BONUS 1

Given characters from a play, name the play, 10 points apiece

1. Torvald and Nora

Answer: _A DOLL'S HOUSE_

2. George Gibbs and Emily Webb

Answer: _OUR TOWN_

3. Willy and Biff Loman

Answer: _DEATH OF A SALESMAN_


BONUS 2

Yes, OJ's being tried again. But this time the players are
different. Given the job, name the person filling the role in both
Simpson Trials. You will recieve 10 points per job if you can name
both, and 5 if you can only name one of the two.

1. First, name both judges.

Answer: Lance _ITO_ and Hiroshi _FUJISAKI_

2. Second, name both of the lead prosecutors.

Answer: Marcia _CLARK_ and Dan _PETROCELLI_

3. Finally, name the two lead defense attorneys.

Answer: Johnny _COCHRAN_ and Robert _BAKER_


BONUS 3


You'll hear a poem set to music.  For 10 points each, name the poem,
the poet, and the Canadian singer who set it to music.

[=== PLAY TAPE ===]

Answers:  The _LADY OF SHALOTT_

          by Alfred, Lord _TENNYSON_

          sung by Loreena _MCKENNITT_



BONUS 4

As of Week 8 in the NFL, both the New York Jets and the Atlanta
Falcons remain winless.  Answer the following questions on other
examples of football futility for the stated number of points (Note:
all questions are disregarding strike-shortened years).

1. For five points each, name the only team to finish the regular
season without a win and the year in which they "accomplished" this
feat.

Answer: _TAMPA BAY_ or _BUCCANEERS_ and 
        _1976_

2. For five points, name the only team (so far) to win only a single
game in the regular season.

Answer: _NEW ENGLAND_ or _PATRIOTS_

3. For fifteen points, only one team has had back to back single win
seasons since the NFL-AFL merger, doing so in the 1972 and 1973
seasons.  Name it.

Answer: _HOUSTON_ or _OILERS_ 



BONUS 5

Answer the following questions about Shannon Lucid's record stay in
space for the stated number of points.

For 5 points:   Name the Shuttle that finally picked up Lucid.

Answer: _ATLANTIS_

For 10 points: Name the 54 year old Air Force Colonel that replaced
Lucid as the US resident in Mir.

Answer: John E. _BLAHA_

For 15 points if exact, and 5 if within 5 days: Give the time Lucid
was in space.

Answer: _188_ (accept 183-193)



BONUS 6

Given the economic principles and area of specialty, name the
originator (Hint: they are all on the faculty here at MIT).

1. Winner of the 1987 Nobel Prize in economics, he pioneered studies
in theories of economic growth and was instrumental in the resurgence
of Keynesian economics in the wake of Reaganomics.

Answer: Robert _SOLOW_

2. A fellow Nobel Prize winner, he was responsible for the formulation
of the life-cycle hypothesis, explaining houshold savings and
expenditure behavior, as well as theories providing the analytical
frameworks for understanding firms' capital structure.

Answer: Franco _MODIGLIANI_

3. Specializing in international economics, inflation and trade
policy, he was an ad hoc economic advisor to President Clinton and has
a monthly column, "Economic Viewpoint", in BusinessWeek.

Answer: Rudiger _DORNBUSCH_



BONUS 7

Given the songs, name the group. 30-20-10.

For 30 points: "Needles and Pins", "Cretin Hop"

For 20 points: "Rock 'n' Roll High School", "The KKK Took My Baby Away"

For 10 points: "Blitzkrieg Bop", "I Wanna Be Sedated"

Answer: the _RAMONES_


BONUS 8

Answer the questions about the Limpopo river, 10 points each.

1. The river rises as the Crocodile (Krokodil) river in what country?

Answer: _SOUTH AFRICA_

2. This part is for 10 points, all or nothing. In two separate places, the
river forms a border between the Transvaal and two different countries.
Name them.

Answer: _ZIMBABWE_ and _BOTSWANA_

3. In this country, the river crosses the fall line, dropping about 800
feet, with most of the drops concentrated in 27 miles (43 km) of rapids,
especially those at Malala, Molukwe (mo-luk-weh), and Quiqueque
(ki-kway-kway).

