TOSSUPS T1. Born in the Rio Grande Valley in 1921, he served three terms in the U.S. House after flying bomber missions over Europe during World War II. Sam Rayburn considered him Speaker material, but he quit, went into business, and then returned to defeat George Bush in the 1970 Senate race. FTP, name this former chairman of the Senate Finace Committee and Treasury Secretary under Clinton. Ans.: Lloyd Bentsen T2. This British author of more than 90 books and 20 film scripts, and collaborator on more than 30 plays and musical was captured by the Germans in France in 1940 and spent most of the war interned in Berlin, where he gave 5 humorous radio broadcasts in 1941. This earned him the resentment of the English and he moved to America after the war, becoming a citizen in 1955. FTP, name this creator of the greatest gentleman's gentleman of all time, Jeeves, who was knighted less than two months before his death in 1975. Ans.: Sir P.G. Wodehouse (note: pronounced "Woodhouse") T3. This son of Apollo was killed by a lightning bolt from Zeus when he tried to revive a dead man and was subsequently sent to Hades. His best known child was Hygeia, goddess of health, and his followers were the first true physicians. FTP name this Greek god of healing. Ans.: Asclepius T4. Born in Surrey in 1907, he starred in several Shakespearean films and Oedipus Rex. Also remembered for his performances in Wuthering Heights and Pride and Prejudice, he was at one time married to Vivian Leigh. FTP, name this actor, knighted in 1947. Ans.: Sir Laurence Olivier T5. When the explorer and adventurer John C. Freemont first saw the gap in California's coastal mountain range between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean, he named it "chrysopolae." Although he probably had the reputed riches of Asia in mind, he had unusual foresight because the strike at Sutter's Mill hadn't been made yet. FTP, give the English translation of "chrysopylae," known to us by the name of a famous bridge. Ans.: Golden Gate T6. This American fighter pilot flew 101 combat missions during the Korean War and 78 combat missions during the Vietnam War and was one of the well-known "Tuskegee Airmen," the first group of black pilots in the United States military. He spoke out strongly for civil rights and praised excellence in performance as a way to attack institutionalized racism. FTP name this man, the first black 4-star general in United States history. Ans.: Daniel James, Jr. T7. His writing tracks the development of the artist in America, and has sometimes been criticized for its apparent lack of discipline and artistic control. Claiming that all great art is necessarily autobiographical, he authored such works as Of Time and the River, You Can't Go Home Again, and Look Homeward, Angel. FTP, name this North Carolina native. Ans.: Thomas Wolfe T8. While some of you may know it best as the theme music for the "Macho Man," Randy Savage, the fame of this collection of five marches began with their inclusion in the last night of the London "Promenade" concert season. Today the trio section of the first is the best know part. FTP, name these five marches written between 1901 and 1930 by Sir Edward Elgar. Ans.: Pomp and Circumstance T9. These two brothers were born in 1849 in Maine and became rich when they sold their dry-plate photography machine patent to the Eastman-Kodak Company in 1904. They continued experimenting however, and also became active in automobile racing, where one of their cars became the first to exceed the speed of 2 miles per minute. FTP give the name of this set of twins who were responsible for the most famous steam-powered automobiles of the twentieth century. Ans.: Stanley brothers T10. Charged with stealing funds from the Texas bank he kept books for, he fled to Honduras, only to be arrested when he returned to his wife's deathbed. He spent much of his life writing for newspapers but is better remembered for his fiction, which often features commoners who fall victim to coincidence or fate. FTP, name this turn-of-the-century master of the short story. Ans.: O. Henry (William Sydney Porter acceptable) T11. This Biblical book is not included in the canons of the Greek, Armenian, Syrian, or Coptic Orthodox churches. In fact, it just barely made it into the official canon prepared by Bishop Athenatius in 367 A.D. FTP, name this book often referred to as the Apocalypse, which derives from the Greek word for "uncovered." Ans.: Revelation of St. John T12. It was introduced in 1935 by two Portugese doctors, and was performed on a wide scale up until the mid 1950s, when antipsychotics, antidepressents, and other drugs were introduced that were more effective in quieting mentally disturbed patients. FTP name this surgical procedure in which nerve pathways in the brain are severed to calm mentally ill patients. Ans.: lobotomy T13. Born in New Hampshire in 1782, he served as governor of the Michigan Territory for 18 years and later as U.S. Senator when it bacame a state. He was Jackson's second Secretary of War and Buchanan's Secretary of State, but the closest he ever came to becoming