Gunpei Yokoi Memorial Open
Round 1
Questions by Mike Bentley with contributions from Bruce Arthur
1) Searching for this word on the acfdb returns a tossup from ACF Nationals 1999 that begins, "Harvard freshman Lothrop Withington, Jr. was the first to participate [in an action regarding them], on March 3, 1939". The other in that query details how "misplaced pearls are a major plot point in...'Red Wind'" (+) and this other story by Raymond Chandler. This term is probably better known in the quizbowl world for appearing in the title of a thread where Andy Watkins called the thread's formulator "thin-skinned" and Lee Henry asked, "did anyone know La Perouse Strait (*) separates Hokkaido and Sakhalin". That thread was formed as a result of a tournament with this word in its name won by Maggie Walker. FTP, identify this object which players were supposed to play against in a dubious one packet high school national championship tournament run by Coach Blessman this spring.
ANSWER: Goldfish [2]
2) John K. Walton authored a 1987 book on this subject, which surely mentioned Robert Lowe's riveting speeches against it on utilitarian grounds. Joseph Cowen, Jr. formed an organization devoted to passing it, and eight years before that goal was achieved, its chief supporter unsuccessfully tried to attempt to pass a bill lampooned for its "fancy franchises". (+) It also contained a section that eliminated the clause that Parliament would be automatically dissolved within six months of the death (*) of a monarch. Walter Bagehot argued that changes brought about by it were more the result Lord Palmerston's death, and it helped give the party that passed it a foothold in newly important suburban boroughs. Effectively doubling the electorate and spearheaded by Benjamin Disraeli, FTP, identify this act which further expanded rights earlier granted in 1832.
ANSWER: Second Reform Bill (or Second Reform Act or Reform Act of 1867 or Representation of the People Act of 1867) [2]
3) A sphinx-like creature dominates the background of his Building More Stately Mansions. In another work, a figure points towards an industrial city on a hill in the distance while a star is placed on top of a woman and shackled hands reach up from below. Besides Aspiration, (+) he'd create a mural series for the university where he taught from 1937 to 1966, and this artist would also create Depression-era murals for the Schomburgh Library in New York City. As an illustrator, he created the cover art for Paul Morand's (*) Black Magic, but he may be better remembered for drawing the accompanying illustrations for the poems in James Weldon Johnson's God's Trombones. The artist behind Judgment Day and Aspects of Negro Life, FTP, give this African American artist of the Harlem Renaissance, known for his flat, often purple figures, exemplified in 1927's Noah's Ark.
ANSWER: Aaron Douglas [4]
4) Like this game's predecessor, it had a "Death Index", although new settings on that index included Slaughter, Bone Breaking and Annihilation, the latter of which resulted in a lot of games ending in forfeit. Various nasty plays in this game included skunk, where the player farted at opposing players to damage them, and armed force, which equipped everyone with a weapon. Black bones (+) slowed players down to half speed, while the team in the up position could summon a demon to help defend against the opposing team's (*) shots. Players had to watch out for flaming bottles being thrown onto the playing surface by rowdy fans, and teams in this game included the St. Mucus Ooze, the Chilly Liars and the Ice Slashers. A spin-off of a similar football game, FTP, name this violent EA sports game for the Genesis, starring a bunch of creatures who could probably enroll at Professor Xavier's Academy.
ANSWER: Mutant League Hockey [4]
5) On this club's lexicon, we are instructed to "insert visual here" for the fingerball entry, while that same lexicon informs us that "Another Saturday Night" was the favorite song to play in the Mazda of one club member in 1997. The old image gallery on this site contained pictures of not very noteworthy members like Emily Johnson and Aino Wheler, while the new gallery contained an image of "the shape of [this club] to come" from 2005 including the now vanished (+) Tara. A paper titled "Hydrogen fuel cell scooters for urban Asia" was written while Bruce Lin (*) was obtaining his Masters of Engineering here, and current members include Kelly Lack and Hosham Eltahir. One of this club's more notorious actions was defended by a Cal-Tor loving member who nevertheless insisted sending his team to Brandeis for a 2007 tournament was a good decision. Also containing members Willie Wong, Mike Zhao and Eric Cohen, FTP, identify this quizbowl club currently the home to Lenny Kostovetsky and Jordan Boyd-Graber.
