The first seven are called "true," the next three, "false," and the last two, "floating," because they never reach the sternum. For 10 points -- what are these pairs of bones?
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The first seven are called "true," the next three, "false," and the last two, "floating," because they never reach the sternum. For 10 points -- what are these pairs of bones?
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Its primary definition is: a glottal spirant, either murmured as in "house" or voiceless as in "herb" (ERB). For 10 points -- what is this letter, used in chemistry, to represent the element with only one proton and one electron?
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Its primary definition is: a glottal spirant, either murmured as in "house" or voiceless as in "herb" (ERB). For 10 points -- what is this letter, used in chemistry, to represent the element with only one proton and one electron?
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In 2003, this city inaugurated a water-taxi service on its famous river -- for boaters who don't mind the garbage, the smell, and the olive-brown water. For 10 points -- what is this largest city on the Tiber River?
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In 2003, this city inaugurated a water-taxi service on its famous river -- for boaters who don't mind the garbage, the smell, and the olive-brown water. For 10 points -- what is this largest city on the Tiber River?
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Its plan to become a magnet for toy manufacturers never caught on, but postal cancellations from this Alaskan city are collectibles. For 10 points -- what is this city that boasts a year-round "Spirit of Christmas" but which is far south of the geographic point for which it is named?
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Its plan to become a magnet for toy manufacturers never caught on, but postal cancellations from this Alaskan city are collectibles. For 10 points -- what is this city that boasts a year-round "Spirit of Christmas" but which is far south of the geographic point for which it is named?
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It was F. Scott Fitzgerald's first commercial failure, and most of its second edition was still warehoused when he died in 1940. Now it sells more copies a month than it did during his entire life. For 10 points -- name this 1925 novel narrated by Nick Carraway.
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It was F. Scott Fitzgerald's first commercial failure, and most of its second edition was still warehoused when he died in 1940. Now it sells more copies a month than it did during his entire life. For 10 points -- name this 1925 novel narrated by Nick Carraway.
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He contributed the cover blurb for the 2001 book Judaism for Dummies, and his aides regularly consult that book plus tables for calculating the exact time of sunsets from Iowa to New Hampshire. For 10 points -- who is this first Orthodox Jew to run as a major candidate in the presidential primaries?
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He contributed the cover blurb for the 2001 book Judaism for Dummies, and his aides regularly consult that book plus tables for calculating the exact time of sunsets from Iowa to New Hampshire. For 10 points -- who is this first Orthodox Jew to run as a major candidate in the presidential primaries?
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Though, after a long battle, Producer David O. Selznik finally received permission to use this word, he was fined $5,000 anyway for using it in "Gone With the Wind." For 10 points -- frankly, my dear, what final word, spoken by Rhett Butler?
ANSWER: DAMN ACCEPT: FRANKLY, MY DEAR, I DON'T GIVE A DAMN
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Though, after a long battle, Producer David O. Selznik finally received permission to use this word, he was fined $5,000 anyway for using it in "Gone With the Wind." For 10 points -- frankly, my dear, what final word, spoken by Rhett Butler?
ANSWER: DAMN ACCEPT: FRANKLY, MY DEAR, I DON'T GIVE A DAMN
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In January 1836, Sam Houston ordered Jim Bowie to demolish this structure to keep it out of Mexican hands. Bowie, however, fortified it and moved his troops into it. For 10 points -- name this mission turned fortress.
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In January 1836, Sam Houston ordered Jim Bowie to demolish this structure to keep it out of Mexican hands. Bowie, however, fortified it and moved his troops into it. For 10 points -- name this mission turned fortress.
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Its oldest church is the fifth century Ethiopian Church of St. Stephen, while its own parish church is St. Anne's. Its biggest church is the biggest in Europe. For 10 points -- name this country.
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Its oldest church is the fifth century Ethiopian Church of St. Stephen, while its own parish church is St. Anne's. Its biggest church is the biggest in Europe. For 10 points -- name this country.
