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The first one was given in 1922 to Hendrik Willem van Loon for The Story of Mankind. The 2004 award was given to Kate DiCamillo for The Tale of (*) Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread. For 10 points—name this award given annually by the American Library Association to the most outstanding book for children.

answer: 2.

Ethan Frome

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This seat of Otero County is located in the foothills of the Sacramento Mountains. Sites in and around this city, whose name means “fat cottonwood,” include the Holloman Air Force Base, the International Space Hall of Fame, and (*) White Sands National Monument. For 10 points—name this city in southern New Mexico, whose nearby Trinity Site was the location of the first nuclear bomb test.

answer: 4.

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In Chapter Seven, the pickle-dish that the cat broke leads Zeena to hurl insults at her cousin Mattie and send her back home to Stamford. Mattie never arrives in Stamford, however; a (*) spine injury leaves her an invalid in Starkfield. For 10 points—name this cautionary tale about reckless sledding, a New England novel by Edith Wharton.

answer: 3.

John Newbery Medal

Alamogordo

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Democratic-Republicans held their first Congressional caucus to discuss Washington's refusal to hand over papers relating to this. Modern international arbitration is traced back to the commissions it set up to determine boundaries, and it opened the (*) Mississippi River to ships of both signatories' nationalities. For 10 points—name this 1794 agreement signed by Lord Grenville and the namesake U.S. Chief Justice.

answer:

Jay's Treaty or Jay Treaty

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They were termed ”yukons” until it was discovered there were more of them than necessary for the specific proton-neutron interactions proposed by Hideki Yukawa. They include the J/psi, D-plus, (*) kaons, and pions and have masses intermediate between electrons and protons. For 10 points—name this class of particles whose name suggests their “middle” masses.

answer: 6.

business schools (accept equivalents)

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Sir Christopher Wren

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Thirty-six of the forty-four provincial capitals were attacked, as well as the U.S. embassy and Tan Son Nhut [tawn sawn nut] Air Base. It began on January 30, (*) 1968, and was coordinated by Vo Nguyen Giap [VOH nuh-WIN JAHP] . For 10 points—name this North Vietnamese military push that began during the lunar new year festival.

answer: 9.

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Documents framing this man's works are collected in Parentalia, a history of his family. A one-time professor of astronomy at Gresham College, his first architectural project was the chapel of Pembroke (*) College; this was followed by extensions to Hampton Court and Chelsea Hospital. For 10 points—name this architect who designed numerous London churches and the post-Great Fire St. Paul's Cathedral.

answer: 8.

meson(s)

Duke has Fuqua [FYOO-kwuh], Berkeley has Haas, Virginia has Darden, Minnesota has Carlson, Northwestern has (*) Kellogg, MIT has Sloan, Emory has Goizueta [goy-SWET-uh], and Penn has Wharton. For 10 points—what type of graduate professional schools emboss these names on the degrees they award to new MBAs?

answer: 7.

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The flaw in this enzyme is a result of its evolution in a primitive atmosphere nearly devoid of molecular oxygen. As a result, in the presence of O 2 it catalyzes the undesirable formation of (*) carbon dioxide, rather than the reverse reaction, which is more useful for photosynthesis. Probably the most abundant protein on Earth, this is—for 10 points—what predominant plant enzyme involved in carbon fixation?

answer:

Rubisco [roo-BISS-koh] or ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase

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10. Both hands must be used and both feet must stay on the ground. To do this effectively, players arch their backs and bring their entire body forward while launching the (*) ball. It takes place at the point on the sideline where the ball went out of bounds and is done by the team that did not touch the ball last. For 10 points—name this soccer play in which non-goalies are allowed to touch the ball with their hands. answer:

throw-in

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11. First enunciated by Lewis Cass in the “Nicholson letter,” it was applied to Utah and New Mexico by the Compromise of 1850. The Freeport Doctrine, proposed by Stephen (*) Douglas, attempted to reconcile this notion with the Dred Scott decision. For 10 points—name this ideal, applied to Kansas and Nebraska in 1854, that territories should decide the slavery question for themselves. answer:

popular sovereignty (prompt on “squatter sovereignty”)

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12. After commanding the Paramour Pink, the first sea vessel launched for a purely scientific mission, in 1701 this scientist published the first magnetic charts of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. He also oversaw the editing and publication of (*) Newton's Principia, but is better known for predicting a 1758 astronomical event. For 10 points—name this man for whom the comet of that year is named. answer:

