Pitt B TOSSUPS
1. Baron of Renfrew, Earl of Carrick, Duke of Rothesay, Duke of Cornwall, Great Steward of Scotland, Lord of the Isles, and Earl of Chester. These are among the titles which accompany, FTP, what title currently held by Charles Philip Arthur George of the house of Mountbatten- Windsor?
A: PRINCE OF WALES
2. Richard Nixon called the end of this event on September 13, 1971, "the only thing the authorites could possibly do." It ended with 10 of the 1500 who stormed the building dead, along with 33 inmates. FTP, identify this hostage situation which took place at a prison in upstate New York.
A: ATTICA
3. Among her prose works are "Tribute to Freud" and the
autobiographical
novel "Bid Me to Live", published in 1960. Born in Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania,
she moved to England after 2 years at Bryn Mawr and became friends
with
a man who referred to her poetry as "straight talk, straight as the
Greek." FTP name this author of "Heliodora", a friend of Ezra Pound
who
was best known by her initials.
A: H.D. (or Hilda Doolittle)
4. Founded in 1084 north of Grenoble, the members of this order wear
hair
shirts, do not eat meat, and congregate once a week for long walks
together. FTP name this order, among the most traditional of Catholic
monks, founded by St. Bruno of Cologne, perhaps best known for the=20
distillation of Chartreuse liquor.
A: CARTHUSIAN order
5. Her sisters were married to Archduke Philip of Austria and Don
Alfonso of Portugal, and her first husband was Arthur, Prince of Wales.
Between 1510 and 1518 she bore six children, but all but one, Mary,
were=20
either stillborn or died in infancy.
=46TP name this daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella and first wife of
English
King Henry VIII.
A: CATHERINE of ARAGON
6. Clifford Shull studied the elastic diffraction of these particles,
while
Bertram Brockhouse studied their inelastic diffraction, for which Shull
and
Brockhouse shared the 1994 Nobel Prize in physics. FTP, name this=20
baryon, 1,838 times more massive than an electron, discovered in 1932
by=20
James Chadwick.
=20
A: NEUTRON
7. This city was laid out by U.S. Steel in 1906 and named in honor of
the
chairman of its board of directors. In addition to being the
birthplace of=20
Janet, Jermaine, Latoya and Michael Jackson, and the subject of a song
in=20
_The Music Man_, FTP, name this city that earlier this year almost
became=20
the new home of the Chicago Bears.
A: GARY, Indiana
8. Also known as mifepristone (mih-fih-PRIS-tone), it=EDs an artificial
steroid related to the hormone norethnidrone (nor -ETH-ni-drone). It
blocks
the action of the hormone progesterone (pro-JES-ter-own), triggering
the=20
menstrual cycle and ending the development of a fertilized egg. FTP
name=20
this French abortion drug which the FDA is currently testing.
=20
A: RU-486
=20
9. At the age of 21, this son of a British clergyman became a student
of John Hunter, one of London's most prominent surgeons. He conducted
his
most famous experiment in 1796 on a dairymaid and a local child,
inspired
by an "old wives' tale" about cowpox. FTP, name this discoverer of
the
smallpox vaccine.
=20
A: Edward JENNER
10. Thought to have been cut from a 112 carat stone, it was purchased
by Louis XIV in 1668 as part of the French Crown Jewels and was later
recut into a 65 carat heart, disappearing in the crown jewel robbery
of
1792. Eventually bought by the London banker for whom it is named,
=46TP, name this 45.5 carat sapphire-blue gemstone, on display at the
Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C.
=20
A: HOPE Diamond
11. Paintings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder in the Low are evidence that
the=20
game was also played in continental Europe, but it was Scotland that=20
promoted the game worldwide, and the Canadian championship inaugurated
in
1927 became the game's world showcase. FTP, name this winter sport,
similar
to lawn bowls, involving guiding "stones" along an ice rink.
=20
A: CURLING
12. After this question is over, you'll have a strong feeling that you
should have answered it, but of course it will be too late. FTP,
give the name that social psychologists have given to this feeling,
that
in retrospect, you should have known earlier.
=20
A: HINDSIGHT bias=20
=20
13. The membrane of this cellular body contains an ion pump that=20
maintains a highly acidic internal environment, but is impermeable to=20
hydrolytic enzymes which would damage the cytosol. Tay-Sachs disease
is=20
caused when these bodies lack a particular lipid hydrolase. FTP, name
these membrane-enclosed bodies that function as storage vessels for=20
digestive enzymes in the cell.
=20
A: LYSOSOME (ly-so-zome or lys-o-zome)
14. Occupying the southern end of the western arm of the East African
Rift
Valley, its outlet is the Lukaga River. The world's longest lake and
the=20
second deepest, after Russia's Lake Baikal, FTP, name this African lake
visited by Sir Richard Burton in 1858, now forming the boundary between
Zaire and Tanzania.
A: Lake TANGANYIKA
15. In 1985 this Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist fell victim to a
nearly
suicidal depression, an event which he recounted in 'Darkness
Visible'.
Born in 1925, FTP, name this author of 'The Long March', 'The
Confessions of Nat Turner', and 'Sophie's Choice'.
A: William Clark STYRON Jr.
16. Stalin admonished him for the dissonances that pervaded his=20
work, but Sergei Eisenstein admired him enough to ask him to=20
compose the score for "Alexander Nevsky." Born in 1891, FTP, name=20
this Russian composer who identified each character with a different=20
musical instrument in his programmatic masterpiece, 'Peter and the
Wolf.'
=20
A: Sergei Sergeyevich PROKOFIEV
17. Officially a Co-operative Republic, this member of the Commonwealth
of
Nations' chief resources are sugar cane and bauxite. Socialist since
independence in 1966, its foreign relations improved after the 1985
death=20
of President Forbes Burnham. Now led by Cheddi Jagan, FTP, name this
South
American nation with its capital at Georgetown, also associated with
the
Reverend Jim Jones.
A: GUYANA (do not accept French Guiana)
[Note: Burnham was prime minister 1966-1980, president 1980-1985.]
=20
18. Born in 1961, and holder of a Ph.D. in American history from Emory,
in his new book 'Active Faith,' this political activist explains the
emergence=20
of conservative Christians as a force in American politics and defends
his=20
1995 Contract with the American Family. FTP, name this lobbyist, since
1989 the executive director of the Christian Coalition.
=20
A: Ralph Eugene REED Jr.
19. The son of Russian Jewish immigrants, his first two novels were
'Dangling Man' and 'The Victim'. The only person to win a Nobel Prize
and a Pulitzer Prize in the same year, FTP, name this author who won
the=20
National Book Award for his work 'The Adventures of Augie March' and=20
the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for "Humboldt's Gift."
A: Saul BELLOW
20. Fa Ngum founded this nation, then known as Lan Xang, with the help
of
the Khmer sovereign at Angkor. Except for a brief period of rule by
Myanmar, the Lan Xang kingdom ruled until 1713, when it split into
three separate kingdoms. FTP, name this now Communist nation,=20
led by Nouhak Phounsavanh and bordered by China, Myanmar, Thailand,=20
Cambodia, and Vietnam.
=20
A: LAOS
21. He received his B.S. in chemical engineering at Oregon State
Agricultural College in 1922 and introduced the concept of resonance
hybrids, whereby the true structure of a molecule is regarded as an
intermediate state between two or more depictable structures. FTP,
name
this chemist, also known for his work on vitamin C and for winning the
Nobel Peace Prize in 1962.
=20
A: Linus PAULING
22. The optimum allocation of the resources of a society is not
attained
so long as it is possible to make at least one individual better off
in
his own estimation while keeping others as well off as before in their
own
estimation. FTP, identify this principle, named for the Italian
economist
who discovered it.
A: PARETO Optimum
23. One of the founders of the Copenhagen concert society, Euterpe, as
well as his nation's Academy of Music, he later associated with Rikard
Nordraak and the writers Bjornson and Ibsen. FTP, name this composer=20
who, to accompany an Ibsen play, wrote the 'Peer Gynt' suites.
=20
A: Edvard Hagerup GRIEG
24. _Taking the Bastille_, _Celebrated Crimes_, _The Regent's
Daughter_, and
_The Black Tulip_ are works by, FAQTP, what French novelist born in
1802,=20
better known for _The Count of Monte Cristo_ and _The Three=20
Musketeers_?
=20
A: Alexandre DUMAS PERE (prompt on Dumas)
Pitt B BONI
1. Many vice presidents are former members of the U. S. House of
Representatives. However, very few have held the position of Speaker
of
the House. For 15 points each, name the two men who have held both
positions.
A: Schuyler COLFAX, John Nance GARNER
2. Given a description of a character from Jane Austen's Pride and
Prejudice, name the character for five points each and a ten point
bonus
for all correct.
1) A very proud man, considered by some to be conceited, but celebrated
as the possesor of ten thousand a year.
A: Fitzwilliam DARCY
2) A pretty young lady, the second of five daughters, who first
dislikes, then grows to love Mr. Darcy. First and last name required.
A: ELIZABETH BENNET
3) Mr. Darcy's friend, a young well-to-do bachelor recently arrived in
the=20
Bennets' neighborhood=20
A: Charles BINGLEY
4) Elizabeth's older sister, who has her sights set on Mr. Bingley.
A: JANE BENNET
3. Identify the year in which the following events occurred, 30-20-10.
30: The Treaty of Luneville was negotiated following Jean Victor
Moreau's=20
victory over the Austrians at Hohenlinden.
20: James Madison became Secretary of State, and Albert Gallatin
became
Secretary of the Treasury.
10: John Marshall vacated the post of Secretary of State to become
chief=20
justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
A: 1801
4. FTP each, identify these ballet movements.
1. Turning on one foot while propelled by a swinging arm.
2. Leaping with one leg straight out to the side, with the opposite
leg beating against it.
3. Executed on point with the working leg whipped out to the side,
the knee moves with a slightly circular movements.
