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It may be 2004 to the rest of the world, but it is the year 93 in -- for 10 points -- what nation whose unique Juche (JOO-chay) Calendar starts with the birth of Kim Il Sung?
ANSWER: NORTH KOREA OR DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA PROMPT: If KOREA is answered
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It may be 2004 to the rest of the world, but it is the year 93 in -- for 10 points -- what nation whose unique Juche (JOO-chay) Calendar starts with the birth of Kim Il Sung?
ANSWER: NORTH KOREA OR DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA PROMPT: If KOREA is answered
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Ottawa and Freeport in August; Jonesboro and Charleston in September; and Galesburg, Quincy and Alton in October. Those were the seven venues -- for 10 points -- of what series of debates in 1858?
ANSWER: LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES ACCEPT: ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND STEPHEN DOUGLAS
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Ottawa and Freeport in August; Jonesboro and Charleston in September; and Galesburg, Quincy and Alton in October. Those were the seven venues -- for 10 points -- of what series of debates in 1858?
ANSWER: LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES ACCEPT: ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND STEPHEN DOUGLAS
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If you take a normal glycerin (GLIS-uh-rin) molecule and replace the hydrogen atom of each -OH (OH AITCH) group with an -NO2 radical, you get -- for 10 points -- what vasodilator (VAS-oh-DIE-lay-ter) and extremely unstable explosive?
ANSWER: NITROGLYCERINE
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If you take a normal glycerin (GLIS-uh-rin) molecule and replace the hydrogen atom of each -OH (OH AITCH) group with an -NO2 radical, you get -- for 10 points -- what vasodilator (VAS-oh-DIE-lay-ter) and extremely unstable explosive?
ANSWER: NITROGLYCERINE
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"The Poet," "Experience," "Character," and "Politics" were four of his once very influential essays of the 1840s. The two best known were likely "The Over-Soul" and "Self-Reliance." For 10 points -- who was this central figure of the New England Transcendentalists?
ANSWER: RALPH WALDO EMERSON
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"The Poet," "Experience," "Character," and "Politics" were four of his once very influential essays of the 1840s. The two best known were likely "The Over-Soul" and "Self-Reliance." For 10 points -- who was this central figure of the New England Transcendentalists?
ANSWER: RALPH WALDO EMERSON
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Coming next month: the big-screen version of another TV series, whose pitch is: "Two street-wise cops bust criminals in their red and white Ford Torino with the help of a police snitch, Huggy Bear." For 10 points -- name this film whose original 1975 series starred David Soul and Paul Michael Glaser.
ANSWER: STARSKY AND HUTCH
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Coming next month: the big-screen version of another TV series, whose pitch is: "Two street-wise cops bust criminals in their red and white Ford Torino with the help of a police snitch, Huggy Bear." For 10 points -- name this film whose original 1975 series starred David Soul and Paul Michael Glaser.
ANSWER: STARSKY AND HUTCH
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Penguin's English edition of it saw a five-fold increase in U.S. sales after the September 11 attacks and, within 45 days, it had made USA Today's Best-Selling Books List for the first time ever. For 10 points -- name this 7th century book of revelation.
ANSWER: THE KORAN
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Penguin's English edition of it saw a five-fold increase in U.S. sales after the September 11 attacks and, within 45 days, it had made USA Today's Best-Selling Books List for the first time ever. For 10 points -- name this 7th century book of revelation.
ANSWER: THE KORAN
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The parallel lines in its symbol represent stability, while its overall shape was inspired by the Greek letter epsilon (EP-sih-lon). This -- for 10 points -- is the symbol for what currency unit?
ANSWER: EUROS
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The parallel lines in its symbol represent stability, while its overall shape was inspired by the Greek letter epsilon (EP-sih-lon). This -- for 10 points -- is the symbol for what currency unit?
ANSWER: EUROS
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It was inevitable that professional odds-makers would recalculate his chances of getting into the Baseball Hall of Fame after he published the 2004 "come clean" memoir My Prison Without Bars. For 10 points -- who is this retired player and manager with a gambling problem?
ANSWER: PETE ROSE
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It was inevitable that professional odds-makers would recalculate his chances of getting into the Baseball Hall of Fame after he published the 2004 "come clean" memoir My Prison Without Bars. For 10 points -- who is this retired player and manager with a gambling problem?
ANSWER: PETE ROSE
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He was Columbia University's first anthropology professor, and mentored noted anthropologists Ruth Benedict, Zora Neale Hurston and Margaret Mead. For 10 points -- who was this German-born pioneer of American anthropology and cultural relativism, author of The Mind of Primitive Man?