(Sir) Edmond Halley

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13. This former journalist's 1988 novel Fiasco describes the silence that greeted the publication 13 years earlier of his Fateless. Together, these form a trilogy with his third novel (*) Kaddish for a Child Not Born, about a child who refuses to be born into a world which permitted Auschwitz, to which this man was himself sent. For 10 points—name this Hungarian winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Literature. answer:

Imre Kertesz [IM-reh ker-TESH]

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14. His son Robert died fighting for the North in the Civil War. His nephew Robert Moffat died of fever while searching for him. His wife Mary died on the banks of the Zambezi River in 1862, a river they had (*) explored and where they had together discovered Victoria Falls. For 10 points—name this Scottish explorer and missionary who himself died in Zambia in 1873, one year after saying farewell to Henry Morton Stanley. answer:

David Livingstone

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15. NFPA code 704 concerns a four-part rating system for this kind of substance. The bottom code can be either “OX” or a barred W, while the other three are integers from 0 to 4 that indicate a material's (*) instability, flammability, and general tendency to cause health problems. For 10 points—name this generic class of dangerous materials signaled by characteristic red, blue, yellow, and white diamonds. answer:

hazardous materials (or hazmats; prompt on “dangerous materials”)

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16. It tells the story of the presumptuous Selima whose wandering eyes were tempted by a treasure that glistered, but was not gold. While stretching to snare it, a slippery verge beguiled her feet and dumped her into the (*) tub from whose flood she emerged eight times to mew to the watery gods, none of whom saw fit to save her. For 10 points—name this Thomas Gray poem about the death of Horace Walpole's tabby. answer:

On a Favourite Cat Drowned in a Tub of Goldfishes

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17. This country's 1917 constitution continued the anticlericalism, antimonopolism, and democracy of previous charters, but introduced secular, compulsory education; asserted the national ownership of subsoil resources; and put forth a program of (*) land-reform as demanded by the followers of Emiliano Zapata. For 10 points—what country's first elected president under this constitution was Venustiano Carranza? answer:

Mexico or United Mexican States

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18. Pencil and paper ready. A sector of a circle with radius 10 has a central angle of theta degrees. If the area of the sector is 37.5 pi square units, then the measure of angle theta must be (*) —for 10 points—how many degrees, given that the area of the circle is 100 pi square units? answer:

135 degrees (or 3/4 pi or 0.75 pi)

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19. After her husband's death, she fled to Rhodes where her supposed friend Polyxo had her hung from a tree. She was taken to Athens as a girl by Theseus, but rescued by her brothers (*) Castor and Polydeuces. This daughter of Zeus and Leda married Deiphobos after the death of Paris, but was later reclaimed by her first husband, Menelaus [men-ul-AY-us]. For 10 points—name this cause of the Trojan War. answer:

Helen of Troy

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20. She has signed to co-star with Kim Delany in the CBS pilot for Sudbury, a show about sisters who happen to be witches. She will likely be put in the public's eye before that on account of the Illinois (*) Senate race, where the sealed details of her custody battle with ex-husband Jack could become an issue. For 10 points—name this actress who played Ronny Cooke on Boston Public and Seven of Nine on Star Trek: Voyager. answer:

Jeri (Lynn) Ryan (or Jeri Lynn Zimmerman)

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21. Pencil and paper ready. February 29, 2004, fell on a Sunday. To find the day of the week of February 29, 2008, it helps to remember that there are 365 days between March 1 and February 28, inclusive, and that March 1, 2007, will be three days of the week later than March 1, 2004. (*) For 10 points—what day of the week is February 29, 2008? answer:

Friday [March 1, 2004, was a Monday. March 1, 2007, will be a Thursday, as will February 28, 2008.]

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22. It marks the passing into Nirvana of Mahavira for the Jains. In Hinduism, it signifies the dice games on Mt. Kailasa between Shiva and Parvati, the return to (*) Ayodhya of King Rama, and the birth of Vishnu's consort Lakshmi. Celebrated over five days in the fall, this is—for 10 points—what Indian Feast of Lights? answer:

Diwali (or Dipavali or Deepavali; accept Feast of Lights early)

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23. On this city's “White Night” in 2002, on which museums and parks didn't close, its openly gay socialist mayor Bertrand Delanoe was stabbed. Earlier that year, Delanoe created its much-copied summer (*) “Plage,” [plahzh] an artificial beach for those who couldn't afford to go away in August. For 10 points—name this city once led by Jacques Chirac that covered the Seine's [senz] banks in white sand. answer:

Paris

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24. Legend holds that it was settled by Grimur Kamban, who sought to escape the oppression of King Harald I of Norway. Its unicameral parliament, the Lagting, consists of 34 members, and 17 of its 22 (*) islands are inhabited, including Stromo, Ostero, and Vago. For 10 points—name this island group in the North Atlantic whose capital is at Torshavn. answer:

Faeroe [FAIR-oh] Islands

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25. He measured the obliquity of the ecliptic, which equals the maximum tilt of the Earth's axis; devised a calendar that included leap years; wrote works on the theater; produced a star chart; and served as (*) Librarian of Alexandria. For 10 points—name this ancient Greek thinker who used solar observations to calculate the circumference of the Earth and who developed an algorithm for finding primes. answer:

Eratosthenes [eh-ruh-TOSS-thuh-neez] of Cyrene

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26. Its instructions include avoiding loud and aggressive persons, enjoying achievements as well as plans, remembering what (*) peace there may be in silence, being cheerful, and striving to be happy. For 10 points—name this inspirational 1927 poem that begins, “Go placidly amid the noise and haste.” answer:

Desiderata

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1.

In October 2003 a study linked a form of decompression sickness in whales and dolphins to mass strandings of the animals and suggested they might have been caused by humans. For 10 points each—

A.

The animals may have been disoriented by which human-created technique for underwater navigation?

answer: B.

In humans, decompression sickness is usually called what?

answer: C.

sonar bends

Decompression sickness is caused by bubbles of which gas forming in the bloodstream?

answer:

nitrogen or N 2

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For 10 points each—name these mathematicians who posed as-yet-unanswered problems:

A.

This Greek author of the Elements was the first to ask if there were any odd numbers equal to the sum of their proper divisors.

answer: B.

This Russian's namesake conjecture is that every even integer greater than 2 is the sum of two primes.

answer: C.

Euclid Christian Goldbach

This man's namesake hypothesis is that the nontrivial zeroes of the zeta function have real part one-half. His namesake sums are finite versions of integrals.

answer:

Georg (Friedrich Bernhard) Riemann

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Around 696 Paoluccio Anafesto became the first person to hold this office in any city, although the palace named for the position would not be built until 814. For 10 points each—

A.

Identify this post whose name comes from the Latin for “leader.”

answer: B.

According to tradition, what city, long ruled by doges, was founded in AD 421 on St. Mark's day?

answer: C.

doge [dohj] Venice (or Venezia)

The most famous doge is probably this Genoan admiral, namesake of an Italian liner that crashed into the Stockholm in 1956.

answer:

Andrea Doria

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For 10 points each—name these natives of the Keystone State of Pennsylvania:

A.

This composer wrote Antony and Cleopatra, the first work performed by the New York Metropolitan Opera after moving to Lincoln Center, as well as a well known Adagio for Strings.

answer: B.

This poet of ”American Names” and ”John Brown's Body” also wrote the short story “The Devil and Daniel Webster.”

answer: C.

Samuel Barber

Stephen Vincent Benet [beh-NAY]

This man led the design team of the Ford Mustang before becoming CEO of the Chrysler Corporation in 1979.

answer:

(Lido Anthony) “Lee” Iacocca

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5.

A musical instrument has a first harmonic, or fundamental, of 1000 hertz. For 10 points each—what is the frequency, in hertz, of the next lowest harmonic the instrument can produce if it is . . .

A.

A string fixed at both ends?

answer: B.

A pipe open at both ends?

answer: C.

2000 hertz 2000 hertz

A pipe closed at one end?

answer:

3000 hertz

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6.

For 10 points each—in which state or colony did these rebellions take place?

A.

Bacon's Rebellion, 1676

answer: B.

Whiskey Rebellion, 1794

answer: C.

Virginia Pennsylvania

Dorr's Rebellion, 1842

answer:

The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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7.

For 10 points each—name these 2003 modern rock “hits” from lyrics:

A.

“Now, don't just walk away / Pretending everything's OK / And you don't care about me / And I know there's just no use / When all your lies become your truths and I don't care.”

answer: B.

“And I won't give up, if you don't give up / I won't give up, if you don't give up.”

answer: C.

Are You Happy Now [by Michelle Branch] Calling All Angels [by Train]

“When it gets cold outside and you got nobody to love / You'll understand what I mean when I say / There's no way we're gonna give up.”

answer:

Harder to Breathe [by Maroon 5]

8.

For 10 points each—name these lesser characters from Hamlet:

A.

Hamlet's trusted friend from school, he is loyal throughout the play and is still alive at the end.

answer: B.

