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100 pigs	num_prefix_single_lower	Question: Blanca, a ghost who haunts one of these buildings, falls in love with a visiting author in Nell Stevens’s novel Briefly, A Delicious Life. An author described boarding a steamboat carrying 100 pigs in a rush to leave one of these buildings, which worsened a man’s tuberculosis, in a travelogue framed as though she were a male friend of her real-life lover. George Sand recounted living with Frédéric Chopin in one of these buildings in A Winter in Majorca. The protagonist of a novel titled for one of these buildings escapes the Farnese tower with the help of his aunt Gina, who is the Duchess of Sanseverina and has an affair with Count Mosca. After falling in love with Clélia Conti, who dies in childbirth, Fabrice del Dongo retires to one of these buildings. For 10 points, a Stendhal novel is titled for what type of building in Parma? Answer: a charterhouse [or Carthusian monastery; or chartreuse; or cartuja; or cartoixa; accept La Chartreuse de Parme or The Charterhouse of Parma or Cartoixa de Valldemossa or Charterhouse of Valldemossa; prompt on palace by asking “what was the palace converted into?”]	An author described boarding a steamboat carrying 100 pigs in a rush to leave one of these buildings, which worsened a man’s tuberculosis, in a travelogue framed as though she were a male friend of her real-life lover.
100 years	num_prefix_single_lower	Question: People who refuse to do this action can be eaten by a giant black dog in Flanders called Oude Rode Ogen (“OW-duh RO-duh OH-hun”) or taken away by an old, crooked-nosed man in Quebec called Bonhomme Sept Heures (“bun-UM set URR”). In a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, a figure who brings about this action carries two umbrellas, one good and one bad, and is called Ole Lukøje (“OO-luh LOO-kuh-yuh”). A monster punishes those who refuse to do this action by stealing their eyes and bringing them to the moon. Nathanael fears that the lawyer Coppelius is that monster, who brings about good varieties of this action by sprinkling dust, in a story by E. T. A. Hoffmann. For 10 points, the Sandman punishes children who refused to take what action, which a princess does for 100 years before being awoken by a kiss? Answer: sleeping [or dreaming; accept going to bed or equivalents; accept adhering to one’s bedtime or curfew; prompt on obeying one’s parents or equivalents]	For 10 points, the Sandman punishes children who refused to take what action, which a princess does for 100 years before being awoken by a kiss?
100 million women	num_prefix_multiple_lower	Question: This thinker discussed childhood influences such as reflecting on prices at a local fish market in his 2022 memoir Home in the World. Along with his Marxist supervisor Maurice Dobb, this thinker posited a strategy of static real wages during the initial stages of economic growth. The male-biased sex ratio in Asia is the subject of this thinker’s NYRB article “More Than 100 Million Women are Missing.” This thinker channeled Arrow’s Impossibility Theory to contradict the notion that markets are both efficient and respect freedom of choice in his “liberal paradox.” Along with Martha Nussbaum, this thinker developed the capability approach. This thinker concluded that panic buying, not a lack of food supply, led to the 1943 Bengal famine. For 10 points, name this Indian economics Nobel Laureate who wrote Poverty and Famines. Answer: Amartya Sen [or Amartya Kumar Sen]	The male-biased sex ratio in Asia is the subject of this thinker’s NYRB article “More Than 100 Million Women are Missing.” This thinker channeled Arrow’s Impossibility Theory to contradict the notion that markets are both efficient and respect freedom of choice in his “liberal paradox.” Along with Martha Nussbaum, this thinker developed the capability approach.
100 bulls	num_prefix_single_lower	Question: A character in this work, whose left-handedness signifies divination ability, opines that kingdoms are like trees: some grow large, some remain small. Another character in this work plays music that makes owls bob their heads and nine skulls come to life. A sacrifice of 100 bulls, rams, and cocks is interrupted in this work by the protagonist’s half-sister. After his mother beats him for being unable to collect baobab leaves, the protagonist of this work uses an (*) iron bar to stand up and walk for the first time. The buffalo woman Sogolon gives birth to the protagonist of this work, who uses an arrow tipped with a white rooster’s spur to defeat the sorcerer-king Sumanguru. For 10 points, name this story transmitted by griots (“gree-OHS”), the foundational epic of the Mali empire. Answer: Epic of Sundiata [or Epic of Sunjata or Epic of Son-jara]	A sacrifice of 100 bulls, rams, and cocks is interrupted in this work by the protagonist’s half-sister.