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This word has no linguistic roots and is not, Du Pont insists, a combination of "New York" and "London." For 10 points -- what is this word, coined in 1938, for "a synthetic fiber-forming polymeric amide" (PAH-lih-mer-ik AM-ide) much used for stockings?
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This word has no linguistic roots and is not, Du Pont insists, a combination of "New York" and "London." For 10 points -- what is this word, coined in 1938, for "a synthetic fiber-forming polymeric amide" (PAH-lih-mer-ik AM-ide) much used for stockings?
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It reached 152 feet by 1854, 340 by 1882, 410 by 1883, and was topped out with an aluminum pyramid in 1884 at 555 feet -- then the tallest structure on earth. For 10 points -- what is this monument?
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It reached 152 feet by 1854, 340 by 1882, 410 by 1883, and was topped out with an aluminum pyramid in 1884 at 555 feet -- then the tallest structure on earth. For 10 points -- what is this monument?
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Its long awaited Version III (three), delayed until early 2004, hopes to redefine the video game genre (ZHON-ruh) as its original did in 1993: the "first-person shooter" game in which players see through the eyes of gun-toting characters. For 10 points -- name this gory line of video games.
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Its long awaited Version III (three), delayed until early 2004, hopes to redefine the video game genre (ZHON-ruh) as its original did in 1993: the "first-person shooter" game in which players see through the eyes of gun-toting characters. For 10 points -- name this gory line of video games.
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The one named for Wilhelm von Biela (BEE-lah) broke in half in 1846 and disappeared in 1852. The one named Tempel-Tuttle is the source of the annual Leonid (LEE-uh-nid) meteor shower. For 10 points -- what are these roving objects called?
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The one named for Wilhelm von Biela (BEE-lah) broke in half in 1846 and disappeared in 1852. The one named Tempel-Tuttle is the source of the annual Leonid (LEE-uh-nid) meteor shower. For 10 points -- what are these roving objects called?
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Though consumed in the Middle East for at least 4,000 years, it was virtually unknown in the U.S. until 1942 after the Dannon Milk Products Company was founded. For 10 points -- name this product created by lactic acid fermentation.
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Though consumed in the Middle East for at least 4,000 years, it was virtually unknown in the U.S. until 1942 after the Dannon Milk Products Company was founded. For 10 points -- name this product created by lactic acid fermentation.
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During the 2003 Iraq War, it sent 200 troops to help secure the southern oil fields and has since sent 1,000 more to secure its own sector of liberated Iraq. For 10 points -- name this NATO nation who went against the wishes of its two powerful neighbors: Germany and Russia.
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During the 2003 Iraq War, it sent 200 troops to help secure the southern oil fields and has since sent 1,000 more to secure its own sector of liberated Iraq. For 10 points -- name this NATO nation who went against the wishes of its two powerful neighbors: Germany and Russia.
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He favored conjoined nouns for the titles of his collections: titles such as Sixes and Sevens, Waifs and Strays, and Cabbages and Kings. For 10 points -- who was this U.S. short story master who wrote "The Ransom of Red Chief" and "The Gift of the Magi"?
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He favored conjoined nouns for the titles of his collections: titles such as Sixes and Sevens, Waifs and Strays, and Cabbages and Kings. For 10 points -- who was this U.S. short story master who wrote "The Ransom of Red Chief" and "The Gift of the Magi"?
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It's the sport at the heart of the 1992 film "Ladybugs," 96's "The Charlton Years," and 2003's documentary "The Game of Their Lives." For 10 points -- what is this sport that completes the title "Shaolin (shou-lin) [blank]," and was featured in "Bend It Like Beckham"?
ANSWER: SOCCER ACCEPT: ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL DO NOT ACCEPT: FOOTBALL
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It's the sport at the heart of the 1992 film "Ladybugs," 96's "The Charlton Years," and 2003's documentary "The Game of Their Lives." For 10 points -- what is this sport that completes the title "Shaolin (shou-lin) [blank]," and was featured in "Bend It Like Beckham"?
