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His tough-guy dictum "There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, anytime" was directed at Boston's police force, when they stopped work in 1920. For 10 points -- what then-governor of Massachusetts issued that statement, three years before he became the 30th president of the U.S.?
ANSWER: [JOHN] CALVIN COOLIDGE
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His tough-guy dictum "There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, anytime" was directed at Boston's police force, when they stopped work in 1920. For 10 points -- what then-governor of Massachusetts issued that statement, three years before he became the 30th president of the U.S.?
ANSWER: [JOHN] CALVIN COOLIDGE
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Spectrometers (spek-TROM-eh-ters) on the Cassini (kuh-SEE-nee) probe orbiting Saturn confirmed that Saturn's rings are almost entirely made of this three-atom compound. For 10 points -- name this compound that's also the most common in your own body.
ANSWER: WATER OR H2O
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Spectrometers (spek-TROM-eh-ters) on the Cassini (kuh-SEE-nee) probe orbiting Saturn confirmed that Saturn's rings are almost entirely made of this three-atom compound. For 10 points -- name this compound that's also the most common in your own body.
ANSWER: WATER OR H2O
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In October 2004, he won the first bet ever decided at LongBets.org, an on-line prediction site for wagers taking decades to decide. He had bet that the Red Sox would win a World Series before Team USA won soccer's World Cup. For 10 points -- name this actor who portrayed former Red Sox pitcher Sam Malone on "Cheers."
ANSWER: TED DANSON
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In October 2004, he won the first bet ever decided at LongBets.org, an on-line prediction site for wagers taking decades to decide. He had bet that the Red Sox would win a World Series before Team USA won soccer's World Cup. For 10 points -- name this actor who portrayed former Red Sox pitcher Sam Malone on "Cheers."
ANSWER: TED DANSON
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It opened for a second time in 1997, thanks to actor Sam Wanamaker, and now plays to the fullest houses in London. For 10 points -- name this theater in the Southwark (SUTH-urk) district, a historical re-creation.
ANSWER: GLOBE THEATRE
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It opened for a second time in 1997, thanks to actor Sam Wanamaker, and now plays to the fullest houses in London. For 10 points -- name this theater in the Southwark (SUTH-urk) district, a historical re-creation.
ANSWER: GLOBE THEATRE
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It originally meant a branch or stem of a plant that had been re-rooted to grow another plant. Its modern meaning is much broader, including, in 2004, a cat that cost its owner $50,000. For 10 points -- what is this one-syllable word, an exact genetic copy of an organism?
ANSWER: CLONES
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It originally meant a branch or stem of a plant that had been re-rooted to grow another plant. Its modern meaning is much broader, including, in 2004, a cat that cost its owner $50,000. For 10 points -- what is this one-syllable word, an exact genetic copy of an organism?
ANSWER: CLONES
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In 2004, this river was suddenly closed to all traffic when demolition experts, attempting to bring down just one section of a bridge, caused the whole bridge to come tumbling down. For 10 points -- name this river blocked by the former bridge between Cape Girardeau (jih-RAR-doh), Missouri and East Cape Girardeau, Illinois.
ANSWER: MISSISSIPPI RIVER
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In 2004, this river was suddenly closed to all traffic when demolition experts, attempting to bring down just one section of a bridge, caused the whole bridge to come tumbling down. For 10 points -- name this river blocked by the former bridge between Cape Girardeau (jih-RAR-doh), Missouri and East Cape Girardeau, Illinois.
ANSWER: MISSISSIPPI RIVER
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He became a star in the U.S. in the 1990s but never forgot his Caribbean roots and in 2004, released a fund-raising music video to help more than 100,000 victims of flooding and violence in his native Haiti. For 10 points -- who is this rapper who created a solo career after leaving The Fugees (FYOO-jeez)?
ANSWER: WYCLEF JEAN (WIE-klef ZHAHN)
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He became a star in the U.S. in the 1990s but never forgot his Caribbean roots and in 2004, released a fund-raising music video to help more than 100,000 victims of flooding and violence in his native Haiti. For 10 points -- who is this rapper who created a solo career after leaving The Fugees (FYOO-jeez)?
ANSWER: WYCLEF JEAN (WIE-klef ZHAHN)
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This high outcropping of limestone is famous for the metamorphic form of limestone on its top. After an arduous climb, that top is entered through a monumental gate called the Propylaea (proh-pih-LAY-uh). For 10 points -- name this very big rock towering about 500 feet over the rest of Athens.
ANSWER: THE ACROPOLIS (uh-CROP-oh-lis)
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This high outcropping of limestone is famous for the metamorphic form of limestone on its top. After an arduous climb, that top is entered through a monumental gate called the Propylaea (proh-pih-LAY-uh). For 10 points -- name this very big rock towering about 500 feet over the rest of Athens.
ANSWER: THE ACROPOLIS (uh-CROP-oh-lis)
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Eleven horses have won the Triple Crown of thoroughbred racing. For 10 points -- which one ran the fastest Triple Crown, including still-standing records at the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont in 1973?
