TOSSUP 1 He taught art at the University of the City of New York, and on a ship returning from a trip to Europe in 1832 he happened to overhear a conversation about a newly discovered electromagnet. For 10 points, name this inventor who conceived the idea of the electric telegraph, built the first model in 1835 and invented a code to make it useful. Answer: Samuel Finley Breese _MORSE_ TOSSUP 2 This river sits on what geographers consider to be part of the East African Rift System, even though it is not in Africa. It rises on the southeastern slopes of Mount Hermon and flows through the Hula Valley. FTP name this lowest river in the world, which runs through the Sea of Galilee and into the Dead Sea. Answer: _JORDAN_ River, or Nahr al-_URDUN_, or Ha-_YARDEN_ TOSSUP 3 The ones that the Greeks used were urn-shaped, hexagonal or triangular, and were generally made of burnt clay. In the Roman Empire, stone ones came into use in the Christian era. However, the largest stone ones known were the sarcophagi made by the Egyptians. FTP what's the name for a receptacle in which a corpse is confined? Answer: _COFFIN_s TOSSUP 4 He produced a "Great Map of Ten Thousand Countries" showing the Chinese intelligentsia China's geographical relation to the rest of the world. A quick learner, he began studying Chinese language, literature and etiquette immediately after arriving at Macau ["ma-COW"] in 1582. FTP name this Jesuit missionary who introduced Christian teachings into the Chinese empire. Answer: Matteo _RICCI_, or _LI MADOU_ TOSSUP 5 Some specific examples are named Bean Setting, Leap Frog, and Laudnum Bunches. They seem to have been popular throughout history as village festivities. The central figure is usually an animal-man, who may dominate the rite or be relegated to a subsidiary role as a comic. FTP name these ritual folk dances from rural England, which were also popular entertainments in the 16th century. Answer: _MORRIS_ dances TOSSUP 6 They came from Palos, near Seville. Francisco served as pilot on the ship commanded by his brother Martin, while Vicente commanded a separate ship. FTP give the family name of these two men, the commanders of the Pinta and the Nina ["NEEN-ya"] on Columbus's voyage of 1492. Answer: _PINZON_ ["peen-SONE"] TOSSUP 7 From the 3rd to the 5th century, this title was used for bishops and often simple priests as well, to express affectionate respect. In the Eastern Orthodox church, it is still applied to the patriarch of Alexandria and also to less high-ranking priests. FTP what is this title that in the West is used exclusively for the bishop of Rome? Answer: _POPE_ (from Latin papa, Greek pappas) TOSSUP 8 Founded by Chao Kuang-yin, this dynasty was marked by a spectacular increase in literary output, spawned by the introduction of movable type. Public schools were established, and a comprehensive welfare policy was developed. For 10 points, name this Chinese dynasty that was best known for its artistic achievements, particular celadons [SELL-a-dons] and other forms of pottery. Answer: the _SUNG_ dynasty TOSSUP 9 It was known as Deep Hollow when settlement began in 1788, and before taking its present name it was also called Unionville, Slocum Hollow, and Harrison. Coal mines and iron ore smelters opened in the 1840s, and the working men's wives became known for their production of Nottingham lace. FTP name this city near the Pennsylvania Turnpike that is part of an urbanized industrial complex with nearby Carbondale and Wilkes-Barre. Answer: _SCRANTON_, Pennsylvania TOSSUP 10 On contemporary farms, they are tightly packed, rectangular or cylindrical, and tied with wire or twine. They typically weigh between 50 and 100 pounds. For 10 points, what are these bundles of straw or hay? Answer: _BALE_s TOSSUP 11 Barbara Cartland, best-selling author of Harlequin romances, married Alexander in 1927 and, well, life didn't imitate art, so she was divorced, later marrying a relative of Alexander named Hugh. A daughter from the first marriage, Raine, ended up marrying Lady Diana Spencer's father. FTP give the shared family name of Alexander, Hugh, and Raine, which, like the answers to all the previous tossups, is also the surname of a Beaver Bonspiel staff member. Answer: _MCCORQUODALE_ [Host: Please read the last clue if this question gets answered early. :)] TOSSUP 12 The world's largest manufacturer of these devices is Ballard Power Systems of North