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We all know the days of the week chronologically, but -- for a quick 10 points -- which day comes first
alphabetically?
ANSWER:
FRIDAY
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We all know the days of the week chronologically, but -- for a quick 10 points -- which day comes first
alphabetically?
ANSWER:
FRIDAY
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His origins are unclear, but his legend is that he's a devil of the sea. For 10 points -- who is this character
portrayed as half-man, half-octopus in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" sequels?
ANSWER:
DAVY JONES
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His origins are unclear, but his legend is that he's a devil of the sea. For 10 points -- who is this character
portrayed as half-man, half-octopus in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" sequels?
ANSWER:
DAVY JONES
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It is defined as the mean mass density of the universe over the critical density at which the universe would
collapse. This ratio that determines how the universe will end -- for 10 points -- is named with what letter
that ends the Greek alphabet?
ANSWER:
OMEGA RATIO
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It is defined as the mean mass density of the universe over the critical density at which the universe would
collapse. This ratio that determines how the universe will end -- for 10 points -- is named with what letter
that ends the Greek alphabet?
ANSWER:
OMEGA RATIO
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Its resident population is 7,500. Many of them work at its 40-plus theaters, whose seating capacity of
56,000-plus is 8,000 more than all of New York's Broadway theaters put together. This destination of seven
million tourists each year is -- for 10 points -- what best known town in the Ozarks?
ANSWER:
BRANSON, MISSOURI
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Its resident population is 7,500. Many of them work at its 40-plus theaters, whose seating capacity of
56,000-plus is 8,000 more than all of New York's Broadway theaters put together. This destination of seven
million tourists each year is -- for 10 points -- what best known town in the Ozarks?
ANSWER:
BRANSON, MISSOURI
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In 17th century Japan, this game was taken seriously enough that its players were paid as professionals and
several state-sponsored schools were created to nurture future talent. This ancient board game, played by
two people with black and white pieces on a 19-by-19 grid -- for 10 points -- is known by what two-letter
name?
ANSWER:
GO
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In 17th century Japan, this game was taken seriously enough that its players were paid as professionals and
several state-sponsored schools were created to nurture future talent. This ancient board game, played by
two people with black and white pieces on a 19-by-19 grid -- for 10 points -- is known by what two-letter
name?
ANSWER:
GO
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All former U.S. presidents and First Ladies have their portraits displayed in the White House. Therefore -for 10 points -- who is the only incumbent U.S. senator to have such a portrait there?
ANSWER:
SENATOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
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All former U.S. presidents and First Ladies have their portraits displayed in the White House. Therefore -for 10 points -- who is the only incumbent U.S. senator to have such a portrait there?
ANSWER:
SENATOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
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The stories making up this 1950 sci-fi classic are tied together by Dr. Susan Calvin, a psychologist
specializing in the malfunctions of artificial intelligence. For 10 points -- name this work by Isaac Asimov
turned into a Will Smith techno-thriller.
ANSWER:
I, ROBOT
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The stories making up this 1950 sci-fi classic are tied together by Dr. Susan Calvin, a psychologist
specializing in the malfunctions of artificial intelligence. For 10 points -- name this work by Isaac Asimov
turned into a Will Smith techno-thriller.
ANSWER:
I, ROBOT
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Filling out an application in the early 1930s, Joseph L. Barrow put his first name in the first box, and his
middle name in the second, only to find there was no third box for his last name. That's how Joseph L.
Barrow received --for 10 points -- what professional name during his reign as world heavyweight champ?
ANSWER:
JOE LOUIS
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Filling out an application in the early 1930s, Joseph L. Barrow put his first name in the first box, and his
middle name in the second, only to find there was no third box for his last name. That's how Joseph L.
Barrow received --for 10 points -- what professional name during his reign as world heavyweight champ?
ANSWER:
JOE LOUIS
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In late 2006, its king established an Allegiance Institution that will eventually determine succession to its
throne. For 10 points -- name this absolute monarchy whose Allegiance Institution will be limited to the
6,000 or so Royal Princes descended from Abdul Aziz al-Saud [ahb-DOOL ah-ZEEZ al-sah-OOD].
ANSWER:
SAUDI ARABIA
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In late 2006, its king established an Allegiance Institution that will eventually determine succession to its
throne. For 10 points -- name this absolute monarchy whose Allegiance Institution will be limited to the
6,000 or so Royal Princes descended from Abdul Aziz al-Saud [ahb-DOOL ah-ZEEZ al-sah-OOD].
