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This man's former lobbying firm, which is named for himself, Griffith and Rogers, may have engaged in corporate espionage on behalf of Alfa Bank.

This man's former lobbying firm, which is named for himself, Griffith and Rogers, may have engaged in corporate espionage on behalf of Alfa Bank. To win his current position, he vowed to put a cap on malpractice lawsuits and defeated Ronnie Musgrove, the man who tried to remove the Confederate cross from their state's flag. The chairman of the Republican National Committee during the major Republican victory of 1994, this man got into trouble in April 2010 for saying that Virginia's omission of (*) slavery from its Confederate History month program was nit picking, and he more recently got into trouble for another racially charged statement concerning his hometown of Yazoo City. For 10 points, name this Republican politician who recently praised the segregationist White Citizens Councils, the current governor of Mississippi.

This man's former lobbying firm, which is named for himself, Griffith and Rogers, may have engaged in corporate espionage on behalf of Alfa Bank.

Haley_Barbour

Haley_Barbour

Haley Reeves Barbour

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This statement can be derived from first principles by noting that under certain conditions, the function Z depends only on the thermodynamic beta to the minus-one-half, and evaluating the derivative of the log of that function with respect to beta.

This statement can be derived from first principles by noting that under certain conditions, the function Z depends only on the thermodynamic beta to the minus-one-half, and evaluating the derivative of the log of that function with respect to beta.

This statement can be derived from first principles by noting that under certain conditions, the function Z depends only on the thermodynamic beta to the minus-one-half, and evaluating the derivative of the log of that function with respect to beta.

Equipartition_theorem

Equipartition_theorem

equipartition theorem

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Many people who participated in this event were deported to New Caledonia, where they were ordered to help civilize the native Kanak tribe.

Many people who participated in this event were deported to New Caledonia, where they were ordered to help civilize the native Kanak tribe. Two sons of Yaroslav Dombrovski killed themselves in shame over his participation in this event, during which women known as petroleuses were believed for years to have set fire to a number of buildings. It saw Louis (*) Blanqui elected president and his imprisonment by the government of Adolphe Thiers, while a series of unfortunate incidents led to the destruction of the Vendome Column during this event to be tragicomically blamed on Gustave Courbet. It ended when Haussmann's wide avenues allowed Marshal Macmahon's troops to easily defeat the National Guard in an assault that culminated in the Bloody Week. For 10 points, name this revolutionary government of 1871 that briefly ruled the French capital.

Many people who participated in this event were deported to New Caledonia, where they were ordered to help civilize the native Kanak tribe.

Paris_Commune

Paris_Commune

Paris Commune

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In one work by this composer, a single B note is amplified or diminished depending on how a character is murdering someone.

In one work by this composer, a single B note is amplified or diminished depending on how a character is murdering someone. The performance of this composer's Opus 4, a song cycle setting to music texts by Peter von Altenberg, caused a riot at its March 31, 1913 premiere, and he borrowed from Mahler's Sixth Symphony the hammer blow heard in his Opus 6, Three Orchestral Pieces. Scholarship by George Perle has shown that an affair with Franz Werfel's sister was partly the inspiration for this composer's (*) Lyric Suite, whose first movement became his first extended 12-tone composition. Plays by Frank Wedekind and Georg Buchner were the subject operatic works by this composer, who like Anton Webern was a student of Schoenberg. For 10 points, name this composer of Wozzeck and Lulu.

In one work by this composer, a single B note is amplified or diminished depending on how a character is murdering someone.

Alban_Berg

Alban_Berg

Alban Berg

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This man famously wrote that "the best of all monopoly profits is a quiet life" to defend his theory that firms with market power often operate inefficiently when there is no competition.

This man famously wrote that "the best of all monopoly profits is a quiet life" to defend his theory that firms with market power often operate inefficiently when there is no competition. In his best known work, he introduces the ideas of "composite commodities" and what he referred to as "temporary equilibrium." In addition to writing that work, (*) Value and Capital, he created a namesake synthesis of classical and Keynesian economics and introduced the idea of the liquidity trap. This British economist developed an IS-LM model named for himself and Alvin Hansen. This man co-names a situation where no actor can be made better off even if they are allowed to compensate others with Kaldor. For 10 points, name this economist who names a type of demand with fixed utility, often contrasted with Marshellian demand.

This man famously wrote that "the best of all monopoly profits is a quiet life" to defend his theory that firms with market power often operate inefficiently when there is no competition.

John_Hicks

John_Hicks

John Richard Hicks

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Social Science

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184675-first

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One class of these molecules was labeled by Trofimenko as "scorpionate," and includes several polyborate compounds.

One class of these molecules was labeled by Trofimenko as "scorpionate," and includes several polyborate compounds. One of these known as FLT3 is a hematopoietic cytokine that binds to the tyrosine kinase receptor. The Hill coefficient is derived from calculating the concentration of these molecules. These aren't acids or bases, but they can be classified as hard or soft depending on their polarizability. The names of these molecules are often prefaced by a number and the letter (*) eta - that number is the hapticity of these molecules, which is the number of carbon atoms they are bonded to. These systems may be described as polydentate when they are attached by bonds from two or more donor atoms, and they are the basis of a namesake field theory developed from crystal field theory. FTP, name these entities which consist of a molecule bonded to a central metal atom in a coordination complex.

One class of these molecules was labeled by Trofimenko as "scorpionate," and includes several polyborate compounds.

Ligand

Ligand

ligands [prompt on "chelating agent"]

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Regina professes love for the title character of this novel, and makes up a romantic fantasy to forget she was raped.

Regina professes love for the title character of this novel, and makes up a romantic fantasy to forget she was raped. The protagonist is forced to share a friend's yacht with Xavier Adame, and in the final chapter, he is simultaneously delivered by Lunero and dies on the operating table. One theme in this novel is the difference between the protagonist's 'I' and 'Thou' voices, and he is driven out of (*) Cocuya after accidentally killing his uncle Pedro. However, he murders his wife Catalina's brother Gonzalo to position himself as heir to Don Gamaliel's fortune. For 10 points, name this novel by Carlos Fuentes in which the titular corrupt Mexican politician reflects on the events of his life.

Regina professes love for the title character of this novel, and makes up a romantic fantasy to forget she was raped.

The_Death_of_Artemio_Cruz

The_Death_of_Artemio_Cruz

The Death of Artemio Cruz

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This man's version of the Marriage at Cana bears some remarkable similarities to Breughel's Peasant Wedding.

This man's version of the Marriage at Cana bears some remarkable similarities to Breughel's Peasant Wedding. His last major work, a massive scene whose leaning figures create an oblong "V" from the central action, depicts a circle of warm light at center top over an object whose vertical rise from a mass of mourners sharply divides the painting. That Crucifixion is found in the same city for whose Scuole Grandi he painted a series showing citizens discovering - and then absconding with - the corpse of the central saint. A white-turbaned man pulls back a (*) hammer to nail the titular poor naked bastard to the ground in this man's rendering of Saint Mark descending to the rescue, The Miracle of the Slave. Venice's San Giorgio Maggiore is home to this man's painting that shows a woman at right reaching into a bucket of water and a flaming lamp at top left, illuminating ethereal angels who flit above a long, slanted table. For 10 points, name this painter of a fantastical Last Supper, whose name means "little dyer."

This man's version of the Marriage at Cana bears some remarkable similarities to Breughel's Peasant Wedding.

Tintoretto

Tintoretto

Jacopo Tintoretto [or Jacapo Robusti]

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In one source, this emperor is reported to have named Pacorus as the king of the Lazi.

In one source, this emperor is reported to have named Pacorus as the king of the Lazi. According to another source, he met his death after eating some Alpine cheese and vomiting during the night, after which he gave the watchword "Equanimity" to an officer and died at Lorium. He sent a letter of warning to Vologases, the Parthian king, in order to stop his invasion of Armenia. His general (*) Lollius Urbicus won perhaps his greatest military victory, defeating the Brigantes, which led to this man's best known effort. His daughter Faustina the Younger was wed to his successor, whom he adopted along with Lucius Verus, whose death in a plague that bore the family name of this man was documented by Galen. Like Hadrian, he built a large, fortified wall in Britain. For 10 points, name this fourth Good Emperor succeeded by Marcus Aurelius.

In one source, this emperor is reported to have named Pacorus as the king of the Lazi.

Antoninus_Pius

Antoninus_Pius

Antoninus Pius (Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionus Arrius Antoninus)

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This molecule accepts electrons from an enzyme that contains an iron-sulfur subunit known as a Rieske protein.

This molecule accepts electrons from an enzyme that contains an iron-sulfur subunit known as a Rieske protein. This molecule acts as an electron donor to the P960 chlorophyll pair in some forms of bacterial photosynthesis, and interactions with it and its peroxidase play a prominent role in peroxide scavenging. A protein with a similar role to this one is the Diablo homolog, also known as SMAC. This molecule is released when proteins such as BID and Bax open up an oligomeric pore in the membrane of a certain organelle. (*) Cyanide poisoning functions by preventing this molecule's oxidase from reducing oxygen to water. In apoptosis, this protein combines with Apaf-1 to form the apoptosome heptamer. For ten points, name this iron-containing protein that passes electrons between complex III and complex IV in the electron transport chain.

This molecule accepts electrons from an enzyme that contains an iron-sulfur subunit known as a Rieske protein.

Cytochrome_c

Cytochrome_c

cytochrome c

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In one story, this object was thrown out of Olympus after Electra, the daughter of Atlas, tried to hide in it to avoid Zeus.

In one story, this object was thrown out of Olympus after Electra, the daughter of Atlas, tried to hide in it to avoid Zeus. This object once changed hands due to the scheming of Antenor, who explained how it could be obtained, and repentance for the theft of this object figures in a story by Sinon. This object was brought to its most famous location by Dardanus, and may have taken its name from a friend killed by its creator in an accident. Along with the arrival of Neoptolemus and Philoctetes, the (*) acquisition of this object was the final condition for the fulfilment of a prophecy by Helenus, and it was eventually acquired by the joint efforts of Diomedes and Odysseus. For ten points, identify this object which had to be stolen by the Argives before Troy could fall, a statuette located in the Trojan temple of Athena whose name comes from Athena's most common epithet .

In one story, this object was thrown out of Olympus after Electra, the daughter of Atlas, tried to hide in it to avoid Zeus.

Palladium

Palladium

Palladium

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Mythology

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One stanza in this poem describes the moon as "Astarte's bediamonded crescent/ Distinct with its duplicate horn," and in a subsequent stanza, this poem's narrator consoles another character who claims to mistrust its "strange pallor.

One stanza in this poem describes the moon as "Astarte's bediamonded crescent/ Distinct with its duplicate horn," and in a subsequent stanza, this poem's narrator consoles another character who claims to mistrust its "strange pallor." This poem's second stanza recalls a time when the narrator's "heart was volcanic/ As the scoriac rivers that roll," and this poem's opening lines recall the (*) "lonesome October of my most immemorial year." Another October is recalled in this poem's last stanza, as the narrator remembers bringing a "dread burden," to the shores of the lake of Auber. For ten points, identify this poem whose narrator roams with Psyche "in the ghoul-haunted woodland of Weir," until he discovers the vault of the titular dead woman, written by Edgar Allan Poe.

One stanza in this poem describes the moon as "Astarte's bediamonded crescent/ Distinct with its duplicate horn," and in a subsequent stanza, this poem's narrator consoles another character who claims to mistrust its "strange pallor.

Ulalume

Ulalume

Ulalume

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184682-first

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This work claims that the good of anything with a function lies in the satisfactory performance of that function, and asserts that the function of a human is rational activity.

This work claims that the good of anything with a function lies in the satisfactory performance of that function, and asserts that the function of a human is rational activity. This text's definition of happiness insists that happiness be evaluated over the course of a complete life, so that children cannot be said to be happy and Priam cannot be unhappy just because he is experiencing old age. This work claims mere (*) strength of will to be less praiseworthy than active virtue, but more so than weakness of will, or incontinence, and asserts that the virtue of a particular trait usually lies between two extremes in its "doctrine of the mean." FTP, name this work that suggests adhering to that doctrine in order to attain eudaimonia, a work attributed to Aristotle and named for his son.

This work claims that the good of anything with a function lies in the satisfactory performance of that function, and asserts that the function of a human is rational activity.

Nicomachean_Ethics

Nicomachean_Ethics

Nicomachean Ethics

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Philosophy

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This modern-day nation signed an agreement known as the "Concordat of 1860" with Pope Pius IX, which led to a series of religious uprisings.

This modern-day nation signed an agreement known as the "Concordat of 1860" with Pope Pius IX, which led to a series of religious uprisings. W. Cameron Forbes led a commission to investigate unrest in this country, which helped lead to the election of President Stenio Vincent, ending a period of occupation in this country begun when Admiral William Caperton docked his flagship Washington in its main port. A campaign to slaughter (*) black dogs in this nation was begun after its leader became convinced Dutty Boukman was haunting the shit out of its countryside. The Battle of Siebert left Alexander Petion in control of the southern half of this country, which has been led by Paul Magloiy that won independence under Toussaint Louverture?

