Here are the questions for Princeton Jokers (Princeton A).  In
labeling the questions, I have used the following abbreviations for
simplicity:  Science (SCI), Literature (LIT), Philosophy (PHI), History
(HIS), Current Events (CE), Pop Culture (POP), Sports (SPO), Geography
(GEO), Fine Arts (FA), Social Science (SS), Religion (REL),
General/Miscellaneous (GEN).  I hope this is suitable.

PENN BOWL 007 PACK BY PRINCETON JOKERS (PRINCETON A)

TOSSUPS

1.  (SCI) - This disease is characterized by progressive mental and
motor retardation, as well as skeletal, cardiac, and respiratory
abnormalities.  It results from a deficiency in the enzyme
Hexosaminidase A which is required to degrade gangliosides which would
otherwise build up in the brain.  FTP, name this disease, mostly found
among Jews of eastern European ancestry.

ANS.     _Tay-Sachs_ disease

2.  (LIT) - "The family of Dashwood had been long settled in Sussex.
Their estate was large, and there residence was at Norland Park...".
Thus begins the classic work of literature which tells of the lives and
loves of two starkly different sisters, Elinor and Marianne, and their
eventual marriages to Edward Ferrars and Colonel Brandon respectively.
FTP, name this novel, the first published work by Jane Austen.

ANS. _Sense and Sensibility_

3.  (HIS) - The twentieth century has known many assassination
attempts.  The American president has been a common target of such
attacks, but only one president faced such gunfire before coming to
office.  This fact may have pushed Congress to shorten the "lame-duck"
period between the election and Inauguration Day.  For ten points, name
this President-elect who was fired upon in Miami by Giuseppe Zangara in
February, 1933.

ANS.    _F_ranklin Delano _Roosevelt_ (accept:  _FDR_)

4.  (GEN) - George M. Cohan was not the first to use it.  Coming from
the Dutch for Johnny, this first part of this two-word phrase has come
to describe residents of a particular region and, commonly, Americans as
a whole. Meaning "simpleton" in seventeenth-century English, this phrase
was a favorite of Redcoats, who used it to deride the Americans during
the War for
Independence.  For ten points, please identify this term, and then you
too can call it "macaroni."

ANS.    _Yankee Doodle_

5.  (CE) - Neither the full Senate nor the judiciary committee ever
voted to accept or reject this Presidential nominee to fill a vacant
position in the Justice Department, but it was evident that many
Republicans disapproved of his views. After considering using a "recess
appointment", President Clinton decided instead to grant him a
longer-lasting but slightly lower status. FTP, name the new Acting
Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, the first Asian-American to
head this division.

ANS.  Bill Lann _Lee_

6.  (LIT) - "Poet, Calvinist, fanatic, aristocrat".  With these four
words Turgenev summed up this author at the age of 29.  Appropriate
words from a man who went from writing stories and novels to creating a
new Christianity based on his own interpretation of the Gospels.  FTP,
name this 19th century author of "Master and Man", "The Kreutzer
Sonata", and "The Death of Ivan Ilych".

ANS. Count Leo _Tolstoy_

7.  (GEO) - Its 12,200 square miles usually freeze over from January
until May, but this lake's midwinter average temperature of -2 degrees
Fahrenheit is still significantly warmer than the area around it.  It is
more than a mile deep at its deepest point and is thus the deepest lake
on Earth.  FTP, name this lake in eastern Siberia.

ANS.  Lake _Baikal_

8.  (REL) - This pious Phrygian couple hospitably received Zeus and
Hermes when their richer neighbors turned them away.  As a reward, they
were saved from a flood that drowned the rest of the country, their
cottage was made a temple, and they were made priest and priestess.
FTP, name this couple, who were granted their wish to die at the same
time, being turned into intertwined trees.

ANS. _Baucis and Philemon_

9.  (SCI) - If it did not exist, your television set would not work,
your elevator door might not know not to close on your leg, and one less
potential source of environmentally sound energy would exist. In 1921,
Albert Einstein won the Nobel Prize for Physics for his explanation of
this phenomenon. FTP, name this effect, in which a material emits
electrons when struck by "radiant energy" such as light.

