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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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DALTON COLLEGE BONUS 30 POINT BONUS 1. IT IS TIME FOR NUTRITION SO LET'S SEE HOW WELL YOU KNOW YOUR FAT, CALORIES, AND NUTRITION. FOR TEN POINTS EACH: A. WHICH OF THESE FAST FOODS HAS THE MOST SATURATED FAT? MCDONALD'S MCD. L.T., PIZZA HUT THIN 'N CRISPY, PIZZA HUT MEDIUM SUPREME PIZZA (2 SLICES), BURGER KING GREAT DANISH, HARDEE'S SAUSAGE & EGG BISCUIT B. WHICH SALAD DRESSING HAS THE MOST FAT AND CALORIES? WEIGHT WATCHER'S CREAMY ITALIAN, WISH-BONE BLENDED ITALIAN, WISH-BONE ITALIAN, SEVEN SEAS CREAMY ITALIAN REDUCED CALORIE C. HOW MANY SERVINGS OF POST HONEY BUNCHES OF OATS CEREAL WOULD YOU HAVE TO EAT TO GET AS MUCH OAT BRAN AS YOU'D GET IN A BOWL OF OAT-BRAN CEREAL? 1, 7, 14,28?
ANSWER: A. BURGER KING GREAT DANISH (23 GRAMS OF FAT) B. WEIGHT WATCHER'S CREAMY ITALIAN (10 GRAMS OF FAT & 100 CALORIES IN 2 TBLS) C . .2.6.
25 POINT BONUS 2. Now THAT THE WORLD SERIES IS OVER, IT IS TIME FOR WORLD SERIES QUESTIONS. A. FOR FIVE POINTS, WHO WAS THE MOST VALUABLE PLAYER B. FOR FIVE POINTS EACH, WHO WERE THE OTHER TWO TWINS PITCHERS WHO WERE CREDITED WITH THE OTHER TWO WINS? C. FOR TEN POINTS, OF THE HIGHLY ACCLAIMED BRAVES PITCHING STAFF OF STEVE AVERY, TOM GLAVINE AND JOHN SMOLTZ, WHICH ONE ACTUALLY WAS CREDITED WITH A WORLD SERIES WIN FROM A STARTING ROLE.
ANSWER: A. JACKMORRIS B. KEVIN TAPANAI AND MARK AGULARIA C. TOM GLAVINE
30 POINT BONUS 3. HALLOWEEN IS UPON US AND TIME FOR HORROR STORIES. TEN POINTS FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER A. THOMAS DISCH TELLS THE STORY OF BILLY MICHAELS WHO IS GRANTED AT THE AGE OF SIX THE UNHOLY POWER OF THE CADUCEUS: HEALING EXHAUSTS ITS MIGHT WHILE HURTING RESTORES ITS STRENGTH. HIS CURES MAKE HIM RICH, BUT HE MUST DOLE OUT AFFLICTIONS INCREASINGLY. FOR TEN POINTS, NAME THE BOOK B. HOUSES WITHOUT DOORS IS A NEW COLLECTION OF SHORT FICTION BY THE BEST SELLING AUTHOR OF GHOST STORY. KOKO, AND MYSTERY. FOR TEN POINTS, WHO IS THE AUTHOR? C. THE WITCHING HOUR IS THE STORY OF BEAUTIFUL YOUNG SURGEON-WITCH PURSUED BY A DEMON LOVER IN THIS GHOST STORY-WITCH HUNT-TRAGIC ROMANCE. FOR TEN POINTS, WHO IS THIS FAMOUS AUTHORESS OF FICTION?
ANSWER: A. THE M.D.
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B. -PETER STRAUB C. ANNE RICE
30 POINT BONUS 4. BELIEVE IT OR NOT MAIN STREET IS NOT THE MOST POPULAR STREET NAME IN THE UNITED STATES. FOR FIVE POINTS EACH, WITH A POSSIBLE OF 30 POINTS TOTAL, NAME SIX OF THE TOP TEN MOST COMMON STREET NAMES IN THE U.S.
