Academic Bowl from protoBowl

Question 1

He published a then-controversial theory in “On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres,” whose preface included a dedication to Pope Paul III so as to deflect controversy. In critiquing an opposing theory, he criticized the separate treatment of each planet, as had been done by Ptolemy For 10 points, name the astronomer who first proved the theory of heliocentrism (HEE-lee-oh-SEN-trizzuhm), a Polish scientist.

Answer 1

Nicolaus Copernicus

Question 2

A colorfully-named part of this organization circumnavigated the world in order to spread goodwill in the early 20th century. Theodore Roosevelt was the assistant secretary of this organization during war, a position he resigned to fight on the front lines. During the Spanish- American War a leader in this organization, (*) George Dewey won the battle of Manila Bay. For 10 points, name this organization which defends the coast and oversea holdings of a certain North American nation.

Answer 2

United States Navy

Question 3

This mountain range was created by the subduction of the Nazca Plate. The southern part of this mountain range is found in Patagonia and, further south, Tierra del Fuego. The altiplano (all-tee-PLAHnoe), a plateau of this range, contains Lake Titicaca. This range contains the highest peak in the Western Hemisphere, Mount Aconcagua. For 10 points, name this mountain range of South America.

Answer 3

Andes

Question 4

This body of water is home to Antelope Island, which becomes Antelope Peninsula when the water level dips too low. This body of water lies in what was, 30,000 years ago, Lake Bonneville. This body of water has no river outflows and only loses water via evaporation, causing its high (*) salinity. This body of water lies just west of Brigham City and northwest of a namesake state capital. For ten points, name this largest body of water in Utah.

Answer 4

Great salt lake

Question 5

This force is related to an accelerating observer by the Equivalence Principle of general relativity. Spacecraft can speed up by using this force as a “slingshot.” Galileo used two balls of different (*) masses to demonstrate that the pull of this force is constant, causing acceleration of 9.8 meters per second squared. For ten points, name this force that pulls objects toward large masses like the Earth.

Answer 5

Gravity

Question 6

Cushion plants are found in the alpine form of this biome, which is also home to marmots, pikas, and chinchillas. The point at which this biome meets taiga is known as the treeline. Flora in this biome consists of lichens (LYE-kens) and mosses. Non-alpine forms of it have little vegetation due to permafrost. For 10 points, name this biome that lacks tree growth, which can be found in Alaska and is home to caribou and reindeer.

Answer 6

Tundra

Question 7

In this city, a group of fascists led by Oswald Mosley clashed with police in the Battle of Cable Street. A photograph taken atop this city’s Daily Mail building was titled “St. Paul’s Survives.” A speaker in this city claimed “we shall defend our (*) Island, whatever the cost may be.” Winston Churchill declared “we shall fight on the beaches” in, for ten points, what city’s House of Commons, in the Parliament of the United Kingdom?

Answer 7

London

Question 8

In book one of this work, the word Pandemonium is first used to describe Satan’s palace. Satan eventually tricks Uriel into letting him escape, and he makes his way to earth to tempt mankind. The archangel Michael leads mankind out of the (*) garden in, for 10 points, what John Milton epic poem that chronicles the fall of Adam and Eve?

Answer 8

Paradise Lost

Question 9

The Sorbonne is the university of this city, which is divided into twenty arrondissements. This city is the site of a monument built to commemorate victory at the Battle of Austerlitz, the Arc de Triomphe. Notre Dame cathedral is located in this city on the Seine River, where tourists may also visit the Eiffel Tower. For 10 points, name this capital of France.

Answer 9

Paris

Question 10

One leader of this country forcibly annexed the Sudetenland (“soo-DAY-ten-land”). During a movement to reunite this country, the leader of one half operated under the policy of ostpolitik (“OST-pol- it-ick”). Following World War I, the Weimar (“VIE-mar”) Republic was established in this nation. It was united after an 1871 war and led by Kaiser Wilhelm I and chancellor Otto von Bismarck. For 10 points, name this European country formerly led by Adolf Hitler.

Answer 10

Germany

Question 11

This macromolecule (“MACK-row-MOLL-eh-kyool”) can be artificially copied using the polymerase (“puh-LIM-er-ase”) chain reaction. Okazaki fragments can form on its lagging strand during its replication. Chargaff proposed rules governing the pairing of this macromolecule’s bases, adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine. Watson and Crick discovered its double helix shape. For 10 points, name this nucleic acid, the human genetic material.

