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1. HE WAS BORN ON APRIL 22, 1870 IN A LlTILE TOWN CALLED SIMIRSK ON THE VOLGA RIVER. HE LATER BECAME ACQUAINTED WITH THE WRITINGS OF KARL MARX AND SPEARHEADED THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION. WHILE WE ALL KNOW HIM AS LENIN, WHAT WAS, FOR 10 POINTS, HIS TRUE FIRST NAME BY BIRTH?
ANSWER: NIKOLAI (Note: Vladimar was an assumed first name)
2. IT HAS LONG BEEN HAILED AS ONE OF THE GREATEST FILMS OF ALL TIME. IT WAS RE RELEASED THIS PAST YEAR FOR AN ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. FOR 10 POINTS, WHAT WAS THE FINAL WORD SPOKEN IN ORSON WELLES' MASTERPIECE, "CITIZEN KANE"?
ANSWER: ROSEBUD
3. AFTER NUMEROUS ATIEMPTS AT BREAKING INTO THE BROADCASTING FIELD AND FINDING NOTHING BUT FAILURE, HE FINALLY GAVE UP AND REVERTED TO HIS LAW PRACTICE. BUT THEN, MANY YEARS LATER, HE GOT HIS BIG BREAK ON ABC, AND TEAMED UP WITH "DANDY" DON MEREDITH AND FRANK GIFFORD TO BRING "MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL" INTO THE HOtv1ES OF AMERICAN FOOTBALL FANS. FOR 10 POINTS, NAME THIS CIGAR SMOKING SPORTSCASTING GIANT, WHO ALSO BROKE THE STORY ON THE ASSASSINATION OF THE ISRAELI ATHLETES DURING THE 1972 OLYMPICS AND WHO SUFFERED A HEART ATIACK IN THE LAST YEAR.
ANSWER: HOWARD COSELL
4. THE YEAR WAS APPROXIMATELY 1000 B.C. AND THE PLACE WAS CHINA. THIS IS THE FIRSTTIMEA CERTAIN IMPLEMENT WAS USED, THAT NOW COMES IN STRAIGHT AND ANGLED VARIETIES. FOR 10 POINTS, NAME THIS ITEM FOUND IN NEARLY EVERY BATHROOM, PRODUCED BY SUCH COMPANIES AS GUM, ORAL-B, AND BUTLER.
ANSWER: TOOTHBRUSH
5. HE SERVES AS THE CURRENT SPOKESPERSON FOR DOLLAR RENT-A-CAR. IFYOU HAVEN'T SEEN HIM IN THEIR COMMERCIALS, YOU'RE SURE TO HAVE SEEN HIM IN THIS SUMMER'S RE-RUNS OF TV's "POLICE SQUAD." FOR 10 POINTS, NAME THIS COMIC ACTOR WHOSE ROLE IN "THE NAKED GUN" HAS WON HIM INTERNATIONAL FAME.
ANSWER: LESLIE NIELSEN
6. FOR A QUICK 10 POINTS, NAME THE OFFICIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE OF NASCAR. (HINT: IT'S A BEER.)
ANSWER: BUSCH BEER
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7. FOR A QUICK 10 POINTS, IDENTIFY THE PHILOSOPHER WHO IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONCEPT OF EMPIRICISM. .
ANSWER: JOHN LOCKE
8. FOR ANOTHER QUICK 10 POINTS, WHO COMPOSED THE BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS?
ANSWER: JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
9. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT LINCOLN'S 1863 GETTYSBURG ADDRESS BEGINS WITH THE WORDS, "FOUR SCORE AND SEVEN YEARS AGO, OUR FOREFATHERS BROUGHT FORTH ON THIS CONTINENT A NEW NATION." BUT FOR 10 POINTS, JUST HOW LONG IS FOURSCORE AND SEVEN YEARS AGO?
ANSWER: 87 YEARS
10. "DEFENESTRATION" MENAS THROWING OBJECTS OUT OF WINDOWS. FOR 10 POINTS, SPELL DEFENESTRATION.
ANSWER: D-E-F-E-N-E-S-T -R-A-T -I-O-N
11. ON JULY 27, 1789, CONGRESS CREATED THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. THAT NAME DIDN'T LAST LONG, THOUGH, AND ON SEPTEMBER 15 OF THAT SAME YEAR IT WAS GIVEN A NEW NAME, THAT OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE. FOR 10 POINTS, WHO WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO HEAD THE RENAMED DEPARTMENT?
