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5476990eea23cca905506ef0

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According to Apollodorus, Zeus hurled the goddess Ate from Olympus and she landed at this place. One early ruler of this place had three thousand horses who could run on the top of wheat stalks, and an early queen of this place was named Batea. It's not Thebes, but the founder of this place followed a cow until it sat down, and one future ruler of this place was named Podarces. One member of its royal house was abducted by Zeus to become the cupbearer of the gods, and sea monster was sent to this city to devour Hesione because one ruler of this place cheated Apollo and Poseidon after they helped built its walls. In addition to Ganymede and Laomedon, early kings of this place included Dardanus and Ilus, and this city was home to the Palladium. For 10 points, identify this city whose final residents included Hecuba, Hector, and king Priam.

According to Apollodorus, Zeus hurled the goddess Ate from Olympus and she landed at this place. One early ruler of this place had three thousand horses who could run on the top of wheat stalks, and an early queen of this place was named Batea. It's not Thebes, but the founder of this place followed a cow until it sat down, and one future ruler of this place was named Podarces. One member of its royal house was abducted by Zeus to become the cupbearer of the gods, and sea monster was sent to this city to devour Hesione because one ruler of this place cheated Apollo and Poseidon after they helped built its walls. In addition to Ganymede and Laomedon, early kings of this place included Dardanus and Ilus, and this city was home to the Palladium. For 10 points, identify this city whose final residents included Hecuba, Hector, and king Priam.

According to Apollodorus, Zeus hurled the goddess Ate from Olympus and she landed at this place.

Troy

Troy

 Troy [accept Ilium; accept Ilion]

guesstrain

Social Science

Religion/Mythology

ACF Regionals

College

415-full

5476990eea23cca905506ef1

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Some leaders of this movement called for a "sacred month," and it saw notable gatherings at Hatshead Moor and Kersal Moor. One leader of this movement broke with its main body to found a National Association, and with John Collins co-wrote a tract supporting it while in jail. Another leader of this movement published the Northern Star, and George Julian Harney was among those who supported the drafting of "ulterior methods" for achieving its aims.  This movement grew out of the LWMA, and its leaders included Francis Place and Feargus Edward O'Connor. It saw numerous members executed after John Frost's Newport Rising, and sought annual elections and secret balloting as part of its six points. FTP, name this working class movement that pushed for universal male suffrage in mid-nineteenth century Britain, named for William Lovett's founding document.

Some leaders of this movement called for a "sacred month," and it saw notable gatherings at Hatshead Moor and Kersal Moor. One leader of this movement broke with its main body to found a National Association, and with John Collins co-wrote a tract supporting it while in jail. Another leader of this movement published the Northern Star, and George Julian Harney was among those who supported the drafting of "ulterior methods" for achieving its aims.  This movement grew out of the LWMA, and its leaders included Francis Place and Feargus Edward O'Connor. It saw numerous members executed after John Frost's Newport Rising, and sought annual elections and secret balloting as part of its six points. FTP, name this working class movement that pushed for universal male suffrage in mid-nineteenth century Britain, named for William Lovett's founding document.

Some leaders of this movement called for a "sacred month," and it saw notable gatherings at Hatshead Moor and Kersal Moor.

Chartism

Chartism

Chartism [or Chartists]

guesstrain

History

European

ACF Regionals

College

417-full

5476990eea23cca905506ef3

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The first one of these works features a bassoon chord meant to imitate a fart. Another one quotes from the Croatian folk song "a little girl treads on a brook" in the final movement and gets its name from the opening timpani rhythm. One of these works got its nickname from an incident at the premiere when a chandelier fell from the ceiling but did not hurt any audience members. In addition to pieces titled "Drumroll" and "Miracle" a "ticking" rhythm appear in one of these works subtitled "Clock" and the best-known one features a sudden fortissimo G chord in the soft second movement. For 10 points, name this group of Haydn compositions including one titled "Surprise" that are named for an English city.

The first one of these works features a bassoon chord meant to imitate a fart. Another one quotes from the Croatian folk song "a little girl treads on a brook" in the final movement and gets its name from the opening timpani rhythm. One of these works got its nickname from an incident at the premiere when a chandelier fell from the ceiling but did not hurt any audience members. In addition to pieces titled "Drumroll" and "Miracle" a "ticking" rhythm appear in one of these works subtitled "Clock" and the best-known one features a sudden fortissimo G chord in the soft second movement. For 10 points, name this group of Haydn compositions including one titled "Surprise" that are named for an English city.

The first one of these works features a bassoon chord meant to imitate a fart.

London_symphonies

London_symphonies

London Symphonies

guesstrain

Fine Arts

Music

ACF Regionals

College

418-full

5476990eea23cca905506ef4

protobowl

According to Neumark's theorem, one of these realizable actions can always be constructed for a given positive value operator. The resolution of the consistency problem associated with this action(*) requires that it be irreversible. Repeating this process very frequently results in a "freezing" of the system state, a phenomenon known as the quantum Zeno effect. Mathematically, this process can be thought of as the forced projection of the system state onto an eigenstate of the Hamiltonian, and according to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, this process cannot be performed simultaneously with arbitrary accuracy for non-commuting observables. For 10 points, identify this action which in von Neumann's formalism of quantum mechanics results in the collapse of the wave function to an energy eigenstate.

According to Neumark's theorem, one of these realizable actions can always be constructed for a given positive value operator. The resolution of the consistency problem associated with this action(*) requires that it be irreversible. Repeating this process very frequently results in a "freezing" of the system state, a phenomenon known as the quantum Zeno effect. Mathematically, this process can be thought of as the forced projection of the system state onto an eigenstate of the Hamiltonian, and according to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, this process cannot be performed simultaneously with arbitrary accuracy for non-commuting observables. For 10 points, identify this action which in von Neumann's formalism of quantum mechanics results in the collapse of the wave function to an energy eigenstate.

According to Neumark's theorem, one of these realizable actions can always be constructed for a given positive value operator.

Measurement

Measurement

measurement or observation [accept experiment before *]

guesstrain

Science

Math

ACF Regionals

College

419-full

5476990eea23cca905506ef5

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One theory presented in this book was inspired by a magazine article about how a car accident was modeled in a Paris courtroom.   This work makes a distinction between a proposition showing its sense and it saying how things are. This work argues that common representations share "pictorial form" and that a fact is a "state of affairs," as part of its claim that thoughts and propositions are pictures.  The sixth section of this work presents the "general form of proposition" and argues that propositions of logic are tautologies, and thus meaningless.  The structure of this work is built around seven aphorisms, the first of which is "the world is all that is the case" and the final that "what we cannot talk about we must pass over in silence." Later repudiated in its author's Philosophical Investigations, for 10 points, name this first and major work of Ludwig Wittgenstein.

One theory presented in this book was inspired by a magazine article about how a car accident was modeled in a Paris courtroom.   This work makes a distinction between a proposition showing its sense and it saying how things are. This work argues that common representations share "pictorial form" and that a fact is a "state of affairs," as part of its claim that thoughts and propositions are pictures.  The sixth section of this work presents the "general form of proposition" and argues that propositions of logic are tautologies, and thus meaningless.  The structure of this work is built around seven aphorisms, the first of which is "the world is all that is the case" and the final that "what we cannot talk about we must pass over in silence." Later repudiated in its author's Philosophical Investigations, for 10 points, name this first and major work of Ludwig Wittgenstein.

One theory presented in this book was inspired by a magazine article about how a car accident was modeled in a Paris courtroom.  

Tractatus_Logico-Philosophicus

Tractatus_Logico-Philosophicus

Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus [accept Logical-Philosophical Treatise or other reasonable translations]

guesstrain

Social Science

Philosophy

ACF Regionals

College

420-full

5476990eea23cca905506ef6

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Meetings at this event were convened by prayers of Reverend Strong, and this event was satirized by a William Charles cartoon called "Leap No Leap" in which one of its leaders was jumping into a king's lap. Some attendees of this event were referred to by the term "blue lights." Theodore Dwight published a History of this event, while Harrison Gray Otis published Letters in Defense of it. George Cabot served as its president and was a part of its dominant faction, the Essex Junto. This conference sought to amend the Constitution to limit presidents to one term and abolish the three-fifths clause. It was ultimately rendered ineffective by the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. For 10 points, name this meeting of Federalists who opposed the War of 1812, which took place in Connecticut.

Meetings at this event were convened by prayers of Reverend Strong, and this event was satirized by a William Charles cartoon called "Leap No Leap" in which one of its leaders was jumping into a king's lap. Some attendees of this event were referred to by the term "blue lights." Theodore Dwight published a History of this event, while Harrison Gray Otis published Letters in Defense of it. George Cabot served as its president and was a part of its dominant faction, the Essex Junto. This conference sought to amend the Constitution to limit presidents to one term and abolish the three-fifths clause. It was ultimately rendered ineffective by the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. For 10 points, name this meeting of Federalists who opposed the War of 1812, which took place in Connecticut.

Meetings at this event were convened by prayers of Reverend Strong, and this event was satirized by a William Charles cartoon called "Leap No Leap" in which one of its leaders was jumping into a king's lap.

Hartford_Convention

Hartford_Convention

Hartford Convention

guesstrain

History

American

ACF Regionals

College

422-full

5476990eea23cca905506ef8

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In this novel, Xius dies of shock after refusing an offer of two bags of money to buy his house, because it reminds him of his dead wife Yolanda. In one incident, roosters are gathered to please a visiting bishop who loves cockscomb soup, but ultimately the bishop only waves a blessing from his steamship and doesn't come on shore. Father Amador performs a haphazard autopsy when Dr. Dionisio Iguaran is gone, and later Colonel Lazaro Aponte checks on the time of his domino game rather than investigating two men in Clotilde Armenta's milk shop, who are waiting for the son of Placida Linero. The title event of this novel is precipitated by Bayardo San Roman returning his wife Angela to her family on their wedding night. For 10 points, name this novel in which the Vicario Brothers murder Santiago Nasar, a work by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

In this novel, Xius dies of shock after refusing an offer of two bags of money to buy his house, because it reminds him of his dead wife Yolanda. In one incident, roosters are gathered to please a visiting bishop who loves cockscomb soup, but ultimately the bishop only waves a blessing from his steamship and doesn't come on shore. Father Amador performs a haphazard autopsy when Dr. Dionisio Iguaran is gone, and later Colonel Lazaro Aponte checks on the time of his domino game rather than investigating two men in Clotilde Armenta's milk shop, who are waiting for the son of Placida Linero. The title event of this novel is precipitated by Bayardo San Roman returning his wife Angela to her family on their wedding night. For 10 points, name this novel in which the Vicario Brothers murder Santiago Nasar, a work by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

In this novel, Xius dies of shock after refusing an offer of two bags of money to buy his house, because it reminds him of his dead wife Yolanda.

Chronicle_of_a_Death_Foretold

Chronicle_of_a_Death_Foretold

Chronicle of a Death Foretold [accept Crónica de una muerte anunciada]

guesstrain

Literature

World

ACF Regionals

College

423-full

5476990eea23cca905506ef9

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This movie's last scene features a crowd watching a giant dead stingray on the beach; it died by overstuffing its mouth with too many fish. In another scene, a crowd follows two children who claim to have seen the Virgin Mary tearing down a tree where the vision supposedly took place. After reconciling with his fiancée, Emma, the protagonist of this movie receives a call informing him that his friend Steiner has killed himself and his children. At the beginning of this film, a helicopter holding a suspended statue of Jesus flies to Vatican City. In this movie, Anita Ekberg plays the actress Sylvia, who in a famous scene jumps into the Trevi Fountain. For 10 points, name this film in which Marcello Mastroianni plays a journalist in Rome, directed by Federico Fellini.

This movie's last scene features a crowd watching a giant dead stingray on the beach; it died by overstuffing its mouth with too many fish. In another scene, a crowd follows two children who claim to have seen the Virgin Mary tearing down a tree where the vision supposedly took place. After reconciling with his fiancée, Emma, the protagonist of this movie receives a call informing him that his friend Steiner has killed himself and his children. At the beginning of this film, a helicopter holding a suspended statue of Jesus flies to Vatican City. In this movie, Anita Ekberg plays the actress Sylvia, who in a famous scene jumps into the Trevi Fountain. For 10 points, name this film in which Marcello Mastroianni plays a journalist in Rome, directed by Federico Fellini.

This movie's last scene features a crowd watching a giant dead stingray on the beach; it died by overstuffing its mouth with too many fish.

La_Dolce_Vita

La_Dolce_Vita

La Dolce Vita [accept The Sweet Life]

guesstrain

Fine Arts

Other

ACF Regionals

College

426-full

5476990eea23cca905506efc

protobowl

In platelets, much of this protein is found attached to a peptide named Fx, which was found to be identical to thymosin beta-4. Branching of this protein is stimulated by WASp proteins; the branch points are occupied by a protein typically isolated due to its ability to bind profilin. CapZ is responsible for calcium-independent capping of the plus end of one form of this protein. A toxin from the so-called "angel of death" mushroom, phalloidin, works by preventing this protein's filamentous F form from being depolymerized into G monomers. Microfilaments are made up of this protein, which is absent in the H zone of a sarcomere. For 10 points, name this protein that slides alongside myosin to produce muscle contractions.

In platelets, much of this protein is found attached to a peptide named Fx, which was found to be identical to thymosin beta-4. Branching of this protein is stimulated by WASp proteins; the branch points are occupied by a protein typically isolated due to its ability to bind profilin. CapZ is responsible for calcium-independent capping of the plus end of one form of this protein. A toxin from the so-called "angel of death" mushroom, phalloidin, works by preventing this protein's filamentous F form from being depolymerized into G monomers. Microfilaments are made up of this protein, which is absent in the H zone of a sarcomere. For 10 points, name this protein that slides alongside myosin to produce muscle contractions.

In platelets, much of this protein is found attached to a peptide named Fx, which was found to be identical to thymosin beta-4.

Actin

Actin

actin

guesstrain

Science

Biology

ACF Regionals

College

427-full

5476990eea23cca905506efd

protobowl

One figure in this work looks away from a scroll she holds in her left hand, which is based on the artist's earlier Doni Madonna. In one section of this work men place the entrails of a slaughtered ram into the furnace of an altar to prepare for a sacrifice. Many people are shown trying to jump into a capsizing rowboat during a flood in a section of this work titled The Deluge. In this work, twenty nude figures wearing garlands of fig leaves called the "Ignudi" sit on plinths above thrones occupied by prophets and sibyls. This work's program concludes with The Drunkenness of Noah, while in its best-known painting, God's finger is about to touch the finger of Adam. For 10 points, name this large fresco painted by Michelangelo whose central program show nine scenes from Genesis.

One figure in this work looks away from a scroll she holds in her left hand, which is based on the artist's earlier Doni Madonna. In one section of this work men place the entrails of a slaughtered ram into the furnace of an altar to prepare for a sacrifice. Many people are shown trying to jump into a capsizing rowboat during a flood in a section of this work titled The Deluge. In this work, twenty nude figures wearing garlands of fig leaves called the "Ignudi" sit on plinths above thrones occupied by prophets and sibyls. This work's program concludes with The Drunkenness of Noah, while in its best-known painting, God's finger is about to touch the finger of Adam. For 10 points, name this large fresco painted by Michelangelo whose central program show nine scenes from Genesis.

One figure in this work looks away from a scroll she holds in her left hand, which is based on the artist's earlier Doni Madonna.

Sistine_Chapel_ceiling

Sistine_Chapel_ceiling

ceiling of the Sistine Chapel [accept logical equivalents]

guesstrain

Fine Arts

Art

ACF Regionals

College

428-full

5476990eea23cca905506efe

protobowl

In one hilariously racist appearance, this character laments "he thinks he's speared a lion...he wants me to praise him" when his radio is impaled by an African named Thursday, whom he discovered in a crate of imported bananas. After riding a rhea to the Cantina Argentina, this character once drunkenly leered at a showgirl whom he had mouth-raped in an earlier appearance after failing to coerce her into making out with him by performing dangerous maneuvers; that love interest is saved by expandable granny panties when she risks suicide to escape this character's assaults, leaping out of a shoddily-constructed biplane this figure builds as a tribute to Lindbergh. More famously, this protagonist of The Gallopin' Gaucho and Plane Crazy drowns a parrot who ridicules him after abusing a series of animals to perform "Turkey in the Straw," earning the ire of Captain Pete. For 10 points, name this star of Steamboat Willie who, when not beating Jonas Brothers or abusing his girlfriend Minnie, serves as the rodent mascot for the Walt Disney Company.

In one hilariously racist appearance, this character laments "he thinks he's speared a lion...he wants me to praise him" when his radio is impaled by an African named Thursday, whom he discovered in a crate of imported bananas. After riding a rhea to the Cantina Argentina, this character once drunkenly leered at a showgirl whom he had mouth-raped in an earlier appearance after failing to coerce her into making out with him by performing dangerous maneuvers; that love interest is saved by expandable granny panties when she risks suicide to escape this character's assaults, leaping out of a shoddily-constructed biplane this figure builds as a tribute to Lindbergh. More famously, this protagonist of The Gallopin' Gaucho and Plane Crazy drowns a parrot who ridicules him after abusing a series of animals to perform "Turkey in the Straw," earning the ire of Captain Pete. For 10 points, name this star of Steamboat Willie who, when not beating Jonas Brothers or abusing his girlfriend Minnie, serves as the rodent mascot for the Walt Disney Company.

In one hilariously racist appearance, this character laments "he thinks he's speared a lion...

Mickey_Mouse

Mickey_Mouse

Mickey Mouse

guesstrain

Trash

Pop Culture

ACF Regionals

College

429-full

5476990eea23cca905506eff

protobowl

The frame story of this novel begins with a man who had had a torrid love affair in London attempting to get some time in the country by renting a home. That character later has a dream in which he slams a window down on the arm of a ghost who attempts to get into his room. A different dream in this novel sees one character expelled from both heaven and hell, which she equates with the titular place of this novel. Lockwood attempts to rent Thrushcross Grange, although it hasn't been well-taken care of by the maid Nelly Dean. One character in this novel is taken in by Earnshaw, whose son Hindley hates him; he in turn abuses Hareton, who marries Catherine Linton. For 10 points, name this novel about the mutually destructive love of Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, a novel by Emily Bronte.

The frame story of this novel begins with a man who had had a torrid love affair in London attempting to get some time in the country by renting a home. That character later has a dream in which he slams a window down on the arm of a ghost who attempts to get into his room. A different dream in this novel sees one character expelled from both heaven and hell, which she equates with the titular place of this novel. Lockwood attempts to rent Thrushcross Grange, although it hasn't been well-taken care of by the maid Nelly Dean. One character in this novel is taken in by Earnshaw, whose son Hindley hates him; he in turn abuses Hareton, who marries Catherine Linton. For 10 points, name this novel about the mutually destructive love of Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, a novel by Emily Bronte.

The frame story of this novel begins with a man who had had a torrid love affair in London attempting to get some time in the country by renting a home.

Wuthering_Heights

Wuthering_Heights

Wuthering Heights

guesstrain

Literature

European

ACF Regionals

College

430-full

5476990eea23cca905506f00

protobowl

This man's forced publishing of an itemized list of "self-criticisms" influenced his support for works of "Scar Literature", and he established the use of Special Administrative Regions to reconcile the Basic Law governing key regions with his own central leadership, advocating the "one country, two systems" doctrine. He famously derided the need to use a cat of any particular color to catch mice and advocated enlarging rather than removing the bird cage in zoological metaphors defending his economic flexibility, rejecting the extreme rigidity of his major rival, Hua Guofeng. This man presided over the Four Modernizations implemented by Zhou Enlai but was forced to arrest his protégé, Zhao Ziyang, after Tiananmen Square. For 10 points, identify this man who after the death of Lin Biao outmaneuvered the Gang of Four, credited with shifting toward a mixed economy during the 1970s and 80s as the leader of Communist China.

