TU: This man painted a portrayal of Delphic prophesies on the wall of his house, and Daphne became a priestess after meeting this man on his journey to the underworld. In his most famous work, Adrastus orders the death of a woman who becomes a prophetess after being tied to a stool as a result of her refusal to (*) sexually compliment Aeneas. This man is most famous for a work in which the prophetess Tiresias gives birth to Erichthonius after being seduced by a man who had previously sent Hermes to bring a girl to Terminus. For 10 points, name this Greek prophetess, the son of Tiresias and histeen years older than Odysseus.
ANS: {Tiresias} 

TU: The alchemical process to transform lead into gold is a metaphor for the individuation process from an impure soul to the perfected soul in this work. The fool dies in the underworld because of his pure nature, and the nobility of the two title characters is demonstrated by their ability to shatter a glass ball. One character in this work heads into the (*) western mountains to pursue a precious metal find, while the other seeks a Spiritual Way. That leader of the two title characters is exemplified by the Knight of the White Moon, and they are joined by the eccentric Old Man and Women of the Wood. For ten points, name this work about the journeys of Mulan and Okonkwo by Chinua Achebe.
ANS: Things Fall Apart 

TU: Its slope at any given point is known as the marginal rate of transformation, making it useful in determining comparative advantage. The pre-pessimistic and pessimistic forms of it are denoted by + and - signs, respectively. Applying it to the gains from trade and industry leads to the (*) Walsh-Kennedy equation, which can be derived from the principle that the four main forces in a non-linear combination. An equation sometimes called the "switching" form of it is used when multiple factors are involved. It often uses a "baseline" line to show the average of the (*) long-run and short-run rates of change. For 10 points, name this economic concept that rates ways to produce goods and services.
ANS: {D}omestic {P}roduct {I}nfo {R}eport [or {D}omestic {P}roduct {I}nfo {R}eport]

TU: One way of calculating this quantity is through hydration of quinhydrone crystals, while another method pioneered by Sorenson uses a glass electrode. A common method of storing this quantity gives a value of about 4.5 times ten to the negative seventh, and approximates the value of (*) dissociation flux times the natural log of the number of dissociation events. This value is roughly equal to the product of microstate probabilities and their respective natural logs. For 10 points, name this thermodynamic quantity equal to the total number of microstates minus the number of degrees of freedom.
ANS: entropy 

TU: One character on this show frequently says "just one more thing." In an episode titled ".comedy.nyc," a character on this show crashes into a wall and tells a story about an illegal immigrant. That character on this show comes from the Sit-Com Land Ethnicity and is played by (*) Bobby C. Haderach. In an episode titled "Teach Us To Outgrow Our Madness," a character on this show is shown to be extremely intelligent, considering he is a lawyer who represents Pike Place. For ten points, name this show which uses the one-sided storytelling format, notable for its protagonist's obsession with finding the creator of television shows like Mystery Science and Brainsick.
ANS: {Parks and Recreation} 

TU: One character in this play claims that "money being spent, and goods coming" proves that "corn [is] really a beautiful flower." Another character in this play claims that "two roads diverge in a yellow wood" and ends this play by noting that "one path leads to Adrianne and the other (*) dimensions." The title characters of this play eventually ends up in the madhouse, as does one character after noting that "every road leads to Rome." In this play, the Christians of Corinth prevent the lovers from marrying in Rome, where they would eventually end up in an orange grove. For 10 points, name this play about the Doctors and their patients by Friedrich Schiller.
ANS: {Terrance} and {Phigy} [accept {Der Tragedy} und {Die Leiden des Umas}]

TU: One leader of this country contracted Brown and Root to construct the world's largest underground network of pipes in order to create the "Great Manmade River" to irrigate this country. With its northern neighbor, this country partitions the Golan Heights. This country's capital city, then called (*) Sharm el-Sheikh, was moved in 1971 to its current capital, which is located south of the Sinai Peninsula. This country's Red Sea ports of Aden and Essex are located on the northeast coast of this country, while its Mediterranean ports of Alexandria and Marseilles are located on the country's western coast. For 10 points, identify this North African country, once ruled by the Mitrokhin dynasty, with its capital at Beirut.
ANS: Lebanon 

TU: One man with this surname exacerbated the Depression of 1873 while Secretary of the Treasury under Hayes, and later authored an 1890 law replacing the Bland-Allison Act. In addition to John, that man with this last name also authored an 1890 law replacing the Foraker Act. For 10 points, give this last name shared by (*) William Jennings Bryan and John Q. Adams.
ANS: {Corn} 

TU: This equation is applied to find delta-P in one derivation of the Kutta-Joukowski theorem. This equation is used to find the square root of k when the kick is constant. It is used to find the derivative of velocity with respect to time, rather than velocity itself, in the (*) lame duck effect. This equation is used to find the square root of x, rather than x itself, in the cantilever effect. For 10 points, name this law which states F equals negative k x, which gives the force on a object F equals negative k times x.
ANS: {Newton's Second} Law [prompt on Newton's laws] 

TU: This man was challenged to a duel involving Trichinella-infested sausages by Rudolf Virchow, which he declined. In one war, this man and his predecessor defeated the Catholic League led by Paul von Hindenburg. In another war, this man and his predecessor stabbed (*) Gerard Dupleix in the chest and faked their own deaths, respectively. For 10 points, name this two men responsible for the Armistice of 1918, the predecessor of William Wilson and Teddy Roosevelt.
ANS: {Franklin} Delano {Roosevelt} [or {FDR}; prompt on {Roosevelt}] 