ANS.  the _photoelectric_ effect

10.  (HIS) - The American colonists knew few friends in the period
between the end of the Seven Years' War and the Declaration of the
Independence.  In addition to leading the colonists to victory in the
Seven Years' War, he supported their rights in the House of Commons,
House of Lords, and the prime-ministership.  For ten points, name the
great political leader who lent his name to a fort -- later a city -- in
Pennsylvania.

ANS.    William _Pitt_ the Elder

11.  (FA) - Mozart went against convention by including this type of
musical form normally reserved for religious music in the overture to
_The Magic Flute_.  Present in many of Johann Sebastian Bach's cantatas,
this form starts with a theme called a subject, followed by a second
theme termed the answer, and embellished with episodic notes.  FTP, name
this 5 letter term.

ANS. _Fugue_

12.  (SPO) - Few sportsmen end their careers in legendary fashion.  This
player, however, concluded his career with a stunning performance in his
final game.  In his final at-bat, he smacked a line-drive home run over
the right-field wall in front of an adoring home crowd.  For ten points,
name this player, nicknamed the "Splendid Splinter," who was the last
player to win the Triple Crown (in 1941) and hit 521 career homers for
the Boston Red Sox?

ANS.    Ted _Williams_

13.  (SS) - In our modern legal system, it is often used to appeal a
state criminal conviction to a federal court. It is the only type of
legal petition specifically mentioned in the Constitution, where the
right to utilize it is protected against infringement except in time of
"rebellion or invasion".  FTP, name this writ used to request freedom
from allegedly unlawful imprisonment, whose name comes from the Latin
for "you must have the body."

ANS.  Writ of _habeas corpus_

14.  (SCI) - In the mid-1980s, chemists Curl, Kroto, and Smalley were
trying to explain the striking abundance of certain fragments observed
when a carbon rod was vaporized.  The compound they proposed can now be
made easily in multigram lots through such vaporization.  FTP, name this
compound, which won Carl, Kroto, and Smalley the 1996 Nobel prize in
chemistry, and which has the chemical formula C60.

ANS. _Buckminsterfullerene_ or _Buckyball_  (prompt on C60 on early
buzz)

15.  (REL) - It lasted from 132-135 AD.  The rebels took the Roman
colony of Aelia by storm and reclaimed the city of Jerusalem as their
own.  Emporer Hadrian had to call in the governor of Britain with 35,000
men to finally crush the Jewish army. FTP, name the rebel leader and
you've named this famous failed Jewish revolt.

ANS. _Bar Kochba_ Rebellion (accept _Bar Kosba_)

16.  (LIT) - The character of Harpagon the miser in Moliere's "L'Avare"
is based on the character of Euclio from this play written around 195
B.C..  In the play, Euclio's unexpected aquisition of unearned wealth
involves him in a series of inconveniences from which he escapes by
giving his wealth away.  FTP, name this play, entitled Aulularia in the
original Latin, written by Plautus.

ANS. The _Pot of Gold_ (accept _Aulularia_ on early buzz)

17.  (GEN) - "Paris is worth a mass," declared French king Henry IV.
Some members of this group might have agreed, considering the severe
treatment they had faced under Catherine de Medici and her obedient
sons.  Such persecution even sent Paul Revere's father to colonial
Massachusetts.  For ten points, identify the people who finally earned
some religious freedom under the Edict of Nantes.

ANS.    The _Huguenots_

18.  (GEO) - Bihac (BEE-hahch).  Banja Luka (BAHN-ya LUKE-ah).  Zepa
(ZHE-pa).  Mostar.  Pale (PAH-lay). They are all in the same country: a
country with three presidents, two largely separate component "entities"
and one very short coastline on the Adriatic Sea.  FTP, name this former
Yugoslav republic, whose capital is Sarajevo.

ANS. _Bosnia_ and Herzegovina

19.  (FA) - This 20th century American artist was trained as a craftsman
and designer as well as a painter.  Originally an Impressionist, after a
visit to Germany he began to paint in the sharply detailed, realistic
manner for which he is known.  Indeed, the harsh realism of his most
famous painting and the direct and earthy quality of its subject caused
a sensation when first displayed in 1930 at the Art Institute of
Chicago.  FTP, name this painter of "American Gothic".

