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1. Contained wholly witbin the USSR, it used to form part of the boundary between Finland and USSR. It i~ the largest lake in Europe. What?/L. Ladoge 2. Which of the following events occurred first: the signing of the Warsaw r '\, Pact, the establishment ' of the Common Market, the partition of Vietnam I according to the Geneva settlement?/partition (1954)--Warsaw(1~55)--(~957) 3. Vii th vvhat pro foot ball te am did the follovling Hall of Famers all play: GeDrge M~cAfee, Link Lyman, Daniel J~ Fortmann, ~nd Branko N~gurski?!Bears 4. His secretary of state was John Forsyth; his sec. of treasury. was ; his sec. of war was Joel Poinsett. During his term Wi'lliam R. King was presddent pro tempore of the Seriate, James K. Polk was Speak~r of the House •. Polk would later he the next man of this president I s party to go to the White Hbus~.For ten points, what presi~ent?/ Van Buren · . 5. ' We all know that John Adams and John Quincy Adams ran for presddent; what is lesser known is th~t Charles Frapcia Adams, JQrs son, ran for vice- president in 1848. Who was his running mate?/Van Buren . 6. Carl Nielsen and Frederick Kuhlau were two of the greatest composers . of the eighteanthan~ nineteenth ce~turies. From what country did they hail? / Denmrak . 7. For a quick ten points, in what European city . will you find the Tivoli Gardens?/ Copenhagen . . 8. "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" was perhaps the'· only opera commissioned for the cinema. It starred Cathe rine beneuve. Who wrote th.e music? /H. Legrand 911 This Italian filmmaker directed such classics as "Stromboli", "The Rise of Louis XIV, "Il .Generale delle Rovere", and "0p~n City".Who?/Rosselini . 10.Apol16 XI landed Armstrong and.Aldrin in . the Sea of Tranqaility. Apollo ' " XII landed two men in the Sea of Storms. Name ei-ther astronaut./ Alan Bearl, \ Charles Conrad .' ...... M. ~ 1. In 1850 this German formulated the second law of thermodynamic G, 1. s. , ~ ' ) the concept of entropy. Whp? / Clau~ius (J 12. Ix: what Eugene 0 I ~eill . p;Lay is a macho Bailor' crushed to death bj' (j.. ,~ gorllla? / liThe Halry Ape" . . 13. Ezra Taft B~nson; Orvil Freeman; ; and John Blotk. What c~~inet post has been held by these four fe:Llows?/ Secretary of Agriculture ' 14. In an attempt ~o combat the German' Hanseatic LEa&ue, Denmark, Norway, an e.;. Sweden were united in 1397 by a Danish queen. Who?/ Queen Margrethe 15. On Oct. 15, 1978, the House passed a compromise version of a bill whicj had earlier cleared the Senate. It set as a national priciity the reduction of the unemployemtn rate to 4 % by 1983. What was this bill called?/ Humphrey-Hawkins full employment bill 1 G. Among this wri~:rl s books of oral history are IIDivision Street USA", 111lJorking" , and II \\.,J1;.>"'~ .£' 11. Who is he? / Studs Terkel . 17. For a quick ten points, how often does something occur that is hebdomadaJ / weekl~, . or every seven times 18. Within one-half, how many . light-years equal one parsec?/ 3.26 19/ Which US Amendmlil.ut prohibits a citizen of one state from suing another state? / Eleventh 20. In this 'year Ohio became the 17th state; John Iv1arshall wrote the famous IIt1arbury v~ Madisonll ruling; Lewis and Clark set out. What year? / 1803

o 'y ",. '~r;:. . ';' · t BONUSES : ~f; ; f:: ~ ::: 1,.. .~. In what country would you find the following famous cities: : ~ ( .''') a • .Timbuktu (t1ali) b/tht-Iandalllay. (Bu~ma) rl • Ct~ Hecca (Saudi. Arabia) ~~:_~~':':" e:.. Give the ?urrent name of e fo oWlng ren~~ . cl les: ;. . (S~~1~~~~~~5Z (Karl-Marx-Stadt) b. Hama a,~batan~) c. Volgograd ' ~.~,'._." ~'" 3. What city is known as: ~ / a. City of Dreadtul Night (Calcutta) ~. City of Kihgs · (Lima) I c. City of Salt (Salzburg) d. City of Joy (Burmarest) b; . 4• Name the following forts~ . .: .... t.. , ~ ; t~ . a. fort. at Lake George near Lake Champlain, Wft>E!!l?B Etha!). Allen \111M) ( captured in 1775 (Fort Ticonderoga) . . ;- 't. fort whose bombc:rdinent moved F.S. Key to write "Star Spangled Banner" J. (Fort HcHenry) : f:· c. fort in Tennesse captured by Grant, giving Uilion fiBst major ~ ~ victory in Civil War (Fort Donelson) :: 5. What cities 'have the following queenlynicknames: ~ ' . a. Queen of the Danube (Budapest) b.Queen of the t-Hssissippi (St.Louis ; ~:; · c. Queen City of Canada (Tornnto) d. QUeen City of the Sbuth(Sydney) :f.:> 6. Identify the auhhor from his works, 30-20-10 • . a. Something Happened b. Good as c. Catch-22 (Joe Heller) :;2 7. Idehtify the composer, 30-20-10. .~ '. a. Alpine Symphony b.Sihfoliia Domest~cac.Ein Heldenleben (R. straussjf, 8~ Identify the year, 30-20-10. ' ~ ' a. Trotsky was expelled from the Communist party • . ! ! ~ .. . b. Sacco. and Va'nzetti were executed. . ~. : c. Lindbergh flew across the At lantic alone. ( 1 927) < 9~ ive the capIhtals o.f the following Mex~can states: f CJ a. Nuevo Leon (l-10nterrey) b. Chlhuahua (Chlhuahua) t,· . c. Jalisco (Guadalajara) d. Durango (Durango) e~ Oaxaca (Oaxaca) I 10.Traveling east, ' list the following Roman provinces or regions existing . t~ during the Roman empire as youwould com~ upon them : ~ . Cappadocia; Illyricum, Lusitania, P~rthia (Lusitania, Illricum, I. Cappadocia, Parthia) 'l 11. Traveling west, . do ap in (10) again: Thrace, Dalmatia, Bithynia,Aquitania . 1 (Bithynia , Thrace, Dalmatia, Aquitania) . . 12. Give the year, . wi thiU one, . when the following p'airs died: a. DeGau·lle , and Nasser . (1 970) b. Prokofiev and Stalin (1953) . :. c. Eisenh00er and Ho Chi Minh (1969) 13. Supreme Court justices: . a. name either appointed by LBJ (Fortas, Marshall) b. only one appt. by ' Ford (JP ste~ens) c. ahy oheappt. by Carter (none) 14. Give the team name of the following teams ' in the Canadian football league: : ~;' a~ Edmonton (Eskimos) b. Saskatchewan (Roughri6ers) . c. British Columbia (Lions) d. Ottawa (Rough Riders) e. CalgarY(Starnpeders) ~ f. Winnipeg (Blue Bombers) - . I 15. The first six states admitted to the Union were Georgia, Delaware, New" Jersey, Pennsylvania,Massachasetts, and . Put them in order. . (Del, Pa, NJ,Ga, ct, Mass) 16. The next four to be admitted after the origin!l 13 were Ohio, Tennessee, Vermont, and Kentucky, Put them in ordEr. (Ver,Ken, Te~n, Ohio) o Name the year, 30-20-10. ~: ~::ft-1:;~lHf~~;!~~;"V~;'~;"_:: J~:"'~:'f: at· ·_ i' .~ ". ;,. , J .. .,., /." r: .- ,., . -",".~_ .:.: " ..J, .. /:,. )jJt.., .<~ ..,.i':'- i t! I,.(~ t ..-, .. ·! .",. ;( . ~ ,.~. A '3. ..., ...... /< ...... '0 "·n ·y,, k. .V .... 7. ;~.~ _ .." ,. ( ";'\" ," " ,)" . ' . .:r.. \. 1<", ; .'. l

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1. This amendment restricts the courts from imposing excessive bails or cruel and unusual purtishment. Which? (Eighth) 2. It is bordered by India, Burma, and the Bay of Bengal; its major ( \ ,) lcities: ar.e Dacca, :' Chittagong, _'and Khulna • . Name. this country wh,ihh .became . an ,.independent... natiQrl· lin; Janur.ay 1972., . .; (Banglaciesh) • . ··/3. O£ Flannery ,.0' C... onnor ' ..Le .n. 0' C"onr::o~' ~ . Do~~~d O·'.,C onnor, .arid Ed w.in V O'Connor, ' wh..ic-.h: wne wrote. . .the; aC~~{:I.:;t.(lle.d. {lpY$'J;·.. l'.q:'he. Last · Hurrah" , . . about a big-:city b0ss? ...... (Edwin) ,: , . . . · ~:· 4. ·· o.f , F~anM:rjO'Connor, : Len ~ D',C " bnnor, Donald O'Coonor; ;andEdw:(n . //~ . :o.'.corinor;. 'whi:ch one;.. ': wrote·~IC . lout", a true stDIlY [·of. a big-~ity boss,

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I 18. Among .the Irien .who ha.ve held this post·.were ~orge P .. . Schultz, C. Douglas Dillon r Jhhn B.Connal'ly:, ' Salmon P. ~ Chase', and .. William . E'~ Simon. J\.mong: the more re;centFoccupants, .of· :the'" post · wer'e ; W-. Michae 1 t Blumenthal and W1.J../.:tMltl/$I:iIlr/l. , . G. LWiJ:liam Miller• . w¥t post? (Secreta:ry~ of .'the Treasury) .. ' , " ":'-'~ :.,' ,. " 19. Three.o£:the· Gr;eat Lakes .are thel l.arge~t[ lakes 'in It.A•. :; tw.o lakes .,/ ,/ .' solely-. in Canada '.however· 'are .larg.er than "Lakes Erie.. ':al1d Ontario. V Name elther .one. (Great Bear, Great Slave) ; ; . .. .. ". - . ' . - ' 20. In :1870' Napoleon IIIrdwna'nde;,da ,suc'c essful e f..fort t to inflame fee,lings on both. sidas. By . what :name is ~s telegram known? , (Em,s ·.Tel€gram) ·.. ·r ".~<\ ". .. . _. . :" - .'. " . :: .J .... :: " ~ , ~.' t . ...'. . '. " " r+ - ','" , .... _ ...... ' . . ' . ,. .:... ..- .... ~ : .' , . ':' oJ'( ~\. ; .'_ ...... :' . '

