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Weikle and Marta TOSSUPS 1. "This Old House" recently spent 2 1/2 months renovating an old-fashioned mansion in this city's historic district. On TV, Reese, Lane and Peyton live and debauch there. John Berendt wrote a best-selling non-fiction book about this city and its colorful residents. FTP, name this "good and evil" city in Georgia. SAVANNAH 2. Honkie, gook, and wetback are all ethnic slurs. FTP give the sociological term that names these words. ETHNOPHAULISMs 3. His theorem states that the flow of a liquid through an opening is proportional to the square root of the height of the liquid. He's better know for his other work in fluid mechanics, including his study of air pressure which led to the development of the barometer. FTP identify this Galileo protege who lived from 1608 to 1647. Evangelista TORRICELLI 4. Executive order 9066 created them. Minidoka, Poston, Tule Lake, Jerome, Heart Mountain, Gila River, Manzanar and Topaz were examples of, FTP, what? JAPANESE INTERNMENT CAMPS (or equivalent answers) 5. _Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheel Chairs, and Declarations of Independence_ is, FTP, a memoir written by what paraplegic, former reporter for NPR. John HOCKENBERRY 6. Those fond of wordplay have referred to them as the "Ars Magna" or Great Art, partly because of the extreme cleverness required to construct them, but also because the phrase "Ars Magna" is a prime example of them. Monty Python used them in an alternative version of Shakespeare, featuring such titles as "Thamel" and such lines as "A shroe, a shroe, my dingkom for a shroe!" FTP, identify these rearrangements of letters. ANAGRAMS 7. This artist was born in 1746. Some of his most famous works include _Family of - 1 - Charles IV _, _The Majas_ (both clothed and nude), and _The Third of May, 1808_. FTP . name this artist who had both a happy side illustrated in his tapestries and a sad side seen in the war protest paintings. Francisco GOY A 8. This Frenchman headed the company that began to excavate a canal across the isthmus of Panama. His attempt failed and the rights to build the canal were sold to the USA. FTP name this man who started the Panama Canal and finished the Suez Canal. Ferdinand DE LESSEPS 9. It was a bad year for the monarchists. King Francesco I of the Two Sicilies died, France's Charles X was deposed, and England's George IV died and was succeeded by his brother William. FTP, all this happened in what year, which also saw the Poles revolt against the Czar and the disolution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. 1830 10. The Johnstown Flood, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Panama Canal and Harry Truman are all subjects of histories written by, FTP, what author and nifty-voiced host of PBS' "American Experience"? David McCULLOUGH 11. If you combined an atom of Bromine, an atom of Oxygen, two atoms of Carbon, another atom of Oxygen, and an atom of Lithium, you'd have a pretty exotic compound. You'd have a pretty commonplace vegetable if you just combined their chemical symbols, however. FTP, name this common food, notorious as one of George Bush's least favorite. BROCCOLI 12. Sometimes truth is stranger than the magical realism that this author uses in his stories and novels, especially since a group of unknown gunmen have kidnaped the brother of former Colombian president Cesar Gaviria in hopes of forcing this Nobel Prize winning author to take over the presidency. Who is this man who wrote _Autumn of the Patriarch_ and _Chronicle of a Death Foretold_ before he declined the offer of the Colombian presidency? Gabriel GARCIA MARQUEZ - 2 - 13. Fifteen years ago she authored the most notorious journalistic hoax in modern n history. This former Washington Post reporter created a bogus story about an 8-year-old heroin addict. FTP name this former writer who now works at a Michigan department store. Janet COOKE 14. The protagonist of this work is a busybody obsessed with class distinctions who meddles in everyone else's life only to realize the shallowness of her ways. No, I'm not talking about _Clueless_, although that film was loosely based on, FTP, what 1816 Jane Austen novel? EMMA 15. In spite of the fact that it is now home to neither a Major League Baseball team nor an NFL franchise, it is one of only two existing stadia to have hosted both a World Series and a Superbowl. It's also hosted two Olympic Games, most recently in 1984. FTP name this landmark venue, now home primarily~th _e car¥iPd~b.e University of Southern California football Trojans. LOS ANGELES Memorial COLISEUM 16. It was a bad time