Toss-ups

Qu~TION PACKET FOR PENN BOWL Submitted by George Washington

1. In September, French and Belgian soldiers had to restore order here after mutinous soldiers, irate at not having been paid, rampaged through the capital, smashing shops, offices, and houses. For ten points name this African country, whose leader, Mobutu Sese Seko, gave up some power as a result of the disturbances.

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2. "An outstretched arm caught my own as I fell, fainting, into the abyss. It was that of General Lasalle. The French Army had entered Toledo. The Inquisition was in the hands of its enemies." So ends, for ten points, what classic Edgar Allen Poe short story?

The pit and the Pendulum F= 10

3. It is a scientific term referring to the amount of energy derived from an electrical source per unit quantity of electricity passing through the source. Many young people know its '( ~ -s abbreviation as the name of a mediocre yet successful new British po~ band. For ten points, give the full name of this term.

electromoti ve force ("EMf·:-$ w("'Of\.~)

4. Beaver Island, Bois Blanc Island, North and South Fox Islan~ and North and South Manitou Island are all located between the northern and southern parts of, for ten points, what midwestern state? 1-::-1 0

Michigan

5. His Paris debut in 1824 was a sensation, and he was soon considered to be one of the greatest pianists of his time. He was also one of the major composers of Romantic music, producing the "Faust" and "Dante" symphonies, "Totentanz" for piano and orchestra, and the Hungarian Rhapsodies. For ten points, name him.

Franz Liszt

6. He was only an obscure cleric until 1529, when he more or less by chance came to the attention of Henry VIII. He assisted Henry in his messy divorce from Catharine of Aragon, and was rewarded by being named Archbishop of Canterbury in 1533. He was the first Protestant to hold that office, but his luck ran out when Catholic Mary Tudor came to the throne. He was convicted of heresy and, in 1556, burned at the stake. For ten points, name him.

Thomas Cranmer

7. Their names were Adrastus, Amphiaraus, Capaneus, Hippomedon, Parthenopaeus, Polynices, and Tydeus, and their mission was to restore Polynices to the throne which his brother Eteocles had usurped. All of them except Adrastus died in the attempt. For ten points, by what collective name are these heroes of Greek mythology known?

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8. It is so impo~-=3.nt in scientific ' research that a yearly information bulletin is put out describing pUblications and research on it. This genus contains some 900 species, including melanogaster, the multicellular organism for which the most genetic information is available. For ten points, name this fruit fly genus.

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The Gambler

10. For a quick ten points and within two miles per hour, a tropical storm must produce sustained winds of at least how many miles per hour before it can be called a hurricane?

74 miles per hour (accept 72-76 mph)

11. In March 1990, the Chilean military regime of Augusto Pinochet handed over power to a democratically-elected civilian government. For ten points name the man who became president of Chile at that time.

Patricio Aylwin

12. In June 1928, a delegate to this country's assembly shot five delegates from the opposition party, including that party's leader, Stephen Radic, during an assembly session. with this in mind, recent events in that country should come as no surprise. For ten points name this southeastern European nation, where Serbs and Croats are fighting a bloody civil war.

Yugoslavia . 1:;..- \ 0

13. Separated from Newfoundland by the Cabot strait and from mainland Nova scotia by the strait of Canso, it is the site of a Canadian national park. For ten points, name this 4,000 square mile island whose main town in Sydney.

Cape Breton Island F ::.. -) 14. It was almost midnight on 31 December when representatives of

. this country's government and the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front agreed to a ceasefire, bringing hope that the 12-year civil war here which has killed some 70,000 people will soon end. For ten points, name this war-torn Central American country.

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15. Because of his anti-Nazi activities in Denmark, in 1943 he had to flee with his family to Sweden. He then made his way to the United states where he worked on the atomic bomb. For ten points name this physicist who developed a model of the structure of the atom and won the 1922 Nobel Prize.

Niels Bohr

16. His first slic::essful book, 1888's "Auld Licht Idylls", provided sketches of life in Scotland. He is better known for his plays, including "The Twelve Pound Look", "The Will", "Dear Brutus", "The Admirable Crichton", and, his most famous, "Peter Pan". For 10 points, name him.

