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He likes to be left alone in his home near Stonehenge and so refused, last October 11th, to accept a phone call from some guy in Sweden. His wife had to insist he take the call that brought him the 2001 Nobel Prize for Literature. For 10 points -- name him.
ANSWER: SIR V. S. NAIPAUL (NIE-paul)
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He likes to be left alone in his home near Stonehenge and so refused, last October 11th, to accept a phone call from some guy in Sweden. His wife had to insist he take the call that brought him the 2001 Nobel Prize for Literature. For 10 points -- name him.
ANSWER: SIR V. S. NAIPAUL (NIE-paul)
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It is the only nation that still inoculates its army for smallpox, and U.S. intelligence suspects there's an obvious reason. For 10 points -- name this Democratic People's Republic suspected, along with Iraq, of maintaining stockpiles of the smallpox virus.
ANSWER: DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA OR NORTH KOREA
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It is the only nation that still inoculates its army for smallpox, and U.S. intelligence suspects there's an obvious reason. For 10 points -- name this Democratic People's Republic suspected, along with Iraq, of maintaining stockpiles of the smallpox virus.
ANSWER: DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA OR NORTH KOREA
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She never learned French or Latin or Greek but taught all three languages to her famous student. She did that by spelling Radcliffe College courses in those languages onto the hand of Helen Keller. For 10 points - - who was this "miracle worker"?
ANSWER: ANNE (OR ANNIE) SULLIVAN OR ANNE SULLIVAN MACY
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She never learned French or Latin or Greek but taught all three languages to her famous student. She did that by spelling Radcliffe College courses in those languages onto the hand of Helen Keller. For 10 points - - who was this "miracle worker"?
ANSWER: ANNE (OR ANNIE) SULLIVAN OR ANNE SULLIVAN MACY
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The best argument against comets providing the water for earth's oceans is that comets contain far more of this noble gas than is found in the oceans or the atmosphere. With four times the density of air, this gas would have stayed around. For 10 points -- name this first noble gas found to form compounds.
ANSWER: XENON (ZEE-nahn)
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The best argument against comets providing the water for earth's oceans is that comets contain far more of this noble gas than is found in the oceans or the atmosphere. With four times the density of air, this gas would have stayed around. For 10 points -- name this first noble gas found to form compounds.
ANSWER: XENON (ZEE-nahn)
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Paper and pencils ready? Take the minimum constitutional age for a U.S. president, subtract the number of years an eligible president must have lived in the U.S., and then subtract the number of the amendment that established separate electoral counts for president and vice president. For 10 points -- your result is what square number?
ANSWER: NINE HOST: 35 - 14 = 21 - 12 = 9
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Paper and pencils ready? Take the minimum constitutional age for a U.S. president, subtract the number of years an eligible president must have lived in the U.S., and then subtract the number of the amendment that established separate electoral counts for president and vice president. For 10 points -- your result is what square number?
ANSWER: NINE HOST: 35 - 14 = 21 - 12 = 9
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It is always the slowest Grand Prix (PREE) on the Formula One circuit as it is entirely run on city streets. There's no choice because all roads in the country for which it's named are city streets. For 10 points -- name this Grand Prix run every year on the Riviera.
ANSWER: MONACO GRAND PRIX ACCEPT: MONTE CARLO GRAND PRIX
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It is always the slowest Grand Prix (PREE) on the Formula One circuit as it is entirely run on city streets. There's no choice because all roads in the country for which it's named are city streets. For 10 points -- name this Grand Prix run every year on the Riviera.
ANSWER: MONACO GRAND PRIX ACCEPT: MONTE CARLO GRAND PRIX
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His opera The Village Soothsayer held the French Stage for 50 years, and his writing about music filled three volumes of the French Encyclopedia. For 10 points -- who was this composer and music critic better know as the author of The Social Contract?
ANSWER: JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU (ZHAHN-ZHAHK roo-SOH)
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His opera The Village Soothsayer held the French Stage for 50 years, and his writing about music filled three volumes of the French Encyclopedia. For 10 points -- who was this composer and music critic better know as the author of The Social Contract?
ANSWER: JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU (ZHAHN-ZHAHK roo-SOH)
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He was the only U.S. president born of immigrant parents. Exactly where he was born remains a dispute between the two Carolinas, though he was a Tennessean by the time he became president. For 10 points -- name him.
ANSWER: ANDREW JACKSON
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He was the only U.S. president born of immigrant parents. Exactly where he was born remains a dispute between the two Carolinas, though he was a Tennessean by the time he became president. For 10 points -- name him.
ANSWER: ANDREW JACKSON
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A distance from the earth that gives a parallax of 3.259 arc seconds; 63,240 astronomical units; and 0.3066 parsecs (PAR-sex) are all equal -- for 10 points -- to one what?
