Boston University Shadrach Team Toss-Ups Written by: Allyson Mondoux, Jason Gordon, Debbie Lusetti TOSSUP 1 It was first systematically studied by William Gowers in the nineteenth century. It affects approximately 0.5 percent of the world's population and is characterized by an intermittent disruption of brain function associated with a burst of abnormal brain electrical activity. For ten points, identify this disorder most identifiable with the petit mal and grand mal seizures patients suffer. Answer: _EPILEPSY_ TOSSUP 2 She was born in Italy in 1850 and in 1880 founed the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart. She later came to New York City to work among the Italian immigrants there. By the time of her death she had become an American citizen and founded over 60 convents worldwide. For ten points, name this saint, the first American to be canonized. Answer: Saint Frances Xavier (Mother) _CABRINI_ TOSSUP 3 The setting never changes. There are only 3 characters and they are stuck in a bizarre love-hate-triangle. The first woman loves the second woman and hates the man. The second woman loves the man and hates the first woman. The man hates them both. For ten points, name this Jean-Paul Sartre play. Answer: _NO EXIT_ or _HUIS CLOS_ (we clow) TOSSUP 4 The importance of this route reached its height during the Tang Dynasty in the seventh century AD. Despite its name, the road was also where gold, ivory, exotic animals and plants were traded. For ten points, name this road which passed through central Asia and linked the east to the west. Answer: the _SILK ROAD_ TOSSUP 5 The origin of this word is disputed; possibly from the Arabic phrase "felag mangu" meaning fugitive peasant. It may also be from the Spanish word for Flemish or the Spanish word for flamingo. For ten points, identify this Andalusian gypsy-style dance, accompanied by the familiar hand-clapping, finger-snapping, and castanet-clacking of the dancer. Answer: _FLAMENCO_ TOSSUP 6 He was offered 6 gallons of ice cream by one man and $100 worth from another after he missed a perfect-attendance ice cream party at his school. This Lexington, North Carolina, boy was suspended for what school officials call "unwelcome touching." For ten points, name this 6-year-old boy suspended for kissing a classmate. Answer: Johnathan _PREVETTE_ TOSSUP 7 This animal was unknown to science until 1912. It was discovered by an airman who landed on an island and saw a large creature eating goats and pigs and attacking horses. The animal can grow up to 12 feet long and weigh over 350 pounds. For ten points, name this largest lizard, native to Indonesia. Answer: _KOMODO DRAGON_ TOSSUP 8 He held a number of posts in his lifetime -- minister, editor, member of Congress among them. He was considered the leader of the American Greek Revival and was the vice-presidential candidate on the Constitutional Union Party in 1860, but he may be best known for a lengthy speech he gave in 1863. For ten points, name the man whose speech preceded Abraham Lincoln's at Gettysburg. Answer: Edward _EVERETT_ TOSSUP 9 The name means "positive energy" in Turkish. One was from Germany, the other from Guadeloupe. They sold 12 million albums world wide and were given the Grammy for best new artist of 1989, but they never sang a note. For ten points, give the collective name for Rob and Fab, the pop singing sham group. Answer: _MILLI VANILLI_ TOSSUP 10 If you thought soccer in Miami during the Atlanta Olympics was a far away site, think twice. Some competitors in the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games had their venue extremely far away from the host city, Australia. Members of the equestrian event had to compete in, for ten points, what city over 10 thousand miles away, the site of the 1912 Summer Games? Answer: _STOCKHOLM_, Sweden TOSSUP 11 Boy is born to feminist nurse and a brain-damaged airman. Boy becomes writer, mom becomes writer. Boy marries reader. Mom is shot. Boy is shot by woman with no tongue. For ten points, this is the plot of what novel by John Irving. Answer: _THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP_ TOSSUP 12 In communications it is the process in which some characteristic of a wave is made to vary in accordance with an information-bearing signal wave. In music it is a shift in the key center of a composition. For ten points, what is this 10-letter word that is essential for both the composition and broadcast of music on a radio? Answer: _MODULATION_ TOSSUP 13 Ellis Island is probably the best-known of the immigrant reception centers, but it didn't open until 1892. Starting in 1855, immigrants arriving on the east coast were processed at a site on the southern tip of Manhattan. For ten points, name this depot. Answer: _CASTLE GARDEN_ TOSSUP 14 This American composer and lyricist wrote lyrics for Julie Styne's "Gypsy," and for self-productions like "Sweeny Todd" and "Company." For ten points, identify this sophisticated musician who wrote the lyrics to Bernstein's "West Side Story." Answer: Stephen _SONDHEIM_ TOSSUP 15 This word comes from the Ojibwa Indian language. It means any plant, animal, or object with which a group has a ritual attitude. The classic example is when a specific clan identifies with an animal and will not eat that animal. Northwest Coast Indians often used them in stacks as symbols to mark land ownership or as monuments to the dead. For ten points, name this word. Answer: _TOTEM_ TOSSUP 16 Members of this country's armed forces called it "The Great Easter Egg Hunt" when, on April 9, 1996, they were ordered to put aside all non-essential duties to help search for documents relating to the murder of a Somali in custody 3 years ago, and the subsequent coverup of the scandal. FTP name this nation that used to pride itself on its peacekeeping forces, which were initiated by former UN ambassador and prime minister Lester Pearson. Answer: _CANADA_ TOSSUP 17 It wasn't until 1977 that Toni Morrison gained widespread acclaim, seven years after her first novel. That novel tells the story of a young black girl from a dysfunctional family who wishes for a certain trait she thinks will bring happiness. But she finds no happiness, only incest and madness. For ten points, name this 1970 Morrison work. Answer: _THE BLUEST EYE_ TOSSUP 18 Florida investigators were hoping Ottis Elwood Toole made a deathbed confession concerning a 15-year-old case when he recently died in jail. Toole once admitted to committing a 1981 abduction and murder in which a 6-year-old boy was taken from a department store and killed. Toole later recanted his story concerning the crime. For ten points, give the last name of the boy, whose father went on to host America's Most Wanted. Answer: _WALSH_ (accept _ADAM WALSH_) TOSSUP 19 The mayor of Nice (NEES), France, banned a billboard advertisement portraying a black horse and a white horse mating. For ten points, name the company whose controversial advertising includes a nun and a priest kissing and a white baby being breast-fed by a black woman. Answer: _BENETTON_ TOSSUP 20 Despite playing to sell-out crowds, this team's losses widened from $16.1 million to $25.5 million this year. This prompted billionaire H. Wayne Huizenga's (HI-singa) plans to sell half his stake in, for ten points, what NHL team? Answer: _FLORIDA PANTHERS_ TOSSUP 21 Heard, McDonald, Norfolk, Ashmore, Cartier, Cocos, Christmas, and Coral Sea Islands are all, for ten points, external possessions of what island country? Answer: _Australia_ TOSSUP 22 The flag raised by U.S. Marines on a mountain in the south of Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945 was too small to be seen by other American troops on the island, so they had to replace it with a larger one. This event took place, FTP, on what extinct volcano? Answer: Mount _SURIBACHI_ TOSSUP 23 Paper and pencils ready. A small bird weighing 500 grams has a heart attack and falls from the sky. For ten points, assuming no air resistance and to the nearest whole number, what is the force in Newtons which acts on the dead bird before it hits the ground? Answer: _5_ Newtons