100 pounds of ice	num_prefix_multiple_lower	Question: An astronomer named Simon Newcomb headed a team that tried to build a novel air conditioner following this action that burned 100 pounds of ice per hour. A 2013 article in the American Journal of Surgery by Pappas and Joharifard argued that the accidental puncturing of a gallbladder was more deadly than this action. The incompetent Willard Bliss tried to issue a bill for $25,000 for the services he rendered following this action. A metal bed frame prevented a metal detector designed by (*) Alexander Graham Bell from helping following this action. In the aftermath of this action, Puck published a cartoon of a man holding a bulldog revolver and a paper reading, "AN OFFICE OR YOUR LIFE!" For 10 points, name this 1881 action carried out by Charles Guiteau that eventually resulted in the death of a US President. Answer: shooting of James Garfield [or attempted assassination of James Garfield; or the surgery performed on James Garfield after he was shot; accept synonyms like the killing of James Garfield]	An astronomer named Simon Newcomb headed a team that tried to build a novel air conditioner following this action that burned 100 pounds of ice per hour.
100 titles	num_prefix_single_lower	Question: C-Cube Microsystems developed a "Super" successor to this specific physical format. The White Book standard applied to this specific format. Media scholar Shujen Wang has written about how this format was "reterritorialized" from firms like JVC, with millions of players selling for as little as $30 and coming with "bundle deals" of 100 titles. Unlike a superior format that had a similar form factor, works released on this format typically didn't have title menus. A game console by Philips supported this video format, although some units had a separate card for MPEG-1 decoding. This format powered the majority of Latin America's "electronic cinemas." This format had lower resolution than (*) VHS but did not degrade when making copies, making it a favorite of pirates in China. For 10 points, name this home video format that came in between LaserDiscs and DVDs, using the same medium as music albums. Answer: VCD [or CD-V; or Video CD; accept Super VCD or SVCD; prompt on CD or CD-ROM]	Media scholar Shujen Wang has written about how this format was "reterritorialized" from firms like JVC, with millions of players selling for as little as $30 and coming with "bundle deals" of 100 titles.
100 brand-new Mercedes	num_prefix_multiple_lower	Question: Larry Garnett's book about hypnotizing this man's son contains a scene where Garnett sits down in front of a computer and boots AOL. He's not South African, but Canadian inventor Gerald Bull was assassinated for helping build a device for this man which would have produced 27,000 tons of recoil. This man once shipped 100 brand-new Mercedes 200 Series sedans to foreign newspaper editors. This man, who was reachable at press@uruklink.net, supposedly ordered 4,000 (*) PlayStation 2 consoles to serve as general purpose computers. One tech project undertaken by this man's government was stopped via Operation Opera. A popular motif on bootleg t-shirts during the height of Bartmania was Bart Simpson choking or pissing on this man during an event where night vision cameras made CNN must-see-TV. For 10 points, name this Iraqi dictator. Answer: Saddam Hussein [prompt on Saddam; generously accept Uday Hussein as some of these clues could apply to both]	This man once shipped 100 brand-new Mercedes 200 Series sedans to foreign newspaper editors.
100 souls	num_prefix_single_lower	Question: Satan offers the protagonist his soul back if he can gather 100 souls while running one of these businesses in Johannes Cabal, Necromancer. A lengthy catalogue of people and places ends a novel about one of these places in Abalone, Arizona in a Charles G. Finney novel. A book set in one of these businesses begins by Clem describing how a certain type of person in this place is gradually "made" from an alcoholic. Dr. (*) Lao runs one of these businesses, and in another, a witch is killed by a bullet with a smile on it; that place is run by Mr. Dark and its arrival is announced by the lightning rod man. This type of business is the primary setting of Geek Love and Nightmare Alley. For 10 points, name this type of setting of Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes, which may feature halls of mirrors or freak shows. Answer: carnival [or circus; prompt on freak show or geek show; do not accept or prompt on“amusement park”]	Satan offers the protagonist his soul back if he can gather 100 souls while running one of these businesses in Johannes Cabal, Necromancer.
