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,. '..;.. TOSS-UPS November 1991 DALTON COLLEGE TOSS UP 1. THE BUSINESS WORLD IS ALWAYS HOT TO PICK UP ON TIMELY ADVERTISING. FOR TEN POINTS, WHAT TWO CEREAL COMPANIES ARE BRINGING OUT CEREAL BOXES TO HONOR THE WORLD SERIES WINNER? ANSWER: KELLOGG AND GENERAL MILLS 2. HE KICKED WITH A SHOE THAT IS NOW ILLEGAL, BUT HE STILL HOLDS THE RECORD FOR FIELD GOAL DISTANCE. FOR TEN POINTS, WHO WAS THE NEW ORLEANS SAINT WHO IN 1970 KICKED A 63 YARD FIELD GOAL? ANSWER: TOM DEMPSEY 3. HE WAS FROM THE LAND OF UZ. THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT HE "FEARED GOD AND ESCHEWED EVIL." HE STARTED OUT WITH SEVEN SONS AND THREE DAUGHTERS, MANY CATTLE AND OXEN AND A GREAT HOUSEHOLD. HE ENDED UP SITTING IN AN ASH HEAP. FOR TEN POINTS, NAME THIS INDIVIDUAL WHOSE STORY MAY BE THE "OLDEST" WRITTEN BOOK IN THE BIBLE. ANSWER: J..Q6. 4. THE BUYING AND SELLING CAN BE DONE DIRECTLY OR THROUGH MIDDLEMEN OR INTERMEDIARIES. FOR TEN POINTS, WHAT IS THE TERM, USED IN ECONOMICS, TO DESCRIBE THE PLACE WHERE GOODS AND SERVICES ARE BOUGHT AND SOLD? ANSWER: MARKET (ACCEPT MARKETPLACE) 5. STEPHEN KING'S NEW WORK IS FOUR PAST MIDNIGHT BUT THIS WRITING IS CONCERNED WITH THE MINUTES BEFORE MIDNIGHT. FOR TEN POINTS, WHAT IS THIS JOURNAL WHOSE COVER SYMBOLIZES WORLD TENSION, BY ITS MOVEMENT OF THE HANDS ON ITS "DOOMSDAY CLOCK" TOWARD AND AWAY FROM MIDNIGHT? ANSWER: BULLETIN OF ATOMIC SCIENTISTS 6. BECAUSE THE SALTS OF THE ELEMENT ARE SWEET-TASTING, IT WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED GLUCINIUM. THIS RARE METAL IS USED IN ISOTROPIC DATING, NEUTRON REFLECTION, MODERATION FOR NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ENZYME INHIBITION. FOR TEN POINTS, NAME THIS ELEMENT WHOSE ATOMIC NUMBER IS FOUR. ANSWER: BERYLLIUM Last checked: November 1, 1991 © 1991 Tom Deaton Page 1 Practice Packet of the Month Club· Questions are for use in practices only· Not for unauthorized sale, trade or distribution '1' \, Dalton College TOSS-UPS November 1991 7. THE WORD HAS COME TO MEAN "A WATCHFUL GUARDIAN" IN ENGLISH, BUT, FOR TEN POINTS, WHO WAS THE "1 ~O-EYED MONSTER" WHOM HERA MADE THE WATCHMAN OF 10? ANSWER: ARGUS 8. IT WAS CALLED THE FUNDAMENTAL CONSTITUTIONS OF CAROLINA AND ESTABLISHED A LANDED ELITE WHICH WOULD HOLD TWO-FIFTHS OF ALL LAND MAKED LAWS THROUGH A COUNCIL OF NOBLES AND DISPENSE JUSTICE THROUGH MANORIAL LAW COURTS. FOR TEN POINTS, WHAT ENGLISH PHILOSOPHER HELPED ANTHONY ASHLEY COOPER CREATE THIS FEUDAL PLAN FOR AN AMERICAN COLONY? ANSWER: JOHN LOCKE 9. COMMUNISM PEAK, 24,854 FEET, IS THE SOVIET UNION'S HIGHEST MOUNTAIN. FOR TEN POINTS, IN WHAT MOUNTAIN RANGE WOULD YOU FIND IT? ANSWER: PAMIR MOUNTAINS 10. DURING THE WORLD SERIES WXIA TV OF ATLANTA BECAME CONCERNED WHY THE BRAVES UNIFORMS WERE ABLE TO STAY TO WHITE WHILE PLAYING ON NATURAL GRASS AND IN GEORIGA RED CLAY. FOR TEN POINTS, WHAT BRAND OF DETERGENT DID THE INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER DISCOVER HAD WON THE CLEANING WARS? ANSWER: AMWAY S-A-8 DETERGENT 11. WHAT IS THE VALUE OFT DIVIDED BY 41FT EQUALS NEGATIVE, 24? ANSWER: -6 12. "GOOD SENSE IS, OF ALL THINGS AMONG MEN, THE MOST EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED; FOR EVERYONE THINKS HIMSELF SO ABUNDANTLY PROVIDED WITH IT, THAT THOSE EVEN WHO ARE THE MOST DIFFICULT TO SATISFY IN EVERYTHING ELSE, DO NOT USUALLY DESIRE A LARGER MEASURE OF THIS QUALITY THAN THEY ALREADY