TOSS-UPS (Brandeis U.)

1. Ray Bradbury's short 
story "The Kilimanjaro Device" had a central plot
   of undoing the 
suicides of famous people, and allowing them a more
   glorious death. In 
the story, for 10 points, what author by way of the
   device, is 
prevented from blowing his head off with a shotgun near
   Ketchum, 
Idaho?

   Ernest HEMINGWAY


2. For a quick 10 points, a Brannock Device 
is used to measure what part
   of the human body?

   FEET or FOOT  
(Host: it's used in shoe stores to determine shoe size.)


3. Ross Perot 
Question #1! Ross has been trying to get rid of it for years.
   However, 
the best he has been able to do is reduce it to one letter. For
   10 
points, what is Ross Perot's first name?

   HENRY


4. Not many English 
works have achieved a total lack of verisimilitude
as "Gulliver's 
Travels" has. But, for 10 points, spell verisimilitude.

   
V-E-R-I-S-I-M-I-L-I-T-U-D-E


5. When Teddy Roosevelt ran for President 
in 1912 under the banner of
the Progressive Party, he polled a little 
over 4 million votes. For Ten
pts., what candidate for the same party 
running in 1924 polled
substantially more votes?  

Robert M. LAFOLLETTE 
. 


6. The Mohs' Scale measures the hardness of minerals. As you 
probably
know, diamond is the hardest. But for 10 points, what is the 
softest
mineral on the scale, which when pulverized, can be used to give 
you
silky, smooth
skin just after a shower?

   TALC		(DO NOT ACCEPT: 
Talcum, Talcum Powder)


7. "These are the times which try men's souls." 
So starts this Thomas
Paine work, and no, it's not "Common Sense". For 10 
points, name it.

   THE AMERICAN CRISIS


8. Ross Perot Question #2! A 
running joke says that Ross Perot could use
his gold card to pay off the 
national debt. Perhaps a nicer idea might
be to have him share his 3 
billion dollars with each of the 250 million
Americans he wishes to lead, 
thus jumpstarting the economy. For 10
points, if good ol' Henry did this, 
how much would each American receive?

   $12


9. For 10 points, name 
the National League ball team which personifies
the  phrase "3 strikes 
and yer out," by losing the past three National
League Championship 
Series.

    PITTSBURGH or PIRATES or PITTSBURGH PIRATES


10. 1992 is 
the 500th Anniversary of Columbus' "discovery" of America.
However, we 
don't live in a country called Columbia! For 10 points, what
other 
explorer is America named after?

    Amerigo VESPUCCI


11. The 
Farewell, the Oxford, the Clock, the Drumroll, the Lookout, and
the 
Surprise are all subtitles for symphonies by, for 10 points, what
tutor 
of Mozart?

    Franz Joseph HAYDN


12. For a quick 10 points, according 
to the Tootsie Roll owl, how many
licks does it take to get to the center 
of Tootsie Roll Pop?

    3 (Three)

13. Perot Question #3! This 
political handler decided to join the Perot
campaign, but after only a 
few weeks of bickering, he quit it and has now
 become one of his most 
vocal critics. For 10 points, name this
mastermind of Ronald Reagan's 
1984 victory.

    Ed ROLLINS


14. Protests have been sounded to change 
this national anthem, since
verses such as, "drench our fields with the 
impure blood," and
"ferocious invaders who have come to slit the throats 
of our sons," are
considered too gory to be patriotic. For 10 points, 
name this
200-year-old anthem, subtitled, "War Hymn of the Army of the 
Rhine."

    LA MARSEILLAISE or THE MARSEILLAISE  (Prompt if FRENCH 
NATIONAL
ANTHEM  is given)


15. No, the Ohio Glory did not live up to 
its name to bring home a win
in World Bowl II (2). For 10 points, what 
team did live up to its name
by staging a fourth quarter comeback to 
become the 1992 World League
Champions?

    SACRAMENTO SURGE or SURGE 
(Prompt if Sacramento is given)


16. Pencil and paper ready: For 10 
points, what is the base ten equivalent
of the hexdecimal number 3D?

    
61


17. For 10 points, in Gothic and Renaissance art, what does the term

"madonna maiesta (my-AYST-uh)" mean?

