MIT Gina Yip, Aaron Ucko, Ed Miller, Salma Qarnain TOSSUP 1 It is a band of linen 231 feet long and 19.5 inches wide and light brown with age. It depicts more than 70 scenes with eight colors. Along its top and bottom run borders including scenes from Aesop's fables. It was originally used once a year to decorate the nave of a cathedral in France. FTP, name this tapestry, more will know for its remarkable depictions of the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. Answer: _BAYEUX_ tapestry TOSSUP 2 Its name means "The nine provinces" and it is home to the largest active volcano crater on its Mount Aso. FTP, name this island, separated from Korea to the northwest by the Eastern Channel, the third largest island in Japan, and home to Nagasaki. Answer: _KYUSHU_ TOSSUP 3 This mystery writer began his career in Ventura, California in the 1930s with "The Case of the Velvet Claws" and "The Case of the Sulky Girl." Through the course of his 35 year career, he wrote a total of 155 books, 86 of which belonged to the famous Perry Mason series. For 10 points, name this author. ANSWER: Erle (pronounced Earl) Stanley _GARDNER_ TOSSUP 4 This unconventional DNA expert says that HIV does NOT cause AIDS and was asked by O. J. Simpson's defense team to testify against the use of DNA evidence. FTP, name this American biochemist, who shared the 1993 Nobel Prize for Chemistry with Michael Smith "for his invention of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method." Answer: Kary Banks _MULLIS_ TOSSUP 5 She served as a maid of honor for Anne of Cleves. Three weeks after the annulment of that marriage, Henry married her. After 14 months, Henry learned of her premarital affairs with Thomas Culpepper. Parliament soon passed a law to make an unchaste woman marrying the king treason. FTP, name the fifth wife of Henry VIII, the second to be beheaded. ANSWER: Catherine _HOWARD_ TOSSUP 6 This '80s "heart throb" actor once played Lance Cumson on the prime time soap Falcon Crest. His father Fernando was the epitome of the "Latin Lover." More people may now know him better as Reno Raines/Vince Black on the current TV show Renegade. For 10 points, name him. ANSWER: Lorenzo _LAMAS_ TOSSUP 7 It includes the islands of Taipa and Coloane and a peninsula that extends from the province of Kwangtung. Its name come from the Chinese for "Bay of the Goddess A-ma." FTP, name this territory, on the western side of the Pearl River estuary which will revert back to China from Portugal in December of 1999. ANSWER: _MACAU_ or _MACAO_ TOSSUP 8 Ken Thompson began its development in 1969 at AT&T Bell Laboratories. It was initially developed for a single user but was rewritten to include multiprogramming and time-sharing capabilities. Used widely in universities, it has undergone many revisions, most notably the popular Berkeley Software Distribution version. FTP, name this operating system that inspired Dennis Ritchie to write the C programming language. Answer: _UNIX_ TOSSUP 9 This man, the first American president born west of the Mississippi River, lived 31 years after leaving office, longer than any other American president. His term was almost completely dominated by domestic economic woes, and his loss of the presidency ceded the White House to the democrats for 20 straight years. FTP, name the 31st president. Answer: Herbert _Hoover_ TOSSUP 10 This surprise controversial best-seller, written by a government professor at Harvard, focuses its study on the Holocaust. The controversy surrounding the book relates to the the role of the German civilians who carried out the orders. FTP, name this book by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen, subtitled "Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust." Answer: _HITLER'S WILLING EXECUTIONERS_: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust TOSSUP 11 This horse became the first since Whirlaway to repeat as Massachusetts Handicap Champion despite carrying the full 130 lb. load. He is now the pride of Alan Paulson's stable. FTP, name the one-time pathetic turf horse turned stakes cahampion. ANSWER: _CIGAR_ TOSSUP 12 First discovered in 1967, they were thought to be signals from intelligent civilizations and were dubbed LGM for "little green men." Further research showed that the signals were generated by rotating neutron stars. FTP, name these celestial radio sources. Answer: _PULSARS_ TOSSUP 13 Pozzo, Lucky, Estragon, and Vladimir are all characters in, FTP, what tragicomedy by Samuel Beckett whose title character never appears? Answer: Samuel Beckett's {_EN ATTENDANT GODOT_ or _WAITING FOR GODOT_} TOSSUP 14 Despite his