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To William Blake's poetic question "Little lamb, who made thee?" she might have answered
"Dr. Ian Wilmut." That Scottish biotechnician cloned -- for 10 points -- what much publicized sheep?
ANSWER:
DOLLY
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To William Blake's poetic question "Little lamb, who made thee?" she might have answered
"Dr. Ian Wilmut." That Scottish biotechnician cloned -- for 10 points -- what much publicized sheep?
ANSWER:
DOLLY
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Her signature role was as the title character in Balanchine's (BAL-un-SHEEN'S) 1949 production
of Stravinsky's The Firebird, but she was probably most seen opposite Rudolf Nureyev (nur-RAY-yef)
in his televised 1962 U.S. debut following his defection. For 10 points -- name this founder of the
Chicago City Ballet and Osage Indian.
ANSWER:
MARIA TALLCHIEF
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Her signature role was as the title character in Balanchine's (BAL-un-SHEEN'S) 1949 production
of Stravinsky's The Firebird, but she was probably most seen opposite Rudolf Nureyev (nur-RAY-yef)
in his televised 1962 U.S. debut following his defection. For 10 points -- name this founder of the
Chicago City Ballet and Osage Indian.
ANSWER:
MARIA TALLCHIEF
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Charles Lyell (LILE) coined this six-letter word in 1833 for what he thought was the oldest epoch of the
Cenozoic (sen-oh-ZOH-ik) Era. The Paleocene (PAY-lee-oh-seen) later displaced it as the oldest, and it now
falls between the Paleocene and the Oligocene (AH-lih-goh-seen). For 10 points -- identify this epoch
whose name means "new dawn."
ANSWER:
EOCENE (EE-oh-seen) EPOCH
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Charles Lyell (LILE) coined this six-letter word in 1833 for what he thought was the oldest epoch of the
Cenozoic (sen-oh-ZOH-ik) Era. The Paleocene (PAY-lee-oh-seen) later displaced it as the oldest, and it now
falls between the Paleocene and the Oligocene (AH-lih-goh-seen). For 10 points -- identify this epoch
whose name means "new dawn."
ANSWER:
EOCENE (EE-oh-seen) EPOCH
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It's a trademarked property of Joseph Enterprises, Inc., and not a patented invention, so anyone can sell
similar figurines featuring moistened seeds of Salvia Columbariae (SAL-vee-uh kah-lum-BAHR-ee-ay).
For 10 points -- what is this novelty item available in likenesses of various animals, and now, Scooby Doo?
ANSWER:
CHIA PETS
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It's a trademarked property of Joseph Enterprises, Inc., and not a patented invention, so anyone can sell
similar figurines featuring moistened seeds of Salvia Columbariae (SAL-vee-uh kah-lum-BAHR-ee-ay).
For 10 points -- what is this novelty item available in likenesses of various animals, and now, Scooby Doo?
ANSWER:
CHIA PETS
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As Governor of New France for much of the last quarter of the 17th century, he aided the expeditions of
La Salle, Marquette and Joliet, and defeated British armies trying to capture Quebec. For 10 points -who was this statesman who lent his name to the huge chateau (shah-TOH) dominating the old quarter of
Quebec City?
ANSWER:
LOUIS, COMTE DE FRONTENAC (frohn-tek-NAHK or fron-teh-NAK)
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As Governor of New France for much of the last quarter of the 17th century, he aided the expeditions of
La Salle, Marquette and Joliet, and defeated British armies trying to capture Quebec. For 10 points -who was this statesman who lent his name to the huge chateau (shah-TOH) dominating the old quarter of
Quebec City?
ANSWER:
LOUIS, COMTE DE FRONTENAC (frohn-tek-NAHK or fron-teh-NAK)
ACCEPT: CHATEAU FRONTENAC
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As of early 2003, one of every 142 persons in this country was imprisoned as its jail population has doubled
since 1990 to over two million. For 10 points -- name this nation with the world's highest prison
population.
ANSWER:
UNITED STATES
OR USA
OR AMERICA
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As of early 2003, one of every 142 persons in this country was imprisoned as its jail population has doubled
since 1990 to over two million. For 10 points -- name this nation with the world's highest prison
population.
ANSWER:
UNITED STATES
OR USA
OR AMERICA
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It is both the specific name for monohydroxybenzene (MAH-noh-hie-DRAHK-see-BEN-zeen) and the generic
name for compounds containing one or more hydroxyl (hie-DRAHK-sil) functions attached to an aromatic
ring. For 10 points -- what is this two-syllable term?
ANSWER:
PHENOLS (FEE-nahls)
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It is both the specific name for monohydroxybenzene (MAH-noh-hie-DRAHK-see-BEN-zeen) and the generic
name for compounds containing one or more hydroxyl (hie-DRAHK-sil) functions attached to an aromatic
ring. For 10 points -- what is this two-syllable term?