Horatio

This prince of Norway, likely the next ruler of Denmark, enters at the end and delivers a brief eulogy for Hamlet.

answer: C.

Young Fortinbras

The skull of this long-dead jester of King Hamlet appears when a sexton is digging Ophelia's grave.

answer:

Yorick

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For 10 points each—name these chemicals among the top 50 in worldwide production in 1996:

A.

This compound with formula C 3 H 6 was the most produced organic molecule.

answer: B.

propene or propylene (do not accept “cyclopropane”)

Second among organic molecules was this ether that is commonly used as an anti-knock additive in gasoline, despite environmental concerns.

answer: C.

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MTBE or methyl tert-butyl ether (or methyl t-butyl ether)

Sixth among organics is this molecule, the monomer that polymerizes to form PVC.

answer:

vinyl chloride or chloroethene (or chloroethylene or ethylene chloride)

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10. For 10 points each—name these symphonies by Franz Josef Haydn: A.

In this 1772 work, the musicians get up and leave one by one. At the première, they blew out a candle on their stands as they left.

answer: B.

The nickname of this 1794 symphony in G major comes from the trumpet solo in its second movement.

answer: C.

Farewell Symphony or Symphony No. 45 in F sharp minor (or Abschiedsymphonie) Military Symphony or Symphony No. 100 in G major

This 1794 symphony in D major was named after the accent on the first subject of the second movement; in 1798 that movement was published separately, arranged for piano, under the title “Rondo.”

answer:

Clock Symphony or Symphony No. 101 in D major (or Die Uhr)

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11. For 10 points each—name the biblical queen who says . . . A.

To Ahasuerus [ah-HAS-yoo-AIR-rus]: “The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman [HAY-mun].”

answer: B.

To Solomon: “It was a true report that I heard in mine own lands of thy acts and of thy wisdom.”

answer: C.

Esther (or Hadassah) Queen of Sheba

To Elijah: “So let the gods do to me if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.”

answer:

Jezebel

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12. If the “factors” governing two different characteristics are located on separate chromosomes, those characteristics are inherited independently. For 10 points each— A.

Name this law of genetics.

answer: B.

This Austrian monk first stated the law of independent assortment in 1874.

answer: C.

law of independent assortment Gregor (Johann) Mendel

Mendel also formulated this law that the two members of an allele [uh-LEEL] pair separate during gamete [GAA-meet] formation, and that each gamete receives only one member of the pair.

answer:

law of segregation

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13. For 10 points each—name these creeds, none of which features Scott Stapp: A.

At the request of Constantine, this statement of faith emerged from an AD 325 council of bishops.

answer: B.

This 1897 statement of John Dewey's beliefs about teaching became the basis of his work at the laboratory school at the University of Chicago.

answer: C.

Nicene Creed

My Pedagogic Creed

This heavyweight champion of the world won an epic 15-round fight with Rocky Balboa in 1976 to retain his title.

answer:

Apollo Creed

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14. For 10 points each—name these novels featuring scientists: A.

The title character of this Sinclair Lewis novel discovers the X principle in his search for a cure for the lambda phage.

answer: B.

Jack Bolling, the title character of this Walker Percy novel, was a scientist before becoming a New Orleans stockbroker.

answer: C.

Arrowsmith

The Moviegoer

The unnamed scientist and protagonist of this novel discovers the Eloi and Morlocks thousands of years in the future.

answer:

The Time Machine (accept The Timeships)

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15. For 10 points each—name these New York City landmarks: A.

John Duncan modeled this final resting place in Riverside Park on the original Mausoleum of Halicarnassus.

answer: B.

In 1945, 14 people died when a military bomber crashed into the 78th floor of this building.

answer: C.

Grant's Tomb or General Grant National Memorial Empire State Building

This glass tower built in 1983 at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 56th Street is noted for its cutbacks that play host to Christmas trees and carolers, and for the largesse of its owner.

answer:

Trump Tower (do not accept “Trump World Tower”)

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16. 30-20-10. Name the U.S. president. A.

Because his wife Peggy was a semi-invalid, his daughter, Betty Bliss, served as White House hostess.

B.

Another daughter, Sarah, died of malaria three months after her marriage to Jefferson Davis.

C.

This man nicknamed ”Old Rough and Ready” became a national hero after his victory at Buena Vista.

answer:

Zachary Taylor

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17. For 10 points for one, 20 for two, 25 for three, and 30 for all four—name the four tiles in a game of Scrabble that are worth three points each. answer:

B C M P

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18. For 10 points each—name these writers from Boeotia [bee-OH-shuh]: A.

