Extra Round TOSSUPS
1. In August 1992, the CDC said that it would begin creating a nationwide system to track levels of this in children's blood. It harms 3 to 4 million annually, especially children who live in dilapidated homes that contain old paint and plumbing. For 10 points--name this substance. answer: Lead
2. In 1969, he unsuccessfully prosecuted Clay Shaw as an assassination conspirator. His book, "On the Trail of the Assassins," was the basis for the controversial Oliver Stone movie "J.F.K." For 1 0 points--name this former New Orleans district attorney. answer: James C. (Jim) Garrison
3. Her father disinherits her because she lacks the "glib and oily art" of flattery, though her honesty moves the king of France to marry her anyway. For 10 points--name this youngest daughter of King Lear. answer: Cordelia
4. He will now focus on writing a book and on his weekly "Letter From America" reports for BBC radio, after 22 years of hosting the dramatic anthology series "Masterpiece Theater." For 1 0 points--name this 83-year old host. answer: AlistairCooke
5. In issue number 75, released November 17, 1992, this famed character, who first appeared in 1938, died of injuries inflicted in a battle with Doomsday, a deranged supervillian. For 10 poiots--name this hero killed by DC Comics. answer: Superman or Clark Kent
6. Its language, · now used only in the church's liturgies, is written in capital Greek letters, while its head is the patriarch of Alexandria. For 10 points--name this Egyptian religion which included St. ·Anthony, the first Christian monastic. answer: Coptic
7. A series of attacks by this country's leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces guerrillas in October 1992 led President Cesar Gaviria Trujillo to declare a state of emergency. For 10 points--name this country beset by terrorism sponsored by FARC, ELN and the Medellin cartel. answer: Colombia
8. At the stockholders meeting of Wal-Mart in Fayetteville, the Board of Directors sought to find a replacement for this woman who resigned in early 1992. For 10 points--name this graduate of Yale Law School. answer: Hillary Rodham Clinton or Hillary Clinton
9. Coach Anson Dorrance can't be too upset with a 275-8-9 record. Except for 1985 when George Mason won the NCAA Division I title, this school has won every women's soccer championship. For 10 points--name this school that won again in 1992 by defeating Duke 9 to 1 in the final. answer: North Carolina Tarheels
10. Banned in Britain in 1991, its chemical name is triazolam. In May 1992, an 8-member FDA advisory panel ruled that this drug in small doses does not cause confusion, amnesia, dizziness, paranoia or ,irritability. For 10 points--name this most popular sleeping pill in the U.S., manufactured by UpJohn Co. answer: Halcion
11. To raise money to pay $1.5 million in debt, his estate in October 1992 in Knoxville auctioned his 127-acre farm and his manuscripts, including pieces written for Playboy, Roots, and the Autobiography of Malcolm X. For 10 points--name this Pulitzer Prize winning author. answer: Alex Haley
12. His works include "Etudes Australes," "Europeras 1-4," and "Music of Changes." For 10 points--name this composer who gained attention for a 1943 New York performance in which he used flower pots, cow bells and frequency oscillators as instruments. answer: John Cage
13. The FCC on October 27, 1992 levied $105,000 in fines against KLSX-FM because this personality violated a government ban on indecent material during a series of programs aired between October 30 and December 6, 1991. For 10 points--name this controversial disc jockey. answer: Howard Stern
14. In November 1992, voters of this country turned down 58 constitutional reforms, including one that would have prohibited a standing army. The package had been championed by President Guillermo Endara to end the legacy of the Manuel Noriega--for 10 points--in which country? answer: Panama
15. "The horror! The horror!" So dies Kirtz after Marlow journeyed up the Congo to find him in -- for ten points -- what 1902 novella by Joseph Co nrac;l ?
ANSWER: Heart of Darkness
16. A Republican until 1971, this 54-year-old Californian became chair of the House Budget Committee in 1989. Name -- for ten points -- this Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
ANSWER: Leon, Panetta
17. Sherwood Anderson, Ernest Hemmingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Gertrude Stein, as ex-patriate writers in Europe after World War I, defined -- for ten points -- what two-word term coined by Stein?
ANSWER: . lost generation
18. A neurologist knighted in 1975, his May 6, 1954 mark was eclipsed months later by Australian John Landy. Which Oxford medical student became -- for ten points -- the first human to run a mile in less than four minutes?
ANSWER: Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister
19. Originally named Terminus upon its founding, its tallest building is the 1050 foot C & S Tower. Name -- for ten points -- this capital city with the United States' fourth busiest airport and site of the 1996 Summer Olympic Games.
ANSWER : Atlanta
20. An engineering student, the Dutch repeatedly jailed him during the 1930s. He cooperated with Japanesse occupiers and, in 1945, declared Indonesia independent. Name -- for ten points -- this Indonesian president forced to resign by a 1966 military counterattack by Suharto.