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4. N~~~~~m~qUestion: Take the last y:a"Nor~~~ThO~;~a~~~ fo; presi- ",, 9-ent (1948») subtract the . number of Soviet., republtcs(15), ' and ' m1Jlti­ - :'.: 'ply by :. thEinumber of British Mfiti kings in the ~neteenth , c~ntll;rY(3). For 25 'paints; ' \vhat . number ' do ' you. get? t " \ (5799) ~ 5. For 5 points each, name the capitals of the following Canadian f provinces: i a. ' HanitDba (Winnipeg) b. Ontario (Toronto) } c. New Brunswick (Frederikkton) d. Yukon (Whitehorse) I d. Newfoundland (st. John's) e. Prince Edward Island (Cha~lotteto~n) , It 6~ For 10 points each, who composed the following operas? a~ Idomoneo (Mozart) b. The Saint of Bleeker street (Menotti) t c. Dialogues o'f the Carmelites (Poulenc) f 7. Name the Nobel laureated: ! a. 1982 for (Stigler) b. 1981 for literature (Caneeti) t c. The last American for literature (Singer) I 3. Nmme the presidents born in the following years: t:, ._ .> a. 1882 (FDR) b. 1913 (Nixon) c. 1917 (JFK) ~ '. 9. Name the state with the following , c~ties, 30-20-10: ; a. Pacific Palisades b. Hilo c.' Pearl City (Hawaii) 10.Answer the following questions about Martin Luther for 10 each: a. To what or.der of monks did he belong? (Augustinians) b. What pope excommunicated him in 1521? (Leo X) i- c. What year did.he post the 95 theses? (1517) ,f 11.Name the directors, 10 each: a. Cabaret, All That Jazz (Bob Fosse) b. A Bridge to Far, Young Winston (Richard Attenborough) c. The Sting, World According to Garp (George Roy Hill) 12.Name the participants in the following Super Bowls for 10 each: a. Super Bowl I (Green Bay, KC) b/ Super Bowl II (Green B,N', Oakland) c. Super Bowl IlION Jets, Baltimore) 13.Answer the following questions about the 'Vietnam War for 10 wach: a. The year the US invaded Laos and Cambodia (1970) b. The assassination of SV leader Ngo Dinh Diem (1963) c. The year the Paris Peace Talks began (1968) 14.Give the pseudonyms of the following writers: a.Amandine A. L. Dupin (~eorgeSand) b. Kenneth Millar (Ross Mac­ J donald) c. William Sidney Porter (0. Henry) : .' 15~Answer the follwwing questions about Napoleon for 10 each: a. The pope who was to have crowned him emperor (Pius VII) b. His brother who became King of following the Battle pf !- ( -'j Austerlitz (Joseph) '.,- '- .. .". ' c. The Prussian general allied with Wellington who led to his defeat at Waterloo ' (Bluecher)

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16. Identify the following ballet dancers: . r - a. A d~fector from the USS~t . ~~ has been romantically linked with ( film actress Jessica Lange (Baryshnikov) . " . b~ Anothe~def~ctor, he h~s ai~oappeare~ in films, including a portrayal of Valentino. ' . (Nureyev) . ' . ' . c. Eternally identified 'vdth;' the "Dying Swanfl":created;'for he!':" by Hichel . Fokine . in 1905, this R\lssia."n" toured the USA e xten'f;>i vely till 1925. (Pavlova) ' .. ;'- -- - . • 17.For 25 points aon, name the Rookies of ·' the Year in. the 1\..1;; . anl1"NL in 1 982. (Ripkin, Sax) '.' " - I. .J ' , •

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' .. .- 1. An 1872 investigation showed; that merneers' of Congress and the vice presd­ dent of the USA owned stock in this compnay, some of it sold at par or on tr~~it. A scaQdal ensued, thoVgh none of the Congressmen were expelled r - for their misdeeds. Wbat co~pany,which 'unedrtook hhe construction of \ the Union Pacific· Railroad?' '-,- . (Oredit 'f1obilier) 2. J.;:imes Fenimore Cooper wrot,e ,five novels , about :: :Natty Burnmpo,including. //.IIThe De~rs}.ayer1l, IILast of,,;the t-Johicans1l , 1IThe Pathfinder1l , . liThe Pioneers'.', ./ and "The p~.fit./ Prairie1l ." 'Tbe five together are ,:: known',bywhatname? (Leather":'st okking Tales') ( , ., ' ., . . 5. An ' Apocryph~1 book of the Old Testament, i~w~s probab}.ywritten in Greek~n Alexandi~a i~ ' the 3rd Century B.C~ · Regard~d as rianonical by £h~ ~6~a~tatholicsf , it i s recommend~d for edification by the Anglicans and Lut~erans. In the Vulgate.it is~suallyincludedin th~ . Book of , Daniel. 'j V/hat ,is it? ·· .: .. '.. '. ', ' (Bel ahd the Dragon) 4" . This Feench military ',leader commanded an, army · corps at Nancy in 'WWI, 7tookpart in the First 'Battle of the Marne, and ' in Hay 1918 was "appointed ,,/commander~in-chi~f of ,the Fr:e~ch, 'Br . iti~h;. and :Americ,:-n armi~s. Named a marshall In August 1918, he dlrected the flnal offenslve agalnst Germany m and received the surrender ~n November 11, 1918~ Who? (Ferdinand FocHO ' 5. Known as 1IFighting Joe1l , this Civil War general held important commands at Antietam and Fredericksburg. In 1863 he succeded Burnside as commander . ~tof the Army of the Potomac. Defeated at Chance llorsville, he was succeeded by 'General Meade. Who? (Joseph Hooker) 6. This poet converted to Anglicanism in his early 20's, and later on at James I's suggestion took orders and became dean of st. Pa.,\ll's Cathedral. // His first published work, 1IPseudo-MartJl{r1l , urged Catholiss to take the /' oath pf allegiance to the king. His poems were published posthumously, and Izaac Walton wrote a short biography of him as a preface to his book of i9'ermons. Who was this metaphysical poet? (John Donne) 7. This act, passed with Jefferson's approval in 1809, superseded the earlier Embargo Act. It attempted to halt trade ' with Britain and , 'but, like ·most such commercial embargoes, proved impractical. What was the act called? (No~ (or Anti-) Intercourse Act) 8. This American actor was born in Milw~ukee in 1900, and died in 1967. The winner of the Oscar in 1937 and 1938 for best actor, his first film roles wwre in, R.U.R. an d A Royal Fandango. His last role was a co-starring one with Katherine Hepburn. Who? (Spencer Tracy) 9. King Christian X Landi King Fredercik VIII Landi King Christian IX Landi and King Fredrick VI Coast are all parts of what land mass?(Greenland) 10. This animal used to roam the plains .of South Africa, but became extinct last cehtury. Resembling the zebra, tho a little taller and with no stripes on the limbs, they were named for their voices. What? . (quagga) 11. A black militant of the 1960's, he coined the phrase 1IViolence is as Americat:, as hherry pie1l • His book, 1IDie, Nigger, Die1l was published in 1969. He was charged with inciting a riot in Cambridge, Md. in 1967 and convicted of carrying guns across state lines. Who? (H. Rap Brown) 12. Living from 1874 to 1936, her works include 1IBefore the Flowers of Friendship Faded Friendship Faded1l , IIWars I Have Seen1l , "Tender Butt onsll and 1ILucy Chnrch Amiably1l. Who? '. (Gertrude Btein) 1.3. Few women have had symphonies written in their honor. An Irish actress, // Harriet Smithson, was on-e. What French romantic composer .wns inspired by the, memory of . one of 1'1s. Smithson's 'performances and w:r:ote a symphony . based on an alleged ' optbumdream? (Hector Berlioz) 14. st. Paul wrote many epi~tlesto various groups of Ch~istians in the first century. He also wrot~ epistles directed to specific individuala. ~) For ten.pmints, n~me th~S; thr~e individuals. (Titus, Timothy, Philemon) i5. Titanlum; chromlum; nlcKel; copper; zirconium; silveri platinum; gold. TO,what group on the periodic chart , db these ' elements belong? ' Eh? . (transition metals) , , ' ( - >-',16. This word can be a type" of ,- iusect, a type of fish, a roll of hair ,£ :5-{' brushed , up from the forehead or t~mple; a cut o~ the edge of a sail to 17(2:",' prevent ,chafing, or , the butt of a marijuana cigaret~What? (roach) , ::::" ,,;.-< 17. Thil? disease ' is charact.erized by }'anincrease ' 'in the size of the .. ' ,alveoli, or ail' aacs, of ~he , 'lung, which lose their elasticity arid may become ,filled with mucus. ' Thus,i'a sufferer -has a ((.i-,fficult time . breathing,coughs frequently, and his/her blood may ,' bee orne overloaded with carbon dioxide/ ' What?" ' (emphysema) " ' 18. 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~ " . ~:': BONU S QUEST IONS ~'. ,, '- For 5 esch, name the compoier of the opera: a, La Clemenza da Tito (Mozart) b. Lady Hacbeth of the Hinsk (Shostak.) ~'. c. A~exatider Nevsky (Prokofiev) , d. La Coq d" Or (Rimsky-Korsakov) , t e. Eugene Onegin (Tschaikovsky) f. Turn pf the Sc~ew (Britten) f .: 2'. For 5 each, name the direc t or'~ ,; a. Veronika Voss (Fassbinder) b~ Chariots of Fire (Hugh Hudson} c. The Man Who Would be King (Huston)d. 2001 (Kubrick) e. Being There (Ashby) f. Wild Child (Truffaut) 3. Identify the writer, ~ 30-20-10: a. she wrote liThe Waves" b. IIJ·'Irs. Dalloway" c. liTo the Lighthusell (Virginia Vvoolf) 4. Identify the following c ompounds, all with potassium: a. potash (potassium carbonate, K CO ) b. saltpeter (potassium nitrate, ~NO~) c. sylvite (potassium chloride , KC11 5. Near ehat continent would ~oU find the following seas: a~ Arafura Sea. (Aust.) b. Banda Sea (Aust.) c. Timor Sea (Aust.) d. Kara Sea (Eurasia)

. e .. White Sea (Europe) f. Coral Sea (Aust.) i ~ 6. Identify the state, 30-20-mo:' I a. Its highest point is Humphreys Peak, 12, 633 feet; l b. Its state bird is the cactus wren, its state flower the giant cactus , c. It was the last sta~e admitted to the union before Alaska and Hawaii (Arizona) I . ir r n Identify which of the three Dutch warsof the 17th century (1st, 2nd, or ! 3rd) is associated with the ff: . a. ended by the Traaty of Breda, it gave Holland Surinam and England \' . (2) ~. t b. England and France fought against Holland, aided by Austria, Spain, t· and Brandenburg. (3) . r c/ it began after England passed the first navigation act excluding the i· Dutch from trade with English possessions, and ended .with the treaty of ~ Westminster. (1) 8/ Within ten years, give the date of the following acts of union: a. England with Wales .( 1536) b. England w/ Scotland (1707) c. England w/ Ire land (1801) d. tJiil-ti/ upper & lower Canada (1 840) 9. Answer the ff. qq. on the War of the Sp~nish Succession: Ai/~liii/~Aiit~/~ff~iit~il-t/~fi4i4/ii/1Btifi~iimt b. who was the English commander at the battle? (Duke of Marlborough) c. what king of Spain willed his empire to France on his deathbed, thus . precipitating th~ war? (Charles II) d. who became king of Spain following Fran6e 1 s defeat? (philip V) e. what treaty eneed it? (Peace of Utrecht) f. when did the war, begunin 1701, officially end? (1714) 10. For 5 pts. each, name the 6 countries that border Cameroon. ~Guinea, Gabon, z~ttt, Congo, CAR, Chad, Nigeria) 11. Answer the ff. 4q. on the Kentucky Derby: i a. what year was it founded? (187') . 0' b~ who founded it? ( Col. M. Lewis Clark) c. how long in miles is it? (1 t) i- ~. Identify the A~erican director, 30-20-10: i. The Iron Hors~, 1924; ~. Stagecoach, 1939, anf the lfiformer, 1935; c. The Grapes of Wr~th, The Quiet Man, How Green. Was My Valley (J. ~ord) , 3. Excluding Iran and , there are six nations \1hich border the Perslan Gulf. Name all of them for 30 pts. (Saudi Arabia, Ku wait, Qata r , UA L , Oman, and Bahrain) 14. Name the playwright: a. The Lady's Not for Burning (C. Fry) b. The Eunuch (Terence) ~) - c. Se xual Perversity inChicago( D. Hamet) d. Summer and Smoke (T. Williams) \ e. The Hostage (Be han) . e. The Lady from Dubuque ( Albee) 15. IdentifY.the longest-reigning ~~pfiiX$ English monarchs of the fol~owing ,5:/ pi$Y,f-~ house s: . ' . a. Plantagenet (Henry III) b<. Stuart. (Charles II) c. Windsor (Eliz.II) d. Norman (Henr~ I) e. Lancaster (Henry VI) e. York (Edward IV) 16. Identify the following people ~ho were assassinated: . a. Austrian chancellor killed J'uly 25, 1934: Engelbert Dollfuss· b. Austrian empress stabbed SepJ~. 10., H39$. Empress Elizabeth · c. Yugoslav king killed in France,10~9-34 Alexander I TOSS-UPS