ANS. Grant _Wood_

20.  (SS) - This school of psychology dominated psychological theory
between the two world wars.  It concerned itself solely with measurable
and observable data and excluded the consideration of inner mental
experience.  It saw the organism as simply responding to stimuli.  FTP,
name this school, associated with John B. Watson, Clark L. Hull, and B.
F. Skinner.

ANS. _Behaviorism_ (or _Behavioral Psychology_)

21.  (REL) - This religion was long considered to be a Christian heresy,
but it truly is a religion in its own right.  It's not Zoroastrianism,
but it was also founded in Persia, except in the 3rd century AD.  Its
leader was imprisoned by the king of Persia and, after 26 days of
trials, delivered his final message to his disciples and died.  FTP,
name this religion, led by the prophet Mani.

ANS. _Manichaeism_

22.  (HIS) - The French Revolution knew much radicalism.  The Commitee
of Public Safety, the guillotine, and the Declaration of the Rights of
Man marked just several of the institutions that evolved.  The name of
one political party has endured as a designation for extremists
everywhere. For ten points, identify the party that received its name
from an order of monks and whose leaders included Jean-Paul Marat and
Maximilien-François-Marie-Isidore de Robespierre.

ANS.    The _Jacobins_

23.  (SCI) - No matter how much it's cooled, it won't become a solid
under normal atmospheric pressure.  But, when cooled to a sufficiently
low temperature, it becomes so fluid that it can flow up and over the
sides of a beaker against the force of gravity.  The limited quantity
found on Earth is a product of radioactive decay, which is probably why
it wasn't first discovered on Earth.  FTP, name this second-most
abundant element in the universe.

ANS.  _helium_

24.  (FA) - The Sheldonian Theatre, the Royal Hospital at Chelsea,
Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, Greenwich Hospital.  FTP, which 17th
and 18th century architect was responsible for all of these structures,
not to mention St. Paul's Cathedral?

ANS. Sir Christopher _Wren_

25.  (CE) - It was suspected his name might be "Luke," but it wasn't.
Instead, he was given the nickname of a favorite uncle.  FTP, what is
the name of this Labrador retriever puppy, with respect to whom
President Clinton jokingly quoted Harry Truman's statement that if you
want a friend in Washington you should get a dog?

ANS.  _Buddy_

26.  (POP) - "Hand in My Pocket", "Forgiven", "You Learn", "Mary Jane",
"Not the Doctor", "Ironic", and "Perfect".  FTP, these are just 7 of the
12 songs on what debut album by Canadian singer Alanis Morissette?

ANS. _Jagged Little Pill_

27.  (FA) - Mozart in 1800.  Berlioz in 1837.  Brahms in 1868.  Faure in
1882.  Britten in 1962.  Webber in 1986.  In these years, each of these
composers had published a major choral work of the same nature.  FTP,
name this type of mass which, while sung in concerts, is written for
funerals.

ANS. _Requiem_

28.  (HIS) - The Middle East has always been appealing property.  The
life-giving waters of the Tigris and Euphrates helped civilization to
evolve in the area.  In fact, the region became known as a most suitable
area for agriculture, though surrounded by not-so-arable land.  For ten
points, name this region, part of whose name might describe the shape of
the moon.

ANS.    The _Fertile Crescent_ (prompt on Mesopotamia on early buzz)

29.  (LIT) - "Solitude", "The Village", "Higher Laws", "Winter Animals",
"The Pond in Winter".  These are just 5 essays in this volume, first
published in 1854, 7 years after the author gave up the solitary life
which the work reflects.  FTP, name this classic of the
Transcendentalist movement, also including the essay "Economy", written
by Henry David Thoreau.

ANS. _Walden_

30.  (SPO) - He was drafted by the Baltimore Colts with the first pick
in the 1983 NFL draft, but was traded to another team. He holds the NFL
record for most game-winning drives in the fourth quarter; one such
drive against the Cleveland Browns became especially famous.  FTP, name
this starting quarterback for the Denver Broncos.

ANS.  John _Elway_



BONI

1.  (GEN) - Consider the "City of Brotherly Love," Philadelphia, in
running through these bonus opportunities -- ten points each.