100 times	num_prefix_single_lower	Question: A symphony of this number opens with the flute and bassoon playing the theme “quarter notes F, G; dotted eighth notes A, F, high C, B-flat; quarter note high F.” A symphony of this number opens with a “strenuous” string canon of starting on “D, high B-flat,” then “A, low C-sharp.” Shrill violins play a high A over 100 times in the finale of a symphony of this number that includes a trombone theme representing someone (*) “beating you with a stick.” A B-flat major symphony of this number written as a “hymn to the free and happy man” was composed by Sergei Prokofiev. A symphony of this number was called a “creative response to justified criticism” after being criticized in “Muddle Instead of Music.” For 10 points, give this number of a D minor Dmitri Shostakovich symphony, which is two before his Leningrad. Answer: Symphony No. 5 [or Fifth Symphonies]	A symphony of this number opens with the flute and bassoon playing the theme “quarter notes F, G; dotted eighth notes A, F, high C, B-flat; quarter note high F.” A symphony of this number opens with a “strenuous” string canon of starting on “D, high B-flat,” then “A, low C-sharp.” Shrill violins play a high A over 100 times in the finale of a symphony of this number that includes a trombone theme representing someone (*) “beating you with a stick.” A B-flat major symphony of this number written as a “hymn to the free and happy man” was composed by Sergei Prokofiev.
100 days	num_prefix_single_lower	Question: A goddess of luck from this myth system restores the form of her sisters who were turned into a mushroom and a centipede. In a story from this myth system, a man wins back his wife by correctly putting on a jacket and pulling up the collar so he survives being launched into the air. A human girl became this myth’s goddess of childbirth after winning a contest to bloom the finest flowers. A creator god from this myth system made humans from five pairs of silver and gold (*) insects. After a god from this culture descended to earth, he was approached by a tiger and bear who wished to become human, the latter of whom accomplished this by staying in a cave for 100 days. Rites to the gods of this myth system are honored by female shamans in gut ceremonies. For 10 points, Dangun and Sang-je are figures originating from what myth system native to an Asian peninsula? Answer: Korean mythology [or Korea; or Han'guk sinhwa] (The first clue refers to Gameunjang-aegi. The second clue refers to the story of Myongwol and Kungsan.)	After a god from this culture descended to earth, he was approached by a tiger and bear who wished to become human, the latter of whom accomplished this by staying in a cave for 100 days.
100 oxen	num_prefix_single_lower	Question: This city’s king Iphitos instituted a policy that fined Spartans for sacking Lepreum. A boy in this city whose parents were still alive would use golden scissors to cut olive branches for a kotinos. The Spartan princess Kyniska gained fame for horses she provided to a tethrippon held in this city. An artwork in this city was repeatedly rubbed with olive oil due to the Altis Grove’s marshiness. Phidias was apocryphally (*) murdered after completing that chryselephantine (“criss-el-uh-FAN-teen”) statue in this city. 100 oxen were sacrificed at this city’s massive Temple of Zeus during events that were revived in the 1890s by Baron Pierre de Coubertin. For 10 points, name this Peloponnesian city that, with Delphi, hosted part of the Panhellenic Games every four years. Answer: Olympia [or Archaia Olympia; accept the Statue of Zeus at Olympia; prompt on Elis before “completing a statue” by asking “What city under Elis’s control?”; reject “Olympics” or “Olympus”]	100 oxen were sacrificed at this city’s massive Temple of Zeus during events that were revived in the 1890s by Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
100 degrees Celsius	num_prefix_multiple_lower	Question: Petroleum engineers plot the log of this quantity against “one over Fahrenheit temperature” to form a straight line on a Cox chart. Cavitation occurs in a vacuum pump when the static head falls below this value. In formulas, an asterisk or the superscript “sat” (“sat”) specifies this quantity, which multiplies mole fraction x to give the fugacity of an ideal solution. Replacing K in the van’t Hoff equation with this quantity gives the (*) Clausius–Clapeyron equation. This quantity is a colligative (“coh-LIGG-uh-tive”) property for mixtures of volatile solvents according to Raoult’s (“ROWT’S”) law. This quantity increases from 3 to 101.3 kilopascals when water is heated from room temperature to 100 degrees Celsius. For 10 points, name this pressure of the gas in equilibrium with a liquid. Answer: vapor pressure [or saturation pressure; or saturation vapor pressure; prompt on pressure or P]	This quantity increases from 3 to 101.3 kilopascals when water is heated from room temperature to 100 degrees Celsius.