~_ ,. It's a well-known name in New York politics. The fathEr was an Austrian immigrant who served as a Democratic congressman for many years and was' prominent during the Depression years for his pro~l~bor legislation, e§­ pecially one important act named for him; the son served as mayor of prior to John Lindsay. Whkt is th~s prominent surname?/Wagner 2. This Saul Bellow novel tells the s)ory of Charlie Citrine, a Chicago- ' based writer, and his relationshi~ with a brilliant elder poet, a Mr. Fleisch~r. ~ What is it?/Humboldt's Gift 3. The Rio Orinoco; the cities of Valera~ Luepa, and Aragua; and oil-rich Lake Maracaibo; in what South American country would one find thesegeo- :< '9raphical areas? /Venezuela ( 4i First discovered in 1961, they are starlik e objects ' emitting extremely \ / :1: ntenese , radio , an~ visible ra~iation. Some of them emit a million times' ("more rad10 r a d1at1on as the H1lky Way galaxy. What are they /? quasars ~ 5~ ) ':IBy profession a professor of literature, she writes books of a quasi~ ',,- : mystical/religious bent, including "Teaching a Stone bo Speakl1, I1Holy '. - ~ .,. " the Firrnl1 , and I1Pilgrim at Tinker Creekl1 , for which she won a Pultizer '- Prize for general nonfiction in 1975.Who?/Annie Dillard ' . 6. He won the Academy Award for best supporting ~ctor two years ina row, in 1976 for All the Predident's Men and in 1977 for Julia. Who is this fine thespian, an eminent interpretet of the works of Eugene O'Neill?/ Jason Robards 7. From 1944 to 19'18 there were · eight .'Pulitzer Prize special citations. One was awarded in 1976 )osthumously to an American composer who was active in the early years of this century. Who was this composer of the op era 11 A Guest of Honor"? /Scot t Joplin 8. Among the original mmmbers of this sport's hall of fame were Chuck Hyatt, ( . -' , John Schommer, Dr. H. Clifford Carlson" Dr. Forrest (Phog) ~ Allen, Dr. Luther Gulick, , , and Dr. ~ What sport?/ . tj. A French baroq,ue painter of Flemish descent, he was . heavily influenced by Rubens. Among his most famous works~ all painted in the early 18th century, include The Embarkation for Cytherea, and Gilles. Who was he?/ Jean-Antmine Fragonard . 10. This African tribe lives mostly in central Africa, in Rwanda and Burundi. In the 1400's and 1500's they invaded the native Hutu tribe, \'Iho revolted in 1959 and drove them out, de-posing the king of Burundm in 1966. What is the name of this famous tribe, many of whose members reach heights of 7 fe~t tall and taller?/Watusi (Tutsi) Ii 110 Carbonyl chloride is a colorless, reactive g~s hydrolyzed by . water, and , is made.by th~ catal~tic combination of carb~ monoxide. and chl~rine. It 1S used 1n maklng reS1ns and dyes, but was a~o used durlng Wotlll War I as a poison gas. By what other name is it common y kno~n?/phosgene 12. Born in Turkey in 1906, he became a tobacco merchant in Buenos Aires in the 1920's. In 192) he acquired Argentine and Greek nationalityo He started buying ships in the 1930's and died the owner of many super tnakers in 1975. Who was this man, wijose middle name was Socrates?/Aristotle Onassis 13. In Nov. 1861, Charles Wilkes, the commander of the US ship San Jacint6, stopped a . Britisij ship and seized two SouthErn agents, Mason and Slidell. Britain demanded an apology and ordered 8000 troops to Canada, and c~uld have entered the War on the side of the South, ahd not the men been releaed in December. By what name is this incident known, derivin~ its name

I ~ from the British ship? /Trent affair . . ' . ~ . 14. It was an agreement drawn up in 1854 in a town in Belgium by three proslavery US diplomats, James Buchanan, John Mason, and Pierre S~ule. The mainfesto imblied that i~Spain refused to sell Cuba to the US, we would seize it forcibly, the idea probably being that Cuba would become a Un~ slave state. By what name, serived from the Belgian city~ is this manifesto ?i":. r-!.· :~own??/Ostend Hanifesto .. f \ He was an Indian leader in the Second Seminole War against the US in the 1630 1 s, and used guerill~_ t -actics to resist the US plan to transport the S emi­ n~ies from Florida t~ bklahoma. He W~s taken priioner in 1837 and died in prison. Wh6 . washe?/Osceola 16. -The. name's the saine!! a plant of the genus Primula, having tubular,varlously colored' "tftJ1:p-ftf, flowers with five lobes; the Earl of Roseberyy, who seryEld as 1i ~eral priin'e minister of Britain succee.di ng Gladstone in 1894-95; and a' l-iYt ~haract 'er from an eighteenth century novel" whose title or' position, serves as the ' title of the novel. :' Wh'at? /Primrose ...... ' 17: She won the Academy Award" for bast actress-' two · years i 'n' a row, in 1936 '; for .TheGreat Ziegfeld and in 1937 for The Good Earth. Whri?/Luise Rainer · " 18. · In 1975 a joint Soyuz-Apollo space mission heralded detente. This was the last of the Apollo missions NASA sent up; what number was it?/Apollo 18 19. Amo Ag his novels Wer~: Ze~t f6r 1ife; Doctor Pascal; His ' Excellency Evgene R6tigoni There Raquih; LIAssomoir; and Nana. Who?/Emile Zola . 20. In 1912-Woodrow Wilson won th~ presideritialelection with-' only 41 . 8% of the vote against Roosevel tand Taf t:, . the. low.est winnipg percentage in the twentieht century. Which twenti~th century - c~ndidate won with the second-lowest percentag0 of the popular yote?/, who .received 43.4% -in 1968.

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1. Meryl-l~,we roll BGain. Answer ~he following qq. about actress Meryl Streep: t .: . • a. the only film so far for which she has won an Academy Award(Kramer

v. Kramer) . (J ' I b. the first film in ' whic'h she. appear'ed, a small role in a movie starring Vanessa Redgrave (Julia) C • . the Woody Allen film 'in 'whichshe plays Allen's; lesbian ex-wife. (J.1anhattan) .. '. B.Famous opening lines ••• I'll give th~m, yeu tell me~hat book:. . a. Whether· I . shall turn out to' be the hero of my own life, or whe.tner that station will be held by anybody else; these pages ,must show~ (David Copperfield) ' . ( , " • b. Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairheaq" 'Qeari'ng -a bowl of lather on whihh a mirror and a r.azor lay . crossed. (Ulys&es) c. It 'is a ' truth universally acknowledged t,hat a ~'Single man in' • possession of a good fortune' must be in waht of ,. a M,5,! wife. (P.ride . and Pre judice) .' . . .' ;, 3. For 10 each, answer thes.e questions on .. pop mU9.ic~ . : . :' .. a. the names of the 3 BeeG~'JE:ls (Barry, Robin, . and .Maurice) .. '- • b. the drummer on the Beat ],e.s replaced .:by Ringp .'Starr ,(Eete Best).. c. female Singer who surprised some fans by rec;Ol;'.ding an album:. of. ,.torc.4 songs in late , 1981., . qfter.havjng .recorde_d such ·hitp , as tI.That's . the Way I've Always HearS. ·it ShouJ,:d .Be ll alld '1J10ckingbirdll:(Carly $imon) . . .4. , .Answer the fqllowing. questions apout the city and/or battle, of Po.ltava: . :: .. : :a. the .Soviet yepublic in .which Polta.va ·fi i~ (Ukr'aine) ': , . : ~ . p. :.the V{~ . =\n ., w.hic}·~ the battle· was fough.t. (Second, .Great Northerl1.) .- ... , '. c. ·the. year ·of the ~ battl~, . vr,ithin: 5 years ·("1709L·. . ; d •.· the .Swedish. ..king .(Charless.J(II) . . ,.: ...... _',., ·· e. the Russian c;z,ar (Pet.er the .. Gr:eat) .': .. t ·.f ':': '. t ,: .. . '. ('Y. ; '. 0. f. the treaty that end;ed tt the war in 1,21~ (NY8te~i) ...... " ' !; • r 5. Answ,er the following questions. on Irish hvstory: : ' ' . . , a • . the ·last president 'Of the )rishfree s.tatewas ••• ? (deValera) b. the first pre sident Of. Eir.e. (Douglas Hyde) ' ., c. the yearCath~lic emanltipation went i :nto ' effect (18.29).. d. the year of the Act: .of Un;lon (1800) . 6. I'll name a symphony~ .yoi give ~~ the numbe~:. a. Beethoven's Pastorale (6thJ..· : ; "" , b. Shostakovich!·s Leningrad, (7th) . i ' c. Mahler's Titan (ist) d. l''1ozart' s Jupiter (40th) 7. Identify the playwright, 30-20-10. a. 'l'1;'he. .League of Yout~", IIEml?er:or and i"Jlil- Galilean" '. b. nThe 1 Pillars of: So'ciety" an'd \I John' Gabriel Boirman" c. "The Haster Builder", "When V/~ Dead Awaken" (Ibsen) 8. Name the capitals of the following countries: a. Pa,r.aguay (Asuncion) b. Pakistan (Islamabad) c. Bhutan (Thimphu) d. Lfberia'01onrc:ivia)-' " e;' Somalia '(Mogadishu' . f~ Guyana "(Georgetown) 9. Answer the f~llowing.questioas . a~out Idi Amin: .. a •. the ' capi tal' of the " nation·.. he . r~lea CKampala) - b. the president he overthrew (Milton Oboie) c. the nation in which. he now resides (Saudi Arabia) 10, Identify the following writers of the Ame±ican South: . a. wrote "Tobacco. Road" and "God's Little Acre" (Erskine Ca~dwell) b. wrote I1Tl:1e Optimist's Daughter"and "Delta WeddiI).gll~ (Eudora Welty) c. wrote "The Ballad of the . Sad X Cafe" and '''Hember of the Wedding'! ' (Carson mcCullera) . The infamous hunchbacked dwarf '!liestion. Answer the following questions somehow relating to .hun·ch backs, dwarves, and hunch backe d awarves: TOSS-UPS

