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The first scientist to attribute global weather changes to volcanic activity was also the only person
to sign these three documents: the Treaty of Paris ending the American Revolution, the Declaration of
Independence and the Constitution. For 10 points -- who was this scientist, politician, writer, and
visionary?
ANSWER:
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
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The first scientist to attribute global weather changes to volcanic activity was also the only person
to sign these three documents: the Treaty of Paris ending the American Revolution, the Declaration of
Independence and the Constitution. For 10 points -- who was this scientist, politician, writer, and
visionary?
ANSWER:
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
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You won't find them at the bottom of bug zappers because they're not attracted to ultraviolet light.
They are attracted to sweat and lactic acid, and can sense yours up to 100 feet away. For 10 points -what are these insects in the order Diptera (DIP-teh-ruh) whose females bite and whose name is Spanish for
"little fly"?
ANSWER:
MOSQUITOES
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You won't find them at the bottom of bug zappers because they're not attracted to ultraviolet light.
They are attracted to sweat and lactic acid, and can sense yours up to 100 feet away. For 10 points -what are these insects in the order Diptera (DIP-teh-ruh) whose females bite and whose name is Spanish for
"little fly"?
ANSWER:
MOSQUITOES
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Its mineral wealth is reflected in such county names as: Mineral, Granite, Carbon, and Treasure. Its history
is reflected in such county names as: Lewis and Clark, Custer, and Big Horn. For 10 points -- name this
northernmost of the Rocky Mountain states.
ANSWER:
MONTANA
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Its mineral wealth is reflected in such county names as: Mineral, Granite, Carbon, and Treasure. Its history
is reflected in such county names as: Lewis and Clark, Custer, and Big Horn. For 10 points -- name this
northernmost of the Rocky Mountain states.
ANSWER:
MONTANA
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Only 13 copies are known to exist of the anonymously published 1827 book Tamerlane and Other Poems and
each sells for hundreds of thousands of dollars. That was the first book by -- for 10 points -- what author
of the later "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Raven"?
ANSWER:
EDGAR ALLAN POE
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Only 13 copies are known to exist of the anonymously published 1827 book Tamerlane and Other Poems and
each sells for hundreds of thousands of dollars. That was the first book by -- for 10 points -- what author
of the later "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Raven"?
ANSWER:
EDGAR ALLAN POE
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It emerged, phoenix-like, from bankruptcy in 1998, still had almost $8 million in losses in 2001, but a year
later elektra-fied pundits by posting a $41.1 million profit. 2003 proved to be a banner year, too, and that
was before the June release featuring a scientist named Banner. For 10 points -- what is this comics-based
company?
ANSWER:
MARVEL ENTERPRISES
ACCEPT: MARVEL COMICS
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It emerged, phoenix-like, from bankruptcy in 1998, still had almost $8 million in losses in 2001, but a year
later elektra-fied pundits by posting a $41.1 million profit. 2003 proved to be a banner year, too, and that
was before the June release featuring a scientist named Banner. For 10 points -- what is this comics-based
company?
ANSWER:
MARVEL ENTERPRISES
ACCEPT: MARVEL COMICS
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Shortly after her canonization in 1920, May 30th, the anniversary of her death in 1431, was declared a
national holiday in her native land. For 10 points -- who was this military liberator of France?
ANSWER:
SAINT JOAN OF ARC
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Shortly after her canonization in 1920, May 30th, the anniversary of her death in 1431, was declared a
national holiday in her native land. For 10 points -- who was this military liberator of France?
ANSWER:
SAINT JOAN OF ARC
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Capsicum (CAP-sih-kum) peppers are mashed with salt and fermented for three years. When a member of
the Mcllhenny (MAK-il-HEN-nee) family decides the mash has the right color, vinegar is added and the
solution is stirred for a month before being bottled -- for 10 points -- as what brand of hot sauce?
ANSWER:
TABASCO SAUCE
OR TABASCO PEPPER SAUCE
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Capsicum (CAP-sih-kum) peppers are mashed with salt and fermented for three years. When a member of
the Mcllhenny (MAK-il-HEN-nee) family decides the mash has the right color, vinegar is added and the
solution is stirred for a month before being bottled -- for 10 points -- as what brand of hot sauce?
ANSWER:
TABASCO SAUCE
OR TABASCO PEPPER SAUCE
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At the start of the 2003 baseball season, he was making $3,000 a month playing for the Newark Bears of
the Southern League and hoping to return to the majors where he ranks # 1 in: walks, runs, and steals.
For 10 points -- name this 44-year-old outfielder who, in July 2003, signed with the Dodgers.
