Huygens probe landed on that object in 2006. Examples of these objects
include Minas, Tethys, and Titan. For 10 points, name these objects that orbit the 6th planet from the Sun which has
an extensive ring system.
ANSWER: Saturn’s moons [or moons of Saturn; prompt on moons by asking “of which planet?”]
<Sareddy, Astronomy> <ed. Wu>

Answer some questions about the Bauhaus, a school which pioneered modern architecture. For 10 points each:
[H] This architect, the founder of the Bauhaus, designed the John F. Kennedy Federal Building in Boston,
Massachusetts.
ANSWER: Walter Gropius
[E] The Bauhaus was shut down by this German regime, who suppressed artistic expression that they considered
“degenerate.”
ANSWER: Nazi Germany [accept the German Reich]
[M] This architect served as the last director of the Bauhaus, and went on to design skyscrapers like the Seagram
Building and the AMA Plaza.
ANSWER: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe [accept either underlined part]
<Kumar, Other Fine Arts> <ed. Kinnear>

3. The location of this empire’s capital was decided after a priest planted two kum trees and picked the one
that grew more. One ruler of this kingdom killed Charles McCarthy and used his skull as a drinking cup.
This kingdom’s ruler Bonsu allied with the Netherlands in a war against the Fante Confederacy. This empire
won the battle of Feyiase against the Denkyira kingdom. Queen Yaa (*) Asantewaa of this empire started a war
after Frederick Hodgson demanded that he sit on a certain sacred object. Osei Tutu founded this empire. Great
Britain fought the War of the Golden Stool against this empire. For 10 points, name this African empire centered in
modern-day Ghana.
ANSWER: Ashanti Empire [or Asante Empire]
<Sareddy, World History> <ed. Wu>

This character forges a letter which causes a duel where Mathias and Lodowick kill each other. For 10 points each:
[M] Name this character who also poisons a pot of rice to kill his daughter Abigail in a convent. This character is
enraged when Ferenze uses his estate to help the government pay Turkish tribute.
ANSWER: Barabas [accept the Jew of Malta]
[E] Barabas appears in the Jew of Malta, a play by this Elizabethan-era playwright who also wrote Doctor Faustus
and died in a pub brawl.
ANSWER: Christopher Marlowe
[H] The title character of this Marlowe play kills his son Calyphas after he stays in his tent during a battle and burns
a copy of the Quran after conquering Babylon.
ANSWER: Tamburlaine the Great
<Kodali, Drama> <ed. Kinnear>

4. One of this artist’s paintings depicts a group of five young women taunting five young men, all of which are
mostly or entirely nude. This artist painted multiple scenes of pit orchestras, including one set At the Opera.
While visiting his uncle, this artist painted a scene in which a group of men inspect the title good while this
painter’s brother reads a newspaper about the collapse of his business. A woman at the Café de la Nouvelle
Athènes stares forward dejectedly over a (*) glass of the title beverage in another painting by this artist This
artist stepped outside of his primary medium when he created a wax sculpture depicting a young girl standing in
fourth position. For 10 points, name this Impressionist who painted A Cotton Office in New Orleans and frequently
created scenes of ballerinas, including Little Dancer of Fourteen Years.
ANSWER: Edgar Degas
<Maiorana, Visual Fine Arts> <ed. Kinnear>

Traits of this dialect include the habitual “be,” double negatives, and zero copula. For 10 points each:
[M] Name this dialect of English. This dialect was examined in the book Language in the Inner City, and its
speakers may code-switch between it and standard English.
ANSWER: AAVE [or African American Vernacular English or Black Vernacular English; prompt on ebonics]
[H] This “father of sociolinguistics” and UPenn professor wrote Language in the Inner City and demonstrated that
AAVE was rule-governed. This person conducted an experiment where he asked department store employees to say
the phrase “fourth floor.”
ANSWER: William Labov
[E] Labov conducted the “fourth floor” experiment to show the social stratification of English in this city at
department stores such as Macy’s and Saks Fifth Avenue. This city's recognizable accent is spoken in all five of its
boroughs and Long Island.
ANSWER: New York City [or NYC]
<Papa, Social Science> <ed. Wu>

