Ghetto Warz 2006
UCI Team 2
Packet written by Ray Anderson, Carl Boone, Willie Chen, and Brian Tan
UCI editor: Ray Anderson
Tossups
1. More than 200 rivers enter it, including the White, Pic, Pigeon, St. Louis, and Nipigon Rivers, while the St.
Mary‟s River is the only one to drain this lake. Islands located in it include the Apostle Islands and Isle
Royale. It is also home to over 6,000 shipwrecks, including the Edmund Fitzgerald. FTP, name this
largest lake in North America.
ANS: Lake Superior (Gichigami [Gitch-e-GOO-me])
2. In 1981 they visited Gilligan‟s Island, and in the 31st Century they have their own planet and are
astrophysicists. Krusty the Clown once foolishly bet against them. Founded by Abe Sapirstein in Chicago
in 1927, they boast multiple win streaks of over 1,000 games, one of which reached 8,829 straight
victories. FTP, name these frequent opponents of the Washington Generals and New York Nationals, a
trickster basketball team named for a neighborhood in north Manhattan.
ANS: Harlem Globetrotters
3. This author‟s 1972 novel Pantaleón y las visitadoras, an atypically comic work, follows the establishment
of a service of prostitutes by the armed forces. His best-known novel was the basis for the film Tune in
Tomorrow .... In 1990, he ran unsuccessfully for his home country‟s presidency, winning a plurality in the
general election but losing to Alberto Fujimori in a run-off. FTP, identify this Peruvian author of The
Green House, The War of the End of the World, and, most famously, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter.
ANS: (Jorge) Mario Vargas Llosa
4. The best-known event known by this name began on May 26, 1838, though it had its roots in an 1829 gold
rush in Georgia. On that date, General Winfield Scott began to enforce the removal provision of the Treaty
of New Echota, which had been signed in 1835 by John Ridge and Stand Watie. Between 2,000 and 8,000
members of Ridge and Watie‟s tribe perished during this event, mostly from disease. FTP, name this
forced relocation of Cherokee to Arkansas and Oklahoma.
ANS: The Trail of Tears (Nunna daul Isunyi)
5. Sentences that appear in his work include “Why, Brad darling, this painting is a masterpiece! My, soon
you‟ll have all of New York clamoring for your work!”; “Look Mickey, I‟ve hooked a Big One!!”; and “I
pressed the fire control . . . and ahead of me rockets blazed through the sky . . . WHAAM!”. FTP, these
phrases appear inside speech bubbles in the work of what American pop artist, whose surname is also an
alternate spelling for a principality nestled between Switzerland and Austria?
ANS: Roy Lichtenstein
6. It can be derived from Newton‟s 2nd law in generalized coordinates. Its time integral is minimized and
gives the path a particle takes, and, if it is time independent, energy is conserved. FTP, identify this
Legendre transform of the Hamiltonian, a dynamical system named for an 18th century Franco-Italian
mathematician, which in classical mechanics is equivalent to the kinetic energy minus the potential energy.
ANS: Lagrangian
7. Some of the most reliable accounts of this event come from the diaries of John Rabe and Minnie Vautrin
and films taken by John Magee. Today, it is widely known because of a book by Iris Chang published in
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1997. Historians estimate that between 20,000 and 80,000 women were raped in this event, and the most
commonly given estimate of the number dead is 300,000. FTP, in what 1937-38 event were large numbers
of Chinese civilians massacred by Japanese troops?
ANS: Nanking Massacre or Rape of Nanking or equivalent
8. Founded under the name “National Responsibility,” this political party includes Ronni Bar-On, Haim
Ramon, Meer Sheetrit, Tzipi Livni, and Gideon Ezra. More famous members are Shimon Peres and its
current leader, Ehud Olmert. FTP, name this centrist political party, holder of 29 seats in the Knesset,
which was founded in 2005 by Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon as an alternative to Likud.
ANS: Kadima
9. Israeli singer Dana International. Korean model Ha-Ri-Su. Golfer Mianne Bagger. Brazilian model
Roberta Close. Bond girl Caroline Cossey. Tennis player Renee Richards. FTP, these people and pioneer
Christine Jorgensen all have what characteristic, which is also shared by Felicity Huffman‟s character in
the movie Transamerica?