ANSWER: THOMAS JEFFERSON
12. IF YOU TAKE, IN ORDER, THE CHEMICAL SYMBOLS FOR BROMINE, ARSENIC, AND SULFUR, AND PUT THEM TOGETHER TO FORM A WORD, YOU'LL COME UP WITH "BRASS." BRASS, IN FACT, HAPPENS TO BE AN ALLOY CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF TWO OTHER ELEMENTS IN VARIABLE PROPORTIONS. ONE OF THESE ELEMENTS IS COPPER. FOR 1 0 POINTS, WHAT IS THE OTHER?
ANSWER: ZINC
13. ATLANTIS, CHALLENGER, COLUMBIA, DISCOVERY, AND ENTERPRISE ARE ALL NAMES OF AMERICAN SPACE SHUTTLES. BUT, FOR 10 POINTS, WHICH ONE NEVER ACTUALLY MADE THE JOURNEY INTO SPACE?
ANSWER: ENTERPRISE
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14. IF THE DERIVATIVE OF (SIN X) IS (COS X) AND THE DERIVATIVE OF (COS X) IS (-SIN X) THEN, FOR 10 POINTS, WHAT IS THE DERIVATIVE OF (SIN X COS X)?
ANSWER:
15. CHUCK KNOBLAUCH (NOB-LOCK) OF THE MINNESOTA TWINS WAS RECENTLY NAMED 1991 AMERICAN LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR BY THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ,/ BASEBALL WRITERS. HE IS THE FOURTH TWIN TO RECEIVE THE HONOR, TONY OLIVA BEING THE FIRST, WINNING IT IN 1964. FOR 10 POINTS, WHO IS THE LAST MINNESOTA TWIN BEFORE KNOBLAUCH TO BE NAMED ROOKIE OF THE YEAR?
ANSWER: JOHN CASTINO (NOTE: HE TIED WITH TORONTO'S ALFREDO GRIFIFN IN 1979.)
16. ONLY TWO BOOKS HAVE EVER WON THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION AND THEN HAVE HAD ITS SUBSEQUENT MOVIE VERSION WIN THE ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST PICTURE. GONE WITH THE WIND WAS ONE. FOR 10 POINTS, WHAT IS THE OTHER?
ANSWER: ALL THE KING'S MEN (NOTE: Pulitzer in 1947, Oscar in 1949.)
17. ALTHOUGH THE 1991 ELECTION IS VIEWED AS AN OFF-YEAR ELECTION, ANALYSTS SAY IT IS OF INTEREST BECAUSE OF THE NATION'S APPARENT DISILLUSIONMENT WITH PRESIDENT BUSH. THE PUNDITS' EVIDENCE IS THE DEFEAT OF FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL RICHARD THORNBURGH, WHO WAS RUNNING FOR U.S. SENATE IN, FOR 10 POINTS, WHAT STATE?
ANSWER: PENNSYLVANIA
18. THE CHAMPIONSHIP AUTO RACING TEAMS, OR CART, ORGANIZATION ANNUALLY CROWNS A ROOKIE OF THE YEAR ON THE AUTO RACING CIRCUIT. THIS YEAR'S WINNER FOLLOWS A LONG LINE OF RACING CHAMPIONS, SHARING HIS LAST NAME WITH 3 OTHER CURRENT DRIVERS. FOR 10 POINTS, NAME HIM.
ANSWER: JEFF ANDRETTI
19. WHEN UNITED AIRLINES DECIDED TO SPRUCE UP ITS IMAGE IN THE 1980'S, IT WENT BACK TO THE CLASSICAL MUSIC FILE TO FIND A NEW THEME SONG. THE ENSUING CHOICE CAN BE HEARD ON TELEVISION DURING THE ADVERTISEMENTS THAT FOLLOWS THE END OF EVERY SPORTING EVENT TO WHICH UNITED AIRLINES HAS PROVIDED TRAVEL SERVICE. FOR 10 POINTS, NAME UNITED'S NEW JINGLE, A GEORGE GERSHWIN CLASSIC.