This modern-day nation signed an agreement known as the "Concordat of 1860" with Pope Pius IX, which led to a series of religious uprisings.

Haiti

Haiti

Haiti

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This group had its origins in Hiram Edson's interpretation of a certain religious text, and Ellet Waggoner and Alonzo Jones challenged this group's belief in sola scriptura, holding instead that salvation came from grace.

This group had its origins in Hiram Edson's interpretation of a certain religious text, and Ellet Waggoner and Alonzo Jones challenged this group's belief in sola scriptura, holding instead that salvation came from grace. The visions of Ellen Harmon were used by James White to organize this religious group, and those visions were also believed to have validated this denomination's sanctuary, shut-door, and (*) "sabbattarian" doctines. This denomination's founder used the Book of Daniel to predict that 2300 years after Artaxerxes ordered the rebuilding of Jerusalem, a "second awakening," would occur; the failure of this to take place was known as this denomination's "great disappointment." For ten points, identify this Christian denomination founded based on the teachings of William Miller, whose name suggests the unique day on which they observe the Sabbath.

This group had its origins in Hiram Edson's interpretation of a certain religious text, and Ellet Waggoner and Alonzo Jones challenged this group's belief in sola scriptura, holding instead that salvation came from grace.

Seventh-day_Adventist_Church

Seventh-day_Adventist_Church

Seventh Day Adventists (prompt on "Millerites", do not prompt on "Adventist")

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The Novikov-Boone-Britton Theorem proves the undecidability of the word problem for these mathematical objects.

The Novikov-Boone-Britton Theorem proves the undecidability of the word problem for these mathematical objects. The number of subsets fixed by their elements is proportional to the number of orbits according to Burnside's Lemma. If "p to the n" is the largest power of prime p that divides the order of one of these objects, then it contains a sub-object of size "p to the n" according to (*) Sylow's Theorem. A sub-object of one of these objects must have an order that divides the order of the original object according to Lagrange's Theorem. These objects are defined as monoids which include inverse elements, and their namesake axioms include closure and the presence of an identity element. These objects consist of a set and a single binary operation, and are called Abelian when they commute. For 10 points, name these mathematical objects studied in abstract algebra that are more general than a ring.

The Novikov-Boone-Britton Theorem proves the undecidability of the word problem for these mathematical objects.

Group_(mathematics)

Group_(mathematics)

groups

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This opera's composer transferred the setting from Scotland after the libretto of Eugene Scribe was used to produce an inferior work by Pierre-Louis Dietsch, while Heinrich Marschner's opera Der Vampyr was a major influence on this opera's central romance.

This opera's composer transferred the setting from Scotland after the libretto of Eugene Scribe was used to produce an inferior work by Pierre-Louis Dietsch, while Heinrich Marschner's opera Der Vampyr was a major influence on this opera's central romance. Arias in this opera include "Willst Jenes Tags du Nicht," sung by the huntsman Erik to his former love, the female protagonist, and (*) "Die Frist is Um", in which the title character yearns for death. Notable sections of this opera include the Spinners' Chorus in Act II, which takes place in the house of Senta, and the Sailor's Chorus in Act III. For 10 points, name this 1843 opera that sees a curse broken after a deal is brokered with Captain Daland, an early work of Wagner about the captain of a cursed ship.

This opera's composer transferred the setting from Scotland after the libretto of Eugene Scribe was used to produce an inferior work by Pierre-Louis Dietsch, while Heinrich Marschner's opera Der Vampyr was a major influence on this opera's central romance.

The_Flying_Dutchman_(opera)

The_Flying_Dutchman_(opera)

The Flying Dutchman (or Der fliegende Hollander)

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One novel by this author set during the Liege uprising sees the titular Scottish archer thwart the machinations of Louis XI of France and eventually kill William de la Marck.

One novel by this author set during the Liege uprising sees the titular Scottish archer thwart the machinations of Louis XI of France and eventually kill William de la Marck. In another novel by this author, the title character predicts calamity in the life of Harry Bertram, who is dutifully kidnapped by smugglers at age five. Another work sees, Jeanie (*) Deans travels to London to seek a pardon for her sister Effie from unjustified charges of infanticide during the Porteous Riots. Besides writing Quentin Durward and Guy Mannering, this author's most famous work sees the titular Saxon rescues Rowena and Rebecca. For 10 points, name this author of The Heart of Midlothian and Ivanhoe.

One novel by this author set during the Liege uprising sees the titular Scottish archer thwart the machinations of Louis XI of France and eventually kill William de la Marck.

Walter_Scott

Walter_Scott

Walter Scott

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This legislation was the subject of the appeals court case Campbell v. Clinton, which did not result in a ruling, holding instead that Tom Campbell and other House members lacked standing to bring suit.

This legislation was the subject of the appeals court case Campbell v. Clinton, which did not result in a ruling, holding instead that Tom Campbell and other House members lacked standing to bring suit. Primarily sponsored in the Senate by Jacob Javits, this legislation came under attack in 1988 by Sam Nunn, John Warner, and George Mitchell, who called it ineffective because it (*) "oversteps Constitutional bounds." This legislation's reporting requirement defined a 48-hour window for submitting an explanatory report, while the next section held that within 60 days of submitting the report, all armed forces had to be withdrawn barring specific authorization or a formal declaration. Passed over Nixon's veto in 1973, for 10 points, identify this legislation which sought to limit the unilateral use of the military by the executive branch.

This legislation was the subject of the appeals court case Campbell v. Clinton, which did not result in a ruling, holding instead that Tom Campbell and other House members lacked standing to bring suit.

War_Powers_Resolution

War_Powers_Resolution

War Powers Act

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Most recently Mary Brogger created a bronze monument to this event, while a streetcar driver intentionally crashed his vehicle into one of the first monuments to this event, created by Johannes Gelert.

Most recently Mary Brogger created a bronze monument to this event, while a streetcar driver intentionally crashed his vehicle into one of the first monuments to this event, created by Johannes Gelert. William Seliger turned state's evidence in the aftermath of this event, and much later Albert Weinert created a monument to this event at Waldheim. August (*) Spies spoke from an open wagon immediately prior to this event. Eight police officers died, leading to the trial of eight anarchists, none of whom had thrown the bomb that led to the police officers' deaths near the McCormick plant. For 10 points, name this 1886 demonstration of striking workers in Chicago.

Most recently Mary Brogger created a bronze monument to this event, while a streetcar driver intentionally crashed his vehicle into one of the first monuments to this event, created by Johannes Gelert.

Haymarket_affair

Haymarket_affair

Haymarket Square riot [accept equivalents]

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Fukuyama developed a method to produce these compounds from thioesters and organozinc halides.

Fukuyama developed a method to produce these compounds from thioesters and organozinc halides. These compounds are reacted with 2,4-dinitrophenyl hydrazine, giving a positive result, in Brady's test. These compounds and alcohols are produced from a peroxide rearrangement named for Kornblum ad DeLaMare. These compounds may be oxidized in the presence of a peroxyacid to an ester in a procedure named for (*) Baeyer and Villiger, and addition of a single equivalent of Grignard reagent gives a tertiary alcohol. For 10 points, name this functional group featuring a carbon with two single bonds to carbon and one double bond to oxygen, the simplest example of which is acetone.

Fukuyama developed a method to produce these compounds from thioesters and organozinc halides.

Ketone

Ketone

ketones [prompt on "carbonyl"]

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Geoffrey Parker examined the "Grand Strategy" of this ruler, whose signing of the Treaty of Joinville provoked one major rival to agree to the Treaty of Nonsuch; that treaty promised support to a city viciously torn apart by this man's soldiers after a fleet containing 400,000 florins of their back pay was captured by enemy forces.

Geoffrey Parker examined the "Grand Strategy" of this ruler, whose signing of the Treaty of Joinville provoked one major rival to agree to the Treaty of Nonsuch; that treaty promised support to a city viciously torn apart by this man's soldiers after a fleet containing 400,000 florins of their back pay was captured by enemy forces. Cultural changes under this employer of Alexander Farnese were described in a Fernand Braudel work about the (*) "Mediterranean World in the Age of" this monarch. This man expanded his empire after the Battle of Alcacer Quibir took the life of Sebastian the Desired and employed an administrator who established the Council of Blood. William the Silent revolted against this employer of the Duke of Alba, embroiling him in a feud with a Tudor monarch that would lead to his most notable failure. For 10 points, name this Spanish king who beat the Turks at Lepanto but failed to unseat Elizabeth in 1588 through his Spanish Armada.

Geoffrey Parker examined the "Grand Strategy" of this ruler, whose signing of the Treaty of Joinville provoked one major rival to agree to the Treaty of Nonsuch; that treaty promised support to a city viciously torn apart by this man's soldiers after a fleet containing 400,000 florins of their back pay was captured by enemy forces.

Philip_II_of_Spain

Philip_II_of_Spain

Philip II of Spain or Philip the Prudent

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Piano pieces like "Innocence" and "Dejection" form this man's opus 6 collection of bagatelles and impromptus, while his opus 4 and 5 Skizzen, or sketches, were also written for piano.

Piano pieces like "Innocence" and "Dejection" form this man's opus 6 collection of bagatelles and impromptus, while his opus 4 and 5 Skizzen, or sketches, were also written for piano. He wrote both a symphonic poem and fanfares based on Shakespeare's Richard III, while the first of this composer's two string quartets is written in e minor and includes an Allegro moderato a la Polka second movement. That work, entitled (*) "From My Life," was written shortly after this man lost his hearing. This composer also wrote a cycle of six symphonic poems, the fourth of which, "From Bohemia's woods and fields," celebrates his nation's countryside, and the second of which begins with a flute solo and depicts the Vltava river, or "Die Moldau." For 10 points, name this Czech composer of Ma Vlast who also created the opera The Bartered Bride.

Piano pieces like "Innocence" and "Dejection" form this man's opus 6 collection of bagatelles and impromptus, while his opus 4 and 5 Skizzen, or sketches, were also written for piano.

Bedřich_Smetana

Bedřich_Smetana

Bedrich Smetana

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One publication by this group likens the small minority for which this group does not speak to the third of humanity that it believes will be killed following a thermonuclear attack on New York City.

One publication by this group likens the small minority for which this group does not speak to the third of humanity that it believes will be killed following a thermonuclear attack on New York City. The architect of this group's current executive structure died shortly before the culmination of the Ten Year Crusade, which was completed by the Hands of the Cause. This faith regards as illegitimate the followers of Charles Mason Remey, who himself was declared a (*) covenant breaker for claiming to be an eligible successor to the only one in their tradition to hold the title of "Guardian." That man, Shoghi Effendi, laid the basis for the modern leadership of this religion based on the tenets put forth in the Book of Certitude. For 10 points, identify this faith whose current dogma is thusly governed by the Haifa-based Universal House of Justice, a religion founded by Baha'u'llah.

One publication by this group likens the small minority for which this group does not speak to the third of humanity that it believes will be killed following a thermonuclear attack on New York City.

Bahá'í_Faith

Bahá'í_Faith

Baha'i [accept Universal House of Justice before mentioned]

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Religion

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A university professor in this novel lectures on "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," and Carl Peterson undergoes tests at the Ministry of Mental Hygiene at the suggestion of a man who believes that homosexuality is both a sickness and a political crime.

A university professor in this novel lectures on "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," and Carl Peterson undergoes tests at the Ministry of Mental Hygiene at the suggestion of a man who believes that homosexuality is both a sickness and a political crime. Pornographic movies are shown at an Annual Party hosted by one character in this novel who takes a baboon to the opera. That character, A.J., lives in a city where (*) centipede flesh and mugwump fluid is sold on the streets. INDs are humans who have been transformed into zombies by the experiments under Doctor Benway, who works for Islam, Incorporated. The aforementioned city is a combination of the South, South America, Panama, New York, and Tangier, and is called Interzone. For 10 points, name this novel about the drug addict Bill Lee, written by William S. Burroughs.

A university professor in this novel lectures on "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," and Carl Peterson undergoes tests at the Ministry of Mental Hygiene at the suggestion of a man who believes that homosexuality is both a sickness and a political crime.

Naked_Lunch

Naked_Lunch

Naked Lunch

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As a colonel, this president led a brigade that followed White's West Virginians in a frontal assault at Cloyd's Mountain.