ANSWER: FRANZ BOAS (BOH-as or BOH-ahz)
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He was Columbia University's first anthropology professor, and mentored noted anthropologists Ruth Benedict, Zora Neale Hurston and Margaret Mead. For 10 points -- who was this German-born pioneer of American anthropology and cultural relativism, author of The Mind of Primitive Man?
ANSWER: FRANZ BOAS (BOH-as or BOH-ahz)
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Now in his 90s, he's chosen "Curiosity didn't kill this cat" as his epitaph, published his 13th oral history Hope Dies Last and is at work on his 14th about popular music and his years as a Chicago DJ. For 10 points -- who is this dean of oral historians, nicknamed "Studs"?
ANSWER: (LEWIS) "STUDS" TERKEL
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Now in his 90s, he's chosen "Curiosity didn't kill this cat" as his epitaph, published his 13th oral history Hope Dies Last and is at work on his 14th about popular music and his years as a Chicago DJ. For 10 points -- who is this dean of oral historians, nicknamed "Studs"?
ANSWER: (LEWIS) "STUDS" TERKEL
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In 2003, the American Institute of Architects named this city as having the best architecture in the U.S. It's home to Louis Sullivan's Carson Pirie (PEER-ee) Scott Building and Frank Lloyd Wright's Robey House. For 10 points -- what city, also home to the Sears Tower?
ANSWER: CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
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In 2003, the American Institute of Architects named this city as having the best architecture in the U.S. It's home to Louis Sullivan's Carson Pirie (PEER-ee) Scott Building and Frank Lloyd Wright's Robey House. For 10 points -- what city, also home to the Sears Tower?
ANSWER: CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
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It has just over 7,000 people but more than 2,000 monuments, including the Eternal Light Peace Memorial dedicated by FDR in 1938. For 10 points -- what is this seat of Adams County, Pennsylvania, famous for a spoken address?
ANSWER: GETTYSBURG
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It has just over 7,000 people but more than 2,000 monuments, including the Eternal Light Peace Memorial dedicated by FDR in 1938. For 10 points -- what is this seat of Adams County, Pennsylvania, famous for a spoken address?
ANSWER: GETTYSBURG
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Her current advice column for job-hunting website Monster.com comes with unimpeachable credentials: she was U.S. Secretary of Labor during the Clinton administration. For 10 points -- who is this first African American to be appointed to that position?
ANSWER: ALEXIS HERMAN
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Her current advice column for job-hunting website Monster.com comes with unimpeachable credentials: she was U.S. Secretary of Labor during the Clinton administration. For 10 points -- who is this first African American to be appointed to that position?
ANSWER: ALEXIS HERMAN
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Lots of mythological heroes were half-human and half-divine, but only one managed the mathematically impossible genetics of being one-third human and two-thirds divine. For 10 points -- who was that king of Uruk (OO-rook) and title hero of the oldest Middle Eastern epic?
ANSWER: GILGAMESH (GIL-guh-mesh)
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Lots of mythological heroes were half-human and half-divine, but only one managed the mathematically impossible genetics of being one-third human and two-thirds divine. For 10 points -- who was that king of Uruk (OO-rook) and title hero of the oldest Middle Eastern epic?
ANSWER: GILGAMESH (GIL-guh-mesh)
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It is now the most expensive chronic illness on earth, because it renders its victims incapable of caring for themselves, many for 10 or more years. For 10 points -- what is this progressive brain disorder that strikes almost half of those who reach age 85?
ANSWER: ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
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It is now the most expensive chronic illness on earth, because it renders its victims incapable of caring for themselves, many for 10 or more years. For 10 points -- what is this progressive brain disorder that strikes almost half of those who reach age 85?
ANSWER: ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
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Its distinctive seed pods are 10-angled capsules anywhere from four to ten inches long. The large amount of mucilage (MYOO-sih-lej) in those pods is what makes this veggie useful as a thickener in soups. For 10 points -- name this vegetable in gumbo dishes.
ANSWER: OKRA PROMPT: If GUMBO is answered
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Its distinctive seed pods are 10-angled capsules anywhere from four to ten inches long. The large amount of mucilage (MYOO-sih-lej) in those pods is what makes this veggie useful as a thickener in soups. For 10 points -- name this vegetable in gumbo dishes.
ANSWER: OKRA PROMPT: If GUMBO is answered
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He might have survived if left untreated. Instead, after exploratory surgery without antiseptics, and receiving awful aftercare, he died in 1881, 79 days after being shot. For 10 points -- name this U.S. president.
ANSWER: JAMES A. GARFIELD
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He might have survived if left untreated. Instead, after exploratory surgery without antiseptics, and receiving awful aftercare, he died in 1881, 79 days after being shot. For 10 points -- name this U.S. president.