ANSWER: RHAPSODY IN BLUE
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20. IF YOU'VE EVER WATCHED ANY OF THE OLDER NFL FILMS PRODUCTIONS AT THE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME OR ON LATE NIGHT ESPN, YOU KNOW THE THUNDERING, OMINOUS NARRATOR'S VOICE TO WHICH I AM REFERRING. By USING COLORFUL DESCRIPTIONS SUCH AS ''THE FROZEN TUNDRA OF GREEN BAY'S LAMBEAU FIELD," THE NARRATOR BECAME QUITE FAMOUS IN FOOTBALL CIRCLES. HIS DEATH SEVERAL YEARS AGO FORCED NFL FILMS TO FIND A NEW NARRATOR, ONLY ITS SECOND EVER. FOR 10 POINTS, NAME THE MAN WHO WILL BE FOREVER BE REMEMBERED AS THE VOICE OF NFL FILMS.
ANSWER: JOHN FACENDA
21. SHE IS REVERED AS ONE OF THE GREAT WOMEN AND BLACK WRITERS OF MODERN TIMES. SHE WON THE 1988 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION FOR A GHOST STORY ENTITLED BELOVED. HER OTHER BOOKS INCLUDE SULA, SONG OF SOLOMON, AND TAR BABY. FOR 10 POINTS, NAME THIS OHIOAN.
ANSWER: TONI MORRISON
22. WHILE EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THE BEATLES WERE COMPRISED OF JOHN, PAUL, RINGO, AND GEORGE, FEW KNOW THAT ONLY ONE OTHER MUSICIAN WAS GIVEN SEPARATE CREDIT FROM THE BEATLES ON A SINGLE, "GET BACK." FOR 10 POINTS, NAME HIM.
ANSWER: BILLY PRESTON
23. TALK RADIO, THE DOORS, AND WALL STREET ARE ALL FILMS THAT WERE, FOR 10 POINTS, DIRECTED BY WHOM?
ANSWER: OLIVER STONE
24. ACCORDING TO PHYSICISTS, THERE ARE 4 FUNDAMENTAL FORCES IN THE UNIVERSE. THREE OF THEM ARE GRAVITY, WEAK NUCLEAR FORCE, AND STRONG NUCLEAR FORCE. FOR 10 POINTS, WHAT IS THE FOURTH?
ANSWER: ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCE
25. IN SHAKESPEARE'S JULIUS CAESAR, WHO DID MARK ANTONY CALL, FOR 10 POINTS, "THE NOBLEST ROMAN OF THEM ALL?"
ANSWER: MARCUS BRUTUS
26. IN ISAAC ASIMOV'S FAMOUS EMPIRE AND FOUNDATION NOVELS, WHAT, FOR 10 POINTS, IS THE NAME OF THE PLANET THAT IS THE CAPITAL OF THE GALACTIC EMPIRE?
ANSWER: TRANTOR
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27. JUDGE CLARENCE THOMAS' TESTIMONY AT HIS SENATE CONFIRMATION HEARINGS MAY HAVE BEEN CONTROVERSIAL, BUT PERSONAL TESTIMONY AT THESE HEARINGS IS NOT A RELATIVELY NEW THING. FOR 10 POINTS, WHO WAS THE FIRST SUPREME COURT JUSTICE TO TESTIFY AT HIS OWN CONFIRMATION HEARING?
ANSWER: FELIX FRANKFURTER
28. AMONG HIS LESS SUCCESSFUL WORKS WERE A 1958 MUSICAL ABOUT A BOY WHO HATED HIS PIANO TEACHER, AND AN ADULT NOVEL CALLED THE SEVEN LADY GOD/VAS. FOR 10 POINTS, NAME THIS BELOVED AND RECENTLY DECEASED CHILDRENS' AUTHOR.
ANSWER: THEODORE SEUSS GEISEL OR DR. SEUSS
29. THE TITLE OF U.S. POET LAUREATE WAS CREATED BY CONGRESS IN 1985. ROBERT PENN WARREN WAS THE FIRST. FOR 10 POINTS, WHO IS THE CURRENT U.S. POET LAUREATE?
ANSWER: JOSEPH BRODSKY
30. A CERTAIN CIVIL WAR GENERAL IS FAMOUS FOR HAVING ALLOWED A WAGON OF "SOILED DOVES" TO TRAVEL WITH HIS FORCES SO THAT HE COULD ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR CAMP FOLLOWERS WHO OFTEN SPIED FOR THE CONFEDERACY. HE SHARES HIS LAST NAME WITH A NOT SO NOBLE, BUT VERY OLD FEMALE PROFESSION. FOR 10 POINTS, NAME HIM.