As a colonel, this president led a brigade that followed White's West Virginians in a frontal assault at Cloyd's Mountain. This president appointed William Woods and John Harlan to the Supreme Court, and faced the Shamokin Uprising and labor unrest in Martinsburg, West Virginia during a large railroad strike in his first year in office. His Treasury Secretary John Sherman launched the Jay Commission, leading this man to remove Alonzo Cornell and (*) Chester Arthur from their positions with the Port of New York. Horace Greeley's fabricated story about an opponent's "Cipher Dispatches" helped this man win an election resolved by Thomas A. Scott. This President saw his veto on the Bland-Allison Act overridden, delighting his foe Roscoe Conkling. For 10 points, name this President whose victory over Samuel Tilden in 1876 led to the end of Reconstruction.

As a colonel, this president led a brigade that followed White's West Virginians in a frontal assault at Cloyd's Mountain.

Rutherford_B._Hayes

Rutherford_B._Hayes

Rutherford Birchard Hayes

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This author called a good reader one who "has imagination, memory, a dictionary, and some artistic sense," rather than belong to a book club in Lectures on Literature and he used Antiterra as the setting for his story Ada.

This author called a good reader one who "has imagination, memory, a dictionary, and some artistic sense," rather than belong to a book club in Lectures on Literature and he used Antiterra as the setting for his story Ada. In one of this man's stories, Aleksandr Luzhin begins to believe that he is playing some unseen opponent because the world is a big chessboard, that story was translated as The Defense. In addition to his autobiography (*) Speak Memory, the mad king Kinbote comments on a thousand line poem by John Shade in one work by this author, while in another C Cincinattus is executed for gnostical turpitude, those are Pale Fire and Invitation to a Beheading. For 10 points, name this Russian author of Pnin who created the character of Humbert Humbert in his novel Lolita.

This author called a good reader one who "has imagination, memory, a dictionary, and some artistic sense," rather than belong to a book club in Lectures on Literature and he used Antiterra as the setting for his story Ada.

Vladimir_Nabokov

Vladimir_Nabokov

Vladimir Nabokov

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One kingdom in this region may have grown out of the Mahan Confederacy and moved the capital to such cities as Sabi.

One kingdom in this region may have grown out of the Mahan Confederacy and moved the capital to such cities as Sabi. A major democratization movement arose on May 18, 1980, after students protesting the closure of a university in this region were attacked by soldiers. A vitriolic debate about the status of this region known as the Seikanron led another country to recall the (*) Iwakura Mission before plunging into civil war, while the final years of one dynasty that ruled here are known as the "Hermit Kingdom," referring to its isolationism; that dynasty signed the Treaty of Gyehae to curb piracy under Sejong the Great. The Silla state was one of the Three Kingdoms of this polity, which was later led by the Joseon dynasty before a landing at Inchon led to the establishment of the DMZ, splitting it into two countries along the 38th parallel. For 10 points, name this peninsula divided between Pyongyang and Seoul.

One kingdom in this region may have grown out of the Mahan Confederacy and moved the capital to such cities as Sabi.

Korea

Korea

Korea [accept anything mentioning North or South Korea]

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Both the Syrian warrior goddess Anat and the Canaanite mother goddess Astarte are sometimes identified as this figure's wife.

Both the Syrian warrior goddess Anat and the Canaanite mother goddess Astarte are sometimes identified as this figure's wife. This god's sister disguised herself as an old woman to reach the Island-in-the-Midst, where she cheated this god out of the white crown of Egypt. One story about this god, whose cult was centered at Avaris, describes how his boat sank in a race after his opponent painted his own boat to look like stone. Another story about this husband of (*) Nephthys describes how he took the form of a hippopotamus in one battle, while he squares off daily with the serpent Apep as Ra's barque travels across the underworld. The bizarre "Typhonic Beast" represents this god of the desert who was worshiped by the Hyksos and famously dismembered his brother before being defeated by his nephew, Horus. For 10 points, identify this Egyptian god of storms and chaos who slew his brother, Osiris.

Both the Syrian warrior goddess Anat and the Canaanite mother goddess Astarte are sometimes identified as this figure's wife.

Set_(deity)

Set_(deity)

Set [Accept Seth, Sutekh, or Setan]

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The titular goddess's golden armor is visible through her green cloak in this painter's Pallas Athene.

The titular goddess's golden armor is visible through her green cloak in this painter's Pallas Athene. A deer-headed man holds a bow while a naked goddess gives him the stink-eye in this man's Myth of Diana and Acteon, while a horse with a spotted fur saddle rears over the titular saint in his version of the Conversion of St. Paul. John the Baptist adopts a dynamic pose and points a creepy finger toward an illuminated Madonna and child while the title figure slumbers at right in his (*) Vision of St. Jerome. St. Jerome reappears in the background of another work by this man, in which he stands before a row of columns and unfurls a scroll. This artist himself appears wearing a gold ring on his pinkie in a painting that features a curved window at top left. For 10 points, name this Mannerist who created Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror and a giant Christ child in Madonna of the Long Neck.

The titular goddess's golden armor is visible through her green cloak in this painter's Pallas Athene.

Parmigianino

Parmigianino

Parmigianino [Accept Parmigiano or Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola]

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He summarized observed coincidences in the order of magnitude of ratios of fundamental constants, namely, the repeated occurrence of the exponent 40, in his "large numbers hypothesis.

He summarized observed coincidences in the order of magnitude of ratios of fundamental constants, namely, the repeated occurrence of the exponent 40, in his "large numbers hypothesis." Solutions to his namesake equation can be expressed as spinors. A function named for this physicist, also called the Shah function, is equal to its own Fourier transform, and is known as his (*) "comb." He introduced a namesake delta function in a book that unified matrix mechanics and wave mechanics, and subsequently showed that the existence of magnetic monopoles would explain charge quantization. He names an equation that accounts for special relativity in describing spin one half particles. For 10 points, name this physicist whose namesake "sea" predicted the existence of antimatter.

He summarized observed coincidences in the order of magnitude of ratios of fundamental constants, namely, the repeated occurrence of the exponent 40, in his "large numbers hypothesis.

Paul_Dirac

Paul_Dirac

Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac

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Science

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This man wrote an adaptation of a Restoration comedy in which Tom Fashion competes with his brother Lord Foppington for a wealthy woman, entitled A Trip to Scarborough.

This man wrote an adaptation of a Restoration comedy in which Tom Fashion competes with his brother Lord Foppington for a wealthy woman, entitled A Trip to Scarborough. This librettist of The Duenna also wrote a work that sees the rehearsal of a play in which the actors may rework the script as they like and is entitled The Spanish Armada. That work features the playwrights Sir (*) Fretful Plagiary and Mr. Puff as well as Mr. Sneer and Mr. Dangle, who have the titular profession. In addition to The Critic, another work by this playwright sees Sir Oliver and Sir Peter Teazle discover Joseph's dishonesty while Charles Surface wins the hand of Maria, despite Lady Sneerwell's gossip, while a play set in Bath sees Captain Absolute's attempts to marry Lydia Languish disrupted by her aunt Mrs. Malaprop. For 10 points, name this eighteenth century English playwright of The School for Scandal and The Rivals.

This man wrote an adaptation of a Restoration comedy in which Tom Fashion competes with his brother Lord Foppington for a wealthy woman, entitled A Trip to Scarborough.

Richard_Brinsley_Sheridan

Richard_Brinsley_Sheridan

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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A kingdom in this state traced its founding to an apocryphal victory over Natanleod, while the first reliably-dated event in this region is the baptism of Cynegils by the bishop Birinus, its namesake "apostle.

A kingdom in this state traced its founding to an apocryphal victory over Natanleod, while the first reliably-dated event in this region is the baptism of Cynegils by the bishop Birinus, its namesake "apostle." This region was legendarily founded by Cerdic and Cynric when they established a beachhead at Southampton and saw its most famous ruler commission a namesake jewel of quartz and filigreed gold; that man was chronicled by (*) Asser, won the Battle of Ashdown, and signed a treaty with the Danes under Guthrum. This region's power base was pushed southward by enemies like Penda, who threatened it from Mercia. Alfred the Great led, for 10 points, what Anglo-Saxon kingdom that unsurprisingly joined states like Northumbria, Sussex, and Essex in the Heptarchy?

A kingdom in this state traced its founding to an apocryphal victory over Natanleod, while the first reliably-dated event in this region is the baptism of Cynegils by the bishop Birinus, its namesake "apostle.

Wessex

Wessex

Wessex

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History

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Nonlinear systems with this property can be separated into Lax pairs.

Nonlinear systems with this property can be separated into Lax pairs. The Toda lattice is a classic example of a system that possesses soliton solutions as well as this property. A system is described by the Frobenius form of this property if it generates an ideal closed under exterior differentiation, whereas a completely this Hamiltonian system is a Hamiltonian system admitting the most possible constants of motion. The (*) three body system lacks this property, causing its solutions to be chaotic. The Lebesgue form of this property extends the Riemann form to sets of general measure. For 10 points, name this property which implies roughly that a given function has an antiderivative.

Nonlinear systems with this property can be separated into Lax pairs.

Integrable_system

Integrable_system

integrable [accept word forms such as integrability, integration]

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Social Science

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Known as the Canon Quartet, this opera's aria "A wondrous feeling fills me" is sung by four characters about another's attraction to the title character, shortly after she rejects a marriage proposal.

Known as the Canon Quartet, this opera's aria "A wondrous feeling fills me" is sung by four characters about another's attraction to the title character, shortly after she rejects a marriage proposal. The "Hah! What a moment!" aria is sung by this opera's villain as he explains his plan to kill a man that the minister Don Fernando already believes to be dead. The title character helps (*) Rocco the jailor to dig a grave for that man, who had been imprisoned two years earlier for trying to expose the tyranny of Don Pizarro. Containing an overture named for the true identity of the title character, this opera includes characters like Marzelline and ends as Florestan is reunited with his wife. For 10 points, name this work in which Leonore disguises herself as a man to free her husband, the only opera by Ludwig van Beethoven.

Known as the Canon Quartet, this opera's aria "A wondrous feeling fills me" is sung by four characters about another's attraction to the title character, shortly after she rejects a marriage proposal.

Fidelio

Fidelio

Fidelio

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Literature

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This philosopher discussed the origin of one of the Catholic sacraments in the unpublished The Confessions of the Flesh.

This philosopher discussed the origin of one of the Catholic sacraments in the unpublished The Confessions of the Flesh. Another work by this author of The Archaeology of Knowledge identifies medieval scenes like gargoyles and jesters as representative of the first titular concept, which appeared as the Ship of Fools and Tom o' Bedlam in the Renaissance. That work develops this thinker's concept of (*) "bio-technico-power," and another work discusses the relationship of representation and subject through the example of Velazquez's Las Meninas. This philosopher also borrowed Bentham's idea of the Panopticon in a work that analyzes the history and nature of prisons. For 10 points, name this French philosopher, the author of Madness and Civilization, The Order of Things, and Discipline and Punish.

This philosopher discussed the origin of one of the Catholic sacraments in the unpublished The Confessions of the Flesh.

Michel_Foucault

Michel_Foucault

Michel Foucault

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Philosophy

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A song remixed on Daiquiri Factory warns fans of this substance "instead of 28, you cookin' 26;" that song by San Quinn and Andre Nickatina wonders if you like this "like Boston George."

A song remixed on Daiquiri Factory warns fans of this substance "instead of 28, you cookin' 26;" that song by San Quinn and Andre Nickatina wonders if you like this "like Boston George." Rick Ross notes that he's "got a tendency/To send 'em up to Tennessee" in a work crediting his financial stability to this substance, which was modified with the aid of Wikipedia by notable rapper Thugnificent. The invocation of Dwyane Wade in (*) "Empire State of Mind" calls into question Jeezy's assertion of his status in an earlier song that uses Kobe and Lebron's jersey numbers to refer to preferential price-discrimination involving this substance. This substance is employed "if your thing is gone and you wanna ride on" in a song noting "you've got to take her out" if "you wanna hang out" by Eric Clapton. For 10 points, name this substance which undergoes its own version of a remix in which baking soda is used to convert it to a smokable form, crack.

A song remixed on Daiquiri Factory warns fans of this substance "instead of 28, you cookin' 26;" that song by San Quinn and Andre Nickatina wonders if you like this "like Boston George."

Cocaine

Cocaine

cocaine or blow or peruvian fine [accept equivalents; be generous and prompt on "crack"]

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British historian Robert Irwin criticizes this thinker's thesis in the book

British historian Robert Irwin criticizes this thinker's thesis in the book For Lust of Knowing, while George Landow directly attacked this man's scholarship. Justus Weiner has accused this man of falsifying his autobiography to better effect a "subaltern." He defended Barenboim's performance of Wagner in Israel in the article "Better to Know." Along with Cedric Watts, this thinker disagreed with Chinua (*) Achebe's characterization of Joseph Conrad as a terrible racist. And the most famous work by this thinker quote Victor Hugo's poem "Lui" to support the thesis that all Arabs are seen either as oil suppliers or terrorists. For 10 points, name this Palestinian-American postcolonialist who wrote Culture And Imperialism and Orientalism.