ANSWER: JAMES A. GARFIELD
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Its current president, Roberta Combs, has worked with New York senators Schumer and Clinton on anti-spam and drug prescription legislation. Neither her predecessor, Ralph Reed, nor her group's founder, Pat Robertson, ever worked with such known liberals. For 10 points -- name this "Coalition."
ANSWER: THE CHRISTIAN COALITION
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Its current president, Roberta Combs, has worked with New York senators Schumer and Clinton on anti-spam and drug prescription legislation. Neither her predecessor, Ralph Reed, nor her group's founder, Pat Robertson, ever worked with such known liberals. For 10 points -- name this "Coalition."
ANSWER: THE CHRISTIAN COALITION
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In 2003, astronomers reported that, despite receiving only one-tenth of one percent as much sunlight as earth, it still has visible seasons, with spring now starting in its southern hemisphere and summer due to follow in a little more than 40 years. For 10 points -- name this farthest of the gas giant planets.
ANSWER: NEPTUNE
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In 2003, astronomers reported that, despite receiving only one-tenth of one percent as much sunlight as earth, it still has visible seasons, with spring now starting in its southern hemisphere and summer due to follow in a little more than 40 years. For 10 points -- name this farthest of the gas giant planets.
ANSWER: NEPTUNE
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This item turned 50 in 2003 with a suggested retail price of $1.29, up from 59 cents when David Mullany invented it to teach his kids how to throw a curveball. For 10 points -- name this patented ball used by the U.S. Perforated Plastic Baseball Association.
ANSWER: WHIFFLE BALLS
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This item turned 50 in 2003 with a suggested retail price of $1.29, up from 59 cents when David Mullany invented it to teach his kids how to throw a curveball. For 10 points -- name this patented ball used by the U.S. Perforated Plastic Baseball Association.
ANSWER: WHIFFLE BALLS
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It is still the language of the court system on the British Crown Dependency of Jersey and was an official language of that island until the 1960s. For 10 points -- name this second most widely spoken of the Romance languages.
ANSWER: FRENCH
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It is still the language of the court system on the British Crown Dependency of Jersey and was an official language of that island until the 1960s. For 10 points -- name this second most widely spoken of the Romance languages.
ANSWER: FRENCH
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Ontario's largest provincial park is named for that park's largest ursine (UR-sine) inhabitants. For 10 points -- name this provincial park on the icy shores of Hudson Bay.
ANSWER: POLAR BEAR PROVINCIAL PARK ACCEPT: POLAR BEARS PROMPT: If just BEAR(S) is answered
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Ontario's largest provincial park is named for that park's largest ursine (UR-sine) inhabitants. For 10 points -- name this provincial park on the icy shores of Hudson Bay.
ANSWER: POLAR BEAR PROVINCIAL PARK ACCEPT: POLAR BEARS PROMPT: If just BEAR(S) is answered
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He hit The Chicago Tribune with a million-dollar libel suit in 1919. Though he won the case, the trial was a disaster for him as he was awarded just 6 cents and was widely ridiculed for his testimony, which included the classic line "History is more or less bunk." For 10 points -- name this industrialist.
ANSWER: HENRY FORD
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He hit The Chicago Tribune with a million-dollar libel suit in 1919. Though he won the case, the trial was a disaster for him as he was awarded just 6 cents and was widely ridiculed for his testimony, which included the classic line "History is more or less bunk." For 10 points -- name this industrialist.
ANSWER: HENRY FORD
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It consists of two shield-shaped stiffened halves that face the front and back. Two fringed streamers, known as lappets (LAP-pets), hang down from the back. For 10 points -- name this traditional Catholic and Anglican headgear for bishops.
ANSWER: MITRES (MIE-ters)
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It consists of two shield-shaped stiffened halves that face the front and back. Two fringed streamers, known as lappets (LAP-pets), hang down from the back. For 10 points -- name this traditional Catholic and Anglican headgear for bishops.
ANSWER: MITRES (MIE-ters)
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It is the only British honor that has never been officially declined. Ernest Rutherford was one of the original members named, while Florence Nightingale was the first woman honored. For 10 points -- name this distinction limited to 24 people at any time, each of whom adds O.M. after his or her name.
ANSWER: ORDER OF MERIT PROMPT: IF O.M. is answered
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It is the only British honor that has never been officially declined. Ernest Rutherford was one of the original members named, while Florence Nightingale was the first woman honored. For 10 points -- name this distinction limited to 24 people at any time, each of whom adds O.M. after his or her name.
ANSWER: ORDER OF MERIT PROMPT: IF O.M. is answered
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He claimed Darwin's error was "transferring into his teaching Malthus's preposterous reactionary ideas on population." This man's disciples then went on to condemn reactionary "Morganism" for its belief in genes. For 10 points -- name this crackpot who, under Stalin, dominated Soviet biology.