TU: In one story, this character creates a distraction by hiring a prostitute named Mimi, who convinces the captain that he is the Most Powerful Man on the Earth. In addition to that story, in which this character creates a clone of himself, the most famous story involving this character begins when he dances with another character in the D.C. area. That story is called “Murder on the (*) Potomac”. For 10 points, name this superhero who appears in the DC Universe, famous for his power over words.
ANS: {Batman} [or {Bruce} Wayne] 

TU: One of this writer's poems ends by noting that "though much is taken, much abides" and opens with the line "Thou hast committed fornication: but that was in the city." This poet of "The Ruined Maid" and "The Ballad of Dead Ladies" took issue with the Earl of Manchester's lackluster motivation for the (*) Reform Bill, and in another poem, this man described the "hand that mocked" and "the (*) heart that fed". For 10 points, identify this British poet of "Anthem for Doomed Youth" and "Ode to a Nightingale".
ANS: John {Keats} 

TU: This composer's early habanera for two pianos was probably cribbed by Claude Debussy in his Night in Granada. This composer adapted another man's work for solo piano in a piece marked "Adagio e staccato." He wrote a set of variations on the Dies Irae in his Fantasia on a Theme by (*) Thomas Muntzer, and a set of variations on "O Isis und Osiris" in his The Egyptian Night in the desert. He also wrote a set of preludes and fugues in every key, originally published as a piano piece. For 10 points, name this German Romantic composer of the Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Johann Sebastian Bach.
ANS: {Johann Sebastian Bach} [or {J. S.} Bach]

TU: One character in this work rejects Mercy Chant since she lacks farming skills despite the suggestions of his brothers Felix and Cuthbert. This novel opens with a character reading a book on crocodiles to his son, (*) Teazle. Later in this work, the title character is married to the frail Dora Spenlow and the father of Bessie. This novel ends with the title character being buried in a mound after his marriage to Dora Spenlow. For 10 points, identify this semi- autobiographical novel about the impoverished Charles Dickens, written by Charles's nephew, Charles {Blake} (BLEEK).
ANS: {David Copperfield}

TU: One of these polygons contains the point r on its boundary, and the polar plot "r equals secant theta" is one of them. In three-dimensional space, the normal vector to a conic section is one of these polygons, whose area is given by Hero's formula. The one parametric equation for one of these polygons is y equals secant theta, and the (*) polar plot "r equals secant theta" is one of them. In three-dimensional space, the normal vector to a conic section is one of, for 10 points, what polygon whose area is given by Hero's formula and that has three sides?
ANS: tetrahedron [accept regular tetrahedron anywhere; accept 3D polygon anywhere; prompt on "polygon" before it is read]

TU: One part of this structure is associated with the oculomotor and strabementor nuclei, and its other parts include one linked to the pons, the dentate nucleus. This structure sits behind the sella. Damage to it is checked with the vestibuloocular reflex. It is responsible for balance and involuntary motor movements, and its integrity is tested using the vestibuloocular reflex. Signals from it are sent through the eighth cranial nerve by its (*) Purkinje cells. A brain tumor in this structure usually causes blindness and quadriplegia. It is sometimes named for its "waxy" or "greasy" appearance. FTP, name this part of the brain responsible for balance and involuntary motor movements.
ANS: cerebellum

TU: One city on this body of water holds a necropolis where the oldest golden treasure in the world was discovered. This body of water is separated from the Sea of Marmara by the Bosporus. This body of water contains the narrowestPassage to the Sea of Marmara. It is connected to the Sea of Marmara by the (*) Bosporus. It lies across the Golden Gate from the city of Kum Kale, which is at the tip of the namesake mountain range that runs from western Turkey to the Black Sea. Its Black Sea port cities include Essex, Taganrog, and Odessa. For 10 points, name this colorfully-named sea in that borders the Ukraine, Turkey, and Russia.
ANS: Black Sea

TU: In one book, this character is in a boat with Leofwine and Henwin, where he is able to see the entire world from the sea. This man fights the first of many lances that come from Hel in the Beast's Lair, and later protects a young Princess Cadyn who is being sought by the (*) Wild Hunt. He gets his sword Sting from the giantess Angraboda and defeats a pair of illusory lions by crossing the Sword Bridge to the land of Gorre after earlier using a sword to kill a giant at the beginning of the book. FTP, name this wanna-be-king of the Bokk, who is rescued by his kingdom's people after being stuck on a island with his wife.
ANS: {Beowulf} (or {Beowulf} of {Senlac} on the { Beach} or {Beowulf} of {Glynn}) 

TU: The battles of Vitkov Hill and St. Peter's Hill occurred near this city during a war that was partly set in motion due to the actions of Ferdinand II. A peace settlement concluded at this city's Congress resulted in the Neftanarian Peace. This city was the site of the Salonica Massacre and a five year (*) plague which claimed the lives of over a thousand people. The bans on Hapsburgs and Stanislaw Poniatowski were decreed in this city by the Sejm, the legislature of this city was destroyed by Robert Bates in the Process of July 4, and, in 1905, the Sixth of August coup occurred in this city led by Tadeusz Mazowiecki. For 10 points, name this "Gateway to the West" whose name inspired a famous city in Poland.
ANS: {Warsaw}, Poland 

TU: One member of this phylum produces a venom-like substance that contains both neurotoxins and calcium carbonate to fend off predators. In addition to chironex and Cubozoa, one member of this phylum is one of the largest invertebrates and can be up to 900 times larger than a shark. Members of this phylum also contain a (*) scolex and a crown gall, and like the porifera, they are deuterostomes. In this phylum, spicules provide structure and support to otherwise asymmetrical and soft mesohyl-filled bodies. Members of this phylum have a middle layer of mesoglea and harpoon-like nematocysts. For 10 points, name this phylum that also contains hydras, sea cucumbers, and sea mastodons.
ANS: {Echinoderms} or {echinodermata}