ANSWER: ONE LIGHT-YEAR
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A distance from the earth that gives a parallax of 3.259 arc seconds; 63,240 astronomical units; and 0.3066 parsecs (PAR-sex) are all equal -- for 10 points -- to one what?
ANSWER: ONE LIGHT-YEAR
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A 4,000-square-foot doll house, a life-size, walk-through "Candyland" game, and a 60-foot-tall Ferris Wheel. Those are just some of the attractions in its new flagship store in New York City's Times Square. For 10 points -- what is this major retailer catering to kids, fronted by Geoffrey the Giraffe?
ANSWER: TOYS R US
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A 4,000-square-foot doll house, a life-size, walk-through "Candyland" game, and a 60-foot-tall Ferris Wheel. Those are just some of the attractions in its new flagship store in New York City's Times Square. For 10 points -- what is this major retailer catering to kids, fronted by Geoffrey the Giraffe?
ANSWER: TOYS R US
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For 61 years after he fled the USSR in 1925, recordings by this "Tornado of the Steppes" secretly circulated in his homeland until his triumphant concert tour there in 1986 at age 81. For 10 points -- who was this classical pianist and naturalized American?
ANSWER: VLADIMIR HOROWITZ
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For 61 years after he fled the USSR in 1925, recordings by this "Tornado of the Steppes" secretly circulated in his homeland until his triumphant concert tour there in 1986 at age 81. For 10 points -- who was this classical pianist and naturalized American?
ANSWER: VLADIMIR HOROWITZ
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In 1983 he concluded the biggest job discrimination settlement in history when G.M. agreed to pay $42.5 million to compensate African American employees. For 10 points -- name this then Chairman of the E.E.O.C. who has served, since 1991, on the U.S. Supreme Court.
ANSWER: CLARENCE THOMAS
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In 1983 he concluded the biggest job discrimination settlement in history when G.M. agreed to pay $42.5 million to compensate African American employees. For 10 points -- name this then Chairman of the E.E.O.C. who has served, since 1991, on the U.S. Supreme Court.
ANSWER: CLARENCE THOMAS
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It failed to put Charles Lindbergh on the cover of its very first issue in May of 1927. That omission prompted it, eight months later, to create a special way of putting him on its cover, as 1927's "Man of the Year." For 10 points -- name this weekly.
ANSWER: TIME
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It failed to put Charles Lindbergh on the cover of its very first issue in May of 1927. That omission prompted it, eight months later, to create a special way of putting him on its cover, as 1927's "Man of the Year." For 10 points -- name this weekly.
ANSWER: TIME
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This 2-square-mile island contains four lighthouses, the U.S.-built fortification Fort Mills, extensive tunnels, and the Pacific War Memorial. For 10 points -- name this island in the entrance to Manila Bay.
ANSWER: CORREGIDOR (koh-REG-ih-dor)
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This 2-square-mile island contains four lighthouses, the U.S.-built fortification Fort Mills, extensive tunnels, and the Pacific War Memorial. For 10 points -- name this island in the entrance to Manila Bay.
ANSWER: CORREGIDOR (koh-REG-ih-dor)
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He wrote his Instrucciones Antiguas (een-strook-see-OH-nes ahn-TEE-gwahs) -- a detailed how-to book for torturers in 1481 and kept lovingly expanding it until his death in 1498. For 10 points -- who was this Dominican monk and first Inquisitor General of the Spanish Inquisition?
ANSWER: TOMAS DE TORQUEMADA (tor-keh-MAH-duh)
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He wrote his Instrucciones Antiguas (een-strook-see-OH-nes ahn-TEE-gwahs) -- a detailed how-to book for torturers in 1481 and kept lovingly expanding it until his death in 1498. For 10 points -- who was this Dominican monk and first Inquisitor General of the Spanish Inquisition?
ANSWER: TOMAS DE TORQUEMADA (tor-keh-MAH-duh)
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One out of every 163 Americans is now in prison, a figure some six times the average in Europe, and a rate topped by only one other nation on earth. For 10 points -- name that nation of 146 million.
ANSWER: RUSSIA
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One out of every 163 Americans is now in prison, a figure some six times the average in Europe, and a rate topped by only one other nation on earth. For 10 points -- name that nation of 146 million.
ANSWER: RUSSIA
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"I shall not retire until all Americans agree with me" was his statement in mid-2001 when he signed a record $250 million deal with Premiere Radio Networks that will keep him on the air till 2009. For 10 points -- who is this top-paid and very right-wing radio personality?
ANSWER: RUSH LIMBAUGH
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"I shall not retire until all Americans agree with me" was his statement in mid-2001 when he signed a record $250 million deal with Premiere Radio Networks that will keep him on the air till 2009. For 10 points -- who is this top-paid and very right-wing radio personality?
