January 1, 2002 is "E-Day," the date when 300 million people embark on what's been described as "the greatest peacetime logistical effort in Europe's history." That's the date when -- for 10 points -- what currency unit officially replaces 12 national currencies?
ANSWER:EUROS
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January 1, 2002 is "E-Day," the date when 300 million people embark on what's been described as "the greatest peacetime logistical effort in Europe's history." That's the date when -- for 10 points -- what currency unit officially replaces 12 national currencies?
ANSWER:EUROS
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The seed pods of this genus of orchids are, ironically, chocolate-colored. Those seeds, called "beans," are the source of a famous flavoring extract much used in cakes and ice creams. For 10 points -- what is that flavor popularly opposed to chocolate?
ANSWER:VANILLA
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The seed pods of this genus of orchids are, ironically, chocolate-colored. Those seeds, called "beans," are the source of a famous flavoring extract much used in cakes and ice creams. For 10 points -- what is that flavor popularly opposed to chocolate?
ANSWER:VANILLA
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The Three Witches hail him as "Lesser than Macbeth, and greater," which is witch-speak for "You will beget a line of kings but will never be one yourself and, of yeah, watch out for Macbeth." For 10 points -- name this victim of Macbeth.
ANSWER:BANQUO (BANG-kwoh)
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The Three Witches hail him as "Lesser than Macbeth, and greater," which is witch-speak for "You will beget a line of kings but will never be one yourself and, of yeah, watch out for Macbeth." For 10 points -- name this victim of Macbeth.
ANSWER:BANQUO (BANG-kwoh)
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In 2000, the headquarters of the Department of Housing and Urban Development was named in honor of the first Secretary of the cabinet department. For 10 points -- who was that first African American cabinet member?
ANSWER:ROBERT C. WEAVER
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In 2000, the headquarters of the Department of Housing and Urban Development was named in honor of the first Secretary of the cabinet department. For 10 points -- who was that first African American cabinet member?
ANSWER:ROBERT C. WEAVER
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For a while they played under the name Goat Punishment, attempting to live down their self-described mistake of a second album "Pinkerton." For 10 points -- name this group whose third, self-titled effort, is commonly referred to as "the Green Album."
ANSWER:WEEZER
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For a while they played under the name Goat Punishment, attempting to live down their self-described mistake of a second album "Pinkerton." For 10 points -- name this group whose third, self-titled effort, is commonly referred to as "the Green Album."
ANSWER:WEEZER
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This pale yellow, solid organic material is safe to use between its melting point of 178 degrees Fahrenheit and 463 degrees Fahrenheit, though even at 464 degrees, it requires a detonator. That's what makes -- for 10 points -- what compound the most widely used military explosive since World War II?
ANSWER:TNT OR TRINITROTOLUENE (TRIE-NIE-troh-TAHL-yoo-een)
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This pale yellow, solid organic material is safe to use between its melting point of 178 degrees Fahrenheit and 463 degrees Fahrenheit, though even at 464 degrees, it requires a detonator. That's what makes -- for 10 points -- what compound the most widely used military explosive since World War II?
ANSWER:TNT OR TRINITROTOLUENE (TRIE-NIE-troh-TAHL-yoo-een)
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It was one of two of the original 13 U.S. states without a constitution and had no role in drafting the U.S. Constitution because it refused to send any delegates to the Constitutional Convention. For 10 points -- name this last hold-out in ratifying that document.
ANSWER:RHODE ISLAND
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It was one of two of the original 13 U.S. states without a constitution and had no role in drafting the U.S. Constitution because it refused to send any delegates to the Constitutional Convention. For 10 points -- name this last hold-out in ratifying that document.
ANSWER:RHODE ISLAND
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At age 25 in 1869, he started selling his mother's grated horseradish. Today the company that bears his name makes Star Kist tuna, 9-Lives cat food, and more than 5,698 other products. For 10 points -- name this man whose condiment competitors try to "ketchup" to his business.
ANSWER:HENRY JOHN HEINZ
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At age 25 in 1869, he started selling his mother's grated horseradish. Today the company that bears his name makes Star Kist tuna, 9-Lives cat food, and more than 5,698 other products. For 10 points -- name this man whose condiment competitors try to "ketchup" to his business.
ANSWER:HENRY JOHN HEINZ
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In mythology, he was the ram that carried Phrixus (FRIK-sus) across the Hellespont (HEL-es-pont) and whose hide became the celebrated Golden Fleece. For 10 points -- name this miraculous beast that lent its name to the first sign of the Zodiac.