ANSWER:
PHENOLS (FEE-nahls)
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In the first third of the 20th century, this Hungarian-born linguist began writing articles about exotic ports
of call. His first book, 1936's On the Continent, became an international best-seller, and his continuing
Modern Guides series sell over three million copies a year. For 10 points -- name this travel writer.
ANSWER:
EUGENE FODOR
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In the first third of the 20th century, this Hungarian-born linguist began writing articles about exotic ports
of call. His first book, 1936's On the Continent, became an international best-seller, and his continuing
Modern Guides series sell over three million copies a year. For 10 points -- name this travel writer.
ANSWER:
EUGENE FODOR
ACCEPT: FODOR'S GUIDES OR MODERN GUIDES
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It is first known as the Zangbo (ZAHNG-boh) and then as the Dihang (DEE-HAHNG) in Tibet, and finally
as the Jamuna (JUM-oo-nuh) when it merges with the Ganges (GAHN-jeez). For 10 points -- by what
four-syllable Sanskrit name meaning "son of the creator god" is this river known in the West?
ANSWER:
BRAHMAPUTRA (brah-muh-POO-truh)
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It is first known as the Zangbo (ZAHNG-boh) and then as the Dihang (DEE-HAHNG) in Tibet, and finally
as the Jamuna (JUM-oo-nuh) when it merges with the Ganges (GAHN-jeez). For 10 points -- by what
four-syllable Sanskrit name meaning "son of the creator god" is this river known in the West?
ANSWER:
BRAHMAPUTRA (brah-muh-POO-truh)
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As a law clerk at the Atlanta firm handling her case, he was Charlayne Hunter-Gault's entire security force
when she integrated the University of Georgia. Now one of America's best known lawyers, he's a power in
national politics. For 10 points -- name this former head of the Urban League.
ANSWER:
VERNON JORDAN
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As a law clerk at the Atlanta firm handling her case, he was Charlayne Hunter-Gault's entire security force
when she integrated the University of Georgia. Now one of America's best known lawyers, he's a power in
national politics. For 10 points -- name this former head of the Urban League.
ANSWER:
VERNON JORDAN
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In Hebrew, it names a diacritical mark indicating silence instead of a vowel sound. In the International
Phonetic Alphabet, it names the symbol for the most common vowel sound in English. For 10 points -what is this word for the little upside-down "e" found in dictionary pronunciations?
ANSWER:
SCHWAS (SHWAHS)
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In Hebrew, it names a diacritical mark indicating silence instead of a vowel sound. In the International
Phonetic Alphabet, it names the symbol for the most common vowel sound in English. For 10 points -what is this word for the little upside-down "e" found in dictionary pronunciations?
ANSWER:
SCHWAS (SHWAHS)
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His 1828 election to Parliament prompted Britain to enact the 1829 Catholic Emancipation Act that let him
take his seat. In 1841, he became the first Catholic Lord Mayor of Dublin since the time of James 2nd.
For 10 points -- who was this Irish political leader dubbed "The Liberator"?
ANSWER:
DANIEL O'CONNELL
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His 1828 election to Parliament prompted Britain to enact the 1829 Catholic Emancipation Act that let him
take his seat. In 1841, he became the first Catholic Lord Mayor of Dublin since the time of James 2nd.
For 10 points -- who was this Irish political leader dubbed "The Liberator"?
ANSWER:
DANIEL O'CONNELL
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In 2002, its trade surplus tripled to $15 billion because the collapse of its currency made its agricultural
products dirt cheap on the international market. For 10 points -- name this economically troubled South
American nation whose peso had been pegged at one U.S. dollar before going into free fall in 2002.
ANSWER:
ARGENTINA
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In 2002, its trade surplus tripled to $15 billion because the collapse of its currency made its agricultural
products dirt cheap on the international market. For 10 points -- name this economically troubled South
American nation whose peso had been pegged at one U.S. dollar before going into free fall in 2002.
ANSWER:
ARGENTINA
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Astronomers now think its red string-like markings are due to magnesium sulfate filling up cracks between
its ice flows. If so, it contains the biggest deposits of Epsom salts in the solar system. For 10 points -name this Jovian moon.
ANSWER:
EUROPA
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Astronomers now think its red string-like markings are due to magnesium sulfate filling up cracks between
its ice flows. If so, it contains the biggest deposits of Epsom salts in the solar system. For 10 points -name this Jovian moon.
ANSWER:
EUROPA
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He consistently failed to regain lands Poland had lost to the Ottoman Empire, but became known as
"Vanquisher of the Turks" elsewhere, especially after saving Vienna in 1683. For 10 points -- who was this
Polish king from 1674 to 1696?