This man's forced publishing of an itemized list of "self-criticisms" influenced his support for works of "Scar Literature", and he established the use of Special Administrative Regions to reconcile the Basic Law governing key regions with his own central leadership, advocating the "one country, two systems" doctrine. He famously derided the need to use a cat of any particular color to catch mice and advocated enlarging rather than removing the bird cage in zoological metaphors defending his economic flexibility, rejecting the extreme rigidity of his major rival, Hua Guofeng. This man presided over the Four Modernizations implemented by Zhou Enlai but was forced to arrest his protégé, Zhao Ziyang, after Tiananmen Square. For 10 points, identify this man who after the death of Lin Biao outmaneuvered the Gang of Four, credited with shifting toward a mixed economy during the 1970s and 80s as the leader of Communist China.

This man's forced publishing of an itemized list of "self-criticisms" influenced his support for works of "Scar Literature", and he established the use of Special Administrative Regions to reconcile the Basic Law governing key regions with his own central leadership, advocating the "one country, two systems" doctrine.

Deng_Xiaoping

Deng_Xiaoping

Deng Xiaoping

guesstrain

History

World

ACF Regionals

College

431-full

5476990eea23cca905506f01

protobowl

In a Fermi gas, this quantity is proportional to h-bar over 2 m times the number of particles raised to the five-thirds power, over the volume raised to the two-thirds power. For a system that obeys the van der Waals equation of state, this quantity contains an additive factor of the particle number squared times the a constant over volume. For an arbitrary system, this quantity is given by the derivative with respect to the thermodynamic beta of the partition function, and the Helmholtz free energy is obtained by subtracting temperature times entropy from the average value of this quantity. For a closed system the change in this quantity is given by the work done by the system plus the heat, and for an ideal gas it is given by the three-halves times the number of particles times Boltzmann's constant times temperature. For 10 points, identify this quantity which represents the total amount of kinetic and potential energy in a gas.

In a Fermi gas, this quantity is proportional to h-bar over 2 m times the number of particles raised to the five-thirds power, over the volume raised to the two-thirds power. For a system that obeys the van der Waals equation of state, this quantity contains an additive factor of the particle number squared times the a constant over volume. For an arbitrary system, this quantity is given by the derivative with respect to the thermodynamic beta of the partition function, and the Helmholtz free energy is obtained by subtracting temperature times entropy from the average value of this quantity. For a closed system the change in this quantity is given by the work done by the system plus the heat, and for an ideal gas it is given by the three-halves times the number of particles times Boltzmann's constant times temperature. For 10 points, identify this quantity which represents the total amount of kinetic and potential energy in a gas.

In a Fermi gas, this quantity is proportional to h-bar over 2 m times the number of particles raised to the five-thirds power, over the volume raised to the two-thirds power.

Internal_energy

Internal_energy

{internal energy} [prompt on partial answer]

guesstrain

Science

Physics

ACF Regionals

College

432-full

5476990eea23cca905506f02

protobowl

Elliott Antokoletz argues that a certain treaty inspired this composer's "expansion in range" technique in his third string quartet, which begins with sections called "prima parte" and "seconda parte" and introduced his namesake pizzicato. He wrote a work based on a colinda in which nine sons are turned into stags, while another piece opens with a group of "Unison Melodies" and ends with six pieces dedicated to Harriet Cohen. This composer of Cantata Profana wrote a work parodying Shostakovich's "invasion" theme in the "intermezzo interrotto" fourth movement and wrote a collection of 153 instructional piano pieces titled Mikrokosmos. He wrote an opera ending when Judith opens the seventh door of the title location to uncover the three former wives of her husband. For 10 points, name this composer of Concerto for Orchestra and Duke Bluebeard's Castle who collected Hungarian folk songs.

Elliott Antokoletz argues that a certain treaty inspired this composer's "expansion in range" technique in his third string quartet, which begins with sections called "prima parte" and "seconda parte" and introduced his namesake pizzicato. He wrote a work based on a colinda in which nine sons are turned into stags, while another piece opens with a group of "Unison Melodies" and ends with six pieces dedicated to Harriet Cohen. This composer of Cantata Profana wrote a work parodying Shostakovich's "invasion" theme in the "intermezzo interrotto" fourth movement and wrote a collection of 153 instructional piano pieces titled Mikrokosmos. He wrote an opera ending when Judith opens the seventh door of the title location to uncover the three former wives of her husband. For 10 points, name this composer of Concerto for Orchestra and Duke Bluebeard's Castle who collected Hungarian folk songs.

Elliott Antokoletz argues that a certain treaty inspired this composer's "expansion in range" technique in his third string quartet, which begins with sections called "prima parte" and "seconda parte" and introduced his namesake pizzicato.

Béla_Bartók

Béla_Bartók

Bela Bartok

guesstrain

Fine Arts

Music

ACF Regionals

College

433-full

5476990eea23cca905506f03

protobowl

In this play's third act, the maid Elvire tells the protagonist to hide before he gives his beloved a dagger asking her to kill him after overhearing her conversation with Sanche. The attendant Leonor consoles Dona Urraque for loving the main character. The central conflict of this play is instigated when one man slaps another character because he was selected as the tutor for the King's son. In the second act, Don Diegue begs the King to spare his son for killing Don Gomes in a duel, an action that forces the main female character to seek revenge against the man she loves. At the end of this play Chimene rejects Don Rodrigue even though he had just defeated the Moors. For 10 points, name this play about the titular Spanish hero, written by Pierre Corneille.

In this play's third act, the maid Elvire tells the protagonist to hide before he gives his beloved a dagger asking her to kill him after overhearing her conversation with Sanche. The attendant Leonor consoles Dona Urraque for loving the main character. The central conflict of this play is instigated when one man slaps another character because he was selected as the tutor for the King's son. In the second act, Don Diegue begs the King to spare his son for killing Don Gomes in a duel, an action that forces the main female character to seek revenge against the man she loves. At the end of this play Chimene rejects Don Rodrigue even though he had just defeated the Moors. For 10 points, name this play about the titular Spanish hero, written by Pierre Corneille.

In this play's third act, the maid Elvire tells the protagonist to hide before he gives his beloved a dagger asking her to kill him after overhearing her conversation with Sanche.

Le_Cid

Le_Cid

Le Cid

guesstrain

Literature

European

ACF Regionals

College

434-full

5476990eea23cca905506f04

protobowl

One of the major practices associated with these events occurred in between rows of seven stone columns in the courtyard of the Hall of Heroes, and saw an item named for the bodily fluid of Andreas Bauriedl used to anoint fresh banners for the coming year; that "Blood Flag" was normally kept in the Brown House. Accounts of these events were published in "Red" and "Blue Books," and they were organized primarily by the local machine of Julius Streicher. A supposedly too controversial speech about Ethiopia was replaced at the last minute by the most famous announcement at one of these events, which concerned the hiring of young women and dealth with the status of Mischlings. Featuring a massive array of searchlights, the "Cathedral of Light" of Albert Speer, for 10 points, identify these events documented in Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will, annual rallies in support of Adolf Hitler held in a German city that later saw some infamous Nazi trials.

One of the major practices associated with these events occurred in between rows of seven stone columns in the courtyard of the Hall of Heroes, and saw an item named for the bodily fluid of Andreas Bauriedl used to anoint fresh banners for the coming year; that "Blood Flag" was normally kept in the Brown House. Accounts of these events were published in "Red" and "Blue Books," and they were organized primarily by the local machine of Julius Streicher. A supposedly too controversial speech about Ethiopia was replaced at the last minute by the most famous announcement at one of these events, which concerned the hiring of young women and dealth with the status of Mischlings. Featuring a massive array of searchlights, the "Cathedral of Light" of Albert Speer, for 10 points, identify these events documented in Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will, annual rallies in support of Adolf Hitler held in a German city that later saw some infamous Nazi trials.

One of the major practices associated with these events occurred in between rows of seven stone columns in the courtyard of the Hall of Heroes, and saw an item named for the bodily fluid of Andreas Bauriedl used to anoint fresh banners for the coming year; that "Blood Flag" was normally kept in the Brown House.

Nuremberg_Rally

Nuremberg_Rally

Nuremberg Rallies

guesstrain

History

European

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In a chapter of this book about "Universalization and Particularization", the author sympathizes with Evans-Pritchard's wish for a "simple Melanesian society." This book defines religion as the humanization of natural law and magic as the naturalization of human action. In addition to providing a detailed system for the classification of totem spirits, another chapter of this book discusses the relation between societal position and totem affinity. Totem affinity is described as the basis of the titular concept of this book. The Engineer is presented in opposition to the title concept of this book, which is represented by members of society who work with their hands, termed "bricoleurs". For 10 points, name this work by Claude Levi-Strauss.

In a chapter of this book about "Universalization and Particularization", the author sympathizes with Evans-Pritchard's wish for a "simple Melanesian society." This book defines religion as the humanization of natural law and magic as the naturalization of human action. In addition to providing a detailed system for the classification of totem spirits, another chapter of this book discusses the relation between societal position and totem affinity. Totem affinity is described as the basis of the titular concept of this book. The Engineer is presented in opposition to the title concept of this book, which is represented by members of society who work with their hands, termed "bricoleurs". For 10 points, name this work by Claude Levi-Strauss.

In a chapter of this book about "Universalization and Particularization", the author sympathizes with Evans-Pritchard's wish for a "simple Melanesian society.

The_Savage_Mind

The_Savage_Mind

The Savage Mind [or La Pensée sauvage]

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Social Science

Anthropology

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College

438-full

5476990eea23cca905506f08

protobowl

From 1995 to 2000, the Kellogg Commission examined the future of institutions created as a result of this act. The Nelson Amendment to this act established a permanent source of funding to achieve its goals. Lyman Trumbull was initially asked to be the sponsor for this bill by the man sometimes given credit for its introduction, Jonathan Turner, but he instead supported a Vermont Representative as this bill's sponsor. The 1887 Hatch Act provided funding for "agricultural experiment stations" associated with institutions funded by this bill. For 10 points, name this 1862 act that set aside public lands for the establishment of colleges devoted to agriculture and engineering.

From 1995 to 2000, the Kellogg Commission examined the future of institutions created as a result of this act. The Nelson Amendment to this act established a permanent source of funding to achieve its goals. Lyman Trumbull was initially asked to be the sponsor for this bill by the man sometimes given credit for its introduction, Jonathan Turner, but he instead supported a Vermont Representative as this bill's sponsor. The 1887 Hatch Act provided funding for "agricultural experiment stations" associated with institutions funded by this bill. For 10 points, name this 1862 act that set aside public lands for the establishment of colleges devoted to agriculture and engineering.

From 1995 to 2000, the Kellogg Commission examined the future of institutions created as a result of this act.

Morrill_Land-Grant_Acts

Morrill_Land-Grant_Acts

Morrill Land Grant Act

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History

American

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439-full

5476990eea23cca905506f09

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An equation stating that the square of one measure of this quantity is equal to square of the band gap minus the square of the homopolar band gap was developed by Phillips and van Vechten. The principle of equalization of this quantity states that in a bond, each atom's value for this quantity will be the geometric mean of the atoms' original values; that principle was developed by Sanderson, who computed this quantity as the ratio of atomic number to atomic volume, divided by what would be expected from a linear interpolation of those values for inert gases. The first ionization energy and electron affinity are averaged to obtain the Mulliken scale for it, and the Pauling scale assigns fluorine a value of four. For 10 points, name this measure of an atom's ability to attract electrons to itself.

An equation stating that the square of one measure of this quantity is equal to square of the band gap minus the square of the homopolar band gap was developed by Phillips and van Vechten. The principle of equalization of this quantity states that in a bond, each atom's value for this quantity will be the geometric mean of the atoms' original values; that principle was developed by Sanderson, who computed this quantity as the ratio of atomic number to atomic volume, divided by what would be expected from a linear interpolation of those values for inert gases. The first ionization energy and electron affinity are averaged to obtain the Mulliken scale for it, and the Pauling scale assigns fluorine a value of four. For 10 points, name this measure of an atom's ability to attract electrons to itself.

An equation stating that the square of one measure of this quantity is equal to square of the band gap minus the square of the homopolar band gap was developed by Phillips and van Vechten.

Electronegativity

Electronegativity

electronegativity

guesstrain

Science

Chemistry

ACF Regionals

College

440-full

5476990eea23cca905506f0a

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This poet concludes "We are all old-timers / each of us holds a locked razor" in "Waking in the Blue". Another poem ends with the famous line "The Lord survives the rainbow of His will". The speaker of one poem discusses a hermit "thirsting for / the hierarchic privacy / of Queen Victoria's century" and he later encounters a figure that "jabs her wedge-head in a cup / of sour cream, drops her ostrich tail / and will not scare." This poet included "The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket" in his collection Lord Weary's Castle and wrote a poem that begins, "The old South Boston Aquarium stands / in a Sahara of snow now," which is a meditation on St. Gaudens' statue of Colonel Shaw. For 10 points, name this Confessional poet who wrote "Skunk Hour" and "For the Union Dead."

This poet concludes "We are all old-timers / each of us holds a locked razor" in "Waking in the Blue". Another poem ends with the famous line "The Lord survives the rainbow of His will". The speaker of one poem discusses a hermit "thirsting for / the hierarchic privacy / of Queen Victoria's century" and he later encounters a figure that "jabs her wedge-head in a cup / of sour cream, drops her ostrich tail / and will not scare." This poet included "The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket" in his collection Lord Weary's Castle and wrote a poem that begins, "The old South Boston Aquarium stands / in a Sahara of snow now," which is a meditation on St. Gaudens' statue of Colonel Shaw. For 10 points, name this Confessional poet who wrote "Skunk Hour" and "For the Union Dead."

This poet concludes "We are all old-timers / each of us holds a locked razor" in "Waking in the Blue".

Robert_Lowell

Robert_Lowell

Robert Lowell

guesstrain

Literature

American

ACF Regionals

College

442-full

5476990eea23cca905506f0c

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A servant in this play is forced to lie about the availability of cucumbers at the market because another character eats all of the sandwiches before the guests arrive. One character in this play notes that Lady Harbury looks "twenty years younger" after the death of her husband. This play opens with the sound of piano playing in an apartment on Half Moon Street. Miss Prism and Doctor Chaucible pass the afternoon in a garden and discuss morality in this play, before another character notes that one should know everything, or nothing. That character is Lady Bracknell, who grills a character who enjoys "Bunburying" on his suitability for her ward. Also concerning Cecily and Algernon, for 10 points, name this Oscar Wilde play whose title refers to Gwendolen's desire for a husband of a certain name.

A servant in this play is forced to lie about the availability of cucumbers at the market because another character eats all of the sandwiches before the guests arrive. One character in this play notes that Lady Harbury looks "twenty years younger" after the death of her husband. This play opens with the sound of piano playing in an apartment on Half Moon Street. Miss Prism and Doctor Chaucible pass the afternoon in a garden and discuss morality in this play, before another character notes that one should know everything, or nothing. That character is Lady Bracknell, who grills a character who enjoys "Bunburying" on his suitability for her ward. Also concerning Cecily and Algernon, for 10 points, name this Oscar Wilde play whose title refers to Gwendolen's desire for a husband of a certain name.

A servant in this play is forced to lie about the availability of cucumbers at the market because another character eats all of the sandwiches before the guests arrive.

The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest

The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

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Literature

European

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College

443-full

5476990eea23cca905506f0d

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The Hermitian variety of this operation is a complex-valued bilinear form in which reversing the order of arguments of this operation is equivalent to taking a complex conjugate of this operation's result. A common example of this operation for the space of square-integrable real-valued functions is the integral of the product of two such functions from minus infinity to plus infinity. Hilbert spaces are vector spaces on which this operation is defined such that the norm results in a complete metric space. For 10 points, identify this binary operation which maps two elements of a vector space to an element of the underlying scalar field, as exemplified by the dot product in Euclidean spaces.

The Hermitian variety of this operation is a complex-valued bilinear form in which reversing the order of arguments of this operation is equivalent to taking a complex conjugate of this operation's result. A common example of this operation for the space of square-integrable real-valued functions is the integral of the product of two such functions from minus infinity to plus infinity. Hilbert spaces are vector spaces on which this operation is defined such that the norm results in a complete metric space. For 10 points, identify this binary operation which maps two elements of a vector space to an element of the underlying scalar field, as exemplified by the dot product in Euclidean spaces.

The Hermitian variety of this operation is a complex-valued bilinear form in which reversing the order of arguments of this operation is equivalent to taking a complex conjugate of this operation's result.

Inner_product_space

Inner_product_space

inner product

guesstrain

Science

Math

ACF Regionals

College

444-full

5476990eea23cca905506f0e

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One character in this play asks if a man's favorite authors are Charles Baudelaire and J. P. Marquand. That character later wonders if another man will get a prosthetic jaw like Sigmund Freud because of mouth cancer, while earlier he asks about walking "northerly." One character in this play tells a story about feeding hamburger patties spiked with poison to his landlady's vicious dog, while earlier a different character says he lives in a house on 74th Street where his two daughters keep two pet parakeets. At the end of this play, one character pushes another off a bench before he impales himself on his own knife. For 10 points, name this play in which Jerry talks to Peter in Central Park, written by Edward Albee.

One character in this play asks if a man's favorite authors are Charles Baudelaire and J. P. Marquand. That character later wonders if another man will get a prosthetic jaw like Sigmund Freud because of mouth cancer, while earlier he asks about walking "northerly." One character in this play tells a story about feeding hamburger patties spiked with poison to his landlady's vicious dog, while earlier a different character says he lives in a house on 74th Street where his two daughters keep two pet parakeets. At the end of this play, one character pushes another off a bench before he impales himself on his own knife. For 10 points, name this play in which Jerry talks to Peter in Central Park, written by Edward Albee.

One character in this play asks if a man's favorite authors are Charles Baudelaire and J. P. Marquand.

The_Zoo_Story

The_Zoo_Story

Zoo Story

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Literature

American

ACF Regionals

College

445-full

5476990eea23cca905506f0f

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In the background of this painting, a priest, grave digger, and prostitute stand together in a group the artist called "the exploiters, people who make a living from death", while the presence of a rabbi on the far left has been left unexplained. In the center of this painting, a contorted male nude figure standing above a skull was inspired by Jusepe de Ribera. A black feathered hat lies next to a guitar and dagger representing the inadequacy of academic art. The central figure looks away from a semi-nude female standing next to him who represents the Platonic ideal of beauty. On the right side of this painting, George Sand and Charles Baudelaire are among the figures looking at the painter in the center of the canvas, who works on a landscape in the title location. Subtitled, "a real allegory summing up seven years of my artistic and moral life," for 10 points, name this self-portrait by Gustave Courbet.

In the background of this painting, a priest, grave digger, and prostitute stand together in a group the artist called "the exploiters, people who make a living from death", while the presence of a rabbi on the far left has been left unexplained. In the center of this painting, a contorted male nude figure standing above a skull was inspired by Jusepe de Ribera. A black feathered hat lies next to a guitar and dagger representing the inadequacy of academic art. The central figure looks away from a semi-nude female standing next to him who represents the Platonic ideal of beauty. On the right side of this painting, George Sand and Charles Baudelaire are among the figures looking at the painter in the center of the canvas, who works on a landscape in the title location. Subtitled, "a real allegory summing up seven years of my artistic and moral life," for 10 points, name this self-portrait by Gustave Courbet.

In the background of this painting, a priest, grave digger, and prostitute stand together in a group the artist called "the exploiters, people who make a living from death", while the presence of a rabbi on the far left has been left unexplained.