ANSWER:
SAUDI ARABIA
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The son of a white man and a mulatto slave woman, his Native American features helped him thrive among
the Crow Indians, where, according to one biographer, he became a chief. For 10 points -- who was this
African American mountaineer who established a route through the Sierras for the California gold rush?
ANSWER:
JAMES "JIM" BECKWOURTH OR BECKWITH
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The son of a white man and a mulatto slave woman, his Native American features helped him thrive among
the Crow Indians, where, according to one biographer, he became a chief. For 10 points -- who was this
African American mountaineer who established a route through the Sierras for the California gold rush?
ANSWER:
JAMES "JIM" BECKWOURTH OR BECKWITH
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This billionaire cultivated a bogus reputation as a miser who kept all his papers in cheap cardboard boxes
and who made guests at his Sutton Place estate use a pay phone. For 10 points -- name this oil tycoon
who gave generously to conservation groups and gave spectacularly to an L.A. museum named for him.
ANSWER:
J. PAUL GETTY
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This billionaire cultivated a bogus reputation as a miser who kept all his papers in cheap cardboard boxes
and who made guests at his Sutton Place estate use a pay phone. For 10 points -- name this oil tycoon
who gave generously to conservation groups and gave spectacularly to an L.A. museum named for him.
ANSWER:
J. PAUL GETTY
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39 degrees, 43 minutes, and 26 seconds north latitude is, in the United States, better known as -- for 10
points -- what Line dividing north from south?
ANSWER:
MASON-DIXON LINE
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39 degrees, 43 minutes, and 26 seconds north latitude is, in the United States, better known as -- for 10
points -- what Line dividing north from south?
ANSWER:
MASON-DIXON LINE
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On May 20, 1932, she inquired of a Northern Ireland villager "Where am I?" "In Gallagher's [GAL-uh-gur's]
pasture," he replied, "have you come far?" "Yeah, from America," she said. That was the anti-climactic
ending -- for 10 points -- of whose solo trans-Atlantic flight, the first by a woman?
ANSWER:
AMELIA EARHART [AIR-hart]
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On May 20, 1932, she inquired of a Northern Ireland villager "Where am I?" "In Gallagher's [GAL-uh-gur's]
pasture," he replied, "have you come far?" "Yeah, from America," she said. That was the anti-climactic
ending -- for 10 points -- of whose solo trans-Atlantic flight, the first by a woman?
ANSWER:
AMELIA EARHART [AIR-hart]
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It fell to Union forces on the 4th of July of 1863; the last important Confederate stronghold on the
Mississippi River. For 10 points -- what is this city in Mississippi?
ANSWER:
VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI
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It fell to Union forces on the 4th of July of 1863; the last important Confederate stronghold on the
Mississippi River. For 10 points -- what is this city in Mississippi?
ANSWER:
VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI
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This two-word term was apparently first used as an insult at the 1920 convention of the Universal Negro
Improvement Association, where it was applied to any accommodationist who was "a black man with a
white heart." For 10 points -- name this literary title character.
ANSWER:
UNCLE TOM
ACCEPT: UNCLE TOMS
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This two-word term was apparently first used as an insult at the 1920 convention of the Universal Negro
Improvement Association, where it was applied to any accommodationist who was "a black man with a
white heart." For 10 points -- name this literary title character.
ANSWER:
UNCLE TOM
ACCEPT: UNCLE TOMS
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Because it believes the souls of the dead can be saved by living relatives, it maintains the world's largest
genealogical treasure trove, one accessed through familysearch.org. Founded in the U.S. in the 1830s -for 10 points -- which religion houses its genealogical library in Salt Lake City, Utah?
ANSWER:
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
ACCEPT: MORMON CHURCH OR THE MORMONS
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Because it believes the souls of the dead can be saved by living relatives, it maintains the world's largest
genealogical treasure trove, one accessed through familysearch.org. Founded in the U.S. in the 1830s -for 10 points -- which religion houses its genealogical library in Salt Lake City, Utah?
ANSWER:
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
ACCEPT: MORMON CHURCH OR THE MORMONS
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Of its three major strains, the Zaire [zah-EER] and Sudan are almost always fatal to humans, while the
Reston Strain, named for the Virginia city where it first appeared, is fatal only to monkeys. For 10 points -name this much-feared virus that causes hemorrhagic [HEM-oh-RAJ-ik] fever.
ANSWER:
EBOLA [ee-BOH-luh] VIRUS
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Of its three major strains, the Zaire [zah-EER] and Sudan are almost always fatal to humans, while the
Reston Strain, named for the Virginia city where it first appeared, is fatal only to monkeys. For 10 points -name this much-feared virus that causes hemorrhagic [HEM-oh-RAJ-ik] fever.