ANS: transsexual or transgendered – accept “Sex change operation” but do not accept
transvestite
10. This group is a major force in the Boy Scouts of America, sponsoring approximately 30,000 troups. Its
practices include baptism for the dead, wearing of temple garments, adherence to a health code known as
the Word of Wisdom, and active proselytizing. Demonized by Arthur Conan Doyle in A Study in Scarlet,
this group has more recently been represented in the public eye by innocuous Jeopardy! champion Ken
Jennings. FTP, name this 12 million member church which recognizes The Pearl of Great Price and
Doctrine and Covenants as scripture alongside the Bible and The Book of Mormon.
.
ANS: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS – Note, prompt on
“Mormon Church”).
11. It was made of six ingredients: the beard of a woman, the sound of a cat‟s footfall, the sinews of bears, the
roots of a mountain, the breath of fish, and the spittle of a bird. After objects called Laeding and Dromi
failed, it was forged by the dwarves to be as thin as a ribbon, but stronger than iron. Skirnir then brought it
to the gods at Asgard, where its use indirectly led to the loss of Tyr‟s hand. FTP, what is this chain which
will break at Ragnarok, allowing Fenris to devour Odin?
ANS: Gleipnir
12. In the mid-1950s, Charles Keeling began the first measurement time series of the atmospheric
concentrations of this gas. Its concentrations have risen from a pre-industrial value of 280 parts per million
by volume (ppmv) to a present day value of about 380 ppmv, and it is responsible for an average net
radiative forcing of 2 Wm-2 (watts per meter squared). FTP, name this greenhouse gas emitted by
combustion, which becomes “dry ice” in its solid form and is regulated by the Kyoto Protocol.
ANS: Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
13. Elements in this 2003 movie directed by Jon Amiel include a ship made possible by a tungsten-titanium
alloy called unobtainium, hacking the entire Internet in order to suppress the flow of news, a project called
DESTINI designed to send earthquakes to the USSR, pigeons crashing into Trafalgar Square, and the Space
Shuttle landing in the Los Angeles River. FTP, name this movie which features “terranauts” who must
travel to the center of the Earth in order to restart its internal circulation with nuclear weapons, starring
Hilary Swank and Aaron Eckhart.
ANS: The Core
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14. It‟s not The Producers, but Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder did star in a film version of it. In it, the typist at
the office may have an affection for the up-and-coming worker Dudard. Meanwhile, the apathetic
Berenger wishes to woo the typist Daisy and thus seeks the advice of Jean. However, a mysterious
condition overtakes the town, and by the end of the play only Daisy and Berenger are left on stage. Daisy
then decides to leave Berenger to join the rest of the town, where all the residents have transformed into the
titular animal. FTP, name this absurdist play by Eugene Ionesco.
ANS: Rhinoceros
15. A mapping from flat space to a sphere, the arithmetic-geometric mean of 1 and the square root of 2, a law
of vector calculus, an electrostatics law, a numerical integration method, a matrix diagonalization method,
and a bell-curve distribution are, FTP, all named for what German “Prince of mathematicians,” whose
name is also the standard cgs unit of magnetic induction?
ANS: Carl Friedrich Gauss
16. He escaped to San Antonio, Texas, after the Diaz dictatorship arrested him for running as the candidate for
the opposition Anti-reelection Party and issuing the Plan of San Luis Potosi. After forcing the resignation
of Diaz in May 1911, he defeated the interim president, Franscisco de la Barra, in democratic elections in
November of that year. FTP, name this president of Mexico who was executed by followers of Victoriano
Huerta in 1913.
ANS: Francisco I. Madero González
17. Researchers Gert van Tonder and Michael J. Lyons have proposed that their calming effect is caused by a
subliminal resemblance to a tree. They can be found near homes, restaurants, and inns, and in San
Francisco‟s Golden Gate Park, not exclusively within holy places such as Ryoan-ji. Metaphorically, they
might represent mountain peaks poking through the clouds, a mother tiger with her cubs swimming to a
dragon, the kanji symbols for “heart” or “mind,” or the islands of Japan. FTP, name this shallow
arrangement of rocks in gravel and sand, frequently associated with a type of Buddhism.
