Bonuses, Rerun van Penn, 1994 Questions on the Crum

1.(20) For each of the following quotes about a nation, for five points, first 
name the man who said it and for a second five points, name the nation to which 
he was referring.
a.  "It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma."
    Answer:  Winston CHURCHILL, RUSSIA or SOVIET UNION or USSR
b.  "How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?"
    Answer:  Charles DE GAULLE, FRANCE

2.(20) For five points each, arrange the following Protestant denominations from 
most to least U.S. membership:  Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists, and Mormons.

Answer:  BAPTISTS, METHODISTS, MORMONS, PRESBYTERIANS

3.(30) FTP each, given a year and an author, identify his or her novel which won 
the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in that year.
a.  1921, Edith Wharton
    Answer:  THE AGE OF INNOCENCE
b.  1926, Sinclair Lewis
    Answer:  ARROWSMITH
c.  1953, Ernest Hemingway
    Answer:  THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA

4.(30) South Africa is unique in that it has not one capital, but three.  FTP 
each, name
a. the legislative capital: 		Answer: CAPE TOWN
b. the administrative capital: 	Answer: PRETORIA
c. the judicial capital: 		Answer: BLOEMFONTEIN

5.(20) For 5 points each, and a bonus 5 for all 3, give the next line of the 
following children's songs.  You are encouraged, but not required to sing.
a.  "There was a farmer who had a dog..."
    Answer:  AND BINGO WAS HIS NAME-O
b.  "Knick, knack, paddywhack, give the dog a bone..."
    Answer:  THIS OLD MAN CAME ROLLING HOME
c.  "The itsy-bitsy spider climbed up the water spout..."
    Answer:  DOWN CAME THE RAIN AND WASHED THE SPIDER OUT

6.(20) The larger the group a person is in, or thinks he is in, the less likely 
he is to come to a stranger's assistance.  For twenty points, this phenomenon is 
known as what effect?
	Answer:  BYSTANDER effect

7.(25) Organized by Tom Hayden and Al Haber of the University of Michigan in 
1960, it drew much of its ideology from the writings of C. Wright Mills, Paul 
Goodman and Herbert Marcuse.  For twenty-five points, name this
organization which grew increasingly militant in the '60s until it dissolved into 
factions in 1968.
	Answer:  STUDENTS FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY or SDS

8.(20) A train carrying 60 nuclear warheads left for Russia in early March from 
this country which agreed to ship them to Russia for destruction.  FTP, name the 
country.
	Answer:  UKRAINE
For an additional ten points, name the current Ukrainian president who pledged to 
rid his country of nuclear weapons.
	Answer:  Leonid KRAVCHUK




9.(25) For the specified number of points, answer these questions about _Brave 
New World_.
a.  For five points, who wrote it?
    Answer:  Aldous HUXLEY
b.  For ten points, how are the societal castes named?
    Answer:  GREEK LETTERS (alpha through epsilon)
c.  For ten more points, the novel begins in the year 632 A.F.  What does A.F. 
stand for?
    Answer:  AFTER FORD

10.(20) FTP each, identify these Leonardo da Vinci paintings.
a.  His first major commission, begun in 1481, it was left unfinished.
    Answer:  ADORATION OF THE MAGI
b.  This mural in Santa Maria delle Grazie had already begun to show signs of 
decay in Leonardo's lifetime.
    Answer:  LAST SUPPER

11.(30) Given an NBA team, name the city where the team originally played.
a.  L.A. Clippers			Answer:  SAN DIEGO
b.  Detroit Pistons		Answer:  FORT WAYNE
c.  L.A. Lakers		 	Answer:  MINNEAPOLIS

12.(30) FTP each, identify these games played on The Price Is Right.
a.  Players release up to five chips against a pegged board with a chance to win 
$25,000.
    Answer:  PLINKO
b.  Players ask "Gentlemen, do I have at least one number right?"
    Answer:  ONE AWAY
c.  Players try to unlock prizes by setting the numbers in a combination lock.
    Answer:  SAFE CRACKERS

