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These questions are from the Delta Burke Invitational 1991.

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Provide the authors of the following classical works of literature for ten points each:

De Rerum Natura:

Ars Poetica:

Georgics:

Name the property measured in the following SI units for five points each, with a five-point bonus for getting all correct:

henry:

weber:

ohm:

hertz:

coulomb:

Given the capital, name the country in which you'd find it for five points each. A gratuitous hint: all the answers begin with the letter 'B.'

Belmopan:

Thimphu:

Porto Novo:

Bridgetown:

Minsk:

Bujumbura:

Name the American poet from a line of his or her work for ten points; if you need the name of the poem, you'll get only five:

"The Carriage held but just Ourselves--/And Immortality"

"He only says, 'Good fences make good neighbors.'"

"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness."

Tell which Civil War battle was fought on the following dates for ten points; if you need to know the state in which it took place, you'll settle for five:

April 6-7, 1862

July 1-3, 1863

September 19-20, 1863

Answer the following about logs (not the wooden kind) for ten points each:

Find the log base 3/4 of 9/16:

Find the log base 16 of 8:

Evaluate 5 raised to the log base 2 of 4:

(30-20-10) Name the famous American male:

30 Born in 1895, he coined the term "Spaceship Earth" as an analogy of the need for sensible use of technology.
20 An allotropic form of carbon composed of pentagons and hexagons is named for him.
10 An architect, he developed and promoted the geodesic dome.

Identify the following monsters from Greek mythology after one clue for 15 points, after two for 10, or after the wimpy third clue for 5:

15 It was the spawn of Typhon and Echidna, and it could belch fire.
10 It had a lion's head and a dragon's tail.
5 It was slain by Bellerophon.

15 The first of this race was the offspring of the mating of Ixion with a cloud shaped like Hera.
10 They fought a famous battle with the Lapiths at the wedding of Pirithous, a battle depicted on many Greek artifacts.
5 They had the torsos of men and the bodies of horses.

For ten points apiece, name the following northern European artists from works:

Praying Hands; The Four Horsemen of the Apocolypse:

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp; Supper at Emmaus:

The Arnolfini Altarpiece:

Given a description of its function, name the part of the brain for ten points each:

It is the second largest structure in the brain, lying in the most inferior and posterior position of the cranial cavity. It helps coordinate movement:

This lobe, anterior to the central sulcus, is important in motor control and higher reasoning:

This large fibrous tract connects the two hemispheres of the brain:

(30-20-10) Name the British writer from his/her novels:

30 Daniel Deronda
20 Middlemarch; Adam Bede
10 Silas Marner; The Mill on the Floss:

Given an Emmy winner for Best Actor or Actress in a Comedy and the year in which he or she won, name the show on which he or she appeared for five points each.

Craig T. Nelson, 1992:

Kirstie Alley, 1991:

John Lithgow, 1995:

Michael J. Fox, 1988:

Bea Arthur, 1988:

Isabel Sanford, 1981:

By now someone on your team should have memorized the periodic table. Identify the following elements from their atomic number for ten; you'll only get five if you need its symbol:

10 points: Element #26

10 points: Element #13

10 points: Element #17

Identify the following Native Americans for ten points each.

A chief of the Nez Perce, after a number of skirmishes with the U. S. army, he was stopped about 30 miles south of Canada's border by a force led by General Nelson Miles:

A chief of the Oglala Sioux, he fought with U. S. troops in Wyoming for years before joining forces with Hunkpapa Sioux chief Sitting Bull:

A chief of the Chiricahua Apache, he led a series of brutal attacks against white settlers in the Arizona Territory after the execution of several members of his tribe by U. S. troops:

Identify the authors of the following plays for ten points each:

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?:

The Birthday Party:

The Master Builder:

For ten points each, given a description, name the European explorer:

He was the first to round the Cape of Good Hope, naming it the Cape of Storms:

After exploring what is now Peru, he had the Emperor Atahualpa executed and moved the Incan capital from Cuzco to Lima:

He explored the American southwest, becoming the first European to see the Grand Canyon:

Identify the following units of measurement from an equivalent smaller measure for ten each:

Three nautical miles:

Twelve dozen:

Four pecks:

Tell what French monarch succeeded the French monarch you are given for ten each:

Charles the Tenth:

Henry the Fourth:

Charlemagne:

I will name a losing U. S. presidential candidate or candidates, and you will tell me who beat him for ten points each, or you'll get nothing and like it:

Samuel J. Tilden:

Theodore Roosevelt; Eugene Debs:

Alf Landon; William Lemke:

Given a work, provide its composer for ten points:

5 points: Symphony No. 9, From the New World:

5 points: Symphony No. 8, the Unfinished:

10 points: Scotch Symphony:

10 points: Hungarian Rhapsodies for Piano:

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