James M. Barrie 1 ::::\0

17. It was fought from the 5th to the 7th of May, 1864, west of Fredericksburg as the first stage of a Union campaign to capture Richmond. Al though casual ties on both sides were heavy, the battle was indecisive, with Union General Grant breaking off hostilities y_ and moving nearer to Richmond. For ten points name this battle, I _(D named for the dense thickets in which it was fought. c. - - 5'

Battle of the Wilderness ' -

18. This 1937 film deals primarily with two French officers, Lieutenant Marechal and Captain de Boeldieu, and the German commandant von Rauffenstein, who shoots down their airplane during World War One. The Frenchmen are involved in a number of escape attempts, and end up in a high security POW camp commanded by von Rauffenstein. In the end, the German is forced to shoot de Boeldieu, who had become his friend, during an escape attempt. For tell points, name this classic Jean Renoir film.

Grand Illusion

19. This late nineteenth and early twentieth century British economist blamed European imperialism and overseas expansion on the greed of industrial and financial leaders, who sought profits overseas to the detriment of the populace in the home country. For ten points name this man whose great work "Imperialism: A Study" influenced, among others, Vladimir Lenin.

John A. Hobson

20. Derived from the spanish for "flat country," this word describes a tropical or subtropical grassland characterized by scattered shrubs or trees and a pronounced dry season. Examples include the African veldt and the South American llanos. For ten points, name it.

savanna

21. Although a direct descendant of the rococo painter Fragonard, she was an Impressionist, strongly influenced by Manet, whose brother she married. Her work is delicate and subtle, and frequently featured her family, such as 1873's "The Artist's Sister, Mme. Pontillon, Seated on the Grass". For ten points, name this artist.

Berthe Morisot

22. Its northernmost point is separated from the rest of the country by part of the united Arab Emirates. Its southern region, known as Dhofar, has long been plagued by rebels who until recently were assisted by neighboring Yemen. For ten points name this Arabian Peninsula sultanate ruled by Qaboos bin Said.

Oman

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23. For ten points, tell me in what specific sport are Italian Riccardo Patrese, Frenchman Alain Prost, Englishman Nigel Mansell, and Brazilian Ayrton Senna prominent? Formula One Auto Racing (ask for more specific on "auto racing")

24. The son of a Canadian senator,he began his literary career as an editor than moved into the theatre. His first major prose fiction w~rk was Tempest-Tost, the first book of the Salterton trilogy, and he established an international repu~ation in t~e early 1970's with the Deptford trilogy. For ten p01nts name th1S author whose most recent work is Murther and Walking Spirits. , ,

Robertson DaV1es

25. Blessed with the scientific name citrus paradisi, it grows,on trees 15-20 feet high, with dark, shiny-green leaves and wh1te flowers. For ten points name this fruit which originated in Jamaica and is roughly twice as large as an average orange.

grapefruit (accept: pomelo)

2~. A number of movies have been shot there, including "Cocoon", "Gross Anatomy", "Shockers", and both the 1939 and 1982 versions of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame". But this place is not a studio, as Washington Redskins rookie sensation Rickey Ervins can attest. For ten points, name this place, home to the collegiate Trojans.

University of Southern california, or u.a.c. 27. This past Christmas was a special one indeed, with all surviving American hostages back on U.S. soil, and from what could be interpreted from television and newspaper interviews, there seems to have been no love lost between the freed hostages and their captors. However, if the ex-prisoners were to show any signs of support or sympathy for their former "hosts", they would surely be diagnosed with, for ten points, what "syndrome", which shares its name with the capital of Sweden?

Stockholm syndrome

28. Born in 1685, this composer came to England and settled there in 1712. His instrumental works include "Water Music" and "Royal Fireworks Music", but he is best known for his famous oratorio "Messiah". For ten points, name him.

George Frederick Handel

29. If I told you that this philosopher wrote a book about drama called "The Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit of Music", you might stare at me in disbelief. Perhaps, if this German had written an actual drama, you would recognize his hand more readily if its title character tried to create a new ethic with his will to power and shared his name with the comic book Man of Steel. For ten points, name this philosopher and philanthropist who died in 1900.