5. In one story by this author, a girl calls Ruby Turpin an “old wart hog” after throwing a book at her. This
author of “Revelation” wrote about a character who wears a green hat which “looked like a cushion with the
stuffing out” and has a velvet flap. One character created by this author states that Jesus had “thrown
everything off balance” before claiming that the protagonist would have been good “if it had been somebody
there to (*) shoot her every minute of her life.” Julian’s mother dies at a bus stop after being assaulted by another
woman in a story by this author. This author of “Everything That Rises Must Converge” wrote a story in which “The
Grandmother” is murdered by The Misfit. For 10 points, name this American author of Southern Gothic stories like
“A Good Man Is Hard to Find.”
ANSWER: Flannery O’Connor
<Sareddy, Short Fiction>

The square of the magnitude of this quantity equals the probability density function. For 10 points each:
[M] Name this quantity symbolized psi. Applying the Hamiltonian to this quantity yields a corresponding energy
according to the time-independent Schrodinger equation.
ANSWER: wavefunction
[E] Wavefunctions can describe the properties of these particles. Orbitals describe the probability of finding these
negatively charged fermions around molecules.
ANSWER: electrons
[H] According to this theorem, the wavefunction of a system changes sign if two identical fermions are exchanged
but stays the same if two identical bosons are exchanged.
ANSWER: spin-statistics theorem
<Wu, Physics>

6. This element is used as a catalyst in a reaction that couples two acetones to form pinacol. Compounds that
contain this element are applied to dry ice to form carboxylic acids. Compounds containing this metal attack
carbonyls to form alcohols and are commonly used to form new carbon-carbon bonds. This metal reduces
titanium tetrachloride in the Kroll process. This element is bonded to a halogen and an alkyl group in (*)
Grignard reagents. This element is coordinated to four nitrogen atoms in the porphyrin ring of chlorophyll. This
element’s sulfate, which is often used in agriculture and foot baths, is called Epsom salt. For 10 points, name this
alkaline earth metal with atomic number 12 and symbol Mg.
ANSWER: magnesium [or Mg before mentioned]
<Kumar, Chemistry> <ed. Wu>

This poet admits “I cannot say what loves have come and gone” in a poem that notes how the “rain / Is full of ghosts
tonight.” For 10 points each:
[M] Name this poet of a poem whose speaker describes how “summer sang in me / A little while.” She also wrote
“Renascence” and a poem about a “candle” which “burns at both ends” in “First Fig.”
ANSWER: Edna St. Vincent Millay
[E] Millay wrote many of these 14-line poems, including “Euclid alone has looked upon Beauty bare.” William
Shakespeare wrote several of these poems addressed to the “Dark Lady.”
ANSWER: sonnet
[H] Millay also wrote this poem, whose speaker asks her son to “climb into [her] lap” so she could “chafe [his] little
bones.” The title character of this poem makes a “red cloak” which is fit for a “king’s son.”
ANSWER: “The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver”
<Xia, Poetry> <ed. Kodali>

7. This character enters a city under the pseudonym Philebus with “The Tutor” and meets a god disguised as
Demetrios. This character believes himself to be the snake in his mother’s dream where a snake bit her breast
and blood curdled her milk. This character is first discovered by another after leaving a lock of his hair on
his father’s grave, along with a set of footprints. (*) Athena casts the tie breaking vote in favor of this character
during a trial, saving him from the wrath of the Furies. This character schemes with his sister Electra to kill his
mother Clytemnestra for killing his father Agamemnon. For ten points, name this character who is the namesake of
an Aeschylus trilogy.
ANSWER: Orestes [accept Oresteia] [the first play is The Flies by Jean-Paul Sartre]
<Kodali, Drama>

