Ottawa Hybrid 2014
Round 2
Packet by CARLETON A
Nick Penner, Mike Martin, Isabella Izumi and Max Johnstone
1. Justin Bieber penned part of a collaborative song about this action that Jesse Kinos-Goodin described as the “worst song ever.” Rapper Juicy J offered a $50,000 scholarship to the girl who can best perform this action and British singer Leona Lewis created a tutorial showing how to do this. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper confessed to performing this action, though he later claimed to have confused it with “Tweeting.” Miley Cyrus famously performed this action on Robin Thicke during his performance at the 2013 VMAs. For ten points, name this trendy dance in which an individual squats and rhythmically shakes their rump.
ANSWER: Twerking
2. He was first taught by sculptor Justin Lequien and later by portraitist Henri Lehmann, though his formal artistic training ended when he spent a year in the military. He shared a studio in Paris with Edmond Aman-Jean. He died at age 31 before he could finish his painting The Circus. His first major painting, Bathers at Asnières, was exhibited by the Indépendants after being rejected by the Paris Salon. He inspired Paul Signac to paint in a pointillist style, and, while he is considered the first major post-impressionist painter, he himself referred to his style as Divisionism. For ten points name this painter best known for A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.
ANSWER: Georges Seurat
3. This object is the planned destination of the NASA HORUS mission as well as the planned destination of a ESA / NASA joint pathfinder mission. This object’s magnetosphere is off the center of the axis of rotation by one third of the object’s radius. A large white cumulonimbus cloud was discovered on this planet, while a darkspot was discovered in 2006. Momentary blinks while this planet was occulting SAO 158687 led to the discovery of five rings around this planet; one ring, Epsilon, is shepherded by moons Cordelia and Ophelia, while this planet’s largest moon is Titania. 21 Earth-year seasons caused by a sideways axis is characteristic of, for 10 points, this pale blue planet seventh from the sun.
ANSWER: Uranus
4. One character in this book uses the example of criminals seeking religious forgiveness to argue that the State should be an extension of the Church in debating an article he wrote on ecclesiastical courts. A precocious socialist teen in this book gets stabbed with a penknife and lies down beneath a passing train as a stunt. Father Ferapont is vindicated in this book when a corpse begins to stink very quickly. The schoolboys Kolya and Ilyusha appear in this novel, in which the atheist Ivan blames his own speeches about morality being arbitrary for inspiring a murder. Centered around the cook Smerdyakov's murder of the deadbeat father Fyodor, for 10 points, name this last novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
ANSWER: The BrothersKaramazov [or BratyaKaramazovy]
5. This book describes how things become intelligible to people, who open structured, coherent worlds based on what they perceive, in the concept of “world disclosure.” Our automatic, practical definition of an object is future-directed, according to this book, but the object will become objectified if it stops functioning properly. This book uses the example of a hammer to explain how things can be ready-to-hand, and it discusses the “ecstatic” and authentic nature of engaging with stuff outside yourself, called “existenz” or “being-in-the-world.” Exploring the seinsfrage, question of being, this Husserl-inspired book uses the concept of “being there” or “dasein.” For 10 points, name this unreadable book by Martin Heidegger.
ANSWER: Being and Time [or Sein und Zeit]
6. Salt mines in this country at Wieliczka and Bochnia active since the 13th century were named one of the first UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1978. This country shares the Białowieża (bia-wo-vee-ezha) Forest with an eastern neighbour. The Tatra Mountains subrange of the Carpathians forms its border with Slovakia, while the Outer Western Carpathians divide it from the Czech Republic. The Bug River forms part of this country’s border with Belarus and Ukraine, while its western border is defined by the Oder-Neisse line. The Vistula flows through its capital before entering the Baltic at Gdansk. For 10 points, name this Eastern European country with capital Warsaw.
ANSWER: Republic of Poland [or RzeczpospolitaPolska]
7. This actress reprised her role as Lady Bracknell in a 2002 film adaptation of The Importance of Being Earnest, having previously played the character on stage and in a Radio 4 production of the play. In As Time Goes By, her character ran a secretarial agency called “A Type for You” and was married to Lionel, played by Geoffrey Palmer. She again appeared alongside Palmer in the film Mrs. Brown, for which her portrayal of Queen Victoria earned her an Oscar nomination. She won her first Oscar for her role playing Queen Elizabeth in Shakespeare in Love, a film in which she had a total of eight minutes of screen time. For ten points, name this actress who is perhaps best known to American audiences for her portrayal of M in the James Bond film series.
ANSWER: Dame Judi Dench
8. This man campaigned in one election on the slogan “He killed my ma, he killed my pa, but I will vote for him,” and won with 75 percent of the vote. Prince Johnson’s capture of a national capital foiled this man’s attempt at power in 1990, when he invaded his homeland following training from Muammar Gaddafi. This one-time member of Samuel Doe’s administration later turned on that man, and was elected President in 1997. This backer of the RUF received blood diamonds for his support of rebels in the Sierra Leone Civil War. For ten points, name this convicted war criminal, the President of Liberia from 1997 to 2003.