ANSWER: PARK. WASHINGTON, MAPLE, OAK, LINCOLN, WALNUT, ELM, JEFFERSON, HIGHLAND, MADISON
30 POINT BONUS 5. IDENTIFY THIS WRITER ON A 30-20-1 0 BASIS. 1. BORN IN HUNGARY IN1905, HE WROTE ON A WIDE VARIETY OF TOPICS. AMONG HIS SCIENTIFIC AND PHILOSOPHICAL WORKS ARE THE SLEEP WALKERS AND THE THIRTEENTH TRIBE. HIS NOVELS INCLUDE THE GLADIATORS AND THE CALL GIRLS. 2. HE LIVED BOTH IN BRITAIN AND AMERICA, AND LIKE MANY OF THE INTELLECTUALS OF HIS GENERATION HE WAS AFFILIATED WITH THE COMMUNIST MOVEMENT, BUT BECAME DISILLUSIONED DURING STALIN'S 1930's PURGES. HE WAS A CONTRIBUTOR TO THE ANTI TOTALITARIAN WORK THE GOD THAT FAILED. 3. AMONG HIS OTHER WORKS ARE THE GHOST IN THE MACHINE AND THE NOVEL DARKNESS AT NOON, WHICH ANALYZED THE PSYCHOLOGY OF VICTIMS OF STALIN'S 1930'S PURGES. IN MARCH OF 1983 HE AND HIS WIFE COMMITTED DOUBLE SUICIDE IN THEIR LONDON HOME.
ANSWER: ARTHUR KOESTLER
20 POINT BONUS 6. IT IS THE THEORY THAT TRANSMISSION OF TRAITS IS CAUSED BY EVERY CELL'S THROWING OFF PARTICLES WHICH ARE THEN COLECTED IN THE REPRODUCTIVE CELLS, THUS INSURING THAT EACH CELL IS REPRESENTED IN GERM CELLS. FOR TWENTY POINTS, WHAT IS THE THEORY?
ANSWER: PANGENESIS
20 POINT BONUS 7. IN 1855 NEW YORK CITY ESTABLISHED A SPECIAL FACILITY FOR ADMITTING IMMIGRANTS. A. FOR TEN POINTS WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE FACILITY? B. THIS FACILTY WAS LATER EXPANDED TO INCLUDE ELLIS ISLAND WHICH IS AROUND A 100 YEARS OLD. BUT FOR TEN POINTS, EXACTLY WHAT YEAR WAS ELLIS ISLAND SET UP?
ANSWER: A. CASTLE GARDEN B.~
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30 POINT BONUS 8. IDENTIFY THIS CHEMIST AND PHYSICIST ON A 30-20-10 BASIS. A. HE WAS BORN IN ENGLAND IN 1766. HE BECAME A TEACHER AT A QUAKER SCHOOL AT AGE 12, AND AT 24 HE TAUGHT AT THE NEW COLLEGE OF MANCHESTER. B. HIS STUDY ON GASES LED TO THE LAW OF PARTIAL PRESSURES. CHARLES' LAW ON GASES SHOULD ALSO BE CREDITED TO HIM. C. HE DEVELOPED THE ATOMIC THEORY AND ARRANGED THE RELATIVE WEIGHT OF ATOMS INTO A TABLE.
ANSWER: JOHN DALTON
30 POINT BONUS 9. EVERYONE REMEMBERS THE SONG ABOUT CORN BEING AS "HIGH AS AN ELEPHANT'S EYE AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S CLIMBING CLEAR UP TO THE SKY." BUT FOR FIVE POINTS EACH AND A TOTAL OF 30 POINTS, NAME SIX OF THE ELEVEN STATES CONSIDERED TO BE THE CORN BELT. BE CAREFUL, ONE MISS WILL STOP YOU.
ANSWER: ILLINOIS. INDIANA. IOWA. KANSAS. MICHIGAN. MINNESOTA. MISSOURI. NEBRASKA. SOUTH DAKOTA. WISCONSIN
30 POINT BONUS 10. IDENTIFY THE ACTOR OR ACTRESS FROM THE CLUES GIVEN 10 POINTS FOR EACH, 30 POINTS POSSIBLE. 1. SHE WAS BORN IN CHICAGO IN 1933. HER MOVIE CREDITS INCLUDE BELL. BOOK AND CANDLE, VERTIGO. PICNIC. AND THE NOTORIOUS LANDLADY. 2. BORN IN CADIZ, OHIO IN 1901 , HE DIED IN 1960 WHILE WORKING ON HIS LAST MOVIE. HE APPEARED IN THE PAINTED DESERT. CALL OF THE WILD. AND MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935 VERSION). 3. A POPULAR AND SUCCESSFUL CHARACTER ACTRESS, SHE WAS BORN IN BROOKLYN IN 1905. HER CREDITS INCLUDE THE MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET. ALL ABOUT EVE. REAL WINDOW. PILLOW TALK. AND THE MISFITS.
