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This Princeton professor's only play to date was 1986's Dreaming Emmett. Her more famous novelistic creations include Jadine and Son, Violet and Joe (*) Trace, and the former slave Sethe. Born Chloe Wofford— for 10 points—name the writer who created these characters in Tar Baby, Jazz, and Beloved. answer: Toni Morrison <58970>

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The transition to this period is marked by the emergence of the animal kingdom, though the date and details of that appearance are controversial. It was named in 1835 from the Latin name of (*) Wales, the location where its characteristic strata were first studied. For 10 points—name this earliest period of the Paleozoic era, the immediate successor of the Proterozoic eon. answer: Cambrian Period <61118>

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It beats out Alaska as the state with the highest percentage of federally owned land—over 83 percent. It also has the distinction of spending the (*) fewest years as a territory of any Western state—a mere three years. For 10 points—name this state, “Battle Born” in 1864, which shares its name with a mountain range, or, in Spanish, a sierra, that runs along its western border. answer: Nevada <58843>

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The only player to record more four-goal games than Peter Bondra, he overshadowed Bondra's sixth career four-goal game in (*) December 2000 by recording a goal and two assists on the same night. Those were the first points scored in over three years by—for 10 points—which “Super” member of the Pittsburgh Penguins? answer: Mario Lemieux <55279>

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He was created via an elaborate hoax in 1809, including ads in the New York papers announcing the sale of a “very curious book” this man had left behind when he disappeared. That book turned out to be a (*) mock history supposedly written by him, featuring Henry Hudson, Peter Stuyvesant, and others. For 10 points—name this eccentric Dutchman, actually a pen name of Washington Irving, whose name later came to refer to all New York residents. answer: Diedrich Knickerbocker <60410>

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His suffering under the reign of Mary Tudor caused him to publish his “First blast of the Trumpet against the Monstrous Regiment of Women.” Another work, “Epistle on the Justification of (*) Faith,” was written before he met John Calvin in 1554. Calvin's influence led him to draft the Confessions of Faith when he returned to Scotland in 1559. For 10 points—name this founder of Presbyterianism. answer: John Knox <54144>

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Long committed to gender equality in politics, this nation named the world's first female defense minister and has quotas for female representation in the national legislature, the (*) Eduskunta. Its new president, a former gay rights campaigner, is the first woman to hold the job; her predecessor is now overseeing IRA disarmament. For 10 points—Tarja Halonen succeeded Martti Ahtisaari in what Northern European country? answer: Finland or Suomi <39260>

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Inspired by All the President's Men, he received a B.A. in journalism from Point Park College in his native Pittsburgh. Abandoning journalism for the world of comedy, he was discovered by (*) Lorne Michaels after a performance in Los Angeles and was hired to host the “Weekend Update” segment of Saturday Night Live, which he did from 1986 to 1991. Of course, that's just our opinion, we could be wrong. For 10 points—name this comedian who joined the Monday Night Football announcing team in August 2000. answer: Dennis Miller <52721>

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One example is in the 1997 version of Microsoft Word. Typing the word “blue” and formatting it to appear (*) blue is the first step to playing an unsophisticated pinball game. This term applies to any unexpected surprise, message, image, or sound hidden in a Web site or computer application. For 10 points—name this term for something fun to look for, especially on a Sunday in April. answer: Easter egg <61020>

10. It originated with the Roman tribunes who could protect plebian interests by shouting down a law with the cry, “I forbid.” Today it (*) describes, among other things, an action by which one of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council can overrule Council decisions. For 10 points—name this bill-killing power exercised by U.S. presidents in the hope that Congress will not override them. answer: veto <36666>

11. Agreements that ended this conflict include the Treaty of Neuilly [no-ILL-ee], signed with Bulgaria; the Treaty of Saint-Germain, signed with Austria; and the Treaty of Trianon, signed with (*) Hungary. The treaty most famously associated with it was so harsh that war broke out again barely 20 years later. For 10 points— name this war ended by the Treaty of Versailles [ver-SYE]. answer: World War I (prompt on “The Great War”) <59089>