British historian Robert Irwin criticizes this thinker's thesis in the book

Edward_Said

Edward_Said

Edward Said

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Fine Arts

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The gene that codes for one component of this protein is contained in the short arm of chromosome 5, which is deleted in cri du chat syndrome, and that gene's loss of function may contribute to that condition.

The gene that codes for one component of this protein is contained in the short arm of chromosome 5, which is deleted in cri du chat syndrome, and that gene's loss of function may contribute to that condition. Inhibitors of this enzyme may be of limited efficacy in treating a certain disease due to the existence of the ALT pathway. Scott Cohen discovered that this enzyme contains two molecules of dyskerin. This enzyme is named for the (*) repeats of TTAGGG that it adds to the 3' end of chromosomes. For 10 points, name this enzyme discovered by Carol Greider and Elizabeth Blackburn, that compensates for the continual shortening with each replication of its namesake aging structure.

The gene that codes for one component of this protein is contained in the short arm of chromosome 5, which is deleted in cri du chat syndrome, and that gene's loss of function may contribute to that condition.

Telomerase

Telomerase

telomerase

guesstrain

Science

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This author retold a story in which the Merchant of Priceless Jewels takes from the Black Road a piece of Master Almondtree's soul in "Tatuana's Tale," part of a collection entitled the "Legends of" his home country.

This author retold a story in which the Merchant of Priceless Jewels takes from the Black Road a piece of Master Almondtree's soul in "Tatuana's Tale," part of a collection entitled the "Legends of" his home country. One novel by this author sees Maria Tecun run away from her blind husband Goyo Yic, while Machojon and his wife are killed by a curse after helping the Mounted Patrol to betray (*) Gaspar Ilom, who cultivates the titular crop. In another novel by this writer involves a plot to blame the Zany's murder of Colonel Sonriente on General Canales, whose daughter Camila becomes a love interest of Angel Face, who serves the titular politician. For 10 points, name this Nobel laureate who included The Green Pope in his Banana trilogy and wrote Men of Maize and El Senor Presidente, a Guatemalan author.

This author retold a story in which the Merchant of Priceless Jewels takes from the Black Road a piece of Master Almondtree's soul in "Tatuana's Tale," part of a collection entitled the "Legends of" his home country.

Miguel_Ángel_Asturias

Miguel_Ángel_Asturias

Miguel Angel Asturias Rosales

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This thinker followed Hume's model of induction by asserting the continued uniformity of the universe despite not being able to base this claim on a particular principle.

This thinker followed Hume's model of induction by asserting the continued uniformity of the universe despite not being able to base this claim on a particular principle. This man's commitment to "sophisticated realism" drew criticism from J.L. Austin, and this thinker discussed how the assertion (*) "Caesar is necessarily human" is false because he could name his dog Caesar. Though this man was an outspoken critic of religion, he declined to call himself an atheist because he believed that all religious discourse is meaningless. This thinker propounded emotivism in his most famous work, which he published in addition to The Origins of Pragmatism and The Problem of Knowledge. FTP, identify this formulator of the verification principle and author of the 1936 classic Language, Truth and Logic.

This thinker followed Hume's model of induction by asserting the continued uniformity of the universe despite not being able to base this claim on a particular principle.

A._J._Ayer

A._J._Ayer

A. J. Ayer

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Philosophy

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This musician briefly worked as a pimp until one of his whores stabbed him in the leg which caused his mother to beat her within an inch of her life.

This musician briefly worked as a pimp until one of his whores stabbed him in the leg which caused his mother to beat her within an inch of her life. In the 1960s, this man recorded the songs "Bout Time" and "Ten Feet off the Ground" which were written by Richard and Robert Sherman. Those two musical writers were the sons of Al Sherman who wrote the song "On a Little Bamboo Bridge" which this man's band would make famous. This man was backed by pianist (*) Earl Hines and the rest of his Hot Five on his Grammy winning recording of a King Oliver standard, "West End Blues." This man was also the original player of a song that asks "Where'd ya get those eyes," "Jeepers Creepers." FTP name this trumpet player best known for his songs "Hello Dolly" and "It's a Wonderful World" who was given the nickname Satchmo.

This musician briefly worked as a pimp until one of his whores stabbed him in the leg which caused his mother to beat her within an inch of her life.

Louis_Armstrong

Louis_Armstrong

Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong [Accept Satchmo before mentioned]

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Fine Arts

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This man sunk the ship used to transport the Vatican Obelisk in order to create Portus, a harbor outside Ostia, and divided the province of Mauretania into Caesariensis and Tingitana.

This man sunk the ship used to transport the Vatican Obelisk in order to create Portus, a harbor outside Ostia, and divided the province of Mauretania into Caesariensis and Tingitana. He appealed to his family's origins as truce-seeking Sabines in a speech arguing that sufficiently wealthy Gauls should be eligible for the Senate, as inscribe on the Lyon Tablet. The battles of Medway and Caer Caradoc took place after this man ordered a campaign under (*) Aulus Plautius, though he granted clemency to opposing commander Caractacus. This man's wife notoriously outlasted Rome's greatest prostitute in 24-hour bang-a-thon, leading him to replace Valeria Messalina with Agrippina the Younger, and he was supposedly declared emperor while cowering in a corner after Praetorian guards had done in Caligula. Noted for the conquest of Britannia, for 10 points, name this predecessor of Nero and subject of a series of books by Robert Graves.

This man sunk the ship used to transport the Vatican Obelisk in order to create Portus, a harbor outside Ostia, and divided the province of Mauretania into Caesariensis and Tingitana.

Claudius

Claudius

Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus [do not accept "Hercules, My Shipmate"]

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History

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In one work by this author, some men are seduced by beautiful women only to then die of disease, while the narrator and his friends later encounter a land of Eskimo zombies.

In one work by this author, some men are seduced by beautiful women only to then die of disease, while the narrator and his friends later encounter a land of Eskimo zombies. That work, Urien's Voyage, was part of this author's symbolist period, while in another work by this author, Amedee is seduced by Carola while on a mission to rescue the pope, but is pushed out of a train by the title character. This author of (*) Strait Is the Gate and Lafcadio's Adventures wrote a novel in which Boris accidentally shoots himself during an initiation into the titular group. Name this author of The Fruits of the Earth and The Counterfeiters who wrote a novel in which, for 10 points, the scholar Michel recovers from tuberculosis and notices his intense attraction to young North African boys, titled The Immoralist

In one work by this author, some men are seduced by beautiful women only to then die of disease, while the narrator and his friends later encounter a land of Eskimo zombies.

André_Gide

André_Gide

Andre Gide

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Literature

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Control tables are a type of this object used to avoid explicit branch statements.

Control tables are a type of this object used to avoid explicit branch statements. Bounds-checking can spot common compile time exceptions using these objects, and implementation of "sparse" varieties avoid allocating memory for default values. These objects can be dynamically resized so that insertions at the end require amortized constant time, and a description of this object is often held in a dope vector. These objects are used when locality of reference is important, so that (*) pointer arithmetic is often used to access these data structures, which are numbered starting with zero. Unlike a similar data type this structure supports random access. For 10 points, name this data structure which, like a linked list, contains a number of elements in order.

Control tables are a type of this object used to avoid explicit branch statements.

Array_data_type

Array_data_type

Array

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This group relied on Public Law 88-202, and was indirectly advised by men like Alwyn Cole and Robert Frazier.

This group relied on Public Law 88-202, and was indirectly advised by men like Alwyn Cole and Robert Frazier. One member of this group had lost to Alben Barkley in a Senatorial election, but became Senator of Kentucky after Barkley's death. John Cooper was joined in this group by the president of the World Bank, John McCloy, while James Lee Rankin served as their General Counsel. Also including a future House Majority Leader whose (*) plane mysteriously disappeared in Alaska, Hale Boggs, this group, whose last surviving member was Gerald Ford, was led by a man who also presided over Engel v. Vitale, Reynolds v. Sims, and Mapp v. Ohio. John Connally somewhat disputed the conclusion of this group, whose report included a biography of Jack Ruby, that the "lone gunman" explanation was the most plausible. For 10 points, name this body that investigated the assassination of John Kennedy, led by the namesake sitting Chief Justice.

This group relied on Public Law 88-202, and was indirectly advised by men like Alwyn Cole and Robert Frazier.

Warren_Commission

Warren_Commission

Warren Commission [prompt on things like "Kennedy Assassination Commission," etc.]

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Trash

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Edward MacDowell's first piano sonata is described by this adjective, which titles the fifth movement sonata of Nicolai Medtner's Forgotten Melodies.

Edward MacDowell's first piano sonata is described by this adjective, which titles the fifth movement sonata of Nicolai Medtner's Forgotten Melodies. "From Hannover Square north," the third movement of Charles Ives' Second Orchestral Set, takes place at the end of this sort of day, and the third movement of Poulenc's violin sonata is marked this kind of presto. For the never-published opera Alfred, Dvo?ak wrote an (*) overture of this name, chosen for another composer's Opus 81 to contrast with the mood of an earlier piece celebrating an honorary degree. Aside from the "Surprise," Schubert's only minor-key symphony, his fourth, bears this name, as does the companion piece to Brahms's Academic Festival Overture. For 10 points, identify this adjective somewhat erroneously used to describe the A minor sixth symphony of Mahler, whose life had not yet gone to shit at the time of its composition.

Edward MacDowell's first piano sonata is described by this adjective, which titles the fifth movement sonata of Nicolai Medtner's Forgotten Melodies.

Tragedy

Tragedy

tragic (accept word forms)

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In one work, this thinker states that if the negro were stronger than the European, then Europe would have been divided by Africa.

In one work, this thinker states that if the negro were stronger than the European, then Europe would have been divided by Africa. That work warns against the danger of humanitarianism and is called Les Systemes Socialistes. The instinct for combining and the persistence of aggregates are two of six residues that he hypothesized must be balanced by a ruling government in his Treatise on (*) General Sociology. This author of The Transformation of Democracy created a law for the logarithmic distribution of income and a namesake eighty-twenty principle. For 10 points, name this Italian economist whose namesake optimality occurs when no agent can be made better off without hurting another.

In one work, this thinker states that if the negro were stronger than the European, then Europe would have been divided by Africa.

Vilfredo_Pareto

Vilfredo_Pareto

Vilfredo Pareto

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Social Science

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At one engagement during this conflict, groups of defenders repeatedly had to escape into adjoining rooms by hacking through walls with a pick-axe and greatly benefited from the attacker's inability to fire accurately from a position known either as "the Eyebrow" or the Oscarberg.

At one engagement during this conflict, groups of defenders repeatedly had to escape into adjoining rooms by hacking through walls with a pick-axe and greatly benefited from the attacker's inability to fire accurately from a position known either as "the Eyebrow" or the Oscarberg. Bromhead and John Chard commanded the victors at that battle, which saw a hospital at a river ford defended from behind stacked mealie bags and (*) biscuit boxes. This war coincided with the final year of the Midlothian campaign, which vaulted Gladstone to power, and saw Garnet Wolseley replace Lord Chelmsford, who forced the eventual winners to make a heroic stand at Rorke's Drift against the reserves, or "loins," of the losing side; that side employed the assegai and the "Buffalo Horns" formation at battles like Ulundi and Isandhlwana, but Cetshwayo was unable to force terms with the British. Seeing an end to the dynasty begun by Shaka, for 10 points, name this 1879 conflict between Britain and the namesake Southern African tribe.

At one engagement during this conflict, groups of defenders repeatedly had to escape into adjoining rooms by hacking through walls with a pick-axe and greatly benefited from the attacker's inability to fire accurately from a position known either as "the Eyebrow" or the Oscarberg.

Anglo-Zulu_War

Anglo-Zulu_War

Anglo-Zulu War

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In a desert in this game, you are able to find two differently colored sesame seeds that talk and ask you to reunite them, even though it is not possible to do so.

In a desert in this game, you are able to find two differently colored sesame seeds that talk and ask you to reunite them, even though it is not possible to do so. One enemy in this game is described as "borange" and is found in a factory behind a waterfall that you must stand in front of for three minutes. In that factory you have to use a jar of fly honey on (*) Master Belch in order to defeat him. Some food that appears in this game includes trout-flavored yogurt, skip sandwiches, and brain food lunches. The latter of these restores some of your character's PP which allow them to use attacks like PSI Rockin' and PK Starstorm. FTP, name this SNES cult classic where the world must be saved from Gigyas by Paula, Jeff, Poo, and Ness.

In a desert in this game, you are able to find two differently colored sesame seeds that talk and ask you to reunite them, even though it is not possible to do so.

EarthBound

EarthBound

Earthbound

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Nakanishi hypothesized that a cascade reaction of these functional groups might generated certain ladder compounds found in red tides.