responsibility for a law restricting the use of torture, this Roman emperor issued four edicts which led to the last great persecution of the Christians. FTP, identify the emperor who reigned from 284 to 305 and restored efficient government to the empire. Answer: Gaius Aurelius Valerius _DIOCLETIANUS_ or _DIOCLETIAN_ TOSSUP 15 His "Sunday in the Alameda" sparked protest and threats because it included the phrase "God does not exist." His "Man at the Crossroads" fresco in Rockefeller Center pictured Lenin and was destroyed by its sponsors. For ten points, name this muralist who studied in Europe but is most know for his large murals in the United States and Mexico. Answer: Diego _RIVERA_ TOSSUP 16 This philosophical term first appeared in German in 1919 in "Logic, Psychology, and Psychologism" by Moog, and shortly thereafter was anglicized. However, a predecessor to the word appeared in Danish in 1846 in a work by Kierkegaard. FTP, name this doctrine that concentrates on the individual, who, being free and responsible, is held to be what he makes himself by the self-development of his essence through acts of the will. ANSWER: _EXISTENTIALISM_ TOSSUP 17 Todd Worrell, Bob Grim, Tony Kubek, Herb Score, Carlton Fisk and Eddie Murray and soon Derek Jeter have, FTP, won what award that would be won by a Dodger every year were they eligible. Ans: _AMERICAN LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR_ ( Prompt on "Rookie of the year") TOSSUP 18 The Morning Journal produced the US's first regular weekly full-color comic supplement which included this strip. Created by Richard Outcalt, this comic strip standardized speech balloons. FTP, name this strip which was the first continuous comic character in the US. Answer: The _YELLOW KID_ TOSSUP 19 His father was a member of the ruling oligarchy of Denmark, but he began living with his rich, childless uncle at an early age. Beginning in 1559, his uncle financed his education at the Universities of Copenhagen and Leipzig. FTP, name this man, Kepler's mentor, who predicted the solar eclipse of August 21, 1560 at the age of fourteen. Answer: Tycho (or Tyge) _BRAHE_ TOSSUP 20 The Sioux, Ojibwa, Arikara, Hidatsa, and Mandan Indians still live here. Its state university is located in Grand Forks, where Norwegian Language and Literature are still taught. FTP, the Roger Maris Museum is in which state, the 39th to join the union? Answer: _NORTH DAKOTA_ TOSSUP 21 A pioneer in the field of aerodynamics, he studied the structure and aerodynamics of bird wings, publishing the 1889 book "Bird Flight as the Basis of Aviation." FTP, name this mechanical engineer who died when his glider stalled and crashed in 1896. Answer: Otto _LILIENTHAL_ TOSSUP 22 Her father was the astrologer to Charles V so she grew up at the French court. After ten years of marriage she was widowed and took up writing. She wrote many works in French, many campioning women, including Letter from the God of Loves, 1399. For 10 points, name the first woman known to have supported herself solely by writing. Answer: Christine _DE PISAN_ TOSSUP 23 This Act of 1764 was aimed at ending the smuggling of the commodity of the same name from the French and Dutch West Indies to the colonies. FTP, name this Act that was a "reinvigoration of the largely ineffective Molasses Act of 1733"? (Note: quote from Encyclopedia Brittanica) Answer: _SUGAR_ Act TOSSUP 24 According to CIA reports, this nation is constructing a chemical weapons facility near Tarhunah. That bit of skulduggery, of course, would be nothing new for this nation, whose previous attempt at such a facility near Rabta was destroyed by fire. For Ten Points, name this African nation with the "Gulf of Death." ANSWER: _LIBYA_ TOSSUP 25 Jeopardy is a popular game show that has been around for a long time. In 1964 the theme song for Jeopardy was created and the concept was pitched to a network. For ten points name the composer of the song who also became the producer of the show. Answer: Merv _GRIFFIN_ TOSSUP 26 On the day he was born, he stole a herd of cattle from his half-brother Apollo, and also invented the lyre. This son of Zeus and Maia is often depicted holding a caduceus and wearing winged sandals. FTP name this trickster Greek god who was also the messenger of the gods. Answer: _HERMES_ TOSSUP 27 _Computer Life_, _Computer User_, _Mac User_, _PC Magazine_, and _Yahoo Internet Life_ are all computer magazines published, FTP, by what company owned by Softbank? Answer: _ZIFF-DAVIS_ Publishing Company TOSSUP 28 For a quick 10 points, a Brannock Device is used to measure what part of the human body? Answer: _FEET_ or _FOOT_