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MD 2002 Pac 3

The next question is brought to you courtesy of the letter C. 1. Playing 14 NBA seasons with Philadelphia and Los Angeles; he holds the record as the only player to score 100 points in a game.

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Wilt Chamberlain

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The next question is brought to you courtesy of the letter C.2. This is intensely radioactive element is number 96; with symbol Cm.

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Curium

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The next question is brought to you courtesy of the letter C.3. This Baltimore native is the author of novels including Executive Orders; Patriot Games; The Sum of All Fears; and The Hunt for Red October.

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Tom Clancy

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The next question is brought to you courtesy of the letter C.4. The Cup of Tea; Woman Bathing; and The Boating Party are works by what female American Impressionist painter?

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Mary Cassatt

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The next question is brought to you courtesy of the letter C.5. Roman emperor from 306 to 337; he converted to Christianity in 313 and renamed the capital Byzantium for himself.

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Constantine I (the Great)

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The next question is brought to you courtesy of the letter C.6. This city is the most populous in South Carolina; it’s also its capital.

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Columbia

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The next question is brought to you courtesy of the letter C.7. He was the vengeful husband of Hester Prynne.

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Roger Chillingworth

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The next question is brought to you courtesy of the letter C.8. Connected with the fraudulent construction of the Union Pacific Railroad; this is now known as a political scandal of the 1870s.

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Crédit Mobilier

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  1. Carbon dioxide is fun to play with. - This statement contains the name of the character played by George Lazenby in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.
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James Bond

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  1. AMPERSAND; AMPHIBOLE; AMPHORA-Which of these is the name of the character that represents the word and?
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AMPERSAND

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  1. Brussels; Oslo; Bern - place these capitals in order from south to north.
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Bern; Brussels; Oslo (3;1;2)

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  1. (two part question) The same year; 1643; saw this man invent the barometer and saw this man start his reign as the Sun King of France.
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Evangelista Torricelli and Louis XIV

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  1. Australia; Indonesia; Malaysia - In which of these countries was there a car bombing outside of a nightclub that killed nearly 180 people on October 12; 2002?
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Indonesia (2)

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  1. Liberty; Sancho; my friend; is one of the most precious gifts that Heaven has bestowed on mankind. This quote is spoken by the title character in what work by Miguel de Cervantes?
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Don Quixote

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  1. He put his leg on the chair. - Hidden in this statement is the name of a Danish toy company known for its colorful block toys.
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LEGO

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  1. AUSCULTATION; AUSPICE; AUSTERE-Which of these three words means severe or without adornment?
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AUSTERE

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  1. Prague; Amsterdam; Kiev - place these capitals in order from east to west.
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Kiev; Prague; Amsterdam (3;1;2)

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  1. (two part question) The same year; 1915; saw this passenger ship sunk by German U-boats; and saw this organization that believes in white supremacy revived for the first time since the Reconstruction Era.
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S.S. Lusitania and Ku Klux Klan (accept equivalents)

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  1. Justice Department; State Department; Treasury Department - Which of these controls the Bureau of Alcohol; Tobacco; and Firearms?
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Treasury Department (3)

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  1. All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others. This quote is from a George Orwell novel that symbolically deals with the spread of Communism.
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Animal Farm

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1982 was a good year. Name these people; places and things from 1982. 1. This proposed Constitutional Amendment was defeated after a 10-year struggle for ratification.

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Equal Rights Amendment

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1982 was a good year. Name these people; places and things from 1982. 2. This Maya Lin-designed monument to an unpopular war was unveiled.

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Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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1982 was a good year. Name these people; places and things from 1982. 3. In full force was this CBS glitz drama featuring Cliff Barnes and J.R. Ewing in the titular Texas city.

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Dallas

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1982 was a good year. Name these people; places and things from 1982. 4. Born was this heir to the British crown; the first son of Charles and Diana.

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Prince William

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1982 was a good year. Name these people; places and things from 1982. 5. This channel became available for you to watch the Tropical Update and Five Day Planner forecasts.

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The Weather Channel

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1982 was a good year. Name these people; places and things from 1982. 6. The Indian government imposed a pollution-free zone around this monument in Agra; the tomb of Shah Jahan’s wife.

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Taj Mahal

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1982 was a good year. Name these people; places and things from 1982. 7. Israel returned to Egypt this triangular piece of land; the site of the eponymous mountain where Moses received the Ten Commandments.

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Sinai Peninsula

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1982 was a good year. Name these people; places and things from 1982. 8. Yuri Andropov succeeded this deceased leader of the Soviet Union.

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Leonid Brezhnev

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1982 was a good year. Name these people; places and things from 1982. 9. The 1982 World’s Fair was hosted in this university town in eastern Tennessee.

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Knoxville

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1982 was a good year. Name these people; places and things from 1982. 10. This team won the Stanley Cup; the third of four straight brought home to the Nassau County Coliseum.

