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Page 1: Repon.I A.,.Jemio Ch pion.hip Uni Coll.,e CluL ROUND ONE · ANSWER: "Kubla Khan" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge b. "Thou still unravished bride of quietness, I Thou foster-child of silence

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ROUND ONE ROUND 1 OPENING ROUND: TOSSUPS WITH RELATED BONUSES

1. The "Exon" volume, kept in the cathedral chapter of Exeter, gives a detailed account of Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall, while the "Exchequer" volume covers most of the rest of England. For ten points, name this great book written by order of William the Conqueror. ANSWER: Domesday Book

BONUS: Identify these other English books for ten points each. a. It begins with the "handsome, clever, and rich" title character considering the marriage of Miss Taylor to Mr. Weston and ends with the wedding of Mr. Knightley and Miss Woodhouse. ANSWER: Emma by Jane Austen b. She was an orphan living with her aunt-in-Iaw, Mrs. Reed. After becoming a teacher, she agrees become a governess at Thornfield Hall, and consents to marry Edward Rochester, only to find that he is already married ANSWER: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

2. Dr. Reinhardt H. Schwimmer was just a visitor to 2122 North Clark Street, but he shared the fate of James Clark, AI Weinshank, John May, Pete and Frank Gusenberg and Adam Heyer as men disguised as cops lined them up against a wall and shot them. For ten points, name this event carried out by AI Capone's gang on February 14, 1929. ANSWER: St. Valentine's Day Massacre

BONUS: For ten points each, name these people born on St. Valentine's Day. a. Sadie Marks played Mary Livingstone on the radio show of this comedian, who was actually a competent violinist. ANSWER: Jack Benny or Benjamin Kubelskv b. The son of an Indiana coal driller, he disappeared from a restaurant near Detroit, where he was said to have had an appointment with Detroit mobster Anthony Giacalone and Anthony Provenzano, a former Mafia figure and a New Jersey Teamster officiaL ANSWER: James Riddle (Jimmy) Hoffa

3. Called "compound E" by Edward Kendall and "substance F" by Tadeus Reichstein, this steroid is produced from a constituent of bile known as deoxycholic acid For ten points, name this hormone of the adrenal cortex, used as an anti-inflammatory drug. ANSWER: cortisone

BONUS: Given the description ofa body part, identify the inflammation of that body part for ten points each. a. Small fluid-filled sacs which allow reduced friction between bony prominences and tendons or muscles. ANSWER: bursitis b. The membrane lining the. abdominal wall and enclosing the abdominal organs. ANSWER: peritonitis

Round 1, pAge 1 Copyright 1998. CWR U College T riviA Clu1. All rights reserved.

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4. He quit his job as a librarian at the royal archives and rode out of town on a water buffalo. Yin Hsi, the gatekeeper, stopped him, asking him to write down his wisdom. This man responded by writing a two­section book containing 81 poems. For ten points, who wrotethe Tao-te Ching? ANSWER: Lao-tzu or Master Lao or Tai-Shang Lao-Chun

BONUS: Name the poems that these lines come from, for ten points each. a. "Where Alph, the sacred river rani Through caverns measureless to man! Down to a sunless sea" ANSWER: "Kubla Khan" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge b. "Thou still unravished bride of quietness, I Thou foster-child of silence and slow time" ANSWER: "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by John Keats

5. First and last name required. One is a rehabilitation doctor at Chicago Veterans Hospital who is president of Physicians Against Land Mines. The second was a nursery owner and friend of the suffrage movement who founded a women's college that is half of The Colleges of the Seneca with Hobart College. For ten points, they share a form of the first name and a last name with what partner of Jeff Townes who had a critically successful role in Six Degrees a/Separation and played Captain Steven Hiller in Independence Day? ANSWER: William Smith [Do not accept or prompt on "The Fresh Prince"]