ANSWER: SECRETARIAT
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Eleven horses have won the Triple Crown of thoroughbred racing. For 10 points -- which one ran the fastest Triple Crown, including still-standing records at the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont in 1973?
ANSWER: SECRETARIAT
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Her job as a teen shelving books in a Michigan library led her to literature. These days, it's her books that get shelved, as one of the best-selling African American authors in history. For 10 points -- who is this writer who spent 38 weeks on The New York Times best-seller list with her Waiting to Exhale?
ANSWER: TERRY McMILLAN
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Her job as a teen shelving books in a Michigan library led her to literature. These days, it's her books that get shelved, as one of the best-selling African American authors in history. For 10 points -- who is this writer who spent 38 weeks on The New York Times best-seller list with her Waiting to Exhale?
ANSWER: TERRY McMILLAN
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It is the proper name of the tiny circle over the letter A in Swedish. Though that circle is tiny, it is many many times larger than the unit of length sharing the same name -- one hundred millionth of a centimeter. For 10 points -- what is this originally Swedish word?
ANSWER: ANGSTROM (ANG-strum)
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It is the proper name of the tiny circle over the letter A in Swedish. Though that circle is tiny, it is many many times larger than the unit of length sharing the same name -- one hundred millionth of a centimeter. For 10 points -- what is this originally Swedish word?
ANSWER: ANGSTROM (ANG-strum)
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This senior senator from his state had once been considered a reliable conservative, even seeking the Republican presidential nomination in 2000. By 2004, he had become so independent that many Democrats wanted him to become John Kerry's running mate. For 10 points -- who is this Arizonan?
ANSWER: SENATOR JOHN McCAIN
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This senior senator from his state had once been considered a reliable conservative, even seeking the Republican presidential nomination in 2000. By 2004, he had become so independent that many Democrats wanted him to become John Kerry's running mate. For 10 points -- who is this Arizonan?
ANSWER: SENATOR JOHN McCAIN
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In 2004, Sotheby's (SUH-thuh-bee's) auctioned off Bill Wilson's master copy of this book, called "The Big Book" by the organization Bill W. had founded along with fellow recovering drunk Dr. Bob S. For 10 points -- identify that book named for that self-help organization.
ANSWER: ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS PROMPT: If A.A. is answered
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In 2004, Sotheby's (SUH-thuh-bee's) auctioned off Bill Wilson's master copy of this book, called "The Big Book" by the organization Bill W. had founded along with fellow recovering drunk Dr. Bob S. For 10 points -- identify that book named for that self-help organization.
ANSWER: ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS PROMPT: If A.A. is answered
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He was a militant atheist who resigned from the faculty of England's Churchill College in 1963 to protest a campus chapel. He soon moved to California's Salk Institute to work on the physical basis of consciousness. For 10 points -- who was this British co-discoverer of the structure of DNA?
ANSWER: SIR FRANCIS CRICK
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He was a militant atheist who resigned from the faculty of England's Churchill College in 1963 to protest a campus chapel. He soon moved to California's Salk Institute to work on the physical basis of consciousness. For 10 points -- who was this British co-discoverer of the structure of DNA?
ANSWER: SIR FRANCIS CRICK
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In leap years in the Gregorian Calendar, it is the 366th day of the year. For a quick 10 points -- give me the date.
ANSWER: DECEMBER 31 OR 31 DECEMBER PROMPT: If NEW YEAR'S EVE is answered
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In leap years in the Gregorian Calendar, it is the 366th day of the year. For a quick 10 points -- give me the date.
ANSWER: DECEMBER 31 OR 31 DECEMBER PROMPT: If NEW YEAR'S EVE is answered
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This regular writer for The New Yorker published almost one book a year between 1930 and 1961, and remains one of the few major American writers who wrote almost exclusively short pieces. For 10 points -- who was this witty wordsmith of "The Catbird Seat" and "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"?
ANSWER: JAMES THURBER
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This regular writer for The New Yorker published almost one book a year between 1930 and 1961, and remains one of the few major American writers who wrote almost exclusively short pieces. For 10 points -- who was this witty wordsmith of "The Catbird Seat" and "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"?
ANSWER: JAMES THURBER
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Designed by American Cesar Pelli (SAY-zar PEL-lee), conceptually based on an Islamic eight-pointed star, and named for its largest tenant -- the state oil company of Malaysia -- these twin towers rise 1,483 feet each. For 10 points -- name this, until recently, tallest building in the world.
ANSWER: PETRONAS (peh-TROH-nus) TOWERS
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Designed by American Cesar Pelli (SAY-zar PEL-lee), conceptually based on an Islamic eight-pointed star, and named for its largest tenant -- the state oil company of Malaysia -- these twin towers rise 1,483 feet each. For 10 points -- name this, until recently, tallest building in the world.