POSSESS." FOR TEN POINTS, THIS QUOTE BEGINS WHICH FAMOUS 1637 CARTESIAN WORK, WRITTEN IN FRENCH RATHER THAN LATIN, SO THAT IT MIGHT APPEAL TO A BROADER AUDIENCE? ANSWER: DISCOURSE ON METHOD Last checked: November 1, 1991 © 1991 Tom Deaton Page 2 Practice Packet of the Month Club' Questions are for use in practices only· Not for unauthorized sale, trade or distribution .' .; Dalton College TOSS-UPS November 1991 13. E.E. CUMMINGS, WALT DISNEY, AND ERNEST HEMINGWAY ALL SHARED THE SAME WAR­ TIME OCCUPATION. FOR TEN POINTS, WHAT WAS THIS OCCUPATION? ANSWER: AMBULANCE DRIVER 14. IN HIS PAINTING OF 1885-86, HE DEPICTS TWO YOUNG GIRLS IN WHITE, LIGHTING JAPANESE LANTERNS IN A GARDEN AT TWLlGHT. A HUGE SUCCESS AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY IN 1887, IT RESIDES TODAY IN THE TATE GALLERY. FOR TEN POINTS, WHO IS THE CELEBRATED BELLE EPOCH PAINTGER OF ANSWER: JOHN SINGER SARGENT 15. HIS FIRST WORK WAS A SHORT STORY "A TRAGEDY OF ERROR" AND WHEN HE DIED IN 1916 HE WAS COMPLETING A NOVEL, THE IVORY TOWER. THIS AMERICAN'S GRAVESTONE DESCRIBED HIM TO BE AN "INTERPRETER OF HIS GENERATION ON BOTH SIDES OF THE SEA." FOR TEN POINTS, NAME THIS AUTHOR OF THE WINGS OF .•~ (DOVE, WASHINGTON SQUARE, AND PORTRAIT OF A LADY. '\\--\- ~ ANSWER: HENRY JAMES 16. ON MARCH 13, 1938, GERMAN TROOPS MARCHED INTO AUSTRIA TO "PRESERVE ORDER." HITLER SHORTLY THEREAFTER DECLARED AUSTRIA REUNITED TO GERMANY. FOR TEN POINTS, WHAT IS THE WORLD USED TO DESCRIBE THIS SUDDEN ANNEXATION OF AUSTRIA? ANSWER: ANSCHLUSS 17. NO ONE KNOWS WHO SAID, "DOES THE NAME PAVLOV RING A BELL?" BUT FOR TEN POINTS, MAY THIS QUOTE WILL RING A BELL. WHAT NINETEENTH CENTURY HUMORIST SAID , "FAMILIARITY BREEDS CHILDREN?" ANSWER: MARK TWAIN 18. BORN IN 1874, THIS NEW ENGLAND NATIVE WENT ON TO FOUND THE TEACHER'S COLLEGE OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE 1920's. HE ALSO DEVELOPED PUZZLE BOXES FOR CATS, AND IN 1931 AND 1940 PUBLISHED 2 COMPREHENSIVE DICTIONARIES FOR CHILDREN. FOR TEN POINTS, NAME THIS FAMOUS PSYCHOLOGIST. ANSWER: EDWARD LEE THORNDIKE Last checked: November 1, 1991 © 1991 Tom Deaton Page 3 Practice Packet of the Month Club· Questions are for use in practices only· Not for unauthorized sale, trade or distribution Dalton College TOSS-UPS November 1991 19. YOU KNOW THAT YOUR KIDS ARE GETTING TOO SMART WHEN THEY RESPOND TO THE QUESTION OF ASSIGNING GUILT BY SAYING, "BLAME IT ON MY CHROMOSOMES." FOR TEN POINTS, WHAT AMERICAN GENETICIST AND EMBRYOLOGIST ESTABLISHED THE CHROMOSOME THEORY OF HEREDITY? ANSWER: THOMAS HUNT MORGAN 20. THIS SPANISH PAINTER WAS BORN IN 1746 AND IS KNOWN FOR HIS DEPICTION OFTHE "CRUEL FACTS OF LIFE" AS SEEN IN "THE DREAM OF REASON," "SATURN DEVOURING HIS · CHILDREN," AND "THE THIRD OF MAY." FOR TEN POINTS, WHO WAS THIS EXPRESSIONIST ARTIST? ANSWER: FRANCISCO~ 21. FOUND IN TROPICAL SOUTH AMERICA, THIS ANIMAL MAY WEIGH UP TO 110 POUNDS AND BE UP TO FOUR FEET LONG. ALSO CALLED THE CARPINCHO OR WATER HOG, IT IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST LIVING RODENT. FOR TEN POINTS, NAME THIS THING THAT LOOKS LIKE A GIANT GUINEA PIG. ANSWER: CAPYBARA 22. IT MAKES ONE OF ITS INFREQUENT CLASSICAL APPEARANCES AS THE SOLO INSTRUMENT IN RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS'S ROMANCE, WITH ORCHESTRAL ACCOMPANIMENT. IT IS BETTER KNOWN AS A FOLK INSTRUMENT. PROBABLY INVENTED IN 1829 BY SIR CHARLES WHEATSTONE, WHO CALLED IT THE AEOLlNA, FOR TEN POINTS, WHAT