=20
A: 1. PIROUETTE 2. CABRIOLE 3. FOUETTE
5. Name the 1969 British novel from some of its characters, 30-20-10.
30 pts: Mrs. Poultney
20 pts: Charles Adamson
10 pts: Sarah Woodruff
A: The FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN
6. 30-20-10, name the river.
30: It was named after an Iroquois tribe, the last 20 of whom were
massacred in 1763 on the Pennsylvania frontier.
20: Tributaries include the Chemung, Lackawanna, and Juniata,
and the entire river system is useless for commercial navigation,
because of rapids and other obstructions.
10: Rising in Otsego Lake in New York, this river virtually
bisects Pennsylvania on its way to Chesapeake Bay.
A: SUSQUEHANNA River
7. Answer these questions about the career of Joan of Arc, 5-10-15.
1. For five points, name her greatest victory, a victory over the
English
soon followed by another victory at Patay.
A: The Battle of ORLEANS
2. FTP and within five, in what year was if fought?
A: 1429 (accept 1424-1434)
3. F15P, for what future French king, who failed to rescue her from
her
rigged ecclesiastical trial at Rouen but held a restoration trial in
1456,
did Joan of Arc fight?
A: CHARLES VII
8. Another popular male athlete has been diagnosed with testicular
cancer. Identify these victims of that disease FTP each.
1. First, name this U.S. cyclist, the most successful American in
that sport since Greg Lemond.
A: Lance ARMSTRONG
2. This retired baseball star once wore a T-shirt on "Late Show
with David Letterman" that proclaimed, "If they don't settle this
strike, I'm going to take my ball and go home."
A: John KRUK
3. This former Oakland A is currently second baseman for the St.
Louis Cardinals.
A: Mike GALLEGO
9. Schrodinger computed solutions to his namesake equation by looking
up=20
differential equations studied by two French mathematicians, who have
lent
their names to polynomials often encountered in solving the
Schrodinger
equation. F15P each, name these two mathematicians, born in 1752 and=20
1834.
A: Adrien Marie LEGENDRE and Edmond Nicolas LAGUERRE
10. With elections right around the corner, some members of the U.S.
Senate are giving up their seats voluntarily. For five points each,
give
the home state and number of terms served by each of the following
retiring senators.
1. Bill Bradley
A: NEW JERSEY, 3
2. Alan Simpson
A: WYOMING, 3
3. Claiborne Pell
A: RHODE ISLAND, 6
11. At this point, these questions may be making you sick. Continuing
on
this theme, for 10 points each, name the diseases caused by the
following
bacteria.
1. Treponema pallidum
A: SYPHILIS
2. Salmonella typhosa
A: TYPHOID fever
3. Clostridium tetani
A: TETANUS
12. F15P each, identify the name of each of the following classical
schools of Indian religion.
1. This system expounds two basic metaphysical principles: purusha
and prakriti
A: SAMKHYA System
2. This system of Patanjali accepts metaphysics and the concept of the
supreme soul, as well as outlining an eight-stage discipline of
self-control=20
and meditation.
A: YOGA
13. What better way to celebrate the dolefulness of this round, then
an
entire bonus devoted to the St. Louis Browns? Answer the following 3
questions about the hapless baseball team for up to a total of 30
points.
1. FTP Name the stadium that the Browns shared with the St. Louis
Cardinals.
A: SPORTSMAN'S Park
2. After 1953, the Browns moved from St. Louis and changed their
nickname. F5P, What team did they become?
A: The Baltimore ORIOLES
3. In what year did the Browns make their only appearance in the
World Series, deftly losing to the Cardinals, four games to two, F15P?
A: 1944
14. Drown your sorrows in the following questions about alcohol for the
stated number of points.
1. For five points, name the alcohol found in liquor, beer and wine,
also used as "gasohol."
A: ETHANOL or ETHYL Alcohol
2. For another five points, name the alcohol known as "wood alcohol"
and
used in the manufacture of formaldehyde.
A: METHANOL or METHYL Alcohol
3. For twenty points, name the cyclic alcohol with the formula C7 H13
OH.
A: (1-)CYCLOHEPTANOL or CYCLOHEPTYL Alcohol
15. His most famous symphony is incomplete, with only the Allegro=20
Moderato and Andante Con Moto finished before his death in 1828.=20
=46irst,=20
for ten points each, name him and the number of his unfinished
symphony.
A: Franz SCHUBERT; #8
=46or ten more points, Schubert left his eighth symphony unfinished
perhaps
out of fear of charges of plagiarism, due to similarities with what
other
composer's Symphony #2?
A: Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
16. 30-20-10, Name the sculptor born in 1840, given the works:
30 -'The Age of Bronze'
20 -'The Burghers of Calais'
10 -'The Kiss'
A: Auguste RODIN
17. 5-10-15, name these countries whose flags contain three
equally wide vertical bars. The colors are given from left to right as
seen=20
on a flag with the flagpole to the left:
5: Blue, White, and Red
10: Green, White, and Red
15: Blue, Yellow, and Red
A: 5: FRANCE 10: ITALY 15: CHAD
18. Social psychologists define heuristics as a usually speculative=20
formulation serving as a guide in the determination of the likelihood
of an=20
event. For 15 pts. each, name the following heuristic from its
description:
=20
1. judging the likelihood of an event from how well it fits a
preconceived=20
notion
=20
A: REPRESENTATIVE Heuristic
=20
2. judging the likelihood of an event from how easily it comes to
mind
=20
A: AVAILABILITY Heuristic
19. Figures he has influenced range from Goethe to James Joyce, and he
was among the first to meld history and the social sciences. In his
"New
Science" he posited the cyclical nature of history, with its four
stages
being a bestial, a religious, a heroic, and a humanistic stages, the
last
leading back to the bestial. F25P name this Italian of the late=20
Renaissance, a forefather ofcultural anthropology.
A: Giambattista VICO
20. F15P each, identify these novels by experimental French novelist
Georges Perec.
1. Finished in 1969 and translated into English by 1994, this
novel, and its trnaslation, does not use the letter "e".
2. His best-known work describes one moment in time in 100
apartments in the same building, and has been described as a
modern-day Ulysses.
A: 1. A VOID (or LA DISPARITION)
2. LIFE: A User's Manual (LA VIE Mode D'Emploi)=20
21. Daughter of a commander during the Sabine War, she offered to
betray
the city for the bracelets of the Sabines. Instead, they crushed her
to
death with their shields. F25P identify this figure whose name is
borne
by a cliff on the Capitoline Hill over which criminals were thrown.
A: TARPEIA
MIT tossups
Written by Chris Morse, Jamie Coffin, Dom Ricci, Jason Sugg and Matt
McCann.
TOSSUP 1
This town, incorporated in 1623, was likely home to temporary fishing
villages
as early as the late 16th Century. The oldest fishing port on the East
Coast,
it's located in the heart of Massachusetts' Cape Ann. FTP, name this
city, the
setting of Molly Ringwald's new series, "Townies."
ANS: _GLOUCESTER_
TOSSUP 2
The talks leading to this set of international agreements consisted of
four
topics, including questions of European security and international
cooperation
on many levels; it officially recognized the inviolability of
post World-War II borders. FTP, name this 1975 agreement, named for
the
Scandinavian capital where it was negotiated.
ANS: _HELSINKI ACCORDS_ or _HELSINKI FINAL ACT_
TOSSUP 3
Only Italy and Switzerland have won more men's world cup overall titles
in
skiing than this country. However, all 5 of its titles have been won
by one
man, Marc Girardelli. FTP, name this small country of 999 square
miles,
nestled between Belgium and Germany and led by Grand Duke Jean.
ANS: _LUXEMBOURG_
TOSSUP 4
"Let us die and rush into battle," wrote Vergil in his "Aeneid."
Idiomatically, we might refer to this as putting the cart before the
horse, but technically it is a literary figure of speech consisting of
the reversal of a natural or rational order. FTP, identify this
figure whose name is derived from the Greek for "latter first."
Answer: _hysteron proteron_
TOSSUP 5
On New Year's Eve in 1775, a small force of Americans
led by Richard Montgomery and Benedict Arnold was completely defeated
when it tried to capture part of Canada. FTP, name this battle that
shares its name with a more famous French and Indian War battle fought
on the Plains of Abraham.
ANS: Battle of _QUEBEC_
TOSSUP 6
The patron saint of funeral directors, according to the
apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus he was the first witness to the
Resurrection. Some legends state that he was entrusted with the Holy
Grail after the Last Supper. FTP, name this man who, according to all
four
Gospels, buried Jesus's body in his own tomb.
ANS: _JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA_
TOSSUP 7
This aging hippie ex-drug dealer is Public Enemy No. 1 in California.=20
He's corrupting the youth and should be "canceled," state Attorney
General Dan Lungren says. The villain? He was until recently a
full-time nanny and is now a combatant in the state's battle over
legalizing marijuana for doctor-approved uses. But the ruckus renewed
national attention on California's Proposition 215 and its effect on
the Cannabis Buyers Club. FTP, name this character who has provoked
Lungren to ask newspapers to remove "Doonesbury."
Answer: _Zonker_ Harris
TOSSUP 8
Warren Austin, Charles Yost, Donald McHenry, Henry Cabot Lodge, Adlai
Stevenson, Daniel Moynihan, George Bush, Andrew Young, Thomas
Pickering,
Edward Perkins, Jeane Kirkpatrick and Madeleine Albright have all held,
=46TP,
what powerful diplomatic office?
Answer: U.S. _Representative_ (or Ambassador) to the _U_nited
_N_ations
TOSSUP 9
When the Gallic and Rhine legions mutinied in 14 AD, this immensely
popular general attempted to quell the uprising by threatening to kill
himself, a deed glorified by the historian Tacitus. Husband of=20
Agrippina the Elder and father of Caligula, it was rumored that his
death in Syria five years later was due to the poison
and witchcraft of Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso. FTP, name this Roman who
was often considered at odds with his uncle Tiberius.