for the Republic. The Aequi were constantly making incursions into Republican territory and had trapped a force sent to dislodge them at Mt. Algidus. Into harm's way rode a simple farmer, taken from plowing his fields to relieve the beleagured force, defeat the Aequi, and resign his dictatorship, all within a fortnight. FTP, name this noble Roman. L. Quincitius CINCINNATUS 17. Born in 1883 in Prague, he received a law degree in 1906. This gave him the financial support he needed to support his true vocation, writing. Tragically, he was stricken with tuberculosis in 1917, and died unpublished in 1924. Contrary to his wishes, his works were posthumously edited and published, establishing him as one of the giants of early 20th century literature. FTP name this man, author of _Amerika_ and _The Trial_. Franz KAFKA 18. She appears in works by Racine, Shakespeare, Twain, Voltaire, Schiller and Shaw. She is either skeptically or romantically presented as a mystic in most works, but there are those who regard her as a witch. FTP, name this 15th-century French heroine, martyred in a typically witchy fashion. - 3 - • Ste. JOAN of ARC (or JEANNE d'ARC) 19. In the foreword to this unique dictionary, Roy Blount Jr. writes "It's one of the best things we can do WITH someone, one of the worst TO someone". The dictionary defines terms such as fuggy, forget you, and snafu. FTP, name this wonderful reference work, edited by Jesse Sneidlower. 20. This aeronautical device was invented as early as 2500 BCE. Although it has been used in experiments, in religious rites, lifesaving, and even bomb delivery, it is now mainly a toy. FTP, name this type of flying machine which also describes a unique polygon, a type of bird, and the leading money-winner in PGA Tour history. KITE 21. The last one occurred on October 24, 1995. The next one will occur on March 9, 1997. FTP, what is this natural occurrence, of which Carly Simon sings in "You're So Vain"? Total ECLIPSE of the SUN 22. Its six naturally occurring isotopes, ranging in atomic weight from 162 to 168, are all non-radioactive, while the various synthetic forms all will tickle your Geiger Counter. Discovered in 1842, it's a shiny metal used in nuclear control rods and some magnetic alloys. FTP, what is this fun-to-say element with atomic number 68 and symbol Er? ERBIUM 23. The two major divisions of this religious sect are known as Rinzai and Soto. The major influences in Japanese sociente that this sect introduced include the Tea Ceremony and No drama. FTP, name this sect in which enlightenment can be achieved through meditation and study of koans. ZEN Buddhism 24. This year he's running for his first elected office. He already holds a noble title, sort of. Even if elected, as Secretary of State in North Carolina, he'll still be the "King" of Stock Car racing. FTP, identify this legend. Richard PETTY -4- n 25. In his later work, this filmmaker became more subtle in his iconoclastic treatment of bourgeois society, although just about anything is more subtle than seeing a woman's eyeball cut with a razorblade in the opening moments of _Un Chien Andalou_. FTP, name this Spaniard, who also directed _L'age D'or_ and _Belle de Jour_. Louis BUNUEL 26. Although not known as a military superpower, it has the world's fourth-largest armed forces, over 1.2 million strong. Of course, when your population is rapidly approaching one billion, you need to find something for all those people to do. FTP name this nation, independent since 1950. INDIA - 5 - W-eikle and Marta BONI (30) FTP each, given the pseudonym, name the author. 1. Anson MacDonald Robert A. HEINLEIN 2. James Herriot James A. WIGHT 3. Constant Reader Dorothy PARKER (30) In this classic almanac question, for 5 points each, given the capital city, name the country. 1. Ljubljana (IUb-li-ana) SLOVENIA 2. Doha QATAR 3. Banjul The GAMBIA 4. Baku AZERBAIJAN 5. Victoria SEYCHELLES 6. Vilinius LITHUANIA (25) These lines of doggerel are some of the most famous in American sport. Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon bubble Making a giant hit into a double Words that are heavy with nothing but trouble (blank) to (blank) to (blank) First, for 10 points, all or nothing, fill in the three blanks. TINKER to EVERS to CHANCE Now, for 15 more points, what the heck is a gonfalon? A FLAG or PENNANT (25) By coincidence, his feast day is today (unless you're a member of the Church of England, in which case it was Monday). In approximately 304 A.D., he was beheaded while trying to shelter a fugitive priest. The Roman city of Verulamium, where all this happened, now bears his name. For 25 points, name this first British martyr.