    MADONNA ENTHRONED or MOTHER 
ENTHRONED


18. She wrote this book, her most famous, when she was just 
21. It
begins, "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man 
in
possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." For 10 
points,
name this book by Jane Austen.

    PRIDE AND PREJUDICE


19. The 
Pathetique, the Moonlight, and Eine Kleine Nachtmusik are all,
for 10 
points, examples of what musical form?

    SONATA


20. "A Jewish man 
with parent alive is a 15-year-old boy, and will
remain a 15-year-old boy 
until they die," writes Philip Roth in, for 10
points, what book turned 
movie?

    PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT


21. 1992 has been the year of the woman 
in sentorial races, with
numerous women having secured their party's 
nomination in the primary
election. One of the largest upsets came in 
Pennsylvania, where a woman
defeated
Mark Singel to face incumbent Arlen 
Spector in November. For 10 points,
name her.

    Lynn YEAKEL


22. For 
a quick 10 points, the character of an Albert R. Broccoli film shares
 
his name with Ross Perot's running mate. For 10 points, what are the 
first
 and middle names of Stockdale- Admiral Stockdale?

    JAMES BOND  
(Host: That is Ross Perot Question #4.)


23. One of the 7 Wonders of the 
World are the Great Pyramids of Egypt.
These pyramids were built for the 
Egyptian pharaoh, Cheops. For 10
points, what did the Egyptians call him?

    
KHUFU (koo-foo)


24. "If Mrs. Thatcher wins on Thursday, I warn you not 
to be ordinary, I
warn you not to be young, I warn you not to fall ill, 
and I warn you not
to
grow old." So quipped, for 10 points, what British 
politician and victim
of Joe Biden plagarism?

    Neil KINNOCK


25.  
The smallest natural unit of measurable time, it is used in
calculations 
of quantum gravity. For 10 pts., what is this time unit,
equal to 
one-trisdecillionth of a second and named after a scientist
with a more 
famous constant in his name?

      PLANCK TIME 


26. Gaining national 
attention in helping Harrison Woolford win the senate
    race in 
Pennsylvania, this political handler for Bill Clinton has been 
    
called "the Lee Atwater of '92." For 10 points, name this man who is 
    
engaged to Bush campaign organizer Mary Matalin.

    James CARVILLE



27. He said that if you're in a hurry to get off the planet, you might 
want to
    dial up President Bush at (202) 456-1414, to see if he'll 
pull some 
    strings for you. He also recommended that you keep your 
towel with
you      at all times, and most importantly, Don't Panic! For 
10 points,
name this
    science-fiction author.

    Douglas ADAMS


28. 
The Second Law of Thermodynamics states that in a spontaneous
reaction, 
an isolated system will attempt to maximize this property, if
the 
reaction is performed at constant energy. For 10 points, what is
this 
property which measures the disorder of a system?

    ENTROPY   (Do not 
accept: DISORDER, CHAOS)





                         BONUSES (Brandeis 
U.) 

1. 25 pts.
   In the 1970's and 1980's, George Lucas created the 
science-fiction
movie saga which would revolutionize the medium- the Star 
Wars trilogy.
But as  famous as that series became, Lucas mever would 
forget his
roots. For 25 points, give the name of his first sci-fi film, 
which
Lucas has immortalized by referring to it in every one of his 
films.

   THX-1138


2. 20 pts.
   Descartes never actually said "I 
think, therefore I am." Through
time, quotes often get changed and messed 
up, and these misquotes are
accepted   as correct. So for 10 points each, 
correct these following
quotes by giving the exact phrase AS ITS AUTHOR 
ACTUALLY SAID IT.

   1. FDR's "A day which will live in infamy."
             
A DATE WHICH WILL LIVE IN INFAMY.
   2. Gertrude Stein's "A rose is a 
rose is a rose."
             ROSE IS A ROSE IS A ROSE IS A ROSE.

             
MODERATOR: Answers must be correct Word-for-Word.


3. 30 pts.
   Every 
October, one of the most popular events for college students in the
   
Boston area is the crew regatta known as the Head of the Charles. Not 
   
surprisingly, the regatta is held on the Charles River. For 15 points, 
each
   name the rivers which host the regatta I name.