Nakanishi hypothesized that a cascade reaction of these functional groups might generated certain ladder compounds found in red tides. The Payne rearrangement leads to the isomerization of this functional group. The reaction of trimethylsulfonium iodide, base, and a ketone yields this functional group in one reaction, though that reaction can also create the similar aziridine group when a nitrogen containing compound is used. A more canonical synthesis makes use a concerted intermediate step resembling a (*) butterfly and uses an olefin and peracid as reactants--that synthesis is sometimes named for Prilezhaev. This functional group can be "opened" by nucleophiles to relieve ring strain and yields an alcohol. FTP, name this functional group similar to a cyclic ether which consists of a three-membered ring containing an oxygen atom.

Nakanishi hypothesized that a cascade reaction of these functional groups might generated certain ladder compounds found in red tides.

Epoxide

Epoxide

epoxide [accept oxirane]

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In one story by this author, Saul Zuratas leaves behind his identity to join the Machiguenga tribe, while in another novel Flora Tristan tries to advance women's rights while Paul Gauhuin flees to Tahiti to create art.

In one story by this author, Saul Zuratas leaves behind his identity to join the Machiguenga tribe, while in another novel Flora Tristan tries to advance women's rights while Paul Gauhuin flees to Tahiti to create art. In addition to The Storyteller, and The Way to Paradise, this author wrote a story in which Poet wavers on whether to tell that Jaguar killed Slave, and that story is set in the (*) Leoncio Prado Military Academy. Another of his stories is centered on a structure build by Anselmo and rebuilt by his daughter Chunga. This author's best known work alternates the main plot with short dramatic sketches that slowly descend into chaos until Pedro Comacha kills all the characters in his soap operas. For 10 points, name this Peruvian author of The Green House and Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter.

In one story by this author, Saul Zuratas leaves behind his identity to join the Machiguenga tribe, while in another novel Flora Tristan tries to advance women's rights while Paul Gauhuin flees to Tahiti to create art.

Mario_Vargas_Llosa

Mario_Vargas_Llosa

Mario Vargas Llosa

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In a strong field, the magnitude of this effect is determined by m l and m s instead of a coupled quantity m j.

In a strong field, the magnitude of this effect is determined by m l and m s instead of a coupled quantity m j. The anomalous version of this phenomenon can be explained by noting that the magnitude of this effect is proportional to the Bohr Magniton and (*) Lande-g factor, which accounts for both L and S, and led to the discovery of electron spin. A form of this effect occurs in spin-orbit coupling in atomic fine structure. This phenomenon sees a perturbation Hamiltonian break the degeneracy of atomic states with different angular momentum. For 10 points, name this effect where an applied magnetic field causes the splitting of spectral lines, the magnetic analogue of the Stark effect.

In a strong field, the magnitude of this effect is determined by m l and m s instead of a coupled quantity m j.

Zeeman_effect

Zeeman_effect

Zeeman Effect

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A "Council of People's Commissioners" was established prior to the rise of this state, while one of its leaders founded the DVP and deliberately attempted to destabilize the economy of an eastern neighbor.

A "Council of People's Commissioners" was established prior to the rise of this state, while one of its leaders founded the DVP and deliberately attempted to destabilize the economy of an eastern neighbor. Foreign action triggered this polity's extremist "Liberty Law," while secondary leaders in its history include Hugo Haase of the USPD. Karl Liebknecht and (*) Rosa Luxemburg were killed in the first year of this polity's existence in the Spartacist uprising. The Treaty of Rapallo was signed during this state's "year of crises," which also saw the occupation of the Ruhr Valley by France after this polity defaulted on backbreaking financial burdens. Gustav Stresemann and Friedrich Ebert led, for 10 points, what state founded in post-WWI Germany?

A "Council of People's Commissioners" was established prior to the rise of this state, while one of its leaders founded the DVP and deliberately attempted to destabilize the economy of an eastern neighbor.

Weimar_Republic

Weimar_Republic

Weimar Republic

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In one incident in this novel, a character is criticized by Lula for bringing the protagonist to her church, and in another incident, the protagonist views with suspicion a character sipping a drink from a brown paper bag before learning that the drink is really Coke.

In one incident in this novel, a character is criticized by Lula for bringing the protagonist to her church, and in another incident, the protagonist views with suspicion a character sipping a drink from a brown paper bag before learning that the drink is really Coke. The protagonist of this novel has an altercation with Francis, the grandson of Aunt Alexandra, and in another event is forced to read the Bible to the morphine-addicted Mrs. (*) Dubose. During a fire in this novel that envelops Miss Maudie's house, the protagonist finds a blanket has been placed around her by a mysterious figure who later saves her life from Bob Ewell, who attacked the protagonist in revenge for her father's defense of Tom Robinson. FTP, name this novel set in Maycomb, Alabama that sees Boo Radley save the life of Scout Finch, by Harper Lee.

In one incident in this novel, a character is criticized by Lula for bringing the protagonist to her church, and in another incident, the protagonist views with suspicion a character sipping a drink from a brown paper bag before learning that the drink is really Coke.

To_Kill_a_Mockingbird

To_Kill_a_Mockingbird

To Kill A Mockingbird

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FTPE, answer the following related to the surprising 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants: This ace pitcher led the NL in strikeouts each season of his career except his first, and won the 2008 and 2009 NL Cy Young Awards, but his 172 pound build and unorthodox mechanics have led to the nickname "the freak."

FTPE, answer the following related to the surprising 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants: This ace pitcher led the NL in strikeouts each season of his career except his first, and won the 2008 and 2009 NL Cy Young Awards, but his 172 pound build and unorthodox mechanics have led to the nickname "the freak."

FTPE, answer the following related to the surprising 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants: This ace pitcher led the NL in strikeouts each season of his career except his first, and won the 2008 and 2009 NL Cy Young Awards, but his 172 pound build and unorthodox mechanics have led to the nickname "the freak."

Tim_Lincecum

Tim_Lincecum

Tim Lincecum

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One man in the employ of this figure wrote the major work describing an artifact made from a nail of the True Cross, the "Iron Crown" of the eponymous group, while another man in his charge allegedly absconded with the bodies of Marcellinus and Peter from Gregory IV to boost his relic-cred.

One man in the employ of this figure wrote the major work describing an artifact made from a nail of the True Cross, the "Iron Crown" of the eponymous group, while another man in his charge allegedly absconded with the bodies of Marcellinus and Peter from Gregory IV to boost his relic-cred. The Historia Langobardum of Paul the Deacon was begun under this man, who defeated Desiderius at the Siege of Pavia after being unable to secure a marriage with empress Irene. This man commissioned a namesake book rebutting Second Nicaea by (*) Theodulf, who with Bavarian envoy Arno of Salzburg and Alcuin of York formed the core of this man's imposing royal court. That court's nature was described in detail by his biographer Einhard, whose writings also describe an attack on this man's rearguard by the Basques at Roncesvalles, which inspired The Song of Roland. The father of Louis the Pious and son of Pepin the Short, for 10 points, name this Frankish king crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Leo III in 800.

One man in the employ of this figure wrote the major work describing an artifact made from a nail of the True Cross, the "Iron Crown" of the eponymous group, while another man in his charge allegedly absconded with the bodies of Marcellinus and Peter from Gregory IV to boost his relic-cred.

Charlemagne

Charlemagne

Charlemagne

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The protagonist of this novel meets Irnerio, a man who builds sculptures out of books, on his way to find Professor Uzzi-Tuzii.

The protagonist of this novel meets Irnerio, a man who builds sculptures out of books, on his way to find Professor Uzzi-Tuzii. The professor reads him a story about a man on vacation who takes weather measurements for Mr. Kauderer in Petkwo. That book, Learning from the steep slope, is the unfinished work of Ukko Ahti, who wrote in the (*) Cimmerian language. The protagonist later visits a publisher who is thrilled to have someone talk about what they read and not what they wrote, Mr. Cavedagna, who blames the recent typesetting errors on the translator Ermes Marana, the former lover of Ludmilla, the Other Reader. For 10 points, name this novel by Italo Calvino alternating between the beginnings of fictional novels and a story with a protagonist of you, the Reader.

The protagonist of this novel meets Irnerio, a man who builds sculptures out of books, on his way to find Professor Uzzi-Tuzii.

If_on_a_winter's_night_a_traveler

If_on_a_winter's_night_a_traveler

If on a winter's night a traveler

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The C major "Fabel" piece in one of this man's works breaks the D-flat major/F minor pattern used to describe Eusebius and Florestan, members of the "League of David," a completely insane group of this composer's imaginary friends.

The C major "Fabel" piece in one of this man's works breaks the D-flat major/F minor pattern used to describe Eusebius and Florestan, members of the "League of David," a completely insane group of this composer's imaginary friends. He drew from Persian myth in his 'oratorio for happy people," The Paradise and the Peri, while motifs based on A, A-flat, B, C, and E-flat recur in a piece of 21 piano pieces he called "Sphinxes." The Op. 24 and 39 of this composer of (*) Fantasy Pieces, both known as Liederkreis, join A Woman's Love and Life as entires in his "Year of Song," which culminated in the Dictherliebe. This composer of Carnaval added a solemn movement just before the finale to his third symphony after witnessing a bishop elevated to cardinal at Cologne Cathedral. The "Spring" and "Rhenish" symphonies are by, for 10 points, what husband of Clara Wieck?

The C major "Fabel" piece in one of this man's works breaks the D-flat major/F minor pattern used to describe Eusebius and Florestan, members of the "League of David," a completely insane group of this composer's imaginary friends.

Robert_Schumann

Robert_Schumann

Robert Schumann

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If a growing 3d disturbance can be found at a given value of this quantity, then a growing 2d disturbance exists at a lower value of this quantity, according to Squires theorem.

If a growing 3d disturbance can be found at a given value of this quantity, then a growing 2d disturbance exists at a lower value of this quantity, according to Squires theorem. If this quantity is in a certain range, there exists two values of the Strouhal number. If this quantity is used to find a friction factor, the Hagen-Piseuille equation becomes a solution of the Darcy-Weisbach equation. When this value is (*) large, the pressure is constant across the boundary layer. This quantity cannot be small in the vicinity of an infinite cylinder according to Stokes' paradox. High values of this quantity signal turbulence. For ten points, identify this dimensionless number equal to the ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces.

If a growing 3d disturbance can be found at a given value of this quantity, then a growing 2d disturbance exists at a lower value of this quantity, according to Squires theorem.

Reynolds_number

Reynolds_number

Reynolds number

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Verse 1:27 of this work features an account of God's wrath against a sinful humanity engaging in unnatural homosexual acts.

Verse 1:27 of this work features an account of God's wrath against a sinful humanity engaging in unnatural homosexual acts. It features the claim that the Jews will be saved and that "the wage of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life." Catholics point to chapter two of this work as evidence of (*) works as necessary for salvation rather than faith alone, although it was essential for Martin Luther's formulation of faith alone This is also the title of the first work of the Swiss theologian Karl Barth. For 10 points, name this work transcribed by Tertius, the longest Pauline epistle, which comes after Acts in the New Testament and was addressed to members of a certain Italian city.

Verse 1:27 of this work features an account of God's wrath against a sinful humanity engaging in unnatural homosexual acts.

Epistle_to_the_Romans

Epistle_to_the_Romans

Epistle to the Romans

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Religion

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This man's association with William E. Channing led him to argue Roberts v. Boston, making arguments about the psychological impact of segregation on children that were heavily cited in Plessy v. Ferguson.

This man's association with William E. Channing led him to argue Roberts v. Boston, making arguments about the psychological impact of segregation on children that were heavily cited in Plessy v. Ferguson. This man's long tenure on the Foreign Relations Committee saw him clash with Hamilton Fish over Grant's programs and fight for recognition of Haiti; he took that position shortly after shocking audiences on the campaign trail with his vigorous impersonation of El Cid in speech about the "Barbarism of (*) Slavery." This man had earlier described Stephen Douglass as the "Sancho Panza" to a man derided for his "incoherent phrases" and hoped that "South Carolina" would "[lie] howling." This man's most notable opponent pussied out of a duel with Andrew Burlingame in the wake of this man's speech against Andrew Butler, the "Crime Against Kansas," which led to the desk of this Massachusetts native being ripped off the Senate floor. For 10 points, name this victim of a savage 1856 caning by Preston Brooks.

This man's association with William E. Channing led him to argue Roberts v. Boston, making arguments about the psychological impact of segregation on children that were heavily cited in Plessy v. Ferguson.

Charles_Sumner

Charles_Sumner

Charles Sumner

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This man wrote about a "a house where all were good" in one poem, "In the Valley of the Elwy."

This man wrote about a "a house where all were good" in one poem, "In the Valley of the Elwy." This poet calls himself "Time's eunuch" in one of his poems and begins another saying he will not, "carrion comfort, Despair, feast on thee." Both those appear in his "terrible sonnets." One of his poems is dedicated to nuns "exiles by the Falk Laws" who drowned in a (*) shipwreck, while another sonnet complains that "all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil," but that "for all this, nature is never spent." That poem, has meter based solely on stressed syllables, his "sprung rhythm," as seen in lines like "I caught this morning morning's minion, king- / -dom of daylight's dauphin, dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon." For 10 points, name this Jesuit poet of "God's Grandeur" and "The Windhover."