ANSWER:ARIES (AIR-eez or AIR-rih-eez)
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In mythology, he was the ram that carried Phrixus (FRIK-sus) across the Hellespont (HEL-es-pont) and whose hide became the celebrated Golden Fleece. For 10 points -- name this miraculous beast that lent its name to the first sign of the Zodiac.
ANSWER:ARIES (AIR-eez or AIR-rih-eez)
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Until 1967, U.S. federal law placed a 2% cap on them in the armed services and prevented any of them being promoted to the rank of general or admiral. For 10 points -- name this majority sector of the U.S. population.
ANSWER:WOMEN OR FEMALES
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Until 1967, U.S. federal law placed a 2% cap on them in the armed services and prevented any of them being promoted to the rank of general or admiral. For 10 points -- name this majority sector of the U.S. population.
ANSWER:WOMEN OR FEMALES
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The top-ranked U.S. professionals in this sport are called "Ten-Goal" players. As of late 2000, there were just 12 of them including five members of the Heguy (hay-GWEE) family of Palm Beach, Florida. For 10 points -- name this team sport played on horseback.
ANSWER:POLO
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The top-ranked U.S. professionals in this sport are called "Ten-Goal" players. As of late 2000, there were just 12 of them including five members of the Heguy (hay-GWEE) family of Palm Beach, Florida. For 10 points -- name this team sport played on horseback.
ANSWER:POLO
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A unique wind pattern above this city allows for orchestrated ascents, descents, and even backtracking, attracting some 20% of the world's balloonists every October. For 10 points -- what is this New Mexico city, itself unique for its spelling with three U's and two E's?
ANSWER:ALBUQUERQUE
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A unique wind pattern above this city allows for orchestrated ascents, descents, and even backtracking, attracting some 20% of the world's balloonists every October. For 10 points -- what is this New Mexico city, itself unique for its spelling with three U's and two E's?
ANSWER:ALBUQUERQUE
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He insists he was only carrying, and not reading, Bentley Little's scary novel The House while walking along Route 5 in North Lovell, Maine when he was hit by a minivan. For 10 points -- name this injured novelist who, luckily, was not found by a fan such as his fictional Annie Wilkes.
ANSWER:STEPHEN KING
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He insists he was only carrying, and not reading, Bentley Little's scary novel The House while walking along Route 5 in North Lovell, Maine when he was hit by a minivan. For 10 points -- name this injured novelist who, luckily, was not found by a fan such as his fictional Annie Wilkes.
ANSWER:STEPHEN KING
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It sits atop a high river bluff. That, coupled with its gun batteries, gained it the nickname of "the Gibraltar of the West." For 10 points -- name this city, the last major Confederate port on the Mississippi, one that finally fell to Grant's forces in July, 1863.
ANSWER:VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI
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It sits atop a high river bluff. That, coupled with its gun batteries, gained it the nickname of "the Gibraltar of the West." For 10 points -- name this city, the last major Confederate port on the Mississippi, one that finally fell to Grant's forces in July, 1863.
ANSWER:VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI
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It is the last metallic of the elements in Column IV A (4 A) of the Periodic Table -- the column that ends with tin and lead. For 10 points -- name this quadrivalent (KWAH-drih-VAY-lent) element directly above silicon.
ANSWER:CARBON
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It is the last metallic of the elements in Column IV A (4 A) of the Periodic Table -- the column that ends with tin and lead. For 10 points -- name this quadrivalent (KWAH-drih-VAY-lent) element directly above silicon.
ANSWER:CARBON
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He might seem an unlikely saint to be widely venerated in Haiti, but there he has become identified with the spirit Danbala (dahn-bah-LAH), a protector of those unjustly enslaved. For 10 points -- who was this former slave who returned to convert the land where he was held, Ireland?
ANSWER:SAINT PATRICK
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He might seem an unlikely saint to be widely venerated in Haiti, but there he has become identified with the spirit Danbala (dahn-bah-LAH), a protector of those unjustly enslaved. For 10 points -- who was this former slave who returned to convert the land where he was held, Ireland?
ANSWER:SAINT PATRICK
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It whips any pocket calculator in adding or subtracting Roman numerals because it has separate settings for one's, five's, ten's, 50's, 100's, 500's, etc. For 10 points -- name this ancient device consisting of beads on wires.
ANSWER:ABACUS
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It whips any pocket calculator in adding or subtracting Roman numerals because it has separate settings for one's, five's, ten's, 50's, 100's, 500's, etc. For 10 points -- name this ancient device consisting of beads on wires.