ANSWER: A. KIM NOVAK B. CLARK GABLE C. THELMA RITTER
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25 POINT BONUS 11. BY STUDYING NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES, TWO LINGUISTS FORMULATED A DETERMINISTIC HYPOTHESIS CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF LANGUAGE STRUCTURE ON THE CULTURE OF ITS SPEAKERS. THE HYPOTHESIS SPECULATES THAT A LANGUAGE'S VOCABULARY AND VERB TENSES, FOR EXAMPLE, AFFECT THE WAY THE SPEAKER VIEWS THE WORLD. MOREOVER, THE HYPOTHESIS POSTULATES THAT LANGUAGE MAY BE THE ONLY SOURCE OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CULTURES. FOR 25 POINTS, IDENTIFY THIS HYPOTHESIS, KNOWN BY EITHER THE STUDENT-TEACHER TEAM THAT BEGAN ITS FORMULATION OR THE STUDENT WHO COMPLETED IT ALONE.
ANSWER: SAPIR-WHORF HYPOTHESIS OR WHORFIAN HYPOTHESIS
30 POINT BONUS 12. IDENTIFY THIS DISEASE FOR A TOTAL OF 30 POINTS IF YO.U CAN NAME IT AFTER ONE CLUE AND FOR 15 POINTS IF AFTER TWO CLUES. A. THE REPETITTIOUS SOUNDING NAME OF THIS ILLNESS ORIGINATED IN SRI LANKA, AND IT MEANS "I CANNOT." ITS SYMPTOMS INCLUDE STIFFNESS OF THE LOWER LIMBS, PARALYSIS AND PAIN. MUSCLE TISSUE GRADUALLY DEGENERATES AND ANEMIA ARISES. IN ADVANCED CASES THIS DISEASE AFFECTS THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. B. THIS DISEASE IS CAUSED BY A DEFICIENCY OF THE VITAMIN THIAMINE WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS VITAMIN B.
ANSWER: BERIBERI
20 POINT BONUS 13. IDENTIFY THE ARTIST GIVEN A LIST OF THEIR WORKS FOR A TOTAL OF 20 POINTS. 1. THE DEATH OF SARDANAPALUS. THE ABDUCTION OF REBECCA, THE LION HUNT. 2. THE ANGELUS. THE GLEANERS. THE SOWER. 3. THE SWIMMING HOLE. MAX SCHMITT IN A SINGLE SCULL, THE GROSS CLINIC 4. PRISONERS FROM THE FRONT (1866), THE GALE ... THE LOOK. "ALL'S WELL, " SNAP THE WHIP
, ANSWER: 1 . DELACROIX 2. MILLET 3. THOMAS EAKINS 4. WINSLOW HOMER
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30 POINT BONUS 14. IDENTIFY THIS AMERICAN ON A 30-20-1 0 BASIS. 1. BORN 1820 IN ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTTS, SHE BECAME A TEACHER AND LATER HEAD OF THE CANAHAJORIE ACADEMY BEFORE LEAVING TO HELP MANAGE THE FAMILY FARM IN 1849. 2. FOR TWO YEARS SHE EDITED THE REVOLUTION, A ;JOURNAL WHICH ADVOCATED WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND SHE SPOKE AROUND THE COUNTRY UNTIL 1876 TO PAY FOR ITS DEBTS. 3. IN 1869, WITH ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, SHE FORMED THE NATIONAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION. SHE DIED IN 1906.
ANSWER: SUSAN B. ANTHONY
20 POINT BONUS 15. SHE DIED IN NOVEMBER OF 1986 OF COMPLICATIONS ARISING FROM LUNG CANCER SURGERY IN DUBLIN. BEST KNOWN FOR HER ROLE IN SAINT JOAN, SHE ALSO PLAYED MISS MADRIGAL IN THE CHALK GARDEN AND PEGEEN IN THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD. IN 1970 SHE DID A ONE WOMAN SHOW ENTITLED HERE ARE THE LADIES.IN WHICH SHE PLAYED THE FEMALE GREATS OF IRISH LITERATURE. FOR 20 POINTS, IDENTIFY THIS MAINSTAY OF THE ABBEY~THEATER.
ANSWER: SIOBHAN :MCKENNA
30 POINT BONUS 16. ;How ABOUT SOME CIVIL WAR QUOTES, FOR TEN POINTS EACH, TELL ME THE AUTHOR OF EACH. 1. WHAT UNION OFFICER ISSUED THIS TERSE COMMAND AT GETTYSBURG: "DO YOU SEE THOSE COLORS? TAKE THEM." 2. WHAT FAMOUS CIVIL WAR MILITARY LEADER MADE THIS STATEMENT TO HIS CHAPLAINS: "I CAN ONLY SAY THAT I AM NOTHING BUT A POOR SINNER, TRUSTING IN CHRIST ALONE FOR SALVATION?" 3. WHAT CONFEDERATE GENERAL WAS PUBLICLY DERIDED WITH THE CHANT, "HE'S HELL ON RETREAT?"