ANSWER: Princeton [1]
6) Near the location where one of these small characters appears, the player finds a corpse with the code 5380 written on it and an audio diary from Timmy H. They are often seen with characters that can be hypnotized and were the idea of a man who also helped develop a being who could have his heart stopped (+) by saying "code yellow". The tunnels of the Olympus Heights level provide a safehouse for these characters, although in one ending related to them a submarine (*) with a nuclear warhead in it is attacked by splicers. One of the chief suppliers for them was an institution run by a man who got his start owning a fishery and later imported contraband Bibles, Frank Fontaine. In some scenarios, players are sent care packages with ammo, plasmids, and the resource most associated with them from Tenenbaum. FTP, name these collectors of ADAM, protected by Big Daddies, which the player can choose to save or harvest in Bioshock.
ANSWER: Little Sisters
7) A man in red pants drags a bounded, blindfolded figure in this artist's early work, The Mocking of Christ, while a rainbow forms a halo over the heads of the title figures in his Madonna and Child in a Garden. More disturbing is a drawing where a frog is attacking a woman's genitals as a snake weaves its way in and out of a man's body, Dead Lovers. (+) His most famous work was part of a structure that also contained a sculpture by Nicolas Hagenau. A glowing figure knocks down awed soldiers in one part of that work, and in another section the text "who takes away the sin of the world" appears above John the Baptist. (*) This artist also showed a saint having his skull manipulated by demons in a temptation scene for the shrine of that same painting. The creator of a massive polytych once in a monastery devoted to St. Anthony, FTP, identify this painter of a greenish, bloodied Christ in the Isenheim Altarpiece.
ANSWER: Matthias Grunewald (or Mathis Gothardt or Nithardt or Master Mathis or Matthias Green Wood or Maler und Wasserkunstmacher) [3]
8) One treaty of this name was negotiated by D. O'Brien and guaranteed support from Louis XV for Charles Edward Stuart's campaign against George II. The first treaty of this name was negotiated during the Convention of Regensburg by Father Joseph, although one party reneged on it by not defending Bavaria from Sweden (+) in the 30 Years War. Pope Pius VII was brought to this location after fears that he might be captured by the English, and subsequently signed a Concordat affirming the Decree of 1811 but not honoring the Four Articles (*) here with Napoleon in 1813. The most notable document signed here gave "R.P.R. Ministers" a three year exemption if they wished to become lawyers, although it prohibited nobles from conducting religious services in their own homes. That same document resulted in Frederick Wilhelm issuing the Edict of Potsdam in 1685. FTP, identify this location where an edict revoking the religious freedom of French Huguenots was signed by Louis XIV.
ANSWER: Fontainebleau (or Fontaine-la-Montagne) [2]
9) A play about this figure was the middle part of a trilogy written by Alexei Konstantinovich Tolstoy which recounts his infatuation with the fiance of Prince Grigory Shakhovskoy. The exiled patriarch Jeremiah of Constantinople consented to elevating Svyatoy Iov (+) or St. Job to patriarch during this man's reign, making Job the first patriarch of Russia. His key aid sent his brother to Uglich and potentially murdered that brother if Vasily Shuisky's later recording of the events are to be believed. His reign saw the burial of Vasily Blazhenny in the vaults of the St. Basil Cathedral, a building he added (*) a ninth chapel to, and his brother-in-law took power following his death, via the will of a zemsky sobor. Potentially mentally retarded and sometimes known as "the bellringer", FTP, identify this last Rurik tsar of Russia, whose death led to the Time of Troubles.
ANSWER: Fyodor I Ivanovich (accept Fyodor the Bellringer before mentioned; also spelled Feodor) [3]
10) Objects located near it include The Jin Yong Phenomenon and a book introduced by Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak, Nahid Mozaffari's Strange Times, My Dear. On the other side of a wall from this object is the quotation, "This is my liberty; smelling the rose", taken from a 1923 work titled Poetry, (+) engraved on a plaque that also recognizes that a certain someone was a member of the Department of Foreign Languages. It is possible that this object might have been in range of the WMUC (*) tower to tune into the first episode of Unnamed Show #621, although it certainly does not get cell phone reception. Providing good luck for all who rub it, FTP, identify this object, which represents a dude who formulated Piedra y cielo and Platero y yo, a black bust inside of a namesake hall where quizbowl tournaments are usually held at the University of Maryland.