ANSWER:
JOHN (OR JAN) SOBIESKI (soh-bee-ES-skee or soh-BYES-kee)
OR JOHN 3RD OR JAN 3RD
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He consistently failed to regain lands Poland had lost to the Ottoman Empire, but became known as
"Vanquisher of the Turks" elsewhere, especially after saving Vienna in 1683. For 10 points -- who was this
Polish king from 1674 to 1696?
ANSWER:
JOHN (OR JAN) SOBIESKI (soh-bee-ES-skee or soh-BYES-kee)
OR JOHN 3RD OR JAN 3RD
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Though named a "Sound," it better qualifies as a lagoon -- the biggest lagoon on the east coast
of the United States. For 10 points -- name this Sound whose outlets to the Atlantic are named
Ocracoke (OAK-ruh-coke) and Hatteras.
ANSWER:
PAMLICO (PAM-lih-koh) SOUND
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Though named a "Sound," it better qualifies as a lagoon -- the biggest lagoon on the east coast
of the United States. For 10 points -- name this Sound whose outlets to the Atlantic are named
Ocracoke (OAK-ruh-coke) and Hatteras.
ANSWER:
PAMLICO (PAM-lih-koh) SOUND
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He suffered a paranoid delusion that British Prime Minister Peel was plotting against him. In 1843, he
killed Peel's secretary, mistaking the victim for the prime minister. For 10 points -- who was this Scottish
woodcutter who lent his name to the British (and later American) rules for defining legal insanity?
ANSWER:
DANIEL McNAUGHTEN OR M'NAUGHTEN OR MacNAUGHTEN
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He suffered a paranoid delusion that British Prime Minister Peel was plotting against him. In 1843, he
killed Peel's secretary, mistaking the victim for the prime minister. For 10 points -- who was this Scottish
woodcutter who lent his name to the British (and later American) rules for defining legal insanity?
ANSWER:
DANIEL McNAUGHTEN OR M'NAUGHTEN OR MacNAUGHTEN
ACCEPT: McNAUGHTEN OR M'NAUGHTEN OR MacNAUGHTEN RULES
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This diminutive of the French word for "wing" was borrowed into English in 1909 for the control surfaces on
the outer trailing edges on the wings of an airplane. For 10 points -- what is this three-syllable
aeronautical term?
ANSWER:
AILERONS (AY-luh-rons)
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This diminutive of the French word for "wing" was borrowed into English in 1909 for the control surfaces on
the outer trailing edges on the wings of an airplane. For 10 points -- what is this three-syllable
aeronautical term?
ANSWER:
AILERONS (AY-luh-rons)
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He made his conducting debut in 1968 at Moscow's Bolshoi Theater but couldn't be employed in Russia after
publishing a 1970 letter defending Solzhenitsyn. He resumed his conducting career in 1977 with the
National Symphony Orchestra. For 10 points -- name this cellist and conductor.
ANSWER:
MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH (MIST-ih-slahv ros-troh-POH-vich)
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He made his conducting debut in 1968 at Moscow's Bolshoi Theater but couldn't be employed in Russia after
publishing a 1970 letter defending Solzhenitsyn. He resumed his conducting career in 1977 with the
National Symphony Orchestra. For 10 points -- name this cellist and conductor.
ANSWER:
MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH (MIST-ih-slahv ros-troh-POH-vich)
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He was not Plato, but this student of Socrates wrote his own The Symposium as well as The Apology about
the death of Socrates. For 10 points -- name this philosopher turned military leader whose first-person
account of the Greek withdrawal from Persia is called The Anabasis (uh-NAB-uh-sis).
ANSWER:
XENOPHON (ZEN-uh-fon or ZEE-noh-fon)
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He was not Plato, but this student of Socrates wrote his own The Symposium as well as The Apology about
the death of Socrates. For 10 points -- name this philosopher turned military leader whose first-person
account of the Greek withdrawal from Persia is called The Anabasis (uh-NAB-uh-sis).
ANSWER:
XENOPHON (ZEN-uh-fon or ZEE-noh-fon)
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He was an ill recluse for most of his life and published just two books before his death at age 46 in 1937:
The Shunned House and Shadow Over Innsmouth (INZ-muth). For 10 points -- who was this predecessor of
Stephen King in bringing horror to New England settings?
ANSWER:
H. P. LOVECRAFT
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He was an ill recluse for most of his life and published just two books before his death at age 46 in 1937:
The Shunned House and Shadow Over Innsmouth (INZ-muth). For 10 points -- who was this predecessor of
Stephen King in bringing horror to New England settings?
ANSWER:
H. P. LOVECRAFT
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Classic symptoms of it include a sharp drop in blood pressure when rising, elevated potassium in the blood
and darkening of the palms, soles, knees and elbows. For 10 points -- name this disease, a chronic
insufficiency of the adrenal (uh-DREE-nul) glands.