ANSWER:
EBOLA [ee-BOH-luh] VIRUS
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He had become so identified with the narrator of a fictional "autobiography" he published in 1912 that he
felt he had to set the record straight with a real autobiography in 1933, Along This Way. For 10 points -name this author of the novel The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man.
ANSWER:
JAMES WELDON JOHNSON
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He had become so identified with the narrator of a fictional "autobiography" he published in 1912 that he
felt he had to set the record straight with a real autobiography in 1933, Along This Way. For 10 points -name this author of the novel The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man.
ANSWER:
JAMES WELDON JOHNSON
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There is no movie theater in the Solomon Islands. That didn't stop its prime minister from banning any
future theater in his nation from ever showing -- for 10 points -- what 2006 Tom Hanks film deemed
offensive to Christianity?
ANSWER:
THE DA VINCI CODE
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There is no movie theater in the Solomon Islands. That didn't stop its prime minister from banning any
future theater in his nation from ever showing -- for 10 points -- what 2006 Tom Hanks film deemed
offensive to Christianity?
ANSWER:
THE DA VINCI CODE
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This German word for "whirlpool" is used in English only for a type of pastry whose spiral form suggests a
whirlpool. For 10 points -- what is this two-syllable word commonly modified by "apple"?
ANSWER:
STRUDELS
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This German word for "whirlpool" is used in English only for a type of pastry whose spiral form suggests a
whirlpool. For 10 points -- what is this two-syllable word commonly modified by "apple"?
ANSWER:
STRUDELS
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"Common" ones are Briggsian, while "natural" ones are Napierian [nuh-PEER-ee-un]. For 10 points -- what
is this term for the exponent or power to which a base must be raised to yield a given number?
ANSWER:
LOGARITHMS [LOG-uh-RITH'MZ or LOG-RITH'MZ]
PROMPT: If LOG[S] is answered
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"Common" ones are Briggsian, while "natural" ones are Napierian [nuh-PEER-ee-un]. For 10 points -- what
is this term for the exponent or power to which a base must be raised to yield a given number?
ANSWER:
LOGARITHMS [LOG-uh-RITH'MZ or LOG-RITH'MZ]
PROMPT: If LOG[S] is answered
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By the end of his life, anything he wrote became a bestseller despite the topic. There were six printings
alone, in 1881, of his final book Formation of Vegetable Mold through the Action of Worms. For 10
points -- who was this pre-eminent British naturalist?
ANSWER:
CHARLES DARWIN
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By the end of his life, anything he wrote became a bestseller despite the topic. There were six printings
alone, in 1881, of his final book Formation of Vegetable Mold through the Action of Worms. For 10
points -- who was this pre-eminent British naturalist?
ANSWER:
CHARLES DARWIN
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The classic Roman form combined dialogue with dancing, while in Victorian England this dramatic form was
used to act out children’s tales. This type of acting in which Marcel Marceau [mar-SOH] excelled is -- for 10
points -- what genre typified by trying to silently escape from an invisible box?
ANSWER:
PANTOMIMES OR PANTOMIMING
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The classic Roman form combined dialogue with dancing, while in Victorian England this dramatic form was
used to act out children’s tales. This type of acting in which Marcel Marceau [mar-SOH] excelled is -- for 10
points -- what genre typified by trying to silently escape from an invisible box?
ANSWER:
PANTOMIMES OR PANTOMIMING
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Eliza McCardle taught her teenaged husband reading and writing. He went on to become, successively: a
state legislator, a U.S. congressman, a U.S. senator, vice president, and president. For 10 points -- who
was that last North Carolina-born president and last president to reside in Tennessee?
ANSWER:
ANDREW JOHNSON
PROMPT: If just JOHNSON is answered
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Eliza McCardle taught her teenaged husband reading and writing. He went on to become, successively: a
state legislator, a U.S. congressman, a U.S. senator, vice president, and president. For 10 points -- who
was that last North Carolina-born president and last president to reside in Tennessee?
ANSWER:
ANDREW JOHNSON
PROMPT: If just JOHNSON is answered
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The Hwang Ho [WAHNG HOH] flows into the Hwang Hei [WAHNG HIE]. In Mandarin Chinese, "ho" means
"river" and "hei" means "sea." For 10 points -- "hwang" is the Mandarin word for what primary color?
ANSWER:
YELLOW
ACCEPT: YELLOW RIVER OR YELLOW SEA
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The Hwang Ho [WAHNG HOH] flows into the Hwang Hei [WAHNG HIE]. In Mandarin Chinese, "ho" means
"river" and "hei" means "sea." For 10 points -- "hwang" is the Mandarin word for what primary color?
