TOSS-UP They Rival Camels in Being Able to Go Without Water. They Also

TOSS-UP They rival camels in being able to go without water. They also have an odd fear of water and will never wade in it, even though they could wade in 15 feet of it and still have their heads above water. For 10 points -- name this tallest of all mammals. ANSWER: GIRAFFES © 2003 , COLLEGE BOWL CO., INC. -- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [MPDR-5NPHHF] CB CP 03-04 #05; T-01 TEAM LEFT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TEAM RIGHT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TOSS-UP They rival camels in being able to go without water. They also have an odd fear of water and will never wade in it, even though they could wade in 15 feet of it and still have their heads above water. For 10 points -- name this tallest of all mammals. ANSWER: GIRAFFES © 2003 , COLLEGE BOWL CO., INC. -- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [MPDR-5NPHHF] CB CP 03-04 #05; T-01 TEAM LEFT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TEAM RIGHT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TOSS-UP He has proposed admitting Israel to the Arab League and establishing what he calls Isratine (IZ-ruh-tine), a Jewish-Arab nation occupying all of Palestine. He got quite miffed when his fellow Arab heads of state called his ideas silly. For 10 points -- who is this Pan-Africanist in power since 1969 in Libya? ANSWER: COLONEL MOAMMAR AL-QADDAFI (MOH-uh-mar al-kuh-DAH-fee) © 2003 , COLLEGE BOWL CO., INC. -- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [MPDR-5QSKNZ] CB CP 03-04 #05; T-02 TEAM LEFT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TEAM RIGHT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TOSS-UP He has proposed admitting Israel to the Arab League and establishing what he calls Isratine (IZ-ruh-tine), a Jewish-Arab nation occupying all of Palestine. He got quite miffed when his fellow Arab heads of state called his ideas silly. For 10 points -- who is this Pan-Africanist in power since 1969 in Libya? ANSWER: COLONEL MOAMMAR AL-QADDAFI (MOH-uh-mar al-kuh-DAH-fee) © 2003 , COLLEGE BOWL CO., INC. -- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [MPDR-5QSKNZ] CB CP 03-04 #05; T-02 TEAM LEFT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TEAM RIGHT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TOSS-UP Vexillologists (VEKS-ih-LAH-luh-jists) study a type of object conventionally divided into a "canton" in the upper left quadrant, a "field" in the other three quadrants, a "hoist side" and a "fly end." For 10 points -- name these symbolic or iconic pieces of cloth. ANSWER: FLAGS ACCEPT: NATIONAL FLAGS © 2003 , COLLEGE BOWL CO., INC. -- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [MPDR-5QRRUQ] CB CP 03-04 #05; T-03 TEAM LEFT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TEAM RIGHT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TOSS-UP Vexillologists (VEKS-ih-LAH-luh-jists) study a type of object conventionally divided into a "canton" in the upper left quadrant, a "field" in the other three quadrants, a "hoist side" and a "fly end." For 10 points -- name these symbolic or iconic pieces of cloth. ANSWER: FLAGS ACCEPT: NATIONAL FLAGS © 2003 , COLLEGE BOWL CO., INC. -- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [MPDR-5QRRUQ] CB CP 03-04 #05; T-03 TEAM LEFT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TEAM RIGHT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TOSS-UP In 1999, this Historically Black University opened the National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care. That was 67 years after the U.S. Public Health Service began a notorious study there of the progress of untreated syphilis even after a cure was known. For 10 points -- name this university in Alabama. ANSWER: TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY ACCEPT: TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE © 2003 , COLLEGE BOWL CO., INC. -- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [MPDR-5MEPZD] CB CP 03-04 #05; T-04 TEAM LEFT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TEAM RIGHT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TOSS-UP In 1999, this Historically Black University opened the National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care. That was 67 years after the U.S. Public Health Service began a notorious study there of the progress of untreated syphilis even after a cure was known. For 10 points -- name this university in Alabama. ANSWER: TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY ACCEPT: TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE © 2003 , COLLEGE BOWL CO., INC. -- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [MPDR-5MEPZD] CB CP 03-04 #05; T-04 TEAM LEFT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TEAM RIGHT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TOSS-UP The capital of King Aethelbert (ETH-el-burt) of Kent is the final resting place of English King Henry the 4th and the site of the martyrdom of Saint Thomas a Becket. For 10 points -- name this cathedral town and pilgrimage site. ANSWER: CANTERBURY © 2002 , COLLEGE BOWL CO., INC. -- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [CANL-566PG9] CB CP 03-04 #05; T-05 TEAM LEFT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TEAM