Jaryd W. Gilts Memorial Tournament
Round 11 (Final 2) Tossups
Written by Steven Wellstead and Ike Jose
1. The Tambov Rebellion occurred during this conflict, which saw one side led by such men as Generals Denikin and Wrangel. One side assassinated ambassador Wilhelm Mirbach in the hopes of bringing Germany into this conflict, which was preceded by a coup known as the Kornilov Mutiny. Also involving the Ukrainian (*) Green and Black Armies, this conflict ended with the fall of Vladivostok and was preceded by the rule of Alexander Kerensky between the February and October Revolutions of 1917. For 10 points, identify this war fought between the Red and White Army factions of the namesake country following its exit from World War I.
ANSWER: Russian Civil War
2. One spectator at this event held a sign stating “Got Tequila?” and one man chosen at this event was unable to attend as he was in Miami Beach. One participant stated “so long fried rice, hello fried chicken,” and later declared “for-shizzle” after claiming he’s always wanted to say it. (*) Elian Gonzalez was chosen in order to prevent his adoption by white people, while another side in this event agreed to trade Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice in exchange for O.J. Simpson. Concluding with the pick of the Wu-Tang Clan, it also saw the official allocation of Lenny Kravitz and Tiger Woods. For 10 points, identify this fictional event from Chappelle’s Show.
ANSWER: The Racial Draft [accept Dave Chappelle’s Racial Draft]
3. One of this composer’s longer works is about a sculptor for the pope’s competition with Fieramosca, hoping to win Balducci’s daughter Teresa. Another work by this composer is a setting of Vergil’s Aeneid and is called The Trojans. This composer of the opera Benevenuto (*) Cellini used another of his works to feature a fourth movement representing an artist’s opium induced dream of his own execution. That work uses motifs called idée fixes and contains a section called “March to the Scaffold.” For 10 points, name this composer of Symphonie Fantastique.
ANSWER: Hector Berlioz
4. The Musgrave Ranges in the northwest part of this polity contain its highest point, Mount Woodroffe, and in its southeast one will find the Gawler and Flinders Ranges, the latter of which is found between Lakes Frome and Torrens. Site of Goyder’s Line and the (*) Woomera Prohibited Area, this state surrounds Spencer and St. Vincent’s Gulfs, both of which lie north of Kangaroo Island. The mouth of the Murray River, the eastern parts of the Great Victoria Desert, and Lake Eyre (AIR) all reside in, for 10 points, what Australian state whose capital is Adelaide.
ANSWER: South Australia
5. This poet described poison and a knife talking, saying to him “You do not need to be freed / from your accursed slavery.” That poem describes a man being bound to a woman like “the gamester to his dice,” and is called “The Vampyre.” In another poem, this author imagines a “legion of demons carousing in our brains” and “rape, poison, daggers, arson / embroidering their pleasing designs. That poem by this author is addressed “To the (*) Reader,” and opens a poetry collection containing subsections “Spleen and Ideal” and “Revolt.” For 10 points, name this French author of the poetry collection Flowers of Evil.
ANSWER: Charles Baudelaire
6. Dalhousie Square was the original site of a monument commissioned by George Curzon to commemorate this event, called a “gigantic hoax” by J.H. Little. Bholanath Chunder performed an experiment to disprove the death count claimed by John Howell in its official report. Carried out by soldiers of nawab Siraj ud-Daulah after the capture of (*) Fort Williams, it was not prevented even after a bribe of 2,000 rupees, and even though one guard brought a hat full of water many still died from heat exhaustion and suffocation. For 10 points, identify this 1756 incident in which British soldiers were crowded into a small dungeon in a certain Indian city.
ANSWER: Black Hole of Calcutta
7. Muhammad Ali’s last career fight was against a boxer with this first name. Another athlete with this first name sports three tattoos in homage of his deceased brother Tajh and was drafted out of UCLA by the New York Knicks in the 2004 NBA Draft. A South African golfer with this first name won the 2008 (*) Masters, and a baseball player with this first name pitched for the Milwaukee Brewers last season after amassing 552 saves over 15+ seasons with the San Diego Padres. For 10 points, identify this first name identifying boxer Berbick, Houston Rockets forward Ariza, golfer Immelman, and closer Hoffman.