ANSWER:ABACUS
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He appeared on a U.S. commemorative stamp first issued on May 17, 2001 in Santa Rosa, California, the hometown of his creator. It portrays him as his alter-ego, a World War I Flying Ace. For 10 points -- name this character from the comic strip "Peanuts."
ANSWER:SNOOPY
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He appeared on a U.S. commemorative stamp first issued on May 17, 2001 in Santa Rosa, California, the hometown of his creator. It portrays him as his alter-ego, a World War I Flying Ace. For 10 points -- name this character from the comic strip "Peanuts."
ANSWER:SNOOPY
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This capital city, where private cars were banned until 1990, now has more Mercedes than any other European capital, about 90% of them stolen by the local Mafia. For 10 points -- name this Balkan capital that has tripled in population since casting off its weird Mao-ist regime.
ANSWER:TIRANA (tih-RAH-nuh), ALBANIA
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This capital city, where private cars were banned until 1990, now has more Mercedes than any other European capital, about 90% of them stolen by the local Mafia. For 10 points -- name this Balkan capital that has tripled in population since casting off its weird Mao-ist regime.
ANSWER:TIRANA (tih-RAH-nuh), ALBANIA
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It's now named for a butcher who owned it in the 1780s, but that was after being called Gibbet (JIB-bit) Island as an execution site for convicts until the 1850s. For 10 points -- name this historic island split, by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1998, between New York and New Jersey.
ANSWER:ELLIS ISLAND
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It's now named for a butcher who owned it in the 1780s, but that was after being called Gibbet (JIB-bit) Island as an execution site for convicts until the 1850s. For 10 points -- name this historic island split, by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1998, between New York and New Jersey.
ANSWER:ELLIS ISLAND
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His autobiography Never Die Easy was published in October 2000, 11 months after his death at age 45 from liver cancer. For 10 points -- name this athlete who set a record of 16,728 yards rushing in the NFL.
ANSWER:WALTER PAYTON
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His autobiography Never Die Easy was published in October 2000, 11 months after his death at age 45 from liver cancer. For 10 points -- name this athlete who set a record of 16,728 yards rushing in the NFL.
ANSWER:WALTER PAYTON
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Its 1917 Constitution disestablished the Catholic Church and banned its participation in politics. Article 123 established an 8-hour workday, while Article 127 dismantled the notorious hacienda (hah-see-EN-duh) system. For 10 points -- name this NAFTA nation.
ANSWER:MEXICO
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Its 1917 Constitution disestablished the Catholic Church and banned its participation in politics. Article 123 established an 8-hour workday, while Article 127 dismantled the notorious hacienda (hah-see-EN-duh) system. For 10 points -- name this NAFTA nation.
ANSWER:MEXICO
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Like Lafayette, he volunteered for the American Revolution. Unlike Lafayette, he didn't return to France but did turn from military engineering to city planning. For 10 points -- who was this planner of Washington, DC?
ANSWER:PIERRE CHARLES L'ENFANT (lon-FONT)
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Like Lafayette, he volunteered for the American Revolution. Unlike Lafayette, he didn't return to France but did turn from military engineering to city planning. For 10 points -- who was this planner of Washington, DC?
ANSWER:PIERRE CHARLES L'ENFANT (lon-FONT)
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In 1908, four years after emigrating to America from Luxembourg, he founded Modern Electrics, the first radio magazine. In 1926, he founded Amazing Stories, the first sci-fi magazine. For 10 points -- name this man honored each year in the Hugo Awards.
ANSWER:HUGO GERNSBACK
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In 1908, four years after emigrating to America from Luxembourg, he founded Modern Electrics, the first radio magazine. In 1926, he founded Amazing Stories, the first sci-fi magazine. For 10 points -- name this man honored each year in the Hugo Awards.
ANSWER:HUGO GERNSBACK
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The largest project ever funded by the National Science Foundation is a pair of laser interferometers (in-ter-feh-RAHM-eh-ters) in Louisiana and Washington. Their goal is to detect -- for 10 points -- what long-sought waves described as ripples in the fabric of the universe?
ANSWER:GRAVITY WAVES OR GRAVITATIONAL WAVES
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The largest project ever funded by the National Science Foundation is a pair of laser interferometers (in-ter-feh-RAHM-eh-ters) in Louisiana and Washington. Their goal is to detect -- for 10 points -- what long-sought waves described as ripples in the fabric of the universe?