ANSWER: RUSH LIMBAUGH
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Its crater contains one of only three perpetual lakes of lava in the world, and this 12,448-foot volcano is named for the gateway to hell in Greek myth. For 10 points -- name this volcano on Ross Island off the coast of Antarctica.
ANSWER: MOUNT EREBUS (ER-eh-bus)
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Its crater contains one of only three perpetual lakes of lava in the world, and this 12,448-foot volcano is named for the gateway to hell in Greek myth. For 10 points -- name this volcano on Ross Island off the coast of Antarctica.
ANSWER: MOUNT EREBUS (ER-eh-bus)
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The first one was found in 1957 by biochemists Alick Isaacs and John Lindenmann. They were divided into alpha, beta and gamma types and, by 2000, 15 different alphas had been approved as treatments for specific diseases. For 10 points -- name these molecules made by cells in response to viruses.
ANSWER: INTERFERONS (in-ter-FEER-ons) ACCEPT: ALPHA INTERFERONS
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The first one was found in 1957 by biochemists Alick Isaacs and John Lindenmann. They were divided into alpha, beta and gamma types and, by 2000, 15 different alphas had been approved as treatments for specific diseases. For 10 points -- name these molecules made by cells in response to viruses.
ANSWER: INTERFERONS (in-ter-FEER-ons) ACCEPT: ALPHA INTERFERONS
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His record 8-year, $88 million contract extension in October 2001 reflects his status as the top scorer, for five of the last six seasons, in the NHL. For 10 points -- name this former Pittsburgh Penguin now with the Washington Capitals.
ANSWER: JAROMIR JAGR (YAR-oh-mir YAHG'R)
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His record 8-year, $88 million contract extension in October 2001 reflects his status as the top scorer, for five of the last six seasons, in the NHL. For 10 points -- name this former Pittsburgh Penguin now with the Washington Capitals.
ANSWER: JAROMIR JAGR (YAR-oh-mir YAHG'R)
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It's still spoken among the Assyrian community in Azerbaijan (AZ-er-bie-JAHN) and in a few isolated villages in Syria. For 10 points -- name this language used in the Targums (TAR-gums) and widely spoken in the land of Israel in the 1st century.
ANSWER: ARAMAIC (air-uh-MAY-ik)
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It's still spoken among the Assyrian community in Azerbaijan (AZ-er-bie-JAHN) and in a few isolated villages in Syria. For 10 points -- name this language used in the Targums (TAR-gums) and widely spoken in the land of Israel in the 1st century.
ANSWER: ARAMAIC (air-uh-MAY-ik)
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The length, density, shape and elasticity of the reeds determine the pitch of this instrument created by Friedrich Buschmann in 1822. The now traditional keyboard was added in the 1850s to perfect -- for 10 points -- what instrument essential for polka music?
ANSWER: ACCORDIONS
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The length, density, shape and elasticity of the reeds determine the pitch of this instrument created by Friedrich Buschmann in 1822. The now traditional keyboard was added in the 1850s to perfect -- for 10 points -- what instrument essential for polka music?
ANSWER: ACCORDIONS
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In August 1945, he undertook a mysterious secret mission for King George 6th to retrieve some family papers from Germany. That king's widow, the current Queen Mother, defended him even after he confessed to being a Soviet spy, and Queen Elizabeth II kept him on as curator of her art collection. For 10 points -- name him.
ANSWER: ANTHONY BLUNT
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In August 1945, he undertook a mysterious secret mission for King George 6th to retrieve some family papers from Germany. That king's widow, the current Queen Mother, defended him even after he confessed to being a Soviet spy, and Queen Elizabeth II kept him on as curator of her art collection. For 10 points -- name him.
ANSWER: ANTHONY BLUNT
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His novel The Hope covers the first two decades of Israel's existence, much as he covered the era just before and during World War II in The Winds of War and War and Remembrance. For 10 points -- name him.
ANSWER: HERMAN WOUK
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His novel The Hope covers the first two decades of Israel's existence, much as he covered the era just before and during World War II in The Winds of War and War and Remembrance. For 10 points -- name him.
ANSWER: HERMAN WOUK
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An otherwise symptomless form of strep throat is blamed for a recent dramatic rise in a potentially fatal childhood disease. For 10 points -- what is this "fever" caused by strep throat, a complication often leading to scarring of the heart?
ANSWER: SCARLET FEVER
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An otherwise symptomless form of strep throat is blamed for a recent dramatic rise in a potentially fatal childhood disease. For 10 points -- what is this "fever" caused by strep throat, a complication often leading to scarring of the heart?
ANSWER: SCARLET FEVER
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From 1917 into the 1980s, it was the U.S.'s largest producer of aspirin, and was also dominant in the chemical and plastics industries. For 10 points -- name the St. Louis-based company that created both Saccharin and Astroturf and that merged with Upjohn in 2000.
