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HONDA CAMPUS ALL-STAR CHALLENGE Game Questions

OVER SUMMER VACATIONCategory

Round 1Game 1

People, places, and events in the news during the summer of 2011.Description

FACE OFF BONUS For 10 points apieceAfter Japan's nuclear disaster in 2011, which powerful EU nation led by Angela Merkel announced that it would phase out all its nuclear plants?

1. In July 2011, which Australian publisher shut down Britain's "News of the World," part of his News Corp empire?2. News Corp also owns what US financial daily hurt by the "World" scandal?

GERMANY 1. RUPERT MURDOCH2. WALL STREET JOURNAL

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FACE OFF BONUS For 10 points apieceThe coded message "Geronimo E-KIA" was sent to the White House in May 2011 to report the death of what terrorist?

As of June 2011, two Islamic nations lead the world in contributing troops for UN peacekeeping missions. Which two South Asian countries, that were united until 1971?

OSAMA BIN LADEN BANGLADESHPAKISTAN

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FACE OFF BONUS For 10 points apieceWhich Bush administration holdover resigned as Obama's Secretary of Defense in July, 2011?

1. Which CIA Director replaced Gates as Secretary of Defense?2. Which high-profile Army general who led troops in Iraq and Afghanistan became the new CIA Director?

ROBERT GATES 1. LEON PANETTA2. DAVID PETRAEUS

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MISSION M-POSSIBLECategory

Round 1Game 1

Answers from any field, with first or last names or terms beginning with "M."Description

FACE OFF BONUS For 10 points apieceWhich author created the characters Paris Minton and Easy Rawlins in "Devil in a Blue Dress"?

1. What character's name begins August Wilson's play "[ ____ ] Rainey's Black Bottom"?2. In 1992, in Illinois, who became the first female African American senator ?

WALTER MOSLEY 1. MA RAINEY2. CAROL MOSELEY-BRAUN PROMPT: If MOSELEY or BRAUN is answered

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FACE OFF BONUS For 10 points apieceWhich 18th-century Austrian composer wrote the "Jupiter Symphony" and "Requiem Mass in D Minor"?

Which female star with an "M" first name sang the recent hits:1. "Don't Forget About Us" and "Obsessed"?2. "Enough Cryin" and "Just Fine"?

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

1. MARIAH CAREY2. MARY J. BLIGE

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FACE OFF BONUS For 10 points apieceA caterpillar transforms into a butterfly through which process?

Which other biological "M":1. Is any change in the genetic material of a cell?2. Is one of the stages of cell mitosis?

METAMORPHOSIS 1. MUTATION OR MUTATE2. METAPHASE

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WORDS AND LANGUAGECategory

Round 1Game 1

Vocabulary and wordplay.Description

FACE OFF BONUS For 10 points apiece"Madam, I'm Adam" is an example of what type of word or phrase that reads the same forwards as backwards?

What four-letter palindrome is:1. A legal document of property ownership?2. A time of day when the sun is overhead?

PALINDROMES 1. DEED2. NOON

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FACE OFF BONUS For 10 points apieceHISS - ADDRESS - SMILE - JETTYWhich of these is an example of onomatopoeia?

Which onomatopoetic word describes:1. The "big" theory of the creation of the universe?2. Marketing hype, or the sound of a bee?

HISS 1. BIG BANG2. BUZZ

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FACE OFF BONUS For 10 points apieceWhat four-syllable word for a group of people needs "u" and "i" to be complete?

ADROIT - DEXTROUS - GAUCHE - SINISTERWhich two derive from the right side, as opposed to the left side, of the body?

COMMUNITY OR COMMUNITIES OR POPULATIONS

ADROITDEXTROUS

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20TH CENTURY LEADERSCategory

Round 1Game 1

About national leaders of the 20th century.Description

FACE OFF BONUS For 10 points apieceWho succeeded Anwar Sadat as President of Egypt in 1981?

Mubarak was forced to step down in 2011 after massive demonstrations against him:1. In which capital?2. In which specific square?

HOSNI MUBARAK 1. CAIRO, EGYPT2. TAHRIR SQUARE

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FACE OFF BONUS For 10 points apieceKim Campbell was the first female prime minister of which North American nation?

1. Which Communist country was led until 1989 by Nicolae Ceausescu?2. Which African country was ruled until 1994 by F.W. de Klerk?

CANADA 1. ROMANIA2. SOUTH AFRICA

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FACE OFF BONUS For 10 points apiecePresidents Sukarno and Suharto successively ruled which Southeast Asian island nation from 1945 to 1998?