ANSWER: Trevor [prompt on “Berbick” before “first name”; accept Trevor Berbick, Trevor Ariza, Trevor Immelman, or Trevor Hoffman]
8. While relating the story of the Iliad, one character in this work refers to Achilles as “Ash-heels.” That character, Tom Simson, and his fiancée, Piney Woods, are on a journey from Sandy Bar when they meet the titular characters, most of whom become stranded in a half-built cabin after Uncle (*) Billy steals the group’s mules. One character starves herself to death to save rations, while another character “struck a streak of bad luck…and handed in his checks on the 7th of December, 1850.” For 10 points, identify this short story that begins with the dismissal of The Duchess, John Oakhurst, and two others from the titular town, a work by Bret Harte.
ANSWER: “The Outcasts of Poker Flat”
9. In his most famous work this man comments that while in college he was severely punished for reading a copy of David Hume’s Treatise on Human Nature. He documented the history of astronomy, ancient physics, and metaphysics in Essays on Philosophical Subjects, and he examined the ability to form moral judgments in light of self-interest in his first work, The (*) Theory of Moral Sentiments. His most famous work argues for the division of labor, and states that individuals should look out for their own self-interests because the free market is guided by an “invisible hand.” For 10 points, identify this English economist who authored Wealth of Nations.
ANSWER: Adam Smith
10. In some stages from this 1995 video game, normal projectiles can be replaced with duck-like creatures named Huffin' Puffins that return to you when fired. On another level, the protagonist can hallucinate by coming into contact with an enemy referred to in the stage's title, (*) “Touch Fuzzy, Get Dizzy”. Bosses include Raphael the Raven and Burt the Bashful, and the most common enemies are the various Shy Guys populating the titular locale. After taking a hit from an enemy, your sidekick floats around in a bubble wailing annoyingly. For 10 points, identify this Super Nintendo game starring Baby Mario and the titular egg-throwing dinosaur.
ANSWER: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island [prompt on “Super Mario World 2”]
11. Homer Wallin was put in charge of salvage operations following this engagement, which was followed three days later by an attack on the HMS Prince of Wales and Repulse. Preceded by the Hull note, it began with the sinking of a midget submarine by the USS Ward shortly before the attack of the first wave under (*) Mitsuo Fuchida. Although a third wave of attacks was decided against by Commander Nagumo, the first two successfully attacked Wheeler, Hickam, and Bellows Fields as well as the USS Oklahoma, Utah, and Arizona. For 10 points, identify this Japanese attack against the US that took place on O’ahu on December 7th, 1941.
ANSWER: attack on Pearl Harbor [accept anything mentioning Pearl Harbor]
12. The title character asserts in one speech “if it be a sin to covet honour / I am the most offending soul alive.” Another speech in this work declares “In peace there’s nothing so becomes a man / as modest and stillness and humility.” One speech in this work is named after St. Crispin and features the line (*) “We few, we happy few, we band of brothers,” and the title character urges “close the wall up with our English dead” in a speech that begins “Once more unto the breach, dear friends.” For 10 points, identify this Shakespeare play that begins with the audience imagining a battle in the Hundred Years War.
ANSWER: Henry V
13. Etosha National Park is located in the Kunene Region of this country, in which one can find the Skeleton Coast and the southern part of the Kaokoveld Desert. Its Ai-Ais Hot Springs are found at the southern end of Fish River Canyon in its Karas Region, and its Caprivi Strip gives this country access to the (*) Zambezi River. Containing the cities of Rundu and Walvis Bay, this country’s southern border is formed by the Orange River while its easternmost point borders Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Botswana simultaneously. For 10 points, identify this former German colony, once called South-West Africa, with capital at Windhoek.