ANSWER: SOCCER ACCEPT: ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL DO NOT ACCEPT: FOOTBALL
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This brigadier general in the British Army captured and burned Richmond, Virginia and New London, Connecticut during the American Revolution. For 10 points -- name this man who had served as major general in Washington's Continental Army.
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This brigadier general in the British Army captured and burned Richmond, Virginia and New London, Connecticut during the American Revolution. For 10 points -- name this man who had served as major general in Washington's Continental Army.
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Theodore Roosevelt won the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating an end to the Russo-Japanese War. It would be 44 years before anyone else won that prize for negotiating an end to a war -- in his case, an Arab-Israeli war. For 10 points -- name that African American.
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Theodore Roosevelt won the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating an end to the Russo-Japanese War. It would be 44 years before anyone else won that prize for negotiating an end to a war -- in his case, an Arab-Israeli war. For 10 points -- name that African American.
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He gave up free throws for fund-raising, spurring on donors for Texas' Carver Academy, the small, private school he and his wife Valerie founded. For 10 points -- who is this academically inclined former NBA star, hero to the inner-city kids of San Antonio?
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He gave up free throws for fund-raising, spurring on donors for Texas' Carver Academy, the small, private school he and his wife Valerie founded. For 10 points -- who is this academically inclined former NBA star, hero to the inner-city kids of San Antonio?
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It is an order to buy or sell a stock as soon as its price reaches a specified level. For a quick 10 points -- what four-letter word, commonly seen on octagonal (ahk-TAG-uh-nul) traffic signs, names that type of order?
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It is an order to buy or sell a stock as soon as its price reaches a specified level. For a quick 10 points -- what four-letter word, commonly seen on octagonal (ahk-TAG-uh-nul) traffic signs, names that type of order?
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His understandably popular theology was summed up in his slogan "Sin that you may obtain forgiveness." For 10 points -- what name meaning "dissolute" or "debauched" in Russian was given to this "holy man" with a disastrous influence on the court of the final czar?
ANSWER: RASPUTIN PROMPT: If NOVYKH (NOH-vik) is answered
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His understandably popular theology was summed up in his slogan "Sin that you may obtain forgiveness." For 10 points -- what name meaning "dissolute" or "debauched" in Russian was given to this "holy man" with a disastrous influence on the court of the final czar?
ANSWER: RASPUTIN PROMPT: If NOVYKH (NOH-vik) is answered
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Pascal dedicated his calculating machine to her; Scarlatti was her court composer; Grotius (GROH-tee-us) and Descartes (day-CART) were among her tutors. For 10 points -- who was this founder of three academies for art and science in Rome after her abdication, in 1654, as Queen of Sweden?
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Pascal dedicated his calculating machine to her; Scarlatti was her court composer; Grotius (GROH-tee-us) and Descartes (day-CART) were among her tutors. For 10 points -- who was this founder of three academies for art and science in Rome after her abdication, in 1654, as Queen of Sweden?
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1988's The Alternative by Kingsley Amis (AY-mis), 1978's SS-GB by Len Deighton (DAY-tun), and 1992's Fatherland by Robert Harris are all set in a post-war world in which the Allies lost. Lost -- for 10 points -- what war?
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1988's The Alternative by Kingsley Amis (AY-mis), 1978's SS-GB by Len Deighton (DAY-tun), and 1992's Fatherland by Robert Harris are all set in a post-war world in which the Allies lost. Lost -- for 10 points -- what war?
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His The Art of Happiness had been on The New York Times bestseller list for 37 weeks when, in late 1999, he achieved a rare double by having his Ethics for the New Millennium hit that same list. For 10 points -- who is this Nobel Peace Prize-winning exile from Tibet?
ANSWER: THE DALAI LAMA (dah-LIE LAH-muh or DOLLY LAH-muh) OR TENZING GYATSO (TEN-zing GYAHT-soh)
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His The Art of Happiness had been on The New York Times bestseller list for 37 weeks when, in late 1999, he achieved a rare double by having his Ethics for the New Millennium hit that same list. For 10 points -- who is this Nobel Peace Prize-winning exile from Tibet?