12. This phrase is plastered on every stairway landing of Victory Mansions, where the protagonist lives, and it always appears below an enormous (*) face with a black mustache, “one of those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move.” For 10 points—name this five-word slogan encouraging paranoia and obedience, omnipresent on posters in George Orwell's 1984. answer: Big Brother is Watching You (prompt on “Big Brother” before “five-word”) <26675>

13. In 1910 Sonora Smart Dodd organized the first celebration of this holiday, which Dodd set on the birthday of a certain Civil War veteran and widower. More than 50 years later, Lyndon Johnson proclaimed it a national holiday to be observed on the (*) third Sunday in June. For 10 points—name this occasion on which many American men receive cards, gardening tools, and neckties from their wives and children. answer: Father's Day <49312>

14. Geographical features of this country include the Rhatikon Massif, the Samina River, and the valley of the Ill River. It claims 1600 square miles of the Czech Republic taken in 1918 from the family of its leader, (*) Prince Hans Adam II; if that claim is ever upheld, its size would increase by over a factor of 20. For 10 points—name this 62-square-mile principality with capital Vaduz [vah-DOOZ]. answer: Principality of Liechtenstein <59052>

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15. He was born Aleksei Maksimovich Peshkov in 1868, in Nizhni Novgorod, a city which is now (*) named in his honor. He adopted a pseudonym meaning “bitter” as a protest against the rottenness of the political and social order in Tsarist Russia. For 10 points—name this Russian writer, author of the novel Foma Gordeyev and the play The Lower Depths. answer: Maxim Gorky <30833>

16. Two answers required. From St. Ignace to Green Bay, up the Fox River to the Wisconsin, and from Prairie du Chien to the (*) Mississippi River to the mouth of the Arkansas. Such was the route taken by these two men in 1673 in trying to discover the source of the Mississippi. For 10 points—name these French explorers, a cartographer and a Jesuit missionary. answer: Jacques (Père) Marquette and Louis Jol(l)iet <59119>

17. Anticipating much of her later work, she once said, “Nobody sees a flower, really, it is so (*) small. We haven't time—and to see takes time like to have a friend takes time.” Though her subjects often included bones, mountains, and other natural forms of the American Southwest, she is best known for her canvases of close-up views of flowers. For 10 points—name this American artist of works like Black Iris and Cow's Skull, Red, White, and Blue. answer: Georgia O'Keeffe <60831>

18. It originally consisted of a glass vial partly filled with water and closed with a cork pierced with a wire that dipped into the water. The (*) exposed end of the wire was brought into contact with a friction device that produced electricity. For 10 points—name this device, discovered independently by Pieter van Musschenbroek and Georg von Kleist, that stores static electricity. answer: Leyden jar <60908>

19. This Christian doctor in Byzantium was sentenced to death by lions in AD 307. Because of his bravery, it took seven tries to kill him, and so he became a saint whose name means “all lion” in Latin. This (*) saint's name came to be used to describe a foolishly quarrelsome commedia dell'arte character who would dress in long, baggy trousers. For 10 points—what English fashion term comes from this saint's name? answer: Pantaloon (accept “St. Pantaleon” on early buzz) <26837>

20. Seriously wounded at three separate Civil War battles, he turned to law after the war and first became well known for his 1881 work The Common Law. Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt to the Supreme Court, he (*) became known for his judicial restraint and protection of free speech in all but the most extreme cases, such as yelling “Fire!” in a crowded theater. For 10 points—name this jurist known as the “Great Dissenter”. answer: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. <38541>

21. In October 1998 the oldest surviving copy of his works—found in a convent in Istanbul and including “Method of Mechanical Theorems” and “On Floating Bodies”—was (*) auctioned off. The latter shows his work connecting math and mechanics, which lives on in his namesake hydrostatic principle and his namesake water-raising screw. For 10 points—name this ancient Greek mathematician, famed for getting an idea for weighing gold in a bathtub and shouting “Eureka!” answer: Archimedes [ARK-uh-MEE-deez] <61039>