The_Painter's_Studio

The_Painter's_Studio

The Artist's Studio: A Real Allegory Summing Up Seven Years of My Artistic and Moral Life [accept L'Atelier du Peintre]

guesstrain

Fine Arts

Art

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College

446-full

5476990eea23cca905506f10

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Toro Zambrano was forced to join this country's independence movement after his colleagues abruptly jumped up on tabletops and began shouting "we want a junta!", while its tradition of nefarious coups can be traced to the Conspiracy of the Three Antonios. It briefly devolved into an anarchic kleptocracy known as "war to the death" period that saw the Pincheira brothers pilfer almost 10% of its total material wealth. This country's patria vieja ended after Mariano Osorio's forces were crushed when Rafael Maroto ordered the Talaveras regiment to hurl itself at an entrenched position. This site of the Figueroa Mutiny and the Battle of Rancagua weathered the Tanquero uprising and the Cuban Packages scandal before its president, Salvador Allende, was deposed by Augusto Pinochet. For 10 points, name this country historically ruled with fluctuating stability from Santiago.

Toro Zambrano was forced to join this country's independence movement after his colleagues abruptly jumped up on tabletops and began shouting "we want a junta!", while its tradition of nefarious coups can be traced to the Conspiracy of the Three Antonios. It briefly devolved into an anarchic kleptocracy known as "war to the death" period that saw the Pincheira brothers pilfer almost 10% of its total material wealth. This country's patria vieja ended after Mariano Osorio's forces were crushed when Rafael Maroto ordered the Talaveras regiment to hurl itself at an entrenched position. This site of the Figueroa Mutiny and the Battle of Rancagua weathered the Tanquero uprising and the Cuban Packages scandal before its president, Salvador Allende, was deposed by Augusto Pinochet. For 10 points, name this country historically ruled with fluctuating stability from Santiago.

Toro Zambrano was forced to join this country's independence movement after his colleagues abruptly jumped up on tabletops and began shouting "we want a junta!"

Chile

Chile

Chile

guesstrain

Social Science

Geography

ACF Regionals

College

447-full

5476990eea23cca905506f11

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An early interpretation of this text was created by Zhou Gong Dan. Tradition holds that Confucius wrote a commentary on this text called the Ten Wings. This text frequently uses the symbol of a dragon to represent actions taken by great men. The Duke of Kau wrote six paragraphs of commentary on each of the diagrams contained in this text, while King Wan wrote only one for each. Although interpretation of this text was traditionally done at first with straws, more modern interpretations frequently use coins. The arrangement of those diagrams was created by Fu-Hsi, and the first of them, the Khien, describes the proper time for action and waiting. For 10 points, name this ancient religious text often used for divinations, composed of sixty-four hexagrams.

An early interpretation of this text was created by Zhou Gong Dan. Tradition holds that Confucius wrote a commentary on this text called the Ten Wings. This text frequently uses the symbol of a dragon to represent actions taken by great men. The Duke of Kau wrote six paragraphs of commentary on each of the diagrams contained in this text, while King Wan wrote only one for each. Although interpretation of this text was traditionally done at first with straws, more modern interpretations frequently use coins. The arrangement of those diagrams was created by Fu-Hsi, and the first of them, the Khien, describes the proper time for action and waiting. For 10 points, name this ancient religious text often used for divinations, composed of sixty-four hexagrams.

An early interpretation of this text was created by Zhou Gong Dan.

I_Ching

I_Ching

I Ching or The Book of Changes

guesstrain

Literature

World

ACF Regionals

College

450-full

5476990eea23cca905506f14

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A scene in this poem describes "surly village churls and the red cloaks of market girls". One character in this poem sings a "carol, mournful, holy, chanted loud and chanted lowly". The appearance of the title character of this poem "in the lighted palace near" causes "the sound of royal cheer" to die, and the participants of a feast to "cross themselves in fear." A character in this poem sings "tirra-lirra" by a river and is described as having "coal-black curls" flowing from his helmet. At the end of this poem, one character says "She has a lovely face, God in his mercy lend her grace" of the titular character; the character who says that is Lancelot. For 10 points, name this poem about a woman who "weaves night and day" scenes of Camelot, a work by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

A scene in this poem describes "surly village churls and the red cloaks of market girls". One character in this poem sings a "carol, mournful, holy, chanted loud and chanted lowly". The appearance of the title character of this poem "in the lighted palace near" causes "the sound of royal cheer" to die, and the participants of a feast to "cross themselves in fear." A character in this poem sings "tirra-lirra" by a river and is described as having "coal-black curls" flowing from his helmet. At the end of this poem, one character says "She has a lovely face, God in his mercy lend her grace" of the titular character; the character who says that is Lancelot. For 10 points, name this poem about a woman who "weaves night and day" scenes of Camelot, a work by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

A scene in this poem describes "surly village churls and the red cloaks of market girls".

The_Lady_of_Shalott

The_Lady_of_Shalott

"The Lady of Shallott"

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Literature

European

ACF Regionals

College

452-full

5476990eea23cca905506f16

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A 2010 study showed that G9a, which methylates one of these proteins, is downregulated after cocaine use. In 1990 the Grunstein lab at UCLA caused yeast mating efficiency to decrease by replacing a lysine at position 16 of one of these proteins with either arginine, glycine, or glutamine. That study showed that mutations in SIR3 could partially allow mutated forms of these proteins to repress the transcription of HML-alpha and HMR-alpha. The lysines on the tails of these proteins are reversibly acetylated by proteins such as GCN5. An octamer consisting of two each of the 2A, 2B, 3, and 4 members of this family of proteins forms the protein core of a nucleosome. For 10 points, name this family of proteins around which DNA is packed in chromatin.

A 2010 study showed that G9a, which methylates one of these proteins, is downregulated after cocaine use. In 1990 the Grunstein lab at UCLA caused yeast mating efficiency to decrease by replacing a lysine at position 16 of one of these proteins with either arginine, glycine, or glutamine. That study showed that mutations in SIR3 could partially allow mutated forms of these proteins to repress the transcription of HML-alpha and HMR-alpha. The lysines on the tails of these proteins are reversibly acetylated by proteins such as GCN5. An octamer consisting of two each of the 2A, 2B, 3, and 4 members of this family of proteins forms the protein core of a nucleosome. For 10 points, name this family of proteins around which DNA is packed in chromatin.

A 2010 study showed that G9a, which methylates one of these proteins, is downregulated after cocaine use.

Histone

Histone

histones

guesstrain

Science

Biology

ACF Regionals

College

455-full

5476990eea23cca905506f19

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One offensive ordered by this monarch was blunted by the Water Line erected decades earlier by Maurice of Nassau, but still prompted his enemies to lynch the De Witt brothers for instigating the "Disaster Year", or Rampjaar. One of this ruler's generals had a major rivalry with the Count of Montecuccoli, while another defeated Francisco Melo after a bold march through a mountain pass to break the siege of Rocroi. This ruler's territories were defended by a modification of the trace italienne that relied upon a pentagonal ravelin system, designed by his greatest military mind, Vauban. This monarch relied on the command of Turenne and the Prince of Conde to win clashes like the Battle of the Dunes, which led to the Treaty of the Pyrenees. Forced to accept the Treaty of Ryswick, for 10 points, name this impetus behind the War of Devolution and the War of the Grand Alliance, a long-reigning Frenchman known as the "Sun King".

One offensive ordered by this monarch was blunted by the Water Line erected decades earlier by Maurice of Nassau, but still prompted his enemies to lynch the De Witt brothers for instigating the "Disaster Year", or Rampjaar. One of this ruler's generals had a major rivalry with the Count of Montecuccoli, while another defeated Francisco Melo after a bold march through a mountain pass to break the siege of Rocroi. This ruler's territories were defended by a modification of the trace italienne that relied upon a pentagonal ravelin system, designed by his greatest military mind, Vauban. This monarch relied on the command of Turenne and the Prince of Conde to win clashes like the Battle of the Dunes, which led to the Treaty of the Pyrenees. Forced to accept the Treaty of Ryswick, for 10 points, name this impetus behind the War of Devolution and the War of the Grand Alliance, a long-reigning Frenchman known as the "Sun King".

One offensive ordered by this monarch was blunted by the Water Line erected decades earlier by Maurice of Nassau, but still prompted his enemies to lynch the De Witt brothers for instigating the "Disaster Year", or Rampjaar.

Louis_XIV_of_France

Louis_XIV_of_France

Louis XIV

guesstrain

History

European

ACF Regionals

College

457-full

5476990eea23cca905506f1b

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According to van Leeuwen's theorem, when this state occurs in a magnetic system, all eddies must dissipate. As a consequence of ergodicity, the phase density of a system in this state is given by an arbitrary function of the Hamiltonian. In quantum mechanical systems, the existence of this condition is equivalent to the requirement that the time-derivative of the density matrix vanish. In addition to CP violation and the existence of processes that violate baryon number, the non-existence of this state is necessary for baryogenesis, according to the Sakharov conditions. The transitivity of this state is expressed by the so-called zeroth law of thermodynamics. For 10 points, identify this steady state of a thermodynamic system in which the mean value of the system's temperature does not change with time.

According to van Leeuwen's theorem, when this state occurs in a magnetic system, all eddies must dissipate. As a consequence of ergodicity, the phase density of a system in this state is given by an arbitrary function of the Hamiltonian. In quantum mechanical systems, the existence of this condition is equivalent to the requirement that the time-derivative of the density matrix vanish. In addition to CP violation and the existence of processes that violate baryon number, the non-existence of this state is necessary for baryogenesis, according to the Sakharov conditions. The transitivity of this state is expressed by the so-called zeroth law of thermodynamics. For 10 points, identify this steady state of a thermodynamic system in which the mean value of the system's temperature does not change with time.

According to van Leeuwen's theorem, when this state occurs in a magnetic system, all eddies must dissipate.

Thermal_equilibrium

Thermal_equilibrium

thermal equilibrium

guesstrain

Science

Physics

ACF Regionals

College

459-full

5476990eea23cca905506f1d

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In his best-known post, this man attempted to stave off war between forces led by Thomas Jefferson Rusk and Chief Bowl during the Cordova Rebellion. Francis Scott Key defended this man after he beat William Stanbery with a cane in retaliation against Stanbery's charges of fraud against John Eaton and this man. This man came in second to John Bell for the presidential nomination of the Constitutional Union party, and Edward Clark replaced him as governor when his state seceded. This man's horse, Saracen, was shot out from under him during his victory at San Jacinto, shortly after which this man's forces captured Santa Anna and secured Texan Independence. For 10 points, name this two-term President of Texas who lends his name to that state's largest city.

In his best-known post, this man attempted to stave off war between forces led by Thomas Jefferson Rusk and Chief Bowl during the Cordova Rebellion. Francis Scott Key defended this man after he beat William Stanbery with a cane in retaliation against Stanbery's charges of fraud against John Eaton and this man. This man came in second to John Bell for the presidential nomination of the Constitutional Union party, and Edward Clark replaced him as governor when his state seceded. This man's horse, Saracen, was shot out from under him during his victory at San Jacinto, shortly after which this man's forces captured Santa Anna and secured Texan Independence. For 10 points, name this two-term President of Texas who lends his name to that state's largest city.

In his best-known post, this man attempted to stave off war between forces led by Thomas Jefferson Rusk and Chief Bowl during the Cordova Rebellion.

Sam_Houston

Sam_Houston

Samuel Houston

guesstrain

Literature

American

ACF Regionals

College

460-full

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One fictional resident of this city, "Cheese" Wagstaff, triggered an amusing sequence of events after publicly lamenting being forced to mercy-kill his dog. The New-Day Co-op was founded in this city, but saw its corporate ambitions stunted by the nail gun-driven activities of Snoop and Chris Partlow, who become locally suspected of raising zombies in rowhouses. Prior to adopting Wee-Bey's son Namond, Bunny Colvin segregated part of this city's populace into an area dubbed "Hamsterdam," much to the horror of comically inept Commissioner Burrell. The fabricated stories of journalist Scott Templeton complicate an equally fictional killing spree in this city's homeless community, a plot concocted to finance the investigation against Marlo Stanfield by Lester Freamon and Jimmy McNulty. Home to the Barksdale drug organization and infamous gay stick-up man Omar Little, for 10 points, name this setting of HBO's The Wire, the largest city in Maryland.

One fictional resident of this city, "Cheese" Wagstaff, triggered an amusing sequence of events after publicly lamenting being forced to mercy-kill his dog. The New-Day Co-op was founded in this city, but saw its corporate ambitions stunted by the nail gun-driven activities of Snoop and Chris Partlow, who become locally suspected of raising zombies in rowhouses. Prior to adopting Wee-Bey's son Namond, Bunny Colvin segregated part of this city's populace into an area dubbed "Hamsterdam," much to the horror of comically inept Commissioner Burrell. The fabricated stories of journalist Scott Templeton complicate an equally fictional killing spree in this city's homeless community, a plot concocted to finance the investigation against Marlo Stanfield by Lester Freamon and Jimmy McNulty. Home to the Barksdale drug organization and infamous gay stick-up man Omar Little, for 10 points, name this setting of HBO's The Wire, the largest city in Maryland.

One fictional resident of this city, "Cheese" Wagstaff, triggered an amusing sequence of events after publicly lamenting being forced to mercy-kill his dog.

Baltimore

Baltimore

Baltimore

guesstrain

Trash

Other

ACF Regionals

College

461-full

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This author wrote an epilogue that begins, "My work is finished now: no sword, nor fire, nor future / is capable of laying waste to it." The speaker of one poem asserts, "If Memnon's mother, if Achilles' mother, mourned for their sons" then "sad Elegia" must "unbind thy woeful hair in grief" to mourn for Tibullus. In a scene from one of his works, Tereus rips out the tongue of Philomela to prevent her from reporting a rape. This poet parodied the opening of The Aeneid in the first poem of his collection Amores, and he mourned his exile in Tomis in his collection Tristia. This poet's best-known work ends with a description of the apotheosis of Julius Caesar and includes the stories of Pyramus and Thisbe and Pygmalion. For 10 points, name this Roman poet who wrote The Metamorphoses.

This author wrote an epilogue that begins, "My work is finished now: no sword, nor fire, nor future / is capable of laying waste to it." The speaker of one poem asserts, "If Memnon's mother, if Achilles' mother, mourned for their sons" then "sad Elegia" must "unbind thy woeful hair in grief" to mourn for Tibullus. In a scene from one of his works, Tereus rips out the tongue of Philomela to prevent her from reporting a rape. This poet parodied the opening of The Aeneid in the first poem of his collection Amores, and he mourned his exile in Tomis in his collection Tristia. This poet's best-known work ends with a description of the apotheosis of Julius Caesar and includes the stories of Pyramus and Thisbe and Pygmalion. For 10 points, name this Roman poet who wrote The Metamorphoses.

This author wrote an epilogue that begins, "My work is finished now: no sword, nor fire, nor future / is capable of laying waste to it.

Ovid

Ovid

Publius Ovidius Naso

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Literature

World

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462-full

5476990eea23cca905506f20

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The change in the energy of these entities with respect to molecular geometry is depicted on Walsh diagrams. The Woodward-Hoffmann Rules were derived from the concept of the conservation of symmetry of these entities, and were based on Fukui's theory of "frontier" ones. Lewis acid-base reactions can be thought of as having the highest occupied one in one molecule donate electrons to the lowest unoccupied one of another molecule. Antibonding ones are denoted with asterisks, and the most common examples of these are designated using either sigma or pi. For 10 points, name these delocalized electron clouds, formed from the linear combination of atomic orbitals.

The change in the energy of these entities with respect to molecular geometry is depicted on Walsh diagrams. The Woodward-Hoffmann Rules were derived from the concept of the conservation of symmetry of these entities, and were based on Fukui's theory of "frontier" ones. Lewis acid-base reactions can be thought of as having the highest occupied one in one molecule donate electrons to the lowest unoccupied one of another molecule. Antibonding ones are denoted with asterisks, and the most common examples of these are designated using either sigma or pi. For 10 points, name these delocalized electron clouds, formed from the linear combination of atomic orbitals.

The change in the energy of these entities with respect to molecular geometry is depicted on Walsh diagrams.

Molecular_orbital

Molecular_orbital

molecular orbitals [or MOs; prompt on electron orbitals]

guesstrain

Science

Chemistry

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College

463-full

5476990eea23cca905506f21

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At one point in this novel, the author discusses the possibility that a junkyard dog without a tail was the protagonist in an earlier version. One chapter in this novel describes a recent prison inmate's fantasy of a place called "Fairyland." This books notes how the Statue of Liberty's torch looks like an ice cream cone. The author also discusses how he had seen humans that look like robots because of their brains being eaten by syphilis, and he compares himself to a writing machine. Francine has an affair with one protagonist of this novel, who goes crazy and kills his gay piano-playing son Bunny in a hotel in which the author has a transformative experience after drinking one of the titular martinis. For 10 points, name this novel also featuring Kilgore Trout, a novel about Dwayne Hoover by Kurt Vonnegut.

At one point in this novel, the author discusses the possibility that a junkyard dog without a tail was the protagonist in an earlier version. One chapter in this novel describes a recent prison inmate's fantasy of a place called "Fairyland." This books notes how the Statue of Liberty's torch looks like an ice cream cone. The author also discusses how he had seen humans that look like robots because of their brains being eaten by syphilis, and he compares himself to a writing machine. Francine has an affair with one protagonist of this novel, who goes crazy and kills his gay piano-playing son Bunny in a hotel in which the author has a transformative experience after drinking one of the titular martinis. For 10 points, name this novel also featuring Kilgore Trout, a novel about Dwayne Hoover by Kurt Vonnegut.

At one point in this novel, the author discusses the possibility that a junkyard dog without a tail was the protagonist in an earlier version.

Breakfast_of_Champions

Breakfast_of_Champions

Breakfast of Champions

guesstrain

Literature

American

ACF Regionals

College

464-full

5476990eea23cca905506f22

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The first fragment of an apocryphal text attributed to this writer describes two men in a garden, one lame and one blind. Commentators have noted the significance of the number twenty-five in this figure's vision of a temple. The third chapter of this man's book describes how he found himself called "to be a watchman for the people of Israel." This figure has a vision in which he sees the chariot of God pulled by creatures with four wings and the four faces of a man, lion, ox, and eagle. In one Islamic story about this figure, this man resurrected either four or nine thousand people by reassembling their skeletons with a whirlwind; that story, in Christianity, occurs in the valley of the dry bones. For 10 points, name this third major prophet, whose book comes before Daniel and after Lamentations.

The first fragment of an apocryphal text attributed to this writer describes two men in a garden, one lame and one blind. Commentators have noted the significance of the number twenty-five in this figure's vision of a temple. The third chapter of this man's book describes how he found himself called "to be a watchman for the people of Israel." This figure has a vision in which he sees the chariot of God pulled by creatures with four wings and the four faces of a man, lion, ox, and eagle. In one Islamic story about this figure, this man resurrected either four or nine thousand people by reassembling their skeletons with a whirlwind; that story, in Christianity, occurs in the valley of the dry bones. For 10 points, name this third major prophet, whose book comes before Daniel and after Lamentations.

The first fragment of an apocryphal text attributed to this writer describes two men in a garden, one lame and one blind.

Ezekiel

Ezekiel

Ezekiel

guesstrain

Social Science

Religion/Mythology

ACF Regionals

College

465-full

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This organization was studied by the Mollen Commission, which was formed after Michael Dowd was caught selling narcotics. Sam Battle was the first non-white member of this organization. The Lexow Commission's report on this organization led to the establishment of a four-member board that included Teddy Roosevelt. The 1970 Knapp Commission also studied this organization, after one of its members, Frank Serpico, went public with the knowledge of a "gambling pad." In 1999 four members of this organization's "Street Crimes Unit" were acquitted of wrongdoing after shooting 41 rounds at the unarmed Amadou Diallo. For 10 points, name this organization that lost 23 members in the September 11th attacks and is currently run by Commissioner Ray Kelly.

