2005 Regional Game

TOSS-UP 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 © 2004 , COLLEGE BOWL CO., INC. -- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [AFRN-67Q7FA] CB REG 04-05 #05; T-01 TEAM LEFT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TEAM RIGHT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TOSS-UP 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 © 2004 , COLLEGE BOWL CO., INC. -- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [AFRN-67Q7FA] CB REG 04-05 #05; T-01 TEAM LEFT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TEAM RIGHT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TOSS-UP 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 © 2004 , COLLEGE BOWL CO., INC. -- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [MPDR-63DPR2] CB REG 04-05 #05; T-02 TEAM LEFT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TEAM RIGHT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TOSS-UP 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 © 2004 , COLLEGE BOWL CO., INC. -- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [MPDR-63DPR2] CB REG 04-05 #05; T-02 TEAM LEFT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TEAM RIGHT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TOSS-UP 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 © 2004 , COLLEGE BOWL CO., INC. -- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [MPDR-66WQTR] CB REG 04-05 #05; T-03 TEAM LEFT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TEAM RIGHT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TOSS-UP 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 © 2004 , COLLEGE BOWL CO., INC. -- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [MPDR-66WQTR] CB REG 04-05 #05; T-03 TEAM LEFT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TEAM RIGHT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TOSS-UP 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 © 2001 , COLLEGE BOWL CO., INC. -- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [CANL-55TTBC] CB REG 04-05 #05; T-04 TEAM LEFT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TEAM RIGHT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TOSS-UP 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 © 2001 , COLLEGE BOWL CO., INC. -- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [CANL-55TTBC] CB REG 04-05 #05; T-04 TEAM LEFT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TEAM RIGHT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TOSS-UP 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 © 2004 , COLLEGE BOWL CO., INC. -- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [MPDR-64TJXL] CB REG 04-05 #05; T-05 TEAM LEFT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TEAM RIGHT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TOSS-UP 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 © 2004 , COLLEGE BOWL CO., INC. -- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [MPDR-64TJXL] CB REG 04-05 #05; T-05 TEAM LEFT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TEAM RIGHT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TOSS-UP 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 © 2004 , COLLEGE BOWL CO., INC. -- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [MPDR-64TJTD] CB REG 04-05 #05; T-06 TEAM LEFT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TEAM RIGHT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TOSS-UP 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 © 2004 , COLLEGE BOWL CO., INC. -- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [MPDR-64TJTD] CB REG 04-05 #05; T-06 TEAM LEFT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TEAM RIGHT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TOSS-UP 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) © 2004 , COLLEGE BOWL CO., INC. -- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [AFRN-67UN2J] CB REG 04-05 #05; T-07 TEAM LEFT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TEAM RIGHT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TOSS-UP 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) © 2004 , COLLEGE BOWL CO., INC. -- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [AFRN-67UN2J] CB REG 04-05 #05; T-07 TEAM LEFT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TEAM RIGHT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TOSS-UP 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) © 2004 , COLLEGE BOWL CO., INC. -- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [MPDR-64UJ5L] CB REG 04-05 #05; T-08 TEAM LEFT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TEAM RIGHT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TOSS-UP 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) © 2004 , COLLEGE BOWL CO., INC. -- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [MPDR-64UJ5L] CB REG 04-05 #05; T-08 TEAM LEFT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TEAM RIGHT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TOSS-UP 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 © 2004 , COLLEGE BOWL CO., INC. -- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [MPDR-5ZCRJC] CB REG 04-05 #05; T-09 TEAM LEFT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TEAM RIGHT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TOSS-UP 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 © 2004 , COLLEGE BOWL CO., INC. -- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [MPDR-5ZCRJC] CB REG 04-05 #05; T-09 TEAM LEFT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TEAM RIGHT: 1 2 3 4 Points: TOSS-UP 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 © 2004 , COLLEGE BOWL CO., INC.

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