IS THIS HAND-HELD, FREE-REED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT? ANSWER: HARMONICA 23. (TWO ANSWERS NEEDED) THE NAME'S ARE THE SAME BUT REVERSED. ONE WAS AN AMERICAN INVENTOR AND MANUFACTURER WHO HAD A FACTORY IN MOLINE, ILLINOIS, AND THE OTHER IS A SLANG SYNONYM FOR A JILTING LETTER. FOR TEN POINTS, WHAT ARE THESE TWO HOMOPHONIC PAIRS? ANSWER: JOHN DEERE AND DEAR JOHN Last checked: November 1, 1991 © 1991 Tom Deaton Page 4 Practice Packet of the Month Club· Questions are for use in practices only· Not for unauthorized sale, trade or distribution Dalton College TOSS-UPS November 1991 24. THE SAN JACINTO, COMMANDED BY CAPt. CHARLES WILKES, SEIZED IT ON NOVEMBER 8, 1861. HE ALLOWED THE SHIP TO GO ON AFTER REMOVING MASON AND SLIDELL, TWO CONFEDERATE DIPLOMATS, AND SENDING THEM TO PRISON. FOR TEN POINTS, NAME THIS BRITISH MAIL PACKET STEAMER WHICH GAVE THE INCIDENT ITS CODE NAME. ANSWER: THE TRENT 25. HE IS NEEDED IN THE BRONX, BUT OTHERS THINK THAT HE SHOULD STAY WITH KATIE IN CLEVELAND. FOR TEN POINTS, WHO IS THIS 497-POUND SILVERBACK GORILLA WHO· ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS ARE TRYING TO BLOCK HIS MOVEMENT TO NEW YORK FOR BREEDING PURPOSES? ANSWER: 26. SHERRY MILLER WAS SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND MAJORIE WANTZ HAD A PAINFUL PELVIC DISORDER. BOTH OF THEM TURNED TO "DR. DEATH." FOR TEN POINTS, WHO IS THE DOCTOR WHOSE SUICIDE MACHINE ALLOWED THESE WOMEN TO CHOOSE DEATH OVER A LIFE WITH PAIN? ANSWER: JACK KEVORKIAN 27. WHSILE GRACE WAS BATTERING THE SHORES FROM NORTH CAROLINA TO MAINE, A MUCH MORE LETHAL SISTER WAS CUTTING HER WAY THROUGH THE PHILIPPINES. FOR TEN POINTS, NAME THIS TYPHON THAT TOOK LIVES AND DESTROYED A LOT OF PROPERTY IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AREA. ANSWER: RUTH 28. IN HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY, MY LIFE ON THE PLAINS, HE CAST HIMSELF IN THE HEROIC MOLD OF DAVY CROCKETT AND KIT CARSON. IN THE CIVIL WAR HE WORE A BLACK VELVET UNIFORM EMBELLISHED WITH GOLD BRAID, BUT FOR INDIAN COMBAT HE SWITCHES TO A FRINGED BUCKSKIN UNIFORM SET OFF BY A CRIMSON SCARF. FOR TEN POINTS, WHO WAS THIS CALVARY OFFICER WHO THOUGHT HIS 211 MEN COULD HANDLE 1 ,000 TO 5,000 SIOUX WARRIORS? ANSWER: GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER 29. IN 1977 THIS OXFORD SCHOLAR LEFT ACADEMIA AND RETURNED TO HIS NATIVE INDIA DISILLUSIONED. THERE HE MET MEERA, A 17-YEAR-OLD MYSTIC KNOWN AS THE DIVINE MOTHER AND IT CHANGED HIS LIFE. HE HAS HAD OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCES, SEEN VISIONS OF THE DEAD PHILOSOPHER AUROBINDO AND HEARD THE "SOUND OF CREATION." FOR TEN POINTS, WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF THIS PILGRIMAGE IN HIS MEMOIR HIDDEN JOURNEY? ANSWER: ANDREW HARVEY Last checked: November 1, 1991 © 1991 Tom Deaton PageS Practice Packet of the Month Club· Questions are for use in practices only· Not for unauthorized sale, trade or distribution • J Dalton College TOSS-UPS November 1991 30. FOR TEN POINTS, HOW MANY SQUARE YARDS OF CARPETING ARE NEEDED TO CARPET A ROOM 9 FEET BY 12 FEET? ANSWER: 12 SQUARE YARDS Last checked: November 1, 1991 © 1991 Tom Deaton Page 6 Practice Packet of the Month Club· Questions are for use in practices only· Not for unauthorized sale, trade or distribution Dalton College BONUSES November 1991 DALTON COLLEGE BONUS 30 POINT BONUS 1.

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