Also in Asia, which country was led by:1. Ferdinand Marcos, from 1966 to 1986?2. Pol Pot, from 1975 to 1979?

INDONESIA 1. THE PHILIPPINES2. CAMBODIA OR DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA

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AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORYCategory

Round 2Game 1

Significant people, places, and events in African American historyDescription

FACE OFF BONUS For 10 points apieceWhat Alabama city is known for the US military's first African American flying unit, the "Airmen"?

1. From 1932-1972, what disease was left untreated in a study conducted there?2. Which most effective early antibiotic was unethically withheld from those patients?

TUSKEGEE, ALABAMA 1. SYPHILIS2. PENICILLIN

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FACE OFF BONUS For 10 points apieceIn 1893, what African American doctor pioneered open heart surgery?

The name of the hospital where Hale worked means "...providing for future needs." Name the hospital, and the Midwest city in which it's located.

DR. DANIEL HALE WILLIAMS

PROVIDENT HOSPITALCHICAGO, ILLINOIS

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FACE OFF BONUS For 10 points apieceWith $600 in lottery winnings, who purchased his freedom and planned one of the most extensive slave revolts in the US, in Charleston, South Carolina?

As Vesey was to Charleston, who was to:1. Richmond, Virginia in 1800?2. Southampton County, Virginia in 1831?

DENMARK VESEY 1. GABRIEL PROSSER2. NAT TURNER

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COLLECTEDCategory

Round 2Game 1

Any and all things that can be collected or collectivizedDescription

FACE OFF BONUS For 10 points apieceA basic demand of labor unions worldwide is which "collective" right?

Which objects usually issued by government entities are collected by:1. Philatelists?2. Numismatists?

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING 1. STAMPS OR POSTAGE2. COINS OR MONEY OR CURRENCY

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FACE OFF BONUS For 10 points apieceOne of the largest African American collections of literature and art is the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, in which major US city?

1. Shomberg Center is located on a boulevard named in honor of which civil rights icon assassinated in 1965?2. That boulevard is in what section of New York City known for a "renaissance"?

NEW YORK CITY OR MANHATTAN

1. MALCOLM X2. HARLEM

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FACE OFF BONUS For 10 points apieceFLOWERS - ROCKS - SEASHELLS - GEMSWhich includes cowries and whelks, collected by conchologists?

BED - BEVY - HERD - NESTWhich is the proper collective noun for a group of:1. Seahorses?2. Clams?

SEASHELLS 1. HERDS2. BEDS

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CLASSIC AMERICAN FICTIONCategory

Round 2Game 1

Characters, titles, and authors in US novels of the 19th and 20th century.Description

FACE OFF BONUS For 5 points apiece and a 5 point bonus for all threeThe pain of farming during hard times is depicted in which 1939 John Steinbeck work?

1. Tom leads which central family of the novel?2. They migrate from which Dust Bowl state?3. To which West Coast state?

THE GRAPES OF WRATH 1. JOADS OR JOAD FAMILY2. OKLAHOMA3. CALIFORNIA

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FACE OFF BONUS For 10 points apieceIt's title is taken from a hymn. It's set in Harlem on John Grimes' 14th birthday. Name the first novel by James Baldwin.

Complete these other Baldwin titles:1. Blues for Mister [ ____ ].2. Giovanni's [ ____ ].

GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN

1. CHARLIE (BLUES FOR MISTER CHARLIE)2. ROOM (GIOVANNI'S ROOM)

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FACE OFF BONUS For 10 points apieceWhose fourth novel, "Tender Is The Night," was based on his tragic life with his wife, Zelda?

1. Fitzgerald is better known for which "Great" novel of the Jazz Age?2. That novel was narrated by which second cousin of Daisy Buchanan?

F. SCOTT FITZGERALD 1. THE GREAT GATSBY2. NICK CARRAWAY PROMPT: If NICK is answered

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SPORTS LOGOSCategory

Round 2Game 1

Logos and symbols for teams of various sports.Description

FACE OFF BONUS For 5 points apiece and a 5 point bonus for all threeWhich NBA team's logo features a leprechaun spinning a basketball?

Which NBA team's logo features:1. A dinosaur dribbling a ball?2. A bridge in San Francisco?3. Six pine trees?