ANSWER: MONSANTO COMPANY
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From 1917 into the 1980s, it was the U.S.'s largest producer of aspirin, and was also dominant in the chemical and plastics industries. For 10 points -- name the St. Louis-based company that created both Saccharin and Astroturf and that merged with Upjohn in 2000.
ANSWER: MONSANTO COMPANY
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He translated The Odyssey into modern Greek in 1965 and wrote his own 24-book 33,333-verse The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel in 1938. For 10 points -- who was this author of the more controversial The Last Temptation of Christ?
ANSWER: NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS (kah-zahnt-ZAH-kis)
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He translated The Odyssey into modern Greek in 1965 and wrote his own 24-book 33,333-verse The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel in 1938. For 10 points -- who was this author of the more controversial The Last Temptation of Christ?
ANSWER: NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS (kah-zahnt-ZAH-kis)
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Mother Teresa won the first one in 1973 and Oxford biochemist Arthur Peacocke won this million-dollar prize in 2001. For 10 points -- name this nearest thing to a Nobel Prize in Religion, founded, funded and named for a Tennessee-born international financier.
ANSWER: JOHN MARKS TEMPLETON PRIZE FOR PROGRESS IN RELIGION
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Mother Teresa won the first one in 1973 and Oxford biochemist Arthur Peacocke won this million-dollar prize in 2001. For 10 points -- name this nearest thing to a Nobel Prize in Religion, founded, funded and named for a Tennessee-born international financier.
ANSWER: JOHN MARKS TEMPLETON PRIZE FOR PROGRESS IN RELIGION
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George Washington Carver's association with peanuts began in his biochemical laboratories. He correctly diagnosed the cause of a decline in southern agriculture to the depletion of a necessary element in the soil by a certain crop planted year after year on the same land. For 10 points apiece -- name that element and that crop.
ANSWER: NITROGEN COTTON
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George Washington Carver's association with peanuts began in his biochemical laboratories. He correctly diagnosed the cause of a decline in southern agriculture to the depletion of a necessary element in the soil by a certain crop planted year after year on the same land. For 10 points apiece -- name that element and that crop.
ANSWER: NITROGEN COTTON
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Name this leader after one clue for 30 points, after two for 20, or after all three for 10 points:
1. He overthrew China's Sung Dynasty in 1279 and replaced it with the Yuan (yoo-AHN) Dynasty.
2. He moved his capital from Karakoram (kah-rah-KOR-um) in Mongolia to Beijing.
3. He was the Mongol emperor visited by Marco Polo.
ANSWER: KUBLAI KHAN (KOOB-lie KAHN) OR KUBLA KHAN (KOOB-luh KAHN) PROMPT: If PARTIAL ANSWER is given
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Name this leader after one clue for 30 points, after two for 20, or after all three for 10 points:
1. He overthrew China's Sung Dynasty in 1279 and replaced it with the Yuan (yoo-AHN) Dynasty.
2. He moved his capital from Karakoram (kah-rah-KOR-um) in Mongolia to Beijing.
3. He was the Mongol emperor visited by Marco Polo.
ANSWER: KUBLAI KHAN (KOOB-lie KAHN) OR KUBLA KHAN (KOOB-luh KAHN) PROMPT: If PARTIAL ANSWER is given
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"The Weakest Link" and "Absolutely Fabulous" are just recent examples of Brit wit hitting U.S. airwaves. For 10 points apiece:
1. "Till Death Do Us Part" was re-worked into what series that was nominated for, or won, an Emmy every year during the 1970s thanks to producer Norman Lear?
ANSWER: ALL IN THE FAMILY
2. "Man About the House" was re-worked into what shtick-com starring Suzanne Somers?
ANSWER: THREE'S COMPANY
3. What British comedy-improv show kept its name as a U.S. show hosted by Drew Carey?
ANSWER: WHOSE LINE IS IT, ANYWAY?
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"The Weakest Link" and "Absolutely Fabulous" are just recent examples of Brit wit hitting U.S. airwaves. For 10 points apiece:
1. "Till Death Do Us Part" was re-worked into what series that was nominated for, or won, an Emmy every year during the 1970s thanks to producer Norman Lear?
ANSWER: ALL IN THE FAMILY
2. "Man About the House" was re-worked into what shtick-com starring Suzanne Somers?
ANSWER: THREE'S COMPANY
3. What British comedy-improv show kept its name as a U.S. show hosted by Drew Carey?
ANSWER: WHOSE LINE IS IT, ANYWAY?