A.  The founder of the city, a likeness of him sits atop City Hall, the
tallest building in the city by decree.

ANS.    William _Penn_

B.  For ten more, name three of Philadelphia's historical "Big Five"
college basketball teams who often played at the Palestra.

ANS.    _Drexel_ University, _St. Joseph's_ University (accept:  _St.
Joe's_), _Temple_, The University of
 _Penn_sylvania, _Villanova_ University

C.  Finally, identify the street "where all the hippies beat," still a
center for "alternative" culture and shopping.

ANS.    _South_ Street


2.  (CE) - Let's see if you've been paying attention to what's going on
in the world of chess.

A.  FTP, name the grandmaster who recently defended his FIDE [Fee-day],
or International Chess Federation, world championship title at a match
in Lausanne, Switzerland.

ANS.  Anatoly _Karpov_

B. FTP, name Karpov's unsuccessful challenger.

ANS.  Viswanathan _Anand_

C. FTP, what previous FIDE world champion lost his title not for losing
a title match to Karpov, which he never did, but   for leaving FIDE to
form his own "Professional Chess Association"?

ANS.  Garry _Kasparov_

3.  (LIT) - 30-20-10, Name the poet from works
  30  - "Angkor Wat" and "Plutonian Ode"
  20  - "Mind Breaths" and "Kaddish"
  10  - "Howl"

ANS. Allen _Ginsberg_

4.  (GEO) - Only three countries in the world are completely surrounded
by another country-- that is, border one and only one other country and
are landlocked.  FTPE, name them.

ANS.  _San Marino_, _Lesotho_, _Vatican City_

5.  (REL) - There are many female trios in Greek mythology.  FFPE, name
any two of
A.  The 3 Fates                         ANS. _Clotho_, _Lachesis_,
_Atropos_
B.  The 3 Gorgons                    ANS. _Medusa_, _Stheno_, _Euryale_
C.  The 3 Graces                      ANS. _Thalia_, _Aglaia_,
_Euphrosyne_

6.  (SCI) - Rank the following subatomic particles from lowest to
highest rest mass, FFPE: Proton, tau lepton, positron, neutron, muon,
neutrino

ANS.  _Neutrino_, _Positron_, _Muon_, _Proton_, _Neutron_, _Tau_ lepton

7.  (HIS) - You will need to sharpen your focus on the American
presidency to answer the following questions -- for the stated number of
points.

A.  FFP, name the only twentieth-century president without a college
education, though he did carry an insignificant letter in his name.

ANS.    Harry S _Truman_

B.  FTP, name the first president born west of the Mississippi River, in
West Branch, Iowa.

ANS.    Herbert Clark _Hoover_

C.  F15P, come up with the American president whose ambition while at
Duke University's law school involved a career in the
Federal Bureau of Investigations.

ANS.    Richard Milhous _Nixon_

8.  (FA) - 30-20-10, Name the artist from works
  30 - "Sacred and Profane Love"
  20 - "Venus of Urbino"
  10 - "The Assumption"

ANS. _Titian_ (accept Tiziano _Vecelli_ or _Vecellio_)

9.  (POP) - From the film, name the composer of the score, for the
stated number of points.
A.  5 - "Star Wars"                                 ANS. John _Williams_

B.  10 - "Batman"                                   ANS. Danny _Elfman_
C.  15 - "The Godfather"                        ANS. Laurindo _Almeida_

10.  (SS) - FTPE, state within 5 years when the constitutional
amendments granting the following rights were ratified:

A. The right to counsel in a criminal trial

ANS.  _1791_ (accept 1786-1796)

B. The right to vote despite failure to pay any poll tax or other tax

ANS.  _1964_ (accept 1959-1969)

C. The right to vote upon reaching the age of 18

ANS.  _1971_ (accept 1966-1976)

11.  (SCI) - The stage of respiration between glycolysis and the
electron transport chain is commonly known by three different names.
FTPE, what are they?