ANSWER: TROFIM LYSENKO (TROH-fim lie-SENG-koh)
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He claimed Darwin's error was "transferring into his teaching Malthus's preposterous reactionary ideas on population." This man's disciples then went on to condemn reactionary "Morganism" for its belief in genes. For 10 points -- name this crackpot who, under Stalin, dominated Soviet biology.
ANSWER: TROFIM LYSENKO (TROH-fim lie-SENG-koh)
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His hometown of Frederick, Maryland has honored him with a museum and, more incongruously, with an African American public housing project bearing his name. Incongruous, because he staunchly defended slavery during his decades as Chief Justice. For 10 points -- name this Marylander.
ANSWER: ROGER B. TANEY (TAW-nee or TAY-nee)
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His hometown of Frederick, Maryland has honored him with a museum and, more incongruously, with an African American public housing project bearing his name. Incongruous, because he staunchly defended slavery during his decades as Chief Justice. For 10 points -- name this Marylander.
ANSWER: ROGER B. TANEY (TAW-nee or TAY-nee)
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Janette Sebring Lowrey may be obscure, but she still holds the record for the all-time bestselling hardcover children's book. For 10 points -- complete the title of her perennial bestseller, The Pokey Little . . . what?
ANSWER: THE POKEY LITTLE PUPPY
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Janette Sebring Lowrey may be obscure, but she still holds the record for the all-time bestselling hardcover children's book. For 10 points -- complete the title of her perennial bestseller, The Pokey Little . . . what?
ANSWER: THE POKEY LITTLE PUPPY
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His process was so easily duplicated that other manufacturers simply stole it, and he ended up making more from his autobiography, Gum-Elastic, than he ever did from his invention that revolutionized the rubber industry. For 10 points apiece -- name him, and that process.
ANSWER: CHARLES GOODYEAR VULCANIZATION
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His process was so easily duplicated that other manufacturers simply stole it, and he ended up making more from his autobiography, Gum-Elastic, than he ever did from his invention that revolutionized the rubber industry. For 10 points apiece -- name him, and that process.
ANSWER: CHARLES GOODYEAR VULCANIZATION
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25 POINT BONUS
Ten years after it devastated southern Florida, this epic hurricane was officially upgraded from a Category 4 to a Category 5 storm -- the highest on the scale.
1. First -- for 10 points -- name this last official category 5 storm to hit the U.S.
ANSWER: HURRICANE ANDREW
2. Now -- for 15 points - name the previous Category 5 storm to hit the U.S., one that devastated southern Mississippi in 1969.
ANSWER: HURRICANE CAMILLE
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Ten years after it devastated southern Florida, this epic hurricane was officially upgraded from a Category 4 to a Category 5 storm -- the highest on the scale.
1. First -- for 10 points -- name this last official category 5 storm to hit the U.S.
ANSWER: HURRICANE ANDREW
2. Now -- for 15 points - name the previous Category 5 storm to hit the U.S., one that devastated southern Mississippi in 1969.
ANSWER: HURRICANE CAMILLE
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30 POINT BONUS
Name this American after one clue for 30 points, after two for 20, or after all three for 10 points:
1. His father was Governor of Virginia, as was this eventual U.S. president.
2. He was the first president to marry while in office.
3. He was the only former president to be elected to the Confederate Congress.
ANSWER: JOHN TYLER
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Name this American after one clue for 30 points, after two for 20, or after all three for 10 points:
1. His father was Governor of Virginia, as was this eventual U.S. president.
2. He was the first president to marry while in office.
3. He was the only former president to be elected to the Confederate Congress.
ANSWER: JOHN TYLER
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25 POINT BONUS
In keeping with its reputation of The Hollywood of the North, this Canadian city has added its own Walk of Fame, memorializing natives who've contributed to popular culture and sports.
1. First -- for 10 points -- name this provincial capital on Lake Ontario.
ANSWER: TORONTO
2. One of the stars on Toronto's Walk of Fame honors -- for 15 points -- what native who created and is still the executive producer of NBC'S "Saturday Night Live"?
ANSWER: LORNE MICHAELS
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25 POINT BONUS
In keeping with its reputation of The Hollywood of the North, this Canadian city has added its own Walk of Fame, memorializing natives who've contributed to popular culture and sports.
1. First -- for 10 points -- name this provincial capital on Lake Ontario.
ANSWER: TORONTO
2. One of the stars on Toronto's Walk of Fame honors -- for 15 points -- what native who created and is still the executive producer of NBC'S "Saturday Night Live"?
ANSWER: LORNE MICHAELS
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20 POINT BONUS
Mark Twain despised this early 19th century novelist -- both for his prose and for being a cause of the U.S. Civil War by filling the heads of white southerners with absurd notions of chivalry. For 10 points apiece:
1. Who was this popularizer of romantic historical novels, especially The Waverley Novels largely set in medieval Britain?