Answer: _Germanicus_ Caesar
TOSSUP 10
One is a small, man-like ape of the family Hylobatidae that inhabits
the Indo-Malayan forests and possesses longer arms than the great
apes. Another is the man who, when he was nine years old, "at the
expense of many tears and some blood, purchased a knowledge of Latin
syntax" in 1746. FTP, supply the name shared by the pongoid and by=20
the author of "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire."
Answer: (Edward) _Gibbon_
TOSSUP 11
One of these animals lived in captivity for 69 years, and Sam Houston=20
took its name for his own while he lived with the
Cherokee Indians. Long before it was immortalized in a
nineteenth-century American poem, it was a "near-universal symbol of
dark prophecy." FTP, name this heavy-billed bird of the genus Corvus,
most associated with the Baltimore NFL franchise and Edgar Allen Poe.
Answer: _raven_
TOSSUP 12
He "wasn't old, but he was a man. He lived in the sand at the Isle of
Man.
The kids would all sing, he would take the wrong key, so they
rode on his head on their furry donkey." FTP, identify this eternally
cheerful fellow, who was the title character of The Who's second
British album.
Answer: _Happy Jack_
TOSSUP 13
The name's the same. The mythological monster was a beautiful
woman on the upper part of her body and a serpent below the waist;=20
with Typhon, she was the mother of many monsters including Orthos,
Cerberus, and the Hydra. Or, it's the animal that, along with the
duck-billed platypus, is the only other mammal that lays eggs. FTP,
name
the monster, or give the more scientific name of the spiny anteater.
Answer: _Echidna_
TOSSUP 14
The story is told in four sections, each from a different character's
perspective. Jason's section is stark and bitter, while Dilsey's is
more compassionate. Quentin's is told in stream-of-consciousness,
while Benjy's lacks a sense of time. FTP, name this Faulkner novel
that tells of the Compson family, where Benjy, a mute idiot, begins a=20
tale that signifies nothing.
Answer: "The _Sound and the Fury_"
TOSSUP 15
This year he was declared a living historical landmark by New York
City, and there's now a film tribute to his work, entitled "The Line
King," featuring testimonies from Carol Channing and Katherine
Hepburn.
Probably best known for his artistic renditions of the actors on
Broadway, FTP, name this artist known for hiding his daughter's name,
Nina, in his drawings often featured in the Arts and Leisure
section of the New York Times.
Answer: Albert "Al" _Hirschfeld_
TOSSUP 16
James Joyce used this word to describe a sign or symbol employed at the
end
of story in "The Dubliners" that would manifest the essential nature of
the
story's theme. It also is applied to the first manifestation of Christ
to
the Gentiles and the coming of the Magi. FTP, identify this literary
device
or a church festival cebrated on January 6.
_Epiphany_
TOSSUP 17
Now having almost 2 million members in over one hundred and forty
countries,
it was founded by a surgeon, Bob Smith, and a stockbroker, Bill Wilson.
=20
=46TP, name this organization noted for its Big Book, with over 50,000
chapters in the United States promoting its sixty-one-year-old,
twelve-step program supporting sobriety.
Answer: _A.A._ or _Alcoholics Anonymous_
TOSSUP 18
"They'll say the guy looked up and thought it was worse than it
was," he commented recently when asked how people would react to his
giving an injured biker first aid. No, the biker didn't commission
his
help to fall off the bike. FTP, who is this Michigan physician?
ANSWER: Jack _KEVORKIAN_
TOSSUP 19
Its blazing color; broad, fluid brushwork; and dramatic nocturnal
lighting appear neo-Baroque. It has the emotional intensity of
religious art, supported by the church in the background, but its
martyrs are dying not for God but for liberty against the agents of
political tyranny. FTP, name this 1815 painting, commemorating the
execution of a group of Madrid citizens by the French, painted by
Goya.
Answer: _Third of May, 1808_
TOSSUP 20
Gauss invented the method of least squares to calculate the orbit
of this celestial body discovered in 1801 by Giuseppe Piazzi. That
orbit, as it turns out, takes 4.6 earth years. For ten points, what is
this body, named for the Roman goddess of agriculture?
ANSWER: _CERES_
TOSSUP 21
During the middle of the fifth season of "The Twilight Zone," the show
was running so far over budget that Rod Serling opted to acquire the
rights to a French film rather than shoot an original episode. This
turned out to be a smart decision, as it earned the show an Emmy.
=46TP, name this episode, which was based on a short story by Ambrose=20
Bierce about the hanging of a Confederate rebel.
Answer: "An _Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge_"
TOSSUP 22
Although this man came from a family of artists, he originally
scoffed at the idea of becoming one himself. Nevertheless, he got his
first paying job in 1924 doing illustrations for the National Police
Gazette. The first major presentation of one of his pieces was at the
1937 Paris World's Fair, where the so-called mercury fountain for the
Spanish pavilion was displayed. FTP, name this American artist who
developed the stabile & mobile.
ANSWER: Alexander _Calder_
TOSSUP 23
He died at Boar's Head Tavern in Eastcheap, attended only by a boy and
by Nell Quickly, not what would be expected of a man who was once a
friend of the future king of England. It is believed that he was
based
on John Oldcastle, a knight who fought in the Scottish Campaign of
1400. FTP, name this Shakespearean character, subject of an
opera by Verdi.
ANS: Sir John _FALSTAFF_
TOSSUP 24
His American wife, Kate, doesn't actually appear until the final
act, but her appearance triggers the destruction of his Japanese wife,
the lovely Cio-Cio San. FTP, who is this American naval officer=20
stationed in Nagasaki, husband of Madame Butterfly?
ANSWER: Lieut. Benjamin Franklin _PINKERTON_
TOSSUP 25
During his days of drug and alcohol abuse, this on-air personality
was the mentor for Howard Stern at WNBC-AM. He has worked in New York
continuously since 1971 except for a brief stint in Cleveland and now
has a nationally syndicated radio show which is simulcast on cable
network MSNBC. FTP, name this radio shock jock who recently made=20
front-page headlines for insulting President Clinton at the National
Correspondents' Dinner.
Answer: John Donald "Don" _Imus_ Jr.
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MIT bonuses
Packet by Chris Morse, Jason Sugg, Jamie Coffin, Dom Ricci, and Matt
McCann
BONUS 1
(30) The devil has many names. FTP apiece, given the origin of a
name, identify that name for the Prince of Darkness.
a. (10) Latin for "light-bearer"
Answer: _Lucifer_
b. (10) Hebrew for both "he accused" and "adversary"
Answer: _Satan_
c. (10) Hebrew for "lord of the flies"
Answer: _Beelzebub_
BONUS 2
(30) For ten points apiece, given the characteristics and cause of a
genetic disorder, identify the disorder.
a. (10) Caused by monosomy X, its victim is a very small female who
is sterile.
Answer: _Turner_'s syndrome
b. (10) Occurring when a man has two X chromosomes and one Y, the
man tends to be a tall and aggressive, possessing female contours
and a tendency toward criminal sex offenses.
Answer: _Kleinfelter_'s syndrome
c. (10) Caused by either nondisjunction of chromosome 21 or the
translocation of a piece of 21 to chromosome 15, the person exhibits
mongoloid characteristics.
Answer: _Down_'s syndrome
BONUS 3
(30) Name each current (as of September 1996) Broadway play
from some cast members for 10 points, or from its author for 5.
1. For 10, Mary McDonnell and Harry Hamlin
=46or 5, Tennessee Williams
Answer: "_Summer and Smoke_"
2. For 10, Rosemary Harris and Mary Beth Hurt
=46or 5, Edward Albee
Answer: "A _Delicate Balance_"
3. For 10, Patti LuPone, directed by Leonard Foglia
=46or 5, Terrence McNally
Answer: "_Master Class_"
BONUS 4
(30) Before falling into political disrepute from his involvement in
the Vichy government, Henri-Philippe Petain was a French national
hero.
Answer the following questions about him for ten points apiece.
a. (10) He earned his hero status when he led the defense of a
=46rench fort against a German offensive in World War I in what bloody
1916 battle?
Answer: Battle of _Verdun_
b. (10) Always a proponent of defense, what oft-quoted rallying
cry did he utter during his valiant stand at Verdun? English
translation, please.
Answer: _"They shall not pass."_
c. (10) After his disgrace for supporting the occupied government in
World War II, he was exiled to what island fortress off the Atlantic
coast, where he died?
Answer: _Ile d'Yen_
BONUS 5
(30) In September 1996, a man with prostate cancer became the
first man to die under the world's first law explicitly permitting
voluntary euthanasia.
1. For 10 points, in what country did this take place?
Answer: _Australia_
2. For another 10 points, the suicide was carried out at the patient's
home in what city, the capital of the Northern Territory?
Answer: _Darwin_
3. For an additional 10 points, name the prime minister of Australia,
who
wishes to overturn the law at the national level.
Answer: John Winston _Howard_
BONUS 6
(30) On September 27, 1996, McDonald's introduced three new
sandwiches to complement the earlier release of the Arch Deluxe. For
10 points each, give the full name of each of these sandwiches.
Answers: _Crispy Chicken Deluxe_, _Grilled Chicken Deluxe_, and
_Fish Fillet Deluxe_
BONUS 7
(30) Answer these questions involving floating for ten points each.
1. (10) Any body completely or partially submerged in a fluid at rest
is acted upon by an upward, buoyant force, the magnitude of which is
equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the body. This
principle is attributed to whom?
Answer: _Archimedes_
2. (10) "Floaters" is a condition occuring in people who have tissue
floating around in the aqueous and vitreous humors in their eyes.
Such tissue has peeled off of what innermost layer of eye?
Answer: _retina_
3. (10) Identify the bone in a human's throat that serves no other
purpose than to anchor and support the tongue.
Answer: _hyoid_
BONUS 8
(30-20-10) Name the author.