Vancouver, B.C., which supplied a stack of them for Daimler-Benz's recently unveiled NECAR, or New Electric Car. FTP what is this type of energy converter, previously seldom used except in spacecraft, that generates electricity from oxygen and hydrogen? Answer: hydrogen-oxygen _FUEL CELL_ (or hydrogen _FUEL CELL_) TOSSUP 13 Seventeen years before Vienna, and 38 years before Heidelberg, this city in 1348 saw the opening of Europe's first German-speaking university, which was founded by, and named after, Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV. However, Charles University closed its German-speaking division in 1945. FTP name this capital of a country from which 3 million German-speaking citizens were expelled after World War Two. Answer: _PRAGUE_ TOSSUP 14 The word "cave", spelled C-A-V-E, was one of the words that was asked in a caveman spelling bee in a Far Side cartoon. The next contestant figured that he would probably get a word like Australopithecus ["oss-trall-o-PITH-ic-us"]. FTP spell Australopithecus. Answer: _A-U-S-T-R-A-L-O-P-I-T-H-E-C-U-S_ TOSSUP 15 Containers of hazardous liquids are often packed in boxes filled with this spongy, absorbent, mineral. An alteration of mica, it is a layered aluminosilicate occurring in tiny leafy scales. Gardeners also use it to hold moisture in flower beds. For 10 points, identify this mineral with a name derived from the Latin for worm. Answer: _VERMICULITE_ TOSSUP 16 The name of this language means "of the coast" in Arabic. Today it is the mother tongue of about six million people, most of them living near the Indian Ocean, but it is also spoken by about forty million others as a common language in east Africa. For ten points, identify this Bantu language with the largest number of speakers, that is an official language of Kenya and Tanzania. Answer: _SWAHILI_ (or _KISWAHILI_) TOSSUP 17 Two U.S. presidents were born within its 250 square miles. Appropriately enough, one of them was a negotiator for the Louisiana Purchase, and the other, earlier one was a principal member of the Ohio Company. FTP name this Virginia county, birthplace of Presidents Monroe and Washington, that shares its name with a U.S. military commander in Vietnam. Answer: _WESTMORELAND_ County (pun intended) TOSSUP 18 This phrase was translated into Hungarian to mean "A is forbidden" and into German to mean "Entrance V". It became "Transitus VE" in the only book in Latin ever to make the New York Times bestsellers list. Supposedly it is the short form of the name of an ancestor of a certain Very Small Animal. For 10 points give this phrase that appears in an A.A. Milne work, on a sign outside Piglet's house. Answer: _TRESPASSERS W_ [Hungarian: "Tilos az A". German: "Betreten V".] TOSSUP 19 This element was discovered in 1811 by French chemist Bernard Courtois ["koor-TWA"] in the liquor obtained by leaching the ashes of burnt kelp. FTP name this element with atomic number 53, that is essential to human nutrition. Answer: _IODINE_ TOSSUP 20 Forty-one years ago today, this republic promulgated a constitutional law of perpetual neutrality -- just one day after the withdrawal of all Allied occupation forces. The national holiday of October 26 is being given special significance this year because it is now 1000 years since the first documented mention of the name of, FTP, what landlocked European country? Answer: _AUSTRIA_ (or _OESTERREICH_ or _OSTARRICHI_) TOSSUP 21 He was artistic director of the Bergen Theater from 1857 to '59, and then director of the Christiania Theater from 1863 to '67. He achieved an international reputation in the 1870s for his two dramas _The Bankrupt_ and _The Editor_, but this Norwegian playwright is better known as a poet, having written the words to the Norwegian national anthem. FTP name this writer who beat his rival Henrik Ibsen in winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1903. Answer: Bjoernstjerne Martinius _BJOERNSON_ ["BYURN-son"] TOSSUP 22 Carole Lombard, King Richard II of England, Sanjay Gandhi, Eva Peron, Alexander the Great, and Jesus Christ all died at, for a quick 10 points, what age? Answer: _33_ years TOSSUP 23 788 Banchat Pesh, Khadar Khel, Afghanistan. That's the address he's listed at in the current directory of alumni of his undergraduate alma mater. For 10 points, name this former Eliot House resident and member of the class of 1962 at Harvard University. Answer: Theodore John _KACZYNSKI_