TOSSUPS T1. He had vowed to make a crusade to the Holy Land, but was prevented by wars at home, and then by leprosy. He asked a retainer to take his embalmed heart to Palestine after his death, but the heart only made it as far as Spain. FTP, name this king who led the Scots to victory at Bannockburn and ruled until his death in 1329. Ans.: ROBERT the BRUCE T2. In a 1975 book, Washington columnist Tom Braden described life with his wife Joan and his children David, Mary, Joannie, Susan, Nancy, Elizabeth, Nicholas, and Tommy. FTP name it, and you'll also name the '70s TV series based on it which starred Dick Van Patten. Ans.: EIGHT IS ENOUGH T3. Members of this school of philosophy mentioned in Plato's Republic are Thrasymachus of Chalcedon and Antiphon of Athens. Others included Hippias, Prodicus, Gorgias, who believed that every opinion is false, and Protagoras, who believed that every opinion is true. FTP name this school of philosohpy and rhetoric, often charged with relativism and focusing more on presentation than on substance. Ans.: SOPHISTry T4. According to legend, when he fell mortally wounded in battle against the Persians, he threw some of his blood toward heaven and said, "vicisti Galilaee," or "You have conquered, O Galilean!" FTP, name this Roman emperor who revived pagan worship and persecuted the Christians after succeeding Constantine the Great and hence bears the name "the Apostate." Ans.: JULIAN T5. It was discovered by a Spanish explorer lost in the Brazillian rainforest. He decided that a quick death was better than starvation, so he prepared a soup by boiling cassava roots, which are normally poisonous. But the presence of heat destroyed the poisons and he ended up as the first ever to eat a product, which we associate more with the word "pudding" than the word "Kevorkian." FTP, name it. Ans.: TAPIOCA T6. Next to pearls, it is the most valuable product by weight obtained from the sea. It was formerly erroneously valued as a medicine, but it owes its value today to its use in perfume, for which no substitute has been found. FTP, name this solid, waxlike intestinal secretion of the sperm whale which in French means "gray amber." Ans.: AMBERGRIS T7. In 1965 in became part of the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, after 30 years of use as a detention center for deportees, a hospital for wounded servicemen, and a Coast Guard station. FTP, name this 27 1/2 acre island, where between 1892 ad 1954 over 12 million immigrants entered the US. Ans.: ELLIS ISLAND T8. This group calls its basic text "The Big Book." It is 21789 days old, tracing its origins to June 10, 1935, Dr. Bob's first full day of permanent sobriety. FTP, have the strength to change the score and name this self-help organization dedicated to ending addiction to alcohol. Ans.: ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (or AL-ANON) T9. It is flanked by Louis Armstrong Park on one end and the Mississippi River on the other. Streets within its borders include Dauphine, Bourbon, Royal, and Chartres Avenues. FTP name this New Orleans district, also known as the Vieux CarrÈ. Ans.: the FRENCH QUARTER T10. In this battle, the Athenians stretched their center line thin, then advanced on the Persians. The Persians smashed through the center, but the Athenian wings forced the Persian wings to flee and then surrounded the Persian center and destroyed it. FTP name this 490 B.C. battle, which Pheidippides ran 25 miles to report. Ans.: MARATHON T11. He covered the Spanish Civil War from Franco's side as a journalist, hiding his leftist leanings which were not exposed until 1963. In the intervening years he helped Guy Burgess and Donald MacLean escape arrest for espionage and served the Soviet Union as a double agent at the heart of British intelligence. FTP, name this spy who shook the British and U.S. intelligence community when he defected to the USSR. Ans.: Kim PHILBY T12. Several pair of husbands and wives have won Nobel Prizes. It is more rare for both a husband and wife to win a National Geographic Society Special Gold Medal for extraordinary achievement, but in this case the wife won it in 1955 for her contributions to her husband's expeditions to Greenland and the Canadian Arctic, while the husband won it in 1909 for the discovery of the North Pole. FTP, give their surname. Ans.: Comdr. and Mrs. Robert E. PEARY T13. The last name's the same: an up-and coming Russian politician likely to be Zhirinovsky's and Yeltsin's stiffest competitor in the next presidential elections, and, ironically, the imperial family that ruled Russia from 1762 to 1917. FTP, give this common surname. Ans.: ROMANOV (Pyotr Romanov) T14. It takes its name from the practice of opening the containers used for casual contributions during the Christmas season and distributing the contents to deserving people. FTP, name this holiday celebrated in England and