13.(20) Although the British defeated the French in the 1759 Battle of Quebec of 
the French and Indian War, both generals were killed in battle.  FTP each, name 
them both.
Answer:  Generals WOLFE and MONTCALM

14.(25) For five points each, list in any order, the five brightest stars in the 
night sky.
Answer:  SIRIUS, CANOPUS, ARCTURUS, RIGEL kentaurus and VEGA

15.(20) FTP each, identify the following observances on the calendar.
a.  First observed 10 April 1872 in Nebraska, it is now observed in most states, 
usually on the last Friday in April.
    Answer:  ARBOR DAY
b.  Legislated in 1979, it is always observed on the first Sunday after Labor 
Day.
    Answer:  GRANDPARENTS' DAY

16.(20) FTP each, identify these characters from _Alice in Wonderland_.
a.  The first creature Alice sees in the pool of tears
    Answer:  MOUSE
b.  The judge at the trial of the Knave of Hearts
    Answer:  KING OF HEARTS

17.(30) Excludiing the Great Lakes, list the five next largest U.S. lakes.  
You¹ll get 5 extra points fo naming them all.
	Answer:  GREAT SALT Lake, Lake OKEECHOBEE, Lake PONTCHARTRAIN, Lake CHAMPLAIN 
and Lake TAHOE




18.(25) He was the dominant sixteenth-century Italian architect, known for the 
use of colossal columns on his palaces and villas.  Late in his career he 
distinguished himself in religious architecture.  An example of which
is the Venetian church of San Giorgio Maggiore.  For twenty-five points, name 
this Italian architect.
	Answer:  Andrea PALLADIO

19.(30) Because of criticism of the Navy's handling of the Tailhook sexual 
harassment scandal the Navy's top officer announced last month that he was 
retiring two months early.  For fifteen points, name this admiral.
	Answer:  Adm. Frank KELSO, Jr.
For another fifteen points, name the commander of NATO forces in southern Europe 
that President Clinton nominated to replace Kelso.
	Answer:  Adm. Jeremy BOORDA

20.(30) Now that Bonnie Blair has won five Olympic medals, she has become the 
U.S.'s most decorated female Olympian.  FTP each, list the three female athletes 
who are tied for second place with four medals each.
	Answer:  Janet EVANS, Patricia McCORMICK and Evelyn ASHFORD

21.(25) For 5 points each, with 10 more points for getting all three, list the 
three European heads of state, who, with President Woodrow Wilson, attended the 
Paris Peace Conference of 1919-20.  
	Answer:  Lloyd GEORGE (Great Britain), Georges CLEMENCEAU (France) and
	             Vittorio ORLANDO (Italy)

22.(30) FTP each, identify the SI unit for each of the following physical 
quantities.  Each shares its name with a famous scientist.
a.  Magnetic field---	Answer:  TESLA
b.  Inductance---		Answer:  HENRY
c.  Pressure---		Answer:  PASCAL

23.(25) When Jane Campion received a bid this year for "The Piano," she became 
only the second woman to be nominated for a directing Oscar.  For twenty-five 
points, who was the first woman nominated for Best Director in
1976 for "Seven Beauties?"
	Answer:  Lina WERTMULLER

24.(30) 30-20-10, identify the author from a list of his or her works.
a.  ³Desperate Remedies² and ³A Pair of Blue Eyes²
b.  ³Under the Greenwood Tree² and ³The Trumpet-Major²
c.  ³Far from the Madding Crowd² and ³The Woodlanders²
    	Answer:  Thomas HARDY

25.(30) 30-20-10, name the part of the vertebrate eye.
a.  The word is derived from the Greek for "hard."
b.  At the front of the eye, it becomes the cornea.
c.  It is the eyeball's tough, white outer layer of connective tissue.
    Answer:  SCLERA