ANSWER: GENERAL JOSEPH HOOKER
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20 POINT BONUS 1. THIS WORD FIRST CAME INTO USE DURING THE PENINSULA WAR OF 1808-1814. NAPOLEAN'S FORCES HAD INVADED SPAIN, BUT SPANISH CIVILIANS ROSE UP TOGETHER AND EVENTUALLY PUSHED THE FRENCH FORCES OUT OF THE COUNTRY. THE HIT-AND RUN, AMBUSH TACTICS EMPLOYED BY THE SPANIARDS COINED A TERM FOR A CIVILIAN SOLDIER WHO WORKS TO PESTER AND ANNOY THE ENEMY IN HOPES OF SHOWING THE ENEMY THAT THE FIGHT IS NOT WORTH IT. FOR 20 POINTS, NAME THIS SPANISH TERM THAT IS FREQUENTLY USED IN REFERRING TO THE U.S.-BACKED CONTRAS OF NICARAGUA AND OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED.
ANSWER: GUERILLA
25 POINT BONUS 2. HE LIVED FROM 1814 TO 1876 AND IS NOW CLASSIFIED AS AN ANARCHIST. HIS STATED GOALS WERE TO ELIMINATE THE GOVERNMENT AND CREATE SELF-SUFFICIENT COMMUNES. HE WAS THE FIRST TO TRANSLATE THE "COMMUNIST MANIFESTO" INTO RUSSIAN AND SERVED AS A KEY ADVISER TO LENIN DURING THE REVOLUTION. FOR 25 POINTS, NAME HIM.
ANSWER: MIKHAIL BAKUNIN
25 POINT BONUS 3. HERBERT HOOVER WAS THE PRESIDENT WHO ESTABLISHED THE PRESS SECRETARY AS A PERMANENT MEBER OF HIS STAFF. AS TIME HAS PASSED, THE PRESS SECRETARY HAS GAINED MORE RESPONSIBILITIES IN STAGING NOT ONLY PRESS CONFERENCES, BUT DETERMING WHAT INFORMATION THE PRESS NEEDS TO KNOW. FOR 5 POINTS EACH, AND A 5 POINT BONUS FOR GETTING ALL FOUR, WHO WERE THE PRESS SECRETARIES TO PRESIDENTS CARTER, REGAN, AND NOW PRESIDENT BUSH?
ANSWERS: JODIE POWELL, JAMES BRADY, LARRY SPEAKS, AND MARLON FITZWATER
30 POINT BONUS 4. WE'VE ALL HEARD IT, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN ALL REMMBER IT. You KNOW, IT'S THAT ANNOYNG LITTLE JINGLE THAT LOEW'S THEATERS USES TO PROMOTE ITSELF AT THE START OF EACH PICTURE. FOR 30 POINTS, GIVE ME ALL 13 WORDS TO THE LYRICS OF THE LOEW'S JINGLE.
ANSWER: THANK YOU FOR COMING TO LOEW'S. SIT BACK AND RELAX. ENJOY THE SHOW.
. . . . . , 25 POINT BONUS 5. IT HAS PROVEN TO BE ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SITCOMS EVER LAUNCHED BY NBC. IT HAS MAINTAINED THE SAME 4 PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS AND ACTRESSES ON EVERY EPISODE. FOR 5 POINTS EACH, AND A BONUS OF 5 POINTS FOR GETTING ALL FOUR, WHO ARE THE FOUR ACTRESSES WHO PLAY "THE GOLDEN GIRLS?"
ANSWER: BEA ARTHUR, BETTY WHITE, ESTELLE GETTY, AND RUE MCCLANAHAN
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30 POINT BONUS 6. AT THE HEIGHT OF THE COLD WAR, THE U.S. LOVED TO SUPPORT ANTI-COMMUNIST REBELS IN COUNTRIES EITHER RULED BY A COMMUNIST/MARXIST REGIME OR THE U.S.S.R. ITSELF. FOR 10 POINTS EACH:
1. WHAT GROUP OF REBELS DID WE FINANCE IN NICARAGUA? ANSWER: CONTRAS
2. WHAT GROUP OF REBELS DID WE BACK IN ANGOLA? ANSWER: UNITAS
3. WHAT REBEL GROUP DID WE SUPPORT IN AFGHANISTAN? ANSWER: MUJAHADEEN (Moo-ja-ha-deen)
20 POINT BONUS 7. CONSIDERED BY SOME TO BE THE FATHER OF MODERN MUSIC, THIS 16TH AND 17TH CENTURY COMPOSER FOUNDED BAROQUE MUSIC. FOR 20 POINTS, NAME THIS "SI CH'IO VORREI MORIRE" AND "ZEFIRO TORNA."