BONUS: With DJ Jazzy Jeff, Will Smith was the Fresh Prince. For ten points each, identify these other princes who are not represented by a stupid symbol. a. After Prince Charles, he is next in the line of succession for the British crown. ANSWER: Prince William Arthur Philip Louis b. This son of Prince Pierre, Count de Polignac, is the 31st hereditary ruler of Monaco ANSWER: Rainier ill, Prince de Monaco (Rainier-Louis-Henri-Maxence-Bertrand de Grimaldi)

6. First exhibited as "Le Bain" Ibaahn/ at the 1864 Salon des Refuses /RAY fuse AY/, it features the artist's brother Eugene, his brother-in-law Ferdinand Leenhoff, and his favorite model Victorine Meurend IMURR ohnl repeating the theme of Giorgione's "Concert Champetre" Icon-CAIR SHAHM-pet-rah/. For ten points, identify this painting of a naked woman with two fully dressed men picnicking while a woman bathes in the background, by Edouard Manet. ANSWER: "Luncheon on the Grass" or "Le De;euner sur l'herbe"

BONUS: Identify these foods, for ten points each. a. This spicy, Korean side dish served cold generally contains fermented wombuk, Chinese cabbage, chili, and garlic. ANSWER: kim chee b. Minced lamb roasted vertically on a spit, this Greek dish is usually served in a pita with a cucumber-yogurt sauce. ANSWER: 2!!!! ITI-roh, JEER-oh, ZHEER-oh, or YEE-roh/

7. It called for avoiding the export of bullion, encouraging domestic manufacturing, and preserving or encouraging a "favorable" trade balance. For ten points, name this economic policy linked with colonialism. ANSWER: mercantilism

BONUS: Since mercantilism is identified with colonies, identify these former colonies for ten points each. a. Formerly the New He-brid-es, this former Anglo-French joint colony has its capital at Port Vila. ANSWER: Vanuatu b. This former British colony once established a confederation uniting military and monetary systems and a Parliament with its neighbor on three sides, Senegal. ANSWER: Republic of the Gambia

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ROUND ONE 8. Montgomery Ward, Watkins Products, Vardaman, Wallstreet Panic, Saint Elmo, Admiral Dewey, Bilbo, Byron, Isaac, Abner, Eckrum, Oreses, Yettie, Mink. For ten points, 1.0. and FIem are also members of what fictional Faulkner family. ANSWER: Snopes [prompt on Faulkner]

BONUS: Give the last names of these other families for ten points each. a. Joseph was an ambassador to Great Britain, Joseph Jr. died in World War II, Robert was a senator from New York. ANSWER: Kennedv

• b. Pietro created a "Madonna and Child" altarpiece for the Pieve de Santa Maria in Arezzo while his younger brother Ambrogio painted "Good and Bad Government" on the walls of the Palazzo Publico. ANSWER: Lorenzetti

9. In 1600, Sir William Gilber proposed that the Earth was a huge one of these, an effect possibly explained by a dynamo effect from the minerals in a liquid state contained in the outer core. Considering the Earth as one, its moment is 8.0 times 10 to the 22ndjoules per tesla [8.0E22 Jff]. For ten points, name this type of material most often identified with iron. ANSWER: magnet

BONUS: Besides iron, two other elements are ferromagnetic, that is, capable of being permanently magnetized. For ten points each, name those two elements. ANSWER: cobalt and nickel [READER: Allow opposing team the opportunity to steal unless BOTH ANSWERS are correct. Do not prompt or indicate correct answers on the steal opportunity. Scoring: The maximum number of points available to BOTH teams is 20 points. Hence, if team one says "cobalt and gold, " and on the steal, team two says "cobalt and nickel, " team one gets the 10 points since it gave a correct answer on its opportunity. Team two gets only 10 pOints because it answered "nickel" correctly, even if they gave both answers correctly. If team two says "cobalt and silver, " they get NO points as team one already got "cobalt" correct.}