ANSWER:
YELLOW
ACCEPT: YELLOW RIVER OR YELLOW SEA
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There are now two of them: one with tail number 28000 and the other with 29000. For 10 points -- what
name is given to either of these twin Boeing 747-200B aircraft when the U.S. president is aboard?
ANSWER:
AIR FORCE ONE
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There are now two of them: one with tail number 28000 and the other with 29000. For 10 points -- what
name is given to either of these twin Boeing 747-200B aircraft when the U.S. president is aboard?
ANSWER:
AIR FORCE ONE
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This two-syllable Icelandic word for a frenzied warrior entered English in the early 1800s and, by the early
1900s, had become a quasi-adverb largely confined to the phrases "to go [blank]" or "went [blank]." For
10 points -- what is this word with a pair of interior E-R's?
ANSWER:
BERSERK
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This two-syllable Icelandic word for a frenzied warrior entered English in the early 1800s and, by the early
1900s, had become a quasi-adverb largely confined to the phrases "to go [blank]" or "went [blank]." For
10 points -- what is this word with a pair of interior E-R's?
ANSWER:
BERSERK
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An Australian federal court ruled in 2006 that the Noongar [NOON-gar] people of Western Australia have
unrestricted hunting and fishing rights within this city of 1.7 million. For 10 points -- name this only
major metropolis of Western Australia.
ANSWER:
PERTH
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An Australian federal court ruled in 2006 that the Noongar [NOON-gar] people of Western Australia have
unrestricted hunting and fishing rights within this city of 1.7 million. For 10 points -- name this only
major metropolis of Western Australia.
ANSWER:
PERTH
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The first is a downward trend in the business cycle, often defined as two consecutive quarters of a shrinking
economy. The second is a major downswing in the business cycle characterized by sharply reduced
industrial production, and widespread unemployment. For 10 points apiece -- what are these two, threesyllable economic terms?
ANSWER:
RECESSIONS
DEPRESSIONS
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The first is a downward trend in the business cycle, often defined as two consecutive quarters of a shrinking
economy. The second is a major downswing in the business cycle characterized by sharply reduced
industrial production, and widespread unemployment. For 10 points apiece -- what are these two, threesyllable economic terms?
ANSWER:
RECESSIONS
DEPRESSIONS
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Its ranks include Carter Woodson, Percy Julian, Langston Hughes, Bill Cosby, and Michael Jordan. For 10
points apiece -- name this first fraternity founded at an HBCU, and name that northeastern HBCU.
ANSWER:
OMEGA PSI PHI
PROMPT: If OMEGAS, QUES, or QUE DAWGS is answered
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
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Its ranks include Carter Woodson, Percy Julian, Langston Hughes, Bill Cosby, and Michael Jordan. For 10
points apiece -- name this first fraternity founded at an HBCU, and name that northeastern HBCU.
ANSWER:
OMEGA PSI PHI
PROMPT: If OMEGAS, QUES, or QUE DAWGS is answered
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
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Churchill Downs is in Kentucky, and Belmont Park is in New York. For 10 points apiece -- what other states
are home to these other major horse race tracks:
1.
Santa Anita?
ANSWER:
CALIFORNIA
2.
Hialeah [hie-uh-LEE-uh]?
ANSWER:
FLORIDA
3.
Pimlico?
ANSWER:
MARYLAND
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Churchill Downs is in Kentucky, and Belmont Park is in New York. For 10 points apiece -- what other states
are home to these other major horse race tracks:
1.
Santa Anita?
ANSWER:
CALIFORNIA
2.
Hialeah [hie-uh-LEE-uh]?
ANSWER:
FLORIDA
3.
Pimlico?
ANSWER:
MARYLAND
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Name this U.S. president after one clue for 30 points, after two for 20, or after all three for 10 points:
1.
He served as U.S. Minister to both Britain and France from 1794 until George Washington angrily
recalled him in 1796 for taking the French side in everything.
2.
He was thereafter a bitter critic of his fellow Virginian and old commander at the 1776 Battle of
Trenton.
3.
This two-term president came closest to Washington's unanimous electoral vote victories when, in
1820, he was re-elected with all but one electoral vote.
ANSWER:
JAMES MONROE
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Name this U.S. president after one clue for 30 points, after two for 20, or after all three for 10 points:
1.
He served as U.S. Minister to both Britain and France from 1794 until George Washington angrily
recalled him in 1796 for taking the French side in everything.
2.
He was thereafter a bitter critic of his fellow Virginian and old commander at the 1776 Battle of
Trenton.