This organization was studied by the Mollen Commission, which was formed after Michael Dowd was caught selling narcotics. Sam Battle was the first non-white member of this organization. The Lexow Commission's report on this organization led to the establishment of a four-member board that included Teddy Roosevelt. The 1970 Knapp Commission also studied this organization, after one of its members, Frank Serpico, went public with the knowledge of a "gambling pad." In 1999 four members of this organization's "Street Crimes Unit" were acquitted of wrongdoing after shooting 41 rounds at the unarmed Amadou Diallo. For 10 points, name this organization that lost 23 members in the September 11th attacks and is currently run by Commissioner Ray Kelly.

This organization was studied by the Mollen Commission, which was formed after Michael Dowd was caught selling narcotics.

New_York_City_Police_Department

New_York_City_Police_Department

NYPD [or New York City Police Department]

guesstrain

History

American

ACF Regionals

College

466-full

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As a child, this character reads his uncle the column That Body of Yours every Sunday. He sleeps with a cutlass and buys a puppy named Tarzan to protect himself while waiting for Mr. Maclean to finish building a shelter in the Green Vale, which is ultimately burnt down by sugarcane farmers. His father drowns after diving into a pool in a misguided attempt to save this character, who is actually hiding under a bed to avoid punishment for losing a calf. After his son Anand abandons him, he begins to work as a reporter for The Sentinel in Port of Spain. This character works as a sign painter, which brings him to Hanuman House, where he marries Shama by the Tulsi family. For 10 points, name this six-fingered character who struggles to get a house in a novel by V. S. Naipaul.

As a child, this character reads his uncle the column That Body of Yours every Sunday. He sleeps with a cutlass and buys a puppy named Tarzan to protect himself while waiting for Mr. Maclean to finish building a shelter in the Green Vale, which is ultimately burnt down by sugarcane farmers. His father drowns after diving into a pool in a misguided attempt to save this character, who is actually hiding under a bed to avoid punishment for losing a calf. After his son Anand abandons him, he begins to work as a reporter for The Sentinel in Port of Spain. This character works as a sign painter, which brings him to Hanuman House, where he marries Shama by the Tulsi family. For 10 points, name this six-fingered character who struggles to get a house in a novel by V. S. Naipaul.

As a child, this character reads his uncle the column That Body of Yours every Sunday.

A_House_for_Mr_Biswas

A_House_for_Mr_Biswas

Mr. Biswas or Mohun Biswas

guesstrain

Literature

World

ACF Regionals

College

468-full

5476990eea23cca905506f26

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The change in enthalpy for a certain type of reaction involving these compounds is dependent on their reactance by the Drago equation. Mukaiyama found that these compounds can promote the formation of aldols from acetals and silyl enol ethers. These compounds are used to promote high selectivity of oxidation of ketones to lactones or esters in the Baeyer-Villiger oxidation. They are necessary to remove the chlorine atom from an alkyl or acyl halide in the first step of the Friedel-Crafts reactions. For 10 points, name these compounds that include tin tetrachloride and boron trifluoride, which act as electron pair acceptors in their namesake American chemist's acid-base theory.

The change in enthalpy for a certain type of reaction involving these compounds is dependent on their reactance by the Drago equation. Mukaiyama found that these compounds can promote the formation of aldols from acetals and silyl enol ethers. These compounds are used to promote high selectivity of oxidation of ketones to lactones or esters in the Baeyer-Villiger oxidation. They are necessary to remove the chlorine atom from an alkyl or acyl halide in the first step of the Friedel-Crafts reactions. For 10 points, name these compounds that include tin tetrachloride and boron trifluoride, which act as electron pair acceptors in their namesake American chemist's acid-base theory.

The change in enthalpy for a certain type of reaction involving these compounds is dependent on their reactance by the Drago equation.

Lewis_acids_and_bases

Lewis_acids_and_bases

Lewis acids [or Lewis bases until "aldols"; prompt on Lewis; prompt on acids]

guesstrain

Science

Chemistry

ACF Regionals

College

471-full

5476990eea23cca905506f29

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This philosopher described the original form of the title policy as "a subversive, liberating notion and practice," in an essay entitled "Repressive Tolerance". He suggested that the possibility of turning the world into "the opposite of hell" would signify the titular event in a speech entitled The End of Utopia, while his critique of Marxist aesthetics is contained in The Aesthetic Dimension. This philosopher offered a "critique of Neo-Freudian revisionism" in a work which traced the "origin of the repressed individual", which it blamed on capitalism. This thinker's most famous work ends with the call for a "Great Refusal", and analyzes how such tools as "the language of total administration" result in the formation of the titular kind of person. For 10 points, identify this Frankfurt school philosopher whose major works include Eros and Civilization and One Dimensional Man.

This philosopher described the original form of the title policy as "a subversive, liberating notion and practice," in an essay entitled "Repressive Tolerance". He suggested that the possibility of turning the world into "the opposite of hell" would signify the titular event in a speech entitled The End of Utopia, while his critique of Marxist aesthetics is contained in The Aesthetic Dimension. This philosopher offered a "critique of Neo-Freudian revisionism" in a work which traced the "origin of the repressed individual", which it blamed on capitalism. This thinker's most famous work ends with the call for a "Great Refusal", and analyzes how such tools as "the language of total administration" result in the formation of the titular kind of person. For 10 points, identify this Frankfurt school philosopher whose major works include Eros and Civilization and One Dimensional Man.

This philosopher described the original form of the title policy as "a subversive, liberating notion and practice," in an essay entitled "Repressive Tolerance".

Herbert_Marcuse

Herbert_Marcuse

Herbert Marcuse

guesstrain

Social Science

Philosophy

ACF Regionals

College

472-full

5476990eea23cca905506f2a

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In polytropic equations, the pressure is given as proportional to this quantity raised to some power, while the virial expansion writes the pressure over the temperature in terms of powers of this quantity. In cosmology, the quantity "3 times the square of the Hubble constant over quantity 8 pi times the gravitational constant," is known as the "critical" type of this quantity. The time-derivative of this quantity balances the divergence of its flux in fluid continuity equations. This quantity appears multiplied by both the square of the velocity and the gravitational acceleration times the height as a counterbalance to the pressure in Bernoulli's equation. Multiplying the volume and gravitational acceleration in the expression for buoyant force, for 10 points, identify this term which denotes how much of something there is per unit volume.

In polytropic equations, the pressure is given as proportional to this quantity raised to some power, while the virial expansion writes the pressure over the temperature in terms of powers of this quantity. In cosmology, the quantity "3 times the square of the Hubble constant over quantity 8 pi times the gravitational constant," is known as the "critical" type of this quantity. The time-derivative of this quantity balances the divergence of its flux in fluid continuity equations. This quantity appears multiplied by both the square of the velocity and the gravitational acceleration times the height as a counterbalance to the pressure in Bernoulli's equation. Multiplying the volume and gravitational acceleration in the expression for buoyant force, for 10 points, identify this term which denotes how much of something there is per unit volume.

In polytropic equations, the pressure is given as proportional to this quantity raised to some power, while the virial expansion writes the pressure over the temperature in terms of powers of this quantity.

Density

Density

density

guesstrain

Science

Physics

ACF Regionals

College

473-full

5476990eea23cca905506f2b

protobowl

This kingdom capitulated to client-state status, surrendering an annual roster of hostages per the Treaty of Apamea, in the wake of a crushing loss to the Attalid Euemenes II and Lucius Scipio. It descended into chaos after an ambitious Nabatean stab Alexander Balas, whose son was used to engineer the brief reign of Tryphon after conflicts with the Hasmonean dynasty destabilized this kingdom's rule. One of its greatest kings lost the Battle of Magnesia after earlier winning at Raphia over a ruler of this dynasty's major rival; that rival king bore the epithet "Philopator". With the aid of Lysimachus, this kingdom's founder defeated Antigonus the One-Eyed and himself earned the epithet "Nicator" by winning the Battle of Ipsus, possibly thanks to selling his daughter to the Mauryans in exchange for elephants. For 10 points, identify this dynasty which warred with Ptolemaic Egypt to control the territory held by Alexander the Great.

This kingdom capitulated to client-state status, surrendering an annual roster of hostages per the Treaty of Apamea, in the wake of a crushing loss to the Attalid Euemenes II and Lucius Scipio. It descended into chaos after an ambitious Nabatean stab Alexander Balas, whose son was used to engineer the brief reign of Tryphon after conflicts with the Hasmonean dynasty destabilized this kingdom's rule. One of its greatest kings lost the Battle of Magnesia after earlier winning at Raphia over a ruler of this dynasty's major rival; that rival king bore the epithet "Philopator". With the aid of Lysimachus, this kingdom's founder defeated Antigonus the One-Eyed and himself earned the epithet "Nicator" by winning the Battle of Ipsus, possibly thanks to selling his daughter to the Mauryans in exchange for elephants. For 10 points, identify this dynasty which warred with Ptolemaic Egypt to control the territory held by Alexander the Great.

This kingdom capitulated to client-state status, surrendering an annual roster of hostages per the Treaty of Apamea, in the wake of a crushing loss to the Attalid Euemenes II and Lucius Scipio.

Seleucid_Empire

Seleucid_Empire

Seleucid Empire

guesstrain

History

Ancient

ACF Regionals

College

474-full

5476990eea23cca905506f2c

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Autoantibodies attack the alpha-3 chains of one type of this protein in Goodpasture's Syndrome. Substitution of serine for cysteine at position 1564 of the alpha-5 chain of that type of this protein leads to a severe form of Alport Syndrome. Along with laminins, type IV of this protein forms a two-dimensional mesh in the basal lamina. This protein primarily consists of a triple helix of Gly-X-Y repeats, where X and Y are typically proline and hydroxyproline. Type I of this protein is secreted by chondrocytes and osteoblasts, and is mineralized to form bone matrix. For 10 points, name this most abundant protein in the human body, whose high tensile strength makes it ideal in tendons and skin.

Autoantibodies attack the alpha-3 chains of one type of this protein in Goodpasture's Syndrome. Substitution of serine for cysteine at position 1564 of the alpha-5 chain of that type of this protein leads to a severe form of Alport Syndrome. Along with laminins, type IV of this protein forms a two-dimensional mesh in the basal lamina. This protein primarily consists of a triple helix of Gly-X-Y repeats, where X and Y are typically proline and hydroxyproline. Type I of this protein is secreted by chondrocytes and osteoblasts, and is mineralized to form bone matrix. For 10 points, name this most abundant protein in the human body, whose high tensile strength makes it ideal in tendons and skin.

Autoantibodies attack the alpha-3 chains of one type of this protein in Goodpasture's Syndrome.

Collagen

Collagen

collagen

guesstrain

Science

Biology

ACF Regionals

College

477-full

5476990eea23cca905506f2f

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This architect used a giant sculpture of binoculars as both the pedestrian and vehicle entrance of his Chiat/Day Building. He created a building originally nicknamed Fred and Ginger after Fred Astaire and Ginger Rodgers. This architect included the "Sky Church" room in one building and he designed the Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park. In addition to designing the Dancing House of Prague he designed the Pritzker Pavilion for Millennium Park. Jeff Koons' sculpture Puppy lies outside one of his best known buildings, which was built along the Nervion River and is made of reflective titanium panels resembling fish scales. For 10 points, name this Canadian architect who designed the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and the Guggenheim in Bilbao.

This architect used a giant sculpture of binoculars as both the pedestrian and vehicle entrance of his Chiat/Day Building. He created a building originally nicknamed Fred and Ginger after Fred Astaire and Ginger Rodgers. This architect included the "Sky Church" room in one building and he designed the Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park. In addition to designing the Dancing House of Prague he designed the Pritzker Pavilion for Millennium Park. Jeff Koons' sculpture Puppy lies outside one of his best known buildings, which was built along the Nervion River and is made of reflective titanium panels resembling fish scales. For 10 points, name this Canadian architect who designed the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and the Guggenheim in Bilbao.

This architect used a giant sculpture of binoculars as both the pedestrian and vehicle entrance of his Chiat/Day Building.

Frank_Gehry

Frank_Gehry

Frank Gehry

guesstrain

Fine Arts

Other

ACF Regionals

College

478-full

5476990eea23cca905506f30

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This man wrote the libretto for an opera composed by Linley and son; that opera focuses on the rich Jewish merchant Isaac Mendoza and his interactions with Jerome and Louisa and is entitled The Duenna. This man lampooned Richard Cumberland as his character Sir Fretful Plagiary in another work, which shows a rehearsal of The Spanish Armada. A better known work by this author of The Critic shows Snake enquire about the designs of a woman who desires Charles Surface, Lady Sneerwell. In this man's first work, a character disguises himself as Ensign Beverly in order to escape a marriage arranged by Sir Anthony Absolute. That character, Jack, desires Lydia Languish, the ward of Mrs. Malaprop. For 10 points, name this creator of A School for Scandal and The Rivals.

This man wrote the libretto for an opera composed by Linley and son; that opera focuses on the rich Jewish merchant Isaac Mendoza and his interactions with Jerome and Louisa and is entitled The Duenna. This man lampooned Richard Cumberland as his character Sir Fretful Plagiary in another work, which shows a rehearsal of The Spanish Armada. A better known work by this author of The Critic shows Snake enquire about the designs of a woman who desires Charles Surface, Lady Sneerwell. In this man's first work, a character disguises himself as Ensign Beverly in order to escape a marriage arranged by Sir Anthony Absolute. That character, Jack, desires Lydia Languish, the ward of Mrs. Malaprop. For 10 points, name this creator of A School for Scandal and The Rivals.

This man wrote the libretto for an opera composed by Linley and son; that opera focuses on the rich Jewish merchant Isaac Mendoza and his interactions with Jerome and Louisa and is entitled The Duenna.

Richard_Brinsley_Sheridan

Richard_Brinsley_Sheridan

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

guesstrain

Literature

European

ACF Regionals

College

479-full

5476990eea23cca905506f31

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Vilhelm Bjerknes formulated an early theory of these systems, which became known as the Norwegian polar front model. These systems may form through interactions with local orography through a process called "lee troughing," in which a column of air descends down the lee side of a mountain. Low-level flow in baroclinic waves is dominated by the extra-tropical variety of these systems. The better-known tropical variety of these systems draw their energy from the release of the latent heat of water vapor condensation and feature a center with low humidity and low wind speeds, and all of these systems exhibit Coriolis circulation. Capable of developing into hurricanes, for 10 points, identify these closed wind systems that circulate in the direction of the Earth's rotation and often feature a namesake "eye" at their center.

Vilhelm Bjerknes formulated an early theory of these systems, which became known as the Norwegian polar front model. These systems may form through interactions with local orography through a process called "lee troughing," in which a column of air descends down the lee side of a mountain. Low-level flow in baroclinic waves is dominated by the extra-tropical variety of these systems. The better-known tropical variety of these systems draw their energy from the release of the latent heat of water vapor condensation and feature a center with low humidity and low wind speeds, and all of these systems exhibit Coriolis circulation. Capable of developing into hurricanes, for 10 points, identify these closed wind systems that circulate in the direction of the Earth's rotation and often feature a namesake "eye" at their center.

Vilhelm Bjerknes formulated an early theory of these systems, which became known as the Norwegian polar front model.

Cyclone

Cyclone

cyclone [prompt on any specific cyclone such as hurricane or tornado]

guesstrain

Science

Earth Science

ACF Regionals

College

480-full

5476990eea23cca905506f32

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An early resistance movement in this country was organized by a local queen named Anacaona. One of its rulers lost power after foolishly entrusting sole leadership of his presidential guard to General Geffrard, who himself was ousted five years later in the wake of the Bizoton Affair. Another came to power despite earlier partnering with Rigaud and Boyer in the failed "War of the Knives". That man's rival shot himself with a silver bullet in the courtyard of his palace, whose name ironically translates to "without worry," after losing control of the southern half of this nation to a coalition of wealthy affranchis. Alexandre Petion and Henri I jockeyed for control of this country, also ruled by Faustin I, following a revolution against forces led by Sonthonax and Charles Leclerc that briefly left Jean-Jacques Dessalines in power. For 10 points, identify this French colony which saw the first successful slave revolution in the Caribbean organized by Toussaint Louverture.

An early resistance movement in this country was organized by a local queen named Anacaona. One of its rulers lost power after foolishly entrusting sole leadership of his presidential guard to General Geffrard, who himself was ousted five years later in the wake of the Bizoton Affair. Another came to power despite earlier partnering with Rigaud and Boyer in the failed "War of the Knives". That man's rival shot himself with a silver bullet in the courtyard of his palace, whose name ironically translates to "without worry," after losing control of the southern half of this nation to a coalition of wealthy affranchis. Alexandre Petion and Henri I jockeyed for control of this country, also ruled by Faustin I, following a revolution against forces led by Sonthonax and Charles Leclerc that briefly left Jean-Jacques Dessalines in power. For 10 points, identify this French colony which saw the first successful slave revolution in the Caribbean organized by Toussaint Louverture.

An early resistance movement in this country was organized by a local queen named Anacaona.

Haiti

Haiti

Haiti

guesstrain

History

World

ACF Regionals

College

481-full

5476990eea23cca905506f33

protobowl

This work's final section begins with the first and second violins successively playing alternating notes of the main theme, and this piece concludes with a muted fanfare of stopped horns and the single stroke of a tam-tam while the music fades into quiet. The "Allegro con grazia" second movement is a waltz written in the unusual time signature of 5/4. In this symphony's first movement a theme inspired by Don Jose' "Flower Song" from Carmen slowly dwindles until it is played at a volume marked with six Ps. During this work's "adagio lamentoso" final movement a triple forte drumroll interrupts the recapitulation of ends the "desperation" theme. Premiered nine days before the composer's death from cholera, for 10 points, name this final Tchaikovsky symphony.

This work's final section begins with the first and second violins successively playing alternating notes of the main theme, and this piece concludes with a muted fanfare of stopped horns and the single stroke of a tam-tam while the music fades into quiet. The "Allegro con grazia" second movement is a waltz written in the unusual time signature of 5/4. In this symphony's first movement a theme inspired by Don Jose' "Flower Song" from Carmen slowly dwindles until it is played at a volume marked with six Ps. During this work's "adagio lamentoso" final movement a triple forte drumroll interrupts the recapitulation of ends the "desperation" theme. Premiered nine days before the composer's death from cholera, for 10 points, name this final Tchaikovsky symphony.

This work's final section begins with the first and second violins successively playing alternating notes of the main theme, and this piece concludes with a muted fanfare of stopped horns and the single stroke of a tam-tam while the music fades into quiet.

Symphony_No._6_(Tchaikovsky)

Symphony_No._6_(Tchaikovsky)

Pathetique or Symphony No. 6 in B minor

guesstrain

Science

Physics

ACF Regionals

College

482-full

5476990eea23cca905506f34

protobowl

After one character in this work faints upon entering her new apartment, she is comforted by an optical illusion in which "airy figures" dance around her. One character discovers a crystal globe containing a golden poison that has the power to apportion the life of any person in the world. In one incident from this story a character sneaks into a furnace room after her husband caught her crying while reading his folio. The main female character watches a colorless liquid revitalize a plant with yellow spots. At the end of this story the servant Aminadab laughs while a woman drinks a fatal elixir that makes a blot shaped like a hand on her cheek disappear. In this story in Mosses from an Old Manse Aylmer kills his wife Georgiana while trying to remove the titular blemish. For 10 points, name this short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

After one character in this work faints upon entering her new apartment, she is comforted by an optical illusion in which "airy figures" dance around her. One character discovers a crystal globe containing a golden poison that has the power to apportion the life of any person in the world. In one incident from this story a character sneaks into a furnace room after her husband caught her crying while reading his folio. The main female character watches a colorless liquid revitalize a plant with yellow spots. At the end of this story the servant Aminadab laughs while a woman drinks a fatal elixir that makes a blot shaped like a hand on her cheek disappear. In this story in Mosses from an Old Manse Aylmer kills his wife Georgiana while trying to remove the titular blemish. For 10 points, name this short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

After one character in this work faints upon entering her new apartment, she is comforted by an optical illusion in which "airy figures" dance around her.