ANSWER:
ADDISON'S DISEASE
OR ADDISONISM
PROMPT: If HYPO-ADRENALISM is answered
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Classic symptoms of it include a sharp drop in blood pressure when rising, elevated potassium in the blood
and darkening of the palms, soles, knees and elbows. For 10 points -- name this disease, a chronic
insufficiency of the adrenal (uh-DREE-nul) glands.
ANSWER:
ADDISON'S DISEASE
OR ADDISONISM
PROMPT: If HYPO-ADRENALISM is answered
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This small Massachusetts town was the subject of two books in 2002: Michael Cunningham's On the Beach
and Peter Manso's P-Town. For 10 points -- name this one time home of Tennessee Williams, John Waters,
Divine, and Eugene O'Neill; the site, in 1620, of the Pilgrims' first landing before they moved on to
Plymouth.
ANSWER:
PROVINCETOWN, MASSACHUSETTS
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This small Massachusetts town was the subject of two books in 2002: Michael Cunningham's On the Beach
and Peter Manso's P-Town. For 10 points -- name this one time home of Tennessee Williams, John Waters,
Divine, and Eugene O'Neill; the site, in 1620, of the Pilgrims' first landing before they moved on to
Plymouth.
ANSWER:
PROVINCETOWN, MASSACHUSETTS
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Word experts cannot say if it’s derives from some person's first name or last name. A "half" one involves
one arm twisted behind the back, while a "full" one involves both arms in that painful position. For 10
points -- what name is given to those wrestling holds?
ANSWER:
NELSONS
ACCEPT: HALF-NELSONS OR FULL-NELSONS
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Word experts cannot say if it’s derives from some person's first name or last name. A "half" one involves
one arm twisted behind the back, while a "full" one involves both arms in that painful position. For 10
points -- what name is given to those wrestling holds?
ANSWER:
NELSONS
ACCEPT: HALF-NELSONS OR FULL-NELSONS
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He was the first U.S. editor to use natural color photographs, and it was largely the photography that
turned his publication from a stodgy monthly with 900 subscribers in 1899 to a U.S. icon with two million
subscribers by the time he retired in 1954. For 10 points -- name this longtime editor of National
Geographic.
ANSWER:
GILBERT H. GROSVENOR (GROH-veh-ner)
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He was the first U.S. editor to use natural color photographs, and it was largely the photography that
turned his publication from a stodgy monthly with 900 subscribers in 1899 to a U.S. icon with two million
subscribers by the time he retired in 1954. For 10 points -- name this longtime editor of National
Geographic.
ANSWER:
GILBERT H. GROSVENOR (GROH-veh-ner)
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This Weisskopf Professor of Physics at M.I.T. won the 2001 Benjamin Franklin Medal, often a precursor of
the Nobel Prize. For 10 points -- name this father of what he's called "the free lunch theory" of the
universe, but which is more properly called inflationary cosmology.
ANSWER:
ALAN GUTH
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This Weisskopf Professor of Physics at M.I.T. won the 2001 Benjamin Franklin Medal, often a precursor of
the Nobel Prize. For 10 points -- name this father of what he's called "the free lunch theory" of the
universe, but which is more properly called inflationary cosmology.
ANSWER:
ALAN GUTH
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Its longtime dictator Lansana Conte (lahn-SAH-nuh kohn-TAY) lay dying in March 2003 when his African
nation played its most prominent role in international affairs as Chair of the U.N. Security Council. For 10
points -- name that small, French-speaking bauxite-rich West African country.
ANSWER:
GUINEA
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Its longtime dictator Lansana Conte (lahn-SAH-nuh kohn-TAY) lay dying in March 2003 when his African
nation played its most prominent role in international affairs as Chair of the U.N. Security Council. For 10
points -- name that small, French-speaking bauxite-rich West African country.
ANSWER:
GUINEA
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An 1815 poem by Sir Walter Scott is named for a four-word title long held by chieftains who ruled over
Scotland's Western Islands. For 10 points -- what is this ancient title now held by the Prince of Wales?
ANSWER:
LORD OF THE ISLES
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An 1815 poem by Sir Walter Scott is named for a four-word title long held by chieftains who ruled over
Scotland's Western Islands. For 10 points -- what is this ancient title now held by the Prince of Wales?
ANSWER:
LORD OF THE ISLES
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His best known work, often called the first Latin novel, deals with the adventures of Lucius who is magically
turned into an ass by Fotis (FOH-tis). For 10 points apiece -- name this long-time resident of Carthage, and
that lengthy prose narrative.
ANSWER:
LUCIUS APULEIUS (ap-uh-LEE-us or ap-uh-LAY-us)
THE GOLDEN ASS OR METAMORPHOSES
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His best known work, often called the first Latin novel, deals with the adventures of Lucius who is magically
turned into an ass by Fotis (FOH-tis). For 10 points apiece -- name this long-time resident of Carthage, and
that lengthy prose narrative.