Answer 11

DNA

Question 12

In the “Theory of Composition,” this poem’s author explains why this poem’s “Prophet” seems like “a demon that is dreaming” but can only say one word. The speaker asks the title creature to return to “Night’s Plutonian shore,” but it stays on the “pallid bust of (*) Pallas” in his room. This poem’s speaker laments the loss of “dear Lenore” while the title bird repeats “nevermore” in, for 10 points, what poem by Edgar Allan Poe?

Answer 12

The Ravenj

Question 13

In a story by this author, “The Lass of Aughrim” is sung while Gretta Conroy reminisces about Michael Furey. In a novel by this man, Blazes Boylan has an affair with Molly, the wife of Leopold Bloom, who represents the title hero of this man’s stream-of-consciousness novel (*) Ulysses. For ten points, “The Dead” is a short story from Dubliners, a collection by what Irish author?

Answer 13

Joyce

Question 14

After a 1982 assassination attempt in Dujail, this man ordered the executions of over 140 Shiites believed to be involved. This leader, who was found in 2003 near Tikrit in a (*) “spider hole,” was hanged for crimes against humanity in 2006. This dictator’s 1991 invasion of Kuwait sparked the first Gulf War, and he was deposed by US forces in the second Gulf War. For ten points, name this former leader of Iraq.

Answer 14

Saddam Hussein

Question 15

In this novel, some mice fabricate a question that a super-computer was attempting to formulate, but it was destroyed minutes before the end of its 10 million year program. This novel features a whale’s internal monologue and a Vogon poetry reading. For 10 points, Arthur Dent survives the Earth’s destruction in what Douglas Adams novel titled after an encyclopedia for space hobos?

Answer 15

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Question 16

In a novel by this author, Edward Ferrars and Colonel Brandon marry Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, who represent the title concepts. In another work by this author, Mr Darcy falls in love with (*) Elizabeth Bennett despite their preconceived ideas about each other. For ten points, name this English author of “sentimental novels” like Emma, Sense and Sensibility, and Pride and Prejudice.

Answer 16

Jane Austen

Question 17

Characters in this work include Count Ugolino as well as Francesca da Rimini, whose husband caught her with Paolo. The speaker of this work faints while Charon and Virgil guide a boat across the Acheron. Beginning the day before Good Friday, this work depicts nine concentric circles in which sinners are punished. For 10 points, name this first section of The Divine Comedy, in which the poet Dante is guided through Hell.

Answer 17

Inferno

Question 18

At one battle in this war, John of Bohemia fought even though he was blind. A temporary peace during this war was the Treaty of Bretigny. This conflict saw a battle on St. Crispin’s Day that was the subject of the speech about “ye band of brothers.” (*) Joan of Arc was captured and burnt at the stake during this war. The Battles of Crecy and Agincourt were fought during, for 10 points, what war between the English and French from 1337 to 1453?

Answer 18

100 years war

Question 19

In this novel, a dead parachutist is discovered by the strange introverted character Simon. Sam and Eric are the last followers of one character in this novel. Late in this novel, Roger uses a boulder to kill the overweight intellectual named Piggy. The violent Jack Merridew feuds with the civilized Ralph in, for 10 points, what English novel written by William Golding?

Answer 19

Lord of the flies

Question 20

Thomas Cromwell helped this man dissolve his country’s monasteries, beginning two years after his 1534 Act of Supremacy made him the head of the Church of (*) England. This man broke with Rome partially because Pope Clement VII refused to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. For ten points, name this English king from the House of Tudor who married six women.

Answer 20

Henery VIII

Question 21

During an experiment named for this material, Hans Geiger counted flashes of light on a zinc sulfide screen, generated after an alpha particle was shot at a foil of this metal; that experiment was overseen by Ernest (*) Rutherford. This highly malleable metal dissolves in aqua regia and is used in electrical connectors to prevent corrosion. For ten points, name this precious metal whose purity is measured on a scale up to 24 karats.

Answer 21

Rutherford gold experiment

Question 22

In Greek myth, he was the king of Corinth and, on his deathbed, asked his wife, Merope, not to make a sacrifice to the dead. This allowed him to plead with Hades to return and reason with her, and his subsequent binding of Thanatos, which prevented others from dying as well, is what led to his eventual punishment. For 10 points, name this Greek figure forced to forever push a stone up a hill.

Answer 22

Sysphsy