The fame of this contemporary of Homer rests on his Theogony [thee-AH-guh-ee] and Works and Days.

answer: B.

This 5th-century-BC poet wrote 44 extant epinician [eh-pih-SIH-nee-un], or triumphal, odes, in a form now named for him.

answer: C.

Hesiod (or Hesiodos)

Pindar (or Pindaros)

He wrote nine books of Symposiaca, or “table talks,” but his fame rests on his series of counterpart biographies Parallel Lives.

answer:

Plutarch (or Plutarchos)

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19. For 10 points each—name these title characters of operas by Richard Wagner [VAHG-nur]: A.

He is Hans Sachs, a cobbler who helps another man win the St. John's Day singing contest

answer: B.

He was raised by the dwarf Mime [MEE-meh] who hopes that the shattered sword Nothung [NOH-tung] will be reforged for him.

answer: C.

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Siegfried

He is a German knight who spends a year debauching himself with Venus and then travels to Rome for absolution.

answer:

Heinrich Tannhäuser [TAHN-hoy-zur]

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20. For 10 points each—name these bodies of water that border France: A.

It runs between France and its neighbor to the north; islands in it include Jersey and Guernsey.

answer: B.

This large bay sits west of France and north of Spain.

answer: C.

English Channel or la Manche (prompt on “Atlantic Ocean”) Bay of Biscay

Marseilles [mar-SAY] lies on this gulf, an arm of the Mediterranean Sea.

answer:

Gulf of Lions or Gulf of Lyon (Lion)

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21. For 10 points each—given three minerals, name the alkali metal or alkaline earth metal common to all. A.

Jadeite [JAY-dyte], cryolite [KRY-oh-lyte], borax

answer: B.

Fluorite, dolomite [DOH-luh-myte], limestone

answer: C.

sodium calcium

Biotite [BYE-oh-tyte], orthoclase [OR-thoh-klayz], muscovite [MUSS-koh-vyte]

answer:

potassium

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22. For 10 points each—what sociologist made distinctions between . . . A.

Legal, traditional, and charismatic forms of authority?

answer: B.

The theological, metaphysical, and scientific stages of human progress, the last embodying positivism?

answer: C.

Max Weber [VAY-ber] (Isidore-)Auguste(-Marie-François-Xavier) Comte

Egotistical, anomic, altruistic, and fatalistic motivations for suicide?

answer:

Emile Durkheim [ay-MEEL dur-KEM]

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23. For 10 points each—name these “lost” works of literature: A.

This epic poem includes the line, “Here we may reign secure, and in my choice / To reign is worth ambition though in Hell.”

answer: B.

When Kenneth Branagh filmed this Shakespeare comedy, he decided to jazz it up with Cole Porter tunes.

answer: C.

Paradise Lost Love's Labour's Lost

This James Hilton novel takes place on a Tibetan plateau, in the utopian lamasery of Shangri-La.

answer:

Lost Horizon

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24. For ten points each, name these Democratic senators who have declined to run for re-election in 2004. A.

This Georgian's choice not to run probably gave him the courage to publicly endorse George W. Bush in 2004.

answer: B.

This man declining to run again may allow Republicans to win their first Senate seat in Louisiana since Reconstruction.

answer: C.

Zell Miller

John Breaux

This North Carolinian declined to run, possibly because his presidential campaign burned a few bridges back home.

answer:

John Edwards

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25. For 10 points each—name these things about the Russo-Japanese War: A.

This treaty, mediated by Teddy Roosevelt and named for the New Hampshire town where it was signed, ended the war.

answer: B.

Fought in late February and early March 1905, this final land battle of the war resulted in a Russian retreat after heavy losses on both sides.

answer: C.

Treaty of Portsmouth

Battle of Mukden (or Shen-yang)

This May 27 to 29 naval battle resulted in a final, crushing defeat for Russia.

answer:

Battle of Tsushima Strait(s)

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26. For 10 points each—answer these questions about the discovery of oxygen: A.

Though he didn't recognize oxygen's role in combustion, which English chemist first isolated oxygen by heating mercuric oxide?

answer: B.

Which Frenchman discovered oxygen's role in combustion and named it from the Greek for “acid-maker,” after he incorrectly assumed that all acids contained it?

answer: C.

Joseph Priestley

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier [luh-VWAH-zee-ay]

Lavoisier also used oxygen to disprove the existence of which substance that Georg Stahl had argued was given off by elements during combustion?

answer:

phlogiston [fluh-JISS-tun]

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