100 works	num_prefix_single_lower	Question: Fredrik Ullén recorded a set of 100 works in this genre by Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (“KAI-kohs-roo SHAH-pour-jee soh-ROB-jee”). The final work in a collection of pieces in this genre begins with the right hand playing eighth notes (read slowly) “D-flat, C, B-flat, A, B-flat” while the right index finger and thumb alternate in sixty-fourth-notes between D-flat and F and is titled “Chasse-neige” (“shas-nehj”). Carl (*) Czerny (“CHAIR-nee”) collected many works in this genre in collections such as The School of Velocity and The Art of Finger Dexterity. Frédéric Chopin (“cho-PAN”) composed a “Revolutionary” piece in this genre, and Franz Liszt composed a set of 12 “Transcendental” ones. For 10 points, name these pedagogical musical pieces that take their name from the French for “study.” Answer: études [accept study or studies until “study” is read; accept 100 Transcendental Studies or Études transcendantes or Études transcendentales or “Revolutionary Étude” or Transcendental Études or Études d’exécution transcendante]	Fredrik Ullén recorded a set of 100 works in this genre by Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (“KAI-kohs-roo SHAH-pour-jee soh-ROB-jee”).
100 billion pixels	num_prefix_multiple_lower	Question: In October 2022, an online depiction of this painting in over 100 billion pixels restored the image of its patron Elisabeth Borluut praying near grisaille (“grizz-EYE”) statues. An octagonal fountain appears below a figure in this painting whose eyes were made alarmingly human in a 2020 restoration. Art historians have identified soprano and bass singers amongst angelic musicians in this painting from their facial expressions. Philip the Good appears mounted in this painting’s (*) stolen wing, The Just Judges. This painting in St. Bavo’s Cathedral depicts God enthroned above its Adoration of the Mystic Lamb panel and was completed by two brothers. For 10 points, name this altarpiece completed by Hubert and Jan van Eyck. Answer: Ghent Altarpiece [accept just Ghent after “altarpiece” is read; accept Adoration of the Mystic Lamb before read]	In October 2022, an online depiction of this painting in over 100 billion pixels restored the image of its patron Elisabeth Borluut praying near grisaille (“grizz-EYE”) statues.
100 knights	num_prefix_single_lower	Question: Description acceptable. One of this group of characters claims “our court” has become “more like a tavern or a brothel,” while pushing a man to visit another of these people. One of these people tells another, “Tis his own blame… and must needs taste his folly,” leading to the command “shut up your doors.” Two of these people cut down a retinue from 100 to 50 knights, before the third leads a (*) French army against them. One of these people poisons another after they both lust for the illegitimate son Edmund. The youngest of these people is compared to a “serpent’s tooth” after she is disowned for failing to flatter her father. For 10 points, Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia are what people whose father divides the kingdom of Britain between them at the beginning of a Shakespeare tragedy? Answer: King Lear’s daughters [accept anything describing King Lear’s children or King Lear’s family; accept synonyms for children like offspring or descendants; accept Cordelia, Goneril, and Regan before mention, prompt on partial answers if giving names]	One of these people tells another, “Tis his own blame… and must needs taste his folly,” leading to the command “shut up your doors.” Two of these people cut down a retinue from 100 to 50 knights, before the third leads a (*) French army against them.