President was when he lost to Taylor in 1848. FTP, name this Democrat who first proposed the idea of popular sovereignty. Ans.: Lewis Cass T14. She was mysteriously murdered in Rwanda in December 1985 after living there in near isolation for almost twenty years. The murder remains unsolved, but it is speculated that her murderers were poachers angered by her enviromentalist views. FTP name this American zoologist whose eighteen-year work with the rare mountain gorillas was documented in the 1988 motion picture Gorillas in the Mist. Ans.: Dian Fossey T15. The seed of this shrub, officially known as Sebastiana paranoia, provides food and shelter for Laspeyresia saltitans larvae. As a caterpillar eats the insides of the seed, it periodically hooks onto the hard outer shell and convulses sharply in what is believed to be a defense against seed-eating birds. FTP, name this otherwise ordinary plant. Ans.: Mexican jumping bean T16. They have been called the most imaginative rock group between The Doors and Nirvana by Rolling Stone. However, their promising career was cut short in 1980 by lead singer Ian Curtis's suicide. FTP name this British band whose surviving members went on to sell millions more records and become dance club favorites as the group New Order. Ans.: Joy Division T17.: This New-Jersey-size nation was settled by the Slavs 1400 years ago but has seen heavy Germanic influence continuing into the 20th century. Geographically itcan be considered an Alpine nation, and it would like the Western trading powers to see it as such, not as an ex-republic of Yugoslavia. FTP, name this nation whose capital is at Ljubljana. Ans.: Slovenia T18. This state has produced a number of noted American writers, including Erskine Caldwell, Sidney Lanier, Carson McCullers, Flannery O'Connor, Joel Chandler Harris, and Margaret Mitchell. FTP, name this southern state, the setting for Margaret Mitchell's most well-known work. Ans.: Georgia T19. Born in 1899, this essayist for Harper's and The New Yorker served as an Army private in 1918. His honors include the Presidential Medal of Freedom and a Special Citation Pulitzer Prize in 1978, but he is more familiar to most Americans as the author of The Trumpet of the Swan, Stuart Little, and Charlotte's Web. FTP, name him. Ans.: E. B. White T20. They are not material like atoms, but they were supposed to be the ultimate and indivisible units of all existence and are defined as the elementary unextended individual spiritual substance from which material properties are derived. FTP name these theoretical units which, according to Leibniz, are all in harmony with each other and with God, who is the supreme one of these. Ans.: monads BONUSES B1. (30) While we know much about famous sea explorers, how well do we know their ships? Given the ship, name the famous explorer who sailed in it for ten points each. 1. Golden Hind Ans.: Sir Francis Drake 2. Endeavour Ans.: Captain James Cook 3. HMS Beagle Ans.: Charles Darwin B2. (30-20-10) Name this city. (30) Founded in 1699, it was the first white settlement in the Lower Mississippi Valley and served as the capital of Louisiana until 1722. (20) Jefferson Davis spendt his last years here at his estate, Beauvoir, overlooking the Gulf of Mexico. (10) The largest city between New Orleans and Mobile, it lent its name to a Neil Simon play. Ans.: Biloxi B3. (30-20-10) Name the author from the works. (30) Zen and the Art of Writing, The Halloween Tree, Death is a Lonely Business (20) Medicine for Melancholy, R is for Rocket, Dandelion Wine (10) The Martian Chronicles, Something Wicket This Way Comes Ans.: Ray Bradbury B4. Answer the following questions about the US nuclear program for the stated number of points: a. As a theoretical physicist he supervised the Manhattan Project. (5 points) Ans.: Robert Oppenheimer b. He conceived and then directed the development of the United State's first hydrogen bomb. (10 points) Ans.: Edward Teller c. He worked on the Manhattan Project and later sold secrets from the project to the Soviets. (15 points) Ans.: Klaus Fuchs. B5. (30) Given a listing of Broadway shows, FTP each identify the famous American choreographer responsible for the dancing. 1. "West Side Story" and "Fiddler on the Roof" Ans.: :Jerome Robbins 2. "Oklahoma!" Ans.: Agnes de Mille 3. "Cabin in the Sky" Ans.: Katherine Dunham B6. (30) For ten points each identify the following promontories and penninsulas 1. The British-owned buffer zone between Hong Kong and the People's Republic of China Ans.: Kowloon peninsula 2. Fifty miles of the Bering Strait separate this piece of the Alaska mainland from Chukhotsk Peninsula Ans.: Seward Peninsula (accept also Cape Prince of Wales) 3. The city of Dakar straddles this cape, the westernmost projection of Africa Ans.: Cape Verde B7. (20) Remember the little engine that could? Try the little engineer that couldn't. For ten points apiece, identify these blunders in engineering. 