ANSWER:
LUCIUS APULEIUS (ap-uh-LEE-us or ap-uh-LAY-us)
THE GOLDEN ASS OR METAMORPHOSES
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Krakatoa (krak-uh-TOH-uh) and Mount St. Helens are better known, but the two greatest volcanic eruptions of
the last few million years were those of Mount Toba (TOH-buh) around 74,000 years ago and the Huckleberry
Ridge eruption about 2.2 million years ago. For 10 points apiece:
1.
Mount Toba is on the northwestern end of what large westernmost island of Indonesia?
ANSWER:
2.
SUMATRA (suh-MAH-truh or soo-MAH-truh)
The Huckleberry Ridge eruption created the still steaming caldera (kal-DAIR-uh) underlying what U.S.
National Park?
ANSWER:
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
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Krakatoa (krak-uh-TOH-uh) and Mount St. Helens are better known, but the two greatest volcanic eruptions of
the last few million years were those of Mount Toba (TOH-buh) around 74,000 years ago and the Huckleberry
Ridge eruption about 2.2 million years ago. For 10 points apiece:
1.
Mount Toba is on the northwestern end of what large westernmost island of Indonesia?
ANSWER:
2.
SUMATRA (suh-MAH-truh or soo-MAH-truh)
The Huckleberry Ridge eruption created the still steaming caldera (kal-DAIR-uh) underlying what U.S.
National Park?
ANSWER:
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
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Name this novel after one clue for 30 points, after two for 20, or after all three for 10 points:
1.
This 1894 novel was the last by Mark Twain to be set in the pre-Civil War South.
2.
Its climactic courtroom scene popularized the then-new and controversial science of fingerprinting.
3.
Its premise is that the baby of a slave and the baby of that slave's master were switched at birth.
ANSWER:
THE TRAGEDY OF PUDD'NHEAD WILSON
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Name this novel after one clue for 30 points, after two for 20, or after all three for 10 points:
1.
This 1894 novel was the last by Mark Twain to be set in the pre-Civil War South.
2.
Its climactic courtroom scene popularized the then-new and controversial science of fingerprinting.
3.
Its premise is that the baby of a slave and the baby of that slave's master were switched at birth.
ANSWER:
THE TRAGEDY OF PUDD'NHEAD WILSON
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The fate of the universe depends upon three parameters. Its rate of expansion, known as the Hubble
Constant, is symbolized by H-sub-zero. For 15 points apiece -- name the other two parameters from these
clues:
1.
What Greek letter symbolizes the mass density of the universe, the key parameter determining if it will
collapse upon itself someday?
ANSWER:
2.
OMEGA
What other Greek letter symbolizes the cosmological constant if any -- the repulsive energy of empty
space?
ANSWER:
LAMBDA
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The fate of the universe depends upon three parameters. Its rate of expansion, known as the Hubble
Constant, is symbolized by H-sub-zero. For 15 points apiece -- name the other two parameters from these
clues:
1.
What Greek letter symbolizes the mass density of the universe, the key parameter determining if it will
collapse upon itself someday?
ANSWER:
2.
OMEGA
What other Greek letter symbolizes the cosmological constant if any -- the repulsive energy of empty
space?
ANSWER:
LAMBDA
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The Baseball Hall of Fame temporarily cancelled a screening of the 15th anniversary of this baseball movie in
April of 2003, because two of its stars had spoken out against the War with Iraq.
1.
First -- for 5 points apiece -- name this Kevin Costner classic set in a minor league team in North
Carolina, and the co-stars of that film who are public anti-war activists.
ANSWER:
2.
BULL DURHAM
TIM ROBBINS
SUSAN SARANDON
In addition to appearing in several movies together since meeting on "Bull Durham," Robbins directed
Sarandon to an Oscar as a take-on-the-system nun -- for 10 points -- in what 1995 drama?
ANSWER:
DEAD MAN WALKING
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The Baseball Hall of Fame temporarily cancelled a screening of the 15th anniversary of this baseball movie in
April of 2003, because two of its stars had spoken out against the War with Iraq.
1.
First -- for 5 points apiece -- name this Kevin Costner classic set in a minor league team in North
Carolina, and the co-stars of that film who are public anti-war activists.
ANSWER:
2.
BULL DURHAM
TIM ROBBINS
SUSAN SARANDON
In addition to appearing in several movies together since meeting on "Bull Durham," Robbins directed
Sarandon to an Oscar as a take-on-the-system nun -- for 10 points -- in what 1995 drama?
ANSWER:
DEAD MAN WALKING
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The news media often called the 2000 U.S. presidential election the closest in history. It wasn't. Al Gore's
popular vote margin of 539,947 was greater than the margins in -- for 10 points apiece -- what other two
post-World War II presidential elections?
ANSWER:
1960 (118,550 vote margin)
1968 (510,314 vote margin)
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The news media often called the 2000 U.S. presidential election the closest in history. It wasn't. Al Gore's
popular vote margin of 539,947 was greater than the margins in -- for 10 points apiece -- what other two
post-World War II presidential elections?