100 years old	num_prefix_multiple_lower	Question: A director best known for surrealist-influenced short documentaries filmed in this type of location is the subject of a Criterion compilation with an original score by Yo La Tengo and is named Jean Painlevé (“zhahn pen-luh-VAY”). A documentary about this type of location was released by Leni Riefenstahl when she was 100 years old. The camera repeatedly leaves this type of location, revealing birds flying overhead, in a sequence from the (*) Sensory Ethnography Lab documentary Leviathan. Louis Malle (“mall”) co-directed a Palme d’Or-winning documentary about this type of location, which is also the setting of James Cameron’s documentary Ghosts of the Abyss. For 10 points, name this type of environment captured in the documentary The Silent World by Jacques Cousteau (“koo-STOH”). Answer: underwater [or the ocean; or the sea; or aquatic environments]	A documentary about this type of location was released by Leni Riefenstahl when she was 100 years old.
100 blasts	num_prefix_single_lower	Question: A military commander who is discussed in this book of the Bible legendarily was so massive that his chariot took 900 horses to move and could feed a multitude with the fish caught in his beard after swimming. The cries of that man's mother in this biblical book are remembered with the 100 blasts of the shofar on Rosh Hashanah. The king of Hazor named Jabin dispatches an army for a 20-year war in this book, which ends after a battle at Mount Tabor. The wife of Heber the Kenite uses a mallet and a tent peg in this book's episode of Jael killing Sisera, which takes place after a great victory for Barak. This book contains what is often called the oldest passage in the Bible in its Song of Deborah. For 10 points, name this Old Testament book that discusses Samson and other pre-king leaders of Israel. Answer: Book of Judges [or Sefer Shoftim]	The cries of that man's mother in this biblical book are remembered with the 100 blasts of the shofar on Rosh Hashanah.
100 page letter	num_prefix_multiple_lower	Question: A letter by this author recounts being locked out on a balcony as a punishment for crying out for water in the middle of the night. A story by this author includes a word meaning either “traffic” or “sexual intercourse” in its final sentence, “an unending stream of traffic was just going over the bridge.” This author wrote a vindictive 100 page letter to his father that explains why he broke off his engagement to (*) Felice Bauer. A father compels his son to jump in a river in this author’s story “The Judgment.” One of this author’s characters has an apple thrown by his father lodged in his back and only receives food from his sister, Grete. For 10 points, Gregor Samsa wakes up transformed into a monstrous vermin in which author’s story “The Metamorphosis”? Answer: Franz Kafka	A story by this author includes a word meaning either “traffic” or “sexual intercourse” in its final sentence, “an unending stream of traffic was just going over the bridge.” This author wrote a vindictive 100 page letter to his father that explains why he broke off his engagement to (*) Felice Bauer.
100 Kannon	num_prefix_single_lower	Question: Guru Nanak of Sikhism openly disavowed this practice, saying that instead of doing it one should contemplate the word of God. In Zoroastrianism, this practice is done in six sites known as pirs. Kanwar Yatra is the name of the biggest expression of this practice in Hinduism, which is done while carrying a namesake pole on the shoulders. One example of this practice in Christianity is done in Maastricht every seven years and involves showing several relics. The Japan 100 Kannon is a (*) circuit to perform this practice, divided in three smaller circuits of 33, 33 and 34 temples. Because Baha'i [ba-HY-ee] adherents do not have access to Iran or Iraq, they must do this practice in Israel. In Islam, doing this practice to Mecca is called the Hajj and is one of its five pillars. For ten points, name this kind of religious travel. Answer: Pilgrimage	The Japan 100 Kannon is a (*) circuit to perform this practice, divided in three smaller circuits of 33, 33 and 34 temples.
100 games	num_prefix_single_lower	Question: On Jill Scott’s Coffee Club in June 2022, this athlete said that they supplied teammates with copies of Take A Break magazine to comfort those afraid of flying. Dave Bibby presented this athlete with a choice of kicking a “balloon full of poo” or an “armadillo who has been bad-mouthing you to your mates”. A Milton Keynes native, this athlete made their England debut in a 2019 match, substituted on for (*) Keira Walsh. One of three to play more than 100 games for them, along with Katie McCabe and Beth Mead, this athlete has the most appearances for Arsenal’s women’s team. An April 2023 injury has ruled this player out of the Women’s World Cup, where Millie Bright will temporarily replace them in one role. For 10 points, which footballer is the current captain of the Lionesses? Answer: Leah Williamson	One of three to play more than 100 games for them, along with Katie McCabe and Beth Mead, this athlete has the most appearances for Arsenal’s women’s team.