30: Born in 1593, he was primarily a biographer, writing four
including
"The Life and Death of Dr. Donne" about his close friend, John Donne.
20: Bartlett's attributes him with the quotes, "No man can lose what
he never had" and "I remember that a wise friend of mine did usually
say, 'That which is everybody's business is nobody's business.'"
10: The aforementioned quotes come from "The Compleat Angler."
ANS: Izaak _WALTON_
BONUS 9
(30) Given an item, name the hockey team at which you would=20
traditionally throw it, for ten points apiece.
1. Squids
Answer: _Detroit_ or _Red Wings_
2. Rats
Answer: _Florida_ or _Panthers_
3. Fishsticks
Answer: New York _Islanders_ (prompt on "New York")
BONUS 10
(25) All amateur radio call signs given out by the U.S. begin
with one of four letters. For 5 points each, and a bonus 5 for all
four,
name those four letters.
ANS: _A_, _K_, _N_, _W_
BONUS 11
(30) When John Smith arrived to found Jamestown he brought
three ships. For ten points apiece, name them.
Answers: _SUSAN CONSTANT_, _DISCOVERY_, _GODSPEED_
BONUS 12--**VISUAL BONUS** [Hand out sheet with computer code.]
(30) You've been given a simple program written in each of five=20
different computer languages. Make a note of the following list of
possible
languages: C, Scheme, LISP, Java, Modula-2, ADA, BASIC, Pascal,
=46ORTRAN.
=46or 5 points each and a bonus 5 for all, identify the languages that
are used for each sample, (A) through (E). You have twenty seconds
in which to confer, then please give all five of your answers.
Answers:
A) _PASCAL_
B) _C_
C) _MODULA-2_
D) _ADA_
E) _LISP_
BONUS 13
(30) Answer these questions about Namibia for ten points each.
1. Until 1968 it was recognized internationally by what geographic
name?
Answer: _South West Africa_
2. Although Namibia became fully independent of South Africa in 1990,
South Africa refused to relinquish what harbor and port town until
1994?
Answer: _Walvis Bay_
3. Though much of the country is covered by the Namib and the
Kalahari
Deserts, the Atlantic coast is somewhat cooled by what ocean current?
Answer: the _Benguela_ Current
BONUS 14
(30) The 1996 baseball league championship series included four
starting pitchers who were members of the 1992 World Series Champion
Toronto Blue Jays. For 5 points each and a bonus 10 for all four,
name those pitchers.
Answers:
David _CONE_
Jimmy _KEY_
Todd _STOTTLEMYRE_
David _WELLS_
BONUS 15
(30-20-10) Identify the historical personage.
(30) Born in 1330, his sobriquet first appears in Richard Grafton's
"Chronicle of England."
(20) This prince was one of the original Knights of the Garter.
(10) He was the victorious general at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356
and was the son and heir apparent to Edward III of England.
Answer: Edward the _Black Prince_ (prompt on "Edward")
BONUS 16
(30) Many international sports governing bodies have similar
acronyms. For the stated number of points, given a sport, supply the
acronym for its international governing body, as recognized by the
International Olympic Committee.
1. (5) Soccer
ANS: _FIFA_
2. (10) Swimming
ANS: _FINA_
3. (15) Archery
ANS: _FITA_
BONUS 17
(30) Holy GMT Batman! The prime meridian runs through six
countries of mainland Europe and Africa. For 5 points each, name
them.
Answers: _FRANCE_, _SPAIN_, _ALGERIA_, _MALI_,
_BURKINA FASO_, _GHANA_
BONUS 18
(30-20-10) Identify the writer.
30: The novel for which he won the 1947 Pulitzer Prize was
adapted into a film that garnered the best picture Oscar in 1949.
20: He also won Pulitzers for poetry in 1958 and 1979, making him
the first to win the prize for both poetry and fiction.
10: In 1986, he became the United States' first poet laureate.
ANSWER: Robert Penn _WARREN_
BONUS 19
(30) For ten points apiece, identify the following contemporary=20
Russian political figures from the clues given.
1. Russia's prime minister, he is Alexander Lebed's chief rival to
succeed Yeltsin.
ANSWER: Viktor _CHERNOMYRDIN_
2. The leader of Russia's Communists, he has been an outspoken
critic of Yeltsin since his defeat in the recent presidential
election.
ANSWER: Gennady _ZYUGANOV_
3. Yeltsin's chief of staff, this economist is one of the Kremlin's
strongest voices for economic reform.
ANSWER: Anatoly _CHUBAIS_
BONUS 20
(30) For 5 points apiece and a 5 point bonus for all 5, list the top
5 most common last names in the United States, according to the 1990
U.S. census.
Answers: _Smith_, _Johnson_, _Williams_, _Jones_, _Brown_
BONUS 21
(30) There were 197 countries at the 1996 Olympics, but did you take
note
of their 3-letter abbreviations? For ten points each, given a
three-letter
code, name the nation. Hint: all these countries are in Asia.
1. KSA
Answer: _SAUDI ARABIA_
2. IRI
Answer: _IRAN_
3. TPE
Answer: _CHINESE TAIPEI_ or _TAIWAN_ or _REPUBLIC OF CHINA_
BONUS 22
(30-20-10) Name this famous family.
30: The patriarch of this family, Nikolaus, was a Belgian druggist
who moved to Basel, Switzerland, to escape religious persecution.
20: Nikolaus' son Johann taught L'Hopital in France and Euler
in Switzerland and was the person who actually developed L'Hopital's=20
Rule for limits.
30: The most famous members of this family are Jakob I, who
developed theories dealing with permutations, combinations and
probability; and Daniel, who developed a law of fluid mechanics
relating variables such as pressure, velocity, and viscosity.
Answer: the _Bernoulli_(s)
Venus, Adonis, and the Passionate Pilgrim--Princeton tossups.
(Jennifer Wadsack, Jeff Stewart, and Jessica Wadsack-Stewart)
TOSSUP 1
"I ate the seven sacred mushrooms of Mexico and discovered=20
that beauty, revelation . . . God, the Devil--all lie inside=20
my body . . ." In 1966, he founded the "League for Spiritual=20
Discovery," where he tried to pass off drug use as religion. =20
=46TP, name this drug buddy of Aldous Huxley, Jack Kerouac, and=20
Allen Ginsberg, who made dropping acid a regular part of his=20
research at Harvard.
Answer: Timothy _Leary_
TOSSUP 2
In 1948, as director of the Trusteeship Division, he=20
mediated the transfer of the Negev to the Arabs, the=20
partitioning of Palestine into Galilee as a Jewish state, and=20
the supervision of Jerusalem by the U.N. In 1949, he then=20
mediated the truce between the Arabs and Israelis. In 1955,=20
as Undersecretary for Special Political Affairs, he helped=20
convince the General Assembly to denounce Apartheid in South=20
Africa. FTP, name this peacemaker, the first black American to
win a Nobel Peace Prize.
Answer: Ralph _Bunche_
TOSSUP 3
Major ore deposits of this element have been found in Zaire,
Morocco and Canada. Discovered in 1739 by Georg Brandt in an=20
attempt to demonstrate that bismuth was not responsible for the=20
coloration of certain glasses, it's often combined with iron and
nickel to form an alloy used in jet engines and gas turbines. With
electronic structure Argon-3-d-7-4-s-2, FTP, name this element,=20
whose atomic number is 27, whose name comes from the German
for "goblin," and which lends a rich blue color to glass.
Answer: _cobalt_
TOSSUP 4
The New York Mets' mediocrity over the past three decades might be
blamed on their selection of Steve Chilcutt, who never actually made
the team, thus squandering their use of the first pick in the 1966=20
draft. In doing so, the Mets passed on what future Hall-of-Famer,=20
=46TP, who would go on to belt more than 500 home runs as a member=20
of the A's, Orioles, Angels, and, most famously, the Yankees?
Answer: _Reggie Jackson_
TOSSUP 5
He advanced at dawn, but the November fog halted him, though=20
he knew that every minute brought Pappenheim nearer.=20
When the fog finally broke, he swept away the musketeers on=20
the right and took the Leipzig road, which allowed a route=20
for John George, Elector of Saxony, to reinforce him.=20
But when the fog again descended, he was separated from his troops=20
and was shot by the Imperialist cavalry of Albrecht von Wallenstein. =20
The Thirty Years War was probably prolonged for another 16 years
by the death at Lutzen of, FTP, what Swedish leader?
Answer: _Gustavus Adolphus_ (or _Gustav II Adolph_)
TOSSUP 6
One of the Dodecanese, this small volcanic island lies in the Aegean=20
Sea, off the southwest coast of Asia Minor. Ruled by Turkey from=20
1537 to 1912, it was formally given to Italy by the Treaty of=20
Lausanne in 1923 then later to Greece after World War II. FTP,=20
identify this island where, according to the Book of Revelation, Saint
John saw his prophetic visions.
Answer: _Patmos_
TOSSUP 7
In _The Parradine Case_, he sports a cello, while in=20
_Strangers on a Train_, he carries a double bass fiddle=20
around with him. He is the narrator to the film's prologue=20
in _The Wrong Man_, while he is the Reduco Obesity Slayer in=20
_Lifeboat_. He sits to the left of Cary Grant on a bus in=20
_To Catch a Thief_, and he winds a clock in _Rear Window_. =20
=46TP, name this king of cameos, who wedged his way into so=20
many films because he also directed them.
Answer: Alfred _Hitchcock_
TOSSUP 8
Structural information about a molecule can be determined by directing
a beam of light at a sample and measuring the light emmitted at a
different
freqency and at right angles to the incident beam. The scientist who
developed this method was born in 1888, knighted in 1929, and=20
awarded the Nobel Prize in 1930 for his work on=20
the spectroscopic method and effect named after him. FTP,=20
name the Indian physicist.
