Editors’ Note: This team wanted to play as “Neggers in Paris,” which our stats person unknowingly entered as “Minus-5ers in Paris”
Ottawa Hybrid 2014
Round 6
Packet by McMaster B (Sheridan Baker, David Yun, Matthew Jordan, Alex Dhaliwal, Jaime Knoch)
1. This person founded the Todhunter School with Dickerman and Cook and created the National Youth Administration alongside Harry Hopkins. At one meeting, this figure set up a chair in between the “coloureds only” and “whites only” sections of the room, and this founder of Val-Kill Industries was mocked in a cartoon by a coal miner exclaiming “for gosh sakes.” Rumoured to have had an affair with Lorena Hickok and noted for opposing Japanese internment, this person collaborated with John Peters Humphrey at the UN and organized a guerrilla Marion Anderson concert after resigning from the D.A.R. The author of the newspaper column "My Day" and overseer of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, for 10 points, name this niece of a President who was also the wife of a different President who served during World War Two.
ANSWER: Eleanor Roosevelt
2. The only two eight-thousander mountains never climbed in winter are in this country. One of those mountains in this country was the site of a 2013 terrorist attack and is Nanga Parbat; the other is occasionally known as Godwin Austin. The seaport of Gwadar in this country’s southwest was only ceded to it by Oman in 1958. Major floods in 2010 in this country affected provinces such as one formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province, and is now the namesake of the Khyber Pass connecting Peshawar it to its western neighbour. Former capitals of this country include Rawalpindi and Karachi. For 10 points, name this country with capital Islamabad.
ANSWER: Islamic Republic of Pakistan [or JamhuryatIslamiPakistan]
3.One game between these two teams resulted in what Brendan Shanahan called the greatest headbutt he’s ever seen. In 2010, one meeting between these two teams was prevented by Nino Niederreiter’s heroics. One year later, one team came behind from three goals down to defeat the other 5-3. In 1987, these two teams played a game that was ended by a bench clearing brawl, nulled at a 4-2 score, known as the Piestani Punch up. In a game in 2009, the game tying goal was scored with five seconds left to go in the third period by Jordan Eberle. For ten points, identify this international rivalry that in 2005 saw Sidney Crosby’s team defeat Alexander’s Ovechkin’s team for the gold medal.
ANSWER: Canada and Russia National Junior Ice Hockey Teams (Accept Soviet Union or USSR or equivalent for Russia and Under 20 for Junior. Prompt on unspecific answer.)
4. One section of this game involves the main character frantically searching for his son in a busy mall while his son is holding a balloon, only to see him run over by a car. One of the characters that the player plays as in this game possesses an Augmented Reality Interface which consists of virtual reality glasses and a single right hand glove. In this game, the player plays as four main characters whose stories surround the case of the notorious Origami Killer, who abducts the son of one of the main characters and claims that the child is trapped in a location where he will drown. For 10 points, name this story-driven 2010 Game of the Year in which the player endeavours to track down the mysterious Origami Killer and save the abducted children from the title element.
ANSWER: Heavy Rain
5. One example of this phenomenon has been observed for all three loci of the major histocompatibility complex in humans. Another example of this phenomenon is the gay uncle theory, as well as one at the HLA-DRB1 locus that confers hepatitis C resistance. One such allele, causing cystic fibrosis in homozygotes, is thought to exhibit this phenomenon by providing cholera resistance for individuals with one copy of the allele. For ten points, identify this phenomenon, most commonly associated with the persistence of sickle cell anemia as the mutant type helps against malaria, in which individuals benefit from having a single deleterious allele.
ANSWER: heterozygote advantage or overdominance
6. When the protagonist of this film is in peril, a companion suggests finding a “rudimentary lathe”. That companion, first introduced as an emcee, goes by the name “Guy” and is in constant fear of getting killed. A teenager in this film has a theory on the purpose of a device known as the (*) Omega 13; once activated, it allows the protagonist to go back in time 13 seconds to stop Sarris, a general seeking to kill the crew members of a Thermian ship. That ship was designed from “historical documents” that were actually episodes of a TV show that Sam Rockwell and Justin Long are great fans of. Featuring Alan Rickman as a Shakespearean actor stuck playing an alien at sci-fi conventions, for ten points, name this film parody of Star Trek in which Tim Allen spoofs William Shatner's mannerisms.
ANSWER: Galaxy Quest
7. Bands from this state recorded the songs "45" and "Autumn Sweater" and the albums Handwritten and I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One. An artist from this state sang, "Who are you to tell me if it's black or white?" and one song tells of "The Magic Rat" driving his "sleek machine" over this state's state line. The bands Gaslight Anthem and Yo La Tengo come from this state, as does the singer of "Have a Nice Day," who also sang, "We're halfway there, take my hand and we'll make it." A bus driver's son from this state sang, "It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap." Musicians from this state were backed by Richie Sambora and Clarence Clemons, and recorded songs like "Livin on a Prayer" and "Born to Run." For 10 points, name this home state of Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen.