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Its reality belies its name as, for the first half of 2001, it ended in a sandy pool 300 feet short of the Gulf of Mexico. For 10 points apiece:
1. Name this 1885-mile-long river that rises in Colorado.
ANSWER: RIO GRANDE
2. What other, similarly inappropriate name is given this much-shrivelled river in Mexico?
ANSWER: RIO BRAVO DEL NORTE
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Its reality belies its name as, for the first half of 2001, it ended in a sandy pool 300 feet short of the Gulf of Mexico. For 10 points apiece:
1. Name this 1885-mile-long river that rises in Colorado.
ANSWER: RIO GRANDE
2. What other, similarly inappropriate name is given this much-shrivelled river in Mexico?
ANSWER: RIO BRAVO DEL NORTE
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The body efficiently breaks down and re-uses most of the hemoglobin (HEE-moh-GLOH-bin) liberated from disintegrated red blood cells. The globin part is converted into amino (uh-MEE-noh) acids and re-used. For 10 points apiece:
1. The iron-containing heme (HEEM) is then stored in what major organ until it is re-used?
ANSWER: LIVER
2. The non-iron containing pigment is converted into what bile pigment that is excreted?
ANSWER: BILIRUBIN (BIL-lee-ROO-bin)
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The body efficiently breaks down and re-uses most of the hemoglobin (HEE-moh-GLOH-bin) liberated from disintegrated red blood cells. The globin part is converted into amino (uh-MEE-noh) acids and re-used. For 10 points apiece:
1. The iron-containing heme (HEEM) is then stored in what major organ until it is re-used?
ANSWER: LIVER
2. The non-iron containing pigment is converted into what bile pigment that is excreted?
ANSWER: BILIRUBIN (BIL-lee-ROO-bin)
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Their combined mortgage assets are now 2/3rds as big as America's government debt, and prior to January 2002 they were on course to exceed public borrowing by the government by the year 2005. For 15 points each -- name these two private organizations chartered by Congress that now own or insure 45% of America's residential mortgages.
ANSWER: FANNIE MAE OR FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION FREDDIE MAC OR FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION
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Their combined mortgage assets are now 2/3rds as big as America's government debt, and prior to January 2002 they were on course to exceed public borrowing by the government by the year 2005. For 15 points each -- name these two private organizations chartered by Congress that now own or insure 45% of America's residential mortgages.
ANSWER: FANNIE MAE OR FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION FREDDIE MAC OR FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION
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He was technically the head of the U.S. delegation at the 1919 Versailles (vair-SIE) Peace Conference, but President Wilson ignored him and ran the show himself. In February 1920, Wilson fired him for daring to chair a cabinet meeting while Wilson was incapacitated by a stroke. For 10 points apiece:
1. Name this U.S. Secretary of State.
ANSWER: ROBERT LANSING
2. Some 30 years after Lansing was fired, what nephew of his became Secretary of State?
ANSWER: JOHN FOSTER DULLES
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He was technically the head of the U.S. delegation at the 1919 Versailles (vair-SIE) Peace Conference, but President Wilson ignored him and ran the show himself. In February 1920, Wilson fired him for daring to chair a cabinet meeting while Wilson was incapacitated by a stroke. For 10 points apiece:
1. Name this U.S. Secretary of State.
ANSWER: ROBERT LANSING
2. Some 30 years after Lansing was fired, what nephew of his became Secretary of State?
ANSWER: JOHN FOSTER DULLES
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Scholars generally agree that Shakespeare's contributions to this play include Act 1 Scenes 1 and 2 about Cardinal Wolsey versus Buckingham and Act 2 Scenes 3 and 4 about Anne Boleyn's elevation and Catherine of Aragon's trial.
1. First -- for 10 points -- name this play.
ANSWER: KING HENRY VIII (8TH) PROMPT: If PARTIAL ANSWER is given
2. For 15 points -- the bulk of that play is now generally credited to what infrequent collaborator with Shakespeare but frequent collaborator with Francis Beaumont (BOH-mont)?
ANSWER: JOHN FLETCHER
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Scholars generally agree that Shakespeare's contributions to this play include Act 1 Scenes 1 and 2 about Cardinal Wolsey versus Buckingham and Act 2 Scenes 3 and 4 about Anne Boleyn's elevation and Catherine of Aragon's trial.
1. First -- for 10 points -- name this play.
ANSWER: KING HENRY VIII (8TH) PROMPT: If PARTIAL ANSWER is given
2. For 15 points -- the bulk of that play is now generally credited to what infrequent collaborator with Shakespeare but frequent collaborator with Francis Beaumont (BOH-mont)?