ANSWER:GRAVITY WAVES OR GRAVITATIONAL WAVES
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The one named for Worms (VURMZ) in 1122 settled the lay investiture controversy. The one of Bologna (buh-LOHN-yuh) in 1516 settled differences between France and the Vatican. For 10 points -- what 3-syllable name is given such formal accords between a Catholic nation and the Catholic Church?
ANSWER:CONCORDATS
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The one named for Worms (VURMZ) in 1122 settled the lay investiture controversy. The one of Bologna (buh-LOHN-yuh) in 1516 settled differences between France and the Vatican. For 10 points -- what 3-syllable name is given such formal accords between a Catholic nation and the Catholic Church?
ANSWER:CONCORDATS
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It's the largest city on the Mississippi River without a permanent floodwall and has, since 1990, received federal disaster aid after four major floods. For 10 points -- name this seat of Scot County, Iowa across the river from floodwall-protected Rock Island, Illinois.
ANSWER:DAVENPORT, IOWA
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It's the largest city on the Mississippi River without a permanent floodwall and has, since 1990, received federal disaster aid after four major floods. For 10 points -- name this seat of Scot County, Iowa across the river from floodwall-protected Rock Island, Illinois.
ANSWER:DAVENPORT, IOWA
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Though tulip trees grow taller, Platanus occidentalis (PLAT-uh-nus ok-sih-den-TAL-is) is easily the most massive tree growing east of the Mississippi River and can reach 175 feet tall with an 8-foot-wide trunk. For 10 points -- name this tree with distinctively peeling bark.
ANSWER:SYCAMORES OR AMERICAN PLANE TREES PROMPT: If PLANE TREE(S) is answered
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Though tulip trees grow taller, Platanus occidentalis (PLAT-uh-nus ok-sih-den-TAL-is) is easily the most massive tree growing east of the Mississippi River and can reach 175 feet tall with an 8-foot-wide trunk. For 10 points -- name this tree with distinctively peeling bark.
ANSWER:SYCAMORES OR AMERICAN PLANE TREES PROMPT: If PLANE TREE(S) is answered
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It is actually one long poem, published in four volumes between 1946 and 1951, and is considered the author's personal epic about an older and sadder America than the one reflected by Walt Whitman. For 10 points apiece -- identify this work, its author, and the U.S. state where the author lived and set that work.
ANSWER:PATERSON WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS NEW JERSEY
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It is actually one long poem, published in four volumes between 1946 and 1951, and is considered the author's personal epic about an older and sadder America than the one reflected by Walt Whitman. For 10 points apiece -- identify this work, its author, and the U.S. state where the author lived and set that work.
ANSWER:PATERSON WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS NEW JERSEY
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Until at least 2002, this landmark is covered by a Christo-like drape advertising Deutsche Telekom (DOICH-eh TEL-ek-kom), the company that's funding the restoration of this late 18th century triumphal arch. For 10 points apiece:
ANSWER:BRANDENBURG GATE PROMPT: If PARTIAL ANSWER is given
2. What nearby and even larger Berlin landmark got the Christo treatment from Christo himself in 1995
when he wrapped it in silver fabric held in place by 10 miles of blue rope?
ANSWER:REICHSTAG (RIKE-SHTAHK or RIKE-stag) BUILDING
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Until at least 2002, this landmark is covered by a Christo-like drape advertising Deutsche Telekom (DOICH-eh TEL-ek-kom), the company that's funding the restoration of this late 18th century triumphal arch. For 10 points apiece:
ANSWER:BRANDENBURG GATE PROMPT: If PARTIAL ANSWER is given
2. What nearby and even larger Berlin landmark got the Christo treatment from Christo himself in 1995
when he wrapped it in silver fabric held in place by 10 miles of blue rope?
ANSWER:REICHSTAG (RIKE-SHTAHK or RIKE-stag) BUILDING
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Derived from the Greek for "back" and "time," it's a neglect or falsification of age-appropriate relationships.
1. First -- for 10 points -- what is this -ism, the premise of Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's
ANSWER:ANACHRONISMS (uh-NAK-ruh-nizms)
2. Two movies in 2001 successfully integrated anachronisms. For 5 points apiece -- what Heath Ledger
medieval adventure featured music from Queen, and what turn-of-the-20th-century musical set in Paris featured songs from Elton John and Madonna?
ANSWER:A KNIGHT'S TALE MOULIN ROUGE(MOO-lahn ROOZH)
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Derived from the Greek for "back" and "time," it's a neglect or falsification of age-appropriate relationships.