ANSWER: THE DALAI LAMA (dah-LIE LAH-muh or DOLLY LAH-muh) OR TENZING GYATSO (TEN-zing GYAHT-soh)
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Like Rudy Giuliani, he was regarded as a good "war mayor" by his fellow New Yorkers and even served as head of the U.S. Office of Civil Defense in World War II during his fourth term as mayor. For 10 points -- who was this liberal Republican?
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Like Rudy Giuliani, he was regarded as a good "war mayor" by his fellow New Yorkers and even served as head of the U.S. Office of Civil Defense in World War II during his fourth term as mayor. For 10 points -- who was this liberal Republican?
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The lower jaw attaches to the skull by means of very strong hinge joints on each side. For 10 points -- what 17-letter word names those joints, abbreviated the TM joints?
ANSWER: TEMPOROMANDIBULAR (TEM-poh-roh-man-DIB-yoo-lur) JOINTS PROMPT: If TM or TM JOINT(S) is answered
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The lower jaw attaches to the skull by means of very strong hinge joints on each side. For 10 points -- what 17-letter word names those joints, abbreviated the TM joints?
ANSWER: TEMPOROMANDIBULAR (TEM-poh-roh-man-DIB-yoo-lur) JOINTS PROMPT: If TM or TM JOINT(S) is answered
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Lava is hot. The hottest lava ever recorded -- 3,140 degrees Fahrenheit -- was measured by the Galileo space probe. It was detected -- for 10 points -- on what Jovian moon?
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Lava is hot. The hottest lava ever recorded -- 3,140 degrees Fahrenheit -- was measured by the Galileo space probe. It was detected -- for 10 points -- on what Jovian moon?
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Dr. Peter Safar (SAF-ar) who died in 2003 at age 79, is credited with saving more lives than anyone of his generation. He was the first to combine mouth-to-mouth breathing and closed chest compression to restart hearts in -- for 20 points -- what life-saving procedure abbreviated CPR?
ANSWER: CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION OR CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATING PROMPT: If CPR is answered
Dr. Peter Safar (SAF-ar) who died in 2003 at age 79, is credited with saving more lives than anyone of his generation. He was the first to combine mouth-to-mouth breathing and closed chest compression to restart hearts in -- for 20 points -- what life-saving procedure abbreviated CPR?
ANSWER: CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION OR CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATING PROMPT: If CPR is answered
Her 2000 memoir Boundaries explains her unique "in-betweenness" as a non-licensed architect internationally known for such structures as the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the Civil Rights Memorial.
1. First -- for 15 points -- who is this Chinese-American?
ANSWER: MAYA LIN
2. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is in Washington, DC, the nation's capital. For 10 points -- in what state capital is Lin's Civil Rights Memorial outside the offices of the Southern Poverty Law Center?
Her 2000 memoir Boundaries explains her unique "in-betweenness" as a non-licensed architect internationally known for such structures as the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the Civil Rights Memorial.
1. First -- for 15 points -- who is this Chinese-American?
ANSWER: MAYA LIN
2. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is in Washington, DC, the nation's capital. For 10 points -- in what state capital is Lin's Civil Rights Memorial outside the offices of the Southern Poverty Law Center?
Today, respiratory diseases -- excluding lung cancer -- account for just 5.2% of U.S. deaths. 100 years ago, just two contagious respiratory diseases accounted for 23.1% of all U.S. deaths. For 10 points apiece -- name those two leading causes of death at the turn of the 20th century.
ANSWER: PNEUMONIA TUBERCULOSIS OR TB OR CONSUMPTION
Today, respiratory diseases -- excluding lung cancer -- account for just 5.2% of U.S. deaths. 100 years ago, just two contagious respiratory diseases accounted for 23.1% of all U.S. deaths. For 10 points apiece -- name those two leading causes of death at the turn of the 20th century.