The_Birth-Mark

The_Birth-Mark

"The Birthmark"

guesstrain

Literature

American

ACF Regionals

College

483-full

5476990eea23cca905506f35

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This figure once carried off a nymph named Leuke, who metamorphosed into a white poplar, becoming sacred to this god. This figure employs a doorman named Aiakos to hold the golden keys that unlocked the door to his palace, and he is in charge of the Oneroi, who bring dreams. This god was also involved in a love affair with Menthe, who became mint. Often depicted with a staff with a bird on the tip, this god is assisted in one of his tasks by men like Rhadymanthys and Minos. In order to help him slay the Medusa, this god lends Perseus his invisibility helmet. In a more famous myth, a pomegranate from this God's orchard ensures that his wife will have to return to him every year; that wife is Persephone. For 10 points, name this brother of Poseidon and Zeus, the Greek god of the dead.

This figure once carried off a nymph named Leuke, who metamorphosed into a white poplar, becoming sacred to this god. This figure employs a doorman named Aiakos to hold the golden keys that unlocked the door to his palace, and he is in charge of the Oneroi, who bring dreams. This god was also involved in a love affair with Menthe, who became mint. Often depicted with a staff with a bird on the tip, this god is assisted in one of his tasks by men like Rhadymanthys and Minos. In order to help him slay the Medusa, this god lends Perseus his invisibility helmet. In a more famous myth, a pomegranate from this God's orchard ensures that his wife will have to return to him every year; that wife is Persephone. For 10 points, name this brother of Poseidon and Zeus, the Greek god of the dead.

This figure once carried off a nymph named Leuke, who metamorphosed into a white poplar, becoming sacred to this god.

Hades

Hades

Hades [or Aidoneus]

guesstrain

Social Science

Religion/Mythology

ACF Regionals

College

486-full

5476990eea23cca905506f38

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At the beginning of this opera a baritone describes getting money from an English Lord who hired him to play nonstop until a parrot died. The soprano tells her lover to keep a pink bonnet hidden under her pillow in the aria "Donde lieta usci". The tenor worries about a woman's cold hands in the aria" Che Gelida Manina" after a flower girl asks for a match because her two candles went out. In "Vecchia Zimarra" Colline laments selling his favorite coat to buy medicine. This opera's second act features the aria "Quando me n'vo" in which Musetta dances her waltz to recapture her former lover Marcello. For 10 points, name this Puccini opera set in the Latin Quarter of Paris, which ends when Mimi dies in the hands of Rodolfo.

At the beginning of this opera a baritone describes getting money from an English Lord who hired him to play nonstop until a parrot died. The soprano tells her lover to keep a pink bonnet hidden under her pillow in the aria "Donde lieta usci". The tenor worries about a woman's cold hands in the aria" Che Gelida Manina" after a flower girl asks for a match because her two candles went out. In "Vecchia Zimarra" Colline laments selling his favorite coat to buy medicine. This opera's second act features the aria "Quando me n'vo" in which Musetta dances her waltz to recapture her former lover Marcello. For 10 points, name this Puccini opera set in the Latin Quarter of Paris, which ends when Mimi dies in the hands of Rodolfo.

At the beginning of this opera a baritone describes getting money from an English Lord who hired him to play nonstop until a parrot died.

La_bohème

La_bohème

La Boheme

guesstrain

Fine Arts

Music

ACF Regionals

College

488-full

5476990eea23cca905506f3a

protobowl

One section of this work concludes with the exhortation to "wake," because "when the journey's over, there'll be time enough to sleep." Another work in this collection discusses how "the Nile spills his overflow / Beside the Severn's Dead" and claims "Fifty years to-night / that God saved the Queen". Another poem in this collection is set "by brooks too broad for leaping … in fields where roses fade". One speaker in this work declares "silence sounds no worse than cheers / after earth has stopped the ears". Containing "With Rue My Heart is Laden", it also contains a work that claims "Early though the laurel grows / it withers quicker than the rose". For 10 points, name this poetry collection that contains "To an Athlete Dying Young", written by A.E. Housman.

One section of this work concludes with the exhortation to "wake," because "when the journey's over, there'll be time enough to sleep." Another work in this collection discusses how "the Nile spills his overflow / Beside the Severn's Dead" and claims "Fifty years to-night / that God saved the Queen". Another poem in this collection is set "by brooks too broad for leaping … in fields where roses fade". One speaker in this work declares "silence sounds no worse than cheers / after earth has stopped the ears". Containing "With Rue My Heart is Laden", it also contains a work that claims "Early though the laurel grows / it withers quicker than the rose". For 10 points, name this poetry collection that contains "To an Athlete Dying Young", written by A.E. Housman.

One section of this work concludes with the exhortation to "wake," because "when the journey's over, there'll be time enough to sleep."

A_Shropshire_Lad

A_Shropshire_Lad

A Shropshire Lad

guesstrain

Literature

American

ACF Regionals

College

489-full

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protobowl

The main figure notes that he is a transmitter and not a maker, and we are told that he never sang on the same day as he wept. He also claims that a man who can bear to support eight rows of mimes can bear to do anything, and admonishes a detractor of animal sacrifice to love the ceremony, not the sheep. In book 11 he reminds us that "to go beyond is as wrong as to fall short", but his followers chide him for excessive mourning over the death of one of their number. Book 2, in which the speaker claims to have learned the decrees of heaven by age fifty thanks to bending his mind to study at age fifteen, is concerned with government, and the final book begins with an admonishment to "hold fast the due Mean" from the mythical emperor Yao. For 10 points, name this collection of sayings dating from the Spring and Autumn period, the foremost work of Confucianism.

The main figure notes that he is a transmitter and not a maker, and we are told that he never sang on the same day as he wept. He also claims that a man who can bear to support eight rows of mimes can bear to do anything, and admonishes a detractor of animal sacrifice to love the ceremony, not the sheep. In book 11 he reminds us that "to go beyond is as wrong as to fall short", but his followers chide him for excessive mourning over the death of one of their number. Book 2, in which the speaker claims to have learned the decrees of heaven by age fifty thanks to bending his mind to study at age fifteen, is concerned with government, and the final book begins with an admonishment to "hold fast the due Mean" from the mythical emperor Yao. For 10 points, name this collection of sayings dating from the Spring and Autumn period, the foremost work of Confucianism.

The main figure notes that he is a transmitter and not a maker, and we are told that he never sang on the same day as he wept.

Analects

Analects

Analects [or Lunyu]

guesstrain

Social Science

Philosophy

ACF Regionals

College

490-full

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One corollary to this equation gives the ratio of activity to mole fraction for the constituents of a binary system as the ratio of derivatives of activities with respect to mole fractions at constant pressure and temperature. It can be derived by substituting the temperature and pressure Maxwell relations into the usual differential of the Gibbs function, then equating the differential of the definition of the Gibbs function as a sum over species only. It sets differential pressure time volume equal to entropy times differential temperature plus sum over species of particle number times differential chemical potential. For 10 points, name this equation used in the usual derivation of the rule that the number of species plus the number of degrees of freedom minus the number of phases equals two.

One corollary to this equation gives the ratio of activity to mole fraction for the constituents of a binary system as the ratio of derivatives of activities with respect to mole fractions at constant pressure and temperature. It can be derived by substituting the temperature and pressure Maxwell relations into the usual differential of the Gibbs function, then equating the differential of the definition of the Gibbs function as a sum over species only. It sets differential pressure time volume equal to entropy times differential temperature plus sum over species of particle number times differential chemical potential. For 10 points, name this equation used in the usual derivation of the rule that the number of species plus the number of degrees of freedom minus the number of phases equals two.

One corollary to this equation gives the ratio of activity to mole fraction for the constituents of a binary system as the ratio of derivatives of activities with respect to mole fractions at constant pressure and temperature.

Gibbs–Duhem_equation

Gibbs–Duhem_equation

Gibbs-Duhem equation [prompt on Gibbs' phase rule]

guesstrain

Science

Chemistry

ACF Regionals

College

491-full

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A recent television appearance saw the artist behind this song praise its simplicity while introducing David Beckham to the Chicken and Waffles breakfast experience, while this song's video leads Beavis to claim that he used to go to the Compton Swap Meet with the singer. That video features an extended intro where the purported father of one of the singers tells the singer "don't be messin' with the 8 track". The singer complains that "Every body got their cups, but they ain't chipped in", while the role of the singer's younger brother in this track's video is played by Lil Bow Wow, who had been discovered by the singer a year earlier. Its chorus sees the singer claim that he is "Laid back with my mind on my money, and my money on my mind", perhaps because of his resounding affinity for Tanqueray. For 10 points, name this 1994 track off Doggystyle, a hit for Snoop Dogg.

A recent television appearance saw the artist behind this song praise its simplicity while introducing David Beckham to the Chicken and Waffles breakfast experience, while this song's video leads Beavis to claim that he used to go to the Compton Swap Meet with the singer. That video features an extended intro where the purported father of one of the singers tells the singer "don't be messin' with the 8 track". The singer complains that "Every body got their cups, but they ain't chipped in", while the role of the singer's younger brother in this track's video is played by Lil Bow Wow, who had been discovered by the singer a year earlier. Its chorus sees the singer claim that he is "Laid back with my mind on my money, and my money on my mind", perhaps because of his resounding affinity for Tanqueray. For 10 points, name this 1994 track off Doggystyle, a hit for Snoop Dogg.

A recent television appearance saw the artist behind this song praise its simplicity while introducing David Beckham to the Chicken and Waffles breakfast experience, while this song's video leads Beavis to claim that he used to go to the Compton Swap Meet with the singer.

Gin_and_Juice

Gin_and_Juice

"Gin and Juice"

guesstrain

Trash

Pop Culture

ACF Regionals

College

493-full

5476990eea23cca905506f3f

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This thinker argued that lazy children are fulfilling their desires when they are scolded in a work that proceeds to discuss how similar they are to children that feign sickness in one work. Another of his works on children concluded that the second born child is likely to be revolutionary, but the one with the least amount of personality defects. The Philosophy of "As If" provided a term that would be central to this the reputation of this philosopher,who put forth three factors – pampering, neglect, and "organ dysfunction" that gives rise to personality problems. The author of Understanding Human Nature, this man coined the term "individual psychology" in another of his works. For 10 points, name this author of The Neurotic Constitution that coined the term "inferiority complex".

This thinker argued that lazy children are fulfilling their desires when they are scolded in a work that proceeds to discuss how similar they are to children that feign sickness in one work. Another of his works on children concluded that the second born child is likely to be revolutionary, but the one with the least amount of personality defects. The Philosophy of "As If" provided a term that would be central to this the reputation of this philosopher,who put forth three factors – pampering, neglect, and "organ dysfunction" that gives rise to personality problems. The author of Understanding Human Nature, this man coined the term "individual psychology" in another of his works. For 10 points, name this author of The Neurotic Constitution that coined the term "inferiority complex".

This thinker argued that lazy children are fulfilling their desires when they are scolded in a work that proceeds to discuss how similar they are to children that feign sickness in one work.

Alfred_Adler

Alfred_Adler

Alfred Adler

guesstrain

Social Science

Psychology

ACF Regionals

College

496-full

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This painter showed a woman looking at the apparition of a head appearing above a lion-clothed man, who steps over a crown and putto in the Allegory of Wisdom and Strength. He included The Triumph of Mordecai and The Banishment of Vashti in his History of Esther series. Dogs line the foreground of another work in which a man bowing a viola d'amore stands in front of a star-haloed Jesus, who has just created the wine being poured on the right. This artist painted a similarly crowded scene for the Basilica di Santi Giovanni e Paolo, but was forced to have its title changed from "The Last Supper" by the Inquisition. For 10 points, name this Italian painter who created Wedding at Cana and Feast in the House of Levi.

This painter showed a woman looking at the apparition of a head appearing above a lion-clothed man, who steps over a crown and putto in the Allegory of Wisdom and Strength. He included The Triumph of Mordecai and The Banishment of Vashti in his History of Esther series. Dogs line the foreground of another work in which a man bowing a viola d'amore stands in front of a star-haloed Jesus, who has just created the wine being poured on the right. This artist painted a similarly crowded scene for the Basilica di Santi Giovanni e Paolo, but was forced to have its title changed from "The Last Supper" by the Inquisition. For 10 points, name this Italian painter who created Wedding at Cana and Feast in the House of Levi.

This painter showed a woman looking at the apparition of a head appearing above a lion-clothed man, who steps over a crown and putto in the Allegory of Wisdom and Strength.

Paolo_Veronese

Paolo_Veronese

Paolo Veronese [or Paolo Caliari]

guesstrain

Fine Arts

Art

ACF Regionals

College

498-full

5476990eea23cca905506f44

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This maternal grandfather of Hugh Capet mortgaged his other daughter Gerberga to Louis Transmarinus for French backing. Under the Treaty of Bonn, Charles the Simple recognized his succession over a territory bequeathed by Conrad I despite struggles with Conrad over Thuringia. He financed wars against the Danes and Wends by jacking Bohemian land from Saint Wenceslas and selling it back to him, and waged a more famous campaign after the Synod of Erfurt forced him to fight the Battle of Riade after his kingdom, East Francia, led other states in rejecting an annual tribute to the Magyars. This man held off the Hungarian threat and overcame Duke Giselbert of Lorraine, allowing local autonomy so he could consolidate power in Saxony. For 10 points, name this first King of Germany and father of Otto the Great, whose epithet denotes his affinity for falconry.

This maternal grandfather of Hugh Capet mortgaged his other daughter Gerberga to Louis Transmarinus for French backing. Under the Treaty of Bonn, Charles the Simple recognized his succession over a territory bequeathed by Conrad I despite struggles with Conrad over Thuringia. He financed wars against the Danes and Wends by jacking Bohemian land from Saint Wenceslas and selling it back to him, and waged a more famous campaign after the Synod of Erfurt forced him to fight the Battle of Riade after his kingdom, East Francia, led other states in rejecting an annual tribute to the Magyars. This man held off the Hungarian threat and overcame Duke Giselbert of Lorraine, allowing local autonomy so he could consolidate power in Saxony. For 10 points, name this first King of Germany and father of Otto the Great, whose epithet denotes his affinity for falconry.

This maternal grandfather of Hugh Capet mortgaged his other daughter Gerberga to Louis Transmarinus for French backing.

Henry_the_Fowler

Henry_the_Fowler

Henry I [or Henry the Fowler or Heinrich I]

guesstrain

History

European

ACF Regionals

College

499-full

5476990eea23cca905506f45

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This poet commented, "You need the untranslatable ice to watch" in a poem appearing in the appendix of a collection that features "the sonnet-ballad" which questions, "Oh mother, mother, where is happiness?" This poet asserted, "Abortions will not let you forget" and began another poem, "Think of sweet and choclate / Left to folly or to fate". One book features sections titled "Womanhood" and "The Anniad", and she also wrote "Dinner is a casual affair" for the eponymous "old yellow pair" in "The Bean Eaters". This author of A Street in Bronzeville and Annie Allen wrote a poem including the lines, "We / Jazz June. We / Die soon". For 10 points, name this female African-American poet who wrote "We Real Cool".

This poet commented, "You need the untranslatable ice to watch" in a poem appearing in the appendix of a collection that features "the sonnet-ballad" which questions, "Oh mother, mother, where is happiness?" This poet asserted, "Abortions will not let you forget" and began another poem, "Think of sweet and choclate / Left to folly or to fate". One book features sections titled "Womanhood" and "The Anniad", and she also wrote "Dinner is a casual affair" for the eponymous "old yellow pair" in "The Bean Eaters". This author of A Street in Bronzeville and Annie Allen wrote a poem including the lines, "We / Jazz June. We / Die soon". For 10 points, name this female African-American poet who wrote "We Real Cool".

This poet commented, "You need the untranslatable ice to watch" in a poem appearing in the appendix of a collection that features "the sonnet-ballad" which questions, "Oh mother, mother, where is happiness?"

Gwendolyn_Brooks

Gwendolyn_Brooks

Gwendolyn Brooks

guesstrain

Literature

American

ACF Regionals

College

500-full

5476990eea23cca905506f46

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Substituting this mathematical object in for the inhomogeneous term in an integrodifferential equation yields the equation satisfied by the associated Green's function. This object is the fundamental example of the class of abstract sequentially continuous linear functionals on non-metric vector spaces of C-infinity-zero functions; such objects are known as singular distributions. Operation of convolution with a sequence approximating this functional converges in distribution to the identity operation. Therefore, the convolution of this object with any function f yield f of zero, a fact known as the sifting property. This distribution can be considered the generalized derivative of the step function. For 10 points, name this mathematical object that can be understood as a spike of unit area, zero width, and infinite height.

Substituting this mathematical object in for the inhomogeneous term in an integrodifferential equation yields the equation satisfied by the associated Green's function. This object is the fundamental example of the class of abstract sequentially continuous linear functionals on non-metric vector spaces of C-infinity-zero functions; such objects are known as singular distributions. Operation of convolution with a sequence approximating this functional converges in distribution to the identity operation. Therefore, the convolution of this object with any function f yield f of zero, a fact known as the sifting property. This distribution can be considered the generalized derivative of the step function. For 10 points, name this mathematical object that can be understood as a spike of unit area, zero width, and infinite height.

Substituting this mathematical object in for the inhomogeneous term in an integrodifferential equation yields the equation satisfied by the associated Green's function.

Dirac_delta_function

Dirac_delta_function

Dirac delta function [prompt on delta function]

guesstrain

Science

Math

ACF Regionals

College

501-full

5476990eea23cca905506f47

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Pundalik sets out a brick for this god to sit on in the guise of Vithoba after he locates his wife. Indradyumna asked Vishvakarma to make a limbless log statue of this god. He married the sixteen thousand one hundred maiden captives of Narakasura, adding to a list of wives which included Jambavati. After being raised by Yasoda and Nanda he killed his uncle Kamsa, while his siblings include Subhadra and Balarama. Jayadeva's Gita Govinda recounts his affairs with Radha and the gopis. This god gives his army to Duryodhana though he serves as charioteer to Arjuna, his conversational partner in the Bhagavad Gita. For 10 points, name this Hindu deity, usually depicted with blue skin.

Pundalik sets out a brick for this god to sit on in the guise of Vithoba after he locates his wife. Indradyumna asked Vishvakarma to make a limbless log statue of this god. He married the sixteen thousand one hundred maiden captives of Narakasura, adding to a list of wives which included Jambavati. After being raised by Yasoda and Nanda he killed his uncle Kamsa, while his siblings include Subhadra and Balarama. Jayadeva's Gita Govinda recounts his affairs with Radha and the gopis. This god gives his army to Duryodhana though he serves as charioteer to Arjuna, his conversational partner in the Bhagavad Gita. For 10 points, name this Hindu deity, usually depicted with blue skin.

Pundalik sets out a brick for this god to sit on in the guise of Vithoba after he locates his wife.