ANS: Zen garden (prompt on “Zen” or “garden”)
18. This group was founded in Minneapolis in 1968 by, among others, Dennis Banks, Herb Powless, and Clyde
Bellecourt. Russell Means was one of its early leaders. Leonard Peltier, who was controversially
convicted of killing two FBI agents in 1975, is another prominent member. FTP, name this group,
originally formed to protect indigenous people from police harassment, which took over federal sites at
Alcatraz Island, the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington D.C., and the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in
South Dakota.
ANS: American Indian Movement (AIM)
19. This airport has six non-intersecting runways, all of which are at least 12,000 feet long, and it occupies an
area twice the size of Manhattan. It can can be reached by Frederico Pena Boulevard, named after the
former mayor of the city it is located in. Its Jeppensen terminal is connected to three midfield concourses
via an undeground tram system. FTP, name this American airport, located at about 5,400 feet above sea
level, which serves as a hub for both Frontier and United Airlines.
ANS: Denver International Airport (DIA) (prompt on “Denver”)
20. A deciding event in this battle was the refusal of Richard Beauchamp to allow Margaret of Anjou to cross
the the Severn River at Gloucester. The commander of the losing side, the Duke of Somerset, is alleged to
have killed one of his own officers for failing to take initiative. Perhaps as many as half of Somerset‟s men
were killed in the “Bloody Meadow,” thus leading to a decisive victory for the forces of Edward IV. FTP,
name this key 1471 battle in which the Yorks defeated the Lancastrians and ended one phase of the Wars of
the Roses.
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ANS: Battle of Tewkesbury
21. He lived somewhere between 60,000 and 90,000 years ago, nearly 100,000 years after his female
counterpart, and he probably lived in Africa. This was discovered after analysis of variations of the Y-
chromosomes of over 1,000 men from 22 regions showed that all human males can be traced back to, FTP,
what ancestor, named after the first man mentioned in the Bible.
ANS: Genetic Adam (Y-chromosomal Adam)
22. This 1919 poem, in the form of a Shakesperean sonnet, was written in response to a wave of race riots
consisting mainly of white assaults on black neighborhoods. The speaker proclaims, “O kinsmen, we must
meet the common foe!” even though defeat is inevitable. FTP, name this sonnet by the Jamaican-born
writer Claude McKay, which, in response to the titular condition, suggests a noble death, one that‟s not
“like hogs / Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot.”
ANS: “If We Must Die”
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Boni:
1. Answer these things related to the study of Geography FTPE
a. This field of geography studies the interactions of humans with their environment. Cultural,
Economic, Political, and Population Geography are among the sub-fields within this field.
ANS: Human Geography
b. In contrast to human geography, this field of geography focuses on the spatial patterns of the Earth
system. Hydrology, Biogeography, Climatology, and Pedology are among the sub-fields within
this field.
ANS: Physical Geography (or Physiogeography)
c. Tobler‟s first law of geography states that the relationship between two places decreases with an
increase in this quantity.
ANS: Distance (acceptable answers include Space or Separation)
2. Name these plays by Edward Albee FTPE:
a. This 1960 farce features a dysfunctional family, including Mommy and Daddy. The foul-
mouthed Grandma is confined to the titular object.
ANS: The Sandbox
b. This 1975 expressionistic fantasy play depicts the confrontation on a beach between a couple
and two humanoid figures. It won Albee his second Pulitzer Prize for drama.
ANS: Seascape
c. This 2000 Albee play deals with the life of an architect, which is ruined when he falls in love with
the titular animal.
ANS: The Goat or Who is Sylvia
3. Name this nation from historical clues F15PE or for five points if you need an easier clue.
a. For 15 – Its “Commonwealth” period ended in 1264 when it was annexed by
Norway.
For 5 – This North Atlantic island nation of 300,000 residents regained full
independence from Denmark in 1944.
ANS: Republic of Iceland (Lýðveldið Ísland)
b. For 15 – This “United Republic” in Africa was formed in 1964 from the union of
two nations, one on the mainland of the continent and one an island.
For 5 – Those two nations were Tanganyika and Zanzibar and its first president
was Julius Nyerere [Nee-RARE-ree].
ANS: The United Republic of Tanzania (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania)
4. Name these telescope observatories FTPE
a. This radio telescope consists of 27 independent dishes located on the Plains of
San Augustin in New Mexico.