ANSWER: SIR WALTER SCOTT
2. In what 1884 novel does Twain have his title hero and an escaped slave discover a sunken boat named The Walter Scott, a boat lost with all aboard?
ANSWER: THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
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Mark Twain despised this early 19th century novelist -- both for his prose and for being a cause of the U.S. Civil War by filling the heads of white southerners with absurd notions of chivalry. For 10 points apiece:
1. Who was this popularizer of romantic historical novels, especially The Waverley Novels largely set in medieval Britain?
ANSWER: SIR WALTER SCOTT
2. In what 1884 novel does Twain have his title hero and an escaped slave discover a sunken boat named The Walter Scott, a boat lost with all aboard?
ANSWER: THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
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20 POINT BONUS
Its four-atom allotrope (AL-oh-trope) was finally discovered in 2001 and found to be a pale-blue, non- magnetic and very unstable molecule that is now suspected as a cause of the so-called "nightglow" on earth and other planets. For 10 points apiece:
1. Name this element making up about 21%, by volume, of our atmosphere.
ANSWER: OXYGEN
2. What five-letter name is given to the other pale-blue but not nearly as unstable allotrope of oxygen?
ANSWER: OZONE
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20 POINT BONUS
Its four-atom allotrope (AL-oh-trope) was finally discovered in 2001 and found to be a pale-blue, non- magnetic and very unstable molecule that is now suspected as a cause of the so-called "nightglow" on earth and other planets. For 10 points apiece:
1. Name this element making up about 21%, by volume, of our atmosphere.
ANSWER: OXYGEN
2. What five-letter name is given to the other pale-blue but not nearly as unstable allotrope of oxygen?
ANSWER: OZONE
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25 POINT BONUS
They left the show in March of 2002 after 11 months of playing to sold-out audiences. Because those audiences had started to fade, they were induced -- for $100,000 per week -- to return on December 30, 2003 and are again co-starring as Max Bialystock (bee-AL-ih-stok) and Leo Bloom into this April. For 5 points per answer with a 5-point bonus for all four -- name these two actors, that Broadway musical, and the writer who based it on his cult film.
ANSWER: NATHAN LANE MATTHEW BRODERICK THE PRODUCERS MEL BROOKS OR MELVIN KAMINSKY
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25 POINT BONUS
They left the show in March of 2002 after 11 months of playing to sold-out audiences. Because those audiences had started to fade, they were induced -- for $100,000 per week -- to return on December 30, 2003 and are again co-starring as Max Bialystock (bee-AL-ih-stok) and Leo Bloom into this April. For 5 points per answer with a 5-point bonus for all four -- name these two actors, that Broadway musical, and the writer who based it on his cult film.
ANSWER: NATHAN LANE MATTHEW BRODERICK THE PRODUCERS MEL BROOKS OR MELVIN KAMINSKY
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Two U.S. states now claim to be the richest. One is tops in per capita income, while the other is tops in median income. For 10 points apiece -- name these two states just eleven miles apart at their closest approach, just north of New York City.
ANSWER: CONNECTICUT NEW JERSEY
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Two U.S. states now claim to be the richest. One is tops in per capita income, while the other is tops in median income. For 10 points apiece -- name these two states just eleven miles apart at their closest approach, just north of New York City.
ANSWER: CONNECTICUT NEW JERSEY
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20 POINT BONUS
Juvenile "enemy combatants" live in a prison named Camp Iguana (ih-GWAH-nuh); older "enemy combatants" are housed in one named Camp Delta. For 10 points apiece:
1. Name this U.S. Naval Air Base in Cuba where detainees of the Afghan War and suspected Al Qaeda (al KIE-duh) members are interned.
ANSWER: GUANTANAMO (gwahn-TAHN-uh-moh) NAVAL AIR BASE PROMPT: If GITMO is answered
2. Now, spell Guantanamo.
ANSWER: G-U-A-N-T-A-N-A-M-O
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Juvenile "enemy combatants" live in a prison named Camp Iguana (ih-GWAH-nuh); older "enemy combatants" are housed in one named Camp Delta. For 10 points apiece:
1. Name this U.S. Naval Air Base in Cuba where detainees of the Afghan War and suspected Al Qaeda (al KIE-duh) members are interned.
