1B List MD 2002

Question 1

1. Why are there cats? - This question contains the name of the fictional medium that was believed to transmit electromagnetic waves.

Answer 1

ether

Question 2

2. TEMPURA; TENABLE; TENACIOUS-Which of these three words means either “holding or clinging firmly” or “stubborn?”

Answer 2

TENACIOUS

Question 3

3. Hartford; Jackson; Topeka - place these capitals in order from south to north.

Answer 3

Jackson; Topeka; Hartford (2;3;1)

Question 4

4. (two part question) The same year; 1970; saw four killed and eight wounded by National Guard troops at this Ohio university; and saw 126 runners run around Central Park for this event held for the first time.

Answer 4

Kent State and the New York Marathon

Question 5

5. Black Bear; Bull Moose; Wise Elephant - Which of these was the nickname of the Progressive Party when Theodore Roosevelt ran for President in 1912?

Answer 5

Bull Moose (2)

Question 6

6. “There is no confusion like the confusion of a simple mind…” This is how Nick describes Tom Buchanan in what novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald?

Answer 6

The Great Gatsby

Question 7

1. Juan Dixon is now a Wizard. - Hidden is the name of precipitation formed by the sublimation of water vapor into solid crystals at temperatures below freezing.

Answer 7

snow

Question 8

2. TREPHINE; TRESTLE; TRIAGE-Which of these words describes a process for sorting people based on their need for medical treatment?

Answer 8

TRIAGE

Question 9

3. Cheyenne; Baton Rouge; Bismarck - place these capitals in order from west to east.

Answer 9

Cheyenne; Bismarck; Baton Rouge (1;3;2)

Question 10

4. (two part question) The same year; 1984; saw this personal computer released by Apple; and saw this female British Prime Minister privatize telephone service.

Answer 10

Macintosh and Margaret Thatcher

Question 11

5. El Greco; Pablo Picasso; Diego Velasquez - Which of these painters painted Guernica and The Old Guitarist?

Answer 11

Pablo Picasso (2)

Question 12

6. “How can you expect to be rescued if you don’t put first things first and act proper?” says Piggy in what work by William Golding; which is about a bunch of boys on an island?

Answer 12

Lord of the Flies

Question 13

1. What 19th century French artist who distanced himself from the Impressionists painted the scandalous pieces Luncheon on the Grass and Olympia?

Answer 13

Edouard Manet

Question 14

2. Although outnumbered; the Army of the Cumberland defeated the General Bragg-led Confederate forces at this major engagement. Identify this 1863 battle fought in northwestern Georgia.

Answer 14

Chickamauga

Question 15

3. Connected to the Caribbean Sea by a narrow channel; it receives freshwater from the Santa Ana and Chama Rivers. Name this shallow lake in Venezuela known for its large petroleum deposits.

Answer 15

Lake Maracaibo

Question 16

4. Evaluate the expression for x = 13*pi [(sin x) / ((cos x/4) (sin x/2))]

Answer 16

0

Question 17

5. Considered the bloodiest battle of the nineteenth century; the Russians repulsed the invading forces of Napoleon at this 1813 battle fought 120 miles southwest of Moscow.

Answer 17

Borodino

Question 18

6. Bones; Muscles; Skin– In which of these will you find the haversian canals?

Answer 18

Bones (1)

Question 19

7. Despite hearing “ancestral voices prophesying war;” the titular character insists on building a pleasure dome near the River Alph. Name this Coleridge poem set in the mystical land of Xanadu.

Answer 19

Kubla Khan

Question 20

8. “An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made; in a narrow field.” This quote was made by a Danish scientist; the winner of the 1922 Nobel Prize for Physics.

Answer 20

Niels Bohr

Question 21

1. Educated at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia; his paintings generally depicted scenes from everyday life in America. Name this realist who painted the Gross Clinic.

Answer 21

Thomas Eakins

Question 22

2. Despite the strength of the French force; Vo Nguyen Giap overran this base in two months. Identify this 1954 engagement that signaled the end of French rule in Indochina.

Answer 22

Dien Bien Phu

Question 23

3. Its chief tributary is the Vaal and it forms the border between the Northern Cape province and Namibia. Name this 1300 mile long South African river that flows into the South Atlantic.

Answer 23

Orange River

Question 24

4. Evaluate the expression for x = 30 degrees [(cos x / sec x) + (sin x * cos x / cot x)]

Answer 24

1

Question 25

5. A turning point in the war in North Africa; name this Second World War battle at which British general Montgomery routed the forces of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.