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New York Islanders

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  1. This MLS team was third in the Eastern Division with a record of 11-13-4. Their name arises from an 1871 incident involving Mrs. O’Leary’s cow.
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Chicago Fire (accept either)

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  1. This range of the Blue Ridge is named after the mist or haze that usually surrounds them. They form the boundary between North Carolina and Tennessee.
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Great Smoky Mountains

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  1. On March 26; 1911; a fire broke out here. 146 people died; most of them young women; in this New York City factory fire.
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Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire

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  1. Simplify the expression. [(3 - 4i)^2]
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-7 minus 24 i

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  1. In this Jack London story; a man and his dog are walking up Paul Creek meet up with his party. The man cannot keep himself warm and freezes. The dog continues to camp.
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To Build a Fire

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  1. This is the crime of willfully and maliciously setting fire to a building or other property. It can be caused by pyromania; to cover up a crime; or for insurance fraud.
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Arson

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  1. Thinking is the hardest work there is; which is probably the reason so few engage in it. Name the automobile manufacturer who said this who also paid his factory workers $5 a day.
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Henry Ford

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  1. On January 25; 1898; this ship was docked in Havana Harbor. An explosion caused it to sink and remembering it was the rallying cry of the Spanish-American War.
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Maine

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  1. In 1520; Ferdinand Magellan named this group of islands off the southern tip of South America. They are named for the fires Magellan saw on the shores.
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Tierra del Fuego

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  1. This was the motto of the Salt Lake City Olympics. LeAnn Rimes sang a song by this title at the opening ceremonies. Children with lanterns represented it.
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Light the Fire Within

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  1. Simplify the expression. [(-2 + 5i)^2]
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-21 minus 20 i

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  1. The title animal in this William Blake poem is described as burning; bright in the forests of the night. It is also described as having fearful symmetry.
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The Tiger

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  1. Boreal Forest; Deciduous Forest; Tropical Rain Forest– Which of these is also called a taiga forest?
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Boreal Forest (1)

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  1. The AMA and WHO have called for this behavior in movies to give the film an R rating. Despite the tobacco industry’s ban on paid ads; this has increased in movies.
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Smoking

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  1. You can have brilliant ideas; but if you can’t get them across; your ideas won’t get you anywhere. He was once President of Ford Motor Company and later became Chairman of Chrysler Corporation.
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Lee Iacocca

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  1. One character by this name appears as the King of Corinth in Medea. Name this brother of Jocasta; who is better well known as the King of Thebes in Antigone.
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Creon

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  1. He led American troops at the battles of Germantown and Brandywine and led a daring and successful storming of Stony Point. Name this American military leader whose famous nickname refers to his heated demeanor at battles such as Fallen Timbers.
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Mad Anthony Wayne

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  1. This vitamin assists the body in synthesizing collagen in connective tissue and neurotransmitters. According to Linus Pauling; this vitamin fights the common cold. Name this water-soluble vitamin whose severe deficiency causes scurvy.
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Vitamin C or ascorbic acid

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  1. Robert Pirsing relates this subject and the art of motorcycle maintenance. Founded by Bodhidharma; zazen is the specific type of meditation practiced and koans are those profound phrases such as What is the sound of one hand clapping? Name this subset of Buddhism.
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Zen Buddhism

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  1. Cio-Cio San; the title character of this opera; commits hara kiri when she loses the object of her affection; Captain Pinkerton. Name this opera by Puccini featuring a young Japanese geisha’s love for an American naval officer.
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Madame Butterfly

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  1. The narrator of this novel; Jack Burden; is forced to confront the problem of good and evil in the career of Southern demagogue Willie Stark; who is modeled on Huey Long. Name this 1946 novel by Robert Penn Warren.
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All The King’s Men

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  1. Egypt and Syria surprised Israel by launching an attack during Ramadan in this short conflict in which Israel captured the Sinai Peninsula. Name this 1973 war named for the holiday on which it started.
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Yom Kippur War

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  1. Unlike the natural object to which this abstract construct is compared; in diagrams the root is usually drawn at the top. Utilized in its binary form for quick searches; name this data structure containing parent and child nodes and leaves.
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tree

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  1. This humanistic psychologist published the books Motivation and Personality and Toward a Psychology of Being; in which he introduced his theory of self-actualization. Name this American psychologist who is more famous for his hierarchy of needs.
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Abraham Maslow

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  1. This patriarch of a coaching family played at and began his coaching career at Samford. His sons Jeff; Terry and Tommy have gotten into coaching; but they have nowhere near his 331 wins. Name this venerable football coach at Florida State.
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Bobby Bowden

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  1. His essay Pornography and Obscenity is ironic; since many of his novels were banned for such reasons. His lesser known novels include Aaron’s Rod; The Boy in the Bush; and The Plumed Serpent. Name this 20th century British novelist of Sons and Lovers and Lady Chatterley’s Lover.
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David Herbert Lawrence

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  1. Receiving Oscars for his performances in Spatacus and Topkapi; he earned tremendous acclaim for his brilliant portrayal of Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot. Identify this British actor partly of Russian descent who was knighted in 1980.
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Sir Peter Ustinov

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  1. He built a strong chemistry department at Berkeley and did research in electrochemistry and free energy; but he is best known for the subject of his book; Valence and the Structure of Atoms and Molecules. Name this chemist known for his dot structures and acids and bases.
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Gilbert Newton Lewis

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  1. His four-part set The Voyage of Life is in the National Gallery. Known for making sketches in the Catskills; name this founder of the Hudson River School whose more famous works include The Course of Empire and The Ox Bow.
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Thomas Cole

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  1. Located in Kata Tjuta National Park; this formation changes colors several times a day. Rising over a thousand feet above the surrounding desert; it is five miles in circumference. Name this feature sacred to the Aborigines of Australia.
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Ayers Rock or Uluru

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ex. A fierce opponent of liberalism and nationalism; he helped form the four-nation coalition that ultimately defeated Napoleon. The Revolutions of 1848 officially ended his lengthy diplomatic career. Name this conservative statesman who represented Austria at the Congress of Vienna.

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Prince Metternich

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