ANSWER: PETRONAS (peh-TROH-nus) TOWERS
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Delegates of seven English colonies met with chiefs of the Iroquois (EER-uh-kwoy) League in 1754 to achieve unity against the French. The Iroquois left unconvinced, but the colonies drafted plans for a common defense under a single government. For 10 points -- what city, now a state capital, named that Congress and that Plan?
ANSWER: ALBANY, NEW YORK ACCEPT: ALBANY CONGRESS OR ALBANY PLAN
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Delegates of seven English colonies met with chiefs of the Iroquois (EER-uh-kwoy) League in 1754 to achieve unity against the French. The Iroquois left unconvinced, but the colonies drafted plans for a common defense under a single government. For 10 points -- what city, now a state capital, named that Congress and that Plan?
ANSWER: ALBANY, NEW YORK ACCEPT: ALBANY CONGRESS OR ALBANY PLAN
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He was originally a Philistine god, was called "the Prince of Devils" in the New Testament, and was second only to Satan in Milton's Paradise Lost. For 10 points -- name this evil being whose four-syllable name is often translated as "Lord of the Flies."
ANSWER: BEELZEBUB (bee-EL-zeh-bub)
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He was originally a Philistine god, was called "the Prince of Devils" in the New Testament, and was second only to Satan in Milton's Paradise Lost. For 10 points -- name this evil being whose four-syllable name is often translated as "Lord of the Flies."
ANSWER: BEELZEBUB (bee-EL-zeh-bub)
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He never earned more than 1,600 pounds a year as head of the Cavendish Lab, disdained taking out any patents or accepting any offers from industry, and left an estate of just 7,000 pounds when he died in 1937 as the most honored scientist since Newton. For 10 points -- who was this splitter of the atom?
ANSWER: ERNEST LORD RUTHERFORD
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He never earned more than 1,600 pounds a year as head of the Cavendish Lab, disdained taking out any patents or accepting any offers from industry, and left an estate of just 7,000 pounds when he died in 1937 as the most honored scientist since Newton. For 10 points -- who was this splitter of the atom?
ANSWER: ERNEST LORD RUTHERFORD
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Though most of the members of this movement were killed in the siege of Jerusalem, the son of its founder, Judah, and a small band held out for three years at Masada (muh-SAH-duh). For 10 points -- name these resistance fighters whose name now names anyone overly enthusiastic.
ANSWER: THE ZEALOTS
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Though most of the members of this movement were killed in the siege of Jerusalem, the son of its founder, Judah, and a small band held out for three years at Masada (muh-SAH-duh). For 10 points -- name these resistance fighters whose name now names anyone overly enthusiastic.
ANSWER: THE ZEALOTS
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In 2004, this nation of three million played a chess match pitting its 18 best players against the top 18 in the rest of the world. It lost by just 18.5 to 17.5. For 10 points -- name this landlocked country, home to Gary Kasparov (kuh-SPAR-off), and wedged between Georgia and Azerbaijan (az-ur-bie-JAHN).
ANSWER: ARMENIA
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In 2004, this nation of three million played a chess match pitting its 18 best players against the top 18 in the rest of the world. It lost by just 18.5 to 17.5. For 10 points -- name this landlocked country, home to Gary Kasparov (kuh-SPAR-off), and wedged between Georgia and Azerbaijan (az-ur-bie-JAHN).
ANSWER: ARMENIA
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Robin Williams, Tommy Smothers and a group of First Amendment lawyers recently persuaded New York Governor Pataki (puh-TAH-kee) to grant a posthumous pardon for a 1964 obscenity conviction of this author of How To Talk Dirty and Influence People. For 10 points -- who was that then notorious comic?
ANSWER: LENNY BRUCE OR LEONARD SCHNEIDER
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Robin Williams, Tommy Smothers and a group of First Amendment lawyers recently persuaded New York Governor Pataki (puh-TAH-kee) to grant a posthumous pardon for a 1964 obscenity conviction of this author of How To Talk Dirty and Influence People. For 10 points -- who was that then notorious comic?
ANSWER: LENNY BRUCE OR LEONARD SCHNEIDER
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As a transitive verb, it can mean either covering emerging stems of a plant with soil to keep them white, or briefly boiling veggies or meats to make them white. For 10 points -- what is this word that, as an intransitive verb, means to go pale?
ANSWER: (TO) BLANCH
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As a transitive verb, it can mean either covering emerging stems of a plant with soil to keep them white, or briefly boiling veggies or meats to make them white. For 10 points -- what is this word that, as an intransitive verb, means to go pale?
ANSWER: (TO) BLANCH
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He was born in Navarre (nuh-VAR) in 1506 and died on Sancian (SAHN-syahn) Island, China in 1552. For 10 points -- name this patron saint of Catholic missionaries and one of Ignatius Loyola's original Jesuits.
ANSWER: SAINT FRANCIS XAVIER (ZAIV-yer or ex-AYV-yer)
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He was born in Navarre (nuh-VAR) in 1506 and died on Sancian (SAHN-syahn) Island, China in 1552. For 10 points -- name this patron saint of Catholic missionaries and one of Ignatius Loyola's original Jesuits.