. I I : . 1. On March 6 We st Geri:nans wiU go to ·the polls to . e:lect their chari- ' /" cellor•• ~ 'Last fall Christiar1 .DemocratHelmut Kohl >succeedadS.ocial n ,Democrat .He,lmut 'Schmidt; KohlI s . ,0'pponent in Harch. however will not be ·Schm.iq,t :'but .a, newcandidate.. •. Who? Vogel · /2.What'G . ountr~" am I? I'm porderedon the .n.or.th bY ,.Tanzania, Malawi, ....; ' v,/ and; Zambia, on the west b~ Zimpabwe, ax:d OD: the 'south by ' S~uth . . ,~ Afr1ca. ' On my east coast 1S the Mozamb1que Channel. Mozamb1que . 3. We all know ofWisc,onsin l s famous Progressive Robert LaFollette., He. carri.ed the stat e! ,Qf ' . ¥Ji.pcon~ .in in . his ,l.J.llsuccessf:ul pee~iden: tial bfd or what 'year? : :r' ":,: . "...... ' . . . '. " . " 1 92J.r . . " . . 4 . ~ · T.hi.s · famdus :c, hanb:fm:r'S~ ··was . the; Wi : '. _ .~ ..:.c __~ . > 14.}{nwon as the Babe ·Ruthof 'Negro .baseball, this .:stir :a.afcher played , / ,I"''' i fQr the Homeste.ad Grays fromt the 1.920':s thru ' to' the 1940'a.H.e . .- Vv/C.: ~. /~ : ··is believed :to have hit about 800.6· ·home 'runs. and' was admitted to '.::; ..",, :,~~~ ..'~ ,, ' ·Baseballs'·· Hall · 6t · Fa.me in the~ ' "$ :·197.0.":s. Who? ' Josh Gibson /. / ~5. With .theexceptfon "of ~Jly"sses, he 'wasthe last of'the' Hellenic / v v.; ' heroes 'to rel :tu~n ·h?me Ii . ~h0v.:as · : ,h~, the. younger ' broth\9r Of .. ~ipil.Mf,1 .- .... t Agamemnon? ,-. ' .' ~ .. I.' .. , , , . ,. Menelaus ' 16oT,his European country is .,!?orde,re.d on the north by. Rumania, o~ tl~e ':.11' :, ; : wes-t by Yugoslavia, ' and ' o~ ·the SQuthby .Greece, 'and on·.thee'ast . . by th~ . What is "it? . .' . . ... : . ... . ': . . ~ "Bu'lgaria ~/ ./ , t7 · .~bis·b'l{eil play "is .se:t. 'frio New ,~ork Ci~y ! :i,ri hhe:,' early twnetieth

IL/" ... . I ~e . ntury , "and, tellsuf:3 of the:-ac::ally '!1nxed marrlage be~ween Ella . U Downey a.nd Jlm \+tv"\f"V'""'"'"" • What 1S 1t? All (}Od's Chlllun Got Wlngs 18.Who was the first Hoh.enzollern to take on the title f!i of emperor vV .of Hermany? William I // 19. The sixth largest island on earth, it is part of Indonesia and ;ij. was th~ setting f::,r ol).e~f 'Sherlock Homes' most tantallizing untold . - ' mysterles concernlng a glant .rat. What? . . Sumatra . . . 20. In : 1 054 Cardinal Humbert deposite.d: 'nn ~he altar of St.e·. Sophia in ( \ . , a bull of excommunication. against,thli>.s ' bishop, who J promptly excommunicated Hunrber.t :'and j.thus began .'the . great', schism !' . . ... bet.ween east :'and western Christianity. Who was the Patriarch ~ of

' Conttantinople herein involved? . y MichaelC erulariius ...... , . ; : ~. '. . '. : 13'O}j1] S VlU EST IONS . " ; ." , .', .- , ,. 1.For five points each, name the nine- Muses~ Calliop.e /,ctio, Erato, Eu terpe, He lpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Tp~l;. !, '4.Gi ve · -tr~.Le realriames of the following: lsak . Uinesen, :' Maxim .Gorky, Leo :rh ' ' . TrotslG';- Karen Blil!£en, Alexe'i 'Peshkov ,Lev' Bron~tei'n ' .... (' Yo' . : 5.For thi,rty, '13.11 or nothing,- gi vethe . 7 "Wonde,rs -of' the ·World:· ,<}, , ,." , ;"~Hanging :Ga:rderis · ,Pyramid:s · ,/0;{~p.l,s,e~.R'l,()1au~0Ie~m; · Tempre of .Diana, ./ ',," .,. . 'C,olossu8 of 1 statue·. ·,of Jupiter ,"· pp,a.r.os .·" of. .A,lexandria . ,. ;' ..,~ : .6~For30 ',aon;: 'name' ·the s.A.·.c otiritries' . which :./)11" include pDrti,ons 'of the .. .. -" equator~ > ' . Brazil; C01obia;' Per:u; .Ecaudor :· ...... ,.i, 7.For ten points each, '.name the f.irs.t . ·woman, friS't .black, and first · ',' ...;! ;~. ' .'black 'wom'an .',bamed ·tothe.:C.abihet.; ~$..r.anc :e:s.. 'Perkins, :Rob,ert ·Weave·r, . . " - . ~ and·PatrJ.cia Harris , ' ' ~'. : ;: ' : . ':;' .:::' .';. , ' .~.- . '. .. , ' . . .. :. ' . " ' .; '-' .~ ' . i . · S.Name :~the fC?llwoing libiet~is.fs: ~ Mo'zart' sf,or Dori'.Giovanni' ;ahd Harriage " ot --Figaroj "R. ~strauss' 8 for.:.Elektra and, Salome j . da Ponte,;' tI"offmans.thall 9:Nanle .. the directori of the ' following: l1ephisto , (Szabo); ~ ' Marriag~. : ot, o ':·.· l1ariaBraun . (Fassbinder) j Bye ByeB~aii1,,(~~eguesr" :.- ..· ' ·· . '. . ' '-' ; O.Name ,tje 3 majro Jjemo~ratic candid~tes,r:California (Deukmajian) ,Oregon ;(rAtiyeh) . r2:~·F'or5 ·, ~ eacl1, name the nine·teenth'·. century Chief J\i'stic~s.: ·~ Ma..i.shall, .:" .:;.; , .'-;':" Ta·ney,. chase, Waite, Fulle·r .· . ',_. , . ", ". " , ~:~ . " .1).Gi ve th~ capitals of tthe .following: Norqcco '- (R'abatT, Tun'is:La (Tunis), Venezuela (Cara~as), Horiduras (Tegucigalpe)" AustraJ.ia :'(Canberra) 14~Giv.e t:the running ' mates of :thefollo\nhg . presid'ential .candidates: .' A.E.· ~.s't1ith . ,. 1928 (Joseph Rooinosri}, James ,M. "Cox ·1920 ' (FDR): . ., .. :. :Euge'ne' 'Debs, 1912' (Emil -Seidel), Tom Dewey,. 1 948 ('£ail VJarre':rd, '0,\ : . . " 'Win.field: Sc oot, 185~ '( William . Graham), Jamei:i Polk , ] 844 ; (qe orge Dalla: ._ ~~ , 15~25 . ~dn, list the continents ; in order of ~ize, . larga~t · . to.smallest: .' ". "Asia~ : Africa, N.A.41 S.A.-, ANtarctica, Eur'ope; Australia.· . : 16 .Pla.ce rthefollwoingcaars in. chronological:order·:··· A1exius, Theo~ore III -- Anna, '<8Iizabeth-: t 25,aon . ; .' '.' . " . " .. .. . 1.7: Nmme the' composers of the foliw6'ing symphonies: Rheni·sh '(Schumann) , " ~ : ~ tt'alian (l1end.elssohn) ,: . Leningrad (Shostakovich), sYmi?liony of Psalms . . (Stravinsky) , Resurrection (Mahler), Titari,,; 01'ahler r', - ~''', '' . \ ·\ ' ·... ;~l.~.·Name .thE! team that won ,.t~~ , \NL pehI:an~ in 't~ .~ . ' ·~: oll

t ' ' . ~' 19.}~f· : ~;o~~~~t~, · n~me the Gerni~ri ' a~th: or 'b'i" Billi; '~~': '::~~ H ' ;l;r~ast Nine . '. and 'G~oup Portait with Lady. . Boll · ( · ' ·.' · ... . " ".' . :, -';,' . . . .· 20~Name· ' the Nobel laureqte~ , in ~it'erature 'for ·the following years: 0,:, ' i:· . ~ : ".~" }~~~~,~~ri~.~=S~ ." : ' .1.98 f '( Ca,ne~~~'), ..:1 .980, . (~~lo~.z),, ·. 1. 9~:2 (~0~1),~ 1 958,

