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TOSS-UPS 3RD ANNUAL PBA-oeBMI [KARELSON-ERDAHL-KARELSON-KAPLAN] 1. Over the last century, membership has dwindled. Today, just 8 followers exist. Ann Lee founded it, and at its peak in the 1840s, the sect claimed some 5,000 faithful living in villages from Maine to Kentucky. Today this religious movement is more widely known for their architecture and furniture than for their utopian vision in which men and were celibate and shared equally in work, status, and ownership. FTP name this religious movement. ANSWER: SHAKER ISM ~ 2. FTP name the island in Russia's far east that was struck with a 7.5 magnitude earthquake last month? ANSWER: SAKHALIN ISLAND Hollywood actors often change their names. FTP what was the original name for the Walt Disney character Goofy? ANSWER: DIPPY DAWG o 4. Sara Crewe, a little girl, raised in India is sent to a harsh boarding school when --.... her father is sent off to World War I. FTP give the title of this novel written by Frances Hodgson Burnett which was recently released as a film. ANSWER: A LITTLE PRINCESS (accept Little Princess) /,!-"" 5. What if Hitler won World War II? Well, this author wrote a book with that theme "--'7 ........... ," as a backdrop. FTP who wrote the book "Fatherland" which was recently turned into a made for cable movie? ANSWER: ROBERT HARRIS ~ 6. IWhat ~as the one word name of the person that gave Bill Clinton a $200 haircut in 1993 on the runway of an airport? ANSWER: CHRISTOPHE 7. "Dance the Eagle to Sleep", "Woman on the Edge of Time", "Vida", "Fly Away Home", and "Gone to Soldiers" are, FTP, works by what female author? ANSWER: MARGE PIERCY For a quick 10 pOints name the man convicted of kidnapping and murdering the Lindbergh baby? ANSWER: BRUNO HAUPTMAN 9. The name is the same. A major department store in Ohio, an American poet, and the name Jesus gave to the sick beggar of the parable in Luke 16. FTP what is this name which means "God has helped", and which we often associate with the word leper? ANSWER: LAZARUS 10. "But you may say, we asked you to speak about women and fiction - what has that got to do with a room of one's own?" FTP who originally spoke these words at a lecture given at Newnham and Girten colleges before they were published as "A Room of One's Own" in 1929. ANSWER: VIRGINIA WOOLF 11 . She began her career in 1980 as a Christian music singer. With the help of her husband and producer, T-Bone Burnett, she has become a mainstream performer. She can currently be seen playing a German terrorist in "Die Hard With a Vengeance". FTP name this woman whose most recent album is, "Martinis & Bikinis". ANSWER: SAM PHILLIPS (also accept Leslie Phillips) 12. They lived from the Oligocene to the Pleistocene epochs and are generally considered to have belonged to the family Felidae. They were hunters who c..---/ -- ' could bring down prey as large as mastodons, but their distinctive feature was their 7 -inch or longer bladelike canines. FTP name these creatures? ANSWER: SABERTOOTH TIGER (also accept: Sabretooth) 13. As a verb it means to make (usually of metal) and to make falsely (usually with I-- paper), and as a noun it is the apparatus that assists in the shaping of metal. ~ FTP what's the word? ANSWER: FORGE 2 14. It is another name for the final book of the New Testament, or to writing in the style of that book. It has also come to designate the time when the events of that book will come to pass, when Christ returns to usher in a new age. FTP, how else do we refer to the book of Revelation? ANSWER: the APOCALYPSE 15. They vary in an 11-year cycle, usually occur in pairs,and a typical one has a magnetic field of 2500 gauss. FTP name these photospheric travelers, first reported in the West by Galileo in 1611? ANSWER: SUNSPOTS 16. According to Hesiod, they were 3 sons of Uranus and Gaea, banished to the underworld by their brother Cronus, and later freed by Zeus, for whom, in gratitude, they forged lightning bolts. FTP name these giant creatures who follow a singular vision? ANSWER: CYCLOPS :5J 17. It was first applied to the elders, or presbyters, of local churches. By the 2nd ~/ century the office had become distinct from and superior to that of elder and now usually refers to the clergyman in charge of a specific diocese. FTP what's the title? ANSWER: BISHOP 18. He was the son of the witch Sycorax and was all alone on the island until the exiled Duke of Milan and his daughter arrived and attempted to civilize him, an attempt that failed as his baser nature remained. FTP