ANSWER: JOHN FLETCHER
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The Rose Bowl is still just the Rose Bowl and is played in Pasadena. For 10 points apiece -- what other traditional college football bowl game now carries these sponsors' names:
1. Chick-fil-A? ANSWER: CHICK-FIL-A PEACH BOWL
2. Nokia? ANSWER: NOKIA SUGAR BOWL
3. Sylvania? ANSWER: SYLVANIA ALAMO BOWL
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The Rose Bowl is still just the Rose Bowl and is played in Pasadena. For 10 points apiece -- what other traditional college football bowl game now carries these sponsors' names:
1. Chick-fil-A? ANSWER: CHICK-FIL-A PEACH BOWL
2. Nokia? ANSWER: NOKIA SUGAR BOWL
3. Sylvania? ANSWER: SYLVANIA ALAMO BOWL
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It absorbs radiation between 2,000 and 3,000 angstroms in wavelength. That includes most of the ultraviolet radiation put out by the sun. For 10 points apiece:
1. Name this allotrope (AL-uh-trope) of oxygen.
ANSWER: OZONE
OR O3 (O 3)
2. Ozone's effectiveness is proven by the higher temperatures above the ozone layer than below it. What name is given to the particularly hot level of the atmosphere, between the stratosphere (where the ozone is) and the mesosphere (where it isn't)? ANSWER: STRATOPAUSE
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It absorbs radiation between 2,000 and 3,000 angstroms in wavelength. That includes most of the ultraviolet radiation put out by the sun. For 10 points apiece:
1. Name this allotrope (AL-uh-trope) of oxygen.
ANSWER: OZONE
OR O3 (O 3)
2. Ozone's effectiveness is proven by the higher temperatures above the ozone layer than below it. What name is given to the particularly hot level of the atmosphere, between the stratosphere (where the ozone is) and the mesosphere (where it isn't)? ANSWER: STRATOPAUSE
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This couple had quite a year. Her TV show won the 2001 Emmy For Outstanding Comedy Series -- the first time a cable series bested network fare in that category -- while he competed for a Tony with his co-star, Nathan Lane. For 5 points apiece -- name this husband and wife acting couple, and the shows in which they starred in 2001.
ANSWER: SARAH JESSICA PARKER SEX AND THE CITY MATTHEW BRODERICK THE PRODUCERS
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This couple had quite a year. Her TV show won the 2001 Emmy For Outstanding Comedy Series -- the first time a cable series bested network fare in that category -- while he competed for a Tony with his co-star, Nathan Lane. For 5 points apiece -- name this husband and wife acting couple, and the shows in which they starred in 2001.
ANSWER: SARAH JESSICA PARKER SEX AND THE CITY MATTHEW BRODERICK THE PRODUCERS
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Polymatheia (PAH-lee-MATH-ee-uh), meaning "much learning" in Greek, was anciently recognized as one of this sorority, but she wasn't among the nine named in The Theogony (thee-AH-guh-nee).
1. First -- for 10 points -- what collective name is given to these daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne (nee- MAH-suh-nee)?
ANSWER: THE MUSES OR THE NINE MUSES
2. Now -- for 15 points -- who wrote The Theogeny around 700 BC, resulting in the "canonical" listing of The Muses?
ANSWER: HESIOD (HEH-see-ud)
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Polymatheia (PAH-lee-MATH-ee-uh), meaning "much learning" in Greek, was anciently recognized as one of this sorority, but she wasn't among the nine named in The Theogony (thee-AH-guh-nee).
1. First -- for 10 points -- what collective name is given to these daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne (nee- MAH-suh-nee)?
ANSWER: THE MUSES OR THE NINE MUSES
2. Now -- for 15 points -- who wrote The Theogeny around 700 BC, resulting in the "canonical" listing of The Muses?
ANSWER: HESIOD (HEH-see-ud)
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This faith's most prominent 20th century martyr was Saint Singh Bhindranwale (SAHNT SING bin-drun-VAH- lay) who died in the 1984 siege of the Golden Temple.
1. First -- for 10 points -- name this religion.
ANSWER: SIKH (SEEK or SIK) RELIGION OR SIKHISM
2. Since 1699, the Sikhs have prophesied and occasionally fought for an independent homeland. For 15 points -- what three-syllable Punjabi (poon-JAH-bee) word for "Land of the Pure" names that hoped-for land? ANSWER: KHALISTAN (KAH-lih-stahn or kah-lee-STAHN)
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This faith's most prominent 20th century martyr was Saint Singh Bhindranwale (SAHNT SING bin-drun-VAH- lay) who died in the 1984 siege of the Golden Temple.