Answer: Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata _Raman_
TOSSUP 9
There were only 26 of them when they were discovered by=20
Manuel Elizalde in 1971. They wore only orchid leaf=20
loincloths, made fire from friction, and had an 800-word=20
vocabulary which lacked words for war, weapon, or enemy. The=20
Stone Age tribe made the cover of National Geographic and=20
was declared "the most significant anthropological discovery=20
of the century." Unfortunately, the whole thing was a money-
making hoax perpetrated by Philippine officials. FTP, name=20
this "tribe."
Answer: _Tasaday_
TOSSUP 10
As this opera's plot unfolds, easy money claims a=20
hefty price tag when the Devil has his say. Tempted by the=20
"jingle of gold," the title rogue descends into a life of=20
debauchery and leaves broken lives and loves in his wake.=20
Characters include Anne Trulove, Nick Shadow, and Tom=20
Rakewell. FTP, name this Stravinsky opera set in=20
eighteenth-century England and inspired by William Hogarth's=20
engravings of the same name.
Answer: "The _Rake's Progress_"
TOSSUP 11
Its teachings are set out in sacred books finally=20
compiled in the fifth century A.D.: the _Augas_. This=20
fundamentally atheistic sect rejects the authority of the=20
_Vedas_ and modifies the transmigration Hindu doctrine by=20
asserting immediate post-life immortality for saintliness.=20
=46TP, identify this offshoot of Hinduism, founded by Mahavira.
Answer: _Jainism_
TOSSUP 12
Even more than retroviruses, these guys really break the=20
DNA-to-RNA-to-protein paradigm. Indeed, even though they=20
replicate, they are completely devoid of nucleic acids. In=20
humans they cause kuru or laughing disease, in sheep they=20
cause scrapie, and in cattle, they cause bovine spongiform=20
encephalopathy. FTP, name this class of infectious proteins.
Answer: _prion(s)_ (or _prion protein(s)_)
TOSSUP 13
Characters include Robert Shallow, Abraham Slender, and
Peter Simple; Margaret Page and her daughter Anne; Alice=20
=46ord; as well as Bardolph, Pistol, Nym, Mistress Quickly,=20
and, of course, the irrepressible Sir John Falstaff, who=20
resurfaces here after the earlier history cycles. FTP,=20
identify this Shakespeare play set at the Garter Inn and its=20
neighborhood.
Answer: "The _Merry Wives of Windsor_"
TOSSUP 14
In 1980, he founded a rural workers union in Xapuri. He used
non-violent civil disobedience to prevent the slash-and-
burning of millions of acres of forest and the building of a=20
road the Darly Alves ranching family wanted. Having made=20
himself such a nuisance that he was declared "anunciado" and=20
was shot to death in 1988, FTP, name this slain Brazilian=20
environmentalist.
Answer: Franscisco "Chico" _Mendes_ (Filho)
TOSSUP 15
The son of Ea (eh-ah), god of water and wisdom, this god=20
created humanity from the blood and bones of Kingu and=20
created heaven and earth from the two halves of the slain=20
body of a dragon whom he killed in a great battle: Tiamat.=20
=46TP, identify this warrior god supreme in the Assyrian and=20
Babylonian pantheons because he was the local Baal of Babylon.
Answer: _Marduk_
TOSSUP 16
Dying alone and in poverty in a Boston slum, despite earlier
great renown in England, this poet was strongly influenced by
Milton, Pope, and Gray. "On the Death of the Reverend Mr. George=20
Whitefield," "To His Excellency General Washington," and "On=20
Being Brought from Africa to America" are works by, FTP, what
eighteenth-century black poet, wife to freedman John Peters?
Answer: Phyllis _Wheatley_
TOSSUP 17
He's the only boxer to have lost three consecutive title=20
fights: to Joe Louis in 1947, to Louis again the next year,=20
and to Ezzard Charles in 1949. Born Arnold Raymond Cream,
=46AQTP, name this boxer nicknamed "Jersey Joe."
Answer: Jersey Joe _Walcott_
TOSSUP 18
=46anny Price is a self-effacing, unregarded cousin, adopted by the=20
Bertrams. Her cousin Edmund is the only one who appreciates her,=20
but he falls in love with the shallow Mary Crawford. Fanny is then=20
wooed by Henry who later elopes with Edmund's married sister=20
Maria. When Mary views this scandal lightly, Edmund finally turns=20
his affections to Fanny, and the two marry. FTP, identify this, the=20
most serious novel by Jane Austen.
Answer: _"Mansfield Park"_=20
TOSSUP 19
Invented by Stephanie Kwolek, this substance is ideal for use in=20
aircraft construction, golf clubs and tennis rackets, and fiber-optic=20
cables. Weighing 40 percent less than glass but five times as strong,
=46TP, name this material also used in bullet-proof vests.
Answer: _kevlar_
TOSSUP 20
Leon Czolgosz said of her, "Her doctrine that all rulers should be=20
exterminated was what set me to thinking so my head nearly split=20
with pressure," resolving him to kill President McKinley for the=20
anarchist cause. She had less success when she convinced her lover,=20
Alexander Berkman, to shoot factory manager Henry Frick, as
Berkman failed to kill Frick. FTP, name this anarchist leader
nicknamed "Red Emma."
Answer: Emma _Goldman_
TOSSUP 21
Regarded by some as the first professional scientist,=20
he was drawn to astronomy at age 14 when he observed a total=20
eclipse of the Sun in 1560. Although his uncle wished him to=20
pursue the law, he instead attempted the first systematic=20
fixing of the positions of stars. His observation and
cataloging of more than 777 stars was the most accurate=20
before the invention of the telescope. FTP, name this Dane.
A: Tycho Brahe
TOSSUP 22
Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Islands, Anguilla, Turks and=20
Caicos Islands, Montserrat, the Cayman Islands, Gibraltar,=20
St. Helena, Pitcairn Island, the Falklands, Bermuda, and Hong=20
Kong. FAQTP, these territories are possessed by what
Union-Jack-bearing country?
Answer: _U_nited _K_ingdom (or Great _Britain_)
TOSSUP 23
Born in Lima, Peru, her novels reflect her personal=20
experiences with South American political realities and=20
examine the role of women in Latin America. Working as a=20
journalist in Chile, she fled to Venezuela in 1973, after the=20
assassination of her uncle, the Chilean president. FTP,=20
name this author of _Paula_ and _The House of the Spirits_.
Answer: Isabel _Allende_
TOSSUP 24
The war of this league was settled by the Peace of=20
Augsburg in 1555, whose terms legally permitted both Roman=20
Catholic and Lutheran churches for the first time in Western=20
Europe. The league itself was formed in 1531 as an alliance=20
of early German Protestants to defend themselves against=20
Emperor Charles V and the Roman Catholic states. FTP,=20
identify this early religiopolitical league.
Answer: _Schmalkaldic_ League
Venus, Adonis, and the Passionate Pilgrim--Princeton bonuses.
(Jennifer Wadsack, Jeff Stewart, and Jessica Wadsack-Stewart)
BONUS 1
5-10-15, answer these questions about Guadalcanal.
1. For five points, Guadalcanal is part of which island chain?
Answer: _Solomon_ Islands
2. FTP, which admiral won the naval battle of Guadalcanal by=20
destroying 28 Japanese transport and support ships?
Ans: William "Bull" _Halsey_
3. For fifteen points, which other battle fought from October=20
25-26 saw heavy losses of Japanese aircraft in a failed=20
attempt to stop the American landing at Guadalcanal?
Ans: _Santa Cruz_
BONUS 2
Name these painful forms of suicide, for ten points apiece.
1. The Japanese authors Yukio Mishima and Kawabata Yasunari=20
both killed themselves in this traditional samurai manner in=20
the early 1970's.
Answer: _seppuku_ (Prompt for more specific on "harakiri.")
2. In 1829 the British banned this Indian practice of burning=20
women alive on their husbands' funeral pyres.
Answer: _sati_ (or _suttee_)
3. Crassus of the first triumvirate was reportedly forced to=20
drink this "poison."
Answer: molten _gold_
BONUS 3
Answer these questions about Dionysus, the Greek god of=20
wine and fertile crops, 5-10-15.
1. 5 pts: These crazed Greek female revellers worshipped=20
Dionysus and often tore apart those who opposed their=20
orgiastic rites. Their name literally means "crazed or=20
frenzied female."
Answer: _maenad(s)_
2. 10 pts: Dionysus later married this woman whom Theseus=20
had deserted on the island of Naxos.
Answer: _Ariadne_
3. 15 pts: She was the mother of Dionysus, by Zeus.
Answer: _Semele_
BONUS 4
6. Identify each element on a 10-5 basis.
1. 10 pts: This element was discovered around the year 900 by Rhazes.
5 pts: Element 51, its symbol comes from the Latin word=20
"stibium."
Answer: _antimony_
2. 10 pts: This element was discovered in 1939 by Marguerite=20
Perey.
5 pts: Element 87, it is named for the same country as gallium.
Answer: _francium_
3. 10 pts: This element was discovered in 1824 by Jons Jacob=20
Berzelius.
5 pts: Element 14, its name comes from the Latin word for=20
flint, "silex."
Answer: _silicon_
BONUS 5
7. How well do you remember the United States' ice hockey=20
victory over the
Soviet Union in the 1980 Winter Olympics? Answer these=20
questions about
that game for ten points each.
1. First, who captained the team and scored the decisive goal?
Answer: Mike _Eruzione_
2. Second, whe was the goalie who draped himself in the American
flag after the epic victory?
Answer: Jim _Craig_
3. Last, what sportscaster shouted "Do you believe in miracles?=20
Yes!" as the clock wound down to zero?
Answer: Al _Michaels_
BONUS 6--**TACTILE BONUS** [Hand players bags of spices]
I've just handed you three small bags of common cooking spices. =20
Take 30 seconds to identify them, then name all three spices,
specifying them by letter, FTP apiece.
Answers: A. _Ginger_ B. _Allspice_ C. _Cardamom_
BONUS 7
30-20-10, name the ancient city.