The Gurmukhi script is used to write this text that opens with the Mul Mantar. For 10 points each:
[M] Name this text which is raised on a takht and a yak hair chaur is waved over it. This text is considered the final
and eternal guru which was named as the successor of Gobind Singh.
ANSWER: Adi Granth [accept Guru Granth Sahib]
[E] The Adi Granth is the central text of this religion whose holiest site is the Golden Temple in Punjab. Many
members of this religion wear turbans and have uncut hair.
ANSWER: Sikhism [or Sikhi]
[H] The beginning of the Adi Granth contains this set of verses often used for prayer. The name of this section
means “recite” or “to chant.”
ANSWER: Japji Sahib
<Aatreyo Bhattacharyya, Religion> <ed. Wu>

8. This country includes very loud waves at Boka Pistol in part of its Shete Boka national park. That part of
this country uses the peels of the lahara orange to produce a namesake blue liqueur. Maho Beach in this
country is a popular place to spot planes landing on the runway of Princess Juliana International Airport,
which also features flights to this country’s island of Saba. The Arawakan language is believed to have
influenced the (*) Papiamento creole currently spoken in constituent countries of this country. This country shares
with France the island of Saint Martin and also controls the ABC islands that formed its namesake Antilles until
2010. For 10 points, name this European country which contains the islands of Curacao and Aruba in addition to its
capital, Amsterdam.
ANSWER: The Netherlands [or Holland; prompt on Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Saint Martin, Aruba, or Bonaire]
<Sareddy, Geography> <ed. McAvoy-Bickford>

Postumus and Odenathus were prominent leaders during this century. For 10 points each:
[M] Name this century home to a 50-year long crisis that started after the death of Severus Alexander. The Gallic
and Palmyrene empires broke off during this century, leading to the near collapse of the Roman Empire.
ANSWER: third century [or 200s; accept the Crisis of the Third Century]
[E] During the Crisis of the Third Century, the Roman empire faced this economic phenomenon which was fueled
by the debasement of coins. The value of currency decreases in this phenomenon.
ANSWER: inflation
[H] This emperor’s arrival in Rome was greeted with a riot from mint workers after he unsuccessfully tried to
combat inflation during the Crisis of the Third Century. This emperor was later able to reunite the empire, giving
him the nickname “Restorer of the World.”
ANSWER: Lucius Domitius Aurelianus
<Aalok Bhattacharya, Ancient History> <ed. Wu>

9. One ruler of this non-Byzantine region named Robert was described as “in mind most cunning” by Anna
Komnene. The conquest of this region began under Tancred of Hauteville and his sons. Gelon, the king of one
city in this region, defeated a Carthiginian force at the Battle of Himera. The First Punic War started when a
group of mercenaries from this region, the (*) Mamertines, allied with Rome. Alcibiades led a disastrous
expedition to capture this region. While defending one city in this region, Archimedes used a giant mirror to burn
Roman ships. Charles of Anjou lost control over this region in an 1282 Easter rebellion in its namesake “Vespers.”
For 10 points, name this island with capital at Palmero, a triangular island located off the coast of Italy.
ANSWER: Sicily [prompt on Italy] [the first clue refers to Robert Guiscard]
<Wu, Other Western History>

This artist depicted members of parliament as chimpanzees in his highest-sold work, Devolved Parliament. For 10
points each:
[E] Name this British graffiti artist, who shredded his own work to create Love is in the Bin live at an auction.
ANSWER: Banksy
[M] Banksy directed this documentary about Thiery Guetta who grew to love street art after meeting his cousin,
Invader, on a visit to France.
ANSWER: Exit Through the Gift Shop
[H] Banksy depicted this art subject holding a bazooka while wearing headphones. He also depicted this art subject
in pink with a white stripe through her eyes.
ANSWER: Mona Lisa [prompt on Lisa Gherardini]
<Aatreyo Bhattacharyya, Visual Fine Arts> <ed. Kinnear>

10. This opera’s aria “Il capro e la capretta” claims wild animals get along better than men and women do.
To begin this opera, two characters sing the duet “Cinque, dieci, venti,” about a bed’s dimensions. That
character from this opera sings an aria describing a profession with “plenty of honor, little pay.” This opera’s
aria “L’ho perduta” describes a pin being dropped, while another aria, “Non Piu Andrai,” mocks (*)
Cherubino’s assignment to the military. In this opera, Marcellina and Bartolo sue a man who they later realize is
their son. In the final act of this opera, the Countess swaps clothes with Barbarina to embarrass Count Almaviva, the
employer of the title character. For 10 points, name this opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the sequel to The
Barber of Seville.
ANSWER: The Marriage of Figaro
<Kumar, Other Fine Arts> <ed. McAvoy-Bickford>