ANSWER: PNEUMONIA TUBERCULOSIS OR TB OR CONSUMPTION
Talk about pressure: it began the current football season without six of its star starters -- including Mike Doss and Matt Wilhelm.
1. First -- for 10 points -- what is this college team defending its national championship in the Big 10; a 31-24 double-overtime win over Miami in last season's Fiesta Bowl?
ANSWER: THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY OR BUCKEYES PROMPT: If O.S.U. is answered DO NOT ACCEPT: OHIO UNIVERSITY
2. Winning consecutive collegiate titles is rare; the last time it was done was in 1994 and 1995. For 15 points -- by what team in the Big Twelve Conference?
Talk about pressure: it began the current football season without six of its star starters -- including Mike Doss and Matt Wilhelm.
1. First -- for 10 points -- what is this college team defending its national championship in the Big 10; a 31-24 double-overtime win over Miami in last season's Fiesta Bowl?
ANSWER: THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY OR BUCKEYES PROMPT: If O.S.U. is answered DO NOT ACCEPT: OHIO UNIVERSITY
2. Winning consecutive collegiate titles is rare; the last time it was done was in 1994 and 1995. For 15 points -- by what team in the Big Twelve Conference?
Egyptians used it for embalming, but most other ancients used it to make mead (MEED) or as their only source of sugar. For 10 points apiece:
1. What is this viscous (VIS-kis) foodstuff found in apiaries (AY-pee-ER-eez)?
ANSWER: HONEY
2. Honey becomes honey only after it's been processed by bees. Before that, it's known by what two-syllable word that denotes secretions from the glands of plant blossoms?
Egyptians used it for embalming, but most other ancients used it to make mead (MEED) or as their only source of sugar. For 10 points apiece:
1. What is this viscous (VIS-kis) foodstuff found in apiaries (AY-pee-ER-eez)?
ANSWER: HONEY
2. Honey becomes honey only after it's been processed by bees. Before that, it's known by what two-syllable word that denotes secretions from the glands of plant blossoms?
The five nations of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden are sometime lumped together as a "Nordic Bloc," but they have considerably different forms of government and relations with NATO and the European Union. For 10 points each -- which one of the five:
1. Is a monarchy, not in NATO but in the E.U. without adopting the euro?
ANSWER: SWEDEN
2. Is a republic, not in NATO but in the E.U. and now uses the euro?
The five nations of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden are sometime lumped together as a "Nordic Bloc," but they have considerably different forms of government and relations with NATO and the European Union. For 10 points each -- which one of the five:
1. Is a monarchy, not in NATO but in the E.U. without adopting the euro?
ANSWER: SWEDEN
2. Is a republic, not in NATO but in the E.U. and now uses the euro?
In his latest incarnation, he's reimagined on the streets of New York City, in a love triangle with a Manhattan detective. For 10 points apiece -- who is this often scantily-clad title character of a Fall 2003 Sunday night series, and what author originally wrote more than 23 novels about him?
ANSWER: TARZAN OF THE APES OR JOHN CLAYTON OR LORD GREYSTOKE EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
In his latest incarnation, he's reimagined on the streets of New York City, in a love triangle with a Manhattan detective. For 10 points apiece -- who is this often scantily-clad title character of a Fall 2003 Sunday night series, and what author originally wrote more than 23 novels about him?
ANSWER: TARZAN OF THE APES OR JOHN CLAYTON OR LORD GREYSTOKE EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
Her career took off -- again -- in the 1990s when two of her novels were discovered and finally published: A Long Fatal Love Chase and The Inheritance. For 10 points apiece:
1. Who was this American author whose career first took off with Little Women?
ANSWER: LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
2. Little Women follows the adventures of four sisters. What's their last name?
Her career took off -- again -- in the 1990s when two of her novels were discovered and finally published: A Long Fatal Love Chase and The Inheritance. For 10 points apiece:
1. Who was this American author whose career first took off with Little Women?
ANSWER: LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
2. Little Women follows the adventures of four sisters. What's their last name?
In late 2002, he was chosen as the first African American to become principal owner of a major professional sports team, although one that will not start play until the 2004-2005 season.