10. The mandible found at the Mauer sandpit in Germany is considered a European example of this species, which had thought to have been specifically Asian after finds such as that at the caves of Chou­k'ou-tien near Peking. The:first fossils attributed to it were found by Eugene Dubois at Trinil on the island of Java. For ten points, name this hominid who walked upright. ANSWER: homo erectus [prompt on Peking Man or Java Man]

BONUS: For ten points each, answer these questions about another fossil find. a. Also called Dawson's Dawn Man, this human cranium paired with an orangutan jaw was considered an alternative to homo erectus as a human ancestor, but was later shown to be a forgery. ANSWER: PiltdoWD man b. Sometimes suspected of playing a role in the hoax that was Piltdown Man was this author of such colorful short stories as "The Five Orange Pips", "The Blue Carbuncle", "Black Peter", "Silver Blaze", and "The Red-Headed League". ANSWER: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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ROUND ONE AVAILABLE CATEGORIES IN ROUND 1 American History (Act One) American Literature (Colonial) Fine Arts (painting) General Knowledge and Trivia (Spelling) Mathematics (Try Me!) Physical Sciences (Chemistry) Social Sciences (The Law) Sports and Entertainment (Professional Sports) World Geography (States and Territories) World Literature (What Happened Afterwards?)

AVAILABLE CATEGORIES IN ROUND 1 American History (Act One) American Literature (Colonial) Fine Arts (painting) General Knowledge and Trivia (Spelling) Mathematics (Try Me!) Physical Sciences (Chemistry) Social Sciences (The Law) Sports and Entertainment (Professional Sports) World Geography (States and Territories) World Literature (What Happened Afterwards?)

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ROUND ONE [Reader should read and distribute the Categories for the Category Quiz before starting.]

ROUND 1 CATEGORY QUIZ TOSSUPS Upon getting a tossup correctly, the team captain chooses a category for its bonus question. Bonus questions are reboundable.

1. The Raphus cucullatus and Victorionis imperialis lived on Mauritius and the Reunion islands, respectively, the latter with all white body feathers as they both had small wings and would walk right up to Portuguese sailors who might be stopping by. For ten points, name these flightless birds famous for their extinction. ANSWER: Dodo bird

2. From the Greek words for "through" and "mind", its definition is "what the soul is doing to the body through the mind" and it is used to alleviate things such as unwanted emotions, irrational fears, and psychosomatic illnesses. For ten points, name this "modern science of mental health" whose fundamentals were published in 1950 by L. Ron Hubbard. ANSWER: Dianetics [Do not accept Scientology]

3. As part of his program of "authenticity", he replaced part of his name, Joseph Desire, so that his name now meant "the all-conquering warrior whom because of his endurance and inflexible will to win, will go from conquest to conquest leaving fire in his wake." This journalist and army sergeant was picked to be chief of staff by prime minister Patrice Lumumba, who some believed he helped execute at the behest of the CIA For ten points, name this former Zaire dictator. ANSWER: Mobuto Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu waza Banga (accept either "Mobuto" or "Sese Seko")

4. Also known as Lake Tiberias, its surroundings include the Plain ofal-Ghawr, the Plain of Bet Zayda, the Plain of Gennesaret, and the Plateau of Golan. For ten points, name this lake fed by the Jordan River. ANSWER: Sea of Galilee or Yam Kinneret

5. A vote of no -confidence in parliamentary systems, Congressional bicamerality, the "power of the purse", judicial review, the consent of the Senate, and the veto are, for ten points, applications of what principle of government in which separate branches prevent certain actions by other branches. ANSWER: checks and balances

6. Lutheran minister Don Call decided to concentrate solely on his congregation, so he sold out to his partner, then a 13-year-old of Lynchburg, Tennessee, who, in 1866, was the first man to register a distillery in the US. For ten points, name this man who won a Gold Medal at the 1904 S1. Louis World's Fair as his Old No.7 Tennessee sipping variety was honored as the world's best whiskey. ANSWER: Jack Daniels

7. The composer of such harpsichord music as the Harmonious Blacksmith also did the Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline, Coronation Anthems for George II, and Music for the Royal Fireworks. For ten points, name this composer whose Hallelujah Chorus is contained in his Messiah oratorio. ANSWER: Geor~e Frideric Handel