22. When tanks rolled into Budapest in 1956, this man published “Le Fantôme de Staline” condemning the invasion, despite his outspoken support of the Soviet Union after World War II. His other works include the philosophical (*) Existentialism and Freedom and Being and Nothingness, but it was for his autobiography, Les Mots that he was offered the Nobel Prize. For 10 points—name this French thinker who declined that prize in 1964. answer: Jean-Paul Sartre <61084>

23. The daughter of Geb and Nut [NEWT], her name was written with the hieroglyph for throne, which she may have personified, and in (*) later times she became the protector of sailors. In the swamps of Khemnis she gave birth to Horus, who revenged his slain father against her brother, Seth. For 10 points—name this Egyptian goddess who reassembled her husband Osiris. answer: Isis or Aset <56217>

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24. It began when a former monk took control of a rebellion against the Mongols, ruled for over 300 years, and ended with (*) tax revolts and the Manchu conquest. Its strong centralized government featured autocratic emperors, one of whom, Yung Lo, moved the capital from Nanjing to Beijing in 1421. For 10 points—name this Chinese dynasty known for its novels and fine porcelain. answer: Ming dynasty <60876>

25. Doctors at the Illinois Institute of Technology are testing a new way to detect this disease through a device similar to a Breathalyzer. Rather than injecting a toxin under the skin, the new device looks for bacteria exhaled from a person's (*) lungs. On the rise due to an increasing population of immunosuppressed patients— for 10 points—name this highly contagious respiratory infection that used to be known as comsumption. answer: tuberculosis (prompt on “TB” or early “consumption”) <56914>

26. It is the name given to a 1913 choral symphony by Sergei Rachmaninoff with text from an Edgar Allan Poe poem and the ones of Zlonice inspired a Dvorák orchestral work of the same name. The playing of (*) “changes” on these instruments underlies the secret of Dorothy Sayer's work The Nine Tailors. For 10 points— name these instruments that come in a wide range of sizes, the actual noisemakers of a carillon. answer: bells <61114>

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Answer these questions about the history of Vietnam, for 10 points each:

A. What nationalist and Communist served as President of North Vietnam from 1945 to 1969? answer: Ho Chi Minh or Nguyen Sinh Cung or Nguyen Tat Thanh or Nguyen Ai Quoc B. What French-appointed emperor proclaimed the country's independence in 1945? answer: Bao Dai or Nguyen Vinh Thuy C. What French fortress fell to the Viet Minh in May 1954? answer: Dien Bien Phu <58901>

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Given an ion's chemical formula, name it, for 10 points each.

A. Cu 2+ [see yoo two plus] answer: cupric or copper(II) B. ClO4 1- [see ell oh four one minus] answer: perchlorate or chlorate(VII) C. HCO3 1- [aitch see oh three one minus] answer: bicarbonate or hydrogen carbonate <47636>

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Friendship Bridge, which opened April 8, 1994, is the only bridge south of China that spans this longest river in Southeast Asia. For 10 points each—name:

A. This river, which forms part of the border between Laos and Myanmar. answer: Mekong River or Lan-Tsang Chiang or Lancang Jiang or Menam Khong or Mae Nam Khong or Song Tien Giang B. The Laotian capital twelve miles upstream from Friendship Bridge. answer: Vientiane or Viangchan or Wieng Chan C.

The Asian nation whose King Bhumibol [BOOM-ee-BOWL] helped cut the ribbon at the Friendship Bridge's opening. answer: Kingdom of Thailand (prompt on “Siam”) <56737>

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For 5 points for one, 10 points for two, 20 points for three, and 30 points for all four—classify each of the following composers as Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionist, or Modern.

