Penn Bowl IV, Pitt Confused tossups

1. FQTP, name the third baseman of 
Abbott and Costello's "Who's on
First?" routine.

ANSWER: I don't know


2. The mistakenly named L'Hopital's Rule was actually discovered by a

member of this famous Swiss family of scientists and
mathematicians. FTP, 
name this illustrious family, also noted for its
studies of probability 
and fluid dynamics.

ANSWER: Bernoulli

3. Le Monde erroneously reported 
this man's death, calling him a
"warmonger".  Aghast at his reputation, 
he was inspired to endow a
prize for peacemakers.  FTP, name this man, 
also known for his
invention of dynamite.

ANSWER: Alfred Nobel

4. Two 
German chemical firms Tesch/Stabenow (TESH STOB-IN-OW) and
Degesch 
obtained the patent for this fumigant from Farben.  For ten
points, name 
this chemical used to annihilate millions of people in
Nazi gas chambers.


ANSWER: Zyklon-B

6. This principality was declared a free state by 
Charlemagne.
Authority over this state is now held jointly by the 
President of
France and the Spanish Bishop of Urgel. FTP, name this 
principality
located between France and Spain.

ANSWER: Andorra

7. He 
ruled Egypt from 1375 to 1358 b.c.  His life was the subject of
a Philip 
Glass opera.  FTP, name this boy-king who was married to
Nefertiti.


ANSWER: Akhnaten (AWK-NAW-TEN) or Akhenaten or Amenhotep

8. The 1712 
Overture, Einstein and the Fritz and Sneaky Pete and the
Wolf, were all 
allegedly composed by him.  FTP name this "lost"
relative of J.S., C.P.E. 
et. al. discovered by musicologist/comedian
Peter Schickele 
(SHICK-A-LEE).

ANSWER: P.D.Q. Bach

9. Don Juan, the Devil, and a living 
statue (among others) engage in
an extended discussion of the purpose of 
life in this plays third
act. For ten points, name this Shavian drama, 
whose third act is
popularly called "Don Juan in Hell."

ANSWER: Man and 
Superman

10. Robert Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance's 
author
and protagonist uses two names within the book: his own and one 
from
antiquity.  FTP, give this name, shared by a Platonic dialogue.


ANSWER: Phaedrus


11. Penn and Teller's How to Play with Your Food was 
recalled by the
publisher at the order of the Food and Drug 
Administration and
redistributed with one less item included.  FTP, name 
this small,
white, rectangular, unopenable restaurant item which the FDA 
ruled
looked too much like the real thing.

ANSWER: Sugar Packet (or 
variation)

12. This book, written in 1936, has sold over 15 million 
copies by
providing such sage advice as, "If you want to gather honey, 
don't
kick over the beehive."  FTP, name this book authored by Dale

Carnegie.

ANSWER: How to Win Friends and Influence People

13. FQTP, 
name the person who was the product of the Immaculate
Conception.


ANSWER: Mary

14. This twentieth-century Italian fantasist penned such 
works as If
on a Winter's Night and Cosmicomics. FTP,name this author, 
also known
for writing The Non-Existent Knight.

ANSWER: Italo Calvino 
(E-TALL-OH CULL-VEE-NO)

15. FTP, what is the nom de plume of Mme. 
Dudevant, the transvestite
lover of Chopin? She cheapened French 
literature with works that
included Indiana and Mare au Diable.

ANSWER: 
George Sand

16. Alexander the Great once announced that if he were not 
Alexander,
he would like to be this famed philosopher, who spent most 
days
soaking in his tub. FTP name this Greek.

ANSWER: Diogenes the Cynic


17. In 1592, he and Richard Baines were arrested for counterfeiting,
and 
he was later accused of occultism and heresy.  FTP, name him, the
author 
of Edward II and The Jew of Malta.

ANSWER: Christopher Marlowe

18. In 
1891, this man took 13 axioms, a soccer ball, and two peach
baskets and 
created what is now the big-money sport of basketball.
FTP, name him.


ANSWER: Dr. James Naismith

19. This flightless bird is unusual in its 
use of smell for locating
food. Its name derives from its call.  FTP and 
a shoeshine, name it.

ANSWER: Kiwi

20. "I love you, you love me.  We're 
a happy family."  So begins the
theme song, FTP, of what insipid and 
mind-numbing PBS children's
series?

ANSWER: Barney and Friends

21. This 
20th century art movement derives its name from the French
for 
hobby-horse.  Its founders included Jean Aro, Hugo Ball,and Marcel
Janco.  
FTP, name it.

ANSWER: Dadaism

22. FTP,what is the name of the 
discontinuity which separates the
Earth's crust and mantle, named for a 
Croatian seismologist.

ANSWER: Mohorovicic (MOW-HOW-ROW-VAH-CHIC) 
discontinuity (accept Moho)

23. This disease, named for a grotesque 
little Greek god with a huge
phallus, is characterized by prolonged 
penile erection, usually
without any sexual desire.  FTP name it.


ANSWER: Priapism

24.  This psychiatric disorder is characterized by 
sudden unexpected
travel and assumption of a new personality.  FTP, give 
its name,
shared with a musical form of counterpoint.

ANSWER: fugue

25. 
APL is a programming language developed by Kenneth Iverson and
Adin 
Falkoff at IBM.  FTP, what does APL stand for?

ANSWER: A Programming 
Language

26. FTP, what sport which has been dominated in recent years by

Argentina, originated in Persia, and consists of from four to eight

periods, called chukkas.

ANSWER: polo

27. Melinda French of Seattle 
Washington, excelling all other women,
recently gave her word to this 
man. FTP name this multi-billionare who
is no longer micro nor soft.


ANSWER: Bill Gates