ANSWER: GUANTANAMO (gwahn-TAHN-uh-moh) NAVAL AIR BASE PROMPT: If GITMO is answered
2. Now, spell Guantanamo.
ANSWER: G-U-A-N-T-A-N-A-M-O
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30 POINT BONUS
President George W. Bush awarded three posthumous (PAH-styoo-mus) Medals of Freedom in July of 2003. For 10 points apiece -- identify those recipients of America's highest civilian award:
1. This NFL star and Rhodes scholar served on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1962 to 1993.
ANSWER: BYRON WHITE
2. This Puerto Rico-born Hall of Famer for the Pittsburgh Pirates died during a humanitarian relief flight to Nicaragua.
ANSWER: ROBERTO CLEMENTE (kleh-MEN-tee)
3. This adopted child and lifelong lobbyist for adoption was the founder of Wendy's hamburgers.
ANSWER: DAVE THOMAS
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30 POINT BONUS
President George W. Bush awarded three posthumous (PAH-styoo-mus) Medals of Freedom in July of 2003. For 10 points apiece -- identify those recipients of America's highest civilian award:
1. This NFL star and Rhodes scholar served on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1962 to 1993.
ANSWER: BYRON WHITE
2. This Puerto Rico-born Hall of Famer for the Pittsburgh Pirates died during a humanitarian relief flight to Nicaragua.
ANSWER: ROBERTO CLEMENTE (kleh-MEN-tee)
3. This adopted child and lifelong lobbyist for adoption was the founder of Wendy's hamburgers.
ANSWER: DAVE THOMAS
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30 POINT BONUS
Britain's Queen Anne was the daughter of King James the Second. Though she had no direct heir to succeed her, she did have three other close family members who reigned in England. For 10 points apiece -- name:
1. Her royal uncle. ANSWER: CHARLES II (SECOND) PROMPT: If CHARLES is answered
2. Her royal brother-in-law. ANSWER: WILLIAM III (THIRD) PROMPT: If WILLIAM is answered
3. Her royal sister. ANSWER: MARY II (SECOND) PROMPT: If MARY is answered
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Britain's Queen Anne was the daughter of King James the Second. Though she had no direct heir to succeed her, she did have three other close family members who reigned in England. For 10 points apiece -- name:
1. Her royal uncle. ANSWER: CHARLES II (SECOND) PROMPT: If CHARLES is answered
2. Her royal brother-in-law. ANSWER: WILLIAM III (THIRD) PROMPT: If WILLIAM is answered
3. Her royal sister. ANSWER: MARY II (SECOND) PROMPT: If MARY is answered
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He was born in the upstate New York city where Cornell University was founded. He died in the city where Jimi Hendrix was born. In between, he wrote a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel whose TV version was watched by more people than any other mini-series, ever. For 5 points apiece with a 5-point bonus for all four -- name those cities, that author, and that book.
ANSWER: ITHACA, NEW YORK SEATTLE, WASHINGTON ALEX HALEY ROOTS
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He was born in the upstate New York city where Cornell University was founded. He died in the city where Jimi Hendrix was born. In between, he wrote a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel whose TV version was watched by more people than any other mini-series, ever. For 5 points apiece with a 5-point bonus for all four -- name those cities, that author, and that book.
ANSWER: ITHACA, NEW YORK SEATTLE, WASHINGTON ALEX HALEY ROOTS
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His first high profile case was that of Whitewater figure Susan McDougal. After that, the celebrities came to him, including an actress charged with shoplifting and the Congressman for whom Shandra Levy interned. For 5 points apiece with a 10-point bonus for all three -- name this California defense attorney now defending Michael Jackson, and name those two earlier clients.
ANSWER: MARK GERAGOS (GAIR-uh-gohs) WINONA RYDER CONGRESSMAN GARY CONDIT
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His first high profile case was that of Whitewater figure Susan McDougal. After that, the celebrities came to him, including an actress charged with shoplifting and the Congressman for whom Shandra Levy interned. For 5 points apiece with a 10-point bonus for all three -- name this California defense attorney now defending Michael Jackson, and name those two earlier clients.
ANSWER: MARK GERAGOS (GAIR-uh-gohs) WINONA RYDER CONGRESSMAN GARY CONDIT
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30 POINT BONUS
Identify this musical after one clue for 30 points, after two for 20, or after all three for 10 points:
1. The 1978 filmed version was the highest-grossing movie musical in U.S. history until 2002's "Chicago."
2. The 1994 Broadway revival celebrated its numbers "Hopelessly Devoted to You" and "You're the One That I Want."
3. Taking place at the mythical Rydell (rye-DELL) High School, its title is "the word."
ANSWER: GREASE
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Identify this musical after one clue for 30 points, after two for 20, or after all three for 10 points:
1. The 1978 filmed version was the highest-grossing movie musical in U.S. history until 2002's "Chicago."
2. The 1994 Broadway revival celebrated its numbers "Hopelessly Devoted to You" and "You're the One That I Want."
3. Taking place at the mythical Rydell (rye-DELL) High School, its title is "the word."
ANSWER: GREASE
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20 POINT BONUS
In December 2003, the BCS formula for determining the teams in the Division I football championship game became the NCAA's equivalent of Florida's last presidential vote count. For 10 points apiece:
1. What Pac-Ten school ranked # 1 in at least three prestigious national polls was ranked third by BCS and sent to the Rose Bowl to play Michigan?