This theorem is a generalization of the fundamental theorem of calculus to higher dimensions. For 10 points each:
[H] Name this theorem that states the line integral over a surface’s boundary is equal to the surface integral of the
curl of that vector field.
ANSWER: Kelvin-Stokes’ theorem [prompt on fundamental theorem for curls or curl theorem]
[M] The curl of a vector field, as seen in Stokes’ theorem, is found by performing this operation between del and the
vector field. The magnitude of the output of this operation is proportional to the sine of the angle between the inputs.
ANSWER: cross product
[E] Green’s theorem, a lower dimensional equivalent of Stokes’ theorem, applies it to this number of dimensions.
The Cartesian plane has this many dimensions.
ANSWER: two
<Sareddy, Math> <ed. Wu>
11. This is the alphabetically first of two people who used media coverage of the Bulgarian connection to
prove that the press manipulates public opinion. Another work by this man discusses an entity that has
“merge” and “move” as its two main operations. This person developed bare phrase structure as part of his
minimalist program. This man criticized B. F. Skinner’s Verbal Behavior by arguing that some children
suffer from a (*) “poverty of the stimulus.” This person developed x-bar theory, which was adopted into generative
grammar. This man created the grammatically correct but meaningless sentence “colorless green ideas sleep
furiously.” For 10 points, name this linguist who wrote Syntactic Structures and recently left MIT.
ANSWER: Noam Chomsky
<Kumar, Social Science> <ed. Wu>

In this novella, Cristo Bedoya tries to prevent the titular event by warning one character, but is unable to find that
character in time. For 10 points each:
[M] Name this novella about the Vicario twins, who murder Santiago Nasar for supposedly having premarital
relations with their sister Angela.
ANSWER: Chronicle of a Death Foretold [or Crónica de una muerte anunciada]
[E] Chronicle of a Death Foretold was written by this Colombian author, who chronicled the Buendia family in One
Hundred Years of Solitude.
ANSWER: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
[H] Garcia Marquez also wrote this novel, which uses stream of consciousness to follow the fall of a Caribbean
dictator who fakes his death using the body of Patricio Aragonés.
ANSWER: Autumn of the Patriarch [or El otoño del patriarca]
<Kumar, Long Fiction> <ed. Kodali>

12. After one of these non-French events, Edwin Holland described one group as “Jacobins of the country.”
The organizer of one of these events was a “class leader” who called a group of people the “New Israelites.”
One of these events was possibly influenced by the passage of the Security Act of 1739. The actions of George
Wilson and Joe LaRoche led to the failure of one of these events planned for Bastille Day. A man sometimes
known as (*) Cato led the largest one of these events before the American Revolution, but he is often referred to as
Jemmy. Denmark Vesey attempted one of these events, while another one took place near the Stono River. One of
these insurrections was led by Nat Turner. For 10 points, name these insurrections against white plantation owners.
ANSWER: slave revolts [accept slave rebellions or any other reasonable equivalents; prompt on revolts or
rebellions or insurrections]
<Sareddy, American History> <ed. Wu>

This kingdom located under the Misty Mountains was also known as Dwarrowdelf. For 10 points each:
[M] Name this kingdom founded by Durin that contained the Endless Stair and the Mirrormere. The Fellowship of
the Ring avoided entering this kingdom but was eventually forced to pass through it after a snowstorm stopped their
journey on the mountain Caradhras.
ANSWER: Moria [accept Khazad-dûm]
[E] This wizard perished in the mines of Moria after confronting Durin’s Bane, a Balrog of Morgoth, and uttering
“You cannot pass!” He was reincarnated in a white form after the fight and was known by many names, including
“the Grey Pilgrim.”
ANSWER: Gandalf the Grey [accept Mithrandir or Olórin or Gandalf Stormcrow or Gandalf Greyhame or
Gandalf the Wandering Wizard]
[H] The dwarfs mined this metal at Moria. It was soft and malleable in its pure form, but could be made into
lightweight and strong weapons. Frodo Baggins owned a secret chainmail shirt made of this metal that was inherited
from Bilbo.
ANSWER: mithril
<Aalok Bhattacharya, Trash> <ed. Wu>