30: The city was systematically excavated near Tell el-Muqayyar
by Sir Leonard Wooley from 1922 to 1934.
20: Among discoveries at this Euphrates river site were a=20
ziggurat and the unmolested grave of Queen Pu-abi.
10: The Bible lists this city "of the Chaldeans" as the birthplace of
Abraham.
Answer: _Ur_
BONUS 8
=46or ten points apiece, answer these questions about=20
pregnancy.
1. Both urine and blood pregnancy tests determine pregnancy=20
based on whether this pregnancy hormone is present at a=20
particular level in the body.
Answer: (human) _chorionic gonadotropin_ (or _H.C.G._)
2. The body releases this hormone both to induce uterine=20
contractions and to induce milk let-down during breastfeeding.
Answer: _oxytocin_
3. This drug to combat Rh-incompatibility is administered=20
intermuscularly to susceptible O-negative mothers around 26=20
weeks of pregnancy as well as post-partum.
Answer: _rhogam_
BONUS 9
Given a description, identify the twentieth-century=20
literary group, 10 points apiece.
1. Centered at a New York Hotel, this group included Edna=20
=46erber, George S. Kaufman, and Robert Benchley.
Answer: the _Algonquin Round Table_ (or _Algonquin Wits_)
2. This London group included Virginia Woolf, E. M. Forster, and=20
Lytton Strachey.
Answer: the _Bloomsbury_ group
3. This group of pluralist, formalist American critics--
including Richard McKeon, R. S. Crane, and Norman Maclean--
significantly influenced modern American poetry. They were=20
often called Neo-Aristotelian because of their concern with=20
form and genre.
Answer: the _Chicago_ critics (or the _Chicago_ school)
BONUS 10
30-20-10, name the Roman Emperor.
30: He was so esteemed that into the fourth century the=20
Senate prayed that new emperors might be "more fortunate than=20
Augustus and better than [this man]." Of all the pre-Christian=20
emperors, he alone earned a place in the Paradise of Dante's _Divine
Comedy_.
20: His campaigns against the Dacians can still be seen on=20
the frieze of his column; the 30 meter column is now capped=20
by a statue of St. Peter, however.
10: He succeeded Nerva in A.D. 98, and in 117 he was replaced by=20
Hadrian; the greatest surviving work of his reign is the Forum.
Answer: _Trajan_ or _Trajanus_ (in full, Marcus Ulpius Trajanus)
BONUS 11
=46or ten points apiece, given a description, supply the ballet term.
1. This term refers to the movement where the dancer extends one=20
leg straight in back, though the position of arms and body may vary.
Answer: _Arabesque_
2. This term literally means "elongated" and usually refers=20
to the extension of arms in an arabesque.
Answer: _Allonge'_ [ah-lone-ZHAY]
3. This term names a sliding step where one foot literally=20
"chases" the other and displaces it.
Answer: _Chasse'_ [sha-SAY]
BONUS 12
Given titles of works, name the contemporary author, 30-20-10.
30: _What I Lived for_ and _Wonderland_
20: _Zombie_ and _Will You Always Love Me and Other Stories_
10: _The Garden of Earthly Delights_
Answer: Joyce Carol _Oates_
BONUS 13
Given an event from 19th-century French history, for=20
ten points apiece, name the year when each happened. If=20
you are only one year off either way, you will receive five points.
1. 10,000 die during "June Days."
Answer: _1848_ (accept 1847 OR 1849 for only five points)
2. Napoleon Bonaparte abdicates for the first time.
Answer: _1814_ (accept 1813 OR 1815 for only five points)
3. Charles X succeeds Louis XVIII
Answer: _1824_ (accept 1823 OR 1825 for only five points)
BONUS 14
14. For ten points apiece, I'll name a year or years, and you=20
name the actor or actress that drew the most audience members=20
to their movies during that time period.
1. 1978 through 1982
Answer: Burt _Reynolds_
2. 1936 through 1938
Answer: Shirley _Temple_ (or _Black_)
3. 1994
Answer: Tom _Hanks_
BONUS 15
As President pro tem in 1849, this man served from noon on Sunday,=20
March 5, to noon on Monday, March 6, as President of the United=20
States when another president refused to be sworn in on a Sunday. =20
The "President" slept most of the day but did manage to appoint his=20
friends to Cabinet posts before the day was out. First for 20 points,
identify this little known "twelfth" President of the United States,=20
and for an additional ten points identify the President who was then=20
sworn in on that Monday in 1849.
Answers: David Rice _Atchison_ and Zachary _Taylor_
BONUS 16
18. Given a work, identify the Restoration author on a 10-5 basis.
1. 10 pts: _Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
5pts: _Pilgrim's Progress_
Answer: John _Bunyan_
2. 10 pts. _Roxana_
5 pts: _Moll Flanders_
Answer: Daniel _Defoe_
3. 10 pts. _Love Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister_
5 pts. _Oroonoko, or the Royal Slave_
Answer: Aphra _Behn_
BONUS 17
19. For ten points apiece, given the description, identify=20
the Chinese dynasty.
1. This golden age of Chinese culture had its capital at=20
Sian. It lasted from 618 to 906.
Answer: _Tang_
2. This dynasty saw the first unified empire and lasted from=20
221 to 206 B.C.
Answer: _Ch'in_
3. This dynasty was Mongolian and lasted from 1271 to 1368.
Answer: _Yuan_
BONUS 18
Over the past couple years, there have been questions about the now
not-so-new Power PC chip originally developed by a trio of
computer-industry heavyweights. By now, we hope you know can=20
identify all three. For 15 points, all or nothing, name the three=20
companies.
Answer: _Apple, IBM, Motorola_
In recent months, interest has increased in one of the licensees of the
PPC design, and its plan to soon produce a PPC chip running at=20
500 megahertz, over twice the speed of any shipping PPC chip. For=20
15 points, identify this firm with a mathematically inspired name.
Answer: _Exponential_
BONUS 19
21. Given works, identify the musical composer, 30-20-10.
30: _Marry Me a Little_ and _Pacific Overtures_
20: _Company_ and _A Little Night Music_
10: _Into the Woods_ and _Sweeney Todd_
Answer: Stephen _Sondheim_
BONUS 20
Twice in the history of the NCAA basketball tournament=20
the runner-up was later declared ineligible. Answer these=20
questions about these two teams, for fifteen points each.
1. In 1971 this team's star player, Howard Porter, accepted money=20
from an agent before the season started. When this was discovered,=20
he was stripped of his Most Outstanding Player award and the team=20
was declared ineligible. The school won the title thirteen years
later.
Answer: _Villanova_
2. In 1980 they lost to Louisville, but were later stripped of their=20
runner-up status due to recruiting violations. Ironically, Louisville
coach Denny Crum had been an assistant at this school during the=20
team's successful run in the sixties and seventies under their=20
legendary coach.
Answer: _UCLA_
BONUS 21
Given an archaeological finding, identify the archaeologist, FTP each.
1. Mycenae
Answer: Heinrich _Schliemann_
2. King Minos's palace at Knossos
Answer: Sir Arthur _Evans_
3. Machu Picchu [MAH-choo-PEEK-choo]
Answer: Hiram _Bingham_
BONUS 22
Answer these questions about the Talmud.
1. First, for five points apiece, identify the main two parts=20
of the Talmud which comprise oral law and the commentary on=20
the oral law.
Answer: _Mishna_ and _Gemara_
2. The Talmud also contains a legal section. Name it.
Answer: _Halakah_
3. During Passover, stories from this section of legends and=20
stories are read. FTP, name this section.
Answer: _Aggada_
BONUS 23
Answer the following about birth control rates, 5-10-15.
5: Of the nations of Asia, which has the highest percentage of women
using modern birth control?
Answer: _China_
10: Name either of the top two African nations in percentage of=20
women using modern birth control:
Answer: _South Africa_ or _Egypt_
15: Identify the South American country with the lowest=20
percentage of women using modern birth control.
Answer: _Bolivia_
BONUS 24
Given the works, name the modern American writer, 30-20-10.
30: _Farewell, My Lovely_ (1940)
20: _The Long Goodbye_ (1954)
10: _The Big Sleep_ (1939)
Answer: Raymond _Chandler_
The Acme Do-It Youself Tornado Kit (Dartmouth, at Cornell 1996)
Tossups
TOSSUP 1
Dissatisfied with the wide variance of the results of Thomson's
experiments,
he repeated them to no avail. He later conceived an experiment,
actually
performed by his graduate student Harvey Fletcher, to calculate an
electron's charge by adjusting the voltage of an electric field across
parallel plates to suspend, in midair, a particle with an excess or
deficit
of electrons. FTP, name this creator of the famed "oil drop"
experiment.
A: Robert Andrews _MILLIKAN_
TOSSUP 2
Headed by Hugh Johnson and created in 1933, it was abolished two years
later
by the Supreme Court in the decision Schechter Poultry v. United
States. FTP,
identify this New Deal agency that set up "codes for fair competition,"
was
known for its blue eagle insignia, but had nothing to do with a gun
rights
lobbying group.
A: _NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION_ (or _N.R.A._)
TOSSUP 3
The magician Sarastro kidnaps the princess Pamina, daughter of the
Queen of
Night. A prince named Tamino, together with Papageno and armed
with the title prop, set out for her, soon learning the Queen is
actually evil=20
while Sarastro is a spiritual leader; eventually the prince and
princess are
married after a series of trials. Masonic symbolism abounds in, FTP,
what=20
Mozart opera?
A: "The _MAGIC FLUTE_" or ("Die _ZAUBERFLOTE_")
TOSSUP 4
These adverbial puns include "'I'll see if I can dig it up for you,'
said Tom
gravely" and "'There's too much vermouth in my martini,' said Tom
dryly."
Inspired by stories by Edward Stratemeyer, who died in 1930, FTP, name
these=20
plays on words named for a futuristic hero, that sound like a cross
between a
Mark Twain character and an Irish satirist.