ANSWER: Sukarno
21. Discovered in 1826 by Antoine Balard, the state of Arkansas during the Clinton era twice raised taxes on the extraction from sea water of -- for ten points -- what volatile, reddish-brown, liquid element used in photographic film, fire retardants, and anti-knock gasoline?
ANSWER: Bromine
22. A U.S. Naval Acadmey graduate, his final novel, 1987's To Sail Beyond the Sunset, came twelve years after he was awarded the initial Grand Master Award of the Science Fiction Writers of America. Name -- for ten points -- this four-time Hugo-winning author of Double Star, Starship Troopers, and Stranger in a Strange Land.
ANSWER: Robert Anson Heinlein
23. Surrounded by the Andaman Sea, the Strait of Malacca, the South China Sea, and the Gulf of Thailand, what peninsula -- for ten points -- includes portions of Myanmar, Thailand and Malyasia?
ANSWER: Malay
24. Down thirty-five to three early in the third quarter, this team mounted the biggest comeback in NFL history on January 3 to defeat Houston 41-38 in overtime. Name -- for ten points -- this AFC East team and defending league champion. ANSWER: Buffalo or Bills
25. Stalin, on July 3, 1941 ordered "to the enemy must not be left a single engine, a single railing car, nor a single pound of grain or gallon of fuel." What two-word term, first used during the Sino-Japanesse War -- for ten points -- describes this policy?
ANSWER: scorched earth
26. Trained at the Ecole Poly technique and School of Bridges and Highways, he placed crystals of potassium uranyl sulfate in sunlight to measure their X-ray fluorescence. Who thus stumbled across radioactive decay of uranium and shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in physics?
ANSWER: Antoine Henri Becqueral
27. The United States, in April 1965, launched SNAP-10A, the only nuclear reactor it orbited. The Soviet Union lofted 33 starting in 1968, most of which remain in orbit. One, onboard COSMOS-954, disintegrated upon reentry in 1978, spreading radioactive debris over -- for ten points - what arctic NATO nation?
ANSWER: Canada : '
EXTRA ROUND BONUSES
25 point bonus 1. In 1992, under the streets of Hamburg, the 6.3 km-Iong HERA began accelerating electrons to energies of 30 billion electron volts to smash them into members of a class of heavy fundamental particles, such as protons, that take part in the strong interaction. For 25 points--what is the name for these heavy particles used in this Ring Accelerator?
answer: Hadrons (Host: HERA=Hadron-Electron Ring Accelerator)
~~ ~2 . John Susso and Paul Tully resigned from the Dukakis campaign in 1987 after they admitted giving reporters a videotape showing this Democratic opponent using parts of another politician's speech. For 20 points--name this Delaware senator who owed some of his best lines to Neil Kinnock.
answer: Joseph R. Biden Jr.
~i&QHit · ·tJb:ti.@4 ~ 3. The first member of this family to be mentioned is Ab in Faulkner'S "The Unvanquished." Ab's son, Flem, is the central character in the trilogy of which "The Hamlet" is the first volume. For 25 points--name this vicious, inhuman family, residents of Yoknapatawpha County.
answer: Snopes
25 point bonus 4. Dottie Green, who died in October 1992, was the original catcher for the Rockford Peaches, a team in the AAGPBL, which existed from 1943 to 1954.
A. For 10 points--the story of the Peaches became the basis for which 1992 film? answer: A League of Their Own B. For 15 points--for what does AAGPBL stand? answer: All-American Girls Professional Baseball League 25 point bonus 5. Britain's chief exec-utioner from 1946, Albert Pierrepoint, dispatched 433 men and 17 women in his decade long career. His first victim as chief executioner was convicted Nazi propagandist William Joyce. For 25 points -by what name was Joyce known during his broadcasts.
answer: "Lord Haw Haw"
30 point bonus 6. For 15 points each--identify the Nobel-Prize winning authors of these recent fiction works: A. The Forgotten answer: Elie Wiesel B. San Camilo, 1936: The Eve, Feast, and Octave of St. Camillus of the Year 1936 in Madrid
answer: Jose ~
25 point bonus 7. To pay for a cataract operation for his wife, Betty, this actor sold his Oscar statuette for best supporting actor for $60,500 to an anonymous bidder in August 1992. For 25 points--name this actor who won for his 1946 portrayal of a disabled veteran in The Best Years of Our Lives.
answer: Harold.lliL~
20 point bonus 8. The leader of Nigeria announced in May 1992 from the new capital that Nigeria would convert to democracy in 1993. For 10 points each--name this soon-to-be unemployed General and the new capital. answer: Ibrahim Babangida. Abuja
25 point bonus 9. In November 1992 it was revealed that the South African Defense Force had plotted a "dirty tricks" campaign against the African National Congress' Umkhonto we Sizwe between May and December 1991 . For 25 points--what J'
is the English name for Umkhonto we Sizwe, the ANC's military wing?
