2001ACFRegionals分析.doc

2001 ACF Regionals Tossups by Swarthmore 1. Seven months after the main fighting, a counter-attack under Charles Mangin recaptured Thiaumont, and two months later the Germans evacuated Fort Vaux. Begun on February 21 with a massive artillery bombardment, the Germans captured Fort Douaumont four days later. While some progress was made in March, notably the capture of Harcourt and Malancourt, the German drive fell short of primary objective, a fortress city overlooking the Meuse. The French defense was commanded by Henri Petain, who uttered the line “They shall not pass.” FTP, name this eleven-month 1916 battle, intended by the German high command to “bleed the French army white.” Answer: Battle of Verdun 2. He has written about vegetarianism in Lives of the Animals, his childhood in Boyhood, and censorship in Giving Offense. In his more unequivocally fictional work, he has often drawn on other authors, such as Daniel Defoe in Foe, an adaptation of the Robinson Crusoe story, and Dostoyevsky in Master of Petersburg. His first success came with a novel about a government magistrate entitled Waiting for Barbarians, and he has followed that up with several acclaimed novels, including two award winners. FTP, name this South African author who won the Booker Prize for The Life and Times of Michael K. and his most recent novel, Disgrace. Answer: J. M. Coetzee (John Michael) 3. Cockroft and Walton used it as the target metal in transmitting nuclei by artificially accelerated molecules. When combined with paraffin and oil under high pressure, it first yielded artificial diamonds. Its aluminum hydride works excellently in the reduction of ketones and aldehydes to alcohols, and along with magnesium it is the most common metal used in organometallic reagents. Also of note is that its lightest isotope, when bomarded with slow neutrons, yields a tritium and helium. FTP, name this first of the alkali metals, whose carbonate is often used in treating manic depression. A