ANS.     _Krebs Cycle_, _Citric Acid Cycle_, and _Tricarboxylic Acid (or
TCA) Cycle_

12.  (REL) - In Roman Catholicism, certain feasts are designated "holy
days of obligation" when all the faithful must attend Mass.  FTPE, given
a date, name the feast.
A.  November 1st                                ANS. _All Saints Day_
B.  August 15th                                    ANS. Feast of the
_Assumption_
C.  December 8th                                ANS.  _Immaculate
Conception_

13.  (PHI) - Given a list of philosophers, name the school of philosophy
to which they belonged, FTPE.
A.  Rene Descartes, Baruch Spinoza, G. W. Leibniz, and Immanuel
Kant.                        ANS. _Rationalism_
B.  Francis Bacon, John Locke, and David
Hume                                                            ANS.
_Empiricism_
C.  Michel de Montaigne, Pierre Bayle, G. E. Schulze, J. G.
Hamann.                              ANS. _Skepticism_

14.  (GEN) - Navigate the waterways of American rivers in coming up with
your answers to this bonus -- for the stated number of points.

A.  FFP, Identify the river that shares a name with a state and also
chiseled out the Grand Canyon in Arizona.

ANS.    The _Colorado_ River

B.  FTP, This river marks the border between Oklahoma and Texas east of
their panhandles, emptying into the Gulf of Mexico south of Baton Rouge,
Louisiana.

ANS.    The _Red_ River

C.  F15P, This river, which lent its name in the formation of one of
William Jennings Bryan's nicknames, travels eastward before meeting the
mighty Missouri south of Omaha, Nebraska, and Council Bluffs, Iowa.

ANS.    The _Platte_ River

15.  (GEO) - S is for state... sometimes.  FFPE, plus a bonus 5 for all
correct, pick the five currently recognized independent countries from
the following list: Slovakia, Slavonia, Slovenia, Suriname, Saint
Helena, Saint Lucia, Svalbard, South Yemen, South Georgia, Swaziland

ANS.  _Slovakia_, _Slovenia_, _Suriname_,  _Saint Lucia_, _Swaziland_

16.  (FA) -   Most college bowlers know that there are five orders of
classical columns.  However, FFPE, and a bonus five for all correct, can
you name all five orders?

ANS. _Doric_, _Ionic_, _Corinthian_, _Tuscan_, and _Composite_

17.  (SS) - FTPE, name these economic terms:
A. This numerical value describes the responsiveness of one quantity to
changes in another given quantity.

ANS. _elasticity_

B. This coefficient measures the distribution of wealth within a
country; it varies between zero and one, zero representing the extreme
case where all people in a country have the same income and one
representing a case where one person has all the income.

ANS. _Gini_ coefficient

C. This criterion states that an economic policy increases "social
welfare" if those who gain from it could, in theory, bribe those who are
worse off because of it into willingly accepting the policy.

ANS. _Kaldorian_ criterion

18.  (REL) - Islam is based on 5 duties referred to as pillars.  FFPE,
and a five point bonus for all correct, name them.  English equivalents
are acceptable.

ANS. _shahadah_ (profession of faith), _salat_ (prayer), _zakat_ (alms
tax for the poor), _sawm_ (the fast of Ramadan), and _hajj_ (pilgrimage
to Mecca).

19.  (HIS) - Consider the Cold War and the Soviet Union in answering
these questions -- FTPE

A.  Name the man who attempted to remove Stalin's influence through his
de-Stalinization program in the years following his ascension to power.

ANS.    Nikita _Kruschev_

B.  What were the televised meetings between then-Vice President Richard
Nixon and Kruschev called?

ANS.    The _"Kitchen Debates"_

C.  What emerged in 1962 as a solution to the Cuban Missile Crisis as a
way of insisting that Kruschev remove Russian missiles from the
Caribbean nation?

ANS.    A naval _quarantine_  (accept:  _blockade_)

20.  (SCI) - From the description, identify the type of molecule, for
the stated number of points.