Krishna

Krishna

Krishna

guesstrain

Social Science

Religion/Mythology

ACF Regionals

College

502-full

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This man dealt with a troublesome guerrilla force in Kwilu by inviting its leader, Pierre Mulele, to a formal negotiation and then pulling off various parts of Mulele over the course of a day. The Popular Movement of the Revolution promulgated this man's doctrine of "nationalism", "revolution", and "authenticity" in the Manifesto of N'Sele. He faced two conflicts centered around the Shaba province, and rose to supreme power after his major rival and predecessor was captured and executed, likely with the aid of nefarious CIA operative Sydney Gottlieb. This predecessor of Laurent-Desire Kabila deposed the government of Joseph Kasavubu, forced Moise Tshombe to flee Katanga, and benefited from the aforementioned murder of  Patrice Lumumba. For 10 points, identify this African strongman who weathered the Congo Crisis to become the President of Zaire.

This man dealt with a troublesome guerrilla force in Kwilu by inviting its leader, Pierre Mulele, to a formal negotiation and then pulling off various parts of Mulele over the course of a day. The Popular Movement of the Revolution promulgated this man's doctrine of "nationalism", "revolution", and "authenticity" in the Manifesto of N'Sele. He faced two conflicts centered around the Shaba province, and rose to supreme power after his major rival and predecessor was captured and executed, likely with the aid of nefarious CIA operative Sydney Gottlieb. This predecessor of Laurent-Desire Kabila deposed the government of Joseph Kasavubu, forced Moise Tshombe to flee Katanga, and benefited from the aforementioned murder of  Patrice Lumumba. For 10 points, identify this African strongman who weathered the Congo Crisis to become the President of Zaire.

This man dealt with a troublesome guerrilla force in Kwilu by inviting its leader, Pierre Mulele, to a formal negotiation and then pulling off various parts of Mulele over the course of a day.

Mobutu_Sese_Seko

Mobutu_Sese_Seko

Mobutu Sese Seko

guesstrain

History

World

ACF Regionals

College

505-full

5476990eea23cca905506f4b

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Under the 1889 constitution this body was divided into the House of Peers, modeled after the Prussian Herrenhaus, and the House of Representatives, but the former has been replaced by the House of Councilors. The earlier incarnation of this was dominated by parties like the Association of Friends of Constitutional Government and the Constitutional Association of Friends. Laws passed by this body must be promulgated by the sovereign, who is obligated to do so by article 7 of the Peace Constitution. The Social Democratic Party and People's New Party have only ten seats total in the upper house, but have been quite outspoken in the current coalition, and the New Komeito Party lost all its local seats in the election of August 2009. For 10 points, name this legislative body which recently saw the Liberal Democratic Party lose to the DJP, led by Yukio Hatoyama.

Under the 1889 constitution this body was divided into the House of Peers, modeled after the Prussian Herrenhaus, and the House of Representatives, but the former has been replaced by the House of Councilors. The earlier incarnation of this was dominated by parties like the Association of Friends of Constitutional Government and the Constitutional Association of Friends. Laws passed by this body must be promulgated by the sovereign, who is obligated to do so by article 7 of the Peace Constitution. The Social Democratic Party and People's New Party have only ten seats total in the upper house, but have been quite outspoken in the current coalition, and the New Komeito Party lost all its local seats in the election of August 2009. For 10 points, name this legislative body which recently saw the Liberal Democratic Party lose to the DJP, led by Yukio Hatoyama.

Under the 1889 constitution this body was divided into the House of Peers, modeled after the Prussian Herrenhaus, and the House of Representatives, but the former has been replaced by the House of Councilors.

National_Diet

National_Diet

Diet of Japan [or Kokkai]

guesstrain

History

World

ACF Regionals

College

507-full

5476990eea23cca905506f4d

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The period leading to this holiday is termed Bayn Ha-Metsarim, during which marriage is prohibited, and in the Shabbat Hazon preceding this holiday, the blessing of wine during havdalah is postponed to Sunday night. The eve of this day sometimes sees the consumption of a boiled egg sprinkled with ashes. As during any period of shiva, it is prescribed to sit on low stools during this holiday, and studying any but a few sad tractates is forbidden as it is an enjoyable activity. This holiday sees the reading of the Kinnot and of Aycha, the book of Lamentations, in the afternoon, and it commemorates, among other calamities, the destruction of the First and Second Temples of Jerusalem. For 10 points, name this mournful summer holiday occurring on the namesake ordinal day of a certain Hebrew month.

The period leading to this holiday is termed Bayn Ha-Metsarim, during which marriage is prohibited, and in the Shabbat Hazon preceding this holiday, the blessing of wine during havdalah is postponed to Sunday night. The eve of this day sometimes sees the consumption of a boiled egg sprinkled with ashes. As during any period of shiva, it is prescribed to sit on low stools during this holiday, and studying any but a few sad tractates is forbidden as it is an enjoyable activity. This holiday sees the reading of the Kinnot and of Aycha, the book of Lamentations, in the afternoon, and it commemorates, among other calamities, the destruction of the First and Second Temples of Jerusalem. For 10 points, name this mournful summer holiday occurring on the namesake ordinal day of a certain Hebrew month.

The period leading to this holiday is termed Bayn Ha-Metsarim, during which marriage is prohibited, and in the Shabbat Hazon preceding this holiday, the blessing of wine during havdalah is postponed to Sunday night.

Tisha_B'Av

Tisha_B'Av

 Tisha b'Av [or Ninth of Av]

guesstrain

Social Science

Religion/Mythology

ACF Regionals

College

508-full

5476990eea23cca905506f4e

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In one work by this author, a man named Gorgibus sees his daughter and niece, the two title characters, fall in love with two impostors who pretend to be wealthy socialites while in another work, the author acted out the part of Sganarelle the servant during on stage performances. Besides those two early works, The Affected Ladies and The Flying Doctor, this playwright also composed plays in which a doctor takes advantage of the hypochondria of the titular character and another where Arnolphe enrolls Agnes in the titular institution. He is perhaps better known for a play in which the titular character is taken away by an officer after trying to con Orgon. For 10 points, identify this French playwright of The Imaginary Invalid, The School for Wives, and Tartuffe.

In one work by this author, a man named Gorgibus sees his daughter and niece, the two title characters, fall in love with two impostors who pretend to be wealthy socialites while in another work, the author acted out the part of Sganarelle the servant during on stage performances. Besides those two early works, The Affected Ladies and The Flying Doctor, this playwright also composed plays in which a doctor takes advantage of the hypochondria of the titular character and another where Arnolphe enrolls Agnes in the titular institution. He is perhaps better known for a play in which the titular character is taken away by an officer after trying to con Orgon. For 10 points, identify this French playwright of The Imaginary Invalid, The School for Wives, and Tartuffe.

In one work by this author, a man named Gorgibus sees his daughter and niece, the two title characters, fall in love with two impostors who pretend to be wealthy socialites while in another work, the author acted out the part of Sganarelle the servant during on stage performances.

Molière

Molière

Molière [or Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]

guesstrain

Literature

European

ACF Regionals

College

509-full

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Jacques Ibert wrote a concerto for this instrument for Marcel Moyse, and Messaien's Le merle noir is for this instrument and piano. A quartet of these instruments, whose lowest note is either Middle C or a half-step below, attempt to respond to the trumpet's five-note query in Ives' The Unanswered Question. A physical property of platinum lends its name to Varese's work for this instrument solo, Density 21.5, and Walter Piston wrote a ballet about an "Incredible" player of this instrument.  This transverse instrument, which supplanted the recorder, is also known for its low-register unaccompanied solo at the beginning of Debussy's Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun. For 10 points, name this woodwind instrument whose dimunitive relative is the piccolo.

Jacques Ibert wrote a concerto for this instrument for Marcel Moyse, and Messaien's Le merle noir is for this instrument and piano. A quartet of these instruments, whose lowest note is either Middle C or a half-step below, attempt to respond to the trumpet's five-note query in Ives' The Unanswered Question. A physical property of platinum lends its name to Varese's work for this instrument solo, Density 21.5, and Walter Piston wrote a ballet about an "Incredible" player of this instrument.  This transverse instrument, which supplanted the recorder, is also known for its low-register unaccompanied solo at the beginning of Debussy's Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun. For 10 points, name this woodwind instrument whose dimunitive relative is the piccolo.

Jacques Ibert wrote a concerto for this instrument for Marcel Moyse, and Messaien's Le merle noir is for this instrument and piano.

Flute

Flute

flute

guesstrain

Fine Arts

Music

ACF Regionals

College

511-full

5476990eea23cca905506f51

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In this novel, the young Spanish girl Mariequita acts as a foil to the main character who herself has two young sons named Etienne and Raoul. Doctor Mandelet is one of the few characters in the novel that suspects the main character of committing affairs, while Mademoiselle Reisz knows definitively that the main character has had affair with Robert Lebrun. The main character, the wife of Leonce, is also romanced by Alcee Arobin, the most. promiscuous man of Grand Isle, which eventually leads her to drowning herself in the Gulf of Mexico. Edna Pontellier breaks from the social constraints of females in the South in, for 10 points, what 1899 novel, the most famous by author Kate Chopin?

In this novel, the young Spanish girl Mariequita acts as a foil to the main character who herself has two young sons named Etienne and Raoul. Doctor Mandelet is one of the few characters in the novel that suspects the main character of committing affairs, while Mademoiselle Reisz knows definitively that the main character has had affair with Robert Lebrun. The main character, the wife of Leonce, is also romanced by Alcee Arobin, the most. promiscuous man of Grand Isle, which eventually leads her to drowning herself in the Gulf of Mexico. Edna Pontellier breaks from the social constraints of females in the South in, for 10 points, what 1899 novel, the most famous by author Kate Chopin?

In this novel, the young Spanish girl Mariequita acts as a foil to the main character who herself has two young sons named Etienne and Raoul.

The_Awakening_(Chopin_novel)

The_Awakening_(Chopin_novel)

The Awakening

guesstrain

Literature

American

ACF Regionals

College

512-full

5476990eea23cca905506f52

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Spectral lines generated by this effect are moved when one nuclear isomer is replaced by another, and in order for this effect to occur E sub R must be less than one-half of the linewidth for the corresponding transition. Spectral lines of molecules undergoing this effect display a characteristic namesake "wing". One quantity important in this effect is equal to the exponential of a polynomial involving the absolute value of the scattering vector q, and gives a ratio of transitions via this effect to purely resonant transitions, known as the Debye-Waller factor. Originally discovered in a block of Iridium, this effect was used via a pair of samples of iron attached to loudspeakers in order to prove the existence of gravitational redshift by Pound and Rebka. For 10 points, name this effect in which solid atoms absorb and emit gamma rays in a recoil-free manner, named for a German.

Spectral lines generated by this effect are moved when one nuclear isomer is replaced by another, and in order for this effect to occur E sub R must be less than one-half of the linewidth for the corresponding transition. Spectral lines of molecules undergoing this effect display a characteristic namesake "wing". One quantity important in this effect is equal to the exponential of a polynomial involving the absolute value of the scattering vector q, and gives a ratio of transitions via this effect to purely resonant transitions, known as the Debye-Waller factor. Originally discovered in a block of Iridium, this effect was used via a pair of samples of iron attached to loudspeakers in order to prove the existence of gravitational redshift by Pound and Rebka. For 10 points, name this effect in which solid atoms absorb and emit gamma rays in a recoil-free manner, named for a German.

Spectral lines generated by this effect are moved when one nuclear isomer is replaced by another, and in order for this effect to occur E sub R must be less than one-half of the linewidth for the corresponding transition.

Mössbauer_effect

Mössbauer_effect

Mossbauer effect

guesstrain

Science

Physics

ACF Regionals

College

513-full

5476990eea23cca905506f53

protobowl

This polity conquered Ba and Shu, and subjugated the Rong barbarians thanks to the service of Duke Mu. The borders of this dynasty were maintained with the aid of a key defensive position at Hangu pass, which fell only once during its tenure. It developed a power base by preventing the Hezong, or North-South alliance, in favor of that of Lianheng, or East-West, and the forces of this dynasty slaughtered 450,000 prisoners of war from the state of Zhao in the Battle of Changping. It persisted in its anti-aristocratic reforms despite the graphic execution of their architect, Shang Yang, and was founded by a man who was aided by the minister Li Si, linked together a series of fortifications to create the Great Wall, and adopted Han Feizi's doctrine of Legalism. Though this dynasty united the fractured Warring states, it could not survive the death of its founder, Shi Huangdi. FTP, name this dynasty that gave way to the Han and arose from the ashes of the Zhou.

This polity conquered Ba and Shu, and subjugated the Rong barbarians thanks to the service of Duke Mu. The borders of this dynasty were maintained with the aid of a key defensive position at Hangu pass, which fell only once during its tenure. It developed a power base by preventing the Hezong, or North-South alliance, in favor of that of Lianheng, or East-West, and the forces of this dynasty slaughtered 450,000 prisoners of war from the state of Zhao in the Battle of Changping. It persisted in its anti-aristocratic reforms despite the graphic execution of their architect, Shang Yang, and was founded by a man who was aided by the minister Li Si, linked together a series of fortifications to create the Great Wall, and adopted Han Feizi's doctrine of Legalism. Though this dynasty united the fractured Warring states, it could not survive the death of its founder, Shi Huangdi. FTP, name this dynasty that gave way to the Han and arose from the ashes of the Zhou.

This polity conquered Ba and Shu, and subjugated the Rong barbarians thanks to the service of Duke Mu.

Qin_dynasty

Qin_dynasty

Qin Dynasty [or Chin Dynasty; do not accept "Ching Dynasty"]

guesstrain

History

World

ACF Regionals

College

514-full

5476990eea23cca905506f54

protobowl

This area was the namesake of a 1997 poetry collection interspersing tales from the Odyssey and a failed marriage, by Louise Gluck. Planning in this area, whose natural features include William DeKorte Park and Berry's Creek, is handled by a commission founded in 1969 primarily in response to unregulated landfills in this region which features land reclaimed by the Mosquito Control Commission. The remains of Pennsylvania Station were dumped here in 1963, an act which prompted the first historic preservation measures in New York City. Found along the lower reaches of the Hackensack River just north of Newark Bay, for 10 points, name this estuarine wetlands and possible final resting place of Jimmy Hoffa in northeastern New Jersey, also the home of a sports complex containing the Big M and Giants Stadium. 

This area was the namesake of a 1997 poetry collection interspersing tales from the Odyssey and a failed marriage, by Louise Gluck. Planning in this area, whose natural features include William DeKorte Park and Berry's Creek, is handled by a commission founded in 1969 primarily in response to unregulated landfills in this region which features land reclaimed by the Mosquito Control Commission. The remains of Pennsylvania Station were dumped here in 1963, an act which prompted the first historic preservation measures in New York City. Found along the lower reaches of the Hackensack River just north of Newark Bay, for 10 points, name this estuarine wetlands and possible final resting place of Jimmy Hoffa in northeastern New Jersey, also the home of a sports complex containing the Big M and Giants Stadium. 

This area was the namesake of a 1997 poetry collection interspersing tales from the Odyssey and a failed marriage, by Louise Gluck.

New_Jersey_Meadowlands

New_Jersey_Meadowlands

New Jersey Meadowlands [or Hackensack Meadowlands before mention]

guesstrain

Trash

Other

ACF Regionals

College

515-full

5476990eea23cca905506f55

protobowl

This thinker argued that propositions were the true objects of thought in an early paper titled, "The Nature of Judgment", the ideas of which are taken largely from this philosopher's dissertation, "The Metaphysical Basis of Ethics". This thinker denied that one could conclude that all relations are internal from Leibniz's law in the paper "External and Internal Relations", while another famous paper by this philosopher asked whether esse was principi en route to arguing against A.E. Taylor's version of the titular philosophy. This philosopher offered his hands as the titular concept in his paper titled "Proof of an external world", and in his most famous work argued that it was impossible to define goodness in natural terms. The author of "The Refutation of Idealism", for 10 points, identify this thinker who critiqued the naturalistic fallacy in his magnum opus, Principia Ethica.

This thinker argued that propositions were the true objects of thought in an early paper titled, "The Nature of Judgment", the ideas of which are taken largely from this philosopher's dissertation, "The Metaphysical Basis of Ethics". This thinker denied that one could conclude that all relations are internal from Leibniz's law in the paper "External and Internal Relations", while another famous paper by this philosopher asked whether esse was principi en route to arguing against A.E. Taylor's version of the titular philosophy. This philosopher offered his hands as the titular concept in his paper titled "Proof of an external world", and in his most famous work argued that it was impossible to define goodness in natural terms. The author of "The Refutation of Idealism", for 10 points, identify this thinker who critiqued the naturalistic fallacy in his magnum opus, Principia Ethica.

This thinker argued that propositions were the true objects of thought in an early paper titled, "The Nature of Judgment", the ideas of which are taken largely from this philosopher's dissertation, "The Metaphysical Basis of Ethics".

G._E._Moore

G._E._Moore

George Edward Moore

guesstrain

Social Science

Philosophy

ACF Regionals

College

517-full

5476990eea23cca905506f57

protobowl

At the beginning of this novel, one character requests a shot of vitamin B to ward off sluggishness, and receives a phone call which is overheard by the gossipy O-haru. Another character gains acclaim for making traditional dolls, and performs a dance entitled "Snow". At the recital, she is photographed by Itakura, who later rescues her from a flood. Mrs. Itani suggests a series of marriage prospects for another of the main characters, who is finally engaged to Mimaki at the end of the novel. That character, Yukiko, prefers to stay with the Ashiya branch of the family, rather than with the main family, which moves to Tokyo from Osaka. Tsuruko, Sachiko, and Taeko are, for 10 points, the other titular characters of what novel by Junichiro Tanizaki?

At the beginning of this novel, one character requests a shot of vitamin B to ward off sluggishness, and receives a phone call which is overheard by the gossipy O-haru. Another character gains acclaim for making traditional dolls, and performs a dance entitled "Snow". At the recital, she is photographed by Itakura, who later rescues her from a flood. Mrs. Itani suggests a series of marriage prospects for another of the main characters, who is finally engaged to Mimaki at the end of the novel. That character, Yukiko, prefers to stay with the Ashiya branch of the family, rather than with the main family, which moves to Tokyo from Osaka. Tsuruko, Sachiko, and Taeko are, for 10 points, the other titular characters of what novel by Junichiro Tanizaki?

At the beginning of this novel, one character requests a shot of vitamin B to ward off sluggishness, and receives a phone call which is overheard by the gossipy O-haru.

The_Makioka_Sisters

The_Makioka_Sisters

The Makioka Sisters

guesstrain

Literature

World

ACF Regionals

College

518-full

5476990eea23cca905506f58

protobowl

The events of this opera follow from the sickness of Garzia and burning of a woman, whose daughter accidentally throws her own baby in the same fire. That story is told to retainers by the captain of the guard in "Abbietta zingara". The Count and Troubador decide to duel soon after singing "Di geloso amor spezzato" with their love Leonora, who faints to end Act I. The second act opens with the "Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie". Ferrando later captures the Gypsy woman who had burned her child, and her supposed son holds Leonora as she dies from taking poison. For 10 points, name this Verdi opera about Manrico, Azucena, and the Count Di Luna, which contains the Anvil Chorus.

The events of this opera follow from the sickness of Garzia and burning of a woman, whose daughter accidentally throws her own baby in the same fire. That story is told to retainers by the captain of the guard in "Abbietta zingara". The Count and Troubador decide to duel soon after singing "Di geloso amor spezzato" with their love Leonora, who faints to end Act I. The second act opens with the "Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie". Ferrando later captures the Gypsy woman who had burned her child, and her supposed son holds Leonora as she dies from taking poison. For 10 points, name this Verdi opera about Manrico, Azucena, and the Count Di Luna, which contains the Anvil Chorus.