BOSTON OR CELTICS 1. TORONTO OR RAPTORS2. GOLDEN STATE OR WARRIORS3. MINNESOTA OR TIMBERWOLVES OR T-WOLVES

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FACE OFF BONUS For 5 points apiece and a 5 point bonus for all threeWhich team in the NFL's AFC West division has a lightning bolt as its logo?

Which other AFC West logo features: 1. Two letters inside an arrowhead? 2. A pirate in a football helmet?3. A horse with an orange mane?

SAN DIEGO OR CHARGERS 1. KANSAS CITY OR CHIEFS2. OAKLAND OR RAIDERS3. DENVER OR BRONCOS

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FACE OFF BONUS For 10 points apieceThe Space Needle appeared on the logo of which former NBA team that relocated to Oklahoma City in 2008?

Which current team once had a logo that featured:1. The outline of Minnesota?2. A music note in place of the letter "J"?

SEATTLE OR SUPERSONICS OR SONICS

1. LOS ANGELES LAKERS PROMPT: If L.A. Or LOS ANGELES is answered2. UTAH OR JAZZ

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THE FIRSTCategory

Round 3Game 1

People, places, and things that are or were "the first."Description

FACE OFF BONUS For 10 points apieceIn 1964, who became the first African American to win a Best Actor Oscar, for "Lilies of the Field"?

1. In which film did he first exclaim "They call me MISTER Tibbs!"?2. Poitier played the love interest of Bess in the first filmed version of what Gershwin opera?

SIDNEY POITIER 1. IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT PROMPT: If HEAT OF THE NIGHT is answered.2. PORGY AND BESS

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FACE OFF BONUS For 10 points apieceThe 20th century saw a Julius Caesar, too, as those are the first and middle names of what first African American to have served Oklahoma in Congress?

1. Watts starred at which position for the Oklahoma Sooners?2. He also played in the Canadian Football League, taking his team to which Cup, their equivalent of a Super Bowl?

JULIUS CAESAR WATTS OR J.C. WATTS

1. QUARTERBACK2. GREY CUP

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FACE OFF BONUS For 10 points apieceIn 1547, Ivan the Terrible became the first Russian ruler to adopt which specific royal title?

BRAZIL - ETHIOPIA - HAITI - THAILANDWhich had as its first Emperor:1. Pedro I, in 1822?2. Jean-Jacques Dessalines, in 1804?

CZAR OR TSAR 1. BRAZIL2. HAITI

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REPORTER'S NOTEBOOKCategory

Round 3Game 1

Journalists and working as a journalist.Description

FACE OFF BONUS For 10 points apieceThe collective term for all the millions of "web logs" is what "-SPHERE"?

What word denotes:1. Printing a false story to damage someone's reputation?2. Falsely presenting another's work as one's own?

BLOGOSPHERE OR BLOGSPHERE

1. LIBEL OR LIBELLING2. PLAGIARISM OR PLAGIARIZE OR PLAGIARIZATION

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FACE OFF BONUS For 5 points apieceIt's the "P" in AP and UPI. Name any four of the "Five W's of Journalism,"

the one-syllable questions that each news story should answer.

PRESS WHOWHATWHENWHEREWHY

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FACE OFF BONUS For 10 points apieceWhich first African American grad of the University of Georgia went on to work as a journalist with NPR and PBS?

What do the letters stand for in:1. NPR?2. PBS?

CHARLAYNE HUNTER-GAULTPROMPT: If PARTIAL ANSWER is given

1. NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO2. PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE

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LET'S GO: THE UKCategory

Round 3Game 1

UK history, culture, terms, and geography.Description

FACE OFF BONUS For 10 points apieceIn which UK city can you take the tube from Waterloo Station to Hyde Park Corner?

WEMBLEY - HEATHROW - PICCADILLY 1. Which stadium is home to England's national soccer team?2. Which is London's busiest airport?

LONDON 1. WEMBLEY STADIUM 2. HEATHROW AIRPORT

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FACE OFF BONUS For 10 points apiece"Glaswegians" is the term for residents of which major city in Scotland?

Residents of which large UK city are known as:1. Mancunians?2. Liverpudlians?

GLASGOW 1. MANCHESTER2. LIVERPOOL

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FACE OFF BONUS For 10 points apieceWhat second-longest river of the UK flows through Oxford and Windsor?

1. The Thames flows into which sea? 2. Its longest river, the Severn, begins in which division of the UK where Dylan Thomas was born?

THE THAMES RIVER 1. NORTH SEA2. WALES

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CARB LOADINGCategory

Round 3Game 1

The biology and chemistry of carbohydrates.Description

FACE OFF BONUS For 10 points apieceA carbohydrate must include carbon, hydrogen, and what other element?