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.. ;l. · In the Second Book of Samuel, .Nathan the prophtt rebukes David for · ·· ··:· in effect s:tealing the w:i:.Ke , of Uriah, the Hittite. \Vhat . is her.,rlame? .' (Bathsheba) . , . ' .: ....i : ' . . ' '. : .. ' . . . ' . . . ..~ 2. Wi~lia~ . Faulkner wrote : th~ novel 11 Abs~~om, ~bsalom! '! In the : Bi~le, r. _" . Absalom . lS the .. son of David • . He · winds up la-slng a bat tIe fought In re- ~ / . ,.){ellion ; against his father' and, " contrary . tb David' s brd~rs, ' is ' kille d, wrthu~ mo~ing David" to mourn J~~l:i~a~?ll,l, . my son .~ my son!,!! . ~b~a~om' s reb.ellion . . was motlvated , by the~esteem; . ln ,': whlch he was held by the people , after he . had '· retuf ned from . exile for . the killing. of his. brother Amnon~ What .' , ':;> :. .' sih': had Ainnon ': committed. which ; moved" AbsalQm .: to . slay him? (i 'ncest; ~ ne raped ::. hls : sister Tamar) ...... ~ ' , ' .... .~ .... . - . .' .. , . , < '. :' ~ . " ," .. ",:- .. ,' . .j~ . We 'all'.'k.n6w ;:tfiat the Czecli., plkYwright · Karel. : Cap~k~ . wrotethe :·play . R.U.R. ~· ' :· · ~nd. ihtroduced· the vJord IIrobo~jl into the voca.bularY; .' . b':lt .: :: ~hC?-~d .fd. , R.U.R. ltself stand for?(Rossum~s . Unlversal . Robots). .' . ., . , . " 4'. 'This Getman gener'al commandea') at . the . Bat tieef Liege in World ' War ' I; . ' ;; t~ou?h , su?ordina:t~.~? Hi.nd~nburg; , :he i~terr.er.ed a Ibt.with : h~s . po~iGies. / ~ ..::, Dlsmlssedafter falllng to . conclude .the .German offenslve of.' 1918,·he /V~::: ~ · ' ;La~er 'became ' a Nazi, ' joined in. the . B·eerHall, putsch, "aild served in the ' :";:.~\ "'Reitlistagfrom 1924 , to i 928.' Who? (Ei)ch ' von LUderidorff} : .. ,' " ,'; ' • , .~., 5. "Contraryto popular belie. ~" they ,had:.·n6thing" t6·. do wIhthRobin)1arshment. ,./.., . :.rr:hey · took their name ;ihstead ' frorri' J: theBob J)ylaiLtune, .II,Subterrarieap , V-, ,-~; ~: : ~ W:il.!le !3i'ck:;Blue S" ~ Who ; wEilJte " the.s(3 { . radipa16 , all( :lerrbr:ist~:~ 6f.': ; tt,lE3 ", l~t e·' ..1 960' s'; ;./':: ( . TrEi ; .WeC3,ther~en) , · · "' -: '.~ ': '~ : ,': . : I : .~ ,,~ ~. ,: :., ',:. :::; " ; , ~, ; ~ , ... ~ .:':: .: • .: .. ;;:>. i." . ~ 6 '~ 1ii .. J,883 _)3he ' ~ was: : appiIit$d ... speciatL . coiiimi~ioner <. to" inqlli~e r.- into · the ' condi- ;' he Q~>~- .~ ~~ e t,F~a.b~~~Z~, f.Ad~!~f;;;i : ' %~~£f~~b~6~,?~',1~!%~~~~: >o~~~ ~:t~~f~~~~~ t ~ f .3 " , . ~Cq~sts .. . Who.. CEelep. Hunt J~c;kso~) " ','( _"i ' .; ~ ' . " ". ; ' ; - ( '. ".::. , ~ :~ Tqis. electt';tcal ~,law ~tat, ~. s .· tl+~~ , ~ the ~.rat e. 6f.:: heating~l;p. ' . ~y _~PI+quc tor :.~'~ . 9f' elctri'c1tYdepehdp 4Pori."the:;·' squar~.( iof' · the .··. curre·f;lt .~ paslEing .·.thr.qugh the · " c,2nductbr rilUltiplied by tfi:e "c'oiiductor- resistarice j rilathematically" expresse( O. I x R. What? (Joule's Law) . . .' / .. - 8. , The characters in this . play are Josepg Garcin, a pacifist journalist; / / "Estelle Rigault, who has killed heI\ baby; and Inez , a lesbian . Vv/' postal clerk. They are trapped in a ' room and must · suffer each other's .-' company • . What is the play? (No Exit, by .J-P. Sartre) 9. Lewis Milestone won the Academy Award for best directo~ for the secong time in 1930 for his adaptatiori of a remarkable short novel.rThe :. main characters of the novel and movie are Paul Bauemer and Stanislaus Katzinsk,' , .What is the name of the novel and play, set in World War I?(All Quiet on the Western Front) 10. In 1942 ]vlichael Kaninand Ring Lardner, Jr., won t'he Oscar for best ./' originul screenplay. The movie they worked on was turned into a Broadway _ play in the early 1980's, and has starred in turn Laueen Bacall, Raquel Vielch, and Debbie Reynolds ·in the title role. What?(Woman of hhe Year) 11. Johnny Crson reportedly turned down a major role in this motion picture, which has been labaled by some as the most dangerpus, irresponsible film since l'Taxi Driver" ~ In it, a comedian kidnaps a talk show host to ·force his way onto the show. Jerry Lewis plays the talk show host in this soon­ to-be relased Scorsese film, starring Robert D.eNiro. · What? (King of Comedy) 12. This small African nation is bordered by Mozambique on the far north- :vest side, ' but is. otherwise. whollyencircled by South Africa. Its capita; / . lS Mbabane. What ls't?(Swazlland) . . .' 13., This Sicilian philosopher was a Pythagorean and Iived from about 490 to /'; 430 B.C. He is said to have been the first to propose that matter consists ?-(/ of air, earthI¥ fire ,and water, that blood ebbed and 'flowed from the heart, I...C)/. . and that health resulted from maihtaining a balance of the four bodily ; . humors. Who? (Empedocles) 14. Nicholas I acceded to the Russian throne in 1825. _ Irt ~ the wa~e of·th . ensuing cOntusion over the changei~ ' ~ove~riment m~ny ~ristoc~~ts ' ~nd officers formed secret societies in the hope of bringing about a ' . C) revol~ tion against the tsar. They . failed, '. tho . th~y inspired later , ~t temp~. By what name is .the revolt ··known?(Decembrist ·Revolt)· . . " : . . ( 15. Robert Prest on' has o( late " beerL seen in ' such films' as II Vic t orzy ' Vic torie:: and "S~b.B." ,tho one of · his '~ ea.riiest successes was ' as the . title char-acte of II The Music ' Han". Who ' ~rote "TnECMusic ' M.sm"? (Heredi th Wilson) ' 16 ~ It:· - broke from .· ·the'·Roaan···Church when the :C6uncilof Chalcedon in 451 .... 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1. For 30 points, name the 3 fates of Greek myth and what each one do ~ s. r"Clotho spins" Lachesis measures, 'Atropos cuts) , ~ , " ' . ': ~ l Name the home state ' of th~ , fOll'Oo/ing famoul? 'American"S,o,ut:herners: a. , Ta:J-lul?-~ :,Bankhead (Alabama) ~ , b. ', Hugo BlC?-ck , (Alabama) ':' C. He lan :Ke ller , (Alabam?'J , d. George ' W. Carver (Alabama):,' e. John ,C.Fremont ~Georgia) 3~Ariiw~r t~~ following Questioris ',on , Australian ,geography: ' ~ , a~" " the, capital of Queensland (Brisbane } .... b. theprovinc e tnat',' borders , the Great Barrier Reef CQue,ensland):,'}::c. the ' southern' inlet, b~1'dered ' by South A.- .,:and , West:-:-A." right below, the Victorian dessrt(Graat A. Big~t) 4 • • Identify :the follwwing famous aNazi ~ 30-20-10 , . a. He was sentenced to 10 years In prlson at the Nuembeg Trlals b. He was responsibR:e for the r~birth of German U_Boat service in vio~aSion of the Versialles Treaty, and became heid Of the German Navy late in the war , , I c. He headed the Nazi government after Hitler's dwath and accepted th te~ms of un6cnditional surrende~. (Karl Doeni tz) 5. Answer the follwwing questions on theOscars: a.The last musical to win Best Picture (Oliver!) : ; ~.TThhe df~rsttWinnefr'9f3or4' besbt tdir~cttOr (L~WIlt· sHMiles~odnOe) N· htl! (F C ') ' '/: : c. e lrec or 0 s es PlC ure, appen~ ne 19 • ppra ' ' 6. N~me the ameddments; 'I: ' ~ a. No quarte~ing ofsilildiers in p~acetime (3) ' i ,b. Women's suffrage (19) Ii C.' Abolition of poll taIX: (24) t d~ Abolition ot (13} e. Right to bear arms (2) , ~ . Arrange the follwoing Supreme Court judtices in chronological order of ( -) Pl'i~'1.·rt~niellt: ':'William Douglas, Be njamin Cardozo, Earl , War~en, Hugo Blacl: , \.-~-.L OUls bre,ndels. (1,13 , EC, HB, WD, EW) , I 8. Na6e the com~6sers of the following operas: ~ ! a. La Gioconda (ponchielli) \ b. The Medium (Menotti) c. Rienzi (Wagner) ; . 9. Name the current prime ministers of ' the followin~ countries: a. Greece (Papandreou) b. Ireland (Fitzgerald) c. Spain (Gonzalez) 10. Answer the following quest~ens about the British Labour party: • a, the first Labour p.m. (R. Macdonald) b. the last orie (J. Callahan) c. the Labour ~.m. during most of, the 1960's (H. WIlson) 11. Idemtify the author, 30-20-10 a.The Greek Passion, Freedom or Death b. The Poor Man of God, The Odyssey c. Zofba the Greek, The ,Last Temptation of Christ (N. Kazantzakis) 12. Identify the Russi,an czars: , , a. lieigned 17'96-1801 (Paul) b. Reigned 1855-1 S81, assassianted (Alexander I~ c. Reigned 1598-1605 (Boris Godunov) d.Reigried 1689-1725 (pteer I) 13. Identify hhe following artists: ' a. sculptor of Lbbste~ Trap and Fibh Tail (A. Calder) b. surrealist paint'er of Study ,Afer Velasqaez's Portrait of Pope Innocent, X (Francis Bacon) , c. American painter of Christina's World and Winter (A. Wyeth) 14. Identify country ' by capi'tal: A. Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) h.Nouakchot t (Hauritania) c. Accra (CHfiitra) , d. Kinshasa (Zaire~ e. , Bangui (CAR) ~ .. Identify the followinf):>!tseball players by their nicknames: ' C)"- a. ' Splendid Splinter ('r'.' YJilliams) b. Yankee Clipper (J. DiMaggiO) c. Charlie Hustle (Pete:r~ose) d. Old Aches and Pains (L. Appling) e. Zamboni Machine (Ken Riitz)f. Sultah of ' Swat (~abe Ruth) --

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. .. , " ...... • " o · 1 ".. 1. This 20th century American composer wrote an adagio for str~ngs which "'r was played on national radio following the announcem~nt of the death of I ( \':'DR. The composer died two years ago, leaving behind such favorites as ~ . ~~ k he Overture to the School for Scandal, three Essays for Orchestra, and ~ song cycles based on the works 'of James Joyce and Soren Kiern:egaard. Who j:: wa~ he?/Sa~uel Barber . I 2. Frank .Skeffingtori, 72, is the mayor of Bost~n~ He is ~unning fnr re-el~ctio{ / against politcial newcomer Kevin Mccluskey in. a fight to preserve the ~ machine. What is the novel, penned by 'Edwin O'Connor?/The L~st Hurrah i 3. The year is 1983, the city Boston. For ten point~, who really is the ' . mayor?/Kevin White ". . . .' 4. In the works of Shakeppeare, twofeamle characters share this n~meJOne / is the wife of Brutus. in Juilis Caesar; 'the Qther utters the immottallines in the Merchant of Venice, II the quality of mercy is not staained". \Afuat is the na~~?/Portia ' . 5. Of the following authfurs, who was "the first to win a Nobel Prize in / literature: Josepg Conra"d; James Joyce; Marcel Proust; Leo Tolstoy; Thoma.s Hardy; Dylan Thomas; Franz Kafka; and F. Scott Fitzgerald ?/none of them : '6. Despite their different interpretations of radical politics, the young . men Stavrogin and Verkovensky combine fanaticism; treachery, and self-con­ /tradiction to incite an. entire town to pillage, arson, and slaughter.What is tne Dostoevsky novel?/The Possessed 7.This magazine made its .debut in 1914 and lasted until 1936. A pet project of Henry Crowninshi~ld and Conde Nast, this literary and art-oriented maga­ zine is now being revived, and its Marc.h issue will contain an entire noeel by Nobe.l prizewinner Garcia Marquez. What . is this periodical, which ulttimate;: derives . ·its name from Pil~ri~'s Progress?/Vanity Fair 8. This seventeenth century theologian likened faith to a wager, whe.re the ? ~:i.fe Qet. was on the ·side of fai t~. Who waf! this French thinker, who was LJ: greatly lnfluenced by the Jansenlsts?/Blal~e Pascal ' . . 9. An . American painter, he lived from 1844 to 1916. Using an objective, ,/ realistic approach to his art" his best,-known works include liThe Chess / Players", "Miss van Buren", "Cardinal H'artinellil~ the "Clinic of ProeessDr Gross", and IIJohn Biglen ina Single Scull". Who?/Thomas Eakins 10 • . This type of legislative enactment is forbidden by the US Constitutnon and was abolished in Great Britain in 1870. It punishes those ~uilty of treason or felony by forcing the loss of all property and the infliction of cruel and unusual punishment; furthermore, the defendant Cannot sue fQr legal protection or ~ivil rights, and cannot testify in court. What is this odious type ·of enactment called? /bill of attainder 11. An ancient count~r of Asia Minor, it contained th~ cities of Chalcedun, Nicomedia, and Nicea. It was independent from 278 BC under Nicomedei I uttil Rome annexedit in 74 BC. It was later governed by Pliny the Younger. W~at is the name of this ancient region?/Bithynia . 12. Scotland is a place. By what poetical name is Scotiand sometimes called, deriving from the ancient name of the place as mentioned in Tacitus? /Caledonia 13. The Anglo-Saxon kings of England ruled from Alfred t~e Great in 1 871 to Edmund II in 101e. Alfred's reign was 30 years, but this wa~ not the longest reign of the Anglo-Saxon kings. Which one ruled for 38 years, from 978 to 1016?/Eth~lred . . .' . . " .' , . 14. The author ' of "TheyGot me Covered", "Have Tux, Will Travel", II I Owe ' -Russia $1200", and liSa This IsPeace", this popular entertainer ~othis . in vaudeville and first . appaaredoll Broadway in 1927, tho he was bo,rr · ' n London. vVho is this comedic;3..ll, who will be 80 on May 29? /Bob Hope . O"":' ~ . He becamepresideIit of the CIO in 1952 when Philip Murray died. Along . i wth George Heany of the AFL, he paved the way for the union merger in 1955. . Who was this noted laborleader?/Wlater Reuther . He wrote 33 plays,amny of hhem verse drama based on historical char­ ~y acters. , Among them were "What Price Glory?", "Anne of a 'l'housand Days", ~ , 0.' ,,\ llKNickerbocker Holidayl1, llWinterseVl,"Key Largo", and "nigh Tor". Who' r" \' was this noted American playwright? IHaxwell Anderson " 17. This politcial party was formed in Buffalo, NY ' in' 1848; and was at first made ~p of such minor parties as the Barnburners, the Liberty party, ~ome Whigs, and abolitionists. Its cardinal principle was an pppositipn to the extension of slavery. It ran presidahtial candiate f6r the first time in 1848, for the last time in 1852. What was it?IFree~Soil Patty 8. He'nry VIII and this French ' monarch met in iii June 1520 at the Field of / /the Cloth of Gold in Calais. The French knig tried to persuade Henry ' to ' ~v oppose Charles V of 'Germany. Who was the French king1 I ' Francis I , ' 19. He directed the 4 hour silent epic Napoleon, ' which was re-released" by Francis Ford Coppola in 1981. Who is htis noted Frenchman ofcmnema? lAbel Gance' , . 20. A 20th century art movement influenced 'by cubism, it ries to incorpor~te into pamnting and sculpture elemenst of architecturw and engineering.: Among its practicioners ,kave been Naum Gabo, Antoine ,Pevsner, and Al Calder • What is it?/con~truttivism o