3.
This two-term president came closest to Washington's unanimous electoral vote victories when, in
1820, he was re-elected with all but one electoral vote.
ANSWER:
JAMES MONROE
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They weren't really bad, just misunderstood. Such was the premise of the opera Grendel: Transcendence of
the Great-Big Bad that premiered at Lincoln Center in 2006 while, blocks away, the 2003 musical Wicked
was still playing to sold-out crowds. Those two works rehabilitate the villains of -- for 15 points apiece -what two very different classics?
ANSWER:
BEOWULF [BAY-uh-wulf]
THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ
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They weren't really bad, just misunderstood. Such was the premise of the opera Grendel: Transcendence of
the Great-Big Bad that premiered at Lincoln Center in 2006 while, blocks away, the 2003 musical Wicked
was still playing to sold-out crowds. Those two works rehabilitate the villains of -- for 15 points apiece -what two very different classics?
ANSWER:
BEOWULF [BAY-uh-wulf]
THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ
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The 1988 elections gave Congress its only Orthodox Jew. The 2006 elections gave it its first Muslim.
1.
First -- for 10 points -- what Senator was first elected in 1988, ran for vice president in 2000, and was
re-elected as a Senator in 2006?
ANSWER:
2.
SENATOR JOSEPH LIEBERMAN
For 15 points -- what African American Democrat and Muslim did Minnesota voters select to represent
them in the House; a Rep who was sworn in on Thomas Jefferson's Koran and not the Bible?
ANSWER:
REPRESENTATIVE KEITH ELLISON
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The 1988 elections gave Congress its only Orthodox Jew. The 2006 elections gave it its first Muslim.
1.
First -- for 10 points -- what Senator was first elected in 1988, ran for vice president in 2000, and was
re-elected as a Senator in 2006?
ANSWER:
2.
SENATOR JOSEPH LIEBERMAN
For 15 points -- what African American Democrat and Muslim did Minnesota voters select to represent
them in the House; a Rep who was sworn in on Thomas Jefferson's Koran and not the Bible?
ANSWER:
REPRESENTATIVE KEITH ELLISON
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She preferred the term "narrative" to "novel" to describe her 1927 novel, due to its untraditional
storytelling of Father Jean Marie Latour and his charge to reinvigorate the Catholic Church in the early New
Mexico Territory. This is -- for 15 points apiece -- what work, by what author who also wrote My Antonia?
ANSWER:
DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP
WILLA CATHER
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She preferred the term "narrative" to "novel" to describe her 1927 novel, due to its untraditional
storytelling of Father Jean Marie Latour and his charge to reinvigorate the Catholic Church in the early New
Mexico Territory. This is -- for 15 points apiece -- what work, by what author who also wrote My Antonia?
ANSWER:
DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP
WILLA CATHER
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Sir Francis Drake said he visited the coast of California in 1579, but four large islands he drew on a map of
that coast do not exist. In 2003, historian Samuel Bawlf [BAHLF] argued that those four "islands" match
the size and relative locations of: the Olympic Peninsula, Vancouver Island, Queen Charlotte Island, and
Prince of Wales Island, which are parts of -- for 10 points each -- what two U.S. states and one Canadian
province?
ANSWER:
ALASKA
WASHINGTON
BRITISH COLUMBIA
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Sir Francis Drake said he visited the coast of California in 1579, but four large islands he drew on a map of
that coast do not exist. In 2003, historian Samuel Bawlf [BAHLF] argued that those four "islands" match
the size and relative locations of: the Olympic Peninsula, Vancouver Island, Queen Charlotte Island, and
Prince of Wales Island, which are parts of -- for 10 points each -- what two U.S. states and one Canadian
province?
ANSWER:
ALASKA
WASHINGTON
BRITISH COLUMBIA
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In 2004 she released "The No. 1s [number ones]," 24 tracks that include 11 number-one hits, beginning with
1964's "Where Did Our Love Go?"
1.
First -- for 10 points -- who is this singer who headlined The Supremes?
ANSWER:
2.
DIANA ROSS
Also included in the collection is the theme from "Mahogany," the movie Ross starred in with -- for 15
points -- what leading man, who played Lando Calrissian [kal-RIS-see-un] in the "Star Wars" series?
ANSWER:
BILLY DEE WILLIAMS
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In 2004 she released "The No. 1s [number ones]," 24 tracks that include 11 number-one hits, beginning with
1964's "Where Did Our Love Go?"
1.
First -- for 10 points -- who is this singer who headlined The Supremes?
ANSWER:
2.