1. First -- for 10 points -- what is this -ism, the premise of Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's
ANSWER:ANACHRONISMS (uh-NAK-ruh-nizms)
2. Two movies in 2001 successfully integrated anachronisms. For 5 points apiece -- what Heath Ledger
medieval adventure featured music from Queen, and what turn-of-the-20th-century musical set in Paris featured songs from Elton John and Madonna?
ANSWER:A KNIGHT'S TALE MOULIN ROUGE(MOO-lahn ROOZH)
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Identify this country after one clue for 30 points, after two for 20, or after three for 10:
1. Though it's unique among Arabic Persian Gulf nations with a parliament, a 1981 law limits citizenship
2. Since its inception as a sheikdom in 1756, it has been ruled continuously by the Al-Sabah (ahl-sah-
3. Its athletes, subsidized by the oil-rich government, are forbidden to compete against athletes from
ANSWER:KUWAIT
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Identify this country after one clue for 30 points, after two for 20, or after three for 10:
1. Though it's unique among Arabic Persian Gulf nations with a parliament, a 1981 law limits citizenship
2. Since its inception as a sheikdom in 1756, it has been ruled continuously by the Al-Sabah (ahl-sah-
3. Its athletes, subsidized by the oil-rich government, are forbidden to compete against athletes from
ANSWER:KUWAIT
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Consider the following: ornithologist, herpetologist (HUR-puh-TAH-luh-jist), podiatrist (poh-DIE-uh-trist), apiculturist (AP-ih-KUL-choor-ist), and ichthyologist (IK-thee-AH-luh-jist). For 5 points apiece and a 5-point bonus for all three:
ANSWER:APICULTURISTS
2. Which one studies, or keeps, reptiles?
ANSWER:HERPETOLOGISTS
3. Which is the only one of the 5 nor concerned with animals, but feet?
ANSWER:PODIATRISTS
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Consider the following: ornithologist, herpetologist (HUR-puh-TAH-luh-jist), podiatrist (poh-DIE-uh-trist), apiculturist (AP-ih-KUL-choor-ist), and ichthyologist (IK-thee-AH-luh-jist). For 5 points apiece and a 5-point bonus for all three:
ANSWER:APICULTURISTS
2. Which one studies, or keeps, reptiles?
ANSWER:HERPETOLOGISTS
3. Which is the only one of the 5 nor concerned with animals, but feet?
ANSWER:PODIATRISTS
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The first of many failures of the League of Nations came in 1923 when this founding member seized the island of Corfu (KOR-foo), birthplace two years earlier of Britain's Prince Philip, and the League did nothing. For 10 points apiece -- what nation stole that 229-square-mile Ionian (ie-OH-nee-un) island from what other nation?
ANSWER:ITALY
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The first of many failures of the League of Nations came in 1923 when this founding member seized the island of Corfu (KOR-foo), birthplace two years earlier of Britain's Prince Philip, and the League did nothing. For 10 points apiece -- what nation stole that 229-square-mile Ionian (ie-OH-nee-un) island from what other nation?
ANSWER:ITALY
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Charlotte was obviously a spider in Charlotte's Web, and Wilbur and Napoleon were both pigs in, respectively, Charlotte's Web and Animal farm. For 10 points apiece -- what type of animal was:
ANSWER:NEWFOUNDLAND OR DOG ANSWER:RABBIT ANSWER:BEAR
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Charlotte was obviously a spider in Charlotte's Web, and Wilbur and Napoleon were both pigs in, respectively, Charlotte's Web and Animal farm. For 10 points apiece -- what type of animal was:
ANSWER:NEWFOUNDLAND OR DOG ANSWER:RABBIT ANSWER:BEAR
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Composed primarily of liquid silicate and gases, this substance forms igneous rocks. When it's ejected volcanically, it's called lava. For 10 points apiece:
1. What is it called when it's still in its molten state, under the earth's surface?
ANSWER:MAGMA
2. As lava cools, it forms a variety of substances, including a type of very light volcanic glass that's
permeated with gas bubbles. Name this glass, used commercially as an abrasive.
ANSWER:PUMICE (PUM-iss) OR PUMCITE OR SCORIA (SCORE-ee-uh)
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Composed primarily of liquid silicate and gases, this substance forms igneous rocks. When it's ejected volcanically, it's called lava. For 10 points apiece:
1. What is it called when it's still in its molten state, under the earth's surface?
ANSWER:MAGMA
2. As lava cools, it forms a variety of substances, including a type of very light volcanic glass that's
permeated with gas bubbles. Name this glass, used commercially as an abrasive.