Friedrich Nietzsche

30. This actor and comedian made his movie debut in 1987's "Amazon Women on the Moon", but he is better known as the host of a late-night talk show which is celebrating its first five years on the air. For ten points, name this man, who also appeared with his friend Eddie Murphy in "Coming to America".

Arsenio Hall.

1. 30 Point Bonus: French litterateurs, apiece.

I'll give you the real names of some famous you give me their pen names. 10 points

1) Jean-Baptiste Poquelin: Moliere 2) Jacques Anatole Thibault: Anatole France 3) Aurore Dudevant: George Sand

2. 25 Point Bonus: The 1992 baseball season will soon be upon us, but how well do you remember the 1991 season? For five points apiece, tell me who led the major leagues in each of the following categories:

1. Batting Average: Julio Franco 2. Runs Batted In: Cecil Fielder 3. Runs Scored: Paul Molitor 4. Earned Run Average (in at least 150 innings): Dennis Martinez 5. Saves: Lee Smith

3. 30 Point Bonus: Considering how quickly things change over there, I'm hesitant to write a question on the former soviet union, bu~ here goes. I'll name the current president of a former soviet republic, you name the republic. Five points apiece. 5 -~f~ f~rJI 5.

1. Leonid Kravchuk: Ukraine 2. Nursultan Nazarbayev: Kazakhstan 3. Anatolijs Gorbunovs: Latvia 4. Levon Ter-Petrosyan: Armenia 5. Ayaz Mutalibov: Azerbaijan

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4. 20 Point Bonus: Although Oklahoma may not seem like a hotbed of espionage, the current chairmen of both the House and Senate Intelligence Committees are from Oklahoma. For ten points apiece, name these Sooners.

Dave McCurdy (House), David Boren (Senate)

5. 30 Point Bonus: Identify the following parts of the eye from my description. 10 points apiece.

1) The firm transparent front part of the outer coat of the eye, covering the iris and the pupil. cornea 2) The innermost, light-sensitive layer of the eye, consisting of two types of photosensitive cells, the rods and the cones.

retina 3) The firm, semifluid jelly that fills the space in the eye behind the lens. vitreous humor

6. 20 Point Bonus: only one man has served as Speaker of the US House of Representatives and been elected President of the United states. For 20 points, name him.

James Knox Polk

8. 25 Point Bonus: Located in the Canadian Rockies, it is the si te of some of the earliest fossils of complicated organisms. Some creatures found there and virtually nowhere else include wiwaxia, hallucigenia, and anomalocaris. For 25 points name this location, whose finds have fueled heated debates in the fields of taxonomy and paleontology and are the subject of Stephen Jay Gould's book "Wonderful Life".

Burgess shale

9. 20 Point Bonus: For 20 points name the Anglo-Irish philosopher who wrote, aIr.ong other works, "An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision", "Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge", and "Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous".

George Berkeley

10. 20 Point Bonus: I'll name a planet, you name its largest satellite. 5 points apiece.

1) Saturn: Titan 2) Jupiter: Ganymede 3) Uranus: Titania 4) Mars: Phobos

11. 20 Point Bonus: This grandson of Peter the Great was serving as Duke of Holstein when his aunt Elizabeth bade him return to Russia as heir to the throne. He succeeded Elizabeth upon the latter's death in 1761, but lasted less than a year as tsar before being deposed by his wife. He was murdered in prison soon thereafter. For 20 points, name this hapless tsar.

Peter III (ask for more specific on "Peter")

12. 20 Point Bonus: Being a king has its advantages, even in the Bible. King David, for instance, once saw a beautiful woman, had her taken to his palace, and got her pregnant. Since she was already married, he arranged to have her husband, who was serving in David's army, killed in battle. For 10 points apiece, name the woman, who then married David and gave birth to Solomon, and her unfortunate first husband.

Bathsheba, Uriah the Hittite

13. 20 Point Bonus: The Canadian River flows for over 900 miles, but none of those miles are anywhere near Canada. For 5 points apiece, name the four US states in which this river is located.

Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas

14. 20 Point Bonus: ~2nerally, atomic weights increase along with atomic numbers. This is not always true, however. Element #18, a gas, has atomic weight 40 while element #19, a metallic solid, has atomic weight 39. For 10 points apiece, name these elements.

argon, potassium

15. 30 Point Bonus: Since we are in Philadelphia, this seems like a good time to honor those musical geniuses, Hall and Oates. First, for five points apiece, what are Hall's and Oates's first names?

Daryl and John For ten more points, name Daryl and John's biggest h~t, a 1982 smash that stayed atop Billboard's pop singles chaOrt for 4 weeks:

Maneater For yet another ten points, name their first top ten single, which peaked at number 4 in 1976: Sara Smile

16. 30 Point Bonus: For 30 points, tell me what African lake, the continent's ttoird largest and the world's tenth largest, is bounded by Mozambique, Tanzania, and Malawi.

Lake Nyasa

17. 20 Point Bonus: In the 70 year history of the French Third Republic, two of its presidents were assassinated. One was a former engineer killed by an Italian anarchist in 1894, while the other was a former governor-general of Indochina shot by a Russian anarchist in 1932. For ten points apiece, name these two Frenchmen.

Marie-Francois Sadi Carnot, Paul Doumer

18. 20 Point Bonus: This French term described a crime compr1s1ng all evil-intentioned deeds directed against the king, his councillors, or gendarmerie, or which injure the state, create public disturbances, or foment conspiracies. This crime was usually punishable by death, often in an especially painful manner. For 20 points, name the crime.

lese majeste

19. 30 Point Bonus: I will name a physical property; you tell me what unit is used to measure that property in the MRS system. 10 points apiece.

1) capacitance: farad 2) inductance: Henry 3) magnetic flux: weber

20. 30 Point Bonus: Identify the writer from his or her works. 30-20-10.

1) Theophilus North 2) The Matchmaker 3) The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Thornton Wilder

21. 30 Point Bonus: One lege Bowl question that has been asked dozens of times is to e the two South American countries that don't border Brazil ~Jttry6tt"'r~.:9~ei<nEs iiifliece,--~ name

~ G cff the 10 South American countries and colonies that do border Brazil. Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

22. 20 Point Bonus: I will name four Chinese dynasties. You place them in chronological order, from earliest to latest ruling. 5 points apiece. The four are: Han, Sui, Sung, Tang.

Han. Sui. Tang. Sung

23.~~J& Point Bonus: Because the Bible was not originally written in English, it was inevitable that a variety of renderings in our language would emerge over time. Most of these have come to be referred to by a set of initials. For 5 points apiece, I'll give you an acronym, you give me translation or paraphrase of the Bible it refers to.

1. T.E.B.: Today's English Bible 2. A.S.V.: American standard Version 3. N.A.S.B.: ~ American standard Bible 4. N.K,J.V,: New King James Version

24. 30 Point Bonus: Identify the playwright by his plays. 30-20-10.

1) Henry IV 2) The Pleasure of Honesty 3) Six Characters in Search of an Author

Luigi Pirandello

25. 25 Point Bonus: For 5 pOints apiece, I'll give you a ~ ~ •• ~ Senator. You tell me the name of the other Senator from Ais ..... state.

1. ~ Orrin Hatch: Jake Gam 2. 'JfJ!IMftU~8ESe· , Albert Gore: James Sasser 3. AG~~iB&, Strom Thurmond: Ernest F. Hollings 4. ~, Thad Cochran: Trent ~ 5. ~, Lloyd Bentsen: Phil Gramm

26. 20 Point Bonus: The breakup of the former Soviet Union has spawned a bevy of new republics, and geography whizzes are scrambling to update their internal lists of national capitals. Let's see how up-to-date yours is. For 10 points each, tell me the capital of:

1) Uzbekistan: Tashkent 2) Turkmenistan: Ashkabad

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27. 30 Point Bonus: As we all should know, the goddesses of the arts and sciences. For I'll name a discipline, you name the Muse.

1) sacred poetry: polyhymnia 2) history: ~ 3) comedy: Thalia

the nine Muses were 10 points apiece,