ANSWER: The Portrait Bust of Juan Ramon Jimenez's Head (also accept something akin to Statue of Juan Ramon Jimenez; prompt on just "Jimenez"; do not accept "Jimenez Hall", as it doesn't make sense with the given clues) [2]
11) A recent homebrew sequel to this game was packaged with similar games like Haunted House and Wizard for the Atari Flashback 2 system. The Game 3 mode randomized the levels, while Game 1 is the easiest mode since it protects you from having to deal with Knubberrub. A review for this game on YouTube has the reviewer warning a dragon (+) to "get away from my beer" and wonders if one object the player carries around is a ladder or a bridge. Those dragons are either Rhindle, Grundle or Yorgle depending on their color, and other enemies in this game include a bat which can displace the keys (*) your block-like character often drags around. Bringing the gray dot to an eastern portion of the map unlocked a room that contained the message, "Created by Warren Robinett", credited as the first Easter Egg in a videogame. FTP, identify this exploration game for the Atari 2600 whose name also describes its genre.
ANSWER: Adventure [3]
12) On the right hand side of this painting a man is wearing a green and red polka dotted outfit and is standing on a green wooden platform containing the artist's signature. A sketch for this painting included a man wearing a chest full of military banners, and more prominently featured a (+) drummer. Since this composition was never exhibited, the artist was better known in his lifetime for paintings like Skeletons Trying to Get Warm. In the bottom left, a man wears a green top hat and a skeleton mask and someone holds a sign with the word "Fanfares" (*) on it, while several figures wearing paper mache masks look at the title figure of this work who is riding on a donkey. Elsewhere, a banner reading "Long Live the Socialist State" is held up. FTP, identify this work by James Ensor seeing Jesus arrive in the artist's home town.
ANSWER: The Entry of Christ Into Brussels in 1889 (or Christ's Entry Into Brussels in 1889) [3]
13) In one game, this character is given ludicrous objectives such as finding another character's cook book, calling a friend for advice on building a bomb, and searching for missing ingredients for a friend's meth lab. An upcoming game starring this character involves a ridiculous plot where he and his associates are given a skull studded with diamonds (+) rather than the money they think they deserve by a Middle Eastern promoter. Besides Blood on the Sands, (*) this person has starred in the 2006 recipient of GameSpot's "Worst Game Everyone Played" award. The only FAQ on GameFAQs for one of this person's games laments how disappointed the author is that Olivia could not be incorporated into the plot, although Popcorn, Booker and Doc Friday do co-star with him. Both the console and PSP versions of his game have come packed with "over 160 tracks" , including ones from The Massacre. FTP, identify this rapper and star of the namesake Bulletproof, along with his G-Unit crew.
ANSWER: 50 Cent (or Curtis James Jackson III) [1]
14) The artist sits on a stool wearing a denim suit in one self portrait, while three men are passed out in filth in his Bowery Derelicts. Four black and white bodies lie bloody on the ground while another struggles to sit up in a work titled Vietnam War, and a police officer raises his nightstick to a black man cowering on the ground behind a building reading "Giant Beer" in Race Riot. (+) More serene works include Self Portrait with Model, where the artist sits at a table with a woman as tabloid magazines overflow out of her purse. A cleaning woman pushes a garbage can in his 1988 work, Queenie II, (*) while his other creations depict Tourists, Hardhat Construction Workers and a young woman grasping shopping bags. FTP, identify this American artist of photorealistic fiberglass and resin sculptures, who depicted a woman wearing curlers pushing a shopping cart full of groceries in Supermarket Shopper.
ANSWER: Duane Hanson [4]
15) In 2006, vandals broke into this Fiume native's grave and stole his skull. Born Giovanni Czermanik, prior to coming to power, he announced the “Fifteen Points” that would guide his rule. One of his early actions was abolishing the AVH, (+) a secret police force that previously tortured this man, and he also executed General Pal Maleter, who had supported this man’s predecessor. His agriculture minister Louis Feher (*) introduced a policy of farm collectivization, and this former protege of Matthias Rakozi was eventually succeeded by Karoly Grosz. FTP, name this Communist ruler of Hungary who was installed by the Soviet Union after the unsuccessful 1956 revolution.