ANSWER:PUMICE (PUM-iss) OR PUMCITE OR SCORIA (SCORE-ee-uh)
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In a classic case of nepotism, his uncle Pope Celestine 3rd made him a cardinal at age 30 in 1190. Eight years later, he was still the youngest cardinal when he was elected to succeed his uncle as pope.
1. First -- for 15 points -- who was this most politically powerful pope of the Middle Ages, the pope who
called the 4th Lateran Council and who received England as a fiefdom in a dispute with the English king?
ANSWER:INNOCENT III (3RD) PROMPT: If INNOCENT is answered
2. Now -- for 10 points -- what inept King of England lost that fight with the pope?
ANSWER:KING JOHN
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In a classic case of nepotism, his uncle Pope Celestine 3rd made him a cardinal at age 30 in 1190. Eight years later, he was still the youngest cardinal when he was elected to succeed his uncle as pope.
1. First -- for 15 points -- who was this most politically powerful pope of the Middle Ages, the pope who
called the 4th Lateran Council and who received England as a fiefdom in a dispute with the English king?
ANSWER:INNOCENT III (3RD) PROMPT: If INNOCENT is answered
2. Now -- for 10 points -- what inept King of England lost that fight with the pope?
ANSWER:KING JOHN
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Consider these cabinet departments: Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Labor, veterans Affairs, State, and Transportation. For 10 points apiece:
1. Which is the oldest, whose head precedes other cabinet secretaries in line of succession for the U.S.
ANSWER:STATE DEPARTMENT OR DEPARTMENT OF STATE
2. What cabinet-level department not listed earlier left the cabinet in 1971 to become a quasi-government
ANSWER:U. S. POST OFFICE OR POSTAL SERVICE
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Consider these cabinet departments: Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Labor, veterans Affairs, State, and Transportation. For 10 points apiece:
1. Which is the oldest, whose head precedes other cabinet secretaries in line of succession for the U.S.
ANSWER:STATE DEPARTMENT OR DEPARTMENT OF STATE
2. What cabinet-level department not listed earlier left the cabinet in 1971 to become a quasi-government
ANSWER:U. S. POST OFFICE OR POSTAL SERVICE
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In 1971, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously endorsed busing as a means to desegregate schools. In 1999, the school district in that original case was declared desegregated by a federal judge who ended its busing program. For 10 points apiece -- what city and what county in North Carolina was the site of that oldest busing plan?
ANSWER:CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG COUNTY
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In 1971, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously endorsed busing as a means to desegregate schools. In 1999, the school district in that original case was declared desegregated by a federal judge who ended its busing program. For 10 points apiece -- what city and what county in North Carolina was the site of that oldest busing plan?
ANSWER:CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG COUNTY
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Name this musical instrument after one clue for 30 points, after two for 20, or after three for 10:
1. It's used prominently and famously in Shostakovich's (shah-stuh-KOH-vich's) "The Golden Age" and in
the "Skeleton" section of Saint-Saens' (SAN SAHNS) "Danse Macabre" muh-KAHB're).
2. In Latin America, a similar percussion instrument is known as a marimba.
3. Its name is derived from the Greek for "wood" and "sound."
ANSWER:XYLOPHONES
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Name this musical instrument after one clue for 30 points, after two for 20, or after three for 10:
1. It's used prominently and famously in Shostakovich's (shah-stuh-KOH-vich's) "The Golden Age" and in
the "Skeleton" section of Saint-Saens' (SAN SAHNS) "Danse Macabre" muh-KAHB're).
2. In Latin America, a similar percussion instrument is known as a marimba.
3. Its name is derived from the Greek for "wood" and "sound."
ANSWER:XYLOPHONES
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He'll really start feeing pressured on February 15, 2003 when he goes for his 4th win in the same event where, 20 years earlier, his loss ended the longest winning streak in sports history. For 10 points per answer:
1. Who is this first American skipper to lose an America's Cup?
ANSWER:DENNIS CONNER
2. Conner is the most recent person to have won three such cups. Name the two ships on which he brought
ANSWER:FREEDOM STARS AND STRIPES
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He'll really start feeing pressured on February 15, 2003 when he goes for his 4th win in the same event where, 20 years earlier, his loss ended the longest winning streak in sports history. For 10 points per answer:
1. Who is this first American skipper to lose an America's Cup?
ANSWER:DENNIS CONNER
2. Conner is the most recent person to have won three such cups. Name the two ships on which he brought
ANSWER:FREEDOM STARS AND STRIPES
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His scholarly reputation was such that, despite his being a Lutheran, he was offered the top job at the Vatican Library in 1690. He declined. For 10 points apiece:
1. Name this German philosopher, historian and mathematician who, independently of Newton, invented
ANSWER:GOTTFRIED WILHELM VON LEIBNIZ (LIBE-nitz)
2. Leibniz's optimistic philosophy was ridiculed in Voltaire's Candide. Leibniz himself was parodied as what
ANSWER:DOCTOR PANGLOSS
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His scholarly reputation was such that, despite his being a Lutheran, he was offered the top job at the Vatican Library in 1690. He declined. For 10 points apiece:
1. Name this German philosopher, historian and mathematician who, independently of Newton, invented
ANSWER:GOTTFRIED WILHELM VON LEIBNIZ (LIBE-nitz)
2. Leibniz's optimistic philosophy was ridiculed in Voltaire's Candide. Leibniz himself was parodied as what
ANSWER:DOCTOR PANGLOSS
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All of the world's ten largest islands are surrounded by salt water. The largest freshwater islands includes Brazil's 15,500-square-mile Marajo (mah-rah-ZHOH) Island and Canada's 1,068-square-mile Manitoulin (man-ih-TOO-lin) Island. For 10 points apiece:
1. Marajo Island is in the delta of what river?
ANSWER:AMAZON RIVER
2. Manitoulin Island is in which of the Great Lakes?
ANSWER:LAKE HURON
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All of the world's ten largest islands are surrounded by salt water. The largest freshwater islands includes Brazil's 15,500-square-mile Marajo (mah-rah-ZHOH) Island and Canada's 1,068-square-mile Manitoulin (man-ih-TOO-lin) Island. For 10 points apiece:
1. Marajo Island is in the delta of what river?
ANSWER:AMAZON RIVER
2. Manitoulin Island is in which of the Great Lakes?
ANSWER:LAKE HURON
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Eli Lilly haslaunched an advertising blitz touting its "new" Sarafem (SAIR-uh-fem) as a treatment for PMDD. Physicians, however, haven't decided whether PMDD actually exists; and Sarafem is merely another name for a famous Eli Lilly product whose chemical name is fluoxetene (floo-OX-uh-teen). For 15 points each -- what does PMDD stand for and what is the name of that other drug?
ANSWER:PREMENSTRUAL DYSPHORIC (dis-FOR-ik) DISORDER
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Eli Lilly haslaunched an advertising blitz touting its "new" Sarafem (SAIR-uh-fem) as a treatment for PMDD. Physicians, however, haven't decided whether PMDD actually exists; and Sarafem is merely another name for a famous Eli Lilly product whose chemical name is fluoxetene (floo-OX-uh-teen). For 15 points each -- what does PMDD stand for and what is the name of that other drug?
ANSWER:PREMENSTRUAL DYSPHORIC (dis-FOR-ik) DISORDER
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Lake Geneva, on the Swiss-French border, is the largest of the 11 major Alpine lakes. These others are wholly in just one country. For 10 points apiece -- what country contains:
ANSWER:ITALY ANSWER:SWITZERLAND
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Lake Geneva, on the Swiss-French border, is the largest of the 11 major Alpine lakes. These others are wholly in just one country. For 10 points apiece -- what country contains:
ANSWER:ITALY ANSWER:SWITZERLAND
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According to Herodotus (heh-ROD-uh-tus), he was a 6th century BC slave freed by his master, the same kindness he wrote into one of his stories about a freed slave who befriends a lion that later refuses to kill him. For 10 points apiece:
ANSWER:AESOP (EE-sop or AY-sop)
2. Name the slave who befriended the lion, a man later celebrated in a play by Shaw.
ANSWER:ANDROCLES (AN-droh-kleez)
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According to Herodotus (heh-ROD-uh-tus), he was a 6th century BC slave freed by his master, the same kindness he wrote into one of his stories about a freed slave who befriends a lion that later refuses to kill him. For 10 points apiece:
ANSWER:AESOP (EE-sop or AY-sop)
2. Name the slave who befriended the lion, a man later celebrated in a play by Shaw.
ANSWER:ANDROCLES (AN-droh-kleez)
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Tiger Woods completed his cycle of Grand Slam events by winning the British Open in 2000. Only four other players have ever won all four of those events, and none did it as quickly as Woods. For 10 points apiece -- name any three of those four men, three Americans and one South African.