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1. Name the Nobel Prize ~inners in literature: . a. 1980, wrote "The Captive Mind" and much poetry in Polish (Milosz) b. 1957, wrote "The Rebel", French (Camus) ". r:;. 1921, wrote "Penguin Island", French (France) -c. n; 0 5 pts. each: Name the 6 most common chemical compounds in the earth's· ~' - ~ stmosphere from most to least common./N , O , A, CO , Ne, He ~ . 3. 5 pts. each: name the senator: 2 2 2 ; . ~ a • . ~J./(ro~ Mo., recently re-elected (Danforth) . ": b. dem.from Mo.~ one-time vp candidate (Eagleton) , ~ c. Rep. from Colo., conservative member of Soc. Sec. commission(Armstrcing) t.( d. the other Colo. senator, a bern. (Hart) f. ~ . e. Rep. from Nevada, recently elected (Hecht) . . f.. 4. Withth€ primary electionn of . Harold Washington in Chicago February 22, r . . it looks like the Second City will soon have its first black mayor. Within ~:~ . ·the List fifteen or so years, blacks have m-aEl.e impressive inroads into l~ ci ty governments around the US. Identify the following black mayors: ' , a. the current mayor of LA, who lost a bid for the governorship of Cali- t, fornia recently (Tom Rradley) . t b. the current mayor of ' Atlanta, who once worked at the UN (Andrew Young) r." c. Andrew Young's predecessor as maypr of Atlanta (Maynard Jackson) [ d. the current mayor of Detroit (Coleman Young) f e. the one-t~me mayor of Cleveland, he was among the first of the ' blacks elected mayor of a major city in the US (Carl Stokes) .. f • the current mcj.Jor of Newark (Kenneth Gibson) 'g. the mayor of Gary,. Ind., since 1967 (Richard Hatcher) . 5. Wisconsin politic~ans have been tnvolyed in seve~althrid-party bids for national office~.Identify the following: a. the Socialist candidate for president with whom Milwaukee may()r Emil Seidel ran for president (Eugene Victor Debs) . ( ~~') b. the right-wing I>1adison mayor who was Lester Haddox'!? . running mate in --/ 1136'1 1976 tWilliam Dyke) c. the candidate with whom ran on an independent bid (John Anderson) \ d. Robert .LaFollette's running .mate i~ 1924 '(Burton K. Wheeler) 6. Identify the playwright: a. wrote liOn Golden Pond" and "West Side Waltz') (Ernest Thompson) b. wrote "Amadeus" . (Peter Schaffer) . c. wrote "Marat/Sade" (Peter Weiss) 7. Among the better known Soviet republics are Russia, the Ukraine, Lithu- . I ' I anii, and Latvia. Name . as many more as you can for 5 each. . i (Estonia, Byelorussia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekhf"'kazakhstan, Armenia, i ~ . Kirghizia,Holdavia, Turkmenistan) Tadjikistah) . I 8. Allor nothing: arrange the following Russian cazrs in chronological I odder for 25 pts.: Peter III, Nicholas I, Alexander I, Catherine I, ~ Paul I (Catherine I, Peter III , Paul I, Alexander I, Nicholas I) I 9. Identify the country the following royally rule: ~ a. House of Gluecksburg (Denmark) b o (Luxembourg) ~ c. (Sweden) d. House tf= Bourbon(Spain) ! e. HOuse of Grimaldi () f. House of Cotter (Delusia) • 10.For 10 pts. each, a) how many countries border Bhutan?(2) . b) what are these two countries? (India and China) ~t. ., c) what is the capital of Bhutan? (Thimphu) i1 •.For 5 pts~ each, give the film that won hhe Academy Award in the following I years: . a)1969 (Midnight Cowboy) b) 1973 (The Sting) .c)1977 (Annie Hall) t· ." . d)1934 (it Happened One Night) e)1960. (The Apartment) . [ ()FOr 5 pts. each a~d 10 for ~etting all right, name the largest cities l' - ;Ln rt1i.ri~1i}1 Canada ~n descend~ng order; a wrong answer stops you. ' . f11Y//J.ri'/-fJj/ty1ppf; Take intonace.ount populations only within city limita, not not metropolitan areas. (Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Edmonton) 13. Now taking into accpuntmetropolitan areas, list the four . largest cities · in Canada. (Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, ottawa) Answer the· following questions on the history of : . . n.c....- J.) whp in 1821 secured a grant from local authorities permit ting him ' to bring in American settlers? (Moses Austin) . b) what year did Texas . proclaim· a·provisional government at Washington-on:-the- Brazos, in defiance of Me . xiu~? (1836) .. . c) what battlr, 'commanded by Sam , .ended the : war and brought to birth' .. the Independent Rep~blic of Texas? (San Jacinto) .. - -' 15.Answer the following -questions for ~/~ 10 pts each: a)Who was the 1~t wom~n to Serve .in Congress? (Je~nette Rankin) . b)What ye~r did Little League baseball allow girls to play? (1974) . c)What was the first state to grant political equality to ~omen?(Wyomtng!) 16. Identify what the following constellatipns are su*posed to represent: - a)Cygnus (swan) b) gruB (Crane) c)~onoceros (unicorn) . d)&ydrus (water snake) e)reticulum (net) f) scutum (~hield) 17. Identify the following units of measuee: . a)what do 24 grains equal? (one pennyweight) b) what do 20 grains eqrial? - (one scruple) · c)Whatdo 4 c gills equal? (one pint) . d)what do 80 'chairts equal?(1 statute mile) e)what do 27 11/32 grains 'equal? (one dram) 18. Identify within 2 years the ' year in which each of the .following won the Nobel Peace Prize: . a) Elihu Root (1912) b)Albert Schweitzer (1952) t)Willy Brandt(1971) d) Jane Addams and Nicholas Murray Butler (J'~j{i 1931) 4t))Cordell 'Hu~~ (1945): . f) Charles G. Dawes and Austen Chamberlai·n (1925) .Jl.-- . '19/ A~swerthefollowing questions ob baseball's AI·I Star game: a)where was the first one played? (Comiskey Park, Chic.ago) b)when? 1J'~t~l (1933) . . ~) c) what was the last year the American League won? (197'1) (_J d)'whatwas the; last year that two were heldt, (1962) .. e) what was the last yaer the leagues played to a tiegarne? (1961) (rain) f)what year was the last one played in a city that no-longer has a team?( 1969 20. Identify the princJhpal country assoc:i:ated with the following deserts: a)Negev (I~rael) b)GreatSandy (Australia) c)Dasht-i-Lut (IraN) d)Atacama (Chile) e)Taklama~an (China) f)Nubian (Sudan)