ANSWER: 1. GENERAL WINFIELD scon HANCOCK (LATER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE) 2. ROBERT E. LEE 3. GENERAL BRAXTON BRAGG
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30 POINT BONUS 17. NOT ONLY DID THE BRAVES BRING EXCITEMENT TO ATLANTA FANS IN NEED OF A WINNER, THEY ALSO BROUGHT A NEW LOOK TO RALLY CAPS. FOR TEN POINTS EACH, I'LL DESCRIBE STHE POSITIONING OF THE HAT AND YOU TELL ME THE NAME GIVEN THE LOOK. (DESCRIPTION COURESTY OF USA TODAY) 1. BACK HALF OF CAP IS TUCKED IN. CAP IS WORN WITH THE RED BILL FACING FORWARD AND POINTING UP. THE RED BUTTON IS IN THE FRONT, ON THE FOREHEAD. 2. CAP IS WORN UPSIDE DOWN, AS IF TO HOLD WATER. THE A IS IN FRONT, UPSIDE DOWN AND THE BILL IS POINTING OUT. 3. BACK HALF OF THE CAP IS TUCKED IN. WORN SO THE BILL IS STICKING UP BUT FACING SIDEWAYS
ANSWER: 1. THE BONNET 2. THE WATER PITCHER 3. THE SHARK
30 POINT BONUS 18. ALL THOSE CONCERNED WITH OUR ENVIRONMENT ARE CONCERNED WITH THE EXPLOITATION OF THE CONTINENT OF ANTARCTICA. A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES HAVE RESEARCH STATIONS THERE, EITHER YEAR-ROUND OR SEASONAL. HOWEVER, WHO CLAIMS THE LAND. 1. FOR TEN POINTS, WHO HAS THE LARGEST TERRITORIAL CLAIMS ON ANTARCTICA? 2. FOR FIVE POINTS EACH, NAME THE NEXT FOUR LARGEST COUNTRY CLAIMS.
ANSWER: 1 . AUSTRALIA 2. BRITAIN. NEW ZEALAND. NORWAY. ARGENTINA
25 POINT BONUS 19. NIKE IS EXTREMELY EXCITED WITH THE SUCCESS OF MICHEAL JORDAN. NOW SHOE COMPANIES HAVE HAD TO COME UP WITH EXCITING NAMES JUST LIKE CAR MANUFACTURERS HAVE TO. SOME RUNNING SHOE MANUFACTURERS SIMPLY USE NUMBERS TO DESCRIBE THE SHOE TYPE, BUT I'LL NAME VARIOUS SHOE STYLES AND YOU TELL ME THE COMPANY, FOR FIVE POINTS EACH. 1. AURORA, SHADOW 6000, QUATRO, JAZZ 3000, AZURA II 2. ZOOM EXTRA, AQUA SOCK TOO, QUANTUM FORCE II HI, WAFFLE RACER 3. HARRIER RACER, VENTILATOR, PUMP RUNNING, ERS 5000 II 4. KONA, BLAST, CHARIOT HFX, KING KONG-QUEST, FLASH 5. GEL LYTE III, GEL EXULT, GT EXPRESS, GT INTENSITY MT
ANSWER: 1. SAUCONY 2. NIKE 3. REEBOK 4. BROOKS 5.~
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30 POINT BONUS 20. I'LL DESCRIBE THE MAJOR THEME OF A DIALOGUE BY PLATO, YOU IDENTIFY IT, FOR TEN POINTS EACH. 1. ITS OBJECT IS TO JUSTIFY FAITH IN IMMORTALITY AS A RATIONAL FAITH BY SHOWING THAT IT FOLLOWS FROM THE DOCTRINE OF FORMS. IT IS SINCERE IN ITS DEFENSE OF PERSONAL IMMORTALITY. 2. SUPERFICIALLY, IT IS ABOUT THE PRINCIPLE OF RHETORIC, BUT SOCRATES TURNS IT INTO A DISCOURSE 0 N THE PHILOSOPHY OF TRANSCENDENT AND SOULFUL LOVE. 3. IT DISCUSSES SOCRATES' DEATH AND WHETHER HE THREW AWAY A VALUABLE LIFE BY ALLOWING A LEGITIMATE COURT OPINION TO BE UPHELD
ANSWER: 1. PHAEDO 2. PHAEDRUS 3. CRITO