DIANA ROSS
Also included in the collection is the theme from "Mahogany," the movie Ross starred in with -- for 15
points -- what leading man, who played Lando Calrissian [kal-RIS-see-un] in the "Star Wars" series?
ANSWER:
BILLY DEE WILLIAMS
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After eight years of fighting, these two nations finally agreed to a U.N. drafted cease-fire on August 20,
1988, but never did agree on a peace treaty. Today one is war-torn, while the other is accused of covertly
influencing that civil war. For 10 points each -- name these two populous Persian Gulf nations.
ANSWER:
IRAN
IRAQ
ACCEPT: IRAN-IRAQ WAR
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After eight years of fighting, these two nations finally agreed to a U.N. drafted cease-fire on August 20,
1988, but never did agree on a peace treaty. Today one is war-torn, while the other is accused of covertly
influencing that civil war. For 10 points each -- name these two populous Persian Gulf nations.
ANSWER:
IRAN
IRAQ
ACCEPT: IRAN-IRAQ WAR
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Identify this four-legged animal after one clue for 30 points, after two for 20, or after all three for 10
points:
1.
Those with a morbid fear of them suffer from cynophobia [SIGH-noh-FOH-bee-ah].
2.
It nicknames the title Bounty Hunter on an A&E Channel reality TV series.
3.
Famous ones in pop culture include Marmaduke and Lassie.
ANSWER:
DOGS
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Identify this four-legged animal after one clue for 30 points, after two for 20, or after all three for 10
points:
1.
Those with a morbid fear of them suffer from cynophobia [SIGH-noh-FOH-bee-ah].
2.
It nicknames the title Bounty Hunter on an A&E Channel reality TV series.
3.
Famous ones in pop culture include Marmaduke and Lassie.
ANSWER:
DOGS
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She was in her first term in Congress, and he was in his second when they served on the House Judiciary
Committee that drafted articles of impeachment against President Nixon. For 15 points apiece -- who was
this first African American woman to be elected to Congress from the South, and who is this continuing New
York congressman now chairing the Ways and Means Committee?
ANSWER:
BARBARA JORDAN
CHARLES "CHARLIE" RANGEL
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She was in her first term in Congress, and he was in his second when they served on the House Judiciary
Committee that drafted articles of impeachment against President Nixon. For 15 points apiece -- who was
this first African American woman to be elected to Congress from the South, and who is this continuing New
York congressman now chairing the Ways and Means Committee?
ANSWER:
BARBARA JORDAN
CHARLES "CHARLIE" RANGEL
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St. Paul preached against idolatry even when he himself became the object of such pagan worship.
1.
First -- for 15 points -- in Ephesus [EF-eh-sus], Paul preached against what goddess whose cult
dominated that city: the goddess of the moon and of the hunt?
ANSWER:
2.
ARTEMIS OR DIANA
For 10 points -- in Lystra [LIE-struh], Paul's miraculous cures led the local pagans to proclaim him to be
what god of science and fleet-footed messenger of the other gods?
ANSWER:
HERMES [HER-meez] OR MERCURY
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St. Paul preached against idolatry even when he himself became the object of such pagan worship.
1.
First -- for 15 points -- in Ephesus [EF-eh-sus], Paul preached against what goddess whose cult
dominated that city: the goddess of the moon and of the hunt?
ANSWER:
2.
ARTEMIS OR DIANA
For 10 points -- in Lystra [LIE-struh], Paul's miraculous cures led the local pagans to proclaim him to be
what god of science and fleet-footed messenger of the other gods?
ANSWER:
HERMES [HER-meez] OR MERCURY
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The rank of second lieutenant in the U.S. Army, Air Force and Marine Corps corresponds to the rank of ensign
in the U.S. Navy. The Navy has its own types of lieutenants. For 15 points apiece:
1.
What two words added to Lieutenant designate the Navy equivalent of a first lieutenant in those other
three services?
ANSWER:
2.
LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE
What single word added to Lieutenant designates the Navy equivalent of a major in those other three
services?
ANSWER:
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER
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The rank of second lieutenant in the U.S. Army, Air Force and Marine Corps corresponds to the rank of ensign
in the U.S. Navy. The Navy has its own types of lieutenants. For 15 points apiece:
1.
What two words added to Lieutenant designate the Navy equivalent of a first lieutenant in those other
three services?
ANSWER:
2.
LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE
What single word added to Lieutenant designates the Navy equivalent of a major in those other three
services?
ANSWER:
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER
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Various Watergate felons tried to cash in on their notoriety with unmemorable Watergate novels: something
that those convicted in the Teapot Dome Scandal hadn't thought of. It took real novelists to do those
scandals up right. For 15 points apiece:
1.