   1. The Henley 
Regatta                            A: THAMES River
   2. The Dad Vail 
Regatta                          A: SCHULYLKILL River
                                                                        
          
(Skoo-kull)


4. 30 pts.
   For 10 points each, given an actor and his 
film, give me, within one year,
   the year he won the Academy Award. 
Therefore, if an answer is 1935,  
      1934, 1935, or 1936 would be 
correct.

   1. William Hurt for "Kiss of the Spider Woman"	A: 1985 
(1984-1986)
   2. Jose Ferrer for "Cyrano de Bergerac"       	A: 1950 
(1949-1951)
   3. John Wayne for "True Grit"			A: 1969 (1968-1970)


5. 
25 pts.
   Everyone knows the rhyme about the fates of Henry VIII's 
wives:
divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived. So, for 25

points, what is the first and last name of the wife who SURVIVED Henry

the VIIIth?

   CATHERINE PARR


6. 20 pts.
   We know that Perot, 
Clinton, and Bush have made the ballots of all 50 
   states. However, 
there is one more Presidential ticket to have that 
   distinction. For 
10 points, name the candidate, and for another 10 points,
   name the 
party supporting the ticket.

   Andre MARROU, LIBERTARIAN Party


7. 30 
pts.
   The Toronto Blue Jays made headlines as the first team to take 
the
World Series championship north of the border. However, they were not

the first Canadian team to participate in baseball's post-season. The

Montreal Expos played in the National Championship Series, for 15 points

each, against what team and eventual world champs, and in what year?

   
LOS ANGELES DODGERS or L.A. and 1981	(Prompt if Dodgers is given)


8. 25 
pts.
   The mouth, esophagus, and stomach are part of the digestive 
system.
The heart, veins, and arteries are part of the circulatory 
system. But,
for 25 points, what 6-syllable term describes the system 
which includes
skin, hair, fingernails and toenails?

   INTEGUMENTARY 
System


9. 20 pts.
   People defend Israel's foreign policy stating that 
they are
surrounded by enemies. For 5 points each, name the 4 countries 
which
border Israel, none of which can be considered allies.

   LEBANON, 
SYRIA, JORDAN, EGYPT


10. 30 pts.
    30-20-10. Name the musical from 
the songs in its score:

    1. It's a Scandal! It's an Outrage!
    2. 
Kansas City
    3. Oh, What a Beautiful Morning

    OKLAHOMA!


11. 30 
pts. 
    Yes, it's time once again for everyone's favorite College Bowl

question! Periodic Table Geography! Rearrange the chemical symbols of
the 
elements listed to spell the name of a major city.

    1. 5 pts: Erbium, 
Thorium, Phosphorus		    A: PERTH
    2. 10 pt: Bismuth, Sodium, Oxygen, 
Iridium                 A: NAIROBI
    3. 15 pt: Tantalum, Carbon, 
Astatine, Gallium, 
              Hydrogen, Nobelium, Oxygen.                        
A: CHATTANOOGA


12. 20 pts.
    Richard Rowland said, in reference to 
Charlie Chaplin, Mary
Pickford, and Douglas Fairbanks, "The lunatics have 
taken charge of the
asylum." The asylum refers to, for 20 points, what 
movie studios, now
taken over by
MGM?

    UNITED ARTISTS or U.A.


13. 
30 pts.
    Many states, such as South Dakota and Montana, must endure 
the
    embarrassment of carrying only 3 electoral votes for this year's 
    
Presidential election. Six states barely have enough people to avoid this
    
terrible stigma, and carry 4 electoral votes. For 5 points each, name
    
the 6 states which have 4 electoral votes.

    IDAHO, NEVADA, MAINE, NEW 
HAMPSHIRE, RHODE ISLAND, HAWAII


14. 30 pts.
    30-20-10. Identify this 
playwright given his plays.
    1. Rommersholm
    2. The Wild Duck
    
3. Hedda Gabler and Peer Gynt

    Henrik IBSEN


15. 20 pts.
    For 5 
points each, given the state nickname, tell me the U.S. State.