This man wrote about a "a house where all were good" in one poem, "In the Valley of the Elwy."

Gerard_Manley_Hopkins

Gerard_Manley_Hopkins

Gerard Manley Hopkins

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This man's most famous idea was inspired by researches of Robert Abelson and Roger Schank.

This man's most famous idea was inspired by researches of Robert Abelson and Roger Schank. One criticism of this thinker, which uses the fact that waving a magnet does not produce visible light, attacks the axiom that syntax is neither constitutive nor sufficient for semantics. Daniel Dennet originally used the concept of (*) intuition pumps to ridicule this thinker. He wrote "Minds, Brains, and Programs," which elicited such responses as other-minds reply, many-mansions reply, and systems reply. FTP, what philosopher argued against functionalism, noting that machines can only simulate rather than think, in his refutation of the Strong AI hypothesis, the Chinese Room Argument?

This man's most famous idea was inspired by researches of Robert Abelson and Roger Schank.

John_Searle

John_Searle

John Searle

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Philosophy

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Morpholinos, synthetic uncharged nucleic acids, can be used to initiate this process, and RDE-4 and R2D2 are two proteins that form complexes with an endoribonuclease central to this process.

Morpholinos, synthetic uncharged nucleic acids, can be used to initiate this process, and RDE-4 and R2D2 are two proteins that form complexes with an endoribonuclease central to this process. This process is often initiated using delivery by feeding in which E. Coli with the desired payload are simply consumed by the target organism. The Argonaute component of the (*) RISC gains endonuclease activity corresponding to a guide strand; that guide stand is a short nucleotide segments cleaved by the Dicer enzyme that allows endonuclease activity to be targeted at matching sequences of mRNA. Fire and Mello discovered, FTP what pathway of post transcriptional gene silencing, best observed in C. Elegans, which involves both ds and si versions of its namesake molecule.

Morpholinos, synthetic uncharged nucleic acids, can be used to initiate this process, and RDE-4 and R2D2 are two proteins that form complexes with an endoribonuclease central to this process.

RNA_interference

RNA_interference

RNAi or RNA interference

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A 300-strong regiment under this man's command included George Witton, who authored the expose Scapegoats of the Empire claiming that this man had used a kangaroo court in the execution of Peter Handcock and another man; that act followed the discovery that Captain Hunt's testicles had been stolen, which led this man's infamous Carbineers regiment under Breaker Morant to seek vengeance against the local populace.

A 300-strong regiment under this man's command included George Witton, who authored the expose Scapegoats of the Empire claiming that this man had used a kangaroo court in the execution of Peter Handcock and another man; that act followed the discovery that Captain Hunt's testicles had been stolen, which led this man's infamous Carbineers regiment under Breaker Morant to seek vengeance against the local populace. This successor of (*) Lord Roberts died himself when the Hampshire sank off the Orkneys after striking a mine, two years after Asquith's government commissioned a poster informing "BRITONS" that this man "wants YOU." As Sirdar of Egypt, won the Battle of Omdurman in the wake of the siege of Khartoum, where his former superior, Chinese Gordon, was slain by the Mahdi; shortly thereafter, he squared off with Marchand at Fashoda. For 10 points, name this general whose use of concentration camps won Britain the Boer War.

A 300-strong regiment under this man's command included George Witton, who authored the expose Scapegoats of the Empire claiming that this man had used a kangaroo court in the execution of Peter Handcock and another man; that act followed the discovery that Captain Hunt's testicles had been stolen, which led this man's infamous Carbineers regiment under Breaker Morant to seek vengeance against the local populace.

Herbert_Kitchener,_1st_Earl_Kitchener

Herbert_Kitchener,_1st_Earl_Kitchener

Lord Horatio Herbert Kitchener

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This artist decorated Van Gogh's Bedroom at Arles with anachronistic portraits in the setting for a painting begun spontaneously when his fiancee surprised him with flowers.

This artist decorated Van Gogh's Bedroom at Arles with anachronistic portraits in the setting for a painting begun spontaneously when his fiancee surprised him with flowers. That work, The Birthday, sees this man contorting in a mid-air kiss and suggests his future collaborations with weaver Yvette Cauqil-Prince, which are reminiscent of cave drawings. A Magrittian umbrella-man appears in the sky next to the Eiffel tower in his work featuring an anthropomorphic cat, (*) Paris Through the Window, while a man wears one black and one tan show, a purple hat and overcoat, and stands atop two houses while playing the title instrument in another of his works. Refugees in a dingy, red flag-bearing soldiers, and a menorah appear below Christ in another work by this artist of The Green Violinist. For 10 points, name this painter of The White Crucifixion who depicted a green-faced peasant smiling at some livestock in his I and the Village.

This artist decorated Van Gogh's Bedroom at Arles with anachronistic portraits in the setting for a painting begun spontaneously when his fiancee surprised him with flowers.

Marc_Chagall

Marc_Chagall

Marc Chagall

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One of this author's short stories sees Lucas killed when a rifle discharges through the roof of a truck, while another of this author's stories sees a woman inadvertently give a girl a toy containing a bomb which blows up a plane.

One of this author's short stories sees Lucas killed when a rifle discharges through the roof of a truck, while another of this author's stories sees a woman inadvertently give a girl a toy containing a bomb which blows up a plane. Both of those stories are from this author's collection Jump, while one of this author's novels sees the main character rename herself "Hillela". Another of her novels sees the title character, Rosa, arrested, just like her parents had been. In addition to (*) A Sport of Nature, this author wrote about a man who purchases a 400 acre farm named Mehring in one novel. For ten points, name this author of Burger's Daughter and The Conservationist who wrote about the Smales family in July's People.

One of this author's short stories sees Lucas killed when a rifle discharges through the roof of a truck, while another of this author's stories sees a woman inadvertently give a girl a toy containing a bomb which blows up a plane.

Nadine_Gordimer

Nadine_Gordimer

Nadine Gordimer

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Doroshkevich and Novikov wrote an article suggesting a search for this phenomenon, although the first detection of it had happened three months earlier.

Doroshkevich and Novikov wrote an article suggesting a search for this phenomenon, although the first detection of it had happened three months earlier. The Kompaneets equations describes scattering of this phenomenon, and the integrated gravitational shift seen in this maps the evolution of gravity wells; those distortions are named for (*) Sunyaev-Zel'dovich and Sachs-Wolfe. Its primary dipole anisotropy is caused by the velocity of the Milky Way, and higher order multipole terms are used to study inflation and recombination. Discovered at the Bell Labs by winners of 1978 Nobel Prize, Penzias and Wilson, this phenomenon is currently mapped by WMAP and COBE and it fits a blackbody spectrum at 2.7 Kelvin. For 10 points, this is what radiation permeating the entire universe, often regarded as a conclusive evidence for the Big Bang?

Doroshkevich and Novikov wrote an article suggesting a search for this phenomenon, although the first detection of it had happened three months earlier.

Cosmic_microwave_background

Cosmic_microwave_background

cosmic microwave background radiation [accept CMBR]

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In the introduction of this work, the author credits his predecessor for rendering the terms "fetishism" and "devil-worship" meaningless.

In the introduction of this work, the author credits his predecessor for rendering the terms "fetishism" and "devil-worship" meaningless. It describes the katuyausi expedition in which unmarried girls are chosen by local boys. A toliwaga gains privileges by owning a masawa, and magic is always involved in the ceremonial building of the waga. Also noting the importance of (*) participant observation, the role of reciprocity in the half-economic, half-ceremonial process described in this work inspired Marcel Mauss to write The Gift. It was followed up by The Sexual Life of Savages in North Western Melanesia and The Coral Gardens and Their Magic. For 10 points, the Kula exchange among the Trobriand Islanders is analyzed in what work by Bronis?aw Malinowski?

In the introduction of this work, the author credits his predecessor for rendering the terms "fetishism" and "devil-worship" meaningless.

Argonauts_of_the_Western_Pacific

Argonauts_of_the_Western_Pacific

Argonauts of the Western Pacific

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This work's cumbersome orchestra led its composer to create three truncated concert suites, whose second section sees a pas de deux bracketed by two pantomimes.

This work's cumbersome orchestra led its composer to create three truncated concert suites, whose second section sees a pas de deux bracketed by two pantomimes. A berceuse featuring a bassoon immediately precedes the finale of this work, which notably employs a chromatic descending motif. Various creatures attempt to disrupt the protagonist's courtship of 13 princesses in its (*) "Dance of the Golden Apples," but are later bewitched by the title figure into performing the "Infernal Dance." The title role was famously turned down by Pavlova and taken by Tamara Karasavina to the delight of Diaghilev, who would go on to collaborate with its composer on Petrushka. This Michel Fokine-choreographed work sees a massive egg destroyed by Prince Ivan, defeating Kaschei the immortal. For 10 points, name this Stravinsky ballet about a mythical burning avian.

This work's cumbersome orchestra led its composer to create three truncated concert suites, whose second section sees a pas de deux bracketed by two pantomimes.

The_Firebird

The_Firebird

The Firebird or Zhar-ptitsa

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General Robert Viaux led his artillery regiment in protest against a Christian Democratic president of this country who was likely murdered with mustard gas pellets by the DINA while recovering from acid reflux surgery.

General Robert Viaux led his artillery regiment in protest against a Christian Democratic president of this country who was likely murdered with mustard gas pellets by the DINA while recovering from acid reflux surgery. The competing Rettig and Valec reports documented human rights abuses by this country's government, which targeted socialists through "la ley maldita" and faced the Pig Trotters' plot during the 1940s under President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla. Eduardo (*) Frei was forced to raise military wages after protests by its Tacna Regiment, not to be confused with Roberto Souper's later Tanquetazo, in which tanks surrounded the Presidential palace. That aborted coup followed three years of nationalization under the most notable socialist to lead this country, who was overthrown in 1973. For 10 points, name this country led by Salvador Allende and Milton Friedman BFF Augusto Pinochet from Santiago.

General Robert Viaux led his artillery regiment in protest against a Christian Democratic president of this country who was likely murdered with mustard gas pellets by the DINA while recovering from acid reflux surgery.

Chile

Chile

Chile

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When this compound is added to proteins with aromatic rings, they turn yellow; that test makes use of the xanthoproteic reaction.

When this compound is added to proteins with aromatic rings, they turn yellow; that test makes use of the xanthoproteic reaction. This compound reacts with cotton to form a smokeless powder once used in movie film. One extremely energy intensive method for producing this compound with a plasma arc was named for Birkeland and Eyde, though that method has since been replaced by process that makes uses of a platinum-(*)-rhodium catalyst. That industrial process works by oxidizing the product of the Haber cycle over several steps; that process using ammonia is named for Wilhelm Ostwald. Along with hydrochloric acid, this compound is found in a mixture that can dissolve gold, aqua regia. For 10 points, name this strong acid and strong oxidizing agent with formula HNO3.

When this compound is added to proteins with aromatic rings, they turn yellow; that test makes use of the xanthoproteic reaction.

Nitric_acid

Nitric_acid

Nitric Acid [accept aqua fortis or spirit of nitre, accept HNO3 until mentioned]

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In the form of Nicippe, the priestess of a grove at Dotium, this figure threw the curse of perpetual hunger upon the man who tried to chop down her grove, Erysichthon.

In the form of Nicippe, the priestess of a grove at Dotium, this figure threw the curse of perpetual hunger upon the man who tried to chop down her grove, Erysichthon. With the titan Iasius she produced the children Philomelus and Ploutus. In another story, she assumes the form of the old woman Doso and her (*) sadness is alleviated somewhat by the jokes of Iambe, after which she bathes a baby boy in fire every night in order to burn away his mortality. This stay in the house of Demophoon' parents is described in the Homeric hymn to this figure which describes the foundation of the Eleusinian mysteries. For 10 points, name this Greek goddess who gave Triptolemus a plow and some other agricultural tools, and who was the mother of Persephone.

In the form of Nicippe, the priestess of a grove at Dotium, this figure threw the curse of perpetual hunger upon the man who tried to chop down her grove, Erysichthon.

Demeter

Demeter

Demeter

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In one scene of this story, actors replay Napoleon's failure at Mont St. Jean by charging up an incomplete set, while earlier in the novel, the protagonist joins Claude Estee on a trip to a call service run by Mrs Jennings where he meets Mary Dove.