ANSWER: New Jersey
8. Artists in this form include Sosus of Pergamon, and a dying Persian sees his reflection in a shield in one of these works, which depicts Darius staring down a wavy-haired Alexander. The Mausoleum of GallaPlacidia contains of works in this form, which can be done opus sectile or opus vermiculatum, and which Marc Chagall used to depict the four seasons in Chicago. A triumphal arch at Santa Maria Maggiore uses this form, as do columns at Uruk and the De-esis panel at the Hagia Sophia. For ten points, name this art form using materials called tesserae, popular in the Byzantine Empire and often used for floors, in which small tiles or pebbles are arranged to form a picture.
ANSWER: mosaic
9. The fourth ruler of this dynasty was generally ineffective and fought constant rebellions, but his troops won a major victory at Raphia in Palestine. This dynasty’s largest extent was achieved under its third ruler, when it pushed into Mesopotamia in the third of a series of conflicts known as the Syrian Wars. This dynasty’s founder repelled Demetrius at Gaza, lost control of Cyprus, but was able to repel an invasion of his power base. The first ruler of this dynasty wrote a lost history of Alexander used as a source by Arrian, established the Mouseion and the Library at Alexandria. For 10 points, name this Egyptian dynasty, whose last ruler was Cleopatra.
ANSWER: Ptolemaic Dynasty
10. A painting by John William Waterhouse shows two female figures staring at this character's decapitated head floating down the river Hebrus. There is a constellation associated with this figure that is said to have been placed in the sky by the Muses after he was killed by Bacchantes. He sailed with Jason and the Argonauts, where“he saved them from a treacherous death at sea.” He is thought to be the son of Oeagrus, a king of Thrace, and the muse Calliope. For ten points, name this legendary musician, poet, and prophet of Greek mythology who travels to the underworld to save his wife Eurydice and is most often depicted with his golden lyre.
ANSWER: Orpheus
11. While in a graveyard, John Wayne takes off his coat, looks up to the sky, and then does this action in The Quiet Man. That film and Singin' in the Rain are among the first films to show this action; in the latter film, it occurs just before Gene Kelly shoos away a cab and sings the title song. This action, commonly used in romantic movies, is featured in the final scene of Breakfast at Tiffany’s. It is done in Daredevil by Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner’s characters, while in another superhero movie, Peter Parker performs this action while hanging upside-down. For ten points, identify this romantic movie cliché, famously used in The Notebook, in which two characters express their affection during a certain weather phenomenon.
ANSWER: kissing in the rain [accept good equivalents; prompt on “kissing”]
12. Players in this game start with with one pink star-shaped chip. Players in this game must collect chips until they have 20 power points, at which point they may travel to the centre of the board for a final battle at the Indigo Plateau. It is easiest to capture a creature in the pink section, where players can roll a three, four, or five. In this game, players draw event cards, which may give them a shot to catch Mewtwo or the legendary birds from the Unknown Dungeon by rolling a six on a die. FTP, identify this board game with starters like Pikachu and Clefairy in which players must “catch ‘em all” in order to achieve the titular status.
ANSWER: Pokémon Master Trainer
13.This writer described how “nature creates itself ... the snowflake and the snowstorm” in a work where characters use a tortoise as a paperweight and refuse to define the words “carnal embrace.” This author used act of stirring jam into rice pudding to model the Second Law of Thermodynamics in a play that compares unpredictable sexual attraction to chaos theory, in which the character Thomasina is based on Ada Lovelace. This author also showed characters negotiating the price of a "private performance" after forgetting why they were summoned to court but before waking up in the dark and figuring out they're on a boat delivering a letter. This playwright of Arcadia made his characters speak "syllogisms" and flip ninety consecutive heads before they discuss their progression towards death and get murdered by their friend Hamlet. For ten points, name this author of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
ANSWER: Tom Stoppard
14. In this man’s rookie season, he hit a walk-off home run in the 11th inning off Dan Wheeler to defeat the Boston Red Sox 1-0. One month earlier, this man recorded his first hit at home, a grand slam off of Craig Breslow. This man was once suspended four games when he threw his helmet on the ground, which bounced up and struck home plate umpireBill Miller. This man was set to play for Canada at the 2013 World Baseball Classic but did not appear due to strained ribs. Drafted as a catcher, this man moved to second base while in the Milwaukee Brewers system before moving to his current position with his current team. FTP, identify this native of Langley, British Columbia, the starting third baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays.
