VHSL Districts 2012 Round 7

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1. This emperor divorced Claudia Octavia to marry Poppaea (po-PIE-uh), and he most likely poisoned his
stepbrother, Britannicus. This emperor had his general Corbulo wage war against and eventually negotiate peace with the Parthians. This emperor built a palace complex known as the Domus Aurea (OW-ree-uh), for which there was space after a large part of Rome was destroyed. For 10 points, identify this fifth Roman emperor whose death began the Year of the Four Emperors and who supposedly fiddled while Rome burned.

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2. One member of this group bonds with carbon to form teflon and formed the first noble gas compound with xenon. This group of elements is the only to feature, at standard temperature and pressure, members that are solids, liquids, and gases. Three members of this group can bond with a single atom of hydrogen to form a extremely strong acid. For 10 points, name this group of highly reactive elements that contains fluorine and chlorine.

ANSWER: halogens [or Group 17 elements]

3. One attack against this country followed the Case White strategy. An electrician in this country
co-founded the first trade union in the Eastern Bloc. During the eighteenth century, this country was carved up among other nations in a series of three partitions. The allies of the USSR responded to the creation of NATO by signing a pact in the capital this country. For 10 points, name this country in which Lech (LEK) Walesa (vuh-LESS-uh) led the labor union Solidarity.

ANSWER: Republic of Poland [or Rzeczpospolita Polska]

4. Two times the inverse of this constant squared times GM is equal to the Schwarzchild radius. The
Lorentz (LORE-ens) factor is equal to one over the square root of one minus velocity squared over this
quantity squared. A material's refractive index is directly proportional to this quantity. The
Michelson-Morley (Michael-son-more-lee) experiment showed that this quantity was constant. The total
energy stored in an object is equal to its mass times this quantity squared. For 10 points, what quantity is
roughly equal to three times ten to the eight meters per second?

ANSWER: speed of light [or c]

5. This speech urged for "us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work" that has been
"thus far so nobly advanced." The last part of the speech explains that "we cannot dedicate, we cannot
consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground." It ends with the line "that government of the people, by the
people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." For 10 points, name this speech that begins "Four score and seven years ago" as delivered by Abraham Lincoln.

ANSWER: Gettysburg Address

6. The McNamara brothers were defended by Clarence Darrow in this city, which erupted into violence over the abduction of Yut Ho and the killing of Robert Thompson in 1871. One riot in this city was caused by the arrest of Marquette Frye. This city also erupted into riots after four officers were acquitted who had been involved in a beating. For 10 points, name this city in California in which the 1965 Watts Riots and the 1991 beating of Rodney King occurred.

ANSWER: Los Angeles [or LA]

7. This man was criticized for his sending in Douglas MacArthur to break up the Bonus Army. This man
used anti-Catholic rhetoric to defeat Al Smith to reach the presidency, pioneering the use of the "Southern
Strategy." This President defended Prohibition as "The Noble Experiment." Over a thousand economists petitioned this man to veto the disastrous Smoot-Hawley Tariff. For 10 points, name this President who failed to hinder the start of the Great Depression.

ANSWER: Herbert Clark Hoover
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8. H II (eitch two) regions are one of these objects; the first known H II region was the Orion one of these. The planetary form of these objects are formed when the outer part of a star is blown away. The first object in the Messier (MESS-ee-yay) catalog is one of these objects. The NASA image "Pillars of Creation" depicts one of these objects. Another of these objects was formed from a supernova observed by Chinese astronomers in 1054. For 10 points, name these interstellar clouds of dust and gas that include the Crab and Eagle.

ANSWER: nebulae

9. Participants in this event received food donations from the Wide Awake Bakery and Northland Sheep
Dairy, but were criticized for withholding sheep cheese from the homeless. One opponent of this event was Anthony Bologna, a police officer who pepper-sprayed participants. This event established the "People's Library" in Zucotti Park before being evicted on November 15. For 10 points, name this protest of the "one percent" in New York City which sparked similar demonstrations across the country.

ANSWER: Occupy Wall Street [or OWS; prompt on non-specific answers such as Occupy, as all the
clues refer to Occupy Wall Street specifically]

10. In texts from after the Vedic period, this god is called the leader of the Adityas (uh-DEE-tee-uz). He is
sometimes depicted lying on a coiled serpent, surrounded by the Ocean of Milk, as his feet are massaged by Lakshmi (LACK-shmee). This god, who successively appeared as a fish, turtle, and boar, forms the Trimurti along with Brahma and Shiva. For 10 points, name this Hindu deity who comes to earth in the form of ten "avatars" and is the preserver of the world.

ANSWER: Vishnu

11. This number appears twice in the definitions for both hyperbolic sine and cosine. Raising this number
to the power of pi time i equals negative one. The cosine of theta (THAY-tuh) plus i times sine of theta is
related to this number raised to the i times theta in Euler's ("oilers") formula. When this number is raised to the power of x, it is its own derivative. The logarithm with this number as its base is called the natural logarithm. For 10 points, name this number approximately equal to 2.718.

ANSWER: e [accept Euler's number before "Euler" is read]

12. This composer wrote an etude consisting of rapid A flat major arpeggios nicknamed for the "Aeolian
(ee-OH-lee-an) Harp." Another of this composer's pieces has the right hand play sixteenth notes while the left hand plays triplets; that piece is his "Fantasie-Impromptu." This composer of the "Raindrop" prelude wrote a C minor etude nicknamed "Revolutionary." A long right-hand trill begins this composer's Minute Waltz. For 10 points, identify this Polish composer of numerous waltzes and mazurkas for the piano.

ANSWER: Frederic Chopin (SHOW-pan)

13. An earthquake near this national park created Quake Lake. A lava flow created its Obsidian Cliff. The
namesake caldera of this national park is also the largest supervolcano in the United States. The largest
bison herd in the country lives in this national park. It was created by the Act of Dedication, signed by
Ulysses S. Grant, making it the first national park. Every ninety-one minutes here, Old Faithful erupts. For 10 points, name this park that contains many geysers and is found in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming.

ANSWER: Yellowstone National Park

14. An early version of this game included a player called a "rover" who could play either offense or
defense. The "Original Six" were the first teams in this sport's best-known league, which eliminated the
"crease rule" around 1999. One of the greatest defensive players in the history of this game was Bobby Orr, who played for Boston. The American team defeated the Soviet Union at this sport at the 1980 Winter Olympics in a game called a "Miracle." For 10 points, name this sport played by the Washington Capitals, which is played on ice-skates.

ANSWER: ice hockey

15. One character in this work asks a telegraph operator, "Can't you spell Q?" and gets a headache from the smell of gasoline. Another character in this work is beaten up by Gerald Bland after breaking his watch on the day he commits suicide. This work's fourth section takes place on Easter Sunday and focuses on the cook Dilsey, while its first part is narrated by mentally retarded Benjy. For 10 points, name this novel about the Compson family written by William Faulkner.

ANSWER: The Sound and the Fury

VHSL Districts 2012 Round 7

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