    1. 
The Forget-Me-Not State			A: Alabama
    2. The Evergreen State				A: 
Washington
     3. The Magnolia State				A: Mississippi
    4. The Nutmeg 
State				A: Connecticut


16. 30 pts.
    The International Union of Pure 
and Applied Chemistry, or IUPAC, has
    recently added two prefixes to 
measure very tiny metric amounts. For 15
    points each, given the new 
prefix, tell me the order of magnitude it
    represents. So, if I say 
"milli," you would say "10 to the minus 3."

    1. yacto-			A: 10 TO THE 
MINUS 21
    2. zepto- 			A: 10 TO THE MINUS 24


17. 20 pts.
    The 
Toronto Blue Jays have been the beneficiaries of some late-game 
    
heroics in this World Series. For 10 points each, name:

    1. The 
pinch-hitter who smacked a 2-run homer in the 9th inning of
       Game 
2, bringing Toronto a 5-4 victory.
       Ed SPRAGUE (Sprayg)
    2. The 
left-fielder who singled with the bases loaded in the 9th inning
       
of Game 3, to win the game for Toronto.
       Candy MALDONADO


18. 20 
pts.
    Don't know what to do with that leftover human liver sitting in 
the
    fridge? Well, Hannibal Lecter from "The Silence of the Lambs" 
suggests
    that you serve human liver with fava (fah-vah) beans and a 
bottle of
    Chianti (key-an-tee), and it's sure to be a hit at the 
dinner table.
    For 10 points each
    1. Spell Fava Beans.          A: 
F-A-V-A (space) B-E-A-N-S
    2. Spell Chianti.                   A: 
C-H-I-A-N-T-I


19. 25 pts.
    He was greatly annoyed when he learned 
that Stanley Kubrick was
planning to omit the crucial last chapter of his 
book in the process of
filming
his "A Clockwork Orange." For 25 points, 
name the author who wrote the
book, which gave the English language the 
term "droogies."

    Anthony BURGESS


20. The book takes its title from 
a hymn which comes from the book of
Jeremiah. This book represents a 
departure for its author, as it has
nothing to do with Judaism, instead 
focusing on events in Korea, where
he spent sixteen months. For 15 points 
each, what is the name of the
book, and who is this author, whose other 
works include "Davida's Harp"
and"The Chosen?"

    I AM THE CLAY, by 
Chaim POTOK


21. Some schools have all the luck. While Brandeis is 
raising tuition and
    slimming down graduate programs to save money, 
Henry M. Rowan
decided in July that he was going to give $100 million to 
a college in
New
    Jersey, WHICH HE NEVER EVEN ATTENDED! For 20 points, 
what is the
former name of the newly-named Rowan College?

    GLASSBORO 
STATE College


22. 25 pts.
    For 5 points apiece, identify the 
official titles of the following World
    Leaders. For example, George 
Bush is a President.
      1. Carlos Salinas de Gortari           		A: 
PRESIDENT
      2. Helmut Kohl      				A: CHANCELLOR
      3. Francois 
Mitterand			A: PRESIDENT
      4. Itzhak Rabin (rah-BEEN)		A: PRIME 
MINISTER
      5. Lech Walesa				A: PRESIDENT


23. 20 pts.
    There are 
many interesting facts and statistics in NFL history, but things
    are 
much more interesting when the facts have nothing to do with the game!
    
For 5 points, name the only NFL Team to have an album hit the Billboard
    
Top 100, and eventually hit Gold Record status.
		CHICAGO BEARS or 
CHICAGO or BEARS
    Now, for another 15 points, what was the name of the 
single on that
album, which had the proceeds of its sales go to the 
Chicago Bears
charities?
		The SUPER BOWL SHUFFLE


24. 30 pts.
    This 
Tuesday, we will go to the polls to choose our next President.
However 
for 10 points apiece, who did America choose for President when
they went 
to the poll stations:
	1. 60 years ago			A: Franklin D. ROOSEVELT or FDR
				           
(Prompt if only Roosevelt is given)
	2. 100 years ago		A: Grover 
CLEVELAND
	3. 140 years ago		A: Franklin PIERCE


25. 30 pts.
    
30-20-10. Identify the author from his works.
	1. "Diaries of Adam and 
Eve"
	2. "The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson"
	3. "The Celebrated Jumping 
Frog of Calaverras County"

	Mark TWAIN or Samuel Langhorne CLEMENS