In one scene of this story, actors replay Napoleon's failure at Mont St. Jean by charging up an incomplete set, while earlier in the novel, the protagonist joins Claude Estee on a trip to a call service run by Mrs Jennings where he meets Mary Dove. The janitress Mrs. Johnson demands two hundred dollars for a funeral attended by the Gingo family of Eskimos for (*) Harry, a clown who sells homemade silver polish, whom the protagonist had stayed with while he was sick. That protagonist lives in the San Bernardino Apartments and works on his painting The Burning of Los Angeles. Miguel and Earle vie with the protagonist for the affections of the starlet Faye, who has moved into the house of Homer Simpson. Featuring a "dream dump" of discarded movie sets, for 10 points, name this story focusing on the Hollywood artist Tod by Nathaneal West.

In one scene of this story, actors replay Napoleon's failure at Mont St. Jean by charging up an incomplete set, while earlier in the novel, the protagonist joins Claude Estee on a trip to a call service run by Mrs Jennings where he meets Mary Dove.

The_Day_of_the_Locust

The_Day_of_the_Locust

The Day of the Locust

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Answer the following about the works of the certain author, for 10 points each.

Answer the following about the works of the certain author, for 10 points each. 10] This story begins with the destruction of Buenos Aires by an asteroid, which eventually leads to the Battle of Klendathu, a "strategic victory" that was the first military action for the main character Juan Rico.

Answer the following about the works of the certain author, for 10 points each.

Starship_Troopers

Starship_Troopers

Starship Troopers

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This man was imprisoned due to his father's wife Plectude asking her husband to disinherit his illegitimate children.

This man was imprisoned due to his father's wife Plectude asking her husband to disinherit his illegitimate children. That action favored Theodoald, who was later beaten in the forest of Cuise. This man supported the missionary activities of St. Boniface, which eventually led to the conversion of the Frisians. Despite being defeated by Ratbod at the Battle of Cologne, this man defeated King Chilperic and the Duke of Aquitaine, Odo the Great, at the battle of (*) Soissons. On the death of this "Mayor of the Palace," his kingdom was divided between two of his sons, Carloman and Pepin the Short, and his most famous accomplishment was the turning back of an invasion led by Abd-el-Rahman. For 10 points, name this victor over the Saracens at the Battle of Tours and grandfather of Charlemagne.

This man was imprisoned due to his father's wife Plectude asking her husband to disinherit his illegitimate children.

Charles_Martel

Charles_Martel

Charles Martel [or Charles the Hammer or Carolus Martellus]

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The protagonist of this work asks a Russian peddler where she is from before she leaves the inn, and a blind masseuse determines that the protagonist doesn't drink alcohol by feeling his skin.

The protagonist of this work asks a Russian peddler where she is from before she leaves the inn, and a blind masseuse determines that the protagonist doesn't drink alcohol by feeling his skin. Two characters discuss the Kikumura restaurant managed by a farmer's wife but named for his mistress Kikuyu, and one character in this work drinks too much inexpensive whiskey and then angrily bites her own arm. Later, that character pretends to hold her samisen like a child and plays "Dark Hair," and says it was the first song she learned. That character refuses to return home when told (*) Yukio, the son of the music teacher, is dying in order to see a train leave, and Komako is upset that Shimamura did not return on the fourteenth of February. For 10 points, name this novel by the author of The Old Capital and The Sound of the Mountain that begins with a train entering the titular region.

The protagonist of this work asks a Russian peddler where she is from before she leaves the inn, and a blind masseuse determines that the protagonist doesn't drink alcohol by feeling his skin.

Snow_Country

Snow_Country

Snow Country [or "Yukiguni"]

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Large amounts of limonite can be produced by alteration of this mineral and it lends its name to a geometric form which is one of its two common crystal habits.

Large amounts of limonite can be produced by alteration of this mineral and it lends its name to a geometric form which is one of its two common crystal habits. Its oxidation plays an important role in the supergene alteration of hydrothermal sulfide deposits. Other features include penetration twins known as "iron crosses" as well as characteristic 3-fold rotational symmetry-related striations on crystal faces. Its polymorph marcasite features a distinctive (*) cockscomb shape and this mineral has a distinctive greenish black streak. It is also the most common sulfide mineral, occurring in almost all hydrothermal deposits. For 10 points, name this often cubic brassy-yellow mineral with the formula FeS2, commonly known as "fool's gold".

Large amounts of limonite can be produced by alteration of this mineral and it lends its name to a geometric form which is one of its two common crystal habits.

Pyrite

Pyrite

pyrite [accept fool's gold before read, accept FeS2 before mentioned]

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A follow up study to a work by this man showed that conditions set up by this psychologist led to an increase in corticosterone secretion.

A follow up study to a work by this man showed that conditions set up by this psychologist led to an increase in corticosterone secretion. One study by this man was inspired by previous work conducted by John Bowlby and used a device which would occasionally catapult the subject off, while another consisted of a modified Butler box. This man published the results of one set of experiments in his paper "The Nature of Love." One study by this man explored the idea of (*)"contact comfort" in infants, using "surrogate mothers" made out of terrycloth and wire, and this psychologist's more sociopathic experiments included the "rape rack." For 10 points, name this American psychologist known for experimenting on rhesus monkeys in isolation chambers dubbed "pits of despair".

A follow up study to a work by this man showed that conditions set up by this psychologist led to an increase in corticosterone secretion.

Harry_Harlow

Harry_Harlow

Harry Harlow

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The La Penca bombing in this country targeted the life of rebel leader "Commander Zero."

The La Penca bombing in this country targeted the life of rebel leader "Commander Zero." William Cromwell was hired to launch a massive disinformation campaign about this country, which included sending stamps to members of Congress showing a smoking volcano. Luis Mena led a wave of discontent against this country's president Adolfo Diaz, leading to foreign intervention that resulted in a lease of its Corn Islands in a treaty negotiated by (*) William Jennings Bryan. Jose Santos Zelaya annexed the Mosquito Coast for this country, where years of unrest were ended by the election of Violeta Chamorro. The presence of U.S. marines in this country led to an uprising by Augusto Sandino, while the Tower Commission investigated secret arms shipments to this country that exploded into the Iran-Contra Affair. For 10 points, name this Central American country long-ruled by the Somozas from Managua.

The La Penca bombing in this country targeted the life of rebel leader "Commander Zero."

Nicaragua

Nicaragua

Republic of Nicaragua

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History

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In one story, this god's daughter Alcippe was sexually assaulted by Halirrhothius.

In one story, this god's daughter Alcippe was sexually assaulted by Halirrhothius. That murder resulted in the first trial in history at a location later called the Rock of this god. In another tale, Otus and Ephialtes, the Aloadae, imprisoned this god in a bronze vessel for over a year, and he was freed from that imprisonment by Hermes. One of this god's sons, Lycaon, was turned into a wolf as punishment for attempting to kill Zeus. Another of this god's sons, Oenomaus, was killed when he flew off his chariot because a bronze bolt was replaced with a wax one. At Troy, Diomedes wounded this god with the help of Athena, and this god attempted to avenge the killing of his daughter Penthesileia by Achilles. In some legends, this god with Harmonia is considered to be the father of the Amazons. For 10 points, name this lover of Aphrodite, the Greek god of war.

In one story, this god's daughter Alcippe was sexually assaulted by Halirrhothius.

Ares

Ares

Ares

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Mythology

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The first chapter of this work ends with the narrator answering his own rhetorical question, stating "Very well, so I will talk about myself," and in this work's seventh chapter he claims that "today, too, we live in barbarous times."

The first chapter of this work ends with the narrator answering his own rhetorical question, stating "Very well, so I will talk about myself," and in this work's seventh chapter he claims that "today, too, we live in barbarous times." In one chapter of this work the narrator claims "not only too much consciousness, but any sort of consciousness is a disease." The first part of this book ends with an observation of the (*) snow outside, which reminds the narrator of a story which "gives me no rest now," and makes up the second part. The first part of this work begins with the author discussing his health and that he will not visit a doctor out of spite, saying "My liver hurts me-well let it damn well hurt-the more it hurts the better." For 10 points, name this work about the life of an unnamed narrator, a novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

The first chapter of this work ends with the narrator answering his own rhetorical question, stating "Very well, so I will talk about myself," and in this work's seventh chapter he claims that "today, too, we live in barbarous times."

Notes_from_Underground

Notes_from_Underground

Notes From The Underground [or Letters from the Underworld or Zapiski iz Podpolya]

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This composition begins with a Scherzo, which leads into a melodrama consisting of spoken-word over music, followed by an Intermezzo, a march, and the Nocturne.

This composition begins with a Scherzo, which leads into a melodrama consisting of spoken-word over music, followed by an Intermezzo, a march, and the Nocturne. This work features a bergomask dance and parodies a funeral march towards its final portion, entitled "Through this house give glimmering light." Vocal sections in this work include "The Spells," "Over hill, over dale," and (*) "Ye spotted snakes," while it incorporated a sonata form overture of the same name the composer had written sixteen years earlier before he had revived interest in Bach's St. Matthew Passion. Portions of that overture appear at several points in this work, including in the background of the closing "if we shadows have offended" speech given by Puck. Featuring a notable Wedding March, for 10 points, name this Mendelssohn setting of incidental music for a Shakespeare play.

This composition begins with a Scherzo, which leads into a melodrama consisting of spoken-word over music, followed by an Intermezzo, a march, and the Nocturne.

A_Midsummer_Night's_Dream_(Mendelssohn)

A_Midsummer_Night's_Dream_(Mendelssohn)

A Midsummer Night's Dream [or Ein Sommernachtstraum]

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One compound that performs this process consists of a metal bonded to pyridine, tris-cyclohexylphosphine, and 1,5-cyclooctadiene.

One compound that performs this process consists of a metal bonded to pyridine, tris-cyclohexylphosphine, and 1,5-cyclooctadiene. Another compound contains a central ruthenium atom bonded to one chlorine atom and three triphenylphosphine groups. Those compounds are catalysts named after Crabtree and Wilkinson. This process can be performed using a mixture of solvated sodium in (*) liquid ammonia to obtain a trans product or by using a compound that contains palladium poisoned with quinilone. This process is often performed using Lindlar's catalyst or Raney nickel, and typically involves the reduction of an alkyne or an alkene to an alkane. For 10 points, name this chemical process which as its name suggest involves the addition of the lightest chemical element.

One compound that performs this process consists of a metal bonded to pyridine, tris-cyclohexylphosphine, and 1,5-cyclooctadiene.

Hydrogenation

Hydrogenation

hydrogenation

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During this conflict, one side employed a spy named George Mayfield who had previously lived among the enemy forces.

During this conflict, one side employed a spy named George Mayfield who had previously lived among the enemy forces. The leader of one side during this conflict would go on to lead the assassination of William McIntosh. This conflict saw a slaughter led by Peter McQueen and William Weatherford as well as the Battle of Burnt Corn and the escape of Chief Menawa. The Treaty of Fort (*) Jackson ended this conflict, which included the infamous Fort Mims Massacre, in the wake of the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, which involved members of the Red Stick Confederacy. Sparked after one side viewed the 1811 New Madrid Earthquake as a prophetic sign, it was waged by Andrew Jackson along with the Cherokee and Choctaw against the namesake Muscogee tribe. For 10 points, name this 1813-1814 war against a namesake southeastern Native Americans.

During this conflict, one side employed a spy named George Mayfield who had previously lived among the enemy forces.

Creek_War

Creek_War

Creek War [or Red Stick War before mentioned]

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History

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In the beginning of this work, one character reads a newspaper story about a man getting run over, and later another character complains about needing a coin to pay for gas.

In the beginning of this work, one character reads a newspaper story about a man getting run over, and later another character complains about needing a coin to pay for gas. On character remarks he would like to watch a soccer game in Birmingham on Saturday, and after receiving a packet with (*) matches the two central figures come to blows over the phrase "light the kettle." The Godot-figure Wilson never appears, instead making bizarre requests for various food items, and the play ends suggesting that Ben will shoot Gus. For 10 points, name this Harold Pinter play about two killers who receive their instructions via the title conveyance.

In the beginning of this work, one character reads a newspaper story about a man getting run over, and later another character complains about needing a coin to pay for gas.

The_Dumb_Waiter

The_Dumb_Waiter

The Dumb Waiter

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A handkerchief lies on top of a rock in the bottom right corner of this work while on the left, a boy wearing a white outfit checks the sharpness of his blade.

A handkerchief lies on top of a rock in the bottom right corner of this work while on the left, a boy wearing a white outfit checks the sharpness of his blade. This painting was specifically commissioned for the Hall of Kingdoms at the newly built Buen Retiro. This painting is dominated by two figures; the one on the right holds a black hat and an encased scroll in his left hand, has a red sash over his black (*) uniform and puts his right hand on the shoulder of another man. A blue and white checkered flag is seen on the right side of this painting just below an array of numerous spears which are nearly parallel with one another. This painting depicts Justin of Nassau, who hands a set of keys over to Ambrosio Spinola. For 10 points, name this painting by Diego Velazquez which shows the capitulation of a Dutch city during the Eighty Years War.