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; , ,1. In the , late 1940' s ,Dary 1 F. Zanuck shot the movie "Princ e of Foxes" ' /-.9n ,location iq , this European, cuuntry. The ",world's oldest republic, it ,n' ,/ was , f0y.ndad in the 4th cGntury ",AD by ,a stonecutter (later revered as ' a " saint) and his followers'. What is the name of this' nation of some 20,000 - ,soulsi ' ' " ' (San Marino) , :~ 2.' ,This nov~l ' was ~ peh.haps the most popular booktn America during the , >;~ /, C~vil W~.r. , An epic.of some 1200, p~ges,itis " divide~ into f 1 vemajor parts; , amonghhe"n~mes of these flve parts are Fantlne, Cosette, a~d Mar~¥s. E~ch par~ ~i~ then subdivided ) into ~ smaller parts, each :of.them ,' , !furt,her subdiyide,thJ ; Battie ' of VJaterloo? . ' ,'. ; ':, • < (LesHiserables), ' :3 . .. J1e ;,was ~: ~h.~ ,t '{xi 'i ' r.Qbbe,ry a.teempt in 1973, but :survivedarid con1;i~ued , . , "to , ser~e in ~ the ,,:5enate, as . he has .sinee 1947. Previous to that ',he ,was ,';, · , : ((J~~~c.~~~n 'J~~~e , ~=.: Nam: thiS . ~outhe.rri : De.mocrat. >f~~o ' Will ',be 82~hi~ Y~ : ar. i4. • He , edited the ,journal "Crisis" from 1934 to 1949. Ari advocat& ,of ' nong ; ';, violen~.e, thfs 'U..s vc'i vil ;r;ights leader.. 'served asa director of. ,the. NAACP ',frqrri :1955 ,to 1970., He , died ', ip. :.19,8:1 ' at the. 'age of 80. , Wh'o?' , (Roy~. Wilkins) 5~ ' Hi:s" fatl1ert died · before h~ waS' born (how's t 'hatfor a -- misUsed, pronoun?) ,4 :3;an.Ci ', ~C?:, b~.e boy. became. king ,a,t :pi:c.th in< 1.886,"and. began ,:;l)'er~(}nal~ ' ru~e in ' .I ,l902. He., ',apsOclate d hlmself ",W],. tl1 \tJr~, : :unpopular: ~ di~tat'Or · ,Prlmo ·'de ·Rlvera, , ancf \iias ','rbrced' fa" leave Spain'in 1931, thaugh" he," refueed': to.cabdicat'e. ' , : ; L' }'lhq, :'l~?, , , ~h.i~ , ~ , ~g '': .of , ~pain,);he ,gp,andfather" of : :-K~g ~ JU,anUarlo:s? (.ATfons,a 13) : ;(~~ ~ ~M-s , : , ~~P-, : w~? :~~:)Uhg~ ..~ l?et WE?en.:.par?-guay, ,an,d Bolly~a from , ~ ' .1 ,932 . t ' o, ,1-935. ' Q ~ Over 200,,oQo. c?:s.'ualtles to~k place b~for , e ,the :.Wan:', was ~ fl;nallY ' settlEid by ''''' ';<,,8F.bi t.natib;I1, 'ino:stJy, in , fC3:yor . : .or. :. P: ?-~ , aguay. ,'What: is::thB' hame, '- of ~ th:Ls ,'vlar, :'~ :tak:i,.n'g 'its name .from the region over:' : ~ which the .war was fought? -TO,hac 0 War) ;:""'7 ' . :' . " J,~ , 1397 ,all ' the Scandinavian crwo~f3 , w~re u~ited by the ,Kalmar Union , ! ,' under Queen Margaret of Denmark. Thl;s sltuatlon lasted tlll: 1523, when 0. the Swedes pulled out and eaected this fellow their king. Who? (Gustavus I) 8/' Nicholas Gilman; Nathaniel Gorham; Thomas Mifflin; Richard Bassett; Gunning Bedford; Daniel Jenifer; Dania) Carroll; Hu Williamsonj James ' ~i18on; David Brearley; Jonathann Daytbnj William Samuel Johnson; John Langdon; Jacob Broom; Charles Pinckney; and Jame.s Madison weee amoI1g the signers of this document. Wrlat? (US Constitution) 9. This famous pgotographer served as editor of Fortune magazine but is , better known from his photos of depression-struck South and his book UNow Let us Praise Famous Me~'. Who? (Walkei E~ans) , O. This medal is named aft er an eight'eenth Q'entury English bookseller and publisher who s~ecialized in children'S books; indeed the medal is awarded every yaer for distinguished contribution to American childrens' literature. What is it? (Newbery Medal) 11. A member of hhe French New Wave film directors, he successfully made the transition from French to American moviemaking. His films include "Lacombe, Lucienne", "Murmur of the Heart" ; "Zazie dans le Metro", ,"Pretty Baby" and "ATlantic City". Who? (Louis Halle) 12. This lake extends into upstate New York, Vermont,and Quebec, it is named for the French explorer who discovered it in the seventeenth century and promptly shot three Iroquois. Needless to say this upset , the Iroquois, who, in years to come, constantly sided with, the British against the French. Anyway, what ~s the name of the lake, not fa~fr6m Mt. Defianvd and Fort ~ Ticonderoga? ' (Lake Champlhln) 13. A Dutch-born English philosopher and satirist of the eighteenth centuryij. n his" Fable of the Bees" tries to' establish that virtue and economic progress \ ~! are based on self-interest and private vices~ Who? (Beranrd Mandeville) '-'/4. It is May 3, 1960. You, are at the Sullivan Stre~t Theater in Manhattan. , 7 ... You have Clllme to see the first run of a, play in whlch a character called ' / El Gallo sings about an abduction he is to perform ina fantaay version ( " of the old Rome 0 and Julie·t · story. Little do you realize that : t wenty..;t wo , ) years later the play , will. still ..be running. Name the musical, writtwn by Tom Johes and , Harvey Schmidt • .. .., (The Fantasticks) . 15. This .. US novelist likes to write historical fiction. His wor:ks include . "Ci tizen Tom .Paine", IISpartacusll , and lIThe Unvanquis};led ll • Name this : 'former . Communist who also .. wrote ~ IIThe -Naked G'od" about · his disillusionment . with the Reds. " '. : I ': (.Howard Fast) ; . .16. ,tAn ' orda~ried Baptist minister .whoturned to journalism, he 'viote. '\. fQr the Nationa~ Public: ~ Scho9l.Gelebration of ~o.lombus. Day, 1892', th!? ' ~' Pledge of Alleglance • Name hl-m. :; .. (FraJ?,cls BellamY) lJ""\ ' 17. Seeing how 'it was . th~ . home of . many 'influent:i:al Democr~ts . of hhe ' say . including Hubert<; Humph:cey and :: Walter Mondale f it seems • odd: that .Richard Nixon would have been. enamored with the state of Minnesota~ However, he appointed to the US Supreme Court not one but two Minnesota~s. Name them _ both. • " . ' ..:. ; . (Burger and Blackmtrn) 18. This art mov.ement of the': 1960 I S emphasized. ;optical illusi'ons thru the ., .. .:- ... .c;reation ·of· complex geometric constructions :and designs;' 'it trie.d to . : r·~//prOduce . .th~ , illusion .of mdvement . on the pict.ure surface. Among its· . ./~. ad~erents ·.were the ever-J)opular ~icfor. Vasa:.r~ly and ·.B.ridget Riley. Name -" f , ~.}£·c ·: .thls artmo.vmment, whose. :appelatlon r.hym.es Wlth that· of· Mit a?'Oth.er . • contemporary art movement.· . '. c ' .. . ' . .. . . (p' " Op :Art) ' .' .. . , ~9. A~ .Th.ermo:pylae '.: the ' Greek" forces. under ' thi~ ,commander ~ l:le~~ up the . • J.nvadlng. 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. v. /d~feated by Edward at. the J;3attle of Barnet. Who was this powerful nobleman, known as "The Kingm~rll?(Richard .Neville, earl of Waraick) 10. H~ tried to uphold the high journalistic standards of his prede­ cessor Adolph Ochs as publisher ·of the NeW York. Times from 1935 to 1961. Who w~s this US newspaperman, who served as chairman of the boarld of the Times until his death in 1968?(Arthur Sulzberger) 11.He set a r~cord in th~ NHL for most assists (102( in 1971, twicB led the league in scorign, ~nd won eight. consec~tive Norris trophies. Name this hockey great, who ended his paaying days with the Chicagi> . Black Hawks. . (Bobby Orr) . / " '12. Active in, the and the French Resistance in World ./« /. \ War II, s~e , cOl1;v:~rte~ frQm ,Ju~aism . to C, hri .s , ti~~ity !~?und 1940. Among / \,/y/ her book lS "Oppresslon anq., Llberty". Nanie thls twe'ntleth-century . _~ ~ philosopher.. . (Simone W~il) '- . 13. This American humorist and short-stpry writer was originally a . , journ~list and sportswri~er.,Among his collections. of short stories are "You Know He,. AI" and "How to Write Short Sto~iesll. He also collaborated on E-~iting pl~J's with George S. Kaufman and. Geoge M• . Cohan. Name this authbr of the story IIHaircu't". (Ring Dardner) . ' 14. In 1611 he became King of Sweden~ ( A' hero of the Thirty ¥ears' War, he was done in durmng the Battle of Luetzen when a company of Croats ~ from vVallenstein's army' when he got separated ' from his wwn men due ~/ . to . the thick .fog. : :ijame .this 'king and scholar, th~ . grandson of Gusta­ vus I. ' .( Gustavus II Adolphus) (\ .J ~ . '- . 15. This Swedish physical chemist won the Nobil Prize in 1930 for his theorY conscerning' the dislocation of /,if,,f, salts ip. solution. He laid the foundations far the study of electrochemistry. Who is he?(Arrhenius) r . ._ ," 1. ... "

n /16. This English' novelist has written such ·works as "The'Al~xandria Quartet· ...- I: and four novels-:-"'; IIJustine" " I~Balth~saru '~I ..IM6tiritoliveli, and "Cleol!, wqich .. . ~xplot~one stbry fDom differ~nt iiewp6ints~ Whb i~ he?(Lawr~nee Durrell) 17. II But this rough 'magic I here abjure: and when ' I ha.ve required some · . . he~venly music ,whicl} even ..no\l{ ': I do , to ,vork mine ' end upon their senses., '; :-' . that 'this airy' charm 'is 4lorrp.:r ll ,break :my 'staff;' burY'it ,' certain fathoms ' ,, //,; ~:' in tlt~ ea.r~h ~ and deeper thEw'-did ever:·plummet· sound I Ill . drwwn my book. 1I . These words are spoken by a character in , one of Shakespeare I s last plays, ," aridi~thDught.bj. ~ome to be thei b~rd~ij(fat~well ~ fo the ' world of the· - '::.' .' . theater~ :Who says these : words? (:rrosp'ero ·~ ." in :· the : T~mp 'est) ' . ~ , . . . 18~ .. Bis . uncle ': was ·Pericles. He ' was .a 'b:filliant . general'; for ·~ the : Athenians ' -'-- ~"':-:< iri · t~e Pe lopenesi?aan Wars;: he s~vea ::th~llfe of· S9crates· at the "Battle of /../~~ · \ ))elium · ~· inA 424. 'He was.:goir;.g: ~aclt · t~ ,Athens- to stand trial for pr?faning ,.-;// the statues' of MeI'cnry :' w~en ' he had a ' c~ange of :heart ,and .went to fl..ght· . . v:. .,," ~ for Sparta • . Thereafter " he 'fled _to Persl..{t, after a whllecaIhe back to ,.. ~--; _.. , .... fight for · Afhen:~~: . and ·was again. exile ' d~ "He :~was ' assassinated " on· his way .:_"'C: . back 'to persia. · 'H~ was :: this inuch.;.'grai;el~d · military man? (Alcibiades) : ;:', ,"r' l'9! Th·j:'s :'mythical natiori::is ': nieritione:cf·· in the tit Ie ' of· a· .·book~O 3 ';'N6 ~ E? ;L ' ~ ii z' e : ~~ ";'p4y ilic;s with the ~ -· Curies. ·· He discovered radloactlvlty_+-n uranium'salts .. l.:nJ896, ·' thus . ·:_:·::)?3..i-!· feidirig to': theories t o'n' the :1 structur·e · of>the· .·atom. ·Wh.6 . was ·~ he?: (H. Becquerel)