13. A system where this scientist’s laws are violated may lead to the external field effect, where a subsystem’s
dynamics are not affected by the surrounding system. This scientist names an interference pattern when light
reflects between a flat and spherical surface. This scientist names a telescope that has a primary concave
mirror and a secondary flat diagonal mirror. The rate of (*) heat transfer of an object is proportional to the
temperature difference with its surroundings in this scientist’s law of cooling. This scientist was the first to use a
prism to split a beam of white light into its constituent colors. This scientist names the SI unit of force. For 10
points, name this scientist who names three laws of motion.
ANSWER: Sir Isaac Newton [accept Modified Newtonian Dynamics; accept Newton’s rings; accept Newtonian
telescope]
<Aatreyo Bhattacharyya, Physics> <ed. Wu>

The White Palace of a complex located in this city used to be the home of a spiritual leader who currently resides in
Dharamsala. For 10 points each:
[M] Name this city whose Jokhang Temple is currently administered by the Gelug school. This city also names a
dog breed known for its long fur, the apso.
ANSWER: Lhasa
[E] Lhasa, the home of the Potala Palace, is the capital of this mountainous region claimed by China. A staple food
from this region, tsampa, consists of flour typically mixed with yak butter tea.
ANSWER: Tibet
[H] The Potala Palace in Lhasa is built in this grandiose architectural style, which is more commonly used for the
monasteries and temples of Bhutan. Many buildings in the University of Texas at El Paso are built in this
architectural style.
ANSWER: dzong
<Sareddy, Geography>

14. One of these figures created the other figures when he took off his garments and jewelry to bathe. One of
these figures turns into sea foam after getting his hand caught in a shell when fishing, and originally guarded
one end of the bridge that connects heaven and earth. Another one of these figures owns a jewel that can
control tides. In some versions of The Record of Ancient Matters, the names of these figures have lofty titles
such as (*) "His-Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augustness.” Two of these figures used a jewel encrusted spear to stir the
ocean. One of these figures hid in the Heavenly Cave to escape her brother. These figures include Susano’o and
Izanagi. For 10 points, name these figures who are worshiped in Shintoism.
ANSWER: Kami [prompt on Shinto gods or equivalents]
<Rana, Mythology> <ed. Wu>

One of these phenomena on the APOE gene called E4 was known to increase risk for Alzheimer’s disease in certain
populations. For 10 points each:
[H] Name these phenomena cataloged by genome-wide association studies, which assess their linkage to different
diseases. These phenomena are single base-pair sites where variation is found in at least 1% of the population.
ANSWER: single-nucleotide polymorphisms [or SNPs; prompt on point mutation]
[M] SNPs [“snips”] that cause the substitution of glutamate to valine leads to this disease. This disease provides
some protection from malaria in a classic example of heterozygote advantage.
ANSWER: sickle-cell anemia [or sickle-cell disease or SCA or SCD]
[E] In sickle-cell anemia, the SNP is on a gene that encodes this protein. This iron-containing protein carries oxygen
in red blood cells.
ANSWER: hemoglobin
<Aalok Bhattacharya, Biology> <ed. Wu>

15. This poet wrote a poem where a salesperson tries to sell a man a wife who will “bring teacups” and “do
whatever you tell it” that concludes stating “Will you marry it, marry it, marry it.” In addition to “The
Applicant,” the speaker of one of this poets’ poems describes worms as “sticky pearls” and herself as “a
smiling woman” before comparing herself to a cat who has “nine times to die.” That poem remarks that (*)
“Dying / Is an art” and ends with the speaker warning “I eat men like air.” The title character of another one of this
poet’s poems has “a cleft in [his] chin instead of [his] foot” and “a Meinkampf look” and is called a “bastard” by the
speaker, who declares “I’m through.” For 10 points, name this Confessionalist poet of “Lady Lazarus” and “Daddy.”
ANSWER: Sylvia Plath
<Xia, Poetry>