A handkerchief lies on top of a rock in the bottom right corner of this work while on the left, a boy wearing a white outfit checks the sharpness of his blade.

The_Surrender_of_Breda

The_Surrender_of_Breda

The Surrender of Breda or La Rendicion de Breda

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Fine Arts

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In the second verse of this figure's sahasranama hymn is the name "buddha," though it most likely does not refer to Siddhartha Gautama.

In the second verse of this figure's sahasranama hymn is the name "buddha," though it most likely does not refer to Siddhartha Gautama. This figure is sometimes depicted as having three wives representing prosperity, intelligence, and spirit. The Mudgala Purana is dedicated to the devotees of this deity, who are called (*) Ganapatyas. In the first of his incarnations described in the Purana, he takes the form of Vakratunda, the twisting trunk, an embodiment of Brahman in order to overcome the demon Matsaryasura, while his seventh and eighth incarnations correspond to Vishnu and Shiva. This deity is also notably worshiped by many followers of Jainism, and is known in Buddhism as Vinayaka. FTP, name this remover of obstacles, a Hindu deity with the head of an elephant.

In the second verse of this figure's sahasranama hymn is the name "buddha," though it most likely does not refer to Siddhartha Gautama.

Ganesha

Ganesha

Ganesha [accept Ganapati or Pillaiyar]

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Mythology

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This compound is the final product in a process that involves cytochrome P450 used by plant seeds to remove ammonia; ammonia also causes an additional increase of this compound's level in the body in an effect inhibited by valine.

This compound is the final product in a process that involves cytochrome P450 used by plant seeds to remove ammonia; ammonia also causes an additional increase of this compound's level in the body in an effect inhibited by valine. An excessive release of this compound into the bloodstream is the main cause of cardiac fibrosis. This compound is stored by enterochromaffin or Kulchitsky cells, where it is released during digestion. In the body, the enzyme (*) monoamine oxidase converts this compound into 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid. The synthesis of this compound uses the enzymes TPH and amino acid decarboxylase in a process that begins with tryptophan. This compound is targeted by drugs like Asentra, Zoloc, and Prozac. For 10 points, name this neurotransmitter whose levels are elevated by a class of antidepressants known as SSRIs.

This compound is the final product in a process that involves cytochrome P450 used by plant seeds to remove ammonia; ammonia also causes an additional increase of this compound's level in the body in an effect inhibited by valine.

Serotonin

Serotonin

serotonin [or 5-hydroxytryptamine or 5-HT]

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Science

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In an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, this man claims to be "all too human," before battling alongside Spock and Captain Kirk.

In an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, this man claims to be "all too human," before battling alongside Spock and Captain Kirk. In one comic, Randall Monroe depicts this man's most famous speech rebutted with a "your mom" joke, and in another, Google Trends pinpoints the highest concentration of searches for fan fiction about this man. Sujan Stevens wrote a 47 second reprise for the wife of this man, and in one comedy sketch, this character halts a play of (*) Hamlet to pee in a bottle before being hit in the posterior with a hammer, after which Timmy Williams announces that this man actually "died of being hammered in the ass." This man serves as a vampire hunter in a Seth Grahame-Smith novel. For 10 points, name this U.S. President who is also the subject of an Aaron Copeland musical portrait and the captain of a Walt Whitman elegy.

In an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, this man claims to be "all too human," before battling alongside Spock and Captain Kirk.

Abraham_Lincoln

Abraham_Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

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Literature

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Henry Hunt and Mary Fildes were among the speakers at this event, whose aftermath saw the arrest of Samuel Bamford and charges of rampant alcoholism were leveled at Major Trafford and Captain Hugh Birley.

Henry Hunt and Mary Fildes were among the speakers at this event, whose aftermath saw the arrest of Samuel Bamford and charges of rampant alcoholism were leveled at Major Trafford and Captain Hugh Birley. Along with an earlier incident, this event inspired a plan by Arthur Thistlewood and Thomas Spence that was to have culminated with the (*) beheading of the entire cabinet at Lord Harrowby's dinner table, the Cato Street Conspiracy. Public meetings concerning church or state were banned by legislation following this event, which sparked unrest along with the earlier Spa Fields Riots. The Six Acts followed this event, in which a crowd protesting the recent Corn Laws was savagely charged by the 15th Hussars. For 10 points, name this 1819 massacre in Manchester, named to evoke Wellington's victory over Napoleon.

Henry Hunt and Mary Fildes were among the speakers at this event, whose aftermath saw the arrest of Samuel Bamford and charges of rampant alcoholism were leveled at Major Trafford and Captain Hugh Birley.

Peterloo_Massacre

Peterloo_Massacre

Peterloo Massacre or Battle of Peterloo

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Trash

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One work by this man begins with the narrator saying that he and Ringo are "the two supreme undefeated like two moths, two feathers riding above a hurricane," and in a section of that work titled "An Odor of Verbena," Bayard confronts Ben Redmond in his office while unarmed.

One work by this man begins with the narrator saying that he and Ringo are "the two supreme undefeated like two moths, two feathers riding above a hurricane," and in a section of that work titled "An Odor of Verbena," Bayard confronts Ben Redmond in his office while unarmed. The titular woman of one of this man's short stories was said to be "a tradition, a duty, and a care," by the townspeople, and this man wrote a series of seven stories including one in which Boon Hogganbeck kills Old Ben. Those stories involving Ike (*) McCaslin are collectively considered the novel Go Down, Moses. Joe was kidnapped from an orphanage and taken to Little Rock before fleeing to Mississippi and selling moonshine in this author's Light in August, and another of his novels contains a chapter that simply says "My mother is a fish." For 10 points, name this American author of A Rose for Emily and As I Lay Dying.

One work by this man begins with the narrator saying that he and Ringo are "the two supreme undefeated like two moths, two feathers riding above a hurricane," and in a section of that work titled "An Odor of Verbena," Bayard confronts Ben Redmond in his office while unarmed.

William_Faulkner

William_Faulkner

William Faulkner

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Literature

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The 2004 film The Ister was inspired by a lecture given by this man about the poetry of Friedrich Holderlin.

The 2004 film The Ister was inspired by a lecture given by this man about the poetry of Friedrich Holderlin. This man contends that beginning with Pre-Socratics, namely Parmenides, humanity has misunderstood what it means "to be," arguing that our notions of "common sense" lead us to errors in understanding. Later in life, this man wrote an analysis of Vincent van Gogh's painting "A Pair of Shoes," called (*) "The Origin of the Work of Art," along with a work in which he contrasts the "openness to being" to Nietzsche's "will to power," Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics. FTP, name this German philosopher, most famous for a work that opens by quoting Plato's Sophist, Being and Time.

The 2004 film The Ister was inspired by a lecture given by this man about the poetry of Friedrich Holderlin.

Martin_Heidegger

Martin_Heidegger

Martin Heidegger

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Philosophy

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A figure missing its left leg sits down and leans back as it defends its torso in this artists Warrior with Shield.

A figure missing its left leg sits down and leans back as it defends its torso in this artists Warrior with Shield. A blanket is wrapped around the lower body of a woman who sits with her husband on a park bench cradling a baby in his Family Group. One work by this man features two crescent shapes, one of which contains a bowstring, mounted on a circular stand with dashes marked out at certain intervals; That (*) sundial, Man Enters the Cosmos, was built for the Adler Planetarium. The exact spot of the first sustained fission reaction at the University of Chicago is commemorated by this man's mushroom cloud-shaped Nuclear Energy. A mutual influence of Barbara Hepworth, his work West Wind was inspired by Mayan Chac Mool statues and was similar in style to a group of works he produced that depicted abstract human figures lying on the ground. For 10 points, name this British sculptor best known for his Reclining Figures.

A figure missing its left leg sits down and leans back as it defends its torso in this artists Warrior with Shield.

Henry_Moore

Henry_Moore

Henry Moore

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Fine Arts

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In one work from this country, the title character helps Fabio administer a ranch he inherited from his father Don Caceres; that work is Don Segundo Sumbra by Ricardo Guiraldes.

In one work from this country, the title character helps Fabio administer a ranch he inherited from his father Don Caceres; that work is Don Segundo Sumbra by Ricardo Guiraldes. In another work from this country, the titular character and her cousin Daniel protect Eduardo from the Rosas regime in what is considered this country's first novel, Amalia by Jose Marmol. One author from this country wrote The Tunnel and Of Heroes and Tombs and is named and Ernesto (*) Sabato. One of the most famous works from this country is written in the eight-syllable style of local ballads known as payadas; that work is a 2,316-line epic poem describing an impoverished farmer who has been drafted to serve at a border fort, El Gaucho Martin Fierro. For 10 points, identify this South American country home to Jose Hernandez, Manuel Puig, and Julio Cortazar.

In one work from this country, the title character helps Fabio administer a ranch he inherited from his father Don Caceres; that work is Don Segundo Sumbra by Ricardo Guiraldes.

Argentina

Argentina

Argentina

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Literature

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Hostilities escalated during this event following the execution of Orangeman Thomas Scott.

Hostilities escalated during this event following the execution of Orangeman Thomas Scott. The appointment of William McDougal was among the causes of this event, which led to the recognition of the territory of Assiniboia. The Wolseley Expedition was sent in the aftermath of this event, causing its leader to flee, and it was triggered when Rupert's Land was purchased from the (*) Hudson's Bay Company and an English-speaking governor was appointed to govern a region composed largely of French-speaking Metis. Led by a man who would later launch the North-West Rebellion against John MacDonald, Louis Riel, for 10 points, name this 1869 rebellion in Manitoba whose namesake waterway is also the name of the river separating Oklahoma and Texas.

Hostilities escalated during this event following the execution of Orangeman Thomas Scott.

Red_River_Rebellion

Red_River_Rebellion

Red River Rebellion

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History

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A nonlinear standing wave named for this man describes the ripples on a fluid inside a vibrating container.

A nonlinear standing wave named for this man describes the ripples on a fluid inside a vibrating container. An isolator sometimes named for this man lets light pass in only one direction by making use of a magnetic field to rotate the polarization of light proportional to a material's Verdet constant, his namesake effect. He described a paradox that considers a group of three situations in which the EMF is predicted to be zero using magnetic flux lines, and he determined (*) ninety-six kilojoules per volt gram equivalent was the amount of electrical charge per mole of electrons. A device that protects the interior from outside electromagnetic waves is known as his namesake cage. For 10 points, name this English physicist namesake of a law of induction and who lends his name to the standard unit of capacitance.

A nonlinear standing wave named for this man describes the ripples on a fluid inside a vibrating container.

Michael_Faraday

Michael_Faraday

Michael Faraday

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Science

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One of these pieces depicts an idyllic wintry stream and is modified with a touch of watercolor, while another of these works shows a shaped glass containing exactly 50cc of air.

One of these pieces depicts an idyllic wintry stream and is modified with a touch of watercolor, while another of these works shows a shaped glass containing exactly 50cc of air. A gallery of horse asses rendered with bright red paint, Marsden Hartley's The Warriors, provides the traditional backdrop for one of these works. 152 marble cubes are piled together with a cuttle bone in and thermometer inside a cage in a work whose titled poses the query "Why Not (*) Sneeze?" to an alter-ego of the artist who would dress up in drag and pose for photos by Man Ray, Rose Selavy. One of these works entitled Trap was deliberately hung next to a gallery entrance and consists of a gardening shovel, while the phrase "she has hot pants" was rendered onto a Leonardo canvas in another of these pieces. L.H.O.O.Q. is an example of, for 10 points, what pieces exemplified by the urinal Fountain, Marcel Duchamp works often consisting of random crap?

One of these pieces depicts an idyllic wintry stream and is modified with a touch of watercolor, while another of these works shows a shaped glass containing exactly 50cc of air.

Marcel_Duchamp

Marcel_Duchamp

Ready-Mades of Marcel Duchamp [prompt on "works of Duchamp"]

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Social Science

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The financial backing for this event was in great part driven by Britain's need for a steady supply of sulfur for their steam ships.

The financial backing for this event was in great part driven by Britain's need for a steady supply of sulfur for their steam ships. This event was preceded by the Gancia revolt which roused popular support, while a major envoy during this arrested and replaced with the scheming Depretis. Seasoned troops drawn from one central participant's Army of the Alps helped expedite engagements during this action like the Battle of (*) Volturnus, after which Francis II fled his kingdom. The republicanism espoused during this event by Francesco Crispi led him to be replaced at the behest of Cavour during this event, which began when the central group left Quarto on Il Piemonte and Il Lombardo. Leading to the collapse of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies, for 10 points, name this action in which Red Shirts under Garibaldi conquered Southern Italy, named for the approximate number of participants.

The financial backing for this event was in great part driven by Britain's need for a steady supply of sulfur for their steam ships.

Expedition_of_the_Thousand

Expedition_of_the_Thousand

Expedition of the Thousand [accept clear equivalents; accept Spedizione dei Mille]

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History

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