Answer 25

El Alamein or Al Alamayn

Question 26

6. Incus; Malleus; Stapes– Which of these bones in the ear is also called the stirrup?

Answer 26

Stapes (3)

Question 27

7. Amelia Sedley and her brother Joseph are two of its more notable characters. Identify this William Thackeray novel that chronicles the exploits of Becky Sharp.

Answer 27

Vanity Fair

Question 28

8. “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” Do you know who said this quote? He is famous for his theory of relativity.

Answer 28

Albert Einstein

Question 29

1. In this 1938 story; the reader learns to use his talents before it is too late. Dying of gangrene within sight of the title feature; the main character Harry reflects on his past adventures and romances as he faces inevitable death. Name this Ernest Hemingway short story whose title features the highest point in Africa.

Answer 29

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

Question 30

2. Tourist attractions near this city include the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame; World Figure Skating Hall of Fame; Cave of the Winds; and the Garden of the Gods. Pikes Peak lies fifteen miles to the west of this second largest city in its namesake state. Name this city; home to the U.S. Olympic Complex and the United States Air Force Academy.

Answer 30

Colorado Springs

Question 31

3. This war featured the Duke of Marlborough’s victory at Blenheim. The war began when Louis XIV invaded the Spanish Netherlands in response to the Hapsburg Charles II appointing Philip V his successor in the titular country. Known in America as Queen Anne’s War; name this 1701-1714 war that was ended with the Peace of Utrecht.

Answer 31

War of the Spanish Succession (accept Queen Anne’s War until mentioned)

Question 32

4. Recent additions to the growing known number of this class of astronomical objects include Varuna; Ixion and Quaoar (QUAH-oh-ahr); joining Pholus and Chiron; and maybe Pluto. Name this “belt” of billions of small; icy bodies orbiting the sun between 30 and 100 astronomical units; named for a 20th century Danish astronomer.

Answer 32

Kuiper Belt

Question 33

5. One philosopher by this surname was Doctor Mirabilis; he was a Franciscan who wrote Opus minus and Opus majus in the 13th century. Another philosopher with this name was Baron Verulam; who in the 17th century wrote The Advancement of Learning and Novum Organum. Name this common last name; shared by Roger; Francis; and a breakfast meat.

Answer 33

Bacon

Question 34

6. Jean Paul Sartre fittingly called this writer’s 1960 death from a car crash “an absurd death.” Born in Algeria; he wrote the essay The Myth of Sisyphus and the novel The Plague. He earned the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature for The Fall. Name this French existentialist author of The Stranger.

Answer 34

Albert Camus

Question 35

7. Hailing from Chicago; this rat-faced man attended Army; where he was coached by Bob Knight. He later coached Army himself before coming to his current school in 1981; where he won national titles in 1991; 1992 and 2001. Name this college basketball coach who is reviled outside Bristol; Connecticut; and Durham; North Carolina.

Answer 35

Mike Krzyzewski (she-SHEF-ski) (prompt on Coach K)

Question 36

8. This man spoke at the University of Maryland in 2001. He led African National Congress efforts before it was banned and he was imprisoned in 1961. He was finally released February 11; 1991; and led the transition from minority white rule in his country and dismantling of apartheid. Name this president of South Africa from 1994 to 1998.

Answer 36

Nelson Mandela

Question 37

9. Cytokinesis begins during the late portion of this phase. The centromeres that held the twin chromatids together break apart; moving toward opposite ends of the spindle. Name this third stage of mitosis.

Answer 37

anaphase

Question 38

10. This stage of development; which ends when the child identifies with the same sex parent; is also known as the Electra complex. Name this Freudian concept in which a male child wants the exclusive attention of the mother and sees the father as a rival for this affection; named for the central character of a Sophoclean trilogy.

Answer 38

Oedipus complex

Question 39

11. Originally the main character of the novel in which he appears finds him cold and insensitive; but her heart softens when she visits him at his estate; Pemberley; and he assists her family in dealing with Wickham; who has a past with his sister Georgiana. Name this Jane Austen creation; the beau of Elizabeth Bennett in Pride and Prejudice.

Answer 39

Henry Fitzwilliam Darcy

Question 40

14. This colorless liquid is an excellent solvent but highly toxic. Kekulé proposed its ring structure in 1865; forty years after it was discovered by Michael Faraday. Although it is drawn with alternating single and double bonds; in reality its electrons are delocalized. Name this organic chemical compound having formula C6H6.

Answer 40

benzene