ANSWER: Charles GhankayTaylor
9. A character on this show repeatedly asks if the newspapers have arrived and frequently complains about car strikes. That character was played by Ballard Berkeley, who, while filming, would update his fellow actors on the cricket scores. One character’s pet hamster is revealed to be a rat, and that character’s difficulty understanding simple instruction is frequently explained by his being “from Barcelona”. That character was played by Andrew Sachs. In another episode, the protagonist offends a group of German tourists by repeatedly making references to the Second World War, going so far as to goose step in front of them. For 10 points name this comedy featuring the Drunken Major Gowen, the waiter Manuel and the irritable hotelier Basil, a British television show starring John Cleese.
ANSWER: Fawlty Towers
10. This Earth-like planet in the Helios Alpha star system has a twin planet called Gemenon, and shares its star system with Picon and Tauron. One version of a character partially named for this planet was played by Tricia Helfer and succeeds in obtaining access to the Colonial defense system by seducing Gaius Baltar. This planet was home to the Adama family and was the cultural, scientific, and technological capital of the Twelve Colonies, which all borrow their name from the signs of the Zodiac. In the Pilot of the Re-imagined BattlestarGalactica, its eponymous city was completely destroyed in a nuclear attack. For ten points, name this fictional planet that shares its name with an ill-received BattlestarGalactica spinoff.
ANSWER: Caprica
11. To pay for this conflict, one side passed an excise tax on long-distance telephone calls. The Foraker Act granted civil government to one territory conquered in this war at battles like Yauco and Fajardo after landing at Guanica. In another theatre in this war, PatricioMontojo was defeated by the man who returned Emilio Aguinaldo to his home country, George Dewey. The Teller amendment forbade the victor in this war acquiring one territory, which was the site of of sinking of the USS Maine in Havana Harbour. For ten points, name this “splendid little war,” where the United States gained Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.
ANSWER: Spanish-American War
12. Due to a mistake by the presenter, this film is the only Best Picture winner to be announced during the televised era without having the other nominees read aloud. A new scene in the director's cut of this film introduces the Schlumberg family, whose daughter is too shy to perform music lessons. A protagonist was teaching those lessons to scrape money together to support his wife and new son Karl. Money issues seem resolved when an anonymous patron commissions the title character to write a piece of music, unaware that the music was intended to be passed off as another composer's work once the title character is killed. Based on a Peter Shaffer play and directed by Milos Forman, for ten points, name this film that stars Tom Hulce and F. Murray Abraham as rivals Mozart and Salieri.
ANSWER: Amadeus
13. The Soviets withdrew their claims that all of its constituent republics should be UN members at this event. One promise made at this event was the guarantee of the “status quo” in Mongolia, which led to Chinese recognition of its independence. This conference established that “major war criminals” would be tried following the war, and established that France would also receive an occupation zone. The eastern border of Poland was established as the Curzon Line at this event, where the Soviets guaranteed they would enter the war with Japan. This event was the second meeting of the Big Three. For ten points, name this 1945 meeting between Stalin, Churchill and FDR held in the Crimea.
ANSWER: Yalta Conference [or Argonaut Conference]
14. One work in this collection explains the “virtues of delight” of “Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love” and another work sees priests “binding with briars my joys & desires” where the speaker “used to play on the green”. Allen Ginsburg, among other, believed the poems were meant to be sung, and attempted to set them to music. One work laments the effects of the Industrial Revolution, with a “little black thing among the snow, Crying “weep! weep!”; that poem is The Chimney Sweeper. This collection contrasts one creature which was given “Softest clothing wooly bright” with another creature which burns bright “In the forests of the night”. For ten points, name this collection of poems by William Blake.
ANSWER: Songs of Innocence and of Experience (accept Songs of Innocence before “binding”)
15. With British counterparts, this organization developed and ran project ECHELON. This organization monitored the communications of anti-Vietnam War individuals such as Martin Luther King Jr, Jane Fonda, and Senator Frank Church. George W. Bush signed an executive order in 2001 granting this organization the ability to conduct warrantless wiretapping. Legal applications made by this organization are heard ex parte at a court specially created by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. It mines metadata through recently revealed programs such as PRISM. For 10 points, name this US intelligence agency, whose acts of mass digital surveillance were leaked by Edward Snowden.
ANSWER: National Security Agency
16. This team retired its number 18 in honour of its first quarterback, Frank Tripuca. This franchise was the only AFL team never to have a winning record, but was the first AFL team to beat an NFL team, beating the Lions in a 1967 preseason game. The 49ers beat this team in the biggest Super Bowl blowout of all time, doing so in Super Bowl XXIV (24). This team acquired its all-time leading passer in a draft-day trade with the Baltimore Colts. This team’s star quarterback helicoptered into the end zone in a game where this team won its first Super Bowl, defeating Green Bay in Super Bowl XXXII (32). For 10 points, name this NFL team whose star quarterbacks have included Jay Cutler, Peyton Manning and John Elway.