ANSWER:
RICKEY HENDERSON
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At the start of the 2003 baseball season, he was making $3,000 a month playing for the Newark Bears of
the Southern League and hoping to return to the majors where he ranks # 1 in: walks, runs, and steals.
For 10 points -- name this 44-year-old outfielder who, in July 2003, signed with the Dodgers.
ANSWER:
RICKEY HENDERSON
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The Time-Life Building, finished in 1961, expanded this Center's boundaries west of Manhattan's
6th Avenue. For 10 points -- name this skyscraper complex mainly built in the 1930s and including the
RCA Building and Radio City Music Hall.
ANSWER:
ROCKEFELLER CENTER
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The Time-Life Building, finished in 1961, expanded this Center's boundaries west of Manhattan's
6th Avenue. For 10 points -- name this skyscraper complex mainly built in the 1930s and including the
RCA Building and Radio City Music Hall.
ANSWER:
ROCKEFELLER CENTER
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Her novella "Stancliffe's Hotel" was published in 2003, 165 years after she wrote it at age 22 at the
Haworth (HAH-wurth) Parsonage where she lived with her equally literary sisters. For 10 points -identify this author who used the pen name Currer Bell.
ANSWER:
CHARLOTTE BRONTE (BRON-teh)
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Her novella "Stancliffe's Hotel" was published in 2003, 165 years after she wrote it at age 22 at the
Haworth (HAH-wurth) Parsonage where she lived with her equally literary sisters. For 10 points -identify this author who used the pen name Currer Bell.
ANSWER:
CHARLOTTE BRONTE (BRON-teh)
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Its two-for-one stock split in February 2003 gave it a record 10 billion shares -- enough stock
to give nearly two shares, each valued at $24.96, to every person on earth. For 10 points -- name this
world's # 1 software maker.
ANSWER:
MICROSOFT
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Its two-for-one stock split in February 2003 gave it a record 10 billion shares -- enough stock
to give nearly two shares, each valued at $24.96, to every person on earth. For 10 points -- name this
world's # 1 software maker.
ANSWER:
MICROSOFT
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In May and again in August of 2003, Democrats in its legislature fled this state to deny the majority
Republicans a quorum. For 10 points -- name this state whose Democratic legislators camped out,
first in Oklahoma and then in New Mexico, just out of reach of this state's famed Rangers.
ANSWER:
TEXAS
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In May and again in August of 2003, Democrats in its legislature fled this state to deny the majority
Republicans a quorum. For 10 points -- name this state whose Democratic legislators camped out,
first in Oklahoma and then in New Mexico, just out of reach of this state's famed Rangers.
ANSWER:
TEXAS
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He has spent the past decade doing pro bono death penalty litigation and made the death penalty the
subject -- indeed, the villain -- of his 2002 thriller Reversible Errors and of his 2003 non-fiction book
Ultimate Punishment. For 10 points -- who is this Illinois lawyer turned bestselling novelist?
ANSWER:
SCOTT TUROW
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He has spent the past decade doing pro bono death penalty litigation and made the death penalty the
subject -- indeed, the villain -- of his 2002 thriller Reversible Errors and of his 2003 non-fiction book
Ultimate Punishment. For 10 points -- who is this Illinois lawyer turned bestselling novelist?
ANSWER:
SCOTT TUROW
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He never revealed who had illegally taught him to read but, by age eight, he had memorized the entire
Bible and was trotted out by his owner to perform for visiting preachers. For 10 points -- name this slave
who used the Bible to justify his 1831 revolt in Virginia.
ANSWER:
NAT TURNER
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He never revealed who had illegally taught him to read but, by age eight, he had memorized the entire
Bible and was trotted out by his owner to perform for visiting preachers. For 10 points -- name this slave
who used the Bible to justify his 1831 revolt in Virginia.
ANSWER:
NAT TURNER
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Its north polar ice cap sits in a deep basin about 750 miles across. Though its ice averages about 1.8 miles
in thickness, that's not nearly enough water to explain the surface erosion on -- for 10 points -- what
planet?
ANSWER:
MARS
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Its north polar ice cap sits in a deep basin about 750 miles across. Though its ice averages about 1.8 miles
in thickness, that's not nearly enough water to explain the surface erosion on -- for 10 points -- what
planet?
ANSWER:
MARS
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This word wasn't coined until 1929 and didn't become internationally notorious until 1948 when it was used
to designate a formal national policy that remained in place until 1994. For 10 points -- what is this
Afrikaans (AH-free-KAHNZ) word for "separateness"?
ANSWER:
APARTHEID (eh-PART-hite or eh-PART-hide)
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This word wasn't coined until 1929 and didn't become internationally notorious until 1948 when it was used
to designate a formal national policy that remained in place until 1994. For 10 points -- what is this
Afrikaans (AH-free-KAHNZ) word for "separateness"?
ANSWER:
APARTHEID (eh-PART-hite or eh-PART-hide)
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His 1784 Reason the Only Oracle of Man was at least as inflammatory as Thomas Paine's The Age of Reason,
but this American never shared in Paine's reputation for atheism. For 10 points -- name this Vermont
patriot, hero of the 1775 siege of Ticonderoga and leader of the Green Mountain Boys.
ANSWER:
ETHAN ALLEN
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His 1784 Reason the Only Oracle of Man was at least as inflammatory as Thomas Paine's The Age of Reason,
but this American never shared in Paine's reputation for atheism. For 10 points -- name this Vermont
patriot, hero of the 1775 siege of Ticonderoga and leader of the Green Mountain Boys.
ANSWER:
ETHAN ALLEN
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Helen Keller, Albert Einstein and Dr. Martin Luther King Junior are among the people honored on the new
Series I (EYE) of these interest-bearing notes sold by the U.S. Treasury in denominations from $50 to
$5,000. For 10 points -- name these conservative bonds.
ANSWER:
SAVINGS BONDS
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Helen Keller, Albert Einstein and Dr. Martin Luther King Junior are among the people honored on the new
Series I (EYE) of these interest-bearing notes sold by the U.S. Treasury in denominations from $50 to
$5,000. For 10 points -- name these conservative bonds.
ANSWER:
SAVINGS BONDS
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At the height of her career, her company employed more than 3,000 people and included a fashion house,
a textile business, and perfume laboratories. For 10 points -- who was this 20th century French designer
whose empire was supported by the success of her Number 5 perfume?
ANSWER:
GABRIELLE "COCO" CHANEL (shuh-NEL)
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At the height of her career, her company employed more than 3,000 people and included a fashion house,
a textile business, and perfume laboratories. For 10 points -- who was this 20th century French designer
whose empire was supported by the success of her Number 5 perfume?
ANSWER:
GABRIELLE "COCO" CHANEL (shuh-NEL)
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It is unpopular with genealogists as its privacy laws mandate that all census data be confidential
for 92 years. For 10 points -- name this nation that also protects the birth certificates of: Lorne Greene,
Neil Young, Bryan Adams, and Celine Dion.
ANSWER:
CANADA
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It is unpopular with genealogists as its privacy laws mandate that all census data be confidential
for 92 years. For 10 points -- name this nation that also protects the birth certificates of: Lorne Greene,
Neil Young, Bryan Adams, and Celine Dion.
ANSWER:
CANADA
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Rhode Island, the smallest U.S. state, also, has fittingly, the shortest state motto. For 10 points -- what is
that four-letter cardinal virtue?
ANSWER:
HOPE
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Rhode Island, the smallest U.S. state, also, has fittingly, the shortest state motto. For 10 points -- what is
that four-letter cardinal virtue?
ANSWER:
HOPE
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Its formula -- three parts nitric acid with one part hydrochloric acid -- is strong enough to dissolve gold.
For 10 points -- what is this acid-combo whose name literally means "royal water" in Latin?
ANSWER:
AQUA REGIA (AHK-wuh REE-jee-uh)
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Its formula -- three parts nitric acid with one part hydrochloric acid -- is strong enough to dissolve gold.
For 10 points -- what is this acid-combo whose name literally means "royal water" in Latin?
ANSWER:
AQUA REGIA (AHK-wuh REE-jee-uh)
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Two books can claim to be the shortest in the King James Version of the Bible. One has the fewest verses,
13; while the other has the fewest words, 294. They are the Second and Third Epistles -- for 10 points -- by
what evangelist?
ANSWER:
SAINT JOHN
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Two books can claim to be the shortest in the King James Version of the Bible. One has the fewest verses,
13; while the other has the fewest words, 294. They are the Second and Third Epistles -- for 10 points -- by
what evangelist?
ANSWER:
SAINT JOHN
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Since 1882, The Six Nations Tournament has been the annual world championship of this sport, while the
World Cup of this sport has become, since its founding in 1987, third only to the Olympics and soccer's
World Cup in audience. For 10 points -- name this sport derived from soccer.
ANSWER:
RUGBY
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Since 1882, The Six Nations Tournament has been the annual world championship of this sport, while the
World Cup of this sport has become, since its founding in 1987, third only to the Olympics and soccer's
World Cup in audience. For 10 points -- name this sport derived from soccer.
ANSWER:
RUGBY
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Scientists are referring to gold when they use the abbreviation capital-A small-U, but when that U is also
capitalized; they are referring -- for 10 points -- to what unit of distance?
ANSWER:
ASTRONOMICAL UNITS
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Scientists are referring to gold when they use the abbreviation capital-A small-U, but when that U is also
capitalized; they are referring -- for 10 points -- to what unit of distance?
ANSWER:
ASTRONOMICAL UNITS
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It held its first national convention in a Baltimore saloon in May of 1832. It held its 43rd national
convention in Los Angeles in August of 2000. For 10 points -- name this major political party.
ANSWER:
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
OR THE DEMOCRATS
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It held its first national convention in a Baltimore saloon in May of 1832. It held its 43rd national
convention in Los Angeles in August of 2000. For 10 points -- name this major political party.
ANSWER:
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
OR THE DEMOCRATS
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The high period of the French rococo style is alternately named for this monarch whose life and reign
extended some 20 years after Rococo fell out of fashion around 1750. For 10 points -- name that king.
ANSWER:
LOUIS XV (15TH)
OR LOUIS QUINZE (loo-EE KANZ)
PROMPT: If LOUIS is answered
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The high period of the French rococo style is alternately named for this monarch whose life and reign
extended some 20 years after Rococo fell out of fashion around 1750. For 10 points -- name that king.
ANSWER:
LOUIS XV (15TH)
OR LOUIS QUINZE (loo-EE KANZ)
PROMPT: If LOUIS is answered
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The fastest Pony Express ride between St. Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, California was seven days and
17 hours. It carried -- for 10 points -- the text of whose first presidential inaugural address?
ANSWER:
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
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The fastest Pony Express ride between St. Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, California was seven days and
17 hours. It carried -- for 10 points -- the text of whose first presidential inaugural address?
ANSWER:
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
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Two of the three ship memorials at this site are the U. S. S. Bowfin Submarine Museum and the Battleship
Missouri Memorial. For 10 points apiece -- name this site, and the third ship with a memorial there.
ANSWER:
PEARL HARBOR
U. S. S. (OR BATTLESHIP) ARIZONA
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Two of the three ship memorials at this site are the U. S. S. Bowfin Submarine Museum and the Battleship
Missouri Memorial. For 10 points apiece -- name this site, and the third ship with a memorial there.
ANSWER:
PEARL HARBOR
U. S. S. (OR BATTLESHIP) ARIZONA
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Figures of the Baby Jesus in the manger, surrounded by Mary and Joseph, shepherds, animals and often the
Three Wise Men have, since the Middle Ages, traditionally decorated Catholic churches from Christmas Eve
until a holiday, traditionally a feast day, in early January. For 10 points per answer:
1.
What holiday, celebrated on what date in early January?
ANSWER:
2.
FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY (eh-PIF-eh-nee)
JANUARY 6TH
That Christmastime tradition began in Greccio (GRAY-chee-oh), Italy in 1224 when what much-loved
patron saint of ecology set up the first such display in a church there?
ANSWER:
SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI
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Figures of the Baby Jesus in the manger, surrounded by Mary and Joseph, shepherds, animals and often the
Three Wise Men have, since the Middle Ages, traditionally decorated Catholic churches from Christmas Eve
until a holiday, traditionally a feast day, in early January. For 10 points per answer:
1.
What holiday, celebrated on what date in early January?
ANSWER:
2.
FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY (eh-PIF-eh-nee)
JANUARY 6TH
That Christmastime tradition began in Greccio (GRAY-chee-oh), Italy in 1224 when what much-loved
patron saint of ecology set up the first such display in a church there?
ANSWER:
SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI
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Name this U.S. author after one clue for 30 points, after two for 20, or after all three for 10 points:
1.
He was so ashamed of his first novel, 1828's Fanshawe (FAN-shaw), that he tried to buy back every
copy and destroy them.
2.
His 1835 "Young Goodman Brown" was set in his ancestral home of Salem, Massachusetts where an
ancestor had served as a judge at the notorious witchcraft trials.
3.
His greatest work dealing with the legacy of those trials was the novel The House of the Seven Gables.
ANSWER:
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
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Name this U.S. author after one clue for 30 points, after two for 20, or after all three for 10 points:
1.
He was so ashamed of his first novel, 1828's Fanshawe (FAN-shaw), that he tried to buy back every
copy and destroy them.
2.
His 1835 "Young Goodman Brown" was set in his ancestral home of Salem, Massachusetts where an
ancestor had served as a judge at the notorious witchcraft trials.
3.
His greatest work dealing with the legacy of those trials was the novel The House of the Seven Gables.
ANSWER:
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
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A "Free Trade Zone" is defined as an area within a country where imported goods can be stored or processed
without being subject to any import duties or tariffs. For 10 points apiece:
1.
In terms of volume, the world's largest Free Trade Zone is what "Special Administrative Region" of the
People's Republic of China?
ANSWER:
2.
HONG KONG
The second-largest is the Colon (koh-LOHN) Free Trade Zone in what Central American nation?
ANSWER:
PANAMA
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A "Free Trade Zone" is defined as an area within a country where imported goods can be stored or processed
without being subject to any import duties or tariffs. For 10 points apiece:
1.
In terms of volume, the world's largest Free Trade Zone is what "Special Administrative Region" of the
People's Republic of China?
ANSWER:
2.
HONG KONG
The second-largest is the Colon (koh-LOHN) Free Trade Zone in what Central American nation?
ANSWER:
PANAMA
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Note the following six U.S. wars: Mexican War, Civil War, Spanish-American War, Korean War, Vietnam War,
and 1991 Persian Gulf War. For 10 points apiece -- which were the only two of the six in which Congress
declared war on anyone?
ANSWER:
MEXICAN WAR
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
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Note the following six U.S. wars: Mexican War, Civil War, Spanish-American War, Korean War, Vietnam War,
and 1991 Persian Gulf War. For 10 points apiece -- which were the only two of the six in which Congress
declared war on anyone?
ANSWER:
MEXICAN WAR
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
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In keeping with the theme, 85 children sang "Happy Birthday" and dessert was a tower of 85 birthday cakes.
Guests, however, numbered 1,600.
1.
First -- for 10 points -- what former prisoner turned president celebrated his 85th birthday in August
2003 in his native South Africa?
ANSWER:
2.
NELSON MANDELA
Among the guests was the man who had ordered Mandela's release, and shared the 1993 Nobel Peace
Prize with him for transitioning South Africa to a non-racial democracy. For 15 points -- who is this
former president?
ANSWER:
F.W. deKLERK
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In keeping with the theme, 85 children sang "Happy Birthday" and dessert was a tower of 85 birthday cakes.
Guests, however, numbered 1,600.
1.
First -- for 10 points -- what former prisoner turned president celebrated his 85th birthday in August
2003 in his native South Africa?
ANSWER:
2.
NELSON MANDELA
Among the guests was the man who had ordered Mandela's release, and shared the 1993 Nobel Peace
Prize with him for transitioning South Africa to a non-racial democracy. For 15 points -- who is this
former president?
ANSWER:
F.W. deKLERK
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It refers specifically to the transfer of a liquid solvent through a semi-permeable membrane without allowing
the solutes (SAHL-yoots) to pass. For 10 points apiece:
1.
What is this process that differs from dialysis (die-AL-ih-sis), which does allow the transfer of solutes?
ANSWER:
2.
OSMOSIS (ahs-MOH-sis)
In either case, the spontaneous migration of a material from a region of higher concentration to a
region of lower concentration is known by what three-syllable term?
ANSWER:
DIFFUSION
OR DIFFUSING
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It refers specifically to the transfer of a liquid solvent through a semi-permeable membrane without allowing
the solutes (SAHL-yoots) to pass. For 10 points apiece:
1.
What is this process that differs from dialysis (die-AL-ih-sis), which does allow the transfer of solutes?
ANSWER:
2.
OSMOSIS (ahs-MOH-sis)
In either case, the spontaneous migration of a material from a region of higher concentration to a
region of lower concentration is known by what three-syllable term?
ANSWER:
DIFFUSION
OR DIFFUSING
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He released his Peace Out, Dawg! Tales From Ground Zero to coincide with the one-year anniversary of 9-11.
Instead of a usual blurb on its cover, he had an editorial from the Opelika (oh-puh-LIE-kuh) Auburn News
about why they discontinued his daily comic strip. For 10 points apiece -- who is this cartoonist and what
is that only comic strip to have won a Pulitzer Prize?
ANSWER:
GARRY TRUDEAU
DOONESBURY
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He released his Peace Out, Dawg! Tales From Ground Zero to coincide with the one-year anniversary of 9-11.
Instead of a usual blurb on its cover, he had an editorial from the Opelika (oh-puh-LIE-kuh) Auburn News
about why they discontinued his daily comic strip. For 10 points apiece -- who is this cartoonist and what
is that only comic strip to have won a Pulitzer Prize?
ANSWER:
GARRY TRUDEAU
DOONESBURY
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Secretary of State Albright had earlier served as U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.
1.
First -- for 10 points -- what future president served as U.N. Ambassador from 1971 to 1973?
ANSWER:
2.
GEORGE BUSH
For 20 points -- what defeated presidential candidate served in that post from 1961 to 1965?
ANSWER:
ADLAI E. STEVENSON
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Secretary of State Albright had earlier served as U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.
1.
First -- for 10 points -- what future president served as U.N. Ambassador from 1971 to 1973?
ANSWER:
2.
GEORGE BUSH
For 20 points -- what defeated presidential candidate served in that post from 1961 to 1965?
ANSWER:
ADLAI E. STEVENSON
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This Hebrew word in the imperative mood is translated as "Praise the Lord" and was used to begin and end
several Psalms. For 10 points apiece:
1.
What is this word carried over into English?
ANSWER:
2.
ALLELUIA
OR HALLELUJAH
In the New Testament, it is found in only one book where it appears four times. Name that book that
also contains the ominous number 666.
ANSWER:
BOOK OF REVELATION(S)
OR THE APOCALYPSE
OR THE REVELATION OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
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This Hebrew word in the imperative mood is translated as "Praise the Lord" and was used to begin and end
several Psalms. For 10 points apiece:
1.
What is this word carried over into English?
ANSWER:
2.
ALLELUIA
OR HALLELUJAH
In the New Testament, it is found in only one book where it appears four times. Name that book that
also contains the ominous number 666.
ANSWER:
BOOK OF REVELATION(S)
OR THE APOCALYPSE
OR THE REVELATION OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
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Sports headline writers couldn't resist "Six and the City" in June 2003, when a half-dozen hurlers of the
visiting team left the home team hitless for the first time in 45 years, the longest stretch in the Majors.
For 10 points per answer:
1.
Name the team that scored zero in that game, and the winning team, whose pitchers included Roy
Oswalt and Billy Wagner.
ANSWER:
2.
NEW YORK YANKEES
PROMPT: If NEW YORK is answered
HOUSTON OR HOUSTON ASTROS
The Astros had their own Majors stretch end in 2000, when they began playing home games on real, not
artificial, grass for the first time in 36 years. In what Park formerly named for Enron?
ANSWER:
MINUTE MAID PARK
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Sports headline writers couldn't resist "Six and the City" in June 2003, when a half-dozen hurlers of the
visiting team left the home team hitless for the first time in 45 years, the longest stretch in the Majors.
For 10 points per answer:
1.
Name the team that scored zero in that game, and the winning team, whose pitchers included Roy
Oswalt and Billy Wagner.
ANSWER:
2.
NEW YORK YANKEES
PROMPT: If NEW YORK is answered
HOUSTON OR HOUSTON ASTROS
The Astros had their own Majors stretch end in 2000, when they began playing home games on real, not
artificial, grass for the first time in 36 years. In what Park formerly named for Enron?
ANSWER:
MINUTE MAID PARK
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Most English words obey the rule "i before e except after c or when sounded as A," but there are some
weird exceptions... like weird. For 10 points apiece -- name these other examples:
1.
The word for a type of noisy ghost whose name comes from German.
ANSWER:
2.
POLTERGEIST
A wake-up call by a bugle.
ANSWER:
REVEILLE (REH-veh-lee)
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Most English words obey the rule "i before e except after c or when sounded as A," but there are some
weird exceptions... like weird. For 10 points apiece -- name these other examples:
1.
The word for a type of noisy ghost whose name comes from German.
ANSWER:
2.
POLTERGEIST
A wake-up call by a bugle.
ANSWER:
REVEILLE (REH-veh-lee)
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Name this statesman after one clue for 30 points, after two for 20, or after all three for 10:
1.
When he was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1821, he set up the so-called Albany Regency to run
New York in his absence.
2.
In 1848, he was nominated for the presidency by the Free Soil Party.
3.
He was defeated for re-election to the presidency by "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too!"
ANSWER:
MARTIN VAN BUREN
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Name this statesman after one clue for 30 points, after two for 20, or after all three for 10:
1.
When he was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1821, he set up the so-called Albany Regency to run
New York in his absence.
2.
In 1848, he was nominated for the presidency by the Free Soil Party.
3.
He was defeated for re-election to the presidency by "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too!"
ANSWER:
MARTIN VAN BUREN
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Using all your powers of deduction, identify, for 5, 10, and 15 points, respectively, the contemporary author
who created the mystery-solving recurring character:
1.
Easy Rawlins, in books including Devil in a Blue Dress.
ANSWER:
2.
Peter Decker, in books including Street Dreams and Prayers for the Dead.
ANSWER:
3.
5 POINTS: WALTER MOSLEY
10 POINTS: FAYE KELLERMAN PROMPT: If KELLERMAN is answered
Lucas Davenport in 14 "Prey" titles including 2003's Naked Prey.
ANSWER:
15 POINTS: JOHN SANDFORD
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Using all your powers of deduction, identify, for 5, 10, and 15 points, respectively, the contemporary author
who created the mystery-solving recurring character:
1.