A. Franz Liszt answer: Romantic B. Johann Sebastian Bach answer: Baroque C. Georg Philipp Telemann answer: Baroque D. Charles Ives answer: Modern <61116>

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The family arms show two monks, symbolic of its 1297 conquest of its principality by soldiers disguised as monks. For 10 points each—

A. Name this family of nobles. answer: Grimaldi B. Name the principality ruled by the Grimaldi family. answer: Monaco C. The Grimaldi family originally came from what Italian city to conquer Monaco? answer: Genoa <56772>

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A blockbuster four-team trade sent twelve NBA players to different teams in September 2000. For 5 points each—given a player involved in the trade, name in order the team they were with before the trade, and the team to which they were traded.

A. Patrick Ewing answer: Traded from New York Knicks (accept either) to Seattle Supersonics (accept either) B. Glen Rice answer: Traded from Los Angeles Lakers (prompt on “Los Angeles”) to New York Knicks (accept either) C. Luc Longley answer: Traded from Phoenix Suns (accept either) to New York Knicks (accept either) <48073>

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For 10 points each—name these details about the Pillars of Islam:

A. The second pillar, salat, requires prayer this many times each day answer: five times B. The prayers are performed facing this city answer: Mecca C. This was the city Muslims faced to pray before it was changed to Mecca in Muhammad's lifetime. answer: Jerusalem or Jerushalayam or Bayt al-Muqaddas or Al-Quds <41582>

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In the 1880s, two scientists performed a famous experiment that disproved all contemporary theories of the existence of lumeniferous ether as a physical medium for light waves. For 10 points each—

A. Name these two men. answer: A(lbert) A(braham) Michelson, E(dward) W(illiams) Morley B.

Which optical device that compared the optical path lengths for light moving in two perpendicular directions was central to the experiment? answer: (Michelson) interferometer <60910>

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Answer these questions concerning developments in the Balkans in 2000, for 10 points each:

A. This President of Yugoslavia came to power following the ouster of Slobodan Milosevic. answer: Vojislav Kostunica B.

Kostunica has demanded changes in the Rambouillet [rahm-boo-yay] Accords to allow Yugoslav troops to get closer to rebels in this separatist province. answer: Kosovo C. During 2000 and early 2001 Kosovo Albanian militants frequently raided this Serbian valley region. answer: Presevo Valley <54403>

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10. Give the dynasties that these European rulers belonged to, for 10 points each: A. Henry IV of France answer: Bourbon B. Charles II of England answer: Stuart C. Frederick Barbarossa of the Holy Roman Empire answer: Hohenstaufen <34701>

11. For 10 points each—name these things associated with Achilles and his heel: A. On the plains of Troy, Achilles behaved like a heel and sulked in his tent until the death of this best friend. answer: Patroclus or Patroklos B. This Trojan shot the arrow that struck Achilles in his one vulnerable spot, killing him. answer: Paris (accept Alexandros) C. Name either of the calf muscles that are joined to the heel bone by the Achilles tendon. answer: gastrocnemius or soleus <30458>

12. Answer these questions about the nitrogenous [nigh-TRAH-jen-us] base adenine, for 10 points each: A. What pyrimidine base does adenine pair with in DNA? answer: thymine B. How many ring structures are in a molecule of adenine? answer: two C. Its nucleoside forms the backbone of what cellular energy currency? answer: ATP or adenosine triphosphate <60659>

13. Completed about 1470, it was accompanied by the author's prayer for “good deliverance” from prison. For 10 points each— A. Name this 21-book retelling of “the matter of Britain.” answer: Le Morte d'Arthur B. Authorship of Le Morte d'Arthur is usually ascribed to what knight, imprisoned in the reign of Edward IV? answer: Sir Thomas Malory (or Malarie) C. The work was printed in 1485 by what pioneer English printer? answer: William Caxton <49641>

14. You may have seen them on the “Family Values” tour. For 10 points each—name these hard rock bands from songs and albums: A.

Albums include Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water. Songs include “Nookie” and a cover of George Michael's “Faith.” answer: Limp Bizkit B.

Albums include Follow the Leader and Life is Peachy. Songs include “A.D.I.D.A.S.” [a-DEE-duz] and “Freak On A Leash.” answer: Korn C.