ANS: Very Large Array (VLA)
b. This Puerto Rico radio telescope is the largest in the world. Its main dish is
immovable and is built into the landscape.
ANS: Arecibo Observatory
c. This mountain in Southern Arizona has been designated an international
observatory, and several independent telescopes have been built on the mountain. Apache
groups oppose these observatories because they consider this mountain sacred.
ANS: Mount Graham (Dzil Nchaa Si An)
5. Name these unique machines owned by the U.S. Air Force, FTPE
a. This aircraft is the only supersonic heavy bomber in the USAF. 67 aircraft of this type are housed
at Dyess Air Force Base (AFB) in Texas and Ellsworth AFB in South Dakota.
ANS: Boeing IDS B1-B Lancer
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b. This is the only intercontinental ballistic missile in the USAF. Approximately
500 of them are controlled by Malmstrom AFB in Montana, Minot AFB in North
Dakota, and F.E. Warren AFB in Wyoming.
ANS: Minuteman III (LGM-30G)
c. This aircraft, with designation VC-25A, consists of a modified Boeing 747-200
and is housed at Andrews AFB.
ANS: Air Force One
6. Identify this event on a 30-20-10 basis
a. For 30 – The Hussite Wars began shortly after the first one in 1419.
b. For 20 – The more famous second one in 1618 involved two Imperial governors
and their scribe landing in a large pile of horse manure.
c. For 10 – This event, which involved people being thrown out of windows in a
capital city, was central to the start of the 30 years war.
ANS: Defenestration of Prague
7. FTPE, identify these contemporary women writers from Africa:
a. Born in South Africa, this Botswanan author wrote three major novels: Maru,
When Rainclouds Gather, and A Question of Power.
ANS: Bessie Emery Head
b. This Ghanaian author wrote the 1964 play The Dilemma of a Ghost and the 1977
novel Our Sister Killjoy. But she is perhaps best known for her collection of short stories,
No Sweetness Here.
ANS: Ama Ata Aidoo
c. Born in Springs, South Africa, this winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature
wrote such books as None to Accompany Me and A Guest of Honor.
ANS: Nadine Gordimer
8. Answer the following questions about recent US Republican Congressman FTPE
a. This San Diego County representative and former US Navy pilot resigned in November 2005
after admitting over $2 million in bribes
ANS: Randall Harold (Randy) “Duke” Cunningham
b. He was elected House Majority Leader in February 2006
ANS: John Andrew Boehner [BAY-ner]
c. This representative from Ohio was chairman of the House Administration
Committee until he stepped down in January 2006 in the wake of the Abramoff scandal.
ANS: Robert William (Bob) Ney
9. Given an ore or mineral, name the metal that is commercially extracted from it F5PE.
a. Bauxite
ANS: Aluminum (Al)
b. Galena
ANS: Lead (Pb)
c. Hematite
ANS: Iron (Fe)
d. Malachite
ANS: Copper (Cu)
e. Petalite
ANS: Lithium (Li)
f. Cinnabar
ANS: Mercury (Hg)
10. Name these things concerning the soundtrack of Stanley Kubrick‟s film 2001: A Space Odyssey
FTSNOP.
a. F10PE, name the two musical works in 2001: A Space Odyssey composed by men
with the surname “Strauss”
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ANS: On The Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schönen blauen Donau)
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Also sprach Zarathustra)
b. FTPE, The score uses extracts from this Armenian composer‟s ballet suite Gayane –
though not its most famous movement, the “Sabre Dance.”
ANS: Aram Khachaturian
11. Name these things concerning the election of Roman Catholic popes FTSNOP
a. For 5 – This body elects a new pope at a conclave.
ANS: The Sacred College of Cardinals
b. For 10 – This official certifies the old pope‟s death and convenes the conclave.
ANS: Cardinal Camerlengo
c. For 15-Before the 33rd ballot, a candidate must receive at least what proportion of
the ballots cast in order to be elected pope?
ANS: 2/3 (66% or 67%)
12. Answer these questions related to the history of Brazil FTPE
a. This man was the first European explorer to land in Brazil
ANS: Pedro Álvares Cabral
b. The first emperor of Brazil, he declared independence from Portugal in 1822.