A: _TOM SWIFTIE(S)_ (prompt on "TOM SWIFT")
TOSSUP 5
Unique for a book whose plot was completed by the 10th century,
although much
material was added centuries later, it suggested that even the cruelest
of
tyrants can still be reformed. FTP, identify this collection of tales
in which
King Shahryar is entertained by Scheherazade.
A: "The _1,001 ARABIAN NIGHTS_"
TOSSUP 6
Thanks to his first campaign for Congress, there are thousands of new
pine
trees in his district in Macomb County, Michigan, just north of
Detroit. A
longtime member of the Rules Committee, he is a leader of his party's
left
wing despite his opposition to abortion. FTP, identify this current
House=20
Minority Whip.
A: David Edward _BONIOR_
TOSSUP 7
Meow meow for a quick ten points meow meow, the reader is meow being
forced
to imitate meow meow, which fictional character meow from the Land of=20
Make-Believe meow meow found on meow "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood?"
A: _HENRIETTA PUSSYCAT_
[If someone says "Matt Bruce" before the word "fictional" is said,
laugh
really hard and give 'em the 10 points. OK, don't laugh if Matt Bruce
is in
the room.]
TOSSUP 8
Among the rarest elements found in nature, only about 30 grams of it
are
thought to exist on earth. All isotopes are radioactive, the most
stable,
with atomic mass 210, having a half-life of about 8 hours. Oddly
enough, most
of its known compounds have other halogens in them. FTP, identify
this
element, whose name is from the Greek for "unstable."
A: _ASTATINE_
TOSSUP 9
Son of a Jewish author, he converted to Anglicanism in 1817. He
worked
as a lawyer and a writer before reaching the House of Commons in 1837.
A champion of high tariffs and an aggressive foreign policy and a
three-time chancellor of the exchequer, FTP, name this British Tory=20
statesman and two-time prime minister.
A: Benjamin _DISRAELI_
TOSSUP 10
Nicknamed "Governor Gloom" in his home state, he once said that the
terminally ill had a duty to die and get out of the way. Once a
Democrat, he's
lately aimed much of his invective at President Clinton. FTP, name
this
former three-term governor of Colorado who, with running mate Ed
Zschau,
challenged Ross Perot for the presidential nomination of Perot's own
Reform
Party.=20
A: Richard David "Dick" _LAMM_
TOSSUP 11
Sometime after 11 pm on July 18, 1969, on a dirt path called Dike Road,
a=20
car careened off the road into a small tidal pond. It wasn't until
early the=20
next morning, when a young science teacher saw the car on his way to
go
fishing, that the scandal broke and Mary Jo Kopechne's body was found.
FTP,
name the small island where this occurred, and you've named the
incident
about which the investigating policeman said "Senator Kennedy killed
that
girl the same as if he put a gun to her head and pulled the trigger."
A: _CHAPPAQUIDDICK_
TOSSUP 12
A writer for the Independent Review, his first novel was 1905's "Where
Angels Fear To Tread," while his 1914 novel "Maurice" was published=20
only posthumously. FTP identify this British writer, better known
for three novels which have been made into critically-acclaimed
movies,
including "Howards End."
A: Edward Morgan _FORSTER_
TOSSUP 13
There may have been a cult of Yahweh here, and its texts likely relate
to
stories found in the Old Testament. Often mentioned in Sumerian and
Akkadian
texts, and destroyed in 2360 BC by Sargon of Akkad, its language was a
Canaanite language related to Ugaritic. A commercial power at its
height,=20
=46TP, name this city, discovered in 1968 by the Italian Archaeological
Mission.
A: _EBLA_
TOSSUP 14
The diplomatic evolution of Saipan, a fictional Southeast Asian
country, is
described in this 1958 book by William Lederer and Eugene Burdick.=20
Showing
how Soviet influences were soundly trouncing American foreign interests
and
that Americans abroad were often hated by the local populaces, FTP,
name this
devastating book whose title today means any insensitive U.S. native
abroad.
A: "The _UGLY AMERICAN_"
TOSSUP 15
Born in the Vendee region of France made famous by Victor Hugo, he was
originally trained as a physician and traveled and taught in the U.S.=20
After
becoming mayor of Montmartre, he helped defend Paris against the
Germans in
1870. Premier for a first term from 1906 to 1909, but more famous for
his second administration, FTP, name this "Tiger of France" who
presided=20
over the Paris Peace Conference and led his country through World War
I.
A: _Georges CLEMENCEAU_
TOSSUP 16
This Port Arthur Texas native began her folk career singing in Houston
coffeehouses. After moving to Northern California and becoming lead
singer for
Big Brother and the Holding Company, she formed her own group, The
Kozmic
Blues Band, before dying of a herion overdose in 1970. FTP, name this
singer
of the songs "Ball and Chain," "Mercedes Benz," and the remake of
"Piece of
My Heart."
A: Janis Lyn _JOPLIN_
TOSSUP 17
Set in Vienna in 1823, but recalling events from years earlier, this
play
features the suicide attempt of a man who has forsaken God yet still
believes
himself to be the patron saint of mediocrities, and who then relates
how he
sinned in murdering the greatest musician of all time. FTP, name this
Peter
Shaffer play in which the once illustrious Antonio Salieri realizes
that his
name will be forgotten.
A: _"AMADEUS"_
TOSSUP 18
Oddly enough, 77 of this state's 120 counties prohibit the sale of
alcohol.
With its highest point at Black Mountain, it's known for tobacco,
bourbon,=20
and coal mining, this ranking 24th in population and 37th in area. FTP
identify this state governed by Paul Patten, whose eponymous university
currently holds the NCAA men's Division I basketball championship.
A: _KENTUCKY_
TOSSUP 19
Its European variety is the state bird of Lithuania. These songbirds
feed
mostly on insects and are notable for not caring for their young,
instead
laying their eggs in the nests of other birds to hatch. FTP, name this
family of birds, often featured in clocks.
A: _CUCKOO_
TOSSUP 20
An apprentice of Fransisco Pacheco, he became an independent master in
1617,
with his first production resembling Caravaggio's work, employing
chiaroscuro (kee-ar-oh-SCUR-oh). A court painter to King Philip IV,
and
well known for his portraits of world leaders, FTP, name this Spanish
Baroque and Naturalist artist, best known for "The Surrender of
Breda."
A: Diego Rodriguez de Silva y _VELAZQUEZ_
TOSSUP 21
Producer Elia Kazan demanded changes in the final act of this
Pulitzer-winning play before he would stage it, convincing the
playwright to
add a scene in which Brick backs up Maggie's story that she is
pregnant.
=46TP, name this 1955 Tennessee Williams play, later made into a movie
starring Burl Ives, Paul Newman, and Elizabeth Taylor.
A: _"CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF"_
TOSSUP 22
Side 2 closes with a 23-second song, while side 1 ends with an 8-minute
one.
The first two songs were two sides of a chart-topping single, one being
the only
Beatles A-side composed by George Harrison. With a much-studied
cover,
shot outside the studio where it was recorded, FTP, name this last
album
recorded by the Beatles.
A: _"ABBEY ROAD"_
TOSSUP 23
Her four-volume autobiography recalled the Nazi occupation of France
and the
1954 Algeria crisis. Author of the 1943 novel "She Came To Stay" and
the=20
Prix Goncourt-winning "The Mandarins," while studying philosophy at the
Sorbonne she met her future lover, Jean-Paul Sartre. FTP, name this=20
=46rench essayist, best known for her work "The Second Sex."
A: Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de _BEAUVOIR_
TOSSUP 24
He once tricked witnesses to one of his heists into believing that a
gangster=20
film was being made. Caught and imprisoned twice, he was gunned down=20
outside the Biograph Theater in Chicago in 1934. FTP, identify this
famous=20
"Public Enemy Number One."
A: John _DILLINGER_
BONUSES (Dartmouth)
BONUS 1
(30) For the stated number of points, given the name for the
Parliament,=20
name the European or quasi-European country.
5: Althing
A: _ICELAND_
5: Cortes
A: _SPAIN_
10 : Oireachtas
A: _IRELAND_
10 : Folketing
A: _DENMARK_
BONUS 2
(25) Given a painting, name its American creator, five points each.
"Baptism in Kansas"
A: John Stuart _CURRY_
"Nighthawks" =20
A: Edward _HOPPER_
"American Gothic" =20
A: Grant _WOOD_
The mural "America Today"=20
A: Thomas Hart _BENTON_
"Full Fathom Five" =20
A" Jackson _POLLOCK_
BONUS 3
(30) Answer these questions about the Islamic leader Ali ibn Abi
Talib,
or simply Ali, FTP each.
1. Ali was the fourth man to hold this title, from the Arabic for
"lieutenant,"
serving as the religious and political successor to the Prophet
Muhammed.
A: _CALIPH_
2. Ali was removed as caliph by supporters of this dynasty, who ruled
for the
next couple of centuries.
A: the _UMMAYYADS_ (or _UMMAYIDS_)
3. Ali was married to this daughter of Muhammad, revered by Muslims
and
Shi'ites in particular.
A: _FATIMA_ (or, az-_ZAHRA_)
BONUS 4
(30) Enough about the caliph Ali. Identify these films of Ally Sheedy,
5-10-15.
5 : In this film, Sheedy costars with Steve Gutenberg and a robot
named
"Number 5."
A: _"SHORT CIRCUIT"_
10: In this movie, Ally Sheedy plays a spoiled brat that gets turned
into a
maid by fairy godmother Beverly D'Angelo.
A: _"MAID TO ORDER"_
15: In this would-be thriller released just before "Short Circuit,"
she and
fellow brat-packer Judd Nelson play a couple of losers on the run.
A: _"BLUE CITY"_
BONUS 5
(30) 30-20-10, identify the playwright from a list of works.