This state was also known as the Kipchak Khanate. For 10 points each:
[M] Name this state divided into blue and white branches. This state was founded by Batu Khan after the fracture of
the Mongol Empire.
ANSWER: the Golden Horde [accept the Ulus of Jochi]
[E] The Golden Horde was broken up after an invasion from this conqueror at the Battle of the Terek River. This
Turkish conqueror was known as “the lame” for his limp.
ANSWER: Tamerlane [accept Timur the Great]
[H] After the disintegration of the Golden Horde, this city escaped the rule of the Khanates after the Great Stand on
the Ugra River.
ANSWER: Muscovy [or the Grand Duchy of Moscow]
<Aalok Bhattacharya, Other Western History> <ed. Wu>

16. A mutation in the ABCA12 gene causes the “harlequin” type of a disease affecting this organ in infants. A
type of surgery that began as chemosurgery is used to treat this organ and was developed by Frederic Mohs.
Benzoyl peroxide is used to treat conditions of this organ. PPD is injected into this organ in the (*) Mantoux
test for tuberculosis. Pacinian corpuscles are mechanoreceptors in this organ. This organ includes the stratum
corneum and stratum lucidum. Diseases that affect this organ include vitiligo and psoriasis. Ultraviolet radiation
increases the risk of melanoma in this organ. For 10 points, name this largest organ in the human body that is
covered by the epidermis.
ANSWER: skin
<Sareddy, Biology> <ed. Wu>

The legendary Berthold Schwarz may have invented this substance. For 10 points each:
[H] Name this substance that was used in Japanese tanegashimas. One formula for this substance required birthwort
herb.
ANSWER: gunpowder
[M] The invention of gunpowder is usually attributed to this dynasty. This dynasty was crushed at the Battle of
Yamen despite outnumbering the opponent 10 to 1.
ANSWER: Song dynasty
[E] Gunpowder was also used in the fire types of these objects. Archers shot these objects from bows.
ANSWER: arrow [accept fire arrow; accept bow and arrow]
<Wu, World History>

17. One of this author’s novels includes a poem that repeats “Are you not weary of ardent ways?” The first
sentence of one book by this author, which mentions a “commodius vicus of recirculation,” is also the end of
its last sentence. Two of this author’s characters are theorized to have run away either because they stole
wine from the sacristy or because they were caught “smugging.” One of this author’s characters devotes
himself to Catholicism after hearing a sermon of Father (*) Arnall; in the first episode of another novel, that
character sits atop a Martello tower with Buck Mulligan. That novel by this author, which ends with the line “Yes I
said yes I will yes,” depicts a single day in the life of Leopold Bloom. For 10 points, name this Irish author of
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Ulysses.
ANSWER: James Joyce [the second line refers to Finnegan’s Wake]
<Kumar, Long Fiction> <ed. Karthik>

Avant-garde composer Lennie Tristano used this production technique to create frenzied textures in his atonal
Descent into the Maelstrom. For 10 points each:
[H] Name this technique, used by Sidney Bechet to create a “One-Man Band.” In this technique, different recordings
of the parts of a piece are layered, either to remove mistakes or to allow one performer to play multiple parts.
ANSWER: overdubbing
[M] This composer overdubbed Charlie Mariano’s alto sax solos onto the ensemble recording of tracks on their
album The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady. They’re also known for the album [their name] Ah Um.
ANSWER: Charles Mingus
[E] Pat Metheny and others have criticized the saxophonist Kenny G for overdubbing solos over this dead
musician’s recording of “What A Wonderful World.” This trumpeter and vocalist was nicknamed “Satchmo.”
ANSWER: Louis Armstrong
<Papa, Auditory Fine Arts> <ed. Kodali>