ANSWER: The Republic of Namibia
14. When staring at a TV, the speaker of this song wants to see himself staring back, and he also admits that he wants to be both a lion and Bob Dylan. The titular character “wishes he was someone just a little more funky,” and earlier its singer states that if he knew Picasso he would buy himself a gray (*) guitar and play. It begins in New Amsterdam with the speaker “starin’ at this yellow haired girl” while the title character “strikes up a conversation with a black-haired flamenco dancer.” These two men look into the future, stumble through the barrio, and tell each other fairy tales in, for 10 points, what Counting Crows song about the titular man “and me.”
ANSWER: “Mr. Jones”
15. One poem that praises this figure mentions “you who soften magically the old bones” and urges this figure “take pity on my long misery.” In addition to that work by Baudelaire about the “Litanies” of this character, this character takes the form of Wotan and terrorizes Moscow in The Master and Margarita. He also appears in a poem where his subordinates, which include Belial and Mammon, argue before they create (*) Pandemonium. In that poem, this character takes the form of the snake after falling from grace. For 10 points, name this subject of Paradise Lost, a fallen angel best known for opposing God in Biblical literature.
ANSWER: Satan or Lucifer [accept equivalents]
16. Henry III of Bar wedded the eldest surviving daughter of this monarch, who passed the statutes Quia Emptores and Quo Warranto to settle land ownership disputes during his reign. He personally defeated Simon de Montfort at the Battle of Evesham, and while fighting the Ninth Crusade he became king upon the death of his father, (*) Henry III. This English monarch passed the Jewish Edict of Expulsion in 1290, and his reign also saw resistance from Robert the Bruce and William Wallace for power over the Scottish crown. For 10 points, identify this Plantagenet king from 1272-1307 who was known by the nickname “Longshanks.”
ANSWER: Edward I of England [accept Edward Longshanks on early buzz]
17. Emile Bernard, a friend of its artist, called this work “a fearful canvas of remarkable ugliness and yet with a disturbing life.” In the upper left hand corner, there hangs a picture frame and a clock reading about 12:37. The woman on the far right is pouring coffee into (*) four cups while the woman next to her holds out her cup for more. The little girl in the center has her back to the viewer, and the only man in the painting, who is seated on the far left, is reaching out for the title food, which is illuminated by the overhead oil lamp. For 10 points, name this Vincent Van Gogh work depicting Dutch peasants enjoying a simple meal.
ANSWER: The Potato Eaters
18. One character by this name was a 50th birthday gift from Mary to Avery Ludlow in a namesake 2008 film starring Tom Sizemore and Brian Cox, and it also identifies the name of the head coach of the Louisiana Cougar football team in The Waterboy. Other film characters with this name include Saul Silver’s drug dealer in (*) Pineapple Express, a garden-loving fire engine in Cars, and the narrator of a 1994 film exploring Andy Dufresne’s (DU – franes) life in the title Maine penitentiary. For 10 points, identify this nickname of Morgan Freeman’s character in The Shawshank Redemption, a color whose shades include vermilion, crimson, and scarlet.
ANSWER: Red
19. This author wrote about a man that tries to build an apartment complex on Wylie Avenue in a drama focusing on Roosevelt Hicks and Harmond Wilks. In another play, Solomon Two Kings visits the home of the 285 year old Aunt Ester Tyler. In addition to Radio Golf and Gem of the Ocean, this author wrote a story in which (*) Raynell is delivered after Rose Maxson’s husband Troy has a fling with Alberta. In another play, Boy Willie and Berenice debate over the sale of the title instrument. For ten points, name this author of Fences and The Piano Lesson.
ANSWER: August Wilson
20. James Sylvester was responsible for the capture of the losing commander at this battle, which took place near Buffalo Bayou and began after Deaf Smith had burned down Vince’s Bridge. Mirabeau Lamar led the cavalry charge for the attacking army, who was helped by the possession of the “Twin Sisters.” The resistance mustered up by General (*) Manuel Castrillon surrendered within 20 minutes after being awakened from their afternoon naps, and the losing commander was only identified after being saluted as “El Presidente.” “Remember the Alamo” was the rallying cry of, for 10 points, what 1836 battle resulting in Texan independence?
ANSWER: Battle of San Jacinto
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