30 : "The Death of Bessie Smith" and "Tiny Alice"
20 : "Zoo Story" and "Seascape"
10 : "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
A: Edward _ALBEE_
BONUS 6
Answer these questions about the Franco-Prussian War, FTP each.
1. Named after the resort town in which Prussian King William I wrote
it, due
to Bismarck's editing of it, this document became a provocation of the
war.
A: The _EMS TELEGRAM_ or _EMS DISPATCH_
2. Napoleon III was captured in 1870 by the Germans in this town, where
the army was beseiged.
A: _SEDAN_
3. By this May 1871 treaty, signed in a German city, France had to
cede
Alsace-Lorraine to Germany and pay an indemnity of 5 billion francs.
A: Treaty of _FRANKFURT_
BONUS 7
(30) Name each physics unit from an equivalent, 5-10-15.
5: 1 coulomb per second=20
A: _AMPERE_
10: 1 joule per meter =20
A: _NEWTON_
15: 1 magnetic line of force per square centimeter
A: _OERSTED_
BONUS 8
(30) Given a television show, name the show from which it is
considered
a spin-off, 5-10-15.
5: A Different World =20
A: The _COSBY SHOW_
10: The Jeffersons=20
A : _ALL IN THE FAMILY_
15: Just The Ten Of Us =20
A: _GROWING PAINS_
BONUS 9
(30) Complete the Biblical trios, 5-10-15.
5: Ham, Shem
A: _JAPHETH_ [sons of Noah]
=20
10: Shadrach, Meshach
A: _ABEDNEGO_ [youths in the fiery furnace from the book of Daniel]
15: Bildad, Eliphaz
A: _ZOPHAR_ [Job's comforters]
BONUS 10
(30) FTP each, name these islands.
1. The eastern part of this island is a former Portugese territory now
occupied by Indonesia.
A: _TIMOR_ [do not accept: East Timor]
2. The name of the island in the Bahamas on which Nassau is located.
A: _NEW PROVIDENCE_
3. This island--part of Sweden--is the largest island in the Baltic
Sea.
A: _GOTLAND_
BONUS 11
Here's an entomology bonus dedicated, yet again, to Julie. Given the
insect,=20
name its taxonomic order, 5 points each.
1. Japanese Beetle
A: _COLEOPTERA_
2. Flea =20
A: _SIPHONAPTERA_
3. Locust =20
A: _ORTHOPTERA_
4. Mosquito =20
A: _DIPTERA_
5. Termite =20
A: _ISOPTERA_
[Explanation for new players: Julie is Julie Stahlhut, a Western
Michigan
quiz bowl celebrity and entomologist extraordinaire.]
BONUS 12
(30) Given the American League team, name its lone representative at
this=20
year's All-Star Game, FTP each.
1. Detroit Tigers =20
A: Travis _FRYMAN_
2. Minnesota Twins =20
A: Chuck _KNOBLAUCH_
3. Boston Red Sox =20
A: Mo _VAUGHN_
BONUS 13
(30) 30-20-10 Identify the author from a list of works.
30 : "The Minister's Wooing" and "Oldtown Folks"
20 : "Lady Byron Vindicated"
10 : "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
A: Harriet Beecher _STOWE_
BONUS 14
(30) Answer these questions about states and counties, FTP each.
1. Name either one of the two states that have exactly five counties
apiece.
A: _HAWAII_ or _RHODE ISLAND_
2. Name the only state with exactly three counties.
A: _DELAWARE_
3. This state is the only state besides Alaska that doesn't have
counties.
A: _LOUISIANA_ (It has "parishes" instead.)
BONUS 15
Now for the Dave Rhodes Memorial Internet Loonies bonus. Ten points
each.
1. This disbarred Pennsylvania lawyer and self-styled "medical pot"
activist
claims that in the future his "Usenet Freedom Council" will rule
USENET.
A: John _GRUBOR_
2. This immigration law firm is most often credited with inventing
and/or
popularizing what is now known as "spamming."
A: _CANTER & SIEGEL_
3. This organization sent unsolicited white supremacist email with the
subject "The Long March" to thousands of unsuspecting users in
September=20
of 1995.
A: The _NATIONAL ALLIANCE_
BONUS 16
(30) Name these celebrities who moonlight as novelists, 15 points
each.
1. This longtime TV producer's first novel, about the Mafia trying to
fix a
presidential race, was titled "The Plan."
A: Stephen J. _CANNELL_
2. This famous conservative wife co-wrote a spy thriller called, of all
things, "Embrace The Serpent."
A: _MARILYN QUAYLE_
BONUS 17
(30) Answer these questions about macroeconomics curves, 10 points
each.
1. This graph shows the relationship between inflation rate and
unemployment,
other things being equal.
A: _PHILLIPS_ Curve
2. This graph shows the relationship between real planned expenditures
and=20
the average price level of final goods.
A: _AGGREGATE DEMAND_ Curve
3. It's the situation in which a country's nominal current account
balance=20
moves at first towards deficit and later towards surplus following
decrease=20
in its currency's exchange rate.
A: _ J-CURVE_ Effect
BONUS 18
(30) Answer these questions about "A Clockwork Orange" by Anthony=20
Burgess for the stated numbers of points.
1. Two for 10 and three for 15, name the three droogs that our Humble
Narrator leads.
Answer: _DIM_, _PETE_ and _GEORGIE_
2. For ten more points, the house in which young Alex commits murder
and goes
off to Staja has a unique yet common name. What is it?
Answer: _HOME_
BONUS 19
(30) Name the Egyptian rulers, 5-10-15.
5: This ruler, seven-eighths Macedonian Greek, held power for twenty=20
years and was co-regent with Ptolemies XII, XIII, and XIV.
Answer: _CLEOPATRA_ VI (or Cleopatra VII, by some accounts)
10: Ruling from 1290 to 1224 B.C.E., this Nineteenth Dynasty monarch=20
was arguably the most powerful pharoah ever.
Answer: _RAMSES II_ (or _RAMSES THE GREAT_)
15: His reign was the longest of any pharoah, lasting almost 94 years,
yet
nothing memorable occured during his rule.
Answer: _PEPI II_ (also accept _PHIOPS II_)
BONUS 20
(25) Alan Shepard was the first American in space, and John Glenn was
the first American in orbit, but can you, for five points each, name
the=20
other five astronauts of the original Mercury 7?
Answers: Virgil Ivan "Gus" _GRISSOM_
Donald Kent "Deke" _SLAYTON_
Walter Marty "Wally" _SCHIRRA_ Jr.
[Leroy] Gordon _COOPER_ Jr.
[Malcolm] Scott _CARPENTER_
BONUS 21
(25) Given a U.S. college, name the CBI region in which it falls, five
each.
1. Wartburg College =20
A: _10_ (Iowa)
2. Colby-Sawyer College=20
A: _1_ (New Hampshire)
3. Transylvania University=20
A: _5_ (Kentucky)
4. Antioch College =20
A: _7_ (Ohio)
5. Millsaps College =20
A: _6_ (Mississippi)
BONUS 22
(30) Identify the 19th century American political figure, 30-20-10.
30 : He was the man originally intended to replace Edwin Stanton as
Secretary of War but refused to accept the job.
20 : When Congressman Thomas Lyon Hamer endorsed to his application to
West=20
Point, Hamer was drunk and thus mangled his name, but he kept the
result.
10 : This president's second vice-president was Henry Wilson.
A: Ulysses S. _GRANT_
BONUS 23
(30) Name the following magical objects from Norse mythology, 5-10-15.
5: The hammer of Thor=20
A: _MJOLNIR_
10: The sword of Siegfried
A: _BALMUNG_
15: The chain that bound Fenris, the wolf.
A: _GLEIPHER_
BONUS 24
(30) Identify these subjects of Bob Dylan songs, FTP each.
1. This black waitress was beaten to death by customer William
Zantzinger=20
in a Baltimore restauraunt. Zantzinger was not charged, but her
"lonesome=20
death" was chronicled in a Dylan song.
A: Hattie _CARROLL_
2. This groundbreaking comedian, arrested for violating obscenity laws,
was paid tribute by Dylan in a song titled simply with the comedian's
name.
A: Lenny _BRUCE_
3. This boxer, framed for a murder in New Jersey, was the subject of
the=20
Dylan song "Hurricane."
A: Rubin _CARTER_
Palatino
Ahmad Ragab-asr6@cornell.edu
PalatinoWohoo- Tossups
Palatino#1. Ah Apollo missions, graft for
many a Tossup. Let's see how much you know. What Apollo mission FTP
spent the most amount of time on the surface, approximately 75 hours on
the moon.
PalatinoAnswer: ::APOLLO
17::
Palatino#2. This Native of Dublin plagued by
poor eyesight, could not read until he was twelve. FTP name this Irish
playwright who wrote a controversial work about the Easter
Rebellion.
PalatinoAnswer:=20
PalatinoSean
::O'CASEY::
Palatino#3.(WARNING TWO ANSWERS REQUIRED)
FTP Name the state and its saddened GOP governor where the
Republicans did not gain control of the legislature, this state
features the wonderful town of Blacksburg home of the Hokies, it also
features the Cavaliers, if anyone
cares.Palatino
Answer:Palatino=20
::VIRGINIA:: George
::ALLEN::
Palatino
#4. The Beatles Anthology, that aired on ABC from Nov. 19-Nov.21=20
features this new Beatles Single. FTP Name this the song and oh by the
way the lead is John
Lenin.Palatino
Answer: ::FREE AS A BIRD::
Palatino
#5.FAQTP Who scored the longest field goal in basketball history, this
six foot six inch forward from Virginia Tech(Wohoo) shot the ball
eighty-nine feet three inches on Jan. 21
1980.Palatino
Answer:Palatino
Lee ::HENSON::
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College of Engineering at Cornell University
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"Boys sometimes you are going to find yourselves having Impure
Thoughts,
and when this happens boys, I want you to play basketball."
-A Jesuit retreat master