Albums include Dysfunction and Tormented. Songs include “Outside” and a cover of Public Enemy's “Bring the Noise.” answer: Staind <58810>

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15. Name the countries in which these operas are set, for 10 points each: A. The Marriage of Figaro answer: Spain B. Madama Butterfly answer: Japan C. La Traviata answer: France <60828>

16. Name these fantasy novels that really count, for 10 points each: A.

This fifth Thomas Covenant novel by Stephen R. Donaldson is named for the powerful object from whose branches the Staff of Law can be re-made. answer: The One Tree B. This J. R. R. Tolkien work is so named because it splits its action between Orthanc and Minas Morgul. answer: The Two Towers C. This book, the first of Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain, introduces Hen Wen, the oracular pig. answer: The Book of Three <56367>

17. Name these related physics terms, for 10 points each: A.

A system whose restoring force is proportional to the negative of its displacement from equilibrium exhibits this type of motion. answer: simple harmonic motion (oscillator) (prompt on “SHM” or “SHO”) B.

For a simple spring, this law states that the restoring force equals negative k times x, where k is the spring constant and x is the displacement. answer: Hooke's Law C.

A simple harmonic oscillator whose amplitude decreases over time is referred to by this word, which may be prefixed by “under,” “over,” or “critically.” answer: damped <39720>

18. According to statistics released by the Federal Aviation Administration in February 2001, of the 100 most frequently delayed domestic airline flights in 2000, half went from or to a certain East Coast destination. For 10 points each—name: A. The New York airport that figured into 46 frequently delayed flights. answer: LaGuardia Airport or LGA B. The Chicago airport that was second on the list. answer: Chicago O'Hare International Airport or ORD C. The West Coast city whose namesake airport came in third. answer: San Francisco (accept SFO) [San Francisco International Airport] <58797>

19. Name the South American nation or territory bordered by only the following nations, for 10 points each: A. Peru and Colombia. answer: Republic of Ecuador B. Argentina and Brazil. answer: Oriental Republic of Uruguay C. Suriname and Brazil. answer: French Guiana <56782>

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20. In 1985 it officially ended when mayors Ugo Vetere and Chedli Klibi signed a treaty of friendship. Its practical end came 2,131 years earlier, when soldiers razed a city to the ground. For 10 points each—name: A. This three-year war that ended in 146 BC. answer: Third Punic War or Third Carthaginian War B. For 5 points each—name the two cities whose mayors signed that 1985 treaty. answer: Rome or Roma, Carthage or Kart-Hadasht or Carthago C. For 10 points—name the North African capital where that treaty was signed. answer: Tunis or Tunus <58866>

21. One was a doglike creature with six heads and twelve feet. The other was a dangerous whirlpool. A.

For 10 points each—name these Greek mythological hazards found on either side of a narrow passage navigated successfully by both Odysseus and Jason. answer: Scylla and Charybdis B.

Scylla and Charybdis were said to flank this real-life strait. For 10 points—name the body of water that separates Sicily from the Italian peninsula. answer: Strait of Messina <61120>

22. Its author noted that two maxims contain the entire content of this essay, the first being “that the individual is not accountable to society for his actions, in so far as these concern the interests of no person but himself.” For 10 points each— A. Name this 1859 philosophical work. answer: On Liberty B. Name the author of On Liberty. answer: John Stuart Mill C.

On Liberty is one of the foremost presentations of this philosophy which holds that the right actions are those which produce the greatest good for the greatest number. answer: Utilitarianism <61103>

23. Name these parts of the knee, for 10 points each: A. This bone of the lower leg meets the femur of the upper leg at the knee. answer: tibia B. The “kneecap” that rests on the ends of the femur is given this name. answer: patella C.

These “medial” and “lateral” circular shaped discs of cartilage function as shock absorbers between the tibia and femur. answer: meniscus or menisci (plural) <61031>

24. Given the year and the writer, name the Pulitzer Prize winner for best drama, for 10 points each. A. 1989, Wendy Wasserstein answer: The Heidi Chronicles B. 1987, August Wilson answer: Fences C. 1967, Edward Albee answer: A Delicate Balance <60781>

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