ANSWER: CALUDIO MONTEVERDI
20 POINT BONUS 8. THE BRITISH EMPIRE RULED OVER INDIA FROM THE 19TH CENTURY UNTIL 1947. FOR 20 POINTS, NAME THE FORMER CAPITAL OF THE BRITISH RAJ, OR KINGDOM.
ANSWER: CALCUTTA
20 POINT BONUS 9. WHEN HE SERVED AS SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, HE WENT OUT AND HIRED A GROUP OF 'WHIZ KIDS" TO FIND BETTER WAYS TO FORMULATE A BUDGET. THE RESULT WAS "PROGRAM BUDGETING" OR PPBS, WHICH IS STILL USED IN SOME FORM SOMEDAY. AFTER HIS TENURE OF SECRETARY WAS OVER, HE WENT ON TO BECOME PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD BANK AND ENDORSED ALL SORTS OF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOR 3RD WORLD NATIONS. FOR 20 POINTS, NAME HIM.
ANSWER: ROBERT MACNAMARA
30 POINT BONUS 10. As EVERYONE KNOWS, THE EIGHT COLLEG'ES OF THE INY LEAGUE ARE DARTMOUTH, HARVARD, YALE, BROWN, COLUMBIA, PRINCETON, CORNELL, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. NOW, ALL OR NOTHING, FOR 30 POINTS GIVE THE CITIES AND STATES IN WHICH THESE INSTITUTIONS ARE LOCATED.
A~isWERS: DARTMC)'UTH HANOVER, N H
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HARVARD CAMBRIDGE, MA YALE NEW HAVEN, .QI BROWN PROVIDENCE, ill COLUMBIA NEW YORK CITY, NY PRINCETON PRINCETON, NJ CORNELL ITHACA, NY U . PENN PHILADELPHIA, PA
30-20-10 POINT BONUS 11. IDENTIFY THIS PERSON FROM THE FOLLOWING CLUES, SCORING 30 POINTS AFTER THE FIRST CLUE, 20 AFTER THE SECOND, AND 10 AFTER THE THIRD:
1. HE WAS BORN JAN LUDWIG HOCH IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND CHANGED HIS NAME TO IVAN DU MAURIER AND THEN LESLIE JONES BEFORE SETTLING ON HIS FINAL NAME.
2. AFTER WORLD WAR II, HE WAS PUT IN CHARGE OF GERMANY'S NEWLY ESTABLISHED DEMOCRATIC PRESS. IN 1951, HE BOUGHT PERGAMON PRESS, AND BEGAN BUILDING A MEDIA EMPIRE SPANNING 16 COUNTRIES.
3. DURING THE 1960'S, HE BECAME A MEMBER OF THE BRITISH LABOUR PARTY AND WAS ELECTED TO PARLIAMENT. HIS $1.7 BILLION NETWORK OF MEDIA ENTERPRISES INCLUDED THE LONDON DAIL Y MIRROR, MACMILLAN PUBLISHING, AND HIS FINAL ACQUISITION, THE NEW YORK DAIL Y NEWS.
ANSWER: IAN ROBERT MAXWELL
20 POINT BONUS 12. AFTER HIS EXECUTION BY A UTAH FIRING SQUAD IN 1911, THIS UNION ORGANIZER'S ASHES WERE DIVIDED UP AND MAILED TO SUPPORTERS, IN KEEPING WITH HIS FINAL REQUEST THAT HIS BODY END UP ANYWHERE BUT UTAH. FOR 10 POINTS EACH, IDENTIFY THIS SONGWRITER AND MARTYR OF THE EARLY AMERICAN LABOR MOVEMENT, AND EITH THE FULL NAME OR THE NICKNAME OF THE ORGANIZATION TO WHICH HE BELONGED.
ANSWER: JOE HILL THE INTERNATIONAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD OR THE WOBBLIES OR IWW.
25 POINT BONUS 13. MANY MOVIES BEAR LITTLE RESEMBLANCE TO THE BOOK SON WHICH THEY ARE BASED; IN FACT, THE DIFFERENT TITLES ARE OFTEN THE MOST NOTICEABLE CHANGES. I'LL GIVE THE TITLES OF THE BOOK OR SHORT STORY, AND YOU PROVIDE, FOR 5 POINTS EACH, THE TITLE OF THE SUBSEQUENT MOVIE.