18. This thinker stated that the 18th century was the century of physical sciences, the 19th century was the
century of biology, and the 20th century was the century of fear. An essay by this thinker in the collection
Nuptials focuses on life during the namesake season and how even those in poverty can feel fullied. Another
essay by this thinker proclaims that the only true serious philosophical question is (*) suicide. A book by this
thinker is the subject of a namesake explication by Jean-Paul Sartre. One book by this thinker starts with the
protagonist’s mother dying, and that protagonist later kills an Arab man. For 10 points, name this French absurdist
philosopher of “The Myth of Sisyphus” and The Stranger.
ANSWER: Albert Camus
<Rana, Philosophy> <ed. Wu>

John Blakey was one of the first people to make the claim that ballots were being scanned to find this material. For
10 points each:
[H] Name this material. One election audit run by Cyber Ninjas tried to look for this material in ballots as supposed
proof that the ballot paper was produced in Asia.
ANSWER: bamboo
[M] That audit looking for bamboo took place in this state. This state’s Secretary of State Katie Hobbs criticized the
Cyber Ninjas firm that Karen Fann hired to audit this state’s 2020 election.
ANSWER: Arizona
[E] The bamboo was supposed to prove that this country had sent ballots to America to elect Joe Biden. This country
is led by Xi Jinping.
ANSWER: People’s Republic of China [accept PRC; do not accept “Republic of China”]
<Kumar, Current Events> <ed. McAvoy-Bickford>

19. Detecting these events using high-altitude balloons with microphones was the goal of Project Mogul. Aum
Shinrikyo was accused of carrying out one of these events at Banjawarn Station in Australia. A satellite
detected a double optic flash near the Prince Edward Islands that is suspected to be one of these events. New
Caledonians and Algerians have demanded compensation from France for some of these events, such as (*)
Gerboise Bleue. The Vela incident was suspected to be one of these events, while other ones took place at
Semipalatinsk in the USSR. States that are not members of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, such as North Korea, still
carry out these events. For 10 points, name these events, the first of which was at Trinity in New Mexico.
ANSWER: nuclear tests [or nuclear explosions; or atomic bomb tests; or atomic bomb explosions; accept
reasonable equivalents]
<Aatreyo Bhattacharyya, Other History> <ed. McAvoy-Bickford>

This element’s tetroxide is commonly used in syn dihydroxylation reactions. For 10 points each:
[H] Name this element used as the original catalyst in the Haber-Bosch process. This element was replaced due to its
relative scarcity.
ANSWER: osmium [or Os]
[M] Osmium was replaced by catalysts based on this element. This element also serves a central role in the catalytic
activity of cytochromes.
ANSWER: iron [or Fe]
[E] The Haber-Bosch process primarily uses catalysts to break apart this element, which is triple-bonded in its
atmospheric form. This element is combined with hydrogen to form ammonia.
ANSWER: nitrogen [or N]
<Aalok Bhattacharya, Chemistry> <ed. Wu>

20. In The Technique of My Musical Language, a theorist from this country described seven modes of limited
transposition. An orchestral work from this country includes a “flower theme” which is introduced by two
clarinets and has a title derived from two Sanskrit words. One piano concerto by a composer from this
country opens with a whip crack, while another was commissioned for the left-hand only by Paul (*)
Wittgenstein. Movements like “Crystal Liturgy” and “Abyss of the Birds” are included in a quartet from this
country. A piece from this country commissioned by Ida Rubenstein features a prominent snare drum ostinato; that
piece is Bolero. For 10 points, name this country home to composers such as Olivier Messiaen and Maurice Ravel.
ANSWER: France [accept French Republic or République française]
<Papa, Auditory Fine Arts> <ed. Karthik>

One character in this short story whispers the title word to Miranda while in the Mapparium. For 10 points each:
[M] Name this short story that focuses on the affair between Miranda and Dev. The seven-year-old boy Rohin
defines the title word of this short story as “loving someone you don’t know."
ANSWER: “Sexy”
[E] “Sexy” is a short story in the collection Interpreter of Maladies by this Indian-American author.
ANSWER: Jhumpa Lahiri
[H] Lahiri’s most recent novel, Whereabouts, was written in this non-English language. Translator Anita Raja was
believed to be the identity of another pseudonymous author who wrote The Story of a New Name in this language.
ANSWER: Italian
<Sareddy, Short Fiction> <ed. Kodali>