Tossups by Unknown Team 5 for Princeton
1. Zeus was hidden away from his father, Cronus, so that he would not be eaten like his siblings. What creature
which may be aptly described as a "nanny goat" suckled the infant Zeus while he was sequestered?
Answer: AMALTHEA
2. Patty LuPone, Glenn Close, and now Betty Buckley have all shone as Norma Desmond in which Andrew Lloyd
Webber hit based on a Billy Wilder film?
Answer: SUNSET BOULEVARD
3. The northernmost territory held by Russia, this archipelago of 187 islands was discovered by an Austro-Hungarian
expedition in 1873 and named after one of Austria-Hungary's emperors who shares his first two names with a famous
composer and brief teacher of Beethoven. FTP, name it.
Answer: FRANZ JOSEF LAND
4. These diagrams, named for large, mostly colorless birds, were invented by Richard Feynman to eloquently depict
the interaction of subatomic particles. It's not necessary, however, to draw them while wearing a tux, though
Tennessee Tuxedo probably would. FTP, what are the
Answer: PENGUIN DIAGRAMS
5. "Stiff Tree," "An Artist," and "Poet's Chair" are three works by what poet, winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize for
Literature and Harvard professor?
Answer: Seamus HEANEY
6. Full name required.This woman, known for her dedication to the Special Olympics, was the first woman to be
pictured on a coin during her lifetime and is married to a failed vice-presidential candidate. FTP, who is Arnold
Schwarzenegger's mother-in-law?
Answer: EUNICE SHRIVER
7. Among this American legend's achievements was the invention of the mail-order catalog and not surprisingly, he
once wrote, "I should probably be proud of my humility." FTP, name this man whose mug appears on a US monetary
note that is about to get a facelift.
Answer: Benjamin FRANKLIN
8. This early Hollywood actress was orphaned at the age of ten, and very shy as a child. However, she went on to
star in such popular films as Gaslight, Notorious, and For Whom the Bell Tolls. FTP, name this actress who is no
relation to the director of The Seventh Seal.
Answer: Ingrid BERGMAN
9. Arguably one of the bloodiest of Shakespeare's plays, it centers around the plots of a vicious, power-hungry Moor
and drew its inspiration from Ovid and Seneca .. FTP, name Shakespeare's first
tragedy.
Answer: TITUS ANDRONICUS
10. For a quick 10 points, what do the last names of these men have in common: colonial Renaissance man
Benjamin, basketball coach Bobby, Superman star Christopher, and jazz musician Thelonius?
Answer: CHARACTERS IN CANTERBURY TALES (Franklin, Knight, Reeve, Monk)
11. Though you wouldn't think it by the portraits Hans Holbein painted of him, this man was a most eligible bachelor
when he was a young man. In fact, a couple of ladies lost their head over him. Name this Tudor king whose six wives
possessed only three first names among them.
Answer: HENRY VIII
12. Boston would like to win one, Chicago would like to just play in one, and Bill Mazerowski and Joe Carter are the
only two people to end them in a certain dramatic fashion. FTP points, what is this event held annually every year
from 1905 to 1993.
Answer: WORLD SERIES
13. This small Russian province just north of Mongolia used to host the world's only annual throat-singing competition
in which entrants would harmonize with themselves. Richard Feynman dedicated the last years of his life to reaching
this competition, though the Soviet government gave him approval only after he died. FTP, name this province with a
semi-alliterative name.
Answer: TANNU TUVA
Bonuses by Unknown Team 5 for 1995 Princeton
1. Name the poet from his works, 30-15-5:
30: Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes
15: An Ode on a Distant Prospect to Eton College
5: Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
Answer: Thomas GRAY
2. For 10 points each, given an assassinated political leader, name the assassin:
A. William McKinley
Answer: Leon CZOLGOSZ
B. Robert F. Kennedy
Answer: Sirhan SIRHAN
C. Yitzhak Rabin
Answer: Yigal AMIN
3. Name this composer from his works, 30-20-10.
30: Tosca
20: La Boheme
10: Madame Butterfly
Answer: Giacomo PUCCINI
4. Tennis, anyone? Name the four Grand Slams of tennis for 5 points each, and an extra 10 if you can name them in
the order in which they occur in the calendar year.