Fokker 100	num_suffix	Question: 4 days after 9/11, an engine exploded on a Fokker 100 in this country, breaking a window, and partly sucking out a passenger, killing them. Another accident in this country also involved a Fokker 100, where a thrust reverser was deployed by the plane after take-off, causing the fourth-deadliest accident in this country. A Gol 737 had its wing sliced off by a business jet’s wingtip, causing the second-deadliest aviation accident in this country, despite the business jet managing to land at a military airbase. That accident was the deadliest in this country for less than a year, before TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overran a notoriously short runway and crashed into a gas station in this country’s largest city. That accident was caused by the crew’s inadequate care of a plane that had a thrust reverser inoperable, causing one engine to be in reverse and the affected engine in a position to accelerate. Chapecoense, a soccer team from this country, had most of its 2016 team die in the crash of LaMia Flight 2933 on the way to the first leg of the 2016 Copa Sudamericana Finals. They were later awarded the championship on request by their opponent. For 10 points, name this country, where a Varig 737 went in the wrong direction on its way to Belem, causing the crew to make a series of errors that resulted in the plane running out of fuel and crash landing in the Amazon. Answer: Brazil	4 days after 9/11, an engine exploded on a Fokker 100 in this country, breaking a window, and partly sucking out a passenger, killing them.
100 million views	num_prefix_multiple_lower	Question: This collection began compilation in 2015 and quickly amassed over 300 weird and amazing entries. This collection, created by user Eljolto, has attained the coveted meme status of its own. Unfortunately, the original collection—containing such entries as (*) "Professor Scott Steiner Typography" and "Color Red"—is no longer available online, but the creator has made a sequel entitled "The Revival" with over 200 entries. Another entry in this collection features a man in a jack-o-lantern mask dancing to the Ghostbusters theme. This internet staple consisted of over 300 entries and had over 100 million views before it was taken down. For 10 points, what compiled collection did Eljolto create and publish on YouTube? Answer: The Important Videos Playlist	This internet staple consisted of over 300 entries and had over 100 million views before it was taken down.
100 letters	num_prefix_single_lower	Question: A character in this novel spends an extended period of time contemplating the first page of James Joyce’s Finnegan’s Wake, specifically wondering why Joyce has 100 letters in one word. Feeling dissatisfied with a fancy fashion magazine internship in New York City, a character in this novel impulsively (*) throws all of her clothes off of her hotel roof. In this novel, Buddy Willard wonders who will date the protagonist after she has been hospitalized in a psychiatric ward. This novel implies that its protagonist will go on to have a baby, a direct contrast to her worry of getting pregnant. For ten points, name this Sylvia Plath novel, which depicts Esther’s severe bout of depression and subsequent recovery. Answer: The Bell Jar	A character in this novel spends an extended period of time contemplating the first page of James Joyce’s Finnegan’s Wake, specifically wondering why Joyce has 100 letters in one word.
100 million units	num_prefix_multiple_lower	Question: This video game console was nicknamed “revolution” in development, due to its unique design and controls. This console was created with the hopes of drawing in consumers who were not the typical gamer demographic. This console came bundled with a now iconic (*) sports game that used the system's motion controls. Released in 2006, this console became an instant hit and sold over 100 million units by 2013, when it was formally discontinued. This video game console has been used in physical rehabilitation; players have also experienced injuries from repetitive play with this console. For ten points, name this Nintendo console that was the company’s best selling until it was passed by the Switch in 2021. Answer: Nintendo Wii	Released in 2006, this console became an instant hit and sold over 100 million units by 2013, when it was formally discontinued.