ANSWER: SAINT FRANCIS XAVIER (ZAIV-yer or ex-AYV-yer)
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This four-syllable adjective has recently come to mean "sufficient for a direct response," particularly when modifying "intelligence." It had long meant "grounds for a lawsuit" when modifying "accusation" or "event." For 10 points -- what is this word?
ANSWER: ACTIONABLE
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This four-syllable adjective has recently come to mean "sufficient for a direct response," particularly when modifying "intelligence." It had long meant "grounds for a lawsuit" when modifying "accusation" or "event." For 10 points -- what is this word?
ANSWER: ACTIONABLE
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"I've wrestled with reality for 35 years, and I'm happy, doctor. I finally won out over it." That is Elwood P. Dowd to his psychiatrist in -- for 10 points -- what Pulitzer Prize-winning 1944 play by Mary Chase?
ANSWER: HARVEY
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"I've wrestled with reality for 35 years, and I'm happy, doctor. I finally won out over it." That is Elwood P. Dowd to his psychiatrist in -- for 10 points -- what Pulitzer Prize-winning 1944 play by Mary Chase?
ANSWER: HARVEY
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His father-in-law was Secretary of State John Foster. His nephew was Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. In the family tradition, he served as Secretary of State from 1915 to 1920. For 10 points -- name this Secretary of State during World War I.
ANSWER: ROBERT LANSING
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His father-in-law was Secretary of State John Foster. His nephew was Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. In the family tradition, he served as Secretary of State from 1915 to 1920. For 10 points -- name this Secretary of State during World War I.
ANSWER: ROBERT LANSING
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The most common method of producing this metal is to melt common table salt and run an electric current through it. Chlorine will collect at the electrode called the anode (AN-ode). For 10 points apiece -- what metal will collect at what opposite electrode?
ANSWER: SODIUM CATHODE (KATH-ode)
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The most common method of producing this metal is to melt common table salt and run an electric current through it. Chlorine will collect at the electrode called the anode (AN-ode). For 10 points apiece -- what metal will collect at what opposite electrode?
ANSWER: SODIUM CATHODE (KATH-ode)
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Name this British-born author after one clue for 30 points, after two for 20, or after all three for 10 points:
1. In 1999, he published a lengthy anthology of his nonfiction works titled Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds (BIE-peds).
2. His technical papers were anthologized in the Marconi Award-winning book Ascent to Orbit.
3. His earliest works were anthologized in 1996's Childhood's End, also the title of one of his sci-fi classics.
ANSWER: ARTHUR C. CLARKE
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Name this British-born author after one clue for 30 points, after two for 20, or after all three for 10 points:
1. In 1999, he published a lengthy anthology of his nonfiction works titled Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds (BIE-peds).
2. His technical papers were anthologized in the Marconi Award-winning book Ascent to Orbit.
3. His earliest works were anthologized in 1996's Childhood's End, also the title of one of his sci-fi classics.
ANSWER: ARTHUR C. CLARKE
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Its Global 1200 Index is the first real-time weighted world stock index, covering over 30 countries and about 70% of global market capitalization.
1. First -- for 10 points -- name this investors service that compiles many other stock indexes, the best known of which is its U.S. 500 Composite Index.
ANSWER: STANDARD & POOR'S CORPORATION OR S & P
2. Standard & Poor's, as well as Business World, are divisions of -- for 15 points -- what company best known in the U.S. as the largest publisher of text books for schools from kindergarten through grade 12?
ANSWER: McGRAW-HILL COMPANIES
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Its Global 1200 Index is the first real-time weighted world stock index, covering over 30 countries and about 70% of global market capitalization.
1. First -- for 10 points -- name this investors service that compiles many other stock indexes, the best known of which is its U.S. 500 Composite Index.
ANSWER: STANDARD & POOR'S CORPORATION OR S & P
2. Standard & Poor's, as well as Business World, are divisions of -- for 15 points -- what company best known in the U.S. as the largest publisher of text books for schools from kindergarten through grade 12?
ANSWER: McGRAW-HILL COMPANIES
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The 2004 presidential election was nasty enough to create some family rifts. One such family saw born-again brother Stephen attend the Republican Convention, while left-wing brother Alec threatened to leave the country if Bush won a second term. For 5 points per answer:
1. Name this family of prominent actors.
ANSWER: BALDWIN FAMILY OR THE BALDWINS
2. Alec Baldwin got his own tribute song -- "You Are Worthless" -- in what musical political parody filmed entirely with marionettes, directed by what two creators of "South Park"?
ANSWER: TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE TREY PARKER MATT STONE © 2004 , COLLEGE BOWL CO., INC. -- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [AFRN-65UQKV] CB REG 04-05 #05; B-04 TEAM LEFT: TU # Points: TEAM RIGHT: TU # Points:
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The 2004 presidential election was nasty enough to create some family rifts. One such family saw born-again brother Stephen attend the Republican Convention, while left-wing brother Alec threatened to leave the country if Bush won a second term. For 5 points per answer:
1. Name this family of prominent actors.
ANSWER: BALDWIN FAMILY OR THE BALDWINS
2. Alec Baldwin got his own tribute song -- "You Are Worthless" -- in what musical political parody filmed entirely with marionettes, directed by what two creators of "South Park"?