ANSWER:
1960 (118,550 vote margin)
1968 (510,314 vote margin)
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In early 2002, the world's largest food company paid $641 million for Haagen-Dazs and other premium ice
cream brands.
1.
First -- for 10 points -- that makes what Swiss conglomerate one of the world's two major players in the
premium ice cream market?
ANSWER:
2.
NESTLE (NES-lee) OR NESTLE'S
The other major player in that market is the conglomerate that owns Lipton teas, Breyer's ice cream and
Vaseline. For 15 points -- what is this company headquartered in both Rotterdam and London?
ANSWER:
UNILEVER
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In early 2002, the world's largest food company paid $641 million for Haagen-Dazs and other premium ice
cream brands.
1.
First -- for 10 points -- that makes what Swiss conglomerate one of the world's two major players in the
premium ice cream market?
ANSWER:
2.
NESTLE (NES-lee) OR NESTLE'S
The other major player in that market is the conglomerate that owns Lipton teas, Breyer's ice cream and
Vaseline. For 15 points -- what is this company headquartered in both Rotterdam and London?
ANSWER:
UNILEVER
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"The will to power" was key to the thought of these two German-speaking intellectuals, but had diametrically
opposite connotations for them. For 15 points apiece:
1.
What philosopher made "the will to power" the central motivating force for human energies and
creativity and had his final lucid notes published as a book with that title?
ANSWER:
2.
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE (NEE-cheh)
What founder of Individual Psychology and popularizer of the inferiority complex diagnosed "the will to
power" as a psychopathic condition caused by overcompensating for feelings of inferiority?
ANSWER:
ALFRED ADLER (AHD-ler or ADD-ler)
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"The will to power" was key to the thought of these two German-speaking intellectuals, but had diametrically
opposite connotations for them. For 15 points apiece:
1.
What philosopher made "the will to power" the central motivating force for human energies and
creativity and had his final lucid notes published as a book with that title?
ANSWER:
2.
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE (NEE-cheh)
What founder of Individual Psychology and popularizer of the inferiority complex diagnosed "the will to
power" as a psychopathic condition caused by overcompensating for feelings of inferiority?
ANSWER:
ALFRED ADLER (AHD-ler or ADD-ler)
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According to Islamic tradition, Muhammad once proclaimed "Whoever visits my tomb will win my
intercession."
1.
First -- for 10 points -- his tomb is in what second-holiest city of Islam?
ANSWER:
2.
MEDINA
OR AL-MADINA (al-mah-DEE-nah)
Now -- for 15 points -- what Arabic word for "speech" or "report" designates such spoken traditions
attributed to the Prophet?
ANSWER:
HADITH (hah-DEETH)
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According to Islamic tradition, Muhammad once proclaimed "Whoever visits my tomb will win my
intercession."
1.
First -- for 10 points -- his tomb is in what second-holiest city of Islam?
ANSWER:
2.
MEDINA
OR AL-MADINA (al-mah-DEE-nah)
Now -- for 15 points -- what Arabic word for "speech" or "report" designates such spoken traditions
attributed to the Prophet?
ANSWER:
HADITH (hah-DEETH)
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Secretary of State Colin Powell had earlier served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Similarly -- for 15
points apiece:
1.
Former U.S. Secretary of State George Schultz had earlier served as Labor and Secretary of the Treasury in
whose administration?
ANSWER:
2.
RICHARD M. NIXON
Former Secretary of State William P. Rogers had earlier served as Attorney General during whose
administration?
ANSWER:
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
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Secretary of State Colin Powell had earlier served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Similarly -- for 15
points apiece:
1.
Former U.S. Secretary of State George Schultz had earlier served as Labor and Secretary of the Treasury in
whose administration?
ANSWER:
2.
RICHARD M. NIXON
Former Secretary of State William P. Rogers had earlier served as Attorney General during whose
administration?
ANSWER:
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
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His factual novel The Feast of the Goat, translated into English in 2001, covers much of the history of the
Dominican Republic while focusing on the 30-year reign of a really nasty dictator nicknamed "The Goat" for
his sexual proclivities. For 15 points each -- who is this Peruvian novelist, politician, and one-time
presidential candidate, and who was that Dominican dictator?
ANSWER:
MARIO VARGAS LLOSA (VAR-gahs LYOH-suh or BAR-gahs YOH-suh)
PROMPT: If VARGAS or LLOSA is answered
RAFAEL TRUJILLO (troo-HEEL-yoh or troo-HEE-yoh)
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His factual novel The Feast of the Goat, translated into English in 2001, covers much of the history of the
Dominican Republic while focusing on the 30-year reign of a really nasty dictator nicknamed "The Goat" for
his sexual proclivities. For 15 points each -- who is this Peruvian novelist, politician, and one-time
presidential candidate, and who was that Dominican dictator?