ANSWER: Brett Lawrie
15. In a book subtitled Requiem for a Divided Country, this man spoke out against the police state associated with Bill 101. One of his characters was found not guilty of murdering Boogie who mysteriously disappeared. This author wrote three books about a boy who repeats everything twice and meets the Hooded Fang. Because of one of his main characters, Virgil the epileptic crashes his car, but is then cared for by Yvette. That character produces Bar Mitzvah videos and believes “a man without land is nobody.” For ten points, name this Canadian author most noted for his stories Barney’s Version and The Apprenticeship of DuddyKravitz.
ANSWER: Mordecai Richler
16. This work sees Staff Sergeant Max Mayhem survive seventeen bullet wounds in The Price of Dawn. One character in this work has the ability to make the protagonist’s “skin feel more like skin” and is oft-reminded by a needlepoint pillow that says “True Love Is Born from Hard Times,” while another encouragement ignores the fact that broccoli does not affect the taste of chocolate. In order to learn the fate of Sisyphus the hamster, the protagonists of this novel travel to Amsterdam to meet author of An Imperial Affliction, Peter Van Houten. The “literal heart of Jesus” is where Gus and Hazel first meet in, FTP, which novel by John Green about cancer kids.
ANSWER: The Fault in Our Stars [accept TFioS]
17. An ‘80s TV special revealed this is the name of Fred Flintstone's father, and it is also the first name of Dan's father from Roseanne, as shown in several guest appearances by Ned Beatty. A lawyer with this name loves Julie Bowen's character and helps out Justin Long in an eponymous sitcom set frequently at a bowling alley. A sanitation worker with this first name is good friends with a bus driver in a 1950's sitcom, while a 2000's Cartoon Network show has a character with this name who is friends with two other title characters with a similar name. The first name of Mr. Norton from The Honeymooners, for ten points, give this name that, when preceded by “Mr.”, gives the title of a show about a talking horse.
ANSWER: Ed [accept Ed Flintstone, Ed Conner, etc; do not accept “Edward”; Ed, Ed, Edd, 'n' Eddy, and Mr. Ed were referenced in the tossup]
18. It's not "Yearwood," but an artist with this last name sang "Seven Year Ache" and "A Feather's Not a Bird," and that artist recorded Long Black Cadillac and the covers album The List. Another artist with this last name sang the lines "Til Armageddon, no shalam, no shalom," and asked "How high's the water, mama?". A music video by Mark Romanek shows all that artist's old stuff in a museum. "Five Feet High and Rising" and "The Man Comes Around" were recorded by an artist with this last name, who used mariachi-style horns for a song that begins, "Love is a burning thing," and who covered a Nine Inch Nails song about self-harm. For 10 points, give this last name of the singer who did "Hurt" and "Ring of Fire."
ANSWER: Cash [Roseanne and Johnny]
19.In physiology, this element has been seen to prevent degradation of HIF-1 alpha, leading to transcription of hypoxia response genes. Accumulation of this element in humans can produce Kayser-Fleishcher rings around the iris. It is not iron, but in molluscs and crustaceans, this element is part of a molecule used to transport oxygen. Chalcopyrite and chalcocite are the two main ores of this element, from which this non-lead element is often extracted by froth flotation. This element gives malachite its distinctive colour. Corrosion of this element, seen in architecture, can produce verdigris. FTP, name this malleable element used in electrical wiring with symbol Cu.
ANSWER: Copper
20. A law establishing this quantity was first established in New Zealand in 1894. David Card and Alan Krueger criticized the traditional view on these policies in 1992 by comparing differing approaches to this policy in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. According to neoclassical economics models, an increase in this quantity above the equilibrium point should result in unemployment. This quantity is contrasted with its “efficiency” counterpart and is most relevant to non-skilled labour markets. For ten points, this quantity, which specifies the mandatory compensation paid by employers, will soon be increased in Ontario to $11 per hour.
ANSWER: minimum wage
TB1. The Knudsen type of this process occurs when the mean free path is relatively large, such that a particle is more likely to collide with the walls of its container than another particle. A tortuosity factor is often needed for those calculations to account for twists in the path, as in a gas in a porous medium. The first law associated with this process describes a coefficient that can be calculated by the Stokes-Einstein equation, while the second law describes the change in concentration. A specific type of this process in which a solvent crosses a membrane is called osmosis. Governed by Fick’s Laws, for ten points, name this mass transport process in which particles move to region of lower concentration.
ANSWER: diffusion [prompt on “(mass) flux, transfer, or flow”, prompt on “effusion”]
TB2. One of these figures was trained by Monk Gyatso and at a crescent island, he is warned by another of these figures of an upcoming comet, which Sozin had originally used to begin the war. The Order of the White Lotus was tasked with protecting this figure, the dark form of which was formed when Unalaqjoined with Vaatu.The first of these figures was formed when Wan fused with Raava and their reincarnation follows the cycle of fire, air, water, earth. Some of their companions have included Naga the polarbear dog and Appa the flying bison.This is, for ten points, what preserver of harmony in the world exemplified by Roku, Korra and Aang, the last airbender.