ANSWER: DenverBroncos [Accept Either]
17. This song caused Chris Rock to declare that he loved rap music, but was “tired of defending it,” and it opens with the lyric “3, 6, 9, damn your fine/move it so you can sock it to me one mo time.” Sandra Bullock chants this song in a forest ceremony in The Proposal, and it’s quoted in the chorus to “Oxford Comma” by Vampire Weekend. This song refers to male ejaculation with the onomatopoeia words, “all skeet skeet,” and this song which features a repeated “God damn” features the Ying Yang twins. Using the lyrics, “To the window, to the wall, to the sweat drop down my balls,” for 10 points, name this highest-charting single by Lil’ Jon and the Eastside Boyz.
ANSWER: “Get Low”
18. This album was created after the master tracks for another album, Cigarettes and Valentines, were stolen. One song on this album declares that “She’s a Rebel, She’s a Saint,” while another is the “patron saint of the denial,” St. Jimmy, who later blows his brains out in “Homecoming.” In another song on this album, the “sound of the falling rain comes down like an Armageddon flame” before the Representative from California says “SiegHeil to the President Gasman.” The titular track on this album denounces “One nation controlled by the media” and tells everyone to “do the propaganda and sing along to the age of paranoia”. For ten points, name this album by Green Day about the Jesus of Suburbia with songs like “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” and “Holiday.”
ANSWER: American Idiot
19. Michael Lane assumed this person’s most notable identity in the “Battle for the Cowl” series. Created by Denny O’Neil and Joe Quesada, this former computer science student was trained for duty by a physical and psychological training regimen known as “The System.”Arkham Cityplayers could get a glance at the character who took over his secret identity by playing a game of batarang catch. The Dark Knight first encounters this character in the events that precede the story arc “Knightfall,” which causes this character to abandon his post as the assassin-enforcer for the Sacred Order of Saint Dumas and become Batman. For 10 points, name this first man to hold the alter- ego Azrael.
ANSWER: Jean-PaulValley [Accept Either; accept Azraeluntil mentioned]
20. This game was originally intended to be called White Knuckle but was renamed before its release. Some scenarios in this game are based on real locations, such as Lightwater Valley and Alton Towers. One common issue in this game for players to contend with is vomit, which players can deal with by assigning handymen to sweep it up. Two expansion packs were released for this game: Those were Loopy Landscapes and Corkscrew Follies. Unlike later sequels to this game, originally published by Microprose, guests have ID numbers instead of unique names. Chris Sawyer originally intended for the game to be a sequel to his popular Transport Tycoon, but later decided to focus on the ride aspects. For ten points, name this video game about the construction and management of amusement parks.
ANSWER: RollerCoaster Tycoon
TB1. This event saw the Slovakian team defeat Slovenia 2-0 in a best of three to avoid being relegated, and post their lowest ever finish in the top division with 13th place. In the bronze medal game, NicklasBäckström posted a shutout over Sweden. A preliminary round game between Canada and the United States saw eventual tournament MVP DanyHeatley score the winning goal in the last minute. A Rick Nash delay of game penalty in overtime of the gold medal game led to an IlyaKovalchuk game winning goal. For 10 points name this tournament held in Halifax and Quebec City during a May of a certain year, the first time its tournament had been held outside Europe, which saw no players represented by the Red Wings or Penguins.
ANSWER: 2008IIHFWorld Championships (Accept Quebec City and Halifax in place of 2008 before mentioned and IceHockey for IIHF)
TB2. This element complexed with epigallocatechin-gallate has been shown to kill prostate cancer cells. Double immuno-[this element]-staining can be used to determine the presence of two antigens on a single tissue section. This element’s ore can be extracted using alkali cyanides through the Macarthur-Forrest method, and refined using the Miller or Wohlwill processes. Nanobeacons of this element can be used to simulate siRNA and RNAi while this element’s nanoparticles can be used as drug carriers. Iron Pyrite can be mistaken for, for ten points, this precious soft yellow metal with symbol Au is often used in currency and shares a column with platinum and silver.
ANSWER: Gold
TB3. The narrator of this work states his purpose in writing it as being to discourage an expedition being proposed as a follow-up to the Pabodie expedition. One character in this story, Professor Lake, discovers a set of fossils and claims that they will "mean for biology what Einstein meant for mathematics and physics." Lake names his discovery Elder things, based upon similarity to creatures described in a book that the student Danforth is interested in, the Necronomicon. Other beings that are introduced in this work include the Shoggoths. Danforth sees unknown horrors that drive him insane when he turns around to look at the title location in Antarctica of, for 10 points, what novella by HP Lovecraft?