1. Do ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? ANSWER: BLADE RUNNER
2. SHOELESS JOE ANSWER: FIELD OF DREAMS
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. 3. WHO GOES THERE? ANSWER: THE THING
4. REOALERT ANSWER: DR. STRANGELOVE ,OR How I LEARNED To STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB.
5. I CAN'T REMEMBER IT FOR You WHOLESALE ANSWER: TOTAL RECALL
30 POINT BONUS 14. THE ARMY-NAVY FOOTBALL GAME HELD ANNUALLY IS RICH IN TRADITION. THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT A PRIME CATEGORY FOR A COLLEGE BOWL QUESTION SUCH AS THIS ONE. FIRST, FOR 10 POINTS, NAME THE STADIUM WITH A VERY APPROPRIATE NAME IN WHICH THE GAME IS CURRENTLY PLAYED. NEXT, FOR ANOTHER 10 POINTS, NAME THE STADIUM THAT PRECEEDED THE CURRENT ONE AS HOME OF THE GAME. IT STILL STANDS, BUT WAS SHUT DOWN BECAUSE IT BECAME STURCTURALLY UNSAFE. AND FINALLY, FOR A THIRD 10 POINTS, NAME THE CITY IN WHICH ONE CAN FIND BOTH THESE STADIUMS.
ANSWER: VETERANS STADIUM (THE CURRENT ONE) J.F.K. STADIUM (THE PREVIOUS ONE) PHILADELPHIA, PA
20 POINT BONUS 15. IT WAS ANOTHER CLOSE CONTEST COMING DOWN TO THE WIRE FOR THE OAKLAND RAIDERS COACHED BY JOHN MADDEN IN THE LATE 1970's. WHEN THE CLOCK STRUCK 7:00 PM IN THE EASTERN TIME ZONE, THOUGH , VIEWERS WERE SUDDENLY SWITCHED AWAY FROM THE LIVE TELECAST TO THE "NBC SUNDAY NIGHT MOVIE." THE RAIDERS WOULD GO ON TO NOTCH A COME-FROM-BEHIND WIN ON THEIR FINAL POSSESSION, BUT BECAUSE OF THE SNAFU AT NBC HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK, NOBODY IN THE EASTERN TIME ZONE KNEW IT. THIS GAME HAS COME TO BE KNOWN FOR THE MOVIE THAT NBC ACCIDENTALLY RAN INSTEAD. FOR 10 POINTS, NAM E THIS MOVIE.
ANSWER: HEIDI
20 POINT BONUS 16. WHILE LITHUANIA, LATVIA, AND ESTONIA ARE THE THREE NEWEST COUNTRIES ON THE MAP, THEY ARE EASY TO REMEMBER TO REMEMBER BECAUSE THEIR NAMES HAVE NOT CHANGED. FOR 5 POINTS EACH, GIVE THE PREVIOUS NAME OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES:
1. MYNANMAR ANSWER: BURMA
2. BURKINA FASO ANSWER: UPPER VOLTA
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3. BELIZE ANSWER: BRITISH HONDURAS
4. SRI LANKA AANSWER: CEYLON
25 POINT BONUS 17. How WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR EMPERORS? FOR 5 POINTS APIECE AND BONUS OF 5 FOR GETTING ALL FOUR, NAME THE ROMAN RULERS WHO SERVED DURING THE YEAR OF THE FOUR EMPERORS, A.D. 69.
ANSWER: OTHO, GALBA, VITELLI US, AND VESPASIAN
25 POINT BONUS 18. THERE ARE ONLY 5 PERFECT, OR PYTHAGOREAN, SOLIDS. FOR 5 POINTS EACH, NAME THEM.
ANSWER: TETRAHEDRON, ~, OCTAHEDRON, ICOSAHEDRON, AND DODECAHEDRON
20 POINT BONUS 19. ADA IS WELL KNOWN AS BEING ONE OF THE FIRST COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES EVER DEVELOPED. Two QUESTIONS CAN THUS BE ASKED:
1. FIRST, THE ADA FOR WHICH THE LANGUAGE IS NAMED WAS THE DAUGHTER OF A NOTED BRITISH POET. FOR 10 POINTS, NAME HIM. ANSWER: LORD BYRON
2. SECOND, THE WORD "ADA" IS A SPECIAL YPE OF WORD THAT READS THE SAME BACKWARD AS IT DOES FORWARD. FOR 10 POINTS, BY WHAT TERM DO WE CALL SUCH WORDS? ANSWER: PALINDROME
20 POINT BONUS 20. BIBLICAL MALES OFTEN RECEIVE MUCH MORE CREDIT THAN THEIR WIVES. I'LL GIVE YOU 2 HEORES OF THE OLD TESTAMENT AND FOR 10 POINTS EACH, YOU TELL ME THE NAMES OF THEIR WIVES.
