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52. “Well, it’s been a quiet week in myhometown of Lake Woebegone” intonesGarrison Keillor every week on “APrairie Home Campanion.” In what stateis Lake Woebegone?_______________________________________53. Three of these four island groups lie northof Scotland. Which one does not?Balearic FaroesOrkneys Shetlands54. SANCHO PANZA was the servant andcompanion of what world-famous literarycharacter?_______________________________________55. Which of these slugging Major Leaguecatchers finished his career with thehighest lifetime batting average?Yogi Berra Roy CampanellaBill Dickey Carlton FiskMike Piazza56. Which of these Hall of Fame pitchersfinished his Major League career with themost victories?Bob Feller Steve CarltonLefty Grove Tom SeaverWarren Spahn57. __________________ NERVOSA isan eating disorder, more common amongfemales, one of whose symptoms is anintense fear of gaining weight.58. What 17 th Century English scientistdiscovered the circulation of the blood?_______________________________________59. What 17 th Century Englishmathematician has been credited withinventing the calculus?_______________________________________60. L’Anse aux Meadows, a group of sodcoveredhuts on the far northern tip of theisland of _______________, is regardedby scholars as the site of the earliestEuropean (Norse) settlement of NorthAmerica. Name the island.61. The Falklands, a bleak and windsweptgroup of islands in the South Atlantic,became the site of a brief, but bloody andbitter war between Great Britain and_________________ in 1982.62. Which of these great 20 th Century musicalcomposers was not American?Samuel Barber Aaron CoplandCharles Ives William Walton63. On what mountain did Moses receive theTen Commandments?_______________________________________64. Which African country has the largestarea?Algeria Egypt LibyaSouth Africa Sudan65. What was the surname of Scotland’s“Bonnie Prince Charlie?”_______________________________________66. Who was the famous son of HamilcarBarca?_______________________________________67. Which English sea-captain was the victimof the “Mutiny on the Bounty?”Bligh CookNelson Vancouver68. Which two Australian cities have hostedThe Olympic Games?Adelaide Brisbane CanberraMelbourne Perth Sydney69. What legendary boxer lost his heavyweightchampionship to GENE TUNNEY in1926?Max Baer Jack DempseyJack Sharkey Jess Willard70. What Central American country isbordered by NICARAGUA to the northand PANAMA to the south?_______________________________________71. ALASKA and TEXAS are the twolargest of the United States in total area.Which state ranks third?_______________________________________72. What religious organization was foundedin England by George Fox in the 17 thcentury?_______________________________________73. Which of these words is a synonym forENNUI?Boredom DelightPerplexity Rage74. What do the initials BYOB stand for?_______________________________________75. Which of these words is closest in meaningto APERCU?Insight Joke PuzzleWound View76. A saying or expression that has been usedso often it has lost its effect is called a _______________________________.77. In Greek mythology the father of theTITANS (elder gods) wasCronus DionysusHephaestus PanUranus78. An __________ is the juxtaposition oftwo contradictory words. (ex: deafeningsilence)_______________________________________79. Which of these academically highly-ratedsmall colleges is located in Portland,Oregon?Antioch GoucherHaverford Reed Vassar80. Name Great Britain’s first (and thus faronly) female Prime Minister._______________________________________81. In what War did the following bloodybattles take place – GALLIPOLI,THE SOMME, TANNENBERG,VERDUN?_______________________________________82. On what Japanese city did the secondatomic bomb fall in 1945?Kobe Kyoto NagasakiOsaka Tokyo24 Nichols School