ANSWER: TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE TREY PARKER MATT STONE © 2004 , COLLEGE BOWL CO., INC. -- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [AFRN-65UQKV] CB REG 04-05 #05; B-04 TEAM LEFT: TU # Points: TEAM RIGHT: TU # Points:
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Though it starts in Canada and runs northwest for its first 200 miles, it is mainly a U.S. river; one that fills up Washington state's 161-mile-long Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake. For 10 points apiece -- name this major river, and the 500-foot dam that created that reservoir.
ANSWER: COLUMBIA RIVER GRAND COULEE DAM
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Though it starts in Canada and runs northwest for its first 200 miles, it is mainly a U.S. river; one that fills up Washington state's 161-mile-long Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake. For 10 points apiece -- name this major river, and the 500-foot dam that created that reservoir.
ANSWER: COLUMBIA RIVER GRAND COULEE DAM
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He was Nadia Boulanger's (NAH-dyuh boo-lahn-ZHAIR'S) first American student and composed his 1924 Symphony for Organ and Orchestra for her U.S. tour. That first-ever composition by him premiered at Carnegie Hall and assured his career.
1. First -- for 10 points -- name this composer of three other symphonies plus the operas The Second Hurricane and The Tender Land.
ANSWER: AARON COPLAND
2. For 5 points apiece -- name any three of Copland's four still popular ballets.
ANSWER: APPALACHIAN SPRING, BILLY THE KID, DANCE PANELS, RODEO (roh-DAY-oh or ROH-dee-oh)
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He was Nadia Boulanger's (NAH-dyuh boo-lahn-ZHAIR'S) first American student and composed his 1924 Symphony for Organ and Orchestra for her U.S. tour. That first-ever composition by him premiered at Carnegie Hall and assured his career.
1. First -- for 10 points -- name this composer of three other symphonies plus the operas The Second Hurricane and The Tender Land.
ANSWER: AARON COPLAND
2. For 5 points apiece -- name any three of Copland's four still popular ballets.
ANSWER: APPALACHIAN SPRING, BILLY THE KID, DANCE PANELS, RODEO (roh-DAY-oh or ROH-dee-oh)
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Identify this legendary hero after one clue for 30 points, after two for 20, or after all three for 10 points:
1. His horse Babieca (bah-bee-EH-kuh) carried him home on his final journey from Valencia to Burgos (BUR-gos).
2. Corneille's (kor-NAY'S) five-act verse tragedy about this 11th century military leader premiered in 1637.
3. He remains the national hero of Castile (kuh-STEEL).
ANSWER: EL CID OR RUY (OR RODRIGO) DIAZ DE VIVAR (DEE-ahz day VEE-var)
PROMPT: If ANY PARTIAL ANSWER is given
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Identify this legendary hero after one clue for 30 points, after two for 20, or after all three for 10 points:
1. His horse Babieca (bah-bee-EH-kuh) carried him home on his final journey from Valencia to Burgos (BUR-gos).
2. Corneille's (kor-NAY'S) five-act verse tragedy about this 11th century military leader premiered in 1637.
3. He remains the national hero of Castile (kuh-STEEL).
ANSWER: EL CID OR RUY (OR RODRIGO) DIAZ DE VIVAR (DEE-ahz day VEE-var)
PROMPT: If ANY PARTIAL ANSWER is given
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William Plumer was an early 19th century New Hampshire governor and senator with two claims to fame. For 10 points apiece:
1. In 1820, he cast one of New Hampshire's presidential electoral votes for John Quincy Adams who wasn't even a candidate that year. All the other electoral votes were cast for what incumbent?
ANSWER: JAMES MONROE
2. Plumer persuaded the New Hampshire Legislature to change the royal charter of what college, a challenge to the sanctity of contracts that was overturned by the Supreme Court in 1819?
ANSWER: DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
3. What Dartmouth grad represented his alma mater in that famous case?
ANSWER: DANIEL WEBSTER
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William Plumer was an early 19th century New Hampshire governor and senator with two claims to fame. For 10 points apiece:
1. In 1820, he cast one of New Hampshire's presidential electoral votes for John Quincy Adams who wasn't even a candidate that year. All the other electoral votes were cast for what incumbent?
ANSWER: JAMES MONROE
2. Plumer persuaded the New Hampshire Legislature to change the royal charter of what college, a challenge to the sanctity of contracts that was overturned by the Supreme Court in 1819?
ANSWER: DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
3. What Dartmouth grad represented his alma mater in that famous case?
ANSWER: DANIEL WEBSTER
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Though not normally thought of as a musician, he got keyboard credit on the song "Whispers" on the 2004 album "Still." Being married to the singer helped. For 10 points apiece -- name this Orlando Magic player and his multiple Grammy-nominated wife.