ANSWER: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OR TROJANS PROMPT: If USC is answered 2. What Big 12 school, ranked no higher than # 3 in those same polls was ranked # 1 by BCS and sent to the Sugar Bowl to play # 2 L.S.U.?
ANSWER: UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA OR SOONERS
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In December 2003, the BCS formula for determining the teams in the Division I football championship game became the NCAA's equivalent of Florida's last presidential vote count. For 10 points apiece:
1. What Pac-Ten school ranked # 1 in at least three prestigious national polls was ranked third by BCS and sent to the Rose Bowl to play Michigan?
ANSWER: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OR TROJANS PROMPT: If USC is answered 2. What Big 12 school, ranked no higher than # 3 in those same polls was ranked # 1 by BCS and sent to the Sugar Bowl to play # 2 L.S.U.?
ANSWER: UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA OR SOONERS
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30 POINT BONUS
Aptronyms (AP-troh-nims) are oddly appropriate personal names, such as U.S. Army weather forecaster in Alaska named Will B. Snow. For 10 points apiece -- what English author created these aptronyms:
1. Justice Shallow and Mistress Quickly?
ANSWER: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
2. The lovely Rosa Budd and the fire-and-brimstone preacher Reverend Howler?
ANSWER: CHARLES DICKENS
3. The overbearing Mrs. Proudie and Dr. Abel Fillgrave?
ANSWER: ANTHONY TROLLOPE
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Aptronyms (AP-troh-nims) are oddly appropriate personal names, such as U.S. Army weather forecaster in Alaska named Will B. Snow. For 10 points apiece -- what English author created these aptronyms:
1. Justice Shallow and Mistress Quickly?
ANSWER: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
2. The lovely Rosa Budd and the fire-and-brimstone preacher Reverend Howler?
ANSWER: CHARLES DICKENS
3. The overbearing Mrs. Proudie and Dr. Abel Fillgrave?
ANSWER: ANTHONY TROLLOPE
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25 POINT BONUS
Officially, it only established tolerance for Christianity. Practically, it established Christianity as the state religion of the Roman Empire.
1. First -- for 10 points -- name this 313 Edict.
ANSWER: EDICT OF MILAN
2. After the Edict of Milan, every Roman emperor -- both of the east and of the west -- was at least nominally a Christian with what one notorious exception -- for 15 points -- known as "The Apostate" (uh-PAH-state)? ANSWER: JULIAN THE APOSTATE
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Officially, it only established tolerance for Christianity. Practically, it established Christianity as the state religion of the Roman Empire.
1. First -- for 10 points -- name this 313 Edict.
ANSWER: EDICT OF MILAN
2. After the Edict of Milan, every Roman emperor -- both of the east and of the west -- was at least nominally a Christian with what one notorious exception -- for 15 points -- known as "The Apostate" (uh-PAH-state)? ANSWER: JULIAN THE APOSTATE
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20 POINT BONUS
Only one U.S. state and only one foreign country require that their flags have different designs on each side. For 10 points apiece:
1. What western U.S. state features a gold beaver on the reverse of its flag?
ANSWER: OREGON
2. What smallest landlocked country of South America has the Spanish words for "peace" and "justice" on the reverse of its flag?
ANSWER: PARAGUAY
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Only one U.S. state and only one foreign country require that their flags have different designs on each side. For 10 points apiece:
1. What western U.S. state features a gold beaver on the reverse of its flag?
ANSWER: OREGON
2. What smallest landlocked country of South America has the Spanish words for "peace" and "justice" on the reverse of its flag?
ANSWER: PARAGUAY
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On the first type, the cones are upright, the needles are flat, and the varieties include Douglas and Hemlock. On the second type, the cones hang, the needles are angular and four-sided, and the types include Black and White. Those differentiate -- for 10 points apiece -- what two types of trees commonly used for Christmas trees?
ANSWER: FIRS SPRUCES
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On the first type, the cones are upright, the needles are flat, and the varieties include Douglas and Hemlock. On the second type, the cones hang, the needles are angular and four-sided, and the types include Black and White. Those differentiate -- for 10 points apiece -- what two types of trees commonly used for Christmas trees?
ANSWER: FIRS SPRUCES
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This World Cup -- the trophy itself -- is known as "the golden tea cup" in Australia, the country that had won it every time since 1972 until the Aussies were upset in the 2003 Finals by a score of 20 to 17. For 10 points apiece -- identify this team sport named for a famous prep school and the nation that reclaimed its world championship in 2003.