Canada on December 26th, which actually has nothing to do with George Foreman. Ans.: BOXING Day. T15. This film was used for the 1994 Christmas episode of "Mystery Science Theatre 3000." In it, St. Nick is kidnapped by Martians so he can cheer up their depressed children. FTP, name this film whose theme song's chorus is "S-A-N-T-Y-C-L-A-U-S, hooray for Santy Claus!" Ans.: SANTA CLAUSE CONQUERS THE MARTIANS T16. Not until 1940 did Princess Hadji Piandao, called "the last Sultana," transfer ownership of these islands, inhabited primarily by the Moslem Moros, to the Philippines. FTP name this archipelago between Mindanao and Borneo, whose name is reminiscent of a character played by Takei on the original U.S.S. Enterprise. Ans.: SULU archipelago T17. In 1892 he took command of the Tenth Cavalry, a celebrated African-American regiment, and West Point cadets used this as the basis of his nickname when he taught there in 1897. FTP, name this general who gained fame from chasing Pancho Villa and action in World War I and who bore the nickname "Black Jack." Ans.: John J. PERSHING T18. It was originally called the "Book of Winchester" after the cathedral city where it was kept, but it acquired its current name by the time of Henry II. It is the record of a survey ordered in 1085 by William the Conqueror, and it supposedly takes its popular name from the fact that, like the day of Judgment, it was unappealable. FTP, name it. Ans.: DOMESDAY Book (correctly pronounced "doomsday," but accept anything close to it) T19. When the last of the nine gurus of this religion was beheaded, his son Gobind Rai completed the book of scripture, the Granth, and swore to avenge his father's death. Since then, all males of this religion have worn a metal bracelet and a sword. FTP, ame this religion founded by Nanak in the 16th century to overcome conflicts between Hindus and Muslims in India. Ans.: SIKHism T20. Between 1980 and 1985, five nations had population decreases. Four of them were in Europe--Austria, Hungary, and East and West Germany. The other was a central Asian nation that suffered its decrease not from a declining birthrate, but from warfare and the flight of refugees. FTP name this nation where warfare continues, despite the departure of Soviet invaders. Ans.: AFGHANISTAN BONUSES B1. (25) Since asking for the five Great Lakes is too easy, this bonus instead asks for the other Great Lakes: the five large lakes of the Great Rift Valley of eastern Africa. Name them for 5 points apiece. Ans.: Lakes RUDOLF, ALBERT, VICTORIA, TANGANYIKA, NYASA B2. (30) Name the following philosophes from their works. 1. The Persian Letters, The Spirit of the Laws Ans: Baron de MONTESQUIEU 2. La Nouvelle HÈloise Ans: Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU 3. Sketch of a Historic Tableau of the Progress of the Human Spirit Ans: Marquis de CONDORCET B3. (30) Identify the following psychologists from their works for fifteen points apiece. 1. "Psychology, the Briefer Course," and "The Varieties of Religious Experience" Ans.: William JAMES 2. Studies of Organ Inferiority (1907), The Nervous Character (1912) Ans.: Alfred ADLER B4. (20) 1994 was a lethal year for cartoonists. For five points each, given the creation, name the cartoonist who died in 1994. 1. Woody Woodpecker Ans: Walter Lantz 2. Casper the Friendly Ghost Ans: Alfred Harvey 3. Mr. Frumble and Lowly Worm Ans: Richard Scarry 4. The Incredible Hulk (with Stan Lee) Ans: Jack Kirby or Jacob Kurtzberg B5. (30) For five points each, identify the four plays generally included in the lists of Shakespearean romances. Ans: Pericles, Prince of Tyre Cymbeline The Winter's Tale The Tempest For an additional ten points, name the dramatization of Chaucer's Knight's Tale, also included in the romances, but generally attributed to both Shakespeare and John Fletcher Ans: The Two Noble Kinsmen B6. (30) Identify the following physical constants from values for ten points each. 1. 9.11 times 10 to the minus 31 kilograms Ans: rest mass of the electron 2. 1.26 times 10 to the minus 6 henries per meter Ans: Permeability of free space 3. 8.31 joules per mole kelvin Ans: Universal Gas Constant B7. (30) Identify the mRNA strands for fifteen points each. 1. Since most eukaryotic genes are much longer than necessary, long stretches of nucleotides are spliced out of the mRNA transcript before it is synthesized into a polypeptide. What are the strands of mRNA transcript that are cut out called? Ans: Introns 2. The portion of the mRNA transcript that actually codes for the polypeptide is called what? Ans: exon B8. (30) Identify the artists of the American West for 10 points each. 1. Returning from studies in Dusseldorf, he joined General Frederick Lander's group mapping a wagon route to the coast. He fell in love with the Rocky Mountains, and used his luminous style in such works as The Wind River Mountains and The Rocky