ANSWER: GRANT HILL TAMIA OR TAMIA WASHINGTON PROMPT: If MRS. HILL is answered
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Though not normally thought of as a musician, he got keyboard credit on the song "Whispers" on the 2004 album "Still." Being married to the singer helped. For 10 points apiece -- name this Orlando Magic player and his multiple Grammy-nominated wife.
ANSWER: GRANT HILL TAMIA OR TAMIA WASHINGTON PROMPT: If MRS. HILL is answered
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Name this U.S. president after one clue for 30 points, after two for 20, or after all three for 10 points:
1. During his administration, Congress created the Justice Department and the National Park System.
2. His greatest diplomatic triumph was peacefully resolving the so-called "Alabama Claims" against Britain.
3. He pushed for and saw ratification of the 15th Amendment granting voting rights to African American men.
ANSWER: ULYSSES S. GRANT
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Name this U.S. president after one clue for 30 points, after two for 20, or after all three for 10 points:
1. During his administration, Congress created the Justice Department and the National Park System.
2. His greatest diplomatic triumph was peacefully resolving the so-called "Alabama Claims" against Britain.
3. He pushed for and saw ratification of the 15th Amendment granting voting rights to African American men.
ANSWER: ULYSSES S. GRANT
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It was undiagnosable until Riva Rocci (REE-vuh ROH-chee) invented an inflatable arm cuff in 1896, but there was no decent treatment for it until after World War II. Modern lifesavers include beta-blockers, calcium channel blockers or A.C.E. (ACE) inhibitors.
1. First -- for 10 points -- what is this condition?
ANSWER: HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE OR ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE OR HYPERTENSION PROMPT: If just BLOOD PRESSURE is answered
2. For 20 points -- give me the six-syllable name for Dr. Rocci's invention, still used to measure blood pressure.
ANSWER: SPHYGMOMANOMETERS (SFIG-moh-muh-NOM-eh-ters)
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It was undiagnosable until Riva Rocci (REE-vuh ROH-chee) invented an inflatable arm cuff in 1896, but there was no decent treatment for it until after World War II. Modern lifesavers include beta-blockers, calcium channel blockers or A.C.E. (ACE) inhibitors.
1. First -- for 10 points -- what is this condition?
ANSWER: HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE OR ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE OR HYPERTENSION PROMPT: If just BLOOD PRESSURE is answered
2. For 20 points -- give me the six-syllable name for Dr. Rocci's invention, still used to measure blood pressure.
ANSWER: SPHYGMOMANOMETERS (SFIG-moh-muh-NOM-eh-ters)
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The complicated ground rules for the 2004 presidential debates -- complete with yellow, green, red, and flashing red lights -- were negotiated by two old-timers of the major parties. For 15 points apiece -- name that Secretary of State for the first President Bush, and that former head of the Urban League and inside advisor to President Clinton.
ANSWER: JAMES S. BAKER III VERNON JORDAN
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The complicated ground rules for the 2004 presidential debates -- complete with yellow, green, red, and flashing red lights -- were negotiated by two old-timers of the major parties. For 15 points apiece -- name that Secretary of State for the first President Bush, and that former head of the Urban League and inside advisor to President Clinton.
ANSWER: JAMES S. BAKER III VERNON JORDAN
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Television Blunders, Part One:
1. What NBC series was beached in 1989, then segued (SEG-wade) to syndication, where it became a global hit, airing in 142 countries and 44 languages and running till 2001?
ANSWER: BAYWATCH
2. Television Blunders, Part Two: what legal-based drama was dropped from its initial network after an inauspicious 1995 debut, was picked up by CBS, and is now in its 10th season?
ANSWER: JAG OR JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL
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Television Blunders, Part One:
1. What NBC series was beached in 1989, then segued (SEG-wade) to syndication, where it became a global hit, airing in 142 countries and 44 languages and running till 2001?
ANSWER: BAYWATCH
2. Television Blunders, Part Two: what legal-based drama was dropped from its initial network after an inauspicious 1995 debut, was picked up by CBS, and is now in its 10th season?
ANSWER: JAG OR JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL
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Paper and pencils ready? Five major types of human joints are, alphabetically: ball-and-socket, gliding, hinge, saddle, and suture. For 10 points apiece -- which of the five is used:
1. In the shoulder and hip? ANSWER: BALL-AND-SOCKET
2. To weld together the separate bones ANSWER: SUTURE making up the cranium?
3. To connect the bones making up the ANSWER: GLIDING vertebral column or back bone?
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Paper and pencils ready? Five major types of human joints are, alphabetically: ball-and-socket, gliding, hinge, saddle, and suture. For 10 points apiece -- which of the five is used:
1. In the shoulder and hip? ANSWER: BALL-AND-SOCKET
2. To weld together the separate bones ANSWER: SUTURE making up the cranium?
3. To connect the bones making up the ANSWER: GLIDING vertebral column or back bone?
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In 1912, he visited a tuberculosis asylum in Switzerland. A specialist there discovered a spot of the disease in this author's lungs and urged him to remain for treatment. He refused and spent the next 12 years writing a "What-if" novel in which he had stayed, only he called himself Hans Castorp. For 15 points apiece -- name this author and that classic novel.