Answer: _MOZAMBIQUE_



BONUS 9

Given the description of a natural law, name it, FTP points each.

1. The volume of a gas increases linearly with the temperature of the gas.

Answer: _CHARLES'S_ Law

2. Equal volumes of gasses at the same temperature and pressure contain the
same number of particles.

Answer: _AVOGADRO'S_ Law

3. In going from a particular set of reactants to a particular set of
products, the change in enthalpy is the same whether the reaction takes
place in one step or in a series of steps.

Answer: _HESS'S_ Law


BONUS 10

Although the Parthenon is the most famous, it shares the Acropolis
with several other buildings.  Given a short description, name the
Acropolis topping

1. This structure served as the gateway to the Acropolis.  Built from
437 to 432 B.C. to replace an earlier structure constructed under
Peisistratus, it was never fully completed.

Answer: _PROPYLAEA_ (PRO-PI-LAY-EE-UH)

2. Built around 420 B.C., this structure lies to the east of the
Parthenon.  It was dedicated to the joint worship of Athena and
Poseiden and featured the porch of the Caryatids.

Answer: _ERECHTHEION_ (AIR-RECK-THEE-ON)

3. Standing the southwest of the Propylaea, this small temple to the
goddess of winged victory was rebuilt upon an earlier Mycenaean
(MY-CEN-EE-AN) structure.

Answer: _TEMPLE_ of Athena _NIKE_


BONUS 11

30-20-10, name the work.

(30) This 1794 group of poems contains "Infant Sorrow", "The Sick
Rose", and "The Human Abstract".

(20) With another work, it is subtitled "Showing the Two Contrary
States of the Human Soul".

(10) This collection by William Blake features "The Tyger"

Answer: _SONGS OF EXPERIENCE_ (do NOT accept "Songs of Innocence")



BONUS 12

Answer these questions about symbols used in the C programming
language, 5-10-15.

1. For five points, most lines in a C program, such as a typical print
statement, are required to end with what punctuation mark, also used
as the separator within a "for" statement?

Answer: _SEMICOLON_

2. For ten points, what symbol is used to mean "not", as in "not equal
to"?

Answer: _EXCLAMATION_ point

3. For fifteen points, all or nothing, name the two symbols which are
used in marking the beginnings and endings of comment statements.

Answers: (either order) _ASTERISK_ (or _STAR_) and 
         forward _SLASH_ (or _VIRGULE_ or _SOLIDUS_) 
         (Do not accept "backslash")  


BONUS 13

Given the Akira Kurosawa films, give the Shakespeare plays that
they're based on, 15 points apiece.

1. Ran (Rahn)

Answer: _KING LEAR_

2. Throne of Blood

Answer: _MACBETH_


BONUS 14

This election year, the Democrats want to retake congress. If they
are successful, key committees will have their chairmanship
reversed. FTP each, given the republican chairman and the likely
democratic successor, name the committee and the chamber (e.g. House
Un-American Activities)

1. Al D'Amato and Paul Sarbanes.

Answer: _SENATE BANKING_

2. Henry Hyde and John Conyers.

Answer: _HOUSE JUDICIARY_

3. Nancy Kassenbaum and Ted Kennedy.

Answer: _SENATE LABOR_

(Moderator's note: If only the name of the committee is given, ie. "Labor",
prompt for more information)


BONUS 15

Answer the following questions about Gilligan's Island, 15 points
apiece.

1. What was Gilligan's first name, used for the only time on the
never-aired pilot show?

Answer: _WILLY_ Gilligan

2. Give the entire name of the skipper, who's name was mentioned in
the first episode during a radio broadcast about the wreck.

Answer: _JONAS GRUMBY_

BONUS 16

Read the book of Revelations? If you have, you probably know about the
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. But what do you know about their
horses? For 5 points Apiece, and a 10 Point BONUS for getting them all
correct, give the colors of their horses, in order from first
appearing to last. Be careful though, a miss will stop you.

Answer: _WHITE_,
        _RED_,
        _BLACK_,
        _PALE_ (accept _WHITE_)



BONUS 17

What do you know about Tintoretto? Answer the following questions, ten
points apiece.