25 POINT BONUS 21. THE BRAIN IS DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS IN VERTEBRATES, THE FOREBRAIN, MIDBRAIN AND HINDBRAIN. HUMANS, OF COURSE, HAVE FAR MORE DIFFERENTIATED BRAINS, BUT IT CAN STILL BE SO DIVIDED. FOR FIVE POINTS EACH, TELL WHETHER EACH OF THESE AREAS IN THE HUMAN BRAIN IS IN THE FOREBRAIN, MIDBRAIN OR HINDBRAIN. 1. MEDULLA 2. OPRIC CENTERS 3. CEREBRUM 4. THALAMUS 5. CEREBELLUM
ANSWER: 1. HINDBRAIN 2 . MIDBRAIN 3. FOREBRAIN 4. FOREBRAIN 5. HINDBRAIN
25 POINT BONUS 22. ANY JOHN WAYNE FANS ON YOUR TEAM? I WILL NAME A JOHN WAYNE FLICK AND YOU RESPOND WITH THE NAME OF THE CHARACTER WAYNE PLAYED IN THE FILM. 1. "FORT APACHE" 2. "THE SHOOTIST" 3. "TRUE GRIT" 4. "HOW THE WEST WAS WON" 5. "THE ALAMO"
ANSWER: 1. CAPTAIN KIRBY YORK 2. JOHN BERNARD BOOKS 3. ROOSTER COGBURN 4. GENERAL JOHN B. SHERMAN 5. DAVY CROCKETT
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20 POINT BONUS 23. LETS SEE HOW WELL YOU KNOW YOUR WORDS. 10 POINTS EACH. 1. IF YOU HAD COMMITTED A SIN SUCH AS EATING A YUMMY BANANA SPLIT WHILE ON A DIET, WOULD THIS BE CONSIDERED A PARVENU, A QUANDAM, A MUEZZIN, A PECCADILLO, OR A SHILLELAGH? 2. IF YOU CONTINUED TO COMMIT CRIMES OVER AND OVER, WOULD YOU BE GUlLTV OF PROMULGATION, IMPERIALISM, RECIDIVISM, TERRA COTA, OR BRAGGADOCIO?
ANSWER: 1. PECCADILLO 2. RECIDIVISM
20 POINT BONUS 24. WE REALIZE THAT COLLEGE BOWLERS ARE NOT USUALLY INVOLVED IN SPORTS, BUT THEY KNOW ABOUT IT. OF CRADLE, FRONT ARlO, BACK ARlO, TUCK AND BOUNCE, HALF TURNTABLE, OR BRANDY, WHICH MOVEMENT ON THE TRAMPOLINE IS BEING DESCRIBED IN EACH OF THE FOLLOWING? 1. IT IS A HALF TWIST AROUND THE VERTICAL AXIS WHILE DOING A FORWARD ARlO. 2. IT CONSISTS OF A BACK DROP, THEN A HALF TWIST TO THE FEET, FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER BACK DROP.
ANSWER: 1. BRANDY 2. CRADLE
30 POINT BONUS 25. FOR TEN POINTS EACH, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING FUNDAMENTAL TRIGONOMETRIC IDENTITIES. 1. SINE SQUARED U PLUS COSINE SQUARED U EQUALS WHAT NUMBER? 2. ONE PLUS TANGENT SQUARED U EQUALS WHAT FUNCTION SQUARED? 3. ONE PLUS COTANGENT SQUARED U EQUALS WHAT FUNCTION SQUARED?
ANSWER: 1. ONE 2. SECANT 3. COSECANT
20 POINT BONUS 26. FOR FIVE POINTS EACH, IDENTIFY THE HERO THAT WAS THE ENEMY OF THESE CARTOON CHARACTERS. 1. BUZZ BUZZARD 2. EMPEROR MING OF THE PLANET MONGO 3. BLUTO 4. BLACK PETE
ANSWER: 1 . WOODY WOODPECHER 2. FLASH GORDON 3. POPEYE 4. MICKEY MOUSE
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30 POINT BONUS 27. I WILL READ A LINE FROM A HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW POEM AND FOR TEN POINTS EACH IDENTIFY THE POEM FROM WHICH IT IS TAKEN 1. "LISTEN, MY CHILDREN, AND YOU SHALL HEAR, OF THE MIDNIGHT RIDE OF PAUL REVERE." 2. "LIFE IS REAL! LIFE IS EARNEST! AND THE GRAVE IS NOT ITS GOAL." 3. "THIS IS THE FOREST PRIMEVAL. THE MURMURING PINES AND THE HEMLOCKS."
ANSWER: 1. "PAUL REVERE'S RIDE" 2. "A PSALM OF LIFE" 3. "EVANGELINE"
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