8. He was taught by Siro the Epicurean, but gradually shifted more towards Stoicism. His four books dedicated to Mae-ce-nas are the Georgics. The "Messianic" is the 4th of 10 pastoral poems known as the Bucolica or Eclogues. For ten points, name this author of the Aeneid. ANSWER: Virgil or Publius Vergilius Maro

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ROUND ONE ROUND 1 CATEGORY OUIZ American History A clarification itself, it was amended by the Robinson-Patman Act in 1936 and the Celler-Kefauver Act in 1950. For fifteen points, Woodrow Wilson requested what 1914 legislation banning interlocking directorates and certain holding companies, strengthening 1890's Sherman Act. ANSWER: Clayton Antitrust Act

American Literature It begins citing Deuteronomy 32.35--"Their foot shall slide in due time." It ends with Genesis 19: 17--"Haste and escape for your lives, look not behind you, escape to the mountain, lest you be consumed II For fifteen points, name this sermon by Jonathan Edwards. ANSWER: Sinners in the Hands o(an Angry God

Fine Arts Harold Rosenberg named this type of work, whose French equivalent is Tachism. For fifteen points, what spontaneous, instinctual form of art using sweeping brushstrokes with the chance of spilling paint is differentiated from "abstract imagists" and "color-field" painting in American Abstract Expressionism. ANSWER: Action Painting

General Knowledge and Trivia In round 17 of the 1997 Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee, eventual champion Rebecca Sealfon misspelled a word, but an error by the runner-up prolonged the contest until the 23rd round. For fifteen points, beat her by spelling "dulcinea" /DULL sih nay uhf, a literary reference meaning "sweetheart". ANSWER: D-U-L-C-I-N-E-A

Mathematics Consider a triangle with sides on, 4 and 5. For fifteen points, what is the cosine of its largest angle? You have fifteen seconds. ANSWER: !! [Note: zero = cosine of 90 degrees]

Physical Sciences This metal is often found in nature as the sulfide stibnide, a name which means "a metal not found alone" in Greek. For fift~n points, name this element with chemical symbol Sb. ANSWER: antimony

Social Sciences Under a 1679 English act, when applying for one of these, a legal representative could interrupt any proceedings of the High Court. In the United States, only Congress has the power of suspension, although Abraham Lincoln ignored the case of Ex parte lpart tayl Merryman. For fifteen points, name this Anglo-American common law protection from unlawful imprisonment. ANSWER: writ of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum

• Sports and Entertainment An MVP in 1995 while playing for the San Jose Grizzlies in the Continental Indoor Soccer League, he was called up to the US National Team after October 25, 1996, when he received his citizenship. For fifteen points, name this Belgrade-born captain of the Kansas City Wizards, the leading scorer in Major League Soccer history and MVP of the 1997 season. ANSWER: Preld OR Predrag Radosavlievic

World Geography In addition to its fourteen states, it has fourteen national territories, including Neu­quen, Chubut, Formosa, Chaco, Misiones, Rio Negro, and Santa Cruz. For fifteen points, what country also includes territories such as Los Andes, La Pampa, and Tierra del Fuego? ANSWER: Argentina

World Literature In "What Happened Afterwards", Clara was converted from the lifestyle of Large lady Park by the novels ofH.G. Wells. Her brother, Freddy Hill, and his wife established a flower shop with help of Colonel Pickering. For fifteen points, name this play which also features Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins. ANSWER: ftgmalion by George Bernard Shaw [Do not accept My Fair Lady]

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ROUND ONE ROUND 1 STRETCH ROUND TOSSUPS All tossups are worth 20 points until the reader completes the phrase "for ten points." Bonuses are on a separate page, to be read in sequential order.