1. ABRAHAM ANSWER: SARAH
2. MOSES ANSWER: ZIPPORAH (TSE-POUR-AH)
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30 POINT BONUS 21. IN THIS BONUS, I'LL NAME SOME PRODUCTS PRODUCED BY THE SAME COMPANY, AND FOR 10 POINTS, YOU TELL ME THAT COMPANY.
1. STOVE TOp STUFFING AND MINUTE RICE ANSWER: GENERAL FOODS
2. CARRIER AIR CONDITIONERS AND OTIS ELEVATORS ANSWER: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES
3. A-1 STEAK SAUCE AND RITZ CRACKERS ANSWER: R.J. REYNOLDS OR NABISCO OR RJR-NABISCO
30 POINT BONUS 22. THERE ARE FOUR "PEOPLE'S REPUBLICS" ON THE AFRICAN CONTIENT. FOR 10 POINTS EACH, NAME ANY THREE.
ANSWER: ANGOLA, BENIN, THE CONGO, AND MOZAMBIQUE
25 POINT BONUS 23. THERE WRE 18 KING LOUIES IN FRENCH HISTORY, AND NAOT ALL OF THEM WERE LOVED BY THE PEOPLE. FOR 5 POINTS EACH, AND A BONUS OF 5 POINTS FOR ALL FOUR, WHICH LOUIS WAS KNOWN AS:
1. THE FAT ANSWER: LOUIS VI (THE 6TH)
2. THE STAMMERER ANSWER: LOUIS 11 (THE 2ND)
3. THE HEADSTRONG ANSWER: LOUIS X (THE 10TH)
4. THE SLUGGARD ANSWER: LOUIS V (THE 5TH)
20 POINT BONUS 24. FOR 5 POINTS EACH, IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE AND PLACES FROM HOMER'S THE ODYSSEY.
1. WHO WAS ODYSSEUS' SON? ANSWER: TELEMACHUS (TE-LEHM-A-KOS)
2. WHO WAS ODYSSEUS' WIFE? ANSWER: PENELOPE
3. WHICH GODDESS HELPED SAVE ODYSSEUS?
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ANSWER: PALLAS ATH ENA
4. WHAT WAS ODYSSEUS' HOME ISLAND CALLED? ANSWER: ITHAKA
30 POINT BONUS 25. FOR 10 POINTS EACH, IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS FROM THE CLUES GIVEN.
1. IT EXTENDS THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS. ANSWER: SECOND AMENDMENT
2. IT PROHIBITS CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT. ANSWER: EIGHTH AMENDMENT
3. IT ENDED PROHIBITION, REPEALING THE EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT. ANSWER: TWENTY-FIRST AMENDMENT
20 POINT BONUS 26. FOR 10 POINTS EACH, IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE AND PLACES FROM THE EpIC OF GILGAMESH.
1. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF GILGAMESH'S HOME CITY? ANSWER: .!.!.8..U.K
2. WHO WAS THE GODDESS OF LOVE AND WAR IN BABYLONIAN MYTHOLOGY? ANSWER: . ISHTAR
25 POINT BONUS 27. EVER HEARD OF THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE ApOCOLYPSE? IN THE BOOK OF REVELATIONS IN THE BIBLE, 4 FIGURES RIDING CLOR-CODED HORSES ARE SAID TO SYMBOLIZE THE EVILS TO COME AT THE END OF THE WORLD. NAME THE EVIL ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF THESE FOUR COLORS FOR 5 POINTS A PEICE AND A BONUS OF 5 POINTS FOR CORRECTLY ANSWERING ALL FOUR.
1. WHITE ANSWER: CONQUEST
2. RED ANSWER: WAR
3. BLACK ANSWER: FAMINE
4. PALE ANSWER: PLAGUE
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