1. First -- for 10 points -- name this religion.
ANSWER: SIKH (SEEK or SIK) RELIGION OR SIKHISM
2. Since 1699, the Sikhs have prophesied and occasionally fought for an independent homeland. For 15 points -- what three-syllable Punjabi (poon-JAH-bee) word for "Land of the Pure" names that hoped-for land? ANSWER: KHALISTAN (KAH-lih-stahn or kah-lee-STAHN)
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Identify this small town after one clue for 30 points, after two for 20, or after three for 10:
1. Next weekend, it hosts the 22nd Annual Empire State Winter Games.
2. It previously hosted the 1980 Winter Olympics.
3. It names a cheesy 1999 horror film about a man-eating alligator.
ANSWER: LAKE PLACID
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Identify this small town after one clue for 30 points, after two for 20, or after three for 10:
1. Next weekend, it hosts the 22nd Annual Empire State Winter Games.
2. It previously hosted the 1980 Winter Olympics.
3. It names a cheesy 1999 horror film about a man-eating alligator.
ANSWER: LAKE PLACID
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It rolled off the assembly line at the Martin Aircraft Company in Omaha on June 15, 1945. Fifty-two days later, most of its heavy armor plating had been stripped off to allow it to fly higher and farther than similar planes, in order to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. For 10 points apiece -- tell me what type of bomber it was and the name painted on its side.
ANSWER: B-29 BOMBER OR SUPERFORTRESS ENOLA GAY
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It rolled off the assembly line at the Martin Aircraft Company in Omaha on June 15, 1945. Fifty-two days later, most of its heavy armor plating had been stripped off to allow it to fly higher and farther than similar planes, in order to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. For 10 points apiece -- tell me what type of bomber it was and the name painted on its side.
ANSWER: B-29 BOMBER OR SUPERFORTRESS ENOLA GAY
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Two pairs of the five Platonic Solids are called "dual polyhedrons" because one of each pair can be used to create the other. For 10 points apiece:
1. The regular polyhedron whose corners are the centers of the 6 faces of a cube is called a what?
ANSWER: OCTAHEDRON (OK-tuh-HEE-drun)
2. The regular polyhedron whose corners are the centers of all 20 faces of an icosohedron (ie-KAH-suh-HEE- drun) is called a what?
ANSWER: DODECAHEDRON (doh-DEK-uh-HEE-drun)
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Two pairs of the five Platonic Solids are called "dual polyhedrons" because one of each pair can be used to create the other. For 10 points apiece:
1. The regular polyhedron whose corners are the centers of the 6 faces of a cube is called a what?
ANSWER: OCTAHEDRON (OK-tuh-HEE-drun)
2. The regular polyhedron whose corners are the centers of all 20 faces of an icosohedron (ie-KAH-suh-HEE- drun) is called a what?
ANSWER: DODECAHEDRON (doh-DEK-uh-HEE-drun)
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During the 10-year presidency of Patricia Ireland, it met its goal of having at least one chapter in every U.S. congressional district.
1. First -- for 10 points -- name this advocacy group founded in October 1966 when Ms. Ireland was still an airline "stewardess," a job description this group helped abolish.
ANSWER: NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN OR N. O. W.
2. For 15 points -- in 2001, the National Organization for Women elected what President of N.O.W. in Louisiana as its new national president?
ANSWER: KIM A. GANDY
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During the 10-year presidency of Patricia Ireland, it met its goal of having at least one chapter in every U.S. congressional district.
1. First -- for 10 points -- name this advocacy group founded in October 1966 when Ms. Ireland was still an airline "stewardess," a job description this group helped abolish.
ANSWER: NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN OR N. O. W.
2. For 15 points -- in 2001, the National Organization for Women elected what President of N.O.W. in Louisiana as its new national president?
ANSWER: KIM A. GANDY
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Until the Armory Show of 1913, such artists as Picasso and Matisse had been seen in America only at the Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession Movement. It was founded and run -- for 15 points apiece -- by what two photographers, one the husband of Georgia O'Keeffe, the other the longtime head of the photography department of the Museum of Modern Art?
ANSWER: ALFRED STIEGLITZ (STEE-glitz) EDWARD STEICHEN (STIE-ken)
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Until the Armory Show of 1913, such artists as Picasso and Matisse had been seen in America only at the Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession Movement. It was founded and run -- for 15 points apiece -- by what two photographers, one the husband of Georgia O'Keeffe, the other the longtime head of the photography department of the Museum of Modern Art?
ANSWER: ALFRED STIEGLITZ (STEE-glitz) EDWARD STEICHEN (STIE-ken)
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According to the U.S. Defense Department, 780,213 Union and Confederate soldiers died during the Civil War. Another, almost contemporaneous civil war that ended in 1864 cost an estimated 20 million lives. For 10 points apiece -- what name was given to that rebellion launched in 1850 by a self-proclaimed brother of Jesus Christ and in what nation did it occur?
ANSWER: TAIPING (TIE-PING) REBELLION CHINA
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According to the U.S. Defense Department, 780,213 Union and Confederate soldiers died during the Civil War. Another, almost contemporaneous civil war that ended in 1864 cost an estimated 20 million lives. For 10 points apiece -- what name was given to that rebellion launched in 1850 by a self-proclaimed brother of Jesus Christ and in what nation did it occur?