Mountains. Ans: Albert Bierstadt 2. Your two word clue: Bronco Buster Ans: Frederic Remington 3. Using photographs to check the accuracy of his work, his large works such as Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and Chasm of the Colorado have multiple viewpoints. He loved Ruskin's Alpine descriptions and Turner's color and light. Ans: Thomas Moran B9. (30) Identify the Nathaniel Hawthorne work from clues for 10 points each. 1. This much anthologized short story shows the main character leaving Faith and her pink ribbons. Ans: Young Goodman Brown 2. A collection of short stories that takes its title from Shakespeares King John. Ans: Twice-Told Tales 3. Mostly a collection of his notes taken while touring Europe after a stint as US consul in Liverpool, it takes its title from a statue purported to be executed by Praxiteles. Ans: The Marble Faun B10. (30) OK, hockey fans. Time to relive the glory of the New York Rangers' amazing Stanley Cup championship. For ten points each: 1. Before their 1994 triumph, the Rangers had last won the Cup in what year? Ans: 1940 2. The Rangers were propelled into the finals thanks to the overtime heroics of what player, who won two playoff games in extra minutes? Ans: Stephane Matteau 3. What Rangers captain guaranteed victory in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference final, and made good with a hat trick? Ans: Mark Messier B11. (30) In Norse Mythology, Urd, Verdandi, and Skuld were known as the Norns. Identify these other trios from Greek mythology for the stated number of points. 1. For five pointsóClotho, Lachesis, Atropos Ans.: the FATES 2. For ten pointsóAglaia, Euphrosyne, Thalia Ans.: the GRACES 3. Leucosia, Ligea, Parthenope Ans.: the SIRENS B12. (30) The British Isles and Northern France are home to 4 living Celtic languages. For 5 points each, name them. Ans.: BRETON, WELSH, IRISH, SCOTS Gaelic (prompt on Gaelic) Two other Celtic languages became extinct in the last 250 years, both in Brittain. For 5 points each, name them. Ans.: CORNISH, MANX B13. (25) The rare dwarf mammoth stood only six feet high at the shoulder and has been found in only two locations: one is a chain of islands off the coast of southern California, and the other a Russian island of 2819 square miles located 90 miles north of the northeast corner of Siberia. For 10 points for one or 25 for both, name these locations. Ans.: CHANNEL Islands and WRANGEL Island B14. (30-20-10) Name the writer from his works. 30. The short stories "The Sentinel" and "The Ultimate Melody" 20. The short story collections "Tales from the White Hart" and "Tales from Ten Worlds" 10. The novels "Childhood's End" and "Rendezvous with Ramah" Ans.: Arthur C. CLARKE B15. (30 - 20 -10) Identify the religious figure 30) He is the protagonist of the apochryphal fragment, Bel and the Dragon. 20) The name means, A judge is God. In Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, Gratiano tells Shylock, "I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word." 10) He interprets dreams for Nebuchadnezzar and Darius. Ans.: DANIEL B16. (30) Identify these amphibious operations from the European theater of World War II for 10 points apiece. 1. The invasion of Sicily in July 1943 Ans.: Operation HUSKY 2. The invasion of Souther France in August 1944 Ans.: Operation DRAGOON 3. The invasion of North Africa in November 1942 Ans.: TORCH B17. (30) For ten points apiece, name these religions given the name of their founder. If you need a date and place, you'll get five points. 1. Vardhamaa Mahavira 1b. 6th Century B.C., India Ans.: JAINISM 2. George Fox 2b. 17th Century, England Ans.: QUAKERS (FRIENDS) 3. Mani 3b. 3rd Century A.D., from Babylonia throughout the Roman Empire Ans.: MANICHAEISM B18. (25) 1. Three nations, long holdouts from the European Community, became member states on January first. For five points each, name them. Ans.: AUSTRIA, SWEDEN, FINLAND 2. Two other nations, however, rejected membership status recently. For ten points, name them both. Ans.: NORWAY, SWITZERLAND B19. (25) Identify the following Biblical mountains for five points each. 1) Noah's ark land on the mountains of this region. 2) According to Zechariah, at the Lord's second coming he will appear at this mount and it will cleave in two. 3) This is where Moses received the ten commandments. 4) This is where Moses was allowed to see the promised land he was forbidden to enter. 5) This is the mountain at which Elijah embarrassed the priests of Baal. Ans.: 1. ARARAT, 2. OLIVET (Mount of Olives), 3. SINAI, 4. NEBO, 5. CARMEL B20. (30) In 1994, for the first time ever, no American golfer won a major championship. For five points each, name the winner and nationality of the following 1994 champions. 1. U.S. Open Ans: Ernie Els South Africa 2. The Masters Ans: Jose Maria Olazabal Spain 3. PGA Championship and British Open Ans: Nick Price Zimbabwe