What muckraker and political activist published Oil! in 1927 about the Teapot Dome Scandal?
ANSWER:
2.
UPTON SINCLAIR
What liberal gadfly and best-selling author of Slaughterhouse Five published Jailbird in 1979 set in the
middle of the Watergate Scandal?
ANSWER:
KURT VONNEGUT JR.
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Various Watergate felons tried to cash in on their notoriety with unmemorable Watergate novels: something
that those convicted in the Teapot Dome Scandal hadn't thought of. It took real novelists to do those
scandals up right. For 15 points apiece:
1.
What muckraker and political activist published Oil! in 1927 about the Teapot Dome Scandal?
ANSWER:
2.
UPTON SINCLAIR
What liberal gadfly and best-selling author of Slaughterhouse Five published Jailbird in 1979 set in the
middle of the Watergate Scandal?
ANSWER:
KURT VONNEGUT JR.
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The popularity of this branch of forensic science is ballooning, thanks in part to the plethora of TV police
crime dramas.
1.
First -- for 10 points -- what science studies the propulsion, flight, and impact of projectiles, including
bullets?
ANSWER:
2.
BALLISTICS
Every shot is subject to the forces of gravity, drag, and lift. For 15 points -- what four-syllable term
derived from Latin names the path of a shot?
ANSWER:
TRAJECTORY OR TRAJECTORIES
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The popularity of this branch of forensic science is ballooning, thanks in part to the plethora of TV police
crime dramas.
1.
First -- for 10 points -- what science studies the propulsion, flight, and impact of projectiles, including
bullets?
ANSWER:
2.
BALLISTICS
Every shot is subject to the forces of gravity, drag, and lift. For 15 points -- what four-syllable term
derived from Latin names the path of a shot?
ANSWER:
TRAJECTORY OR TRAJECTORIES
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In 1833, President Jackson threatened to arrest this prominent politician for treason and to "hang him high
as Haman" [HAY-mun]. For 15 points apiece:
1.
Name that one-time ally of Jackson who spent his final decades in the U.S. Senate as the champion of
the doctrine of nullification.
ANSWER:
2.
JOHN C. CALHOUN
Haman was the chief minister of Persia who plotted to massacre all the Jews in that land until he
himself was hanged in what book of the Hebrew Bible named for a woman?
ANSWER:
BOOK OF ESTHER
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In 1833, President Jackson threatened to arrest this prominent politician for treason and to "hang him high
as Haman" [HAY-mun]. For 15 points apiece:
1.
Name that one-time ally of Jackson who spent his final decades in the U.S. Senate as the champion of
the doctrine of nullification.
ANSWER:
2.
JOHN C. CALHOUN
Haman was the chief minister of Persia who plotted to massacre all the Jews in that land until he
himself was hanged in what book of the Hebrew Bible named for a woman?
ANSWER:
BOOK OF ESTHER
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This city's bay was protected by Fort Morgan and Fort Gaines on either side, with three rows of naval mines,
then called "torpedoes," stretching between them. On August 5, 1864, a Union flotilla sailed full speed
ahead past those forts and through those torpedoes to begin a siege of this city. For 10 points each -name that Alabama city and the daring Union commander of that flotilla.
ANSWER:
MOBILE, ALABAMA
ACCEPT: MOBILE BAY
DAVID FARRAGUT
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This city's bay was protected by Fort Morgan and Fort Gaines on either side, with three rows of naval mines,
then called "torpedoes," stretching between them. On August 5, 1864, a Union flotilla sailed full speed
ahead past those forts and through those torpedoes to begin a siege of this city. For 10 points each -name that Alabama city and the daring Union commander of that flotilla.
ANSWER:
MOBILE, ALABAMA
ACCEPT: MOBILE BAY
DAVID FARRAGUT
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In 1988, there were only three naming-rights deals in all of major professional sports. Now, there are more
than 65 and a growing number of duplicates. For 10 points apiece:
1.
What shipping company has lent it name to both the home field of the Washington Redskins and to the
new Forum that's home to the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies?
ANSWER:
2.
FEDERAL EXPRESS OR FED EX
What communications giant, once known as SBC, has lent its name to a West Coast baseball park and to
the home arena of the San Antonio Spurs?
ANSWER:
AT&T, INC.
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In 1988, there were only three naming-rights deals in all of major professional sports. Now, there are more
than 65 and a growing number of duplicates. For 10 points apiece:
1.
What shipping company has lent it name to both the home field of the Washington Redskins and to the
new Forum that's home to the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies?