name this twisted servant who tries to overthrow his master Prospera in Shakespeare's The Tempest? ANSWER: CALIBAN 19. Originally it simply referred to the left side or left-handedness, and in heraldry still does, but it has also evolved as a synonym for evil, especially subtle or hidden designs or plots. FTP what's the word? ANSWER: SINISTER 3 ~ One \,(JQ~J.. eY-(£d- mo~ (c IlejE:: Bowlers to f knov...J 4ha::t- 4he q \.t.Jond.eJ"'S 0\= 4-he An <.;errt \()or-lc1. ind u.Je 20. the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Lighthouse of Alexandria, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Pyramids of Egypt. FTp, what structure is missing from this list? ANSWER: the COLOSSUS of RHODES 21. It's a small carnivorous mammal related to weasels and badgers. It is a powerful hunter and can take animals as large as caribou. If hunting is poor they will eat carrion, and are also adept at robbing traps. They have thick fur for ./ their Northern US and Canada habitat,and are also found in Europe and Asia. /~ ~. FTP name this ferocious mammal, also known as the carcajou and the glutton? ANSWER: WOLVERINE 22. The play takes place over 2 days in 1912 New York as a group of derelict characters discuss their hopes and the grim realities of their lives at Harry Hope's End of the Line Cafe'. FTP name this 1939 play by Eugene O'Neill? ANSWER: The ICEMAN COMETH ~5 23. It is an alternate name of the element with Atomic Number 80, a term used by the alchemists who studied its unique properties, and refers both to its color .J) and its physical state. FTP, what is that medieval name for elemental Mercury? ANSWER: QUICKSILVER 24. It is "a dynamo in which one or more permanent magnets produce the magnetic field; especially a small machine of this sort connected with and run by an o internal combustion engine, used to generate the electric current providing a spark for the ignition." FTP, what device is this? ANSWER: MAGNETO 25. A commonly occurring mystical creature in Native American lore is that of the gigantic bird with booming wings that will come to the aid of good tribes to repel attacks by evil creatures. FTP name this bird, associated with lightning, storms, and the source of a Ford cars name? ANSWER: THUNDERBIRD 4 26. Ae is mentioned in Genesis, famous for his exploits as a "mighty hunter before the Lord." Later both Pope and Milton interpreted him to be a hunter whose "prey was man." FTP name this Biblical stalker? ANSWER: NIMROD 27. For a quick 10 pOints, what's the capital of Arizona? ANSWER: PHOENIX 5 THE BONII 3rd ANNUAL PBA-oeBMI [KARELSON-ERDAH L-KARELSO N-KAPLAN] 1. (30 pts) Well it looks like the Winnipeg Jets are staying in Winnipeg, but the Quebec Nordiques appear headed to Denver, and somehow a name change seems likely. This would be the second time around for the NHL in Denver. For 10 pts, what was the strangely familiar name of the NHL franchise in Denver from 1976 to 1982? ANSWER: COLORADO ROCKIES ~-(' At the end of the 1982 season, the franchise moved elsewhere and changed its name. For 10 paints, what has that franchise been called since? ANSWER: NEW JERSEY DEVILS That was the second shift for that franchise. For ten paints, what was the original name of that franchise, which only lasted two seasons before moving to Denver? ANSWER: KANSAS CITY SCOUTS 2. (20 Pts) The recently discovered tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings is apparently for many of the children of Ramses II, one of the greatest of the Pharaohs. For 5 paints each, tell whether these other Egyptian Rulers came before or after Ramses II. II Tutankhamen ANS: Before /B. Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) ANS: Before © Cleopatra VII ANS: After (oj Tutmosis III ANS: Before 3. (25 pts) Name the authors of these popular books for 5 paints a piece, for a total of 25 paints. ~ Let Me Call You Sweetheart ANS: MARY HIGGINS CLARK ..B~Ladder of Years ANS: ANNE TYLER C) Moo ANS: JANE SMILEY ~. Men are From Mars, Women are from Venus ANS: JOHN GRAY ~,:the Hot Zone ANS: RICHARD PRESTON 4. (20 pOints) Michael Fay could have had it worse if he had been forced to watch a recent episode of Saturday Night Live. Of course, SNL has had some great seasons since its premiere in 1975. Answer these questions for 5 points each about this sometimes famous more recently infamous program. ~ What baseball team did Chico Esquala play for and make a comeback l ;itempt for? ANS: NEW YORK METS This former SNL weekend anchor is married to fellow SNL grad Julia Louis D eyfus? ANS: BRAD HALL // / C.