************ TOSS UPS Written by Trevor Schultz for the 1999 Technophobia Four at Cal Tech ************ 1. An unexpected retaliation on July 2, 1644 left Prince Rupert with 3,000 casualties and 4,500 other men lost as prisoners. This, after Rupert pursued the Roundheads and Scots to this Yorkshire location after his relief of York. For 10 points, name this conflict of the English Civil war, a victory for Cromwell's disciplined forces. Answer: Marston Moor 2. This work covers the authors experiences from 1918 to 1956 but it wasnt published until 1973. Recounting his unfortunate role as a zek under the auspices of the Chief Administration of Corrective Labor Camps, the author noted that all of the far-flung prisons and camps scattered throughout the nation were almost a separate country made up of hundreds or even thousands of so-called "islands." Thus for 10 points what appropriate title emerged for this collection of memoirs by Alexander Solzhenitsyn? Answer: The Gulag Archipelago 3. Its English equivalent is the Milk Race and its most valued ongoing prize is the maillot jaune. It has killed Olympic champions and was itself almost killed in 1998 after numerous drug scandals. For 10 points, name this most famous of Cycling races that ends with a grand sprint in downtown Paris. Answer: Tour de France 4. When opened its lower section features a scene of angels clustering about a stone slab upon which stands a sheep surrounded by throngs of onlookers in an open clearing with castles in the background. The upper section unfolds into seven images with the central figure sitting on a throne dressed in red robes. At the bottom sits a painted plaque: "Van Eyck, 1432." For 10 points, identify this famous alterpiece of Jan Van Eyck which shares its name with a famous Pacification of 1576 and a famous treaty of 1814. Answer: The Ghent Altarpiece 5. Discovered by U.S. astronomers in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is an array of 2,000 galaxies arranged in an almost perfect plane. The largest structure in space that can be seen from the ground -- it covers an area of 500 million by 200 million light years. The two-word name that scientists use for this structure is quite appropriate since it also names the largest structure that someone from space could see on the Earth. For 10 points -- what two word name is used -- one of which is a vast feature in China? Answer: Great Wall Do not accept: Great Wall of China 6. Michael Faraday -- not the scientist -- is a suburban widower who begins to suspect that nondescript neighbor Oliver Lang is a right-wing terrorist hell-bent on blowing up...something. The success of this 1999 cinematic thriller helped its screenwriter Ehren Kruger win the opportunity to pen Scream 3. For 10 points, name this Joan Cusack, Tim Robbins and Jeff Bridges movie vehicle that's named for the street on which these paranoid events take place. Answer: Arlington Road 7. You are buying a house and you speak to the seller. Both of you decide that you need a third party to help close the deal and that third party does so upon receiving certain funds and documents that have been outlined in a set of predetermined instructions. For 10 points what 6-letter word defines this type of economic transaction of using a third party to settle a deal especially in the realm of home buying? Answer: Escrow 8. In 1847, the young British adventurer Austen Henry Layard explored its ruins and rediscovered the lost palace of Sennacherib across the Tigris River from modern Mosul in northern Iraq. With the findings of ancient inscriptions that confirmed that Sennacherib attacked Jerusalem Christian fundamentalists rejoiced at the knowledge that there was an independent corroboration of a biblical event. And they doubly rejoiced at another inscription that recorded that Assyrians from this city did indeed conquer the Judean city of Lachish as related in 2 Kings. For 10 points identify this one-time capital of the Assyrian empire -- sacked in 612 BC important in the story of Jonah. Answer: Nineveh 9. One terminus of the Cassian way is Florence. One terminus of the Appian way is Brindisi. Both have their other termini at for 10 points what major destination in Italy? Answer: Rome or Roma 10. English, English with Chignon, Dutch, French, Invisible French, Double English , Double Dutch Tieback, Single French Accent and Hairline Twist with English are -- for 10 points -- what types of objects that can be sculpted with one's hair -- objects that are akin to pigtails? Answer: Braids 11. Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad decided to dissolve Parliament in November of 1999 in order to ensure that this will another round of elections before the holy month of Ramadan. These elections will be widely contested because of grassroots protests of Mohamad's treatment of Anwar Ibrahim, a former high official now jailed for corruption. For 10 points, this drama will unfold in what southeastern Asian nation whose political nerve center is Kuala Lumpur? Answer: Malaysia 12. There are six collections of this text with the most notable being the one compiled by Bukhari in the 9th century CE. The other 5 are based on the authority of the Caliph Ali. Contained within its pages are the sunna, or rules of life and the Sharia or islamic law. For 10 points, identify this text second in Authority to the Koran its title an Arabic translation for "traditions." Answer: Hadith 13. Colloquially, if you pick it up -- you are accepting a challenge. By throwing it down, you are issuing a challenge. And running through one means that you are facing a challenge head on. For 10 points -- what noun is suitable to use in these situations -- itself a large metal glove used in warfare or a popular videogame by Atari? Answer: Gauntlet 14. Hesperides is the title of "The Works Both Humane and Divine" of this