Finals Pack written by MIT TOSSUP 1 "A disorder in which strongly-felt ethical and altruistic impulses are perpetually warring with extreme sexual longings" afflicts the main character in this 1969 novel about Alex, a contemporary Jewish male at odds with his domineering mother. For ten points, what is this novel by the author of "Goodbye Columbus"? Answer: _PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT_ TOSSUP 2 When Bill Clinton became governor of Arkansas at the age of 32, he became the youngest American state governor since 1938, when this 31-year-old Republican began the first of his three terms as governor of Minnesota. He lost the presidential nomination to Thomas Dewey in 1948, and to Eisenhower in 1952, and was also unsuccessful in his seven other presidential bids since then. FTP name this perennial candidate who decided to sit out the 1996 race. Answer: Harold Edward _STASSEN_ TOSSUP 3 He was the host of Unsolved Mysteries before Robert Stack took over, but probably gained greater critical acclaim for his Academy Award winning role in "Streetcar Named Desire." While hard-core College Bowlers will recognize his name from the newsgroup which led to the destruction of alt.college.college-bowl, the general public probably knows him better from his ads for American Express. FTP, name him. Answer: Karl _MALDEN_ TOSSUP 4 One of the largest National Parks, it is also one of the least visited, probably because the closest town, Marathon, is almost 100 miles from the center of the park at Chisos Basin. Its geographical and wildlife diversity -- including the very adorable pig-like javelina (HAV -eh -lee -na) -- belies its Texas locale. FTP, identify this park named for its relation to the Rio Grande. Answer: _BIG BEND_ National Park TOSSUP 5 He had played basketball while at Sheridan College, and in 1991, at age 23, he happened to watch the national track championships and thought, "I can run faster than that". With the help of his trainer Dan Pfaff, at the University of Texas, he quickly became a national champion himself. FTP name this sprinter who, in 1996, didn't quite match Ben Johnson's time but did get to keep his gold medal. Answer: Donovan _BAILEY_ TOSSUP 6 The first kingdom with this name was founded about 700 B.C. by Perdiccas I. Famous natives of the region include Saints Cyril and Methodius, Mother Teresa, and Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. At various times it has belonged to the Persian, Roman, Byzantine, Bulgarian and Ottoman empires. FTP name this crossroads of cultures that was also the center of a world empire in the 4th century B.C. under Alexander the Great. Answer: _MACEDON_ia [Mother Teresa and Ataturk *were* born in the Ottoman province named Macedonia.] TOSSUP 7 In 1930, using the Lane-Embden polytropic equations of state for stellar interiors, Subrahamanayan Chandrasakhar, at age 19, derived the mass limit which bears his name. Neutron stars or black holes will eventually be formed from stars with mass greater than this limit, about 1.4 solar masses. FTP, what kind of other degenerate stellar mass will, according to Chandrasakhar's theory, stars like our own sun eventually become? Answer: _WHITE DWARF_ TOSSUP 8 Characters such as Allison Beals and Her 25 Eels, and Reachin' Richard, the clothes-dryin' Moose, fill this third volume in one of the most popular collections of children's poetry ever. For ten points, name this follow-up by Shel Silverstein to his "Where the Sidewalk Ends" and "A Light in the Attic". Answer: _FALLING UP_: Poems and Drawings TOSSUP 9 It's the mother tongue of India's new prime minister, H.D. Deve Gowda ["DEV-ay GOW-da"], who promised to learn Hindi within three months. He was no more successful in learning another language on the job than Joe Clark, who made a similar promise in 1979 upon becoming prime minister of another linguistically divided country. FTP name either that country or the state language of Karnataka ["KAR-na-ta-ka"], which have the same pronunciation. Answer: _CANADA_ or _KANNADA_ TOSSUP 10 Sloane Peterson describes him as wearing a white T-shirt, vest and leather jacket and being devastatingly handsome. All we really know is that he has reservations for a party of three at one of Chicago's snootier restaurants. FTP, name the Sausage King of Chicago. Answer: Abe _Froman_ (do not accept Forman) (From Ferris Bueller's...) TOSSUP 11 It's the only independent nation besides Liechtenstein that is not only landlocked, but is completely surrounded by landlocked countries. After Russia and Ukraine, it has the highest population of all former Soviet republics, even though most of its land is covered by the Kyzylkum ["KIZZ-ill-koom"] Desert. FTP name this major cotton-producing country that shares the Aral Sea with Kazakhstan and includes Tamerlane's imperial capital of Samarkand. Answer: _UZBEKISTAN_ or _OZBEKISTAN_ Jumhuriyeti TOSSUP 12 This princess of Tyre was truly unluckly. She was married to Sychaeus, the richest man in the city, but he was murdered by her evil brother Pygmalion. Forced to flee to Africa, she bought from some natives as much land as she could stretch a bull's hide around. On this land she founded a city, but it was fated to be destroyed during the course of Roman expansion. FTP, name this lover of Aeneas and queen of Carthage. Answer: _DIDO_ (prompt on _Elissa_) TOSSUP 13 You probably don't know him from his novels, such as _The Powerhouse_ and _Come Out to Play_, or