ANSWER: THOMAS MANN (MAHN) THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN
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In 1912, he visited a tuberculosis asylum in Switzerland. A specialist there discovered a spot of the disease in this author's lungs and urged him to remain for treatment. He refused and spent the next 12 years writing a "What-if" novel in which he had stayed, only he called himself Hans Castorp. For 15 points apiece -- name this author and that classic novel.
ANSWER: THOMAS MANN (MAHN) THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN
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Michael Phelps was the U.S. swimmer who got most of the media attention at the Athens Olympics. For 10 points per answer:
1. What other U.S. swimmer at those games won her 12th Olympic medal, making her the top U.S. medalist in any sport?
ANSWER: JENNY THOMPSON
2. Thompson's 12th medal broke the record of 11 that she had jointly held with what two men whose own medals came, respectively, in the 1988 and 1992 games, and in the 1968 and 1972 games?
ANSWER: MATT BIONDI (bee-ON-dee) MARK SPITZ
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Michael Phelps was the U.S. swimmer who got most of the media attention at the Athens Olympics. For 10 points per answer:
1. What other U.S. swimmer at those games won her 12th Olympic medal, making her the top U.S. medalist in any sport?
ANSWER: JENNY THOMPSON
2. Thompson's 12th medal broke the record of 11 that she had jointly held with what two men whose own medals came, respectively, in the 1988 and 1992 games, and in the 1968 and 1972 games?
ANSWER: MATT BIONDI (bee-ON-dee) MARK SPITZ
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Consider the five Great Lakes. For 10 points apiece:
1. Which is the only one to border both Pennsylvania and Ohio?
ANSWER: LAKE ERIE
2. Which of the five is the only one to border Michigan, but no other U.S. state?
ANSWER: LAKE HURON
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Consider the five Great Lakes. For 10 points apiece:
1. Which is the only one to border both Pennsylvania and Ohio?
ANSWER: LAKE ERIE
2. Which of the five is the only one to border Michigan, but no other U.S. state?
ANSWER: LAKE HURON
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Their rivalry for the love of Adonis (uh-DON-is) continued even after his death as both tried to claim his body. Zeus solved that dispute between his daughters by arranging for Adonis to spend half of each year above ground with the wife of Hephaestus (heh-FES-tus) and the other half underground with the wife of Pluto. For 10 points each -- name these two Greek goddesses.
ANSWER: APHRODITE (af-roh-DIE-tee) PERSEPHONE (pur-SEF-oh-nee)
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Their rivalry for the love of Adonis (uh-DON-is) continued even after his death as both tried to claim his body. Zeus solved that dispute between his daughters by arranging for Adonis to spend half of each year above ground with the wife of Hephaestus (heh-FES-tus) and the other half underground with the wife of Pluto. For 10 points each -- name these two Greek goddesses.
ANSWER: APHRODITE (af-roh-DIE-tee) PERSEPHONE (pur-SEF-oh-nee)
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Cinnabar (SIN-uh-bar) and realgar (ree-AL-gur) are similar-looking blood-red minerals, and are similar two- atom compounds. You do not want to be around either one when it is smelted or burned without a gas mask. For 10 points each:
1. Both contain what common element whose dioxide, formed when it is burned, is acrid and poisonous?
ANSWER: SULFUR
2. What poisonous metalloid combines with sulfur to form realgar?
ANSWER: ARSENIC
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Cinnabar (SIN-uh-bar) and realgar (ree-AL-gur) are similar-looking blood-red minerals, and are similar two- atom compounds. You do not want to be around either one when it is smelted or burned without a gas mask. For 10 points each:
1. Both contain what common element whose dioxide, formed when it is burned, is acrid and poisonous?
ANSWER: SULFUR
2. What poisonous metalloid combines with sulfur to form realgar?
ANSWER: ARSENIC
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In late 2004, a second nation staked a territorial claim to the North Pole and its surrounding sea floor. It based that on a geological argument that the Lomonosov (luh-MON-uh-soff) Ridge under the pole is an underwater extension of Greenland. In 2001, another nation made the same claim, arguing that ridge was an underwater extension of its October Revolution Island. For 10 points each -- name these two nations.
ANSWER: DENMARK RUSSIA
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In late 2004, a second nation staked a territorial claim to the North Pole and its surrounding sea floor. It based that on a geological argument that the Lomonosov (luh-MON-uh-soff) Ridge under the pole is an underwater extension of Greenland. In 2001, another nation made the same claim, arguing that ridge was an underwater extension of its October Revolution Island. For 10 points each -- name these two nations.