ANSWER:
MARIO VARGAS LLOSA (VAR-gahs LYOH-suh or BAR-gahs YOH-suh)
PROMPT: If VARGAS or LLOSA is answered
RAFAEL TRUJILLO (troo-HEEL-yoh or troo-HEE-yoh)
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He tried the life of a starving, but modern, artist in Paris several times, but always came back to what he
called his "Santa-down-the-chimney" material that paid the bills. For 10 points apiece:
1.
Who was this extraordinarily popular illustrator of Americana, one of whose last major works was
"The Problem We All Live With," an icon of the civil rights movement?
ANSWER:
2.
NORMAN ROCKWELL
Because it had long refused to depict African Americans except in menial jobs, in 1963 Rockwell quit as
a longtime staff artist of what popular weekly magazine?
ANSWER:
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST
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He tried the life of a starving, but modern, artist in Paris several times, but always came back to what he
called his "Santa-down-the-chimney" material that paid the bills. For 10 points apiece:
1.
Who was this extraordinarily popular illustrator of Americana, one of whose last major works was
"The Problem We All Live With," an icon of the civil rights movement?
ANSWER:
2.
NORMAN ROCKWELL
Because it had long refused to depict African Americans except in menial jobs, in 1963 Rockwell quit as
a longtime staff artist of what popular weekly magazine?
ANSWER:
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST
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Mr. Rogers' "Neighborhood" lives on in reruns with the voice of Fred Rogers giving life to its traditional
troupe of puppets. For 10 points apiece:
1.
Name the Pussycat who speaks mainly in meow-meows.
ANSWER:
2.
HENRIETTA PUSSYCAT
Name the pompous king.
ANSWER:
KING FRIDAY XIII (13TH)
PROMPT: If FRIDAY is answered
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Mr. Rogers' "Neighborhood" lives on in reruns with the voice of Fred Rogers giving life to its traditional
troupe of puppets. For 10 points apiece:
1.
Name the Pussycat who speaks mainly in meow-meows.
ANSWER:
2.
HENRIETTA PUSSYCAT
Name the pompous king.
ANSWER:
KING FRIDAY XIII (13TH)
PROMPT: If FRIDAY is answered
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Name this U.S. scientist after one clue for 30 points, after two for 20, or after all three for 10:
1.
In 1982, when this Nobel Prize winner left Harvard for the University of Texas, the joke was that Texas
wanted a physics department the football team could be proud of.
2.
He ended his 1977 book The First Three Minutes with the much-quoted line: "The more the universe
seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless."
3.
His other popular science books include 1993's Dreams of a Final Theory and 2001's Facing Up.
ANSWER:
STEVEN WEINBERG
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Name this U.S. scientist after one clue for 30 points, after two for 20, or after all three for 10:
1.
In 1982, when this Nobel Prize winner left Harvard for the University of Texas, the joke was that Texas
wanted a physics department the football team could be proud of.
2.
He ended his 1977 book The First Three Minutes with the much-quoted line: "The more the universe
seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless."
3.
His other popular science books include 1993's Dreams of a Final Theory and 2001's Facing Up.
ANSWER:
STEVEN WEINBERG
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Asia leads all other continents in total land area. For 10 points apiece -- what continent leads all others in:
1.
Total forest area?
ANSWER:
SOUTH AMERICA
2.
Total pastureland area?
ANSWER:
AFRICA
3.
Total cropland area?
ANSWER:
ASIA
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Asia leads all other continents in total land area. For 10 points apiece -- what continent leads all others in:
1.
Total forest area?
ANSWER:
SOUTH AMERICA
2.
Total pastureland area?
ANSWER:
AFRICA
3.
Total cropland area?
ANSWER:
ASIA
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Of the notorious "Cambridge Five" of Soviet spies, the so-called "4th man" Anthony Blunt and "5th man"
John Cairncross lived out their lives in disgrace in Britain. The first three got away -- defecting to the
Soviet Union in either 1952 or 1963. For 10 points apiece -- name those successful spies who got away.
ANSWER:
GUY BURGESS
DONALD MACLEAN
(HAROLD) "KIM" PHILBY
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Of the notorious "Cambridge Five" of Soviet spies, the so-called "4th man" Anthony Blunt and "5th man"
John Cairncross lived out their lives in disgrace in Britain. The first three got away -- defecting to the
Soviet Union in either 1952 or 1963. For 10 points apiece -- name those successful spies who got away.
ANSWER:
GUY BURGESS
DONALD MACLEAN
(HAROLD) "KIM" PHILBY
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He was the most accomplished mathematician of the late 11th and early 12th centuries, and reformed the
Persian calendar along the lines of the much later Gregorian calendar of Europe. For 10 points apiece:
1.
Name this former tent maker better known for his poetic quatrains.