from his poetry, collected in such works as _The Signal to Engage_ and _Haste to the Wedding_. He's one of the leading authorities on geriatrics, but this medical doctor and lifelong anarchist may be best known for a 1972 bestseller whose line illustrations won it a design award from the American Institute of Graphic Arts. FTP name the author of _The Joy of Sex_. Answer: Alex _COMFORT_ TOSSUP 14 Verdicts on 22 of the orginal 24 defendants were handed down. Of those 22, 3 were acquitted, 7 sentenced to imprisonment, and 12 sentenced to hang. Of those 12, all were hanged on Oct. 16, 1948 except for Martin Bormann and Hermann Goering. For ten points, these verdicts were the outcome of what series of trials following World War II? Answer: _NURNBERG_ or _NUREMBERG_ Trials TOSSUP 15 He was one of the first Americans to see Hiroshima after the atomic bomb, and the impression left him with a strong conviction against all forms of state- sponsored killing. He's never voted for any defense authorization bill and opposed the wars in both Vietnam and Kuwait. He has come out against capital punishment as well as abortion rights, despite representing the nation's LEAST religious state. FTP name this retiring REPUBLICAN senator from Oregon. Answer: Mark O. _HATFIELD_ [The World Almanac of the U.S.A. lists Oregon as the state with the highest proportion of residents indicating no religious affiliation in the 1990 census.] TOSSUP 16 The name means "sitting together" or "gathering", and the earliest record of one comes from the year 1176. The National one is now an annual 8-day event that occurs in August, and this year it drew more than 6000 competitors and 150,000 visitors -- most of whom needed the simultaneous translation provided at Bro Dinefwr ["din-EFF-ure"]. There's also an international musical one held every July in Llangollen ["hlan-GOLE-en"]. FTP give the name of these festivals of bards and minstrels in Wales. Answer: _EISTEDDFOD_ ["ess-TETH-vod"] or _EISTEDDFODAU_ (plural form) TOSSUP 17 She designed and manufactured the first success steel barrel in the US. Her factories were a model of social welfare for the workers. She reported from the Eastern Front during WW I. Her non-fiction books include "Six Months in Mexico" and "Ten Days in a Mad-House." FTP, name this woman who took 72 days, 6 hours, 11 minutes, and 14 seconds to circle the world. Answer: Nellie _BLY_ or Elizabeth Jane _Cochran_ or Elizabeth Jane _Seaman_ or Mrs.Robert Livingston _Seaman_ TOSSUP 18 A combined SAT score of 1250, an MAT raw score of 66, an LSAT score of 39, a GRE verbal and math combined score of 1250, or an Otis-Lennon or Stanford-Binet IQ test score of 132. Any of these will provide evidence of being in the most intelligent 2% of the population and therefore qualify you for membership in, FTP, what organization founded 50 years ago, with a name that is Latin for "table"? Answer: _MENSA_ TOSSUP 19 On May 26, 1993, he visited MIT and gave a talk in this very room. Only this man could pick a title of "Some of my favorite combinatorial problems" and still attract a large audience including almost everyone with an office in this building. The octogenarian lecturer was, FTP, what author of over 1500 research papers, a founder of discrete mathematics who died last month? Answer: Paul _ERDOS_ ["AIR-duhsh"] or _ERDOS_ Pal TOSSUP 20 He led a band of settlers west from Maryland, and along the way he killed a buffalo with his bare hands. This at least is the legend, but recently it was brought to light that he was actually a malicious pirate named Hans. FTP, name this silver-tongued (literally) meanie who once beat up George Washington, on the Simpsons. Ans: Jebediah _SPRINGFIELD_ (from The Simpsons) accept Hans _Sprungfeld_ TOSSUP 21 Derived from French, as a verb, this 7-letter word means to mix wools of different colors, or to print colors on top of wool or yarns. As a noun it means a mixture or a medley. FTP, what is this word that also denotes the spice from the planet Arrakis [uh-ROCK-iss] in Frank Herbert's novel _Dune_ Answer: _MELANGE_ TOSSUP 22 It can be red or blue, is slightly smaller than a soccerball, and moves at a walking pace about two feet above the ground. It lasts for no more than about 60 seconds, and it is so rare that, until recently, scientists didn't believe it even existed. FTP name this weird phenomenon of nature that can occur during thunderstorms. Answer: _BALL LIGHTNING_ or _GLOBE LIGHTNING_ TOSSUP 23 On this date, 2nd Lieutenant Dougan Chater wrote to his mother: "About 10 o'clock this morning ... I saw a German, waving his arms, and presently two of them got out of their trenches and some came towards ours. We were just going to fire on them when we saw they had no rifles ...in about 2 minutes the ground between the 2 lines of trenches was swarming with men and officers of both sides... For the rest of the day, nobody has fired a shot." FTP give the date of this spontaneous truce of World War One. Answer: _DECEMBER 25_ (or _CHRISTMAS_ Day), 19_14_ TOSSUP 24 This country's economy is projected to grow by an astonishing 29 per cent next year, more than three times its already-high growth rate of 9 per cent in each of the past 3 years. FTP name this nation that will receive a major boost on its way to reassuming its traditional position as the world's largest economy, when it recovers a lost colony on July 1, 1997. Answer: People's Republic of _CHINA_ or _ZHONGHUA_ Renmin Gongheguo