PENN BOWL 11
Packet for Pennsylvania A and B
Questions by: Kevin Bacon (A), Ivan Pavlov (A), Winston Churchill (B), Jean-Paul Sartre (B)

TOSSUPS

SCIENCE

Outliers are plotted individually. Single lines called “whiskers” extend from each end to the farthest non-outlier data points. Three lines represent the [*] 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles, respectively. For 10 points-what is this form of graphical data summary, named for the rectangles that dominate it?
ANSWER: boxplots

LITERATURE

As a doctor, his most important work was in calling attention to the contagiousness of puerperal fever. Better known for a series of columns published in [*] The Atlantic Monthly, they were later published in four volumes including Over the Teacups and The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table. For 10 points-name this poet and physician who penned “Old Ironsides” and “The Chambered Nautilus.”
ANSWER: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

POPULAR CULTURE

They benefitted from the 1956 Hungarian Revolution by signing superstar defector Ferenc Puskas [feh-RENZ poo-SKAS], who joined the legendary Alfredo di Stefano in leading this club to winning the first five [*] European Cups. The winner of 27 Primera Liga titles, success returned with two Champions League titles, in 1998 and 2000. For 10 points—name this club of Luis Figo Raul and Roberto Carlos, a Spanish soccer giant.
ANSWER: Real Madrid [RAY-al]

FINE ARTS

Richard Strauss created several, including the composer in Ariadne auf Naxos and Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier. Mozart’s include Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro. Jennifer Larmore recorded an album, Call Me [*] Mister, devoted to them. For 10 points-what is the term given to such operatic roles, in which women portray men, named after an article of clothing?
ANSWER: trouser roles or Hosenrollen [accept clear knowledge equivalents]

GEOGRAPHY

Twentynine Palms, Barstow, Ontario, and Hinkley are all towns in this [*] county. Extending from the border with Nevada and Arizona to the western suburbs of Los Angeles, its area is four times the size of Connecticut. For 10 points—name this largest county in the US.
ANSWER: San Bernardino County [accept California before “county”]

YOUR CHOICE

Senator H. John Heinz III. Rocky Marciano. Yuri Gagarin. US Representative Mickey Leland. [*] Dag Hammarskjold. Ron Brown. Buddy Holly. Roberto Clemente. John Denver. And, of course, John F. Kennedy, Jr. For 10 points—all these men shuffled off this mortal coil in what uncommon but highly public manner?
ANSWER: plane crashes [accept equivalents]

BONI

HISTORY

Name these English monarchs, 10 points each.
[10] This son of Robert, duke of Normandy, asserted his right to the duchy by defeating rebels at Val-es-Dunes in 1047.
ANSWER: William the Conqueror or William I or William the Bastard or Guillaume le Bâtard
[10] A 16th century myth stated Henry VI prophesied this man would one day be king. After the battle of Tewkesbury, this future Tudor monarch fled to Brittany.
ANSWER: Henry VII [prompt on "Henry Tudor"]
[10] The last monarch to lead his troops into battle, he reportedly said, "There are kings enough in England. I am nothing there."
ANSWER: George II or George Augustus or Georg August

LITERATURE

In Gone With the Wind, Scarlett O’Hara had three husbands. Five points each, give their first and last names.
ANSWER: Charles Hamilton, Frank Kennedy, Rhett Butler

30-20-10. Name the author from works.
[30] Incognita, Letter Concerning Humour in Comedy
[20] The Mourning Bride, Amendments of Mr. Collier's False and Imperfect Citations
[10] The Double-Dealer, Love for Love
ANSWER: William Congreve

POPULAR CULTURE

Name these movies from quotes, 15 points each.
[15] "I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion, and the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids."
ANSWER: Dr. Strangelove
[15] "As I say, we tried to remove the tusks. But they were embedded so firmly we couldn't budge them. Of course, in Alabama, the Tuscaloosa but that is entirely ir-elephant to what I was talking about."
ANSWER: Animal Crackers

SCIENCE

[S] Answer these questions on key DNA experiments, for the stated number of points.
[10] Five points each, which two scientists used bacteriophages to show genes are contained in DNA?
ANSWER: Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase
[10] Five points each, which two scientists showed that when DNA divides, each new molecule contains one original strand and a new complementary strand?
ANSWER: Mattler Meselson and Frank Stahl
[10] What term did Meselson and Stahl use to describe such replication?
ANSWER: semi-conservative