100 instructional pieces	num_prefix_multiple_lower	Lead In: During a competition, these two musicians had to improvise variations on a theme from André Grétry’s The Samnite Marriage and sight-read sonatas by Giovanni Paisiello (“pye-s’YELLOW”). For 10 points each: Question: Clementi wrote a set of 100 instructional pieces for piano with this three-word Latin title, which it shares with a counterpoint treatise by Johann Joseph Fux. Answer: Gradus ad parnassum	Clementi wrote a set of 100 instructional pieces for piano with this three-word Latin title, which it shares with a counterpoint treatise by Johann Joseph Fux.
100 million years	num_prefix_multiple_lower	Lead In: The Earth’s rotation causes the Antarctic Circumpolar Current to flow in this cardinal direction. For 10 points each: Question: Other eastward-propagating disturbances include this British scientist’s namesake equatorial waves. This scientist’s 1862 estimate of the Earth’s age as 100 million years was mocked by Thomas Huxley for being absurdly large. Answer: Lord Kelvin [or William Thomson or 1st Baron Kelvin; accept equatorial Kelvin waves]	This scientist’s 1862 estimate of the Earth’s age as 100 million years was mocked by Thomas Huxley for being absurdly large.
100 joules	num_prefix_single_lower	Lead In: Pencil and paper ready. An ideal mass on a spring is pulled back to its maximum displacement and has 100 joules of potential energy before it is released. For 10 points each: Question: Assuming no frictional losses, what is the kinetic energy of the mass at one-half of its maximum displacement? Recall that the current potential and kinetic energies sum to the initial potential energy of 100 joules. Answer: 75 joules (This is solved by using the conservation of energy, i.e. K + U = U0, so K = U0 - U = 75 joules, where K is current kinetic energy.)	Recall that the current potential and kinetic energies sum to the initial potential energy of 100 joules.
100 subsections	num_prefix_single_lower	Lead In: This poem was first published in 1581 without its author’s permission while he was in the mental institution of Saint Anna. For 10 points each: Question: Torquato Tasso’s (“tor-QUAH-toh TASS-oh’z”) poem Jerusalem Delivered is divided into these subsections. The Divine Comedy contains 100 of these subsections. Answer: cantos [or canti; prompt on songs]	The Divine Comedy contains 100 of these subsections.
100 times a day	num_prefix_multiple_lower	Lead In: These creatures often smear horse manure on themselves because the manure quiets a protein that tells them they are cold. For 10 points each: Question: These creatures poop up to 100 times a day, producing distinctive cube-shaped scat. One of these animals nicknamed Fatso was an unofficial mascot of the 2000 Summer Olympics. Answer: wombats [accept Fatso the Fat-Arsed Wombat]	These creatures poop up to 100 times a day, producing distinctive cube-shaped scat.
100 minutes	num_prefix_single_lower	Lead In: Composer and piece required. This symphony’s 40-minute first movement marked Kräftig. Entschieden depicts the awakening of Pan and a Bacchic procession. For 10 points each: Question: Name this D minor symphony finished in 1895. Its six movements typically take around 100 to 110 minutes to perform, making it the longest symphony in the standard repertoire. Answer: Symphony No. 3 in D minor by Gustav Mahler [or Mahler’s 3rd Symphony; or Mahler 3; prompt on partial answer]	Its six movements typically take around 100 to 110 minutes to perform, making it the longest symphony in the standard repertoire.
100 percent	num_prefix_single_lower	Lead In: Planning these processes involves repeatedly breaking bonds on paper. For 10 points each: Question: Any total synthesis is limited by the fact that this quantity is always less than 100 percent. This quantity for a reaction is equal to the observed amount of product divided by the expected amount of product. Answer: reaction yield [or percent yield]	Any total synthesis is limited by the fact that this quantity is always less than 100 percent.
100 randomly arranged pages	num_prefix_multiple_lower	Lead In: Ximenean (hee-MEN-ee-an) examples of these things eliminate redundancy in their instructions, while necessitating precise definitions. For 10 points each: Question: Cryptic crosswords were pioneered by Edward Powys Mathers, who created this puzzle book whose 100 randomly arranged pages need to be reordered to form a coherent story. As of 2022, only four people have managed to solve this puzzle book. Answer: Cain's Jawbone [or The Torquemada Puzzle Book]	Cryptic crosswords were pioneered by Edward Powys Mathers, who created this puzzle book whose 100 randomly arranged pages need to be reordered to form a coherent story.