1. Originally there was to be 132, later reduced to 75, and finally 21, which Northrup Grumman built. FOR TEN POINTS, at least 124 maintenance hours per flight hour are required for what 2-billion-dollar military white elephant? ANSWER: B-2 or Stealth bomber

2. Maltese is the only form of it written in the Latin alphabet. Used in the services of the Coptic Orthodox Church, it is part of the Southern Central group of the Semitic languages. FOR TEN POINTS, name this language whose literary, or classical, form is essentially that used in the Koran. ANSWER: Arabic

3. Basing his experiments upon the work of Szyman Izie man! Hens, this advocate of psychoanalysis in Switzerland would ask his patients, "What might this be?" FOR TEN POINTS, name this psychiatrist who developed a projective method of psychological testing involving a series of 10 inkblots. ANSWER: Hermann Rorschach

·4. He was a boxer and a Rhodes scholar studying law who practiced in Kentucky before returning to his undergraduate interest in astronomy. He discovered that certain Cepheid /see fee idl variables were outside the Milky Way as were the nebulae containing them. FOR TEN POINTS, who has a constant named after him which describes the expansion of the universe and also has a namesake telescope. ANSWER: Edwin Powell Hubble

5. It lived near a well, whose waters it would use to bathe each morning at dawn, singing such a beautiful song that the sun god would stop to listen. After death, it was embalmed in an egg of myrrh, which was placed on the altar of the sun god. FOR TEN POINTS, depending on the story, every 1461 or 500 years, what bird built a nest which it set on fire. ANSWER: phoenix

6. Founded in 1842 by the Very Reverend Edward Sorin and owned by the Congregation of Holy Cross, it publishes a literary weekly magazine, the Ave Maria. FOR TEN POINTS, name this institution of South Bend, Indiana. ANSWER: University of Notre Dame du Lac

7. 3 years, 28 pre-trial hearings, 130 witnesses, 400,000 pages of documents, an 800 page opinion, $98,000 in damages, $16 million in defense fees, a Web site, a British TV miniseries, a former mailman, and a bar maid These are the ingredients in the case against Dave Morris and Helen Steel in this Oak Brook, Illinois-based company's libel case. FOR TEN POINTS, accusations of destroying rain forests, animal cruelty, abused workers, and the promotion of an unhealthy diet were leveled against what fast­food company. ANSWER: McDonald's

8. His first play was A Wifo for a Lifo and he also wrote The Last Will and Testament of an Extremely Distinguished Dog. But he never finished the ll-play cycle A Tale of the Possessors, Self Dispossessed . FOR TEN POINTS, whose plays include A Moon for the Misbegot/en, Mourning Becomes Electra, and A Long Day 's Journey Into Night. ANSWER: Eugene Gladstone O'Neill

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9. Alexander Dumas wrote both a novel and a play entitled La Daume aux camelias, or Camille in revenge for being forced by his father to break off a relationship with a courtesan who later died of consumption. In 1853, it was turned into this opera in which the heroine's name was changed from Marguerite Gautier to Violetta. FOR TEN POINTS, name the opera, whose name means "The Wayward Woman", written by Guiseppi Verdi. ANSWER: La Traviata

10. An 1831 solar eclipse convinced him to capture Jerusalem and then hide in the Dismal Swamp. Did I mention Jerusalem was a county seat in Virginia? FOR TEN POINTS, William Styron wrote the "confessions" of what leader ofa slave revolt. ANSWER: Nat Turner

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ROUND ONE ROUND 1 STRETCH ROUND BONUSES

l. The New York Times listed a selection of classic children's books. Name the book for 15 }X>ints from a year of publication and its short description, or 10 given the author and illustrator. [Reader: remember to give opportunities for steals to the opposing team AFTER EACH CLUE if the first given answer is incorrect.} a-15) 1952, "Sometimes a friend can save your life by writing terse prose." a-lO) illustrated by Garth Williams, written by E.B. White.

ANSWER: Charlotte's Web b-15) 1957, "Home alone on a rainy afternoon. Making mischief in easy-to-read language." b-l0) Written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss.