ANSWER: RUGBY UNITED KINGDOM OR GREAT BRITAIN OR ENGLAND
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This World Cup -- the trophy itself -- is known as "the golden tea cup" in Australia, the country that had won it every time since 1972 until the Aussies were upset in the 2003 Finals by a score of 20 to 17. For 10 points apiece -- identify this team sport named for a famous prep school and the nation that reclaimed its world championship in 2003.
ANSWER: RUGBY UNITED KINGDOM OR GREAT BRITAIN OR ENGLAND
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He long refused pleas to try and overturn the longtime U.S. ban on his 1934 autobiographical novel. Only after U.S. courts struck down the ban on Lady Chatterley's Lover did he agree to become the next test case, one that ultimately involved some 60 state and local trials. For 15 points each -- name this author and that account of his life in Paris that became a U.S. bestseller in 1961.
ANSWER: HENRY MILLER TROPIC OF CANCER
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He long refused pleas to try and overturn the longtime U.S. ban on his 1934 autobiographical novel. Only after U.S. courts struck down the ban on Lady Chatterley's Lover did he agree to become the next test case, one that ultimately involved some 60 state and local trials. For 15 points each -- name this author and that account of his life in Paris that became a U.S. bestseller in 1961.
ANSWER: HENRY MILLER TROPIC OF CANCER
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20 POINT BONUS
As a supporter of the French Revolution, she did not use her noble name of d'Armont (dar-MOHNT). In her final letter to her fellow Girondists (zhee-rohn-DEESTS) in Normandy in 1793, she wrote of anticipating happiness "with Brutus in the Elysian Fields." For 10 points each -- name this assassin and her victim whom she dispatched, like Brutus, with a knife.
ANSWER: CHARLOTTE CORDAY (kor-DAY) D'ARMONT JEAN-PAUL MARAT (mah-RAH or mah-RAHT)
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20 POINT BONUS
As a supporter of the French Revolution, she did not use her noble name of d'Armont (dar-MOHNT). In her final letter to her fellow Girondists (zhee-rohn-DEESTS) in Normandy in 1793, she wrote of anticipating happiness "with Brutus in the Elysian Fields." For 10 points each -- name this assassin and her victim whom she dispatched, like Brutus, with a knife.
ANSWER: CHARLOTTE CORDAY (kor-DAY) D'ARMONT JEAN-PAUL MARAT (mah-RAH or mah-RAHT)
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30 POINT BONUS
In mid-2000, the American Film Institute polled 1,800 critics to select the 20th century's Top 100 Comedies. Of the 100, five Marx Brothers films made the list, including two of the top twelve. For 10 points apiece -- name any three of those five Marx Brothers classics.
ANSWER: A DAY AT THE RACES MONKEY BUSINESS DUCK SOUP A NIGHT AT THE OPERA HORSE FEATHERS
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30 POINT BONUS
In mid-2000, the American Film Institute polled 1,800 critics to select the 20th century's Top 100 Comedies. Of the 100, five Marx Brothers films made the list, including two of the top twelve. For 10 points apiece -- name any three of those five Marx Brothers classics.
ANSWER: A DAY AT THE RACES MONKEY BUSINESS DUCK SOUP A NIGHT AT THE OPERA HORSE FEATHERS
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30 POINT BONUS
They began corresponding in 1821. The younger dedicated his 1821 poem "Sardanapalus" (sar-duh-NAH-puh-lus) to the elder who, after the younger's early death in 1824, used him as the model for Faust's son Euphorion (yoo-FOR-ee-on). For 15 points apiece -- name these two prominent nobles and Romantic writers.
ANSWER: GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE (GAIR-teh or GUH-teh)
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30 POINT BONUS
They began corresponding in 1821. The younger dedicated his 1821 poem "Sardanapalus" (sar-duh-NAH-puh-lus) to the elder who, after the younger's early death in 1824, used him as the model for Faust's son Euphorion (yoo-FOR-ee-on). For 15 points apiece -- name these two prominent nobles and Romantic writers.
ANSWER: GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE (GAIR-teh or GUH-teh)
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25 POINT BONUS
This very big something was first postulated in 1987 by a group of astronomers now known as "the Seven Samurai." Scientists have now begun to peer through the Milky Way to get a look at this thing whose center is galaxy cluster Abell 3627. For 25 points -- what two-word name is given to this region of space drawing in our and other galaxies?
ANSWER: GREAT ATTRACTOR
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25 POINT BONUS
This very big something was first postulated in 1987 by a group of astronomers now known as "the Seven Samurai." Scientists have now begun to peer through the Milky Way to get a look at this thing whose center is galaxy cluster Abell 3627. For 25 points -- what two-word name is given to this region of space drawing in our and other galaxies?
ANSWER: GREAT ATTRACTOR
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