ANSWER:
2.
FEDERAL EXPRESS OR FED EX
What communications giant, once known as SBC, has lent its name to a West Coast baseball park and to
the home arena of the San Antonio Spurs?
ANSWER:
AT&T, INC.
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Some shareholders get all excited when their stocks split and assume that signals a coming rise in value.
Most pros consider that a lot of hooey. The ultimate example of a never-split stock is this Omaha-based
holding company, whose stock went for $20 in the 1960s and over $120,000 a share in 2007. For 15 points
each -- name that company and the "Oracle of Omaha" who founded and runs it.
ANSWER:
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY
PROMPT: If PARTIAL ANSWER is given
WARREN BUFFETT
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Some shareholders get all excited when their stocks split and assume that signals a coming rise in value.
Most pros consider that a lot of hooey. The ultimate example of a never-split stock is this Omaha-based
holding company, whose stock went for $20 in the 1960s and over $120,000 a share in 2007. For 15 points
each -- name that company and the "Oracle of Omaha" who founded and runs it.
ANSWER:
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY
PROMPT: If PARTIAL ANSWER is given
WARREN BUFFETT
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As a songwriter, his hits for other artists have included "Justify My Love." As a singer, he won four
consecutive Grammys from 1998 to 2001, for hits including his cover of "American Woman" and "Dig In."
For 10 points apiece -- name him, and the controversial singer now in her third decade as an entertainer for
whom "Justify My Love" was a hit.
ANSWER:
LENNY KRAVITZ
MADONNA
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As a songwriter, his hits for other artists have included "Justify My Love." As a singer, he won four
consecutive Grammys from 1998 to 2001, for hits including his cover of "American Woman" and "Dig In."
For 10 points apiece -- name him, and the controversial singer now in her third decade as an entertainer for
whom "Justify My Love" was a hit.
ANSWER:
LENNY KRAVITZ
MADONNA
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It was the home of inventors Samuel Morse, Eli Whitney and Charles Goodyear and is the birthplace of
President George W. Bush. For 10 points apiece -- name this Connecticut city founded by the Puritans in
1638 and name the Ivy League university located there.
ANSWER:
NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT
YALE UNIVERSITY
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It was the home of inventors Samuel Morse, Eli Whitney and Charles Goodyear and is the birthplace of
President George W. Bush. For 10 points apiece -- name this Connecticut city founded by the Puritans in
1638 and name the Ivy League university located there.
ANSWER:
NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT
YALE UNIVERSITY
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Monrovia, Liberia and Turin, Italy both sit on rivers whose name is the same as the chemical symbol of the
element that Madame Curie named for her native land. For 15 points each -- what name is shared by those
two rivers, and what is that element?
ANSWER:
PO RIVER
POLONIUM
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Monrovia, Liberia and Turin, Italy both sit on rivers whose name is the same as the chemical symbol of the
element that Madame Curie named for her native land. For 15 points each -- what name is shared by those
two rivers, and what is that element?
ANSWER:
PO RIVER
POLONIUM
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Its authorized sequel was commissioned by the Great Ormond Street Hospital that was bequeathed the rights
to the 1904 play and to the 1911 novel based upon it. For 10 points each:
1.
Name the title character of that play, that novel, and the new sequel: the de facto leader of The Lost
Boys.
ANSWER:
2.
PETER PAN
The 2006 sequel is Peter Pan in (BLANK). What color fills in that blank, a color that described "A Study"
in the Sherlock Holmes canon?
ANSWER:
PETER PAN IN SCARLET
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Its authorized sequel was commissioned by the Great Ormond Street Hospital that was bequeathed the rights
to the 1904 play and to the 1911 novel based upon it. For 10 points each:
1.
Name the title character of that play, that novel, and the new sequel: the de facto leader of The Lost
Boys.
ANSWER:
2.
PETER PAN
The 2006 sequel is Peter Pan in (BLANK). What color fills in that blank, a color that described "A Study"
in the Sherlock Holmes canon?
ANSWER:
PETER PAN IN SCARLET
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The heart consists of several layers of tough tissue with similar names. For 10 points each -- identify these
three tissues whose names each end in "-cardium."
ANSWER:
MYOCARDIUM
PERICARDIUM
ACCEPT: EPICARDIUM
ENDOCARDIUM
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The heart consists of several layers of tough tissue with similar names. For 10 points each -- identify these
three tissues whose names each end in "-cardium."
ANSWER:
MYOCARDIUM
PERICARDIUM
ACCEPT: EPICARDIUM
ENDOCARDIUM
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