1. What was Tintoretto's real name?

Answer: Jacopo _ROBUSTI_

2. Under what master painter did Tintoretto study, until the master
grew resentful of both the proud nature and exceptional
accomplishments of his student?

Answer: _TITIAN_

3. Tintoretto was a nickname coined because of his father's
occupation.  Give the English translation of Tintoretto's nickname.

Answer: _"LITTLE DYER"_ (accept equivalents)


BONUS 18

Given a pair of kings and the country they governed, name the dynasty
FTPE.

1. England; Henry III, Edward III

Answer: _PLANTAGENET_

2. France; Louis IX (St. Louis), Charles IV (the Fair)

Answer: _CAPETIAN_ or _CAPET_

3. France; Henry IV of Navarre, Louis XIII (the Just)

Answer: _BOURBON_ 


BONUS 19

Answer these questions about the recent Greek elections, 15 points
apiece.

1. Name the incumbent Premier who was re-elected to a new four year
term.

Answer: Costas _SIMITIS_ (Coh-stas Sihm-ee-tas)

2. Give the name of Simitis's party.

Answer: the _RULING PANHELLENIC SOCIALIST MOVEMENT_ (accept PASOK, it's the
acronym)


BONUS 20

Given the normal chain Hydrocarbon formula, name the compound, 10
points each.

1. C3H8

Answer: _PROPANE_

2. C7H16

Answer: _HEPTANE_

3. C5H12

Answer: _PENTANE_


BONUS 21

Answer these questions about presidents, for 10 points each.

1. Name the president who appointed the most Supreme Court justices.

Answer: George _WASHINGTON_

2. Name the last president who was not a college graduate.

Answer: Harry S _TRUMAN_

3. As Secretary of War, he helped engineer the Gadsden Purchase,
strengthened the Army, and renovated West Point.  He returned to the
Senate in 1857.  Name this man, born in what was then Christian
County, Kentucky, in 1808.

Answer:  Jefferson _DAVIS_


BONUS 22

For 10 points apiece, name the three state capitals located on the
Missouri River.

Answer: _BISMARCK_ North Dakota,
        _PIERRE_ South Dakota,
        and _JEFFERSON CITY_ Missouri.

BONUS 23

Given the advertising slogan, name the product or company, 10 points
each.

1. "They're indubitably delicious."

Answer: _CRISPY CRITTERS_ Cereal

2. "We do it your way."

Answer: _BURGER KING_

3. "Now you're playing with power"

Answer: _NINTENDO_



BONUS 24

30-20-10. Given the clues, name the composer.

For 30 points: In addition to operas, He also wrote incidental music
for plays by Aristophanes (ari-STOFF-a-knees) Shakespeare, and
Maeterlinck (may-tehr-link).

For 20 points: In 1879, a Mendelssohn scholarship enabled him to go to
Italy, where he met Wagner. Wagner invited him to assist in the
production of "Parsifal at Bayreuth". (BAY-ruth)

For 10 points: His most known work was an opera that was based on a
folk tale made popular by the Brothers Grimm.

Answer: Engelbert _HUMPERDINCK_


BONUS 25

Given the animal name, give the term for a group of those animals, 10
points apiece.

1. First, Kangaroo.

Answer: _MOB_

2. Second, Larks.

Answer: _EXALTATION_

3. Third, Owls.

Answer: _PARLIAMENT_
 

BONUS 26

Conjunction bonus time. Conjoin the following, FTP each.

1. Movie starring Henry Fonda as a member of an Australian jury and the 1980s
flash in the pan group who sung "Land Down Under".

Answer: _TWELVE ANGRY MEN AT WORK_

2. Latin phrase meaning "In the year of our Lord" and a member of the U.S.
Gymnastics team

Answer: _ANNO DOMINIQUE DAWES_ [also accept ANNO DOMINIQUE MOCIANEAU
(mo-cee-an-oh)]

3. Original title of the book which served as the basis for an Arne Glimcher
movie starring Armand Assante and Antonio Banderas and a Gabriel 
Garcia-Marquez novel.

Answer: _THE MAMBO KINGS PLAY SONGS OF LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA_