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1. Although he had a reputation as a troublemaker, over 20,000 people attended his funeral in

Vienna. The Heligenstadt Testament of 1802 recorded his suicidal despair, which was fueled by the

knowledge that he was going incurably deaf. For 10 points, name this composer, German born but to a

Dutch family.

A: Ludwig van Beethoven

2. This office was prominent in England at the time of the Norman Conquest. By the time the 14th

century rolled around, though, it was no longer worthy of a high-ranking government position.

For

10

points, name this position of the royal househcild portrayed recently by Anthony Hopkins.

A: butler

3. In 1990, its ruler, King Moshoeshoe (mo-show-eh-shoe-eh) was sent into exile in a military coup.

Formerly known as Basutoland, this country became a British protectorate in 1868, finally gaining

independence in 1966. It's capital, Maseru, lies north of the Orange River. For 10 points, name this

African nation.

A:

Lesotho

4

Jealous of Aeis' love for Galatea, this mythological beast crushed the warrior with a rock. His father,

Posideon, used storms to punish Odysseus for inflicting a major wound to his eye. For 10 points,

name this most famous of the Cyclops.

A: Polyphemus

5 Mendeleev publishes his periodic table. The Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads are joined

in

Utah. The Suez Canal opens. Ulysses

S

Grant is sworn in as President. For 10 points, in what year did

all of these events occur?

A: 869

6 "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents, grumbled Jo, lying on the rug." For 10 points,

this is

the

first line from what famous American novel published in 1868?

A: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

7 Roger Moore, Catherine Bach, Adrienne Barbeau, Joe Klecko, Farrah Fawcett, Dean Martin,

Sammy Davis, Jr., Dom DeLouise, and Burt Reynolds all appeared

in

this movie. For 10 points, name

this 1981 film about a cross-country race.

A: Cannonball Run

8. Spelling was probably the last thing on the mind of fishermen in 1927 when they caught a fish

thought

to

be dead for 70 million years. But as this is college bowl, you better be thinking about

spelling. For 10 points, spell the name of this not-quite-dead-yet fish, the coelacanth (seal-a-canth).

A: C-O-E-L-A-C-A-N-T-H

9 The source for this movie was he lansman by Thomas Dixon. It holds every box office record for

silent movies, grossing $18 million by 1931. For 10 points, name this landmark 1915 film by D W.

Griffith.

A: Birth of a Nation

10. Pencil and paper ready Write down the symbols for the following elements: lithium, yttrium

(yitrium), beryllium, neon, and curium. By rearranging the letters in these symbols, you get, for 10

points, the name of what Shakespearean romance, written in 1609 and not much read since then?

A: Cymbeline .

11. Known as Dar ai-Beida in Arabic, it stands on the medieval town of Afna, which was a pirate's nest

in the 15th century. The city was destroyed but eventually rebuilt and occupied

by

the French in

1907. For 10 points, name this African port city home to a 1943 wartime conference and Rick's Cafe

Americain.

A: Casablanca


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12. Her work was first recognized when she won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry with Thomas

and

Beulah.

Someone must like her work, because she recently took the office of Poet Laureate of the U.S. For

1

pOints, name this woman.

A: Rita Dove

13. Tocharian, Palaic, Umbrian, Oscan, Hittite, Old French, Old English, and Middle English can all be

classified,

for

10 points, by what morbid, two word term?

A: dead languages

14. This lyricist's name, when pronounced differently, refers to a peddler of religious books. The

composer, though, helped to define American music in the 1920s with hits like Silk Stockings Can

Can Night

and

Day and Anything Goes. For 10 points, give the full name of this musician.

A: Cole Porter (a colporteur is the book peddler)

15. He founded the Rex Party in 1930, heavily influenced by Italian fascism and the Nazis. Rejected

by voters before the war, he revived the Rex Party after the Nazis 1940 invasion. At the end of the war

he escaped to Argentina, avoiding extradition. For 10 points name this man, leader of the Belgian

Nazis from 1940 to 1945.

A: Leon Degrelle

16. With a membership of 190, it is the world's largest intemational organization . But from those 190,

only 4 will get the chane to vie for the organization's top prize this summer. For 10 points name this

organization, sponsor of the World Cup and governing body for international soccer.

A: FIFA or Federation Internationale de Futbol Association or Intemational Federation of

Association Football

17. A 7th centruy Mohammedian leader, this caliph led Islam during the time that the religion swept

across much of the known world. Several people have his name as their first name, including the

ground troop commander in the D-Day invasion and the star of Dr. Zhivago. For 10 points, what is this

shared name?

A: Omar

18. Thetia, Scylla, Lotis, Amphitrite, Daphne, and Echo were all the same type of deity in Greek

mythology, but not full-blown goddesses. For 10 points, just what sort of divine creature were they?

A: nymphs

19. Like Michaelangelo, he left many of his works unfinished. A Romantic painter,

he

painted both

Turkish subjects, as seen in Entrance of the Crusaders into Constantinople and classic subjects, as

seen in assaae at Scia For 10 points, name this painter, also Well-known for his portrait of Frederic

Chopin.

A: Eugene Delacroix

20. The name's the same, but not pronounced the same in each case. The fourth largest city in the

People's Republic of China, a political subdivision of a European nation, and the US

city

home to a

professional sport's hall of fame. For 10 points, what is this shared name?

A: canton

21. Charles Dawson claimed to have made a major anthropological discovery with a humanoid skeleton

which scient ists named Eoanthropus dawsoni. But in 1949, Kenneth Oakley called his bluff, noting

among other things that the man's jawbone came from a monkey. For 10 points, give the name of

this hoax, named for the Sussex gravel pit where the skeleton was

daimed

to be found.

A: Piltdown Man hoax

. His original name was the rather unweildy Rodolpho Alfonzo Rafaelo Pierre Rlibert Gugliemi

d'Antonguolla. He moved to the U.S. at age 18 and pared his moniker to a more acceptible length. He

became a silent film star in short order, portaying a character known as the Shiek. For 10 points, name

this legend who died in 1926 of complications from a perforated ulcer and burst appendix.

A: Rudolph Valentino


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23. Pronounced one way, it 's the currency of Costa Rica and EI Salvador. Pronounced another way,

it's a punctuation mark used mainly to direct attention. The same pronunciation also applies when

using the word to describe the part of the large intestine extending to the rectum. For 10 points, what

is this word?

A: colon

24. In the Bible Daniel saves her. In a Mozart opera, Figaro marries her. And in a Stephen Foster

song, she'll be riding six white horses when she comes. For 10 points, what is the shared name of

these women?

A: Susanna

25. Founded in 1851, this school stood atop AP's very first college football poll at the end of the 1936

season. It's repeated that feat 3 other times. Its basketball program, currently under the direction of

Clem Haskins, has been number 1 twice, but in 1902 and in 1919. For 10 points, name this Big 10

school, last year's NIT champion.

A: University of Minnesota

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. This work attacked mercantile restrictions, proposing instead economic self-interest and a natural

division of labor. It also introduced the concept of laissez faire (la-say fair). For 10 points, name this

influential 1776 work.

;f

A: The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

27

. George Bush made the transition from VP to President, and his 2nd in command, Dan Quayle, will

likely try to do the same in 1996. In fact, several vice-presients have ascended to the office of

President, one way or another. For 10 points, and within one, just how many second bananas

managed to make this move to the Oval Office?

A: 4 (accept 13 or 15 as well)

28. A Briton, working in America and building on the work of the Japanese, he will win a long-standing

German prize for solving a problem proposed by a Frenchman.

Need

a scorecard? For 10 points,

name this man who has apparently solved Fermat's Last Theorem.

A : Andrew Wiles

29. It jus t joined the United Nations in 1990, odd given the' longevity of its ruling house. It hosts a

Grand Prix race but does not have any Grand Prix drivers calling

it

home.

It

even has a prince who is

now princessless. For 10 points, name this tax haven famous for its casinos.

A: Monaco

30. You WOUldn t expect that Barry Bonds would have to pick up his MVP award in Munich, but this

man had to travel all the way to Las Vegas to pick up his award , the most prestigious individual award in

the Eastern Hemisphere. For 10 points, name this man, an Italian striker who was named Europe's

Footballer of the Year for 1993.

A: Roberto Baggio (need full name- Dino Baggio also big in soccer)


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30

POINT

BONUS

For

the

stated number of points, answer these questions

about sonnets.

For 5 points, what sonnet consists

of an

octave

and

a sestet?

A:

ITALIAN

or PETRARCHAN

For 10 points,

what variation

of

the Bizabethan sonnet contains

3

quatrains and

a couplet?

A: SPENSERIAN

For 15 points, what

sonnet

form, developed by

Gerard

Manley

Hopkins, contains

an

unusual 10 and 112 lines?

A: CURTAL

2.

30-20-10

BONUS Name

the

historian.

30: A Rhodes

scholar

in the

1930s he

returned

from

England

and

began

teaching at Harvard

and Chicago.

20: After winning a Pulitzer in 1974,

he

was appointed Ubrarian

of

Congress by

President

Ford.

10: After stepping down from the library

in

1987, he returned to

writing history

penning

The Discovers

and

The Creators.

A:

Daniel BOORSTIN

3. 30

POINT BONUS

Simple. Name the scientist who discovered the given

thing. 10

points

each.

atomic nucleus

neutron

electron

A:

Ernest RUTHERFORD

A:

James CHADWICK

J.J.

THOMSON

4. 25 POINT BONUS We all

know that the Speaker

of

the House is third in line

in the order of

Presidentia l succession. But a

different government

official is

third in the

order

of protocol. For

25

points, what non-Executive branch

official is responsible for greeting

ambassadors

and dignitaries when the

President

and VP cannot?

A:

CHIEF

JUSTICE

OF

THE SUPREME COURT

5. 30

POINT BONUS

From

the

mes

of

Amusing Postal Moments: Cuzco, Peru was

to sport a

statue of

the last king of the Incas. What they got from the foundry

was a

statue

of a

much

diferent Native American. Lacking

the

funds

to

reverse

this

error

they

kept

the statue and put it up. For 10 points what Native

American father of Pocahontis, now

stands in

Cuzco s city

square?

A: POWHATAN

For 20 points name the Incan king that was supposed to stand where

Powhatan

now is.

A: ATAHUALPA

6.

30

POINT

BONUS

Your generic

name the

composer bonus

10

points

each.

Clock ymphony A:

Josef HAYDN

ymphonie

Fantastique A: Hector BERLIOZ

Kaddish ymphony A: Leonard BERNSTEIN

7. 30

POINT BONUS They Also Ran

a

book

by Irving Stone, details

several

losing Presidential candidates. For 10 points each, given

the

winner

name

the

loser,

all of

whom Stone

thinks

would

have made the

better President.

James

Buchanan A: John C

FREMONT

Herbert Hoover

A: ALFRED E SMITH

Ulysses

S

Grant (1868)

A:

Horatio

SEYMOUR


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8. 30 POINT BONUS We

don t

normally think of Canadian provinces as having

counties, but

the

Northwest Territories do have divisions,

three in

fact. For

10

points each, name the three districts that make up the Northwest

Territory.

A: M A C K E N Z I ~ F R A N K L I N L K E E W ATIN

9.

20

POINT BONUS . Many famous authors also wrote

screenplays

for

the

movies. Note

the

following five- Shaw, Faulkner, Steinbeck, Fitzgerald,

and

Parker. For 5 points each, given the movie, tell me which of those authors

wrote it.

Gone With the Wind

The Big Sleep

A

Star is Born

Caesar and Cleopatra

A: FITZGERALD

A: FAULKNER

A: PARKER

A:

SHAW

10. 20 POINT

BONUS He

started as executive producer of

The Loner

a

Twilight

one knock-off. He

then went

on to become the executive

producer

and

narratror of both the

Green Hornet

and

Batman

1V

series. For

20 points name

this

man

whose distinctive

voice

and

campy production

style

made both of

his

latter

shows

cult

classics.

A: William DOZIER

11.

30-20-10

BONUS Name the element.

lamps.

30: Discovered

in

1828 by Berzelius, its earliest use was in gas street

20: It has

many

radioactive isotopes,

and

has

the atomic

number

90.

10: It's

in the

actinide series,

and named

for a Norse god.

A: THORIUM

12.

20 POINT

BONUS Its main concepts were

developed

by Felix Hausdorff. Two

problems in this

branch

of mathematics

are

The 7 Bridges of Konigsberg and

the

Four-Color Problem. For

20

points,

name

this

companion to geometry

which

deals with

patterns and structures.

A:

TOPOLOGY

13. 20 POINT

BONUS

You've heard of Bob Roberts and Robert Goulet, but

have

you heard of these

historical

Roberts? You'll get 10 points apiece for correctly

identifying

them.

The father

of

William the Conqueror,

he

was noted for a life of cruelty

and violence.

A: ROBERT THE DINIL

A Scottish noble,

he

led a revolt against England to

gain

independence.

A: ROBERT THE BRUCE

14. 30 POINT

BONUS

Given the class year

and

rank,

identify

the West Point

graduate

who went

on

to

become

a general.

1861,

last

in his class

1903, first in his class

1829,

second

in his class

A: George

CUSTER

A: Douglas MACARTHUR

A: Robert E LEE


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15. 25 POINT BONUS. Only 2 NBA coaches have been

named

Coach

of

the Year

for two different teams. One coached the Cavaliers in 1976 and the Celtics in

1980. The other coached the Bucks in 1985 and Golden State in 1992. For 10

points

each

and a 5 point

bonus

for both,

name

these coaches.

A: Bill FITCH Don NElSON

16. 30 POINT BONUS. A 30 point bonus on the 30 Years' War. You'll get 10

points for each correct

answer.

This 1648 treaty

ended

the war.

A: Peace of WESTPHAUA

This Swedish Protestant leader invaded the Holy Roman Empire in

1630 and

defeated

the

imperial force.

A: GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS

This critical 1632 battle pitted Gustavus Adolphus against Wallenstein.

A: Battle

of

LUTZ EN

17. 30-20-10 BONUS. Name

the

state.

30:

The state motto

is Hope

and the

state flower is

the

violet.

20: Colonists

battled

natives in

the

Great Swamp Fight

in

1675.

10:

Founders of

this state inclue Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson.

A: RHODE

ISLAND

18. 25 POINT BONUS. The Olympian gods of ancient Greece often

had

objects

associated

with them, including shields, musical

instruments,

and

most

notably for

this bonus) staves. For 10 points each,

and

a 5

point

bonus

for

both,

name these mythically-related object.

A

staff

entwined with 2 serpents, it belonged

to

Hermes until he gave

it

to

Asclepius (ass-klee-pea-us), god of healing

and

medicine

A: CADUCEUS

A

staff

entwined with grapevines, it belonged to Dionysus. Matthew

Arnold

named a

work after

it.

A:

THYRSUS

19. 25 POINT BONUS. Founded in

720

BC

it was the earliest Greek colony on the

Gulf of

Taranto

in Italy. After becoming a small empire in its own right, party

strife

and

social upheaval caused its violent destruction in 510

BC.

For 25

points, name this Greek colony whose luxurious lifestyle is a buzzword

today

for any lavish existence.

A: SYBARlS sybarite)

20.

20

POINT

BONUS.

He's

not

a werewolf, but

he

was killed by a silver bullet.

After proclaiming himself

king of a

Caribbean

island,

he hallucinates about

his own past and the history

of

blacks in America. For 20 points, name this

1920 play by Eugene O'Neill.

A: THE EMPORER JONES

21. 30 POINT

BONUS.

In

the

14 times

that the

World Cup has been played, only 6

nations have

won. For 5

points

each, name this elite

group

that consists

of

3

European

and

3

South

American nations.

A: ARGENTINA BRAZIL ENGLAND

ITALY URUGUAY

WEST GERMANY

must

say West Germany, as East or

combined never

won)


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22. 30-20-10 BONUS. Name the playwright from the plays

30: The Vikings of Helgoland

20: n nemy

of

the People

1 : Ghosts A: Henrik IBSEN

23.

30

POINT

BONUS.

In its

47 year

history,

the

United Nations

General

Assembly

has been

presided over by six men,

each from

a different

nation

.

For 5 points each, give

the

nations represented

by

these men.

A:

NORWAY,

SWEDEN, BURMA

OR

MYANMAR),

AUSTRIA

, PERU, EGYPT

24. 30-20-10

BONUS.

Give

the

common name.

30: It was the

name of an

abolitionist newspaper

run by

Frederick

Douglass.

20:

It s the name of

a gay character from the

comic book lpha Flight

10: It is also

the

common

name of

the celestial object Polaris.

A: NORTH

STAR

25.

20

POINT

BONUS.

We all have played Monopoly. It

seems odd

that this

popular

strike

it

rich

game

was

invented during the

Depression.

But

it

was,

by

an

unemployed engineer from Germantown, Pensylvania. For 20 points, name

this man who went from

broke to millionaire with

the

game

of hotels,

deeds,

and

go.

A: Charles DARROW

26. 30-20-10 BONUS. Name the

book

give the characters.

30: Thorpe

Athelny

20: Mildred Rogers and Miss Wilkinson

10: Philip, William, and Louisa Carey

A:

OF

HUMAN

BONDAGE

27. 25 POINT BONUS. Final bonus cop-out time. For each country given, give

its unit of currency, 5 points each and 5 for all

four.

Brazil

A:

CRUZADO

Burkina Faso

A:

CFA FRANC

(prompt

if say franc )

Bahrain A: DINAR

Bangladesh A: TAKA

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