ANSWER:BEN HOGAN JACK NICKLAUS GARY PLAYER GENE SARAZEN
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Tiger Woods completed his cycle of Grand Slam events by winning the British Open in 2000. Only four other players have ever won all four of those events, and none did it as quickly as Woods. For 10 points apiece -- name any three of those four men, three Americans and one South African.
ANSWER:BEN HOGAN JACK NICKLAUS GARY PLAYER GENE SARAZEN
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Though Canada is easily the largest nation in the western hemisphere, it ranks only fourth in the hemisphere in the length of its land borders. For 10 points apiece -- what three nations of the Americas have longer land borders than does Canada?
ANSWER:ARGENTINA BRAZIL UNITED STATES OR USA OR AMERICA
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Though Canada is easily the largest nation in the western hemisphere, it ranks only fourth in the hemisphere in the length of its land borders. For 10 points apiece -- what three nations of the Americas have longer land borders than does Canada?
ANSWER:ARGENTINA BRAZIL UNITED STATES OR USA OR AMERICA
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In October 2000, the U.S. Supreme Court got drawn into a conflict between two corporate giants over a seemingly silly trademark dispute. Corporation A claimed that Corporation B stole the appearance of "Tony the Tiger" for its "Put a Tiger in Your Tank" ad campaign. For 10 points apiece -- name those two corporations.
ANSWER:KELLOGG COMPANY OR KELLOGG'S EXXON-MOBIL CORPORATION
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In October 2000, the U.S. Supreme Court got drawn into a conflict between two corporate giants over a seemingly silly trademark dispute. Corporation A claimed that Corporation B stole the appearance of "Tony the Tiger" for its "Put a Tiger in Your Tank" ad campaign. For 10 points apiece -- name those two corporations.
ANSWER:KELLOGG COMPANY OR KELLOGG'S EXXON-MOBIL CORPORATION
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Two of America's ten largest cities lost population according to the 2000 Census and now rank 5th and 10th in size. As late as 1970, both easily made the top five. For 10 points apiece -- name those two northern cities.
ANSWER:DETROIT, MICHIGAN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
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Two of America's ten largest cities lost population according to the 2000 Census and now rank 5th and 10th in size. As late as 1970, both easily made the top five. For 10 points apiece -- name those two northern cities.
ANSWER:DETROIT, MICHIGAN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
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Nearly 87% of all U.S. middle and high school students studying a foreign language are studying Spanish or French. For 5 points apiece -- what four languages, two Romance and two not, are the next most popular and account for nearly all of the other middle and high school language classes?
ANSWER:GERMAN LATIN ITALIAN JAPANESE
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Nearly 87% of all U.S. middle and high school students studying a foreign language are studying Spanish or French. For 5 points apiece -- what four languages, two Romance and two not, are the next most popular and account for nearly all of the other middle and high school language classes?
ANSWER:GERMAN LATIN ITALIAN JAPANESE
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A literary feud can be good fun when it involves major writers, and Tom Wolfe launched a doozy with his 2000 book Hooking Up. In a chapter named "My Three Stooges," he insults three noted novelists who had criticized his A Man in Full. For 10 points each -- name those authors of The Executioner's Song, Rabbit at Rest and The Cider House Rules.
ANSWER:NORMAN MAILER JOHN UPDIKE JOHN IRVING
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A literary feud can be good fun when it involves major writers, and Tom Wolfe launched a doozy with his 2000 book Hooking Up. In a chapter named "My Three Stooges," he insults three noted novelists who had criticized his A Man in Full. For 10 points each -- name those authors of The Executioner's Song, Rabbit at Rest and The Cider House Rules.
ANSWER:NORMAN MAILER JOHN UPDIKE JOHN IRVING
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Capital Records had an unprecedented hit with their "Beatles 1" CD, compiling that group's 27 # 1 hits. If they should want to do a 40th anniversary Beach Boys equivalent, they'd have to go to a mini-disk as that legendary group has had only six songs that ever hit # 1 in the U.S. and/or Britain. For 10 points apiece -- name any three of the six.
ANSWER:BARBARA ANN, DO IT AGAIN, GOOD VIBRATIONS, HELP ME, RHONDA, I GET AROUND,
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Capital Records had an unprecedented hit with their "Beatles 1" CD, compiling that group's 27 # 1 hits. If they should want to do a 40th anniversary Beach Boys equivalent, they'd have to go to a mini-disk as that legendary group has had only six songs that ever hit # 1 in the U.S. and/or Britain. For 10 points apiece -- name any three of the six.
ANSWER:BARBARA ANN, DO IT AGAIN, GOOD VIBRATIONS, HELP ME, RHONDA, I GET AROUND,
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