ANSWER:
2.
OMAR KHAYYAM (kie-YAHM or kie-YAM)
Khayyam's fame in English is almost entirely due to what translator whose The Rubaiyat (roo-bie-YAHT)
of Omar Khayyam was anonymously published in 1859?
ANSWER:
EDWARD FITZGERALD
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He was the most accomplished mathematician of the late 11th and early 12th centuries, and reformed the
Persian calendar along the lines of the much later Gregorian calendar of Europe. For 10 points apiece:
1.
Name this former tent maker better known for his poetic quatrains.
ANSWER:
2.
OMAR KHAYYAM (kie-YAHM or kie-YAM)
Khayyam's fame in English is almost entirely due to what translator whose The Rubaiyat (roo-bie-YAHT)
of Omar Khayyam was anonymously published in 1859?
ANSWER:
EDWARD FITZGERALD
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Colocasia esculenta (koh-loh-KAY-zhuh es-kyoo-LEN-tuh) is thought to have been the first cultivated food
plant. In the continental U.S. and Canada, it is grown as the ornamental plant called elephant ears. For 10
points apiece:
1.
What is it called when grown as a crop for its starchy tubers?
ANSWER:
2.
TARO (TAR-oh)
OR DASHEEN (dah-SHEEN)
OR EDDO (ED-doh)
What name is given to the pasty flour made from taro tubers that is the traditional staple of the
Hawaiian diet?
ANSWER:
POI (POY or POH-ee)
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Colocasia esculenta (koh-loh-KAY-zhuh es-kyoo-LEN-tuh) is thought to have been the first cultivated food
plant. In the continental U.S. and Canada, it is grown as the ornamental plant called elephant ears. For 10
points apiece:
1.
What is it called when grown as a crop for its starchy tubers?
ANSWER:
2.
TARO (TAR-oh)
OR DASHEEN (dah-SHEEN)
OR EDDO (ED-doh)
What name is given to the pasty flour made from taro tubers that is the traditional staple of the
Hawaiian diet?
ANSWER:
POI (POY or POH-ee)
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France has the legal right to annex Monaco if its throne should ever fall vacant. Because French laws
governing royal succession do not permit women to occupy a throne, and because the Crown Prince of
Monaco has never married, this has caused some concern in that principality. For 10 points apiece:
1.
Name that now 45-year-old Crown Prince.
ANSWER:
2.
PRINCE ALBERT
In 2002, Monaco unilaterally changed its law of succession and defied French law by naming what eldest
daughter of Prince Rainier (ray-NEER) as the next-in-line after Prince Albert?
ANSWER:
PRINCESS CAROLINE
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France has the legal right to annex Monaco if its throne should ever fall vacant. Because French laws
governing royal succession do not permit women to occupy a throne, and because the Crown Prince of
Monaco has never married, this has caused some concern in that principality. For 10 points apiece:
1.
Name that now 45-year-old Crown Prince.
ANSWER:
2.
PRINCE ALBERT
In 2002, Monaco unilaterally changed its law of succession and defied French law by naming what eldest
daughter of Prince Rainier (ray-NEER) as the next-in-line after Prince Albert?
ANSWER:
PRINCESS CAROLINE
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1950 was the breakthrough year for our understanding of comets. That was when a U.S. astronomer first
published his now accepted "dirty snowball model" of cometary nuclei, and when a Dutch astronomer
published his theory about a vast "cloud" of comets-in-waiting beyond the orbit of Pluto. For 15 points
each -- name those two astronomers.
ANSWER:
FRED WHIPPLE
JAN OORT (YAHN ORT)
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1950 was the breakthrough year for our understanding of comets. That was when a U.S. astronomer first
published his now accepted "dirty snowball model" of cometary nuclei, and when a Dutch astronomer
published his theory about a vast "cloud" of comets-in-waiting beyond the orbit of Pluto. For 15 points
each -- name those two astronomers.
ANSWER:
FRED WHIPPLE
JAN OORT (YAHN ORT)
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Its first big break came around the year AD 1 when Augustus chose its port of Classis (KLAH-sis) as the
naval base for the Roman Empire's biggest fleet. Its second big break came 400 years later when it was
made the capital of the Western Roman Empire. For 10 points apiece -- what is this city, the exile home of
Dante near the Adriatic, and who made it the capital of the Western Roman Empire?
ANSWER:
RAVENNA
HONORIUS (hoh-NOR-ee-us)
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Its first big break came around the year AD 1 when Augustus chose its port of Classis (KLAH-sis) as the
naval base for the Roman Empire's biggest fleet. Its second big break came 400 years later when it was
made the capital of the Western Roman Empire. For 10 points apiece -- what is this city, the exile home of
Dante near the Adriatic, and who made it the capital of the Western Roman Empire?
ANSWER:
RAVENNA
HONORIUS (hoh-NOR-ee-us)
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