RIGHT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TOSS-UP The capital of King Aethelbert (ETH-el-burt) of Kent is the final resting place of English King Henry the 4th and the site of the martyrdom of Saint Thomas a Becket. For 10 points -- name this cathedral town and pilgrimage site. ANSWER: CANTERBURY © 2002 , COLLEGE BOWL CO., INC. -- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [CANL-566PG9] CB CP 03-04 #05; T-05 TEAM LEFT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TEAM RIGHT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TOSS-UP The Red-Horse Inn near Sudbury, Massachusetts has been officially renamed The Wayside Inn and turned into a museum honoring the poet who called it that in his 1863 Tales of a Wayside Inn. For 10 points -- name this poet whose first such tale was "Paul Revere's Ride." ANSWER: HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW © 2001 , COLLEGE BOWL CO., INC. -- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [CANL-55TTZU] CB CP 03-04 #05; T-06 TEAM LEFT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TEAM RIGHT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TOSS-UP The Red-Horse Inn near Sudbury, Massachusetts has been officially renamed The Wayside Inn and turned into a museum honoring the poet who called it that in his 1863 Tales of a Wayside Inn. For 10 points -- name this poet whose first such tale was "Paul Revere's Ride." ANSWER: HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW © 2001 , COLLEGE BOWL CO., INC. -- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [CANL-55TTZU] CB CP 03-04 #05; T-06 TEAM LEFT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TEAM RIGHT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TOSS-UP Advanced gamers know it as the 1985 creation of a Russian computer scientist. Since 1987 it has been converted to run on almost every computing device known to man, despite having no plot or story, no violence, and only basic geometric graphics. For 10 points -- what is this game of dropping blocks? ANSWER: TETRIS © 2003 , COLLEGE BOWL CO., INC. -- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [AFRN-5M9NM3] CB CP 03-04 #05; T-07 TEAM LEFT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TEAM RIGHT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TOSS-UP Advanced gamers know it as the 1985 creation of a Russian computer scientist. Since 1987 it has been converted to run on almost every computing device known to man, despite having no plot or story, no violence, and only basic geometric graphics. For 10 points -- what is this game of dropping blocks? ANSWER: TETRIS © 2003 , COLLEGE BOWL CO., INC. -- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [AFRN-5M9NM3] CB CP 03-04 #05; T-07 TEAM LEFT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TEAM RIGHT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TOSS-UP In England it names the seed of any cereal crop, especially wheat. In Ireland, it names oats. In the U.S. it's what Native Americans called maize. For 10 points -- what's the shared word? ANSWER: CORN © 2002 , COLLEGE BOWL CO., INC. -- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [LCRH-565PG4] CB CP 03-04 #05; T-08 TEAM LEFT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TEAM RIGHT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TOSS-UP In England it names the seed of any cereal crop, especially wheat. In Ireland, it names oats. In the U.S. it's what Native Americans called maize. For 10 points -- what's the shared word? ANSWER: CORN © 2002 , COLLEGE BOWL CO., INC. -- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [LCRH-565PG4] CB CP 03-04 #05; T-08 TEAM LEFT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TEAM RIGHT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TOSS-UP In 2001, the Lakers and 76ers faced each other for the 6th time in an NBA Finals. For 10 points -- what other team have the Lakers faced in a record ten NBA Finals? ANSWER: BOSTON OR CELTICS © 2001 , COLLEGE BOWL CO., INC. -- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [MPDR-55CT7C] CB CP 03-04 #05; T-09 TEAM LEFT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TEAM RIGHT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TOSS-UP In 2001, the Lakers and 76ers faced each other for the 6th time in an NBA Finals. For 10 points -- what other team have the Lakers faced in a record ten NBA Finals? ANSWER: BOSTON OR CELTICS © 2001 , COLLEGE BOWL CO., INC. -- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [MPDR-55CT7C] CB CP 03-04 #05; T-09 TEAM LEFT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TEAM RIGHT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TOSS-UP Until 1955, Catholics could not receive communion on this solemn feast day on which the unique Mass of the Presanctified was celebrated. For 10 points -- what name is given to this annual commemoration of the Crucifixion? ANSWER: GOOD FRIDAY OR GREAT FRIDAY © 2002 , COLLEGE BOWL CO., INC. -- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [CANL-56WQ26] CB CP 03-04 #05; T-10 TEAM LEFT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TEAM RIGHT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TOSS-UP Until 1955, Catholics could not receive communion on this solemn feast day on which the unique Mass of the Presanctified was celebrated.

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