The events of this opera follow from the sickness of Garzia and burning of a woman, whose daughter accidentally throws her own baby in the same fire.

Il_trovatore

Il_trovatore

Il Trovatore

guesstrain

Fine Arts

Music

ACF Regionals

College

519-full

5476990eea23cca905506f59

protobowl

In plants, production of this chemical via P450 mono-oxygenase helps eliminate poisonous ammonia. The enzyme catalyzing this compound's production depends on biopterin and is found in large abundances in Raphe neurons. Myo-inositol in consumed foods serves to modulate activity of this neurotransmitter. In the body, about 80% of this neurotransmitter in the body is synthesized by the gut's enterochromaffin cells. Both MAOI and TCA therapies parallel a current method of treating depression by increasing extracellular levels of this tryptophan derivative also known as 5-HT. For 10 points, name this neurotransmitter regulating mood and appetite whose reuptake is selectively inhibited by anti-depressants like Prozac and other SSRIs.

In plants, production of this chemical via P450 mono-oxygenase helps eliminate poisonous ammonia. The enzyme catalyzing this compound's production depends on biopterin and is found in large abundances in Raphe neurons. Myo-inositol in consumed foods serves to modulate activity of this neurotransmitter. In the body, about 80% of this neurotransmitter in the body is synthesized by the gut's enterochromaffin cells. Both MAOI and TCA therapies parallel a current method of treating depression by increasing extracellular levels of this tryptophan derivative also known as 5-HT. For 10 points, name this neurotransmitter regulating mood and appetite whose reuptake is selectively inhibited by anti-depressants like Prozac and other SSRIs.

In plants, production of this chemical via P450 mono-oxygenase helps eliminate poisonous ammonia.

Serotonin

Serotonin

serotonin [or 5-hydroxytryptamine; or 5-HT before mentioned]

guesstrain

Science

Biology

ACF Regionals

College

521-full

5476990eea23cca905506f5b

protobowl

Gilli's studies of the transition state forms of these entities employed their resonance-assisted versions in 1-(X-phenylazo)-2-naphthols. The migration of a proton along one of these provides one step in Grotthuss diffusion, which helps explain why they are grouped with related oscillating ion interactions. These interactions can form clathrate-like cages to separate two types of molecules. They occur over a range of 2.2 to 2.5 Angstroms in their short-strong or low-barrier forms, and these interactions occur between i and i+4 positions on alpha helices. Stabilization via these interactions explains the low density of ice. For 10 points, name these strong covalent interactions typically occurring between fluorine, nitrogen, or oxygen and the namesake element.

Gilli's studies of the transition state forms of these entities employed their resonance-assisted versions in 1-(X-phenylazo)-2-naphthols. The migration of a proton along one of these provides one step in Grotthuss diffusion, which helps explain why they are grouped with related oscillating ion interactions. These interactions can form clathrate-like cages to separate two types of molecules. They occur over a range of 2.2 to 2.5 Angstroms in their short-strong or low-barrier forms, and these interactions occur between i and i+4 positions on alpha helices. Stabilization via these interactions explains the low density of ice. For 10 points, name these strong covalent interactions typically occurring between fluorine, nitrogen, or oxygen and the namesake element.

Gilli's studies of the transition state forms of these entities employed their resonance-assisted versions in 1-(X-phenylazo)-2-naphthols.

Hydrogen_bond

Hydrogen_bond

hydrogen bonds [or H-bonds]

guesstrain

Science

Chemistry

ACF Regionals

College

523-full

5476990eea23cca905506f5d

protobowl

One of this author's novels shows Basil Seal attempting to slow the growing insanity of the Chief of the Chiefs of Sakuyu, an Oxford graduate named Seth who has proclaimed himself the emperor of Arizona. In addition to Black Mischief, this author wrote about John Beaver, who attempts to seduce Brenda in order to further the business of his interior decorator mother. That same novel shows the owner of Hetton Abbey forced to read Charles Dickens novels to a savage in the jungle; that man is Tony Last. His best-known novel shows Samgrass hold on to all the expense money of Sebastian's regiment; Sebastian is a friend of Charles Ryder, a painter who is a houseguest at the residence of Lord and Lady Marchmain. For 10 points, name this author of A Handful of Dust and Brideshead Revisited.

One of this author's novels shows Basil Seal attempting to slow the growing insanity of the Chief of the Chiefs of Sakuyu, an Oxford graduate named Seth who has proclaimed himself the emperor of Arizona. In addition to Black Mischief, this author wrote about John Beaver, who attempts to seduce Brenda in order to further the business of his interior decorator mother. That same novel shows the owner of Hetton Abbey forced to read Charles Dickens novels to a savage in the jungle; that man is Tony Last. His best-known novel shows Samgrass hold on to all the expense money of Sebastian's regiment; Sebastian is a friend of Charles Ryder, a painter who is a houseguest at the residence of Lord and Lady Marchmain. For 10 points, name this author of A Handful of Dust and Brideshead Revisited.

One of this author's novels shows Basil Seal attempting to slow the growing insanity of the Chief of the Chiefs of Sakuyu, an Oxford graduate named Seth who has proclaimed himself the emperor of Arizona.

Evelyn_Waugh

Evelyn_Waugh

Evelyn Arthur St. John Waugh

guesstrain

Literature

European

ACF Regionals

College

524-full

5476990eea23cca905506f5e

protobowl

This artist showed three tall trees on the left side of his painting of a river valley with the title mountain in the background of his Franconia Notch. He depicted a city across a harbor from a forest in his Progress (The Advance of Civilization). A Benjamin Field poem called Moonlight was the basis for this man's painting of the Hudson behind the title Trysting Tree. Early in his life, he established his reputation with the engraving for Trumbull's Declaration of Independence. Another painting by this man shows Kaaterskill Falls and the Clove of the Catskills as two men stand on a ledge on the left. For 10 points, name this Hudson River School painter who depicted William Cullen Bryant and Thomas Cole in his Kindred Spirits. 

This artist showed three tall trees on the left side of his painting of a river valley with the title mountain in the background of his Franconia Notch. He depicted a city across a harbor from a forest in his Progress (The Advance of Civilization). A Benjamin Field poem called Moonlight was the basis for this man's painting of the Hudson behind the title Trysting Tree. Early in his life, he established his reputation with the engraving for Trumbull's Declaration of Independence. Another painting by this man shows Kaaterskill Falls and the Clove of the Catskills as two men stand on a ledge on the left. For 10 points, name this Hudson River School painter who depicted William Cullen Bryant and Thomas Cole in his Kindred Spirits. 

This artist showed three tall trees on the left side of his painting of a river valley with the title mountain in the background of his Franconia Notch.

Asher_Brown_Durand

Asher_Brown_Durand

Asher Brown Durand

guesstrain

Fine Arts

Art

ACF Regionals

College

525-full

5476990eea23cca905506f5f

protobowl

Two leaders of this group believed in a wacky form of theosophy in which those leaders were the "cerebrum of Christ" and "cerebellum of Christ". Henry Vincent served as the official historian of this group. This group, officially known as the Commonweal of Christ, carried a banner proclaiming "Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Men, but Death to Interest on Bonds!" This group disbanded after Christopher Columbus Jones, Carl Browne, and its namesake were arrested for walking on the Capitol lawn. For 10 points, name this so-called "Army" that attempted to lobby the government for more road-building jobs by marching from Massillon, Ohio to Washington, D.C. in 1894.

Two leaders of this group believed in a wacky form of theosophy in which those leaders were the "cerebrum of Christ" and "cerebellum of Christ". Henry Vincent served as the official historian of this group. This group, officially known as the Commonweal of Christ, carried a banner proclaiming "Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Men, but Death to Interest on Bonds!" This group disbanded after Christopher Columbus Jones, Carl Browne, and its namesake were arrested for walking on the Capitol lawn. For 10 points, name this so-called "Army" that attempted to lobby the government for more road-building jobs by marching from Massillon, Ohio to Washington, D.C. in 1894.

Two leaders of this group believed in a wacky form of theosophy in which those leaders were the "cerebrum of Christ" and "cerebellum of Christ".

Coxey's_Army

Coxey's_Army

Coxey's Army [or Commonwealth of Christ before read]

guesstrain

History

American

ACF Regionals

College

528-full

5476990eea23cca905506f62

protobowl

In this work's second section, the cymbal, flute, and violins play quietly while the tenor whispers, "Move him into the sun". The first movement introduces the recurring tritone between C and F-sharp. The penultimate movement consists of alterations between excerpts from the B-minor and C-major scales, ending with the hushed chorus holding the final syllable of "sempiternam". The boys chorus quotes from the composer's earlier canticle Abraham and Isaac at the beginning of the "Offertorium". At the end of this work, the baritone and tenor converge to sing "let us sleep now" before all three sections of the chorus join to repeat "requiescant in pace". Commissioned for the reconsecration of the Coventry Cathedral, for 10 points, name this choral mass featuring the poetry of Wilfred Owen, composed by Benjamin Britten.

In this work's second section, the cymbal, flute, and violins play quietly while the tenor whispers, "Move him into the sun". The first movement introduces the recurring tritone between C and F-sharp. The penultimate movement consists of alterations between excerpts from the B-minor and C-major scales, ending with the hushed chorus holding the final syllable of "sempiternam". The boys chorus quotes from the composer's earlier canticle Abraham and Isaac at the beginning of the "Offertorium". At the end of this work, the baritone and tenor converge to sing "let us sleep now" before all three sections of the chorus join to repeat "requiescant in pace". Commissioned for the reconsecration of the Coventry Cathedral, for 10 points, name this choral mass featuring the poetry of Wilfred Owen, composed by Benjamin Britten.

In this work's second section, the cymbal, flute, and violins play quietly while the tenor whispers, "Move him into the sun".

War_Requiem

War_Requiem

War Requiem

guesstrain

Fine Arts

Music

ACF Regionals

College

529-full

5476990eea23cca905506f63

protobowl

Carle and Olson developed an "electrophoretic" version of this technique that involved orthogonal field alternation. Though it has nothing to do with clinical trials, another form of this technique has "3+3", "2+3", and "3+2" types, where the second number indicates the number of haptene-labeled probes. Visualization methods in this technique include the "trypsin-Giemsa", or "G-banding", technique. Cells used in this technique must be treated with colchicine so that they can be arrested in metaphase. In normal humans, this technique visualizes a set of 46 genetic structures. For 10 points, identify this technique used during pregnancies to screen for fetuses having chromosomal abnormalities, which produces an ordered plot of an individual's chromosomes.

Carle and Olson developed an "electrophoretic" version of this technique that involved orthogonal field alternation. Though it has nothing to do with clinical trials, another form of this technique has "3+3", "2+3", and "3+2" types, where the second number indicates the number of haptene-labeled probes. Visualization methods in this technique include the "trypsin-Giemsa", or "G-banding", technique. Cells used in this technique must be treated with colchicine so that they can be arrested in metaphase. In normal humans, this technique visualizes a set of 46 genetic structures. For 10 points, identify this technique used during pregnancies to screen for fetuses having chromosomal abnormalities, which produces an ordered plot of an individual's chromosomes.

Carle and Olson developed an "electrophoretic" version of this technique that involved orthogonal field alternation.

Karyotype

Karyotype

karyotyping [accept word forms]

guesstrain

Science

Biology

ACF Regionals

College

531-full

5476990eea23cca905506f65

protobowl

This figure once disguised a maid as his foster father's wife in order to foil Rhun's attempted seduction. In another story, this figure forced his rivals in the Court of Maelgwn to make baby noises, after which he shook the castle with wind summoned by a song he composed. As a boy, this figure worked alongside a blind man named Morda and once changed himself into a hare, a fish, and a grain of wheat. He gained his abilities after he spilled a potion intended to give Morfran wisdom onto his own thumb; later, he was eaten by, and reborn from, Morfran's mother, the witch Ceridwen. He was originally known as Gwion Bach, though Elphin gave him a name meaning "radiant brow". For 10 points, identify this legendary Welsh bard.

This figure once disguised a maid as his foster father's wife in order to foil Rhun's attempted seduction. In another story, this figure forced his rivals in the Court of Maelgwn to make baby noises, after which he shook the castle with wind summoned by a song he composed. As a boy, this figure worked alongside a blind man named Morda and once changed himself into a hare, a fish, and a grain of wheat. He gained his abilities after he spilled a potion intended to give Morfran wisdom onto his own thumb; later, he was eaten by, and reborn from, Morfran's mother, the witch Ceridwen. He was originally known as Gwion Bach, though Elphin gave him a name meaning "radiant brow". For 10 points, identify this legendary Welsh bard.

This figure once disguised a maid as his foster father's wife in order to foil Rhun's attempted seduction.

Taliesin

Taliesin

{Taliesin} [accept {Gwion Bach} before it's said]

guesstrain

Social Science

Religion/Mythology

ACF Regionals

College

532-full

5476990eea23cca905506f66

protobowl

Like John Hicks, this economist described bundles of goods that could be analyzed together, which he termed "composite commodities". One idea advanced by this man was criticized in by Edward Leamer who drew upon an idea modified by Vanek, but that result was supported by a 1972 study by Robert Baldwin. Earlier, B. C. Swerling criticized that result on the grounds that this man had chosen to analyze data from an year with abnormal trading conditions. This man also developed a linear model of an economy that uses a consumption matrix to denote the dollar value of goods consumed and produced by various industries of an economy. For 10 points, identify this economist whose "paradox" is inconsistent with the Hechsher-Olin model, best known for his development of the input-output analysis.

Like John Hicks, this economist described bundles of goods that could be analyzed together, which he termed "composite commodities". One idea advanced by this man was criticized in by Edward Leamer who drew upon an idea modified by Vanek, but that result was supported by a 1972 study by Robert Baldwin. Earlier, B. C. Swerling criticized that result on the grounds that this man had chosen to analyze data from an year with abnormal trading conditions. This man also developed a linear model of an economy that uses a consumption matrix to denote the dollar value of goods consumed and produced by various industries of an economy. For 10 points, identify this economist whose "paradox" is inconsistent with the Hechsher-Olin model, best known for his development of the input-output analysis.

Like John Hicks, this economist described bundles of goods that could be analyzed together, which he termed "composite commodities".

Wassily_Leontief

Wassily_Leontief

Wassily Leontief

guesstrain

Social Science

Economics

ACF Regionals

College

533-full

5476990eea23cca905506f67

protobowl

The brief first section of this work describes how the protagonist is a servant of Mrs. Van Hopper in Monte Carlo before shockingly marrying an upper-class man. The protagonist of this novel is nearly hypnotized into jumping to her death before rockets signaling a shipwreck snap her back to sanity. At the end of this novel, a magistrate named Colonel Julwin deems a suspicious death a suicide before Jack Favell and Mrs. Danvers burn down the male protagonist's home. The unnamed protagonist of this novel marries Maxim de Winter, who shot the adulterous title character, his first wife, and sunk her corpse in a boat. The oft-quoted first line of this novel is "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again". For 10 points, name this novel by Daphne du Maurier.

The brief first section of this work describes how the protagonist is a servant of Mrs. Van Hopper in Monte Carlo before shockingly marrying an upper-class man. The protagonist of this novel is nearly hypnotized into jumping to her death before rockets signaling a shipwreck snap her back to sanity. At the end of this novel, a magistrate named Colonel Julwin deems a suspicious death a suicide before Jack Favell and Mrs. Danvers burn down the male protagonist's home. The unnamed protagonist of this novel marries Maxim de Winter, who shot the adulterous title character, his first wife, and sunk her corpse in a boat. The oft-quoted first line of this novel is "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again". For 10 points, name this novel by Daphne du Maurier.

The brief first section of this work describes how the protagonist is a servant of Mrs. Van Hopper in Monte Carlo before shockingly marrying an upper-class man.

Rebecca

Rebecca

Rebecca

guesstrain

Literature

European

ACF Regionals

College

537-full

5476990eea23cca905506f6b

protobowl

The Hateg formation was located within this entity, and is now a source of dinosaur fossil riches in Romania. The Western portion of this entity is called the "Alpine" part, which has such disappeared subportions as the Valais and Meliata segments. This entity was divided by the Elburz and Carpathian orogenies, after which its northern part became known as the "Para" part. The "Paleo" version of this entity was found north of the Cimmerian plate, which formed the final version of this entity when it moved northward. This body opened up when the component of Pangaea began to move apart. For 10 points, name this gigantic body of water that opened up between Laurasia and Gondwanaland, named for a Titaness and daughter of Uranus.

The Hateg formation was located within this entity, and is now a source of dinosaur fossil riches in Romania. The Western portion of this entity is called the "Alpine" part, which has such disappeared subportions as the Valais and Meliata segments. This entity was divided by the Elburz and Carpathian orogenies, after which its northern part became known as the "Para" part. The "Paleo" version of this entity was found north of the Cimmerian plate, which formed the final version of this entity when it moved northward. This body opened up when the component of Pangaea began to move apart. For 10 points, name this gigantic body of water that opened up between Laurasia and Gondwanaland, named for a Titaness and daughter of Uranus.

The Hateg formation was located within this entity, and is now a source of dinosaur fossil riches in Romania.

Tethys_Ocean

Tethys_Ocean

Tethys Ocean [accept Tethys Sea]

guesstrain

Social Science

Geography

ACF Regionals

College

538-full

5476990eea23cca905506f6c

protobowl

This author was friends with the Monaco-born Countess de Bagnoregio, who moved to Pittsburgh after marrying a philanthropist. This author's early publications included a journal article in which he begins to advocate enriching chess by removing a rook, but eventually takes the opposing position and argues against his own suggestion. He also authored monographs on Leibniz and Ramon Llull. In 1918, this author attempted to forget over three hundred years of history and endeavored to fight Turks and Moors, resulting in the production of two chapters and a fragment of a third chapter of a text in which a knight-errant loves Dulcinea and accompanies Sancho Panza. For 10 points, name this writer, the titular "author of the Quijote" in a short story by Jorge Luis Borges.

This author was friends with the Monaco-born Countess de Bagnoregio, who moved to Pittsburgh after marrying a philanthropist. This author's early publications included a journal article in which he begins to advocate enriching chess by removing a rook, but eventually takes the opposing position and argues against his own suggestion. He also authored monographs on Leibniz and Ramon Llull. In 1918, this author attempted to forget over three hundred years of history and endeavored to fight Turks and Moors, resulting in the production of two chapters and a fragment of a third chapter of a text in which a knight-errant loves Dulcinea and accompanies Sancho Panza. For 10 points, name this writer, the titular "author of the Quijote" in a short story by Jorge Luis Borges.

This author was friends with the Monaco-born Countess de Bagnoregio, who moved to Pittsburgh after marrying a philanthropist.

Pierre_Menard

Pierre_Menard

Pierre Menard [accept either underlined part; accept "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quijote; or "Pierre Menard, autor del Quijote]

guesstrain

Literature

World

ACF Regionals

College

539-full

5476990eea23cca905506f6d

protobowl

The Akkerman Convention was signed so that the losers of this conflict could devote full attention to it, and Russian diplomat John Capodistria was key in stabilizing its aftermath by popularizing the potato. and it was driven by the infrastructure laid out by a secret society modeled on freemasonry, whose name translates as "Friendly Society". A refusal to honor the Treaty of London led to this conflict's decisive battle, which saw Login Geiden, Henry di Rigny, and Edward Codrington smash the fleet of Ibrahim Pasha at Navarino. Led by Alexander Ypsilantis, it began a downward spiral for the losers, who subsequently fought a series of variously disastrous wars against Russia. For 10 points, name this 1820s war against Ottoman hegemony that saw the death of Lord Byron, a struggle for the independence of a certain country fought in cities like Missolonghi, Corinth, and Athens.