answer: Spear of the Nation
30 point bonus 10. Described as a disillusioned "Pilgrim's Progress," Edvard Grieg's first "Peer Gynt" suite contains 4 movements. For 15 points each--name any 2.
answer: "Morning," "The Death of Aase," "Anitra's Dance," "In the Hall of the Mountain King"
25 point bonus 11. Henrietta Leavitt of Harvard Observatory in 1908 found a correlation between this object's period and absolute brightness, so astronomers can measure objects like V30 to determine the distance to the M33 Galaxy. For 25 points--name this type of variable object whose atmosphere contains large amounts of singly ionized hydrogen.
answer: Cepheid variable
30 point bonus 12. For 1° points each--identify the major party losing candidate In these elections:
A. 1852 against Pierce answer: Winfield Scott B. 1856 against Buchannan answer: John C. Fremont C. 1864 against Lincoln answer: George McClellan
30 point bonus 13. Her opening line in Alice Walker's sequel to "The Color Purple" is "I did not realize for a long time that I was dead." A member of the Olinka tribe, she returns to Africa with her husband Adam to undergo a ritual clitoridectomy. For 15 points each--name this heroine and the novel in which she appears. answer: Tashi, "Possessing the Secret of Joy"
20 point bonus 14. For ten points each, name the following members of the House of Representatives from sparsely populated states:
A. The former socialist mayor of Burlington, Vermont who won re election in 1992 by over 70,000 votes. ;?
ANSWER: Bernie Sanders
B. The Alaska representative criticized by his opponent for pro-oil industry leanings who won reelection by 5,000 votes.
ANSWEr: Don Young
20 POINT BONUS 15. The Dow Jones Industrial Average had the least volatile year in history in 1992, closing at an all-time high on June 1 and hitting its low for the year on October 9. Give -- for ten points each -- the average's value at each close within fifty points.
ANSWERS: 3413.21 (ACCEPT: 3363.21 to 3463.21 inclusive) 3136.58 (ACCEPT: 3086.58 to 3186.58 inclusive)
25 point bonus
16. 25-10, writer:
(25) A scottish author born in 1736, he wrote fragments of ancient poetry collected in the highlands of scotland.
(10) His epic poems, Fingal and Temora were represented as the works of ossian, strongly influenced romanticism.
answer: James Macpherson
30 POINT BONUS 17. The Ukraine was one of three former Soviet republics to declare independence on August 31, 1991. Name, for fifteen points each, the other two, contiguous Central Asian republics bordering Tajikstan.
ANSWER: Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan
30 POINT BONUS
18. In 1991, three nations generated half the electricity they consume by nuclear power. For ten points each, name these nations.
ANSWER: France Belgium Sweden
20 point bonus 19. Name, for ten points each, the former Republican assembly leader and the incumbent democrat he defeated in a· Georgia Senate run-off on November 24, 1992.
ANSWER: Paul D. COVER DELL (Cover dale) Wyche FOWLER
30 point bonus 20. National League expansion has brought AAA basbeall to three new cities. Name these three cities, for ten points each.
ANSWER: New Orleans Charlotte Ottawa
25 POINT BONUS 21. Name -- for twenty five points -- the Soviet agronomist favored by Stalin who rejected Mendel's theory of inheritance and, as head of the Lenin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, became the virtual dictator of Soviet genetics. His influenced waned after Stalin's death, he was discredited by Khrushchev, and died in 1976.
ANSWER: Trofim Desinovich Lysenko
20 point bonus 22. Three G7 nations do not ban smoking on domestic airline flights. In one, Japan, Japan Air LInes has instituted its own smoking ban. For ten points each, name these two other nations allowing smoking on all doemstic flights.
ANSWER: Germany, United Kingdom
30 POINT BONUS 23. Los Angeles County, with over B.B million people, is easily the nation's most populous. For five points each, name the six next most populous counties, according to unadjusted 1990 census data.
ANSWER: Cook Harris San Diego Orange Kings .'
Maricopa
20 point bon us 24. It had been the largest black-owned daily newspaper until its publisher, Robert C. Maynard in October 1992 sold the financially struggling paper to the Alameda Newspaper Group. For 20 points--name this newspaper whose new editor is Pearl Stewart.
answer: Oakland Tribune
20 POINT BONUS 25. Barbara Streisand directed two films, major hits in 1983 and 1992. For ten points each, name these films in which she also starred.
ANSWER: Yrm.tl The Prince of Tides
20 POINT BONUS 26. Only four of Canada's ten provinces passed the Charlottetown Accords in a referendum on October 26, 1992. For five points each, name these four provinces.
ANSWER: Ontario New Brunswick Newfoundland Prince Edward Island