ANSWER: TAIPING (TIE-PING) REBELLION CHINA
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This family's 1632 charter from Charles I granted it those lands lying "under the 40th degree of Northerly Latitude" in North America. In 1769, King George III reduced that by accepting the Mason-Dixon Line drawn at 39 degrees 43 minutes 17.6 seconds north latitude. For 10 points apiece -- name this family and the colony they established.
ANSWER: CALVERT FAMILY OR THE CALVERTS PROMPT: If BALTIMORE or LORD(S) BALTIMORE is answered MARYLAND
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This family's 1632 charter from Charles I granted it those lands lying "under the 40th degree of Northerly Latitude" in North America. In 1769, King George III reduced that by accepting the Mason-Dixon Line drawn at 39 degrees 43 minutes 17.6 seconds north latitude. For 10 points apiece -- name this family and the colony they established.
ANSWER: CALVERT FAMILY OR THE CALVERTS PROMPT: If BALTIMORE or LORD(S) BALTIMORE is answered MARYLAND
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Matter won out over anti-matter after the Big Bang because of "charge-parity violations" in the decay of certain heavy mesons that slightly favor matter at the expense of anti-matter. By early 2001, scientists had experimental evidence of such charge-parity violations in -- for 15 points apiece -- what two types of mesons, each designated by letters of the alphabet?
ANSWER: K-MESONS OR KAONS (KAY-onz) B-MESONS
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Matter won out over anti-matter after the Big Bang because of "charge-parity violations" in the decay of certain heavy mesons that slightly favor matter at the expense of anti-matter. By early 2001, scientists had experimental evidence of such charge-parity violations in -- for 15 points apiece -- what two types of mesons, each designated by letters of the alphabet?
ANSWER: K-MESONS OR KAONS (KAY-onz) B-MESONS
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Joan Didion's 2001 extended essay "Clinton Agonistes (ag-uh-NIS-teez)" alludes to the titles of two previous works: the 1970 book Nixon Agonistes and the 1671 tragedy Samson Agonistes. For 10 points apiece -- name the authors of those earlier works.
ANSWER: GARRY WILLS JOHN MILTON
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Joan Didion's 2001 extended essay "Clinton Agonistes (ag-uh-NIS-teez)" alludes to the titles of two previous works: the 1970 book Nixon Agonistes and the 1671 tragedy Samson Agonistes. For 10 points apiece -- name the authors of those earlier works.
ANSWER: GARRY WILLS JOHN MILTON
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She entered the Astrodome on a feathered Egyptian litter carried by bare-chested hunks. He entered in a Chinese rickshaw pulled by scantilly-clad "Bobby's Bosom Buddies." She then whipped him in straight sets in 1973's "Battle of the Sexes." for 10 points each -- name these two Wimbledon singles champions.
ANSWER: BILLIE JEAN KING BOBBY RIGGS
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She entered the Astrodome on a feathered Egyptian litter carried by bare-chested hunks. He entered in a Chinese rickshaw pulled by scantilly-clad "Bobby's Bosom Buddies." She then whipped him in straight sets in 1973's "Battle of the Sexes." for 10 points each -- name these two Wimbledon singles champions.
ANSWER: BILLIE JEAN KING BOBBY RIGGS
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The manuscript of his final work, Nature Revealed, was burned by his heirs after his 1814 death in the Asylum of Charenton (shar-on-TOHN). For 10 points apiece -- who was this nobleman-author of Juliette, Justine, and 120 Days of Sodom, and what was the title of the late 2000 film starring Geoffrey Rush based on his life?
ANSWER: DONATIEN-ALPHONSE COMTE DE SADE (deh-SAHD) OR MARQUIS DE SADE QUILLS
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The manuscript of his final work, Nature Revealed, was burned by his heirs after his 1814 death in the Asylum of Charenton (shar-on-TOHN). For 10 points apiece -- who was this nobleman-author of Juliette, Justine, and 120 Days of Sodom, and what was the title of the late 2000 film starring Geoffrey Rush based on his life?
ANSWER: DONATIEN-ALPHONSE COMTE DE SADE (deh-SAHD) OR MARQUIS DE SADE QUILLS
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In the 1970s, its 12,000 people were among the richest folks on earth in per capita income. By 2001, nearly all lived in poverty as all the phosphate had been mined, leaving this 8-square-mile island to survive on the least-regulated off-shore banks in the world, all registered to a tiny cabana in the town of Yaren (YAR-en). For 25 points -- name this mined-out country.
ANSWER: NAURU (NAH-roo or NAH-ah-roo)
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In the 1970s, its 12,000 people were among the richest folks on earth in per capita income. By 2001, nearly all lived in poverty as all the phosphate had been mined, leaving this 8-square-mile island to survive on the least-regulated off-shore banks in the world, all registered to a tiny cabana in the town of Yaren (YAR-en). For 25 points -- name this mined-out country.
ANSWER: NAURU (NAH-roo or NAH-ah-roo)
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