ANSWER: The Cat in the Hat

2. Approximating the mass of hydrogen as 1, of oxygen as 16, and of carbon as 12. Given a com}X>und, give the molecular weight for ten }X>ints. You have fifteen seconds for each part. a. Benzene ANSWER: 78 [CJl6] b. Glucose ANSWER: 180 [C6H1206] c. Propane ANSWER: 44 [C3Hs]

3. Answer these questions about an American General for ten }X>ints each. a. This man succeeded George Washington as commander of the army and served as secretary of war under the Articles of Confederation, as well as in Washington's Cabinet. ANSWER: Henry Knox b. Knox resigned in 1795. Name his successor ap}X>inted by Washington. ANSWER: Timothy Pickering c. Pickering had previously served in what office that is no longer Cabinet-level? ANSWER: Postmaster General

4. lfyou're like most of America, you haven't seen these shows either. For ten }X>ints, name the (dubba dubba) WB network show. a. After it was dropped from the NBC schedule, the WB picked up this sitcom starring Matt, Andy, and Joey Lawrence. ANSWER: Brotherlv Love b. This show features the Malloy family, played by Geoff Pierson, Stephanie Hodge, Justin Berfield, Kevin Connolly and Nikki Cox, as well as the voice of Bobcat Goldthwait. ANSWER: Unhappily Ever After c. Maybe there is a good show on the WB. It features characters such as Willow, Xander, Cordelia, and Giles in addition to the lead role played by Sarah Michelle Gellar. ANSWER: Burry the Vampire Slaver

5. 30-20-10 Name the artist from works. [Reader: remember to give opportunities for steals to the opposing team AFTER EACH CLUE if the first given answer is incorrect.} 30) Etchings ''Tauromaquia'' !tore oh ma KEY ahl 20) Paintings "The Dutchess of Alba" and "Saturn Devouring His Son" 10) "The 2nd of May 1808 in Madrid: The Charge of the Mamelukes" ANSWER: Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes

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ROUND ONE 6. IdentifY these actions named for possibly unusual places for ten points each. a. Adolph Hitler wrote most of Mein Kampf during his imprisonment after this insurrection named for a Munich building. ANSWER: Beer Hall Pusch or Bierkeller Pusch b . This meeting of the Third Estate affirmed that wherever they gathered the National Assembly was in existence and that they would not disband until they had established a written constitution. ANSWER: Oath of the Tennis Court c. Martin Luther said, "I neither can nor will recant anything, since it is neither right nor safe to act against conscience. God help me! Amen" as he was called before this assembly summoned by Charles V. ANSWER: Diet of Worms

7. IdentifY these Egyptian deities for ten points each. a. This ram-headed local deity of Memphis and god of fertility was later linked with the sun god. ANSWER: Amon or Amun b. Formerly the god of corn, this god of the Nile died, but he got better. ANSWER: Osiris c. Sometimes depicted with her body covered in stars, this sky goddess was the mother of Osiris. ANSWER: Nut

8. For ten points, name the Russian guy who composed an opera, as well as all or part of the libretto, about a Russian guy from its title. a. Boris Godonov ANSWER: Modest Mussorgsky b. Eugene Onegin ANSWER: Pyotr Uyich Tchaikovsky c. Prince Igor ANSWER: Alexander Borodin [Do not accept Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov or Aleksandr Glazunov, who completed it posthumously.]

9. Given a Roman Emperor, name his predecessor for ten points each: a. Claudius ANSWER: Caligula.(ACC: Gaius Caesar Germanicus) b . Hadrian ANSWER: Trajan (ACC: Marcus Ulpius Traianus) c. Marcus Aurelius ANSWER: Antoninus Pius

10. 30-20-10 Name the man. [Reader: remember to give opportunities for steals to the opposing team AFTER EACH CLUE if the first given answer is incorrect.} 30) In 1752, he composed the opera Le Devin du ViI/age . 20) In 1762, he published a treatise on education, Emile. 10) Also in 1762, he published The Social Contract. ANSWER: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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