Easy Rawlins, in books including Devil in a Blue Dress.
ANSWER:
2.
Peter Decker, in books including Street Dreams and Prayers for the Dead.
ANSWER:
3.
5 POINTS: WALTER MOSLEY
10 POINTS: FAYE KELLERMAN PROMPT: If KELLERMAN is answered
Lucas Davenport in 14 "Prey" titles including 2003's Naked Prey.
ANSWER:
15 POINTS: JOHN SANDFORD
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37 degrees North Latitude crosses 109 degrees West Longitude very near the San Juan River but is otherwise
in the middle of nowhere. That intersection is, however, notable as the meeting point of -- for 5 points
apiece -- what four U.S. western states?
ANSWER:
ARIZONA
COLORADO
NEW MEXICO
UTAH
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37 degrees North Latitude crosses 109 degrees West Longitude very near the San Juan River but is otherwise
in the middle of nowhere. That intersection is, however, notable as the meeting point of -- for 5 points
apiece -- what four U.S. western states?
ANSWER:
ARIZONA
COLORADO
NEW MEXICO
UTAH
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Of the 29 arenas used in the NBA, all but three have been built since 1981, and 21 have been built since
1990. For 10 points apiece:
1.
The oldest arena still in use, built in 1962 and now called Key Arena, is home court for what team?
ANSWER:
2.
What second-oldest arena, built in 1968, is home court for the New York Knicks?
ANSWER:
3.
SEATTLE OR SUPERSONICS
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
What third-oldest arena, built in 1975, is home to the Houston Rockets?
ANSWER:
COMPAQ CENTER
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Of the 29 arenas used in the NBA, all but three have been built since 1981, and 21 have been built since
1990. For 10 points apiece:
1.
The oldest arena still in use, built in 1962 and now called Key Arena, is home court for what team?
ANSWER:
2.
What second-oldest arena, built in 1968, is home court for the New York Knicks?
ANSWER:
3.
SEATTLE OR SUPERSONICS
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
What third-oldest arena, built in 1975, is home to the Houston Rockets?
ANSWER:
COMPAQ CENTER
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Meaning "spouting water" in the Hawaiian language, this beach in the southeast section of Honolulu is world
famous for its crashing waves beneath Diamond Head. For 10 points apiece:
1.
Name this major tourist draw.
ANSWER:
2.
WAIKIKI (WIE-kuh-KEE) BEACH
Now, spell Waikiki.
ANSWER:
W-A-I-K-I-K-I
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Meaning "spouting water" in the Hawaiian language, this beach in the southeast section of Honolulu is world
famous for its crashing waves beneath Diamond Head. For 10 points apiece:
1.
Name this major tourist draw.
ANSWER:
2.
WAIKIKI (WIE-kuh-KEE) BEACH
Now, spell Waikiki.
ANSWER:
W-A-I-K-I-K-I
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President Clinton offended a lot of people by pardoning fugitive financier Marc Rich on his final day in office.
Those critics included the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York who had prepared Rich's
indictment in 1983. For 15 points apiece:
1.
Name that former prosecutor, by then a big city mayor.
ANSWER:
2.
RUDOLPH "RUDY" GIULIANI
Mayor Giuliani had urged a presidential pardon for another big-time financier whom Giuliani had
prosecuted in 1990. Name that Drexel Burnham Lambert (lam-BARE) executive and "junk bond king"
who served time but was not pardoned.
ANSWER:
MICHAEL MILKEN
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President Clinton offended a lot of people by pardoning fugitive financier Marc Rich on his final day in office.
Those critics included the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York who had prepared Rich's
indictment in 1983. For 15 points apiece:
1.
Name that former prosecutor, by then a big city mayor.
ANSWER:
2.
RUDOLPH "RUDY" GIULIANI
Mayor Giuliani had urged a presidential pardon for another big-time financier whom Giuliani had
prosecuted in 1990. Name that Drexel Burnham Lambert (lam-BARE) executive and "junk bond king"
who served time but was not pardoned.
ANSWER:
MICHAEL MILKEN
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In 2003, the Library of Congress began a new Sound Recording Registry with 50 historic recordings. For 10
points apiece -- those 50 initial recordings also include:
1.
The first network radio broadcast, in 1939, of Uncle Dave Macon and Roy Acuff (AY-kuf) on what
long-lived country music program?
ANSWER:
2.
THE GRAND OLE OPRY
PROMPT: IF PARTIAL ANSWER IS GIVEN
What singer's 1938 radio broadcast that premiered Irving Berlin's "God Bless America"?
ANSWER:
KATE SMITH
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In 2003, the Library of Congress began a new Sound Recording Registry with 50 historic recordings. For 10
points apiece -- those 50 initial recordings also include:
1.