ANS: Dom Pedro I (Pedro IV of Portugal)
c. He was the chief architect for the public buildings in Brasilia.
ANS: Oscar Niemeyer Soares Filho
13. Name these greenhouse gases that are not carbon dioxide FTPE
a. In terms of radiative forcing, this gas is the second most important anthropogenic
greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide. Sources include fossil fuel mining and
anaerobic decomposition from wetlands and rice paddies.
ANS: Methane (CH4) (also accept natural gas)
b. Despite its relatively low atmospheric concentrations, this class of compounds is
the third most important anthropogenic greenhouse gas due to its very long
atmospheric lifetime and absorption efficiency of its carbon-halogen bonds. Its
atmospheric concentrations have decreased slightly since the implementation of
the Montreal Protocol.
ANS: CFCs (Chlorofluorocarbons)
c. This triatomic gas is responsible for the vast majority of the greenhouse effect.
Unlike the anthropogenic gases, its atmospheric concentrations are highly
variable and exhibit strong temperature dependence.
ANS: Water Vapor (accept H2O(g))
14. Name these patriotic and freedom-loving songs from clues FTPE
a. In 2002, Dennis Madalone released this “unifying” song and music video on a
website of the same name as “an anthem to celebrate our heroes & loved ones.”
ANS: “America We Stand As One”
b. Lee Greenwood released this patriotic song in 1984. It has had surges in
popularity coinciding with the Persian Gulf War, the 9/11 attacks, and the 2003 Iraq
invasion.
ANS: “God Bless the USA”
c. Paul McCartney debuted this song on October 20, 2001, at the “Concert for New
York City”.
ANS: “Freedom”
15. Given some of the works they house, name the museum FTSNOP
a. For 5 – Venus de Milo, Ship of Fools, Mona Lisa
ANS: Louvre Museum (Musée de Louvre)
b. For 10 – Starry Night, Persistence of Memory, Broadway Boogie Woogie
ANS: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
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c. For 15 – The Night Watch, The Milkmaid, Portrait of a Young Couple
ANS: Rijksmuseum (prompt on “National Museum”)
16. Identify the poem given lines on a 30-20-10 basis:
a. For 30 - “Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave / Thy song, nor ever
can those trees be bare.”
b. For 20 - “Thou still unravish‟d bride of quietness, / Thou foster-child of Silence
and slow Time.”
c. For 10 - “Beauty is truth, truth beauty,--that is all / Ye know on earth, and all ye
need to know.”
ANS: “Ode on a Grecian Urn” by John Keats
17. Answer these questions about opinions on obesity in popular culture FTPE
a. Sir Mix-A-Lot doesn‟t mind, as he likes girls with this feature.
ANS: Big Butts
b. The band Queen claims that these kind of girls “make the rocking world go
„round‟”.
ANS: Fat-bottomed girls
c. Instead of fixing Main Street, Homer Simpson wanted a giant billboard that said
this.
ANS: “No Fat Chicks”
18. FTPE, Identify these cryptid creatures, none of which is the Loch Ness Monster
a. It is pleisiosaur-like and resides in a lake on the New York-Vermont border
ANS: Lake Champlain Monster (Champ - accept equivalents of “monster” in
“Lake Champlain Monster”)
b. It is a sauropod-like creature that lives in Central Africa
ANS: Mokele mbembe
c. It is a large, serpent-like creature that resides in Canada‟s Lake Okanagan
ANS: Ogopogo
19. For 10 points each, identify the authors of these novels of Scandinavian literature:
a. Smilla’s Sense of Snow, Borderliners, The History of Danish Dreams
ANS: Peter Høeg
b. Under the Glacier, Independent People, and Iceland’s Bell
ANS: Halldor Kiljan Laxness (Halldór Guðjónsson)
c. The Book about Blanche and Marie and the screenplay for the movie Hamsun.
ANS: Per Olov Enquist
20. Identify these vectors FTPE
a. It gives the power flux for an electromagnetic field.
ANS: Poynting vector
b. Conserved in Kepler potentials, it involves the momentum crossed with angular
momentum and the potential times the radial vector.
ANS: Laplace-Runge-Lenz vector
c. Translations along integer multiples of them bring you from one point in a crystal
to an identical point.
ANS: Lattice vectors
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