A.  5 - A molecule with two hydrocarbon chains joined by an oxygen.

ANS.     _ether_

B.  10 - A molecule which contains a three-membered ring consisting of 2
carbons and an oxygen.

ANS.     _epoxide_ (accept _oxirane_)

C.  15 - These neutral compounds containing divalent carbon are often
formed from diazo compounds.

ANS.     _carbene_s

21.  (FA) - 30-20-10, Name the composer from works.
  30 - "Rinaldo"
  20 - "Israel in Egypt"
  10 - "Water Music"

ANS. George Frideric _Handel_

22.  (CE) - Several criminal trials have been in the news a lot
recently.  There's more to a trial than the defendant.  FTPE,

A. This army acquaintance of Timothy McVeigh testified against McVeigh
and Terry Nichols in their trials in exchange for a plea bargain and
thus received a relatively light sentence.

ANS.   James _Fortier_

B. This man believed he had gotten the Justice Department to promise not
to seek the death penalty against his brother, who he turned in on
suspicion of being the "Unabomber," but they reneged.

ANS.  _David Kaczynski_ (kah-ZINN-ski)

C. This Massachusetts judge reduced British au pair Louise Woodward's
murder conviction to involuntary manslaughter on the grounds that to let
it stand would be a miscarriage of justice.

ANS.  Hiller _Zobel_

23.  (SPO) - Consider baseballer Tyrus Raymond Cobb in pondering your
answers to this bonus.

A.  5 - A major fruit product of his home state of Georgia completes his
nickname and identifies the state nickname as well.

ANS.    The "Georgia _Peach_"

B.  10 - Though he enjoyed a stint with the Philadelphia Athletics, Cobb
played almost exclusively with what team, that of Al Kaline and
thirty-game-winner Denny McClain?

ANS.    The Detroit _Tigers_

C.  15 - A shrewd man at the plate and in the field, Cobb continued this
circumspection in his post-baseball career in investments.  What
company, which rose as a result of John Pemberton's "elixir," became a
national force and made Cobb a rich man?

ANS.    The _Coca-Cola_ Company

24.  (FA) - 30-20-10, Name the sculptor from works.
  30 - "Feast of Herod"
  20 - "St. John the Baptist"
  10 - The bronze "David"

ANS. _Donatello_

25.  (HIS) - The English Civil War changed the face of the monarchy in
British society.  Answer the following questions about that period in
history for the stated number of points.

A.  5 - This man led the army of Parliament and later called himself
Lord Protector.  Identify him.

ANS.    _O_liver _Cromwell_

B.  5 - When the monarchy was restored, what king took the throne?

ANS.    _Charles II_

C.  5 - Identify the period falling between the monarchy's removal and
restoration.

ANS.    The _Interregnum_

D.  Finally, for 15 points, what was the name of the proprietary
American colony established in the early restoration years, which
honored the new king in its name.

ANS.    _Carolina_

26.  (LIT) - 30-20-10, Name the playwright from works
  30 - "The Room"
  20 - "The Homecoming"
  10 - "The Birthday Party"

ANS. Harold _Pinter_

27.  (POP) - From the film, name the director for the stated number of
points.
A.  5 - "Potemkin"
ANS. Sergey Mikhaylovich _Eisenstein_
B.  10 - "A Streetcar Named Desire"                           ANS. Elia
_Kazan_
C.  15 - "A bout de souffle"
ANS. Jean-Luc _Godard_

28.  (SCI) - FTPE, Identify these names associated with early DNA
research

A.  This scientist is credited with determining that DNA was the genetic
material.

ANS.  Oswald _Avery_

B.  This duo confirmed Avery's findings using radioactively labeled
bacteriophages.

ANS.  Alfred _Hershey_ and Martha _Chase_

C.  This man is credited for his work in determining the structure of
the building blocks of DNA, the nucleotides.

ANS.  Phoebus Aaron _Levene_

29.  (LIT) - "His death impoverishes us all; but he has bequeathed his
nation a body of imperishable verse from which Americans will forever
gain joy and understanding."  F15E,
A.  To which poet, who died in 1963, does this
refer?                           ANS.  Robert _Frost_
B.  Who said this about Robert
Frost?                                                  ANS. _J_ohn F
_Kennedy_ (_JFK_)

30.  (HIS) - From the city, name the ancient civilization to which it
belonged, FTPE.
A.  Ninevah                                  ANS. _Assyria_
B.  Gaza                                       ANS. _Philistines_  (do
not accept Palestine)
C.  Sidon                                      ANS. _Phoenicia_