1. First -- for 10 points apiece -- who is this founder and continuing CEO of a cable TV network, and what is that network?
ANSWER: ROBERT L. JOHNSON B.E.T. OR BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION NETWORK
2. Now -- for 5 points apiece -- Mr. Johnson paid $300 million for an NBA franchise in what city that had lost what team?
In late 2002, he was chosen as the first African American to become principal owner of a major professional sports team, although one that will not start play until the 2004-2005 season.
1. First -- for 10 points apiece -- who is this founder and continuing CEO of a cable TV network, and what is that network?
ANSWER: ROBERT L. JOHNSON B.E.T. OR BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION NETWORK
2. Now -- for 5 points apiece -- Mr. Johnson paid $300 million for an NBA franchise in what city that had lost what team?
Bridget Bishop, Susannah Martin, Alice Parker, Wilmot Redd and Margaret Scott were officially exonerated by the Massachusetts Legislature in late 2001. Only about 300 years too late. They were five of the women tried, convicted, and executed in 1692 -- for 10 points apiece -- of what crime in what town?
ANSWER: WITCHCRAFT OR SORCERY SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS
Bridget Bishop, Susannah Martin, Alice Parker, Wilmot Redd and Margaret Scott were officially exonerated by the Massachusetts Legislature in late 2001. Only about 300 years too late. They were five of the women tried, convicted, and executed in 1692 -- for 10 points apiece -- of what crime in what town?
ANSWER: WITCHCRAFT OR SORCERY SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS
St. Jerome himself expressed doubts about several Old Testament books he translated into Latin. In 1546, a major Catholic Church council declared all of them to be canonical except for the 3rd and 4th Books of Maccabees (MAK-uh-beez), the Prayer of Manasseh (muh-NAS-suh), and the two Books of Esdras (EZ-drus). For 10 points each -- name that council and the name given to Jerome's translation.
St. Jerome himself expressed doubts about several Old Testament books he translated into Latin. In 1546, a major Catholic Church council declared all of them to be canonical except for the 3rd and 4th Books of Maccabees (MAK-uh-beez), the Prayer of Manasseh (muh-NAS-suh), and the two Books of Esdras (EZ-drus). For 10 points each -- name that council and the name given to Jerome's translation.
Along with the closely related Aleut (ah-LOOT), it refers to any member of the native population of the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of Greenland, Canada, Siberia, and Alaska. Those in the first three countries prefer one term, while those in Alaska prefer a different term. For 10 points apiece with a 5-point bonus for both -- identify these words.
Along with the closely related Aleut (ah-LOOT), it refers to any member of the native population of the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of Greenland, Canada, Siberia, and Alaska. Those in the first three countries prefer one term, while those in Alaska prefer a different term. For 10 points apiece with a 5-point bonus for both -- identify these words.
Modern symphony orchestras are commonly divided into four sections. Alphabetically, they are: brass, percussion, strings, and woodwinds. For 10 points apiece:
1. Which is the largest section?
ANSWER: STRINGS
2. Which section includes the timpani (TIM-puh-nee), xylophone (ZIE-lah-fone), and glockenspiel (GLAHK-en-shpeel)?
Modern symphony orchestras are commonly divided into four sections. Alphabetically, they are: brass, percussion, strings, and woodwinds. For 10 points apiece:
1. Which is the largest section?
ANSWER: STRINGS
2. Which section includes the timpani (TIM-puh-nee), xylophone (ZIE-lah-fone), and glockenspiel (GLAHK-en-shpeel)?
Leonard Wood was the actual commander of Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders and came close to following him to the White House as the favorite to win the 1920 G.O.P. presidential nomination. He never led the U.S. but did lead two now independent island nations as U.S. Military Governor or U.S. Governor-General. For 15 points each -- which two nations?