Answer: AUSTRALIAN OPEN, FRENCH OPEN, WIMBLEDON, and U.S.OPEN
5. For 5 points each, name these men of Polish descent with hard-to-pronounce names.
1. the current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Answer: John SHALIKASHVILI
2. Jimmy Carter's National Security Advisor
Answer: Zbigniew BRZEZINSKI
3. Duke University's basketball coach
Answer: Mike KRZYZEWSKI
4. He rescued Kentucky's Calumet Farm from bankruptcy by paying $17 million dollars for it.
Answer: Henryk de KWIATKOWSKI
6. 30-20-10, name the writer from the works.
30: Copper Sun
20: One Way to Heaven
10: The Black Christ
Answer: COUNTEE CULLEN
7. For 5 points each, name the five countries with more goats than people, four of which are in Africa.
Answer: MONGOLIA, SOMALIA, MAURITANIA, NAMIBIA, & DJIBOUTI
8. For the stated number of points, answer these questions about a circuit in which a 2-ohm, a 4-ohm, and a 6-ohm
resistor are all hooked up in parallel.
1. 5: What is the total resistance?
Answer: 12111 OHMS
2. 10: If a 9-volt battery is hooked up to this circuit, how much current will flow through the 6 ohm resistor?
Answer: 11/8 AMPERES
3. 15: What is the power dissipated through this circuit after the battery has been hooked up?
Answer: 4/297 JOULES
9. When Dmitri Mendeleev designed his periodic table of elements, he noticed there were three elements missing
because they hadn't been discovered yet. He was, however, able to give some of their properties. For 10 points each,
name the three missing elements.
Answer: GALLIUM, GERMANIUM, and SCANDIUM
10. For 5 points each, given the American city, name the county in which it lies.
1. Indianapolis, Indiana
Answer: MARION County
2. Oakland, California
Answer: ALAMEDA County
· 3. St. Petersburg, Florida
Answer: PINELLAS County
4. Rochester, New York
Answer: MONROE County
5. Phoenix, Arizona
Answer: MARICOPA County
22. For 15 points each, given its approximate measurement give the scientific constant:
1. 55 kilometers per second per megaparsec
Answer: HUBBLE'S CONSTANT
2.6.6261 times 10 to the -34th joules per second
Answer: PLANCK'S CONSTANT
23. For 10 points each, name the following economic terms:
1. the total revenue resulting from the addition of one unit to the total output.
Answer: MARGINAL REVENUE
2. combining many individual markets into one large market
Answer: AGGREGATION
3. standard unit for quoting prices
Answer: UNIT OF ACCOUNT
24. Can you name the first five Roman Emperors? You'll get 5 points each and an extra 5 if they are in chronological
order.
Answer: AUGUSTUS (accept Octavian), TIBERIUS, CALIGULA, CLAUDIUS, and NERO
25. Given the title and date, name the author of a work about Faust:
1. The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus, 1604
Answer: Christopher MARLOWE
2. Faust, 1833
Answer: Johann Wolfgang von GOETHE
3. Doktor Faustus, 1947
Answer: Thomas MANN
26. For the stated number of points, answer these questions about the Olympics:
1. 5: What U.S. city will host the 2002 Winter Olympics?
Answer: SALT LAKE CITY
2. 10: Where will the 1998 Winter Games be held?
Answer: NAGANO, Japan
3. 15: Which suburban Atlanta county, home to Newt Gingrich, passed an anti-gay ordinance recently, leading to
.,.
protests about the location of the volleyball competition?
Answer: COBB County, Georgia
27. For 5 points each, given a current or former job description, name the candidate for president:
1. Senator from Pennsylvania
Answer: Arlen SPECTER
2. Bush's Education Secretary
Answer: Lamar ALEXANDER
3. Congressman from California
Answer: Bob DORNAN
4. Radio and TV Commentator
Answer: Pat BUCHANAN
5. former University of Arkansas Law Professor
Answer: Bill CLINTON
28. For 5 points each, give the scientific names for the three phyla of worms.
Answer: ANNELIDA, NEMATODA, and PLATYHELMINTHES
For another 5 each, give the scientific names of the three classes of fish .
Answer: OSTEICHTHYES, AGNATHA, and CHONDRICHTHYES