poet born in 1591. Most of the lyrics contained in Hesperides were composed in Devonshire, where he was vicar of Dean Prior from 1629 to 1647. This disciple of Jonson drew inspiration from both Shakespeare and Horace in his writings on nature that included the line "Gather ye Rosebuds, while ye may." For 10 points name this poet of "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time." Answer: Robert Herrick 15. He was both divine and heroic. He fulfilled divine prophecy by killing his half-uncle Kamsa and heroic in his conquests of dragons, monsters and 16,000 wives. In the Mahabharata, he helps the Pandavas against the Kauravas and he is the one to deliver the Bhagavad-Gita to Arjuna, for whom he was a charioteer. For 10 points, name this blue-skinned eighth avatar of Vishnu. Answer: Krishna 16. Founded by the French in 1900, it was known as Fort Lamy until 1973 and it sits on the confluence of the Chari and Logone rivers. With a population of over half a million it has exactly one university which is incredibly underwhelming for a capital city even an African one. But perhaps amazing in a country of perpetual economic crisis and social strife For 10 points name this impoverished capital of Chad. Answer: N'Djamena 17. Eamonn de Valera took a liking to him and offered him a safe haven from the Nazis in the newly established Institute of Advanced Studies in Dublin. This scientist worked there from 1939 to his retirement in 1958 during which time he published the seminal book What is Life? which encouraged a new generation of scientists to steer away from military-based physics research towards a new endeavor of breaking the genetic code. An interesting postscript for the man who won a Physics Nobel prize for his work on electron orbitals. For 10 points, name this co-winner of the 1933 Nobel Prize in physics whose wave equation, when applied to the hydrogen atom, yielded all of the results of Bohr and de Broglie. Answer: Erwin Schrodinger 18. A Freudian analysis published on George Costanza concluded that he his sense of right and wrong is generally bad primarily due to the lack of ethical lessons handed down by his parents and secondarily due to the lack of lessons learned in the social environment. Therefore Georges id is not kept very well in check. For 10 points give the Freudian term for the part of the mind that is lacking in George a container for the conscious self-image. Answer: Superego 19. The man leads with his left foot going forward and then swinging his right food forward. These two steps take a four count and are then followed by 2 quick steps the first being the left foot to the side and the right foot closing the position. For 10 points identify this simple ballroom dance which would require little physical effort from certain animals of the family canidae. Answer: Fox Trot 20. An ecclesiastical court reversed the guilty verdict imposed in 1455. Whoops could have used that reversal 24 years before when this crowner of Charles the 7th was burned at the stake in Rouen. For 10 points, name this warrior Maiden of Orleans. Answer: Joan of Arc 21. He is pretty much forgotten in his role as a schoolteacher in the movie Deep Impact. No one probably noticed his guess spots on the Summer Sanders-hosted game show Figure It Out. People began to get accustomed to his face as he made several appearances on ESPN as a calmly obsessed hockey fan, but now everyone knows his name as the eponymous symbol of failure for the 1999 Fall TV season. For 10 points, name this stand-up comic who was an early casualty on the NBC fall line-up, best known for being "The Rick." Answer: Mike O'Malley 22. This year had a few notable firsts in baseball Ken and Clete Boyer are the first brothers to hit homers in the same Series game, Gus Triando becomes the first catcher to catch a no-hitter in each league and Masanoti Murakami becomes the first player from Japan to play major league ball. But its the feat accomplished on Fathers Day by Jim Bunning that may be most memorable. For 10 points in what year did Phillies pitcher Bunning throw his perfect game also the year in which Baseball approved its first free agent draft? Answer: 1964 23. Immediately after the climactic event in this work, Mr. Tanimoto begins to help others, while Miss Sasaki remains trapped under bookcases and building beams Meanwhile, Father Kleinsorge, the German Jesuit priest and Mrs. Nakamura, with her children, flee to Asano Park where they wait with others for food and help. For 10 points, all of these people are the immediate survivors of the August 6, 1945 nuclear blast of what title location as penned by John Hersey? Answer: Hiroshima 24. Experts that study it are known as Palynologists. To count it you would probably use either a Rotorod Sampler or a Burkard Spore Trap. To derive the most accurate figures -- you would count the number of grains per cubic meter of air usually during a 24-hour period and then submit your forecast to warn allergy sufferers. For 10 points, what are these particles -- which are tiny exudates from grasses, weeds and trees? Answer: Pollen 25. When the World Health Organization released their 1999 report -- this was listed as #4 for the cause of the most deaths in the world behind heart disease, stroke and respiratory disease. This finding was interesting since deaths from it have actually declined in the U.S. in the past year. For 10 points what is this disease caused by HIV? Answer: AIDS or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (accept HIV on early buzz) 26. He (?) tricks an ogre into transforming itself into a mouse, which he then gobbles up so that its master can appropriate the ogre's wealth and win the hand and heart of a beautiful princess. For 10 points, name this brash fairy tale feline who has an easy time righting wrongs in his sensible footwear. Answer: Puss in Boots