1. In 1940, this Washington State suspension bridge nicknamed Galloping Gertie cam crashing down in a 42 MPH wind due to insufficient torsional and vertical support. Ans.: Tacoma Narrows Bridge 2. This largest lake in California didn't exist before 1905, when irrigation canals burst open and flooded a desert basin Ans.: Salton Sea B8. (30) Many James Bond supercriminals are overshadowed by their more memorable henchmen. Given a devious sidekick, name a film in which he appears FTP each. 1. Odd Job Ans.: Goldfinger 2. Jaws Ans.: Moonraker or The Spy Who Loved Me 3. Knick Knack Ans.: The Man with the Golden Gun B9. (30-20-10) Name the playwright from a list of works. 30:"The Lesson" and "The Colonel's Photograph" 20:"The Bald Soprano" and "The Chairs" 10:"The Killer," "Rhinoceros," and "A Stroll in the Air" Ans.: Eugene Ionesco B10. (30) John Winslow Irving has gained enormous popularity with readers and critics for his eccentric characters and their lively adventures. FTP each identify the Irving novel given a brief description. 1:His first novel, a story about two young men on a motorcycle trip through Austria. Ans.: Setting Free the Bears 2:A story of a college grad student trying to handle a complicated sex life while translating a Norse epic for his doctoral dissertation. Ans.: The Water-Method Man 3:A tale of a well-meaning writer who pits the virtues of love and family against a series of bizarre catastrophes and modern sexual confusions. Ans.: The World According to Garp B11. (30) For ten points apiece, name the Mark Twain classic where the following characters are found. 1. Hank Morgan Ans.: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court 2. Tom Canty Ans.: The Prince and the Pauper 3. Muff Potter Ans.: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer B12. (30-20-10) Identify this person. (30) Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, in 1832, she and her sisters grew up in poverty, and she worked for a time as a teacher to help support the family. (20) Her first book, Flower Fables, consists of fairy tales she made up for her students; her first success, Hospital Sketches, tells of her service as a nurse for the Union Army during the Civil War. (10) Jo's Boys continues the story of the autobiographical character played by Winona Ryder in the recent film based on her most popular novel. Ans.: Louisa May Alcott B13.(30 pts) Among the original 12 Christian apostles, there were two sets of brothers. For five points per correct answer, give the names of the brothers as well as the father of each pair. Ans.: Simon Peter and Andrew, father Jonah James and John, father Zebedee B14. (30) Answer the questions about the 1972 World Chess Championship for the stated number of points. (5) Who won and thus became the first American champion since 1907? Ans.: Bobby Fischer (5) Who did Fischer defeat? Ans.: Boris Spassky (10) In what city were the championships held? Ans.: Reykjavik, Iceland (10) Who was the last American before Fischer to hold the Championship, winning it in 1907? Ans.: Frank Marshall B15. (30) Hepatitis is a viral disease characterized by inflammation of the liver. FTP each, identify which of the five types of viral hepatitis are being described in the following. 1:The most serious and also the rarest form, it only infects people who are already infected with Hepatitis B. Ans.: Hepatitis D 2:Most common cause of transfusion-related hepatitis, a blood test didn't become available for it until 1990. Hepatitis C 3:Best-known form of hepatitis, spread mainly by sexual or close contact with an infected person. Hepatitis B B16. (30) FTP each, identify the following battles of the Napoleonic wars. 1. On December 2, 1805, Austro-Russian forces were defeated near Vienna in this "Battle of the Three Emperors" Ans.: Austerlitz 2. On June 14, 1800, Napoleon rebounded from a near-fatal tactical error to defeat the Austrian General Melas near Milan. Ans.: Marengo 3. On September 7, 1812, while Napoleon was on en route to Moscow, he pushed back the Russians at the cost of nearly a quarter of his entire army. Ans.: Borodino B17. (30) Now that the 104th congress has settled in, how well do you know the new committee chairs? FTP apiece, name the heads of the following committees. 1. Senate Armed Services Ans.: Strom Thurmond 2. Senate Appropriations Ans.: Mark Hatfield 3. House Budget Ans.: John Kaisch B18. (20) Last year's Academy Awards saw Oscars go to Steven Spielberg for the first time ever, to Holly Hunter for not saying a word, and to Deborah Kerr for being mentioned in Sleepless in Seattle. For ten points each, name the film which won these more obscure Oscars. 1. Visual Effects Ans.: Jurassic Park 2. Makeup Ans.: Mrs. Doubtfire B19. (30) For five points each and an extra five for naming all five, give the name of Russia's "Mighty Five" or "Mighty Handful" composers. Ans.: Mily Balakirev, Cesar Cui, Alexander Borodin, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Modest Mussorgsky B20. (20) For FFP each correct answer, identify the four fundamental freedoms of mankind outlined by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in a 1941 speech to Congress and depicted in a famous series of paintings by Norman Rockwell. Ans.: Freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, freedom from fear