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1~ Name the playwright~ a. lI~he . Flies" " liThe Good ·Lord arid t the ' Devilll (Sartre) b. "Caligulall (Camus! f""'.. , ,1 c. "The Gaucasian Chalk Circ lell ( Brecht) . d."Sticks and..·Bones" , "streamers" (Rabe) e. "The Rope" ,"The Eunuch" (Terence) . 2. Name the author of the novel: a. "The Enormous Room" (e e cummings) ' . b."t4 en Against the Sea" (Nortihoff and :Hall) . c. "Immensee" (Storm) . ' ' .. ' . d. "Ethan Fromme" (Whartoil) ' . _. .... ·e ·. "Holl 'Flanders" (deFoe) . 3. Answer the following on British imperialist ·art:· '. a. wrote : th~ ~ poem "Rule, Brittania'" (James Th'omson) . ' . b .. wrote the music for "Rule, Brittania" (Thomas Arne) ': ' ':c ' 0. wrote theinuslc for "pomptaridCircumstancell(Elgar) · . . d. coined the jolly phrase "white manl sburden" (Kipling) " 4 ·. -': Name the following - thingshhat begin' with the. letter :ii kIf t a. one of the major islands of the Hawaiian: !slandsgroup(Kah?olawe) b. a Moslem shrine in Mecca (Kaaba) -. . . ' ,,'.C": ··c. a state of eupgoria ,induced : by the . smokirig : of' hemp (kif or kef) d. the seileschalmn KingArthur-'scoutt (Kay) .:· ·: : ·:-:-, ' r',- ".".< ' ,;: e. a t French military cap Vr1th'l:'a .T:J-at, :. circular, top" and ,a visor (kepi) 5. I'll give the state nickname, ·. and ··· 1ou.~.~( . ':'-',: .-', :;,:.. ' :~ : :; a~ TheM.agii.olia, :~ . State (Mississi·ppi) : b~ L'Etolie' dir: Nord Estar of the N6rth(Minne~ota)c. : Peilic~h ; State - · (Lbuisiana) ' d. 'Pine"Tree State () e.Land of Opport;ilnity ' · (Arkiulsas~ ;~ ·,· f ..··: Constitution State {Connecticut) . 6. That'last'bohus \vas somuth ' fun, 'let's try it agC?-iri: --'" a.Evergreen Statw~Was0ington) b. Treasure State (Montana) ., ) c .Equali ty Stat e (\'iyol1iing) . d. Diamond State (DiHaware) . C .: ·e.Granite state {NH} : ':'- -", f. Sioux Btate '(North Dakota) 7. A'nd why 'not orie. more · time~ •• ." . a. Silver State ., (Nevada) ':: .:> . • b. :8.almet to State (SC) . c.Centennial 'State (Colorado}. • -d. Mountain state (Wv) ' e.Gem State (Idaho) e. Otd Line :State (Maryland)· f ~ Beaver ·. state ; (Oregon) . . . : ., - . ',':·8. Name the authDr, ' 30~20-10. . " a. She was born in England in 186~, · ~ied in . 1943, 'wrote "The Tailor V • .' .of Gloucester'" .' ,. " b. She wrote "Pigling Bland", ilJemima Puddle';"Duck" ar:td "Mrs Tiggy-NinkleH ,; . ' 2 . c. She I wrote II Be njamin Butl-ny" and ' ''Peter -Rabbit" (Beatrioc Potter) :- 9.Name the . composer ··Oftheifol1owing ; msuicals~ :. "' , , l ' : a.. Gklahoma! (Rodgers) . ' :b. SweeneyT·odd (Sondheim) (~): ' ; :c .,:·Josepg :: arid . the Amazing Technicolr :Dreamc oat (Weber) < ~',i : . f. Brigadoon (Loewe) .; ';:. : ,:, ,:. ' ) - '~ . ~ . ., " , ". . ,, : ':, f :: .. ,.... : ~ :~"':'. >' :. ..' .) . - .. . ., .::". ; :, ''<,':OJ .') ' t\ '.,:1 o~ .: More ntusicals: " , . ,~ ' '. ~ ': ; a. Paint Your 'Wagon : (L6Enve ) . . " .- , b" Cats (.WetJber) . . " ::< . c. Oliver! (Lionel Bart) d. Hair (Ragni, Rado, & Mc Dermott) ~ e. Grease (Casey & Jacobs) f. Evita (Webber) . r~'" 11 • . Mali is bordered by .seven (count· 'em, seven) counti:ies.Name them, ~I"::' . (Algeria,Haur!htania, Senegal, GUinea, Ivory Coast, Upper Volta, Niger) T;·. 12. There were five . Ivlarx brothers, Groucho, Chic 0, Harpo, Gummo, and. Zepp.o. { . n Give the re.al · names of each for 5 points each. ~ (Groucho: Julius; Chico, Leonard; Gummo, Miltoh; Harpo, Arhhur; . Zeppo, Herbert) , 13. Name the playwri'ght: a. "Tiger at thE! ,Ga te SI1 , ... ~ I ;Eleq tra", and liThe I Mad : Woinan ·.· of Chail·lotl1 (Je an Giraudoux) . ~ . . ." b. "Inherit the Wind" .{Jerome Lawrence & Robe.rt E. i~e) n c. "The Balconyl1 & "The :Blacks" ~" (Jean GenE;lt) . d. "Cuchulfuin" & "'l'he Countess ' Cathleen" (Yeats) . e. "A Man for All Seasons'l (Robert Bolt·) . ;. . f. "The Quare Fellow" :: (Brendap. ~ehan) . 14. Academy Award drivel: . ::...... a~For what film ' did Liz' Taylor win Oscar as best actres1i3? -' . (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1 b. For what film did Hel Brooks ' win 'for b~si ;. story~u1d sQreenplay? . (The Pr0c?uers) . :' . . ,' . ... . :.!:.- . ~ ' .:.: :...... •. . .. . " . c. ~or what film did Fredr.:ic"M~rch { g~~ best actqr?(Best years Qf Our Ll v e s) . . . . : ".' ... . ,'. ;...... ~ ' . .. . d. H~ won .3 for best dir.~etor~ for Mrs. Miniver~ .;-Best : Ye~s of our Lives; ' and Ben-Hur:; (William ,Wyler) . ' ,. .• ;. : .'.< . ' e ~ : Spenc~r. T.racy won t w9 ... years · ;Ln a row. What . ~;LJ:m~! ,( Captai.o.s Coura- ! . : geous, Boys' ·T.9y,rp.) .:': :::~ ~< .;. ' .':::: ... '. ' .....> ; " . " .. • " . 15. Name the Johnson: .. , '.<: : ' . . . ' . . .: . • . _.... , a ,., US placl5. author, .. secret~ry . of ~ NAACJ? . ~L'om 19 . 16~39; and.US consul . to .Venezuela .and Nicaragu~ : (J~mes·Weld .ori .Johnson) ...... : ; . b/ US arch~tect, . s~PP

: :; .::" . , . . d. author o.f nove;l '.'Ra~selas" .- (Samuel) : : ' ,'" . e. an ~viatrix.1 she wa.$ ·.thE; . X~rst, · woman . to flY ..: frQm.:·Lo{ldqn to . . A~strali~, : in . T930 .. ·· (Arpy) ;: ~ ; ;" ': : ..: ;: .: .".' .' _ , .... .- • . 16. F9r · ~5 . aon, . )S ·,.: name . ~ th~ ;., m~IJ. of antiqllity" known :·as·. the , :· ' . ··. .:a. lawgive:;- of Sparta; • .: b. ' lawgive~ of Ath'ens (Lycurgus & Solon . 17. Identify the number of the foll~W~85 ~~ Fr~nch Philips: a. Philip the Fair .(IV) • :b. \Philip ', the Tall (V) c. Philip Augustus (II). d. ~hilip .the Bold (III) 18. Name the Walton: · . ; a. ' English ' author' of "Th~ Compleat Anglei;." . (izaac) · , . .. b. trish physicist who with J.D •• Cockcro(t:sbared the ~o~el.Prize in . physics (in 1951 (Er.ne9t).· _ . . ' ':. .' . c. US senator from GeDrgia in the 1790's, he signed ~ the D.O.I. and

the A. o. C • ( Ge or g e ) . , ' . f ' • ;--. . " . . y , , . ' d. ~ritishcomposer of opera" "Troilus and Cressida", ovel;ture "Dr. Syntax", and ,?ra~()rio "Belshazzar's. Feast" (William) • 19.Nam~ the Australia~ capital-s: a.' Queensland (Brisbane.) ;b.W~ttern Austr li~ (Perth); \ ~.South .Australia (Adelaide);d.Victoria (Melbourne) e. Northern Territory(Darw:l,n); f. New , SouthWale.s(Sydney) jg.Australia (Canberra); h.Tasmania (HoQart) 20.N~me the following capitaltq of Soviet republics: . a. Lithuania (Vilnius) b. Uzbekhistan (Tashl}entLt c.Armeni&(Yerevan) d. Estonia (Tallinn) .·.e .. Georgia(T·iflis) f.Azer"Qaijan(B&ku)

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1. He was a prominent social critic and historian with a name that resembled that ofa contempnrary comedian of his day. For 10 pta., name the author of "The Big Change", "Only Yesterday" , and" Since. $ Yesterday". / Frederick Lewsi Allen . 2. For 10 p~s., anme the Lilian Hellman play that t~kes place shortly before US involvement in WW II and includes the char~cters Kurt Mrreller, Teck de Brancovis, and Fanny Farrelly. / Watch on the Rhine 3. For . 10 pts., what was the name given to the German promise delivered . to Woodrow Wilson which promised freedom of the seas to neutral vessels prior to US intervention in WW · I? / Sussex Pledge . 4. He has written only four complete novels in a car'eer that has spanned more than 30 ye a.rs. Only one of hisnolVe Is, "Set This House on Fir~", can rightIty be called obscure. His first· novel brought him critical acc laim at age 26, his . thir.d a Pultizer Prize, his fn _ . l '~h bec arne. a willl-received motion picture. Name him for 10 pts./ Williain Styron 5. We've all heard of Alan Paton' s famous novel IIToo Late the Phalarope". For 10 pts., is a phalarope a mythical creatue, a .wading bird, a mete­ orological phenomenon, or a method of punishment? / wading bird 6. Currently the northern part of this African natio~ is suffering from sevre drou~ht and guerilla warfare. For 10 pts., name this sorely beset nation which borders the Red Sea and the nations of Djiboutij Somalia, Sudan, and Kenya/ tt»ipi Ethiopia . 7. Perhpa Brendan Behan's most popular play, its title charac~er never appears on stage, though his actions and 'eventual execution are spoken oT .by the other chracters, all residents, guards, or people affi·liated with a prison inlreland. For 10 pts., name the play. / The Quare Fellow . 8.As a last name, it has been affiliated with signer of the Declaration C) of Independence Thomas, blues great J31indLeinon, arid Green Bay Packer John; as a first name, with Sherlock Holmes character Hope and Southern state~mah Davis. what1 / . Jefferson · . . 9. Roy Jenkins; Shirley Williams; Dr\ David Steel. For 10 pts., with what fairly recent phenomenon of British politics woul;d you associate thBse ·three na~es? / Liberal- Soc~al Democratic Party alliance . lb. For 10 pts~, if you were in the Andaman Islands, would you be closest to the Bay of Bengal,. the Arabian Sea, the South China Sea, or the Gulf of Guitiea? / B of B . 11. Among his best knovl11 plays were I. Nude with ViolIbxztl , "The Vort ex'1 , "Quadrille", "Private Lives", and "Blithe SpiriV'. For 10 pts., who was this brave Englishman? / Noill Coward · 12. This wate~way ' extends fro about 7 miles add extends from Kings­ bridge to Randall's Island, connecting the Hudson River with the East River. For ten points, name this N"YC river./ Harlem River 13, For a quick 10 pts., which country ~as the first one violated on the V/estern Fr.ont by Germany at the beginning of World War I, with the capture of the city of Trois Vierges?/ Luxembourg 14. Foe 10 pts~, in what year did the following events take place: the death of Juan Peron; Opec lifte d its oil embargo; became president of the US? / 1974 15. For 10 pts., for what ' movie did Sidney Poitier win the Academy Award for best actor in 1963? / Lilies of the Filea . 16, We all know that James Buchanan was the only bachelor predident, and that Grover Cleveland was a bachelor when fjyst elected; but for ten points, who was the first president to b~~arried while holding o the office of commander-in-chief? / John. Tyler 17. In 1870, the unexpired tif~ US Sehate term bf Jefferson Davis of o Mississippi w~s filled by the election of a black man, the first . black ev~r elected to the Senate. For 10 pts., name this fellow who served for one year./ Hiram Revels _ . 18. For 10 pts~, what US president was elected to office with th e lowest . proportion pf the popular, vote, a mere 30.54 %?/ JQ Adams, in 1824. 19. Developed by Dr. Papanicolau, thi~ medical method of examination. consists of the examination of the cells shed by specially stained body secretions to detect cancer. For 10 pts., what is it norma:}.:}.y · called?/ Pap smear . . . 20. In 1793, he made the fir3t overland crossing of North America to the Pacific Ocean north of Hexico. For 10 pts., naem this explorer who also saw the Arctic Ocean in 1789 and has a Candaian river named in his honor • . /Alexander Mackenzie .

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