Leonard Wood was the actual commander of Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders and came close to following him to the White House as the favorite to win the 1920 G.O.P. presidential nomination. He never led the U.S. but did lead two now independent island nations as U.S. Military Governor or U.S. Governor-General. For 15 points each -- which two nations?
His final full-length religious allegory was 1682's The Holy War. That appeared two years after his allegorical The Life and Death of Mr. Badman. For 10 points apiece -- who was this English lay preacher and what was the title of his great 1678 religious allegory about Christian and his journey to the Celestial City?
His final full-length religious allegory was 1682's The Holy War. That appeared two years after his allegorical The Life and Death of Mr. Badman. For 10 points apiece -- who was this English lay preacher and what was the title of his great 1678 religious allegory about Christian and his journey to the Celestial City?
The U.S. produces about 2,000 metric tons of silver each year. 56% of that comes from just two states whose nicknames include "the Silver State" and "the Gem State." For 10 points apiece -- name those two states.
The U.S. produces about 2,000 metric tons of silver each year. 56% of that comes from just two states whose nicknames include "the Silver State" and "the Gem State." For 10 points apiece -- name those two states.
Although the U.S. takes in more foreign tourist dollars than any other nation, it recently slipped to third place in the number of foreign tourists who come to visit. For 10 points apiece -- what two adjacent European countries now top the U.S. in number of foreign tourists?
Although the U.S. takes in more foreign tourist dollars than any other nation, it recently slipped to third place in the number of foreign tourists who come to visit. For 10 points apiece -- what two adjacent European countries now top the U.S. in number of foreign tourists?
This spice -- commonly added to eggnog -- is considered so important to the economy of this country -- the southernmost of the Lesser Antilles (an-TIL-eez) -- it was incorporated into the design of this island's flag. For 15 points apiece -- what spice, and what island, whose capital of St. George's was established in 1650?
This spice -- commonly added to eggnog -- is considered so important to the economy of this country -- the southernmost of the Lesser Antilles (an-TIL-eez) -- it was incorporated into the design of this island's flag. For 15 points apiece -- what spice, and what island, whose capital of St. George's was established in 1650?
Ernest Rutherford bombarded gold with these particles to demonstrate that atoms are mostly empty space. For 10 points apiece -- what Greek letter designates this type of radiation, and what element's nucleus is the same as that type of radiated particle?
Ernest Rutherford bombarded gold with these particles to demonstrate that atoms are mostly empty space. For 10 points apiece -- what Greek letter designates this type of radiation, and what element's nucleus is the same as that type of radiated particle?
The Order of the Golden Fleece, established in 1430 by Philip the Good of Burgundy, is considered the highest chivalric order of continental Europe. It is now the top honor conferred by two nations that, in the 16th and 17th centuries, were the two Hapsburg super-powers. For 10 points apiece -- name those two nations.
The Order of the Golden Fleece, established in 1430 by Philip the Good of Burgundy, is considered the highest chivalric order of continental Europe. It is now the top honor conferred by two nations that, in the 16th and 17th centuries, were the two Hapsburg super-powers. For 10 points apiece -- name those two nations.
The United Nations Development Program regularly compiles a "Gender-Related Development Index" on the disparities between men and women in individual nations. In the most recent index, the United States ranked sixth best in the world in gender equality. For 10 points apiece -- what other two primarily English-speaking nations ranked above the U.S. -- in second and third places?
ANSWER: AUSTRALIA CANADA HOST: Norway was # 1; Sweden # 4; Belgium # 5
The United Nations Development Program regularly compiles a "Gender-Related Development Index" on the disparities between men and women in individual nations. In the most recent index, the United States ranked sixth best in the world in gender equality. For 10 points apiece -- what other two primarily English-speaking nations ranked above the U.S. -- in second and third places?
ANSWER: AUSTRALIA CANADA HOST: Norway was # 1; Sweden # 4; Belgium # 5