ANSWER: DENMARK RUSSIA
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He refused necessary surgery in 1942 to complete something "more important to me than I have ever done." That something was four paintings for the U.S. Treasury Department that raised over $100 million for America's war effort. For 15 points each -- who was this popular painter and illustrator and what name was given to that series of paintings exemplifying FDR's 1941 State of the Union Address?
ANSWER: NORMAN ROCKWELL THE FOUR FREEDOMS
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He refused necessary surgery in 1942 to complete something "more important to me than I have ever done." That something was four paintings for the U.S. Treasury Department that raised over $100 million for America's war effort. For 15 points each -- who was this popular painter and illustrator and what name was given to that series of paintings exemplifying FDR's 1941 State of the Union Address?
ANSWER: NORMAN ROCKWELL THE FOUR FREEDOMS
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Betty Persky and Shimon (shee-MOHN) Persky are cousins. She won Tony Awards for Applause in 1970 and for Woman of the Year in 1981. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994. For 15 points apiece -- what names have been adopted by this U.S. actress and this former Israeli prime minister?
ANSWER: LAUREN BACALL SHIMON PERES (PAIR-es)
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Betty Persky and Shimon (shee-MOHN) Persky are cousins. She won Tony Awards for Applause in 1970 and for Woman of the Year in 1981. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994. For 15 points apiece -- what names have been adopted by this U.S. actress and this former Israeli prime minister?
ANSWER: LAUREN BACALL SHIMON PERES (PAIR-es)
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Pope Petros VII (PEH-tros 7th) perished in a helicopter crash in 2004 while flying north to visit Mount Athos (ATH-os). He was one of the few leaders of Greek Orthodoxy who held the title of "Pope" as well as "Patriarch." For 15 points apiece:
1. He was the second-ranking figure of the Greek Orthodox Church and had the title of "Pope of All Africa" and Patriarch of what Egyptian city?
ANSWER: PATRIARCH OF ALEXANDRIA
2. Alexandria, unlike Rome, has two official "popes." The other one, Pope Shenouda III (sheh-NOO-duh 3rd), is Pope of what theologically monophysite (MAH-noh-FIZ-ite) church that accounts for most of the Christians in Egypt? ANSWER: COPTIC CHURCH ACCEPT: THE COPTS
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Pope Petros VII (PEH-tros 7th) perished in a helicopter crash in 2004 while flying north to visit Mount Athos (ATH-os). He was one of the few leaders of Greek Orthodoxy who held the title of "Pope" as well as "Patriarch." For 15 points apiece:
1. He was the second-ranking figure of the Greek Orthodox Church and had the title of "Pope of All Africa" and Patriarch of what Egyptian city?
ANSWER: PATRIARCH OF ALEXANDRIA
2. Alexandria, unlike Rome, has two official "popes." The other one, Pope Shenouda III (sheh-NOO-duh 3rd), is Pope of what theologically monophysite (MAH-noh-FIZ-ite) church that accounts for most of the Christians in Egypt? ANSWER: COPTIC CHURCH ACCEPT: THE COPTS
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Charles Albert, King and Elector of Bavaria, was elected Holy Roman Emperor Charles 7th in 1742. The most significant thing about his insignificant three-year reign is that he wasn't from the royal house that considered that emperorship its personal property.
1. First -- for 10 points -- name that royal house of every Holy Roman Emperor (except for Charles 7th) between 1437 and the dissolution of the Empire in 1806.
ANSWER: VON HAPSBURGS OR VON HABSBURGS
2. Now -- for 15 points -- Charles 7th was of what rival royal house that reigned in Bavaria from 1180 until 1918?
ANSWER: VON WITTELSBACH (VIT-tels-bahk) FAMILY OR THE VON WITTELSBACHS
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Charles Albert, King and Elector of Bavaria, was elected Holy Roman Emperor Charles 7th in 1742. The most significant thing about his insignificant three-year reign is that he wasn't from the royal house that considered that emperorship its personal property.
1. First -- for 10 points -- name that royal house of every Holy Roman Emperor (except for Charles 7th) between 1437 and the dissolution of the Empire in 1806.
ANSWER: VON HAPSBURGS OR VON HABSBURGS
2. Now -- for 15 points -- Charles 7th was of what rival royal house that reigned in Bavaria from 1180 until 1918?
ANSWER: VON WITTELSBACH (VIT-tels-bahk) FAMILY OR THE VON WITTELSBACHS
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The United States has two official time-of-day services -- one run by the Department of Commerce and the other by the Department of Defense -- and their "official clocks" should never differ by more than one-ten- millionth of a second. For 15 points each -- name the two organizations that operate those official clocks, one abbreviated the NIST and the other the USNO.
ANSWER: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY UNITED STATES NAVAL OBSERVATORY
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The United States has two official time-of-day services -- one run by the Department of Commerce and the other by the Department of Defense -- and their "official clocks" should never differ by more than one-ten- millionth of a second. For 15 points each -- name the two organizations that operate those official clocks, one abbreviated the NIST and the other the USNO.
ANSWER: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY UNITED STATES NAVAL OBSERVATORY
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