The first network radio broadcast, in 1939, of Uncle Dave Macon and Roy Acuff (AY-kuf) on what
long-lived country music program?
ANSWER:
2.
THE GRAND OLE OPRY
PROMPT: IF PARTIAL ANSWER IS GIVEN
What singer's 1938 radio broadcast that premiered Irving Berlin's "God Bless America"?
ANSWER:
KATE SMITH
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Only two species of mammals have reproduced their way off of the U.S. Endangered Species List -one in 1994 and the other in 2003. Each is popularly known as the "Gray" species of its genus.
For 10 points -- give me the usual names of those two species formally known as
Eschrichtius robustus (esh-RIK-tee-us roh-BUS-tus) and Canis lupus (KAY-nis LOO-pus).
ANSWER:
GRAY WHALES
GRAY WOLF OR GRAY WOLVES
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Only two species of mammals have reproduced their way off of the U.S. Endangered Species List -one in 1994 and the other in 2003. Each is popularly known as the "Gray" species of its genus.
For 10 points -- give me the usual names of those two species formally known as
Eschrichtius robustus (esh-RIK-tee-us roh-BUS-tus) and Canis lupus (KAY-nis LOO-pus).
ANSWER:
GRAY WHALES
GRAY WOLF OR GRAY WOLVES
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Of the 10 chemicals most produced in the U.S., three are pure elements -- at least 24 billion pounds of each
being produced each year. For 10 points apiece -- name those two atmospheric gases and that deadly gas
first used as a chemical weapon by Germany in World War I.
ANSWER:
NITROGEN
OXYGEN
CHLORINE
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Of the 10 chemicals most produced in the U.S., three are pure elements -- at least 24 billion pounds of each
being produced each year. For 10 points apiece -- name those two atmospheric gases and that deadly gas
first used as a chemical weapon by Germany in World War I.
ANSWER:
NITROGEN
OXYGEN
CHLORINE
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Since 1954, Egypt has had only three presidents. For 10 points apiece -- name them.
ANSWER:
GAMAL ABDEL NASSER
ANWAR al-SADAT (AHN-war ahl-sah-DAHT)
HOSNI MUBARAK (HAHZ-nee moo-BAR-uk)
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Since 1954, Egypt has had only three presidents. For 10 points apiece -- name them.
ANSWER:
GAMAL ABDEL NASSER
ANWAR al-SADAT (AHN-war ahl-sah-DAHT)
HOSNI MUBARAK (HAHZ-nee moo-BAR-uk)
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The 20 nations with the highest Islamic populations are, with just two exceptions, predominantly Islamic
nations. That's how Mali (MAH-lee) and Tunisia make the top-20 list. For 10 points apiece -- what two
Asian nations have distinctly minority Islamic populations of 109 million and 29 million, respectively?
ANSWER:
INDIA
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
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The 20 nations with the highest Islamic populations are, with just two exceptions, predominantly Islamic
nations. That's how Mali (MAH-lee) and Tunisia make the top-20 list. For 10 points apiece -- what two
Asian nations have distinctly minority Islamic populations of 109 million and 29 million, respectively?
ANSWER:
INDIA
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
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John Adams, America's first vice president, served two full terms in that office from 1789 to 1797.
In the next 150 years, only three other men served two full terms as vice president. For 10 points apiece -name them.
ANSWER:
DANIEL D. TOMPKINS (1817-1825)
THOMAS R. MARSHALL (1913-1921)
JOHN NANCE GARNER (1933-1941)
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John Adams, America's first vice president, served two full terms in that office from 1789 to 1797.
In the next 150 years, only three other men served two full terms as vice president. For 10 points apiece -name them.
ANSWER:
DANIEL D. TOMPKINS (1817-1825)
THOMAS R. MARSHALL (1913-1921)
JOHN NANCE GARNER (1933-1941)
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The 1991 Persian Gulf War introduced the Humvee to a non-military audience who demanded -- and quickly
got -- a civilian version, the Hummer 1. In the 2003 Iraq War, the original HMMWV was returned to desert
service. For 5 points per word -- what does that U.S. Army abbreviation HMMWV stand for?
ANSWER:
HIGH MOBILITY MULTIPURPOSE WHEELED VEHICLES
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The 1991 Persian Gulf War introduced the Humvee to a non-military audience who demanded -- and quickly
got -- a civilian version, the Hummer 1. In the 2003 Iraq War, the original HMMWV was returned to desert
service. For 5 points per word -- what does that U.S. Army abbreviation HMMWV stand for?
ANSWER:
HIGH MOBILITY MULTIPURPOSE WHEELED VEHICLES
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