The Akkerman Convention was signed so that the losers of this conflict could devote full attention to it, and Russian diplomat John Capodistria was key in stabilizing its aftermath by popularizing the potato. and it was driven by the infrastructure laid out by a secret society modeled on freemasonry, whose name translates as "Friendly Society". A refusal to honor the Treaty of London led to this conflict's decisive battle, which saw Login Geiden, Henry di Rigny, and Edward Codrington smash the fleet of Ibrahim Pasha at Navarino. Led by Alexander Ypsilantis, it began a downward spiral for the losers, who subsequently fought a series of variously disastrous wars against Russia. For 10 points, name this 1820s war against Ottoman hegemony that saw the death of Lord Byron, a struggle for the independence of a certain country fought in cities like Missolonghi, Corinth, and Athens.

The Akkerman Convention was signed so that the losers of this conflict could devote full attention to it, and Russian diplomat John Capodistria was key in stabilizing its aftermath by popularizing the potato.

Greek_War_of_Independence

Greek_War_of_Independence

Greek War of Independence [accept anything that establishes Greeks are fighting, and they aren't free]

guesstrain

History

European

ACF Regionals

College

540-full

5476990eea23cca905506f6e

protobowl

One master of this instrument worked with Nat and Cannonball Adderley on his album Bohemia After Dark and was nicknamed "Klook". Another man who played this instrument wrote the album We Insist! —Freedom Now for the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation and founded the orchestra M'Boom. In addition to Kenny Clarke and Max Roach, another master of this instrument recorded the album A Night in Birdland while leading his band the Jazz Messengers. A bandleader known for this instrument gained fame in Benny Goodman's band for playing the solo in "Sing, Sing, Sing", and Elvin Jones played it in the Coltrane Quartet. For 10 points, name this instrument played by Art Blakey, Gene Krupa, and Ringo Starr.

One master of this instrument worked with Nat and Cannonball Adderley on his album Bohemia After Dark and was nicknamed "Klook". Another man who played this instrument wrote the album We Insist! —Freedom Now for the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation and founded the orchestra M'Boom. In addition to Kenny Clarke and Max Roach, another master of this instrument recorded the album A Night in Birdland while leading his band the Jazz Messengers. A bandleader known for this instrument gained fame in Benny Goodman's band for playing the solo in "Sing, Sing, Sing", and Elvin Jones played it in the Coltrane Quartet. For 10 points, name this instrument played by Art Blakey, Gene Krupa, and Ringo Starr.

One master of this instrument worked with Nat and Cannonball Adderley on his album Bohemia

Drum

Drum

Drums

guesstrain

Fine Arts

Music

ACF Regionals

College

541-full

5476990eea23cca905506f6f

protobowl

In tokamaks in which a separatrix exists, the safety factor obtains this value at the separatrix. By analyzing the two-dimensional Ising model, Kramers and Wannier established that the specific heat took on this value at the Curie point. This value is obtained when computing the occupancy number for the ground state of a Bose-Einstein condensate, and classical calculations of electron self-energies also yield this value. In quantum field theory, terms having this value are removed through the process of renormalization, and this value is also obtained for the energy radiated by a black body when extrapolating the Rayleigh-Jeans law to higher frequencies. For 10 points, identify this value attained by the classical metric of general relativity at the singularity of a black hole, in which things get unquantifiably large.

In tokamaks in which a separatrix exists, the safety factor obtains this value at the separatrix. By analyzing the two-dimensional Ising model, Kramers and Wannier established that the specific heat took on this value at the Curie point. This value is obtained when computing the occupancy number for the ground state of a Bose-Einstein condensate, and classical calculations of electron self-energies also yield this value. In quantum field theory, terms having this value are removed through the process of renormalization, and this value is also obtained for the energy radiated by a black body when extrapolating the Rayleigh-Jeans law to higher frequencies. For 10 points, identify this value attained by the classical metric of general relativity at the singularity of a black hole, in which things get unquantifiably large.

In tokamaks in which a separatrix exists, the safety factor obtains this value at the separatrix.

Infinity

Infinity

infinity [accept word forms, prompt on divergence]

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Science

Physics

ACF Regionals

College

542-full

5476990eea23cca905506f70

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According to legend, this man would hide in the bushes to see whether his soldiers were drinking. Henry Rowe Schoolcraft proved that this man made a mistake in naming Leech Lake as the source of the Mississippi River. This man's papers were confiscated by Nemesio Salcedo, who was convinced he was spying on New Spain. This man coined the name "Great American Desert" for the region he most famously explored. He died while leading an amphibious assault on York during the War of 1812. An expedition led by John Fremont later named what this man called "Grand Peak" after him. For 10 points, give this "Lost Pathfinder" and namesake of the Rocky Mountains peak that allegedly inspired the song America the Beautiful.

According to legend, this man would hide in the bushes to see whether his soldiers were drinking. Henry Rowe Schoolcraft proved that this man made a mistake in naming Leech Lake as the source of the Mississippi River. This man's papers were confiscated by Nemesio Salcedo, who was convinced he was spying on New Spain. This man coined the name "Great American Desert" for the region he most famously explored. He died while leading an amphibious assault on York during the War of 1812. An expedition led by John Fremont later named what this man called "Grand Peak" after him. For 10 points, give this "Lost Pathfinder" and namesake of the Rocky Mountains peak that allegedly inspired the song America the Beautiful.

According to legend, this man would hide in the bushes to see whether his soldiers were drinking.

Zebulon_Pike

Zebulon_Pike

Zebulon Montgomery Pike

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History

American

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College

543-full

5476990eea23cca905506f71

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The author of this work included "values", "symbolic generalizations", and "exemplars" among the components of the "disciplinary matrix", a concept introduced in this work's 1969 postscript to clarify its central concept. This work's insistence on N.R. Hanson's idea of the theory-dependence of observation led to its argument that the holism of meaning is shared by both theoretical and observational terms, leading to the first appearance of its author's semantic incommensurability thesis. This work posits that "puzzle-solving" makes up most of the process of "normal science" and asserts that the accumulation of "anomalies" leads to a "crisis", which is eventually resolved by a "paradigm shift". For 10 points, identify this 1962 monograph by Thomas Kuhn.

The author of this work included "values", "symbolic generalizations", and "exemplars" among the components of the "disciplinary matrix", a concept introduced in this work's 1969 postscript to clarify its central concept. This work's insistence on N.R. Hanson's idea of the theory-dependence of observation led to its argument that the holism of meaning is shared by both theoretical and observational terms, leading to the first appearance of its author's semantic incommensurability thesis. This work posits that "puzzle-solving" makes up most of the process of "normal science" and asserts that the accumulation of "anomalies" leads to a "crisis", which is eventually resolved by a "paradigm shift". For 10 points, identify this 1962 monograph by Thomas Kuhn.

The author of this work included "values", "symbolic generalizations", and "exemplars" among the components of the "disciplinary matrix", a concept introduced in this work's 1969 postscript to clarify its central concept.

The_Structure_of_Scientific_Revolutions

The_Structure_of_Scientific_Revolutions

The {Structure} of {Scientific Revolutions} [prompt on "SSR"]

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Social Science

Philosophy

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College

544-full

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This artist showed Alekto dragging Mars out of the Temple of Janus as he stomps on a book representing the arts in The Consequences of War, which is paired with The Allegory on the Blessings of Peace. He featured a fountain with water spouting out of the breasts of a statue of Diana on the right side of a painting that shows him dancing with Helene Fourment. He painted Saturn lifting Veritas up to heaven in The Triumph of Truth, which is the last work in a series including The Disembarkation at Marseilles and Louis XIII Comes of Age. This artist of The Garden of Love painted a cycle based on the life of Marie de Medici. For 10 points, name this Flemish painter of The Descent from the Cross known for his voluptuous nudes.

This artist showed Alekto dragging Mars out of the Temple of Janus as he stomps on a book representing the arts in The Consequences of War, which is paired with The Allegory on the Blessings of Peace. He featured a fountain with water spouting out of the breasts of a statue of Diana on the right side of a painting that shows him dancing with Helene Fourment. He painted Saturn lifting Veritas up to heaven in The Triumph of Truth, which is the last work in a series including The Disembarkation at Marseilles and Louis XIII Comes of Age. This artist of The Garden of Love painted a cycle based on the life of Marie de Medici. For 10 points, name this Flemish painter of The Descent from the Cross known for his voluptuous nudes.

This artist showed Alekto dragging Mars out of the Temple of Janus as he stomps on a book representing the arts in The Consequences of War, which is paired with The Allegory on the Blessings of Peace.

Peter_Paul_Rubens

Peter_Paul_Rubens

Peter Paul Rubens

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Fine Arts

Art

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College

545-full

5476990eea23cca905506f73

protobowl

At one point in this novel the protagonist refuses to pick up a dusty copy of the novel How Grete was Plagued by her Husband Hans. In another episode the main character opens a door to find Willem and Franz being beaten by The Whipper. The servant Leni takes a liking to this novel's protagonist, who fires the advocate Huld before buying three identical canvases from the painter Titorelli. In this novel's penultimate section, a priest recites a parable about a man who accepts a command not to travel through the door to the law; and this book begins with two men waking the protagonist to inform him he is under arrest. For 10 points, name this novel in which Joseph K is arrested for an unknown crime by Franz Kafka.

At one point in this novel the protagonist refuses to pick up a dusty copy of the novel How Grete was Plagued by her Husband Hans. In another episode the main character opens a door to find Willem and Franz being beaten by The Whipper. The servant Leni takes a liking to this novel's protagonist, who fires the advocate Huld before buying three identical canvases from the painter Titorelli. In this novel's penultimate section, a priest recites a parable about a man who accepts a command not to travel through the door to the law; and this book begins with two men waking the protagonist to inform him he is under arrest. For 10 points, name this novel in which Joseph K is arrested for an unknown crime by Franz Kafka.

At one point in this novel the protagonist refuses to pick up a dusty copy of the novel How Grete was Plagued by her Husband Hans.

The_Trial

The_Trial

The Trial [or Der Prozess]

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Literature

European

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College

546-full

5476990eea23cca905506f74

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Along with Eduardo Martinez, this man developed the first large-scale process to synthesize the anti-cancer drug Ecteinascidin. A lactone named for him is the precursor to several prostaglandins for which he developed total-synthetic routes. This man's namesake ylide is used in a reaction converting a carbonyl to an epoxide, which is co-named for this man and Michael Chaykovsky. A reaction in which terminal alkynes can be produced by the homologation of an aldehyde through a triphenylphosphine is co-named for this American chemist of Lebanese descent and Philip Fuchs. For 10 points, name this 1990 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, a professor at Harvard best known for his contributions to retrosynthetic analysis. 

Along with Eduardo Martinez, this man developed the first large-scale process to synthesize the anti-cancer drug Ecteinascidin. A lactone named for him is the precursor to several prostaglandins for which he developed total-synthetic routes. This man's namesake ylide is used in a reaction converting a carbonyl to an epoxide, which is co-named for this man and Michael Chaykovsky. A reaction in which terminal alkynes can be produced by the homologation of an aldehyde through a triphenylphosphine is co-named for this American chemist of Lebanese descent and Philip Fuchs. For 10 points, name this 1990 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, a professor at Harvard best known for his contributions to retrosynthetic analysis. 

Along with Eduardo Martinez, this man developed the first large-scale process to synthesize the anti-cancer drug Ecteinascidin.

Elias_James_Corey

Elias_James_Corey

Elias James Corey

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Science

Chemistry

ACF Regionals

College

547-full

5476990eea23cca905506f75

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A popular model organism in this order is Manduca sexta. This order can be divided, based on the relationship between the ovipore and copulatory pore in females, into montrysians, exoporians, and ditrysians. Organisms in this order have four wings, each of which are covered in scales. Some organisms in this phylum can synthesize hydrogen cyanide. One species in this order, Biston betularia, exhibited a marked shift in the ratio of its light and dark forms during the Industrial Revolution. Larvae in this order include tent worms, armyworms, and inchworms, as well as the most common form, caterpillars. For 10 points, giant silk worms and monarchs belong to which order of insects consisting of moths and butterflies?

A popular model organism in this order is Manduca sexta. This order can be divided, based on the relationship between the ovipore and copulatory pore in females, into montrysians, exoporians, and ditrysians. Organisms in this order have four wings, each of which are covered in scales. Some organisms in this phylum can synthesize hydrogen cyanide. One species in this order, Biston betularia, exhibited a marked shift in the ratio of its light and dark forms during the Industrial Revolution. Larvae in this order include tent worms, armyworms, and inchworms, as well as the most common form, caterpillars. For 10 points, giant silk worms and monarchs belong to which order of insects consisting of moths and butterflies?

A popular model organism in this order is Manduca sexta. This order can be divided, based on the relationship between the ovipore and copulatory pore in females, into montrysians, exoporians, and ditrysians.

Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera

guesstrain

Science

Biology

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College

548-full

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When TFEB translocates to the nucleus, it results in a corresponding increase in the number of these organelles. A glycosphingolipid in this organelle, iGb3, is necessary for the production of natural killer cells. P-type lectins direct enzymes that have been tagged with mannose-6-phosphate to this organelle. Christian Rene de Duve discovered this organelle after centrifuging liver cells and discovering an abnormally high amount of acid phosphatase. Malfunction of this organelle can lead to a buildup of gangliosides in Tay-Sachs disease. For 10 points, name these organelles that perform autophagy by digesting unneeded or excess cellular materials.

When TFEB translocates to the nucleus, it results in a corresponding increase in the number of these organelles. A glycosphingolipid in this organelle, iGb3, is necessary for the production of natural killer cells. P-type lectins direct enzymes that have been tagged with mannose-6-phosphate to this organelle. Christian Rene de Duve discovered this organelle after centrifuging liver cells and discovering an abnormally high amount of acid phosphatase. Malfunction of this organelle can lead to a buildup of gangliosides in Tay-Sachs disease. For 10 points, name these organelles that perform autophagy by digesting unneeded or excess cellular materials.

When TFEB translocates to the nucleus, it results in a corresponding increase in the number of these organelles.

Lysosome

Lysosome

lysosomes

guesstrain

Science

Biology

ACF Regionals

College

549-full

5476990eea23cca905506f77

protobowl

One argument during this event concerned whether the length of a word on a ten-foot-long sign measured one and a half feet long or merely one foot long. The central figure of this event had planned to work as a Ford salesman during the time of this event, and told reporter William Hutchinson that "I was doing something else" the day he was alleged to have violated the Butler Act. H.L. Mencken claimed that "we killed the son of a bitch" upon learning of William Jennings Bryan's death following this event, which he presumed was due to the constant harassment from defense attorney Clarence Darrow. For 10 points, name this 1925 case in which a Dayton, Tennessee schoolteacher was accused of teaching evolution.

One argument during this event concerned whether the length of a word on a ten-foot-long sign measured one and a half feet long or merely one foot long. The central figure of this event had planned to work as a Ford salesman during the time of this event, and told reporter William Hutchinson that "I was doing something else" the day he was alleged to have violated the Butler Act. H.L. Mencken claimed that "we killed the son of a bitch" upon learning of William Jennings Bryan's death following this event, which he presumed was due to the constant harassment from defense attorney Clarence Darrow. For 10 points, name this 1925 case in which a Dayton, Tennessee schoolteacher was accused of teaching evolution.

One argument during this event concerned whether the length of a word on a ten-foot-long sign measured one and a half feet long or merely one foot long.

Scopes_Trial

Scopes_Trial

{Scopes Monkey} Trial [or State of Tennessee v. Scopes; or Scopes v. State of Tennessee]

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History

American

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College

550-full

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This composer included the tenor saxophone in his sixth symphony whose final movement was inspired by the quote, "We are such stuff / As dreams are made on" from The Tempest. This composer borrowed a speech about the Crimean War pleading for peace in Dona nobis pacem, while the landscape of East Anglia inspired In the Fen Country. He used the poems "Passage to India" and "On the Beach at Night Alone" from Leaves of Grass in one symphony, while another piece was inspired by a George Meredith poem. This composer of The Lark Ascending adapted music for the film Scott of the Antarctic into his Sinfonia Antarctica. For 10 points, name this English composer of Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis.

This composer included the tenor saxophone in his sixth symphony whose final movement was inspired by the quote, "We are such stuff / As dreams are made on" from The Tempest. This composer borrowed a speech about the Crimean War pleading for peace in Dona nobis pacem, while the landscape of East Anglia inspired In the Fen Country. He used the poems "Passage to India" and "On the Beach at Night Alone" from Leaves of Grass in one symphony, while another piece was inspired by a George Meredith poem. This composer of The Lark Ascending adapted music for the film Scott of the Antarctic into his Sinfonia Antarctica. For 10 points, name this English composer of Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis.

This composer included the tenor saxophone in his sixth symphony whose final movement was inspired by the quote, "We are such stuff /

Ralph_Vaughan_Williams

Ralph_Vaughan_Williams

Ralph Vaughan-Williams

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Fine Arts

Music

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College

551-full

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At one point in this work, the writer laments that he keeps on doing the evil he does not want to do. In the fourteenth chapter of this work, he urges believers to accept those whose faith is weak and can only eat vegetables. This work confidently proclaims that "in all things God works for the good of those who love him" and that "our present sufferings are not worth comparing" with future glory. This book judges that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God and that the wages of sin is death. It also poses the theological argument that man received death through Adam's sin but life through the one act of righteousness performed by Jesus. For 10 points, name this epistle written by Paul which appears after Acts and is addressed to the residents of a major city in Italy.

At one point in this work, the writer laments that he keeps on doing the evil he does not want to do. In the fourteenth chapter of this work, he urges believers to accept those whose faith is weak and can only eat vegetables. This work confidently proclaims that "in all things God works for the good of those who love him" and that "our present sufferings are not worth comparing" with future glory. This book judges that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God and that the wages of sin is death. It also poses the theological argument that man received death through Adam's sin but life through the one act of righteousness performed by Jesus. For 10 points, name this epistle written by Paul which appears after Acts and is addressed to the residents of a major city in Italy.

At one point in this work, the writer laments that he keeps on doing the evil he does not want to do.

Demography_of_the_Roman_Empire

Demography_of_the_Roman_Empire

Romans

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Social Science

Religion/Mythology

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College

552-full

5476990eea23cca905506f7a

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One part of this poem describes how Indians see God in clouds and the sky, and another section describes how, with sense true, a nice bee can derive honey from poison herbs. Before this poem notes "One truth is clear, whatever is, is right", it asks if a lamb would skip and play were it endowed with the knowledge of its impending doom. The fourth and last epistle concludes by informing the reader that "all our knowledge is—Ourselves to know", while the first epistle of this poem begins with an invocation to St. John and the announcement that this work will "vindicate the ways of God to man", before noting that "Hope springs eternal in the breast of man". For 10 points, name this poem which pronounces the "proper study of mankind", a work of Alexander Pope about people. 

One part of this poem describes how Indians see God in clouds and the sky, and another section describes how, with sense true, a nice bee can derive honey from poison herbs. Before this poem notes "One truth is clear, whatever is, is right", it asks if a lamb would skip and play were it endowed with the knowledge of its impending doom. The fourth and last epistle concludes by informing the reader that "all our knowledge is—Ourselves to know", while the first epistle of this poem begins with an invocation to St. John and the announcement that this work will "vindicate the ways of God to man", before noting that "Hope springs eternal in the breast of man". For 10 points, name this poem which pronounces the "proper study of mankind", a work of Alexander Pope about people. 

One part of this poem describes how Indians see God in clouds and the sky, and another section describes how, with sense true, a nice bee can derive honey from poison herbs.

An_Essay_on_Man

An_Essay_on_Man

Essay on Man

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Literature

European

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College