100 heads	num_prefix_single_lower	Lead In: Not everyone agrees that Cerberus has three heads. For 10 points each: Question: The poet Horace described Cerberus as having one dog head and 100 heads of these animals. The hair of the Gorgons are these animals. Answer: snake	The poet Horace described Cerberus as having one dog head and 100 heads of these animals.
100 degrees celsius	num_prefix_multiple_lower	Lead In: The dielectric constant can predict a solvent's likelihood to engage in the Keesom and Debye (deb-AY-uh) forms of these phenomena. For 10 points each: Question: van der Waals forces are partly responsible for the high value of this quantity for large compounds. By definition, this quantity is 100 degrees celsius for water. Answer: boiling point	By definition, this quantity is 100 degrees celsius for water.
99 out of 100	num_suffix	Lead In: Asparuh (AH-spuh-ruh) created this people's First Empire in 681 AD. For 10 points each: Question: Name these people who were defeated at the Battle of Kleidion (KLAY-dee-on) and lived north of Constantinople. 99 out of 100 of these Slavic people were allegedly ordered blinded by a man called their "slayer." Answer: Bulgars [or Bulgarians]	99 out of 100 of these Slavic people were allegedly ordered blinded by a man called their "slayer."
100 greatest books	num_prefix_multiple_lower	Lead In: This author’s work Portrait of a Man Unknown was applauded by Jean-Paul Sartre who famously declared it an anti-novel. For 10 points each, Question: Name this French author best known for her 1939 work Tropisms. That book by this author was ranked at 73 on Le Monde’s list of the 100 greatest books of the 20th century. Answer: Nathalie Sarraute [accept Natalia Ilinichna Tcherniak]	That book by this author was ranked at 73 on Le Monde’s list of the 100 greatest books of the 20th century.
100 people	num_prefix_single_lower	Lead In: This man received criticism for comparing Chuck Schumer’s bill to reduce Americans renouncing their citizenship to avoid paying taxes to Nazi Germany. For 10 points each: Question: Before the 2012 election, 41 out of 100 of these people signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. These legislators serve six years and include Raphael Warnock and Mitch McConnell. Answer: Unite States senator	Before the 2012 election, 41 out of 100 of these people signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge.
100 miles away	num_prefix_multiple_lower	Lead In: The website Plan C gives information on drugs used for this practice, which are confidentially mailed by Aid Access. For 10 points each: Question: In 2022, pro-life groups filed a lawsuit in this state attempting to revoke F་D་A approval of mifepristone. This state was home to the greatest number of “abortion deserts,” places over 100 miles away from a clinic. Answer: Texas	This state was home to the greatest number of “abortion deserts,” places over 100 miles away from a clinic.
100 Dürer works	num_prefix_multiple_lower	Lead In: In a notoriously ugly Nuremberg sculpture inspired by this artist, a huge hare with a golden eye topples off a box. For 10 points each: Question: In 2020, an excavation above a cathedral gift shop in this city revealed an underdrawing by Dürer, despite there being no record of him visiting. The Young Hare is one of over 100 Dürer works held in this city’s Albertina Museum. Answer: Vienna [or Wien] (The cathedral is St. Stephen’s Cathedral.)	The Young Hare is one of over 100 Dürer works held in this city’s Albertina Museum.
100 percent effective	num_prefix_multiple_lower	Lead In: Specific term required. In a two-sided framework of this status, subjects who have it are either Always-Takers, Never-Takers, or Defiers. For 10 points each: Question: A notable example of noncompliance outside of a trial is lack of adherence to this drug regimen. When taken as prescribed, this anti-HIV drug regimen is nearly 100 percent effective—but only about 70 percent of takers fully adhere. Answer: PrEP [or pre-exposure prophylaxis; prompt on Truvada or Descovy]	When taken as prescribed, this anti-HIV drug regimen is nearly 100 percent effective—but only about 70 percent of takers fully adhere.