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Quiz Bowl - Berkeley
Escape From Lord Weary’s Castle
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who are 3 characters from Frank Norris's novel "The Octopus"? | 1) Father Sarria, a Mexican priest that raped 2) Angele Varrian 3) S. Behrman (Jewish villain) |
| What are three locations in Frank Norris's novel "The Octopus"? | 1) Home Ranch 2) Quien Sabe Rancho 3) El Rancho de los Muertos (owned by Magnus Derrick) |
| What event was Frank Norris's "The Octopus" inspired by? | The Mussel Slough Incident of Hanford, California |
| What series did Frank Norris plan to write? | The Epic of the Wheat |
| The Octopus -- struggle between farmers and the railroad, which strangles them like The Octopus | (blank) |
| Who started the Song Dynasty? | Zhao Kuangyin (Emperor Taizu) |
| Name four important people of the Song Dynasty. | The minister QIN GUI betrayed the general YUE FEI. SIMA GUANG opposed the policies of WANG ANSHI. |
| Name four accomplishments the Song Dynasty is credited with. | 1) Unifying China after the TEN KINGDOMS and FIVE DYNASTY periods. 2) gunpowder 3) movable type 4) magnetic compass |
| What was the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty? | Kaifeng |
| What dynasty ended the latter Southern Song Dynasty? | The Yuan Dynasty (Mongols) |
| Who is the founder of French sociology? | Durkheim |
| Name three works by French sociologist Durkheim. | 1) The Rules of Sociological Method 2) The Division of Labor in Society 3) The Elementary Forms of Religious Life |
| What are "social facts" and who coined this term? | Durkheim focused on social facts. Social facts describe phenomena which exist independently of individuals. Durkheim's social facts DID NOT FOCUS on individuals. |
| Durkheim says that society is greater than the sum of its individual parts. | (blank) |
| What type of art style did Rembrant help develop? | Tronie Style |
| Who painted "The Jewish Bride" and "Balaam and the Ass?" | Rembrandt |
| With which lover did Rembrandt paint his famous self-portraits with? | Saskia |
| What was Rembrandt's most famous painting? | The Night Watch |
| Which phylum contains sea urchins (Echinoida) and starfish (Asteroidea) and sea cucumbers (Holothuroidea)? | Echinoderms |
| What is the phylum Echinodermata characterized by? | Radial Symmetry |
| Name three classes of the phylum Echinodermata. | 1) Holothuroidea (sea cucumbers) 2) Asteroidea (Starfish) 3) Echinoidea (Sand dollars and Sea Urchins) |
| Who composed "Four Norweigan Moods?" | Stravinsky |
| Who composed Petrushka and what is it about? | Stravinsky -- Petrushka is about a peasant who dances with a bear. |
| Name two Stravinsky ballets. | The Firebird and Rite of Spring |
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