PROTEINS - SUGARS - MINERALS - STARCHTwo are carbohydrates. Which two?

OXYGEN SUGARS STARCH

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FACE OFF BONUS For 10 points apieceCarbohydrates are also known by which term, often prefixed with "mono," "di," "oligo" or "poly"?

MONO - DI - OLIGO - POLYWhich type of saccharide is:1. Starch?2. Maltose?

SACCHARIDES 1. POLYSACCHARIDE2. DISACCHARIDE

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FACE OFF BONUS For 10 points apieceWhich carbohydrate polymer, the most abundant organic compound on Earth, forms the walls of plant cells?

1. Nutritionally, cellulose is known as what necessary part of the diet?2. Glucose is stored in your muscles and liver as what polymer, broken down when your body needs energy?

CELLULOSE 1. DIETARY FIBER OR ROUGHAGE2. GLYCOGEN

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HONDA CAMPUS ALL-STAR CHALLENGE Game Questions OLD SCHOOL Which hip hop or rap artist, producer, or DJ...

1 Had a hit with "U Can't Touch This"? MC HAMMER

2 Was a member of NWA and discovered Eminem? DR. DRE

3 Claimed "I Can't Live Without My Radio"? LL COOL J

4 Was the DJ for Run-DMC? JAM MASTER JAY

5 Expressed her love for hardcore MCs in "Ruffneck"? MC LYTE

6 Led the Furious Five? GRANDMASTER FLASH

7 Founded Ruthless Records, died of AIDS? EAZY-E

8 Rapped "Don't Sweat the Technique" and "Eric B. Is President"?

RAKIM

9 Asked "now that we've found love what are we gonna do with it"?

HEAVY D

10 Recorded the classic "The Breaks"? KURTIS BLOW

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HONDA CAMPUS ALL-STAR CHALLENGE Game Questions X-FACTOR Identify these people, places, and things that have been

designated by the letter "X"...

1 The Bell X-1 was the first plane to break this "barrier."

SOUND BARRIER OR MACH 1

2 Women have two of these "X"s, while men have one.

X-CHROMOSOMES

3 The surname of superhero leader Professor X. PROFESSOR CHARLES FRANCIS XAVIER

4 "The truth is out there" was this TV show's tagline. X-FILES

5 Letter of the Greek alphabet represented by "X." CHI

6 In math, the X-axis value is named by this "A" term. ABSCISSA

7 Roentgen's Nobel Prize-winning discovery. X-RAYS

8 This Microsoft video game console has gone "360." XBOX OR XBOX 360

9 Rapper and host of "Pimp My Ride." XZIBIT

10 Number represented by "X" in Roman numerals. TEN

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HONDA CAMPUS ALL-STAR CHALLENGE Game Questions ABC'S OF ECONOMICS Which term from economics that begins with "A," "B," or "C" is...

1 To sell to the highest bidder. AUCTIONS

2 A company's product name. BRANDS OR BRANDING OR BRAND NAME

3 Materials bought and sold in bulk. COMMODITY OR COMMODITIES

4 Municipal or corporate securities. BONDS

5 Marxist economic doctrine. COMMUNISM OR COMMUNIST

6 A group of price-fixing firms. CARTELS

7 The maximum amount of production. CAPACITY

8 A law to stop monopolies. ANTITRUST

9 To trade without money. BARTERS OR BARTERING

10 A person to whom money is owed. CREDITORS

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HONDA CAMPUS ALL-STAR CHALLENGE Game Questions WHICH SCIENCE? Astronomy, chemistry, math, physics, or psychology. Which

was the field of...

1 Pythagoras and France's Pierre de Fermat? MATH

2 Clyde Tombaugh and Poland's Nicolaus Copernicus? ASTRONOMY

3 Edmond Halley and America's Annie Jump Cannon? ASTRONOMY

4 Amadeo Avogadro and America's Percy Julian? CHEMISTRY

5 Alfred Adler and America's Timothy Leary? PSYCHOLOGY

6 Simeon Poisson and England's Andrew Wiles? MATH

7 James Clerk Maxwell and James Joule? PHYSICS

8 Germany's Robert Bunsen and Emil Erlenmeyer? CHEMISTRY

9 America's Abraham Maslow and B.F. Skinner? PSYCHOLOGY

10 Paul Dirac and Denmark's Niels Bohr? PHYSICS

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